Let’s Sit On Mama

I feel like my entire existence is defined by the things I am not instead of the things I am

There is no one thing that I am, simply things I am not

The thing about the setting of Sky COTL is that even though the player characters can all fly the world is built by an ancient civilization of people who could not and pretty much all the NPCs you will interact with outside of the dev inserts during anniversaries etc. are spirits of those people who could not fly. as a sky kid you are functionally just a mimic that takes on the appearance of the ancestors and picks up their gestures and fashions through imitation of their cultures you are exposed to. you don’t sneeze innately - you learn how to do a sneeze gesture by watching a spirit sneeze. this is how you learn how to wave to people, how to dance, how to applaud. when sky kids (players) communicate with each other, this is the language they have learned to do so, but because of how players communicate with each other, they are abstracting the language from the ancients into a sky kid culture of their own. player communities use the Bow emote frequently with each other in gratitude at every little interaction, which makes sky kids out to be funny little courteous guys. i got so offroaded from what i was going to say originally, which is that the pleasure of a world where you can fly is not necessarily one absent stairs, but one where stairs exist but where you can circumvent them with flight

I headcanon Steven Universe himself as autistic and I don’t see a lot of people talking about it. Because I relate to him, since I am social at times but also very overly emotional, and also Steven is probably just high masking (my hc), so it would be harder to notice and diagnose him. I’ve been comparing him to the ways in which female autism gets unnoticed and I’ve been making a little note with DSM-5 criteria that he may fit into.

I am going to get even louder about my beliefs, to my friends, my family, to strangers, on the internet. I am a punk. I believe in trans rights, gay rights, equality for all sexes, freedom from gender norms, the right for any person to do whatever the fuck they want with their own bodies. Abortion is a human right. I respect pronouns. I believe in science and the impending climate collapse we are heading towards if we don't change everything (which I doubt we will) I'm queer and neurodivergent. I'm getting a degree in environmental science because I want to make a difference.

I also feel incredibly hopeless right now, I want to do so much but I don't know where to start besides sharing information on the internet. It's not enough, I need to go out and make a difference but I'm barely keeping my head afloat. This is what the system is designed to do. Keep us barely surviving so we can't organize against them.

I don't know where to go from here but I do know I'm not going to stop fighting. And neither should you. This is not going to be an easy fight and many people will lose their lives. We cannot stop fighting.

Don't forget disabled people, don't forget queer people, don't forget people of color, don't forget immigrants, don't forget all the people who will die because they can't get abortions. don't forget the people who are going to be the most impacted by this.

Anyone else notice the dandelion life cycle seeming all messed up? I remember them lasting for a good chunk of the summer when I was young. They were taller too. They've only popped up a few weeks ago where I am and some of them are already turning white. They're much shorter too. It makes me sad

one-sided(?) chat

I’m not going to shut up. I’m not going to lay down and die. I will not be complacent. I will not greet fascism with a polite smile. I refuse to hide. I refuse to give up.

I’m going to be LOUD and RUDE and ANGRY. I’m going to FIGHT and YELL and PROTEST. I WILL NOT hide who I am. I know some of us have no other choice but to hide for their own safety, so I’ll yell twice as loud and fight twice as hard and be twice as visible for all of us. I REFUSE to let fascism win. I’m going to outlast. I’m going to SURVIVE. I’m going to LIVE.

ITS NOT OVER UNTIL ITS FUCKING OVER

So I'm reading the girl from the other side rn and idk they just remind me of each other a lot