Unsurpassed Travesty
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Playing House, a Ranma ½ fanfiction
Because I figure that as my main project I should probably have it pinned here:
The story itself, currently on chapter three, can be found here.
The webcomic, with art by Moaccyrk and storyboards by Milena Zarate, can be found here.
B-sides:
And, because I suck at summarizing things, I’ll let a picture be the proverbial thousand words as to what this is all about:
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I live at the island airport religious-shrine military casino former-labor-camp mall where I work, and the Twink that does my Pap smear was kidnapped again so I can’t fulfill my annual wellness requirement for my overpriced ferengi medical insurance and will probably have to pay a space-credit penalty.
Made it to the word “Ferengi” just accepting that someone’s life is like this
(via spoopysnippings)
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Little things adults and older people can do to help younger people and children feel included, safe, and respected as an equal individual:
- Ask before touching the young person - even for hugs. Ask before you take pictures of them, and let them see photographs of them before they are printed or sent to others (even family).
- Apologize when you are wrong
- Ask for a young persons thoughts on a subject, then engage with them after they have spoken
- Demonstrate behaviour you want to see from them (see: apologizing). Say “excuse me,” say “thank you,” say “please” to them
- Validate their feelings, even if they don’t know how to express them just yet
- Remember that this is the first time they’ve been alive, and that you’ve had way longer to “figure it out”
These are some things I wish other adults remembered when engaging with young folks. We so often forget what childhood felt like and how unfair it all was because we were often awarded freedoms as adults that we never had as children. These kids are equal to adults, and they deserve the same courtesy, respect, kindness, and understanding we give to other adults.
APOLOGIZE WHEN YOU ARE WRONG.
Yes.
Apologize to children when you are wrong.
I feel like adults try and position themselves as authority figures, perfect in the eyes of their children. “Respect is owed”.
First off, do not teach your children that “Respect is owed”. Respect is not owed, it is earned.
And it benefits no one for you not to apologize for your mistakes. Kids aren’t going to take that as evidence that you don’t need to be listened to, and with the lack of acknowledgment of this mistake, they are just going to be hurt and angry if they know you told them something isn’t right. Cause guess what: kids often see adults as absolute truth carriers.
By apologizing, you are teaching the (your) child kindness. They will grow to trust you more for being honest with you.
I say this as a newly ex-child who works with toddlers and other youngsters on the regular. Don’t forget to give children credit. They don’t have the words explain what they know but they do have intuition.
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POV: you’re a teenager and you just discovered a neat webcomic that’s kinda fun with some interesting gags in it :)
(via greatcheshire)
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I know it’s really petty but if someone is doing a tiktok bit where they’re portraying multiple characters and they break the 180 rule I go absolutely feral
It’s the rule that if there are two characters in a scene— be it a movie, comic, tiktok, etc— there’s an invisible plane that the characters are on that the camera should only ever be on one side of.
aka, Character A should always be on the left side and Character B should always be on the right side.
It’s something that a lot of people understand intuitively without ever formally learning it, but it also means a lot of people aren’t really learning it.
WAIT YES THAT’S A PERFECT EXAMPLE
here, the 180 rule is broken intentionally for comedic effect! Even to someone that’s never Learned the rule, the change is jarring enough that’s it’s really obvious they switch sides (which is good because it’s the punchline)
(via greatcheshire)
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emily gwen is unfortunately homeless. if you’ve ever used the lesbian flag please consider donating to a comrade.
She also has a Threadless store with prints and shirts!
(via greatcheshire)
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Ive noticed recently that my generation has… no concept of what the various economic classes actually are anymore. I talk to my friends and they genuinely say things like “at least i can afford a middle class lifestyle with this job because i dont need a roommate for my one bedroom apartment” and its like… oughh
You guys, middle class doesnt mean “a stable enough rented roof over your head,” it means “a house you bought, a nice car or two, the ability to support a family, and take days off and vacations every year with income to spare for retirement savings and rainy days.” If all you have is a rented apartment without a roommate and a used car, you’re lower class. That’s lower class.
And i cant help but wonder if this is why you get kids on tumblr lumping in doctors and actors into their “eat the rich” rhetoric: economic amnesia has blinded you to what the class divides actually are. The real middle class lifestyle has become so unattainable within a system that relies upon its existence that theyve convinced you that those who can still reach it are the elites while your extreme couponing to afford your groceries is the new normal.
(via sean-gaffney)
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The South African government has expressed concerns that Israel’s continued occupation of “significant portions of the West Bank” and the development of new settlements there “are glaring examples of violations of international law” as the longrunning Israel-Palestine conflict goes on.
Share. Reblog. Protest. Boycott.
A lot of people forget that boycott and sanctions helped rid South Africa of apartheid.
(via modmad)
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I hope the fic you are working on right now finds a reader who will think about it constantly for years
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