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So I’ve been enjoying the Disney vs. DeSantis memes as much as anyone, but like. I do feel like a lot of people who had normal childhoods are missing some context to all this.
I was raised in the Bible Belt in a fairly fundie environment. My parents were reasonably cool about some things, compared to the rest of my family, but they certainly had their issues. But they did let me watch Disney movies, which turned out to be a point of major contention between them and my other relatives.
See, I think some people think this weird fight between Disney and fundies is new. It is very not new. I know that Disney’s attempts at inclusion in their media have been the source of a lot of mockery, but what a lot of people don’t understand is that as far as actual company policy goes, Disney has actually been an industry leader for queer rights. They’ve had policies assuring equal healthcare and partner benefits for queer employees since the early 90s.
I’m not sure how many people reading this right now remember the early 90s, but that was very much not industry standard. It was a big deal when Disney announced that non-married queer partners would be getting the same benefits as the married heterosexual ones.
Like — it went further than just saying that any unmarried partners would be eligible for spousal benefits. It straight-up said that non-same-sex partners would still need to be married to receive spousal benefits, but because same-sex partners couldn’t do that, proof that they lived together as an established couple would be enough.
In other words, it put long-term same-sex partners on a higher level than opposite-sex partners who just weren’t married yet. It put them on the exact same level as heterosexual married partners.
They weren’t the first company ever to do this, but they were super early. And they were certainly the first mainstream “family-friendly” company to do it.
Conservatives lost their damn minds.
Protests, boycotts, sermons, the whole nine yards. I can’t tell you how many books about the evils of Disney my grandmother tried to get my parents to read when I was a kid.
When we later moved to Florida, I realized just how many queer people work at Disney — because historically speaking, it’s been a company that has guaranteed them safety, non-discrimination, and equal rights. That’s when I became aware of their unofficial “Gay Days” and how Christians would show up from all over the country to protest them every year. Apparently my grandmother had been upset about these days for years, but my parents had just kind of ignored her.
Out of curiosity, I ended up reading one of the books my grandmother kept leaving at our house. And friends — it’s amazing how similar that (terrible, poorly written) rhetoric was to what people are saying these days. Disney hires gay pedophiles who want to abuse your children. Disney is trying to normalize Satanism in our beautiful, Christian America.
Just tons of conspiracy theories in there that ranged from “a few bad things happened that weren’t actually Disney’s fault, but they did happen” to “Pocahontas is an evil movie, not because it distorts history and misrepresents indigenous life, but because it might teach children respect for nature. Which, as we all know, would cause them all to become Wiccans who believe in climate change.”
Like — please, take it from someone who knows. This weird fight between fundies and Disney is not new. This is not Disney’s first (gay) rodeo. These people have always believed that Disney is full of evil gays who are trying to groom and sexually abuse children.
The main difference now is that these beliefs are becoming mainstream. It’s not just conservative pastors who are talking about this. It’s not just church groups showing up to boycott Gay Day. Disney is starting to (reluctantly) say the quiet part out loud, and so are the Republicans. Disney is publicly supporting queer rights and announcing company-supported queer events and the Republican Party is publicly calling them pedophiles and enacting politically driven revenge.
This is important, because while this fight has always been important in the history of queer rights, it is now being magnified. The precedent that a fight like this could set is staggering. For better or for worse, we live in a corporation-driven country. I don’t like it any more than you do, and I’m not about to defend most of Disney’s business practices. But we do live in a nation where rights are largely tied to corporate approval, and the fact that we might be entering an age where even the most powerful corporations in the country are being banned from speaking out in favor of rights for marginalized people… that’s genuinely scary.
Like… I’ll just ask you this. Where do you think we’d be now, in 2023, if Disney had been prevented from promising its employees equal benefits in 1994? That was almost thirty years ago, and look how far things have come. When I looked up news articles for this post from that era, even then journalists, activists, and fundie church leaders were all talking about how a company of Disney’s prominence throwing their weight behind this movement could lead to the normalization of equal protections in this country.
The idea of it scared and thrilled people in equal parts even then. It still scares and thrills them now.
I keep seeing people say “I need them both to lose!” and I get it, I do. Disney has for sure done a lot of shit over the years. But I am begging you as a queer exvangelical to understand that no. You need Disney to win. You need Disney to wipe the fucking floor with these people.
Right now, this isn’t just a fight between a giant corporation and Ron DeSantis. This is a fight about the right of corporations to support marginalized groups. It’s a fight that ensures that companies like Disney still can offer benefits that a discriminatory government does not provide. It ensures that businesses much smaller than Disney can support activism.
Hell, it ensures that you can support activism.
The fight between weird Christian conspiracy theorists and Disney is not new, because the fight to prevent any tiny victory for marginalized groups is not new. The fight against the normalization of othered groups is not new.
That’s what they’re most afraid of. That each incremental victory will start to make marginalized groups feel safer, that each incremental victory will start to turn the tide of public opinion, that each incremental victory will eventually lead to sweeping law reform.
They’re afraid that they won’t be able to legally discriminate against us anymore.
So guys! Please. This fight, while hilarious, is also so fucking important. I am begging you to understand how old this fight is. These people always play the long game. They did it with Roe and they’re doing it with Disney.
We have! To keep! Pushing back!
how big is the AVATAR fandom? (by James Cameron) reblog if you belong
Wednesday x Enid is goth autistic x sparkly autistic gfs and Wednesday x Tyler is autistic gf x autistic bf who is better at masking
When I was younger and more abled, I was so fucking on board with the fantasy genre’s subversion of traditional femininity. We weren’t just fainting maidens locked up in towers; we could do anything men could do, be as strong or as physical or as violent. I got into western martial arts and learned to fight with a rapier, fell in love with the longsword.
But since I’ve gotten too disabled to fight anymore, I… find myself coming back to that maiden in a tower. It’s that funny thing, where subverting femininity is powerful for the people who have always been forced into it… but for the people who have always been excluded, the powerful thing can be embracing it.
As I’m disabled, as I say to groups of friends, “I can’t walk that far,” as I’m in too much pain to keep partying, I find myself worrying: I’m boring, too quiet, too stationary, irrelevant. The message sent to the disabled is: You’re out of the narrative, you’re secondary, you’re a burden.
The remarkable thing about the maiden in her tower is not her immobility; it’s common for disabled people to be abandoned, set adrift, waiting at bus stops or watching out the windows, forgotten in institutions or stranded in our houses. The remarkable thing is that she’s like a beacon, turning her tower into a lighthouse; people want to come to her, she’s important, she inspires through her appearance and words and craftwork. In medieval romances she gives gifts, write letters, sends messengers, and summons lovers; she plays chess, commissions ballads, composes music, commands knights. She is her household’s moral centre in a castle under siege. She is a castle unto herself, and the integrity of her body matters.
That can be so revolutionary to those of us stuck in our towers who fall prey to thinking: Nobody would want to visit; nobody would want to listen; nobody would want to stay.
Happy Birthday you little rascal 🎊🎈🎉🎶🍰❤
happy birthday to my boy, uchiha sasuke 💓
WATCHED THOR LOVE AND THUNDER SO SOME SPOILERS BELOW:
NO CUZ WHEN THOR WAS CONFESSING TO JANE SOMEONE IN THE THEATER REALLY SAID "And that's what happens when you're heterosexual." AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY DYINGG-
That's beautiful.
no way home spoilers
That look in Tobey's eyes when he's holding Tom's Peter back from killing Norman. He didn't have to say a single word. They both just knew. That look is haunting me it won't leave my mind.
It was so, so important how they did that moment - how Tobey didn't just snatch the hoverboard out of Tom's hands with a web - but rather he could look him in the eyes, look his younger self in the eyes, and stop him from making the same choice that he did. Not just physically stop him but to make him understand, and let him make the choice to let go himself, instead of making it for him.
I love how they really framed Tobey's as the oldest and the wisest. He's had all this time to look back on that choice he made. All this time to think about the things he would have done differently. All this time thinking if he had just known, wishing he could just go back in time and talk to himself, to stop himself. He never thought that one day he would actually get that chance.
That look. That look that won't leave my mind. That look that said you know you shouldn't do this. You know May wouldn't want you to do this. I know the pain it will cause you. I've felt it. I feel it every day. I don't want you to go through what I did. I don't want you to make the same mistake I did. I don't want you to feel the pain that I do. Please. I love you. Please. It didn't help.
And Tom's Peter listens. He makes the choice Tobey's couldn't. His younger self didn't have him to offer him his strength and compassion and wisdom and perspective. Tobey's Peter can never go back in time and save himself, but at least he could save this version of himself. He can go on living, and the pain will fade more and more every day. Whenever he looks back on his younger self at least he'll know, without a doubt, that in another world, there's a version of him that he was able to help. Who didn't make that choice.
(And then Tom's Peter could then do something else that Tobey's couldn't, that being curing Norman, which he said he's been thinking about for years. Even though he was dead he still wished he could go back and help him, and now he was finally able to give him a second chance.)
(And the fact that Tobey says in the very next scene after May dies that ever since he got here he's been trying to find Peter because he feels he needs his help. I know he probably got there earlier but part of me thinks he got there right after or when May died, and he goes through the portal a few hours later. Yes Peter needed him because of the villains but the real reason he needed him was because of May's death and how he was grieving - and how this universe's Peter was going to make the same decision he did if he didn't find him and help him.)
And Andrew. I saw someone else say that he's still grieving Gwen, which is so true. From his conversation with Tobey it sounds like he really just sunk himself entirely into his work as Spiderman in order to, maybe not so much cope but just keep himself occupied to block out the grief.
He thinks about her every day. Sees her falling. Feels the weight of her in his arms again and again and again.
And when MJ fell, every fiber of his being was screaming not again. Not again. Not again.
In that moment, he just saw Gwen. Like he does every day. Only this time it was all too real.
And this time it was different. MJ's Peter couldn't get to her, just like he couldn't get to Gwen. This time he was here. This time he could do something about it. This time there was someone who could spare Peter the pain he lives with every moment of his life.
Maybe when he caught her, for just a split second, it felt like he caught Gwen. He had relived the most horrible moment of his life again. That moment that lived in his mind, that was always there underneath everything else, burning just a little but without end. Then somehow, this time, it ended differently.
The worst thing that happened to Andrew's Peter was a tragedy, but the worst thing that happened to Tobey's was a choice. They're both things that they can never change, but wish they could. They're both things they were able to spare this young version of themselves from. This boy who's full of so much potential and been through so much already. This boy who needed them. This boy who is them.
Obviously this whole movie was about second chances and compassion. You can always give second chances to people, no matter what they've done. You can always start over with them. Everyone except for yourself. You will always know what you've been through and what you've done. And you can be compassionate with yourself, but you can never truly start over. We can never get second chances in life - we can only have them in the eyes of others.
I wish I could go back in time and be there for my younger self. I wish I could help them and guide them. I wish I could protect them. I wish I could save them. I think about it all the time. I think a lot of us do. But in the real world we can't save our younger selves from pain.
Tobey and Andrew were able to fulfill the impossible dream of giving yourself a second chance. Of saving yourself.
I think what this movie was saying was that, as much as we wish we could, we can't start over. You can't give second chances to yourself so that's why it's all the more important that you give them to others - because if we could give ourselves even one moment of the past that could be changed, we would all do it in a heartbeat.
I CAN'T FUCKING BREATHE-
IM DEAD 💀😂
im literally in tears
here’s the thing
the reason why some of us fall in love with fictional characters is because we learn every little aspect of them. we learn about them inside and out; their personalities, their little quirks and habits, their thoughts, their past, and their deepest darkest secrets. we find traits in them that remind us, of us, and those we love in the real world.
some of us turn to these characters for comfort. it might not be direct comfort, but it does help. personally, i find comfort in my favorite characters from watching them growing and overcoming their hardships. oddly enough, it gives me the motivation and faith that i’ll overcome mine.
whether we come to find love for a character from an anime, manga, movie, book, video game, cartoon show, or a real show, we learn so much about them that they feel real to us.
Mah heart
Hello! I was wondering if you could do fnaf 1 headcanons? Like the night guard is young(like teen years) and tries to help the animatronics? Thank you! (Sorry if this was confusing!)
(SECOND FNAF ASKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE)
It all started when you got to Freddy’s Fazbear Pizzaria. You were always considered a big kid even being seventeen and animatronics were one of the things that really take out your inner child.
But you needed to prove to everyone that you are already capable enough of being serious, so why not be more serious than getting a job? Your parents would surely like that idea! So you asked them for permission and got your job as a night guard in your favorite restaurant! Two good things in one package!
It was kinda odd the look the manager gave to you like you were going to commit suicide so young, but it didn’t bother you.
On your first day, however, you got shocked when you heard what phone guy was saying. You heard nothing about a living person without a frontal lobe. And you didn’t quite believe that story about five missing children that got killed. I mean, it was impossible that these things moved at night. They did move on other restaurants before the one you are working on, but…this type was not built to walk around right?
Oh, how wrong you are.
You just didn’t pee in your pants when you saw Bonnie at your door because your bladder was empty.
When you left your job at 6 AM, you did a lot of research at home so you could know more about what you saw and heard.
Unfortunately, you didn’t find much more than you already knew, but it seems that the restaurant chain has a dark story behind. Murderers, accidents, gore of all kind on those photos in the newspapers. Then you came with a very interesting rumor:
The five children are inside the animatronics and their spirits are trapped inside that dark and depressing place.
You felt pity for those innocent children and for the own animatronics. Because of an evil psychopath, nothing in that restaurant can be like the old glorious times.
But you are willing to help!
You can’t exactly free the children…or even peak at the animatronics’ insides to take the children out…but you can make the animatronics happier somehow…right? You will try at least.
On your second day, you went to your workplace earlier and without telling anyone, you gave the animatronics a careful bath with a sponge.
Soon, all the dried blood and mucus disappeared. The smell was a harder task, as you almost puked when you got closer to the robots.
Gosh, they really smelled like rotten corpses.
You sprayed a good amount of light fragrances on them and you can remember nowadays exactly what you choose. Chocolate to Freddy, strawberry to Foxy, vanilla to Bonnie and flowers to Chica.
At least it covered the death smell.
The night went smoothly and, in the morning, your boss got perplexed by seeing the animatronics so…clean! And working as well! You…were really the one who did that?
But, truth to be told, the animatronics were the ones how got more confused. A guard. A guard gave them a bath…you are quite the weirdo, aren’t you? They are trying to kill you and yet you give them a bath.
Aren’t you afraid?? You want to die?? That’s your dream since childhood??
Third night came and the animatronics were away MORE active than usual. Did you make them mad?? You thought that they would be happy for being cleaned!
At 4 AM or so, you got caught by Bonnie as you didn’t close the door in time. You start crying madly as you thought you would get killed. That’s it, Bonnie picked you up and he was going to stuff you inside a suit. And being seventeen you were going to die. You didn’t even have the time to say goodbye at your loved ones-
And then you were at the stage…with the 4 animatronics looking at you.
They asked you a lot of questions, almost like an interrogatory. They were so curious about you. WHO were you?
To prove you just wanted to help, you picked Bonnie’s guitar and tuned it. It’s incredible how an animatronic’s accessory can actually be played.
The robots decide to give you a chance, but if you did something wrong, you were dead.
You did many things in that work’s week, your boss pondered if they just didn’t hire another maniac when you asked to work on the weekend too. However, they let you anyways. It was your job after all…and you were alive.
You covered the holes in Foxy’s suit the best you could with red fabric. You taught a new song to Freddy so he could sing something new to the children. You did a duet with Bonnie with your guitar and you helped Chica making pizza for the first time.
You could tell the animatronics were away happier at night and day. They talked with you about many things, especially people, due to the number of clients had decreased a lot because of…things.
You felt warm inside as you really brought some happiness to this haunted hole of death.
On Sunday, you met a new animatronic. No, better, a new soul. This soul is a little girl, you heard her giggle a lot at work. You never cared that much, but when you saw this golden Freddy talking with you…you couldn’t really ignore it.
On that day you could tell that was not the animatronics talking to you…it was the kids. The spirits.
You felt afraid at first, you never really talked with ghosts. But you discovered that was nothing to be afraid of.
To you, maybe this was the best night. You played hide and seek, sang and, in the end, you read some stories from your little sister’s storybook. At 6 AM, before you got out that door, Golden Freddy hugged you and said “Thank you”.
You were…shocked. Tears started feeling your eyes as you hugged the spirit tightly, completely overwhelmed. You were the one who made these children happier. You were the one who made their eternity of suffering more supportable. You made this. You helped them.
Soon, Mr. William Afton discovered what you did. You were making his animatronics soft. You were making his animatronics weak. And Mr. Afton didn’t build them to make good things.
Mr. Afton demand your boss to fire you. And that’s what they did. They couldn’t go against William’s orders, even if they tried to convince him.
You couldn’t understand why this happened, but you took it like a grown up. You did what you could, if they didn’t like it, that’s their problem. You got paid anyway.
Sometimes you go to the restaurant to see the animatronics. They give a genuine smile or a wink to you. They know you, they know who are their friends, they know who helped them. You heard that some guy named “Mike Schmidt” is now in your place.
You just hope that your boss left the animatronics in good hands.
- mod sheep
FUCKING BRILLIANT
Kataang? Zutara?
I’d like to propose a motion to end the 10-year-old battle and turn this love triangle into an adorable polyamorous relationship.
YOU CAN’T IGNORE THE CUTE
Oh wait I’m not original. I just looked it up and it already exists and it’s called Zutaraang so why the heck isn’t it getting more love on this website because this is genius.
I LOVE THIS
-it would start with catching both of their eyes
-the entire fam would be like “oh no, another thing for these two to fight about.”
-they’d try to find ways to get you to say which one of them you prefer
-finally confiding in Tony that you’re honestly just into both of them
-she sits them down and is like “you both have to stop acting like idiots. so I did some recon, and she’s honestly just into both of you the same way.” “well now what?” “there’s this amazing thing called polyamory guys, look it up.”
-they look into it
-and they realize they could both be dating you and it doesn’t make them gay or in anyway have to even actually like each other
-you’re shocked when the both of them ask you to meet at Pop’s together
-you sit down across from them and they explain that they looked into polyamory and are willing to give both of them dating you a try if you’re up for it
-creating a group chat
-they both kinda have alpha personalities
-and this would clash at the start but they’d come up with ways to deal with it
-starting out with movie dates, Sweetpea immediately asserts his dominance by putting his arm over your shoulders while Reggie glares at him but settles with his hand going to your upper thigh, then Sweetpea glares at him because thats a good idea
-they both want to walk you to school
-Sweetpea is taller so he calls dibs on arm over your shoulders while Reggie holds your hand, or puts his hand in your back pocket, (wonder where he learned that from)
-people give you odd looks from the first day this happen
-”so what’s going on with Sweetpea and Reggie?” Veronica asks, Betty leaning closer because she wants to know too. when you explain it they’re both like “this is not going to last. Y/N, you know that, they hate each other.”
-your first date at your place and its kinda awkward at the start because having two massive guys walking around your kitchen is just kinda odd
-sitting on the couch to watch a movie
-these guys are huge so good luck trying to get comfortable on that couch
-moving to your bed because the couch has no space
-all of you lying on your backs until Sweetpea is like screw this, and pulls you over so you’re cradled against his chest, Reggie spoons you
-”so why do you guys hate each other so much?”
-you fall asleep first and they both are just kinda there. so they start whispering and talking. they realize they have more in common than they thought, plus if they want this whole thing to work they have to start being nicer to each other
-they agree to start working out together
-waking up cuddled between these gorgeous men
-at school you usually have class with at least one of them, and in classes with both each sit on either side of you
-they are fiercely protective of you
-like no one can fuck with you
-you always have one on either side of you
-you get cold and Sweetpea offers his leather while Reggie offers his letterman jacket
-and these guys are big so their jackets are big
-the other serpents kinda dont know what to do at first. like, they’ll accept you, but does this mean they suddenly have to warm up to Reggie?
-getting along really well with the Serpents because you make Sweetpea super happy and he’s such a sweet little muffin
-they’re both super cocky
-which is great
-”give me a kiss sugar.”
-the best fucking pet names.
-they both like to call you Princess
-Reggie is more of a “doll face” kinda guy
-Sweetpea likes “pretty girl.”
-can you imagine partying with these guys?
-that would be so hot, like, one on either side and they can never keep their hands to themselves so they’re all over you
-stealing their clothes
-tracing Sweetpea’s tattoo makes Reggie want to get a tattoo of some kind
-i mean, they try to keep it to a minimum, but sometimes they end up looking at each other when they’re with you and it spurs them on, like a good kind of competition on who can make you feel the best
-they’re also super horny
-they like marks. im sorry if you dont. this is just a thing with them
-and they’re rough
-plus, Sweetpea has those rings so get fucking ready doll
-the first time it happens is kinda odd but they make up for it the next morning, its all about rhythm and these boys realize they have a knack for it
-honestly its all just hanging out
-you and Sweetpea go to Reggie’s sports games and cheer him on from the sidelines
-group hugs when Reggie wins
-running onto the field and Reggie spins you around, Sweetpea stands there and when Reggie sets you down they bro hug
-they both just kinda like lifting you up all the time
-Sweetpea is king of throwing you over his shoulder
-Reggie’s more of a piggy back guy
-sometimes they try to coordinate things
-like cooking for you, but this never ends well. they’re huge fans of take out
-they actually are okay when you fall asleep first and they just talk about stuff
-sometimes pretending to be asleep to hear what they’re talking about
-usually its kinda dumb stuff but mostly its about you
-taking them both shopping. Sweetpea hates it with a burning passion but Reggie is a fashion icon so he helps you choose stuff
-well, Sweetpea helps in Victoria’s secret
-they agree on silk and lace
-they also agree on loving to tear your clothes off
-when you’re having a rough day, you have two adorable big puppy boys to cuddle you and make you feel better
-they also like attention
-studying together is you studying and both of them just playing with your hair and groaning about not wanting to study
-they always want to crash girls night but you always evade them
-the fact that this dynamic actually works out shocks everyone, Betty and Veronica especially want to know what it’s like having both Sweetpea and Reggie
-its actually just so loving once everything is settled though
-massive group hugs and cuddles
-once they’re comfortable with each other of course
-dragging them both around at carnivals
-its actually so funny because Sweetpea is usually pretty stone cold and Reggie can be kind of distant and then between these two huge asshole looking dudes is just you, and you’re a little bundle of sunshine in compairison
-ultimate lazy cuddle days with these babies who just need cuddles and head massages
-i’ve already said it but they are just so protective of you
-and Sweetpea has the whole gang behind him
-Reggie has the football team
-so you are protected AF
-sometimes they’ll fight over who gets to do things. arm wrestle for who gets to drive you to school one morning. a shoot out on the basketball court to see who gets to dance with you first at prom
-yeah everyone would know you’re taken
-like no one flirts with you because everyone just knows
-you know what. i am here for this okay?
**** gif credit @bellblake
FR THO
You know what’s not fair?
About 80% of Kakashi’s body is completely covered nearly 24/7
Aaaaaannnnnd he still be fine as fuck
THE POWER
Morgana/Regina AU we deserve.
I FEEL BETRAYED
The Originals - alternate ending: “The Missing Arc”
The same finale, but with one last twist that changes everything.
One of my OTPs!!!
Fall for you🧡
I have never heard truer words
Step Believer
While watching season 7 I didn't know what people saw in Henry and Ivy/Drizella but now looking back I really like the idea of Henry falling for someone whose originally a villain with baggage instead of just ripping off his grandparents love story. Henry and Ella/Jacinda's love story was fine but there was nothing special or original about them compared to every other ship on the show before. Plus I know chemistry is subjective but it seems to be a popular opinion among fans that they didn't have a whole lot of it. Henry and Ivy/Drizella on the other hand did have chemistry even when it was supposed to come off as disingenuous and fake. And were unique in the sense that there was no love at first sight, no meet cute, no soulmates, no meant to be. Just two people who connect on a deep level. Who complement each other quite nicely with Drizella and her cynicism and Henry having the heart of a truest believer. They had a lot of potential with Henry always seeing the best in her and Drizella grounding his rose-color view of the world. Plus mix that in with angst by starting them out with her being the villain to his hero in the story. Also the Prince falling for the stepsister is within itself something fresh and innovating. But sadly they are just another wasted potential by the writers in a show filled with them.
I knew this had to be a new meme format...
Enough words said
happy fucKing birthday to naruto literally nothing else matters today shut the hell up it’s naruto’s birthday today
Geralt and Daenerys is something I need in my life.
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen and Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia