Not kind.

If anyone finds themselves struggling with the paywall, try punching the url into "removepaywall," it should get you something like this.

i read the article and I believe the content warnings at the top of it are kind of insufficient. content warning for numerous explicit descriptions of rape and sexual assault; constant violation of physical, emotional and sexual boundaries; physical and emotional abuse; coercion, in particular through finances, social and emotional pressure; child endangerment, neglect and abuse; torture; religious abuse (scientology); other people enabling the above knowingly; suicidal thoughts; self-harm. it's a rough read.

quick tl;dr under the readmore, although still heed the content warnings as they are mentioned:

petition to change LGBT to DFTQ (Dykes Faggots Trannies and Queers, naturally)

AMENDED

honestly, the radicalizing event that made me ditch faux-ironic detachment is when I sent a hard-to-write sentimental message to someone I was (at the time) close with, and they sent the vomiting emoji back. it was like oh okay, that sucks. I am now of the opinion that it is 100x cooler and braver to be sappy with the people you care about.

Being sincere:

Despite everything, it's still you.

If you could instantly be granted fluency in 5 languages—not taking away your existing language proficiency in any way, solely a gain—what 5 would you choose?

reblog if it's okay for your mutuals to message you and create an actual friendship, not just interactions

"i'm not triggered or upset by or even ideologically opposed to it, i just associate it with something so bad that i can't enjoy it anymore" is such a frustrating relationship to have with a piece of media

it’s covered in the fucking ooze!!

mariah carey is nearly defrosted and they're playing christmas music in shopping malls

The next couple of months are going to be pretty tight and I’ve already borrowed money from my dad and both my bffs and have still fallen short. If anyone felt like donating to my kofi, it would mean a lot 💜

Hi friends, thanks to your generosity, I no longer have negative $7 in my bank account! Go team!! Things are still tight, though, so I’m doing one more boost on this post. If you wanted to donate to my kofi, I would really appreciate it 🖤🖤🖤

The problem with commercial F/M romance is that it's written by the most heterosexual women alive and reading it you feel yourself slowly suffocating from the Gender of it all like a fish in a eutrophying lake. And what we actually need as a culture is F/M written by insane bisexuals violently allergic to heteronormativity

Welcome back Jesus of Nazareth.

The reality, for me, is that I would have been disappointed no matter what the outcome was. One movie-length episode feels disappointing the same way that a full season would have felt disappointing. The way getting nothing would have felt disappointing. Because nothing about this has felt good since July, when the news about NG started coming out.

Everybody is going to have their own mileage in separating art from artist. Anybody who follows me knows I still intermittently draw for the fandom. I love the characters. I've made friends with so many wonderful creators. It's hard to pull all the way back. But there's always a bad taste in the back of my mouth about it. I can't feel the same joy anymore.

So yes, I'm disappointed, but I'm disappointed in the because. This is the outcome because of NG's actions. And for me any outcome--ANY outcome--would have been disappointing because of NG's actions. I can't summon any rage about the format.

I'm going to go ahead and pin this, and then link to my previous pin about the situation from back in July. Because I think about this every time I create or share GO fanwork in this space, and every time people reblog the pieces that I made when I was so excited with everybody else about the S3 announcement. That bad taste, y'know. It's sticky.