Random goon: Hey boss, were you the one to pick that name as an alias? And why this one?

Red Hood : I used to have another name, before... A long time ago. But that person is dead now. I get to choose for myself now, they can't take that from me. I won't let them.

Goon: Huh.

Random Goon: Say boss, why do you never take off your shirt in front of us?

Red Hood: Well uh, I actually have that really fucked scar on my chest and I'm not comfortable with...

Random Goon: Don't worry boss, we get it, you don't have to explain yourself to us.

Red Hood, high on some toxin: God, I wish my family...

Random Goon (on boss-sitting duty): why not try reaching out to them?

Red Hood: They would never accept me as I am now... They wouldn't agree with my so-called "life choices". Besides, they don't miss me, they miss the person they think I used to be... I wasn't even a man when I last saw them.

Random Goon: Damn boss, that sucks.

And then the goons throw the Red Hood a party on trans visibility day and Jason is so confused he straight up cries.

Senior Goon who put together that Batman is Hood's dad: Don't you fucking dare show up to Pride, you goddamn piece of shit! Not after what you did to your own kid!

Batman: ???

Senior Goon: You fucking heard me. Absolutely disgusting. Don't tell yourself a father if you can't love your kids no matter what.

Batman: ... What does Pride have to do with anything? I had no idea he got resurrected to go find him.

Senior Goon: "Resurrected"? It's called top surgery, you heartless bastard! He didn't fucking die, just 'cause he aint't a she no more!

Batman, beyond confused: He did, though. He literally died and got resurrected.

Senior Goon, spitting in disgust: You've got some nerve. Get outta my face!

Bruce, later that night: What the hell are you telling your minions?

Jason: They assumed the scars on my chest I'm uncomfortable with were top surgery scars. They were so supportive, I didn't want to disappoint them by telling them I just died.

Bruce: Joey accused me of being a homophobic parent and spit at me.

Jason: Really?! That's so sweet! Send me the video!

Bruce: Can you at least tell him our issues have nothing to do with your transness? Or lack thereof.

Jason: Stop being homophobic and I will.

Bruce, notable bisexual and vocal queer advocate:

Dick: Why does Jay respond to everything you post in the group chat with "Don't be homophobic"?

Bruce, sighing deeply and putting his head on his desk: I'll make him wish he just came to dinner like a regular human being.

Dick: ???

Red Hood, in the middle of his own safehouse talking with Joey: Once we get the payment, move the product. Otherwise, no dice.

Joey: On it- Uh, boss?

Batman, appearing out of thin air:

Red Hood, jumpscared: Jesus fucking Christ, B.

Batman, resting a hand on Hood's shoulder: A lot has happened between us that I am not proud of.

Hood: No shit-

Batman: But who you are has never been one of those things. You've always been my son, and I have loved you as one since the day you came into my life and I always will.

Hood: wut

Batman, pulling Hood into a hug: If I've made you feel as though I ever stopped, I'm sorry. I don't want a misunderstanding like this to come between us.

Joey, through tears: You better fucking mean that.

Batman, about to drop a bomb: I'm bisexual with kids of all genders and sexualities. I would never turn any of my children away, even when they've done things I disagree with. They are my children and their happiness matters more to me than anything.

Hood, in shock: What the actual fuck is happening right now.

Batman, continuing: Thank you, Joey, for telling me how he felt. He wouldn't have told me on his own and would have lived thinking I was ashamed of him, which could not be further from the truth.

Hood: You're not even my real father.

Joey: Don't talk about the man who raised you like that!

Batman: No, he's right. He has every right to be mad at me. But I couldn't let him go on believing I stopped caring about him.

Jason: I fucking hate you.

Bruce: Don't be homophobic.

I made a thing….

Chai tea bag + lil but of brown sugar + apple cider packet + 16 oz. mug of hot but not quite boiling water

it will not Fix You but like. maybe. maybe.

tags by @eridan-ampora

Update: this is the best post I've ever made because everyone is sharing their Warm Beverage recipes in the notes. Go check the notes for more Warm Beverages That Will Fix You.

All of the Prehistoric Pride guys in one collective post to celebrate pride month. Choose your fighter and have an awesome time :D

More suggestions are always welcome, I sadly was not able to cover everyone, but I will do more of these in the future!

I am going to add more and more to the collection as I get them done :D

If you would like to support my silly little dinosaur art, then you can buy any of these Prideaurs as stickers from my Etsy shop, which I just set up recently. I am pretty new to this entire business side of art things, but I am trying my best :D so a like or a reblog would go a long way. Thank you guys so much for all your kind words and support!

Update

JESUS CHRIST

This applies to so many things! Your first two inches of knitting/crocheting look like fuck-all. Your pile of fabric pieces look like fuck-all. Your first two paragraphs look like fuck-all. Your first nursing class looks like-fuck all. Keep doing the thing until you finish the thing!

Stay safe, guys

it’s three taps anywhere on the screen on a smartphone!

This is important punks. Deadly important.

I’ve texted their hotline before. It was super helpful and even if it hadn’t been the amount of time you’re there can be enough to let your urges fade and stay safe.

hello again (bill clinton limewire voice) my fellow americans

There are a few states that actually have Shield/Refuge laws designed to help trans people fleeing from trans-unsafe states, which also guarantee trans folks access to healthcare. These states are:

Additionally, some states have "trans sanctuary" executive orders signifying safety for trans folks seeking healthcare. These states are:

Living as a resident in these states means you are protected by state's rights and state government to continue or begin receiving trans healthcare. These laws have been codified in their states so everything has been a-ok'd by their state governments.

Stay alive. You got this. I love you.

Black folx don't get caught slippin. Crosscheck this list with these maps made by and thoroughly researched by tougaloo college.

They're a map of sundown towns across the u.s. one is interactive. also, side note, if you know a sundown town that isn't on there, please contact them and they will follow up on it.

hello again (bill clinton limewire voice) my fellow americans

There are a few states that actually have Shield/Refuge laws designed to help trans people fleeing from trans-unsafe states, which also guarantee trans folks access to healthcare. These states are:

Additionally, some states have "trans sanctuary" executive orders signifying safety for trans folks seeking healthcare. These states are:

Living as a resident in these states means you are protected by state's rights and state government to continue or begin receiving trans healthcare. These laws have been codified in their states so everything has been a-ok'd by their state governments.

Stay alive. You got this. I love you.

Black folx don't get caught slippin. Crosscheck this list with these maps made by and thoroughly researched by tougaloo college.

They're a map of sundown towns across the u.s. one is interactive. also, side note, if you know a sundown town that isn't on there, please contact them and they will follow up on it.

maintaining friendships as an adult be like

do you think, for a potato chip, being dipped in an onion-based condiment is like seeing an old friend for the first time in years, both of you fundamentally changed and soon destined to die but nonetheless still here in this moment?

Why would a potato and an onion be friends?

they grew up together! they're from the same neighborhood!! (underground)

can someone please be proud of me like fuck I’m trying

reblog to let prev know you’re proud of them

can someone please be proud of me like fuck I’m trying

reblog to let prev know you’re proud of them

“we have to stop straight men from playing gay characters” AND KILL FITMC???????

It's so funny we went from internet culture thinking shipping content creators is evil and bad to a content creator like fitmc DESPERATELY needing to be in a ship otherwise he withers up like a dying flower

a meeting of creatures…

some context from Twitter preceding this historical and entirely uneventful moment

It’s practically every day I think of them. Credit to @shingworks on Twitter

ty for stealing this one much appreciated

people in the notes suggesting it was "improper" for the juror to do this or that it "introduced bias" to the court proceeding 🙄 the ice agent in question accused a moc of assaulting him / resisting arrest. how is the agent being a white supremacist not relevant. what universe are you living in

As a member of the world’s SECOND oldest profession, I assure you this is just one of many ways the justice system is systematically fucked up.

For anyone who wants to know how to fact check something you are told while on jury duty without getting fined:

First, you need to understand that the rule that jurors can’t just google things is coming from a good place. Like imagine that you are on a jury that’s considering, say, a medical malpractice lawsuit and one of your fellow jurors comes into the jury room and says to you, “I think the victim’s expert was lying because WebMD totally contradicts everything they said.”

And you might be like, “But WebMD is notoriously unreliable website and the expert you’re talking about is a researcher from Mayo Clinic.” But this person cannot be swayed.

Like, we can all agree that would be bad.

So even though these rules can contribute to unjust outcomes as in the case above (and seriously, the fact that the defense attorney didn’t fact check that is probably grounds for legal malpractice), they also prevent jurors from just looking up bullshit online and taking it more seriously than the actual experts the court has put on. And I think in the era of anti-vaxxers/QAnon/COVID denial/etc., we can all understand why it’s a bad idea to trust that people can tell fact from bullshit online.

So in light of this, how do you as a juror fact check something?

The key here is that you have to ask the court for information. Jurors can ask questions of the court during deliberations, so if something you said sounds off to you, you can ask for more information.

The key term you want to use here is “credibility.”

The job of a jury is to decide what are called “questions of fact.” Long before the trial even starts, lawyers will have hashed out all the “questions of law” --- like, what the statute of limitations is; what laws, exactly, were allegedly broken; whether the court you’re in even has jurisdiction; stuff like that. Jurors are responsible for deciding which side’s version of the facts has more credibility.

For instance, if the prosecution’s witness says X and the defense’s witness says Y, the jury is responsible for deciding which is true, X or Y. And you do this by weighing which one is more credible.

So in this case, if the juror had known to, he could have told the judge, “In order to properly assess the ICE agent’s credibility, I need more information about his tattoo. I have doubts about whether he was telling the truth about it, which would impact how credible I would find his testimony. Can the agent please provide evidence that it really is what he says it is?”

There are a lot of problems with our legal system, and I think one of the biggest is that jurors aren’t educated about what they can and can’t do. Juries have a lot of power, if (and only if) they know how to use it.

Reblogging for that last post, because frankly, “what to do as a juror” is one of those things the schools should really be teaching us. Serving on a jury is one of the most powerful rights of citizenship and everyone should be educated in how to exercise it correctly.

I would love to see a Karen and Tommy moment. Have them talk about how they were both directly, but differently, affected by DADT.

Tommy being affected because he was a closeted gay man whose entire service was under DADT, based on what we know of the show's timeline. Having to hide and repress his sexuality in fear of being found out and being discharged because of it, and the stigma and difficulties that would follow him with that type of discharge.

Karen being affected because she gave up on her dream of becoming an astronaut because of DADT. This is mentioned briefly in Tomorrow (s6e6), when she says "they don't let people like us go to space." In the same episode, it shows the moment Karen and Hen find out when DADT was getting repealed.

Them having the moment with someone who gets it. Getting to talk about how they were affected by DADT and how it shaped their futures.