I Dreamt A Creechur, His Name Is Boris

Think before you call for censorship.

From the r/AO3 subreddit.

Good morning! I’m salty.

I think we, as a general community, need to start taking this little moment more seriously.

This, right here? This is asking for consent. It’s a legal necessity, yes, but it is also you, the reader, actively consenting to see adult content; and in doing so, saying that you are of an age to see it, and that you’re emotionally capable of handling it.

You find the content you find behind this warning disgusting, horrifying, upsetting, triggering? You consented. You said you could handle it, and you were able to back out at any time. You take responsibility for yourself when you click through this, and so long as the creator used warnings and tags correctly, you bear full responsibility for its impact on you.

“Children are going to lie about their age” is probably true, but that’s the problem of them and the people who are responsible for them, not the people that they lie to.

If you’re not prepared to see adult content, created by and for adults, don’t fucking click through this. And if you do, for all that’s holy, don’t blame anyone else for it.

What do you think about Michael not defending David on his comments as he is getting criticized by politicians and other powerful people? I hope they are okay.

If ever David needs defending, I have no doubt Michael will be there.

Being criticized by the Tories, on the other hand, is a badge of honour, and Michael didn't need David when the Tories went after him earlier this year for The Way. It's like being gummed by a toothless dog.

When Stede gets Izzy a fancy blade he thinks Izzy isn’t going to use it. That it’ll be one of the things that Izzy treasures, hidden away somewhere to be admired.

Izzy is a practical man though, and uses the knife every chance he gets.

One might say more often than he should. 

Laying it carefully on the table while making negotiations. 

Using it to pick the dirt from under his nails while in a particularly boring conversation. 

That sort of thing.

Stede thinks it’s because Izzy hates it. Confronts him about it. 

“You bloody idiot.” Izzy hisses, flush across his cheeks. “She’s the best blade I ever had. Made for me. Fits in my hand like she’s meant to be there. Course I love her.”

Stede looks confused. Lays out the evidence. 

“Pillock.” Izzy says, a tad too affectionately. “Scariest thing on the ocean is a man with a blade made for him. Most of ‘em we steal off dead bodies. But this one? It’s got my name etched into it.”

And it strikes Stede that yes, he hadn’t seen any other blade with etching. And oh, maybe that is why Izzy uses it all the time. 

The blade isn’t some fancy keep sake, it’s solid proof that Izzy is worth something.

It could have been useless to Izzy, like some cuff links. 

But Stede had chosen something subconsciously that would show Izzy, and any man he threatened, that he was worthy of adoration. 

Stede smiles a little bashfully, and kisses away the smirk from Izzy’s handsome face.

🌼 [source: motherthemountain on instagram]

if I was a cyborg I would want all of my mechanical parts to be like 90s clear plastic so you could clearly see all the machine guts inside and I think that's really sexy of me.

I don’t mean rhinestones… but diamonds 💎

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