We Rlly Went From 20gayteen To 20biteen To 20quarantine

actually im gonna put this in it’s own post. 

I’ve had conversations with more than a few ace teens since the discourse, and there has been such a miserable impact on their experience because of what the discourse caused.

When I was figuring out I was aro/ace, there was an entire community of bright, outspoken, positive folks who were out & proud of their identities to support me through that (very, very difficult) realization. People who talked openly about how cool it was to be aro/ace, how much they loved it and themselves, how great the community was, and who made me feel welcome and optimistic.

Folks now have nothing. They have a stringent group of people who are terrified of their own label, who hide it, bury it, laugh it off as something they’re ashamed of but are burdened with nonetheless, talk about hating themselves for it, or about how hard it’s made their lives. They have these once-thriving community spaces now full of mocking and shaming and hatefulness, and no choice but to feel terrible about themselves, often inclined to deny who they are so they don’t have to accept what has become a miserable lack-of-community to identify with.

It’s hard, learning to accept yourself as ANYTHING that isn’t straight, and the community around that identity is the most important tool you can have to get through it. The community teaches you how to feel about your new identity, whether you should feel pride or shame, optimism or pessimism, whether you should feel warm & welcome or terrified & miserable.

Today, ace and aro youth are learning to be ashamed, afraid, and to cast aside words, people, and a community history that could help them feel complete in a world that’s constantly telling them how miserable they’ll be without sex and/or romance.

pro hero deku constantly hypes his friends’ brands bc he loves them :’) 

candid photos of when he’s out in civilian clothes show that there’s always at least 1 hero merch item on his body… blogs will religiously catalog his collection

i'm glad things aren't getting better for you, you don't deserve happiness and you won't be capable of finding or keeping it

A humble blogger glances around, seeing a message hurled across a void and come to rest in our inbox. In their mind, they are symbolically standing in green house full of growing plants. New life from seeds collected from worse times have been sprouting for some time now. Sure, some plants are more fussy to care for, but this certainly isn’t a desert.

They read the message, one meant so grow weeds. But find upon reading the words, only a dandelion remains. A strange flower. Yellow one day, a white puff for wishes the next.

With a hum of consideration, they leave what was meant to be a weed. It’s not so bad, in truth happiness isn’t a permanent state of mind anyways. It’s a crop able to grow between harsh cracks in cement and in carefully tended gardens. Turns out some soil keeps coming up aces after all. - 🌹

Klance Tangled AU Part 1 || Part 2

follow me on IG @lilyeclair as I post there much earlier

minecraft steve is the most whitewashed character on the planet and no one talks about it 

anyone please ask your crush out like this

The sign of high quality is the fact the book was banned by the government. Trash literature NEVER EVER had any troubles with the law.