Duchesstopaz - Essence

suga is cheering you on :>

very correct this is koda ty anon

My daughters from the Seven Seas, I welcome you from all of your waters. Tamika, Perla. It’s so good to see you. Caspia, Indira. It fills my heart to have you all here. Mala, Karina… where is Ariel?

it’s funny how i came to college and introduced myself as the person that i wanted to be known as. i would say the necessary things, like “hey, by the way, i use they/them pronouns” or “hi, just so you know, i’m non-binary and i’m not comfortable with he/him pronouns”, etc. i have to push through a lot of anxiety and emotional stress to work up the courage to even tell people, and it’s even worse when i try to correct them. i’m still not comfortable with correcting people. so when people use “he/him” pronouns for me… i notice every time. i have to sit there and keep the energy going and have a smile because… letting them have their way is better than me having to hear empty apologies just for them to make the same mistake again.

i really like how the little mermaid (2023) took ariel's longing in the original and intensified it, but for the entire film. there's such a wistful undertone to it, even though eric and ariel's desires are clearly mapped out. the cinematography, the score—everything's drenched in melancholy, and i just think it brilliantly encapsulates the idea of hiraeth ("homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was").

just remembered i’m gonna see buck tell maddie how beautiful she looks in her wedding dress through tears as he asks her one final time at the top of the aisle if she’s sure, and she nods, telling him she’s never been more sure of anything in her life as they link pinkies and walk down the aisle together oh

“If this hurts my shows I’m gonna riot” “they better not cancel my favorite show” “this is so selfish I NEED this show” “what about my mental health now that they—“

So you agree. Show-writers are important to you and to the industry and should be compensated accordingly for their important work.