Reblog This Post If Your Account Is A Trans Safe Space Or Owned By A Trans Person!

(through gritted teeth) sometimes what's good for your mental health isn't another do nothing day or a little treat sometimes what's good for you is putting in some of the work. Not all of it at once but sometimes you have to finish that essay or at least take the next step or you have to clean your room or at least dust the shelves or you gotta do the laundry or at least put it all in the hamper and it's not fun and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks but you have to because i read a post on the internet that told me that's what being nice to yourself is sometimes

I sometimes find myself confused by how many weird concepts and phrases get used commonly on this site, especially ones that are either internet-specific or scholarly in origin, so I thought just for fun I'd try to draft up a cheat-sheet of some of those terms I've seen used here a lot and let other people help with what I've missed. I figured this may be good as a refresher or a way to learn new ones. Here we go!

Bechdel-Wallace Test (commonly called the Bechdel Test): a frequently-used "lowest bar" for representation of women in a work of fiction, where a passing work must include two woman characters that have a conversation that isn't about a man. Developed as a joke by Liz Wallace and Alison Bechdel as a criticism for the lack of lesbian representation in cinema

Bidoof's Law: states that the kinds of guys that make insane posts about moral degeneracy on social media are often "openly and shamelessly addicted to hentai". Named for infamous tumblr user 'bidoof', who hopefully won't find this post

Chekhov's Gun: literary trope that suggests that one should not draw attention to specific details unless those details will be important to the story; the original example was that a play featuring a gun on a mantle in the first act must have that gun fired by the final act. Named for Anton Chekhov, who is not the guy from Star Trek

dril: infamous Twitter user who has irrevocably helped shape internet vernacular; it's commonly said that "there's always a dril tweet" for any given situation. Real name is [REDACTED]

Enshittification: economic pattern where companies (particularly ones in the tech sector) provide an excellent service at a loss in order to gather a userbase, then gradually worsen their product to attempt to gain a profit, all while hoping the userbase will continue using the service out of familiarity; inevitably, this results in the service's abandonment and death. Coined by Cory Doctorow

Godwin's Law: joke theorem that suggests that the longer an internet argument goes on, the more likely someone will mention the Nazis. Internet tradition typically follows the belief that, should an heated debate result in someone comparing the other party to a Nazi, and the debate otherwise has absolutely nothing to do with Nazis/fascism, that person has lost the debate entirely. Coined by Mike Godwin

Hanlon's Razor: a variation on Occam's Razor (see below) that suggests that one should assume stupidity rather than malice as a driving force behind someone's actions. Named for Robert J. Hanlon, who was probably kidding

Milkshake duck: phrase used to indicate a person who achieved brief popularity on the internet only to turn out to hold bigoted opinions of some kind. Coined by Twitter user "pixelatedboat"

Murphy's Law: suggests that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Coined by Nathan A. Murphy Jr while working on a rocket sled project

Occam's Razor: the simplest solution to a problem is often the correct one. Named for William of Ockham

Pavlov's Bell: also called Pavlov's Dog, this is a reference to a classic experiment that involves linking rewards with an unrelated external stimuli, as a form of mental conditioning. Developed by Ivan Pavlov

Poe's Law: suggests that internet satire without clear intent is indistinguishable from sincere belief to an outside observer. Named for Nathan Poe

Prisoner's Dilemma: philosophical conundrum where two individuals that cannot communicate must choose to either betray one another or stay loyal: both staying loyal ensured minimal punishment, one betraying the other results in the traitor going unpunished and the loyalist receiving maximum punishment, and both betraying results in both receiving maximum punishment

Problematic fave: phrase originating on Tumblr that typically indicates a person who remains popular despite their unpleasant behavior

Rule 34: old internet saying that, if something exists, somebody somewhere has drawn pornographic content of it

Rule 63: old internet saying that, if a character exists, somebody has drawn a gender-bent version of them

Schrödinger's Cat: a reference to a thought experiment in quantum physics involving uncertainty of a situation that cannot be resolved without direct observation. Developed by Anton Schrödinger

Skitt's Law: an internet-specific variation of Muphry's Law (not a typo), which states that any post attempting to correct the grammar or spelling of a previous post will invariably include a grammatical or spelling mistake itself. Named for Usenet user "Skitt"

Trolley Problem: philosophical conundrum involving a binary choice between doing nothing and allowing multiple people to die, or to actively choose to allow a single different person to die

Wheaton's Law: a revisal of the classical Golden Rule for the internet age, which simply states "don't be a dick". Popularized by Wil Wheaton (yeah, he's pretty cool)

Hey so… fuck you jkr

Fuck you for making everyone in your book cis, straight, white, able bodied, English speaking and from England (and if they weren’t they were some kind of stereotype)

This is my personal middle finger to you.

Remus, welsh, trans ftm, gay, disabled, uses a cane, would definitely side with Luigi, definitely only married Tonks cause they both needed someone to support them, fuck you

Sirius, French, definitely got some gender fuckery going on, bi, beats the shit out of nazis/homophobes/transphobes, love of my life, fuck you

Peter, Australian, he doesn’t fucking know or care, he just likes people (sometimes), definitely joins Sirius in his violent conquests, fuck you

James, south Asian, pan, poly, bro just loves fucking everyone, he is incapable of hate (most of the time), would literally only hate you and Voldemort, fuck you

Lily, Scottish, bi, poly, angry as fuck, will whip ur ass for talking badly about any of her friends, she would eviscerate you online, twitter is her playground and she will make you her bitch, fuck you

Marlene, Aussie, lesbian, defo some gender fuckery too, one day she’s all girly pop, next she’s in knee length cargos, crew socks, a wifebeater and uggs, about to whack you over the head with her surfboard, fuck you

Mary, Swahili, bi, trans mtf, my goddess, is just genuinely, kinder, funnier and a better writer than you, omg I just decided Mary keeps these like rlly long diaries just full of stories she’s written, hol up while I write that down, fuck you

Pandora, god knows, she’s just turned up one day, pan, trans mtf (oh I’m not even done yet), speaks in tongues fluently, would defo shit talk you to Sybil, fuck you

Sybil, Czech, bi, ace, trans (she/they) (my knowledge only extends so far on the terms front) would calmly and incredibly gorely tell you how you are going to die, and then watch Barty carry it out, smiling, fuck you

Dorcas, where do we headcanon Dorcas is from? I think she grew up in London but that might just be because I need a token “grew up here” character, would beat you, don’t fight me, fight her, fuck you

Regulus, French, bi, poly, trans ftm, he is babygirl (this is a non gendered term to me) yeah sure he’s fucked up and makes mistakes and shit, he’s remorseful, he makes up for it, but still, he’s babygirl, because if he saw you, Hed spit on your shoes and tell you to turn to love, fuck you

Evan, German, he swears Dora just showed up one day, gay, bored, loml, I cried over him two days ago, he would also beat you up, or maybe just watch Barty do it, fuck you

Barty, English (wow look at that), trans ftm, gay, fucking crazy, I love him, would troll you on twitter, would call you John Rowling and ask how much you like it BITCHHH, fuck you

Is that everyone? It doesn’t feel like everyone. I am missing someone.

OHHHH LOVES OF MY LIFE WAIT

Bellatrix, French, lesbian, crazy bitch, I love her, defo dates Rita, would be a total misandrist except for when guys are useful to her, clung only Molly cause he reminded her of the people she loved (Cissy, Rita, Andy) and would hate you :), loves Peggy by ceechyna, fuck you

Narcissa, french, lesbian, swordfights, reads Sappho, is the fucking best, Queen of lavender marriages, would give you a mildly disgusted look and walk away, we are rather displeased with you

Andromeda, French, straight (whattt???), defo tops tho, don’t know much about her but I’d like to, give me fic recommendations, she seems fucking badass, she would kill you for her little gender fluid baby, fuck you

Rita, English, lesbian (it’s getting funny at this point), trans mtf (I’m shitting myself laughing with all my headcanons written out like this), dyslexic, fight me, that quick quotes quill was there for one reason and one reason only, so she could diss you with the spelling immaculate, fuck you

Alice, German, bi, genuinely a kind person, would get incredibly angry at you if you hurt anyone she likes feeling though, wouldn’t hurt you or anything, just go best red and start crying (tears of anger) while saying mean things about you, then cissy would come over, and then she’d punch you, only if cissy said to though, fuck you

Ted, English (Yorkshire, I just know it), cis het, he does bottom though, fight me, seems genuinely kind, we love to see it, just a nice guy, fuck yeah, still fuck you though

Behold them in all their glory, no particular order or reasons. Just vibes

If I forgot anyone, pls tell me, :))) I don’t want to tag this, it’s gonna be everywhere.

I reached 30 tags so quickly,

Damn

Tony Stark is a genius. Like Daredevil once said, you could chuck him naked into the middle of a desert and he’d fly out with a suit made of cacti. And we see this when he escapes the cave.

But, his escape was a team effort. He would not have been able to do it without Yinsen and yet it wasn’t really technological intelligence that Yinsen provided. Tony knew exactly what he was doing the entire time.

Yinsen provided hope.

Tony Stark is still everything without the suit because he will always have his mind but he is nothing without people around him. He was fully prepared to give up without Yinsen giving him something to live for, something to motivate him. He needed someone to force him to care about his life.

We see this repeated in every close relationship that Tony forms. He’s a genius. But it all means nothing when he’s alone.

this is fred, the dot.

fred wants to grow into a beautiful tree, but sadly has no branches

reblog to give fred a branch

i will post fred status updates as he grows

“People are inherently terrible” no!!! Have you ever seen a child wait for their friend while they tie their shoelaces? Have you ever known someone who would bring hurt squirrels and rabbits and mice to the nearest vet just so it doesn’t suffer? Have you seen someone grieve? Have you ever read something that hit your heart like a freight train? Have you looked at the stars and felt an unexplainable joy? Have you ever baked bread? Have you shared a meal with a friend? Have you not seen it? All the love? All the good? I know it’s hard to see sometimes, I know there’s pain everywhere. But look, there’s a child helping another up after a hard fall. Look, there’s someone giving their umbrella to a stranger. Look, there’s someone admiring the spring flowers. Look, there’s good, there’s good, there’s good. Look!!!!

so embarrassing when i forget im checking someone's blog and i start scrolling through and liking and reblogging shit as if it's just my dash. it feels like wandering into someone else's apartment and not noticing and making myself lunch

Could you maybe reblog this post if you think respecting trans peoples' names and identities is a basic right and not a political opinion?

No pressure. Just seeking some validation of my sentiment. Due to some. people

truly some people have no genre savviness whatsoever. A girl came back from the dead the other day and fresh out of the grave she laughed and laughed and lay down on the grass nearby to watch the sky, dirt still under her nails. I asked her if she’s sad about anything and she asked me why she should be. I asked her if she’s perhaps worried she’s a shadow of who she used to be and she said that if she is a shadow she is a joyous one, and anyway whoever she was she is her, now, and that’s enough. I inquired about revenge, about unfinished business, about what had filled her with the incessant need to claw her way out from beneath but she just said she’s here to live. I told her about ghosts, about zombies, tried to explain to her how her options lie between horror and tragedy but she just said if those are the stories meant for her then she’ll make another one. I said “isn’t it terribly lonely how in your triumph over death nobody was here to greet you?” and she just looked at me funny and said “what do you mean? The whole world was here, waiting”. Some people, I tell you.

Are you bored lately? Do you have case at the moment ? Are you aroace ? Do you want a riddle?

Those are many questions for one ask. I am working on a case, but I couldn't solve it yet. It's irritating. I'm waiting for more information about the case from the police and the labs. It's tedious, I've a case but I'm bored with waiting.

I'm always ready for a riddle.

-SH