functionally immortal

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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acepalindrome

Yknow, when you keep insisting that adults can’t enjoy fandom or play video games or what cartoons or whatever, it’s other young people that you’re hurting the most. Because the most you’ll do to adults is offend or annoy them with that nonsense, but when you plant that idea in a kid’s head, they grow older with the horrible dread looming over them that the things that bring them happiness and comfort have an expiration date. When I was a young adult, I was genuinely depressed about the thought of getting older because I thought I couldn’t keep enjoying all my hobbies, like I had to give up everything I enjoy once I reach [x] age.

And that is simply not true. It’s bullshit. But the harm is does to people is very real. Kids are so afraid of getting older, and one of the big fears is that their life will become painfully bland and boring once they hit adulthood, as if all adults do is work and pay taxes, possibly raise kids. No more fun, no whimsy, no playfulness, no joy.

Anyway, I’m 33 and I love video games and fanfiction and cartoons. If you tell me I’m too old for that stuff, I’ll roll my eyes and block you and go on with my day. But I will worry about the 17 year old who saw your post too and feels a sinking in their chest at the thought that they have to give up the stuff that makes them happy. THAT’S what bothers me.

foxofninetales

Getting older in fandom mostly just means:

  • You’re better at recognizing fandom patterns and can avoid the toxic ones, leading to increased fandom enjoyment.
  • Now you have to zoom the text on AO3.
ao3commentoftheday

FYI, if you’re a person who wants larger text on AO3, you can zoom in or you can use a site skin (skins only work if you’re logged in though).

The easiest way is to scroll to the bottom of any page on AO3 and look at the left-hand side of the footer. Find Low Vision Default and tap on that, and you’re set.

If you don’t like the looks of Low Vision Default (or if you just want the text inside the fics to be larger but not the rest of the site), you can create your own very simple site skin:

  1. Tap on your name at the top of the AO3 page
  2. Select My Dashboard from the dropdown menu
  3. Select Skins
  4. Tap on Create Site Skin
  5. Give your skin a unique name so that you can save it
  6. Paste the CSS below into the big empty box
  7. Tap the Submit button
  8. On the next page, tap Use

CSS is as follows:

#workskin p {
font-size: 24pt;
}

Set whatever pt font you prefer to read with and enjoy.

(this CSS code can also be added into any other skin you might be using. Just copy/paste it in there)

dduane

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there's all the love for working butches but what about butches who stay home and take care of most of the domestic work? the ones who clean and cook and wait for their femme to come home so they can dote on them and help take away the stress of the workday? the ones who may not have the decorative charm of a femme but will do everything they can to maintain the household and errands so their femme can forget about being in charge of just another thing. a butch so reliable that the act of taking such burdens away creates a space that nourishes a femmes desire to let go and fall deep into the arms of their butch who will never let them go. where's love for the butches who can't work due to disability but still brings something to the table that isn't just monetary value? where's love for the butches who worked their bodies into the ground far too early so they devoted themselves to domestic work because its something that gives them a purpose? where's love for the butches who daydream about doing this for their working femme?


if you liked this one here's to the disabled butches who can't do domestic work consistently or at all

redactedbutch

i know i wrote this about mainly myself when i was feeling like the only way i was valid as a butch is if i was 6ft tall and a body builder and a breadwinner. but there are some days i cant take care of the house. there are some days where all my effort will amount to getting out of bed and feeding myself and finding something to distract myself from the unbearable pain im experiencing.

butches shouldn't have to only take care of household matters to validate their existence if they are unemployed or disabled. of course partners should aspire to being helpful in the ways that they can. but i think we should pay special attention to the ones who CANT do any physical chores even the ones that are considered low impact or easy.

we should also be VERY keen to see how oftentimes butches are compared to men. we all know the trope of the deadbeat boyfriend who takes advantage of his girlfriend. this is specifically about how misogyny/patriarchy harnesses the labor of women. butches arent men and calling disabled or unemployed butches deadbeat or things that mimic the way we shit on abled men should not be the way we talk about these matters.

butches do not owe you labor or atonement by virtue of being masculine. they are not predators. they are not people who use the patriarchy to their benefit. oftentimes we are so alienated that we are targeted and pushed out of our jobs because of our hyper visibility.

anyways. maybe instead of so many butch positivity posts we should reblog more of the femme appreciation posts too?? i have many of them