Haven't Posted Here In A While, But I Am Still Doing Stuff

Be nice and don't mock tumblr users that communicate differently.

Examples:

1.) Typing quirks

2.) No punctuation

3.) Random Capitalisation

4.) Long run on sentences

5.) Frequently misspelled words

6.) Missing spaces between words

7.) Repeating words and sentences

8.) Posts audios and videos instead of typing

9.) Express themselves through custom emojis

10.) Use an AAC (Augmentative and alternative communication) device

Some users have intellectual disabilities, use speech to text, struggle with grammar, have hand tremmers, have high support needs, etc.

Regardless of how they communicate and their reason why, they still deserve respect. They are trying their best.

When demisexuals and demiromantics say people criticise them for being "picky", I find it so bizarre. Like,

"Finish your whole boyfriend or you won't get any dessert"

"If you don't go out with her you'll get her cold for breakfast"

"I'm not going to make a separate spouse for everyone in this house, you'll marry what you're given".

"Think of the starving incels!"

I mean... a relationship is not a poorly-cooked family dinner that you have to choke down or you'll offend grandma. You're supposed to be picky.

Amelie Branchais - Elezen, Wildwood ♀️ (straight) No FC - a noble-born Ishgardian seeking adventure but still wishing to maintain her connection to her home. Main jobs: DRG, WHM, DRK, PLD Story progress: early HW Planned partner: Atoirel

Lexi with her floaty spike baby, Baobei

I realize I never really got to show off Lexi's kids so here they all are. The last two are adopted (and the oldest). The other four are Lexi's direct kids in order from oldest to youngest (though Xiaolain and Huilan are kinda tied). All of them are at least half lalafell (except Tai she is full lalafell). In order: Tai Takyrakaita (co created by my mentor and myself), Qiqiang Guillaume de Borel, G'xiaolain Raha, Huilan Kanuka Seraphina, Celestine (credit to my friend for her), and Copper.

I wish I had the entertaining ADHD that people think people with ADHD have and not the catastrophically fucking bad with deadlines ADHD that makes me scream internally while doing nothing

Also a funny prank Lexi pulled on her husband. Massive thanks to @halcyonlioness for helping out with this set of pics.

This, just this.

"Amatonormativity permeates more than TV shows and books. It is woven into our legal rights, creating forms of discrimination that become more and more apparent as people age. Romantic love within marriage confers privileges that other forms of devotion cannot, including over 1,100 laws that benefit married couples at the federal level. Spouses can share each other’s health insurance, as well as military, social security, and disability benefits. They can make medical decisions for each other. Companies grant bereavement leave for spouses, no questions asked, but there will be more hesitation if leave is requested for a mere friend. It is possible to marry a stranger and give them your health insurance but not possible to give health insurance to a parent...

Criteria based on sex made sense when the main purpose of marriage was to merge fortunes and produce children, but today...marriage is more about a match of devotion than a match of trade. In many cases, the point is no longer to create an heir and a spare. Plenty of married couples don’t have children (or sex, for that matter), and bad marriages with little caring are common...

Offering legal and social benefits only to the romantically attached suggests that the mere presence of romantic feeling elevates the care and deserves special protections, even though friendship and other forms of care, which can come with less obligation, can include more love, more freely given. Therefore, the legal and social privileges of marriage should be extended to all mutually consenting adults who wish for them...

'In terms of policy, marriage law really reaches into all areas of law, like tax and immigration and property,' ... 'It doesn’t matter if it’s different-sex only or same-sex marriage, so long as we restrict marriage to romantic and sexual partners we will ensure amatonormativity.' Reforming marriage law by abolishing it altogether or extending marriage-like rights to friends (to small groups or networks) is one way to eradicate discrimination."

Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

I want to post a little bit about my XIV characters (I have a few) starting with my adorable main: Alexia Wong.

Lalafell, Dunesfolk ♀️ (straight/demi/poly) in Tidepools - a tragic, haunted adventurer raised in the far east trying to liberate her homeland while dealing with the shadows of her past. Main jobs: NIN, BLM, AST, DRK, PLD, SAM, and RDM (also she knows geomancy which is not an official class but one that is mentioned in game, so far the closest class is whm) Story Progress: 6.0 started By the time she got to 5.3, she will have dated 4 men, 3 of which she will still be with. Current partners: Aymeric de Borel, Nanaki Ananaki, G'raha Tia. Previous partners: Hien Rijin (close platonic friends now), Haurchefant Greystone