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sunshine_challenge and its floral theme.
( Fandom characters and ambivalent morality. References to the struggles of trans people and the history of fascists attempting genocide )
There isn't necessarily a pat ending to this, or a stirring and rousing speech that gets us to go back out with renewed vigor and continue the battle that's going on. I don't have the answers to this. I may never have the answers to this, even as I try to work on things with my professionals and everyone else around here. What I do have, at least in this specific instance, in addition to the whirlwind tour of various fandoms here, is The Latest Kate, involving a lot of cute animals, occasionally in Lisa Frank-type colors, with encouraging messages attached to them about how it's okay, sometimes, to have just made it through the day and not done anything more. Or that you are perfect exactly the way you are, and that you have done well for existing and surviving up to this point in your life. They're very cute. They're very positive. And, at several points in my life, and possibly in yours, they're very necessary for knocking back the cloud of brainweasels. (Oh, I have thoughts about the Netflix Nimona compared to the graphic novel Nimona, but they're not thematic to this post.)
sunshine_challenge and its floral theme. Prompt 2: Gladiolus
Generally, gladioli represent strength of character, faithfulness, moral integrity, and remembrance. Gladioli are actually the traditional 40th-anniversary flower and the birth flower for the month of August! Each individual colour of gladiolus is also symbolic.
Bonus Prompt: Coral Rose
( Fandom characters and ambivalent morality. References to the struggles of trans people and the history of fascists attempting genocide )
There isn't necessarily a pat ending to this, or a stirring and rousing speech that gets us to go back out with renewed vigor and continue the battle that's going on. I don't have the answers to this. I may never have the answers to this, even as I try to work on things with my professionals and everyone else around here. What I do have, at least in this specific instance, in addition to the whirlwind tour of various fandoms here, is The Latest Kate, involving a lot of cute animals, occasionally in Lisa Frank-type colors, with encouraging messages attached to them about how it's okay, sometimes, to have just made it through the day and not done anything more. Or that you are perfect exactly the way you are, and that you have done well for existing and surviving up to this point in your life. They're very cute. They're very positive. And, at several points in my life, and possibly in yours, they're very necessary for knocking back the cloud of brainweasels. (Oh, I have thoughts about the Netflix Nimona compared to the graphic novel Nimona, but they're not thematic to this post.)
The BLACKSMITH: Choose for yourself: One who can leave your burdens behind…or choose one who will be enough to bear them.
SUMMER ROSE (voice): I love you, just the way you are.
RUBY ROSE (standing in front of her choice): This one. What happens…if I choose me?
THE BLACKSMITH: Then maybe, that girl is enough.
