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I can take criticism all day.But kindness wrecks me, sometimes.Thank you all for the kind...

I can take criticism all day.

But kindness wrecks me, sometimes.

Thank you all for the kind thoughts about my son. He’s going to be okay. He’s bruised and dinged up and angry, but I think he handled the situation just about as well as anyone possibly could.

The attacker was cuffed and arrested, we are waiting for a preliminary report from the arresting officer. There was never any question of culpability, all the witnesses said the same thing, an unprovoked attack.

Dakota’s pressing charges and we are going to do everything in our power to make sure this violent young man never does this to anyone again. 

I know not every kid who gets attacked out there has a support system. And this kind of thing happens to someone every day. It’s infuriating.

All your kind words and thoughts mean the world to all of us, I can’t tell you how much we appreciate it.

We are bringing Cody home for a few days. I want him just to relax, read, play music, play video games, and eat mom’s cooking and know how loved he is. That’s the plan. We are very lucky that things didn’t go worse than they did.

He’s very moved by the kind words, he hasn’t read these yet but we told him about them.

It’s a coincidence, but after our house was robbed, I mentioned on Twitter that all our new games had been stolen, and very kindly and unexpectedly, UbiSoft and Microsoft both sent big boxes of games, just to be kind, to help us restart our collection. 

Some of the games they sent are games Dakota has been dying to play, so that was really good timing for a kind deed.

And I told Dark Horse comics about what had happened, because they are also in Oregon, where we are, and knowing what Cody likes, they sent a box of amazing HALO and DRAGON AGE books, which is exactly the kind of thing he goes wild for, just for him.

People are lovely. The creeps and bigots out there, they are awful and they can do a lot of damage.

But people are still lovely, given the chance.

Thanks, everyone.

Everyone we know is trying to kill us.Best part of Cap, best...

Everyone we know is trying to kill us.

Best part of Cap, best part of the Marvel Movie Universe, maybe the best part of movies for all time. THIS GUY AS FALCON.

I get asked this all the time. Yes, Diana thinks trans women are women.OBVIOUSLY.

I get asked this all the time. 

Yes, Diana thinks trans women are women.

OBVIOUSLY.

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nakedorange:

krysta-kicky-feet:

lioness-roar:

quickweaves:

guccimaneuver:

britteryikes:

This is terrifying.

this is so fucking disgusting smh

My god I have never seen something so terrifying in my entire life

I don’t normally reblog stuff like this but I need to. This is fucking TERRIFYING. What the hell is wrong with people? 

This scared me so bad I needed context and perspective. I needed to know what the hell was going on. And I have a feeling everyone feels the same way. 

The woman heard talking is Lisa Mahone, with her boyfriend after being pulled over for not wearing seatbelts. Her two children were in the backseat, and it was her 14-year-old son, Joesph, who recorded the encounter on his phone. 

According to the Hammond Police, one of the cops pulled a gun when Lisa’s boyfriend, Jamal, reached behind the console, “presumably to grab a weapon.”

Jamal refused to get out of the car because he “feared for his life” and would only crack the window a little bit in order to hand them the identification they asked for. 

The family is suing for damages to the vehicle as well as malice and reckless force. The two children in the back seat were injured from the cop breaking the glass. 

Nobody else was posting about the actual event, so here you go. Read the articles, watch the whole video. It’s important to understand everything that happened.

Fuck them this is so fucked up

Good lord. :(

sharkingandcrying:Hey everyone,Things aren’t going particularly great at home. My mum is...

sharkingandcrying:

Hey everyone,
Things aren’t going particularly great at home. My mum is aggressively fighting against my transitioning and now my dad knows and he’s not known for being the most accepting person in the world. So, long story short, I need to start selling a lot of things and fast. I have to severely lighten my load and get some cash hidden away for just in case measures.
All of my comic collection is going to a store because, well, while I won’t get my money’s worth, it’s just easier that way. The majority of my clothes are going to a second hand store. My books, I just don’t know about those yet.
So that leaves my ridiculous amount of manga(among other things but those will be dealt with later)

Y’all are a bunch of weebs, right? You wanna buy my manga?
I’ve got the list typed up and I’d definitely prefer to sell in bulk, especially the sets. If you’re interested in anything then send me an ask or fanmail or whatever to get in contact with me and we’ll talk about setting up a price for what you think is fair.

List under the cut

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The Other Thing About The Attack Is...

The Other Thing About The Attack Is...:

gailsimone:

…it’s just a tiny, tiny window into the danger level that lgbtq people are always facing.

Walking down the street just being a human being, never knowing which person they meet is an unbalanced violent homophobe or transphobe.

I don’t know how they find the strength. It’s awful…

arcadequeen:white occupy groups coopted and took over the denver mike brown rally, started...

arcadequeen:

white occupy groups coopted and took over the denver mike brown rally, started changing the chants from “black lives matter” to “all lives matter”. they took the front lines and were trying to provoke the police when everyone else was calm. they literally silenced the black people in their own movement and took over and changed direction. so me and my friend left.

Jesus Christ. That’s disgusting.

The Other Thing About The Attack Is...

…it’s just a tiny, tiny window into the danger level that lgbtq people are always facing.

Walking down the street just being a human being, never knowing which person they meet is an unbalanced violent homophobe or transphobe.

I don’t know how they find the strength. It’s awful to contemplate.

Representation matters, decency matters, tolerance matters. I don’t know what else we  can do to try to make things better aside from listen and speak up to the best of our ability. 

Can you say who the villain in Secret Six will be and, one a scale of one to Junior, how messed up will the be? ;)

I can’t say, but you will recognize them.

And no one is as messed up as Junior.

...but what if I'm the only gay in the village?

TBH I have no idea what this is in reference to.

But I mean… if you feel comfortable in the village, despite being the only one there who’s gay, go for it? If not, find where you do feel comfortable and go there?

… did I miss something??