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The Lockheed Martin Equation

I'm trying so hard to listen but I know that I'm failing. I know that there are absolutely lots of wrong answers but trying to find moral equivalence when there are so many bad actors involved may be impossible. Full disclosure, I had been following Mardoll for a few years (?) on my main Twitter account so I've seen other things get blown out of proportion but I also was not there long enough to witness past incidents that people were bringing up. Xir account had thousands and thousands of followers as well so I am truly not here to play, "find who is at fault for past incidences," I don't have the time, bandwidth, or frankly the research chops to get into this particular decades-long history so I'm only going to talk specifically about this recent incident and what I know and saw to be true. Mardoll's account is gone and may never return so that's already a problem when it comes to fact-finding and people sharing screenshots without the best conte
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How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? (cw: loss, death, grief, family loss, pet loss)

      It's been a very strange month for me. I'm autistic, I lost one of the people who raised me, and some other stuff has happened that has simply been a lot to deal with and to continue to deal with. It's been weird navigating my self-diagnosis of autism because I've had a creeping suspicion for a long time now and also even though it's unofficial the suspicion was further confirmed by a friend who works in the educational system who brought up the possibility when I was describing some of my childhood "quirks" (for example; hating the feel of lotion and other sticky or greasy feeling substances to the point of needing to wash or wipe my hands because otherwise, I panic or rather am overstimulated by the constant sensory input, I mean Hello Dolly!). It's very strange to come to some of these realizations as someone who raised me directly though is not a direct parent passed away at the beginning of this month. If you think I'm being overcoy I
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🎶How do you solve a problem like Hermione?🎶

I can’t stop thinking about Hermione Granger… sounds like the opening to a fanfiction I never wrote. It is a sentiment that is probably echoed in a thousand and one ships, no worry there. Fiction has always been a port of exploration, especially identity. Many times the protagonists of our favorite stories spend a lot of time pondering their identity and how they fit into the world. Part of the joy of fiction is seeing the hidden, inner lives of others and recognizing a common struggle that we can empathize with. Practiced authors take care to give their characters certain flaws and generally give the character or the narrator the self-awareness to tackle those flaws in a way that makes the resolution of conflict feel satisfying and realistic. Even though we tend to think of endings in terms of resolution this does not mean a character will necessarily shed their so-called negative qualities nor, most of the time, do we want them to, after all that is part of the unique make-up that dr
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