something i can't stop thinking about is the fact that Percy Jackson started as a comfort story for Rick's son to show him that his adhd and dyslexia doesn't have to be just a bad thing and the fandom then took Percy and Leo and made them into these stupid idiots that don't even know basic math or "big" words and wouldn't be able to even tie their shoelaces without someone else's (someone smarter's) help
don't yall see how fucked up that is? a big part of this fandom has adhd and/or dyslexia and/or other learning disabilities/neurodivergence and find comfort in those characters. they are called lazy and stupid all the time and then yall decided to take characters with those disabilities and ignore their inteligence and made them into something they are not just because their adhd is more "visible" (read more stereotypical looking) (even tho that's not true either because the fandom made them into chaotic gremlins but in reality Percy is more just sarcastic and snarky and even that is more just his internal monologue for his own amusment and to cope and Leo just uses humor as a coping mechanism to hide his depression and other issues but that's a discussion for another time)
Percy is canonically very smart and strategic. no he isn't very good at school. it's what happens when you're neurodivergent and have learning disabilities. that doesn't mean he's stupid. no he doesn't know everything about greek mythology and that doesn't make him stupid either. but when Annabeth tells him the myth he is very good at coming up with strategies and how to win a fight. he's not smart as Annabeth because Annabeth is literally a daughter of the goddess of wisdom so stop fucking comparing them. are you also going to call Annabeth weak and incapable because she can't control water? no you won't because that's fucking stupid. and Leo. fucking Leo. is literally canonically a mathematic genius and also genius when it comes building stuff. they're both smart. they're not fucking stupid. they know and understand words that are longer than 5 letters. no they do not struggle with basic knowledge. they're not fucking stupid.
and miss me with the "it's just a joke" bullshit
jokes are supposed to be funny
and it's not just a joke for many of you because the number of fanfics where they are written in exactly this way is too fucking high. it's actually surprising to find a fanfic where they are written right
in conclusion: the way this fandom portrays Percy and Leo is reinforcing the harmful misconception that people with adhd and/or other learning disabilities are stupid and i hate it with a burning passion
call me sensitive all you want i'll gladly accept it i will rather be called sensitive for hating that those characters are being treated this way than follow the fandoms harmful idea about them
thank you for coming to my ted talk <3
Ladybug: We’ll handle this the way we always do!
Rena Rouge: We’ll ask my followers!
Ladybug: *you kidding me look* ...
Carapace: We’ll just sit back and wait for it to fix itself?
Ladybug: *still looking* ...
Queen Bee: We’ll call Daddykins?
Ladybug: ...
Master Fu: We’ll hand out Miraculous to random people, we don know, without saying a word.
Ladybug: *slowly losing hope* ...
Cat Noir: I’ll sacrifice myself?
Ladybug: * completely lost hope by now*
Ladybug: No, by sticking together and never giving up!!!
Gazal was wounded on November 10th, when, as her family fled Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital, shrapnel pierced her left calf. To stop the bleeding, a doctor, who had no access to antiseptic or anesthesia, heated the blade of a kitchen knife and cauterized the wound. Within days, the gash ran with pus and began to smell. By mid-December, when Gazal’s family arrived at Nasser Medical Center—then Gaza’s largest functioning health-care facility—gangrene had set in, necessitating amputation at the hip. On December 17th, a projectile hit the children’s ward of Nasser. Gazal and her mother watched it enter their room, decapitating Gazal’s twelve-year-old roommate and causing the ceiling to collapse.
UNICEF estimates that a thousand children in Gaza have become amputees since the conflict began in October. “This is the biggest cohort of pediatric amputees in history,” Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a London-based plastic-and-reconstructive surgeon who specializes in pediatric trauma, told me recently.
What sort of world do we live in when we’re told to be grateful that the IOF has ‘only’ murdered 30,000+ civilians, ‘only’ injured over 80,000, ‘only’ starved 2.3 million people, ‘only’ destroyed 70%+ of infrastructure, ‘only’ destroyed the lives and dreams of 2.4 million Palestinians. A world where traumatising over a million children is justified.
A world where those that claim to value ‘human rights’ will tell this father, and thousands of other Palestinian parents, that the lives of their children is a price that needs to be paid for ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’. The irony. It’s a society that does not value life. "pasted from linkedin profile"
Bonus
inspired by @dittolicous post abt the parks n rec bee scene but make it zosan
comic in single panel layout under the cut for more reading comfort:
Day 10
Friday
Isolation
@adrienagresteseptember2021
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He’s been going to the Francois-Dupont for years now but still wasn’t feeling like he was a part of the inner circle. Like sure he was in the class but he also wasn’t.
He was never there when they hung out at the weekends or after school. And it wasn’t like they aren’t inviting him to tag along, they ask every time, he’s just never allowed.
Sometimes, like right now, the group phones him so he can somehow be there to.
Marinette who is holding the phone sat down next to Alix who was putting on her rollerblades and Nathaniel who is trying to sketch out a new part of the next comic.
“Hey, Kim, can you do a plank, please?”
Kim, Alya and Max stood a bit further from the others talking about something Adrien couldn’t understand through the phone. However, at the mention of Kim’s name they walked over.
“Hey!” Alix punches Nathaniel’s shoulder “I can do a plank too, you know.”
“I know, but you don’t have the kind of statue I’m trying to draw.”
The conversation went on and on and it was great to spend time with his friends but it wasn’t the same.
He just wasn’t a part of the group.
He often felt like no one really took notice of him in those moments. He was happy but still, he just wanted to be there, with them.
He’s just tired of being isolated from... everything.
👏🏾Education 👏🏾is 👏🏾a 👏🏾right,👏🏾 not👏🏾 a👏🏾 service 👏🏾
Pass along and use the shit out of them
Day 17
Friday
Puns and Jokes
Alix: Yo, Chat Noir, what’s your favorite sport?
Chat Noir: Hairball.
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Max: Excuse me, Mr. Noir? Might I ask you, what the subject you in school you enjoy most?
Chat Noir: Definitely Hisstory.
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Chat Noir: M’lady! Look what I found! A pile of kittens! A Meowntain!
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Ladybug: You can sing?!
Chat Noir: Of course, Bugaboo, Cats are very mewsical.
Ladybug: And there it goes.
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You know what I’m tired af just comment your fav chat noir joke/pun like your own not one of those and if you allow it I’ll add it to the list with credits
For those who don't know, Rafah Crossing is closed. Meaning Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are technically not allowed to go into Egypt through Rafah Crossing (with exceptions, like holding a foreign passport) so in order to evacuate, Palestinians need to bribe Egyptian border security officials. The standard price used to be about $5000 - 7000 per person but some Palestinians have been told to pay $10,000 per person just to cross the border, forget other expenses like food and boarding.
For a group of people who are enduring genocide and the complete destruction of their homes that money is impossible to raise without the help of fundraising. That and the collapse of the UNRWA is the reason you're seeing so many Gofundmes nowadays. The entire aid system is gone with the exception of local aid organisations that have limited reach.
So if you see a credible fundraiser, please at the very least share it so it can reach more people. This list by @el-shab-hussein is a good place to start.
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy; does anyone know if you can switch main blogs or sth so i can follow people with different blog?
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