PART 7!

I decided to post this all at once, because sometimes u just gotta

this was probably one of my fav parts to do 😔👌 now just one more to go! 💜

first | < part 6-2 | part 7 | epilogue > | printed comic

a rlly good trope is a teenager who was forced to grow up too fast suddenly being surrounded by teens who love having fun and goofing off, and just slowly starting to come out of their shell and do dumb stuff just for the hell of it bc they can finally act their age

Real genuine reasons why things don’t happen faster at AO3

We’re all volunteers.

The person who’s needed to handle this issue is currently packing so they can move across the country for a new job.

They were in the middle of doing the thing, but their grandmother just died and they need to go to her funeral.

It requires coordinating with 3 other committees and the members are in 7 time zones and getting everyone together to discuss the problem and decide on a plan of action takes time.

I was waiting on a response that would answer my question to allow me to continue working on the thing from someone who’s asleep right now because they live in Australia.

I was going to do it tonight but I have an exchange fic due tomorrow that I really need to finish.

This person has a first date tonight and they’re too excited to concentrate!

They’re doing the thing, but in bits and pieces around having a 6-month-old baby.

We’re all volunteers.

They did the thing, but they need someone else to sign off on it, and that person is down with the stomach flu.

The thing is ready but it needs more testers before it can be safely deployed, and they’re waiting for people to be able to test it.

We ordered the things we need to allow us to do the thing, so now we’re waiting on the company that will ship them to us.

The 3rd-party software that we use to do the thing went down.

I worked for 5 hours on the thing after I got home from work today and it’s still not done and I’m exhausted and I need to sleep.

I was training new volunteers so that someday we can have more people who can do this thing, rather than working on the thing itself today.

This issue was picked up by one of those new volunteers, who is eager to help but doesn’t necessarily know all the ins and outs yet, and may take more time.

I looked at the insurmountable size of the thing and fell into a deep despair and had to sit and cry for a little while.

The ticket was so arrogant and rude that nobody wanted to answer it so it sat there for 6 weeks.

We’re all volunteers.

I decided that spending time with my family tonight was more important for my mental health and preserving relationships than sitting hunched over the computer for hours.

I made the mistake of going on social media and saw people yelling at us for failing to finish the thing already, what’s wrong with us, why can’t we just do it, it should be easy!

The new movie in the series I love most came out and I’m going to see it tonight!

I was reading a really good fic.

The thing is really complicated.  It just genuinely takes a lot of time to do.  Even paid employees would take a lot of time to do this, because it’s hard.

None of us are getting paid to do this, we are giving up our free time and energy and effort to this project, and sometimes we need to focus on the things we love to remind us why we’re doing this at all.

We’re all volunteers.

I envy writers.

As an artist I can give you a snapshot into a world.

But a writer.

A writer can take you there.

They can weave together words and create a portal to anywhere. You can visit those places instead of looking out a window and wishing to be a part of it.

I envy writers.

I envy artists.

A writer can give you a story.

But an artist.

An artist can show you the exact emotions behind everything.

They can paint a picture worth a thousand words without ever writing one. They can show you every single emotion, every single thought in a second. They can show emotion like a writer never could.

I envy artists.

I will never not reblog this!

That relatable (older) Gen Z memory: when all the projectors and white boards got replaced by Smart Boards™ around like fifth grade and none of the teachers knew how to use them but they Had To Use them otherwise the school just wasted a bunch of money and it was a rlly weird transition

an addition: when they calibrated the board by pressing the dots and everyone in class lost their minds

What in the fuck u guys talking bout

when your school was too poor to afford these and you have no clue what the hell these people are talking about:

good morning today aziraphale came into the kitchen to find crowley wearing one of his old sweaters, and he paused and stopped in the doorway just to watch for a minute, just to take in the way crowley looked: so entirely at ease, so sure of his welcome in aziraphale’s clothes, the sleeves too long around his hands, the way he swayed at the sink with a cup of coffee and looked out the window over the garden, humming something like moon river or i only have eyes for you as he watched the world awaken. 

and aziraphale loved him. aziraphale always loved him, all the time, but in that moment, aziraphale loved him, loved him to bursting, loved him to breathlessness.

morning, angel, crowley said, when he finally noticed him standing in the door, tilting a smile at him. 

aziraphale stepped into the kitchen, into the circle of crowley’s warmth, kissed his cheek, slipped a hand up the back of the jumper to find the smooth skin of his lower back. 

good morning, he said, and it was. 

First day of life up until 6th grade 

Jumped all the way to Freshman year of High School

Then I cut my hair Junior year, why did I do that

Slowly it started growing back and then….

I finally felt comfortable to express myself (the picture on the left was my debut)

At this point in my transition I am 6 months into HRT

A year on HRT

Over a year and a half on hormones. My transition hasn’t been the clearest path but I am so happy that I am on it.

Update:

2 years since my coming out 

2 years on hrt

2.3 years on hrt

2 and a half years on hormones 

Its been a while since I’ve done an update so here it goes

At this point I am 3 years into my Hormone Replacement Therapy. I’m thriving. 

These pictures were taken days apart and I am 3 and a half years into my medical transition (The picture on the right was also posted by Instagram on all their major social media handles attached with an interview I did with them for International Women’s Month)

During this time I was 4 years into HRT. Clearly living for it.

I am currently 4 and a half years into HRT, 5 years into socially transitioning, 6 years into when i first came out to my community around me and I’m loving life more than I ever thought I would. 

Lil mini update!! It’s my 5 years on hormones and I think that’s quite the milestone to be proud of so here’s some pics since the last update.

Can’t wait to see how the next 5 years go!

New Update!!

Today is my 6 years on HRT! Half a dozen years seems like it went by a lot faster than i thought it would but I’m so grateful for the place that I’m in both with my appearance and my perception of myself. I feel a confidence I never thought I could achieve.

me, every time i see this thread: oh god she’s so pretty

me, still scrolling: oh god she’s so pretty

me, at the end: oh god she’s so pretty

how can someone be s o incredibly gorgeous i'm- you're right, you are thriving.

my FAVORITE tropes compiled thanks to some suggestions from others

-“quick act natural” *everyone scrambles to do completely random shit that looks anything but natural*

Always a good one:

- Character A is talking, saying something like “It’s not like anybody would ever be so stupid to do that, right”

*scene changes, Character B is shown doing exactly that stupid thing*

Consider also:

- Character A telling the rest of the cast to “relax, I have a foolproof plan” and then scene immediately changes to show all the cast fleeing for their lives after the failure of the Definitely-Not-A-Plan-Let-Alone-A-Foolproof-One.

- The stoic/sensible character breaking character to do something Completely Reckless and Dumb and then only realizing later that the usually Reckless and Dumb character is rubbing off on them-oh-no-.

As someone who changed his name just for fun when I thought I was still cis, i promise most people are ok with accepting a new name, even if you lie and say it’s a nickname. I promise. It’s really easy to just casually go “hey I wanna go by Bob now, it’s an old nickname I wanna bring back” like. Just start introducing yourself to new ppl, no one knows better. and if someone accidentally deadnames you just go haha no I go by my nickname now.

It sucks that ppl treat nicknames as more sacred than trans ppls choice names but still.

If ur cis u can totally rb this to help ur fellow trans friends out thanks

I love bears they’re so fucking big and dumb

I am talking about the animal!!!!!!!

I’m just going to leave this here…

im on mobile, can someone make one that adds “jews”

Done

Cowards won’t reblog this version.

I just CANT shut up baby!!!!!!! I’m absolutely FULL of STUPID and simply MUST share it with the world!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is the sort of energy i'm rockin for 2020

Andrew: Truth is irrefutable and untainted by bias. Sunrise, Abram, death: these are truths.

Also Andrew: It wasn't me, it was the one armed man!

Andrew: Hell hath no fury. Is your spine the spine of the righteous? Are you trying your best to step on my toes because you're feeling the tragic weight of the holier than thou?

also Andrew: Congratulations are in order, I suppose! Since I have none to give, I will tell the others to respond appropriately.

Andrew: Don't look at me like that. I am not your answer, and you sure as fuck aren't mine.

Also Andrew: Oh.