everyones always like “protective nico!!!” but no. Give me protective will. nico getting hurt in training/on a quest/anywhere, let me see will immediately rush over to him, shouting at everyone to back away from his boyfriend whilst he heals him. Having him glare at anyone who even dares make his death boy feel unwelcomed, or upset. give me a will that isnt afraid to hurt someones feelings if they do anything to hurt nico.
White people - when you ask POC questions, I wish you’d ask less “is it ok if I [do a certain thing]?” and more “what are your thoughts on [certain thing]?”
The first makes me uncomfortable bc you’re demanding a clear Yes/No that no single POC has the right to give.
It puts the burden on ME to repeat for the countless time that we are not a monolith and others may feel differently before giving my opinion and even then, I worry that you might take my answer and run with it bc I’m not sure you’re conceptualising our individual diversity.
But if you ask “what are YOUR thoughts?” instead, it shows me you’re aware that you’re getting the opinion of a single person and you’re not expecting me to speak for a whole group of people. Only then do I feel safe giving my thoughts.
Ultimately, you need to focus on listening respectfully and seeking out perspectives from a variety of POC instead of trying to get a magic Permission Pass on whether you can do [certain thing]. I mean, the final judgement on whether to act is YOURS to make.
ALSO it is very transparent when you’re more concerned about Not Getting Cancelled than listening to POC our of respect… like seriously can stop acting like we’re coercing you or making your life difficult just because we have opinions 😩
I was today years old when I learned that when you type “otp: true” in AO3 search results it filters out fics with additional ships, leaving only the fics where your otp is the main ship
You know a fanfic hits you hard when you close your phone or whatever you are reading on for a few minutes and just stare into the void cause holy motherfucking son of a bitch
