I AGREE WITH ALL THIS 100%.

KOSA is BS.

(TW: Mentions of child abuse)

I dont think a lot of people realize how genuinely dangerous this bill is. It was made explicitly and specifically to screw over the lives of LGTBQ+ kids. cishet non-allies will be like: Oh I think protecting children is good! Wahoo!! And be in full support, not knowing how many deaths and maybe even anti-LGTBQ+ child murders this will cause. People just assume things are all fine and dandy for children in the community when they're on the outside, and they don't realize if anything how absolutely /evil/ some of the anti-LGTBQ+ "parents" trying to push this are, from experience btw. Imagine what would happen if all of their children's private online information was revealed to them. Of course the "parents" will be enraged and the children in question would 100% be either abused psychologically, put through home based conversion, sent to conversion places, or literally beaten and killed. Maybe all in chronological order. I was originally outed as transgender to my parents by means of an online "child protection" monitoring app. I survived physically. Mentally it isn't going so well. To all those considering KOSA as a good thing, think about the consequences for supporting something without reading the fine print.

Futurama - Vyko's Backstory

(lil warning for an infodump under cut)

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Vyko was created as a portable electric keyboard sometime before or during 2010 by a company from Poland that was known for making sheet music. She was originally owned by Caleb Flores, a young man who became a musical celebrity in the 21st century. One day when Flores was out on tour, he stopped at a peculiar Chrysler building to have his car repaired. This particular building was home to a robotic arm - a robotic arm that would repair cars that were at that building. Flores also happened to have brought his keyboard, which was Vyko, with him. He laid the keyboard out as he talked with one of the mechanics about the repairs. It was then that the robotic arm noticed the keyboard laying before it, and stopped what it was doing so it could get closer to the keyboard. The arm then began playing a peculiar melody on the keyboard, and it caught the attention of the workers at the Chrysler and Flores himself. Flores chuckled. "Your robotic arm really likes my keyboard, huh?" he asked one of the mechanics, pointing his thumb at the robotic arm playing his keyboard. Now, that moment would become one of Vyko's most prominent memories, as when she was turned into a more humanoid robot almost a few centuries later, she would remember that moment, although she doesn't quite remember who played that melody on her. In this new form, she became a prominent musical unit, performing and composing music for all of 31st century Earth to hear. One day, she was hired by a big TV studio to compose music for the hit soap opera of that era, "All My Circuits". She agreed, and that was where she met Calculon, the most famous acting unit of the 31st century (who was also the robotic arm that played that peculiar melody on Vyko back when she was still an electric keyboard). Through her rehearsals before episode production, she and Calculon got to know each other better, and at one point Calculon revealed that when he was still a robotic arm, he played a melody on someone's keyboard, though he didn't realize that Vyko, his new coworker, was that keyboard. Vyko felt very close to Calculon, and for a time there was a rumor that she might've had a crush on him, to which she denied several times (she was totally lying lol). However… Vyko isn't all "music and happiness". You see… she had a retractable exacto knife built into her left arm that would pop up whenever she or someone she felt close to felt threatened, and she wouldn't hesitate to use it to threaten. She's killed a few coworkers who were mean to those she was close to (especially Calculon) and she would do it again, and she'd make sure the higher-ups would never find their bodies. Aside from Vyko's more psychotic, aggressive side, she's mostly calm and cheerful, and sometimes a bit bubbly. She was never the kind to hate anyone… …That was, until Coilette came into the picture. Coilette was actually Bender but genderswapped, but neither Calculon nor Vyko knew that, and Calculon fell head-over-heels for Coilette. Vyko on the other hand was jealous. Whenever Coilette would visit Vyko at the studio, Vyko would be composing for All My Circuits, and often whenever they'd be talking, Coilette would try to get along with Vyko, but Vyko would deeply despise her. It was when Coilette "died" (faked her death so she would genderswap back to being plain-old Bender) that Vyko no longer felt she was jealous, although now she learned to not trust certain people. Whenever Vyko meets her fans after leaving from her concerts, she's either really happy to see them or incredibly creeped out depending on how said fan(s) is/are. She sings and plays instrumental music, and at one point she featured the melody that was played on her back when she was just a keyboard in one of her songs. She mostly bases her albums and songs off of her emotions, and her style could be described as a contemporary mix of classical and futuristic. In general, Vyko herself is a peculiar musical unit that has more depth to her than most other robots of her kind.

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If you liked Vyko's backstory, let me know in the comments or in reblogs!

Spark is valid

I know we all love to joke about Spark being the “weakest” of the three, but really? I think even if he’s the goofball everyone portrays him has, he’s incredibly strong, just like Candela and Blanche.

Being a cheerful person who makes everyone laugh requires strength. Having a big heart filled with laughter and compassion is strength. Not being afraid to be sensitive is strength.

Spark is honestly filled with strength. Everone’s strength is different, and all forms of them are valid.

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sailor-strawberry-moon

1 year ago

Hurry... the clock is ticking

There's only 5 days left

until the 5-year anniversary of TETOCU, and, by extent, the day Melvinborg revealed himself to the world.

As a celebration, I call upon those who adore Melvinborg (be it simps or just fans of him in general) to redraw this screenshot from the season 1 finale (minus the robot emoji) in your artstyle and post it on July 13th (that is, 5 days from now).

I don't expect anything *perfect*, but just do your best.

(Oh and by the way, the way you can submit your entries is by reblogging this post with your submission in it!)