I want you to reblog this if you believe that two people can be very close and physically affectionate with one another, but still have a completely nonsexual, non-romantic relationship.
Even if the two people in question are capable of being sexually or romantically attracted to one another.
Because the friendship I share with someone I consider family in a way that transcends blood has been typecast as a romantic relationship ENTIRELY too many times, and I’m beginning to get sick of it.
Non-sexual, non-romantic physical affection is a thing, people.
In Austria, we call kittens at that age “Autodromkatzerl”, which translates to “bumper car kittens”, because of the way their tail sticks up. It’s not a really common word, but a very cute one, I think
this is a genuinely delightful bit of knowledge, thank you for sharing this!! omg
Made some aro wallpapers because I found we were severely lacking in that respect when I was looking for some to use. Sorry about the colors not being perfect. Feel free to use them for whatever! ^.^ Make sure you enlarge them cause otherwise you won’t see the details!
I made some aro ace wallpapers because I hadn’t seen any before! Make sure to enlarge them because you can’t see the details otherwise. Feel free to use them for whatever, sorry if the colors aren’t perfect.
– He has a crazy good memory. He knows his birthday, even though he shouldn’t know it. His parents died when he was four, an age at which not many children know about calendar dates. Plus, the birth dates of many children of poor families at the time were simply lost and not officially recorded by the government. But his parents gave him a gift for his third birthday and told him what date it was, and he was able to remember that.
– He swears a whole lot, much to the chagrin of Jehan.
– Although he doesn’t have a formal education, he is very much an autodidactic. He taught himself Polish and even some mathematics.
– Him, Jehan, and Joly look pretty similar to each other: short and skinny with longish hair. They kinda look alike in a “fraternal triplets” sort of way.
– Needs glasses but doesn’t wear them.
– Can’t sing.
– In modern AU, he still has a flip phone. Bahorel teases him about his “Flintsone phone” all the time.
– Sad headcanon: his body was never identified after the fall of the barricades. The coroners trying to identify him thought there was nothing particularly remarkable about him. He clearly
didn’t come from a wealthy or well-known family. He was just
so…average. He could be anyone. They thought that maybe he was alone and had no
family. Or maybe the only people who knew who he was were dead
themselves. Feuilly was eventually given an unnamed grave with an approximate date of birth.
Why must you hurt me with words? I was floating around in modern AU shenanigans and then
In 1943, a team of ingenious Italian doctors invented a deadly, contagious virus called Syndrome K to protect Jews from annihilation. On October 16 of that year, as Nazis closed in to liquidate Rome’s Jewish ghetto, many runaways hid in the 450-year-old Fatebenefratelli Hospital. There, anti-Fascist doctors including Adriano Ossicini, Vittorio Sacerdoti and Giovanni Borromeo created a gruesome, imaginary disease.
The doctors instructed “patients” to cough very loudly and told Nazis that the disease was extremely dangerous, disfiguring and molto contagioso. Soldiers were so alarmed by the list of symptoms and incessant coughing that they left without inspecting the patients. It’s estimated that a few dozen lives were saved by this brilliant scheme.
The doctors were later honored for their heroic actions, and Fatebenefratelli Hospital was declared a “House of Life” by the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.
sharice davids just unseated a republican in the middle of fucking kansas becoming the first native american woman to serve in the us house of representatives and guess what SHE’S ALSO A LESBIAN
keira knightley was born in 1985 and thomas brodie sangster in 1990, which means she is only 5 years older than him. In 2003 they starred together in love actually
this is what she looked like
and this is what he looked like
5 years
i thought this was a shitpost but apparently keira knightley was just a flipping teenager when she was cast in Love Actually as a married adult woman? Like she was literally 17/18? That is all kinds of messed up.
this is what sangster looks like in 2018 btw. he’s 28:
tldr: stop sexualizing young girls
In the UK you are an adult at the age of 18 .You can vote, smoke, and Drink in bars at 18 .You can get married at 18 its not against the law in the Uk. The age of consent in the Uk is 16 .so where is the problem?
Just because there is some democratic responsibility to allow people autonomy over their life choices, doesn’t mean everyone is utilising it. Most 18-year-olds are still pretty much kids. It is extremely rare for a 17y/o to be married. Bear in mind also that in modern times it is common for people to get to know and build a relationship before marriage, meaning they’d likely be at least 16 or even underage at the start. Were her love interests also teenagers? If not, that’s arguably inappropriate. Being realistic, the character is not intended to be that age. In which case, it is a curious choice to cast someone so young, at the very least. I think it’s fair for people to point that out and question/be dubious about it. Healthy, even. After all, ‘It’s not technically illegal’ is not mutually inclusive with ‘It’s not at all weird’. In fact, justifying things like that is usually an indication there’s something unsavoury going on.
her character’s male love interests were played by a 30-year-old and a 27-year-old. this is an extremely common casting practice in major films.
to reiterate, keira knightley was significantly closer in age to her 13-year-old co-star than to the actor portraying her husband.
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