In the wake of the news that Otacon is banning homestuck from the convention, I’d like to urge people not to, for lack of a better word, act like idiots? I’ve seen a lot of throwing around of the idea that we should “Invade” or set up our own con on an unused floor of the building and I think I may have even seen suggestions of messing up other people’s costumes? To all of that I have to sayPLEASE DON’T DO THAT.
It’s things like that causing Otacon to not want us there in the first place. The more disruptive and hateful we are, the more we prove them right, and set precedent for Other cons banning us. We’ll be “Showing them” alright. Showing them exactly what they already think they know. Instead, let’s show them what a nice and friendly fandom we are, and be on our best behavior? To help, I’ve put together a short list of dos and don’ts that might help out.If you’re going to cosplay Homestuck anyways,doplease bring a backup costume or civilian clothes you like. That way if asked to remove your cosplay, it can be done with a minimum of fuss.
Don’t make a scene if the above happens. Please?
Don’t scream in other people’s faces about “Gog” and “Jegus” and the like. Not only is that joke getting old, but it is a bit disruptive.
Do be respectful of people’s personal space. Shoving buckets in faces and such is exactly why we’re being banned from things.
All in all, just use your common sense, please? Signal boost this as much as you can guys, and let’s make sure everyone knows we aren’t as bad as they think we are?
=> there is a small squeak when he suddenly hugs her close, she pulls her hands up and grips the front of his suit in her palms tightly as he strokes her head. through all of her sobbing she can manage a few words
:’(( < hes gone
=> she waits till he lets her go and then walks over to pick up the letter off of the floor and bring it back to him so he understood the situation better than she could explain at this point. nepeta picked up the bag he dropping and brought it inside, curious what he brought over as she wipes the tears out of her eyes.
Pulling her close again as he reads the letter, he rubs her back, resting his head on hers.
“I’m s0 s0rry, Nepeta….is there anything I can d0? Anything at all? I’d even g0 0ut l00king f0r him, if it w0uld help y0u…”
=> nepeta hugs him close again, placing the bag back down. her crying had calmed down a little.
:’(( < no they were out to sea so eridan could be anywhere
:’(( < hes not coming back
:’(( < j-just dont leave me okay?
Sollux rubbed her back.
“I pr0mise. I’ll never leave y0u, d0 n0t even entertain the th0ught.”
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog.I feel like I’ve been preparing for this image all my life.
The internet is over, everyone can go home
The internet is over, everyone can go home
THE INTERNET IS OVER, EVERYONE CAN GO HOME
=> Nepeta woke up earlier than usual, she’d found time to actually fall asleep in the hive for once and was curled up at the foot of the bed. It only took her a minute or so before she rolled onto the floor with a thud. Slowly she stood up, making her way out of the room and into the front room/kitchen area of the hive. something seemed out of place and the half asleep cat troll couldn’t quite figure out what, until she noticed a note had been left for her on the counter. without hesitation nepeta takes the note up and begins reading it.
dear miss leijon,
it pains me to tell ya that our cap’n has gone missing. cap’n ampora had disappeared in the middle of the night without word to any of the crew, we’ve searched the waters and even near by islands and still nothin. it is safe ta say he is gone, the sea has taken him. it’s safe to say not even sea dwellers are safe from her grasp. i’m so sorry
-the navigator ((casually not creative here))
=> the note slips from her fingers and she slowly falls to her knees, doing her best to try to think positive about things but at this point it was the love of her life going missing after everything they did together. she slowly falls onto her side and just lies there sobbing about it all. he was a sea dweller, this wasn’t supposed to happen.
Sollux stopped, bent over, hands on his knees, the bag across his bag sagging with the weight of a fruit basket. It wasn’t exactly creative. Mostly just grapes and blueberries and what he was pretty sure was a cantalope thrown into a shoulder bag.
Standing up, he knocked on the door lightly. Nepeta’s house wasn’t exactly easy to reach, even when you weren’t an unathletic troll wearing a suit. But it was his turn to visit, and he’d vist, dammit!
“Nepeta? Y0u h0me?”
=> for a moment there was no answer, after a while a few sounds of clattering on the wooden floor before the sobbing catgirl opened the door. she had one of eridan’s scarves in one hand, the one she always wore around that was lighter than the others and now olive stains were splattered over the material that she clung to so tightly.
:’(( < s-sollux whatre you doing here?
Sollux immediately forgot about the picnic stuff, dropping the bag to the floor and pulling Nepeta close, running his fingers through her hair.
“Nepeta, what happened? Talk t0 me, I’m here…I’m here f0r y0u.”
=> there is a small squeak when he suddenly hugs her close, she pulls her hands up and grips the front of his suit in her palms tightly as he strokes her head. through all of her sobbing she can manage a few words
:’(( < hes gone
=> she waits till he lets her go and then walks over to pick up the letter off of the floor and bring it back to him so he understood the situation better than she could explain at this point. nepeta picked up the bag he dropping and brought it inside, curious what he brought over as she wipes the tears out of her eyes.
Pulling her close again as he reads the letter, he rubs her back, resting his head on hers.
“I’m s0 s0rry, Nepeta….is there anything I can d0? Anything at all? I’d even g0 0ut l00king f0r him, if it w0uld help y0u…”
=> Nepeta woke up earlier than usual, she’d found time to actually fall asleep in the hive for once and was curled up at the foot of the bed. It only took her a minute or so before she rolled onto the floor with a thud. Slowly she stood up, making her way out of the room and into the front room/kitchen area of the hive. something seemed out of place and the half asleep cat troll couldn’t quite figure out what, until she noticed a note had been left for her on the counter. without hesitation nepeta takes the note up and begins reading it.
dear miss leijon,
it pains me to tell ya that our cap’n has gone missing. cap’n ampora had disappeared in the middle of the night without word to any of the crew, we’ve searched the waters and even near by islands and still nothin. it is safe ta say he is gone, the sea has taken him. it’s safe to say not even sea dwellers are safe from her grasp. i’m so sorry
-the navigator ((casually not creative here))
=> the note slips from her fingers and she slowly falls to her knees, doing her best to try to think positive about things but at this point it was the love of her life going missing after everything they did together. she slowly falls onto her side and just lies there sobbing about it all. he was a sea dweller, this wasn’t supposed to happen.
Sollux stopped, bent over, hands on his knees, the bag across his bag sagging with the weight of a fruit basket. It wasn’t exactly creative. Mostly just grapes and blueberries and what he was pretty sure was a cantalope thrown into a shoulder bag.
Standing up, he knocked on the door lightly. Nepeta’s house wasn’t exactly easy to reach, even when you weren’t an unathletic troll wearing a suit. But it was his turn to visit, and he’d vist, dammit!
“Nepeta? Y0u h0me?”
=> for a moment there was no answer, after a while a few sounds of clattering on the wooden floor before the sobbing catgirl opened the door. she had one of eridan’s scarves in one hand, the one she always wore around that was lighter than the others and now olive stains were splattered over the material that she clung to so tightly.
:’(( < s-sollux whatre you doing here?
Sollux immediately forgot about the picnic stuff, dropping the bag to the floor and pulling Nepeta close, running his fingers through her hair.
“Nepeta, what happened? Talk t0 me, I’m here…I’m here f0r y0u.”
=> Nepeta woke up earlier than usual, she’d found time to actually fall asleep in the hive for once and was curled up at the foot of the bed. It only took her a minute or so before she rolled onto the floor with a thud. Slowly she stood up, making her way out of the room and into the front room/kitchen area of the hive. something seemed out of place and the half asleep cat troll couldn’t quite figure out what, until she noticed a note had been left for her on the counter. without hesitation nepeta takes the note up and begins reading it.
dear miss leijon,
it pains me to tell ya that our cap’n has gone missing. cap’n ampora had disappeared in the middle of the night without word to any of the crew, we’ve searched the waters and even near by islands and still nothin. it is safe ta say he is gone, the sea has taken him. it’s safe to say not even sea dwellers are safe from her grasp. i’m so sorry
-the navigator ((casually not creative here))
=> the note slips from her fingers and she slowly falls to her knees, doing her best to try to think positive about things but at this point it was the love of her life going missing after everything they did together. she slowly falls onto her side and just lies there sobbing about it all. he was a sea dweller, this wasn’t supposed to happen.
Sollux stopped, bent over, hands on his knees, the bag across his bag sagging with the weight of a fruit basket. It wasn’t exactly creative. Mostly just grapes and blueberries and what he was pretty sure was a cantalope thrown into a shoulder bag.
Standing up, he knocked on the door lightly. Nepeta’s house wasn’t exactly easy to reach, even when you weren’t an unathletic troll wearing a suit. But it was his turn to visit, and he’d vist, dammit!
“Nepeta? Y0u h0me?”
Taking the cycling tour to a whole new level
Scuba diving santa on a bmx bike with sharks.
Hell yes.
The Student Non-Discrimination Act, or SNDA (pronounced “Senda”), is a bill that that would prohibit public schools from discriminating against students on the bias of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identification.
It would, for example:
—Allow same-sex couples to go to prom
—Allow all LGBTs to take part in any/all extra curricular activities
—Allow students of the same sex to show public displays of affection without getting harassed or punished.It would also punish any teacher that does not do anything to stop the harassment/bullying of an LGBT student.
Note that all schools that violate this law would lose federal funding and would be allowed to be sued by the students against whom they discriminated.
As a result of this, schools would become a much more efficient place of learning (not to mention much, much safer) for all LGBT students.
To those of you who are wondering “So what? What can I do to help? It’s just a bill”, please know that there is a great deal of things you can do to help turn this bill into a law.
First and foremost, contact your senator and/or representative and tell them that you would like them to support the Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R 998/S. 555), and that equal rights are not equal until they are given to everybody. Do whatever it takes—call, email, even visit they’re office if your’e in DC (if you don’t talk to the Representative directly, you will at least be able to talk to a staff member who will inform them of your concern).
Please note that it doesn’t take a myriad of phone calls/emails for Congress to take note of what the people want; a couple dozen phone calls or emails a day is all it takes for an issue to get noticed.
Secondly, I will be going, with a couple of other students, to Congress again to give speeches to Senators and Representatives about this bill sometime in early June. If you have anything you would like me to include in these speeches (a personal story, a question for your representative, a request, etc), please let me know via the submission box on my blog.
Finally, please inform everyone you know about this bill. Reblog, like, tell your friends… do everything you can to get this bill known and passed. LGBT students deserve just as much respect as any other student, and we must make this bill known.To find/contact your senator: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
For more information on SNDA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_Non-Discrimination_ActCome on guys, please spread the word. This is a very good post, and as someone who strongly supports equal rights for everyone, I’m all for this.
If anything, please reblog it to spread the word. It would really mean a lot to..well anyone of the LGBTQ community, really.
