Fonix Girl

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

Can…can we stop making everything so romantic? Like I get it, I like the ships and the “they’re in love!” Thing well enough but…can we get more friendships? No romo? No sexual?

Proper romantic and sexual rep is important, but I find in this society it’s so heavy in the Emphasis in pop culture.

I want to see more parent child dynamics. Healthy ones. Ones that weren’t healthy but became healthy. Found family ones.

More best friends. Guy/girl, guy/guy, person/person in general. Friendships and age gaps. Healthy happy friendships. There’s so many friendship dynamics that are severely underrepresented.

More siblings. There’s a plethora of ways to do this! Use the birth order dynamics, the age gaps, the gender differences, the circumstances.

I just…I want more stories where romance and/or sex isn’t necessary. Yeah, it’s nice, but if you’re not happy with you’re non romantic/sexual relationships, you’re not really happy. Family and friends are SO important in real life and it’s so important people learn that, especially as teenagers and young adults.

And before anyone says “well if you want them why don’t you write them??” I. AM. I work really hard to have this in my writing. But I’m only one person. I have a job and a life outside of my writing. I can’t afford to just write, neither do I have the energy to do that full time. I pour a lot of energy into my writing when I do it. It takes time, and I’m only one person.

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People can talk sh*t about the Hallmark movies all they want but

  • They’re wholesome.
  • It’s like popcorn. A lot of same plot tropes but in a comforting and fun way.
  • Don’t have to worry about random sex scenes. My ace self is very happy about that because oftentimes those are just annoying and don’t add to the plot in a significant way.
  • Non standard family rep?? There’s SO many single parent families. Divorced and widow(er). As someone who grew up as a the child of a divorce, seeing this sort of rep so casual and healthy and kindly portrayed is really nice. Because irl people are not usually this nice about single parent families, but in these movies they’re treated as if they aren’t something to be ashamed of.
  • Healthy parenting is a common thing to see as well, which is always nice.
  • These movies are always a good wind down after watching something a lot more intense.

Yeah, they could do better with ethnic and race rep, but they’re getting better at it! Esp in the mysteries ones. There isn’t much lgbtqa+ rep, but you know what? I’m content with the single parent rep ngl. Not everything has to include everything. Could cute gay hallmarks be a thing? One day hopefully I’d love to see that.

But for now, I get to sit and watch the cheesy hallmark movies with my grandpa because they’re his favorite thing to watch and it’s a great way to spend time with him.

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And can I add that about half of those single parent families are single dads?? As someone who had a single dad for most of elementary school, this isn’t something that gets represented positively very often and I really appreciate it.

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anyway shout out to transhet men and transhet people in general. you're amazing and you didn't "betray" anyone or "abandon" anyone or "become the enemy" - you deserve love, respect, and happiness

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Trans men have been demonized completely by the very community that’s sposed to protect an love them.

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"There's nothing fun about being in a wheelchair"

Excuse you but seeing an empty hallway and letting my fiancé sprint and rocket us down the length of it is better than any roller coaster

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Or the time I was rolling down an aisle at the grocery store, seen a pack of toilet paper blocking me, and my fiancé raced ahead of me and threw it back up on its respective shelf while yelling "YEET" at the top of their lungs

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The occasional time when a friend says "do you want to walk down to (place)" or any phrasing that implies the use of legs/feet and I get to put a hand on my heart and say "rude!" and act dramatically offended while they flail and bop me on the head for teasing them is the height of comedy

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If you're like me and have someone to help push your chair sometimes? You can travel AND play Pokémon at the same time without bumping in to people

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That time a kid, no more than five, saw me using my wheelchair and came over (very politely I might add, and mom was trying to apologize and teach them not to run up to me) to ask me how it worked and why I needed it. I did manage to explain that asking why wasn't very nice, but showed her how it worked and let them ride in my lap for a minute. That was adorable and fun, especially cause the kid was just so polite and asking before touching anything, repeatedly checking in that it was an okay question to ask, you could really tell she was doing her best 😍

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Similarly, the little boy sitting in the shopping cart who saw me drive past in the store's scooter and very softly whispered transformer. I put a finger to my lips and said "I'm in disguise" and his whole face lit up

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The look on the faces of everyone in the queue for security, passport control, and to get on the plane when I'm rolled past like the queen of England before they can go.

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I recently started working in hospitality, and I’ll tell you guys right now, the trope of “there was only one bed” is not as rare as you’d think in real life. A few times a week, at least, I have guys come in who are working together on projects in town or passing through who have to literally book the last room I have available for the night and lo and behold — there is only one bed, and guess what, they give each other a side-eyed look and begrudgingly take it. So write it up, it happens all the time!!!

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Never let your There Was Only One Bed dreams die. I was secretly in love with my best friend for over a year when she graduated and moved to Oklahoma (like 1000 miles away) for grad school. Between that travel restrictions, we were so scared we’d never see eachother again.

At the end of summer, when Covid numbers were at a lower point, I took the risk to visit her in her new apartment and I quickly realized that, unlike when I’d spent the night at her house before, the couch wasn’t made up like a bed. She explained that since her new couch was so fancy and pink, I couldn’t possibly sleep on it, and so I needed to sleep in the bed with her. You know, out of necessity. I woke up with her snuggled around me in the middle of the night.

We’re dating now, and I genuinely think I’m going to marry her. Just the other day, though, I mentioned that if she hadn’t been weird about her fancy couch, I probably never would have like confessed my feelings. AND THEN she stood up, took the cushions off the fancy couch, UNFOLDED IT INTO A HIDE-A-BED, and said “I KNOW.”

THIS GIRL. ORCHESTRATED. BED SCARCITY. JUST SO SHE COULD MAKE THE “ONLY ONE BED” EXCUSE. Y’all when I said I just about lost my goddamn mind, I just about lost my goddamn mind. I love this sneaky bitch so much and the moral of this story is BE THE ONE BED YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.

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Fanfic imitates life, and life imitates fanfic. It’s full circle really.

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oh my god 

there was only one bed

but it was STAGED

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