The sad answer is it's usually the option that leads to the least amount of harassment or chance of assault.

Used to tell my partner I wish I was gay to teach my parents a lesson in empathy... Wow did that backfire being trans & gay

I was Thorn from the Scooby Doo Hex Girls this year, was a dream of mine to dress as since before i came out

For anyone wanting a link to the full batch, the Internet Archive has it

https://archive.org/download/epstein_202601

I love the ps2 era of games! Here are some suggestions:

• ICO: Minimalist game about a cursed boy & a girl with mysterious powers trying to escape a castle together. An absolute classic.
• Shadow of the Colossus: Another Team ICO game, this one you've probably heard of. You play as a young man who sets out for the Forbidden Lands, finding and slaying 16 colossi to resurrect his deceased love.
• Silent Hill 2: One of the greatest survival horror games ever made. Introspective, tackles mature themes, and deeply chilling. A game I truly feel is haunted.
• Persona 4: High schoolers solving a murder mystery in a rural Japanese town. I prefer the vanilla ps2 version to the revised Golden edition, it graphically preserves the fog & spookier ambience - with better pacing from less bloat.

For some more obscure games:

• The Adventures of Cookie & Cream: A brutal co-op/singleplayer puzzle game developed by Fromsoft. Has a fun art style & interesting levels.
• Tak 3 - the Great Juju Challenge: Works best in co-op but still a blast in single-player. 3D platformer with varied levels & a fantastic voice cast (Patrick Warburton as Lok is the highlight).

Btw if you're playing mgs3 on the ps2 make sure it's the Subsistence edition! It has a 3D camera that works way better than the top-down the og game shipped with.

I came out to him over christmas 2 years ago and that's the last time he's spoken to me. His last words to me before he read my letter were "Love you always"

100%. Feel like my dad was only suited for raising kids until they were 10, then absolutely refused to engage with us as teenagers or even adults

Agreed, I had a friend who every time it came up talked about how much he hated Taylor Swift. I kept trying to press him about what he didn't like about her, like the music, or the tours, or whatever.

And at the bottom of it he just didn't like the idea of a woman with wealth and power equal to her peers in the music industry

Highly recommend Colorado if people are seeking a blue state to move to in the US! The legal protections are some of the best, we have a super majority Democrat state government that's gotten even more left leaning under Trump, and there's tons of community for queer folks in Denver.

Internet Archive link

https://archive.org/download/epstein_202601

As for my village, here are some highlights!

• Favorite villager is Cousteau, a frog with a curly mustache who says "Oui Oui" and is a night owl like me.
• Villager I most avoid is Candi, a mouse with a screeching greeting noise. Trying to get her to move out ASAP.
• Mayor Tortimer is on Vacation at the moment, so I've been turning on the lighthouse for him at night, so fun to hear the mechanism spin up.
• Mailing Fossils to identify them threw me for a loop, but with only 25 fossils in the game it's not that big of a deal. The mod allows Blathers to identify once you have 15 fossils donated too.

He did such a wonderful job as Bernadette in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. For a 90s movie featuring a trans woman played by a cis man I was worried about it coming off badly when I first watched it, but it was anything but. He played Bernadette elegantly, with class & sass, & a real dimension of empathy.

Had to stay at home with parents during COVID quarantine w/ Fox News on almost 24/7, you're absolutely right. Also the "token democrat" is so biased to agree with soft conservative points, it's frustrating how many people fall for that trick.

Cute! Love the belt!

Hell yeah! I saw a ms. Frizzle this year with a Liz purse 🤘

If you're interested in playing Monster Hunter Dos, join the community! Playing online feels like experiencing a slice of the old internet & online gaming. The server is full of kind, uplifting people excited to see others hunt alongside them!

https://mholdschool.com/viewtopic.php?t=120

The spells in Morrowind are so creative & fun too! Levitate & recall were my favorites.

Im a trans lesbian & its absolutely ok! Despite my understanding of my gender changing a lot, my sexuality stayed almost the exact same before & after coming out.

I highly recommend looking into a supportive therapist to talk things through & figure out how you want to handle your feelings & possible transition. One thing I'll say for sure is that I thought it would ruin my life too, but I'm happier than ever & the people that showed up for me when I came out are closer to me than ever. Felt like I could finally breathe again when I started transitioning

I had you all wrong, you're not greedy... you're batshit insane!!