In the town where I grew up, there was a large statue in one of the parks, of a famous historical white colonizer. I’m not going to say who specifically, suffice it to say that it was someone who wasn’t worth memorializing for their deeds. And as you can imagine, this statue was a frequent target of vandalism, with paint or toilet paper or eggs on multiple occasions. Now, the local council was generally pretty lax when it came to repairing potholes or other public damage in the town, but every time, 24 hours after this particular statue was hit, the same person would always appear in a Hi-Vis vest, hat, mask and sunglasses, carrying a bucket of water, and wash it clean. They would do it as quickly as possible, but always made sure the face and the name carved at the bottom were generously scrubbed. This only encouraged people to do it again, and so it became a vicious cycle.
Within a year, the statue had sustained so much damage that it was unrecognizable and the lettering unreadable, so eventually the council came and took it down. Also apparently, the person in the Hi-Vis vest didn’t even work for the council. They were supposedly just some ‘good samaritan’ who cleaned it, often before the council even discovered it needed cleaning, so they just let them do it and ignored the problem. They didn’t bother putting the statue up again.
Much later, we found out that the anonymous 'samaritan’ had been deliberately washing the statue with a bucket of saltwater, which had dramatically corroded it, causing irreversible accumulative damage far worse than spray paint ever would have done. It’s even theorized that they were also often the one spray-painting it, just so that they had an excuse to come back after a day to wash it.
Jefferson: I didn’t think Aaron liked … Tall people.
Jefferson: “But listen: Aaron might have married a white boy just to annoy me, specifically. It’s a thing he would do!”
Rio: “I can’t hear you. I’m asleep. I have a shift in four hours.”
I really wish there was a way Uncle Aaron lived and came back to meet his “husband” at some point now.
Aaron: …Miles…I love you, and I am proud of you…but you are somehow the smartest and dumbest boy I have ever known.
Miles: Says the man who used his big brain to become a criminal when he could’ve been a black Tony Stark with that gear he made. And thought working for the Kingpin, who everyone knows will throw his minions away like tissues, was a good idea!
Peter: He makes a good point, babe, you did kind of mess up first–
Aaron: Call me babe again and see what happens. I’ll whoop you with a collapsed lung.
All I see is “fake marriage au, but it’s also enemies to lovers”
If I ever stop reblogging this post, assume that I have yeeted myself off this mortal coil
Miles: Peter I think we can stop pretending you’re gay, my parents already know I’m Spider-Man.
Peter: Who said anything about pretending?
Miles: What! You can’t do that! You’re supposed to be Spider-Man, not my gay uncle.
Peter: Well congrats kid! Now I’m Spider-Man AND your gay uncle
I’ve reblogged this before but im reblogging it again because i literally love this
This is everything I have ever loved
[Image description:
Three panels of a comic of Miles Morales, his parents and Peter B. Parker from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse.
The first panel shows Miles and Peter smiling. A speech bubble from outside the frame asks: “Miles, who is that?” Miles points at Peter and his speech bubble says: “Uh, this is my uncle, Peter.” Peter waves at the people outside the frame.
The second panel shifts to show the people asking the question: Miles’ parents, Jefferson and Rio. They are both drawn in their work clothes (cop and nurse uniform, respectively). They appear confused and somewhat incredulous. Jefferson’s speech bubble just says: “…” Rio’s speech bubble says: “What?”
The third panel shifts back to show Miles’ face up close now. He is smiling tightly out of apprehension. Text above his head reads: “Shit.” He is sweating now.
Love the ombré layout! It’s quite the charmer! #quiltsofinstagram #Repost @flannelandbowtiedesigns ・・・ Played around with mixing neutrals for the background color and sort of an ombré layout for this one. Love how it turned out. Made with @konacotton “Snow” and “Natural” and a few prints from @cottonandsteel ”Jubilee” collection as well as some other random prints. . . . . #quilting #quilt #cottonandsteel #konacotton #babyquilt #trianglequilt #quiltsofinstagram #konacoty #jubilee #obsessed #cute #menwhoquilt #menwhosew
people always ask me why i am so obsessed with being skinny — because, when everything else sucks, i can look down and just tell myself.. “its okay, you are fucking thin.” thats why. you are welcome
