Look Accessibility Can And Will Be Contradictory

why the winx club christmas special is the best christmas special

- the other fairies have no fucking clue what christmas is. jesus doesn’t have time for magical space fairies - “where’s bloom?” “oh she’s at magical girl space hogwarts learning to control the ancient power that created the universe…i’m sure she’ll be here for christmas dinner” - “christmas magic? the fuck is christmas magic? that must be the source of bloom’s power. we must steal it” - seriously the entire episode is predicated on a misunderstanding about the meaning of christmas magic - the boys have the rest of the day off due to a conveniently timed plot device! brandon proposes bowling. stella is having none of that bullshit - to stop bloom from getting christmas magic and becoming all-powerful or something the witches summon GIANT FUCKING ICE DRAGONS oh and also a force-field - bloom tries to phone home, but her cell signal isn’t getting through the ice dragon force-field or the hundred bajillion light years between her and home. mark watney was right. at space hogwarts no-one can hear you scream - “bloom, as the fairy of technology it is my duty to inform you that cell phone signals don’t work in ice domes” - who could be behind these giant fucking ice dragons?? could it be the one villain with ice powers?? nah - “okay there are giant fucking ice dragons but more importantly let’s throw bloom a christmas party!” “does anyone know what christmas is?” “shit” - TO THE INTERNET - tecna pulls up the internet and gets a list of extremely vague decorating advice - headmistress dumbledore reveals that the dragons are INSIDE THE SCHOOL!! the demons were within us all along! - turns out that googling “christmas” on the intergalactic hypernet returns some really shitty advice about how to do christmas. shenanigans abound! and so we all learn the true meaning of christmas: friendship bracelets -  "bloom has too many friends. let’s drop the invisibility spell that protects the ice dragons and get the shit kicked out of us instead, because of reasons.” - the villains blow up the christmas tree!! bloom, enraged that christmas is ruined, goes super-saiyan - “the magic of christmas is in your heart” - headmistress dumbledore breaks the first rule of magical girl space hogwarts and teleports bloom’s whole family and a bunch of random earth kids in - a musical number - seriously though is nobody going to question what exactly they’re celebrating if the universe’s equivalent of god is a magical fire dragon that lives in a teenage girl

quiet reblog

✨ Things I'm insecure about because of my disabilities ✨

Being unreliable

Having a messy room

Abdominal bloating

Not being 100% on top of my hygiene

Having to excuse myself to the washroom more often

Using my mobility aids

Random bruising

My chicken (weak) legs

Having to explain myself to strangers

Taking the accessible seating on the bus/train

Tripping over myself

My brain fog (I used to have a fantastic memory, I feel like I come off as stupid now)

Being super sweaty

Not being "good representation"

Leaving functions early

Sitting on the floor in public

And so much more. This is a reminder that you're not alone in feeling gross or undesirable, it's also okay to feel that way.

Sometimes you need to feel the feelings before you deal with them.

agreed, making things i need pretty?? instantly changes my perspective on it.

decorating my feeding pump and using fun tube tape has done wonders for my mental health and not being able to intake much besides water by mouth. making things your own when you're disabled is such a necessity for me. 

Asking someone you barely know what their disability is equatable to just coming up to someone and saying “hey what’s the most traumatic thing that’s ever happened to you?”

Able-bodied people assume most people with mobility aids ESPECIALLY wheelchairs, have been in some sort of traumatic accident, and yet y’all still come up to us asking.

im down

Adult winx club fans should just find a place of completely forgotten land, pay for it together and build a bunch of tiny houses that are exact replicas of the dorm rooms in Winx Club and have parties and fashion shows and also maybe start a band or something

i have such beef with ethical and eco-friendly companies. WHERE IS THE COLOUR 😭😭 why does being eco mean it all has to be beige???? make it fun please i beg i dont want to be beige.

i am so sorry. the being labeled “non compliant,” i understand that so much. they dont see us fighting for our health every day. they only see us for a short appointment or hospital stay and think they can judge us based on that.

im so very glad you have that nurse. 💕

“consistency is key” doesn’t apply to many disabled people.

going to the doctor and having them tell me that, and that i need to stick to a schedule they have deemed appropriate is completely comedic.

what about the fact that my health and ability to do anything is a constant gamble? it can change drastically and almost instantly at any given time.

what about how right now i can stand up and make myself breakfast, but by lunch time? who knows. i may be unable to even sit up.

how do u listen to me explain that i dont have a daily or weekly schedule because of how unpredictable my health is, and reply by giving me a schedule.

do you not think i have tried to stick to a routine and schedule like all the healthy people around me??

all i see is people with consistency. i grew up thinking i was broken because i couldnt. i have pushed myself to breaking points trying to fit your mould of success and health.

im sorry if you experience this too. im going to make another post about what consistency can look like for me and other disabled people. because while we dont fit the classic definition of it, there are ways we can make our own version. i wish doctors would listen to me and would help me find my version instead of insisting on theirs, but they havent, so i wanna try help others find theirs. prt. 2 here (now going to make multiple more posts on this topic lol)

oh fuck yes.

kind of deeply obsessed with the idea of everyone thinking helia is kind of a dick. like not riven-levels of asshole but most people find him off-putting and hard to get along with by virtue of him being such an intense person. and he’s the kind of person who does things to the beat of his own drum. he’s very one track minded in that way and it makes it hard for others to collaborate with him and find him agreeable on a surface-level capacity. even still people find him likable but in a more distant, unattainable way. but anyone who spends time with him one-on-one and has a conversation with him realizes that he’s actually super non-judgmental and easy to talk to. and he really does like connecting with people, he just doesn’t go out of his way to spend his time on things that don’t catch his attention. and he’s honestly just super sweet.

in contrast, flora is affable and beloved and on average treats people so kindly and sweetly. so everyone’s impression of flora is that she’s a gentle and sweet person who rarely has a bad thing to say about anyone. and while this is partially true, she oftentimes has her private reservations about people that she only truly feels comfortable voicing with her close friends (ie the winx) but won't ever hide from anyone if directly confronted. her natural sociability makes it so that she's very easy to get along with and collaborate with, but people often underestimate her sharp judgment of character and tend to reduce her to her gentleness when she's much more strong-willed than she comes across.

& when helia and flora get together, it's the coupling of two people who are more understated on the surface but actually quite intense to their core. they match each other's freaks <3

on day 5 of a migraine get me out of here