the-memeblades-chosen-one:

vaspider:

bramblepatch:

pfdiva:

sidhebeingbrand:

raptorific:

Idk man, a widowed father who works full time and lives in his car so he can afford to keep his child fed while he lives with his aunts, who still makes time to see his kid every day, and who is possibly the only family member that child has who has not implicitly or explicitly wished in front of him that his mother had survived instead of him, fostering an intense survivor’s guilt in him where he feels like his loved ones blame him for the death of his mother

I just don’t see how people have ever managed to call Greg Universe a deadbeat, I mean, the one time the dude did a mildly bad thing is when he lied about being hurt so he could spend more time with Steven who he felt was drifting away from him, and even then he copped to it and apologized. His sole concern as a character in the entire show is taking care of and being there for his kid, he’s honestly one of the best dads on TV and I think it’s sad that people act like he’s a shitty father because he’s poor and spends what little available time and money he has on his son who he loves more than anything

Fucking this. Also he’s called a ‘washed up musician’ when he made a choice to abandon what could have been a good career– we see he’s got the chops– on his life as a husband and then father.

He didn’t fail. He succeeded at being what he wanted to be, which was ‘the respected partner of Rose aka an alien war general’ and ‘Steven’s dad’. He still makes music in his spare time and loves it, but his priority #1 (by choice NOT because he isn’t good for anything else) is Steven.

He was Steven’s primary caretaker until he hit the limits of what he could teach (aka gem stuff), and he gave Steven a loving, nurturing life full of physical affection, musical tutoring, family traditions and outings.

I don’t think the gems pay for Steven’s cell phone subscription. I’m pretty damn sure that Greg thought a phone with music storage capacity for his son was a better use of his cash than anything for himself. He’s content living in the van, I think – he strikes me as being pretty zen– but he does have needs.

He always puts those needs second for Steven, except the once, which was such a huge anomaly we got an entire story arc about it.

Reviewers make a lot of how Steven seems to have ‘inherited’ Rose’s kind nature– bull. Bull and shit. Yes to some extent he does have Rose in him, but to ignore how much of his nurturing and forgiving nature he LEARNED from Greg is just lazy.

Greg Universe’s lover laughed in his face when he asked her if she respected him and he stuck around and talked it out like a goddamn adult.

Greg Universe had his home wrecked because he helped the Crystal Gems fight off Lapis and never turned his distress on them.

Greg Universe got pushed off a fucking roof because a badly socialized tech support agent wanted to see if he could fly and immediately forgave her because she didn’t know any better.

Greg has never told his son to ‘man up’ or ‘butch up’ or ‘toughen up’. Greg would have stared blankly if anyone ever suggested that he was ‘babysitting’ his own child. Greg is a huge part of why Steven is who he is and he chose to be there because he never for a second questioned or shirked his responsibility as a father.

Greg Universe for dad.  Like, every dad of every animated character who has a shitty or absent father.  Shinji from Evangelion?  Now Greg’s son.  Eren from SNK?  Now Greg’s son.  Meg from Family Guy? Now Greg’s daughter.

Steven has Rose’s boundless curiosity about and fascination with other people, but his empathy and patience? His desire to not only observe others’ growth in whatever intriguing form it takes, but to nurture? He gets that from Greg.

The best thing you can give your kids is your time. That’s part of why I love Steven Universe, and Greg Universe especially.

IN THIS HOUSE WE LOVE AND RESPECT GREG UNIVERSE

quasi-normalcy:

sweetbabyraysgourmetsauces:

I really hate the whole “respect is earned, not given” because I feel like you should respect strangers who haven’t done anything to you… so maybe we should replace it with “malice is earned, not given.”

This is a better sentiment. Assume that everyone is worthy of respect until they, by their words and actions, show that they’re actually just a complete jerkass.

theorangedeath:

-When I told the army doctor that sometimes my period pains make me unable to function for days, he didn’t even write that down.
-When I told my dad “don’t touch me, I’m in pain” he backed down for a moment until my mom told him “she’s on her period”. Then he just laughed.
-When I told my teacher before a big test that I was unable to do it because I was in extreme pain and could barely move at all, she said I was making up excuses and that it wasn’t a real reason not to do the test. 
-Wenever I tell someone about how different I feel during my period emotionally they say I’m just “making up drama”. 

We need to start treating people on their periods like actual human beings in pain. 

-The fact that it occurs monthly doesn’t make the pain less real. It should be treated seriously and with respect.
-The fact that the hormones effect the emotions doesn’t make your sadness less painful or the anger less valid or that terrible feeling of being lost less terrifying. Guess what? Hormones affect everyone. Feelings aren’t always rational. It should be also treated seriously and with respect.

Please stop mocking people with periods. Please stop dismissing us. Please stop violating our boundries. Please respect people with periods. 

It is NOT NORMAL to be in extreme pain during your period. It happens, and it should be respected, but extreme pain means something is medically wrong. See a doctor!

space-fey:

couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name:

couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name:

Wanna know what really fucks me up??? Like. I remember being in school and learning about animals and where they come from and all that shit, or going to the zoo or something as a kid. And like. People are always so fucking blown away that lions Live On The Continent Of Africa. So fucked up about it. Like, imagine you just walked out of your fucking house one day and there was a lion there??? Absurd! How do the people in Africa do it! They must populate the place like squirrels! How is that possible! Like that was always the fucking group mentality when this was going on. People were so tripped out that some people live in Lion Territory, because lions are Fucking Scary. People would be like, ‘I’m so glad the only Lions around here are safe in the zoos’. But you know what??? You know what fucks me up??? Mountain Lions. That’s just….a whole ass fucking lion living freely in North America. Roaming the fucking lands. That’s a literal goddamn lion. We call them lions because they are fucking lions. But apparently because they aren’t Lions™ they’re supposed to be less scary to us??? You know what a fucking mountain lion is??? It’s a LITERAL FUCKING LION that has adapted to a DEBATEATLY MORE DANGEROUS TERRAIN. Like fucking Lions™ can hide around in tall grass and shit, sure, it’s terrifying, but mountain lions???? HIDING IN DARK FORRESTS AND HILLSIDES AND STEEP SLOPES AND UP HIGH IN THE TREES TO THE POINT YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE THEM??? Fuck off!!!! Like Lions™ can be fucking killing machines but at least they’re fucking up front about it!!! A mountain lion is just gonna fucking mug you in a dark alley or some shit!!!! Why are people in North America just. Straight up IGNORING the fact we have Goddamn lions RIGHT HERE. WHY. WHY DO WE DO THAT. THEY’RE LIONS. WHA TTHE FUCK. 

96% of the people on this post missed my POINT which was not ‘I am afraid of mountain lions’ but was in fact ‘why do we instinctively sensationalize life in other countries and make them seem terrifying when we ourselves are completely numb and normalized to similar things in our own country that seem equally terrifying on paper’

I knew a girl from Australia who was like “oh yeah we have kangaroos everywhere” and was blown away by deer it was surreal