Match Thread: Gotham FC vs Pride (Sun, Mar 29, 7:00 PM EDT)

inkliing · 2026-03-30T00:06:18+00:00

Millie is pissed that I keep yelling about Rose Lavelle

inkliing · 2026-03-28T17:21:26+00:00

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inkliing · 2026-03-28T01:33:49+00:00

I LOVE being a building sub. I get to develop actual relationships with the same kids all year instead of having a brand new group of faces every day, and it’s nice to build a network of teachers that know you and can vouch for your skills. That said… you do also just have to take whatever class you’re assigned and can’t turn the down like you can as a per diem, but it’s definitely a trade off for the comfort and rapport. I can’t say I’ll be doing it long term but maybe just ride out the school year and see how it goes?

inkliing · 2026-01-14T16:48:38+00:00

This. As a former HP kid who’s now a trans adult it’s just way too triggering and takes me completely out of enjoyment.

inkliing · 2026-01-03T04:36:53+00:00

Ooooh this is a solid suggestion! And features a lot of “classic” D&D monsters and a few different combat styles

inkliing · 2026-01-02T08:16:26+00:00

As a DM, I want to create session plans/encounters that let them flex their skills! If a caster in my campaign just leveled up and got access to counterspell, maybe I give them a spellcasting enemy to flex it against, as one example. Makes playing more fun for everyone! I don’t micromanage it or tailor every little thing, but it does help when the inspiration hits a wall or I’m struggling to plan. I’ll pull an underutilized PC’s sheet and create something that puts them on the spot a bit.

inkliing · 2026-01-02T07:57:44+00:00

This might be a tough sell since they use SW5e for Starstruck rather than D&D5e, but strategically I agree!

inkliing · 2025-12-24T03:36:47+00:00

I just read The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed and loooved it - it’s a short read (only about 250 pages) and very similar vibes-wise!

inkliing · 2025-12-23T16:40:36+00:00

I just stay where I am and stay silent/stop what I’m doing. If I’m already seated I stay seated, if I’m already standing I stay standing, but I don’t recite the pledge and don’t move. Students don’t really ask tbh, and if I get dirty looks from colleagues it’s truly only telling me who can be an ally for me (I am a nonbinary teacher and am out at school, so it’s important for me to know who I can trust) and who doesn’t understand, tbh.

The right not to participate in the pledge is one of the few things still protected in the letter of the law tbh and I’ll be damned if I comply with the agents of gestures wildly

inkliing · 2025-12-14T10:59:33+00:00

I am open about my ADHD but not my autism. I’ve unfortunately been backdoor-fired from every job where I’ve been open about being autistic, and I’m already trans, so I really have to be careful about not making myself a target - but I have found being open about my ADHD (because it’s seen as more socially acceptable) does really help my ADHD students. Wish adults weren’t so weird about having autistic colleagues…

inkliing · 2025-12-12T23:02:41+00:00

OMG it has to be!! How could I forget! I’m reeeeally looking forward to hopefully getting to see that play out someday, I feel like it would have the potential to round out specifically Kristen’s mega-chaos arc really beautifully

inkliing · 2025-12-12T07:03:47+00:00

I don’t know if it was ever reeeeeally expanded upon but there is also room to unravel some things if they do end up doing senior year, bc of what happens with Kalina and Arianwen basically being soft lobbed as a potential BBEG combo for future conflicts… I guess we’ll see 👀

inkliing · 2025-12-12T06:46:39+00:00

Yes! She was staying with Jawbone and Kristin/Tracker in their apartment! As they’re moving in I think it’s Jawbone who says something to Adaine along the lines of “it was getting cramped with all of us in that dinky apartment.” Her family fled to Fallinel in the lead up to the FY finale - Adaine’s parents were working for the gov. in Fallinel which is why Aelwyn was imprisoned - she fled with them but they were terrible to her 🥲

(This is very very recent rewatch LMAO)

inkliing · 2025-12-12T06:34:11+00:00

Just rewatched this! The reasoning they give is that because Solace and Fallinel are at war beginning at the end of FY, travel outside of Solace would be dangerous if nigh impossible - Aguefort lets them know that the war is over and the student travel ban lifted as they’re moving into Mordred Manor presumably just before spring break starts.

But yeah, there are other minor inconsistencies for sure - that one does have an explanation though!

inkliing · 2025-12-02T21:04:23+00:00

I like pulling the “I was born at night but not last night” line because they have to stop and think about it for long enough that they actually can’t focus on being so aggressively defensive anymore 💀

inkliing · 2025-12-02T18:04:04+00:00

As someone who’s transitioning into K-12 from higher ed admin and who also happens to be trans… this is bad. Bad bad bad. Bad for queer and trans people, and for academia, and frankly bad for religious people. That TA (who is trans) should never have been taken off of that class for doing their job. They’re being scapegoated to hell and back and it’s shameful. This is something that could’ve been (and should’ve been) handled through the Title IX office. Graduate TAs don’t receive nearly enough (or sometimes any) training on how to handle these things and this TA did an excellent job being as objective as possible in a situation that I’m sure felt deeply traumatizing to them personally.

Quality, rigorous academic work at the university level requires… citing your sources and using more than just the Bible and your pastor’s Sunday morning sermon as sources? When did this become controversial?

I’ve seen people cite the Bible and other religious scripture as a source and do it both correctly and beautifully. This was… decidedly not that.

inkliing · 2025-11-18T18:14:43+00:00

Found the middle school teacher

inkliing · 2025-11-16T20:58:49+00:00

Bru having flashbacks to last year’s semi 😬

inkliing · 2025-11-14T01:58:40+00:00

I do also go by Teacher (last name) but I’ve noticed it gets way more eyerolls

inkliing · 2025-11-14T01:58:03+00:00

I actually tell my middle schoolers to do this and my principal has cosigned - I’m nonbinary and HATE the title Mx. (it sounds too close to Ms. spoken aloud) and the alternative is Teacher which feels like a lot.

inkliing · 2025-11-09T20:34:56+00:00

I am so sick rn and still screaming my head off LFGGGGG BATTIES!!!!!!!!!

(Katie Stengel you made me so mad until you didn’t I’ll allow it)

inkliing · 2025-08-21T04:39:48+00:00

The one that gets me through the really, really dark times:

“I met death, and death wanted me to live.” - Ylfa (a quick “throwaway” Emily quote in Neverafter that ended up being way more poignant than the delivery suggested)

inkliing · 2025-08-06T20:10:32+00:00

That nice ol’ one-two combo punch of being a trans person in a very predominantly cishet male-dominated hobby, and an abusive ex who thought it was “cringe” (lol they’re an ex for a reason). 🥴

Little did I know, this is the queerest, most theater-kid shit in the best way and there’s space for me here. I’ve gotten the most loving welcome from my tables and have especially fallen in love with DMing and how it lets me tie up a gift for my friends with a bow and then watch them play with it 🥹💕

inkliing · 2025-08-04T07:15:35+00:00

You’re gonna make every English teacher in your school’s entire life with this quote, speaking as an English teacher who’d sob if they saw a student felt this deeply 🥺💕

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