speaking, uh, as a formerly-trafficked sex worker, it’s extremely difficult to come forward as a trafficking victim in countries where sex work is criminalized; you just… get criminalized under those same anti-prostitution laws. of course reported trafficking would increase when the sole fact of coming forward as a sex worker at all no longer endangers you.
This line of argument is the same one that you see with conservatives who point to the increase in divorce rates as proof that making divorce safer is endangering marriage, while ignoring the massive drops in domestic abuse, murder, and suicide.
It’s a shot argument with them, and it’s a shot argument here.
In WWI, when they introduced helmets, they saw a sudden spike in head injuries.
What the casual observer may miss was that they were seeing the increase because of a dramatic decrease in deaths from head wounds.
the reason why travis said that mags and lup never interacted is because he couldn’t conceive the pure raw power that they would have had and the fact they would have immediately blew 8 holes in the ship
lup and mags make eye contact on the first day: the bond engine jumps into hyper drive from the sheer instant connection they form
davenport: taako….stop them, we can’t let them keep doing this
downplaying their friendship is a long standing inside joke
magnus: you know i feel like we didn’t hang out enough davenport, remembering the number of times lup and magnus have nearly killed him: i fucking hate both of you
i'll apple your turnover 