Decisions- A Lams High school AU {CURRENTLY BEING REWRITTEN}

A/N: I'm Done. We Need to Learn a Lesson about Respect.

Has anyone else been involved in all of the bullshit on YouTube lately? The shit revolving around Logan Paul? Yes yes, I know that when you hear that name most of you think, "God what a fucking asshole." I'm gonna try to explain this in the shortest, most basic way that I can without ranting too much to make this easier. Basically, if you don't know what's going on, he posted a video on YouTube including footage of a dead body hanging from a tree (which is already infringing the terms and services of YouTube) from the suicide forest in Japan. THAT IS VERY VERY BAD. The man had come into the forest maybe less than an hour ago to hang himself from a tree, and when Logan went in there he touched and bothered the body and then used it to bring attention to himself and the way he feels about it. Then he used it as a fucking clickbait thumbnail. He called the police, which is when I found out that he was trespassing on a restricted area anyways, and then went to laugh and go drink Sake with his friends. A few of his younger fans came over and he said, "whatever you do-" he points to where the body was, "Don't go over there." Even though he's exposing this content to a numerous amount of impressionable minors over the internet already! Which is just fucking dumb. Now, the video was finally taken down and he apologized, but this doesn't make it okay! And I don't like to bash people, but Logan's really an idiot. But - as much as I hate him - he's still human. Yes, I will admit that I hated on him, I'll own up to it, but there's something more important that can be taken from this. Even though Logan Paul and his brother are two of the most disrespectful people that I absolutely despise, I will respect them. It may not be much respect, but I'll always consider the fact that we are all human. They are no less and no more important than anyone in this world. I want to make it clear - I don't like them, they need to step up and make better decisions, but I am going to respect them as humans.

You all should do the same for each other, and everyone else on this planet. Even if they may be a homophobic bible thumper who can't see what's in front of their own eyes, they are a human. I'll just say to them, "You do you dude. I believe in what I believe and I'll respect you as a human, maybe you should learn to do the same. The things that you're spitting and trying to drill into us are absolutely trivial, and they do not concern you. So why don't you try to manage your own life first. We're all different." I want you all to be that way. You can be any race, sexuality, you can believe in what ever god or be an atheist, you can have what ever political stance you want to, but I do not want any of you disrespecting others in or outside of this community for that. Yes, this is a pro lgbt account, but it's more than that to me. Everyone who comes here and can act like they and the people around them matter in the same way are welcome. It doesn't matter who you are, but when you come here to me, you will be respected the same. Anyone who doesn't agree with that can go unfollow me the fuck now. I'm sick of the bullshit and the disrespect going around between people, and I will not sit by and let it continue here. This is a safe space for everyone. If you see anyone acting up, not following these rules, or targeting you without respect, you tell me. Speak up, speak out, make sure I notice, and I'll deal with it.

So you can sit back and think that someone is absolute human garbage, but as long as you have the strength to respect them still you deserve that same respect. We are all human in here, and we will all be considered that same way. Even though I write stories that are really gay does not mean that I am scum or that I think about anyone that does not support gay rights differently. Anyone who thinks that can shut the hell up right now. Anyone who thinks less of them self for whatever reason needs to stop right now and look at things differently. You are doing something wrong if you don't respect yourself and others. It took me so many years of wanting to die because of who I am to finally notice how wrong I was. Now I know that I matter, whether I'm skinny or not, what race I am, how tall I am, which gender I am, whether I'm a feminist or not, or who I support, if I have a mental illness, it does not matter! I don't care if this community is more multicultural than a goddamn health textbook, I will respect all of you and I expect you to do the same. If you have the courage, the strength, and the basic human respect to agree, I will love and respect you to the end.

Now I'm not saying that there are too many people here who don't agree with this, but I think this is something we can all learn from. This is the only place where I can get this message out to a number of people effectively, because no one'll listen anywhere else. I'm not really popular or well known anywhere, but this is my best bet. So that's something I'm working on: taking long and powerful strides toward a better future as quickly as I can, because my time will not last forever. I won't be this young forever, and I'm afraid that in the future I might not get the chance to say something like this again. I don't want to look at future generations and see them scoff at how rude and disorderly we were to each other. I can imagine that too, just because of how insensitive we are.

At this point in my life, I feel kind of like Burr. I know comparisons are pretty pointless, but please hear me out. I've been in a school full of people who are completely against who and what I am. I've had to sit back and listen to people disrespect my race, gender, sexuality, and beliefs for years and I'm absolutely sick of it all. I'll still sit back though, because if I speak out against it I I'll get in trouble. Call me a goody two shoes if you want, it doesn't matter to me. So I don't care about them anymore. They don't respect me, so I'm leaving them alone to do their own thing and see where it gets them. Meanwhile, I'm keeping my energy stored for things that are actually worth my time instead of letting my words fall onto deaf bigoted ears. It just isn't worth my time and energy, and I see that now. So, this year is the year I graduate. In five months I'll be free, and you bet I'm breaking the hell out of here. I'm giving them a piece of my mind, and boy are they gonna hear me then. They may not really listen, but they're gonna hear me no matter what. Especially when I amount to so much more than what they told me to be. "I'm not standing still, I am lying in wait." I'm getting out of there, and I won't look the fuck back until they're out of my sight. But until then, I'll sit back and I'll respect them. Though my mistakes may be the downfall of me some day, I will keep being me. And I'm not going to change that for some nonsensical tradition that's been going on for too goddamn long. Though I am not Burr, I am still a powerful person and I'll own it now. This is a new age.

I will be heard, and you all should be too. I encourage you to speak out on the matter of the downfall of human dignity too, don't just hear me. Listen to me, and take this with you wherever you go in life. In 2018, I break free and I am independent. I will respect everybody, and they should respect me. This is a new beginning this year, and we should treat it that way. It may not be our last year, but we should treat it as such. We are better people than what we've demonstrated, and I want to see that new mindset going into this. We, as people, can conquer this together. Be greater from now on, cause I know you can be.

We may be different, but I respect you the same. 2018 is a new year, and we are new people.

Happy 2018!
~Trinity