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[rainymunson]

[id: screenshots of tiktok captions. the images say, “but the only reason we still love princess diana is because she did not have the time to disappoint us.”]

begging queer kids to read up on princess diana’s involvement with the community. yes, she was a rich, pretty monarch. yes, she died young.

but the reason why queer people love her is because she used her privilege during the aids crisis to advocate for sick queer men, when very few others would - much less someone of her status.

diana spent years advocating for the health and care of queer people with hiv/aids. in 1987, at the height of the epidemic, she opened the first specialist clinic dedicated to treating aids patients (the first clinic of it’s kind in the uk).

she also fought public hysteria by hugging and shaking bare hands with aids patients, at a time when aids was thought to be spread by skin to skin contact. not only that, she visited patients in the clinic regularly and even comforted them through their sickness.

and when queen elizabeth told her to try focusing on “something more pleasant”?

diana ignored her and kept fighting.

and this is only her work towards the aids crisis. she publicly called out the royal family, brought attention to numerous world issues, and was known as an advocate for empathy and kindness. she’s known and loved as the people’s princess for good reason

[rainymunson]

Post-No Way Home PeterMJ Fic Recs

These fics are helping me get through it 🥲

Who He Is by @awakening5 - Peter keeps going back to the bakery

Haunted by the ghost of you by @coykoii - MJ gets distracted by that cute guy who keeps coming by the bakery

Something worth fighting for by nomadcomplex - MJ pov with just the best (ie.hurtful) callbacks, made me cry

Unbroken Promises by @watsonmj - Peter's pov, ugh hurts sooo goood

Ghosts that broke my heart before I met you by @i-lovethatforme - Peter watches MJ date someone else

I get a little lonely every year around this time - MJ leaves a clue for herself

Can't pretend forever by @eowima - FOS is figuring it out, as we deserve!

king of the weirdos by @spideyxchelle - MJ observes her odd repeat customer

27 Days by maddienole - Peter keeps stopping by the bakery *only* bc of the donuts

hold onto my heart (like i held onto us) by @over-the-sun & @coykoii - Spidey stops by Midtown on prom night

Remember to kudos/comment if you enjoyed & thank these writers for getting us through these trying times 💙❤️

[rainymunson]

so the van scene was essentially

will: eI is gonna be okay.

mike: yeah, im actually not worried about that at all right now, im literally thinking about all the reasons we just don't work.

will: i am the most selfless person alive so im just going to try to reassure you using my feelings but replacing my name with hers, maybe that'll make you feel better and i can get my feelings off my chest even though it's killing me inside.

mike: wow your words made me feel more loved than i have in my entire life, if those are her feelings then i guess maybe it is love, despite the fact that nothing you described makes any sense in relation to her feelings because you clearly aren't talking about her but im oblivious and an idiot so im not gonna pick up on that fact.

[rainymunson]

y'all say that steve's bisexual awakening was eddie, but real one's know it was the jazzercise guy

[rainymunson]

[rainymunson]

if mike wheeler is straight then why is he gay?

[rainymunson]

👏

You mean to tell me some of you watched that scene with Chrissy in the woods and didn’t take away that Eddie liked her? That man was smitten. Then the rest of you didn’t see how he kept flirting with Steve??

The argument of whether Eddie is straight or gay is invalid because come on that man is a pansexual.

And no, you can not change my mind.

[rainymunson]

if dustin. does not show up. in season 5. wearing eddie’s vest. someone is getting murdered.

[rainymunson]

This isn't just about the stranger things cast or just Finn anymore, this is about just not sexualizing minors/really young adults.

Finn's 19. HE'S 19!!! He shouldn't have people in their late 20s/early 30s or even older thirsting over him.

And I wish it wasn't true but he's dealt with this from a very, very young age and it's so upsetting.

Also, while we're on this topic, let's also talk about shipping.

It's fucking weird to ship real people. I don't care what excuse you have, it's. fucking. WEIRD.

You can ship characters. I have no problem with that. But when people start talking about Finn and Noah, or Noah and Millie, that's when it gets really weird.

Do you disagree with this post? Deactivate your account and leave, because we sure as hell don't want you here.

[rainymunson]

New ship: ST writers × 8flix

Tags: slowburn, mutual understanding, enemies to friends, friends to lovers, scriptgate

Chapters 4/? Words: 156k WIP

[rainymunson]

script or no i saw this with my own two eyes

[rainymunson]

Sometimes I like to pretend it’s actually Mike who’s canonically in love with Will and that Will is the oblivious one. And it’s not even that hard to do because my man does all the work himself

[rainymunson]

plz😭😭

Didn't think the "weeks of theorizing ahead of you" would be about whether the script was real or not

[rainymunson]

“the whole reason he said ‘i love you’ to el in the first place was because he thought will’s feelings were el’s.”

guys i just had the realization that there’s no fucking way mike is going to reject will

let me explain

will’s van confession to mike was a KEY FACTOR in mikes ‘i love you’ speech to el. there’s no doubt about that. mike really thinks that’s how el feels about him.

now, imagine mike finding out that’s actually NOT how el feels about him AT ALL.

and that this whole time, those were WILL’S feelings towards him.

mike is going to re-think his ENTIRE love confession. possibly his relationship with el, even.

how in the WORLD could mike reject will like “sorry will, i’m in love with el.”

HOW could he still claim to be in love with el whenever the whole reason he said ‘i love you’ to el in the first place was because he thought will’s feelings were el’s.

now that he knows those aren’t el’s feelings towards him, how can he be sure he loves her?? mike now has no idea how el feels towards him.

in fact, us, the audience, KNOW that el doesn’t love mike like will does. i mentioned this in an earlier post, but will says that mike makes him feel BETTER for being different. on the other hand, we see el accusing mike of viewing her as a MONSTER. clear differences here.

there is no way mike is going to reject will.

saying that will getting rejected would be shitty writing is an understatement. it wouldn’t make sense plot-wise or character-wise.

that being said, byler endgame.

[rainymunson]

Still not over the fact that they actually did this

Endgame couples get promotional photos together

[rainymunson]

me when Eddie and Steve stand next to each other on screen for 3 seconds

[rainymunson]

I feel like Bylers twist Mike’s affectionate best friend behavior for will and say, “well he has to have romantic feelings for him then,” but most of the time the things you are describing are literal normal best friend behavior. Some people are super affectionate with their best friends, but that doesn’t mean Mike is gay or bi just because he comforts Will, stays by his side, and looks at him? Is there anything a friend can do for a close friend that Bylers wouldn’t try to twist and make it gay? This is why many straight guys are scared to show affection for their male friends…

aw anon, you’re so right! the way mike behaves towards will is completely and strictly platonic with no romantic undertones whatsoever!

like this for example, what classic best friend behavior:

it’s not like mike looks at will’s lips who does the same back and we know will’s lip glance is definitely 100% romantic because he’s confirmed to have feelings for mike-

and then there’s this classic best friend behavior:

and this:

and also this! 😊:

nope, you’re right! it’s totally platonic best friend behavior to stare at someone’s lips so much it looks like you’re about to kiss them ☺️

no but on a more serious note - it’s not like we’re pairing two guys together just to “make them gay” or anything - if that was the case we would do the same for lucas and mike, dustin and mike, lucas and will or dustin and will but we don’t.

mike and will have chemistry. chemistry that crosses the line of simply platonic and seeps into the romantic territory. i’m sure a lot of people who see it the same way as you, anon, would say otherwise if will was a girl or mike was a girl.

also “some people are super affectionate with their best friends” okay, so is this supposed to also cancel out the amount of affection they would show towards their significant other? because, it is quite suspicious for mike to show this amount of affection towards his supposed “platonic bestie” and not show it towards his own freakin gf. i can’t even recall a single time he’s stared at el’s lips. and even if he has, it’s not as much as he’s stared at will’s lips.

it’s totally okay for men to be affectionate with each other while still being platonic. but, this isn’t the case with mike and will. there is literally a direct contrast to the way mike behaves with dustin and to the way he behaves with will. then there’s the fact that he struggles so much to juggle his relationship with will while dating el.

i would like to direct you to this parallel:

posted by @lol101elated

you can see the obvious contrast between not only the lighting/tone/mood of the scenes, you can also see the differences in mike’s reaction. when el said she “dumped (his) ass”, he looked annoyed and almost disgusted. however, when will said “i guess i did. i really did”, mike looked genuinely hurt. he had a stronger reaction to his fight with will than with his and his gf’s breakup. his fight with will read more like a breakup than his and el’s actual breakup. (not to mention that after el broke up with him, all he did was sit around, eat chips and complain while after his fight with will, he biked across town in the pouring rain to apologize to will).

this isn’t something we are “twisting”. this is intentionally being done by the writers and directors of the show. this is the story they are crafting. if i was you, i’d prepare myself for season 5 because we will be seeing a lot more byler whether you like it or not.

here is a great post i found by @rainymunson that basically sums up how i feel:

thank you for coming to my ted talk.