like i think a lot of stupid bullshit about dating and men and women and beyond (for instance dynamics in female dominated spaces or in spaces dominated by norms that developed in such) is all ultimately the fault of ‘Give Him A Chance’ culture
it’s like we internalised when we were young that we weren’t allowed to simply make decisions about who we wanted to be close to and we certainly weren’t allowed to set boundaries with them in a freeform way so it became necessary to make any reason we might not want to hang out with someone an Objective Sign of Badness that is sexist or something else-ist or a red flag - a reason why no reasonable person could possibly be expected to want to hang with them, because if it was just what we wanted and how we felt we don’t expect anyone to listen or take that seriously
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AN UPDATE on me showing my partner Marble Hornets for the first time and their batshit insane takes on the series/characters. We got to 76 last I remember. Here’s everything they’ve said for just the new entries we’ve watched between now and the last post:
- The entry where we see Tim’s body cam POV after him and Jay get attacked by the operator in Rosswood:
- “Slenderman uses his dead body dimension to grow mushrooms
He’s really interested in the conservation of this really rare strain of mushroom, that’s what the dead body dimension is for”
- To Tim: “if shit sucks, hit da bricks”
- After Tim gets in his car and drives the fuck outta dodge: “Oh he’s going on a lovely little road trip, he’s just like me fr”
- “You know marble hornets is just a series of bad decisions made by film majors, which is the original bad decision” (implying that the characters being film majors was the initial fuck up and NOT Alex deciding to kill all his friends on a whim)
- During Tim’s panic attack in the same entry: “You know, panic attack aside, I think I’d really enjoy peeling all the crumblies off that dry wall”
- “Hacking coughing licking iPad crying baby”
- “I do appreciate how his arms and legs are out of the way of the body camera in lieu of his panic attack, thank you for that”
- As Tim is taking his anti hallucination meds: “Don’t over dose. Oh it’s just one, you’re probably fine. Wait why are you taking another one? Not even a bottle of water? It’s why you’re coughing. Don’t take a third one! DO NOT take the whole bottle, that’s how you die! You’re not gonna die of slenderman related causes, you’re just gonna die of stupid!”
- Upon seeing Tim find Hoody’s messages on the walls: “ “Follow meeeee!” It’s like that one snowman in the phineas and ferb holiday special. My brain loves referencing obscure media”
- After Tim passes out trying to break the “he is a liar” wall: “Ok, takin a nap.”
- “You go mentally ill queen!”
- About Alex: “Why does he look like John Darneille????” (Context: they are obsessed with the band The Mountain Goats and because of tism face blindness they are convinced Alex shares a striking resemblance to frontman John Darneille)
- “Slenderman is a HORRIBLE parent!!”
- “Alex is a high school nerd who would get shoved into a locker!” “I would argue Jay is more of a nerd on that regard” “they’re both nerds shoving each other into lockers!”
- “Ok he theoretically knows how to fight, but that doesn’t mean he’s good in practice”
- The entry where Jay and Tim follow Hoody around the abandoned hospital:
- “Hoody’s like if Santa was really sinister”
- “He teleported to the next house to give all the good little boys and girls their evil tapes!”
- Seeing Alex tied up: “oh are we getting kinky?” “Hoody is literally trying to kill him” “hot”
- “You know, if I was in my hometown and slenderman was there, I’d be pretty mentally ill too”
- “How many holes do you think slenderman has?”
And finally (for now until we finish the end of MH):
- “I don’t think slenderman would survive long in federal prison”
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Peekaboo!
Joel, limited life episode 7
[ID: a minecraft screenshot from limited life at night, taken at the top of the mouldy bread bad boys potato pier bridge, but below m-rye-5 / skynet 2.0. why does this have so many names. Grian’s bread house in the sky. Tango is in the bread house, and the viewer, joel, is on the roof. Tango has just broken a moss block to try and get on the roof. Only his head, arms, and chest are visible, framed by about a block and a half gap. He’s looking directly at the viewer, his right hand still swinging to break the moss. He’s holding a tool of some kind but it’s impossible to tell what it is other than the purple glow on enchanting. He has a shield in his offhand, and he’s wearing an enchanted diamond chestplate. End ID]
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I hate this notion there is that asexual and aromatic (and all Aspec people, for that matter) are not discriminated against. Especially in queer circles that should be a safe space.
Like sure maybe our identities are easier make it easier to fake straightness (not really any more than bi/pan people, and is that even good for us, emotionally?), maybe our issues aren’t systemic (not really, considering the prevalence of Amatonormativity and how deeply it is rooted in the way said systems were made), maybe people are more willing to accept us (not really, we’re treated as wrong, broken, needed to be fixed just as often if not more, even in places we should feel safe).
Tell me how my grandfather, who I love very dearly, asking me to lie to him when he’s on his death bed, and tell him I am dating some nice boy to make him happy, isn’t hurtful, isn’t discrimination.
Tell me how my (queer) friends all infantilizing me after coming out, treating me like I was too pure to hear anything sexual, not saying things around me that didn’t bother me before I came out and would’ve continued not to after, isn’t discrimination.
Tell me how me explaining my identity to people and getting pitying looks, at best, and active denials of existence, at worst, isn’t discrimination.
Tell me how me headcannoning a character as Asexual or Aromantic, or ‘shipping’ two characters queer platonically and immediately getting shut down (mostly by other queer people saying they’re gay), isn’t discrimination.
TELL ME HOW ME NEVER SEEING ASEXUALITY OR AROMANTISM EVEN MENTIONED IN PRIDE DOCUMENTARIES ISN’T DISCRIMINATION
Maybe our issues are all social (not really) but that doesn’t make our struggle nothing. That doesn’t mean we don’t deserve support. That doesn’t mean our stories are less deserving of being told. That doesn’t mean we aren’t a part of your community.
I’m sick and tired of people pretending we don’t exist. Pretending we’re not deserving of the same attention, representation, and respect as other members of the community.
Neglect is still abuse. 1% is still a number. We’re here and we’re queer too.
Stand with us. Yell with us. Help us make ourselves known. Help us spread our message.
Because, god, I am so sick and tired of being ignored.
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