#(he is a fictional character and not real)

[bigboobyhalo]

the anger inside of me

[jakejeffreyperalta]

max verstappen is so funny because every picture you see of him NOT in redbull merch is either him a) drunk out of his mind [probably in a t shirt with weird shit written on it] or b) in a tux and bow-tie [it also seems to be the only tuxedo he owns, despite being a multi millionaire]

[benevolenterrancy]

Scholarly peak is catching up on recent literature

[aquarines]

lestat de lioncourt being cancelled by taylor swift fans on twitter only 24 hours after he debuted...can you name a more iconic vampire? absolutely not!

[agnesandhilda]

watched conclave last night and then read the wikipedia entry for the book and now I'm wondering about the category ten shitstorm that a publicly intersex pope would cause

[myspacelegend]

[maybe-im-dark]

I saw a post on here that said the fandom should stop giving Logan animal traits because that's dehumanizing. Hate to break it you, buddy, but Logan is not human. He's a feral mutant. He's his own species. Yes he is civilized and yes he is humanoid and can have children with humans, but he is not human. He has claws, little fangs, keen senses and has a healing factor. He growls, he runs on all fours and sniffs and spits. Logans whole thing is being both man and animal and his fight with both these sides within himself. And most importantly, please never forget, he is not real. He is a fictional character created by Len Wein and John Romita and owned by Marvel. It's comics, it's animated shows, it's movies but it's not real! Being played by Hugh Jackman makes him tangible but still not real! I get feeling for a character, but please do not project real human issues onto a fictional character, because that is dehumanizing!

[keikeichi123456]

zosan but imagine a day where sanji finally gets a GOOD picture for his wanted poster, it captures his beauty in the best way possible and it unintentionally spawns a MASSIVE fanbase full of women and men alike

at first sanji is on cloud nine, he gets so much attention from the 𝓵𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓼 thats its kinda overwhelming

then his fans start getting more and more bold, being so obsessed that it’s starting to affect his crewmates as well which he feels extremely guilty about

its gets to a point where there are stalkers after him, crossing his boundaries but thats where zoro steps in

at first it didnt seem like zoro cared too much for his fans but zoro is of course really jealous that the fans are hogging all of sanji’s attention but he stays silent cuz it’s not his place to tell the cook what to do until it starts to endanger sanji

zoro protects him as best as he can the entire time but sanji only realizes this when he basically gets kidnapped by some stalkers (he couldn’t say no okay they were beautiful ladies ☹���) and zoro does everything in his power to save him

no wonder zoros been hanging around him so closely lately, he thought the marimo was jealous turns out he was actually just worried (and jealous too but sanji doesn’t need to know that)

bada bing bada boom zosan kiss and then happily ever after

[canichangemyblogname]

You know you don’t have to make up non-textual reasons to dislike a character, right? You can just dislike the character just because. And you also realize that if there are textual reasons you dislike the character—like the character’s past or lack of on-screen time—you don’t have to make up more reasons to dislike said character, right? You can just leave it at, “I dislike him because of his past and I don’t think the show has developed him enough.”

You don’t have to write a meta about how you dislike a character, with your reasoning being “he’s a predator” and your evidence being “because gay men cheat and fail to use prophylactic measures” or “because he has a 10-year age gap with his 34 y/o boyfriend” or “because a teenager said he’s cool” or “because gay men aren’t actually gay; they’re bi and lie” or “because Buck is a hot young thang™️, and gay men only sleep around” or “Buck’s feelings were too ambiguous before he understood he liked men and Tommy forced himself on Buck.” Because then you’re no longer relying on textual evidence; you’re relying on homophobic stereotypes to justify your fanon interpretation of a gay character. And then you’re proceeding to “joke” about violently killing this fictional man because of these stereotypes.

THAT is the issue people are having. They don’t give a fuck you dislike Tommy; they care that you’re using real-life queerphobic stereotypes, tropes, and jokes to justify disliking him.

[danieyells]

Just saw someone say they assume Cornelius is a child and I'm like. I guess the beginning of the game was a pretty long time ago? And he's a fairly minor character at the moment so it's easy to forget or overlook info about him? But if you like. Care all that much about that kind of thing surely you'd pay attention to it y'know?

(prologue - chapter 7)

Cornelius cuts Hyde off from telling you exactly how old he is after Hyde says he's not actually a child

He says people call him young for a chancellor all the time and he takes it as a compliment, as opposed to saying anything about actually being young

(episode 1 - chapter 47)

And Cornelius also straight up says he's an adult.

So. In case you missed it, that guy's a grown man. He's just small and looks young. Maybe he isn't even human for all we know he's a Korpokkur or something. And then there's the theory about all the faculty having been reanimated. . . .

[laurellala-comics]

I've been having so much fun with my Ace Attorney comics lately but I've been feeling the pull to do original stuff again. So to ease into the transition, here is my (very first!) comedy zine. You may spot some familiar faces B)

Thanks for reading my goofiness! I'm including some nerd thoughts about zines under the cut

Zines are sooo cool and I assume most people have heard of them since this is tumblr BUT if you haven't! Zine is short for magazine (pronounced "zeen" it does not rhyme with vine). It usually refers to handmade pamphlets that can be created by folding and cutting a single sheet of paper, which is what I did, but it can be used for any sort of self made publication. The goal is to make something that can be reprinted and shared so mine is technically not in the spirit of that because of all my little interactive details but shh that's fine. Zines have been used in sooo many ways (Was Martin Luther's 95 theses not in a way the first zine (this is a joke)) but they are especially recognized as part of the punk movement as a way of fighting back against mainstream media and of sharing information around! It was a way to get around censorship and spread the word about social movements and political messages buuuut it has also always been used to share fun things, like music recommendations OR FAMOUSLY. STAR TREK SPOCK KIRK FAN FICTION (this is real and there are academic papers about this). Some of the earliest m/m fanfic was passed along through zines because they did not have ao3 back then! All they had was a typewriter and a dream! It's actually sooo silly, but I took a class in college that heavily emphasized these zines as leading to the fandom culture we had today, so they really did shape the world we live in today. Tumblr posts are like our own little zines that we share, with our own messages and thoughts and yes even hand drawn gay people...

Anyway, like I mentioned, in these fandom spaces you had queer zines that were about explicitly romantic and sexual relationships between fictional men. At the time, slash shipping was not the most common way to engage with fandom, but today it has become very mainstream and widely accepted amongst the fandom. But you know what queer behaviors are still not mainstream within fandom spaces, even within queer fandom spaces? Aro ace rep babyyyy. With that in mind, I feel like what is considered radical and abnormal these days in queer fandom spaces is to engage with fictional men (or any characters) from an aromantic or asexual lens. And so I am here to hold your hand and walk you through the wonderful radical world of imagining non-romantic scenarios with fictional guys. You can have so much fun with it and I think more people should do it. What if you stood in line at the bank and your favorite anime man was in front of you. What if you had to go in for jury duty and the guy from five nights at freddy's was there. What if you went to the library and spock and kirk were both there researching the history of zines. In a world that expects us to prioritize one normative romantic and sexual relationship as the big thing that will bring you happiness and fulfillment, it is radical to say "actually, i could probably still be really happy and fulfilled if i had some cool friends to hang out with and do mundane things with. And also what if those friends were fictional lawyers."

Anyway. Thank you to all the spirk shippers who worked hard to get us here, I will pick up your mantle and continue to push against societal norms but with fewer sex scenes this time around. Not that you aren't valid for that, this is just personal preference. The end. Go make a zine everybody.

[paradamaxima]

CoD fandom stop being ableist towards Frank Woods challenge (impossible)

Not only do I see posts from people whining about how basically “Woods is useless now” but I even saw someone draw him without his wheelchair and standing upright

If you can’t draw wheelchairs, either learn to do it or don’t draw the character at all; wheelchairs aren’t even hard to draw in the first place either, you’re just ableist and lazy

Love how notable it is that everyone’s now treating Woods like a useless burden when what happened to him wasn’t even his fault and also… that’s completely untrue because disabled people are still able to do plenty of shit (not to mention, that sentiment is as ableist as you can get because it stinks of eugenics)

Reminds me of how real life veterans are treated after not only physical injuries that result in them becoming physically disabled but also mental trauma that result in them becoming mentally disabled/ill; if you don’t view real life veterans as useless burdens, why would you view Woods as one?

[dukeofthomas]

I can't find it now but there's a post about suspension of disbelief and how it's broken when the story starts trying to excuse it. "character gets knocked unconscious for hours but there's no further issues from this" okay 👍 "and actually this makes perfect sense because of this and that" um no it doesn't why are you lying to me. like i am willing to ignore the holes and the discrepancies!! all you need to do is let me and not bring unnecessary attention to it!!!

and all that is my issue with the whole robin child soldier argument. like i am willing to ignore it i am willing to engage with the fantasy literally all you need to do is NOT try to convince me that Actually It's Fine Because They Want To Do It or whatever. like literally just shut up about it and i can engage with the fantasy!!

[asbestos-11]

changing the world one smilling ratio at a time

[silkentine]

PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT BAT VALENTINE PLEASE

Bat Valentine is new to the city. He’s spent his whole life chasing the next “change of pace:” new haircuts, new schools, new names… new friends. It’s not that he isn’t sociable or kind; rather, he’s just one of the unlucky kids that has never had a best friend. Not for lack of trying! After his roommate told him he was clingy, he found a new apartment. After his coworker got a girlfriend, he didn’t have anyone to go out with. After his mom became catatonic, he had no one to talk to. So he shoved everything he needed into a steamer trunk, bought a one-way ticket to Dentona, and got a change of pace.

With no money (YET!) and no job prospects (YET!), he turns to a matchmaking service called Zippr that pairs people looking for new friends with each other. Everyone in the Zippr ads is having fun meeting up at cafés and drinking beers on the beach but he’s mostly hoping he’ll find someone who will let him crash on their couch. He’s so fucking tired. The only thing that keeps him sane is pretending that he’s a vampire who’s been alive for hundreds of years and has a ton of friends that have unfortunately succumbed to their mortality, just like the moody, heart-throb love interest from the Crepuscular Saga novels, Anthony Slater.

Seriously, something might be wrong with him. When you have to role play every day to get out of bed (in a tiny capsule hotel that is rapidly sucking up your dwindling savings), you might just have to admit that you’re properly depressed. Bat, however, will be damned if anyone finds out he’s having a rough time—and that he might have been hasty moving across the country with no safety net—so when he goes to every Zippr LinkUp and announces that he’s a vampire with a forced smile on his face, it doesn’t take long for people to suspect him of being the local brutal serial killer that tears their victims’ throats. The news has dubbed them “The Dentona Vampire” (that’s their best work? OK.), and Bat really couldn’t have picked a worse time to get into LARPing.

Luckily for him, the angry mob is not the only one who’s noticed his suspicious vampirism; a bright-eyed young woman takes Bat under her wing, vowing to teach him how to “live among mortals” and grumbling about “masters not taking care of their newly-turned.” She seems more into the vampire gimmick than even he is, but he won’t look a gift friend in the mouth (even if they have fangs.) FYI: This is Camille, who you can find out more about by looking at the “sanguine” tag on my blog.

That’s my elevator pitch for Bat Valentine. He’s a huge sad dork and he desperately doesn’t want anyone to find out even though he can’t stop wearing his heart on his sleeve. Some characters that I draw inspiration from are: Portgas D. Ace from One Piece, Bella from Twilight, Okarun/Ken Takakura from Dandadan, Adrien Agreste from Miraculous Ladybug, Chloe Price from Life is Strange, and Haejoon Goh from No Home.

[tizeline]

Does that mean you watched the new sonic movie?

If so, how did you like it?

Spoiler alert vvv

I have, and I did like it, but I dunno if I vibe with it as much as other people seem to do. TBF I've never loved the live action Sonic movies, they're decent enough but definitely not my favorite piece of Sonic media. That being said, this was probably my favorite out of the movies so far? They have improved a lot since the first one which is great to see.

One thing I think the movie did great was the action scenes, the coreography and animation was so fun and impactful and incredibly exciting to see! I also think the movie did a good job on selling us on Shadow's and Maria's friendship in a short period of time, that little montage of the two of them just doing a bunch of silly goofy shenanigans was really endearing. The wholesome innonsence of it all makes Maria's death hurt way more.

EXTRA spoiler, but arguably one of the things that made me the most excited in ghe movie was the post credit scene where Amy showed up LMAOOOO I've been waiting for her to show up. And I exepcted Metal Sonic to show up sooner or later in these movies, but I didn't expect a whole army of them haha but that seems like a fun idea.