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onibaba, 1964
#japan photos#japanese#japan#japan film#asian fiction#asian film#japan horror#horror fiction#horror film#classic film#1960s movies#1960s#onibaba#kaneto shindo#nobuko otowa
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Hi, I’m Sanam! I’m a new writeblr. I usually write Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Historical Fiction and Asian inspired short stories. I’m hoping to use this year to get back into writing and work towards publishing my own short story collection or novel.
I also write fanfics on the side (TLC fics on my book blog as well as a Loki and Mass Effect fic on my Ko-Fi). If you write in the same genres or just love writing cute fictional characters in general, I would love to get to know you all!
Looking to make some writeblr friends! ❤️
#writeblr#writers on tumblr#writing#writing commentary#fantasy#sci fi#science fiction#historical fiction#Asian fiction#I’ll be creating a master post with everything I’ve written#short stories#flash fiction#fiction
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Yellowface just landed on my Kindle. Looking forward to reading it
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But a person's destiny is something you look back at after it's past, not something you see in advance.
— Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
#the wind-up bird chronicle#haruki murakami#quotes#literary quotes#literature#fiction#asian#aapiheritage#writing#books#spilled ink#thoughts#lit#pretty quotes#quote of the day#reverie#reverie quotes#quote#book quote#book quotes#inspiring quote#inspiring quotes#beautiful quote#beautiful quotes
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Save me yi nine sols
(You should play nine sols it’s very very fun)
#nine sols#a break from your regularly scheduled op stuff to bring you this doodle#catboy brainrot hours. yi is such a guy#absolutely obsessed with his design and animations ngl#I’m not very good at the game lmao.#but hey that’s what story mode is for!#honestly so in love with the aesthetic of the game in general…..#I have a lot of thoughts on how modernization of Chinese and other East Asian cultures in design usually just means westernization#this is why I just. on principle. have not watched legend of Korra yet#this game just combines science fiction aesthetic with Chinese design patterns so incredibly well
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I'm not explaining why re-imagining characters as POC is not the same as white-washing, here of all places should fucking understand.
#personal#delete later#no patrick. “black washing” is not as harmful as white washing.#come on guys get it together#seeing people in my reblogs talk about “reverse racism” and double standards is genuinely hypocrisy#say it with me: white washing is intrinsically tied to a historical and systematic erasure of poc figures literature and history.#it is an inherently destructive act that deplatforms underrepresented faces and voices#in favor of a light-skinned aesthetic hegemony#redesigning characters as poc is an act of dismantling symbols of whiteness in fiction in favor of diversification and reclamation#(note that i am talking about individual acts by individual artists as was the topic of this discourse. not on an industry-scale)#redesigning characters as poc is not tied to hundreds of years of systemic racism and abuse and power dynamics. that is a fact.#you are not replacing an underrepresented person with an oft-represented person. it is the opposite#if you feel threatened or upset or uncomfortable about this then sorry but you are not aware of how much more worse it is for poc#if representation is unequal then these acts cannot be equivalent. you can't point to an imbalanced scale and say they weigh the same#if you recognize that bipoc people are minorities then you should recognize that these two things are not the same#while i agree that “black washing” can lead to color-blind casting and writing the behavior here is on an individual level#a black artist drawing their favorite anime character as black because they feel a shared solidarity is not a threat to you#i mean. most anime characters are east asian and i as an east asian person certainly don't feel threatened or erased. neither should you.#there's much to be said about the politics of blackwashing (i don't even know if that's the right word for it)#but point standing. whitewashing is an inherently more destructive act. both through its history of maintaining power dynamics#and the simple fact that it's taking away from groups of people who have less to begin with#if you feel upset or uncomfortable about a fictional white character being redesigned as poc by an artist on twitter#i sincerely hope you're able to explore these feelings and find avenues to empathizing with poc who have had their figures#(both real and fictional) erased; buried; and replaced by white figures for hundreds of years#i sincerely hope you can understand the difference in motivations and connotations behind whitewashing and blackwashing#classic bixels “i'm not talking about this chat. i'm not” (puts my media studies major to use in the tags and talks the fuck outta it)
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pathologic fest day 19
"In the Darkness"
where nobody dwells but the earth herself
#pathologic#pathologic 2#herb brides#pathologic_fest#моросентябрь#pathologic fest#мор утопия#nonsexual nudity /#my art#i STAY herbbridesposting......... having a blast#fun fact this one's been in my WIPs for months now#and getting to finish it because it fit the theme so well.... blissful#herb brides can have a little Pythia moment... as a treat#can't believe i have to do this /!\ THIS IS NOT DIONYSOS-RELATED. THOSE ARE NOT MAENADS. THOSE ARE FICTIONAL MEMBERS#OF A FICTIONAL CENTRAL ASIAN-INSPIRED PEOPLE PARTAKING IN MOTHER-EARTH WORSHIP WITHIN A FICTIONAL#CENTRAL-ASIAN INSPIRED SPIRITUALITY. /!\#/!\ THEY WORSHIP AN ALL-MOTHER EARTH-GODDESS WHOSE PROGENY IS THE ENTIRE WORLD AND NOT A MALE GOD OF WINE PASSION THEATRE [...] /!\#/!\ THE OP HAS PERSONAL AND INTIMATE SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND WOULD NEVER MAKE DEVOTIONAL ART TO A MALE GOD /!\#this would be my portfolio tag if i had a portfolio [portfolio tag]
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modern au; nonbinary steve
dustin bullies steve into playing their favorite MMO with them. to Dustin's disgust, Steve's favorite part is collecting all the different cosmetic items and making cool fantasy outfits for his avatar. unbeknownst to the party, steve creates an alt account where he can collect the female outfits and wigs, because there's a bigger selection and they're much prettier.
as Steve interacts w people on his new account, he realizes he likes it better-- for one, people pay attention to women in a way he isn't used to. not all of it is good attention, but steve relishes in it. also, he likes that people see him as a woman. he likes that they don't even think about it. quickly he joins a guild and actually starts playing the game in earnest, just so that he has these relationships with people who view and treat him as a woman.
he meets Eddie there. Eddie is charming and flirtatious with everyone, men and women, but it's clear that Steve is his favorite. Very carefully, Steve becomes closer and closer to Eddie-- close enough that Steve is full of guilt.
He feels like he's lying to Eddie about who he is, even though he's told the truth about everything but his gender. Even worse is the realization that he doesn't ever want Eddie to think of him as man-- which is confusing, because steve isn't exactly comfortable with someone he's falling in love with thinking of him as a woman.
Things get even worse when, after Steve drunk texts Eddie after a night out with Robin, they start sexting. Its fun, casual flirtation, nothing too serious, but Strve realizes he likes the idea of sex better as his alternate self. He likes pretending to have tits, he likes imagining what it would be like to have a cunt, he likes talking about wearing lingerie and being Eddie's good girl.
He thinks he can't come clean without losing the best thing he's ever had, so Steve pushes his guilt down and pretends he's not in love.
Of course he gets caught out, eventually. Dustin and Eddie become friends in real life and Eddie isn't an idiot. Steve is mortified and distraught, but once Eddie is sure that this wasn't all a cruel prank, he's quick to assure Steve that nothing has to change-- Knowing that in real life Steve has broad shoulders and a square jaw doesn't make him any more of a "man" than his online avatar makes him a "woman". Not if that's not what Steve wants.
So Steve doesn't have to give anything up. He gets to keep his amazing, supportive boyfriend. He gets to keep his pretty clothes and avatar. He gets to keep experimenting in the bedroom, finding out what makes him happy instead of what he thinks he should be doing.
And he gets more, things Steve never even dreamed of having: He gets to start buying pretty clothes in real life, too, and they hang next to his polos like they belong. He gets to grow out his hair. He gets to slowly find out what he likes, how he wants people to think of him, how he wants to think of himself.
#shut up az#steddie#catfishing in MMOs is a v common premise in East Asian m/m fiction#and I was reading like. The 12th one this year and thinking about what a narrative would look like if the catfishing wasn't done out of#Idk maliciousness or awkwardness but instead out of like a n exploration of gender#obviously someone in China isn't going to be allowed to write that but maybe one day I'll get a Japanese novel about it#however steddie seemed like a good conduit to get the thoughts put of my head
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honestly thank GOODNESS Niko has an interest in explicit manga because if she didn't you just KNOW that a certain percentage of the fandom would have infantilised her SO much for being a bubbly and sweet East Asian girl due to odd stereotypes
#like you see it all the time it's so... eugh. both fictional characters AND real East Asian women get that treatment and it's weird#some people talk about them like “teehee she's so pure and innocent she probably doesn't know what sex is 🥺🥺🥺”#glad Niko's character doesn't encourage that sort of thing#ace's random thoughts :)#dead boy detectives#dbda#niko sasaki
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#lesbian#gay#lgbt#lgbtq#bi#girls who like girls#lgbtqia#sapphic#tv#wlw#tsou#the secret of us#poll#thai gl#gl drama#gl series#gl#girl love#queer#bisexual#lakorn#telenovela#lesbian fiction#lesbiana#yuri#yuri series#thai drama#lesbianas#lesbians#asian drama
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Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy.
WHAT’S IT ABOUT
As a child, Fetter walked among invisible powers: devils and anti-gods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism, lost his shadow, and gained a habit for secrecy. After a blood-soaked childhood, Fetter escaped his rural hometown for the big city, and fell into a broader world where divine destinies are a dime a dozen.
Everything in Luriat is more than it seems. Group therapy is recruitment for a revolutionary cadre. Junk email hints at the arrival of a god. Every door is laden with potential, and once closed may never open again. The city is scattered with Bright Doors, looming portals through which a cold wind blows. In this unknowable metropolis, Fetter will discover what kind of man he is, and his discovery will rewrite the world.
The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults against the mundane struggles of modern life, resulting in a novel both revelatory and resonant.
#vajra chandrasekera#the saint of bright doors#spec fic#south asian sff#tbr#booklr#science fiction#new books#tordotcom publishing
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#rootsinthefuture#sci-fi#science fiction#sci fi#future#futuristic#cyberpunk#cyberart#asian#japan#japanes#robot#android#robots#warrior#samurai robot
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The kindness in his smile seemed infinite.
— Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold
#before the coffee gets cold#toshikazu kawaguchi#quotes#literary quotes#literature#asian#asian lit#fiction#writing#books#spilled ink#thoughts#lit#pretty quotes#quote of the day#reverie#reverie quotes#quote#book quote#book quotes#inspiring quote#inspiring quotes#beautiful quote#beautiful quotes
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Love In the Big City (2024) - EP. 3 & 4 PART TWO - A BITE OF ROCKFISH, TASTE THE UNIVERSE
#love in the big city#sang young park#korean literature#asian literature#kdrama#kdramaedit#kdramadaily#nam yoon su#books#book quotes#queer fiction#queer story
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whole circus of clowns on my fyp 👍🏼
#interview with the vampire#iwtv#armand#assad zaman#(spongebob mocking meme) tumblr's algorithm needs to be sold into a brothel or to slavery or whatever the fuck happened to armand#the characters are fictional but south asian fans and sex trafficking victims and csa survivors are real. so now what lol
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Guys….I still wanna kiss him,,,,
#selfship#ew paul#I AINT TAGGING ANYMKRE#This is restricted to my blog only#dandraws#HES SO TJSJSJDLSKSKD#BE SHORTER IM ASIAN#THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR LIKING A FICTIONAL EUROPEAN
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