#CAN YOU TELL I'M SAD

[cushfuddled]

Thank you so much for speaking up about Sherlock & Co because I very nearly got tricked by the "sooooooo canon!!" buzz. I guess it's been long enough for tumblr to get amnesia about TJLC. As Holmes-inspired stuff goes, back to my toxic yaoi House/Wilson rewatch I guess. That might be bait but what a tasty bucket of chum.

Thanks for the ask! Hope you don't mind a rant haha! This got me all fired up because AUGH, the memories!

I think the thing that frustrates me most is that from my brief stint in the Sherlock & Co tag, it looks like we're STILL at the point as a fandom (and a culture, I guess) where it's socially acceptable to claim it's MORE progressive for Sherlock and John to NOT be gay.

I was on the Sherlock BBC train by the winter of 2010, and I watched this argument evolve in real time from the don't-ask-don't-tell "being gay is fine but don't shove it in my face" fish into the faux-progressive "our culture is so oversexualized that modeling healthy, intimate male friendships is more important than canon gay rep" land mammal abomination. The fact that both these arguments land queer fans and creators in the same gilded cage kinda gives the game away: Queer relationships are fine...so long as they stay out of sight and out of mind. A gay side character can be forgiven, but the main characters must remain staunchly platonic lest the Gay Sex Stuff poison an otherwise pure, healthy, and culturally aspirational friendship.

Even queerplatonic relationships are seen as deviant. Other erroneous character details are sprinkled around for flavor, but any clarification on ace or aro relationships are treated as unnecessary at best and burdensome at worst—like a detour which would weigh down the story. It's the "ew gay cooties" fire poker approach in a utilitarian hat: If people can't label the queer content regressive in some way, then it's framed as extraneous to the narrative. Suddenly the plot becomes a perfect crystal, compounded and polished until all but the most vital story beats remain. Of course silly relationship details wouldn't penetrate this barrier of Pure Plot.

Except that's a total fabrication. These stories always make time for extraneous gags and flings and miscellaneous side quests. They nurture long-form friendships and rivalries under short-form plots. And creators are happy to play jump rope with the canon material right up until queerness enters the chat. They play it off like their hands are tied re: canonicity and relevance when really they just...don't want to make their characters queer. Which is perfectly fucking fine. I just wish more fans and creators were able to go "eh, I like these two as best friends and nothing else, so that's what I wrote" rather than make value judgements on people who WOULD prefer a canon queer relationship.

I haven't seen any kind of hand-wringing bullshit from the Sherlock and Co. creators as of yet, which gives me hope they'll just be honest about their preferences when the time comes (rather than try and spin their adaptation as something revolutionary in its platonic approach).

Like you said...It's also hard to watch a new round of fans rally their hopes around a Sherlock Holmes adaptation. My gut has absolutely led me astray before, but as far as I'm concerned, the Sherlock and Co. vibes are a world away from canon Jonklock. It's a great podcast and I'm sure it'll continue to accumulate fans. But it's not gonna be Gay. And I would loveeee to see people take that at face value I guess.

[q1mblrrd]

indifference is a lie we tell ourselves to comfort our conscience

[sincerelyyoursg]

So this is it. That's how it ends.

[brightmansomesay]

Beetlejuice is closing today.

If you would've told me three years ago that I would be absolutely devastated by a Broadway show closing I would've brushed you off. "A Broadway show? So what?"

But now.

Now there's too many memories.

When I first saw the bootleg and watched it every day for a week because I thought it was cool.

When I started drawing the character Beetlejuice over and over again until I had a sketchbook full of him.

When I started learning how to sing just so I could sing along to the cast album.

When I saw the show in June and cried for the first 20 minutes of it.

When I joined a discord server and bonded with others over the musical.

Beetlejuice is closing today.

For many, this is a really bad day. Just like me, others are losing a best friend. A crutch. A lifeline. A muse.

And maybe that's okay.

We have each other. We've built a whole community surrounding this musical. We'll be okay.

It'll hurt, it'll suck, it won't feel good. But we'll be okay.

Beetlejuice is closing today.

But when one door closes another door opens. The cast will move on to bigger and better things.

Beetlejuice is closing today💜💚

[tommensbaratheons]

I was tagged by @inthesewlls to list 13 songs I’m currently listening to! 🥰

- estella by kennyhoopla

- repair by paris jackson

- white ferrari by frank ocean

- pain shopping by grandson

- ghost boy by lil peep

- liability by lorde

- drivers license by olivia rodrigo 

- summer wine by lana del rey

- glue by nat and alex wolff

- crimson and clover by joan jett

- teresa by yungblud

- love is a losing game by amy winehouse

- new flesh by current joys

tagging: @jarchiecore @molinareggie @llandonskirby @ronandreams @halcooper @fierydany & anyone who wants to do this!

[ashes-0f-phoenix]

My demons are begging me to open up my mouth

I need them, mechanically make the words come out

They fight me, vigorous and angry, watch them pounce

Ignite me, licking up the flames they bring about

I sold my soul to a three-piece

And he told me I was holy

He's got me down on both knees

But it's the devil that's tryna

Hold me down, hold me down

[juneookami]

I would literally kill for tangerine juice that doesn't taste like bitter death and doesn't contain aspartame.

[donturnontheradio]

my 2 best friends tonight😛

[jessdoeslifethings]

Netflix and chill

More like sad music and tumblr and cry in bed haha :))))

[clownsource]

She blazed about how cultural language is an operating system -- a simple interface rendered listless and feeble when tested with divinity, or a true understanding of the human condition. I never never did understand the duality of art and reality. living life & treating it as such.

[wombatswearingcombats]

I'm so torn. I can't just let it go. I breathe in the smell of your skin.

[pointless-music-ramblings-blog]

Music is so important!!!?! Like are you really sad? MUSIC. Are you angry? MUSIC kinda wanna pull ur eyes out with a spoon and blend them up with lemon juice and still be able to feel the pain? M U S I C

[teapartying-through-tornadoes]

sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad

[adinahoney]

i just need a red velvet cake filled with cookies and cream ice cream and someone to rub my belly

is this too much to ask.....

[grooveyle]

No but Dan and Phil met at a shit time in both their lives. Dan didn't know where his life was going, Phil's best friend had just died. They met and lasted through long distance, then finally moved in together and they had extreme money issues but moved to London anyway just on the chance that they would be picked up by the BBC, they made it through coping with their audience growing, through Dan dropping out of college, through haircuts and friends fading out and Dan's final growth spurt and stress and invasion of privacy and working three jobs. They made it through, and whether as best friends or lovers, their relationship is stronger than some marriages. And now Phil gets to see Dan hosting a show he planned for months, and Dan gets to see Phil finally getting the fanbase he deserves, and Phil did a lot for Dan, that's obvious to anyone watching, but Dan did so much for Phil, too, even if it's a bit more subtle and their everything is just stupidly beautiful and I love it.

[singedsage]

There's no reason I should be going on this trip. I already learned no one likes me here. What makes anything different in Maryland?