#FOR ME?

[arabriddler]

A little doodle based on @writingwithcrows ‘s very adorable fic I revived ad part of a secret Santa

[livetogether--diealone]

climbing in his lap

[spoofyleaf]

Here’s my contribution

[absolutebl]

Hi.

I was watching TharnType for the first time. I started wondering why people have issues with gay for you and wifey and other things like that. From what I'm seeing it isn't intended in a harmful spirit. It's not received badly in the show in context. I'm not just specifically talking about TharnType but just these tropes in general. I was wondering if someone, the writer/screenwriter, director, any actor or someone else said that they'd intended it as demeaning or in a bad way... I don't know if I phrased that correctly. But I guess I'm wondering what people are basing this on. Even UWMA's Pharm's entire demeanor. Before I watched it I'd read that he is too feminine and damsel in distress-y. But watching the show made me realize that he is traumatized. I noticed similar patterns with other shows as well. Is it audience interpretations?

BL Is a Mess of Really Damaging Stuff & You Probably Shouldn't Just Accept it

Because, if you do just accept it without thought, you're also being damaged. If you're gay, you're being taught a type of gayness that doesn't exist and will fuck up your expectations. If you're straight you're misinterpreting what an entire group of people are like (that's prejudice, FYI). And if you're somewhere in between you're learning really bad behavior patterns for your coming out and self actualization journey.

And no, I don't think you're capable of distinguishing fiction from reality, because you've just asked a question that patently demonstrates a burgeoning parasocial tendency. (And yes, parasocial relationships can and do form with fictional characters. Why do you think I am so terrified by KinnPorsche fandom and shipper culture?)

Here have some education, first one is free:

Imaginary Friends & Real-World Consequences: Parasocial Relationships (YouTube video)

But also, if you don't want me to rant about this, and you just wanted to justify your questionable taste, you should stop reading right now. I get it, denial is great! Go sail that river.

Here I am talking about the good BL can do. That doesn't mean I'm blind to its flaws.

Still reading?

Okay, well, now you asked for it.

And guess what, I'm not gonna sugar lube coat it.

Consider yourself Drunk Type lying in a bed and I'm Tharn's c*** shoving some dry BL reality into your a******.

Oh, don't like that image, do you?

Tough nuts.

Put yourself in my position. I don't wanna have to do this either.

Consider this a "BL narratives made me do it" post.

I'm not responsible for anything, I'm just an archetype.

I'll be your seme for today and you were all just "too cute" for me to resist and now you have to take some tumblr dub con...

But first:

Seme uke when it specifically conflates seme with "the man" and uke with "the girl" is old fashioned, anti-feminist, and anti-queer. Here's some of where I talk about it, but I talk about it a lot. Too much, some might say.

Pharm is a blushing maiden archetype character, I talk about it and what that means here:

It's sex negative. And a lot of it stems from internalized misogyny and ties to something called benevolent sexism. It's pretty rampant in BL.

Yes I think Pharm's behavior can be perceived as traumatized, but that trauma is brought about by In's past actions and the fact that In was punished (BY THE NARRATIVE) not just for being gay but for being a self-actualized pro-sex uke character.

There is a distinction being made between critical discourse over narrative versus how the characters behavior makes an audience feel (within the immersive experience of the drama). Some viewers care about this distinction, others do not.

I very much get why someone might like TharnType (I did) but actually also, you might want to think about why you like it despite the messages the narrative is sending... You might want to think about not just the characters in their little perfect romance world together, but consider if you were in the position of either of those characters how you would feel or behave.

And NOW the Dub Con Portion of tonight's BL party

Okay I was trying to be my usual semiseme-welcoming snark self but ya know what, let's be VERY FUCKING CLEAR HERE because I am jet lagged and tetchy....

We (the collective of BL critics here on tumblr) aren't always talking about WHAT is depicted so much as HOW it's depicted, and whether that HOW allows the WHAT to skate by without encouraging the audience to reflect on the damage the WHAT does to their own perception of what is romantic. Or what is queer. Or what is morally acceptable for decent human interaction.

Like thinking, for example, that it's okay for Tharn to RAPE Type while he is drunk.

Why on earth is that okay? It's NOT OKAY. It's just NOT!!!!

Did Type ask for it?

Did he dress too sexy?

Was his skirt too short?

Was he too much of a jerk?

Did he want it anyway?

Did he not protest enough?

Did he protest too much?

You gonna make that call for him, are you? You read his mind (apparently the way Tharn can?)

But SERIOUSLY.

What if you were actually in Type's position? Roommates with someone you didn't like who molested you when you were drunk. At home. In your own bed. What if that roommate didn't look like Tharn? What if your roommate were the wrong gender or body type or age or familial relationship (!) for your preferences? How would you actually feel?

Because if you're okay with this, really okay for yourself, you have a strong kink and you need to seek out the appropriate community or you are signing up for a very abusive relationship and likely an early death.

Can't put yourself in Type's shoes/bed?

How about Tharn?

Are you the kind of human who would molest a drunk person just because you desired him? Her?

Because they're homophobic and you want to punish them with your queerness?

Because they were a jerk to you?

You always get back at people by raping them?

You an old white dude putting your hand down secretary's shirts because they're just "too cute to resist"?

Why should you have to resist taking what you want? Who cares that there is a whole other human involved?

Grabbing ladies by the pussy any chance you get and bragging about it, are ya? Or is it somehow different or less damaging because TT is dude on dude?

So, are you gonna justify taking what you want and violating another person because they're the same sex?

Now who's being "gay for you"? This is going all the way into DL closet case "it doesn't count if it's with a man" territory.

Because if you are any of the above 8, please block me right tf now. (And... do I have a world leader to recommend for YOU to get into a car with.)

GAH!

Fucking TharnType.

Anygay...

I talk about dub con here:

My initial post about TharnType is here, but more recently here's us having a whole ThanType discourse unpacking Mame among other things as part of the BL movement both as a genre and as a fandom:

and here's an important article on rape culture in Thailand

Gay for you talked about here:

Wife language talked about here:

I'm gonna go watch some BL trash that, hopefully, doesn't have any rape in it. (You never know tho...)

Fuck me (consensually) I am so tired.

I'd drink but I did too much of that already this week.

Maybe I need to eat something.

Don't troll m,e just block me.

For heaven's sake please.

(source)

[puddii-ng]

10K LIKES!!!! WHAATTT!!! OMG

(og tumblr pic under the read more)

[snowe-zolynn-rogers]

Anyone else who writes SaMS angst have a playlist of the most painful episodes they put on to write biblically accurate angst or is that just me?

[schwepsee]

one thing I hate about the people I watch posting trailers for new minecraft servers is that I start brainrotting and now I'm sitting at Heyhay and Arts feet like a dog begging for scraps of Skybound content

[hootbon]

Working on something. As a Christmas present for you

I’M GETTING A PRESENT??1?1

[miz0sis]

You just got Frye'd! Send this to all of your friends to totally Frye them!

[citizen-of-the-fandom]

Oh my goodness I've got it I've connected the two dots

(It's like in beauty and the beast, where some fans regret the beast becoming human again, liked him better the other way, insist belle liked him better as the beast, and it wasn't until someone pointed it out that I realized: the beast is cursed because he doesn't want to be a beast. he becomes human at the end because it's his happy ending.)

Astarion doesn't want to be a vampire.

He's constantly dismissive and scathing in his comments on vampires, spits out the words "fangs" and "red eyes" like they disgust him, the narrator describes him as a "slave to sanguine hunger" and his entire story is about freedom and being himself

we know the ascendant ending is the worse ending because it means the player failed to see him as anything more than the sexy vampire and that's what he becomes, trapped in the same cycle of power that doomed cazador

he makes the most of it, of course, enjoys having sharp teeth and sharper daggers, revels in what he can do--

but he doesn't want to be a vampire,

he wants to be free

[arabriddler]

@laxi0v0 drew my version of riddlebird and I’m sooo in love with this

[soundsofastar]

kiss your local robot 2dya actually

[silver-wield]

Been awhile, just got shocked by reddit...found several CloudxAerith fans in the final-fantasy subreddits...very cringe, so many people in denial. They really made me miss you A LOT(even though i quietly read all your posts XD but like really put in a mood to check up some posts i may have missed XD) just wanted to say this <3 Sorry if bothering ^_^

Sup dude 😁

Yeah I don't go to places like Reddit or 4chan or YouTube comments because they make me wanna hurl 🤢🤣

[posebean]

hiiiii please check out @escookbook !!!! the zine i've been working on for nearly half a year, preorders are now open!! i did a conversion chart and a stickersheet with some familiar little guys :3 and a super uper duper secret stretch goal!!!

[gurney-flap]

I don't remember having this around- but at some point Iori tried a new hairstyle and it looked really good! I think it was a wolf cut or something? But it didn't stay for long though.

@iori-tono-official When will you cut you're hair again? You looked so cool with short hair!! You definitely also stole one of Arata's jackets too here....begging to see another day when Iori chan gets a hair cut~~