#Fear of Disclosure

[gayfilmgeek]

Fear of Disclosure (short film, 1989) | dirs. David Wojnarowicz, Phil Zwickler

[frankiebirds]

what an incredibly normal and not at all autistic thing to say! (lying)

[hazelcallahan]

i don't wanna have any adventures unless they're with you. / i am, and have been for some time, just totally, ridiculously, desperately in love with you.

[qulizalfos]

made this after listening to tmagp22 i cant fucking believe they got mentioned

[lesbiancahara]

i think the funniest thing termina did was reveal that soul types are based on the month you were born instead of your innate character or w/e. Imagine being destined to live a life of suffering just because youre a capricorn.

[my-current-obsession]

Super hot take but I genuinely don't get why Forte is so appealing/popular. As someone who has played a bunch of Japanese games and watched a bunch of anime she comes off as THE MOST bland and stereotypical of the entire cast in that game.

I've seen a hundred "lady knight" characters before (Ingrid from Fire Emblem 3 Houses is just one other example, and I'd say she's much more interesting). She's portrayed as something of a tomboy who is "secretly" girly because she has the super common (in Japanese media at least) girly traits of loving sweets and being afraid of ghosts. Once again looking at 3 Houses, someone else who has those exact two traits is Lysithea, who has them for basically the same reason. Those traits exist solely to "soften" her and make her seem more feminine (and thus in theory more appealing) without really affecting her personality in any way. Also note how many other girls in that game happen to love sweets compared to guys. And how often one or two males in the Rune Factory games specifically DISLIKE sweets while girls almost never do.

A better example of those traits showing up within the Rune Factory series itself would be Rune Factory 3. There are several characters who notably love sweets, some being Shara and Monica, who are very obviously feminine anyway in terms of appearance/personality/interests, and two others are Blaise and Rusk, two guys who comfortably deny the "norm" (again, in Japanese media anyway; I don't think Western media cares so much about whether liking sweets is seen as feminine/masculine) and love sweets while ironically Colette has no strong feelings on them despite being a big food lover.

And then Raven is similarly afraid of ghosts as a more hidden "feminine" trait, but HER dislike of ghosts and things related to death actually plays into her arc in the game. She doesn't like things that make her think of death because it makes her think of what she's lost. And she's afraid of losing what she has now. Also, unlike Forte's fear of ghosts being played almost exclusively for comedy and feminine appeal, Raven also happens to be STUBBORN, meaning she reluctantly faces her fear of death and handling death-related objects head-on if it means she doesn't have to look weak or rely on others. Her insistence on carrying a skull herself despite clearly being uncomfortable with it, when Micah is repeatedly offering to do it for her, is an important, dramatic moment in the middle of her "route" that almost results in Micah getting hurt and her secret getting outed.

I just don't think Forte does anything new or interesting with 90% of her character traits. She's a basic lady knight that I've seen way too many times before, and has stock Japanese girly traits to show she's secretly more feminine despite those traits not actually being important to her personality or events and romance at all.

She has a "just gals being pals" dynamic with Margaret that is nice in theory, but in execution it feels like Margaret is way more into Forte and overtly admires her than vice versa. I can tell Forte truly cares about Margaret as a friend, but it's not nearly as balanced as the Dylas/Doug obsession with each other is when it comes to eyebrow-raising moments/lines. If anything, Forte outright downplays or dismisses Margaret's admiration of her a lot of the time while offering little in return. Outside of festivals where Forte is remarking on or expecting Margaret getting a lot of attention from others, there's not any indication that Forte finds her particularly appealing, whereas Margaret has tons of lines about how amazing and even attractive she thinks Forte is.

The one thing about her that actually is unique and that I like is her clear love and devotion, yet somewhat strained and awkward relationship with her brother. That aspect is what actually matters, and it works well. It endears me to her as a character... but it isn't enough to save her for me as a love interest when everything else either does nothing for me or outright turns me off.

[schar-aac]

"child abuse"

image: a small, blue figure curled up to protect themself, one hand covering half of their face and their visible eye wide with fear. Behind them looms a large, dark shadow shaped like a person.

[brokethedrawer]

Oh this is adorable . . Paul McCartney, discussing his thoughts on "Sowing the Seeds of Love" . . .

[krowfics]

The Serpent’s Snakelets

My fic for the @tss-storytime big bang! Only on AO3 for now but I hope to post it here when I have the time. Thank you to the awesome @onthevirgeofdestruction for making art!! go check out voids art !!

Here it is ! Please read the tags for warnings

[amuseablesun]

hey, mysterious benedict society enjoyers!

i read about the series getting scrubbed from disney+ and it genuinely broke my heart. the novels were my comfort series as a kid and i wanted a tv/movie adaptation for as long as i can remember. for it to be scrubbed like this just so disney can cheat their writers and not pay their taxes is nothing short of disrespectful to the people who worked on the show. i refuse to let it hit the memory hole.

i have a full copy of the show, both seasons, available as .mp4 files, and i'm happy to share! i'm not gonna drop a link or anything in here bc i would like to keep my blog, but if you want the files just dm me! i'm glad to send it over.

[simbico]

Hugo: “I’ve been thinking about us revisiting the floral shop idea we had awhile back.”

Amantius: “I know you’re bored with work right now but I don’t know if we can manage that. We have more responsibilities with the kids that we didn’t have back then.”

Hugo: “Two of them are in school now, Fern will be a teen soon, I’m sure we could manage it together!”

Amantius: “I need time to think about it but I promise I will.”

Hugo: “Thank you, love💕”

[shyflops]

"What's your biggest fear?"

spiders

"No I meant, like, more existential than that"

...existential spiders

[atticfish]

The more I think about it, the more I think that maybe the Huntsman killed Ylfa's grandmother, and further, that Ylfa's grandmother was the werewolf. In many versions of the story, Little Red meets a wolf and trusts to reveal where in the woods she's headed -- at which point the wolf beats her to her grandmother's cottage, eats the grandmother, dons her clothing and takes her identity. But this Little Red seems a bit world-weary even before she gets wolfed, and Emily specifically places emphasis on Ylfa having unwavering respect and loyalty for authority figures. She might not trust any old wolf, but she would trust the Huntsman.

As for Getting Wolfed, either the Huntsman was a werewolf (he could even in some ways be a form of the Wolf, as both deal in Death, and both kill to eat), Ylfa's grandmother was a werewolf (Ylfa's lycanthropy being genetic in the context of Little Red Riding Hood as a story about coming of age would be a super interesting take imo; also, would satisfy well with the deliberate parallels drawn between Ylfa and her grandmother), or perhaps the Wolf gifted Ylfa her lycanthropy by other means (per se, not as a werewolf but as a spirit of Death).

[izzy-b-hands]

Brain says wamt write, but I open writing program and words go away

what fuck

[lavenoon]

Is your menace4menace fics on ao3?

Ah, no, sorry! I wasn't (am not) ready to put specific self insert stuff on there, especially given that I'd link to Bloodstain Fool for inspiration, which would also mean that whenever someone reads that there'd be a "Fics inspired by this one" at the end with menace4menace right there, so I just put it on tumblr for the time being. Yes I've been drawing and posting them for months now but somehow writing makes me shyer hfdjs

To make things a little easier I do try to link to the different menace4menace fics on the specific posts. Falling Into Orbit is first, and all others you'll reach from there too!

[hamandeggbun]

Fanart of @unpretty 's incredible Squirrel Girl fic If This Kra-van's A-Rockin'...

The moment I read this bit the above image popped into my head fully-formed and would NOT leave me alone!! The entire thing is so so good and funny and hot please read the entire thing go go go