#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.

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

i legitimately think the only scenario i would write for an omegaverse au is one where your childhood friend becomes an alpha and expects you to — naturally — become his omega (he’s loved you forever. taking care of you is as natural as breathing.) but you end up as a beta instead and he just has to deal with that

[qulizalfos]

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

[sugarcube-stillabookworm]

May 2034, Jamie Tartt's farewell to football and A.F.C. Richmond

"So, you know, I hope I've given half as much as I got. And we can never really know what the future will bring, can we, but there's one thing I know for certain..."

A breath in, a breath out into the trembling air, as the stadium waited in silence that felt too close to reverence. Jamie bent his head slightly, and lifted his shirt to meet his lips.

"I'm Richmond till I die."

And he kissed the badge.

[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.

[paxbe]

the thing about buddie "versus" bucktommy is that this all follows the classic, seasons long, will-they-won't-they plot structure that we've seen with straight couples in tv procedurals and sitcoms for years

our romantic leads have a deep bond and unresolved sexual tension and maybe even come close to a kiss (👀) but it's always the wrong time and "they're with someone else and i want them to be happy" all while the audience desperately hopes they get together because they're so perfect for each other and clearly in love

there's a blueprint for this and there's nothing to say that buck having one queer relationship with someone that isn't eddie means that's all we're going to get

of course there's always the chance that the writers won't take the show the way it seems to be leading cough supernatural cough or that it won't go exactly as the fans hope (see every show ever since the history of time) but i think so far there's plenty of reasons to believe that buddie is still the eventual end goal

both buck and eddie have had several relationships with women over the past five seasons and that didn't stop us rooting for them to get together. it's actually a really cool and still pretty rare thing to get an unplanned sexuality realisation and canon queer relationship during a season of a show that's been renewed for another season and not right at the end because there was nothing left to lose (see legend of korra)

plus the show has had queer characters from the very beginning (hen, karen, michael) and introduced more over time (david, josh) who have all been shown to date more than one person so there's no reason to think they'd suddenly be worried about rationing the number of queer relationships a character can have

[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.

[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

[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!