#I wanna do more characters if I can it’s so funny to me

[nathanbatemanfucker]

REMY!!! REMYYYYYY

"Beyond Misconceptions" is EXACTLY what I needed today oh my GOD my anxiety has been acting up and this was such a tonic 🥹

The fact that Joaquin is the kind of lover to truly and selflessly go "if you'd be better off with someone else, then I want that for you even though it would break my heart" but then he is so comforted I'M CRYING I LOVE THEIR DYNAMIC SO MUCH

Also, bc you said requests are open, if it's not too much to ask... could we maybe get something where Joaquin is very serious about reader and wants to introduce her to Sam and has a convo w Sam about how he feels? Idk if that's too sappy ofc you don't have to im just swooning thinking about it 👀 - ips anon

Between Sips

about this: wc: 658, characters: joaquin torres, sam wilson (f!reader mentioned), contents: alcohol mention, canon typical injury, joaquin’s a simp, SAMBUCKY if you squint, an: hope u enjoy this my sweet love & as always thank you for your support! <3

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Joaquin stands up from his desk, walking across the room to plop down on Sam’s. “Hey, come get a drink with me.”

“Man, I’m going home. To bed. You see this?” Sam points to the sling his arm is in.

Joaquin raises a brow at him, “What if I add in pizza?”

“Dude—“

“I wanna tell you about my girl. Please?” He presses his palms together, pleading. 

“Oh now you wanna tell me about your girl? After I’ve got a couple of broken ribs?”

Joaquin tries to bite away his grin but can’t. “You getting the shit beat out of you kinda made me realize I want you to meet her.”

“Little shit— you’re getting me dessert too,” Sam grumbles, grabbing his bag and heading toward the door. 

“That late night cookie place is right across the street,” Joaquin calls after him.

—

Sam watches Joaquin fidget with a smirk on his face. He’s never really seen the man like this, he’s always overly confident. “So, you gonna stall until the food gets here to stall again or—“

Joaquin’s grip on his beer tightens as he gazes down into the amber liquid. “Nah, man. I just, I don’t know— I’ve never met anyone like her before.”

Sam sobers a little bit, realizing how serious Joaquin is. Sitting up, he leans in a little, curious.

“Tell me more.”

Joaquin takes a deep breath, rubbing a hand over his jaw. “It was kinda random, y’know? One of those things where you meet someone and think, this person might change my damn life.”

Sam raises a skeptical brow, waiting.

“I met her on a mission—nothing crazy, just some intel work. She clocked me right away, which should’ve been my first clue she was special.” Joaquin huffs a small laugh, shaking his head. 

“She’s got this way of looking at me, like she already knows what I’m gonna say before I say it. And she’s funny, man. Not just funny—sharp. Quick with it. Keeps me on my toes. But she’s also… sweet. Kind in a way that doesn’t ask for anything back. And when I’m with her, it’s like—” He stops, searching for the words.

Sam tilts his head. “Like what?”

Joaquin’s grip tightens on the beer again. “Like I don’t have to be anyone but me.”

Sam lets out a low whistle. “Damn.”

Joaquin laughs, feeling a little shy. “Yeah. Damn.”

“Can I see her?”

“Yeah, hold on,” Joaquin fishes out his wallet, pulling out the photo booth film strip he keeps there. 

Four photos, all of them where he couldn’t keep his eyes off of you— not when you were looking so angelic. Looking at the photo along with Sam makes him miss you more right now. 

“Oh, she’s got you wrapped around her finger.”

“I…I would do anything for her. I think anything, for real.”

“Would she do the same?”

“In a heartbeat.”

Sam nods, taking a pull of his beer. “And have you told her yet?”

“Told her what?”

“That you’re in love with her.”

Joaquin’s cheeks warm. He scratches at the back of his head with a sheepish smile. “Was hoping you could give me some pointers?”

Sam sighs. “Maybe I can finally give you some after this weekend.”

“Finally gonna tell him, huh?”

“Yeah, I think it’s about time. He’s got a weekend off appearances, we don’t have a mission. I don’t know,” Sam shrugs, letting his eyes drift to the mounted tv screen playing an old sports game. 

“It’ll be perfect man. Just be yourself.”

Sam scoffs playfully, his eyes returning to Joaquin. “How’d you end up giving me pointers?”

Joaquin shimmies his shoulders. “Must be the natural leader in me.”

“Yeah, yeah. So when am I meeting her?”

“I don’t know, let me pull up our calendar,” Joaquin starts to type in his password, scrolling through the date. 

“Our calendar? As in your shared calendar with her?”

“Fuck off.”

Sam can’t stop laughing. “I can’t wait to tell Buck.”

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[kittymannequin]

hello! hope youre having a great day! ive been following you since clexa days and i wanted to start watching gl tdramas because of the gifsets youve been making/reblogging recently but i have NO idea where to start, do you have any recs on what to start with? Thank you!

hiiiiii nonny! thank you, today's truly been a lovely day, can't complain. hope yours is going well too! and oh gosh, clexa days, that's so long ago 🥰

soooo i would definitely recommend starting with something that's finished so you're not going through the same torment the rest of us are, which is waiting a week between each episode 😂

However, if that doesn't bother you then my number 1 recommendation is to start with Us, which has become my favorite and most beloved Thai GL series.

Not gonna wax poetically about it (again) 'cause I actually did that in a different ask just yesterday (even though I totally could 😅), but in short - it's gorgeous, it's so well written, it has beautiful and complex characters, the love story is as intimate, domestic and wonderful as you can possibly imagine, the main pairing have the most amazing chemistry and I wholeheartedly recommend it.

It's currently airing and new episodes come out on saturdays, and you can find it on Youtube (and kisskh), and here's the trailer for it.

My highest recommendations for Thai GLs that are finished would probably be Pluto and The Secret of Us, and I suggest starting with either of the two.

Pluto is truly a drama in the full sense, with all the twists and turns and everything that comes with a drama series, the main pairing are played by Namtan Tipnaree and Film Rachanun, who have amazing chemistry and played their parts wonderfully.

The rest of the cast really works great alongside them and the story is about Ai-oon, the "disappointing" twin sister of Ob-oo, who ends up taking her sister's place (and her gf😅). Don't wanna spoil too much so i'm being really vague here, but expect to laugh, and possibly cry, a lot.

You can find Pluto 100% free here on youtube as well as here on kisskh.

The Secret of Us is a gorgeous drama that follows the love story of Dr. Fahlada and the ex that broke her heart, Earn. We see them reconnect and reignite an old flame that never really went out and the drama is full of silly, loveable, funny, sometimes heavy moments that are beautifully portrayed, and played by one of the industry's most popular and most successful gl pairing, Ling Ling Kwong and Orm Kornnaphat (they're also known as lingorm).

The first 3 episodes are on youtube, however you can find the complete series up on kisskh (free).

There's (can't believe I'm about to say this, what a glorious time to be alive) a bunch more finished Thai GL series that you can jump right into as well, here's a lil list for you (trailers and links included) mostly off the top of my head:

GAP trailer - office romance between the CEO and an employee (youtube ep1 'cause they have playlists for each ep 😩, kisskh) - the first gl i ever watched, the queen GL 😅- currently the most viewed gl series on youtube

Affair trailer - the title kinda says it 😂 but it's actually childhood friends to lovers with a lot of bumps along the way (youtube, kisskh)

Blank trailer - the love story of two women who have a sixteen year age gap between them that i actually really love a whole bunch (kisskh; not sharing the youtube link 'cause we're boycotting 9star studio)

Petrichor trailer - mystery/thriller/romance drama following the love story of office Tul and forensic doctor Cherran and it's awesome (kisskh)

Reverse 4 You - time manipulation powers meet lesbians! (it's awesome, i LOVE it) (youtube, kisskh) - trailer - there's also a currently airing GL that's set in the same universe, also with time manipulation powers, called Reverse With Me - trailer (kisskh)

23.5 trailer - highschool romance/secret admirer (youtube, kisskh)

The Loyal Pin trailer - a period drama following the love story of princess Anilaphat and Lady Pin (youtube, kisskh)

Apple my Love trailer - office romance/secret admirer (youtube, kisskh)

Mate trailer - childhood friends reunited and turned lovers (youtube, kisskh)

Love Senior trailer - college love story (with a lot of ups and downs) (youtube, kisskh)

Not a Thai drama but definitely a must-mention is a Taiwanese drama, Fragrance of the First Flower, which I've been going absolutely crazy over and highly recommend it as well! It's gorgeous, it's complex and nuanced, and currently has an amazing 2nd season airing. Trailer for S1 is here, S2 here, and you can watch it here.

Another must-mention is Friendly Rivalry, a korean GL drama (if i see another person say it's queer baiting i will go on a lil' murder spree 🔪) which I totally went insane over and will be a little feral about, for another couple of months at least. Trailer's here, and you can watch it here.

I'm missing a couple GLs here, I'd have to check my list of favorites, but I also suggest checking @girlsloveupdates pinned post for an extensive and great list of GL Series and all relevant updates.

This got extra long and I'm a little sorry about that (but not terribly so), hope it'll be helpful c: if you wanna come ask about anything or just shout your thoughts/impressions at me, I'd love that! Thank you for your ask and hope you have a wonderful time watching!

me, gently cradling every new gl series enjoyer:

[broareweabouttoviberightnow]

sick as SHIT today n takin the chance to watch movies I've never seen. first up. ferris buellers day off

WOAH. BABY FROM DIRTY DANCIN IS IN THIS

WAIT. that line. incredible. one of the worst performances of my career n they never doubted it for a second. I've heard that before. ICONIC line.

I need his room actually. now.

also I get him. in my bones. every time there's a nice day I too would actually kill to be doin anythin but the things I'm meant to.

lovin the way this movie is filmed. the fourth wall breaks are actually funny as hell.

AOUGH. LIFE MOVES PRETTY FAST. LINE. MY GOD.

this guy is actually the funniest fuckin man alive. 'not that I promote facism. or any ism. they're usually bad in my opinion.'

CAMERON. CAMERON AOUGH.

WHAT is this hat.

this school shot. I get it. this is how high-school genuinely felt to me. God that shit SUCKED. rip my current school moots. I feel for ya.

absolutely love Jeanie. she's so funny. I love her.

'shit. I hope he doesn't die. I can't handle summer school' guys this movie is so FUNNY. why didn't anyone TELL me

'think you'll be alive this weekend?' 'yeah I suppose so' HA

FERRIS KNOWS CAMERON SO WELL. AOUGH.

the absolute FIT Cameron is throwin. I love that kid actually. I don't even need to know anythin more about him. I'm gigglin. he's my son.

I love the outfits in this movie. they're everythin to me. SO 80s.

CAMERON N FERRIS ARE EVERYTHIN TO ME. godawful duo. they are so chaotic. I love them with my whole heart.

CAMERON YELLIN ON THE PHONE N THEN GETTIN OFF THE PHONE N BEIN LIKE uh. I'm scared. what if he recognizes my voiceee. n then gettin back on the line to be like FUCK YOU. Cameron you're everythin to me.

'it's his love. it's his passion' 'it's his fault he didn't lock the garage' hey actually I would kill to be ferris. lemme just say that. what the hell is up with this kid. he's so fuckin funny.

wow. I am gettin the feelin Cameron's dad is actually the worst.

also ferris absolutely TRASHIN Cameron's car is very funny to me. 'it's a piece of shit' unironically how my friends talk about my car.

the amount of hijinx in this movie is everythin to me.

ferris beuller might actually be a better driver than me. n that's really sayin somethin.

this man's insane beef with a teenager is so fuckin funny.

love Cameron. n his insane anxiety. that's my baby. man is STRESSED. wait. fuck. this dynamic reminds me of somethin. who is it. uh. OH. SHIT. they kinda remind me or mark n bryon from that was then this is now. the whole 'nothin bad sticks to mark' thing

their fuck ass hats are everythin to me.

goddamn EVERYONE is joy ridin this car around. HA.

ferris n soda actually insanely similar characters.

OHHHH. Cameron. Cameron n his parents. ough. ouch. that kid.

love the fact they have ONE shtick. n they WILL be usin it EVERY time.

FERRIS BUELLER ICE CHEWER YEAH WE GOT ANOTHER ONE

Jeanie n her insane beef with her own brother love that for him.

OH. I see. fuck Cameron's dad. I see.

these kids are everythin to me. they're so. ough. up to somethin. all the time. n I love them for that.

this guy is so insane. now he's on a hunt through the entire city to track down 3 kids. good luck with that man

the gimmick of them always ALMOST gettin caught is actually SO fuckin funny to me.

oh my god NO. the CAR. dog. I'm stressed.

this is makin me wanna go to an art museum. I haven't been in a LONG time.

AOUGH. CAMERON. MY BABY.

'you think I don't care?' AOUGH.

'school. parents. the future. ferris can do anythin' AOUGH. CAMERON. MY BABY.

this whole float scene is so funny. they are BUSTIN a move.

the fact that ferris' vest blends in with the dancers skirts is an act of costumin genius.

the way the entire school is invested in ferris' recovery is SO fuckin funny to me. HELP THE GODDAMN WATER TOWER IM HOWLIN

Cameron progressively loosenin up as the movie goes on. he's my son. he's my baby.

WOAH. OH MY GOD. THAT GOLDEN PATHOS IS FUCKIN BEAUTIFUL. sorry. that has nothin to do with anythin. but MAN!! that plant is BEAUTIFUL. AOUGH. I wish mine looked like that. ough. sorry. now I'm plant ramblin

love how this movie is mostly about ferris n his homies havin the best day of their lives. n Edward rooney havin the worst day of his life.

wait. aough. goddamn. please don't do this growin up shit to me. it gets me every time man.

FERRIS BUELLER N SLONE ARE BASICALLY SODA N SANDY IM GONNA BE SICKKK

guys slaone ferris n Cameron's friendship is so important to me

AOUGH. love how the first time we see anythin actually affect ferris it's when Cameron is in danger. cool cool cool. I'm normal about this.

officially had to turn in captions I don't know WHAT this kid is doin

'so you're pissed off that he ditches n doesn't get caught n you do' 'basically' 'then your problem is you' I audibly just went OUGH. DAMN. good ass line. jeanies whole arc actually so incredibly important to me.

'all the worryin I was doin. it was pointless. it was the best day of my life.' AOUGH. CAMERON. MY BABY.

the light reflectin off the car n makin Cameron red while he delivers his monolouge. nooo. no. I'm cool. I'm good. yeah. it's fine.

CAMERON KICKIN HIS DADS CAR TO SHIT. OHHHH. YEAH. OH. YEAH. NO. YEAH OK 'who do you love? you love a CAR' OUGHHH

the way Cameron talks in this scene is so. reminiscent of tryin to be like ferris. 'I don't care. I'm sick of it n I don't care one way or the other.'

OH FUCK THE FUCKIN CAR.

FERRIS SAYIN HES GONNA GO DOWN FOR IT. THE ONLY TIME WE SEE HIM ACTUALLY NEGATIVLY REACT TO ANYTHIN IS WHEN CAMERON IS IN DISTRESS AOUGH

FUCKIN JEANIE N THE DRUG GUY MAKIN OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW IM HOWLIN

Jeanie is actually so cute aw

'do you think Cameron's gonna be ok?' 'yeah. sure. for the first time in his life.' AOUGH 'you knew whatcha were doin when you first woke up this mornin. didntcha?' AOUGHHHHH

Jeanie is givin off very strong Candace from Phineas n Ferb vibes rn

most oblivious family known to man possibly

I KNOW this runnin sequence had to have been SO fun to film

oh shit I forgot about the principal godDAMN this man looks ROUGH

JEANIE COVERIN FOR FERRIS MY BABY

I love the way ferris just occasionally looks dead into camera HA

'how'd you get to be so sweet?' 'years of practice' HA

AOUGH.

ok. thoughts. MY GODDDD. ok. Jesus. incoherent. I love how the main character is ferris but the STORY is really all Cameron's. God. that kid. aoughh. no notes. wonderful movie. WILL watch again.

[lilislegacy]

Hello! First of all your blog is amazing :3 Second, I wanted to ask about the next book, do you think that one would be better like Cotg? Or have any plot ideas that would make you happy? <3

i have NO idea what the next book is gonna be like. obviously it’s gonna be percy’s quest for his last college letter, but i feel like that’s all we can really predict. but i can tell you some little things that i would LIKE to see

- more calm moments. i just wanna see percabeth and grover hanging out. joking, teasing, being high schoolers. i want more casual and domestic moments. obviously it can’t be the whole book, but rick said these books were meant to show us the “day in the life” of percy and annabeth, and yet both books, especially WOTTG, were mainly them off doing strange demigod things. I get that that’s kinda their life, but still.

- more deep conversations. i like the superficial fun and humor of PJO, but when it’s the entire book, it gets exhausting. they are nearly grown adults now who’ve been through some shit. put a few serious conversations in there. give me SOME maturity and some heaviness. at least in a couple parts.

- percabeth shown as equals again. what the HELL was up with percy acting not only dumb, but like he’d never been in a real fight before? and why was annabeth five times more bossy than usual? i don’t want flanderized cartoon characters. i want mature-for-their-age high schoolers who are also badass demigods who don’t take shit from anyone. a power team. best friends who’ve known each other for nearly 6 years.

- laughter. i want. more. laugher. percy is SO funny. why are annabeth and grover rolling their eyes and not cracking up at his comments? why are they not all teasing each other more and then LAUGHING about it? give me the three of them cackling up so loudly that they get kicked out of a café. give me percy making annabeth laugh so hard that grover gets really annoyed when they aren’t paying attention to something. just give me them laughing more, kinda like the 2nd to last scene in COTG (although, preferably not as much at percy’s expense)

- LESS CONTINUITY ERRORS. MORE IN-CHARACTER BEHAVIOR. i want it to feel like im reading the books of an award-winning author, not a fanfiction written at 2am. good lord is that so much to ask for?

i could keep going, but that could take a very long time. anyone else, feel free to add on.

[nohara-rin-dot-mp3]

some incredible thoughts from the tags. i wanna specifically build off of the points of: tolerance vs endorsement, an aplatonic reading of tenten, and tenten's aromanticism as the cornerstone of her gender-nonconformity.

in terms of tolerance vs endorsement, i think it's important to look at the context of these depictions. for instance, tenten being bored in boruto era is less a reflection of the narrative's views of her queerness and more a reflection of the narrative's views of adulthood. i mean, all of her peers are ALSO fucking miserable for the most part, and they're all heterosexually married! i have not watched boruto, so this is mostly speculation on my part, but i think the general unhappiness most adult characters experience is written because boruto (and naruto in its later stages tbh) believes that to be a successful adult, you must accept things the way they are, even if they make you unhappy, and because you are not allowed to hope for real, structural change, you will be unhappy. which. is certainly a thing to believe!

rock lee + associates is fascinating on this point, but i'd also argue that it isn't merely tolerating tenten. imo, most occurrences of her being sidelined as a straight man are a result of her being a "girl" rather than aromantic, because reacting to jokes in over-stated manners is a feminine trait. i'm not even making this shit up there's an episode where they tell hinata she needs to react to naruto's nonsense as a straightman to be more appealing to him that role is explicitly feminine. although the narrative does make sure to question tenten's designation as a straight man because. i don't know man.

i'd also dispute the claim that aromantic characters cannot be utilized for comedy. it's pretty easy to make fun of character's lack of romantic interest for a gag- characters like saiki k or jughead from archie comics are based around the "joke" that they don't like girls romantically, and that's funny because it's weird. it would have been pretty easy to do something like that with tenten's failure to uphold societal standards, but instead we get gags where shikamaru is the butt of the joke for suggesting that tenten could be in love with someone. rock lee + associates makes the choice to 1- not play tenten's aromanticism for jokes, 2- acknowledge tenten's aromanticism, and 3- play shikamaru as the joke for challenging her aromanticism.

all that in mind, i still hesitate to categorize this depiction as true endorsement. tenten does not meaningfully challenge the status quo through her queer identity- this is not to say that a-spec identities do not challenge the status quo, but that tenten is not using hers to disturb the norm. that's actually a character trait that tenten displays in other areas of her life (ex: not showing any particular care for the will of fire or any of that shit but keeping on with the child soldier stuff for different, non-patriotic reasons). honestly, more than anything it feels like flat out depiction, with little-to-no commentary about whether it's right or wrong, especially in the og naruto narrative. it's just portraying it as a personality quirk. it's tenten! :P

aplatonic tenten: she's just like me for real

more seriously, this is likely a result of tenten's lack of screentime. there is a weird disconnect between her and her team (possibly because the narrative is incapable of imagining men and women interacting without having some kind of romantic interest inbetween them and so it glitched out and rendered nothing but professional cordiality? idk) and i think that can absolutely be read in an aplatonic way. i don't actually have anything to say i just love aplatonic headcanons teehee

okay finally: back to the problem of her gender. i absolutely agree that her aromanticism is the root of her gender-nonconformity. a lot of naruto's gender frameworks are built in service of heterosexuality! by not engaging with romance, tenten also disengages with gender. this is also an observed real-world phenomenon, wherein a-spec individuals don't "feel" like any specific gender, because so much of gender performance is connected to idealized romantic + sexual experiences. i also think it's interesting that while tenten does not experience romantic attraction for others, others do not experience romantic attraction for tenten. it's a kind of validation of her removal from gender and romance, yk?

okay, so canon gnc traits tenten displays (sticking to og naruto because rock lee + associates got weird on a level beyond what i am currently able to explain teehee) include: bad chakra control/no abilities as a mednin, no romantic attraction, direct and brutal combat skill (fuck ton of knives no jutsu is not a girl skill), no interest in nurturing or children, (cant believe rock lee got to be a single parents before tenten), iirc all of her standard outfits have pants and not skirts/dresses or whatever, and her prioritizing competency/coolness. most of these can be connected to her lack of desire to act feminine for a man and/or are masculine, which is acceptable because being a woman is bad.

i think a safe framework for tenten's gender identity is to say that the cause of it is her aromantism and the reason it is accepted is because it tends to result in her being more "masculine," and the naruto narrative hates women, so it's okay with that. i will continue to believe this until some instance of another woman acting in a masculine way and being shamed comes up 👍

okay okay so hear me out i think that for the most part queerness in naruto falls into 3 categories: accidental, comedic, and villainous, none of which endorse it. comedic and villainous queer-coding actually condemn queerness. not to say that interpretations leaving behind the narrative's biases are flawed, i'm just pointing it out (its a surprise tool that'll help us later). also probably goes without saying but those these kinds of queer-coding aren't unique to naruto.

accidental queer-coding is just that- accidental. queer sexuality is typically a result of the naruto narrative hating women and therefore repeatedly centering male + male relationships, a bit of pandering in some cases (although imo this really only applies to the anime), and a bit of fandom amatonormativity. basically, stuff like naruto and sasuke, where their lack of chemistry with women and continual fixation on each other can easily be read as romantic. queer gender appears less often so i haven't been able to nail down the underlying narrative structures that cause it, but i'm talking about stuff like tenzo/yamato, where he's often read as transmasc due to that anime filler arc that can easily be read as a metaphor for transitioning (cutting his hair, changing his name, ect). the fact that the queerness was accidental doesn't erase the validity of the interpretation, but it does mean that the naruto narrative wasn't endorsing queerness.

comedic queer-coding is just the naruto narrative depicting non-standard gender or sexuality and then pointing and laughing. for instance, kakashi and gai's relationship is often played for laughs. they're "too close" for men, and the narrative expects it to be funny, because that might be gay and comedy can be found in subverting societal expectations. gender-based comedy is similar- naruto turning into a woman is supposed to be funny because he's really a boy. again, the narrative is not endorsing this queerness. it is laughing at it. in some cases, long-term depiction of these kinds of jokes can lead to normalization and therefore lose their comedic impact (see: kakagai marriage or whatever the fuck that was in boruto era) but that's an observed process that happens to long-running gags and doesn't equate to endorsement by the narrative.

villainous queer-coding is the naruto narrative attempting to demonstrate a character's role as an antagonist by depicting them with non-standard gender or sexuality. we know orochimaru is evil because of a lot of reasons, but one of the ways the narrative shows us this is by subtextually implying that he's preying on sasuke. and that's bad because that's gay. according to the narrative. we also see orochimaru play around with gender roles, which further serves to establish his villainy in the narrative. obviously, this is not an endorsement.

there's some overlap between these categories, of course (obito's tobi persona bounces between villainous and comedic queer-coding, for instance, in terms of his feminine behavior). however, as far as i'm aware, there's only one character who can't be sorted into these categories somehow: tenten.

her gender-nonconformity can be sorted into the accidental category, for the most part, because i think a lot of it's a by-product of kishimoto trying to make a strong female character and also her aromanticism. the aromanticism, on the other hand, is directly acknowledged by that narrative. because of that, it can't be accidental, but it is also accepted by the narrative. the fact that tenten does not fall in love is a fact of her personality and identity. i'd like to propose the theory that this happens because tenten is a woman, and the naruto narrative does not respect women. by discarding the perceived feminine flaw of falling in love, tenten is improving her standing in the narrative's eyes, even if doing so requires being queer. this would track with most instances of intentional non-standard gender either being a man acting in a feminine way or a women failing to meet the standards of femininity. because tenten's gender-nonconformity tends to be displayed as her acting in a masculine way, this is considered an improvement by the narrative, and therefore not depicted as a negative aspect of tenten's character. maybe idk i'm not an expert.

[duck-hell-woo-oo]

This vision would not leave my head until I drew it.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Thinking about marriage/women's rights on Vulcan Some may think that T'Pring not being allowed to divorce Spock was because he was going through the pon farr but if she were allowed to divorce him at all she probably would have done that a long time ago, confirmed by T'Pol when she's speaking with Koss, who isn't suffering from the pon farr. She says that he can choose another mate (without invoking a fight it seems: note the difference between a 'mate' and a 'challenger') and after he makes it clear that nothing she says will change his mind about marrying her, she finally threatens to declare a kal-if-fee. It's clear that Vulcan women cannot divorce/refuse to marry a man they've been betrothed to under any circumstances if A) He himself doesn't consent to ending their marriage or B) She doesn't have someone else waiting in the wings to be given to in his stead. Though, if the challenger she selects fails to win the fight, she'll have to marry her betrothed anyway unless (again) he decides he doesn't want her after the challenge. That seems like an incredibly unfair system, heavily biased towards men. SNW is an alternate universe in many obvious respects but most egregiously in that T'Pring has a lot of non-canonical agency over her relationship with Spock. It's interesting to me that Vulcan society has women in many positions of power and treats women as equal to men from what I've seen despite these laws. We don't really see Vulcans exhibiting a misogynistic attitude towards women in general but in TOS (perhaps because of its general writing style but it's still interesting to note) both Sarek and Spock take on patriarchal attitudes specifically regarding wives. Amanda says that 'of course' Sarek commands her because "he is a Vulcan and I am his wife." It's worthwhile in my eyes to note that she specifies 'wife' instead of attributing this attitude to women as a whole. Again, with TOS' writing style it wouldn't be out of place for her to say "he is a man and I am a woman." Spock, while in a pon farr induced irritation, states that it's "undignified for a woman to play servant to a man that isn't hers" - again implying that there's something specific about being a Wife in Vulcan society which is different from being a woman in general and demands subservience to a husband. This could perhaps stem from the extreme sense of ownership that Vulcan law has permitted men to have over women. A woman legally cannot point blank refuse marriage. There is no option which guarantees she won't have to marry her betrothed other than death. When T'Pau speaks of T'Pring she refers to her as being 'property' and Stonn, before being interrupted, states he's made 'the ancient claim' - we don't know what this is because he gets cut off but it's obvious they're both using the language of Vulcan law. Men are permitted true freedom to choose. If a woman wants to choose someone else to be with there is no option available to her other than the kal-if-fee which might result in the death of the one she wants to be with. And, if her lover fails, her husband can still just decide he wants to marry her and she'll be forced to. T'Pring gives two scenarios: One where Spock 'frees' her and one where he doesn't - it's still ultimately his decision which is clear when he ends the conversation with "Stonn, she is yours." This again isn't just because of the pon farr as T'Pol also goes through this. Koss can choose another mate and when the option is talked about there's no implication that this would result in any sort of fight (both by the casualness of its mention and by the fact that there's no formal word for it unlike the kal-if-fee.) Also, the fact that Koss does eventually grant T'Pol a divorce and it's all fine means that T'Pol isn't lawfully required to have another man waiting if her HUSBAND doesn't want her. It's ONLY required if SHE doesn't want her husband. Tradition must take precedence over individual desire UNLESS!!! You're a man. Then it's fine. Like, your parents might not be happy but legally you're golden.

[toneth-toneth-toneth]

huh wym paul isn't trans?? what's this then???

[puppppppppy]

doodles of my fav sillies

anton belongs to @poicyss

[maraschinotopped]

i remembered that nothing is stopping me from making as many deviantart-style stamps as i want. so obviously i dropped everything i was doing and started making them. these have no practical use to anybody but they were fun to make so thats basically all that matters!!

part 2

[slayerdurge]

the brainrot is telling me to do an evil karlach origin play through

[necrotic-nephilim]

in lieu of having posted any writing/headcanons/asks in the past few days because i have been *so* busy and unable to do anything fandom-related which is terrible and evil, i have a poll out of morbid curiosity and self-indulgence. i've been meaning to ramble here about how i feel about DC's lack fo Deaf representation and which Batfam members i would personally make Deaf, but i am mildly curious about the larger opinion and now i will subject you all to the question, i would love to hear thoughts/opinions/headcanons on any specific choices. (would love d/Deaf/HoH opinions esp but i'm mostly expecting this to reach the hearing crowd, so opinions from hearing ppl are ones i'm very curious about. if you've never given it thought before you are going to now or else /lh)

[moeblob]

I'm sorry for the OC brain rot on main....

(the lines are from a post about "tag yourself: awkward/unflirty Sims edition" and honestly? all my OCs are awkward/unflirty so ... yeah...)

[piescornerstore]

*points at pink addison and spamton* now FIGHT‼

[todayisafridaynight]

i’m pretty surprised that you can be in a fandom without really checking the tags regularly for new content or discussions that’s pretty impressive

ive got twitter for that and twitter has shown me enough as is

[thedrotter]

re:kinder goofy (for the most part) doodle dump !!! last two are from. five months ago when i was barely starting to draw these characters but i found them amusing 😊 enjoy snacks