#LOVE AND JOY..........

[faffreux]

;-; your love for fawful is genuinely so comforting to me, as in it makes me feel better about my own feelings with my romantic relationship with a fictional character (one that has been much more intense and like, Real (realized i'm ficto thanks to her for example) than past ones, and our 1st anniversary (of hopefully many) is very soon(sept 1st ^-^)!! also idk why my brain is yelling at me to mention this but she and i are lesbians btw, aha <3).

but anyway, especially with those couple anons you answered recently, i resonated with them a lot... having consistent n logical dreams about my love, seeing her in things in my daily life in such a way that it makes me feel loved *by* her and even watched over by her, being able to feel her comfort somehow, and so on... it feels so amazing, especially as someone that thought it would never find a romantic partner despite wanting one badly. she may be fictional, but the feelings are real, and it's so so so nice..💖

so basically just... thank you for sharing your love n relationship like this. i'm sure i'm not the only one that feels this way... my steam for words is running out(i feel this ask is already rather poorly worded orz) im sorry so just. thank you thank you a million times thank youuuu 🥺💖💖💖

OMG YOU'RE SO WELCOME I'M SO GLAD I COULD HELP??? I HOPE YOUR WEEK IS FULL OF SUNSHINE AND I MEAN THAT ONE HUNDRED FOLD OK

Thank you for sharing!! I don't have a huge response atm bc I'm getting ready for work but this means a lot to hear! ngl I get really excited when I open my inbox and see a message this long LOL

[almondpiglet]

ppl were drawing mikus from all over so heres habesha miku and her lil twin sibs rin and len!!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The math just adds up!

[notsolonedesert]

"Your tunes do not bring me joy, Calypso"

[daigah]

"Nice characters are boring" to YOU. I love characters who no matter what, will always have genuine love for humanity in their heart. Characters who dance and laugh and sing with sincerity. Characters who believe in others, and are willing to extend a helping hand to people when no one gave them the same luxury. Characters who have gone through so much but believe, no matter what, that humanity and life is something beautiful and worth protecting

[cryptocism]

"just as I did, in 1983."

you'd never know my favourite parts of the show are the fucked up insane bits when my first instinct is to draw the cheesiest thing imaginable

[wiisagi-maiingan]

What a terrible world we live in where you can google wild plants or bugs because you're interested in them and the first results are all "how do I kill this"

[jedi-starbird]

Palpatine: My boy, I'm afraid to report that Master Kenobi is very likely sleeping with your wife.

Anakin, who knows for a fact that Obi-Wan is sleeping with his Commander, a good chunk of Ghost company, the Organas and Quinlan Vos: ...where is he finding the fucking time???

Palpatine, oblivious: Oh I've heard from some very reliable sources that-

Anakin: *pulls out a spexcel spreadsheet, the 3rd System Army's shared spoogle calender and a calculator*

Anakin: Your Excellency. That's just. not logistically possible.

[acasternaut]

i loooove when mcr rustles the branch of a tree and a singular leaf falls to the ground and suddenly everyone i know is online

[reaper-of-light-12]

If the world were truly a bad place the sea would not crash against the shore in such a mesmerizing display of untamable power and indescribable beauty

[hinamie]

in spite of everything, I had fun <3

[scurvyboy]

they're gay or whatever

[kendyroy]

the duality of a man

[justdavina]

OMG!!! I'm so in love! This is one of the most beautiful trans girls there is!

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Y'know, there's this gripe I've had for years that really frustrates me, and it has to do with Love, Simon and people joking about it and calling it too-pg and designed-for-straight-people and all the like. (A similar thing has happened to Heartstopper, but that's another conversation.)

I saw Love, Simon in theaters when it came out my senior year in high school. I saw it three times, once with my friends/parents on opening night, once with my brother over spring break, and once with my grandparents.

On opening night, the air in the room was electric. It was palpable. Half the heads in there were dyed various colors. Queer kids were holding hands. We were all crying and laughing and cheering as a group. My friends grabbed my hands at the part where Simon was outed and didn't let go until his parents were saying that they accepted him. My friend came out to me as non-binary. Another person in our group admitted that she had feelings for girls. It was incredible. I left shaking. This was the first mainstream queer romance movie that had ever been produced by one of the main five studios, and I know that sounds like another "first queer character from Disney" bit but you have to understand that even in 2018 this was groundbreaking. Getting to have a sweet queer rom-com where the main character was told that he got "to breathe now" after coming out meant so much to me and my friends.

But also, from a designed-for-straight-people POV (which, to be frank, it was written by a bisexual author and directed by a gay man, this was not designed for straight audiences), why is it a bad thing that it appealed to the widest possible audience? That it could make my parents and grandparents see things in a new light? My stepdad wasn't at all interested in rom-coms but he saw it with me because it was something I cared about and he hugged me when we came out of the theater. My very Catholic grandparents watched it with me and though my grandpa said he still didn't quite understand the whole 'gay thing,' all he wanted was for me to be happy and to have a happy ending like Simon did. My Nana actually cried when Simon came out and squeeze my hand when his mother told him he could breathe.

And when Martin blackmailed Simon, my mom, badass ally that she is, literally hissed "Dropkick him. Dropkick him in the balls" leading to multiple queer kids in the audience to laugh or smile. Having my parents there- the only parents, by the way, out of my group of queer and questioning friends- made multiple people realize that supportive adults were out there. That parents like those in Love, Simon do exist in real life.

When people complain about Heartstopper not being realistic or Love, Simon being too cutesy, I remember seeing Love, Simon on opening night. I remember my friend coming out and my stepdad hugging me and my mom defending us through this character. I remember the cheers that went through the audience when Bram and Simon kissed and the chatter in the foyer after the movie was over and the way that this movie made me understand that happy endings do exist.

Queer kids need happy endings. Straight people need entry points to becoming allies. Both of these things can come together in beautiful ways. They can find out about more queer culture later, but for now, let them have this. Let them all have a glimpse at a better, happier world. Let them have queer joy.

[demaparbat-hp]

Slow mornings in Ba Sing Se.

I needed something soft today, so here's a little sketch for @nerdylizj's breathtaking fic Forgetting is a kind of mercy.