#Op this is such a good post you have no idea

[yourtoradorasextendedwarranty]

This type of condescending post is why the LGBT is losing acceptance.

I just want that to be understood. Because let's break this down.

OP's picture compares "Flamboyance" to Joy. These things are not the same.

"Gay joy reminds the straight man of what he has suffocated himself in exchange for social acceptance or power". Ok this is another one of those "Gay is ackchewally the default" arguments. Or one of those, "men loving other men is normal but you are just giving that up for power and acceptance". No they aren't giving up jack shit. THEY ARE JUST STRAIGHT. Wtf. And you people claim you are born gay but straight people aren't real? Please justify the double standard.

"He folds himself into whatever shape looks like" Yeah. Men generally do that regardless. Unless you are telling me that gay men are incapable of being "Proper men" because they are gay. The funniest bit about this argument is that you think you are pointing out that straight men don't know what real men are when historically, men help foster the next generation. They help train the next generation to protect and defend. They hunt for the settlements and explore the world around them to keep the village safe. This has always been true. Men FOLD themselves into whatever they need to be in order to keep life going forward. That "Folding" isn't "stopping myself from being gay and happy".

Also just to point out this last bit-

#and remember you've contorted yourself into the shape of a Real Woman in exchange for soc acceptance & power#and denied yourself the gentle acceptance of doing what is comfortable on this earth

People opt for whatever standards they want. If not enough people care about those standards, they fade away. That's how society works. You are making a jab at the idea of "Real woman" when often the term historically I've heard is "Proper". Real and Proper have two different meanings. And what's more, earlier before this line, you act like, condescendingly so, that "society has created a bad standard for what a real woman is and women mindlessly go along with it." <Paraphrasing here. Even more, you posit this-

#similar w straight women hating butch lesbians#you see a woman not shaving not wearing make up wearing comfy clothes and still being loved and desired

And let me mention something here. 1. Butch Lesbians are a very small minority in the Lesbian community. 2. The way you say this is almost the same condescending way that top post implied that "Gay" is ACTUALLY the way to be a "real man". Except here it's "growing out your body hair is how you be a "real woman". Except I'd be willing to bet FemLesbians do not agree with you. Especially not Fem for Fem.

Posts like this are often fucking stupid, made with possibly good intent but fall short as they only go, "WOW STRAIGHT PEOPLE ARE SO MAD". YEAH. I've been pissed for years that gay men have targeted me, a red head, and tried to get me to do sexual acts with them. And have tried to force their lifestyles on me.

SO YES. A little pissed off. But not for the reasons you claim. I don't care if a person is flamboyant. Unless they are really obnoxious about it. Because after a point, you are just putting on a performance so that everyone around you has to see you. And it's actually fucking annoying. What's more, misery and joy can't be quantified by whether or not you shave. A lot of people actually prefer to groom themselves by shaving because it's easier to keep themselves clean and make them sweat less. Take it from me as the fucking missing link, I'm the embodiment of wishing I could afford laser hair removal. And if I hate my own body hair as much as I do, color me shocked that as many women willingly shave for just themselves as do.

Posts like this are actually quite demeaning. And very condescending. Now to punt this over to my gay ally -> @theconstitutionisgayculture

EXACTLY!

[factual-fantasy]

26 asks! Thank you! :}}} 🪲

Oh absolutely I do. That's why I always ask before drawing anyone's OCs, or using/modifying their original meme templates, or anything of the sort. Friends and strangers alike.

And same goes for AU ideas. In the past I've seen a really cool idea for an AU and tracked down the OP and asked if I could incorporate their idea into my AU as well. I do my very best to do this for other artists because its what I wish people would do for me.👍👍

I have a master post for all my Octonauts artwork here. 👍

@ripchaos69

I'm really proud of/pleased with how this fairy piece came out! :DD

I also really like how this pixelated cat came out! :)

I was very pleased with how WALL-E cam out in this piece!

I also think this is one of the best drawings of Optimus I've ever done! :))

Even if I knew the answer, that's probably not something I should share online anyways is it?

@mothpendragon

I remember not liking him at all the first time I watched the show. But now watching it a second time years later, I think he's really not that bad. :0 In fact I don't know why I disliked him so much back then.

There are some parts about his character that annoy me. But most of that either is good character writing or isn't his fault. I don't like how immature he tends to be, but of course he's immature. He's still basically just a kid who hasn't experienced much of this war.

And when things get rough, he really straightens out and tries his best to be serious and obedient. Which is very nice to see.

Another thing that I don't like is how the phase shifter was kind'a overused. It became his signature weapon that he used to bail him out of everything. Smokescreen has demonstrated that he's actually pretty clever and slick, it would have been fun to see him trick or outsmart the cons more often instead of just using the phase shifter to save his aft every time. But again, this is not Smokescreens fault at all. Its the writers fault for making his use it so much.

And lastly, something that really made me like Smokescreen was the whole thing that happened with Optimus nearly dying. Smokescreen freaking out at the prospect of becoming a Prime felt really real. Instead of being honored and having and having an inflated ego like I thought he might for some reason- he was terrified.

And him panicking and using the forge to repair Optimus last second felt very real. I could really understand how Smokescreen must have felt, wanting to follow Optimus's orders and restore their home, but also being unable to bare the responsibility of being a Prime. Eventually dragging Optimus back to the land of the living and throwing away any hope of restoring the Omega lock.

If I was better at analyzing characters, I would have loved to draw a comic about what happens right after Optimus was repaired.

My first thought is Smokescreen feeling guilty and ashamed of having used the forge against Optimus's wishes. Would Smokescreen crumble? Fall to his knees, crying and apologizing? "I'm so sorry Optimus- I just couldn't do it-- I couldn't do it, I cant be a Prime- I couldn't-- w-we couldn't lose you.." Is that in character? Honestly I have no idea. 😔

I've thought about doing that for my lineless style, but I haven't gotten around to it.. 😓

If someone goes out of their way to comment on your post/in your ask box saying you're cringe for liking transformers, block the all the way to the sun and back.

What a jerk. I wouldn't be friends with anyone who goes around insulting/trying to upset people for no reason like that. Block them and don't accept/respond any phony apology they might throw your way. They knew they were being rude when they sent that message and deserve to be blocked.

Dude I would take that so fast. No one in my family would ever have to work or have debt ever again 😭

I figure if I ever feel like drawing/posting Octonauts art again, I would just put it behind a paywall on my Ko-fi. Which ngl I've thought about doing a lot recently with the new movie that came out.

But also- I would have no way of filtering out people for that private blog because how am I supposed to know who will and wont steal my artwork just by looking at their account? And when it did get stolen, I would have no way of knowing which follower did it-

I believe I've mentioned it before, but I didn't want to watch Rescue bots because its attached to Transformers: Prime <:/

Its supposed to be connected to Prime, but its rather baby-ified. The tone is much more light hearted, the plot of Rescue bots completely rewrites/contradicts the plot of Prime, Optimus comes back to life for no reason. Stuff like that.

Atm I'm only interested in Prime 😔

@kitkat1003

OUGUHHH SO REALLLLL 😭😭😭😭

REALLL I've only ever found ship fics😔😔😔 I'd love to see an aftermath fic with no romance involved.

@virtualworldfp5

That's a really cool idea! :D Great artwork too! :))

@badlyblurry

Man, if I had a nickel for every time Jeffery Combs played a character with some sort of scientist background and that had some form of contact with a green chemical compound that holds harmful properties to one body in a way, I'd have 3 nickels. Which isn't a lot but its weird that it happened 3 times. XD

@anonymous-red-shades

I'd definitely want to be something that can fly :00 But I don't think I'd wanna fly super fast because i wanna enjoy the scenery.. hmmm.. maybe a helicopter or a classic pontoon plane? :000

As for abilities... uhhhhhhh the only special abilities I know that transformers can have is the warping thing that Skywarp does. I don't know of any other powers <:0 Maybe an ability to change into more than one alt mode..? So I could be a submarine and go underwater? Or maybe the ability to breathe underwater or something? :00

(Referencing this post)

They're so unhinged I swear 😔

@chickenmilk120 (Referencing this post)

NOT YOU TOO-

@cherrycreamfairy

I couldn't find any websites that didn't make my anti virus tweak out <XD So the only villain I like from memory is Captain Gantu from Lilo and Stitch.

I still like it yeah :0 but I'm not really engaging in any Mandalorian media atm-

@minnesotamedic186

Okay the killing part aside a Plymouth Fury is an excellent choice of car ngl. Especially a fiery red 💅💅💅

@axolotlcookie0

The fact that it looks like Thomas's face has been bagged makes it even funnier XDDD

@wolfie-777

XD I actually think of that a lot yeah. I always tell myself "oooo I should draw that later" but I never do XD💀

@beryl-shade

Bibi would probably use it as intended. Sharpening and cleaning his claws💅💅

Meanwhile Cici would use it as a weapon to beat up Jangles and Gerald with XDD

What was his real name supposed to be in that continuity then? XD

@milk-powrit

References. Looooots and looooot of references.

Typically I use references of realistic skeletons. But if there's a part of the body that I just cant seem to draw right, then I look up drawings of skeletons to see how other artists drew that part. 👍

@beryl-shade

Oh no doubt they'll have an episode that takes place around the lake and the fair grounds(?) The theme park next to the main tent-

The fact that Caine mentioned their existence at all implies that an episode is going to take place there. At least for me-

[velvetvexations]

[link removed] ^saw this post on my dash today and I’m too scared to say anything directly cause I know I’ll get dogpiled, but I had to talk about it somewhere. This certainly isn’t the most egregious example ever, and I do get what op is trying to say, but at the same time it’s completely surreal to me that both the op and a good chunk of people in the notes are just running with the idea that “dysphoric TERFs” are only the way they are *specifically* because they hate trans women, no questions asked. Like I agree that these types of people probably hate trans women, and that transmisogyny plays a role in their beliefs and decisions. I have no problem with that being pointed out, I think it’s a good thing to recognize. But isn’t it also just as likely that someone who identifies as a dysphoric cis woman but is repulsed by the idea of undergoing transition probably hates trans men too? You know, the thing she would likely identify as if she wasn’t completely consumed by transphobia? Like how severe must the brainrot be that so many people can see someone saying “I’m dysphoric about being a woman but I won’t transition because I don’t want to become a disgusting man and betray feminism” and just completely fail to recognize the deeply internalized transandrophobia? istg the treatment of TERF as synonymous with transmisogynist has done so much damage to peoples ability to recognize transphobia directed at trans men and transmascs. If someone identified as a dysphoric cis man who won’t transition because he holds negative beliefs about trans people, I think most people would very easily clock that as internalized transmisogyny. But when the same thing happens the other way around, it’s somehow also solely due to a hatred of trans women specifically, not a hatred of trans men or even just trans people in general. Like I said this particular post isn’t the worst example of this I’ve ever seen, and the only reason I’m bothering to point it out here is because this happens *all the god damn time* and no one seems to notice because it’s done so casually - especially here on tumblr. I’m just so tired of every single instance of transphobia being spun as purely transmisogyny. I’m not saying transmisogyny isn’t also present because it absolutely is in most cases, but this is how transmasculine experiences are continuously erased within our own communities. Take an instance of general transphobia, call it exclusively transmisogyny, and then if a transmasc person tries to speak up call him an entitled man who wants to silence trans women - or tell him to go make his own post and then continue to berate him for it when he does. we are neither allowed to collaborate with and relate to the experiences of transfems, nor are we allowed to make our own spaces to talk solely about our own issues. transmascs are just literally never going to be allowed to have a voice in our own community as long as this cycle continues. to any trans person or ally reading this: Please for the love of god just spare 5 seconds to consider the existence of trans men + mascs when you speak about trans and feminist issues. I promise that including us and acknowledging the bigotry directed our way by cis society is not going to take anything away from trans women + fems or derail the fight against transmisogyny. Including and considering the experiences of all trans people in your activism and theorizing is always going to be beneficial to the entire community, and quite frankly should be the baseline but the bar is on the fucking floor right now.

I reblogged it and I'm so annoyed the OP blocked me and made a separate post just lying about the way TERFs act and think. So infuriating. Fucking self-identified TMEs silencing a trans woman and dictating how transmisogyny works because they equate being a victim with being a woman. And oh, dawg, I do not bring out the word "silencing" easy because I get that everyone has a right to not engage with you, but if you make a post about transmisogyny and how much people hate trans women, and you block a trans woman who very politely disagrees with your framework and argue over her in a completely separate post, yeah, fuck you, you have no fucking interest in listening to trans women.

[hestzhyen]

Chapter 78 Finally Posting

LET'S! FUCKING! GOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Editor's notes: First Page: 敗れた昼��...！！ [yabure ta Hiruhiko...!!] "Hiruhiko is defeated...!!" Last Page: 京都にチヒロ、 東京にハクリ！2つの戦場が動き出す！！ [Kyoto ni Chihiro, Tokyo ni Hakuri! 2tsu no senjou ga ugokidasu!!] "Chihiro in Kyoto, Hakuri in Tokyo! The two battlefields heat up!!"

YEAH

THAT'S RIGHT

A whole bunch of stuff happened so let's get into it!

Mechanics and Info Yap

Boy did I struggle to translate all the information that was dropped this chapter. But we learned a ton!

[ominous Latin chanting kicks up in the distance]

One, Suzaku is not infinite. Or it's not supposed to be, at least. It also doesn't actually reverse death, but given how hax Samura is right now, Chihiro's information might be out of date. I'm calling it: Samura is certified OP now. He's cracked. A true raid boss. Whatever he did to prepare for this moment, it fucking worked and now he's apparently the Kagurabachi version of Faker. Good fucking luck, Chihiro. Go for breaking Tobimune! It's the only way you can beat him since he won't expect it!

Samura was also apparently pushed into developing Suzaku during the Seitei War. I wonder if we'll see the moment that inspired the move...

Oh, and one-point-five. Owl can even affect the weather, apparently! Samura's almost a god. Seriously, good luck Chihiro (he'll be fine in the long-run because he's the protagonist, but let's pretend we don't have that meta knowledge).

The edgiest member of the Hishaku is also the master of edging himself.

Two, Kuguri's sorcery! Nice to know it! Not exactly practical, but he's a swordsman for a reason. Given how much he loves to train with the blade he probably got quite a bit stocked up before blowing it all to escape from Samura.

Translation note since I have no idea what the official English version will do with his move. In Japanese it's 破暮 [hagure]. 破 [ha] means rend/rip/tear/break/destroy/defeat/frustrate, while 暮 [ku] means evening/twilight/season's end/livelihood/make a living/spend time; 暮れ [kure] means sunset/nightfall/dusk or end/close or year's end. I'd translate this as "Broken Dusk" because it sounds cool as fuck but there's a lot of room for creative liberty here. I think the official TL is cool as hell too so no complaints from me.

[Matrix vibes intensify]

Three, some Kamunabi lore! They have barriers, of course, which were probably a gimme in terms of defensive measures. This guy also looks cool as hell!

We don't know how many fighting forces they have on-hand but it's alright. The non-combatants of the ~500 members of staff at the Tokyo location will go further underground and we will hopefully get some awesome action from a certain someone I've been wanting to see for ages now.

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Let's do some trivia since I'm here!

神奈備 - Kamunabi. It's not just a name, it's an actual word (usually pronounced kannabi) for a mountain or forest where a deity is enshrined. What a fancy, pleasant-sounding way to say your mission is to imprison a guy who went insane and slaughtered about 200,000 people who'd already surrendered.

This chapter, instead of using 防壁 [bouheki] for a defensive military barrier, the term 結界 [kekkai] was used. Kekkai is a mystical barrier rather than a physical one, and folks who frequently read manga/watch anime will probably recognise it because of how common magical barriers are. It's got ties to Buddhism too, of course- it refers to the fence between the inner and outer sanctums in a temple, the prohibition of various things that would hinder Buddhist practice, and is also the Japanese term for Bai Sema.

I just wanted to mention this because the more we see of the Kamunabi the less traditionally military they seem. Leaning on mystical terminology, traditional onmyouji outfits making up the higher-ups uniforms... their whole org appears steeped in spiritual concepts and imagery.

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Hiruhiko, Defeated

Oof.

Man, even I feel bad for him at this point. He wanted his own fight with Chihiro to be as hype of a clash as Chihiro vs. Sojo was but all that happened was that he hit rock bottom instead. He overcame nothing, did nothing, and still got his arm sliced off by the arc's main antagonist anyway. That's the only thing really connecting him to Chihiro at this point.

I don't think I've seen a more miserable, pitiable creature.

The ultimate counter to Hiruhiko is apathy. His passion for fighting Chihiro is burning bright, but even someone as emotional as his "rival" can't feel anything for him. Hiruhiko's totally irrelevant and I feel vindicated for thinking all of his stuff in the hotel until now was an annoying side-show.

Chihiro won his reality check fight because he was willing to adapt his mindset. Hiruhiko lost because he was laser-focused on his own interpretation. He's differentiated from Sojo's situation because Sojo actively refused to incorporate more information about Kunishige that would alter his worldview; I have a feeling that Hiruhiko will learn quite a lot from this once the shock wears off.

So this will be the true start of Hiruhiko's story I guess. Chihiro's journey didn't really begin until he had to overcome Sojo forcing him to realise that he didn't know enough about his father. So as Chihiro's self-proclaimed frenemy, Hiruhiko's journey will start with him confronting his own vision of reality being incomplete. What form that takes is up to the author- I just hope his growth is interesting to follow.

Chihiro vs. Samura Round 2

Hype and aura incarnate.

They're finally cleared to start fighting now that the Hishaku have retreated. What will happen? No clue! I won't even try to guess because it could be anything.

We've got our arc boss battle set up. Chihiro and Samura going to clash. Sojo was about death of the author and Chihiro accepting there was more to learn about a situation that was more complex than he grew up believing, Kyora was about what it means to be a good father and the dangers of blind devotion to legacy. Samura... is about condemning oneself to a path that one doesn't necessarily have to walk, I think. The burden of guilt unaddressed leading someone to spiral down and eventually out if no one can help them. Basically, what I thought since chapter 51 or so.

This part broke my heart though.

This is the personal reason.

He thinks back to Iori's sadness and it becomes a core part of his motivation. I mean, of course it did- Chihiro started walking the road to Hell the day he lost his own dad. He's burdened by taking a path that neither his father nor Samura wanted him to follow, but he's going to see it through.

So I think that rather than wanting to put Samura down like the previous two main antagonists, Chihiro wants to save him.

Chihiro's whole reason for being out here in this position is because his dad was murdered; he's not exactly champing at the bit to put other people in his position. He takes it so fucking personally when fathers aren't treating their kids right! He only killed Kyora for actively choosing to be a piss-poor father, perpetuating human suffering on a massive scale, and because Hakuri pleaded with him to do so. But Samura? This man is fundamentally good. He's misguided due to guilt and anxiety, but he's not doing things to make the world a worse place, deliberately or intentionally. He's trying to save people and make the world better for his daughter's sake.

This is why I'm so all-in on Chihiro winning the fight by breaking Tobimune. His ideals aren't going to make it easy for him to cut Samura down- he looked up to the man, he knows he's not a bad person, and he definitely doesn't want to make another orphan out of Iori. So even if he could stat check the raid boss his heart wouldn't be in it. The neatest solution would be to break Tobimune instead -Samura's overwhelming strength born from Soaring Faith- and show him a different way to do things.

I'm open to other outcomes obviously. Chihiro might be forced to kill Samura somehow, Iori and the Masumi might come in and throw a wrench in things, anything can happen. But this clash of ideals of Chihiro wanting Samura to live for Iori and Samura believing he needs to die for her is going to be incredible, I know it. Hokazono's at his best when he's examining these themes of parenthood and legacy after all- he's not fumbled once yet with them.

Man. If Chihiro and Samura are both trying to save each other here, I'm gonna go nuts. This fight is set up to be an absolute masterclass and I can't wait for it to unfold.

Meanwhile, at Kamunabi HQ...

The Kamunabi are mostly up-to-date, blah blah. We got an unexpected narrator here though.

Name, please?

We got Prince Nez's PoV and it makes sense. He was the one who tried to reassure Samura in the flashbacks that the Kamunabi was totally secure. He's got an even read on the situation and helpfully points out that we still don't know the Hishaku's exact plan here is. It's anyone's guess so I'll just slap down a non-existent bet that they're trying to cause the Malediction event here and now.

Okay so, who's gonna fight all seven Hishaku members that we may or may not finally see in full? We finally got confirmation that Shiba and Hiyuki aren't present since they're guarding the other two bearers, so who's left to face the intruders?

A new challenger approaches! NOTE: "Hibiki" is supposed to be "Hiyuki". Another dumb mistake from VIZ.

That's right, my gorilla wife is going to take the field- at long last we will see him in a real fight! Probably! Maybe we'll even get to see his sorcery at long last! And maybe we can have a few less jokes about him being the traitor until there's better reasons to believe he's a suspect!

I wifed Azami based on the very little we've seen of him and it's mostly because I like his design and the promise of his personality. He's the only guy in the whole cast who uses the casual male pronoun 僕 [boku] (even Mr. Inazuma uses the rough and very masculine 俺 [ore])! I won't go on a huge tangent here about why I love him so much but there's a reason for it, I swear. He seems to enjoy brawling despite being a straight-laced government agent and it really gets the braincells movin'. Plus being a powerful sorcerer but choosing to fight in melee with his fists. Being a calm and rational guy on the job but having a short temper when it comes to Shiba. The contrasts intrigue me and I will stand by him no matter what. He's my wife: a handsome, polite, and erudite gorilla in a wizard's robes and hat.

There's someone else who's gonna get some time on screen too, though.

[incomprehensible screeching]

HE'S BACK HE'S BACK HE'S BACK HAKURI I LOVE YOU I MISSED YOU AND I'M ALMOST IN TEARS SEEING YOU AGAIN IT'S BEEN SO LONG AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH NEVER LEAVE ME FOR THAT LONG AGAIN PLEASE I BEG OF YOU

He's still got some scuff marks to show he's not completely healed yet but he's BACK. HE'S HERE. HAKURIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Given the announcement for non-combatants to evacuate preceding his reintroduction, I don't think he'll be in the fighting. Poor guy just woke up and surely won't be asked to overtax himself again, will he? Or more like, surely there will be some responsible adults around him capable of stopping him from overtaxing himself again? But his PoV will be valuable to see what's going on with the Kamunabi while Azami and whoever else is on deck fend off the Hishaku's assault. I have a feeling we will be getting some big reveals to set up the next arc thanks to Hakuri. Hopefully he won't be written out for months in real time again.

A Miscellaneous TL Note

If anyone was curious, 響 [hibiki] means "echo" or "reberveration"

Also, this week's chapter title is 交代 [koutai] which has a bunch of similar-yet-distinct meanings like "switch", "change", "substitution", and "taking turns".

Lastly, perhaps most interestingly...

"Resurrect" here has some fun double meanings. It was written as 黄泉返し [yomikaeshi], which actually means "return to/from Hell" but the Ruby over top reads [yomigae] for 甦, "resurrection". It's got some nice thematic tie-ins to how Chihiro and Samura both think they're headed for hell (but have a very good chance of being redeemed in some way).

OKAY! For the first time in ages I am vibrating in my seat waiting for the next chapter. I'm so freakin' stoked, man. See you next week if I don't explode from anticipation, dear void.

[all-for-the-game-confessions]

Hey, OP, this is gonna be a little touchy so it’s cool if you don’t post it but I need to rant.

Specifically to the anon who wrote about Cis Male SA rep, I agree with you. Partially. Cis Male SA is brutally unrepresented and the fact that Andrew can be a symbol for that is important and amazing. Jean, too.

But people portraying Andrew as trans does not perpetuate the idea that ‘only women get SA’d’, because, get this, HE’S NOT A WOMAN. In the case that people write him as a trans man, it’s still SA rep for men. It’s disrespectful as fuck to say that it perpetuates that idea, because, while it is something that happens way too frequently, again, TRANS MEN ARE MEN.

Beyond that, people who portray him as a trans man are not trying to strip those around them of cis male rep. Technically, in the books, it isn’t even explicitly stated ‘HEY, ANDREW WAS BORN MALE, HE HAS A DICK!’ Even if he was born with a dick, that doesn’t make him inherently male. Intersex people exist. Along with this, since he can be assumed as cis in the books, there’s your cis rep. People portraying him as trans does not strip you of your representation because your rep is in the canon material.

There are 20,960 fics tagged within the AFTG fandom. Of those, 216 are tagged ‘trans Andrew Minyard’. That’s 1.03%, about the same amount of people who are able to be outwardly trans and are reported to be so in the real world. Of the remaining fics, it can be assumed a good 98% or more still include Andrew being a cis male survivor. People often misunderstand someone portraying a trans character as people saying they believe the character is canonically trans, which isn’t true. People can draw or write a character as trans without thinking they’re canonically trans, and they can switch between portraying that character as trans or not, because they’re creating fan works. Gender is a fucked up little monster and people can do whatever they want with it, as is sex.

So I agree with you, Andrew is important cis male rep and people like him are criminally underrepresented. But saying one percent of a fandom is responsible for perpetuating the idea that only AFAB people— not women, mind the fuck out of you— are SA’d, an idea that has long existed is cruel and unfair, and fuck you for putting that idea in people’s heads at a time where the world wants trans people dead.

You want more cis male representation? Congratulations, so do I— but declaring the work of other survivors and representation wrong, especially in a case where it’s so small, like this, is not the way to go. Like all bigots, there are people who don’t give a flying fuck who you are, or what your sex or gender is, they don’t want you to have any rep at all. So, here’s everyone’s favorite quote— be the change you want to see. Write fics where he’s cis. Perhaps draw from your own experience if you’re comfortable. Draw him cis. Create your own cis male rep. Create your own works. There needs to be more rep, you are correct, so work to get what you want instead of taking it out on a TINY group that’s the entire world is currently trying to eat alive. It’s not your job to educate people and this is not a ‘you get what you get and you don’t throw a fit’ situation, but if you want something in this world, there’s a very small chance people will just give it to you. You know that very well, and being a survivor does not make you immune to being a jerk at times. One last time, in case you’re confused— trans men are men and they do not equal more representation for women because THEY’RE MEN.

- Wishing you a very FUCK YOU DON’T BE A DICK, a 🏳️‍⚧️masc SA survivor.

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[somethingwithmoles]

No but it all makes sense. There's not a lot I can add obviously, just some random observations.

If you take a closer look at the background, you can even see hints of architecture, a bridge and a church tower, which makes it even more unlikely that this scene is set on the Purgatory mountain.

Also the description on the auction house's website strongly conveys the impression that whoever has written it has never actually read Purgatorio. Not even a good summary of it. One sentence is "She turns shyly to the left and tries to cover her exposed cleavage" like, at this point it should be clear that this is not Beatrice. Beatrice does NOT shyly turn away from Dante, she's actually kind of terrifying, Dante is mortified by her first words. The painter would have moved very far away from the text and its meaning if his intention had been to show Dante and Beatrice here, and given that the Matelda painting attributed also to him stays relatively close to the poem, at least in comparison, just makes it even more unlikely.

Also the last paragraph of the auction house's description adds: "The subject is borrowed from the pre-Raphaelite theme of the search for spiritual love. John William Waterhouse also depicts the subject in his 1915 painting, now in the Dahesh Museum of Art Greenwich, Connecticut."

This is the painting in question. Which is clearly Dante and Matelda (with Virgilio in the background, and Stazio???) and it's also identified as this scene on the museum's website. However, it's still presented as "Dante and Beatrice" on this website about Waterhouse for example (again with a very questionable description). But I digress.

The point is, it's really funny to me how the auction house uses Waterhouse's study to support the identification of Postiglione's painting as Dante and Beatrice, when this is 1) not actually Dante and Beatrice and 2) even assuming it was, I feel it should have brought up reasonable concerns about their interpretation of Postiglione's painting, instead of supporting it. The conduct of the characters is just completely different and should have ideally raised the question whether there's maybe a chance that Postiglione's painting shows someone entirely different. Like, as OP pointed out, Petrarca and Laura.

At this point I don't know if any of my words make any sense, and I'm also sorry for my English, I'm pretty sure I used some terms in the wrong context...

As someone who likes browsing the catalouges of auction houses from time to time, from my experience it's not really uncommon that the subject of a painting gets misidentified even by renouned auction houses. I mainly noticed it with mythological, allegorical and, as in this case, literary subjects. I assume the main problem here is that artworks probably sell better if you just confidently slam a label on them, however wrong it may be, instead of admitting "umm to be fair we are not exactly sure what this is supposed to be and we kind of lack the expertise to certainly identify it".

The other point is that even in academic publications, I came across similar misidentifications related to literary subjects. Sometimes it really just looks like a moment of carelessness, where names get mixed up etc, but overall you can get the idea that some art historians are lacking a solid basis when it comes to writing about certain literary subjects and there's maybe in some cases no real interest in engaging with the works these paintings are based on. Instead, previous interpretations might get reiterated without being reconsidered and checked properly, leading to a further consolidation of disputable takes that are difficult to correct later on.

Honestly, at this point I don't fully remember what I was trying to say or if anything in this way too long post is understandable. Trying to sum it up anyways,

1. I think OP is right 2. auction houses' descriptions/interpretations of artworks should generally be handled with care I guess 3. interdisciplinary approaches are important in research! (and generally striving for a broad common knowledge and education in multiple fields of interest can't hurt as well)

...OK. We may have a small art history mystery here. Bear with me, I'm probably full of shit, BUT. So: Neapolitan artist Salvatore Postiglione. This painting is attributed to him, and identified on Wikimedia Commons (referencing a German auction house that apparently listed this painting a while ago) as Dante and Beatrice. The problem is, I am convinced that's actually Petrarch and Laura. This guy looks nothing like the traditional image of Dante, which I wouldn't have an issue with except for two things: 1. He DOES look a lot like several existing portraits of Petrarca. A round-ish and somewhat boyish face, large eyes, that very particular red hood with the round neckline and laurel crown over it, and - you know it - fabulous, glamorous red hose. (I am not seriously presuming to use the hose as an identifying piece of iconography, I just find it delightful how often he shows up in them. Slay, darling.) 2. There is another painting attributed to Postiglione of Dante, Virgil and Matelda, in which Dante looks like our standard-issue Dante, with the aquiline nose and angular face, the red and white cap, and everything we're used to seeing him in. (Hiiiiii Virgilio you look gorgeous too, whatever you're doing with your hair keep it up.)

Now back to the original painting, the one identified as Dante and Beatrice. What's with the setting? I could see that woman being Matelda, in an idyllic Eden setting from the end of Purgatorio, except I'd wonder where Virgilio is. But Beatrice? She appears in Canto 30 surrounded by angels, and addresses Dante directly. It doesn't fit. This is an apparently secular scene. Our lady has already taken off her cloak and seems to be about to strip the rest off to go for a swim, with our red-stockinged poet watching her from an extremely inconspicuous hiding spot behind a single tree branch. I submit: no. 126 from the Rerum vulgarium fragmenta, one of the most famous poems in the collection. It begins: Chiare, fresche et dolci acque, ove le belle membra pose colei che sola a me par donna; gentil ramo ove piacque (con sospir’ mi rimembra) a lei di fare al bel fiancho colonna. Clear and cool sweet waters where the only woman who seemed a woman to me rested her beautiful limbs; the slender branch she liked so much (I sigh when I remember it) stood like a column by her lovely side. There is a rather prominently depicted slender sapling right at the woman's side in the painting, and as far as I can tell, it appears to be a laurel. A later verse continues: Da’ be’ rami scendea (dolce ne la memoria) una pioggia di fior’ sovra ’l suo grembo... From those beautiful branches (the memory is sweet) a rain of flowers fell into her lap... Also present in this painting: flowers and petals showering down around this "Beatrice", who is...actually Laura. How did this get misidentified? Does anybody know where this painting actually is (i.e., is it in a museum or a private collection?) It seems to be in a great big loop of Wikimedia referring back to itself, and other sites referring back to Wikimedia. Am I full of shit? Is this a scene in the Vita Nuova that I've totally blanked on? Am I just seeing Petrarca in the clouds and the coffee stains at this point?

[r0semultiverse]

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[things-about-cars-in-posts]

This is a car worth spotlighting!

Not just this fantastic example, but the Smart Car itself! (That's not an official name, btw. We'll get to those.)

The CEO of Swatch, the group that dared ask "What if small, economical, plastic, customizable and tells the time?", dared ask "What if small, economical, plastic, customizable and is car?", and Volkswagen seemed to think it was a good question.

However, '93 would put the emphasis on seemed, when the move of disagreer Ferdinand Piëch from leading Audi to the whole VW group and canned the project - both disagreeing with the 2-seater idea (which, to be fair to it, was based on research showing the average Eruopean car only had 1.2 passengers) and believing they could make a small car by themselves (and to be fair to him, they did end up making the fantastic Volkswagen Lupo and Audi A2).

Fortunately, however, Mercedes was also interested in the idea, having made similar considerations in the past, and the following year the world would be introduced to the result of their partnership:

MCC.

The MCC eco-sprinter concept car, since tan and green was just far too mundane for an interior, was accompanied by an open top MCC Eco-Speedster,

and oh boy.

Now that puts even OP's car to shame.

Mercifully, the Micro Car Company would later deviate from the name of a character in a middle school science book rapping about the speed of light, and its cars' shape would deviate from...

...this.

It would also, however, deviate from Swatch's ideas hard enough for leave Mercedes to continue alone - though their contribution would be nodded to by the new name: s(watch)m(ercedes)art.

But worry not, the following concept car would reassure the viewing public that funkiness was not deviated from at all.

And sure, everyone can make a concept car with a funky interior - and frankly, it's rare that anyone doesn't. It's arguably the favorite victim of the harsh reality of mass production, to the point that the most many car world veterans dare hope for is that any interesting detail survives the watering down.

And, despite my dogged efforts to market this blog to the uninitiated, I'm well aware most of my readers know it too.

So why don't I just post the production spec interior?

Well, I have a better question:

Why don't you just get pranked?

This is a production spec interior. Everything you see in this picture was officially built and sold by the Mercedes group. This is a factory Smart CityCoupe people could and did order and buy and use to roam around.

And as you can see from this dramatization, they were damn comfortable while doing so!

And they could even spec further options, like a tape deck, a rev counter, a clock ("What if small, economical, plastic, customizable and is car and tells the time?")...

...and some truly heinous color combos!

But worry not, the weird was far from stuck indoors!

Check out this CityCoupe's subtle colorway!

Or how about this one from after the car was facelifted in 2002 and its name changed for the final time into Smart ForTwo?

I mean, look at that. Tell me, even if like me you're a European accustomed to seeing swaths of them the moment you step in a city, that is not one of the funkiest mainstream vehicles of its day - if not one of the most outstanding.

This is the Smart's cell, dubbed "Tridon". And if giving your car's frame a name seems self-impressed: America's Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) called its safety "average". And at 2.54m car, America's classification system calls its size half of "midsize". This 90s design is as safe as the cars driven by the people making these dumb fucking memes.

The Smart crash is my personal 'identifying as an attack helicopter' - when you make that joke I automatically know you're someone who doesn't want reality to spoil their fun.

And the reality is that the Smart is an amazing little thing.

Even before Mercedes tuner Brabus's fiddling.

Though it certainly doesn't hurt.

Links in blue are posts of mine about the topic in question: if you liked this post, you might like those - or the blog’s Discord server, linked in the pinned post!

the car tower has donned its gay apparel.

(see my car tag for other pics of its glory)

[hyakunana]

Interrupting all my chores for a very important event

[elftwink]

also can we start being meaner to those meme pages that post screenshots of tumblr posts. nothing drives me up the wall like a 14 pixel jpg of a tumblr thread stretched out to fit into a single screenshot and half of these people are only posting it so they can eventually change the op to be a link to some dropshipped garbage anyway. i am actually so sick of blogs that only exist to make worse versions of posts that are already on this website and for what? tumblr clout? MONEY? if you run a "meme blog" i hate you and your days are fucking numbered

[benkaben]

Babygirl, I'm blocked by blogs I don't even know about <3

[novorehere]

Bite-Sized Tidbits:

A snapshot/character of what life might look like with the seven avatars of sin. Contains a lot of fluff, a little angst, and soft/safe vore with you and the seven Obey Me! brothers themed around their respective sins. I’ve been working on this on and off for quite a while now, so I hope you enjoy.

Written for Vore Day, 2023

—

—

Pride

“I can give you your punishment now, or we can wait until later.”

The edges of the demon’s lips crept up into the beginnings of a smirk. All without breaking his gaze from the stack of documents which he straightened against his desk with a tap tap tap.

“However, I will be leaving for tea with Lord Diavolo as soon as my work is finished. So unless you’d like to spend the evening with Barbatos’ chiffon cake, I’d recommend making up your mind in a timely manner.”

Both of you knew very well that “punishment” wasn’t the right word. Lucifer’s infrequent office calls were less of a punishment and moreso a game, an unspoken routine in which you continuously tested the Avatar of Pride’s patience by indulging his younger brothers’ schemes.

It was a game that toyed with the balance of power, one where you pretended like he couldn’t just shrink you down whenever he wanted and that you couldn’t order him to stop with a single word. It was a game that indulged his pride, one that Lucifer would always win in the end.

It was only a matter of minutes before you were seated in his gloved palm. His ruby eyes lording over you with a gaze that anyone else would find annoyingly high-handed. But after playing his game for so long, to you the affection hiding behind them was obvious.

“Are you ready then, my Lamb?”

He was the morning star, eldest of the seven rulers of the underworld.

Yet despite all of this, Lucifer knew it was you who had him utterly wrapped around your little finger.

—

Greed

Reclining his head against the arm of his couch, the Avatar of Greed kissed his fingertips in mock satisfaction at the burp that rolled up his throat. A barely audible complaint of “gross” only caused him to chuckle and pat his stomach triumphantly.

“Maybe ya shoulda thought about that before bein’ so damn filling.”

A sound like “Guh” escaped the demon’s mouth as a swift kick to his liver interrupted his musings.

“Oi! The Great Mammon’s gonna start chargin’ 10,000 Grimm for damages every time ya do that!” Ya oughta learn some basic respe-”

And there it was, the familiar flutter of tiny fingers rubbing circles into him from inside. Perhaps it was your way of saying sorry… though more likely you just wanted to shut him up. It was annoying how easily you could reduce him to a blushing mess without uttering a single word.

“Hey… ‘s not fair. You’re playin’ dirty…”

Mammon rolled onto his side in an uncharacteristically gentle motion. He couldn’t help sneaking an indulgent glance at the scene reflected in his mirror. There he was, splayed out amongst piles of his belongings with his shirt ridden up and his belly rounded in his lap. If any of his brothers saw him like this, he would never hear the end of their teasing. But luckily for Mammon, not even you could know the way his face became soft as he teased a finger around his navel too gently for you to feel.

“Why’d ya stop? C’mon, now… keep goin’.”

It didn’t matter how much Mammon gambled away or how many centuries it had been since he’d hit the jackpot at the casino. When he was with you, Mammon felt like the luckiest demon in the three realms.

But sometimes it was hard to put it into words. Which is exactly why he treasured moments like these, the moments where his greed got the better of him. The moments where he could steal you away to be his and his alone.

After all, it was much easier to express how madly in love with you he’d become when he didn’t have to meet you face to face.

—

Envy

“You know, this is just like that one scene in ‘My Life as a Shut-In Reincarnated as a Worker in the Shopping Mall Dimension’ where Prince Alfonso goes to the food court kingdom and-”

Leviathan groaned, burying his face into his body pillow as if that could somehow hide him from the voice in his middle.

“You can’t use my own otaku tactics against me, it’s… *hic-* it’s not fair!!”

Your muffled laughter reverberated off the walls of his bathtub, accompanied by the occasional hiccup and the tip of a serpentine tail nervously thumping against porcelain.

He didn’t mean for his horns to sprout from his head when you tried to leave his room that night. He didn’t mean for a serpentine tail to wrap around your ankle, wordlessly begging you to stay. And he certainly didn’t mean for his stomach to loudly vocalize the thoughts that had been plaguing his mind the entire night. What was this, some sort of tropey romance manga?

But here he was, face as red as a bouquet of queen of jealousy and stuffed to the (decidedly metaphorical) gills in his own bathtub. The Grand Admiral of Hell’s Navy, reduced to a blushing, hiccuping mess. And he had nobody but himself to blame.

But really, how could he have resisted? Especially with the visions of what could have happened instead playing through his head on repeat. Asmo whisking you away to some club filled with normies who could actually hold a real conversation, Mammon snatching you up for an unauthorized night drive in his Demonio 666 Lexura, Beel getting a little too peckish and… he couldn’t bear to think about it.

Leviathan knew wanting to be your one and only was unreasonable. He knew that he was a terrible, horrible friend for thinking these thoughts and becoming so troubled at the prospect of anyone else showing you affection. After all, no one would want to be with a gloomy shut-in that wasn’t worth the scum in Henry’s tank-

But as soon as they had come, the negative thoughts washed away like a speck in the ocean as you snuggled closer to his hand, a muffled voice reassuring him that there was no place you’d rather be tonight.

—

Wrath

“With a flourish the detective tipped his hat to the dame, as he disappeared into the evening fog like the curls of smoke which danced from his pipe…”

The demon’s inner monologue was cut short as a violent squirming sensation roused him from his novel. Your ears detected the unmistakable sound of a huff and a book closing, muffled by layers of flesh and fabric.

“Restless as ever, I see…”

Normally, Satan would be more than offended to have his attention ripped from the pages of a good book. But this time the annoyance that swelled in his chest turned not into rage, but affection as the fire settled in his stomach and melted away… You tended to have that effect on him.

It was a relatively new sensation. Having been birthed from wrath in its purest form, emotions such as happiness had to be taught to him by his brothers. And for that Satan was thankful- he had long since accepted them as family. But as a human, you were a better teacher of peace than any demon could be. Though a cat curled in his lap was a close second.

The blonde sighed fondly, gazing down at the bump in his sweater.

“…Would you like me to read aloud to you? Perhaps that will help you settle some.”

Pulling the covers up a bit higher around his navel, he tucked them in snugly around his sides. A rare smile crossed Satan’s face as he admired his handiwork. The man reached over to his nightstand, finding there exactly what he was looking for in the dim light. A paperback atop the haphazard piles of hardcovers strewn about, placed there with care as not to crease the art on the cover he knew you loved so much.

With both of you tucked in for the night, it was easier than ever to melt into the gentle rumble of his voice.

“Our story begins in a world of monsters…”

—

Lust:

Asmodeus knows that true beauty comes from within. How could it not, when the skin of the human that emerges from his lips always feels so much softer and smoother than before? He makes sure to bring it to your attention every time, doting over how the glow of his inner beauty rubs off on you so easily. Despite everything, he thinks you look so gorgeous lying in his palm. Layers of mucus, tired bags under your eyes, and all.

But sometimes it’s hard to feel beautiful inside or out with wings dyed black and pointed horns replacing the light of your halo.

—

A delicate, painted fingertip wipes a stray bead of drool from your face. The other hand is busy at your head, gently combing the tangles from your still-damp hair with the tiniest heart-shaped hairbrush. Asmodeus had been ecstatic the day it arrived, practically bowling over Levi before snatching the Akuzon package from his arms with a squeal.

It was a ritual at this point, the way he pampered you after letting you out. Swaddling you in a soft, lilac-scented hand towel warmed by the gentle breeze of his hairdryer, wiping you clean as he hummed a familiar tune.

“Baby, you want my love


No matter who you are


I want you to show me


I fell in love with someone


Besides myself for the first time”

He didn’t need to be the “Jewel of the Heavens” with you as his jewel, a precious pearl to tuck away beside his heart where all the things he loves live.

And he had so, so much love to give.

—

Gluttony

Beelzebub was on the verge of snapping when you came to him.

He was breathing heavily when you found his monstrous, horned silhouette hunched over the empty refrigerator. Frightened eyes were glazed over with a hunger that threatened to swallow you up with their very gaze. His mouth opened in a silent plea- perhaps an apology for eating your favorite pudding- but it was drowned out by the roar of his stomach.

Sometimes it felt as if no amount of food could put out the fire that raged within him. The burning sensation could only be briefly dulled by each cooling mouthful that slid down his throat. But then it was gone, claimed by the emptiness inside him that demanded “more.”

But you… you were different.

Simply being around you made him feel full, and for that he was ever grateful. But sometimes he needed more than a feeling. He needed to be sure you were there, to know that you were alive. To feel the weight of that missing piece that left him the day that he fell, your warmth reassuring him that his choices were the right one.

But despite what he needed, he still required your explicit permission to take it.

“Can I…?”

“Of course.”

With your words, Beelzebub gave himself over to his gluttony. He didn’t mind the demon he had become, as long as his strength could help protect you. Or perhaps you were the one protecting him? He wasn’t sure. But one thing was for certain.

No demon in hell could devour you as lovingly as he did that night.

—

Sloth

Beneath the attic room comforter, an incoherent mumble could be heard from a demon-sized lump in the sheets.

Belphegor rolled onto his stomach as he nestled deeper into his nest of blankets. It didn’t take long at all for a lazy smile to crawl across the Avatar of Sloth’s face. Even though you were undoubtedly squashed in this position, he could still feel your tiny hands working their magic just like he had asked.

Oh, how you spoiled him rotten.

It was hard not to with the way Belphegor expressed his desires so plainly. To borrow your jacket to use as a pillow, to keep quiet to Lucifer about skipping classes, to stroke his hair while he lay on your lap. The others weren’t too thrilled with your coddling, but Belphie couldn’t care less.

After all, they had gotten so much more time with you than he had. They got to know you, to love you, to taste you… all before you even knew his name.

Belphegor was the Avatar of Sloth, not envy. But there was once a time when the unmistakable tingling warmth of his twin indulging in you left the bitter aftertaste of jealousy on his tongue. It was a strange feeling, his brother’s affection for a human. One that, until recently, he couldn’t quite understand. And at the time, he had no desire to.

Nowadays the sensation was far from unwelcome. But ever since that night at the castle when he gifted you his pact, Belphegor had found that he much preferred having you all to himself in person. All to himself…

A small yawn escaped the youngest’s mouth as mind wandered to his twin. Could he feel it too, he wondered? The phantom weight of your touch?

…Perhaps he’d ask Beel about it later. But for now, he had a very important nap to get to.

—

Neither of you were conscious enough to know it, but that night as Beelzebub carried his brother down to his own bed and tucked him in, he whispered not one, but two good-nights.

[leatherbookmark]

screaming the OP of the prev has this in their pinned post

ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS ETC ETC

[teh-nos]

sometimes the clue that a tumblr post isn't true/accurate is that most of the 100,000 notes are some variation of someone saying "i had no idea!", "today i learned!" or "can't believe they hid this from us!"

sometimes you just haven't heard of something, sometimes you're enthusiastically reblogging a bunch of nonsense and the reason you'd never heard about it before is that the OP made it up.

[astrid-beck]

I have to agree with you, I mean if somebody embodies catholic guilt....

Caleb Widogast was raised with the empire style christian-inflected "walk in the light of the dawnfather" religion but also he believes in sin and the soul and damnation and heaven. And while many would have you believe these are areligious concepts I won't be fooled.

[skrunksthatwunk]

ive started a brainstorming doc for the kaiji koi-koi fic and a large large amount of it is just trying to figure out what works about kaiji and how i can innovate without diverging too much from the tone or themes etc. anyway ive been thinking about how the modifications fkmt makes to the games in kaiji function (i.e. minefield mahjong, restricted rps, one poker, etc), and how they each tie into key traits/feelings of playing to original versions. minefield mahjong centers and intensifies the feeling of waiting on a crucial tile while trying not to leave too much of a trail, one poker leans heavily into the bluffing via raising/calling elements of poker, and rrps sort of flips rps' main issue(?) on its head by removing its arbitrariness (while preserving at first the illusion of arbitrariness), and thus making it like.. something you can win via strategy and not just luck. ANYWAY i think ive figured out the key thread to pull for koi-koi and im very excited about that