#SPEAKS ENGLISH AND IS QUEER???

[menacewithawolfcut]

if this post reaches 500 notes, i will start a podcast where i will talk about my fictional crushes in a totally unhinged manner, like britanny broski talks about masked men, traumadump without anyone asking for it, and about various topics that make my serotonin levels go brrr (mostly about art, history/culture and queer stuff), video essay-ish-style, but executed in a worst way possible

[aprillikesthings]

There is something deeply funny to me about the fact that, of people who pray the rosary (at least in the United States); the Catholics tend to be super conservative, and the Episcopalians/Anglicans tend to be gay.

[houkagokappa]

Bless Mokumokuren for outright stating that the genre tags for Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu have never changed, i.e. the official site never dropped the "BL" tag from the series as it got more popular to reach a wider audience. It's been a persistent rumor in the fandom, and one I'm afraid will start circulating again once the anime starts airing.

If you mainly follow English language sources, please remember that whatever tags different anime and manga sites, databases, aggregators etc., either add or leave out don't always reflect the author's intent and the official sources, and should NOT be used to argue for what genre or demographic a certain work belongs to. It can just be random people claiming whatever they want based on their own interpretations and I've seen plenty of errors and real time changes to them based on new chapter developments, that might help catch the attention of some people, but don't suddenly change the genre of the work itself.

Not having BL as a genre tag also doesn't mean that a work can't include any boys loving. The queer themes have always been present in HGSN, and if you're up to date with the manga, they've been outright stated. Having queer characters or a queer story line doesn't automatically mean that a work is BL or yuri, and not including those tags doesn't mean that it's just "baiting". This gets brought up so much I think Mokumokuren's gotten tired of it, because the other day they clearly spelled it out for everyone, assuring that the story is queer, although it's not tagged as BL or focused on romance.

Here's what they shared on their Bluesky account:

The genre tag and advertising direction on the official website have never changed since the beginning of serialization. From the beginning, it has been consistently promoted as a "coming-of-age horror" within the official reach. (It's also true that the official reach is very limited…) Whatever the genre tag is, and even if this story isn't a romance, as the author, I guarantee that it is a queer story. There seems to be a persistent false rumor going around that "the author suddenly removed the BL tag from the official website by the 3rd volume," but the truth is that there was never an official BL tag from the beginning. (This is not to deny any queerness.)

And further back:

My opinion that the genre of The Summer Hikaru Died is something that the readers are free to think about on their own remains unchanged, but I view it as a story that sympathizes with those who have been left out of stories about love and sex, so I describe it as "coming-of-age horror." I think the key is the fear of not being “normal” and not having a place to belong, which is common for all kinds of people regardless of their attributes. I think it's fine for queer stories that aren't romances to exist. That's why I've been careful not to position it as a love story from the start.

Let's stop obsessing over tags and allow queer stories to exist and thrive, even when they lack a clear romantic plot or subplot and are more subdued.

[the---hermit]

You know how last year i was absolute shit at my goal of starting to learn french again ?? well I am not saying this is the year it changes, but I have decided to start watching videos on french booktube and maybe this is will work??? I can understand a good 90% if the person doesn't speak too quickly, I am engaged, maybe MAYBE I can get a bit of french in my routine

[can-vas-ron-ald]

Hello.

I am Ronald Olegovich Novikov, I am 17 years old and my home country is Russia. I am queer and ace. He/him. Maybe she/they also, I don't know. Favorite color is blue, favorite food is raspberries.

English is second language, do not be rude.

My askbox is open, use it.

People from my universe: @canvasdavidgobrrr @devious-devious @kenasachick @canvasbrendamillerbabe @pamcookingspray

People from other universe: @jacksonsmithforreal @real-pamela-lopez @x-ercampbelll @definitelydaymiller @brenda-miller-forreal @200percent-timothy-jd @itsmejolie @yourstrulyelijah @ken-okamoto-official @normanfuckingrockwell11 @lovemariahb @ricky-fr-fr @martyforreal @coffeeandcats4life @dylan-mylastnamehasntbeensaid @baileyserveslattes @jdcharl @ownerofcup-o-cat @harrycampbell4132 @hardyharharuokamato @lucyfurr-jd @williammillerjd @wowlookatmeimsohandsom @mama-miller-jd

Things: @atvstatic @defsnotdeathnote @scribbler-scribbler

Me, but more nice: @the-official-rocking-russian-man

Rules: No inappropriate asks/replies/comments, I am still a minor no matter how I look. You can ask things about fast-pass. You cannot spam ask me things. You can talk to me in DM if you want. You cannot be homophobic and/or transphobic. I do not own this character, or any of the ones mentioned above, they belong to Paola Batalla.

Have a good day.

[squigglesquarepants]

It makes me so deeply upset that people don’t seem to be able to let two ideas coexist. Yeah, the US is an imperialistic state thats only interested on getting more power and will destroy any country from the inside just to get it. And Maduro’s also a horrible fucking dictator who doesn’t give a shit about his country or the people living it, an illegitimate figure and also a fucking lunatic. He did say free palestine, but let me ask you something: do you actually think he cares??? do you actually think he’s doing something??. Apparently fucking hitler could say free palestine and you fucking performative activists and pretend communists would run to his defense. and also:

YOUR VOICE DOESNT MATTER MORE THAN VENEZUELAN VOICES, SHUT THE FUCK UP

[fructidors]

falsettos in yiddish. that's the post

[lesbicastagna]

by the way. june (first ever yaoi magazine) 1988 number with keiko takemiya cover and devilman ova ad on the back.

credit of the pics @ Ioglady on twitter. tried to find scans from mandarake or similars but, as is often the case with old magazines, didn't have any luck.

[nblemons]

im kind of like if a prince wasnt a man but instead a kittycat who just happens to be shaped guy-like

[b4kuch1n]

more sk8. I think the cindereki stuff is extremely stupid but I am not immune to trying to conceptualize a princess gown in any setting

[queer-crusader]

Man this day has taken it fucking out of me

[overleftdown]

"farleigh is a mirror of oliver" "oliver is a mirror of farleigh" "farleigh and oliver are reflections of each other"

bro i'm the mirror of farleigh. u speak on his name and ur speaking on mine istg this is a personal battle that i'm waging from the front lines. he's ME. there's just something so real and relatable about him...

[not-so-superheroine]

i am really struggling to read Wicked so i started to read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz instead.

[natjennie]

NOT TWINKY THE KID

[the---hermit]

Not me adding annotations to a book to make it more accessible for my mom when she will read it

[tatatasoma]

hi! just wanna say here, I stream on my twitch channel sometimes! come say hi if you want