#a deep cut

[the-barefoot-hatter]

https://youtu.be/w_Hepr4XSJg?t=239&si=Xc1gB6Tl-UWBjbAI Found what you were referencing, now I have a cheesy sitcom to watch! 😍

HOOOOLY MOLY. you found it~! Yes!

You win~!

[tributary]

my grandma started bleeding out in front of me as a kid so i take first aid/stop the bleed stuff very seriously

[lef2right]

Merchant of the next wave

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Knowledge Revenge.

[eemcintyre]

“Words and music. After Eddie died, there wasn’t any more music.”

Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), dir. Martin Davidson

[dogsliampaynedoesntinstagram]

I tend to think that people saying that someone is queerbaiting is pretty inconsequential and not high risk. ////

I'm not sure what you mean by "pretty inconsequential and not high risk"? Because i think it's a big risk for acceptance as a member of the queer community by the queer community. It's also a risk for people's perception of him as genuine and authentic, and not just gay for pay. It's affecting his reputation.

If an artist is rejected by the queer community, they might as well consider themselves cancelled. You need queer people on your side and for them to consider you cool.

Queer people are the opinion leaders when it comes to pop artists. If you're not in, then you won't stand a chance. Harry's percieved queerbaiting and his statements about the queer community aren't exactly endearing him to them. So i think he should take the queerbaiting accusations seriously and not dismiss it.

Thanks anon - these are really interesting thoughts and I will try and explore what I think a little bit more and respond to what you're saying.

I think I need to start by saying that I don't think 'queerbaiting' is real and I don't think it has ever been real. The idea that the reason for ambiguous depictions of queerness is not that someone has set a trap is and has always been absurd. For me the idea of queerbaiting has nothing to do with anything that is interesting about queer culture.

Obviously other people feel differently, but for me one of the questions is how deeply that feeling actually goes. A lot of it seems to me just about chatting shit - and not very deeply held. Now it's possible to shitpost things into existence (both wonders and horrors). But I haven't yet seen an example where people saying that someone is a queerbaiter online, having any actual impact from that person.

A couple of thoughts about what you are saying. First of all I think the idea that there's a singular queer community that could either accept or reject an individual queer person is just not how it works. There are many queer communities - with many different norms and values. And any queer figure who has been in the public eye (straight or gay) has had other queer people who fucking hated them. To go back to the bears - the gay liberation movement protested Larry Grayson for not being out. I think there are plenty of queer people who love and engage with Harry - and don't see much sign that's at risk.

You say that rejection of an artist by a queer community is akin to cancellation. If I agreed it'd be because I think both the possibility and impact of both are massively overstated.

You seem to see accusations of 'queerbaiting' as being something that could spread and poison the whole community. I see them more as something people who don't like Harry say. It's hard to tell. We don't actually know what impact people making fun of Harry int he aftermath of DWD had on him. My feeling is that 'queerbaiting' is currently just chatting shit, and will continue to be, unless one day suddenly it isn't.

[inkskinned]

having good & true friends will literally save and protect you in a million unfathomable ways. like okay we have written so many times about lovers. but the way a platonic friend laughs and cries with you. the way they hold your hand at 14 years old and at 34. the way they keep a little silver tie to you, touching base over and over and over. how you can go years without talking, only to re-meet and discover: oh shit! you're still cool!

there are people who have been in my life for more than half of it, and i have loved every version of them. do you know how fucking beautiful that is. yeah love will save the world. but the way friends love you is gonna save the you.

[eyerealm]

[chloesimaginationthings]

Every FNAF artist goes through this..

[woosh-floosh-art]

What post Side Order does to you

[gomigomipomi]

Grand Festival is amazing! Hope everyone is enjoying it and happy Splatfest! :)

[cementforourteeth]

"Sleep is for suckers,

Rest in the dust for a while."

[onebadnoodle]

splatoon back on the brain. did a doodle of big man as an inkling

[stupjam]

real deep cut, off the hook, squid sisters

[hinamie]

"I'll show you every day that choosing to live was worth it"

some of my favourite scenes from @hijinks-n-lowjinks' fic things i would miss from the other side . this fic tore my heart out fr but like in a good way and i wanted to pay it homage the only way i know how <3

[ze-pie]

rap battle!