#also Clexa crack

[anansianansi]

Day 4, Clexmas 2023:

Snowed In

It’s nearing their final hour on the road; the playlist has long since switched to the slower side of the AI-operated spectrum, the dreary winter afternoon is giving way to an even drearier evening, and Lexa still won’t tell her where they’re going. “Are we there yet?”

Lexa turns her head, blinking owlishly through thick, horn-rimmed driving glasses - the newest addition to her ever-growing arsenal. “Twenty minutes, I promise, Grumpasaurus Rex.”

Clarke says nothing, letting her eyes linger on Lexa’s taut jawline as her full lips stretch into that lazy half-smile she knows so well. This nonchalant nerd-chic thing is totally working for her. But oh shit, she certainly wasn’t expecting that little gush. Squirming, Clarke bites back a groan - great, now she’s grumpy and horny.

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[butmakeitgayblog]

I think your understanding of canon Clexa and their characterization/dynamics is really spot on, which makes me really excited to read your canon story. The ask about canon Clarke being Loud made me wonder what your take would be on how their first time went? It’s obviously a scene that’s been written in fanfic a ton but since you seem to be against the typical “heda got fucked into a nap” narrative I’d love to know what the version of events is in your head?

Oh no, I do believe Lexa got fucked into a nap 😂

I just don't believe that was all that happened, nor that it happened the way a lot of people think 👀

Sorry in advance for the rant.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't agree with some people's fandom interpretation of Lexa being this ultimately hesitant/demure or reserved person. At least not when it comes to how she expresses herself romantically. Now, I'm not shitting on the people who do see her like that and have written her like that for canon by any means because it's certainly understandable given the way she carries herself overall. I do get it.

But to me at least, Lexa is not a reserved person. Not when she's interested in someone. Not romantically, and certainly not physically.

From the very second she decided she was going to go for what she wanted with Clarke - when she decided to be honest and active about her feelings - what did she do? How did she behave?

Well. She took the reins and kissed Clarke exactly how she'd been wanting to kiss her for days

She took command and pushed into the feel of it and chased Clarke's lips to stretch the moment as long as she could

Yes she backed off when Clarke pulled away and said not yet, but that doesn't negate the fact that she very much did exactly what she wanted to do. That doesn't negate the fact that Lexa slipped her hand through Clarke's hair and tugged her in by the neck and kissed the living shit out of her simply because she wanted to.

Now here's where things get jumbled up imo and where people kind of... lose sight of Lexa for who she is. Because after this comes the mountain and then the subsequent betrayal, and after that Lexa is left hanging in this weird love/hate limbo (Clarke's, not hers. Obviously.) Was Lexa reserved during that time? Yes. Because she was trying to be respectful. She assumed Clarked hated her and would probably never forgive her. She felt she'd already done enough damage to ruin any hope for a relationship between them, so all that was left was to be respectful and love Clarke from afar. (That's glossing over many instances of Lexa still, STILL, showing her affections outright i.e. touching her when Emerson charged at her, the vow, showing up to Clarke's room dressed like a harlot a relaxed woman who just happened to like showing a whole lotta leg. You get it)

Which brings us to the afternoon Clarke was going to leave, and my God the girl was devastated. She was holding it together because that's what Lexa's does. Because Lexa was used to losing everyone she ever cared about. That's just how her life went. But also she was trying her best to keep it all together for Clarke's sake. To not make the decision of going back to Arkadia any harder for her than she knew it already was.

But even then, even in her facade of strength for both of their sake, Lexa still gave in and showed Clarke the crack in her armor. Lexa was methodical in everything shw did, and yet still she let slip, "That's why I...". Because she knew. She knew Clarke would understand what she was saying even when she wasn't ready to actually hear it. She let it "slip" because if that was going to be the last time they were together, she needed to at least know that she'd put it out there. That Clarke could carry that with her forever, if she chose to.

And then Clarke fucking kissed her.

Not once, but twice. Lexa gave her a chance to pull and think it over because of how shaky everything still was, but then Clarke leaned in and kissed her again.

And Lexa didn't hesitate again for one goddamn second after that.

Instead she kissed Clarke deeper than she'd kissed her before. Ran nervous hands all over her and caressed at her wherever she could.

She held Clarke close and actually tasted her with all the hunger she'd been pushing down for weeks (whew, thank you Alycia😮‍💨🫦).

She quite literally took Clarke's hands and tugged her to her bed. Like??? Heda really said through body language "oh we are going to fuck" (but... sweeter)

Yes she was patient and gave Clarke a chance to say no because, again, she was still very aware of how tenuous this seeming forgiveness probably was in Clarke's eyes. But that doesn't change the fact that she made it clear what she wanted. She put her affection and her yearning - all of her vulnerability right out there for Clarke to take or leave, and she did it in way that there was no mistaking exactly what she was asking for.

But Clarke didn't pull away, and what did Lexa do?

She grabbed her again. She pushed their intimacy forward again. She tugged Clarke down to the bed and not only gave herself to Clarke, but also took everything she had wanted.

So you see, Lexa was never passive in her expressions of attraction toward Clarke. She was never truly hesitant when it came to physically going for what she wanted when it came to wanting to be intimate with her. She kissed Clarke and she touched Clarke and she reached out for her time and again without shame, only stopping herself when Clarke put a stop to things because Lexa would never take something Clarke didn't openly give.

Which makes me believe Lexa would've been even less reserved when she was finally, finally, allowed to do all the things she'd yearned for. Yes she'd given Clarke the control to begin with because they both needed that kind of reassurance in their intimacy, but afterward? When it was Lexa's turn to show Clarke exactly how much she wanted her?

I believe Lexa would've been exactly who she always was when it came to being in love: giving and expressive, unabashed in her naked want. I think she would've kissed Clarke until their mouths ached and tasted every drop Clarke had to give. I think she would've begged Clarke to moan for her just so she could have those memories of making her lose control to keep with her forever. I think she would've fucked Clarke like it was their first and last time all rolled into one, because as far Lexa knew, that's exactly what it was. I think she would've teased her just to see Clarke smile and then teased her just to hear her whine. I think she would've done everything to stretch the afternoon out even while knowing they were racing against the clock. And I don't think she would've felt hesitant about any of it. Not about giving herself entirely to Clarke, both dominantly and submissively.

Cuz yeah Miss Lexa was a very happy camper after round one

But she sure as hell still wasn't shy about having her own turn

[tevantarlos]

Hurting People's Favorite Character's Is Not Entertaining

The writers of 911 thought it would be entertaining to hurt both Buck and Tommy, with the excuse of 'Buck needs to fuck around and play the field and explore himself'. Which not only leaves Tommy alone and heartbroken, but regresses Buck's character back to the simple playboy manwhore that he was in season 1. So much for any growth he showed in the last few seasons.

The writers of The Magicians wanted to hurt Queliot fans by giving Eliot man pain over losing his best friend + deep emotional pain over losing the love of his life, which comes from losing the same person as Q was both Eliot's best friend, and the love of his life.

The writers of BTVS wanted to further Willow's plot by killing off Tara. Instead of having them go the route of showing love can conquer all, they turn Willow into a killer, and then have her best friend show up for her and pull the love conquer's all trope from there.

The writers of South of Nowhere were constantly using Ashley's bisexuality as a means to create drama between her and Spencer. Ashley's former relationship with Aiden is brought up numerous times, and the fact that they were going to have a baby together, but it ended in miscarriage, created a large crack in the Spashley relationship. Also doesn't help that Ashley had many other personal issues with noncaring parents, Spencer's mother hating her for "turning" her daughter gay, judgement from lesphobic assholes at school and in Spencer's own brother, Glen.

The writers for Queer as Folk thought they were being edgy or cool by making Brian an asshole and playboy through the entire show, but all it really did was piss off fans. Brian and Justin spend the whole show trying to be together, fighting Brian's emotional issues from having homophobic parents, dealing with Justin's homophobic parents, Justin getting nearly killed, Brian dealing with the fact that he thinks he's only capable of fucking around and not finding love, and when he finally does at the end of the show, he pushes Justin away with the excuse of putting Justin and his career first. Tell me why Brian couldn't have moved to New York to be with Justin? Just saying. He could've opened another branch of Kinnetik there, and Justin still would've been able to grow his career, grow as a person, but also continue in the relationship with Brian, and be allowed to be happy. The writers of the 100 killed off Lexa because the actress needed more time for her to be on FTWD, which is just stupid. They could've put in some kind of storyline where Lexa went missing, but instead they furthered the 'bury your gays' trope and pissed off all the Lexa and Clexa fans with that bullshit. Showing that once again, gays/lesbians/bisexuals, don't get to be happy.

The writers of Glee did a number on Blaine's character. He's bullied for being gay, harassed and nearly blinded for sticking up for his boyfriend. He's ignored by his boyfriend because of a job, written as a cheater because of his insecurities, made to date his former boyfriend's high school bully when he both knows how horrible being bullied is in the first place, and more than likely knows how horrible Dave made Kurt feel when Kurt was in high school. Blaine doesn't have much of a support system. We barely ever see him with the Warblers, when he joins McKinley, those people are mainly on Kurt's side as they were his friends first, though Tina and Sam are later shown as closer to Blaine than Kurt. His brother is shown only once on the show, and his parents, too, which goes to show that they don't really support Blaine or are there for him. I mean, sure, he got his happy ending and he and Kurt get married, but Kurt is really all he has. So tell me, is Blaine really happy? His family isn't in much in his life, he has two best friends, but they're off living their lives most of the time, and Kurt is focused on his career, so Blaine's basically alone. Oh, and also, apparently Sebastian ends up alone. Which, another gay man ends up sad, miserable and alone? Color me shocked. /s Why the hell would gay men/lesbians/bisexuals want to watch shows with characters like themselves when they just aren't written well? Why are these three kinds of people/characters doomed to not be allowed to be fully happy?

[dysco-lymonade]

You had to know at least one person was going to ask your top 5 Clexa fanfics right?

I don’t think I could pick a Top 5 overall. There are so many amazing clexa fics and writers out there.

So, I will give you the major 5 that stuck with me and helped introduce me to the lovely Clexa tropes that I adore. Keep in mind that I came into the fandom in like 2019 so they’re mostly more recent fics.

In no particular order.

1. Might as Well by @thatonewherelexasachef

The fake dating trope done so well that I can never keep them off of my mind. She knows what she did with this one! And knows how much I adore those two idiots.

2. Don’t Wanna Be Your Girl by @femininenachos

One of the first Clexa Crack fics I ever read, and it changed my life 😂 I now live and die by Clexa Crack

3. A Pleasant Undoing @mopeytropey

The first modern AU clexa I read and it is just absolutely chef’s kiss

4. Heart Upon the Southern Ground by @sassymajesty

It’s one of the first fics I’ve read while also adoring Costia!

5. My Best Friend’s Wedding by @butmakeitgayblog

It’s mutual pining, and idiocy, and based off of a fantastic 90s rom-com. What’s not to love? I’m here for the tropes!

[kpforpresident]

Whaaaaat's NY AU Clexa's favorite part of the city to hang out in? (Separately and/or together)

Our girls are die hard Brooklyn ladies, but will venture into Greenwich Village occasionally for dinner, to catch up with Abby (she works at the hospital there), or grab drinks with some of Lexa's law school friends.

While Lexa is a city transplant, having moving into NY for undergrand, Clarke is a born and bred New Yorker and frequently jokes that with the help of Jake she was hailing cabs before she could walk.

They also love the Chelsea flea market, and Clarke usually wakes up at the crack of dawn on summer Saturdays to drag Lexa out of bed to make the 40 minute trek north, practically vibrating out of her skin with excitement on the subway as she shoves an iced coffee in a sleepy Lexa's hands to appease her tired girlfriend.

They'll occasionally head to the Upper East side to let Clarke drag Lexa through the MoMa, or stop in at the Guggenheim to wander through the exhibits on a rainy afternoon.

They love their city and adore exploring all of the dive bars, flea markets, thrift stores, and farmer's markets it has to offer.

[lexa-griffins]

Which Lexa would give that face on that Alycia crack meme?

Rory sent me the picture before they posted it and i said it gave me "popular Lexa during that angsty period where she feels like Clarke is only focused on her own pleasure" vibes.

But its also very much a mama Lexa face sjdjdof makes me think of anytime like farm clexa makes a pregnancy announcement and Clarke acts like they are both sharing a load here when it comes to the pregnancy as if Lexa isnt the ome waddling around! It never last long because a pregnant Lexa is a Lexa /obsessed/ with Clarke, even more so than usual, but when Clarke annoys her, she is gonna get the blank stare of annoyance only Lexa knows how to deliver 😌

[audi0med1c]

Out-of-Context Snippets of My Story (pt13?) :

****Lexa and Luna reflect on their conclave in a moment of reconciliation. (Fleshing out Lexa’s trauma/ their childhood has been one of my favorite parts of this story besides *Clexa*)

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"Is there anything else you need from me Commander?"

                                                                                             Lexa's voice is monotone, "What's that supposed to mean?" 

Luna steps up right next to Lexa to stand shoulder to shoulder, hands clasped behind her, also looking straight ahead out over the balcony, also keeping her voice monotone, "Is there anything else you require of me, before I return home, to Flokru?" 

Lexa's eyes flick sideways, and Luna meets them, clearly straining to keep her face hardened but her dark eyes convey the reluctance of the decision.  

 "Is that what you want? To leave?" Lexa's head cocks slightly to the side. 

The older girl bites the inside of her cheek. 

"I don't need to stay if my presence only does more damage, or is only a reminder...of everything." 

Lexa doesn't answer right away.  Her tongue slides back and forth along the inside of her teeth as she clenches her jaw.  As angry as she's been at the mere sight of Luna lately, the thought of her leaving the capital hits her like a punch to the stomach.  

"Always with the dramatics," The commander finally sighs, "I see that's not changed since you were 14."  

Luna cocks an eyebrow, "You're one to talk." 

The corner of Lexa's mouth twitches, "And if I still need you here?" 

"Well do you?" Asks Luna.

Lexa pulls her bottom lip between her teeth, shifting her weight between her feet, looking down shyly.  A quick burst of shame radiates through her body knowing the answer, still unable to overcome her lifetime of conditioning that it's weakness to feel it.  It was an answer she'd wanted to tell her old friend for years but never got the chance, having never known where Luna ran off to into hiding. Lexa had mourned her as if she in fact had died in their  conclave.  

"I never stopped needing you." Lexa says quietly.

Luna looks at the girl next to her, without her armor, without her red sash or her warpaint, and so clearly sees the little girl she grew up with, who she snuck off to their secret spot on the bluffs with, who she made secret handshakes with, giggled with over childish things when the guards weren't around. The girl who had so much light inside of her, surrounded by men doing everything in their power to dim it, to harden her. The girl who was more fierce and resilient than anyone, always destined for greatness. 

Luna leans sideways, nudging the commander's shoulder with her own. 

"I'm sorry I just disappeared, and wasn't there for you all those years, Lex." 

The words crash over Lexa like a tidal wave, washing the rest of her bravado out from her body. She sniffles and twitches her nose, blinking a few times to keep herself composed. 

"Why was it me?" Lexa asks, keeping her eyes looking out towards the balcony. 

Luna isn't sure exactly what the commander is asking, but keeps her eyes straight ahead.  

"Why was what you?" Luna asks back.  

"If you were going to run, why didn't you run before the conclave started? Before you had to..."  Lexa doesn't finish... they both know she's referring to Luna's brother – her actual blood brother – who she was matched up against in the first round.   

"I didn't know I was going to." Luna responds, "I was just as brainwashed as you from those teachings." Luna takes a deep breath, "As soon as it  started, I knew I would win if I wanted, but I also realized I couldn't do what needed to be done to win."

"But you still..."

"I didn't have much choice Lexa!" Luna says dejectedly, her voice cracks slightly, like she was lifting off a weight she had been carrying ever since that day. "It happened so fast. As soon as the horn blew his eyes went black and he charged at me, hard.  Like it was easy.  Like he had been waiting for that moment.  And maybe he had."

Luna's brother had always been in her shadow, always trying to prove himself in training that he was just as fast, just as strong. But year after year no one could best Lexa or Luna but each other. It felt like an unspoken truth when they were all gathered to start the ritual death match, that it would be one of them two who would be the last alive by the end of the day.  Maybe it was resentment that drove him at his sister in that first round, or maybe he had accepted his fate and just wanted it over quickly. Either way, Luna's superior reflexes reacted on their own in self-defense, and it only took two swift motions of her sword before she was cradling her brother's body in her arms as he bled out.  

When she was told Lexa was her match was for the second round, she broke entirely. 

"What would you have done?" Luna asks after a minute of silence. 

"If I were you?" Lexa questions.

"If I hadn't run." Luna says. 

More silence, as Lexa fights back all the emotions entwined with her memories of their conclave and the days immediately after.  Her most haunting memory was being laid out on a table to receive her spine tattoo right after the flame was put in her neck. Her cuts on her body hadn't even fully scabbed over yet, but the elders required her to be marked to symbolize her victory.  

 It had felt like anything but victory. She remembers lying there, staring at a spot on the wall, hoping Titus would attribute her tears to the pain of the needle. She silently apologized, and said her goodbyes in her head with each circle she felt being drawn into her skin.

"So? What would you have done, huh?" Luna repeats, shaking Lexa from her memory. 

Lexa swallows thickly and throws a coy side-eye at Luna, "I guess I'd have one more circle inked onto my back."  It's a weak attempt to keep it light, to mask the horrors from that day.  

"Your ego was always unmatched." Luna scoffs, rolling her eyes, "But I'm serious. Had we stood there in the second round when the horn blew, what would you have done?" 

The smug grin drops from Lexa's face, "I don't know Luna, I was fucking twelve! I didn't think I had any other options!"  Her heartrate spikes at her own defensiveness, and the young faces, one after another flash through her mind - the faces of those she grew up with, trained with, laughed with, comforted. She hadn't wanted to kill any of them. But more than that she was a young girl who just didn't want to die. Truly the most basic human instinct, triggered within a body trained since infancy only to fight. 

"You knew what he would have done to us if we had refused." Lexa says meekly. It wasn't uncommon to see fellow nightbloods punished in front of the rest, to be made an example of for any misconduct. But Lexa's were the ones that were dealt in secret, under the cover of darkness, usually in her own quarters. Titus' star student had a secret that even the elders did not want getting out.

Being susceptible to emotions - especially love - was too big a liability for the girl they all assumed would be commander when the time came, and they took special interest in molding her into exactly what they wanted from an early age. They needed her callous. They needed her obedient. 

They needed her heartless. 

She'd tried keeping the beatings secret from Luna as well, but Luna wasn't gullible like Costia. She always knew. It was unspoken between them, when Luna would go just a tad easy on her the days she could tell Lexa was trying to hide a limp, or could tell she couldn't bend or dodge quite as fast due to a bruised back. 

 Luna of all people knew Lexa wasn't being injured like that during training.

"I couldn't protect you, Lex." Luna utters, "I didn't know what to do, and I hated myself for it." 

"It wasn't your job to protect me." Replies Lexa stiffly. 

It's a different kind of phantom pain, to grow up without parents. To long for something, for someone you never actually knew to begin. To feel like some part of you is forever lost out in the world like a ghost, who you might have been.  Being abandoned - or worse, stolen - as a baby, it's a void as deep as the ocean to crave that sense of belonging, to crave that parental protection, especially enduring the things they did as kids. 

"I think about them... sometimes," Lexa says indifferently, "...my parents."  She steps towards the opening to the balcony, leaning against the wall where the curtains hang and crosses her arms. 

"You think they ever think about us?" She asks Luna. 

"Mine are dead to me, as I'm sure I am to them." The girl responds coldly, walking up to stand next to Lexa again. 

 Lexa sighs, "It's okay to miss them." 

"What's there to miss? I don't even know what they looked like."  Luna turns to look next to her, shaking her head, "The person I needed most taught me I didn't need anybody..." She catches a glint in the green eyes staring sadly back at her, "...except you." She adds, nudging the commander with her elbow. 

 "As fucked up as Titus' teachings were....you can't say it didn't make us stronger." 

"We were children, Lex." Luna says sharply, "We didn't need to be stronger. We didn't need to be fearless. We needed to be safe."     

Lexa nods and stares back out at the city, breathing in through her nostrils deeply.  She doesn't think she's ever truly felt safe her entire life.  Someone in her position, with her power, she doubts she ever will. 

"You're really gonna make me ask, aren't you?" Says Lexa. 

Luna shrugs, "I mean it would be nice to hear, so yeah." 

Lexa faces Luna fully, relaxing her stance, "Don't leave me again. Please, stay." She resists the urge to reach out for Luna's hand, "Help me ensure no Natblida will ever have to go through what we did." 

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credits to @pillowfortkingdom for the amazing fanart that when I saw it knew exactly where in my story it fit into 🥺

read the full story on wattpad here or archive here

[handlewithcharacter]

I was reading your tags for Kara/Lena and Drarry and got so curious about the supergirl fandom what happened??? Was the supergirl actress homophobic?? The one who was in glee and that’s why she wasn’t?!?

OH MY GOD OKAY I AM SO SORRY FOR WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN

The place? San Diego Comic Con. The year? 2017. Everything seems normal. Casts of shows are doing interviews, cracking jokes, it's a good time. And then the Supergirl cast are interview by MTV. And Jeremy Jordan sings a little musical recap of the previous season, in which he jokes that Kara and Lena are just friends. Well, I say joked...he very enthusiastically insists they're just friends. It is, shall we say, tactless. The cast seems surprised but are all laughing to various extents. Later on in the interview they're asked about shipping, and Jeremy Jordan says he's probably going to get some hate for his having "debunked Supercorp." Melissa Benoist tells him that he's "very brave."

Thus ends the part of this story that physically takes place at Comic Con 2017, but the real drama is just getting started.

(the page break is here for dramatic effect, but also because this somehow got very long)

You have to understand, anon, this is in between the second and third seasons of Supergirl. Karamel (Kara and Mon-El) were season 2's highly divisive power couple and the Karamel stans were making it everyone's business to know they had come out of the season on top. And you'd think they'd be in the midst of a great ship war with Karolsen (Kara and James) who decided to just be friends at the start of the season, but nope! No, their big enemy was the Supercorp fans. It was heated. It was tense. There was a block list that got circulated.

I'd say the Supergirl ship wars were the worst I'd ever encountered, but I would go on to join the Timeless fandom, and learned the very hard lesson of why small fandoms and ship wars should not mix. That being said, I'd put the Supercorp/Karamel drama as worse than the Clexa/Bellarke drama, if that helps put things into context for you at all.

So, suffice it to say, the internet was in upheaval over this.

Since I was firmly on the Supercorp side of the Supercorp/Karamel divide at the time, I can't say with much certainty how Karamel shippers reacted, though I assume they were pleased with themselves. But Supercorp fans were not okay. See, anon, I don't know when you started your journey into fandom, but in case it was after this, 2017 was a much different time. Lesbian ships weren't really shipped with the intention of them becoming canon since it was only recently that lesbian ships had started becoming canon, and wlw fandom spaces were all still reeling from the Great Lesbian Purge of 2016, in which roughly 40% of the canon queer women on television were killed off during the television season. (To this day I will watch shows and a queer woman will unexpectedly die for seemingly only shock value, and I'll be horrified, until I see the date the episode aired. Spring of 2016? Yeah, that tracks. Deep sigh. Lost another one to the Bury Your Gays.) Lesbian ships did not have the strength in canon that straight ships had, or the mainstream nerd appeal that gay male ships had. Not only did you have to contend with bitter ship wars, you had to contend with everyone telling you that you shouldn't be shipping the ship in the first place, that having a vested interest in a ship that would never happen was a lost cause and a question of sanity. To be a fan of a wlw ship was to be shut down at every single turn when you weren't even asking to go down the road and were just looking to see a potential view.

(Supercorp was far from the only ship to ever have to put up with this. If you take a look at fandom history, you'll see this countless times. Heck, the Xena fans who wanted Xena to end up with Ares were very determined that the lesbians would not overtake their show.)

But for some people, Supercorp was their first wlw ship. Their first queer community. Their first validation that it wasn't wrong to look at the main character of an incredibly popular show and wonder what it would be like if she kissed her same-gender best friend. I sincerely hope, anon, that whatever flavor you may favor, you have found that kind of validation in your media. It's liberating.

And now here you had Jeremy Jordan and Melissa Benoist "debunking" the myth that Kara and Lena could ever have feelings for each other. In all ways except physical, it was like the Supercorp fandom had just participated in the ice bucket challenge. And, whether it was as part of the Supergirl fandom or elsewhere, the Supercorp fans had already been through hell. It got ugly. Then there were memes. Then there was a lot of hate tweeting. Then there were people yelling about the hate tweeting. Mostly everyone was just a weird mix of angry and sad. These were two actors, two of the leads on this show, engaging in this behavior. It was a gut punch when everyone was already down.

Friday night, Jeremy Jordan releases an apology. It's not really an apology. It's an "I'm sorry you're upset" with a lot of condemnation and self defense. It has the general vibes that we'd describe in 2023 as "it's not that deep," but instead of addressing it to the fans, he condescendingly addresses it "Hey Kids."

Yeah, he'd spend the weekend regretting that.

Sunday, Jeremy Jordan would put out another apology. It was a sincere one this time, admitting he messed up and didn't truly understand the implications of what he was saying or the deep roots of homophobia in fandom culture. Most people accepted this - he was an idiot who made a mistake. Time would tell if he made it again. (Spoiler alert: he did not.) Some people, however, are still mad.

And then there was Melissa Benoist. Mind you, I don't think she personally acknowledged any of this at all. But her publicist sent out a statement (according to the fact checking I'm doing as I write this, it was in a private email to a fan, who then posted the response to tumblr) that Melissa was a proven ambassador of LGBT acceptance, as shown by her work on Glee. Uh, yeah. So that became a meme.

This, more or less, is where our story ends, unless you count a since-deleted Blind Item put out by TVLine that may or may not have been about the cast of Supergirl (but was heavily speculated to be about the cast of Supergirl) in which someone overheard two actors fighting before an interview the following day about one of their behavior, that ended when the other said "I just can't talk about this right now." (I am so bummed I cannot link this article, anon, you have no idea.) (The leading theory was that Katie McGrath, who of course came to Supergirl already having amassed a sizable queer following from her role in Merlin and also possibly her role in Dracula, gave Mr. Jordan a piece of her mind about what was and wasn't acceptable to say to a queer fan.)

And that's my tale. In addition to the season they were promoting, the cast of Supergirl would go on to do four more seasons and manage to get out of the Arrowverse without overstaying their welcome or being cancelled unceremoniously. And they moved on. Jeremy Jordan went back to New York, where he returned to Broadway and Off-Broadway and he's soon to be Off-Off-Broadway in the premiere of The Great Gatsby: the Musical. He also along the way ended up playing one of Hallmark's very first gay main characters. Katie McGrath went on to be a bisexual character on an Irish show, do the audiobook narration for a lesbian period romance novel, and is a masked evil lady in the new John Wick tv show. And Melissa Benoist went on to do a lot of incredible things in her personal life that don't necessarily belong in this little essay I've written here.

Genuinely, I wish everyone in that cast all the best.

Anon, I am so sorry this got as long as it did. I hope this answered your question!

[celiastjamesoscar]

Sorry I was at work all day but jumped to open this when I got back!!!

I I dont mean to take @clexa-is-forever job, but I must give an analysis on this!

First off: Starting out with a drunk sword fight, did not expect that but it is genius! 😂

"You're beautiful Sam"

R speaking nothing but facts.

“Oh, thank you. I guess,” Sam trailed off at the end as she felt heat creep up the back of her neck. She’d been called pretty before, and even hot, but you were the first person ever to call her beautiful, and Sam loved it every time the sentence left your lips.

🥺poor baby. You're stunning Sammie!!!!

"You're insufferable"

"I know but you love it"

So, it's that type of relationship, eh 😏

Ok, bust seriously, Sam's hands are goals and I can't blame R

“They are a lot like you; rough, but under the surface, they are extremely soft.”

Why is this so accurate 😭

"I have thoughts about them as well. I wonder what they would feel like-"

😳... R, I'm gonna have to stop you right there for your own good ✋️

"If you ain't first, you're last!"

Is that a Ricky Bobby reference!?!?!?!?!?

"Swear fealty to me"

Sorry girl but I ain't swearing no shit to your short ass (Honestly would tho👀...)

"As the argument grew, you needed space from the loud noises. It wasn’t that you hated being around them; it was just loud noises drained your social battery, and you were ready for peace and quiet."

I am R and R is me

"You don’t know why a bench was up here, crackhead Mike probably brought it up one night, but you were thankful for it."

Crack head Mike being a wingman

Bro! All my scars (there's a lot) mostly have weird stories attached to them!

Anika, I love you, but rot in hell!!! Whyd you have to break it up!? Go find a ladder or something!

"Mi amor"

The way my eyebrows leapt off my head

There's so much more that I want to comment on like how I adored all of the roof scene but I gotta go get some college work done!!!!!

P.S. referring to your response to my last ask, of course I didn't ditch you! You're my favorite Sam author! I also missed chatting with you too! I'll def be sending in my thoughts then!

-🦝

I love reading people’s analyses on my work, so thank you for doing this!!!

My favorite troop is either asshole x asshole, or the “you’re insufferable” “I know but you love it” troop!!! Those two are my favorites!

Sam is just a lovable bear who gives the best hugs!

Nah but R was definitely about to embarrass herself when she was talking about Sam’s hands 😭 drunk words are sober thoughts

That was a Ricky Bobby reference!!!

I did project a little bit when R left because of the loud noises. That stuff just drains my social battery so much

Crackhead Mike has been bringing couples together since I don’t even know how long, but he’s good at his job!

You’re foul for the ladder 😭

Good luck with your collage work!!! I hope it’s going better than mine 😭

[userlaylivia]

I’m sorry to say this but season 7 was definitely canon. The show’s writers wrote it, it aired, that’s kinda what canon is.

Oh also did you see the results for you most popular poll?? It for a whopping 458 votes and almost 23 of them were for bellarke!!

well it isn't canon to me because in no world would clarke kill bellamy, people have to be smoking crack to believe that she couldn't do it in S4! And also fyi bellarke we're supposed to be endgame but jroth did a 180 at the last moment and did that shit storm instead!! also if you hate what I have to say so much don't go.on my blog! I'm bellarke until the day I die!! I did like clexa too but they don't compare at all to bellarke!

and um so???? it wasn't most popular ships lol it was which of my otps do you prefer and idgaf how many votes they had they still won lol and a lot of bellarke shippers were disappointed in S7 so left the fandom! it doesn't mean their not still the most popular! idek why you care honestly it's my blog I can do what I want!!

[thisisej]

Thanks for the tag Sam!

Q: How did you get into reading/writing/drawing femslash? A: I've been in the fic world since I was 15. Fic was a way for me to interact with my sexuality when I was closeted to everyone I knew. I didn't have any sort of queer community; the closest thing I had was the internet. It took me a little longer to pluck up the courage to share my F/F stories, so I appreciate the creative outlet that fandom and writing fic has given me!

Q: What are your favorite femslash ships? A: Korrasami, Bubbiline, Clexa, Allison/Lydia (teen wolf), and TogaChako!! I feel like there are more, but I'll probably remember after posting this! (edit: it was Catradora)

Q: Which F/F rarepair(s) do you wish got more love and why? A: Right now my main fandom is My Hero Academia, and I have to say just about every Ochako femslash ship, with a special shoutout to MinaChako, TsuChako, Ochako/Setsuna, and Ochako/Kendou! Also all the Lady Nagant ships. I LOVE Lady Nagant. If I had to pick a BNHA crush it would be her. I love her best with Inko or Ippan Josei!

Q: What is your favorite thing about drawing/writing femslash? A: I think it's being able to relate to the characters I choose to write about, even if I haven't gone through everything I've ever put my characters through. Just sinking into the emotion and romance of a story I want to see through is such a fun experience, even at the height of drama, angst, or action and adventure!

Q: What is your greatest challenge when drawing/writing femslash? A: Smut! Pacing and word choice can make or break a scene and it's constantly a learning experience.

Q: Do you prefer reading/writing femslash one-shots or longfics? A: I love reading both! As for writing, oneshots are easier to finish, but harder to write. Longfic WIPs are my favorite to start because of all the worldbuilding I get to do, but they're the hardest to finish.

Q: What is your favorite/most underrated F/F fic you have written or F/F thing you've drawn? A: I'd say my urban fantasy MomoJirou AU, Sweet, Like Red. (mind the E rating!)

Q: What are your favorite tropes in F/F fics? A: Getting together! Hurt/Comfort, Mutual pining, Friends to Lovers, Enemies to Lovers

Q: What sort of background pairings do you like to see in fics with F/F as a main pairing? A: My most read F/F pairing right now is TogaChako. I'd say my favorite background pairings in fics with them are definitely Deku and Mina ships, because they're both favorites of mine and I adore fics that feature their friendships with Ochako.

Q: What tone or vibes do you prefer in femslash fics? Crack? Angst? Fluff? A bit of everything? A: I read a wide variety of fic. Everything from fluff and rom-coms to crack, soapy dramas and heavy angst. I also really enjoy horror. When I write, I think I tend toward a more serious or dramatic style, but am trying to lean into lighter plots as well!

Q: Are there any specific F/F WIPs you are working on or ideas you’ve cooked up that you’re especially excited about? A: I'm working on two right now! I'm a big omegaverse fan, and F/F omegaverse is hard to come by, so I'm whittling away at the next chapter of a TogaChako everyone-lives-and-is-a-pro-hero AU with an omegaverse twist. Anti Gravity centers on an adult pro-hero Ochako who's sworn off relationships teaming up with underground hero Sanguine to bust a trafficking ring, not realizing her new partner (and assigned heat contact) is the very same mysterious hook-up she can't seem to get out of her head. Please note this fic is rated E, and will eventually feature canon typical violence and some dystopia. The Egg in the Moon is a KendoChako high fantasy AU complete action/adventure, dragons, and soulmate marks! When Princess Ochako meets dragonborn Itsuka on the battlefield, she must face everything she thought she knew about the tension between their people with the reality when an unexpected event brings her and Itsuka together. Please note this fic is rated M, and does contain moments of peril, graphic violence and side character death.

Q: Any fic recs?

A: Loads!!!

If you enjoy F/F omegaverse like myself, I'd definitely recommend:

NefarioussNess's TogaChako SoulMate series (T and M ratings with background BKDK)

SeasonalSaison's achingly lovely fantasy tale Run baby run (rated T. Warning that TogaChako meet as step siblings when their parents marry, prompting a lovely case of unrequited but actually requited love)

Sugar Sweet Strawberries is a MinaChako AU where mentor Mina takes fledgling sugar baby Ochako under her wing. (Warning for E rating and sex work)

For BNHA stories that aren't omegaverse:

read between my lines by FireHeartAW is a witchy TogaChako bookshop AU complete with confessions and all the sapphic love at first sight feels (rated T)

KharmtheRose has a wonderful assortment of F/F BNHA fics! (some are rated E!)

Works by Wingedpaki (variety of ratings and AUs, including omegaverse!)

long to hold you by fizzseed is a delectable established relationship MinaChako (mind the E rating!)

Non BNHA:

Measure Each Step to Infinity by paxbanana (AtLA, Katara/Azula. Rated E). 200k+. One of my favorite epic length reads!

femslash writer/artist interview

I’m trying to get back into interviewer mode for one of my jobs and classes, so I decided to make a (hopefully) fun little game. Feel free to reblog, tag ppl and answer as few or as many of the questions as u want. And feel free to tailor the questions to make them more applicable to u

How did you get into reading/writing/drawing femslash?

What are your favorite femslash ships?

Which F/F rarepair(s) do you wish got more love and why?

What is your favorite thing about drawing/writing femslash?

What is your greatest challenge when drawing/writing femslash?

Do you prefer reading/writing femslash one-shots or longfics?

What is your favorite/most underrated F/F fic you have written or F/F thing you've drawn?

What sort of background pairings do you like to see in fics with F/F as a main pairing?

What are your favorite tropes in F/F fics?

What tone or vibes do you prefer in femslash fics? Crack? Angst? Fluff? A bit of everything?

Are there any specific fics or other forms of media that inspired you to write/draw for a specific ship?

Are there any specific F/F WIPs you are working on or ideas you’ve cooked up that you’re especially excited about?

Any fic recs?

@pianogav1n @jajalala @vriska @linkyychan @thisisej

[wlfgrrl]

[dysco-lymonade]

6 & 7 for Lexa!

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

Lexa does what’s best for her people. I tend to put those I care about before myself, even if my whole heart is screaming at me to do something selfish.

I’m also a sucker for Clarke Griffin and would go to war for that girl.

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

Honestly I fucking love modern AU Lexa so much. This fandom has given Lexa so many lives and so fucking many character traits. They have picked apart her canon character and turned her into an absolute fandom icon. There are so many fanon traits of Lexa that carry over throughout thousands of fics by thousands of writers. Good on you, Clexa fandom 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

Also shoutout for all the Clexa Crack content creators because that’s also at the top of my favorite things fandom has done for Lexa.

[100fearsandfeels]

PSA: It's okay to be conflicted about Lexa's return. It's okay to be confused, happy, angry, disappointed, or any combo of emotions. Clexakru mobilized together over the fallout of 307, but we all processed and came to terms with Lexa's death individually. The way you process the final doesn't have to line up with other people, but we should understand that others might be experiencing very different emotions from your own.

If people want to make videos, fanfiction, crack edits, or interpret the ending differently than you 👀... they shouldn't be attacked for enjoying something they never should have lost. But I'm also saying check in on each other. One of the best things that came out of this flop of a show was the community. Don't sacrifice that at the finish line.

[fratboykate]

I got into your tumblr again after years and years of peace, because, you are in the juliantina fandom as well? ....fantastic.... Now we just wait until you start trashing us as well, like you did with the CLs. Or start saying how well suited you are to be the movie’s screenwriter.... Ffs

Me like a week and a half ago on a post that got a crazy number of notes for the random rant it was: "Overall the CL fandom during its peak is kind of the best fandom in the history of fandoms. Iconique."

Me literally like twelve fucking hours ago: "CL is still (and probably will always be) That Ship. Legends."

Me literally like twelve fucking hours ago...again: "I've divorced the ship from the show/the cast and you should too so the mess that is everyone who ever had anything to do with it don't ruin it for you because...you know...they're That Ship. Legends."

One of you possessed furbies today: "yOu HaTe AnD tRaSh ClExA!"

Like.......what? lmao

[lexa-griffins]

Don’t feel guilty about not feeding our addictions. In the end, its probably better for us. At the end of the day you don’t owe us internet goblins anything. We will love you regardless. And we will be much happier knowing that you are happy and healthy versus stressing over trying to write a fic.

Your writing may have drawn us in, but your delightful personality is what has kept us around. Stay safe and sane and know that you are loved regardless of how much clexa crack you produce 😝 -🦦

I love feeding you little internet goblins tho 😈☺️ youre my little horny internet goblins 🥰

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 that is just so damn sweet 🥺🥺 i have a busy maybe two weeks or so ahead of me, but i still want to try to find a little to answer you asks about different aus and/or try and write a bir more of the stripper/bartender one-shot!

I might also queue some asks if i can answer more than one at once just in case I gotta leave you guys dry for a little while 😅

You have literally all been so damn sweet, really, thank you, makes it a freaking joy to just create little AUs and write thing for you guys 🥰🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘😘