#apologies if this worded poorly

[strangermask]

Aight, never thought I would be making a post about the #savemyboycole thing but here I am

Listen

With all due respect

Cole is heavily queer coded, and most people in the fandom interprets Cole being queer. Whether he’s gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, aromatic: it all depends on how you see it (the great thing about headcanons)

Was it ever stated he was gay in canon? No

Was it ever stated he was straight in canon? Not really.

Now you might say: “But the season three love triangle!” Literally it was confirmed by the writer that Cole wasn’t attracted to Nya during that. (If anyone is able to find the link to that post, please share)

Also: may I remind you that people can realize they aren’t straight after dating or even marrying a person the opposite gender. Hell, people can even know they aren’t straight and still present as one if they aren’t out yet. My brother is an example of the latter.

Now again, I don’t wish to be disrespectful because this is fan media and we all interpret things differently. I know we all don’t see the characters same. If you think Cole is straight, that is your interpretation and I can’t change it. But throwing a fit like this and trying to shove “make Cole straight” propaganda is not going to end well on your part. Especially in a fandom filled with mostly queer people

Another problem: contacting the new writers to make Cole straight? What happens if they don’t answer. Are you going to harass the writers to adjust to your likings? Like how the Voltron fandom did with Klance and ruining the ship for half the people? Like how the bmha fandom constantly harassed and sent death threats to the team to make certain ships canon? I don’t want to bring these up, but these things that have happened is exactly why we shouldn’t contact show writers to fix something we don’t like. Even if these events centered around ships, they were ruined for people. This could lead to Cole being ruined as a favorite character (and I hope it doesn’t come to that point)

All I ask, is that to please think critically about your actions and how it can affect everyone. This is not the way to go. Right now, we are only making jokes. But if it escalates beyond that, expect a much worse backlash

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

(Accidentally mis-clicked enter on my last ask. Here's the full "ask")

What he says...

VS What I read...

("us" as in him and WWX, not the spider just to be clear)

They should make an adaptation called 'The Unfiltered', where Lan Wangji says exactly what's on his mind.

[redysetdare]

Couldn't find flags for Rose repulsed and so i thought I'd make one.

Rose repulsed: Someone who is both romance and sex repulsed. You can be any aspec identity and use this flag as this flag includes anyone who is sex & romance repulsed no matter the orientation.

Reasoning and alt flag options under the cut.

Reasoning: Blue: blue is often the color used as a way to connect Aro and Ace identities when both are present. So blue felt fitting in this context as often times repulsion will show up with aro and ace identities.

White: The white was added to help the flag pop a but more but also because white is a commonly shared colored amongst all the aspec flags, as such it symbolizes the connection between aspec identities and their connection to rose repulsion.

Rose: The shortened version of Romance and Sex shortens to Rose (Ro = romance. Se = sex). Roses are also a reclaimed symbol by parts of the aspec community as red roses often signify passion and love. Make the rose blue and the meaning changes. Blue roses not only fit the color scheme of blue connecting aro and ace identities but it also has meanings such as Uniqueness, achieving the impossible, and Self Acceptance.

Thorns: Thorns are added to the circle outside the rose to mimic how roses use thorns to protect themselves. Thorns represent the feelings of repulsion, with the thorns repelling away romance and sex in this case.

Alt flags:

[evilhasnever]

Some interpretations of “I never even thought of hurting you” seem to downplay the uniqueness of what Lan xichen is for JGY, at times, or to take it as situational/observational rather than (allow me the term) axiomatic for the way JGY sees himself and his core beliefs.

To me it’s especially important that in context he says the iconic phrase immediately after saying “I killed literally everyone, my wife, my son, my brother etc.” BUT, and here’s the point, never, ever considered hurting you. The emphasis of this juxtaposition seems more than just an observation that LXC was never in any danger from him - it is furious and resentful! He has always held LXC as a unique exception in his life, only to be in the end killed by him as if he were just another of his haters (lol).

Certainly LXC was always on his side, so not ever a threat to him or his well-being, but when he DID become a threat (stabbing him to death, notably) JGY still doesn’t take revenge (which he could, by dragging him with him to get killed by NMJ); he STILL saves him, as if to drive that point home with final clarity.

I guess the debate on whether JGY, whose survival is paramount, would ever kill LXC if LXC became clearly and openly his enemy, is a juicy one and one that doesn’t have an explicit answer in canon. (But! We do have an inkling in canon of what he would do: namely, take him hostage and seal his cultivation, without harming him.)

(also not to be that guy but I wrote a xiyao fic about it ft. Villainous friends if that’s more your speed? Definitely more complete than my meta)

[artbyblastweave]

this is not about character arc or anything like that, but if Shrinking Rae invincible had black hair she would be a good character model for animated Taylor Hebert

I see where you're coming from, but I respectfully disagree- her hair is the wrong texture and I think she's far more conventionally attractive than Taylor should be. But if you mean the character model Taylor Hebert would actually be likely to receive in a studio-backed animated adaptation of Worm, then yeah, I find it plausible that's in the ballpark of how quote-unquote "odd-looking" they'd let her get.

[ariaofsorrows]

your tags on that post are real interesting cuz most people posting braindead takes on richter are netflixvania fans then i remember smash bros fans only see him as a ""himbo""" and nothing else. god save us all

what pisses me off the most is that i can’t even be mad that these people think that way. so many of these people were introduced to richter belmont with no prior knowledge of the source material. these people went into smash & netflvania not knowing who richter is, how his character develops, or what even happens to him.

and then you have netflixvania and smash that are committed to straight up not adapting ANY of richter’s games properly. and because those are the most popular pieces of media containing him, that’s really all you’ve got in terms of information. combine that with the fact that no one wants to do even the simplest task of looking up the castlevania wiki and now i have to be subjected to the most atrocious readings of richter’s character.

i can’t even be mad when people (read: netflix fans) reduce him to being a traumatized crybaby, white male fragility (which is admittedly an interesting reading but not quite right) because that’s quite literally all they’ve seen about this character. i understand where they’re coming from and how they came to that interpretation and THAT drives me into a blind rage because this is the impact of that fuckass adaptation. i can’t do or even say anything because they’re technically not wrong.

i’m not gonna sit here and lie about the complexity of richter’s character, because he’s not very complex. although he has more content than the rest of his family members, his arc is very straightforward. so then it’s almost magical to me how many people manage to misunderstand him.

anyways i’m gonna go and run into the woods and turn into a lightning-struck tree stump.

tldr: richter belmont needs a PR agent because his reputation is in the dirt.

[spectra-bear]

isn't the person making that rottmnt game problematic?

As kindly put as possible, can you stop with these bullshit rumors. No they arent problematic. If you have any other bold claims to make, be sure to be sensible and add proof to it, or be brave enough to come to me personally if you meant Anything well by this.

But im sure you dont, and as a matter of fact, theyre my friend, if that bothers you then youre free to see yourself out

[kafus]

something i've noticed is that themes of multiplicity often come up in media that involves suffering or trauma even if DID isn't actually being discussed in it, which really drives the point home that while DID alters are well... a DID thing, structural dissociation of some form can happen to anyone experiencing trauma and as humans we naturally deal with trauma by "splitting" in some way, by envisioning ourselves in separate pieces in art, etc. which comes full circle to being a good reminder that DID is also a natural reaction to trauma and isn't some out there thing

[littlepikmins]

Modern AU that lives in my head rent free where Luck is a trans man (Luck already presents as a typical male appearance wise since he takes testorone and had a small chest to begin with) and accidentally gets pregnant with Magna. They decide to have the baby (who is Lux because I say so) and Luck gets bottom surgery not long after the baby is born and they all live happily ever after :)

[determinedorca]

If you support Isreal, Zionism and the beyond horrific genocide of Palestine and its people I want you nowhere near me, my blogs or any of my social medias. You are not welcome here and you will be blocked if I find you. The acts of genocide are barbaric. There is no excuse for what they have done. 75 years of genocide, occupation and apartheid. There is no excuse or justification for the hell Palestine is being put through.

This isn't a war, this is a genocide.

In the past few months through social media I have seen the mutilated and charred bodies of women, men, children. Seen the bombs come down and annihilate on home and anything in their paths. Seen innocent civilians get shot at during the four day "cease fire" if you can even call it that. I have seen Isreal tell the people of Palestine to move to the safe zones time and time again only for them to immediately target the "safe zones".

Just today I saw multiple videos of tanks following people displaced from their homes. Imagine being displaced from your home as it gets shelled, your family murdered, having the constant gunfire and explosions of bombs, having to stare down the barrel of a military tank pointed at you.

I cannot get the video of the two girls on a roof of their home that was targeted by a bomb look down and scream in agony as they see their father burning in the fires below out of my mind. I can't get the sounds of people screaming in terror out of my head.

Everyday I see people traumatised and crushed by a ruthless genocide, children starving and wounded. Dying. They aren't numbers. They are people. The people won't forget what Israel, The UK, The US and other governments who support Israel have done. The people won't forget the governments compliance and part. We won't forget.

Every day on TikTok I like, favourite and repost as much content of what's going on as I can.

Do not let this die out like it's some trend. This is a genocide, not a trend. Do not treat Palestine and it's people like they are gone for they aren't. Continue protesting, continue to boycott, continue to like share and also save content. There is very obvious censorship from most media platforms on this, it's important that we continue to show and spread what is happening.

You don't need Starbucks, you don't need Macdonalds, you don't need some sodding Stanley cup. Hit those who fund the genocide where it hurts, in the pockets. Boycotting is effective and it does work. Even if a company stops supporting them, let their pockets bleed and do not support them. They will try continuously to get your money back by offering discounts, prizes, exclusive items, even some of the restaurants increasing the quality of their food but do not let them get a penny out of you.

I stand with the people of Palestine.

From the river to the sea Palestine shall be free.

[thr4shit]

Before I continue our watch,

I want y'all to know how actually cool and emotionally provoking it is (at least for us) that Patrick basically REFUSES to respond to anything but his name.

He's making it so that if people want to talk to HIM they have to acknowledge HIM, in a situation where he'd be very unlikely to be believed as his own person rather than just an ACT by Michael.

Refusing to answer to anything but his name is basically him saying

"No, try it again. And see ME, not HIM. "

He's FORCING at least a semblance of recognition for his individuality.

And I think that's just fucking incredible. It's amazing, really. Because he doesn't have to do that. He could suck it up, play into their disbelief... But he DOESN'T, he makes his position and his existence CLEAR.

And this actually isn't just respectful for him, it's also respectful for Michael, by giving Michael a separation from Patrick's actions. It's making it clear who actually IS who, and again, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. He could've just let them call him Michael. But he didn't.

And just... Fucking hell, yknow? Hits hard for us in the best way.

In the face of being told he's not real, he pushes back.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Results from the ‘Who is the tallest MDZS Character poll! Thank you all for voting!

[lockandkeyhyena]

what happened with ephemeralmoth? i remember i used to see them everywhere and then they just? dropped off the face of the earth?? heard people say they did smth bad (i saw racism brought up a lot) but never got a clear answer. i do remember thinking it was weird that an apparent minor was the subject of that much community beef

i went to try and find the doc but it looks like it’s been taken down for violating google’s terms of service (i assume for harrassment) so here’s the bits and pieces i remember (if anyone remembers more in depth and wants to correct me that would be great)

ephemeralmoth was emotionally abusive towards their partner

ephemeralmoth drew feral porn (while a minor)

ephemeralmoth swept under the rug and ignored racism coming from their community

ephemeralmoth supported non-traumagenic systems

i’m not trying to ignore the possible genuine real harm they did but a lot of the points were along the lines of ‘they’re transphobic because when their partner came out as transmasc they said they still loved them even though they’re a lesbian’ and just,,, i’m sorry if you felt hurt by that and i’m not ignoring the fact that cis lesbians can and do prey on trans men but i genuinely do not think this was a case of that. people’s identities are complex.

i’m also not touching the thing about systems with a ten foot pole. i’m not qualified nor do i have nearly enough information to form an opinion on that.

some of the screenshots did show what seemed to be genuine emotional abuse and i am not downplaying that at all, i am genuinely very sorry to the victims and i wish them well.

my overall problem with the doc was that it was bogged down with unnecessary minor claims while sidelining the more important ones like accusations of racism or intimate partner abuse.

[smilestimz]

To put it simply: Mspec means basically: Multisexual spectrum, Or Multi-attraction spectrum- Aka romantic or Sexual Orientations like Bisexual N Pansexual where someone is attracted to multiple genders! Being Mspec gay or Mspec lesbian in simple terms means someone who is gay but also being mspec- example being someone who is bi but also gay. There's many reasons why someone identify this way- one specifically being that person is multigender and being gay and mspec both working for you/you identifying as such- Which I describe myself as.

[aptericia]

I want to be clear that demisexual/demiromantic and alloace ppl are literally awesome; those are in no way “lesser” aspec identities, and I love all my demi and alloace friends very much.

THAT SAID, I kinda wish that other aspec identities were talked about just as much? When I hear the a-spectrum discussed, people will almost always mention “btw you can be asexual and still fall in love” or “a lot of people won’t get sexual/romantic feelings until they form a strong emotional connection”, but rarely mention being, say, fray or alloaro (and ofc those are not the only other ways to fall on the a-spectrum)

Another complication is that “sexuality” is the default way of talking about orientations overall. If someone says “I’m pansexual”, people rarely ask “are you also romantically attracted to all genders?” So people will talk about homosexuality, heterosexuality, bisexuality, pansexuality, all assuming that romantic orientation lines up as well. Add that to the fact that there’s no generic term for aros and aces together (like, for example, “pan”), and it becomes awkward to talk about allosexual aromanticism. Alloaros are forced to jump through the extra hoop of separating sexual and romantic orientation, something that goes against the social norm.

Anyway, I’m very aroace and do not experience romantic/sexual attraction at any time, so I might not be the best one to speak on this topic. However, because alloace and demi orientations are mentioned more than their “opposites”, especially among girls, I’ve definitely felt pushed towards those identities. Also, this is probably a hot take, but I’d argue they are also viewed in a more positive light:

If we look at some incorrect negative stereotypes associated with various aspec identities (again, I’m using romantic/sexual and demi/fray as examples, but there are other ways to be aspec), alloaces might be called “prudes” and demis might be called “distrustful”, both possible takes on “too conservative”. On the other hand, alloaros and frays are thought of as “manipulative”, “users”, or simply uncaring of others’ feelings. Although all those terms are negative and very damaging, there is a noticable difference between “conservative” and “manipulative”—the former is viewed as a personal weakness, and the latter as a moral failing that inflicts damage on others. That’s why I feel like alloace and demi identities are more readily accepted by society.

(Aroaces and those who are neither demi nor fray sometimes get the worst of both worlds and are described with all those adjectives, but sometimes we’re just called “heartless” and left at that. We also have the added privilege of being the “““norm””” when talking about the a-spectrum)

idk anyway this rant got way longer than I’d intended and I didn’t spend as much time thinking about it as I should have, so feel free to ignore it. I’m not really suggesting anything tbh, I just wanted to get this out.

[batmanshole]

everyone commenting things like "omg wait xyz celeb is a zionist? nooo" or "can i get some proof on this person? still gonna post abt their content" on the list of pro-israel celebs is a fucking asshole. some of you care more about your fav rich person being a genocide supporter than the actual genocide. you don't care!!!

you can be mad about this, yes. you are allowed to be upset. i encourage you to call out public figures!! but when you say things like that it makes it clear that you don't really care about the issue at hand.

read the fucking room.

people are dying. this isn't your fav celeb being cancelled. this is genocide.