#au contraire

[namu-the-orca]

I don't know how "ask box trick or treat" works, but hi, I bring you a photo of my most beloved plushie since I was about 4, in return for a trick or a treat perhaps? Their name is Finke

(Pls excuse the fact that I managed to accidentally unfollow for a moment while trying to send an ask, whoops)

Ohh thank you for the trick or treat, you did perfectly! I love your little plushie, they are so cute and the name Finke is really sweet. I also have a very old killer whale plushie however they don't have a name. For you I made this painting as a treat:

"You were my friend"

It's about the killer whales from long ago who lived under human care, when marine parks were just starting out. And the things they went through because people back then didn't really know what they were doing yet. Pools too small, healthcare very subpar, training not up to modern standards. Whales were regularly manhandled for procedures, or the pools simply drained for cleaning or vet checks. And yet these animals placed their trust in the people they met. Even if those only stayed a while, came and went, put them through painful procedures, took care of them only as a summer job.

It is strange, looking at those old grainy black and white photos. Like a different world back then. All these whales. All these people. The blurred face of the trainer is supposed to represent the anonymity of the people they met. Contrasted with the delicate trust they received from the whales regardless.

[thatsuncleharrytoyouyoungman]

i bet all those trans furry tech ppl in the bedroom are like *sexy voice* fork me on github daddy

[mappapapa]

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I don't know why but this year feels so much more yaoi than other years, even though 90% of the things I've drawn for the past few years has been m/m art. Is it because I made art and merch for rare ships from an obscure early 00s OVA? Or maybe because I'm smitten with a canon couple for a change and I'm still drawing art of them months after I finished the BL VN they're from?

[bananasareupsidedown]

[gayfucknugget]

the ellie williams tag majorly being smut like can i BREATHE for a sec

[gayestpiano]

what if french phrases we use were from other languages instead

he has a certain wǒ bù zhīdào that i just love

they are filled with a carefree az élet öröme

Эсрэгээрээ! i actually do like olives!

what an embarrassing λάθος, instead of applauding at the opera i used noisemakers

[beast-ofeden]

~when I make art that is marginally queer, its because I am as straight and narrow as God made me, and I absolutely AM queerbaiting so that when all the moths crowd my flame, I can call all those abominations to repent of their sin.

real people being partially closeted or ambiguous about their own sexuality while making Gay Art is not queerbaiting

[t00thpasteface]

c'mon, do the circulation! it starts with your heart— what a great sensation!

[rapha-reads]

No but I gotta talk about Medusa for a minute actually.

It's been. A very long time since I read the PJO books so I don't exactly remember how Uncle Rick presents Medusa in the book. But the way the show introduces her myth? Fascinating. For me as a Greek mythology enthusiast, that is.

The show makes Medusa a victim of Athena. Of course, the show is mainly for kids, so they can't exactly say that, hey, kids, Medusa was Athena's priestess and she was raped by Poseidon, YEP, or protagonist's father, IN Athena's temple, nah, that's neither kid-friendly nor does it endears us to Poseidon. Not that Poseidon is very dear to us viewers/readers at this point, our narrator/protagonist can't stand his own dad.

But still what fascinates me is that even though they twisted the myth to ft the narrative they still managed to evoke Athena's curse as being actually a gift, and Medusa not feeling wretched over her condition but blessed.

Which is not a modern reading of the myth, actually. Saying that Athena couldn't punish Poseidon for his transgression and could only punish Medusa, but did so in a way that would give Medusa weapons to defend herself against whoever and whatever would try to harm her again, is a narrative that exists since Antiquity.

My point is that the re-framing of Medusa's myth, departing from the traditional, non-kid-friendly version while still incorporating both classic and modern elements, is a good frame of reference for the series (book and show)' entire approach to mythology. And I guess I'm saying that mostly for the non-book readers who are discovering this world, many of whom might be Greek mythology fans and might have gone "wait, why is Hades AGAIN presented as the bad guy when he's the chillest, most normal, most stable god in this entire pantheon", because that's a conversation the book fandom has been having (over and over again) for more than a decade.

Anyway, yeah. As a long time book fan and a show appreciative, here's my advice to anyone who knows WAY too much about Greek myths and still want to enjoy the ride without going every five minutes "wait, that's not correct": reframe. Contemporary rewritings, modern audiences and Fantasy genre.

[elilmwenseni27]

This is the only moment (2x03 No Pain) where we see Armand feeding on a human!! It took me a while to pause the video and to be sure it was him but I finally did it and we see his face.

[things-keeping-me-up-at-night]

Yeah…it‘s not my personal taste either, but honestly, I‘d rather more people read erotica than watch porn.

Honestly, I feel sick every time I think about how many people watch porn every day and what kind of porn is getting more and more popular, leading to people, especially young men, normalising violent, sometimes very dangerous sexual practices in fucked-up scenarios with unrealistically primped women and developing really harmful expectations when it comes to actual sex.

Also: let‘s not forget that at least by reading these books, you‘re not supporting a highly exploitative industry that preys upon vulnerable people who are often left both physically and mentally damaged without any safety net.

(I‘m not saying there isn’t or cannot be ethically made porn out there or that there aren‘t porn actors who genuinely enjoy their work and work under the right conditions, but the reality is that there is a terrifying number of cases in which that isn‘t the case.

Also, just like with other sex work, I‘m not shaming anyone for doing it, I‘m criticising the industry as a whole.)

there’s absolutely something to be said about ‘booktok’ books being largely wattpad quality written erotica i’m certainly not reading them however having seen a guy on tiktok make a video like ‘all the women in your life are READING PORN’ about a book he picked up and read in his FEMALE FRIEND’S HOUSE in a tone of scandalised horror and disgust i actually don’t think men should be making those criticisms. he said he picked it up expecting a romance and was horrified it was GOONER SHIT he said specifically like ‘who are you getting your pussy wet FOR??’ in a tone of revulsion. idk man im not sure shes the weird one. i kind of wish you were dead

[vaguely-concerned]

kremy being so patient with twig even though she very nearly had them pulling one of those moves that get you doomed to eternal torment in greek mythology (i.e. secretly feeding people their own young)...... his is the voice of the most soul-tired man in the world when he says 'twig... I've done a lot of fucked up shit in my time, but I'm not gonna feed them people'. he's not angry he's not even disappointed he's just resigned. he's a person who has to draw the line somewhere and he's drawing it

[girafeduvexin]

C'est trop marrant parce qu'autant je peux dire que je m'y connais un peu en littérature (master de lettres + master d'écriture créative + prof depuis 4 ans), autant j'y connais RIEN en cinéma, je suis vraiment très inculte et j'ai vu très peu de classiques, mais j'aime bien écouter des podcasts sur le cinéma et parfois ça taille des films comme moi je peux tailler des bouquins et je suis en mode "ah j'ai bien aimé ce film pourtant" et c'est pas grave hein !! Je m'en fous que les gens aiment pas un film que j'aime et quand ils ont des bons arguments, c'est intéressant ! Mais autant en littérature, je suis niveau fac, autant en ciné quand j'entends des critiques, je suis vraiment niveau collège, honnêtement, c'est assez rafraîchissant.

[1ohwon]

EAT the Fed.

More Taxes, More Government, Less Freedom Answer to every problem according to politicians

[viktoriakomova]

I do think it’s genuinely unhealthy/disturbing when gymnasts make references to some dumbass fan discourse du jour in a snippy epic clapback social media caption or tweet I’m sorry like. you’re literally at the Olympics throw your phone into the fucking seine..?! if you won’t then someone else should be hired to do it for you??!!!! tf?