#blue eyed samurai

[greatatuintheworldturtle]

I don't think enough femme ppl realize that most cis men's access to male privilege is shaky at best to begin with. The patriarchy enforces toxic masculinity by raising men to believe that they constantly compete against other men to prove that they are a REAL MAN (TM). This underpins a lot of what we call male fragility, as this ties many men's sense of identity to external validation which can be confiscated by their shittiest peers. This is why guys often run around constantly doing things to prove their masculinity to their peers, sometimes even delving into inappropriate behaviors like catcalling, sexual harassment, and pretty much any kind of violence. And this can happen to any cis guy who fails to meet one or more of the Patriarchy's standards for REAL MANHOOD.

Too scrawny? Not a real man.

Too poor to provide? Not a real man.

Too sensitive? Not a real man

Not sexually aggressive/virile? Not a real man.

Any of these things and a billions others can cause, and I can't stress this enough, cis men, to lose their "man card" , which is basically ostracization, coupled with a loss of status that can leave one vulnerable to homophobic harassment (because if you're not a man, you can be treated like those lower on the hierarchy, according to the Patriarchy) This is how The Patriarchy shames men into accepting the constraints of Toxic Masculinity, and punishes those who would challenge or speak out against it.

So to act as though trans men would be welcomed into some imagined Boy's Club when they often don't meet the often bio essentialist standards of the Patriarchy, and to act like none of the above has any similarities to any other forms of oppression is ludicrous. That boys club being imagined here BARELY exists for the men in it (the middle school dick measuring doesn't stop for those in the 1 percent, after all), and the vast majority of men are on the outside looking into them because they are such highly specific situations within certain institutions that they are a rarity. Too many people on this site make too many assumptions about mascs and masculinity despite having made every attempt to avoid engaging with men and masc ppl on the subject.

I think a big reason trans men do not appear in media as often as other queer identities, as well as historical erasure to a point, is because it goes against many women's experience with challenging bigotry. I cannot tell you how many pieces of media exist with "girl dresses as boy to get Privilege or Respect she wasn't given before, but has to reveal she is A Woman by the end as she has to prove women can do The Thing TM too and it's more 'honest' to her identity'". With a lot of trans masc/man historical figures there is constant fighting over whether it was really a women fighting the patriarchy and not a guy struggling with being trans. There is a book about "female husbands and the women that love them" for Christ's sake. We are constantly interpreted as on the border of being super hurt/proactive women for the sake of that class's conscience, and anything else is "taking away" from women's more important issues, supposedly. I'm just tired of all afab people having trouble with their identity being funneled into the "women good, patriarchy/men bad" pipeline or else. It feels like me talking about being a man, even in a trans context, is unacceptable because it *might affect a women at some point

[balee-art]

What a dysfunctional squad.

[orsanedraws]

forgot to post Mizu from couple of months ago here!! she was also in drafts for lloooonnggg

[katalnitskaya]

I watched "blue eyed samurai" in two days in one breath....

My Instagram.

[ilkabasilisk]

face your fears

[peach-cream-tea]

Blue Eye Samurai memes lol

i know this isn't my usual content but i'm getting severe brain rot and will die if i don't share my content

[icantbeseenlikethisonmymain]

Why did I spend an hour on this? Idfk don't ask me personal questions

The beautiful fan art of the trio is by @proxysart

[sunpraiserarts]

[hastyprovocateur]

LESBIANS!!! REDDIT FINALLY DID SOMETHING WORTHWHILE 😭😭😭

Mizemi cosplay by r/morpheeva on Reddit!!! LOOK AT THIS!!

[keekry]

mizu sketches :)

[rainydayssj]

Immediately thought of this during ep8

[deliciouslyfrightening]

Enemies to lovers? Blue Eye Samurai is just for you!

"You can't die before me!" and "Only I can kill you!" are the words Taigen (in green) repeats to our protagonist Mizu (in blue). They were childhood enemies and now they are rivals.

But both of them feel sexual tension and Mizu's feelings for Taigen are not platonic kind. After all, Mizu is into strong men who can hold their ground when fighting with him.

They fight alongside each other and make painful sacrifices for each other. They deny their feelings and desires.

One can't help but root for them.

[danytetiart]

Blue eyes on fire

[wlwmk]

died in 437 born in 1867

welcome back mulan and shang!

[eldritchaspect]

you want more mizu? i too want more mizu. here is more mizu.

(Also hi please follow me i need a larger audience so bad ;v;)

[interneteclipse]

My actually rendered Mizu arts so far which I actually like :3

lowkey the bass one flopped and I’m very sad about that