#but like especially when I was younger and online it was like rare any POC would get shown or be voices

[patchworkghost]

Anyway I know its gotten better but sometimes I forget a lot of times Ive stayed out of alt communities especially as a kid is cause they arent welcoming to POC

[zobstazoon]

i had this thought in the shower so if it's inaccurate ummmm 🙌 but basically what ur fave pokemon swsh character says about you (to me)

milo: you probably like cottagecore or smth and/or youre just really nice and understanding. you want him to pick you up and launch you into the sun like the dynamax pokeball (and then hug you)

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nessa: youre very chill but competitive and know a Hot Lady when you see one. possibly wlw?? also you will brutally murder whoever even attempts to whitewash her and any other poc characters (myself included)

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kabu: HELLO DILF_LOVER69. Fr though you're cool and probably give good advice (when its genuine not encouraging your friends to rob the local gas station) you probably think hes hotter now then he was when he was younger but theyre both hot to you

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allister: he is your cute little onglydoople and you will protect him with your life. you probably have anxiety and either rarely cry or cry over the one scene in cast away (looking at you @/zoochi)

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bea: spicy chip lover. idk why you just have the vibe and you probably dress more edgy then you actually are (still kinda intimidating but you're very nice)

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opal: this is a tough one umm. i get 'will listen to someone go off about something you didn't even know about and respond with "oh dear" vibes. also uses emojis like "🤣" unironically frequently (either that or you just enjoy pastels/fairy types idk LOL)

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melony: MILF_LOVER69. as a wise friend said: world cold and hard, titty soft and warm. you're very sweet but will go fucking apeshit (affectionate) and probably really like cats idk (especially fluffy ones)

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gordie: gonna be honest i have no idea bc ive only played shield but youre probably a little bit of a cryptid as in you'll disappear for like a week online only to reemerge by just sending shit like "calling among us imposter iphone at 3am (he answered!)" at 8 pm. no one really questions it though bc you're cool

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piers: either very horny or very ace no in-between. you also really like tired twinks (@zoochi you again x) and/or punks. fr though i think you're very cool and passionate. even if your fav is considered "basic" hes popular for a reason babey

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raihan: (definitely not describing me for this one LOL /s) you enjoy himbo jocks with no brain cells and are definitely gay. you would like him to kick and/or kiss you because he is 6'8" (and soooo hot ok sorry)

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leon: another dumbass enjoyer just a different breed and perhaps slightly less bonkers. you also are an admirer of his massive grade a chest

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hop: golden retriever boy!! fr but are you ok champ things will be ok i promise

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bede: how's the mommy/daddy issues bestie 😿 you also probably did not like him at first but he grew on you like a tumor #characterdevelopment

[antispopausandstuff]

I saw your post about same sex and Sapphic relationships in media and how not every pair of gay/bi/etc people have to be together and homie, I get that there are a lot of other ways to show love in lgbt+ shows but dude. Canon romantic relationships of all kinds is one of the big goals for our community. The "unrequited love" and such was what we Always used to see in shows and media and books. Always hinted at just enough to make audiences hopeful but never any follow through. We are LUCKY to have LGBT+ relationships and romances on screen nowadays and a lot of younger people don't remember the days when no one in the community even thought it was possible to see a pair of women or a pair of men kiss on TV or in a movie in a way that wasn't just a joke or going to be played off. Yes, we need more lgbt+ friendships on air but not at the sacrifice of the romantic relationships our community and our elders have fought to be shown and accepted as normal for decades now. If you wanna see pining and unrequited love and "will they, won't they", you can easily find it in the past. Typically it became queerbaiting of some kind if the authors refused to acknowledge the obvious subtext or in some cases, people would retcon it in after the dust has settled and people can't refuse to watch something if they have to see gay people being gay.

But comparing things to the "control group", it's exceptionally rare that showrunners don't try to shoehorn in some kind of tension between straight people. If showrunners don't, fans are always THRILLED to ship them. Until shows get better writers that know how to write friendships of any kind, I'm sticking firmly in the camp of happier to see the gays kissing rather than hearing showrunners whine about how they gave us representation so why aren't we happy to see said rep not acting on their sexuality in any way.

hello there!

i'm sorry for offending you, and i might've explained my thoughts poorly.

i do not believe we have to sacrifice one or the other, or that there's anything wrong with queers kissing and the "obvious" ( still not sure if that's the right word ) being canon.

what i do believe though is that, especially since comics and other online forms of media ( youtube, for ex ) are becoming more and more diverse and becoming more popular in general, there are a lot of opportunities for different topics of queer romance.

i'm very aware of how difficult it can be for shows/movies specifically, so i think i should've mentioned that i wasn't only talking about TV media, but i'm not sure how relevant that would be in hindsight.

to talk more about the unrequited love conversation, i definitely should've specified more on that! i understand how that can come off as incredibly queerbaiting, and often is, if it was one "potential" queer relationship.

however, i didn't mean to give off that i meant it in that context. i am a writer who makes all of my characters POC + queer, and only not do that in rare circumstances, so it was natural of me to think of what i said in that specific context, instead of how it could come off to others. i apologize for that!

i meant unrequited love, and potential "will they, won't they"s in the context of many already existing queers and queer relationships, rather than the sole relationship with clear queer subtext being used as a bait to lure in the gays.

i know this is less possible to do with TV media than it could be with social media and comics/manga, but i don't feel like that should stop others from trying to play around with these concepts. as time goes on, hopefully society will too, and queer media on TV, books, anything it can be in, can be even MORE diverse!

i'm very sorry for coming off as insensitive and like i want the old things back, this was my own doing by being unclear about my personal experiences of what i was saying. i kinda forgot that not everyone knows what i'm talking about ^^;

thank you for telling me this, though! it'll help me keep in mind of my explanations in the future, and i hope this cleared up your worries or concerns!

TLDR; my discussion was in context of multiple queer people/queer relationships in media, but my wording ended up being misleading and most likely came off as irritated or bitter. and, there is NO problem with having the crystal-clear gays kiss! if they're not unhealthy, let them kiss all they want!

[eterni-ki-moved]

(long) get to know me! thanks @hallobin for the tag :D

tagging: @many-gay-magpies @ofaffectionate @weuschoiceheart @who-is-kyuzu @unbothered-soul and anyone who wants to do this! (no pressure)

questions + answers below

— what day is your birthday? december 13 :D

— what’s your favorite color? pastel blue and lavender.

— what’s your lucky number? i don’t have one honestly

— do you have any pets? nope!

— how tall are you? 5′3″ which is like...  160 cm

— how many pairs of shoes do you own? i don’t have an answer tbh i have too many shoes. i have so many shoes, i don’t even know what shoes i have KJGEKRGS

— favorite song? my favorite song always changes every few days but atm, addicted by pixy!

— favorite movie? there’s the movie i always used to watch when i was younger called dream girls... i love that movie a lot

— what would be your ideal partner? oh jeez this question KGSJRKG uhh... i’m gonna be honest i never considered it too much but... just someone who’s affectionate with me, whether they’re subtle or more open about it. and someone who’s interested in what i have to say, even if i’ve had such a boring day. (cause not many people seem interested in what i have to say) and obviously they’d have to love me. whether it’s platonic or romantic, that doesn’t matter. i don’t really think an ideal partner always has to be romantic... okay this was long and sappy, neXT QUESTION

— do you want children? i don’t think so. at least, i don’t want to give birth to any. most likely, i’d want to adopt if i were to want children.

— have you ever gotten in trouble with the law? KJGSKR i sure hope not

— bath or shower? shower! i’m not so sure about taking a bath tbh...

— what color socks are you wearing? lime green

— favorite type of music? kpop

— how many pillows do you sleep with? two! but... i want more

— what position do you sleep in? i sleep in some weird positions tbh. sometimes i sleep on my belly while hugging my pillow, sometimes i’m on my side, sometimes i’m just on my back. i don’t have a fixed position, especially when i’m restless at night

— what do you have for breakfast? bread and tea.

— have you ever tried archery? nope gksejrkgs

— favorite fruit? strawberries :D

— favorite swear word? oh okay gkjsrgs i reallly don’t know. i only swear online tbh, and sometimes when i’m near my friends so i don’t know

— do you have any scars? yup :,)

— are you a good liar? haha nope not at all. i can’t lie to save my life kgsejrkgs

— what’s your personality type? infj-t! off-topic but infj-ts really aren’t as rare as people say they are, you probably just haven’t met enough of them

— innie or outie? uh. i actually don’t know gskjergs innie????

— left or right handed? right handed!

— favorite food? rice :D

— favorite foreign food? oof idk... i don’t try many foreign foods tbh

— are you clean or messy? i try to be clean

— most used phrase? uhh i don’t have a most used phrase irl. but online, it’s probably something having to do with causing chaos KGJSEKR

— how long does it take you to get ready? maybe... ten minutes? maybe twenty, idk i never actually count

— do you talk to yourself? all the time

— do you sing to yourself? ALL THE TIME.

— are you a good singer? i mean... *chuckles nervously* i don’t wanna brag but i think i’m pretty good

— biggest fear? drowning. and failing

— are you a gossip? no... i try my best not to be.

— do you like long or short hair? my hair is relatively short, like shoulder-length soo... short hair

— favorite school subject? so atm, i’m in a history class for poc -- specifically africans and latinos. that has to be my favorite subject/class so far. so i guess in general, history’s my favorite subject!

— what makes you nervous? the thought of failure gksejrkg

— who was your first real crush? my friend named nick. i’ve known him since like fifth grade and i didn’t realize i liked him until after seventh grade ended and i would just lay up at night during the summer, tryna contemplate my feelings.

— how many piercings do you have? just two, one on each of my earlobes. i don’t want any more piercings than that

— how fast can you run? tbh idk gkejrksg sometimes my time changes, depending on how fast i run.

— what color is your hair? black

— what color are your eyes? a very dark brown.

— what makes you angry? not many things makes me angry. but when someone lies to me, about something SERIOUS, ohh you bet i’m gonna go fuckin off on you. and also when people guilt-trip, but that’s the same as lying about something serious so... just don’t do that to me <3

— do your like your own name? yeah! it’s unique!

— do you want a boy or a girl as a child? buddy idk if i even want a child

— what are your strengths? i’m pretty smart and i’m pretty strong-willed... i also don’t mind being alone which is something some kids have trouble with.

— what are your weaknesses? i’m extremely paranoid and anxious. and when i am paranoid, i overthink things. i’m also pretty sensitive.

— what’s the color of your bedspread? grey!

— color(s) of your room? white!

[yuesli]

this will probably be long but please read it through to the end if you’re going to make a serious reply (or at least the section on the thing you’re addressing)! basically it’s my stance on this awful aizy-boy discourse that’s been going on since it’s come up on my dash and honestly looking at some of the posts in the tag really frustrates me sometimes. i wanted to make a more informative (?) explanation on it for anyone who is confused or doesn’t agree with me. here we go!

white-washing: white-washing is not okay, so there is no reason to be surprised if you or an artist you like is criticised/called out for doing it. white-washing is when a poc character’s skin is lightened; whether it is intentional or not, it is still whitewashing and erases representation of poc. therefore it is a racist practice and if you or an artist you like do it, welp there’s no nice way to put it, you’re being racist. there are tutorials for colouring darker skin, and you could also use a ref of the character (in regular lighting) to colour pick from. if you’re still learning and need someone to point it out as an honest critique, cool! just a sincere apology and editing the offending drawing would be fine! however, if you consistently do this and try to excuse it by saying you’re just learning with actually changing anything, that’s being racist. please don’t say “draw whatever you want!” because that’s just inherently telling them it’s okay to erase representation of people of colour in the media. “so an artist draws a character lighter than you don’t like” - it’s not only that we don’t like it, it’s that it’s not accurate (a critique on the actual technicalities of the art), as well as harmful to poc, who are already severely underrepresented and therefore racist (a critique on the ethics of the practice). defending your favourite artist by claiming they’re not racist while being fully aware of their white-washing habit is not a good argument at all. if you do not want to be considered racist, condemn white-washing instead of supporting an artist who does it. p*ycho au: this au created by the artist in question demonises people with mental illness; i don’t know too much about the au itself since i really don’t want to be involved with it, but as far as i know it takes the mental breakdown of a real person as a plot device of some sort which leads them to become dangerous and murderous (and includes other characters who are also murderous “as a result of mental illness”). the au itself is titled after a slur used against mentally ill people which is incredibly disrespectful and not okay. the au associates mental illness with dangerous/murderous tendencies, which adds to the already disgusting stigma surrounding mental illness. there are real people who are mentally ill. there are people in the hamilton fandom who are mentally ill. by supporting this au you are supporting an inaccurate and harmful portrayal of them as murderers and killers, which in turn makes it difficult for them to live in a society where they are seen as “abnormal” and “dangerous”. “it’s a fictional au, people should be able to draw what they want!” yes, but you still have an obligation to be socially aware and respectful, especially to a marginalised group. if your au is harming others, no, you shouldn’t “draw what you want”. “it’s just an au, it’s not actually going to make people think mentally ill people are dangerous”; media has a lot of influence on the opinions and perceptions of people, especially younger people in the fandom. in addition to that, you are actively enjoying something that portrays a group of people in a harmful and dangerous light. do you not see something wrong with that? if somebody made an au that demonised a particular characteristic of yours that you can’t help, would you be okay with it? please show some sympathy and understanding. please do not speak over those in the hamilton fandom who actually suffer from mental illness. gender-bending: gender-bending is transphobic, and as a result, generally frowned upon. it is transphobic because it implies that there are only two genders, and very rarely includes trans / nonbinary people (if at all). most often genderbends portray characters with what society views as conventionally “feminine” and “masculine” traits (for example, a male-to-female genderbend wearing a dress, having longer hair). this promotes gender stereotyping (not okay!) if you want to make a “genderbend au” that is respectful and considerate of people outside of the gender binary, include trans people / people outside the gender binary in your au! or even better, don’t “genderbend” and if you want to draw a male character in a dress, do it without making them female and avoid conforming to gender stereotypes. the artist in question does a lot of genderbend au related things, which is inherently transphobic. if she refuses to stop drawing “genderbends” and you support her, you’re basically ignoring the problem and being disrespectful and transphobic as well. the apology: of course, after a while aizy-boy issued an apology. however it didn’t seem particularly sincere (it was titled with an excuse to her actions instead of acknowledging she was really at fault “NOBODY’S PERFECT LIKE ME OK??”) and did not address the genderbending issue or the act of demonising mental illness. she made excuses for problematic things she did for the p*ycho au and also went on to just talk about her new au as if to replace/compensate for her actions. another excuse she made for the choppy apology is that her english is not fluent, which is somewhat understandable, except there were so many things she didn’t address properly that you’d think she’d be able to communicate by asking somebody in the fandom to help translate, or perhaps attempt using an online translator. she didn’t exactly apologise to any of the people or groups she harmed, either. anyway, i personally don’t really accept this apology, but i won’t dwindle on it since that’s completely subjective and i don’t want to make or promote any false assumptions. attacking artists: a lot of you are saying not to attack artists and just “stop fighting”. i agree with the sentiment but honestly it is right to criticise an artist if they are doing something harmful with their drawings, and considering the situation involves transphobia, racism, and stigmatising of mental illness, you have to understand that people have every right to be angry or upset. no, no one should be verbally abused, but just constantly saying “they don’t deserve this hate !!!!! everyone is just jealous !!!!!!” is ignoring the issue at hand because in the end, this whole argument boils down to the controversial issues i mentioned above in bold and not attacking pieces of art itself. we need to discuss + speak out and against these things because ignoring the problem and pretending it doesn’t exist won’t solve anything.

i’m sorry this ended up so horribly long but i wanted to provide a full explanation to anyone unsure of what the topics above mean and how they are harmful. i don’t hate on aizy-boy’s art; she’s got a wonderful style and good skills. but the things she draws and how she deals with the situation cause serious problems to arise, and i really support what exadorlion and lauwurens have said so far. if any of the wording i have used surrounding those three issues is wrong/outdated/disrespectful please message me and i’ll edit it right away! if you’ve made it this far thanks for reading and have a good day.