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đĽ6 and 7?
lmao are you my Maedhros anon? sending me asks because you sense our shared distaste?
ok. VIOLENCE TIME.
6. which ship fans are the most annoying?
Russingon of course!!! Caveat that I used to enjoy Russingon greatly and I have many beloved mutuals who ship Russingon and I don't think you're annoying at all <<<333
But.
LMAO the fact that people are so insane about the ship that they'll take offense if it's included as a non-canon ship? To the point where there is at least one event where implying it's not canon is taboo? The fact that people seem to legitimately believe it was intentional subtext from Tolkien and any minimization of it is homophobic? 'Chrissy T straightwashed the Silm' is something I have read with my own two eyes (and it had more than zero notes). The fact that I think like 75% of the long fic about it has the most god awful pretentious (and incorrect) lore documents to go along with it? The fact that they tie themselves in knots making terrible arguments to explain why their relationship is OK in canon (which... why does it need to be OK in universe? forbidden love is sexy. and why do you care what Tolkien the very conservative oxford professor thought about your ship? and why do you care about what a random anon thinks about your ship? THEY ARE FICTIONAL IMMORTAL ROYALS OF AN INVENTED SPECIES MODELED AFTER MILLENIA-OLD EPICS. why would modern sentiments apply at all?) instead of 'Yeah they're fucking half-cousins deal with it, bitch.'
I will put down the knife now.
And then pick it back up, because
7. what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?
lololol OK, now I have to put Maedhros for this one. There are still a handful of people whose Maedhroses I'll read, but for the most part 'gentle giant who never meant to hurt anyone uwu' has completely turned me off the character.
Though gentle giant might be better than the full on incoherent takes I've seen. People sometimes seem to give him the most brutal, violent, callous characteristics while keeping the same 'poor Maedhros didn't mean to hurt anyone' overtones while not realizing that that is so much worse.
lol now putting down the knife for real.
#if you want canon queer ships I have some real life queer authors to rec all y'all#queer readings are always welcome#but you aren't doing queer readings#you're still stuck in authorial intent!#you haven't even arrived at 20th century lit crit#it's the 21st century gents#Tolkien would have hated you and that's ok <3#also I'm lying I've hardly read anything recently#it's very sad because I've seen things that interest me hypothetically#but I just have not been able to read fic idk why#hopefully some temporary burn out
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Do you know this queer character?
Carmilla is a Lesbian and uses she/her pronouns!
#MY GIRL CARMILLA#this poll is specifically about the original novella#we aren't fighting about this one in the notes please I know it's classic lit but also if you read it you'll have no doubts#carmilla#sheridan le fanu#tumblr polls#fandom polls#poll#lesbian#she/her#books#lgbtqia#do you know this queer character#finished
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NOW WITH PODFIC ACCOMPANIMENT!
#[sitting backwards in a chair] HELLO FELLOW KIDS CAN I INTEREST YOU IN A RISE USAGI WITH FLAVOUR#he's queer he's disabled he's written by a non-american#his story is chocked full of sick hidden city worldbuilding and a love for secondary characters#tokage are flying dragons#his sword does cool mystic shit#ANYWAY if you aren't already reading ela's work what are you DOING#I became so obsessed with it I started reading it aloud in bad accents and adding foley and music. viola podfic#ROTTMNT#TMNT#rottmnt fanfiction#usagi yuki#usagi yojimbo#yuichi usagi#leosagi#leoichi#ROTMRfic#RRCU#rhinociart#slutty nonsense hakama because. fashion#squinting at how this guy is drawn wow we've come a long way haven't we#yuki my darling beloved adopted special little son boy
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being loveless does suck sometimes but less bc of some "ohnooo I'll never be able to loooove what will I ever doooo" bs but because how the hell do you tell the ppl around you that you view all relationships as business transactions where the currency is care and support and the reward is trust? How do you tell someone "hey so I could not care less about you as a person but also I enjoy every second we spend together and I'd fight the universe for you if you asked and if you ever disappeared I probably wouldn't miss you but I'd still cry for all the things we never got to experience together" without being the asshole?
#loveless#loveless apl#loveless aplatonic#aplatonic#aplspec#loveless aro#loveless aromantic#so many times i find myself believing im a shitty person#for not being emotionally invested in others#i find it genuinely hard to truly care for other ppl#but it's like i do wanna help and support you!! i do wanna be there for you#and do stupid shit with you!!#id do anything a good friendship requires from me!!#and yet it never feels enough bc the needed emotions aren't behind the acts#not enough that i do it bc i wanna. not enough if it's not out of love#and like how could i blame them for it? how else would they react to#'hey i literally don't care about you. let's hang out anyway'?#(bestie if ur reading this. im sorry...?)#queer stuff
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Pride month is in a couple weeks chat. And I'm begging for Piper art with queer/unlabeled flags instead of bi/lesbian
I'm on my knees, please please please-
#mine#pain rambles#queer piper#unlabled piper#queer#unlabled pride#pjo piper#hoo piper#piper mclean#percy jackon and the olympians#percy jackson and the olympians#pjo fandom#pride month#pjo#im begging#ill do it myself if i have to#but please y'all stop forgetting she's unlabeled#y'all have your rep let queer/unlabeled have thiers#/nm btw#it probably doesn't help that i think lot of y'all only know about toa events from other fans#so y'all don't get to see/ read exactly how Piper talks about her identity#just fandom interpretations.#you just know she broke up with Jason and has a girlfriend#can't be mad when people who read the books aren't talking about this rep#they just barely talk about Reyna's ace rep
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i call dark academia books fucked up university books and i would say its accurate
#and they usually study stuff i wanna study!#and the teachers/professors are terrible influences!#and they're gay but they don't admit it (and if they do it's too late!)#also the term dark academia annoys me and i don't quite know why#i mean its probably the aestheticisation and romanticization of all the terrible shit that happens in the books#like ''ooh i wanna study classics at a uni in vermont uwu its so [something]core''#no its fucking not do you have the reading comprehension of 9 year old#did we read the same book?#(i know this is hypocritical to say bc the third tag but like. it might sound shocking but the books are in fact usually actually gay#and if they aren't explicitly queer it's a logical interpretation that can be backed by the text! and also makes contextual sense!)#dark academia fashion is cool though#i want a cloak
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I don't do discourse here anymore I SWEAR but the thing that will always drive me crazy is people insisting that trans men do not face a specific intersection of oppression like trans women do. There are issues specific to trans men whether you like to admit it or not lol
#'I just don't believe that there are issues that transmascs deal with that transfems and butch/gnc cis women don't also deal with'#I cant believe I had to read that with my own eyes like are you fucking serious? Do you hear yourself?#Being barred from reproductive care related to the uterus due to being a man is a TRANS MALE SPECIFIC ISSUE#Not to mention the fact that pregnant trans men face overwhelming levels of discrimination and violence!!#So are we just not supposed to talk about that? People get mad as fuck when trans men talk about our oppression#even if we don't use that bad word that other queer people have decided we 'aren't allowed' to use lol#malhare.txt
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"If you want well-written women/queer representation/nuanced character arcs/less wish fulfillment/etc. just consume something other than shounen" completely misses the point of the original complaint. Like no, I don't just want representation. I want representation in shounen, the genre that I otherwise love but that never seems to respect people like me. And shounen can have representation. The idea that there's somehow a contradiction between those two things may come from a different place when it's shared by underrepresented people themselves, but it ultimately arrives at the exact same conclusion as anti-woke dudebros who think trans people and women existing is an assault. I have had too many other marginalized folks recite anti-representation, anti-diversification, pro-identity-based-gatekeeping arguments to me word-for-word without seeming to realize the logical end of what they're saying.
#Not to mention how often âread other stuffâ is not actually advice but is instead a way to make fun of people for their interests#hey guys. hey. do you know what it comes off as when you ridicule people for having a very strong interest in one specific thing.#we have words for that. ones that nobody likes being called.#I DO consume media outside of shounen in case that was unclear#but I shouldn't HAVE TO just to see gay and trans people#and women who aren't written misogynistically#and I don't care if your favorite shounen has both of those things because it's an exception to the rule and you should recognize that#Fire Punch existing doesn't disprove My Hero Academia being the norm#shonen#shonen manga#shonen anime#manga#anime#media#personal rant#queer representation#queer rep in media#lgbt representation#lgbtq representation#female representation#representation#media representation#queer#lgbtq#representation in manga/anime#rant post
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Me: *talking about a real and VERY FRUSTRATING bout of lesbophobia I experienced while attempting to find readers for ASMLP's release*
Some man: Idk this must be some new phenomenon because any time I hear about a sapphic book people are happy about it.
#How Nice It Must Be To Not Have to Experience Bigotry---ESPECIALLY MISOGYNY AND LESBOPHOBIA---Because You Aren't Those Groups!#Just Because You Don't See the Lesbophobia Doesn't Mean It Isn't There My Guy But Thanks for Showing Your Ass?#Like Yeah I Have Found People Who Want More Sapphic Books and I Am Happy About That? But You Know What Else I've Gotten Too?#I Had Someone Ask If One of the MCs Was Masc So They Could Pretend the Couple Was Straight. Like.#Plus âOh I'm Bi So It's Not Like I'm Homophobic I Just Don't Know If I Want to Read That Yaknowâ NO I DON'T KNOW. HOW ARE YOU THIS---#Or The Amount of People Who âRead Queer Booksâ But Won't Read Sapphic Fiction.#Like I'm Sorry I Don't Live In Your Perfect Corner of the Internet But That Doesn't Mean You Get to Talk Down My Experiences You Clown Fuck#Because Truly That Is the Finest of Clownery to Do Shit Like That. Jesus Fucking Christ the AUDACITY.#alex has the floor
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it's been a long time since i read a book that just consumed my entire day and left me bouncing off the metaphorical walls, but holy shit
#go read the tarot sequence by kd edwards right now immediately#it's so good. it's so fucking good#do you like queer characters? snarky queer protags who aren't teenagers?#protector/protectee feelings off the fucking charts??#i need to start the second book but i'm just screaming and running in mental circles over the first#the WORLD BUILDING#everything i learned about this world made me want to know more#the tarot theming is so fucking cool too#lots of trigger warnings for things and stuff#so tread carefully
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the sex education ep about disability rep and accessibility has me bawling on the floor i'm a fucking mess. FINALLY. finally we're talking about this.
watching all the students have a sit-in until the lift gets fixed made me break down crying like oof. ok. yeah đ
#i was literally just thinking this morning that with all the queer rep we've been getting recently#we're still cruelly lacking in disabled rep#and whenever we do get disabled characters they're usually magically fine and integrated into society perfectly#like with eileen from supernatural. they never talk about how alienating it is not to be able to understand half of what's going on around u#somehow she can magically read lips even in dark environments or when they're mumbling/turning away from her#other characters around her don't or barely make the effort to sign#i can't even think of a single visually impaired character off the top of my head#definitely none with my specific impairment#and characters in wheelchairs are usually just there in the background#with no insight into what daily life in our ableist society is like#not to mention chronic pain rep/people who aren't in wheelchairs but do need a cane#or who get tired so fast that they cannot keep a regular school/work schedule#like where is our rep?? when are we gonna start talking about how impossible life is when nothing is made to accommodate you?#anyway good for sex education#i needed to take a break from the episode bc it was so overwhelming#in a good way!!!!#i'm gonna get back to it now#rain posts
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dear god that would be turbo cringe or whatever, but seeing all those annoying little things in fics over and over again really makes me want to write one in which they're not obligatory funnymoments but rather like, words that have meaning and weight and so on
#shrimp thoughts#like. 1. characters acting all cryptic and condescending when their friend who isn't aware they're queer and in love comes to them for#advice like 'oh figure it out yourself baby :)' that's so obnoxious. this is a romcom not a hero's journey you're TWENTY not a Wise Mentor#2. characters acting condescending and rolling their eyes soooo hard about how their friend hasn't figured/took them so long to figure out#they're queer because it was so obvious! how can you be so dense! or: how can you be IGNORANT of kink matters (that we never told you about#3. characters making retching noises and complaining how disgusting/gross their friends are once they get together. the friends aren't#like frenching or fucking on the dining table but just smiling at each other. free pass at homophobia nonetheless ig#4. characters reacting to any sort of doubts/internal conflict their friend has with 'omg who cares just do the thing! stop overthinking!'#ETC ETC#so many times i've started reading a good fic with an otherwise engaging characterization only for the writer to pull an Easy Fan Favourite#like one of the above and like ggggghhhhhhhhhh#if it was one (1) character in one (1) fandom or even just a type of characters i wouldn't mind AS MUCH but it's everyone whether it makes#sense for them or not. is this guy calm and sensitive? doesn't matter! he's going to do and say the same things a silly chatterbox type#of a character because telling your friends they're gross for being a couple is universal now#OH i almost forgot. everyone's having kinky sex of many different kinds but react like twitter teenagers to any mention of sex in general#'ew! TMI! i don't want to hear about all the insane shit you do in your bedroom! not in front of the children! not while i'm eating!'#'just read better fanfiction' look i'm TRYING i'm TRYING OKAY
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"Why does everything need to be Gay now it's so shallow to make men attracted to each other when they could be Pure Platonic Friends -"
oops sorry I can't hear you over the sound of me Doing What I Want Forever because I have been watching movies, TV, and animation since the 80s and have watched enough shallow heterosexual romances that would have been stronger as mlm-wlw solidarity friendships to fill the space between stars in a galaxy
#also 1) friends can fuck each other so you're not safe especially since gay guys do this a lot#2) why can't there be a cast with MANY mlm characters where some are strictly friends and some are partners#(bc this is a real thing that happens in the real world shocker I know but sometimes friend groups have several mlm folks)#3) as an aromantic vaguely ace spec person I get the need for good platonic relationships#but uh queer people reading mlm romance into something (often based on their own experiences or representation needs)#that creators refuse to delve into#or god forbid writing it into their own work#IS NOT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HERE#i can't believe it's the year of our lord 2024 and i am still seeing this thinly veiled homophobic take everywhere#2006 called and it wants its 'I don't wish evil on gays but i dont condone their gay stuff' attitude back#Also when I think about all the shows and movies that came from source material with wlw or mlm characters who were all but TOTALLY erased#Or I think about media about queer historical figures who were utterly straightwashed or had their queerness demonized#or reduced to a footnote or Non Controversial background noise#My rage about this increases like 10000 fold#Anyway TLDR ultimately I fall under the mlm umbrella and that's part of the reason I write the shit I do and I'm not the only one#And I write cheeky posts about it but I actually am genuinely disturbed sometimes at this sentiment#Because no one says it outright but there's this massive undercurrent of an assumption that we don't exist#And we don't create#And we don't create things FOR OURSELVES not even bc precisely because of all the times we were told#'Well that's not really marketable so if you want to see it maybe you should create it yourself'#I feel like I'm talking to a wall here DOES NO ONE ELSE GET ANGRY ABOUT THIS#LIKE HOMOPHOBIA ISN'T OVER YET#ESPECIALLY NOT FOR MLM PEOPLE WHO AREN'T CIS AND WHITE#Like stop calling sex and/or romance shallow when it's gay and SUSPICIOUSLY 0 OTHER TIMES oh my fucking god
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2023 reads //Â twitter thread
Like A Love Story
historical YA following three teens in 1989 New York amidst the AIDS crisis
a closeted Iranian boy whoâs just moved to the city, a young punk activist rebelling against his conservative parents, and his best friend, an aspiring fashion designer
complicated friendships & romance, and revolution
#Like A Love Story#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#ok this i have kind of complicated feelings on?#some aspects i really like some ehh#like just dealing with being queer at that time and the anger and grief of AIDS was. a lot. and done well#though it was quite a white side of it? like obviously an iranian mc but heâs not the one involved in activism stuff#I do appreciate an unapologetically angry character#but the romance was a bit iffy#it kind of instantly has them be into each other for no reason other than being the only other gay person#WHICH TO BE FAIR might be an accurate experience. but theyâre very. not in the same place and I donât think they work together#there is something to be said about being in uncertain times; just clinging to whoever you can to get through things.#and also. in the epilogue they clearly only were together for that brief time#also the girl character is. written a bit like the way men write teen girls#and. so much exploring mouths with tongues. pls. why that phrase#i think just a bunch of things that aren't uncommon in gay boy YA from a few years ago that I don't love#and it was just me grabbing an audiobook i hadn't read before when i ran out#but it was quite moving
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people say misogyny has improved in the rpc and at large i would say sure but my god... the way some of yâall talk about your âbest boyâsâ canon female love interests just oozes hatred. you donât keep that energy when the tables are turned and your male fave is actually the one acting up in the relationship. i think itâs totally fine to dislike a canon ship and choose to disregard it in your portrayal because you donât think it serves the way you want to write your muse. although, when that choice is based on the fact that you are painting a woman as âabusiveâ when she maybe is, at best, a little mean to the man in question you gotta step back and think about why you are interpreting her that way. also funny that two men can banter and you think that is cute and flirty but god forbid a woman get a bit quippy, now she is a villain!Â
#surprisingly i am NOT talking about zoya today or this fandom in general but the community at large#i write so many ... 'perceived difficult' woman#or even feminine presenting individuals#so many times i have been iced out or made to feel bad about the women i choose to portray because they aren't soft enough or kind enough#read: she probably told your blorbo off once#we have villain discourse every other month but i think in that conversation you have to acknowledge the gender discrepancies#you quite literally let men get away with murder and if a woman so much as looks at yours mans wrong you are ready to crucify her#i am literally a queer person and mlm ships will always be important but the way y'all will throw women under the bus to see ur bb boys kiss#it's gross!#did it ever cross your mind that you don't have to vilify women in order to ship men together you can just do the latter and move on?#đđ.  *ŕŠ Ë Â° ⼽  carlisle cullen? no carly rae cullen  ⼟   â
. ooc#sorry for the rant i just saw some VERY VERY cold takes and now i am heated
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going to make my own version of those "that girl" videos that used to go around on tiktok (which were basically aesthetically-styled disordered eating so far as i could tell tbh) but mine will be me eating stuff like hard-boiled eggs slathered with mustard & enjoying it with a degree of enthusiasm that viewers find off-putting. my "that girl" trait will not be yoga or drinking five gallons of water a day or even having nice hair or clear skin, it will simply be my joie de vivre or however it's spelled
#i used to eat hard boiled eggs w mustard on them all the time in college bc they had them in the vending machines#and they also had packets of mustard#and i forgot my lunch like every day lol#so that became my lunch#it's a humbling experience to eat a wholeass hard boiled egg in public with like. no knife to cut it in half btw. like you just have to#take bites and it's fine but you feel silly and inelegant#it does not help if you are very gender nonconforming at the time but like. aren't trying to be. jfhfhfjgh#<- was really bad at fitting in during college bc i had super short hair and wore men's jeans and sweaters from goodwill#all of which are actually swag things to do btw but like it doesn't feel swag at all if you like. are actually trying to fit in#and are just very bad at it#and genuinely cannot connect the dots on Why Girls Don't Want To Be Your Friend (it CAN'T just be that you're getting read as queer. right?)#(because that would be so messed up if it was because of that.)#[narrator voice: it was because of that]#anyways this is off the rails bc it was supposed to be about eggs and my love of them but#a lot of people say that college is better than high school. and for me it WAS by a lot but it still was really hard in a lot of ways#i felt deeply isolated. i went to an ag school in the middle of a midwest state and studied STEM#in high school i associated with basically only queer art kids (not a huge high school and a lot of us weren't out yet but. y'know.)#and then in college i felt very out of place#and towards the end of college i decided to try and take a stab at looking more traditionally feminine. grew out my hair#got rid of my bangs#it was fine#i definitely noticed that people treated me much nicer once i had long hair and women's clothes that actually fit me#and i was like okay yeah so i guess i just should try to pass as straight then. that seems like it'll be easier#during the pandemic i gave myself bangs again. just a lil bi girl swag yk. and then last august i got my hair cut into a real short bob#and i immediately felt so much more like myself. idk how to explain it. but i was just like not meant to be feminine in that exact way#i'm honestly still pretty feminine presenting overall but#i love the fact that if i wear my hair messy now it looks kinda boyish. and if i style it nicely it looks girly.#i feel like i have options yk. and i still don't think i get read as queer now tbh? though i'm bad at knowing these things#but i don't feel like i'm HIDING anymore#WOW THAT WAS LONG SORRY LMAO
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