#can you tell in heated about this

[rainbow-femme]

Another thing with the whole “this person was actually gay but historians refuse to admit it!” is that to me very often these people actually fall in one of three camps

1. The person they headcanon as gay has no supporting evidence that an actual historian would trust. Take the post about Julius Caesar actually being a well known bisexual but the evil historians refuse to acknowledge it. From my readings of a few different biographies on Roman emperors that covers Caesar, most evidence for this comes from his political opponents who were trying to insult his character by saying he was the passive sexual partner with men, which would have been highly offensive at the time. Given that he had well known affairs with women and the only evidence for affairs with men were insults by people who disliked him, many historians do not count it as viable evidence but that’s not fun so people just say that the historians hate gay people. Nevermind that the same historians will happily talk about the same sex love affair that emperor Hadrian very openly had

2. There is some evidence for and some against and historians are cautious of going on record to label someone, or different historians have different opinions so there isn’t a universally accepted answer. For example, I have seen some historians say that 100% Edward II of England was gay, others that 100% he wasn’t and again it was just slander from those looking to depose him, and some who say that there are things that point in either direction and that ultimately we will likely never know for sure as an openly gay king in the 1300s would be (checks notes) deposed, jailed, and killed, just like exactly what happened when his political opponents decided he had homosexual lovers influencing his policy

3. They’ve never actually read any historical writings or watched any documentaries, they’re just taking the internets word that historians deny they were anything but straight. I will humbly admit when I was younger I was one of these people, only to start reading biographies and historical non fiction and learn that historians very often are happy to refer to someone as having had a same sex affair, and even apply labels such as gay or bisexual, so long as they actually have evidence they feel they can back it up

People also love to say “we have passionate love letters between them and historians will just wave it off as how people talked back then” when in fact that is a very normal response to have if you have ever actually read historical letters written in western Europe (I can’t speak for other areas)

It was very common for phrases such as “your humble and obedient servant,” “from the one who loves you above all others,” “I desire nothing more in this life than to see you again” between two people who bitterly hated each other because yes, that was how you were expected to address each other during certain time periods, especially if you were involved in political dealings. Political letters from the Tudor era frequently used this phrasing as did romantic letters, a letter from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn and from Henry VIII to Philip of France would look very similar to the untrained eye, which is what many people cherry picking evidence on the internet are doing when they say obviously they must have been in love

Bias absolutely exists but you do need to accept that what you want to be true is not always going to match with the opinion of someone who has studied the issue for 8 years

People on this website will really mock anti-vaxxers and flat earthers for ignoring scientists and getting their alternative facts from facebook, and then turn around and insist they know more history than historians and more archaeology than archaeologists because they read an unsourced tumblr post once

[drrav3nb]

GET TO KNOW ME MEME: favourite lost/lesser known ships [4/10] - Chyna & Eddie Guerrero (WWF)

I've been really wanting to know, why you did what you did, mami? Well this might embarrass you a little bit, Ed. But the truth is, I really couldn't resist your latino heat!

(cred to FullWithDivas for the videos, such high quality!)

[shower-phantom-ideas]

Bruh emotional support ghost kid? Well thats what they are calling him

Suicide cases in gothem are about to fucking plummet boiz cause this one weird blue eyes, black haired boy is now heading to your location.

How does he know where to be? Having a bad day and are all alone? No the fuck your not cause don’t turn around now but theres some shiny blue eyes coming at you from that dark ally. Oh shit hes here to drop some information about you and your lost loved ones that he should know. Oh god the closure. How could you have been afraid on this sweet, creepy, boy who just helped you find your way.

Meanwhile Danny is chillin in Gothem cause the GIW hate it there (none of they equipment actually functions in Gothem so it’s either super haunted or actually not haunted at all). Then all of a sudden he gets approached by a random ghost begging for his help because their sweet baby girl is about to do something horrible. Oops now all the ghosts are following their most loved ones around just to make sure they are there to rush to Danny for help when all else fails. Now hes getting to fulfil his protection obsession double time because one hes helping protect people from themselves and two hes protecting everyone in Gothem by stopping people from becoming villains for revenge. Plus he gets to see first hand how hes making a difference because all those people he saved are sending him some good vibes from all across Gothem.

Thank god he followed Jazz around so much to slightly absorb some of her phycology knowledge over the years. Plus it was actually pretty interesting so she gave him her old text books. Shes also helping him deal with the rare events where he can’t save someone. Just a moment too late or he stops them but they later succeeded in the hospital. Neither are his fault. Now only if he could convince his core of that.

Anyway why Gothem you ask? Amity Park would have been just as good tbh but imagine Batmans face when he finally gets to be face to face with the emotional support ghost boy. Why is he here? Bruce is fine. Batman is fine. Hes not gonna do anything crazy. It’s just a hard time of year. Around their death always gives him grief. But hes an adult and can manage it.

“You know they are so proud of you.” The boy states. As if it’s clear as day, even though it’s Gothem and never a clear day. Batman blinks at him, stunned for a moment. “What?” This boy can’t possibly know that. No one will ever know that, Bruce can only hope. “They see their home, full of such life. That big house that felt so empty, so cold, to them as well for years. Then you filled it with Family and Love like they had always wanted for you. They are so proud of what you have turned it into. Somewhere full of life and warmth.” A small smile graces his face as finally “you have made your parents so proud” and its all he can do to contain himself. Emotions are running high and sue him because he really did need to hear that ok. The boy suddenly looks to Bruces right with a confused face “aren’t all basements like that though?” Before Bruce can even get a word in hes gone. Just vanished before his eyes.

[undefeatablesin]

I was consumed by the need to see P in that incredible mask from Lisrim's original music video lmao 💫

[skitskatdacat63]

Vettonso complaining about each other not respecting schrondinger's track limits on the radio compilation + Seb's commentary that made me a bit feral

Must include these sexy ass pics okay, it makes me feral how hard they race each other.

Also SO upset that we got this vid and there's also pictures(and presumably a vid out there somewhere) of Fernando, back then, ALSO debriefing this race. And yet we never got them together?????? Evil. Fucked up.

Imagine seeing them complaining about each other but also having to (begrudgingly if you're Fernando) compliment each other IN FRONT of each other. Maybe its a good thing it doesn't exist, bcs then I'd have a heart attack.

[fistfuloflightning]

Bitter Truth

[limonjarritos]

I think if Rody didn't have Manon to obsess over and therefore for Vince to make her into food for Rody I still think Vince would go cannibalism route. Like I think we're talking Vince giving a small piece of himself to be eaten by Rody as a form of love, just want to make that clear. This man is not normal.

I also think if Rody did have an obsession with Vince, he would have given a piece of himself for Vince to eat. He is all about giving the most to his partner even at the detriment to himself. He would hand over the whole of himself.

[timetravellingkitty]

I'm not listening to a white person on what's racist or insensitive to brown people. read orientalism by edward said before talking to me or my son ever again

[omegalerc]

https://www.tumblr.com/souvenir116/771042600504508416/mama-slayy?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/souvenir116/771043118896267264/omega-presenting-okay?source=share

Ricky, it seems that Charles is in heat

CHARLES LECLERC PROFESSIONAL LEG-SPREADER!!!

[thissisatitle]

Chapter 12 deleted scene

[lotus-pear]

what is childe doing in bungou gay dogs😟

[antleredweirdo]

DPxDC Writing prompt: A new circus is in town appeared seemingly overnight, a circus of meta humans with red eyes and equally terrifying and wondrous acts. It’s suspicious as all hell and even more suspicious when Jason suddenly feels overwhelmingly compelled to join it when he sees the commercial for it on the TV. Seriously, where the hell did this ‘Circus Gothica’ even come from?

Ok hear me out; y’know in that one episode where we’re introduced to Freakshow and he brainwashes Danny but then it’s ok because he’s saved by his friends?

What if Sam and Tucker and been too late? If Danny had been successful taken?

What if no one believed Sam and Tucker when they said Danny had been kidnapped and he’s not a runaway?

And what if he’s been brainwashed for over 3 years while travelling in the Circus, the only people caring enough to find him being unable to do anything about it?

And what if Freakshow made the mistake of preforming in Gotham where the Bats dwelled? And where they’ll take a deeper look into the circus’s suspicious behaviour…

[wildsaltair]

you can’t show me this picture at 10:39 in the morning and expect me to act normal in any way, shape, or form

[ratter-dreams]

This needs to be spoken about. STOP PINK-FYING ARTIFICER!!!!! WE HAVE A PINK SLUGCAT WITH A SCAR ALREADY!!!! PLEEASSEEEE PLEASEEEEEEE

[wellfine]

Hey I found ur art uncredited on tik Tok

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMreQSnaw/

They said they "found it on Reddit" so they just decided to steal it and post it ig?? Ugh!!

Wow, that's a whole other repost to the one I thought it was going to be, lol. It's been reposted to TikTok once before, and I'm also not surprised this person got it from Reddit, where I doubt I was credited either.

At the end of the day I appreciate the heads up but there's nothing I can really do about it. The most helpful thing anyone can do is to leave comments on the reposts to provide credit,* because if artists ever try and comment then we pretty invariably get attacked. Don't be mean or aggressive, that just builds their animosity towards the artists, but I do think people respond positively to outside pressure to do the right thing 🤷

*Remember to make sure there's enough context - eg. something like "art by @ landegart on Twitter" is more searchable/useful than "artist is Landeg" to someone on TikTok who has no idea who I am haha

[wiezumbeispiel]

Had an idea that was like. Well what if instead of crows glados had 3 baby porygons?? They’re kind of like birds. Kind of. Anyways all you need to know is that she loves them very much