#cw inc*st mention

[pandoramusicbox]

Drowcember prt 2

Ok a continuation of the drowcember that expands the world building of my drow-like society of music box, the Dark fauth of O’sten  

these ideas are work in progress and so are these pictures but I wanted to share them before December was over. 

So prompt  5 family, a lot of different ways that these people think of family the most interesting is that of the cavern bats, where they do not do nuclear families as much and instead there is a tradition of mutual adoption among people. These adopted families tend to all live together in a home called Otoram. Which has a central atrium all connected to a bunch of rooms. in the duel millipede city and the black shawl spider city families are divided however they need to be, most often by multigenerational or nuclear families, cousins and relatives tend to live in the same neighborhoods or in apartment style buildings. often people will move into the mother’s neighborhood, or will spend some of the time in the fathers childhood neighborhood and the other in the mothers. other times families will strike out on their own to settle themselves in a different neighborhood all together or create a new one on the cities boarders. this being said there are also plenty of less conventional families as well, single parents are not uncommon (in part because of death or divorce but just as likely that the parent wanting a kid might go and have an arrangement with someone for a while and then sett out for themselves after.) neighborhoods made up of friends who formed a family are not a strange practice either. notably the surface dwellers of the continent do find these practices strange and in their lack of understanding tend to call them some rather choose words. (for example, it is thought that dark fauth keep harems, and rumors of the dark fauth being inbreed)

Prompt 6, festivals and celebrations, for some reason I only came up with festivals for the black chowl cavern city... I may need to fix that at some point but for now they have two! they have the festival of the pillars. a celebration that takes place once a year and celebrates all the achievement the city and individuals of the city have accomplished that year. it is a celebration of goals and survival. for the celebration a large wooden pillar is carved and decorated with all the noteworthy events of the year, including the death and birth of people of the city. the pillar is then lifted up and carried upright to its resting pace in the pillar gardens where pillars from the previous years are placed to rot and decay (as they are made of a single tree trunk) it us carried in a lavish parade and it is a game to keep the pillar upright with ropes as it is carried along. it is considered bad luck if the pillar falls on its way to the garden. the day is also a day of feasting, music, dancing, fun costumes, games, lotteries and trading of wares. its not unusual for outsiders of the city to be allowed in for these celebrations, and even surface dwellers have partaken in the celebrations before.  The Chowl ceremony is a much more private and interment event, that is a coming of age ceremony. the children who are roughly of 12-15 years of age (or for raquesasha the equivalent is ~27-32) to go to the temples of the city to undergo a series of ceremonial trials, and decide on what path in life they want to take, before finally receiving their shawls and ribbons. these are the marker of the citizens of the city. some adults who move into the city from elsewhere will also undergo these rituals.  note: the shawls and ribbons is a declaration of what gender(s) a person wishes to present as, because all children wear unisex clothing. the shawls are considered more feminine and the ribbons masculine, but a child can choose to take both ribbons and shawls and there are certain types of ribbons and shawls that denote other gender roles for them. a person can also reject taking either, or go through a new set of rituals to change whether or not they have ribbons or shawls.    Prompt 14 caves and cites, back ground, so this is a bit of an off one. here we have a collection ton of rough outlines for what the cavern city of the bats might look like, what an otoram might look like from above. along with some street outlines of the three cites I am working on: above a picture of a stalagmite and stalactite cave. I may or may not be borrowing some ideas from the different cave biomes in Minecraft, because as cool as caves are, I do not know a lot about them. though interesting note about the city of the bats that I decided on while creating this, was that the city has a lot of bats. The bats are seen as the symbol of the city so it is disrespectful, and bad luck to harm a bat, but lots of bats sleeping in a grotto brings with it some issues. such as.. oh I don't know, guano. but this is not seen as a bad thing by the citizens. (well it is the reason a lot of them west large wide brim hats, and the smaller pointed caps, and wear respirator like devises and face coverings) no the guano is cleaned off and collected to be used in  a number of different things, such as fertilizer and as an ingredient in alchemy products. the other worry is decease, but the city has simply compensated for this with its excellent healthcare system and medical alchemy. there is also a general effort to place bat boxes away from the places that people frequent.   Prompt 4: intrigue/ thievery, I have got to admit I almost removed this one from the list. but I drew this guy.  imagine with me for a second: you are a person who lives in the city of esta, grand city of the keritok kingdom in o’sten. you need something stolen, or smuggled out of the city, perhaps a valuable and irreplaceable family heirloom or perhaps you got in a spot of trouble with the city officials and you ned to skip town, real quick and quiet. you get some contacts and they tell you they found you a guy, a guy who can get you exactly what you want. so with some trust in your confidant you steal away to one of the dusty and dilapidated inns of the city, a place where normally you would never find yourself caught dead. but your confidante assures you this is where you can meet the guy. so you step in on the creaking floorboards of the dock side inn, and enter a sidereal through one of the many sliding doors that separate spaces out to rooms. you continue through these rotting rooms until you are lead to where you need to go, and through a secret door you enter a small, smoke filled chamber, a sweet smell mixes with the salty rot of the docks, and there all draped out on a cushioned filled sofa is a Dark fauth smoking a long slender pipe. wearing that strange segmented clothing of the city of . the armored braces, and metal gorget to protect his neck. he blows more smoke forming strange shapes with them that you assume can only be done by the  creature’s vile magics. He finally acknowledges you entering the room. he leans forward. with all the draping shawl coming along with him. In a strange but familiar accent he asks “ So, you are here to do business with me?” anyways enough imagining for now. that's some intrigue, though I'm not one that great at intrigue plots.

[biceratops7]

TAG NICKELODEON IN EVERY SINGLE GOSH DAMN PIECE OF FAN WORK YOU MAKE (except for tcest fans, go eat a rock 😘), MAKE THOSE NETWORK VULTURES SEE HOW DAMN PROFITABLE THIS THING WILL BE

HOLD. THE. LINE!

Watch it! Stream it! Tell people to watch it! Make a movie night out of it! Do what you’d need to do! Let’s get our boy’s back!

[diaryofamadgirl]

she literally molested me why did nobody do anything about it? why didn’t anyone walk in and tell her to stop? i tried to speak but i was so young and i couldn’t tell anyone. i tried. i tried so hard but all the came out was “i don’t wanna get in the bath with her”

[rush-the-stars]

the public might not be ready for most fucked up relationship of all time with utahime but I AM CIELO !! I AM !!!!!!!!

VIC 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

cw: mention of age gap/imbalanced power dynamics

i just think. there’s a lot of different ways this could kinda go but i think the gist is that. i think she’d wanna coddle you in a way that is sorta gross. and like defs breaching way too many boundaries.

also pls just. everyone. PLS. hear me out. could see her w a bit of an age gap or imbalanced power dynamic like……being her recently graduated student………….and she could teach you so much more. about yourself; what feels good, how you like to be fucked….or how to fuck her……………….

sorry to say i would also like to project weird mommy issues onto her. SORRY. I AM SORRY. i just think she likes a stubborn lost soul to look after………she’s so bossy. utahime use me as your stress toy PLS

[prettyboykatsuki]

I don't kink shame people bc I'm a freak too but a piss kink... 😟 yeah I'm judging you full on

thats crazy cause i wanna make megumi piss his pants in a public place and fuck him about it

[the-official-legacies-blog]

I should probably add my opinion:

(Trigger warning for incest and pedophilia mentions)

I personally think OC x Canon is fine, UNLESS if it's the stuff I listed as illegal, this is because some people have lifelong trauma that's caused by pedophilia and incest, and the fact that some people use the 'It's fiction' excuse sometimes irks me. (Note: I myself am a victim of pedophilia and incest, I am not ready to go into full detail about it yet, but this is why proships make me extremely uncomfortable to the point I nearly have a breakdown).

If you're gonna ship that stuff, at LEAST put a trigger warning on your posts and a cut.

Note: I will talk about my personal experience when I am ready. Until then, please don't try to force me to answer about what happened, it's still very traumatic for me because I was approximately eight years old. All I'll say is that my step-grandfather at the time was involved.

Alright another poll because I'm curious-

*Illegal referring to minor x adult, child x parent, sibling x sibling, grandparent x grandchild, cousin x cousin, etc

Please be respectful, you don't have to be mean to voice your dislike on something

[maskthesimp]

Okay, I'm gonna talk about something. I'm updating my F/O list again, but I'm gonna make a new post for it because the old one is annoying me. Bugged out links n shit.

TW real quick: Abuse, incest, manipulation, murder, cannibalism.

Here's the thing, some of the characters that I am adding to that list are from a game called "The Coffin of Andy & Leyley." And the reason this may become an issue is the sensitive topics that are brought up within that game and between the characters.

I'm just gonna say it flat out right now: it's incest, manipulation, murder, and cannibalism. These characters are not good people, and I wanna make it very clear that I am not condoning the behaviour of the fanfics I read, nor the art I consume. I am also not a proshipper either.

The reason I want to make this disclosure about this game specifically and not other ones like Resident Evil or Teen Wolf, despite cannibalism and murder being part of those, is that those didn't dip into the discussions of incest. Certainly not to the degree that TCOAAL does. I'm not gonna discuss my moral standing on things like incest or whatever, since this account isn't for deeper topics like that, but I will possibly be reblogging things from this game that involve that discussion or imagery. Most of it will be x Reader but not all of it.

If the expressions of art or the references these posts make include the discussion of Andrew & Ashley's potentially incestuous relationship and that upsets you, please remember its art, and you can block the tag, block me, or scroll. We depict things that aren't always morally just, or socially acceptable in art, for the sake of expression, sharing a message, and indulgence in a specific form of media. It's a video game about serial killers driven to toxic relationships and desperate situations. Is isn't intended to be a condonation of their actions or behaviours, but it is something that I enjoy consuming out of both interest in the storytelling, worldbuilding, and understanding of the complex character relationships.

It's not just there for fan service. It's a deeply disturbing discussion about co-dependency, parental neglect, and abuse and should not be taken as an interpretation of a moral high-ground.

With that being said, please take this post as a pre-warning to block the tag and the ship if that's something you don't want coming up on your feed. Especially if you follow either of my 18+ accounts. I know multiple of my mutuals aren't comfortable with incest so hopefully, they see this too and can block it. If that stuff is fine by you, great! I just wanna indulge and have fun reading shit and sharing the art people make of this fixation I have.

Thank you, and have fun indulging in this with me if you choose to. Here's some of the tags you might wanna block if you feel the need:

Ashley Graves

Leyley Graves

Andrew Graves

Andy Graves

Gravecest

TCOAAL

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley

[dennisboobs]

in light of. recent events. the reason for me having "dni if you ship dennis/dee" in my bio is because. it's for my OWN personal comfort. it's not a fucking Statement on my ~moral purity~ or a virtue signal, it's because i do not want my posts about the twins being read into in any way, nor do i want to talk to people who are HIDING that they ship them because it makes me extremely uncomfortable. unfollow me. don't interact. it's a personal trigger and i am trying to carve out a space i feel comfortable speaking in.

[mylittlestims]

applejack x pinkie pie stimboard?

apologies Anon but Applepie/Pinkiejack makes me uncomfortable due to 'Pinkie Apple Pie' revealing they may be distant cousins (same goes for Marblemac, Pinkiemac, Maudjack, Maudmac, Limemac, Limejack & Marblejack) if you want I can do a (platonic) duo board

[castielfucks]

w* will literally say shit like "let's go inc*st let's go!!!" and still think theyre normal... please repeat these things to a therapist

[strawberrysweater]

this has been at the back of my mind for a long time and i know i'm overthinking but i DO want to clarify that i started shipping kaede & kiibo before i saw their second FTE and it didn't exactly make me happy to find out one of their only canon interactions is kiibo joking that kaede "influencing his design" means she's like his mom. like i know he was 100% joking as he clarifies literally in the next sentence to kaede's relief, and it's pretty clear that kaede was baffled he'd say that & he doesn't actually think of her that way bc he's really upfront with his feelings BUT. need to make it known that as someone who ships them romantically i don't get any secret enjoyment out of that interaction and in fact it squicks me out in the couple instances i've seen other fans joke about it + i just dislike jokes about girl characters being "mom friends" and any reminder about how much some fans infantilize kiibo, it leaves such a bad taste in my mouth

like. the idea of kiibo telling a poorly worded joke to get back at kaede for when she pressed that button and shut him off is funny, bc clearly he's not used to making jokes, it fits, and they're immediately cool after he clarifies and it never comes up again ("a robot making a joke... that's pretty cool. the title of ultimate robot really suits him.") i just dislike the way it comes across here bc it's a topic i don't find funny. it doesn't have any influence on me shipping them and i would still dislike it even if i didn't ship them BUT in the text it's just a one-off poorly received joke so i take it as a joke and i wanted to make that fully known

[bicth-and-in-that-order]

I’m back—I have more to say

6. I’m in Love with the Villainess by Inori

Oh god💀

So the hot new yuri on the block is “I’m in Love with the Villainess” and while I lament that the femme blonde is back, the dark hair girl isn’t that masc so I’ll give it that.

What to say about this yuri, what to say, what to say…I have very conflicted feelings about this yuri because on the one hand, it has incredible highs and the main character deeply resonated with me on a personal level. On the other hand, however, it contains some of the worst, most disgusting tropes I’ve ever had the displeasure of reading.

Well, that’s enough beating around the bush, let’s get into it. So I’m not going to keep saying “I’m in Love with the Villainess”, and “IiLwtV” is too awkward for an acronym so it’ll be shortened to “Villainess Love” from here on out. So Villainess Love is unique in that it’s an isekai yuri; a depressed as hell 20-something office lady named Rae gets reincarnated into her favorite dating sim game. The thing about her and what is indeed the namesake of this yuri is that while the dating sim is centered around 3 princes for the romance options, Rae only has eyes for Claire, the tsundere villainess character. She goes out of her way to ignore the 3 princes to pursue Claire, and just like Rae, this will be the last time I mention them💀

By far the best part of this story is how it plays with both the isekai and dating sim tropes by having Rae not only be self aware of the world she’s in, but have this encyclopedia knowledge of the game, which she uses to her advantage to get close with Claire. Rae herself is a very comedic, over-zealous character, announcing her love to Claire within the first few pages of the story and having masochist-levels of enjoyment from getting tormented by her. Of course, there’s more to her going on underneath, which gives her a level of complexity, but I’ll get into that later. Claire, meanwhile, is a VERY typical rich girl tsundere character, she’s so by the numbers that I don’t even need to go into her personality. She literally does the “oh ho ho ho” laugh unironically and has generic sad anime backstory #55: “my mother is dead”. I believe this was done with intention though, since Rae will literally point out when she’s having her “dere” moments. In fact, their dynamic actually reminded me of the gag rom com manga “Maria Holic” and I wonder if that was a major source of inspiration for the author becuase the resemblances between the two are uncanny. With that being said, I didn’t find Claire to be all that interesting until their actual romance develops, which, let’s talk about that.

So out of all the yuri manga I’ve read, I actually found the romance between Rae and Claire to be the most compelling, yes, even more compelling than Beauty and the Beast Girl if you could imagine. This is because Villainess Love actually talks a great deal about homophobia and homosexuality in a real word context. Which is practically unheard of in a yuri manga:

I was so shocked by this, it actually caught me off guard to see a yuri acknowledge homophobia and heteronormativity in a way that didn’t begin and end with “we love each other but we’re giRLs🫣🫣🫣” . Rae acknowledges that she is in fact gay and that the gender of her lover is in fact important to her. This conversation will actually get expanded upon later when Rae opens up about her experiences as being a lesbian irl and getting ostracized for it in high school, which explains a lot of her behavior up until that point. And I will say that her story deeply resonated with me. Especially since I went through similar experiences as Rae and I also clamped about my gender preferences after I faced severe homophobia.

Rae’s story also reflects how keenly aware the author is of her audience, she knows us anime obsessed gays are reading her work and really leans hard into that aspect, not just for comedic purposes but for for character writing as well. It creates an organic reading experiences that will have most readers going “ah, I’ve been through that before” or “I know how she’s feeling” which is an incredible thing for a writer to pull off. Kudos.

Now, despite all the praise I’ve given Villainess Love thus far….I wouldn’t actually recommend to anyone, like at all. To talk fully about this aspect, I’ll have to go into heavy spoilers so, if you don’t mind then join me under the cut

So I want to preface this by saying the existence of these elements isn’t the problem, it’s how Villainess Love handles them which is the issue.

For whatever reason, the author thought introducing an incest storyline into the mix was a good idea, it adds nothing to the story and actively ruins one of the better characters, which is hugely disappointing, but whatever. The problem is this:

I’m willing to go out on a limb here and say that no, I don’t think the author’s intent was to claim that incest and homosexuality are on the same level. If you take into account that this world takes place during Victorian era England then categorically speaking, homosexuality was often referred to as “forbidden love” , Oscar Wilde can attest to as much, and while I don’t think that modern Japanese lesbian Rae should’ve given this speech, it’s not the worst of the worst. No that belongs to the lesbian rapist (sigh)

So Villaness Love bravely marches into the territory of rape and sexual assault and sadly doesn’t come out of it unscathed. Sometime after the incest plotline, a new character comes into the mix who is a distant relative of Claire’s and looks like a reject kase-san. To sum things up, her purpose in this story is to push Rae to confess to Claire by…threatening to rape her if Rae won’t do anything about her feelings :\

And , okay, if this is the direction the author wants to take the story then fine, but it’s handled so sloppily, and not once is this kase-san reject ever given consequences for her actions in the story. She just kind of pops up to be a “love” rival then leaves just as soon as she comes and then everyone pretends like Claire wasn’t just about to become a sexual assault victim.

A boring character or lame ass plotline is one thing, a story can bounce back from that. What it can’t bounce back from is having a poor message, especially when it comes to topics like rape and incest. Unfortunately, an otherwise adorable manga is marred by such distasteful story decisions that I didn’t even buy the physical copy for it and I got the physical copy for fucking kase san and Yamada so my standards are in hell, but this somehow goes even lower than that. And it sickens me so much to the point that I don’t even like watching the anime because I have to keep seeing that incest girl pop up on my screen, and be reminded of what a good character she used to be.

And it truly is such a shame because if not for the rape and incest, it would’ve been one of my favorite yuri manga of all time for the relatability of the main character and the social commentary alone. I wish I could give it all the praise in the world, but I cannot. My purpose here is not to detract you from reading this story, if none of what I said is a dealbreaker then be my guest, but I see this series praised a lot and while it’s well deserved in some regards, I want to be absolutely 100% transparent with Villainess Love. So yeah those are my thoughts byeeee

Rambling thoughts of various Yuri manga I’ve read

1. Kase-San and Yamada (Morning Glories sequel series) by Hiromi Takashima

notice how Kase’s name is first, which is representative of her being the main one to cause problems in their relationship

If you asked me what my favorite yuri manga was like 2-3 years ago, I’d say Morning Glories and Kase San everytime. Every avid yuri fan has either read or watched Morning Glories because, at the time in 2010, it was groundbreaking, and I stand by the fact that the original series still holds up to this day. It was cute, sweet, wholesome and only had a few obligatory “we love each other but we’re giRLs😳😳😳” moments. Most of all it wasn’t a pseudo-incest-straight-male-porn-pandering-garbage-fest—also known as “Citrus”. Was it cliche at times? Yes, but they all are lol. Did they add to the dumb ass “blonde femme and dark hair butch” trope? Also yes. But it was adorable and it was my first ever yuri so it holds a special place in my heart.

And it SEEMED like it was only going to get better in Kase San and Yamada, the sequel. The girls would be heading to college and the story could theoretically focus on more mature topics while they navigate their new relationship. Keyword: theoretically. Unfortunately, instead of exploring interesting relationship dynamics and storylines, the plot of each story arc boils down to: Kase is insecure because a man breathed next to Yamada or Kase is being completely insensitive to Yamada’s feelings…again…—> ✨miscommunication drama ✨—>big over dramatic apology scene—>boring makeup sex or other romantic gesture.

Literally that’s how every single plotline goes. Kase is so goddamn dumb and insensitive to Yamada’s feelings and Yamada’s a complete doormat who can only stay mad for 0.2 seconds before getting pussy whipped like a spineless ass bitch. And for all that Yamada sacrifices for Kase; her hometown, her dreams, her apartment, what does she get in return from Kase? Oh that’s right; bare minimum romantic gestures and a neglectful partner who can’t even call her “girlfriend” in front of others:

Like I thought we were over this shit. It’s been THREE years of them together, a whole anime production, and god knows how many irl years and we’re going back to “we love each other but we’re giRLs😳😳😳” WHY???

And then Kase later goes onto bet her entire three year relationship over the ugly bitch in the next panel, so now I’m questioning whether or not Kase even loves Yamada with the amount of bullshit she’s put her through. Which COULD be an interesting plot point, but Kase never gets any consequences for her actions and the creator genuinely thinks this is romantic and full of tension so I’m 10000% positive that this arc, just like all the others, will end with some makeup sex and we’ll be right back to step 1. Sigh.

2. Tamen De Gushi by Tan Jiu

Tamen De Gushi’s problems are interesting because it’s entirely because of the Chinese government

So today’s dark haired butch and blonde femme of the day are Sun Jing and Qiu Tong, respectively. Their personalities aren’t anything to write home about, if you read ANY high school yuri romance, then you know exactly what happens in this story beat for beat. But, BUT, however derivative it is, I find their dynamic very endearing and down to earth. Idk maybe it’s just the translation, but other yuri stories often have this very inauthentic “anime” vibe to it. Which is to say the characters act very cutesy, overly dramatic, and have this stilted, caricature-esque acting of how the creator thinks teenage girls are supposed act.

However, I’m happy to report that Tamen De Gushi is a breath of fresh air in this regard. The characters and interactions they have are grounded and feel organic, which makes them feel like real people, not aliens pretending to be human. This really elevates the humor in turn, oh did I mention that Tamen De Gushi is super funny? Because Tamen De Gushi is super funny, here’s one of my favorite panels and it’s all because of Sun Jing’s goofy ahh expression:

Like go girl give us nothing

If you’re wondering why I haven’t spoke much about the actual romantic relationship between the girls, that’s because there isn’t one💀 Which, okay, that’s not a fair assessment, they have a ton of romantic tension and they flirt a lot. It’s certainly building to a great romantic relationship, but it can’t quite get there due to legal/political reasons sadly. 😔

For some background information, Tamen De Gushi isn’t actually a Japanese manga, but a Chinese Manhua, still a comic, but the distinction is important to make because the censorship laws in China are a lot more restrictive of lgbt+ content than in Japan. Allegedly, the creator was told by the government to cease all explicit lgbt+ content “or else”. Which is why, after they share their big lesbian kiss towards the middle of the story, that’s kind of it. You’re stuck waiting for something to develop, but nothing really happens. The comic very quickly becomes a collection of slice of life segments and cute pictures that imply a relationship between the girls, but not really ;) ;).  Now things are just kind of left in purgatory for the foreseeable future and, well, that’s Tamen De Gushi y’all.

Compared to Kase San and Yamada, the characters were much better, which is not saying much, but without an actual romantic storyline, there’s just not a lot for me to comment on to be honest. It’s really pretty though, look at this art :

3. Beauty and the Beast Girl by Neji

my personal favorite and the BEST yuri I ever read

So next on the list is Beauty and the Beast Girl (I’m going to abbreviate to BatBG from here on) , which I already spoiled my feelings on the matter so this will basically be me gushing about this story for several paragraphs straight, enjoy.

Contrary to what the title suggests, it really has nothing to do with Beauty and the Beast’s story except in name. The main girls are Lily Blind, who is actually fucking blind 💀 and Heath the monster girl. Already I’m happy because instead of blonde femme and dark hair butch, it’s blonde femme and of-course-you-have-purple-hair-and-pronouns butch. Lol, all jokes aside, Lily, unlike her blonde femme counterparts is quite assertive and voices her opinions all the time. In fact, she’s the one who pushes Heath to be more open and communicate with her rather than the other way around. This is, in part, due to the story BatBG is trying to tell. I say BatBG is in name only to Beauty and the Beast because Lily isn’t trying to find the “beauty” within Heath or learning to love a beast or whatever, she’s fine just the way she is and her love for Heath is unconditional. Plus the only thing beastly about Heath is her appearance…which I’ll harp on later, but her behavior is in no way different from a regular human except in very rare, specific moments.

At its heart, BatBG is a story about forgiveness (the creator literally says as much) , but it’s also about the cycle of violence that results from being outcasted and deprived of love. BatBG is set in a world of humans and monsters, where the monsters are outcasted and either have to stay away from human society like Heath or assimilate themselves by hiding away their monster like traits, which is a really queer narrative on top of an already queer story. I don’t want to go into too much spoilers, but sometime before the beginning of the story, Heath in-directly hurts Lily before they ever meet. However, it’s not about Lily needing to forgive Heath, or trying to get over the pain she inflicted upon her, rather its Heath learning to forgive herself and in effect, learning to love herself as much as Lily loves her.

Another big aspect of BatBG is disabilities, Lily Blind is in fact Blind lol and while there are times she struggles with her blindness, she never views her disability as something she needs to be ashamed of and never, ever, blames Heath for it or holds it against her unlike what many, many, many, many other stories end up doing. Her blindness isn’t treated like a super power either, it’s a legitimate disability. She just accepts that it’s a part of her and goes onto say that if not for her blindness, she would’ve never met the love of her life, which I found to be an incredibly profound thing to say.

Now that I’ve gotten this far, I suppose I can add a bit of a disclaimer. So BatBG is waaaaay more explicit about the physical affection between the girls than in any of the previous stories I talked about. Heath and Lily are constantly kissing on, hugging, and almost always flirting with each other, and make no mistake, these girls do be fucking. The sex scenes are never perverted or gross, but genuinely super sweet and romantic, which makes it way hotter imo (huh imagine that🤔). And aside from being hot, it also serves a purpose! Lily’s pretty damn horny underneath all her nice girl antics and while it’s not a major part of her character, it does give a slight edge to her personality and, most importantly, balances out the dynamic between Heath and Lily. It would’ve been very easy to fall into that boring trope where Heath is aggressively horny and Lily is the submissive blind girl, but by making Lily be the one to initiate the sexual encounters, it not only compliments Heath’s more reserved nature, but breaks the stereotype that people with disabilities are pure precious being who couldn’t possibly have sex, which is ableist af btw. Many people think the existence of any sex scenes at all is superfluous, but in BatBG, it truly elevates the story, the characters, and the romance in ways that wouldn’t be nearly as satisfying without it.

Now, with as much praise I gave BatBG, there is one criticism I have, but it’s a quibble really, and it can be explained in a single image:

There is a dissonance between the story and the art, the story says: “Heath is a big, ugly scary monster”

The art says:

And like yes, it can be argued that Heath is simply regurgitating the things bigoted people have said to her, but at no point in the story is this ever challenged or brought up in any meaningful way. Lily is blind so she doesn’t know what the hell she looks like and the other characters aren’t any help either. It’s not a big deal or anything, it just would’ve elevated the story if Heath was actually kinda ugly/more monstrous and not incredibly beautiful because right now it’s giving skinny girl who calls herself fat all the time, and it’s like, babe, who tf are you fooling? 😭

Other than that, BatBG is incredibly profound despite its premise being so deceptively simple and I love it to pieces so …yeah! READ IT.

4. Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit by sometime

Well, at least there are no blondes

So imma just abbreviate to SiL btw

Alright, let’s get started. The premise is that a villainess falls for the super hero girl and then that plotline is dropped in about 16 pages. I’m not even joking, the villainess falls for the hero, loses her job as a villain and then joins the hero all in one chapter. The REAL plot is actually about a council of evil alien-humans who want to destroy humanity because of generic super villain reason #434: the leader of the aliens is sad and misunderstood :( I’m not even going to lie, I had 0 interest in “X” (the generic ass name of the main villain) and her band of useless lesbians. They did literally nothing in the story except be a nuisance and contribute to X’s incel breakdown at the end. Their inclusion actively made SiL worse because the story has this weird tonal problem where in one breath the villains are portrayed as complete jokes and then you turn the page and now they’re shooting children like girl what💀 And these useless lesbians hog sooooo much of SiL that desperately needed to be given to Honey trap and Hayate to develop their relationship.

When the story DOES actually focus on Honey Trap and Hayate, it’s pretty good, even cute at times, there just wasn’t enough time given to them to flesh their relationship out. As it stands, Honey Trap and Hayate don’t have much of a dynamic, or personality for that matter. Honey Trap’s main gimmick is that she’s extremely horny for Hayate and delulu:

Aside from that, she’s a great value version of Heath, but even a watered down character is better than, like, nothing. All I really know about Hayate is that she’s nice, heroic, likes wearing tacky clothes and ….that’s it. She loves Honey Trap because…………they fought together a few times so why not🤷‍♀️ I’d say at least that’s better than Tamen De Gushi, but actually it’s not because these grown ass women don’t even kiss , all we get is a love confession and their gremlin love child and that’s supposed to be satisfying I guess.

And the worst part is that SiL has the audacity to pretend the romance was something that it clearly wasn’t:

Girl…yall were “””enemies””” for 10 panels.

Now, it’s stated they have been rivals for a while, but I guess Honey Trap forgot all of that because the moment she sees Hayate’s face, my good sis is pussy whipped for life. And that’s in spite of apparently being the evilest one out of the evil group because Honey Trap has no grudge or baggage toward Hayate. She immediately turns good with no issues and Hayate is only distrustful of Honey Trap for 1 or 2 speech bubbles and then she’s not. Anything else that happened was off screen, which means it didn’t happen. Ironically, the very next entry on this list will do a MUCH better job at an ex-villain love story, but for SiL, there’s just not much going on.

Another reading of this story is to call it a “parody” but…no, it isn’t. SiL isn’t a comedy, yes there are comedic moments that poke fun of the genre, but the rest of the story genuinely wants you to take it seriously. Except it can’t. X and her league of dimwits are boring as piss and they oscillate between Saturday morning cartoon villains and child murderers seemingly on a whim. So I can neither be endeared to them nor take them as a serious threat. Honey Trap and Hayate are there, but I lament on all the potential lost from what could’ve been an amazing relationship.

5. Yamujiburo/Kianamaiart’s Hanamusa webcomic

This one is kind of cheating, but I also don’t care let me talk about hot MILFs💀

So the final entry on this list is a webcomic series by one of my fave artist: kianamaiart! And it’s right here on tumblr so check it out!

I stumbled upon this webcomic a few weeks ago, fell in love and now I want to talk about it. This yuri pair thankfully has no blonde femme in sight and instead features two popular Pokémon characters: Jessie from Team Rocket and Delia Ketchum, Ash Ketchum’s mom. What I love about this ship and the world Kiana creates around them is that it’s a very unconventional pairing. There’s just not many romances where a single mom falls in love with an ex gang member and the best part is, Delia being a mom is a big part of her character and she doesn’t ignore Ash in favor of her new relationship with Jessie. She has time for both and doesn’t prioritize one over the other, which many ppl fail to do even irl so good on you Delia!

Now, as for the romance it self, Jessie and Delia are a unique pair. Jessie’s overconfident, brash, drama queen personality doesn’t automatically put her in the “dominant” role and Delia’s sweet, motherly personality doesn’t automatically put her in the “submissive” role. Their dynamic in the webcomic actually plays out in the reverse, Jessie is the one who gets easily flustered and Delia’s…intense, to say the least:

(But Tbf if Delia looked at me like that I’d be at her beck and call too💀)

This subversion of these tropes creates a fun dynamic for the couple and it’s super adorable to see how their energies bounce off each other in each new situation Kiana puts them in. I also love how both Jessie and Delia inspire each other to live out their dreams and they become better versions of themselves by being together.

And one last thing, I don’t have any smart commentary to go along with this, I just really like this drawing of Jessie:

no thoughts, head empty

Final Thoughts

Soooo yeah, that’s the end of my dissertation on yuri comics. I know I ended up dragging a lot of popular yuri, but it wasn’t my intention to make you guys hate any of things I talked about. These were just my thoughts as an avid yuri fan, so let me know your thoughts as well, especially if you read any of the yuri I talked about. And even though I’m super picky about the type of yuri I read, I’d still love to hear any recommendations. Who knows, it might dethrone the undefeated champ that is Beauty and the Beast Girl.

[maydayprkr]

just need to vent something weird

My aunt needs to shut the fuck up abt me talking behind her back to my shitty ex childhood friend. During middle school they took my road trip au idea, we worked on it for one whole class period. So we come back the next day and I'm excited to work on it again, they not only shut me down and tell me "no I don't want to" they proceeded to tell me how they used it on an rp site (no big deal) and that they based it around an in*est ship that was also a HUGE age gap.

Girl I wish I wasn't such a lonely kid and seen the signs. That was fucking disgusting, fuck was wrong w them.

[chronicqyzstan]

Chapter Twelve: The Story of a Cultivator Who Should Be Dead Seeking Forgiveness

(CW for vague dicussions of the (past) incestous marriage between Meng Yao and Qin Su)

[dennisboobs]

god the bad takes just keep coming how are any of us going to survive hiatus lmao

[binghe-malewife-goals]

I 100% understand just being uncomfortable with something or finding it triggering, but that also doesn't mean everyone in the world should abide by you and your tastes and anyone who doesn't follow your same beliefs is evil and dirty and horrible. Don't sound like a church.

No, surprisingly, saying that writing about incest and actual incest are two different things doesn't make you someone who condones incest. Does writing a serial killer suddenly make you condone homicide or commit crimes yourself?

It's ok to explore the dark and twisted, it's human and natural. You are absolutely helping no one by accusing them of being an enabler. You are only creating a community of shame and judgment.

As someone who enjoys consuming dark shit, it does not, at all, effect how I view these things in actual life. Do you think reading about sexual assault in a fictional work will make me any less sick to my stomach when I hear victims speak out about their experiences? Of course not.

Some of you treat dark subjects in writing or media like a white mother does about her son playing GTA thinking it'll influence him to become a murderer and its worrying :/

i’m not like an incest shipper (although like yeah me and 10k other people shipped wincest in 2013) but the more i see people absolutely losing their minds over the concept of fictional incest the more i laugh like come the fuck on now like this trope is quite literally hundreds of years old and we’re acting like it was invented by fanfiction writers. “richard siken condones incest” “ethel cain condones incest” you mean the artists who write about the rotten and the wretched and the unhealthy and the abusive enjoy digging into fictional relationships that are just that. have you lost your goddamned minds. do you ever read anything except for steven universe fanfiction. like could you handle a 12th grade english lit module on the god of small things.