#dont be weird abt it pls

[rorotoru]

2022.10.19

CAUTION: BEWARE OF SQUID

[biblically-accurate-dca]

immaculate consumption

[mossy-aro]

ultimately i think my insistence on aro positivity honestly is as much a political stance as a personal one.

when i say aro positivity is crucial and that i dislike doomer-ist posts that express sentiments like 'I hate being aro so much I wish I was dead instead’ it's not because I don’t think there can and should be a space for negativity and acknowledging self-hate, or the many ways being aromantic can really suck sometimes. i find that to be very important!

that being said. there is smth here about how self-hate posts are sometimes just arophobia that we inflict on ourselves. and when we put that out into the ether it (intentionally or not) can become arophobia that we inflict on other members of the community. i think there absolutely needs to be a place for negativity and the expression of anger and frustration and self loathing even - these are all good things to talk about because these are things that we experience. that being said, it can also be genuinely upsetting and triggering to people to have what is essentially arophobia shown to them and then have that be validated by other aspec people. your personal thoughts can affect your wider community on a level you may not anticipate. and i understand it i truly do! it took me so long to be able to recover from accepting being aroace - it threw my entire world off kilter and made me question everything about my place in the world.

but my insistence on aro joy and positivity is because ultimately i do believe that building is at the core essence of it all. that ultimately discussions and the purpose of community should be about construction, not destruction. and this is both a personal and a political stance. talking about how much you hate yourself and cultivating online discussions/spaces where negativity about aspec identity is the main and only theme is destructive - if that’s where we let the conversation end. these thoughts can and should be used as a vehicle to look for a path forward!

joy and positivity create a space where the focus can become on forging a path forward, on construction, on community building instead of tearing ourselves and others down with negative thoughts. it’s not productive or healthy when it stops at a place of negativity - it becomes actively destructive to the essence of community.

and i do think that this is especially poignant considering the fact that being any kind of queer, but especially aromantic (and/or asexual) means forging a path for yourself and making your own happiness where there is no obvious way forward. our communities exist mostly online (right now, anyway), there is little recognition of our existence in the real world, the effects of amatonormativity are both pervasive and actively dehumanising, and there are legal, economic and social structures in place actively making our lives more difficult. yes that all sucks! it’s good to acknowledge that. we need to in order to change it. but more importantly, that’s not the end. we are still here and our happiness, our future is for us to determine. even if we can’t change the laws or society, loving yourself and understanding aromanticism as a political identity (as well as personal), as a radical worldview, and as a protest against amatonormativity is essential for both community and personal well being. the personal is political.

tldr. i guess my point is that as a community, we should focus on building, improving, and nurturing ourselves and each other (construction) as opposed to destruction. we should recognise aromanticism and asexuality as political identities as well as personal ones and rely on community and self-love in the absence of anything else as a form of protest and political power. destruction (the recognition of everything that is wrong) is essential as a starting point - but where do we go from there? we rebuild.

[milezperprower]

bad memories

[embryonikz]

several random sketchies... u__u

[wickjump]

will never understand how people get genuinely angry over people’s views on fictional skeletons (primarily on aspects that don’t matter). cause like. that’s basically just someone’s oc. that oc’s creator has drawn that oc doing what you’re upset other people are drawing them doing. you are defending someone’s oc from something that does not matter. i can bet you a billion bucks if you went to the creator of your blorbo they would not get mad at whatever you’re upset about. they’d go “such is life” and go smoke a cigarette or something. depending on who you’re thinking about there’s a chance they’ve literally said before that they really don’t care. and neither should you

[fandomfoundmyart]

i am not immune to and will never question cute queer couples, like whatever you say lovebirds

[appleflavoredkitkats]

if god exists jack walten would still be alive and sophie would find him and he would pull her in his arms

[naramdil]

im so sorry but anyone fawning over the ambani wedding looks needs to reassess their sense of taste. is it actually good or are you just impressed bc theyre billionaires … like be so serious there was not a bit of glamour and opulence worth being impressed by. theyre so busy trying to impress by buying high profile guests that the actual bride had like zero presence and personality. I’m sure that makes her the ideal candidate for a daughter in law but it’s actually baffling to see people being impressed by her wedding looks bc they were genuinely so uninspired

[multifandombullshitbabes]

(i hope this goes without saying that literally headcanon what you want: i'm criticizing the people who talk shit and can't accept other's people's headcanons. that's who i think is boring and annoying. there's complexity in Mizu's character in a lot of ways. I really cannot see how this headcanon is erasing any part of her identity. Please do feel free to correct me on this.)

I feel like ppl who hate on ppl who hc mizu as genderfluid are 1) boring, and 2) annoying. But most of all, they always use that dialogue between her n mikio, where she says she had to be one to enact her revenge.

Mizu is a person who is in an extremely sexist country, also being targeted for being mixed. In a way, being a boy was necessary. I also think that Mizu has found some comfort in being a man, in living like one. He prefers, in some ways, how a man is treated and is very comfortable being one not only out of necessity, but also because he likes it.

Now, just because he likes being a man, doesn't mean she also doesn't love being a woman. During the mikio arc, we all saw she was comfortable being a woman, she liked some parts of it even: being someone who deserves protection, who doesn't know how to throw a knife or fight for her life, who takes care of horses n cooks not just for herself; for her, being a woman means not doing what she has to as a man, which is fight for herself and enact revenge and live alone n all that.

At the same time, they're not totally a woman, nor a man. Because Mizu is not only about their gender, either man or woman: Mizu is a person who revels in both being masculine n feminine, but if they had the choice they would be both. They're part of both worlds (male n female) of edo Japan, and just as much as both worlds bring them immense amounts of pain, there's also a great deal of euphoria that they both give Mizu, and a mix of both is what gives them total peace.

I always think abt how effortlessly Mizu fought with mikio, since she was completely unrestrained and free there: both of her worlds were colliding and she fought in a way we dont rly see any other time in the series. Not only cuz she wasn't wearing her binder, but because all of her truth was revealed at the time, n she didn't have to hide any part of her then.

So yh anyways. Mizu genderfluid. And bisexual. And polyamorous.

[stunfiskz]

tasque manager doodle :3

[hauntedtrait]

sidney came over to shoot some hoops, the vibe was... weird but sexy i guess idk how to caption this

[captainbragd]

had some fun with @littleguysdaily s aprils 1st character sheet and drew my shadowrun party. Miguel is 2 baby to be a hunk so he gets the regular little guy sheet.

[flufallo]

DID NEIL GAYMEN WRITE DBD

He wrote the comics yes

[gelicide]

i've already uploaded these separately but the twins look so much better side by side....

[slamminslamminmcgill]

thinkin bout free use w/ the cartel..... lalo hires you as a call boy to just have on standby whenever he needs a warm hole. he makes you wear a collar 24/7 and he'll come up behind you and clip the leash onto it whenever he wants you. doesn't matter what you're doing or who sees. you'll be in his kitchen getting yourself something to eat when he wraps his arm around you and nuzzles into your neck. you sigh and enjoy how warm he is and how nice he smells, and then you hear the click of the leash. before you know it, he's pulling you onto your knees.

"get to work, perrito (puppy). you know what to do."

also him parading you around at don eladio's place by the pool and letting him and bolsa take turns on you 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 god im not even into them like that but free use brain go brrrrrrrrr

also!!! tuco and the twins get to use you too bc you're property of the salamanca family 🥺 la familia es todo, ¿de verdad? (family is everything, right?) sharing is caring :3