#gay men generally love being men

[thatonedudeinthecorner]

Sokka, trying to be more friendly to Zuko after becoming Aang’s firebending teacher: relax, guy, I like gay men

Zuko, sweating profusely: that’s nice but…I’m not gay

Sokka, who has been daydreaming about kissing him, KNOWING his fantasies were based off of some fact: [squinting] I don’t believe that

[policemanofprincesspark]

Like, he's not exactly someone who always wanted to wear pink blush and Dorothy dresses; he just likes doing whatever garners him attention and gives him the appearance of a rockstar.

And this goes out to all those fans who believe he's secretly transfemme as well. I can't explain it, but this is what a man who loves being a man looks like:

Harry has all these bold, ugly, expensive, "quirky" outfits but nothing behind them, no great art, or wit, or intelligence, or musical genius, so his outfits look extra ridiculous. Plus he never speaks out on anything and stays quiet as a church mouse. Somebody tell the clown to just wear jeans and t-shirts. He'd look a whole lot better and not be such a laughingstock.

That's the thing. He does wear jeans and t-shirts as his personal style. That's why everything else looks ridiculous on him. He's just a mannequin for someone else's vision.

[s0fter-sin]

sometimes i think about how wild a mw2 movie would be if they just dropped soapghost right in the middle with no warning or marketing. like imagine it being beat for beat the exact same, it’s your typical military action movie, promoted as just another military action movie then after they get to the safe house, ghost has to patch up soap and he’s still out of it, overwhelmed by the betrayal and everything he’s seen and ghost needs to ground him and keep him in the present, to remind him that he’s alive and safe so he kisses him and they have sex. the tantrums and the rants and the “ReAl sOLdiErS aRen’t liKe ThAt”, god i can taste it and it’s delicious

[arcane-vagabond]

I need some of you to stop trying to find homosexual romances in straight media and actually sit down and start supporting the LGBTQ+ media that’s already out there.

[oakdrawss]

People need to get weirder about dwarves

[death-rebirth-senshi]

Now that I've finished dungeon meshi I have to say, while I understand the disappointment with fandom's constant obsession with shipping two dudes in fandom typical ways and ignoring the women/men that don't fit a certain mold and basically ignoring the entire rest of the story...

People acting so indignant that people would do gay or even straight shipping, because this manga is such a super women-led yuri show that's all about the power of Marcille's all-consuming love for Falin, are absolutely fucking bonkers and have lost the plot.

That is not to say that these shippers are not insane or can't be annoying in the typical ways that they are, or that Marcille/Falin aren't the most shippable pairing and just about the closest you're gonna get to something romantic in Dungeon Meshi (it's a platonic ass story and I love that), or that it wouldn't be nice for the fandom around something to stay mostly devoted to the closest to a canon pairing most shippable F/F ship. It would. But like. I don't know I'm kind of upset by that attitude now

And my intention is not to be super negative about Marcille/Falin fans, because they are certainly not all like this, it's just. WHOO! That is just so not remotely what Dungeon Meshi is about to a degree I still wasn't prepared for despite being aptly warned.

[fobnsfwdoodlesbackup]

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for pride ask thing! <3

Answers below the cut!

28) Do you experience both romantic and sexual attraction? Do you experience them the same across any gender(s) you are attracted to?

Yes, I think so? I identify as pansexual, everyone is hot all of the time lol. I think attraction to each individual person feels different, though. I am a constant case of someone who is in love with their friends. Tbh to me I don't feel a real separation between romantic or sexual or platonic attraction, what makes the most sense to me is that there are people I feel affectionate towards, and usually that just feels like a bundle of all of the above!

33) What about your LGBT identity do you feel proud of/want to recognize/celebrate?

gender queerness/gender non-conformity! The community we built here and the people I've met through this work really REALLY altered my relationship with my body and gender presentation. I've always been very attracted to gender nonconformity but it can be hard/scary to perform in a very cishet society. Getting to know all of you and having a very free environment for bodies of all kinds really gave me the confidence to dress how I want in public, and to get more comfy with the overlapping and layered labels I may use.

34) What are you needing most right now (what would make your life easier or more fulfilling in regards to existing as queer)?

Community with other trans folks. I'm in Texas and I've been trying to leave my entire life. I've encountered so few other trans people that I can have casual hangouts with or talk about day to day life with, or even have intimate relationships with. The closest I get to meeting other trans people in person tends to be driving hours to attend a queer event a couple times a year. It's been a big struggle for me this past year.

[silverselfshippingchaos]

I fucking HATE how the fandom treats m.ine. it's so bad 😭

[normalbrothers]

by all what is given (and likely intended, but who knows?), they are both straight, but you can make a few assumptions re: tommy's relationship with freddie (and to a lesser degree with alfie) where the issue at hand is less about being troubled over a possible attraction to men, but a lack of trust/fraught history/betrayals/... (nevertheless persistent sexual and/or romantic attraction) while arthur doesn't have equivalent relationships to other men (unless you wonder what he's been up to with billy grade, but ... different can of worms), but is kind of the platonic ideal of a closeted gay narrative.

tricky!, but i think there's a solution to this ...

[magentagalaxies]

i really want to start making a table collecting statistics on the audience demographics i'll perform my aubrey material for (like what generation most of the audience is, whether i'm performing in a predominantly queer space, etc.) and how well the jokes land bc like. i need to collect more data points before i can properly present my findings but the results so far have been fascinating

[haunted-doodles]

not really the type who likes posting their ocs much but here's a Nim :}

[hag-lad]

One of my favorite things about being a gay sexual deviant is the playfulness around gender and body parts. Like gay men/ drag queens who serve cunt! Lesbians with big dick energy! Genitalia as aura, biological sex as a joke. It’s so much fun.

[maxellminidisc]

The first time I saw a John Singer Sargent figure sketch it was truly a moment of "Oh fuck, someone understands me". Like idk how to describe that moment but it really had an impact

[truthundressing]

smthn abt traditional music that makes the men in this town a little slutty...

[hallasimss]

making myself cry by writing one-shots for my newly minted OCs while working to get that sim dump done in time for a somewhere-in-June launch if EA cooperates. i call that a win