#gay people for the win 😊😊

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vickie and robin kiss in season 5. btw if you even care

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Hi M, how are you? Coming after the high of Shogun's yesterday's win at the Emmy's made me wonder if you have a favourite historical movie or tv show that is underrated or in the category more-people-should-watch-this? Hopefully you indulge in this type of movie. 😊

For example, for me, one such movie is "Master and Commander: The Far side of the World" :brilliant ensemble cast all across the board, good chemistry between the main leads, engaging story, very good soundtrack, fx that still hold, 99% hystorically accurate 😂 but despite this not many have heard or watched this movie.

Have a nice day!

P.S. can't believe that tomorrow the last episode of AYS will air 😭.

Hi @shimako! Sorry for answering your question late, but I postponed it because I kept trying to think of a list. And honestly, I saw the words historical drama and forgot the underrated part so this is a bit of a disaster, but I'll make it work. Let's just say this is an incomplete list of tv shows that had an impact on me at the time and ages that I had when I watched them. And you'll see that I barely remember the plot, but I sort of know how I felt.

1. Rome

Is this underrated? Hell no! But perhaps in today's age of tv, a lot of people have forgotten about that show. Only two seasons, but it was among the first batch of prestige tv in the middle of the 2000s. I liked it so much that it made go to the bookstore and buy a book about Caesar. If I went through my Egypt phase in middle school, then my Ancient Rome period came in high school.

2. The Borgias

At the time of its runtime, I think it was pretty big. Although I don't think it won many awards. I also remember it being used as an example on scholarly papers about Hollywood using Eastern and Central European studios because of cheap labor and good locations. Budapest and Prague can replace Florence, lol.

The Borgias was naughty. And it had Jeremy Irons who is a fantastic actor in my opinion. Eventually they actually leaned heavily into the siblings relationship which I thought was daring. They went there 👀. And the costumes were so beautiful!.

3. The Tudors

I remember this show through the eyes of a 13-14 year old that developed a massive crush on the actor portraying Henry the VIII. This was like the rock'n'roll version of the story. And it was sexy. A bit over the top. A stepping stone for some actors that would become a lot more famous in the years to come. I think it was on HBO so probably not underrated at the time, but mostly forgotten nowadays.

4. Versailles

I can't remember if it's French or they talk in English. But it was lots of fun. And really gay. They didn't stay away from that. That's all I remember, but give it a try.

5. Taboo

This is that show with a really brooding Tom Hardy who remains like that throughout the story. But if you're interested in 1800s London and England's imperialist plan and its effects on colonized territories, this might be it.

6. Babylon Berlin

I don't know if this fits into the list, but it is a great portrayal of 1920s Berlin. A period in which artistic freedom and experimentation was at its height, but also juxtaposed with political unrest, creating this environment that would lay the ground for the rise of the fascist party. It's a german show, an HBO production and I like that it's not glamourized. You can see it in their clothes, their hygiene habits, their visible sweat and run down outfits they wear in clubs. It feels real.

7. Black Sails

I first heard of this when I wanted to watch more Toby Stephens movies/series but I almost stayed away because it was a Michael Bay production. Black Sails is so smart. At first, it might lure in the wrong audience, even based on the first trailer. It looks like a pirate show full of action sequences and machismo. And then you actually watch it and it flips that exact narrative. It is a direct critique of imperialism. It is also such a good case for any film and gender & queer studies analysis. But more than that, what really sealed the deal for me in what is considered a grade B series with grade B actors, is the meta-textual discourse on storytelling. It's about creating those pirate legends, of creating narratives to protect themselves against the empire. And all that is unfolded through brilliant lines of dialogue. It still remains a 10/10 tv show for me and the actual underrated one.

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Today's translation #585

Febri vol. 40, Toyonaga Toshiyuki x Uchiyama Koki interview

Part 11.

((💀This part can be really upsetting, so proceed with caution. In addition to unfavorable interpretation of Y&V relationship, it's also full of Jp brand of homophobia))

-- Hearing your explanation about that scene, a thought came to my mind that it was like a very realistic argument of a couple (laugh).

Toyonaga: Yes, yes, that's right! One person gets very emotional, but at the same time the other person is the opposite, very composed. That's why I think that the way we acted was closer to slice of life shows than anime. For me it was a bit of a shock, like "I see, so this is another possible interpretation, huh".

-- How do you see the relationship between Victor and Yuuri from your perspective, Toyonaga-san?

Toyonaga: Hmmm... From Yuuri's point of view, the Legend that, in the beginning, he was looking up to, tells him that he's going to be his coach, and is so close to him, so for Yuuri it probably felt as if he was dreaming. And from there, their relationship slowly started to be that of a coach and his student, I think. But from Victor's perspective, I think it all started from a surprise, a place of "what should I do next?". So he's using Yuuri quite a bit - or in other words, I think for him it all started from something like: "It will be interesting if I become a coach and make a Japanese skater win, won't it?". But as the story progresses, he starts to get inspired by Yuuri more and more... That's why I don't think it's a relationship that you can describe easily. They are not friends, and there isn't really a hierarchy in their relationship, so it's not really a master and a student relationship either.

-- And they're not simply rivals.

Toyonaga: Yeah. Having said that, to the question if they are lovers or not, I think that no, they are not. If you call that "love", it a deeper kind of love. I think that for Yuuri, as he said, Victor had a bigger impact on him than his family, so I think that they have a stronger relationship than a family usually has.

-- Listening to you right now, I thought that their relationship is close to a relationship of comedian duo...

Toyonaga: Yeah, it is perhaps something close to that. They don't talk with each other that much, and have separate dressing rooms, but they are tied together with an invisible string. And when the stage curtain goes up, they do their job nicely. I think that this is the kind of relationship that they built as the story progressed.

[Notes: 💀💀💀 Jp brand of homophobia, the kind of "why do you need to have what the "normal" people have?", "why do you need to get married like "normal" people do?" + when it's a man and a woman, then it's just "romantic love", but when it's a same sex relationship then "romantic love" is deemed not "good" enough, all of sudden, it has to be more "noble" and "pure" to be acceptable - you can very often see fujos referring to same sex relationships, such as that of Y&V, as "big feelings"... Even though they draw porn of the characters to get off as a hobby, at the same time a lot of fujos still firmly believe that referring to canon relationships as "gay" or "romantic" or "sexual" is offensive. Toyonaga here does exactly the same thing - "they are not lovers and if you call their relationship 'love', then it's a deeper kind of love😊" - I wonder if he has the same opinion of his own relationship if he has a girlfriend/wife - that it's somehow a worse kind of love, because it's romantic 🤔? I bet, he doesn't.

It's just pure discrimination, for the sake of discrimination, "I'm normal, you're not - you shouldn't have what normal people have" - there is no "religious beliefs" involved, for example.

Also why they suggest that comedian duos are not even friends or talk to each other? 💀 I'm sure a lot of those duos are best friends...

This interview was published March 1st, 2017 - there was a lot of talk about backtracking around that period, and you can see it here, too, imo.]

[leportraitducadavre]

What do you think about Rock Lee? I rewatched his fight with Gaara recently and feel very nostalgic. He was my favorite, but I only know realize that probably a lot of it came from this whole sympathy for the underdog. I wonder what you think of his character and how his story went 😊

Hi Anon.

I apologize for how long this took to reply, hopefully, my answer will satisfy you enough to oversee the time it took.

I'll be honest, I'll analyze Lee solely from the first part of the manga because it's when his character is mostly developed (I might add the second part later on, but for now, I'll focus just on the gënin timeline).

In order to organize the reply and my feed, everything will be put under the cut. Apologies for doing it but I don't want to have to deal with another claim on any of my posts.

Once this has been clarified, let's start analyzing Rock Lee

Introduction and First Impression

Lee is introduced in chapter 36 (Sakura's depression) -the beginning of the Chünin Exams. His first "interaction" with Team 7 happens when he stops Sasuke from fighting a proctor, and Sasuke notices that Lee's chakra is weird.

After that, he introduces himself to Sakura and asks her out, getting immediately rejected. By that point, we saw that the main point of the chapter is, like the title says, Sakura's depression, a condition that gets immediately fixed after Sasuke praises her.

From what we can see, Lee knows about Team 7 and each of its members; we aren't told why or how he knows, but we can infer that he looked for information of Kakashi's team when hearing of the prodigious Uchiha, as he mostly focuses on him.

After this moment, Lee seeks a fight against Sasuke likely because both of a sense of jealousy (he got rejected by Sakura not a few pages ago, and Neji was curious about Sasuke's identity); and as a way to prove to himself that he can beat those that are considered prodigies.

The reason why he wanted to fight Sasuke makes little sense, which is why I find it weird that people find Lee's actions as noble (most of it has to do with the fandom's hatred towards Sasuke), sure, they're young and their emotions can get the best of them, but considering his military training, Lee should have known better than to lash out to a boy he just met.

"I want to test the effectiveness of my techniques against the last surviving member of your legendary clan" (x)

The phrase is followed by Lee winking at Sakura, so his reasons to fight Sasuke go beyond testing his techniques. Lee, according to this interaction, knew about Sasuke's identity all along and investigated him in order to gain more information when challenging him.

Another thing we learn from his fight with Sasuke: Lee is willing to break the rules of his master and use a dangerous technique against someone younger than him and with whom he had never interacted previously if it means winning.

In addition to Lee explaining why Sasuke can't keep up with him despite having the Sharingan (x), we have the panels above: Why is Lee being so adamantly cruel to Sasuke? And no, I'm not talking about his words, he's explaining his technique -I'm talking about the move he is about to perform against him -someone who it has been proven already can't keep up with him. Lee is projecting all the frustration and hatred he has for Neji onto Sasuke, who shares the same "prodigy" status as his teammate.

[And sure, the reader doesn't know about Neji and Lee's dynamic yet -we are presented with that conflict at the end of the exams, yet the observation stands, I'm only providing the information in order to understand why Lee was so adamantly out of line].

He not only is being unfair but also abusive -had Gai not intervened, he would have injured Sasuke for no real reason other than because he wanted to prove a point to himself.

Like I said before: Sasuke couldn't keep up with Lee's speed, it had been proven that Lee was to win the fight even without using the technique he was about to try. His rival was pretty much defeated, yet Lee continued to elevate the level of difficulty of his attacks to make further and further damage:

1) Sasuke is trembling. Wouldn't that be enough reason to stop?

2) The victory had already been established previously to Lee's performing his ultimate technique. In addition, as I established before, because of its level of damage the move is strictly forbidden, however, Lee tries to use it regardless.

It's true that later on, he tells Sasuke "I was blowing smoke before" regarding the use of the Forbidden Technique. But since Gai interrupted Lee and punished him, it's not that far-fetched to think he isn't telling him the truth as of now. He even thought about it before starting the fight, so he was willing to use the "move" (we learn It was the Lotus technique a few chapters later) but was prevented from doing so.

Chunin Exams and his willingness to sacrifice himself in lieu of others

We see him again during the second stage of the exams jumping through tree branches and training (trying to catch leaves before they touch the ground to see if Sakura would love him), and after that, in Chapter 51 -when he saves Sakura from an attack from Dosu.

There, we learn that he's good enough to notice Dosu's pattern and fighting style (also being able to know when a genjutsu is in place), we also get to know how he got to learn the technique only he was able to study: according to Gai's words, neither Neji nor Tenten were able to master The Lotus (meaning, Gai seemed to have tried to teach it to all of them, only succeding with Lee).

The Lotus Technique consists of:

One use of the technique brings Lee to the brink of exhaustion, as we see here; Dosu hasn't been defeated despite his best efforts because Kazu used his sound techniques to soften the earth. Lee's speed, while inhumane, can't keep up with sound's speed. Kishimoto is quite great when writing fights, isn't he?

Lee is actually and quite literally in love with Sakura, as Tenten states, had Lee been alone when fighting the Oto-nin, he would have won. He's willing to sacrifice his life in order to save her from the Sound-nin, as she literally means "the world" to him.

The impression of Lee's sacrifice (and Naruto and Sasuke's, who are still unconscious at this point) is so significant for Sakura that she considers all of them her "teachers", and people whom she will and needs to protect. Lee's significance in Sakura's development has increased (and will continue to do so).

Later on, during the preliminaries for the Third Stage of the Chünin Exams, Sasuke shows that he was able to memorize Lee's fighting technique due to his Sharingan and also master his moves -despite not being able to keep up with him only three days prior.

In that sense, Sasuke thinks that he was able to live thanks to Lee and his moves. We are also able to see Lee's appreciation of the matter, and his new perception of Sasuke -it seems that his hostility towards the younger boy has dissipated.

When Tenten gets beaten and tossed aside by Temari, Lee jumps in order to both catch his teammate (showing the bond he shares with her) and to kick Temari for insulting her. It's something I introduced before when he fought Sasuke, but Lee is particularly emotionally driven -he's constantly reacting and giving in to his impulses. It's not until Gai tells him to stop that he does. Furthermore, Gaara calls Temari and says, "how long do you intend to trifle with that homely little prince charming?" and the way Lee looks is absolutely enraged, even if he can't retaliate physically.

Gai

Gai's character is so central to Lee that I've decided to make a separate sub-title solely for him.

1) Lee can't use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. I know that we as fans know this already, but it doesn't hurt to have it written, since is the core of Lee's character. Furthermore, as Gai points out, Lee wasn't able to do anything; he literally had no ability or talent whatsoever -not even at Taijutsu, which Gai taught him.

2) While it's commendable of Gai to teach Lee and put him on harsh training to allow him to grow in a specific field -we're introduced from the get-go that Gai's methods are questionable. He's pushing Lee to an extreme training and, as we saw during his fight with Sasuke and the time he defended Sakura, Lee often refers (or apologizes) to Gai's figure; meaning, everything he does is to make his sensei proud.

3) In addition to the previous point, he taught Lee The Lotus move (which is a technique that opens the First Inner Gate, Kaimon, or Gate of Opening), a dangerous power that, as he explains, strains the body to such extent that it leaves Lee defenseless against another attack should he fail -as it happens with Gaara.

To counteract that problem, Gai taught him to open more than one Gate (remember, every single one is a forbidden technique) to his student (at this point in time, Lee can open five out of eight Inner Gates), Lee's achievement is so incredible, that even Kakashi calls him a genius.

[The explanation of the different Inner Gates inside the body. The Reverse Lotus (the second technique Lee uses, after not being able to defeat Gaara with the Forward Lotus, which opens the first gate), opens two more gates: Kyumon, which boosts his strength, and Seimon (Gate of Life).]

As we know, Lee loses his fight against Gaara because while his attacks proved to be effective against his ultimate defense, Gaara still possessed the Gourd -which he turned to sand to protect himself.

Lee's use of the Lotus technique, in addition to Gaara's attack (Sabakukyu), put such a toll on his body that he ended up "destroyed" enough to be told that he'll never become a full shinobi.

This is a direct consequence of Gai's teachings that never gets truly explored, as his actions are immediately dropped after Lee recovers.

4) I've mentioned before that Gai's character has such importance on Lee's development that he takes immeasurable risks in order to make him proud (being willing to sacrifice his body and keep fighting), but I haven't explained why:

Gai, unlike any other character before, is the first person who trusts Lee's capacity, who thinks (and tells him) about how great/strong he can become, and that he's a genius in his own way. Without Gai's encouragement (and specific training that I've already talked about) he would have never achieved the title of "Taijutsu specialist" that Gai gives him and everyone else acknowledges.

Regarding Gai's perception of Lee, besides the great lengths he went to ensure Lee's success, we also need to point out that Gai is the only reason why Gaara wasn't able to kill Lee. He was the only one who jumped in to protect him (which is the main reason why Gaara wants to kill him after, as he witnessed an act of love that he can't comprehend). The proctor Hayate, meanwhile, did nothing, as well as the rest of the jönins that jumped before to protect Hinata from Neji. In addition, Gai calls him (and only him), his "lovable, precious protégé!" (x) Furthermore, it's directly stated by Lee himself how important Gai's presence is to him (x, x), Gai not only gave him support, but he also gave him a goal to rely on (have a rival and work hard).

"If, by a one in a trillion chance, it ends in failure... I'll die with you!"

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Neji

Besides Gai, speaking of Lee without speaking of Neji is also another disservice to his character, since the entire reason why Lee pushes himself to train harder is that he wants to beat Neji.

Sure, the relevance of Neji isn't really as strong as Gai's, but that doesn't mean his presence isn't important when it comes to Lee's development.

We get to see how Lee recognizes Neji's strength, how he craves some sort of recognition from him (although that objective isn't as strong as Naruto's desire for Sasuke to acknowledge him), and how he puts him as a milestone to surpass and, as consequence, reach his goal.

We are even told that Lee's commitment to learning how to open the Inner Gates was a consequence of his desire to win a match against Neji.

Lee's Perseverance

I already introduced this notion, since the whole point of Gai's character is to introduce the idea of "hard work" surpassing natural geniuses, and we find this idea again on CH 93 where Sakura and Ino find him training outside the hospital after his defeat at the hands of Gaara.

He's so driven by his goal, that he overexerts himself and ends up fainting.

Once Tsunade returns to the village, she tells Lee that he won't be able to return to his Shinobi duties, as the operation she needs to perform in order to fix his spine has a 50% success rate, which incredibly depresses him to the point where his ninja way (hard work), isn't enough to take him off of that state.

It's incredibly sad because Lee's entire dogma has been shattered and he has, again, no control over his body or destiny; as everything relies upon Tsunade. For that reason, he seeks Gai's advice, who finally tells him to get the surgery despite the possible consequences, as losing his dream will hurt far more than dying. Furthermore, Gai promises he'll die alongside Lee should the operation fail, as his ninja way was to make him a "Splendid ninja" (x).

The great lengths Lee's willing to go to (not without the support of a very questionable mentor) in order to achieve his dream, putting in line his own life is very telling of the system's (and those that live by such system) priorities, as it teaches young children that their bodies and life alike are expendable and a sacrifice to be made in order to climb within the military ranks and become "useful" to the village.

[Lee's quality of life has been extremely lowered in lieu of his wounds, that's true, however, those wounds exist because he pushed himself too hard in order to please his commander; someone hypocritical enough to question Kakashi's decision to enroll his team in the Chünin Exams as he deemed them too young and inexperienced to participate, yet saw no issue in teaching forbidden and dangerous techniques to his own student.]

Lee's fight with Kimimaro brings, to me, nothing entirely new about his character other than introducing us to his poor tolerance of alcohol. We get to see how Tsunade succeeded with the surgery and how Lee, despite having spent months depressed and having just been saved by Tsunade's skills (without whom he would've lost his entire shinobi career), is able to "forgive" Gaara, as he's a powerful ally.

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers! Spread the self-love ❤️

Emmerson, my dearest dear, thank you so so much for the lovely ask! A bit of self-love and self-hype is always a good idea 😊💜

Because I got several lovely self-rec asks I'm giving you my favorite AUs I've written 😘

Would you fall for me? (explicit | 8.8k) - my try at enemies to lovers

Dustin hugged him again and when he pulled away he patted Eddie on the back and said, "Great. Maybe you and Steve will finally bury the hatchet, now that you both have to help me plan the wedding.” "Sorry, I think I heard wrong. It almost sounded like —" Eddie started, praying that he had indeed misheard Dustin, because no way in hell... Dustin let out an exasperated sigh. "You didn't. Steve is also my best man." At Eddie's horrified look, Dustin added, "I really don't understand why you two hate each other so much. I think you could be great friends if you both just stopped acting like kids, man." "He started it," Eddie grumbled like the very mature adult he was. This was going to end in disaster, he fucking knew it.

Suitcase of Memories (explicit | 55.7k) - my first and only big bang, written with the amazing @legitcookie 💜

In a bygone era, two men overcome all societal norms and find an instant, powerful connection that defies all odds. Their secret love blossoms in the shadows, forming an unbreakable bond. However, fate eventually intervenes, cruelly tearing them apart. Fast forward to the present day, Steve awakens from a startling dream that feels surprisingly real, like he was really there. The memory of it haunts his every waking moment, making him question if he somehow recognizes the mysterious, curly-haired stranger playing his guitar at a street-corner, although they have never met before. Steve continues to cross paths with this enigmatic figure, Eddie, until they surrender to fate and their instant attraction. As their relationship deepens, Steve's dreams become increasingly vivid, detailed, and intense, leaving him with an uncanny sense of familiarity. They also strangely reflect the growing romance and struggles of his newfound relationship. Is it all just a coincidence, or is there a deeper connection that defies the boundaries of time and fate?

we were meant to be (we live happily in my fantasy) (explicit | 5.6k) - my try at rockstar!Eddie

Eddie Munson has it all. The big mansion with more bathrooms than anyone could ever need, five platinum albums in as many years, countless awards to show the world that the trailer trash from a shithole town in Indiana had made it, and enough money to buy said shithole town if he ever wanted to. Which he certainly didn't, thank you very much. The only good thing about this hellhole is his uncle, who still refuses to live anywhere else. Eddie Munson also has the most gorgeous date of all the Grammy attendees on his arm, smiling charmingly at the flashing cameras and winning the hearts of everyone he so much as looks at. Or: Eddie is a Big-Shot-Rockstar and Steve is the escort he hired to get people off his back. Too bad he fell in love with him.

I’ll keep you like an oath (may nothing but death do us part) (mature | 20k) - finally, I tried my hand at the fake dating trope!

When Steve's grandmother dies, he finds out that he can only get his inheritance - half a million dollars - if he marries someone. It's her way of forcing Steve to live a heterosexual life. Sucks for her that gay marriage has been legalized since she wrote her will. Sucks for Steve that he doesn't have a man or woman in his life to marry. Cue Eddie Munson, roommate and best friend of Robin's girlfriend Chrissy and the guy Steve has had a crush on for years. What could possibly go wrong?

Emotional Motion Sickness (explicit | 16.5k) - emotional porn, pure and simple

"This is actually my first time in a gay bar and I had no idea it was a theme night, that people would be here looking for... for... leather and chains and whatnot. If I knew that, I wouldn't have come." It comes out in a rush, the words stumbling over each other in his haste to get them out as quickly as possible. Steve fights the urge to bury his head in his hands again, but part of him is glad he got it all out. Now he can only hope that Eddie still wants to talk to him, because he likes Eddie, and he may not be into the same things as him, but maybe... Steve doesn't know what he's hoping for, only that he doesn't want his night to end without at least getting Eddie's number. Maybe they can at least be friends. Steve really needs more gay friends, ones who don't send him to a bar without telling him they have theme nights.

[hawberries]

Hi, i noticed you started playing Genshin Impact! Are you enjoying the game so far? What are your favourite characters? Do you have a team you play the most? :) (you dont have to answer i am just curious haha)

hiiiii! yes i did unfortunately start playing genshin… i honestly have some lingering issues with the gameplay (mostly the artificially inflated playtime everywhere, and the ipad controls continue to be a chore) and the gacha is, you know, infamously what it is, but there's lots of very nice things about it also and i'm clearly still playing! there is much to enjoy, the open world is very beautiful and a lot of care is put into the characters' idle animations to give them a lot of personality and charm >:3

my favourite character is Gorou obviously, so i maybe do have to keep playing this game until he's 90/90 triple crowned with cracked artifacts and such… i would like to realise my dreams of DPS Gorou… that is basically my main goal in this game 😊

(after Gorou my favourite character is Paimon. she is so cute and wonderful and my best friend in the whole world. iN THIS HOUSE WE RESPECT PAIMON.)

as for teams, i got Jean on Itto's banner, i got Ayato by accident while trying to get Sayu (😒) (but it's okay i've forgiven him now), and i recently lucked into winning the coin flip on Alhaitham… at the moment i mostly run around with Ayato, Yanfei, Kaeya/Razor and Yaoyao for overworld farming, but my besties squad for exploring is Gorou, Yanfei, Alhaitham (for his big jump) and Sayu 💕💕 right now my Ayato and Yanfei are especially powerful because they're non-burst-reliant, low-skill-gap DPSes who make mob clearing easier for me, a fake gamer with no skills. i haven't been brave enough to really make progress in the Abyss yet but i'm working on my Xiangling and i will be adopting Xingqiu from the lantern rite so perhaps soon…!!

i'm also joining the ranks of the people who have been coping for Baizhu to become playable since the game launched. btw. and Kaveh obviously. every time my Haitham looks at his gay little keychain i am comforted by the thought that he is literally also waiting for Kaveh to come home 🤧🤧🤧

[moonystoes]

So, uhm, about that comment on Lou's blog about the France Brasil game and Élisa... That was me😅😂 And her going to Wolfsburg was very delusional, but we could need her now more than ever 😂 Hendrich and Hegering are massive, but both over 30 and their contracts end after this season. Djikstra is out with an injury, Küver too iirc. Küver and Hegering both get easily injured, so that leaves us with only Wedemeyer I think as a fullback iirc. So, yeah, it would be better if Wolfsburg would sign one more cb but what do I know? 😂

And for the game, I tried to find a video that shows the foul and is available for you to watch, but I only found videos that are only available in Germany or if you have a VPN that shows a German adress. However, I can translate for you what the German commentator said : "I think that this is the earliest yellow card in this tournament or at least I can imagine that it is. Against Jheniffer who got into this duel with De Almeida. Boah, after 20 seconds... Let's look at this again...and I don't know what it is with those Oliver-Kahn-memorial-kung-fu-kicks. Because Marta did such a thing or a very similar one in the last game against Spain, was sent off of the pitch with a straight red card. And that is, well, difficult (not as in hard but more in a way that it is very much on the line to a red) to go up with a straightened leg. Jheniffer had a lot of luck with this. This was more a dark yellow." Unfortunately the cameras didn't really show where exactly Élisa was hit but it looked like it was the cheek/ side of her face or neck. So I hope the commentary makes it visible how dangerous it was.😅

And with Ann-Katrin (Anne) and Jess, it is such a cute story. If they were to make it into a Netflix show, it would probably skyrocket in wlw community 😭😍

And you can 100% figure it out later if you like women. I was 15 or 16 and only needed to see Keira Knightley in Bend it like Beckham😂 But at 14 I was a little bit homophobic. The typical "I don't have anything against lesbians, but I'd prefer if they didn't kiss in front of my eyes". I was just jealous and didn't know that😂 Also 18 is not that old to find out if you like women, some only figure it out in their 30s or 40s or even later😊

Yeah, I wish we could have gotten a France Germany final to get back at the French😂 We need to start a new streak of France not being able to win against us. But oh well, we didn't make it to the final as well😂 But thanks to the 🐐 Ann-Katrin Berger (not Ronaldo, sorry Élisa😂) we got the broooooonzeeeee😁😁 Also, Spain's wnt has never won against our wnt (at least according to the commentary) , so I don't know why they thought they'd have a chance😂 Our handball men also kicked the Spanish out😘

Also excited to read that you have plans for for a Pauline fic. She's quite underrated.

And sorry for the long and late response but I took a break from tumblr😅 - 🇩🇪 anon

LMFAOAOAOOA BITCH YOU FOOLED ME. I did notice the tone was very similar to yours but I was like 'um....maybe German people are like that in English...idk maybe' 😭😭 yk what at least Lou didn't call you delusional 😔🙏

for the video of the injury, I have a really slow VPN ans I can try it I don't mind.

Kung fu kicks??? LMFAOO

Noooo not you getting mad at gay couples because you were jealous 😖😖

For the Pauline fic, you'd think me staying in a place with no wifi for 5 days will motivate me and inspire me to write it...but no, I just decided to connect with the nature (aka talking to people 😔) I did write the plan out, now I actually have to do it 💔💔

[mwagneto]

re your weird about gay sex post....

I still feel like the unsaid truth behind all of it is that people Still think being penetrated is demeaning in general (misogyny win!)

and being anally penetrated is like Double demeaning, hence the porn weirdness around women who do anal and the more general weirdness around men who bottom

(also gomens előtt sose mertem volna ilyen askot küldeni, nem tudom hogyan bont le minden inhibitiont ez a show)

no yeah that's definitely part of it although less now i thinnnk but mostly coz people find the idea of crowley bottoming (or just yknow. being a woman and having straight sex) hot coz they can project onto him😭 so we went from like the weird 2010s homophobia of Tops are big confident dominant men and Bottoms are small shy uwu baby women little boys to whatever the fuck we have now where they're Still weird about gay sex but Woke this time coz "oh they're genderqueer so they just prefer to have piv sex coz it's easier😊" or "well they're genderfluid and i just prefer it when one of them is a woman/"femme presenting"" or whatever the fuck. like ohhhhhhmy god the way fandoms hate gay men is so specific and so miserable it literally makes you feel like you're going insane like how am i legit going online to argue that these 2 men played by men are men & that gay men like having anal sex regardless of agab & it's weird and homophobic as hell to genderswap a gay couple to make them straight like WHAT. how is this my fucking life

[dioles-writes]

CHARACTER SHEET: KUALI’I

Name: Kuali’i Alana

Gender/Pronouns: Cisgender He/Him

Sexuality: Gay Asexual

Age: 17

D.O.B.: March 27 (Aries)

Ethnicity: Hawaiian

Appearance: Short, loosely curled black hair with pink highlights varying in shade. Tall with tan skin and a muscular build. Glossy pale red eyes and perfect pearly white teeth. Wears his BGC friendship bracelet 😊

Height: 6’2

Aesthetic: A very sporty aesthetic. Wears a lot of neutral colours + blues. Can be seen in a lot of baggy pants, button-ups, and sweater vests.

Personality: Nurturing, kind-hearted, fidgety, amazing social skills

Likes: Acting, winning, attention, surfing, sports

Dislikes: Violence, fighting, when people are late to rehearsal

Fears: Being caught + his family dying

Role: Leader of the Drama Club and a member of the Board Game Club

Other:

Diole

Best friends with Rory

Has 3 younger siblings and is amazing with kids (best older brother in the world)

Bliss’ mentor figure. He sees her like a younger sister

[amiharana]

BUT IMAGINE modern human au revalink as dancers.. since I'm a hip hop dancer idc I'll hc them both as hip hop dancers but link can do a little contemporary too, as a treat 🤭 . they would totally be rivals at first like trying to outdo each other during freestyle sessions, revali learned breakdancing just so he could do more fancy moves. link would specialize more in isolation movements esp popping and tutting and locking, he has a crazy amount of control over his movements. they're secretly impressed by each other but ofc they don't say anything because then everyone will know they're gay for each other!! and they can never let that happen 😦 but then ofc they get assigned to do a duo together and eventually they learn to work together and then they place first at competition bc they have so much chemistry together and they're so in sync and then they fall in love with each other and get together YESSS 🫶🫶🫶

oomfie i'm imagining so hard rn but i'm sorry bc the "trying to outdo each other during freestyle sessions" made me think about this video KDJFHJDKSHF

tbh i don't know anything about hip hop dance so i'mma let you take the lead on this one! but i actually thought about revali being more graceful in terms of dance style and what you said ab link makes a lot of sense i feel that matches their personalities really well

revalink being impressed by each other's dancing is so gay. they totally binge-watch each other's covers complimenting the way the other moves, to which zelda and urbosa must bear extremely disinterested witness to. the virgin revali asking urbosa to take a video of link's dancing when link is leading his isolations workshop vs the chad link actually straight up showing up to revali's workshops and full-on staring at revali as he's demonstrating the moves

thinking about revali and link running their competition set in the practice room by themselves and it's really late at night, they've been at it for hours so they're both fucking exhausted... i'm imagining them doing something like taekook's part in the DNA choreography and maybe link trips over his own feet because he's tired and revali immediately moves to try to stop link from falling over, but they both end up falling to the floor with link on top of revali 😳 and they're staring at each other staying like that for several seconds, breathing deeply, with revali's hands somehow on link's waist and their lips are so close to touching and— 😊👉👈

when they win the competition, link gets so excited he yells and jumps into revali's arms, who instinctively holds link up firmly as link cheers. revali watches and he realizes how pretty link is, in the glow of victory with his flushed pink cheeks and wide smile. huh. he's always agreed that yes, link was conventionally attractive, but... revali's never felt like this looking at him before. dimly, revali thinks, can we hold onto this feeling for a bit longer?

could you imagine if revalink were like dance youtubers or something, and link did something like hobi's hope on the street livestreams and revali "hate"-watching it but he forgets to make a burner so people see his username in the viewer list and they're like REVALI WATCHING HIS RIVAL'S LIVESTREAM? and it just causes so much drama between their respective fanbases LMAO

revali and link's relationship goes from being rivals and "hating" each other to remaking this iconic casey frey video to announce that they're dating btw

[jeonghanurl]

bestie first of all hi how are ya??? hope you're having a good day/week/weekend! also, out of curiosity, wanted to know what you'd say your top 3 shows are and which are the WORST in your opinion? anyways, have a good one!!

I'm good! slept for 10 hours and I'm not sick which is a huge win for preschool-teachers in virus-times. hope you're doing well💕

assuming we're talking bls? I like to talk about them like I'm an expert and I have seen a decent amount, but only a few (and mostly gmmtv) compared to the real hardcore bl-fans so I'm not the one to ask about hidden gems. I looove talking about my opinions though so,

number one is not me, no explanation needed, I think everyone should watch it. second is the eclipse which I think is basically as good and important just not as much my style. like it's younger characters that I don't relate as much to, the aestetics aren't as appealing to me personally, but that doesn't mean it's worse you know.

third is harder because those are so far above the other bls I've seen. I think it's between tale of a thousand stars, bad buddy and semantic error, I like all of them a lot for different reasons. honorable mention for gap, it isn't finished yet, it's a gl, but I love it and once gls get going I will be putting gls and bls in the same category.

worst ones. this is gonna be so much fun. I hate 2gether, I don't get the hype, I don't think bright or win are especially good actors, I thought it had an excessive amount of heteronormativity for a drama from 2020, boring characters, not just boring storyline but actually bad, choppy storyline. I'm a 2gether hater. also fish upon the sky, wtf was that??? hated everything about it including the dentistry.

I guess sky in your heart was really bad as well. I had fun watching it though, I think because it wasn't that popular I was able to enjoy it in the "it's not that deep"-way, and just take it as a silly little show. kinda like I'm not able to do with cutie pie. I think cutie pie is funny! I have a pretty good time watching it, the reason I get annoyed about it is because it's really popular, and because it is so popular you see these takes that are like "omg it's sooo progressive" but is it though? apart from saying that gay marriage should be legal, what is it showing us? I cannot imagine two more hetero-friendly gay couples than the two main ones in this show. it has barely any female characters, like I'm not gonna give you kudos for putting one girl in the motor-engineer program if you're only give her like two lines. I have a good time watching it but I can't sit here and not say anything when people describe it as some revolutionary queer show because it isn't.

you probably just wanted a short list but I turned it into another cutie pie-hate post. sorry but also you're welcome 😊🌈

[synonymouswithanonymous]

Alex a commentary as response

Well first of all he has liked comments before, my favorite example of that is when he liked a comment that said "insufferable fans" in reference to people calling his GF toxic etc. There's more examples too. But those comments about him not taking his personal time to scroll and react to comments, sounds like another example of emotional blackmail to me. More examples of that below.

As always this will be long, skip if uninterested! 😊😊

Wait, so now they want him to validate their fanship by liking or interacting on comments more? He's not doing enough for fans? Nothing he does is good enough? His non working free time should be Spent how he sees fit. Lots of celebs don't even have socials, therefore never interact with fans unless it's at an official function. Criticizing him for not doing enough for fans? What else do they want from him? This is unreasonable.

Does he somehow owe anyone anything? Does he owe anyone his free time? NO.

He already sold a performance, which is his job, he doesn't owe fans anything else.

Just bc you/they/us chose to be a fan, and chose/choose to spend our time that way, with no payment, is only 100% on you/us.

Celebrate people, be a fan yes! But to expect something in return for something he never asked for is ridiculous. The same way hating JM bc she's your celeb crushes GF is ridiculous.

God forbid he only interact with fan pages that have been around for ages.

God forbid he only interact with accounts he Actually knows in real life just like everybody else, friends, family, GF, industry people he would want to know. And trust.

God forbid he ignore all the thirsty and quite frankly embarrassing comments from people who treat him as meat. I wonder how many he had to scroll through to find one about his acting (instead of GF abuse/you can walk?/you're not gay? Etc) and not a thirsty or abusive comment. He got threats over his characters actions on vikings, some people are deranged or unable to differentiate between a character and an actor.

God forbid he starts liking multiple comments and then it turns into "why's he ignoring my comments and liking theirs" bullshit. He can't win THE same way JM can't win. He owes fans nada, nothing, zero, zilch. His job is an actor, and he chooses to share some of his life for promo purposes/normal living your life. He does not have to do that, sure it's easier to maintain interest in his celebrity, but he has said before he tries to find a balance that works for him. But why are people asking for more? His free time is his own and God forbid he spend his time on his life and his interests instead of replying to fan comments which would be work imo. There's a reason they charge for con tickets, his time is money. Maybe he'd rather build industry contacts, which would get him in a movie faster than 2million fans (that's a small number, he's an underdog, he is NOT mega famous). Edited to add to this, Courtney C that I linked to in another ask has 1.9 million fans (over 2 mil before murder charges) and she's not exactly mega famous either.

But this is the same crowd reveling in his loss of followers like it's not just bots getting deleted. They think it's due to lack of fan interaction and him getting a GF. Nope. That's most likely not true. Meta has deleted over 39 billion fake/bot accounts in the last two years. I posted an article on it months ago.  There's only about 8 billion people on the planet too so they've been deleting quite a bit. And celebs are targets of bots bc they're famous. I highly doubt anyone with a real acct unfollowed except for maybe a couple hundred immature jealous girls. But that's not a whole lot. Maybe his real follower number is only really a million or less? Maybe it's just the number of likes he gets and that's his real fan number? And he doesn't seem worried about the numbers, he said he's comfortable with his level of fame. Instagram even let's users delete their own bots. Spamguards, instaplus pro, follower manager, there are youtube tutorials to remove inactive users or bots.

Also maybe if people stopped prying so much? So many scammers around too. Didn't he get his Facebook hacked? I don't have a FB so I missed that lol. Maybe if some people didn't overstep and pretend they were married/dating for 4 years/emotional blackmail with talks of self harm if he didn't talk to them, just to emotionally blackmail/torture him. Maybe he'd share more or interact more. Maybe if people weren't vile to his GF? Maybe he has to DO LESS BC SOME people take an inch and try to build 20 miles of lifetime bad movie writing fantasies of railroad for him. They actually fabricated Accounts on IG and "proofs" for a period of 4 years! And that wasn't just a one off loon, there's been more than one (EN)! 😦😦 There's literally at least 2 pages online when you google aha wife/partner that's just a gross lie (a lisa and someone else?) Complete with icky misinformation fantasy. I mean really? REALLY???? They wonder why an article about him, said he was scared of his "rabid fans" and then they wonder why he posts less? How long til they turn this into another round of his GF is to blame bc her "eyebrows show she's evil." 😂😂😂😂 again, the few ruin it for so many.

[smugraccoon137]

So I went on my job interview doing my best to look Kara Danvers. You know? Navy blue collared shirt, pair of nice slacks, and a belt. Adorable 5'2 baby gay. Didn't look quite right, but it felt nice!

Anyways I get there and I realize I don't look right cus I do not look at all like golden sunshine puppy butch lady. Instead I look like Gracie Harts baby sister and I feel a little bit better lol

Anyways I got the job. Your looking at a person who makes money's now 😊😊😊

[elaine-angel-koshy]

WARNING MAJOR BSD SPOILERS‼️‼️‼️⚠️⚠️⚠️

All the Manga Panels are found from Google Bungou Stray Dogs does not belong to me.

In order to clear up this messed up incident let's get everything straight: but I'm gay I'm actually bi.. but anyways

Now let's talk about this Panel: What exactly is happening and what is going to happen?

Again in my last post we were talking about how intelligent Fyodor and Dazai are...

But this Panel right now is either going to be one of the biggest turn of events where everything changes and someone else wins or it could be the same old where HOPE is always found.

I'm not giving any hate pls don't think like that

《I'm going to be calling Gogol as Nikolai, I'm sorry》

• Nikolai has given both of them an escape by first freeing them out of their box cells and then teleporting them to a "game".

• The game is kind of like an escape room but their lives are on the line.

• Both Fyodor and Dazai are going to inject themselves with Lethal poison which will kill them in 30 minutes.

• If they are able to escape, they will get The One and Only ANTIDOTE to the Poison.

These MFs faces when they heard the terms and conditions of the game.

I swear to god these people could not be more happy.

☆Apparently Nikolai had presented them, both Dazai and Fyodor 4 items or gifts that will help them to escape the room. But dazai chose Sigma... ofc he did.

Sigma says "Just what in the world is he thinking?". He's surely surprised.

This face tho.

Anyways this is all the information I've got so far. Hope you have enjoyed it.

Have a wonderful day 😊 byeee.

[rosyjuly]

Hi ma’am when I sent in that sewis Prince au ask I didn’t ask to emotionally obliterated by your George thank you. “like it's allowed” 😭😭😭 GOD GEORGIE I can’t!!! The way he immediately stuffs all of his surprise and wonder away in a box labeled “it might be okay for others but not me” I’m CRYING. How he’s not ever seen any gay couples so open in these spaces (and I’m sure definitely not one so well known?) the thought of him watching them every time they cross paths…wondering what it would be like just to be able to hold Alex’s hand or share the peck on the cheek he just watched Seb give Lewis, at some gala where Lewis is receiving an award Seb sitting next to George just so effusive in his praise and love for Lewis and George feeling like he’s drowning… please ignore if any of this is a spoiler for anything in Prince au but the idea that Seb and Lewis might directly or indirectly help George hopefully(!!!!!!) get to a freer happier place…I would die. ❤️💜🫠 sorry to drag u to sewis in this universe too but also you absolutely brought that on yourself with ur gorgeous singer au alerting us rabid sniffer dogs that you write such beautiful sewis so really at the end of the day that’s on you 😊

anon you and i are twins separated at birth... this entire ask is just hugely true and correct. george reading through lewis's wikipedia page and carefully clicking through the references about his coming out.

googling their names and let me reference the gorgeous scholarship from the other brilliant anon who said "lewis wins an award and mentions seb in his speech and the camera pins to seb sitting at the table grinning widely and blowing him a kiss," completely unaware that he's filmed and broadcasted. and george is just. astonished that other people get to have this, get to have a husband, get to accompany them to public events, get to love them openly.

like. lewis could be happy, maybe, if he wasn't with seb. maybe. but then they're at another event (no spoilers) seb is standing by the wall with all the other family members, beaming proudly, filming on his phone even though there are cameras and photographers everywhere. but he wants to have a video! and then cordelia (my beloved, behated cordelia i am OBSESSED with her) comes over, herding a photographer so george and lewis can get a photo together. and seb, who's been standing there, beaming, with lewis's arm around him, steps away so that only lewis and george are in the photo. and then george gulps and carefully says that they should take another with the three of them. of course he would offer it to all spouses, so. and then he's watching how easily lewis and seb fit together, how they gravitate towards the other, how lewis squeezes his hand, quick, like a reassurance.

and then george thinks about what it would feel like to have alex with him at these stupid things, to have someone his eyes could return to when he's sick and tired of the pretenses, whose touch could calm him down, a focal point in the noise and chaos.

[siriwesen]

See, I don't even know yet if I wanna change my name etc but it's such a cool thing that it is possible to do now and I have enough trans friends and mutuals who absolutely will be there Nov 1st signing up for name and gender change -

I think it would be a great thing to just celebrate this small win. Especially because we live in scary times. A good law has passed and while trans people are a minority, minorities' happiness and quality of life matters!!!! 😊 idek how to make online parties. But like. November is Gray and we deserve to have some fun gay moments as a treat!

I want a November selbstbestimmungsparty. It can also be online but like. Getting together and celebrating name and gender stuff.