#get into this type of discourse scares the shit out of me

[hey-i-am-trying]

I have to say that the wave of hating on Vi is annoying and the wave of hating on people that have any negative feelings with the character is equally annoying. [this is more about twitter type of discourse but I will not go there to have this conversation]

I think the whole point of Arcane Season 1 was that we cannot take out the big picture out of what it seems to be individual choices and at the same we see the choices of individuals affecting the collective lives of those around them. So when we try to divide people by simply "good" or "bad" we assume a inherited value of those people without taking into account the context and history that afffects these people.

Piltover murdering hundreds of thousands of Zaun people is an unfortunatly tragedy. Jinx killing the Council is terrorism. Ekko trying to protect his people from both enforcers and drug lords is terrorism.

When Zaun wants revenge, it is murder. When Piltover wants revenge, it is justice.

Vi, someone from Zaun, someone that lost so many for the actions of enforcers wearing their uniforms has an impact, she has position herself on Piltover side, what she is going to do with that position might matter, she might do good, she might tell herself she is doing good but she is inevitebly feeding the machine that harmed her own people. Doing justice for Zaun in an enforcer clothes is a symbol that she believes on Piltover's vision of what justice looks. It doesn't metter if it is true or not, it is the message that uniform sends.

I am by no means saying Vi is the devil, that she doesn't care for Zaun, for Jinx, or Ekko, or anybody else on the undercity, what I am saying is that looking at a bigger picture her actions have consequences for other people. I can't wait to see on Season 2 what was her rational for choosing this, what her goals are. I was talking about the broad scale before but I would like to zoom on her thoughts and feelings when Season 2 get here. I know the jokes about "she got the fuck the cops wrong" are funny but I don't believe Vi would do that just for Caitlyn, even though I think Vi would be more inclined to join with Caitlyn in a leadership position I don't think it would be the only reason.

[But anyway, I just will rant for this last part. because that is kinda tiring. I know it is upsetting when people boil down your fav chracter to the point of losing the entire point of their arc, but at some point you got also to understand that people are allow to have negative reactions to a fictional character. When we ask for more nuances in discourse, we should be willing to accept that having nuance doesn't mean to have a positive opinion about every charcater in the show. It came to the point that people are not even allow to joke about Vi becoming a cop that there are people whining about it on twitter. Not everybody is your enemy, people can joke about the fictional cop being a cop. I am also tired of people saying that Arcane fans need to know League of Legends lore. The show is a story that can and should be told alone, just because someone is a fan of the show doesn't mean they need to have knowledge about the game lore. Like, yeah, I know shit abou LOL lore and still knew Vi would become an enforcer, but some people just watch the show and don't go after knowing more about the game lore and that is actually fine, and those fans feelings about the characters are not lesser because of that]

That being said:

"Quando a educação não é libertadora, o sonho do oprimido é ser o opressor" - Paulo Freire

"When education is not for freedom, the dream of the oppressed is to be the oppressor"

[mazzystar24]

I hope I can ask you this because I don't want to ask in the tags, I'm scared 🥹 but I've seen a lot of discourse about why tommy isn't good for buck, he's cold, the relationship is toxic etc and I was wondering why people think that? Is there anything specific that started it?

I fully believe eddie is buck's true love, endgame, whatever we want to call it and I'm sad we don't have that (yet) but I thought bucktommy was kinda fun in the meantime. I just want to understand 🫶🏻

Oh hey darling! you were so sweet and genuine in your response so please know I’m just answering what I’m asked and if you wanna enjoy and have fun with bt that is completely your prerogative but I’m just offering my perspective on it

And i am warning you this is gonna be long because I feel a constant need to go really in depth in my thoughts

Okay so idk how I’m gonna break this down but maybe I’ll do it in like main points?

Also if you’re new here whenever I use bullet points I’m just doing it cos I find it easier to chunk up my thoughts not cos I’m being curt or anything with you

1. The chimney and hen begins episodes

He wasnt just passive in the episodes and letting Gerard get away with his racist and misogynistic behaviour he ACTIVELY participated in it

This includes:

• Asking if they forgot to tip the delivery guy WHILE THEY WERE EATING CHINESE FOOD when chimney first comes up despite the fact that 1. Chimney had a big ass lafd bag 2. They were probably already told a probie would be coming 3. Probably would’ve seen the actual delivery guy 4. I would bet my absolute life that question would not have been asked if buck or bobby had walked up those stairs this wasn’t an innocent comment it WAS RACIST intentionally like the entire point of the episode was to show how bad they had it

• the New York bitchiness comment

• throwing his tools down along for hen to clean up

• going out of his way to treat them like outcasts and hating chimney before he even knew him despite chimneys efforts

• the way each of them had to “earn his respect” in some way before he acted like a normal coworker to them and this was never in the typical ‘oh it’s a new person’ type of way it always had to do with their race or in hen’s case her gender too

A defence I see a lot for this is “oh he was closeted” and honestly to me that is such bullshit because 1. Eli was perfectly capable of not participating in the racism and taking chimney under his wing without getting any shit for it and chimney is quite literally a Korean man (something he literally can’t hide) and he had just got his head above water with Gerard’s racism when hen came and he STILL was a friend to her 2. Again tommy wasn’t passive in it and just letting Gerrard be racist (which would’ve been one thing) no he actively participated in it to be part of the boys club 3. Let’s say that somehow not being a dick would’ve meant that that was a threat to the closet he was in- that is still in my opinion a fucked up sense of preservation if you spare yourself the possibility of bigotry (despite having inherent social capital by being a white man in that job) by inflicting others to bigotry

Now when Tommy was first reintroduced I was like keeping an open mind and saying okay it’s been a lot of time and maybe he has genuinely made amends because I do believe in redemption but imo they have made no attempt to show us that and had him honestly put more of the blame on Gerrard for his behaviour or the writers flat out avoiding mentioning it to retcon tommy a little and hope we forget

Another defence I see is “oh chimney and hen became friends with him so they must’ve forgave him”, hen went no contact the moment he left (something the writers went out of their way to include that line) and chimney didn’t even invite him to his wedding which was quite big after the Buckley parents got involved so it’s not like it was cos it was such a small and intimate wedding and he only called him as far as we know in those years when he needed a favor, which all means that most likely they had kinda just put it behind them and kept up a coworker relationship with him, but no actual friendship or actual forgiveness or redemption had taken place

Oh wow all that was just point one and I can probably talk more on it but I’ll just leave it with saying that Lou’s comments about it being teasing or how Tommy genuinely didn’t know hen or chimney were capable etc just makes for a worse case than saying it’s cos of being in the closet (and that is genuinely a large part of why idk much abt Lou but those comments are enough to make me hate him) and I’ll also say that poc (myself included in that) have these situations so often- situations even as specific as gay men being racist to them to fit in - and we understand the nuance and shit to it but we also understand on a deep level how it feels to be on the other side of that

And getting toxic bt fans try to come up with ways to downplay or minimise racism honestly pisses me off so much cos believe you me we have heard every excuse and downplay under the sun and I for one am sick and tired of it

2. Why he’s viewed as cold and his jokes

• literally from the small parts we saw of him and Eddie hanging out we have seen the man is in fact capable of joking and being light and having fun but around buck in particular he’s like 🧍‍♂️😐 and the occasional 🙂 like it just feels very stiff and just plain in a way

• his humour consistently falls flat and feels passive aggressive more than anything like blunt or sardonic humour DOES work like I personally love it but it’s not being written OR executed right

A. It’s always in response to genuine moments or questions such as buck talking abt the award or the daddy kink joke or henren questioning him

B. It’s the the majority of what we see from him, there is not enough balance for it

C. Lack of rapport, when friends or couples make jokes that can come off the wrong way if said to anyone else it’s cos of the rapport built already, this rapport is not established with the characters OR with the audience for these jokes to come off right

D. I gotta say this one too but the execution just isn’t right from writing to acting, it’s the same reason sardonic humour lines from Sandra oh as Cristina Yang or hugh Laurie as house still lets you like the characters and find them funny but Tommys lines come off as annoying to a lot of people

3. I think fandom discourse probably has something to do with it but not in the way you think

I’m not saying like oh ppl who ship buddie just hate him cos of the ship no I’m saying that like what takes him from an annoying disliked character to a hated character is most likely the fact that his role stirred so much drama and caused so much damage to how the fandom used to be that its turned the dial up

4. A lot of his development, lore or redeemable factors or cute things are just not canon

This may be blunt and I am sorry for that but I think his character has been blown up to such a degree that it’s genuinely shocking

Like I look at posts or get sent hate and I’m like where did any of this happen this is just not canon this is just not a show like at times I’m genuinely convinced it’s a social experiment where different ppl saw a different show like some spiderman multiverse situation

Listen I’m all for headcanons genuinely like if you wanna take extra number three and make a whole backstory and lore and cute stuff abt her I’m all for it but it’s when it’s said as if it’s fact or canon that I’m like hold up a second rewind

I think this is kinda a result of Lou’s cameos (which honestly deserves its own post but you asked why the tommy hate so imma stay on topic) and also this like need to defend the character but not having much material to work with

Like if we look at canon we can literally break down the entirety of Tommys appearances this far in the show and what we learn about him:

• chimney begins- he makes a racist comment and he tries to suck up to Gerard, there is a little hint abt his gayness with the gf comment, Eli says to chimney that’s just how they are and tries to reason it could be fear of losing friends but we see tommy having friends in the firehouse while eli says this, chimney tries to make friends with him and tommy makes no attempt to get to know him and says he’d hate him anyways, chimney saves Tommys life thus earning his respect

• hen begins- she’s met with the same racism chimney is but also met with misogyny (and homophobia but that’s not relevant to the tommy of it all), we find out chimney is still isolated from the rest despite having earnt that respect, chimney befriends hen and again tommy still doesn’t try anything like that until hen proves herself and earns his respect, ppl reported Gerard but it’s never actually stated tommy was one of those ppl so again that’s not canon that’s speculated

• bobby begins- chimney and hen both seem to be like coworker friends with tommy and Sal, Sal throws hissy fit bobby “fires” him tommy says it’s an overreaction bobby reveals it was a transfer, they all seem to make nice, tommy leaves to 217

• chimney calls tommy for help and tommy helps

• we see nothing from tommy,then cruise ship he helps the team but also in this we find out hen cut off all contact since he left

• buck takes tour of harbour, Eddie and tommy have a friendship and we find out some of Tommys interests and that he was in the army, basketball scene and the subsequent apology and kiss

• dinner date, Tommy explains how he was in the closet, Buck has his little awkward moment (which will be elaborated on in my next point) , Tommy says nothing abt it till the Uber arrives and he leaves buck

• buck reaches out and apologises and asks for a second chance inviting tommy to the madney wedding

• bachelor party and the issue of the lack of costume and not just taking the day off for neither wedding nor bachelor party (which you can reason is reasonable but also I feel like this deserves its point for the narrative choices)

• tommy shows up straight outta work they kiss buck has the soot coming out award ceremony - buck being happy abt the reward to which tommy sardonically says enjoy it while it lasts enter bigoted cunt gerard then chimney comes and insults gerard and they walk away

• we don’t see tommy again till the dinner date after Bobby nearly died and when buck tries to explain Bobbys significance to his life tommy throws the your dad is still alive which is just honestly one of his worst moments imo and I made a whole post abt it but can’t find it and then we all know the rest of that convo and I could make a bullet point for it but actually I made a whole post before so I’ll link it: here

AND THATS IT

Like all this comes down to what maybe like 30 mins screentime? If that?

5. The leaving buck on their first date

The defences people use for this are:

• buck was trying to shove him back in the closet

• buck was obviously not ready

• people angry abt this are just babying buck like he can find his own way home it’s not that big of a deal

• buck was at fault there and tommy would’ve been justified in being angry and not giving him a second chance

And honestly every last one of these are bullshit imo and lemme go point by point

• buck panicked, I don’t think that what buck was feeling in that moment can be properly described because unless you’re a queer person and you’ve experienced that like bone deep panic that like brain overload then you won’t get it

Like one it’s his first queer date

Two he doesn’t even understand his own sexuality atp

Three his closest friend just walked in in a situation that’s already putting him on edge

So he’s not only panicking he’s not understanding why he’s panicking he’s trying to make excuses eventhough part of him knows he doesn’t need one but also he doesn’t even understand this side of himself yet so he doesn’t want to have to potentially explain it

Like it’s a million things and a million emotions and no one can claim they would behave rationally or appropriately in that situation and if you say that you would you’re lying simple as that

Also then we find out that Eddie thought tommy was straight anyways

• the reason I love the buddie coming out scene is because of Eddie’s “and what do you think” line because it’s not up to tommy or anyone else whether a person is “ready” enough in their queerness to date. Full stop.

Also tommy knew it was Buck’s first date with a man and was still down so why is he using that as some sort of out

•it’s not about babying buck and it’s not about him finding his own way home it’s the fact that Tommy could’ve done it with much more grace and he could’ve been a lot nicer with it but he wasn’t, and this is again bucks first date with a man even if it doesn’t end with a second date it should at the very least not end up with him feeling like a screw up on the side of the road

• to the ppl who say that- kindly shut up cos again see the first point but also I wanna point out that somehow the ppl saying this are also the same ones saying that Tommy was justified to be RACIST for a prolonged period of time due to being in the closet yet Buck what? Panicking for a few seconds and being a little awkward? is somehow this giant inexcusable thing

5. The narrative choices with him have been reasonably clear and tbh if they had been made with a woman it would not be up for debate:

• tommy leaves buck on their first date then he comes back and gives buck a chance- we as a fandom have been unanimous in saying for years that Buck’s endgame would be the one that doesn’t leave him cos this pattern has been something we saw over and over with him

• tommy not dressing up- again you can rationalise it but it’s a narrative choice and it’s glaring when contrasted with Eddie suggesting the duo costume

And if we had this scene with Taylor so many ppl would be saying that it’s once again showing that her and Buck’s personalities don’t align

• him being on standby for the wedding and bachelor party- again you can say oh buck invited him last minute or oh he couldn’t taken the day off (which lbr he could’ve he’s not the only firefighter pilot in la) - but again narrative choice

If it was Taylor everyone would’ve been like SEE? Again they’re showing the audience that her work is this looming presence in their relationship

Anyway I’m gonna shut up now cos this is A LOT

I’m so sorry it took me so long to respond tho and sending flowers in apology💐💐💐💐💐💐

Love ya for being so genuine when asking and hope all this didn’t come off too strong and that it was idk helpful?🫶🫶

I realise my response is abt to have toxic bt fans scurry to my inbox like rats to send hate and to that I say go fuck yourselves I’m responding to a question here

[plasticflowersinahistorycemetery]

Hi! First off I LOVE your Sugar Daddy!Soldier Boy story I read it like 4 times already. My question is what would be Ben reaction if the reader got pregnant? Like I like to imagine them being engaged or this leads them to being engaged, maybe Ben buys a house for her and his kids in like the suburbs or countryside?

Idk what are your thoughts on it?

hiiii!!! thank you SO much for reading it omg, and i'm so glad you like it! AND thank you for this ask! <3 (i genuinely get so excited when you guys send me anons asking my opinions/thoughts on ben/dean/sam/jackles—i go all full academic discourse slut)

omg, okay, listen. i have had EXTENSIVE thoughts about ben's reaction to ✨pregnancy✨ with reader (and just in general) and let me tell you... it's all very feral. (would you expect any less from me?)

at first? i think his reaction would be genuine anger, but the type of anger that is born from fear. genuinely macho-men tend to do this thing when they're scared where they'll push rage to the front. he'd be all "the fuck am i meant to do with a goddamn kid? not happenin', darlin'."

then he storms out. no real plan. no goodbye. just gone. and not for like... a few hours. we're talking days. because he needs time to spiral privately like the emotionally stunted war-era manchild he is. he goes off, gets blasted and black-out drunk somewhere, probably picks fights with anyone and everyone in his immediate vicinity.

he's thinking: "i'm gonna fuck it up. i'll ruin her. i'll ruin the kid. i ruin everything i touch." and that thought festers, until he drags himself back—hungover, furious, haunted. and he finally says the quiet part out loud: "i ain't cut out for this shit. i don't know how to be... a dad. but i can't let you do it alone."

and that's it. that's the turning point.

because after that? he overcorrects HARD. goes full provider mode. buys you a house in the middle of nowhere—something with a porch, a yard, a fucking fence, because in his head that's what "good fathers" are supposed to do. he keeps watch like a guard dog. gets twitchy if you so much as lift a grocery bag. won't let you drive alone. starts carrying around baby books and pretends he's not reading them. talks to your belly like it's already a tiny soldier he needs to train. "you're gonna come out strong, kid. no pressure or nothin', just don't be a little shit." and 1000% saying things like: "your mom is a fuckin' babe, you know."

and the sex? forget about it. you're getting railed every which way from sunday. he's ALL over you. you get out of bed to shower? he's on your back like a dog that humps everything. you're barefoot in the kitchen, cooking? he's glued to you, gripping, groping, muttering shit in your ear about how he "can't wait to stuff you fuckin' full." and if you're painting the nursery together? more than one thing is getting painted... if you catch my drift. because there is no way in hell that this man isn't knocking over the paint pot, pulling you down into his lap to fuck into you while he murmurs: "think i could fuck another one in you if i tried hard enough?" in short... you're constantly full. baby and other things. because he'd go full primal ape-man and wanna breed you past the point of obscene.

and if you're not engaged? oh bby. he proposes like it's a mission. no big speech. no kneeling. just dumps a ring in your lap one night and says, "figure if i'm knockin' you up, might as well make it fuckin' official, huh?" but he's terrified you'll say no. because for all his bravado, he's just a broken man trying to build something good with the only person who's ever seen him as more than a monster.

so yeah. he'd freak out. but then he'd build you a life with those same trembling hands.

in conclusion: we all say we wouldn't survive pregnancy with Ben because he's emotionally repressed, borderline feral, and might try to fight the ultrasound machine—but deep down? it's the dream. getting knocked up by soldier boy is a core fantasy. pregnancy as a power move. delivering a baby while he paces the hospital room shirtless, threatening to kill the anaesthesiologist for "takin' too long." him sitting beside your bed afterwards like: "you did good, sweetheart. looks like the kid's got your eyes. and my scowl."

and honestly? i eat that shit up like prenatal vitamins.

[ggukkieisintominnie]

This will get me into shit BUT WHATEVER 🙄

I find it funny that ARMYs can sit and Kiki about Namjoon's "toxic male ex" but turn around to call Jimin and Jungkook brothers and us who support them delusional. Like the fuck...

Here is this ARMY doing what we "Jokers" are dubbed to do which is speculating Jimin and Jungkook's relationship being more than platonic. However while we get comments about being jokes and crazy...

... They get this as response. The double standards in this fandom I can't 🙄. Like not only that but the engagement is crazy as well for something that has no valuable prove whatsoever.

Here is another tagging the ex who apparently is known as "emoji guy".

Oh my... sharing or wearing the same shirt allows for ARMYs to conclude that Namjoon is indeed in a gay relationship so why is it when we do the same for Jimin and Jungkook; we are considered delusional.

Jikook has done more than just sharing the same shirt. Jimin went to bed in Jungkook's sweater which the other wore the whole day while carrying out his schedules for the day. But they are the ones boxed as brothers.

ARMYs are insufferable. They legit chose which members in the band are allowed to be suspected as Queer and who are not. Suspecting Jimin and Jungkook to be Queer in this fandom means you have to be skinned alive but hey Namjoon bi king, go off tongue technology Min Yoongi and bisexual icon Jung Hoseok I guess.

It a shame really especially for someone who has showed so much of their identity like Park Jimin to be shunned to heterosexuality because the fandom has such a mindset. Or just because accepting Jimin for anything but straight acknowledges that Jimin's relationship to Jungkook can actually be more than just platonic. Everything Jimin has done from ID: Chaos to Face means nothing to ARMY because they rather sit down and fascinate over the girl in the like crazy MV and the she/her lyrics to songs he has no writing credits on.

ARMYs will never change. It too late to change their backwards views but atleast they should not show up in Jikook spaces and spam with "they are brothers." "I do this with my sibling." comments. Are You Sure wasn't catered for the likes of those who will watch Jimin and Jungkook's relationship and just immediately cast them aside as platonic brothers without seeing and comprehending the beautiful bond they have. And hyping those who are claiming the travel vlog as shippers content.

No they do not have to believe that Jimin and Jungkook are in a love relationship but they also don't have the right to label their relationship as brothers because apparently ARMYs have proclaimed themselves as "who can be queer" police. ARMYs should watch Are You Sure and leave it at that if they don't have anything other than a stupid or an incestuous comment on it.

Like how is Jungkook slapping Jimin's booty something you do with your sibling? How is Jungkook's intense gaze on Jimin's sleeping form reminding you of how your father looks at you when you sleep? How the fuck are those takes normal?

This discourse can go on longer on how they are obsessed with the "rapper girlfriend" trope when it comes to Jungkook's relationship with Namjoon but I decided not to. But the truth of the matter is... ARMYs are annoying. If you are a Taekook, Namjin, Vmin or a Yoonmin shipper you deserve flowers and praise on your comment section but if you are a Jikooker you deserve a spam of "You are delusional" type of comments on your post.

I'm glad Jikook scares them so much. It feeds my soul. And it makes me believe in them so much more. Because Jimin and Jungkook even got "Queer ARMYs" hating on them. Like if they hate is coming from inside the house.... you better believe that shit is good.

Anyway 2moro's we officially hold a funeral to Are You Sure 😭😭😭😭 peace ✌

[the-most-humble-blog]

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&lt;meta soul-gender="mythic_unified"&gt;

&lt;script&gt;ARCHIVE_TAG="MISOGYNY::WEAPONIZED_PHONEMES"

EFFECT: ideological firewall breach, soul clarity, false ally purge

&lt;/script&gt;

🗡️ BLACKSITE SCROLLTRAP — “WHEN THE TERM ‘MISOGYNIST’ BECAME THE MANTRA FOR THE WEAK SOUL”

They say the soul is genderless.

Sexless.

A mutual spark —

smeared across time in fleshly forms.

So when did we start using what dangles between our legs

as a *muzzle* for truth?

At what point in mankind’s crooked timeline

did the term “misogynist”

become a **mantra for the weak soul** —

the intellectually impotent

seeking to castrate discourse

with a syllable they barely understand?

You don’t even know what it means.

But you scream it.

Like a parrot with an eating disorder.

Like Pavlov's pug who watched one too many TikToks.

The term has devolved.

It used to mean hatred of women.

Now it means **“you made me feel something I wasn’t ready to feel.”**

Or worse—

“You triggered my ideological cartoon version of reality.”

Modern use of *misogynist*

isn’t about defending women.

It’s about controlling men.

Especially the ones who are **finally telling the truth.**

---

When I say something with spine,

when I drop ancestral cadence that makes ovaries throb

and insecure betas cry in lowercase,

someone types it—

“Misogynist.”

Like it’s a goddamn spell.

But I’m not hexed.

I’m **anciently blessed.**

You think your comment stops the story?

It *starts* it.

You think calling Batman a misogynist means you get to die safe

with your worldview intact?

Sorry.

He still saves you.

He just doesn’t want to fuck you.

Cry harder.

—

See, weak souls use “misogynist”

like a **fire escape for their unprocessed trauma.**

They project their daddy wounds,

their boyfriend’s betrayal,

their own lack of femininity or conviction—

onto **me**.

Me?

I’m just a mirror.

But that reflection?

It’s unflinching.

—

The real misogyny?

It’s weaponized by tyrants.

They use it to stoke fear.

Divide men and women.

Make sisters hate brothers.

Mothers distrust sons.

Turn fathers into suspects.

It’s divide and conquer in lip gloss and college debt.

The media industrial complex

needs women to fear masculinity—

so they’ll buy the **products**

that numb the hunger for real protection.

—

They don’t want you loved.

They want you addicted.

To apps. To opinions.

To ideological rage that feels like identity

but gives you no *home.*

Because truth is genderless.

And so is *respect.*

But the moment I speak with clarity from the masculine end of the soul spectrum,

you slap the label on me—

like you’re tagging livestock.

“Misogynist.”

Brand him.

Silence him.

Erase the inconvenient evidence that real men still exist.

But here I am.

Still talking.

—

I’m tired of watching my comment sections

turn into gendered graveyards.

Buried truth.

Dead nuance.

Tombstones that read:

“Here lies a good man.

Called a misogynist

for having a spine.”

No more.

—

From this moment forward?

We push back.

You call me a misogynist?

I reply:

> “Sit this one out, dummy.

> You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Because I know what’s happening.

You don’t.

You’re emotional static trying to mute ancient signal.

—

You want to call every bold man “hateful”?

Fine.

But when shit hits the fan,

and your life is in danger,

you’ll **pray for the man you once tried to cancel.**

The one who scared you online

but would’ve died for you in real life.

You don’t get it both ways.

You don’t get to shame the hammer,

then cry when you need something broken open.

You don’t get to mock the sword

then call for it when the wolves come.

You don’t get to call me a misogynist

and also hope I raise your daughter

to recognize real strength.

Not anymore.

Not in this era.

Not in this war.

—

This was your morning truth bomb.

Drop the label.

Pick up some introspection.

Maybe then, we’ll finally start hearing each other.

🧠 Read more respect-coded doctrine and emotional architecture at:

👉 https://www.patreon.com/TheMostHumble

🛡️ Masculine polarity. Scrolltrap psychology. Unforgiven words.

🚪 Warning: This one broke illusions. On purpose.

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[charmwasjess]

Cut for Acolyte chit-chat.

The problem I’m having with last night’s Acolyte TPK is that really, it was fantastic TV. The duels were incredible. When Osha comes to in the darkness and we can hear the distant lightsaber noises, and we slowly realize WHAT IS HAPPENING and the absolute dread of counting the group and realizing people are missing, the confusion, her basically tripping over bodies while the lightsabers move distantly in the forest, the tension between escaping and going back, and ugh, the “was that its name?” line. I was absolutely yelling at the screen at a point. The atmosphere of that whole sequence was tremendously successful for me as a viewer, at least. It was scary and horrible and interesting. It left me with a real feeling. A GROSS BAD SCARED ONE, but damn, effective.

Qimir’s Sith getup absolutely looks like they slapped the coolest-looking Halloween mask on the hottest guy at a t-shirt LARP but I’ll allow it because he is so well-acted, and ah, SO hot, and it all comes out very scary. I see why they needed him to do some horrific shit so we would take him seriously as a villain. His reveal is funny for me because yes, it’s laughably obvious, who else would be the Sith? At the same time, I genuinely like it? We need some different types of Sith characters besides “bad old man” and “brainwashed monsterchild” and he feels fresh and intentional. 

So the total party kill: I am wondering how the show moves on from this, because narratively, it seems like we’re about to get the much-uglier version of what happened with the fire and everything and the inevitable crisis of faith/break with Sol/ “ACTUALLY it was the Jedi who were wrong,” and I was not looking forward to that aspect before they wiped out almost the entire Jedi cast. The timing of it all is going to be hard for me as a person who loves Jedi and is watching the show because of that. I like nuance in stories, but I think that "but what if the Jedi were BAD" storyline is really worn out for me after 20 years of prequels discourse. At the same time, I think not pulling punches is a good thing in media, but it’s something of a balancing act. Would the first season of Game of Thrones (I prefer the book, but there’s no denying the cultural movement that was the show) be the same without the gutpunch of Ned Stark’s death and how it launches the plot forward? On the other hand, look at Glenn’s death in the Walking Dead, which seems to have been the point of mass exodus for many (most?) fans, or the pointlessness and shock value in the ending of Killing Eve? 

So I don't know, is icing the Scooby gang going to turn out to be a good narrative choice? I know a lot of people are left wondering "wait, all my favorite characters just died, why am I even watching this?" At the same time, people are absolutely talking about the show. Quite an inflection point in the narrative.

But gosh. Ugh. FAM. I have so much narrative exhaustion from watching Jedi be Jedi, courageous, loyal, true-to-their-values-and-duty Jedi, and die for it gratuitously on screen. 

[irrevocablecondition]

How do you get the confidence to post yaps about issues in fandom or slightly controversial stuff?? Like I just wrote a whole yap in my drafts about public hate and fanfics and all that shit. And im scared to post it like what if people hate me 😖 what if I didn’t go back and specify a certain thing enough times and people who should go back to school come at me 😖😖

I post about silly gays this is not my forte

PFFT hi hello noone would ever use confident to describe me. like, ever. the app stays open for like two hours straight after a yap so i can see what is said 😭 (and i don't even think they're up atm because i got embarrassed of my own voice lolll)

so if confidence is what you need,,, hi. not me. BUTTT i do yap and say controversial things and i think the main thing is being nice about it? which sounds like common sense but,,, well. ahem so like ending a yap video asking for what other people think instead of just yapping away about my opinion. that tends to make them nicer. but also my comment sections are a facade and i have restricted so many words. you get put in purgatory if you say the word "hate" for example, and i have to manually approve it LMAO. so if they're not constructive disagreements and just hate for the sake of hate, you don't see it :D

also things will alwayssss get warped and you have no control so this isn't v encouraging at all actually! but that's just fandom really. "i like pancakes" "oh so you hate waffles? that's wafflephobic" ahhhh energy. which is why my yaps (spoken or typed) tends to be SO long because i have to expand on everything. if you've specified something and people continue to say you're wrong, it's either a matter of hearing them out or accepting that they aren't listening, and then you move along.

i think really it's just,,, i like yapping. twas never meant to get any traction, i just yapped away at my phone because i wanted to and now it's just a matter of monitoring my space so that i can keep doing that. people are always going to disagree but as long as you're nice about it, they don't have anything over you besides viewing a character differently and then it's like. it's wizards LOL it's never that deep. but i think most of the time it leads to really interesting conversations in comments and that's FUN!

so in conclusion,,,, no confidence whatsoever, but rather just that i enjoy it and when it's something like the reboot or fem sirius discourse? i know that i'm right 😭 so that gives a bit of confidence because if anyone disagrees, i know they're simply just not a person i want around me

bottom line is that it just ebbs and flows, and there is nearly always going to people that dislike whatever you say, but if it's important to you and you enjoy saying it? then it gets easier over time - it's your space! you can do whatever you want! (as long as it doesnt harm others ofc but i don't doubt that with you)

[alchemistc]

I multiship, bucktommy, buddietommy, and buddie, but tbh all the bullshit i'm seeing (second and third hand) from the buddies is making me not want to read or write it. thoughts?

Honestly, there's a couple paths forward that I think make sense in this specific situation.

If you are the type of person, like me, who avoids the Discourse and interacts with it only to pipe up with a "Yeah, what they said!" - just go enjoy the shit you like. If you click on a post or a fic that is interacting with the Discourse in a way you don't agree with - click the fuck away. Treat it like a fic/post that's just not your style. Curate your dash and if you're up to it maybe sort through your filters on ao3, update your blocks. I'm too lazy so my method is typically just scrolling past with a "Nope, not engaging." but there are a lot of tools at your disposal to make your experience what you want it to be.

If you are the type of person who is comfortable with call outs and you see shit on your dash, know that you are going to get SLAMMED with anons and vitriol for daring to be a voice that differs from the (small, very loud) crowd of shippers who are making one of your ships a real toxic place to be right now. Block 'em en masse. Don't engage with disingenuous shit. If there's anything in there that isn't straw man arguments and homophobia maybe consider a conversation. Don't feel like you have to. Turn of anon, if you're not feeling it.

If you're confrontational as fuck (who are you can I stand behind you and quietly support you you scare me but I appreciate you) then do and say whatever the hell you want and enjoy being right.

Personally, I'm a ship and let ship person, so if I'm not in the mood for multi ship drama or ship supremacy drama I'll just filter out a tag or block it. I'm guessing, based on the latest shit I'm seeing, that maybe that won't necessarily work in this situation because sometimes ppl like to infiltrate a tag that they shouldn't be in just to be jerks about it.

Do you. Enjoy what you enjoy. Filter out the noise, or call it out, do what works for your best experience.

And remember that this very loud crowd is NOT the majority. They are just that. Really fucking loud. They make noise cancelling headphones for a reason

[boyakishantriage]

Humans *bickering bickering*

Alien: what's. Going. On??

Human: good question, if I had to guess. Something about fashion.

Alien: fashion?

Human1: no, I say pink and green...

Human: ... I mean, they're arguing with fancy names, colours, photos. I generally-

Alien: no. How. Why would you argue about clothing?

Humans: *freezes and starts shouting at alien*

Human: hey, what's so bad about... *Thinks* Arabic fabric?

Human4: OH DON'T GET ME STARTED-

Alien: how-

Human: generally speaking, skimming fashion blogs for key discourse points-

Alien: no. How. How do you keep doing that?

Human: do what?

Alien: Every situation, problem. You're always so-

Human: calm.

Alien: Yeah. And you know-

Human: exactly what to say?

Alien: and-

Human: it's frustrating that I somehow keep finishing sentences so simply and easily?

Alien: ... Yes.

Human: dunno, I just. Plan a lot, scaffold and have a finger in every industry. I don't bother with the changing styles, but there's always something that stays consistent in those spheres.

Alien: ... Like what?

Human: Engineering nerds, constantly arguing over hypothetical problems and best ways to fix em. Same with philosophy, IT, film and a lot of creative or functional fields. More qualitative industries it's comparisons, things and ways to make thing appear feel etc.

Alien but how do you-

Human: I don't. I just scribble notes with eight layers versus the standard 3-5 layered notes.

Alien: How do-

Human: good question. I don't remember, just. Planned until i hit a wall, then worked around it, under it and through it.

Alien: but how-

Human: I told you, we lost a lot of information. We've learnt and figured out a lot with what we have, but we've lost so much that it drives a lot of people insane.

Alien: ...

Human: but, we just. Move on, write down what we know so we don't lose more and just. Go with it I guess, but I'm special. One of a kind as far as anyone or I can tell, and yeah. I make mistakes, yeah I get scared and yeah. I'll probably get into shit for being what I am-

Alien: but that doesn't answer any of the questions.

Human: Well, I don't have an answer for you.

Alien: but. How. You're so ready and yet you don't-

Human: *shrugs* Again, we lost so much. People, memories, techniques, history. we don't now what we don't, but if we fixated on that we'd never get anywhere. Worry about something that's important but lost, or worry about something that's less important. But here *baps the alien's chest*

Alien: ... But-

Human: no more buts, think about it later. For now, you've got your job and I've got mine.

Alien: ...

I still don't understand this species, words I've frustrated by my predecessors, but. It's difficult. Humans are so diverse, complex and hard to really understand. But they are also so, simple. So, paradoxical in how two opposing nature's can work together as seperate and as one. And the human's theories, friends. Network. All of it, it just. Doesn't make sense, yet it works. And we have evidence it's not just about being a human, but not a mindset or something you learn. While I have not changed much from this, the questions this raises which nobody seems to be able to answer. From the invasion to today, the final report and attached files. Nothing makes sense.

Human: that's. Kind of the point.

Alien: ... Who is this?

Human: hacked your device, this is a program that creates a window for me to type into lol.

Alien: What. How-

Human: human nature is complicated, messy and is more a catch all term to describe a kind of mindset. Nobody actually knows how, when or what it is. But it's like hope.

Hope is a lie, we all know it, deep down. But it's about trying, to be better and try even when it's hopeless. Pointless even, it doesn't make sense because when we asked why should we,we just responded

Well, why not?

[pleasantspark]

Seeing two people complain about infighting in a community they started shitflinging over something they could easily ignore is funny, because they were the ones to sub post about me vaguely and it's not my fault that they said some pretty fucked up shit about someone popular in the community.

It's kinda funny really, you don't get to exactly be the "voice of reason" when the Voice of Reason decided to start shit with someone and then claim I was trying to pick sides over it.

No honey, you chose that moment to use a topic that's already divisive enough. Cry me a river and build a bridge to get over it. You had several outs, shutting your mouth and keeping shit to yourself, slur discourse is different then Viv Discourse because it's actual adult discourse. And if you can't handle what it entails then you are in no place to cry for mercy.

Pick better battles and struggles and learn to use the internet. This is my final stance, also. Please stop defending people who accuse people of being a zoophile and pedophile. They are not a good person, or do. Because it seems shit seems to attract shit. Good to know I can see who actually agrees with who based on how they think, react and bootlick.

Is there anyone in this community that isn't so pearl clutchy over words on a godamn screen? Because this community is so focused on SNCA that they became targets of a future fucking raid. All because two braincells that rub off each other cannot learn to block and move on.

Who happen to also accuse people of serious shit, while sending people to harass them after you dared care about suicide. I feel hurt you'd pull that shit considering that was the genuine only time I care. Suicide is a serious thing considering I lost a friend/partner and nearly my own life to it. For you to delete it afterwords made me think.

I don't think you are fit to be in the community if this types of shit gonna get your mind all bent out, I mean it in a way. Once you realize that the word "retard" means nothing in the grand scheme of things, then you won't have this issue.

People will never learn that random words won't scare you much as mid life crisis and taxes will. Because they aren't "Adults" they are tumblr users crying about words they do not qualify for.

Once again, learn to block and all the issues will disappear. Oh wait, Hunter only learned to block so he can't face consequences, guess what Hunter? You are receiving consequences soon because I told you, I FUCKING told you, to not sub post or reblog shit relating to this drama, people have HAD one chance for you to step away and stop mentioning this shit. Now you forced my hand.

No, I don't really fucking care. All he had to do was own up to his shitty behavior, but he couldn't. I'm like exhausted arguing with manchildren over the internet, over fucking words and allegations.

I'm like ready to send consequences, you accused me and several people of heinous shit, and you tried to block people to cover it up. Once again. Denied.

All you had to do was shut your mouth, post art, apologize. Literally every fuckingthing else.

But no, you're hellbent on masquerading as a clown in a losing circus act. I am fed up with allowing random critics to embarrass themselves in public. I won't be saying much about the consequences, just know it will be coming as soon as Hunter continues this mess. I have my receipts and the more he does this shit the more I can gather upon.

And no, I am not willing to negotiate, if you wanted it to end, I given you all you needed, SB had done, Vel had done. You just won't get it do you, Icarus?

Okay. I am done now, any snarky anon who has something to say, say it to SB so he can post it to KFs. I for real don't give a fuck. I am willing to end this all if that means dragging any fucker who ever spread misinfo.

I don't know if you know this, @satansboot isn't on your side, she's not even on any of our sides, she's getting info for the 'Farms. Anything she's ever received either on 'Cord or here, it's going straight to the farms.

I have no control over my friends. So... I am less inclined to lose shit because nothing really matters to me anymore. I am done playing around. In regards to this drama? Nothing from me beyond this, I am gonna be doing what Hunter would be doing if he knew better, post about the GODAMN shit I like.

For now I am writing a book like you wanted me to.

[monsterfuckerconfessions]

(without going into age discourse. Let's just say he has ai sentience, not Possesed.)

Tw for technical dub-con. Idk the tag but to survive, you have to give sexual favors and it eventually turns consentual.

Ever since I saw the first FNAF game, I've always loved the idea of getting fucked by an animatronic. Not even the slimmed down versions, furry versions or even remotely humanized. How they appear in game.

The idea of being terrified in that crampt office with nowhere to go, locking out big emotionless robots, knowing the fates of those who came before me and being absolutely terrified. They see me and they cant get me and they are pissed. Its so close to 6 am but shit, the power went out at 5:30 and i just sit quietly in the darkness before Freddy's dreaded eyes light up and his music Box plays to seal my fate.

But he looks down at my shrunken terrified form and how scared i am but decides he wants to give me the opportunity to live. For a price.

The idea of being thrown on the creaky thin sheet metal table, held down with impossible force of a soft fuzzy hand and getting absolutely demolished by a huge cold robot cock. He's a gentle-manly type so he'd check in a few times, be scared of hurting me and speak all sweetly to me as he uses my cervix as a speed bump and won't stop till I soak him. Being watched through the windows by the others that I'm his new favorite toy knowing damn well I'm coming back the next shift and because I'm his favorite, they can't hurt me.

Then finally when he's done with me, stumbling out the doors 2 hours late just to come back the next night to him standing in the office happily watching our exchange on the monitors like it's nothing. Just the idea that they are so much bigger and stronger than me and if I wanna survive, I have to give sexual favors is chefs kiss

I used to get a lot of shit for being attracted to them in their in game forms because "those aren't as sexy as the human ones or the furry ones". Honestly though, I like that they are robots. It means they can't leave the pizzeria and are stuck there and if I want more, I have to do it secretly and quietly so I don't get caught by the other guards. However I wouldn't mind one peeping and rubbing one out to me and one not noticing them but thats human stuff lol

.

[rainbowdaisy13]

It's so annoying when I still see many Gaylors say 'Taylor can't come out because her fandom is more homophobic than fandom of other artists' WITHOUT mentioning that SHE contributed to this. If so many homophobes like you and fell welcomed in your fandom, well maybe you're doing something wrong. All her adult life she pandered and coddled her homophobic fans by giving them ammunition against Gaylors, when Gaylors were appreciating her art and believing her lies. No, she had to take parts of queer history and let her straight homophobic fans bully her gay fans because she has too much internalized homophobia to allow gay talk to get too loud. She did all this as an adult! - I don't care what parents think or say, your actions as an adult are your responsibility.

Even if something you said got misconstrued, how hard is it to say 'hey don't attack these folks, this type of discourse doesn't bother me, analyze my lyrics in your own way and come to your own conclusions, don't harass or doxx and out anyone in my name. Speculating someone is gay isn't offensive because being gay isn't an insult". But no, because I'm 100% sure that if nothing else, at least in her subconscious being gay IS an insult. She gave these homophobes a safe space in her fandom and it's infuriating when I see so many Gaylors just say her fandom is homophobic but not point out that it is that way because she panders to these people. ESPECIALLY these last year. She knew what that NFL fandom was and yet she wanted to attract them. Why? Because indirectly she didn't only show us she was gay. Through her actions, she's also showing us she hates it and would do anything to cover it up to preserve her status and this homophoic fanbase she never calls out.

It would even be strange to now make an expose blaming these fans for her staying closeted, when she did everything she could to maintain the fantasy for them. 'The 1950s shit they want from me' is so hypocritical. She is the one feeding these narratives of marriage and traditional family values to the press for herself, for her 'cover'. Those lyrics alone out her as a covert narcissist. She's making herself the victim in a situation she created. No, the fans don't want shit. YOU are crafting these narratives, and people who like it, flock to you. These are the expectations you put in place for yourself. And you made your fans scared of questioning things because they see how Gaylors are treated when they dare to think outside the box about your 'art'.

It's atrocious to compare her to Evelyn Hugo as well. It was illegal to be gay when the book happens and Evelyn didn't act like a victim. She knew she was a product of her design and she owned it, mistakes and all.

The never owning a god damn thing is what has broken my mental chains so to speak—I would not put up with this kind of behavior from any other artist—meaning I wouldn’t support them/give them money/defend their actions—so why the fuck was I doing this with Taylor?

[sv3t1ana]

order must be maintained in this galaxy

STELLAR CONDUCT respect the orbit that keeps this space intact! absolutely no homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, racism etc. absolutely no minors or ageless blogs, i'm 23 and i will write smut.

SOLAR SYSTEM OF SHARING all content within this galaxy belongs to its creator. i've spent HOURS on my banners/dividers, pls do not steal ty. as for fic inspo... i would be honored just credit :3

WISHING UPON A STAR i don't specifically take requests, but if there's something you want me to write shoot it my way and i'll see if i can make it happen.

NEBULA OF CONTEXT for now, i only write for Choso, Gojo, Sukuna, and Geto. i don't think i could ever will myself to write for Toji (i'm so sorry i just don't find him attractive. no shame, tho) and i don't hate Nanami... he's just not my type, so i'm scared to write him because i feel like i'd be doing him a disservice. i do not write stuff including bodily fluids like shit... piss... vomit... etc. though i have yet to, i'm not against writing noncon or other darker themes. just no overly nasty stuff.

COSMIC CALENDAR i don't have a set upload schedule, but 9 times out of 10 i am working on new stuff nearly every day. if i'm releasing a multi-chapter fic (not one shot series) i personally like to get all if not most of it done before i even post the first chap, so i'll usually post a chapter a day. should also add here that i do not mind spam. everything is appreciated :,)

ASTRAL ODDITIES all of my banners/dividers are made with photoshop. the thing is, i'm too stubborn to watch tutorials so i figure everything out on my own. because of that, i'm pretty positive the way i do stuff is way overly complicated, so that's why i don't post tutorials. but if you're really curious just ask! (i did not pay for photoshop) not that there would be any political discourse in my blog, but if you are a maga supporter, genocide supporter, against women's rights and all that stuff, i will happily block you. i would describe myself as democratic socialist, take that as you will and keep your shitty political opinions to yourself.

[jjcocker]

wait so are you a proshipper? If you're not then feel free to call this a dumb question

short answer. nah i wouldnt consifer myself one

long answer:

anon I'll be real eith you; I dont know. whilw I dont consider myself one I also just. dont like anythibg relaring to sjip discourse . and ur probably somoene who saw the posta from yesterday where i was panicking kver shipping the rockers and. so. uh. I don't know what I can consider myself because from what i've learnt on the jnternet a proshppreas someine who is like. into .i gues gross types of pairibgs. Stuff that can be considered immoral and bad. and like I like somethibg that can be considred Immoral And Bad (there being rhe student/teacher question). And since I also got basically taught that rheyre ppl with like. Very few morals if any , now that i'm Actually having that. problem myself It gets me questioning. "Am I a proshipper? If so then I'm a horrible person and will abuse people and be a fucked up pieve of shit guy." Because I uh. used to actively harass them on tiktok (as in spending my time telling some to actually fucking Kill Themselves)(somethibg that Hurts my heart to admit to too. Because now I sure as hell wouldnt do that. Theyre still ppl And i can just.. block them!) .. and well. What it taught me during those times was that "proship -> BAD and EVIL". So i feel Bad and Evil. because like. even if theyre cinsenting adukts theyre still like. a guy and his student. Yk? and another question I don't mention is how theyre akso like based on real guys So i just end uo feeling like an evil rpf creep (vc from what ive learnt too.. rpf is somethibg Gross and creepy bc theyre real ass guys). I know theyre not leo and soshi but that plays a prt into their character designs too so Like i know this skinds unrelated but like It's akso one kf mybreasins to panic. Because on a technicaloty theyre leo and soshi. And one is the ogthers teacher and so I feel like I'm being a horrid problemstic person I don't knoawwwww I just Have the feeling I'll get inti trouble. I just have thr feeling that I'll ve seen as a big problemaric figure. and I dont know why but I feel like I'd tarnish rh tumblr in a way. because everyones so agaisnt those guys I mesn I kinda am too theres stuff I find. like gross i'd say but I dont wanna harass people over it. And thats rhe dillema.

I dont wanna be a proshupper bc theyre people w No Morals (from waht i've seen) and harmful fandom ruining people. And they liej ships that can be Problemaric. I like One ship that cab be Problematic. but I do still have morals, right? I worry if it csncels out everything nice Ive ever done. I'm scared kf losing frurnds over this

[afinestoutlove]

Okay I need to have a little rant, so if you're not up for DiScOuRsE, please feel free to scroll on...

Hot take (okay, lukewarm at best) but there are some types of writing you just shouldn't post publicly, or at least shouldn't expect to post without criticism. No I'm not talking about banning your writing, I'm talking about you taking responsibility for what you post and making thoughtful choices about what you put into the world.

TO BE CLEAR, I'm not talking about consensual smut, go your hardest, get kinky, anyone who has an issue with it can get fucked (maybe they'll feel better afterwards). Smack a warning on that fuckfest to keep the prudes and kids away and have at it. This isn't a matter of taste or preference, but about art that reproduces harm - specific forms of violence, esp gendered and racial violence, rape and sexual violence, etc. It's about accepting some responsibility for what you put out into the world.

I'm talking about this as someone who's been around for a while, and also who studies and teaches this shit for a living. I'm not here to take your smut or your whump or whatever. Hell, I'm halfway through writing a story about abuse victims murdering abusers and the conclusion of the story is "are they wrong"? So I'm not opposed to morally grey work either. But I really am sick of the "you don't get to criticise me" shite that seems to haunt fanfic communities (and that sure ain't new). Guys, if you put your work in public, fair and thoughtful critique is part of the deal. Yeah, I get a lot of the critique is neither of those things, but you need to learn the difference.

Any topic is fair game for artistic representation, so I am in no way suggesting you can't write about any of these topics. BUT... you need to think about how you write it, because it does have an impact. Are you telling the story in a way that uplifts victims, that challenges violence, and makes it clear that it's not okay (and yes, that includes nuanced depictions, you don't have to slap a big ol' AND THE VILLAIN WAS EVIL warning on it)? Or are you romanticising abuse/trauma/violence...? There are ways to write about any topic that are thoughtful, imaginative, constructive... and there are ways that suck. And a good artist learns the difference. A good artist understands the power of good art. (A good artist also accepts that they can't control how their audience reads it, and accepts that at least some will be wildly out there, but also accepts that sometimes the artist is the one who misjudged things.)

To get ahead of the inevitable, I'm not suggesting people can't tell the difference between fact and fiction, but art influences people. If it didn't, the right wing wouldn't be so fucking scared of it, and wouldn't spend so much damn time defunding arts programs!! Hell, half the people yelling "we can write whatever and you're all whiny babies" are the same people who also insist that art is powerful! Art is an amazing tool of activism, a way to change views, for better and for worse - it's why representation matters! It's why so many of us feel so strongly about having more queer stories and disabled stories and non-white stories... I often study art as a social scientist because it's so important.

I've seen so many bad arguments in favour of straight up harmful shit. The free speech argument is the most common and frankly I don't give a shit. People don't seem to be able to tell the difference between banning stuff and criticising it (in the academic sense). And criticism isn't an infringement of your rights it's what happens when you make art. I've also heard a ton of fic writers argue that they're processing their trauma through writing that straight up romanticises gendered and other oppressive violence. Okay, so process that in your writing. Depending on how you do it, that can be really healthy. Maybe don't post it publicly. Cos what's processing for one person is fantasy for another. There's a reason the paedophile apologists gravitate towards fanfic communities and it's mostly that everything goes and no one is allowed to disagree or they're a prude and an asshole.

All my disclaimers aside, the binary thinking about art is just depressing as shit. Yeah, just banning stuff you don't like or that makes you feel icky is a bad move.* Anyway, the answer to "ban everything" isn't "everything goes and no one gets to criticise anyone else's work". You have a social responsibility as an artist, even if you're writing fanfic for an audience of five. Act like it.

*Maybe I'm just not seeing it in my little corner of the internet, but I've seen a billion and one people yelling about how mean everyone is trying to ban fics, but a lot fewer people actually in favour of it - mostly the same examples of one or two nitwits seem to circulate as examples of some big mythical wave of anti-sex/anti-art whatever, but where are the rest of them? Like I know plenty of pre-ao3 fic sites have shitty histories with this stuff, but that was the sites, not so much the users?? Where are all these pro-censorship individuals?? Tbh it seems like mostly what the anti-censor people are yelling about (at least where I see it talked about) is people criticising them, not actual "censorship" (using the term loosely).

[venusian-liquoric3]

Bro- (gender neutrally 🤫)

Okay okay okay OKAY all jokes aside, I’m really distraught at the current state of acceptance both within and outside of the lgbtq+, HELL even the Mogai community is scaring me with its exclusionary vitriol in recent times.

I just don’t understand the absolute blood boiling hatred so many have towards harmless good faith identities that have existed throughout the entire history of the queer community, I mean, he/him and transmasc lesbians are RIGHT THERE. Bisexuals and Pansexuals have both existed RIGHT AMONG US for so long. We definitely didn’t have a term for a lot of things “back then” but labels like Lesboy and Turi/Veldigirl or Bi-Lesbian actually make a lot of sense when you sit down to understand the whole point of the movement.

How did we become so damn strict and immovable when it comes to personal identification? Isn’t our history explicitly about abolishing oppressive binaries, expectations, and societal norms? Since when was it about getting to a particular point with idk acronyms and “acceptable” labels before we could start eliminating everyone else and stop accepting growth and innovation. idk. I just can’t believe that within our own massively diverse spaces still so many have to hide their true selves in fear, in the community of self-expression and pride! It’s always a constant war amongst ourselves raging alongside the war against all of us from the conformant world. We should be standing together and sharing love and life stories to heal but no! It’s all about “MY life means that YOUR experience is invalid”. Don’t you think that’s why we had to start fighting for our rights in the first damn place? People thinking that others living differently and describing their DIFFERENT lives as god forbid DIFFERENT from their own is a reason to silence and attack said others is textbook. We need to stop internalising all this main character shit and realise that no one person can quite describe their life experience the same as the next. Yes, it’s all about relating and accepting, so why is there barely any of that here? You can blow up a Bi-lesbian’s DMs and tell them to kill themselves all you want, hell you can even spend all day everyday typing long winded personal attacks towards people with Xenogenders or who use Neopronouns. Just remember that it won’t change the fact that all of us collectively are Others to the world. We can’t we be Others as one and not as separate factions in a war?

Soon some of you will realise how stupid a lot of this discourse and exclusion shit is, and you’ll get tired of trying to apply strict brick walls to a community that was always about and always will be about breaking them. I love all you good faith identities out there no matter how “contradictory” you get perceived as. Literally everything in life is contradictory and no NOTHING is truly binary in the true scale of reality and life as we know it so why should we stall progress by kicking and screaming when times change.