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[loosethreadsofyoursoul]

while i will always love and appreciate the bisexual dean winchester agenda, i truly believe that if he was raised differently—or maybe if he grew up today instead—that boy would have been gay. like his love for women in a romantic/sexual context was always such a caricature and was continuously used as a symbol of masculinity that played against the roles assigned to him by his father growing up for the sake of suppressing any queerness he might exhibit. now whether that suppression was purposely written into his character or was a reaction to the character they had created, i’m not sure, but it’s there regardless.

i don’t mean to dismiss the love he felt for cassie or lisa, but particularly with lisa, i’m not sure he was ever in love with her, despite the fact that he did care for both her and ben. i get so frustrated watching the end of s5 because him going to her house and his perfect “apple pie life” being with her in suburbia genuinely came out of nowhere and i’ve never understood a) why it had to happen, and b) why it had to be lisa. but thinking about it in this sense, she was the closest thing he had in his life to everything he was raised to believe he should want by one john winchester, who lost his perfect wife, perfect family, perfect apple pie life and sent all of them down this path in the first place. so of course to dean, his happy ending would be with someone like lisa. but that’s the important part. someone like lisa, not lisa herself. he may have had love for her and he may have been able to picture a life with her, but it wasn’t necessarily because she was everything he wanted; she was a symbol of the things that tore his family apart and so to be with her felt like he was finally able to put some of it back together. and that makes me so sad for him because all of that is a result of the sense of responsibility ingrained in him growing up by john, not something he wanted for himself.

but back to his general attitude towards women, there was an excellent post that said he only acts like the typical womanizer he has a reputation for being around women deemed “stereotypical” by the misogynistic perspective. otherwise, he tends to take on a fairly brotherly role; he doesn’t tend to pursue any women he can “take seriously,” and is more intimidated or impressed by them than anything else. with the exception of cassie (which was pre-series and we never got full context for in the first place), he only ever pursued women with whom he would have a definitive ending—by that i mean women who he knows he’ll never see again or who would have a clearly defined role during the time they’re together that wouldn’t threaten the status quo. and yes these could also be the traits of a commitment-phobe or someone chronically on the move, but for one, sam doesn’t tend to do the same thing (see ruby, amelia, and eileen), and for two, given the things i mentioned already, it makes me consider it more of a result of him not actually being interested in women romantically.

his reaction to women when not purposely used as the butt of a joke or to perpetuate the “womanizer dean winchester” agenda is often so innately fraternal, caring in a way that doesn’t have any expectations behind it. and when there is a romantic context, so much of the relationship can be attributed to the way john raised him and the beliefs he has as a direct result; it’s never simply been built on the foundation of love.

every time he is dismissed as this macho het guy, it also dismisses so much of what makes him a wonderful character, and yes a lot of that is his queerness. so in a world where he didn’t grow up with roles and responsibilities that shaped him into someone he knew his dad hated and forced him to create this character for himself in order to survive? i think he would have been gay and he would have been okay with that.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hey now, Let her cook!

[nocek]

Is it a stupid idea? Yes. Did I have to go overboard and animate it? No.

But I had to and I'm not sorry ;P

[box-dwelling]

I do think at least once Astarion tried to make Wyll care about his mental health by saying that his enemies will weaponise it being bad against him and I'm going to be completely honest, I think it might be the only thing to actually work

[inqellvar]

are the bi disaster rogues with dark long hair and a beard in the room with us rn

[planet-poptropica]

⋆ So....I was scrolling through Instagram the other day and I saw one those fav character charts, and I thought it would be fun to make my own! ⋆

⋆ Poptropica mutuals, tell me about your favs, not just your main favs, your side favs! I will include the transparent version below, and my explanation to my choices down below if you are interested! I'm interested to see your choices. ⋆

⋆ Tada! Have fun! ⋆

⋆ Now, an explanation to my choices: ⋆

⋆ Your Favorite: Director D ⋆

I think it's no surprise to ANYONE that knows me that Director D has always been my favorite, since day 1. There was a moment where he was almost replaced by Binary Bard, but he is a close second. Director D is my favorite because he is associated to my nostalgia of a time when I was obsessed with being a spy or ninja when I was a kid. (Spy kids may have played a BIG role in that.) Playing as an agent in that island was so exciting for me, but I do remember having trouble with certain parts like the decoder. (In hindsight I probably would be horrible spy XD.) Now that I'm older, his island is still one of my favs for that reason, but it's not my number one. I wish we could have gotten a bit more backstory for him, but, what can you do. (But create a backstory for him and I have.)

⋆ You Relate To: Black Widow ⋆

Black widow is a character I don't really talk about or draw like....ever, which is crazy because she's probably the character I relate to the most, just like many other artist do too I'm sure. I relate to her in the way of being jealous of other people's art success, and the constantly comparing yourself to others. They say you are your worst critic after all. I don't so much anymore. I'm actually proud of where I am in my art journey, but I used to do that a lot when I was younger, especially when I just started doing digital art.

You won't catch me stealing or ruining other people's art though... girl what-

⋆ Your Favorite Design: Ringmaster Raven ⋆

Look at him, 'nuff said. His design is amazing. I love the color palette, the mask used to cover his true look, the raven theme with the wings and mask, the hat with eyes, everything. His design is the best because it matches with the overall theme of the island, it being a MONSTER CARNIVAL, and he is the Ringmaster. I remember how hipped I was when his island trailer released. One of the best islands for sure.

⋆ Is Underrated: Count Bram⋆

Yeah, remember when I was constantly drawing him for a short period of time? It's for a reason. I love my vampire peepaw who's confused about everything. I'm curious, do people consider him a villain? I kind of don't for the reason that he kidnapped Katya because he thought she was Anabelle, and once he was cured and was bought back to reality, he apologized for it because he didn't know. You want to talk about villain? Christopher is the real villain, you can't change my mind. Anyway, I was looking at the old art I drew of him, and he looked familiar to me. Then it all came together. You know who he reminds of? Exactly? Simon Petrikov, you know, Ice King from Adventure Time? Not only do they have the same hair style and would have the same personality, but they were both humans at some point with a partner, and once they became what they became, all they thought about was their partner, aka Anabelle and Betty.

Poof, mind blown. Vampire peepaw deserves more love.

⋆ You'd get along with IRL: Amelia ⋆

Amelia is another character I don't really talk about or draw, mainly because I associate her with the new era of Poptropica. But, I don't think that's fair. Amelia is actually a very sweet character that I think little me would have appreciated if she came to the game sooner. I would probably get along with her really well, considering how silly, and nice she is. Not to mention, her love for cute stuff. Imagine her unicorn bedroom but replaced with bunnies. That's my room right now. I think that even traveling with her would be really fun. She would have gotten under the "you relate to" category too but I didn't want Amelia on here twice. XD

⋆ And finally...Your Favorite Side Character: Dr. Spyglass ⋆

I... do not know how to explain this one. Dr. Spyglass only gets a few words of dialog, and we know nothing about him in canon, besides him working for HQ, and being an eye doctor. I won't lie, I actually had a crush on this guy years ago, hence why I shipped him with Muddy. (I cringe at that ship now. XD) Probably because...he looks like Director D...with a lab coat. >_> Look at both of them and TELL ME they are not related, I dare you. My version of them are. I love the idea of this silly scientist being hired by his brother after failing the entry agent exam, not because he pitted him, but because he understood how incredibly smart he was and is. Constantly being compared to his brother and what he could have been. So, you can say I like MY version of him... a lot.

I should dedicate a post to him some day, eh?

[michdoodles]

Love how creative the Sonic community is when it comes to AUs. Like you’ve got:

-Sonic is in a band with Silver and Shadow!

-Sonic runs a mafia while also being a single dad and a bisexual disaster!

-Sonic is the size of an actual hedgehog and is Tails’ legal guardian!

-Sonic is Ginormica from Monsters vs Aliens!

… and many more!

… and then there’s my AUs… like “this is the one where they get to raise families in general peace and quiet” general because sure eggman isn’t a problem anymore but then Scourge appears and “this is the one where select characters get the genderbending beam” and “oh, what if Gerald was pretty much a mad scientist before GUN killed Maria?” Yeah, my AUs are pretty plain compared to these

[plaqying]

quivers in fear pls get me off of the problematic kangel fan side of tumblr i really don’t wanna know about how u almost started a cult rn

[hostradio]

mentioned  it  in  the  tags  before  and  also  in  conversation  on  discord  but  al  genuinely  believes  he  is  straight  despite  never  having  a  single  romantic  or  sexual  inclination  towards  a  woman  in  his  entire  life  (  or  afterlife,  for  that  matter  )  —  and  part  of  that  is  obviously  due  to  being  raised  in  a  time  period  that  was  so  rigidly  heteronormative,  but  i  think  it's  also  a  side�� effect  of  him  falling  into  that  ❝  i  just  haven't  found  the  right  person  yet ❞  rabbit  hole  that  a  lot  of  aspec  people  tend  to  find  themselves  in.  it  doesn't  help  that  he  assumes  his  own  experience  is  universal  —  he  isn't  aware  of  his  own  asexuality,  and  he  genuinely  thinks  everyone  else  feels  the  same,  they're  just  playing  it  up  because  this  is  hell  and  all  that  jazz.

i  think  he  adores  women  and  tends  to  be  considerably  more  charitable  towards  them  by  default,  but  it's  always  very  strictly  platonic.  he  only  really  gets  his  weird  obsessive  tendencies  when  it's  in  regards  to  men.  (  and  he  is  most  definitely  SOME  flavor  of  mlm,  but  it's  very  rancid.  )  i  don't  believe  he  realizes  any  of  this  —  because  again,  he  has  absolutely  zero  self  awareness.  he  wouldn't  argue  or  be  particularly  shocked  if  the  truth  was  presented  to  him,  he's  just  genuinely  clueless  and  doesn't  know  much  beyond  what  he's  scraped  together  via  osmosis.

[hopkei]

Sato Taiki x NYLON

[todayisafridaynight]

tbh if ryuji knew there were two (2) whole more dragons in this franchise i dont think he’d have ever died just from the sheer will of needing to kick the shit out of them too

[basilbots]

Anyway just so everyone is aware Lunar is an adult in my aus

[snowwhitedraws]

Osha as a shielded daughter of a high ranked official in court, keeping secrets that he has twin daughters instead of one (It was also a secret that their mother was a witch)

Her and mae switching places as "Mae-ho", with mae being great in field combat and osha with combat tactics

everything went out of order when the king's most trusted general and right hand man, Qimir, arranged a coup

chaos ensues while massacres are everywhere

She loses her family, separated from her sister, hiding from authorities, trying to survive and when she thought she was far away from danger

Qimir tracks her.

[hydrasaura]

when i said that mha ripped off naruto (which i said only to piss off mha stans anyway) I didn't mean to sound like i was praising naruto. it was actually more like a sigh of disappointment, a reaction to seeing that all the problems that naruto had as a show transpired trough mha too and i was tired because watching naruto was enough for me but then i realized that my problem actually is that i can no longer stand watching shonen anime and i chose not to tire myself by cringing at the repetitive tropes and cliches anymore

[keanuquotes]

Keanu Reeves, who himself is no stranger to the martial arts world and action genre, has partnered with Fisher Stevens, who is known for projects like Short Circuit 1 & 2 and Hackers, to produce the documentary on Urquidez,

[ladsofsorrow24]

there are like... two types of story that comes out of "sad man having a midlife crisis finds a girl who motivates him to be a better person" trope

you either get the girl being awestruck with him just because he's the first decent guy she ever met

or it'll just be humiliation fest for him when he met everyone associated with her

personally i prefer the latter

because the former is just the "straight male wish fulfillment" trope play straight, which not only sounds pretty boring but also something i can't really enjoy or relate to

the romantic undertones doesn't help either