#i am ... honestly so hesitant to do this

[moe-broey]

Amateur Hour but I gotta outsource this. Aromantics. Heed my call. What is "romantic" love to a non-believer?

Bonus Round if you're not entirely ace -- does experiencing any amount of sexual attraction influence your answer? Also acknowledging that both aro/ace identities exist on a spectrum. Believe me. I am deeply familiar... with so many kinds of spectrums........... 🧍

Also if this breaches containment It's Not That Serious........... just a personal question. For a friend. Me 🙂‍↕️

[derpinette]

i have a weird relationship with weight because i hated eating more than anything the moment i was ready for solids ( i hate chewing with my entire life always have & will ) which made me underweight for most of my life ( to this day ) & during late primary-middle school this made me actively suicidal because i felt like something was wrong with my sex because i just was not developing whatsoever prompting me to have a years long phase of trying to gain weight in any way i could ( #EPICFAIL by the way ) & i was already insecure but i felt seriously so unforgivably ugly after bullying not just at school but by adults of my entourage. but then i did in my late 15s which prompted the pendulum to swing in the other direction & suddenly i FREAKED OUT & thought well being skinny is pretty much all i have & know myself to be & clearly it is not going to last forever so i Better preserve it i was delusional about how skinny i thought i was actually i look stumpy & weird i have to prove myself. But now i am normal again kind of

[dutybcrne]

Okay, saw the summer event preview and aaaaaaAAAAA

[hella1975]

"He still didn’t know if he could ever be good, good in the way that was so natural for the others, no more than a simplified question; good or bad? He didn’t know if he could ever make this resentful body live so easily, but he knew he was trying. The world was wild and hungry around him, but he was trying. He got dressed every morning. He talked about things. He didn’t shout when he could have. He ate with his friends."

repeats this while jabbing my finger at the mirror every day forever and ever U DO NOT HAVE TO BE GOOD U JUST HAVE TO TRY

[thefabelmans2022]

i'm not saying no one should ever do richard iii again but i AM saying that it should be done by people with an intimate knowledge and experience of disability, preferably richard's actual disability but clearly no one's interested in that.

[superbellsubways]

the urge to just make a server for me and all my mutuals/friends has been strong but ik i cant because

1. multiple different interests i can already see conversations colliding with eachother like a train wreck

2. i dont think i have the mental stability to run a big active server again

3. i have trust issues

[lttleghost]

wait I said this in the tags of another post and have previously tried to express these thoughts but did so poorly; while I don't think canon compatibility necessarily has as much importance in fandom with lgbtq+ headcanons if there isn't a queer reading of a character that is canonically compatible, and I don't think that fandom having differing headcanons for characters not meant to be lgbtq+ can ever fully be categorized as erasure in general

I do think when there is a queer reading of a character that is completely compatible with canon and is relevant to the themes of the story yet is given significantly less attention or is all but ignored in a fandom for headcanons that require at least some suspension of disbelief and/or changes to the text to reach their full potential, that starts to tread somewhere at least adjacent to the territory of erasure. and while I think individually people can still prefer whatever headcanon they want, it can say something about a fandom as a whole if there isn't any thought to, or if there's even refusal to give visibility to the more canonically accurate queer reading

and I think it's also important to look out for situations where that reading might be ignored because it's "less palatable", either as an identity itself and/or the presentation of that identity, to those in the community that tend to not like nonconformity or look down on certain identities, like transmedicalists ect...

[firewoodfigs]

Next chapter of a study in reformation probably won’t be up till sometime in August (aka the month of salt air and rust on the door) because past me was dumb enough to sign up for an exam in July on top of working full-time, BUT I’ve created a monstrous playlist which you can listen to here for good vibes :) enjoy!!! I’ll see you guys very soon in the next chapter 💕💕

Feel free to let me know as well if you have a specific song in mind 🥰

[shopcat]

i think w avatar in my own base... world that i draw/think. in. of. you know what i mean like the main reality to ME that i've developed the pairings would be well zuko sokka and then i can't decide if i prefer mai ty lee and azula having something weird going on where ty lee and azula have been dating for years and mai orbits them orrr suki and/or azula meeting through ty lee being in the kyoshi warriors (and then the classic mai lee) which i think would be a really fun dynamic to be honest i wonder why i haven't seen it much. anyway. yue and jet are also nebulously alive just cuz idc. i like yue katara i think that's cute even if it's still funny to steal ur brothers ex but i justify it by well as much as they were cute they truly went on like one ? date and just liked each other it just so happened to end very dramatically. it would be the same if sokka dated idk... jet ... anyway. though her and aang are still cute. mostly not like i am centring pairings and Shipping and such it's just easier to have things established just thinking things in my mind U_U i also am pondering an au to do with zuko and yue where they're friends and i'll leave it at that bc i think it's a fun idea i haven't seen around. rubs my hands together.

[hua-fei-hua]

that one academic paper wherein someone discusses anti culture in fandom n stuff is on my dash again, n i read most of the discourse in the replies, and i am once again very tired of the fact that fandom as a subculture is generally considered to not be worth academic interest.

it's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy when it comes to legitimacy too, since the last of academic precedence makes it difficult to find other papers to cite, but as soon as you, a person deep within that subculture yourself, try to use personal experiences to support your ideas, suddenly what you're writing isn't academically rigorous enough and shouldn't be counted.

[bluerasbunny]

OOOK because i got my first hate ask abt posting dream-related content (saw it coming);

guys, i am posting about C!dream. CHARACTER dream, the CHARACTER from the dsmp. i am not posting about the cc!

please do not send me asks about dream's controversies, the cc! and the c! are two very different people!!

i will not be entertaining or responding to any asks regarding the cc!'s controversy. that is not my place nor is it my job!! i'm just a small artist that loves the character and i want to share that love, that's all there is to it!!

thank you!!! <3

[racingheadfirst]

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[taetaespeaches]

Okay but like maybe Daisy and Joon can break up?? Just cause they had an angsty start doesn’t mean those issues wouldn’t come up again? Plus 2 people feeling that way??? I’m just saying “bring the pain”

Maybe?? It would be understandable if those issues or at least similar issues did come up again later on. I don’t think I would want to make them break up though bc I don’t want to minimize the growth Daisy did or like build a story line where they have to work out these serious of issues. But they could have a pretty big fight maybe?

[noxtivagus]

TODAY

[joonieskinks]

Simon doesn’t like how your boyfriend treats you and makes you feel. He feels he could do better.

“Simon, please tell me this honestly.” You look to the ground nervously.

He chuckles a bit at how intense you look then hesitates. “Alright...”

“Am I ugly?”

Immediately, he laughs you off and simply shakes his head.

“Please, tell me honestly. I just feel like I need to know. My boyfriend, he- he doesn’t touch me, he doesn’t look at me, he doesn’t want me. I feel horrible about myself all the time, I don’t know what’s wrong with me. Simon, so please. Just tell me.”

“No.” Simon’s voice booms.

Your teary eyes shoot up from the floor to meet his.

“No, what a stupid question. No, what a ridiculous thought. But yea, what an arsehole he is to make you feel this way about yerself, love.”

He strides over to you, taking your face into your big hands and looking into your watering eyes with so much love.

“No man should ever make you feel like that.” Simon says as gently as he can while trying to control his anger towards your boyfriend.

“I know I wouldn’t.” He whispers just low enough for you to hear and you’re taken aback.

“Simon…”

“Leave ‘im. If not for a man who could treat you bett’r, than for yourself.”

His thumbs rub over your cheeks, soothing you. He’s so warm, so big, so caring. Never did you think you had a shot with him so you never tried. But here he is before you, gushing and he wants you.

“I didn’t think you were interested…” You look down trying to conceal your deep blush.

He lets out a huff of air as he smirks.

“Well now you know.” Simon takes a finger up to your chin to make you look into his eyes once more.

“Leave ‘im and I’ll show you how a beautiful lady should be treated properly.” God, he loves seeing the affect he has on you, you quivering below him, practically begging for him to touch you and never let go.

“Promise.”

Guess you have some breaking up to do.

[emphistic]

None of the Parenting 101 books that your husband, Toji, read during your pregnancy could've prepared him for the unmatched curiosity of your now four year old son, Megumi.

"Daddy," said Megumi, while sitting on Toji's lap, "what do you do for work?"

"Sticking your nose into other people's business, now, are you?" he joked. "Why do you want to know, kid?"

"'Cause I wan' know." Yup, preschoolers could be as sassy as ever.

"Cheeky little thing," Toji said, giving his son's chubby cheek a playful little pinch.

"Daaaaad, just tell me already."

Toji hesitated for a bit, before complying. "I get rid . . . of people—"

"That are bad!?" an overly eager Megumi asked, his eyes shining. Honestly, for someone his age, he should not be excited by the idea of his dad killing people, but he had some ideals different from others. Courtesy of his innocence.

"Sure."

You giggled quietly to yourself from your seat on the living room couch as you watched the whole situation unfold; your son, jumping up and down, and your husband, looking as bored as he always did.

"So you're like a superhero!"

Toji grinned at his son, ruffling his sea urchin-like hair. "Nah, not quite."

Confused, Megumi asked, "But you're strong. . ? So that means you're Superman!"

"Nope."

"Batman! Because he always wears black and is super duper scary."

"Not even close, buddy."

Laughing, you couldn't help the comment that escaped your lips, "Wish you were as rich as him, though."

Toji deadpanned, "You married me."

"I'm not complaining, am I?" you teased, pressing a chaste kiss to Toji's temple. Just as you were about to back away, you let out a high pitched squeal as he pulled you back for a real kiss.

Unlike most kids, who would say "Yuck", Megumi, beaming at the both of his parents, giggled innocently. "Mommy should marry Batman! Because he is rich, and makes the bad people go bye-bye!"