#i don't know if i should keep them

[sincerity--extreme]

I am obviously sad but not at all surprised that Warrior Nun got cancelled, I already knew it was coming, but that fact is what makes the whole thing even sadder in my opinion, the fact that most of us already know what to expect every single time we're handed anything decent, at this point we only get crumbs here and there and even then we need to keep low expectations because there's no safety, at any time it could be taken from us and thrown out like garbage

Lesbians have always been marginalized and sexualized, we see that in lots of movies where all they show is constant sex and cheating and fighting with a extremely dramatic ending, there's rarely a light movie like those cliche straight ones, and we see that irl when parents freak out and threatens everyone involved in the making of a cartoon where 2 girls like each other and do nothing more than a little kiss, which is something kids see all the time everywhere in the real world and in cartoons/shows/movies but it's only ok if it's straight people doing it (and I see that in my own house, have had that experience myself, heard horrible words about "exposing" kids to those things...) We can also see it in the entertainment industry, we're nothing but products to sell to straight man, only to them, and if they don't like it then it can be thrown out and let's call the next option, it's never about us and that gets more and more obvious with each cancellation

We get the bare minimum every single time, sometimes we only get the idea (they write a extremely gay character just to get us to watch but never really give us any gay content) cause they know we're starved and lots of us will take anything just to see ourselves somewhere for a bit

We're not people to them, we get no respect from those who claim to be on our side, good creators either get no opportunities or are handed a very small space inside that also gets taken away from them as soon as they got what they consider to be enough money out of it, just so they can claim they're *super inclusive* or whatever

This is clearly personal, lesbians deserve better than this shit that is being handed to us, times have changed but there's still a long way to go and regardless of how tired we get, I'm sure we won't give up cause we're not asking for much, only for what's our right

[lollitree]

Does anyone know if Pokemon in Bank (the 3DS one) disappear if you don’t renew the sub? Mine is gonna expire a month before it becomes free

[bumblingbabooshka]

Something so tragically funny about Spock telling T’Pring “On starfleet everyone accepts me for who I am...not human, not Vulcan just..Spock <3″ and then like 2 episodes later he gets yelled at and called an unfeeling pointy eared computer. Like I feel like the wah-wah sound effect should have played. 

[mayasaura]

I think we figured out which hero John is modeling himself after!

We were talking about the options, and @monstrousgourmandizingcats suggested Aeneas. While Aeneas isn't technically Greek, he is in the Homeric Hymns and the frequently-referenced Iliad. So get this:

First, check out these two proposed etymologies of Aeneas' name:

The grief of mortality, and a god in mortal form.

Now the real argument. In the Iliad, Aeneas is the sole survivor of the royal house of Troy. After the destruction of the city he gathers the surviving Trojans onto ships, assigned by the Gods to take his people to a new home destined for them across the sea. The course of this journey is the subject of Virgil's Aeneid, and the beginning of the founding myth of Rome.

It's easy to see how John would relate to the survivor of a destroyed home, and fashion himself after a king who leads his people out of the ashes and into a new existence. He's definitely intentionally leaning heavily into Roman aesthetics. (Like, for example, the twelve Lictors that were appointed to dispence justice at the founding of Rome). It's Aeneas' descendant Romulus who is said to have founded the empire, but seeing as John's immortal I think his metaphor can be excused in skipping over the intervening generations.

Then Tamsyn says that John was given all the traits of this specific hero, so what traits define Aeneas? Devotion to the memory of his home, his duty to his divine destiny. And falling in love with, screwing over, then abandoning a very powerful woman.

In their journey to Italy, Aeneas and the Trojans find themselves guests of Queen Dido of Carthage. Aeneas falls in love with Dido, and seduces her with the help of his mother Venus. There are some complicated games played by gods that I don't want to get into, but in the end Mercury tells Aeneas to walk out on Dido because his destiny is to found a great empire somewhere else. Justifying himself by claiming that he and Dido were never technically married, dutiful Aeneas does so. His abrupt exit leaves Dido furious, heartbroken, dishonored, and in a very precarious political position. She curses Aeneas and his fated empire, then kills herself.

Depending on how it all went down, there could be overtones of Aeneas' flight from Carthage in John's flight from the First. Aeneas' betrayal of Dido in John's betrayal of Alecto, choosing empire over personal loyalty. But what really grabs me is the way the narrative presents Aeneas' agency in all this. Or rather, his lack thereof.

When Dido demands an explanation of Aeneas, he defers to a higher authority. It is not his fault or his own will causing him to leave her, but fate and the Gods' commandment.

It reminded me strongly of John's refusal to help protect Harrow from Gideon the First's murder attempts.

God cannot appeal to the gods to cede responsibility, so instead he cites an unknown higher authority. It's not his fault, there are forces beyond his control at work.

If John does see himself as Aeneas, a tragic hero forced by fate to make difficult decisions that hurt the people he loves, I'm sure he finds it comforting.

Poor good Aeneas, he's so sad. He still loves her, but his duty is stronger. That means he's the hero, right?

[lucky-7times]

Enviromental storytelling

[anastacialy]

the contrast between watching keralis and then immediately following it up with sausage's video was just perfect. keralis is allergic to lore and trying to bust down the fourth wall with a hammer. meanwhile sausage is making notes about the people he meets in a little notebook, dimension hopping in response to seeing pearl, and constructing a pathway to his nether roof portal because some strangers told him it was inconvenient. all the while they keep flirting with each other as jevin is homophobic in the background,

[onewithblankets]

i got the fun combo of being a therapist friend a painfully socially anxious introvert who gets drained from talking, meaning someone will come to me with heavy ass problems and feelings, draining all of my energy and time, and then leave so i can dread the next time it happens and try to budget my mental energy around them so i can get my own shit done

[miabrown007]

not taking responsibility for the person I inevitably become when a sad blond boi shows up on the horizon

[kissthenova]

here's a uquiz i made about these guys that i can't shut up about! which fatherly comfort character of mine are you?

(please don't kill me if they're inaccurate, i tried my best but i seem to typecast characters into the "dad" role so they all share some traits.)

6 results, 14 single choice and 1 optional free response. song/quote related questions have a skippable option that won't affect your results!

[kitsunebishake]

this is just a little rant about how queer fire emblem engage is

I abstained myself from going on this rant on the tags of anotjer post because I know I'm annoying as hell lmfao

also mild spoilers tho I already speak vaguely by nature so nothing huuuge

OK SO can we just take a moment??? to think about how fucking queer this game is???

we have diamant pondering how pretty alfred is and comparing him to a serene and beautiful flower covered scenery

we have rosado wanting fogado to think he's the cutest person ever

whatever the fuck was that support with alcryst and fogado

MARYGOLD AND ETIE???? FEELING EACH OTHER'S SKIN????? LIKE????

rosado's entire existence is queer no matter from which side you look at it too, transfem? transmasc? fem gay? nonbinary? all of them, literally could be all of them

ivy in general is peak pathetic woman OTD material, she IS the fictional lesbian standard

(yes I am aware they're technically all bisexual but me HC 2 of them as gay/lesbian is not bad... I think)

kagetsu and alfred @ diamant and boucheron is so fucking queer too like I couldn't stop laughing because they made me feel a bit self aware LMFAO (they could be a polycule too who knows)

and speaking of muscles, why the fuck bunet was so okay with the idea of alfred licking his muscles? 💀 THAT'S NOT NORMAL MY DUDE, I MEAN I KNOW ALFRED IS PRETTY BUT DAMN

I think celine and chloe were also very 🏳️‍🌈

and merrin, which is literally inverse rosado

I have not watched all the supports but I'm sure if I did I'd find even more stuff to point at like a wojack meme and go "queer."

the resident cis gay man on my Facebook friend list who is constantly talking about wanting to get railed also has deemed male alear is extremely queer just for existing, so has one of the 50 lesbians on my twitter friend circles

and you know what? I think I can see why

there's also THAT scene during chapter 10 which made the VTuber I watch go from shaming his chat for being thirsty for the evil dragon to "oh shit, I get it now, that's kinda hot" which is like peak homoerotic violence

I'm sure there's more I've seen but I have forgotten

back to thinking about diamant and alfred kissing

EDIT: I wrote this on the 15th, it is currently the 16th and I have to say... I was right, there's a lot more queer

I have officially watched all of rosado's supports and some of them in Japanese, and it is incredible how they just didn't translate some parts? I need a transcript to confirm, but I'm pretty sure rosado uses 中性 to describe his townsfolk... that means gender neutral, literally the kanji for medium/middle + sex/gender

he also specifically mentions cutesy men and cool women, confirming people from his village are not just cute but in general showcase different types of beauty, regardless of gender (and yes! he also says the "regardless of gender" part in Japanese too! I love him sm)

there's also the first support with louis which I think is really funny because the ENGLISH VERSION JUST REMOVED TJE PART WITH "EVEN THOUGH I'M A BOY????" LMFAO

I imagine because they thought it was offensive or something? but I think it makes sense, fogado said to celine the firenese appear unsociable and closed off to those from other lands, closed off being the key word here

rosado obviously doesn't care about gender, much less his own, and he clearly doesn't even care when people find him cute and stare at him, he was quite comfortable with seadall and fogado staring, so he was probably just surprised a firenese (*he probs doesn't know mauvier was firenese, he doesn't seem to talk about that too much) would find him please to look at as well, much less on the level louis was staring lol

also, I think in general the Japanese version was cuter, cuz it has louis explicitly saying he doesn't give a shit about gender/sex :3

(also my HC is currently that rosado is a fem transmasc and merrin a masc transfem... balanced, as all things should be)

EDIT 2: it's the 18th and I have no idea why I didn't mention seadall at all

but he is also queer, everything he does is extremely queer

him watching rosado bathe is... certainly something

(also him being the "women looking unkempt after using 83738477448 skin and hair care products vs men looking perfect after washing with only water and soap" meme with rosado is god tier content)

[guardian-angle22]

9-1-1: Lone Star | Paul & Marjan | In the Kitchen

↳ requested by anon

[oceandiagonale]

YOU GOT THIS! I BELIEVE IN YOU! KICK FINALS BUTT! - wurmple anon

THANK YOU I WILL BE FREE BY SATURDAY!!! 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺

[kiwikiwiandkiwi]

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[iridescentoracle]

[buries face in hands] gil no

[eugeniedanglars]

i genuinely find it so confusing when people on both sides of the discourse aisle go "if will has a crush on mike the only options are for mike to like him back or for will to be sad and alone forever, and since option a isn’t happening what was even the point of having the storyline?! this is bad writing!” like hello there’s an extremely obvious option c here and it’s called “will gets over mike because he’s literally 14 and middle school crushes don’t last forever”

[trabandovidas]

Friendly reminder that saying that everyone should know their country's sign language and braille but making no attempt to learn them or learn more about how they work or the communities that needs them -not even putting it as a future goal- helps no one <3