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I want to say something about the classical androgyny of sailors, with the sodomy and the learning to knit and the whole thing with water being a female element in most cultures, but all I can really think is I YAM WHAT I YAM!
POPEYE?!?!??
#popeye the sailor man#amphibious#i guess this is why frogs are queer#seriously though my navy vet grandad was a popeye fan and we stan a combative spinach-eating nb king in this house#cranky old genderfluid queer loves popeye
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#youll never guess what my favorite horror movie is#idk why i draw myself as a furry half the time#the thing#the thing 1982#john carpenters the thing#queer comics#comic#trans#frogs art#frogs comics
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I don't give a shit if you're a straight woman who likes reading yaoi. it's none of my business what turns you on
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right? I mean all of these people seem to have such a huge problem with it but how come it's okay for straight men to sexualize lesbians, hm? why don't we speak on that?
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are you dense? OF COURSE straight men sexualizing lesbians is wrong and disgusting. DO NOT speak on subjects when you have no idea what you're talking about.
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the LMNOP community is always doing things that make straight people uncomfortable so why are straight people not allowed to do this one thing that makes the gays uncomfortable? y'all always want equality but if a straight person goes outside wearing BDSM gear the police will be called. if a gay does it however...
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omg ur literally 15 shouldn't you be studying for finals instead of spewing crap on the internet?? this pick me act is not doing you any favors, hun. guess what? no matter how much you want to be "not like other gays" homophobes will always see you as a fetish no matter what. your little act here will not make them love and accept you, trust me. đ
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people like you are the ones who make straight people hate us. you're always walking around with that gay voice and limp wrist like "omg cunt pussy slay queen I love your outfit!" NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT GENDER YOU'RE HAVING SEX WITH
it makes me sick.
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I do agree with @imnotlikeothergays09 as a gay catholic (yes a gay catholic, we exist) I do not agree with the kink at pride debacle nor anything else the queer "community" does. as I am also Adam (yes Adam from the bible) I know that God had made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve, and that is why I only have sex with Kermit the frog as he is a muppet *smirk* see I have outsmarted God, rejected Eve, and embraced the muppet hole, I have found a loophole, that is, much like the muppet hole, which is soft and wraps around my Cock like a warm hug. just how I like it.
#muppet #joker #catholic #adam from the bible
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#this is inspired by @ursaspecter#thank you for this genre of posts#unreality#fake post#pride#lgbtq#muppet joker#weed smoking gfs
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Random sashannarcy headcanons because Iâm obsessed with them and why not
They do NOT drift apart after amphibia. Anne and Sasha hang out frequently in high school and they have weekly zoom hang outs with Marcy (or more if one of them is having a rough time)
Amphibia only made the relationship between Sasha & her parents worse, so she spends a lot of time at Anneâs house.
All three of them get back into music. They play together and separately
Sasha doesnât try out for cheerleading in high school and becomes less popular because she cares less about status
When Sasha cuts her hair, Anne is the one who cuts it for her and continues to trim it for her
They take turns visiting each other during school breaks
When theyâre old enough, Sasha and Marcy get jobs to pay for plane tickets to visit each other (Anne continues working at thai go)
Marcy copes with her trauma through art. She draws pictures from amphibia and what she saw while her body was possessed by the core
Anne goes vegetarian because she canât stand the smell of cooking/burning flesh after Marcy getting impaled by Andriasâs flaming sword
Sasha and Anne actually give creatures & caverns another chance, and they all play together!
Marcy frequently calls Sasha and Anne to infodump about her interests. They actually listen and ask questions and validate her this time.
Marcy has a phobia of being submerged in water, and even showers or rain are difficult on bad days. She didnât remember being in the rejuvenation tank and didnât know why she had this phobia until a couple years after amphibia when she suddenly remembered.
Sasha is the first to come out as queer after she realizes sheâs bisexual during a therapy session about her past relationships. Marcy is the second to realize and comes out as a lesbian during high school. Anne always knew she liked girls, but didnât accept it herself and come out to others until her senior year of high school.
Marcy graduated high school early and did her first year of college as an architecture major, but she was miserable and realized she wanted to pursue art instead towards the end of her freshman year.
Sasha started therapy immediately after amphibia, took an AP psych class in high school, and knew she wanted to go into psychology after that.
Anne didnât plan for college at all during high school because she was busy having an existential crisis about literally becoming god after she dies, and she takes a gap year after high school. During that year, she gets really into studying frogs and realizes she wants to go into that field, and enrolls in community college close to home.
Them starting to date wasnât really a huge thing. After amphibia, they were constantly talking and expressing their love to each other and taking every opportunity to cuddle and hold hands and all that. One summer, during a late night sleepover, theyâre talking about their feelings and all come to the conclusion that theyâre in love with each other. They have a moment of âdo you guys want to be together? Yeah? I guess weâre in a relationship nowâ and then they move on to talking about creatures and caverns or whatever
Anne continues to do tennis in high school and community college, and that earns her a full athletic scholarship to the university of her choice where she continues to study herpetology.
Sasha continues going to therapy after she gets into a relationship with Anne & Marcy, and even brings them into a few sessions so she can make sure they donât repeat the same mistakes.
After sashannarcy moves in together, they bring domino and adopt a kitten
During rainy days that trigger Marcyâs trauma, they cancel work or school and have a movie night with soft blankets and good snacks.
Anne can cook very well. Marcy can follow a simple recipe. Sasha is banned from cooking without supervision after the kitchen fire incident.
Mr & Mrs Boonchuy try and fail to act surprised when Anne tells them sheâs a lesbian, and then donât even try to act surprised when she tells them sheâs dating Sasha & Marcy (theyâve known sheâs a lesbian and in love with them for literal years. They just didnât want to force her to tell them when she wasnât ready)
Anne & Sasha go to the public high school instead of St James High School so theyâre not known as âthe girls who went missingâ
They all have to take summer school and catch up classes because they missed so much school
Sasha has chronic back and leg pain from her injury while fighting Darcy. She also has a huge scar from her shoulders to her lower back.
Marcy still has a huge scar on her chest from being stabbed, and she has chronic lung problems and chronic pain as well from her injuries.
Whenever Sasha is anxious, she does Anneâs hair because the repetitive motions are calming to her. It always works out because Anneâs hair is always a mess. Sasha even gets really into curly hair maintenance and learns how to properly care for and style Anneâs hair (as long as thereâs no leaves or sticks in her hair, Anne doesnât care about hair care and wonât do it herself)
Sasha tried to cover up her face scar with makeup for a long time, but finally gave up and accepted it as a part of her
Sasha frequently gets scared of accidentally being controlling or manipulative again, which ends up in her being too passive or adapting people pleasing tendencies.
Anne gets really connected with nature after amphibia and goes on hikes and gets into gardening
Sasha gives up on trying to control her body. Back in her cheerleading days she strived to stay slim and athletic, and in amphibia she wanted to stay strong and tough. But after amphibia, she only exercises when she genuinely wants to, eats anything she wants, and ends up gaining a bit of weight (sheâs insecure about it at first, but works through it in therapy and with her girlfriends)
Marcy dyes her hair fun colors often. Itâs her way of regaining a sense of control over her body after possession.
Marcy struggles heavily with disassociation, specifically depersonalization after being possessed
They all have nightmares about amphibia for years.
Anne & Sasha are the first people Marcy shows her art to, and if sheâs stuck with art/writers block, she talks through it with them. They give her suggestions, but usually she figures it out after talking through it
Sasha cannot handle any type of spicy foods, Anne is constantly trying to build her spice tolerance (it never works and Anne always pulls Sashaâs portion out before adding in spicy ingredients when she cooks for them)
Anne has pet frogs at home and gives them a life of luxury. She spends more on items to care for her frogs than she does on herself.
Sasha gets a dog and accidentally trains it to be a service dog for her chronic pain and PTSD
Sasha & Anne force Marcy to take breaks when she overworks herself on her comics.
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plz more of gravity falls x plant monster user, maybe include some weird cult that worships user like a god? a name for user like "Venus" from the venus flytrap, or Primula, it comes from the Latin word for Daisy, or straight up Audrey the second, lil reference to the little shop of horrors, and it makes reference for how mabel placed a sticker on their pot? user getting accidentally sold to a random kid (guess who sold them) and maybe...user learning to swear by (guess who again) but PLEASE, I NEED MOREEEEEEEEE
Gravity falls x plant monster reader part three
Mainly your relationship with Stanley
(Donât need to read all of them to understand) Gender is once again not a concept for alien plant. It/they/she/he
Imma be so honest I wrote an entire thing, hated it and everything I tried made it worse. So I scrapped it and now itâs late, my bad.
This is set in the past, so before the twins. During and after the portal.
A lot and I mean a lot has happened in the last month. First Ford and FiddleFord, broke up. As lab partners, not as boyfriends. I may be an evil plant from outer space but cheating is wrong, eating people isnât. Those two were as queer as Orin Scrivello D.D.S. was addicted to laughing gas.
Now Ford is going crazy, or Bill is? Itâs rather complicated. Ford shut down the portal, something about how Bill wanted world domination. I couldâve told you that, I mean why else would I be here if world domination wasnât possible with these two? Anyways currently Bill or more accurately Bill possessing Ford is punching the door to the basement.
âDoes he remember any of this?â Bill stops and turns to me.
âNot a single memory, why? You got something Twoey?â Where did Twoey come from? Bill refuses to use the name Ford gave me.
âYou let me in on world domination, I let you in downstairs.â He blinks, similar to a frog.
âJust gotta feed me so I can slip under the gap.â My vine points to the bottom of the door.
âI got plans for you, Sixer will give up soon.â And that was the second to last time I saw him. After that he possessed Ford and brought me along. Iâm deeply traumatized seeing a shirtless Ford rolling around and eating spiders. I didnât need to see any of that or be apart of a tramp stamp tattoo session.
Ford had gone crazy and I was well, mainly hungry but I guessâŚlonely. There was no FiddleFord to scare, no more experiment to see what I could do, no more music around, and no Ford to learn from. Bill wasnât any better, that man was acting like a teenager going through a break up.
And eventually things happened, Stanley, Fordâs twin brother, had came to the house. You know the rest, and I ainât gonna talk about it.
âMullet!â Stan drops his beer on the ground, it shatters on the floor. He looks up at me and pauses.
âYou- you can talk?â
âYou see anyone else here? No? Then yes I can talk, do much more then talkinâ tell ya that much. This?â I move my vine to point at the window. âSunlight, it ainât enough, I need food. So either you feed me or I feed on you.â
âHow much did I drink?â
âIf I didnât need ya Iâd drain ya dry. Go grab that book got the number 1 on it. Got it or do I gotta dumb it down for you mullet boy?â He nods and turns to leave then pauses.
âIâm doing this for Ford, not you.â Stan leaves and that was the start of mullet boyâs identity theft of Stanford Pines. It was mainly just him questioning his own or his brotherâs life choices, coupled with drinking, smoking, and crime.
There were moments where heâd bring me downstairs and it wasnât so lonely.
âNone of this makes senses, what is wrong with-.â
âIt stands for e.â I point to the symbol.
âYou know the rest?â
âYou find e you find the rest easy.â
Or
âI just got him back, I canât lose him again.â
I donât answer for a bit I move my vines, like how Ford would fidget with his own. âHe was already lost, a long time ago.â
âI couldâve help him if he just-.â
âYou couldnât.â
âWhy didnât he just call me before this?â
âYou know the answer, you just refuse to accept that, thatâs the answer. Itâs not satisfying, human rarely are.â
Others where I learned more about English, one of the many human languages.
âSon of a bitch, what the hell?!â Stan yelled when I first nipped him.
âThese shitheads donât know anything about marriage, itâs a scam.â Stan says as the tv plays some awful movie.
âWhere the fuck is it?â Stans asks as he looks for a wrench. And much more as life went on, with many other stories to go along with them.
Was a few times where heâd fall asleep and I could easily drain him. I didnât though, as stupid as it was, Stan was my key to opening that portal againâŚfor world domination of course. Over the years he became more of a con man and the house became a tourist trap. While he would still work on the portal, the basement wasnât a room I could survive in. So I got put upstairs in the window.
Where I met little tiny Soos, now my hatred for kids and human kind was very much strong. This kid was cute enough to eat, not that Iâm picky. Soos had soon started to work at the shack, where I tried to eat him.
âMr. Pines? I fixed the-.â I go to eat him and Stan throws his cane at me.
âThere was a- uh- bug. Go back to work I ainât paying ya to talk.â
âOkay Mr. Pines!â Soos walks off and Stan looks back at me. I smile and a customer walks in.
âCan I buy that?â The man points to me, Stan smirks and hands me over.
â$500. New species, called Spatium Praereptor.â 500?! What am I? A Monstera Deliciosa?
âFine.â He hands Stan the money and Stan gives him me. I move my vines around to look like Iâm sticking a middle finger up. He does it back and the guy puts me in his car.
Come to find out I was joining a cult. Cult? Religion? Who cares? Only downside was I was not being praised but killed by some stupid blind eyes meatheads. Sometime between eating people and throwing them Stan somehow found me and brought me back. Stan was reckless, irresponsible, a con man, gross, and a loser.
Though he was my friend, and I will still have world domination even if I care for two humans. Just cause I like two people doesnât mean Iâm soft. Shut up.
#bill cipher#ford pines#ford pines x reader#gravity falls x reader#plant monster#gravity falls#stanley pines#stan x reader#plantonic#twoey
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famous au but um dumb
@cowboylexapro
if the poets were on social media and famous this is what they'd be known for
(age somewhere between 19-21)
todd
tumblr blog name: toad.anderson
ao3 name: toad.writes
he's technically anon but not rlly
sexiest tumblr account known to man - he's a fanfic writer and an au poster with some occasional og stuff that floods his inbox with asks begging him to publish his og work too - what fandom does he write for? all of them.
his bf proof reads them all even if he's never been in the fandom
he writes fics for his friends when they get famous
in between his novel worthy fanfics are shitty fics of his friends
his followers get rlly confused
he wrote a neil x reader fic until straight girls started claiming it and he took it down becuz the reader was him
todd on his blog: guyss⌠im so sorry but im taking the neil x reader fic down⌠im sorry if i offend anyone but the reader was me â¤ď¸ not you - i don't like you all claiming it
after taking down the x reader, he does a neil x oc but the oc is him but with green eyes
neil, after the oc gets described: todd the only person im seeing is u tho đŚ and u have blue eyes
eventually his relationship with famous tiktoker neil perry gets revealed and ppl realize he's not just an obsessed fan
after neil says the thing blog: toad.anderson: guys my real name is todd anderson everyone: omg we wouldve never guessed
after neil and him go public and ppl dont believe that neil is gay he alternates between seething and writing neil fics and taking joy from neil's confusion
todd points out comments that are obviously thirsting over neil and neil still doesn't realize he's being thirsted over
"neil be the father of my children!" "oh i think they meant that in a godfather type way"
todd, at a breaking point, suggests that neil and him post a kissing video but neil doesnt wanna be one of those shawn camilla couples - respect
what if he posted them kissing but he made a historians will call them bestfriends joke but then ppl didđ§ââď¸
"my bestie and I 𤊠" "NEIL PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK UR SERIOUS"
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neil
tiktok name: neilliard.at.julliard
accidentally tiktok famous for pretty face, charming personality, acting abilities - the theater kids had a claim over him orignially but he's pretty mainstream now
comment section full of old grandmas trying to set him up with their granddaughters
everyones dream bf until he posted about his own bf
neil: my boyfie has a big tumblr and he writes a lot and he really likes frogs and he is also blond and heres his address
hes kinda oblivious about everything
"you want a close up of my collar bones? why ?"
reading comment "'show your abs?' its nice you think i have abs! only my boyfriend can see those tho đ "
the comments go wild
people are stitching it screaming for different reasons
all his fans r screaming into pillows bc HES TAKEN NOOO
people are trying to figure out who this mans boyfie is
"he has a boyfriend??" "he's been straightbaiting us!" "NOO HE'S TAKEN" "IS UR BF AS HOT AS U" "look at the way his eyes lit up when he said bf i love love" "this video shows an aspect of society that-"
"tell us about ur bf" and he makes a week worth of videos but its all random stuff
"my bf looks pretty in blue" "my bf likes to put salt and pepper on his fries" "my bf has hair"
the straightbaiting comments come after him posting about pride and having a pride flag in the background of his videos <- they say things like "he's such a good ally"
people attack others in the comments who ask him if hes queer "NO NEIL ISNT GAY NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE GAY HE COULD JUST BE A REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY FRUITY STRAIGHT GUY WHO LIKES GIRLS"
"are you gay neil???" -> "not everything has to be gay ppl can just be allys and btw by assuming every ally is gay, ur actually hurting the movement!!!" -> "i asked becuz he said he wanted to kiss his boy best friend on the lips in highschool" -> "he meant it heterosexual-ly"
someone asks him what his type is and he describes todd to the t and they think he likes a short haired blonde
"he likes girls in sweat pants not skirts" "his type isnt ppl in skirts" -- neil would love todd in a skirt but thats not the point
his type: "he's really shy, gorgeous, short dirty blonde hair, uhhhh, really smart, and So much more :))"
he could say my boyfriend is a man who i am dating because i am gay and they would still try to straight-ify him
a grainy video gets leaked of a short haired blond guy jumping into his arms and ppl say things like "its just a girl with short hair"
todd hate writes a neil x male reader fic
he asks his friends for help and they post todd's face everywhere on his recording set
he makes a video like "meet my toddy"
in the video todd says he's a boy and he's todd and he's neil boyfriend 3485757 times and neil is like "omg babe i love u too <33" becuz he doesnt Understand
some ppl r still in denial or think he's bi w/ a preference for girls
straight girls like him becuz he has a pretty face and a general respect for women
during prom season, he gets dmed a lot of websites for buying prom tickets
"don't worry guys! i know i said my high school time was rough, but i actually did go to prom with my bf!!"
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charlie
twitter name: therealalpha
most popular podcast name: daltons intercourse
joke/bait account ppl took seriously
The Alpha that other alpha posters bow to
says stuff like "SIGMA MALES KISS ALPHAS ON THE MOUTH TO ASSURT DOMINANCE"
the twitter alphas buy into him so bad he's making podcasts and doign interviews and he has no clue how tf he got here but he's riding the high
he advocates for being alpha via kissing ur homies
when he gets famous he begs todd to write a fic about him
todd agrees pretty easily tbh
"ARE YOU EVEN AN ALPHA MALE IF PPL AREN'T WRITING GAY FICS ABOUT YOU"
charlie posts things like "no homo" "only the real make out with their homies" over those black and white pics of muscle-y dudes w/ no context after the neil video he posts "he homo" over one of them w/ no context
at first ppl try to attack him but then theyre like wtf is going on here and realize he's trolling the alpha community
when no one realizes neil is actually gay he makes a podcast episode talking about how he thinks neil is gay gay homosexual gay - he's holding a cigar and wearing a tight hawaiian unbuttoned shirt like "lets talk about this gay gay theater gay boykisser man"
made by @cowboylexapro
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pitts
youtube name: gerdoesstuff
joint youtube name: idkman
homework help and crafts videos youtuber - relaxed vibes only here to be calm
he gives study and concentration tips and encourages ppl to seek help and companionship and not suffer alone
he paints mugs and looks for bugs
he was on charlie's podcast and they discussed the alpha-ness of making pottery
todd wrote a pitts x reader fic becuz ppl begged him to
pitts printed it out and framed it and put it in his filming set up
he's a regular on meeks podcast too btw and meeks is a regular on his
but when meeks is around things explode so
he has a second channel with meeks where they do silly experiments
theyre posting schedule is non-existent and they also do streams but they never tell you so their viewers just have to hope and find out
knox and him are planning on making a movie review channel but its still not fully thought out so
he makes couple mugs for todd and neil when neil asks for help
he wakes up at 2 am and sends todd prompts
anytime he learns a fun fact he sends it to todd on the off chance todd may need it for a story at some point in his life
anytime he reads anything he's like damn neil will love to act like this character and lets him know about it
he sends charlie alpha podcasters to make fun of
at some point he exposes cam's shitty handwriting for the giggles
knox
instagram name: knoxious.ur.mom.ious
he posted a short on his instagram talking about how he just learned hair grows from the head and not the bottom and blew up for being a dummy - he doesn't know whats going on but he's having a blast
he stirs up drama but on accident
he was on pitts youtube before
out of everyone here he's the only one not making content he's just vibing
eventually he ends up posting background footage of everyone doing dumb shit
when it comes out theyre friends ppl stalk his instagram to find more proof
after that he starts to stir drama but more consciously
hmm what else - idk he's just chilling, getting called out for being dumb and watching his friends do dumb stuff
oh wait when he makes that short about the hair a bunch of commentary channels post about it and he takes it like a badge of honor
cameron
instagram name: cam.studies
pinterest name: cam.studies
one of those aesthetic studying accounts on insta and pinterest - takes nice shots of his homework and his pen collections and his study desk
except its only for the pics his handwriting is atrocious - he has like one page or paragraph of pretty handwriting to post and the rest is scribbled chaos - his pens are never organized by color, theyre just thrown in a box, and his desk is filled with papers and books and never looks clean but its fine he's just here for clout
he ends up sponsoring and reviewing businesses that make those cute study supplies so now he has a hoard - or at least he did until his friends started taking them
he groaned about the cam.studies x {random ass ppl} fics todd wrote but he thinks theyre funny and has them bookmarked
he went on charlie's podcast and the two argued for half of it and then explained how as two alphas they would settle their differences by kissing
his friends help him angle his aesthetic shots at cafes and shit
he got exposed eventually as a fake becuz ppl (cough) posted his real notes which were messy and disorganized
but he played it off as a commentary about how the internet is fake and got more sponsorships
he judges todd and neil but is eating popcorn at the front seat of the drama
meeks
podcast name: chameleon hotel
youtube channel name: idkman
meeks makes a podcast for very stupid intricate crimes. he has a cult following of bisexuals
its stuff like drama over a tree being taken down
"the locals even called their beloved tree 'ole alvin'"
charlie: todd write a meeks x ole alvin fic
he has standards, so he does
he went on charlie's podcast and convinced ppl that being with other men allowed u to suck in their alpha-ness and become the ultimate alpha
but generally he just makes his little silly videos and makes cryptic posts about the neil todd drama
has a joint channel w/ pitts
is up to date with the neil thing and is the one to send neil updates
he tries to convince neil to act out his podcasts (with a lot of success lmao)
he tries to convince todd to write fics based on his podcasts (also with a lot of success)
as payback for the ole alvin x meeks fic he convinces todd (very easily) to write a bunch of dumb charlie fics and todd agrees becuz he has standards
no one actually knows that the poets know each other
they eventually post a group photo
"we need to cancel neil perry for being friends with an alpha podcast guy" "nah thats just charlie"
"yall know hes bi, right?"
"he literally has a podcast about how sucking dick as a man makes u the ultimate alpha male"
it does explain why charlie's alpha podcast go from tiktok actor, tumblr fanfic writer, instagram study blog, fellow podcaster, hw help tiktoker in between his satire of normal alpha tiktokers
half of these things are like copy and pasted from our conversation btw so dont blame me for them
#todd anderson#neil perry#anderperry#dead poets society#deadpoets#dead poets headcanons#neil and todd#todd and neil#dps fandom#dps#charlie dalton#dps fanfiction#dps fic#dps headcanons#dps memes#dps incorrect quotes#meeks#steven meeks#stephen meeks#dead poets#gerard pitts#meeks and pitts#pitts dps#cameron richard#richard cameron#knox overstreet#anderperry social media
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Hi again and happy Wednesday all! Thank you so much to everyone who tagged me last week; I really appreciate it & loved seeing what youâve all been up to!
And Happy Birthday Simon Snow! Hereâs a somewhat day-appropriate excerpt from my ongoing crucible marriage au, from Simonâs second day at good old Pitch Manor:
âSo, no brothers and sisters. Just the Mage, moreâs the pity. What else should I know about you, Snow? You werenât at the last ceremony. Whenâs your birthday?â
Ah, fuck. Thereâs no way this isnât going to be awkward. The date was written on my arm along with my name when my parents abandoned me, but Iâm not going to tell him that. âIt was...um. The 21st of June. Summer solstice, usuallyâŚâ
âYesterday. Your birthday was yesterday, Snow? Why in magicâs name didnât you say anything?â
I shrug. âYour, uh, family didnât really seem much in the mood to celebrate.â
âWell, Iâd have liked to have known,â Baz says, scowling. Itâs like the weather is echoing his mood, itâs gone right dark out all of a sudden.
âTo be perfectly honest, it wasnât foremost in my mind after the ceremony,â I snap. âYour aunt was furious and youââ
âI what, Snow?â
I squirm and try to pull my hand free. Baz resists for a moment but then lets go, and I cross my arms over my chest. Words are escaping me, as per usual. I shrug.
âSeven snakes, Snow.â He gives a long, slow sigh.
âWell, what would you have done if you knew, anyway? Itâs not really a big deal.â
âIt is to me! Crowley, I wonât have much excuse to forget from now on. Your birthday is the same day as our anniversary.â
âI guess Iâll be like one of those kids with Christmas birthdays now,â I say. As if Christmas or birthdays had been a thing in the homes, I donât add. I donât know what Iâd do with myself if anyone tried to make a fuss. (Thatâs not fair. Penny did. She always had a small gift for me on those days, and a little cupcake with a candle on my birthday.)
âWeâll celebrate our anniversary the day before,â Baz says firmly, fixing me with a look I donât think Iâd dare challenge. âSolstice is sometimes on the 20th, anyway. Your birthday will get its own day, Snow.â
I donât understand him at all, this easy way he has of swinging between remarks that cut straight to the bone and then, in the next instant...this. âAssuming weâre still married in a year,â I say, which is awful, but itâs not as though anyone here is pretending theyâre not going to storm the Coven to tear us apart. I donât want to think about that though, much less talk about it. I want things to be simple for once; I want the sort of uncomplicated life that everyone but me seems to get. Baz isnât uncomplicated, but I feel like loving him might be. If weâre given the chance.
Tags under the cut! Have a great rest of the week, everyone!
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#wip wednesday#wip#snowbaz#simon snow#baz pitch#Baz and his bitterly offered softness lol#happy birthday simon snow#crucible marriage au#married by the crucible au
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Continuing the critique of online white transfem culture. Many trans women, especially trans women of color, have this critique.
The reason people talk about the "nazi white trans girl" isn't necessarily transmisogyny. For some god damn reason 4chan holds a huge place in online trans culture and that's what irks people out. Obviously any white queer person can be racist and often are racist but for some reason its specifically white transfems with this subculture. Racism is too often tolerated by white queer people but extreme alt right behavior usually is not, which 4chan culture is associated with. It's not singling out white trans women's racism, it's pointing out the obvious.
This isn't my trying to misgender white trans women (I am one myself, after all), but do you guys not question why that WW2 strategy game is part of "online trans culture"? Which country do you think they choose to play with? I have a guess lol. Sorry but I never see this behavior from cis queer women.
I don't see white cis queer women online posting pics with Wehrmacht uniforms nor do I see them making memes about the Fourteen Words nor do I see their pages filled with Pepe the frog. Either I'm uninformed about cis queer women and enlighten me or don't call it transmisogynistic when people call this weird behavior of online white trans women out. I have to say this phenomenon is largely online and I haven't heard white trans women behaving similarly irl, but someone has to explain what the hell is going on here.
My guess is that pre-transition trans women pick up these behaviors from cis het white male peers (because some trans women are gender conforming pre-transition, whereas I was feminine and had mostly female friends) and then just never realize these behaviors are problematic or drop them later on.
These are the kinds of behaviors and fandoms I see active in the r/196 and r/traaaa subcultures which is why I am not at all sad about them being shut down.
Another thing that I've also noticed, is that this specific subculture also seems creepily fixated on these lolicon-esque characters i.e. Felix/Ferris, Astolfo, Bridget. Particularly the "trap" aesthetic aka what a cis chaser thinks a trans woman is. Not to make any accusations but I do get the vague feeling that at least SOME of these people are former chasers who transitioned. I don't want to misgender anybody but this specific subculture undeniably does have a cis man's idea of trans women ingrained into them and its harmful. The fact that anyone thinks these characters are GOOD representation and aesthetics for trans people shows how low the bar is, honestly. These characters being trans is often played for shock value (especially Ferris), these characters are the animated equivalent of Jerry Springer trans woman scenes.
Again I don't wanna be an asshole but its just.....I expect fellow trans women to be better than this. I think its totally valid that me and many of the other trans women I know are deeply uncomfortable with this subculture and want no part of it.
Edited at 11:30 PM 6/14/2023 to be written in my own words as my friend didn't want her tweets shown.
#trans#transgirl#trans mtf#trans woman#tw racism#white trans women#discourse#trans discourse#femboy culture#196#r/196#reddit
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One time my friend correctly guessed that I'm queer based on two pieces of information. 1. I like frogs 2. Lot's of queer people like frogs. The conversation went like this.
Friend: Why did you pick to make a frog sculpture for the project?
Me: Because I love frogs.
Freind:
#memory#memories#art class#i love frogs#frogs#amphibians#amphibian#my friends#friendship#friends#conversation#high school#i know what you are#queer community#queer pride#queer artist#queer queer queer#queer experience#queer#lgbtq community#lgbtqia#funny stuff#funny post#funny to me#man i love frogs
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"Why do you love us?" (A ttc fan fanfic but its fluff this time i swear)
Radimufbin fluff squeeeee, im praticing writing dialogues lol, also this can be read as established queer-platonic relationship but can also be read as best friends (who kisses sometime) :]
It was a calm day in the afterlife, there isn't much going on, somewhere under the beautiful pink sky, Cherry Muffin was reading a book on a soft cloud with Radi0 was leaning agaisnt her.
"Hey, Radi0".
"Mhm?".
"Why do you love me?-" She turn to face them.
"Oh, well..you're pretty and strong and really nice! You also give me some rlly cute trinklet after you return from your adventu-!".
"Hey darlings, whatcha talking about?" Bin say, flopping down on radi0's lap.
"Oh hey Bin! Radi0 was jus telling me why they uhm..like me so much, i mean i dont think i'm really that special, you know?" Cherry muffin awkwardly laugh.
"Whatttt, no way!" Bin got off Radi0 and scoot over and hold her. "You are the most awesome object i know!".
"Ehem.." Radi0 cough.
"Ah-ONE of the best object i know" Bin quickly correct its sentence. "Everyobjects are different and unique!! You have your own specialty too!".
"Yeah right, at being as blind as a bat that is" Cherry Muffin say sarcastically as she move one of Bin's hand away.
"Remember those yummy garlic bread you baked for me? I GOBBLED THEM ALL IN ONE SECOND" Bin flap his arm, he talk so fast that she doesn't understand half of what he said.
"And then you proceeded to choke on them! We thought you were gonna die! Again!" They laugh at Radi0 remark.
Gosh, they can be stupid sometime but she couldn't help but love these dorks, her stomach feel warm and fuzzy when she look at their face.
Bin slapped Radi0's back while laughing so hard, they kick it's shoulder in return and they started to tackle eachother on the ground.
"Alright guys, wrap it up-oof!"
Radi0 accidentally kicked Cherry Muffin in the stomach.
"Whoops! Sorry Muffy, heheh-" radi0 slowly stop laughing as they saw her pulling up her sleeve.
"Hi-ya!"
She jump in and it become a three-way fight, things only heat up at every strike.
After a few kicks and punches, Bin suddenly trip and drag Cherry muffin down with fem, she grab Radi0's tail and they were on a standstill, if none of them move, they'll be safe..
"Achoo!"
"FROG DAMMIT BIN!!"
"AHHHHHHHHHH"
They shouted as they fall off the cloud.
"Oof!..huh?"
Oh that's right, they are in the afterlife, there's cloud everywhere! They all breath out a sign of relieve.
"Are you guys okay?" Radi0 get up.
"Yeah, we're good!" Cherry Muffin dusting herself off.
"Duh! It's CLOUD, stupid."
"What did you just say?" Radi0 charge at them and knock both of them over.
"Aha!! Radi0 1, Binny and Muffie ZERO!!" The three break into laughter,s not even bother to get up.
As the laughters die down, they were still lying on top of eachother, they were content and happy in eachother's arm.
Afterlife isn't so bad.
"So Bin?"
"Mhm"
"Why do you love us?" Cherry Muffin asked, catching Radi0's attention int he process.
"Uhm..hmm..i just do i guess"
"...what do you mean?..by that" Radi0's face suddenly get serious, they're sitting up now, their eyes staring at Bin's direction.
"Well, i mean if i have a reason to love you, them wouldn't i have a reason NOT to love you?"
"Huh?.."
"Like if i were to say..i love you because you guys are pretty, then wood that not mean i won't love you giys anymore if you guys were ugly and old?"
"Oh-"
Bin pratically throw itself on top of them and bury it's face in their chest.
"I will ALWAYS love you guys, no matter what, and nothing will EVER make me stop loving you, not in this world or any other world"
"..We love you too Bin" Cherry muffin place a hand on Bin's back.
"..Even if im ugly and old?"Bin look up at them. Radi0 chuckled slightly at that.
"Even if you're ugly and old" Cherry Muffin reassure him, rubbing his back"
"..Even if i-"
"Okay we're not doing this."
"Fair enough."
They help eachother up and walk along the cloud. Cherry Muffin and Bin wrap their arm around Radi0 as they talk about whatever funny thing they can come up with.
And it was nice.
"In This World or Any Other World."
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A/N: Yo yo yo! BIN HERE, i wrote some fluff for ur guys lol, i hope u enjoy!!
Words count: 681
#the traumatized cup#ttc#ttc radi0#ttc cherry muffin#ttc bin#fluff#queerplatonic relationship#fanfic#trashbins-art#polyamory
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Hello Marte, travelling to work in the morning listening to Troye´s newest album, it got me thinking about recent discussion comparing Troye with Harry and one thing came to my mind.
On Sunday there was one ask how Troye will never make it to Harry´s level of success because he´s openly gay person and explicit in his songs while Harry is hiding the meanings in 10 layers of metaphores + there´s always this straight boyfriend narrative for hets and gp and so Troye won´t reach that much audience because only queers (and allies) will truly understand his themes while Harry might be singing about same thing (poppers in Cinema) but the official/logical narrative is always his fake ex gfs. And as sad and disappointing it is in 2023, it brings him awards while Troye will never make it to that level.
Few months earlier I read one also disappointing opinion that even if the artist was openly gay, he still had to wrote songs about women if wanted to stay relevant (I think it was Elton John or George Michael....or both) because gp will never understand gay theme and gay innuendos in songs. So I guess that´s another reason why he won´t come out any time soon because even if he´ll continue to use his gay innuendos in songwriting/writing lovesongs for Louis, it will always be hidden in metaphores and he needs to stay at his gained level of fame while he´s relevant. And so I´m sure HS4 will be full of OW/TR narratives (hopefully it will stay like it was with H´sH and Harry won´t say anything other than the meanings are open for everyone) and it will bring him more awards/grammys etc. It´s just so sad for me and hope one day when he won´t be relevant anymore, out and won´t care about his fame-race, he will be able to be explicit and open in his art.
Hi, anon!
I think as long as you are mindful of your audience and boil the frog slowly it's going to be fine. Elton and George lived in another time. Queer and straight people both love when harry plays medicine. As far as i can tell this fandom hates nothing more than when they put '....girl' in a song just because.
I can't say if hs4 will be full of stunts or not. But he's closeted until he isn't anymore. We all wish for so much more for him. I still live in hope things will get better.
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i think something that rly puts into perspective sapnap's relationship w queerness/sexuality is that the whole
boyfriend applications happened in may 2020. june 2020 george got a weird "sexuality reveal" dono and he said "i guess i'm straight i'd never really thought about it and dream's "i wouldn't say i'm a youtuber" was in july 2020.
^ even younger sapnap on his alt minecraft account had the usernames "imgaygaygay" and "straightlove" which he said "its funny tho bc the idea behind it was that it meant Straight Love as in Only Love like love for everyone I thought it was cool"
dream also said sapnap was the one who brought up wanting to do the pride merch in 2021 :) -đ
FISH ANON????? HOW DID U FIND ME THIS IS LIKE THE CROSSOVER OF THE CENTURY <- acting like this blog isn't in my pinned tweet on main
i just think sapnap's very quiet and guarded like... teases of queerness and his little jokes and memes are really interesting from the early days especially and more subtle ongoing and i wish people had talked about it and referenced it as much as they used to talk about any possibilities of the others at the time yknow? like obviously we know dream is queer now so that's taken a backseat but being honest with ourselves every one of george's actions has been dissected like a frog on a middle school lab table since That Dono so like. why does all of sapnap's little teases get dismissed when the actions of others are so hyperfocussed on? cuz he plays FPS and talks a little harder than the others? cuz he has a beard? i just want more neutrality on the matter and hate putting people into boxes as i've said. even if all of the gay shit is memes and jokes i just think he's a bit softer than certain people portray him and i wish i could like... get them to See
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Iâm sorry to rant about Strange World because itâs all people are doing, but- AAAAAAA
itâs. so good. Ethan?? Meridian?? LITERALLY EVERYTHING????
look this is the best character and setting design I have seen in a VERY LONG TIME and as an author and fantasy whore I am SO IN LOVE WITH EVERYTHING HERE
thereâs disabled characters (done before but not majorly), colored characters (also not uncommon but Iâm still very glad itâs still happening), lots of different body types (somewhere in between the two former as far as commonality), and ACTUAL QUEER REP. teenagers with emotion but arenât seen in a negative light? acknowledging the existence of toxicity in both family and romantic relationships?
like holy shit you guys. Iâve never doubted Disney for a second- I know people have been shitting on them a ton for reasons I guess I get but donât really fathom⌠but theyâve come through.
like guys, equality in screen time like we want isnât easily achievable, especially for something as massive as Disney. theyâve worked their way up to where we need them to be, and they still are, but theyâre doing so good
body types with Encanto. period stuff and real female power + mental health in Turning Red. ideal men in Frozen and Tangled. black main characters in Princess and the Frog. even the little bit of gay in the live action Beauty and the Beast- every little bit counts, and everything theyâve done so far is great.
the most recent thing is obviously the on-screen lesbian kiss in Lightyear. I feel like I should point out that all the freak out from everything were on the viewers, not the corporation.
finally weâre here, with Strange World. you know why the marketing sucked? theyâre still working their way up that ladder. because theyâve got everything we want in the actual film, the last thing they can do to even it all out is keep it at least a little bit quieter.
you guys, I could talk for hours about this movie. lemme know if you wanna see me write something about it!! AU, ships, setting design, stuff like that
thank you for coming to my TED talk
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tagged by @solobagginses and i will literally never not take the opportunity to fill out surveys about myself lmao
Get To Know Me!
Nickname: britt, chocolate, choco
Age: 29
Height: 5'7"
Sign: âď¸âđââŹď¸â
Last Google Search: apparently "galaxy nails" i was painting my nails earlier and wanted some reference pics (and my stupid peel off base coat already peeled off so all that effort was WASTED)
Last Song Stuck In My Head: Papercuts - Landon Conrath (no idea why because i don't actually like this song all that much)
Sleep: is a concept i'm familiar with, yes. lol cuz of my job i have to wake up at 7-8 during the week but does that stop me from staying up until 2 or 3 regularly? fuck no.
Dream Job: pretty lucky that i get to actually do one of my dream jobs, i'm a ux specialist. but the secret fantasy answer is owning my own charming queer-friendly cafe/bakery.
Wearing: a shirt from my company and some jimjam pants
Favorite Songs: impossible. but some of my fav songs lately have been "Wolf" by Skott, "Old Soul" by Saint Motel, "The Loneliest Time" by Carly Rae Jepsen, "ĺ¤ćĽéŚ" by Teresa Teng, "Pace of Light" by Shanghai Restoration Project
Favorite instrument: first the flute because that's what i played, then the rest of the woodwinds, then violin, then percussion, then guitar, then french horn, then the rest of the brass section :P
Aesthetic: oh i've got loads but the truest one of my heart is, hmm, how do i say "pastel glitter space witch, with a touch of cottage core for good measure" or i guess, whatever is going on in this tumblr tag
Favorite Authors: Alexis Hall, Douglas Adams, Joy Demorra, Cat Sebastian, Sarah Gailey, Johannes T. Evans
Favorite Color: mint green, other shades of blue/green, and pink
Favorite Animal Sounds: okay this is a bizarre question i love it. basically all of my favoritest animals are sea creatures which are not typically known for their sounds (whales excluded) so...hmmm....oh WAIT!! GOT IT!!! frog sounds!! such a wonderful variety of croaks and bellows and screams. well done frogs.
Last Song: "Talking to Yourself" by Carly Rae Jepsen
Last Series: idk if it counts but i've been bouncing betwixt game changer/make some noise as suits my whim for the last lil bit. if we're talking fictional television programs me and my dad watched the premier of the new season of the mandalorian last night?
Random: i'm double jointed* which means my hands can do this
*have recently learned that "double jointed" isn't actually a thing and this is actually just joint hypermobility, so. that's a fun fact for you. as you can imagine this made playing the flute An Ordeal sometimes.
as always i'm too lazy to tag anyone but if you wanna do this feel free!! and tag me so i can see your responses cuz i'm nosy đ
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Hi, just saw your post about your fav characters....Can I ask your your top 5 or 10 fav Disney characters and why you love them...?
EDIT: I am so sorry this took me so long to answer. I was doing a show and then Christmas happened and then I just let it stew!!
Lmao, sure! I'm not going to put the ones from the first post on here, because I've talked about them before. (But Stitch is still the top!! I'll also leave off Peter Pan and Cinderella) I'm not counting Marvel, Star Wars or Pixar; just Disney Animated Classics
Again, in no particular order, because that's too much stress.
1.) Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet
The angst! The arc! But most importantly, the gender!!! I watched it again recently and Jim's story is just!! So full of emotions!! His relationship with Silver - coming to terms with his absent dad - just very good stuff! (And for a 00s kid, he was the epitome of cool, lmaoo)
2.) Tiana from Princess and the Frog
Again, similar to Cinderella, I relate to 'Dreams come true, but you have to put in the hard work for them.' Especially this last year (me and Tiana both worked two jobs!), and working on coursework. Now that I've finished my course, I'm still holing up most nights to polish off a manuscript I want to seriously get published. Tiana working so hard for her dreams is a big inspiration. I probably take the wrong message from the film, lol
3.) Anna from Frozen
This is mostly because I cosplayed Anna, multiple times! I have her coronation dress and her blue dress! It was honestly more because my friend had the dress ready to go, than any real choice, which spawned getting brought a lot of Anna merch. But I do like her as a character; her determination and optimism and that she's honestly an awkward dork.
4.) Oliver from Oliver and Company
I love Oliver Twist and I've loved ginger cats ever since I first watched Alien. So I have to love Oliver. He is just...a little boy...there's not much substance to him but there doesn't need to be: he's an orphan kitten and his job is to be lovable.
5.) Aladdin
The best Disney man? He's charming and handsome and dedicated! I thought I would have more to justify it, but not really, lol - he's a very nice man! The magic carpet ride, the puppy eyes, the underlying queerness of 'Genie, make me a prince!'
(I was also cast as Aladdin in the school play; a big gender moment for me!)
6.) Koda from Brother Bear
Brother Bear was one of my favourites as a kid, and I loved Koda. Like Oliver, he's - cute - and cuddly. And that's enough for him to earn a spot on the list, because my standards a low!
7.) Jiminy Cricket
I do think Kingdom Hearts influences this one: I think his role in the games is cute! And the idea of him being a sidekick/guide is definitely story material I'm toying with. Idk, I just find him charming. Maybe it's because the film is vintage now..maybe it's because I have a lot of cute cross stitch patterns with him on...
8.) Taran from The Black Cauldron
But, uh, not to be pretentious: he's better in the Chronicles of Prydain books. That's not hugely fair, because there's five books and The Black Cauldron is more a mash-up of the first two, so Taran's arc is longer and more spread out in the novels. The sword is dealt with a lot more poingantly, and the reveal of his parents? Very good!
With the Disney version I guess its just that he's Arthur if Arthur was a little more fun and a little more flawed. Taran's kind of a jerk, but he learns to be a hero. And that's catnip for me.
9.) Judy Hopps from Zootopia
(Unfortunately.) I don't have great feelings about Judy's job, or her policework, but I watched Zootopia a lot before moving out to go to uni, and really related to moving into some shoddy places persuing a goal that might not happen. I do love how upbeat Judy is; her optimism is a good rule to live by.
(The above gif was definitely me having a great time at the uni organised disco playing Busted, next to a housemate who was babysitting me until he had to walk me to the bus stop so I could home. (I had work early the next morning.))
10.) Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland
I really love Alice in Wonderland, but my favourite has always been the Cheshire Cat. I do love a cat, and the fact that he was pink and purple was the best to me as a child. I just think he's neat!
(Disney stop putting him on villains merchandise he is just a funky little guy!)
#sorry again for my abysmal reply time#i got very in my head with the reasonings#turnupstalks#anon#thanks for asking
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The silliness of destroying the Dalek's casing with the microwave parts is pretty on brand for this show and I appreciate it for that reason, and also Ryan's dad jumping into action to suggest it in the first place.
And okay. I will admit, the stupid murder squid possessing Ryan's dad & Ryan having to save him got me teary-eyed. I've reached that point of adulthood where I get emotional over imperfect parents who try making it up to their adult children who realize they never stop needing or wanting them, even despite all the prior disappointment.
I feel like I've got a few apparently several things I want to say about s11 as a whole that I think I'm just gonna tack onto this post ..
So, I made the decision out of nowhere sometime during the past week to start catching up on all the eps I've been putting off from Jodie's era. Might be a misguided attempt to get up to speed for the 60th, but I've honestly done pretty decent enough. Thus far, I've basically finished off all the eps before we get to parts that I know are gonna piss me off. I think if there was any season/series of DW with Jodie that I was ever gonna have the potential to love, it would need to be this one.
I didn't really tho .. love it, that is. Like, I liked it just fine. Overall, I can say it was okay. Not bad by any means, but not giving me the same blood-pumping excitement I used to get from watching DW. I'm not tryna knock on it for no reason, it just didn't quite hit the spot for me like I really hoped it might. There's no one particular reason that I can zero in on as to why.
I feel like I do see some of the criticisms people were making back when it first aired. Namely character-wise. I guess the overarching arc of both the season and the New Year's special was the family conflict between Graham & Ryan along with the grief of Grace's death hanging over them. I really liked certain parts of it, like Grace's 'ghost' haunting Graham in the giant spider episode? I believe? But yeah, that. I kinda wish there'd been more of that during the season, I thought it was gonna connect to the fake mirror!Grace from the frog episode, but I guess not.
But obviously, given that there's so much of a focus on that particular family dynamic, it unfortunately leaves Yaz kinda getting the shaft. Yeah she gets her own whole episode to explore her own background, but the impact it has kind of seems to be contained to that one ep. There honestly could've been some potential for the Doctor to get caught for timey wimey shenanigans happening to her companion's family there. I really thought Umbreen was gonna have a moment to reveal to Yaz that she recognized her as being the same "long lost relative" that showed up on the day of her (first) wedding. We see the rest of her immediate family the next episode, and Yaz's mother is brought along for part of the adventure, so the way they might've reacted to it could've been a fun & interesting thing to get into.
(Also, just for the record, Demons of the Punjab was probably my fave ep of the season and Umbreen Yaz's nani actually means a lot to me; closely followed by Rosa.)
Maybe that's where s11 falls a little short for me. The fact that there are these plot threads just sort of built in but don't seem to get expanded upon. And I could be wrong, maybe some of it does in fact come up in s12 or 13/Flux. And of course, because I am myself, I can't help but see all the places in the story where there was a prominent space-haired shaped hole and how fun that could've been.
I don't really want to delve into it until later whenever I start watching s13/Flux, but the whole exploration of 13 having a potential queer relationship is um, certainly not really given any sort of room to grow in this season, or like exist at all tbh. I obviously refer to the absence of the wife she's literally already gay married to and would have been ready to go, but I'll also briefly touch on my thoughts regarding, well, y'know, the ship that's most popular for 13's era.
People are allowed to ship whatever they want regardless of reason, but nothing about the dynamic in s11 really spoke to me as being particularly indicative of romantic feelings on either side of the equation. And while that's what I'd prefer to an extent, I do think it bears some consideration why the first female iteration of the Doctor is no longer being lusted after by people occasionally, especially the girlies, and that there don't seem to be any/as many instances of kisses or the like that they would receive plenty of back when they presented as a man. Characters falling in love with the Doctor & expressing their attraction has been a staple of the show, technically even since Classic Who when 1 drank hot cocoa & accidentally got engaged. (Even Basil got snogged, if aggressively, by Missy, then proceeded to, much more gently, return the favor. And gazed witheringly at River's lips - yes, it still counts fight me.)
I guess since we are sort of skirting some of the nuances and issues of gender that 13's regeneration brought along, you could say they might've been concerned about depicting what potentially looked like harassment or assault of a female character. Which, I get, but there are ways of doing it without going that far. I'm also aware that people might not have trusted Chibby to be able to depict that well & thus prefer that he kinda just ignored it entirely. At this point, it is what it is, Jodie's no longer the Doctor, so the best I can hope for anyway is her getting to snog her wife in extended universe materials.
I think that's about it for my thoughts on s11. I'mma really have to gird my loins for s12 and the potential (proverbial?) headaches it's gonna cause me. That being said, I still want to see it for myself, if nothing else than to formulate all the ways I'll have to headcanon myself to death to reconcile with the parts of the story I still might vibe with a little.
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