#i hope that . makes sense

[scramratz]

My hottest take (and I genuinely do believe this) is that most trans women pass perfectly well. They just don't pass as supermodels. Every "nonpassing" trans woman I've ever met looks like your average midwestern cis woman.

[its-tortle]

— taylor swift albums as months of the year —

[noodles-and-tea]

Hello! Do you have any art from Silver Blaze? I’d love to see Sherlock on John’s shoulders ruffling his hair 🥰

Had to wait a week for the second episode to come out to get context but gosh that scENe KILLED ME

[davidtennan-t]

another aspect I absolutely love about this scene is the physical affection fifteen gives to an older man (I know fifteen is older but I’m talking more about appearance) which you barely ever see in movies and TV shows in such a gorgeously portrayed way - fourteen is older in appearance but takes support from fifteen like a young sibling, burying his face into his shoulder and latching onto him which I just think is beautiful

[skinwalker-bratz]

Toby: Hey babe, does your dad work in the lumber yard?

Y/n: no, why?

Toby: Because he has a big wood... No, wait.

Y/n: what!?

Toby: what?

[miakwat]

I’m honestly a bit surprised nobody has written about Arin, Sora, and Wyldfyre being thrown back in time and meeting the ninja during early s1

Like imagine their reaction to a 10 year old Lloyd hellbent on being the next dark lord, Nya being sidelined and shrugged off so much that she has to make a secret identity just to help out on the field, Zane looking human yet is being made fun of for being different, Kai being genuinely hot headed and obsessive, Cole acting as leader instead of Lloyd, and Jay and Wu just being there

[ninyard]

Renee is not a monster? Why?

I was thinking about this and aside from the fact that she and Andrew made a deal that the upperclassmen are hers and the boys are his, I think it’s the way that Andrew views her. And by saying this I don’t mean that Andrew doesn’t see the boys that way, but I think he sees Renee as more of an equal. He sees so much of himself in her and herself in him in return, and he doesn’t feel like he needs to… look after her? He doesn’t need to protect her, because she can do it herself. She doesn’t need to be “his”, you know?

I don’t know if I can explain it properly without its sounding like he looks down on the monsters, because I don’t think he does, but I think he just views Renee differently, and that’s why she’s not a monster.

[hidingoutbackstage]

It’s 1:37 am so this is probably not gonna make a ton of sense but I think one reason rvb kind of refuses to make Grif a more interesting or in-depth character is bc at this point they’ve kind of written themselves into a corner with him because two of his biggest traits are “likes food” and “lazy” and they are both used to make fun of him but if you stop and look at his and his sister’s past for two seconds it kind of becomes abundantly clear why he eats a lot and values getting to rest, considering his rough home life growing up, but if the creators acknowledge that that’s why he’s like this then all of their jokes in retrospect feel really insensitive so to avoid that they just pretend that it isn’t the case or refuse to engage with it

[dovelylittlebird]

Question for the people with the type of synesthesia that makes you see sounds

What do you see when you hear people's voices? Specifically singing voices?

[r0semultiverse]

Donna probably likes women

I don't have any basis for this, she just looks and feels like she is attracted to women, y'know?

[rosenotactuallyquartz]

more than requited; a relationship

(and why this is important)

“if you dont think rose and pearl had a romantic relationship, steven universe is probably not for you.” — composer surasshu

“if it’s not, then i’ve misunderstood the whole thing!” — storyboarder raven molisee, also responsible for rose’s scabbard, when asked if the relationship between pearl + rose is romantic.

pearl confessed her feelings in now we’re only falling apart. since sugar and burnett confirmed it’s not unrequited, it makes sense that they had a relationship. since they lived together up until the end, you can assume they stayed together. gem relationships ≠ human relationships, but we know that romantic partners tend to physically move away from each other when they separate.

“determined to be everything that white was not, she is close with everyone, flexible in everything. love and fun are the rule, and there are no rules, and everyone is the most special.” — end of an era, page 76

you know the assumption that pearl’s love for rose was about programming, worship, power imbalances, a pearl looking up to her diamond?based on both their characters, a dynamic like this would not last as long as it did. living together throughout rose’s entire existence says a lot considering this end of an era quote. rose wanted everyone to have a different environment from homeworld. pearl lived in that environment & she was rose’s longest intimate relationship.

pearl hates being underestimated & spoken to like homeworld’s idea of a pearl, as seen in episodes like gem heist & back to the barn. she’s also constantly fighting. it’s something she’s good at, literally and figuratively. she argues. she fights her own mind, the powers of others, & homeworld itself. growth is continuous, but if she could make enough progress to stand her ground & argue with rose during the war, she would fight a dynamic on earth that reflects homeworld.

personal traumas would cause them to struggle in any relationship. a positive aspect of their relationship was that they were aware of each other's pasts, lots of secrets, pain.

pearl saw some of rose's abuse trauma among other things, exacerbating her overprotective behaviour. worrying about her potential dangers, whether she was happy. both fears are shown in sworn to the sword when she says, "you’re too important," then immediately argues, "yes, you are," after hearing, “i am not,” as if she expected that response. then (and only then) she accidentally says rose’s name. while it’s related to rose’s homeworld trauma, it’s unrelated to their their original & forced dynamic.

it’s a lot more complicated than that. it’s funny, their relationship is more complex yet warmer in this case, whereas a diamond-pearl powerful-weak dynamic on earth is less complex yet colder.

“you just said pearl fights through her issues! wouldn’t she fight through any of their issues, no matter where they came from?”

pearl wouldn’t see this as an issue at all. she would be particularly stubborn about being extra protective, believing she was justified. knowing her secret, the idea that she could poof & come back and everything would be fine but if that happened to rose, it wouldn’t be so simple. she needed time & she had to see the same situation happen from an outside perspective (connie + steven) to understand rose’s perspective.

besides, there are many beautiful aspects of this relationship. as tragic as the ending was, pearl + rose openly loved each other while they lived together. while their relationship was not perfect, they had much more love being in each other's lives than if they were apart.

[bloggingboutburgers]

hello there. i noticed you sometime give advice related to qprs so i thought i should go to you. you can ignore this though no worries

so i am in a qpr, but i am also non-partnering + am no longer connected to the queerplatonic label. if it were with anyone else, i wouldn't be in a qpr or any other kind of partnership. (i got into the qpr before i realized i was non-partnering)

while i am comfortable labeling our relationship as a qpr, i am worried that it's really one-sided and unfair? like i don't give enough care into our label, and i notice they talk about it way more than i do. it's like they enjoy the label way more than i do, and their partner should match the same energy. but i don't.

they say they're happy and fulfilled but idk. is it really right for me to be in a qpr if it's not something i actively want?

thank you for reading.

I think in a lot of ways, I can relate with you tbh – I hope that's OK to say.

I also didn't have any plans on getting any kind of partner before by queerplatonic partner offered the idea of a qpr, and I kind of went into it in a very shruggy anticlimatic way at first – which took them aback a fair bit. I also think if it weren't for them offering, and their orientations being so compatible with mine in what we're OK or not OK with, I may very well never have been in a qpr.

There's also some words they're comfortable with using that I'm not – notably the word "dating", which I always do a double-take on, even though for some reason I'm OK with the occasional word "date" to talk about our hangouts (I guess it's because I don't necessarily perceive it quite as romantic-coded since the word "playdate" is used for kids for instance? idk).

I also worry similarly at times that I'm not as comfortable with some words or labels as they are. But in fairness, I guess I've tried as much as I could to match their enthusiasm on a fair amount of things in my own way, to do them justice – well, I really shouldn't say "tried". It never felt like effort or a chore. And it never was to the point where I felt I had to bend my own personality or identity out of shape. A lot of the time it seems we're also both very happy to each take things at our own personal rhythms.

But also and most importantly... From what I can remember, whenever I bring up doubt, my partner also tells me they're happy and fulfilled – and if there's a problem, they'll bring it up – so I trust them. So... I guess I can only encourage you to do the same? The way I see it, as long as you're vibing with that person and with the relationship you have, however it's labelled, and as long as it doesn't feel like a chore, something uncomfortable, or something you're forcing yourself to bear with every day, I don't think you're being unfair, and I think you have every right. It doesn't have to be something you actively want, as long as it's something you like!

If you're just going through the motions and not comfortable with your situation and just putting up a front, though, that's a different story, it's not quite as fair to you or them and it could build resentment which could turn into something worse. But it doesn't have to be that way, and it could very well be that you're happy with what you have and just don't use the same words as your partner to describe your shared situation, and honestly, that's OK in my book, as long as it's OK with them as well! You're not expected to be the same person and process things the same way, as long as you each know how the other feels and are OK with that I think it's the most important, and it's plenty fair.

[thebeholdingsfavorite-mrbitchard]

OH MY GOD MY LITTLE JONELIAS HEART CAN'T TAKE THESE LAST TWO EPISODES(102-103).

The genuine excitement and joy in Elias' voice at Jon Knowing something amd becoming more connected to their patron. The bickering and bitching that make them sound like an old married couple. The little 'he loves scheduling'. That little smile in his voice, the sadden tone, the heart break and the genuine love Elias has for scheduling that Jon knows he has. Ahhhhhhhhhhh. I love this toxic ship so much.

I head cannon that Elias loves Jon, like genuinely for the first time since Barnabas and Peter actually loves him in his own sick twisted way. I like to think while in research Jon and Elias had such a strange connection and friendship that Elias hadn't actually had before with someone working in his institut that sparked that love. And Elias fell so hard and so quickly, for so many reasons after that first spark that Elias would need to Know to properly understand why he cares so much for Jon. That when planning Gertrude's death he instantly put Jon as the next Archivist, sure he lied to himself saying how good Jon would be at the job and how he already saw how not only was he already marked by the Web but was already forming a connection to the Eye. But that wasn't it. No, he promoted Jon because the thought of Jon quiting hurt, the thought of him being able to leave the institute was world shattering and he couldn't bear to have that as a possibly. He promoted Jon because he lost his other lovers to other beings and he couldn't lose Jon. So he gave him the promotion so that Jon would be connected more to the Eye, more to his patron and the power he loved. Elias loved Jon, he loved Beholding, and putting Jon as the Archivist made sure that he didn't have to give up either. He could have his apocalypse, he could be a king, and he could have Jon and keep him, for the most part, safe from the other entities that threaten to take him away. Elias didn't want to have to collect another pile of bones, he didn't want to lose his lover again, and he hoped that when all was done Jon would love him in turn and they would rule together under the gaze of the patron he held so dear.

[paladynheart]

I hear the name Mike there, okay

[timimnie]

Deadpool & Wolverine was both gay and homophobic but at the same time somehow it was neither

[veliseraptor]

Ohh hey! "this show has manipulated me into having feelings and i resent that" is something my dad has said before that we've had many (light-hearted) arguments about. My position being that i don't really get what he means when he says that. Is it not the point of art (or most media, whether or not we'd traditionally call it "art") to invoke emotion in the viewer? What's the difference between "this made me feel so many things, it's my new favorite" and "this manipulated me into feeling something, i don't like it"? Is it that in the latter case, the emotion feels "unearned"? What about it makes it feel unearned?

These questions are meant in a curious tone, not a hostile one. Of course you can also feel free to ignore them if this is too weird or nosy or you simply don't feel like it! I'm just wondering if your answers would differ from my dad's because you're only the second person I've heard who phrases it just the way he does haha

ha! no offense taken, certainly, and when do I not take an opportunity to navel gaze a bit? because you certainly do have a point when you say that art is generally intended to evoke some kind of responses in the viewer/reader, and if it achieves that doesn't it mean it's doing something right, or at least effectively? to which the answer is "yes, sure, and that's why I have my personal system of giving a book five stars if it makes me cry, because evoking that kind of emotional response in me is worth something regardless of how I feel about it otherwise."

but the thing that frustrates me is when I feel like a work has...yeah, not earned it from me. specifically, if it in other ways feels weak, or shallow, or like it's just not very well-crafted overall, and just managed to reach down and hit some specific weak point in me that triggers my emotional reactions.

like...if there's a patently awful book but at one point in it there's a moment where two estranged siblings find some kind of emotional closure that is incomplete but the beginnings of mending a relationship, that's going to hit me. it doesn't make the rest of the thing good, or maybe even worth the time I spent reading, but it's going to make me feel something and I'm going to feel kind of annoyed about it.

it's probably also worth noting that I say this a bit tongue in cheek. the frustration is real, but obviously the book (/movie/show/whatever) isn't actually "manipulating" me; I just mean that I feel sort of like it doesn't deserve the response I gave it based on the overall quality of the work.