#i just needed to get this off my chest

[magidoggie]

as an intersex person I feel very unsafe around people who use "AMAB/AFAB" and "TMA/TME" to describe others.

the way I've seen these terms are used in the greater online trans circles really just looks to me like a new binary, with the implication that AGAB and genitals are linked, and that any of these categories are predictors for whether someone is affected by transmisogyny or not

as in "trans AMAB = penis = trans woman = TMA" and "trans AFAB = vagina = trans man = TME"

these ways of thinking are so unsafe to me as someone who doesnt fit neatly into any of these categories, and I've seen first-hand the disgusting amount of intersexism that comes out of people's mouthes in conjunction with these abbreviations. it's either people saying something intersexist or completely erasing us (sometimes surprisingly both at the same time!)

I have to avoid sharing so many of my own experiences in online trans circles because I know the moment I say enough about my body, many perisex trans people will mentally shove me into the category of AMAB or AFAB and then go on to assume how my body works and which things I experience (which is creepy as fuck, people should stop doing that)

in short, AGAB tells you literally NOTHING about someone's body, and transmisogyny is NOT exclusive to only perisex trans women

[mpreg-nouveau]

Since I'm in a Kurt Wagner mood...If y'all don't think Kurt Wagner's Catholicism isn't a huge crutch for being abandoned by both his mothers you are dead wrong.

Dude probably has a little figurine of Mary he talks to and prays to on occasion. Hell maybe has his own little collection of them. He fell into the "Mary is every Christian's mother" mindset hard. Probs refers to her as his mom sometimes reflexively. Dude has a rosery on him at all times and probably prays with it whenever he thinks too hard about his abandonment to comfort himself. Knows the Fatima prayer and hail holy queen. Has visited the various Mary centric holy sites and absolutely believes in the story of our lady of Guadalupe, Fatima, and the crying Mary statue.

You can talk shit about the Catholic church all you want to him. Talk shit about God and religion and he will nod along and listen respectfully. You say shit about Mary tho he will stab you.

[solitaire-sol]

Marauders Fandom Vent Post

CW: The following is anti-Regulus, anti-Barty Crouch Jr, anti-Slytherin Skittles, anti-Death Eater whitewashing, and a little general ranting about canon vs non-canon.

I should be finishing my Moonchaser Week fics but I made the mistake of browsing around and wow wow wow there are some truly terrible takes and I kind of really hate it.

"Regulus was abused and--" Really? Was he? Because all the info we get on him in canon is that he was Orion and Walburga's 'golden boy,' probably after Sirius started getting rebellious, definitely not reason enough to be Voldy's No. 1 Cheerleader until he was personally offended by the pursuit of immortality/mistreatment of Reg's house-elf. Just because ten billion fics follow-the-leader'd a handful of Big Fics where Sirius and Regulus were regularly Crucio'd on the daily from early childhood (and were still somehow functional when it landed Neville's parents, two adult and experienced Aurors, in the madhouse) does not make it canon. REGULUS WAS NOT A POOR ABUSED KITTEN AGAHGAHGAH

Oh, and speaking of the Longbottoms: "There's no proof Barty Jr really tortured anyone and he probably didn't even do anything at school so we don't know--"

Yeah, I guess that's fair. I mean, he was a dyed-in-the-wool Deatheater and was sent with two known murder-y/torture-y Deatheaters specifically to "take care" of the Longbottoms, who were as mentioned tortured into madness, but maybe Barty Jr was just sent along to take minutes or serve tea or something! No-one desperate to avoid Hell Prison might try to avoid it by saying they were innocent of the thing they did! We should believe the fascist fanboy who hangs out with other murderous and torturous fascist fanpeople.

"But Barty Jr was under the Imperious by his father! He was abused so--"

Yes, because his father stupidly broke his son out of Hell Prison as his wife's dying wish, tried to hide said son and couldn't control him because Barty Jr was a Voldy fanboy who kept trying to rejoin/restart their little Dark Magic gang! I'm not defending Barty Sr, he made a lot of very poor decisions throughout, but he Imperious'd Barty Jr to keep him from wandering off and doing Death Eater things like, oh, torturing and murdering Muggles and Muggleborns! There's no indication that Barty Jr was Imperius'd or cursed or abused or anything worse than having an emotionally distant workaholic father before he went into Azkaban, and there are lots of kids with emotionally distant parents who don't join hate armies and try to resume said activities after, again, his dying mother sacrificed herself for his freedom. Shockingly, Barty Jr is actually terrible!

I know, I know, it's fandom, do whatever you want, but I just don't understand this bizarre dual-vision myopia. Either canon doesn't matter, you can do what you want and ignore whatever's in the books, in which case why bother citing canon events at all? Or canon does matter, in which case your wildly speculative and sometimes outright incorrect 'facts' should at least be acknowledged as exactly that, rather than stretching the intended meaning of the phrase 'it could happen' so far that it snaps! Why are people so desperate to whitewash these murderous fanatics, they aren't even actually hot, their fans have decided they're hot and therefore should be whitewashed and I don't understanddddddd

[jinxneedssleep]

I’m usually not big on the “redemption through death” trope, but Viren’s sacrifice was written exceptionally well and was definitely the write amount of heartbreaking.

It felt like a natural progression of his character arc, instead of just a way to get rid of him. Viren’s whole thing since his resurrection was change. He opened his eyes to what dark magic had done to him, and how it had blinded him.

Finally, in season 6 Viren gets to atone for his actions. He isn’t forgiven, which is a good thing because after all his done, he does not deserve that forgiveness. However, Viren’s final moments feel like his true redemption. He is suffering for his sins and he knows that; he accepts his end. For the greater good. He dies using the spell that had started the battle he created. The battle that first ended his life. Viren is a gray character morally, and his final moments are him coming full circle

[justarandomguyiguess]

Ok I need you to all see this. Doesn’t matter if you like Godzilla or not. Look:

This is The new Godzilla design. I wanna talk about it really quickly. First thing: let’s get it out of the way it looks sick. Like it just looks cool all around. That’s not what I really wanna talk about though. I want you to look at its skin. You see those? Those look like burn scars. Ones that have healed, but will always stick around. This Godzilla was obviously burned and mutated against its will in some way. This is a perfect design for 1 main reason: it fits perfectly with an anti nuclear weapon message. It’s what the Godzilla films were built on, it’s what the ENTIRE first move was about. This burned and scarred body of the new Godzilla would fit perfectly with this theme, a creature that was mutated by nuclear weapons and has the scars to show it. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was like Shin Godzilla in the fact that we are going to see it actively suffering on screen.

[bigassbowlingballhead]

i've been stressed lately and i think that's why i've been annoyed by everything in both the 911 and rwrb fandoms lately. Personal ahead.

a little more than a month ago i went to the doctor for some unexplained (substantial) weight loss and had a procedure last week and won't know any results until next. (if you can put two and two together you can probably figure out what i had done)

possibilities have been running through my mind for the last month (none of them good) and it's given me a really short fuse for bullshit. And it seems everywhere i look lately is more bullshit. more of the same, more shit takes, more people just being angry and it's been effecting me more than i realized.

I used to come here for silly funny horny jokes and lately everything just makes me feel down.

[unsteady-calcium]

Ok, I'm mid season 7 now, and I’ve had a moment to collect my thoughts. Fair warning, this is rambling...

To me, most of seasons 6 and 7 is great actually.

I like Booth’s anger and rage. I get why people don’t, but I do. I think it’s not only understandable and in character and makes me feel empathetic towards him; I actually think it’s a damn interesting narrative choice, and makes Booth a more real character than he has been before.

And I love Brennan’s fear, too. She develops so much, and her "fall back on rationality as a defence mechanism" armour is finally starting to crack. It's damn fascinating to watch.

I like that the two of them had real, emotional, character-driven obstacles to overcome, before they can be together. And that identifying those obstacles doesn't automatically mean that they've overcome them at the same time. It stays true to their characters and the journey they’ve been on together so far, instead of some half-assed “I have to focus on Parker” or “crime solving takes up too much time to try to have relationships”, which most TV couples are reduced to when trying to keep up the tension. I love that they gradually overcame the fear and the rage, their small victories and choices adding up to something big. They rebuilt the trust and faith that has always been their bedrock. It feels like the natural conclusion of their relationship developing for years, with the highs and lows that it has been comprised of.

Granted, the writers fumbled the ball when it came to the actual emotional resolution at the end. It could, with only a few changes, have been improved by coming at the tail end of a case which forced them to confront something about their relationship. Or the bare minimum, make it more implicit how scared they were to lose each other without having even been together first. Just, you know. Any reason why it happened when it did.

But. There’s always fanfic, I guess.

What bothers me the most is actually something else.

I feel like there’s multiple seasons missing between s6 and s7. Obviously there were pregnancy factors and all that, and my heart rejoices at B&B getting the full domestic treatment. And this is hardly a novel take - everyone seems to agree. But there is so much missing before season 7, to the degree that it’s almost hard for me to believe that these are the same characters and not... Well... Pregnancy AU, 13/13 chapters, 45k words, status: complete.

Don't get me wrong: it's a damn good pregnancy AU. They deal with a lot of stuff that is very in character. And honestly? The idea that actually, once these two overcome their fears and decide to try being together, they are rock sollid? is fair. It makes sense.

But still.

They're Booth and Brennan.

They deserved a full year of Temperance “my childhood trauma made me scared of my emotions, prone to discard reasoning based on emotions, and simultaneously desperate to, and terrified of, being part of a family” Brennan.

And a full year of Seeley “my childhood trauma makes me overcommit to romantic partners way too fast and also makes me obsessed with being a Good Man who does the Right Thing regardless of what the people involved actually want or need” Booth.

They would clash at every stage. Every label, every milestone, would be rough and every victory would be a hard-won battle. Defining what they are to each other, deciding whom to tell and when and why, moving in together, overprotectiveness, independence, trust... there is something new to tackle all the damn time.

There would be so much doubt, and so much fear, because the stakes are so high. Because they are Booth and Brennan, and if they lose this, if they lose each other, they lose everything.

And, after a year of trying their damnest to figure all this out and finally getting somewhere, the prospect of an unplanned baby would crank every single aspect of it up to 11. Brennan would be terrified of that baby. Because she wants it so much, and she wants what it means in terms of starting a family. Making something permanent. She would regress into her hyper-rational persona. Their happiness would depend on Booth recognising that, putting his own feelings to the side, and helping her through it. And we know that the more emotionally invested he is, the more he struggles with exactly that...

They would need every ounce of love and support from their friends to get through it. Every bit of faith from their found family. And that would be cathartic as hell, because forming and trusting those bonds has also been a part of the journey to get to this stage.

And they would get through it for the same reason that they have gotten this far in the first place: because despite it all, Booth and Brennan help each other to find faith, and choose to trust. They give each other the strength to risk heartbreak.

They would get through it. And it would be glorious.

Then, and only then, I would like season 7 to happen exactly the way it happened.

[andmineisyellow]

The "Colin needs to suffer/grovel" is an extremely allosexual mindset. I understand that Colin is not canonically on the Asexual Spectrum, but as someone who is Demi and is on the Ace Spec, it feels wildly invalidating to hear people say that Colin deserves to suffer for not immediately being attracted to Penelope or that he needs to work twice as hard to maintain a relationship with her, romantic or otherwise because he doesn't currently view her as a romantic option. That kind of mindsent is what made me feel like a freak growing up before I learned what the Asexual and Aromantic Spectrums were and I realized that I wasn't alone.

Again, I'm not saying Colin is intentionally written to be demi, but he is one of the few fictional characters that I connect with in this way. He makes me feel like I'm not alone. And it kind of sucks that the parts of Colin I identify the most with seem to be the things people hate him for.

[zzzora]

I can't help but wonder if other aces/acespec ppl have this experience sometimes where people tell you they're fine with you being ace but you still end up wondering if they like, secretly wish you weren't ace??

[spot-of-tea]

My take on shipping

So this is something of a rant and may end up quite long so I apologise but I've been seeing a lot of anti-shipping going and some general hate towards other creators for simply enjoying this amazing work we've all come to love in their own way.

That being said this blog in particular is a safe place for people to ship whoever they like because at the end of the day (as much as we don't want it to be) this is a fictional world and these are fictional characters.

I love personally ship of the more popular ships like nalu and gruvia, but that's just me and how I interpret the story. Yes I'm not a huge fan of other ships like gratsu but I don't go out of my way to look for that content and if it comes across my dash my first thought is "huh that's different, not my cup of tea, but different" then I move on.

It baffles me that some people waste their energy on spewing hatred towards others simply because they don't like the same things they do. I've read so many fics where I've been sceptical of the pairings but have actually ended up enjoying because it was a new and refreshing take on these beloved characters. I've also read fics where I ended up not enjoying the pairing or I found it distracting but I simply closed the tab and didn't look back.

Honestly we stunt our own enjoyment of this by only sticking to what we like instead of experimenting with the material we've been given. If we're only ever spewing hatred and arguing then no one is creating anything new and the whole fandom turns into a toxic swamp, which is sad for those of us that actually want to create and share their creations.

[savemebeel]

Sorry for the lack of edits recently, I’ve been trying my best to keep up with it all but I’ll be honest it’s a little difficult doing that since I’ve been sick for this past week. Not only that but I recently changed jobs so now my schedule is a bit different than what I had before.

I’m still keeping up with editing the latest cards but I’m still behind on finishing some memory cards from the last 2-3 events which I apologize for. I’m hoping to get over my fever so I can get the energy to edit and upload those cards for you guys. I appreciate you guys being patient with me while I recover.

Also I’d like to be fully transparent about this as well but I feel like I’m losing that motivation to edit as a whole. Before I say anything else I wanna make sure y’all know that I’m not quitting on editing any time soon, but I would be lying if I said I don’t enjoy doing it like I did before. Editing now has turned more into a chore than it does as a hobby. Maybe it was when I lost my first blog or it was the lack of engagement but I do not enjoy editing like before. I feel bad saying this since I know to those who’ve stuck around me do like my edits…idk I just feel stumped on what to do or how I’ll move forward with this. For now I’ll be editing at my own pace and give myself small breaks in between so I can finish edits at my own time.

[barnables]

I'm careful about jumping on the "trump defrauded the election" claims. I know *some* fowl play was involved but I'm also not willing to deny the reality that his supporters exist in nauseating numbers and we should not for any reason think we can sweep that existence under the rug. We need to be aware of it. Even if Kamala had won It would be dangerous to move on like nothing happened or we could just forget it like a bad dream.

However.

During the past two or three weeks before the election I just found it really fucking weird that he was on tv seemingly unravelling and not giving a fuck. Like, canceling interviews, not showing up at rallies, rambling about nonsense, saying even more salacious shit than usual. Saying, on repeat, things like "they told me I shouldn't say this but-" and then dropping whatever turd he had to drop. Basically just, uncontrolled. Unfocused. Over it all. My sister and I just couldn't figure out why it suddenly seemed like he *wanted* to lose or he was throwing in the towel, just days away from the election, when obviously he has too much to ego to ever do such a thing. The only way any of that makes any sense is if king turnip somehow **knew he couldn't lose no matter what.** And the idea of that makes so much sense that it's honestly terrifying.

[xfiles-vibes]

I gotta holler real quick about someone. Y’all.

VERONICA CARTWRIGHT.

I rewatched “Patient X” and “Two Fathers/One Son” tonight and I just have to say, Veronica Cartwright knocked it out of the fucking park. Holy lord.

We get precious little time with Cassandra Spender, but because of how Cartwright plays her so beautifully, she exudes warmth and sincerity every time she’s onscreen. She loves her son despite him not believing her, and she continues to love and respect Mulder and Scully even when they have their doubts about her stories too. Cartwright’s acting is quiet and understated, never too much or too little. It’s perfect.

[primeduo]

one time like two or three years ago someone on twitter drew tommy as a cookie run character and it was getting mass qrted so i had a bright idea and i qrted the art with “cookie run stans qrting this need to stop worrying about tommyinnit as a cookie and focus on their gambling addiction” and someone qrted MY tweet with “you ship real people and write fanfics of them” and in the thread attached a photo of my non-binary dream fic (my most popular fic) and they got over 2k likes ratioing me to the power of ten so yeah that’s one of my top five moments of shame on twitter anyway i’ll have a number five with a small vanilla milkshake and a

[bi4demibuddie]

I need to scream about episode 7x04 so badly because it’s really trying to show you that it is Eddie’s attention that Buck is desperate for and not T’s.

It all starts when Eddie appears in the hangar to go to Las Vegas with T, and Buck says very pointedly “I was unaware”. Because the issue here for Buck is that Eddie didn’t tell him about the trip and that he is going with T and not with Buck. That is what kickstarts his jealousy.

Then when Buck asks Eddie about the trip, he starts listing all the things that Eddie and T have in common and he says, “I'm not surprised you had a great time in Vegas”. Because if Buck is always having fun when he is with Eddie and he thinks that T and Eddie are similar, how could Eddie not have fun?

Now we move to the scene when Buck is complaining to Maddy about Chris talking all the time about T. And this is one of the instances where there’s no other explanation than Buck being jealous of T. He is not only taking Eddie’s attention from Buck, now he is taking Chris’ attention too. Coupled with the gym scene, where Buck is obviously peacocking and checking if Eddie is looking at him, while the other man is just happily talking on the phone, and Buck getting the basket ball and spinning it around in the hopes that Eddie notices and asks him too to go to the game with him… Yeah, I wouldn’t even know how to explain this away as Buck trying to get T’s attention. At this point the show is practically screaming at you that Buck is vying for Eddie’s attention (and he’s being kinda pathetic about it Buck I love you sweetie you are so funny).

And the last scene I want to touch upon. I find it so interesting that when Buck says to T that he was trying to get his attention he answers with a very disbelieving “MY attention?”, because I think even T recognizes that it was not his attention, it was Eddie’s. And to top it off with Buck saying, “I guess so”. What do you mean I guess so, Buck? This is telling the audience that Buck is unsure about his own feelings. And I think it’s because it’s easier for Buck to tell himself that it is T’s attraction that he wants rather than admit to himself that he is in love with his best friend.

I also find it very interesting that after the hangar scene, we don’t see Buck make any effort to contact T. We also don’t see T make any effort to contact Buck until things escalate and he goes to Buck’s to talk about Eddie. For two people who supposedly are so into each other, the show sure goes out of his way to not… show it. I don’t doubt that they have some kind of attraction towards each other, I just think it's kind of weird.

[meatcatt]

Hello!! I found some of your art on Pinterest so I went searching and I found your twitter which led me here! I reallllyyyy love your art!! It's so cute. Especially how you draw Shamura- They're just a little bean!!

I also adore your Redo AU! Especially how Narinder is getting babied by his siblings haha. Makes me wonder their reaction would be to Lambert (Who I feel so bad for. They did not deserve this, the poor bby)

First off I want to say thank you for liking my art work, it means the world to me that though I have left the cult of the lamb fandom behind (mostly) that my blog and the art I’ve made can still be enjoyed by fans new and old. Redo au is my baby, and I’m glad so many people enjoy it despite its lack luster writing haha…

I have struggled to answer this ask because I want to make it clear you aren’t the problem. But I also desperately need people to know.

The reason I left the cult of the lamb fandom, and for awhile tumblr as a whole, was because my art work was constantly being stolen and re uploaded despite my wishes. Even with credit. And the main culprit was Pinterest (though YouTube and Reddit didn’t help).

I want to say again that this person, or anyone who found me through Pinterest, is absolutely not the issue. I also understand that part of having popular art in fandom is that it’s inevitably going to get stolen. I understand that. But it’s just. It hurts. Every time.

I cannot describe to you the mood killer it is to scroll looking for fandom stuff and see your own art work flashed at you. No credit and sometimes your watermark purposely removed. And the fact that it’s plastered on every page I have “please don’t repost my artwork even with credit” it feels like even more a punch to the gut. Because of those I considered even credited work stolen, because it deliberately goes against my wishes.

I know some people say “it doesn’t matter because you’re getting free exposure”. And they are right. This asker is exact proof of that. But! I post art work online for likes, comments, and reblogs. I know that might seem shallow but it’s true. I want to see people like my art, I want to see what people think about it. If I don’t I just keep it to myself or just show my friends which happens to be the majority of my work. Most of my stuff has never been posted publicly anywhere! And those likes and comments drive me, they make me want to create because people like my stuff! It makes me happy. And I can’t get that if someone steals it and takes it off site.

I left tumblr for a bit after discovering my entire tumblr had essentially been re-uploaded to Pinterest by a single user (most of the time it’s only a few of my most popular posts taken). Credit removed. I doom scrolled it for hours. I had to stop when I saw someone commented on my artwork saying “I love this art but who’s the artist, I can’t seem to find them anywhere?” I don’t know. It hurt.

I joined in stars and time fandom hesitantly, and after scrolling on YouTube got recommended a video that had my art work stolen in it. Not credit. And I’m heart broken. Maybe this shouldn’t hurt me so much. But it does.