#i’m in my genderfluid era i guess

[lunaryuwu]

Ughhhh period cramps hughhhhh period cramps

[forabeatofadrum]

Thank you @nausikaaa, @blackberrysummerblog, @aroace-genderfluid-sheep and @artsyunderstudy for the tag!

It’s another Sunday and it’s almost Pride Month for the people who are chronically online. (For context: there is Pride Month in the Netherlands, but also some major Pride events are in July and August, so yeah ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, June is the moment where companies do pinkwash.) Speaking of Pride I did see a great theatre performance about trans identity today called Met zonder ballen or With(out) Balls in English. I highly recommend it.

I also finished the main story of Tears of the Kingdom today and I am feeling a lot. It was amazing. I am definitely not done with this game, since it is so huge and there is so much more than the main story. I think I’m not even halfway with the “full” game. It took me 95 hours to beat the main game. As a reference: I beat the main game of Breath of the Wild after 50 hours and I reached 100% completion at 210 hours, so...

For the ones who are interested, I have a bit more to say about the potential Zelda fic, but I’ll put it under the cut for the ones who aren’t done with Tears of the Kingdom yet. It isn’t even a spoiler for the main story but AGAIN the game is huge.

More “fic adjacent” news! Remember my myosotis plant? WELL THIS IS HER NOW:

And now, the weather: @quizasvivamos @blurglesmurfklaine @coffeegleek @esperantoauthor @otherworldsivelivedin @caramelcoffeeaddict @sillyunicorn @bazzybelle @dragoneggos @raenestee @tectonicduck @nightimedreamersworld @urban-sith @thnxforknowingme @captain-aralias @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @takitalks @justgleekout @cerriddwenluna @tea-brigade @ivelovedhimthroughworse @moodandmist @whogaveyoupermission @bookish-bogwitch @confused-bi-queer @ionlydrinkhotwater @1908jmd @special-bc-ur-part-of-it @larkral @chen-chen-chen-again-chen ​ @cutestkilla ​ @martsonmars ​ @facewithoutheart ​ @shrekgogurt @boyinjeans @rockitmans @bitbybitwrites

So I discussed Aryll’s age in the previous post, and how Purah could probably cheat age, and after I posted that I found confirmation in Tears of the Kingdom that Purah did indeed try another experiment. After being a wee child for a while, she tried another age modification and she aged herself up to 20. I guess this sort of “confirms” the idea that Link and Zelda are also 20 (or 120), so that there were indeed 3 years between the games.

This means that Purah did find a way to accurately and perfectly modify someone’s age. Now, the reason I say “confirms” and not confirms without quotation marks is because we don’t know from Purah’s diary when Purah aged herself up to 20. There is no explanation when the player first sees her, so Link isn’t shook by it, so I guess it must’ve happened before The Upheaval.

This is my Unofficial Totally Serious Timeline (look, if the creators can make a fucked up timeline, so can I):

Link and Zelda are born in 17 BC. (Before Calamity)

In my fic, Aryll is born in 10 BC.

The Calamity takes place in 1AC .(After Calamity... I Googled “is the year 1 the year that jesus died” for this post, only to learn there is no year 0 and that AD 1 immediately comes after 1 BC) (look, I’m not a Christian)

A lot of initial rebuilding is done between 1 AC and I guess 10 AC. The Era of Burning Fields starts here.

Purah becomes a wee child somewhere in the end of the 90s AC.

Monsters have been there during the entire Era of Burning Fields, but around 99 AC, they become stronger and there are more monsters than before. It becomes harder to travel through Hyrule.

Link awakens at 100 AC. Breath of the Wild happens. Link and Zelda defeat Ganon and the Era of Burning Fields ends. In my fic, Link and Aryll also reunite in this year.

Somewhere between 100 AC and 103 AC, Zelda becomes interested in the Zonai civilisation and she starts the Zonai Research team.

Purah changes her age back somewhere in 103 AC, but it might be done earlier.

So maybe in my fic, after this happens, Zelda immediately goes to Link and Aryll. I think that if Aryll were to change her age, it would happen before The Upheaval as well, so that Link won’t be shook by it when he gets back.

Gloom starts to appear in 103 AC.

The Upheaval happens and Link and Zelda go missing in 103 AC.

It’s implied that quite some time passed between The Upheaval and Link’s reappearance in Lookout Landing, since the Zonai Research team had time to set up more things around the new islands, chasms, dispensers and shrines. Also, during the disappearance, Zora Domain got sludged, Rito Village is being snowed in, the desert around Gerudo Town becomes dangerous, Yunobo becomes possessed, Lurelin Village gets attacked, Tarrey Town expands, and the Lucky Clover Gazette and the Stable Association are established. Basically, a lot happened, but I still think it all happened within maybe a few weeks max, so we’re still in 103 AC.

Link, Zelda and the Sages defeat Ganon in 103 AC.

[you-remind-me-of-the-babe]

Thank you for the tags today @artsyunderstudy @fatalfangirl @whatevertheweather @onepintobean @johnwgrey @shrek-gogurt @aroace-genderfluid-sheep @hushed-chorus @chen-chen-chen-again-chen I haven’t gotten to everyone yet but I will! And your words will be awesome I am sure 💛

I’ve got a little more of my Watford-era smut for my Secret Snowflake Exchange fic. Did I mention this is a sex pollen fic? It may have been obvious from the last snippet I posted, but if it wasn’t, now you know 🥰

Baz

“It’s just…” he sighs dramatically. “Are you sure you want to do this?”

“Fuck, no,” I scoff, ignoring the way my cock throbs at the thought. I keep my arms anchored at my sides and clutch the legs of my trousers. Even though I’m dying to palm at myself, I refuse to do so in front of him. I think I’d die from shame if I did.

“Then why did you offer?” he asks, wrinkling his nose. He’s squirming like he needs to piss. (Definitely attempting to rub one out right in front of me, then.)

“I offered because it was a logical solution. But just because I’m willing to, doesn’t mean I want to,” I say in a withering voice.

Ah, angsty, horny Watford Baz. I love you so. As much as I’d love to continue to sit in car and play on tumblr, I should probably get on with my Xmas shopping. (Gifting is not my strong suit. If I could outsource this task to someone better at it, I would in a heartbeat.) (And yet here I am, posting about a gift fic that I’m thoroughly enjoying writing. I guess sometimes gifting is fun. When you know what the person wants! Hooray for prompts!)

Tagging @facewithoutheart @aristocratic-otter @moodandmist @captain-aralias @bookish-bogwitch @creepyspice @cutestkilla @raenestee (Raen every time I go to tag you and start typing, Rainbow’s name shows up first and I SWEAT BULLETS worrying I’ll tag her instead 🤣) @nightimedreamersworld @ivelovedhimthroughworse @whogaveyoupermission @ic3-que3n

[shrekgogurt]

My brain has not been very kind to me recently so I have not had the chance to write much aside from half-heartedly dragging myself through my writing heavy coursework. I have been so exhausted and anxious and honestly quite sad that even imagining little stories in my head takes too much energy. In short, things are not great over in my swamp.

Nevertheless, here are precisely six new sentences from chapter three of Escape to Space (Simon’s POV):

His face steels into nothingness again. Why does he keep doing that? What is going on inside his head? He’s locked down like a jewelry safe, designed not to easily open. I try the Niamh trick—investigating his eyes—but they’re impenetrable. I would hate to play him at poker.

Self-Indulgent Rant & Tags under the cut:

For real though…my self-talk has been atrocious. I’ve convinced myself everyone in my life secretly hates me and that I’m bad at all my crafts. I may in fact be in my Wayward Son era which is pitiful because I mean…I didn’t kill my dad or lose my magic. But…do I ever want to get out of bed????? No, that shit is cozy!!!!! And I know it’s me self-sabotaging. And I know deep down I’m capable of all the things and I’m not totally unloveable. However, I can’t bring myself to believe it enough to kickstart the inertia which drives me CRAZY. Like girl, why aren’t you doing your work when you could just…do your work??????????? Why don’t you believe people want to actually spend time with you when they’re spending time with you????????????? What’s! Not! Clicking!? I guess…you know what they say… I Shouldn’t Ghost My Therapist

Thank for the tags today and this past week @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @martsonmars @fatalfangirl @captain-aralias @technetiumai @larkral @palimpsessed @ileadacharmedlife @thewholelemon @basiltonbutliketheherb @artsyunderstudy @aroace-genderfluid-sheep @onepintobean @ivelovedhimthroughworse @chen-chen-chen-again-chen @aristocratic-otter @confused-bi-queer + a bonus @raenestee simply because I adore you. I’m sorry if I don’t know some of y’all well and forced you to wade through my whining.

[arecaceae175]

aro/ace for literally any of the chain is always a nice treat if you are up for it 🧡💙

Absolutely!! Here we go :D! AO3 link.

Summary: The chain talks about their ideal futures. No one mentions a relationship because it isn’t important to them.

508 words, fluff, dialogue heavy

Everyone's here again!

Hyrule: aro/ace, nonbinary, fae/faer

Wild: aro/ace, genderfluid, he/him today

Sky: aro/ace, bigender, he/she

Twilight: aro/ace, trans man, he/him

Time: aro/ace, agender, zi/zir

Wind: aro/ace, cis, he/him

Four: aro/ace, trans woman, she/her

Legend: aro/ace, it/its

Warriors: aro/ace, trans man, he/him

Sensing a pattern? :D

“Twilight, your house is so cool,” Wind said for the fifth time. At least. Twilight lost count much earlier in the day. He chuckled and leaned over to ruffle Wind’s hair. 

“Thanks, Sailor. I think so, too,” Twilight said. 

“Are you going to live here forever?” Wind asked. He rolled onto his stomach and rested his elbows on the floor, head on his hands. 

Twilight laughed and nodded. “Probably,” he said with a smile. “I might travel some more before I really settle down, but I prefer a slow life in a small town and working on a farm. My family’s close by and I’ve got everything I could ever need right here.”

“Really? I want a life of adventure!” Wind exclaimed, throwing one fist into the air and rolling onto his back again. Wind bumped into Hyrule’s side, and fae threw an arm over him with a smile. 

“Same here,” Legend said. It leaned against the wall and crossed its arms behind its head. “The hero business never stops. I can’t imagine life any other way.”

“Hm. I’m with Twilight on this one,” Time said. “Hard day’s work on a farm, then relaxing with the animals. Sounds like the perfect life.”

“Me too,” Wild added. “Me and Flora are rebuilding Hyrule, but that’s really more of her thing. My house is nice, and it’s in a nice town. I’d like to start up a stable in Hateno and then bake my days away."

“Can I come with you? I’ll eat your baking for the rest of my life,” Hyrule said, only halfway kidding. The others laughed. 

“What about everyone else?” Wind asked as he looked around Twilight’s house. “Sky?”

“Well, apparently I’m going to found Hyrule,” Sky said with a chuckle. “I’d love to explore the surface with Groose and Sun and then find somewhere to settle down, somewhere close to them. What about you, Four?”

“I don’t know, honestly,” Four said. She hopped up on Twilight’s counter and swung her legs as she thought.

“I’ll probably keep the forge going for Grandpa. Maybe I’ll help Dot out if she needs anything.” Four shrugged with a smile. “I’ll head wherever life takes me.”

“Warriors?” Sky asked. 

“I can’t imagine retiring, but I’m sure I’ll have to someday. Maybe… My mother was a seamstress. Maybe I’ll look into that, one day,” Warriors said with a fond smile. 

“Hyrule?” Wind asked. “What’s your real choice?” 

“I want to explore every inch of Hyrule,” fae said. Faer answer was immediate, and paired with a whimsical expression on faer face. 

“After seeing your eras, and what the land could become, I want to help it heal,” Hyrule said. “One day, I’ll find a nice house for myself in a quiet town, but that’s far, far off.”

“Huh,” Sky said. “It’s funny that none of us mentioned being interested in a ‘typical’ relationship.” She added air quotes around the word typical. 

“We all share the hero’s spirit,” Four said with a shrug. “I guess it passed along more than our name.” 

[drowsyspace128]

Well I guess as with any new account I should make an introduction post,

*warning my posts in here will probably end up being on the “mature” side so if you are a minor, do not interact with those posts, they will be flagged at the top, my non mature posts will be co-posted on another blog if I remember to but this one specifically will be a no minor area.*

Hello all, My irl name is Hayden (but if I ever hear you call me that on here I will find you) for now ill go by Drowsy on this page, a good gender neutral name(?). Im 19 as of June 10th but due to….issues… I definitely act older than i am at some points so dont be alarmed if i suddenly start talking about 70s-80s era stuff like old tech, i fucking love old computers.

I mention gender neutral because I am currently questioning, but I am most likely either genderfluid and/or nonbinary. I am admittedly male by birth so if you want to use what would be most familiar towards me then he/him is fine for my pronouns, but really anything is fine, I’ll never hate on someone for misgendering me as I don’t even know what my gender is.

My sexuality would best be described to my current knowledge as somewhere between pansexual and omnisexual as I will love someone no matter what their genitals happen to be, but I will still like them for it, it just wont be one of the things I consider for whether or not I like someone in the first place.

As for romantic affiliation, I would like to consider myself as polyamorous as I am completely fine with having multiple partners, and my partners having others as well. However if I were to date someone monogamous I would respect that and stay with just them, polyamory is only fine if all partners are consenting to all other partners in my opinion

(I am currently single tho so sadge)

Now that the identity situation is explained, I would like to describe myself as a person beyond my gender or sexuality, I am a very obvious nerd, I like video games, model kits, and tabletop rpgs. I’ve been in love with fantasy and sci-fi for as long as I can remember.I used to do bad in elementary because i would spend all my day drawing dragons and armor and weapons and anything else that could possibly be considered fantasy. Even now, I am constantly writing down new ideas for home-brewed rpg creatures and monsters. This page even will eventually be used to post about my upcoming worldbuilding project “the forged world”(WIP title liable to change).

I like planes, and birds, and really anything that flys through the air, it’s honestly starting to become a problem with how much I’m distracted by a random bird flying by. Im currently going to college for aircraft maintenance so that one day i will be able to work on them with my own hands, i cant wait.

Ummmm so….. Name(:/), age, gender, sexuality, nerd, planes….. i dont think i missed anything. I probably did but this is geting long so ill end it here. Thanks for reading all the way down here if you did, love ya💜🤍

[neonstatic]

i’d put all of my thoughts in tag essay format but now i realise it’s better to just. make an actual post abt it. make it easier to read thru if anyone bothers. if i ever wanna go back to my words.

concerning the post right below: i think this is lowkey about me? or partly. i’m assuming this from the poster’s tags, which say that someone said that “men and women were opposites on a he/him lesbian post, which is ridiculous!” and the reason why i think i’m the ridiculous person in question is bc i did make such a statement on my own post on he/him lesbians, which made lots of traction. and tbh, i don’t know of any other post on the subject that circulated as much as mine. and i’m not saying this to brag ‘cause at the end of the day i’m a nobody blogger on a shit website, so.

what happened is: someone commented that he/him lesbians can also be men, as in genderfluid man-woman, and i disagreed. and this prompted a bit of a debate in the notes. it was already a hot topic at the time, whether or not genderfluid m-f ppl could identify as lesbians? see, i can fully see how a genderlfuid person can be gay either way, a gay woman and a gay man, but it’s when it comes to the specific labels in their strict sense that it got complicated for some, including me. 

i was talking to that genderfluid person’s friend, so idk what they would’ve said to me in that moment. i just know that then, their friend said smth totally off that made me dismiss them entirely. (smth along the lines of “trans men can say they’re lesbians if they want” which... yikes!) and i got blocked. discourse era was a weird one.

so yeah. i said that genderfluid m-f ppl can’t be lesbians or gay men in the strict sense. as in, “if your genderfluid friend is a lesbian, then they’re also a straight man.” from one nb person to another. see how easy it is to do intracommunity identity policing? lmao thing is, i felt so comfortable doing so bc as i was exploring my gender, i no longer felt comfortable calling myself a lesbian bc when/if i felt more masculine, more man-like, that label felt particularly wrong. i was under the impression that “lesbian” was an exclusively woman-adjacent label, or at least one that excludes any relation to manhood. and i pushed that onto someone else. but it’s not bc i feel uncomfortable doing so that it’s completely wrong right? 

truth is, even as i’m typing this, i’m trying to convince myself. it still puzzles me. to me, it feels like a relative to the bi lesbian discourse. altho my stance on the bi-lesbian label is pretty direct (i think it’s dumb lol if you’re questioning just say so, like the rest of us) but on this one... i guess for now i’ve come to the conclusion to just mind my damn business.

[ask-the-hottest-people-on-earth]

❝ ILL MARRY A WEALTHY MAN! ❞ — ;

“ VERONICA SANTIAGO ,,

🔹im the lead singer of the group!! i use she/he/they pronouns cause.. im a genderfluid queen. feel free to ask any questions!! nothing too personal though, please<33

🔹my tags are #ronnie rambles #veronica speaks #veronica my love #veronica the beloved

🔹oh and!! my answers are purple<33

“ NICOLE ' NIKI ' KIM ,,

(shhhh shut up ik she's in gacha club I don't wanna draw her)

🔹️ Yoooo!! I'm the awesome guitarist of the band!! I go by they/them but i'm a girl bc girls rock and yes! My tags are #niki exclaims #niki is super cool!! #niki is the best!! #best guitarist in the universe!!

“ Melody Fontaine 'Mel, Mellie' ,,

🔹Hiya! I'm Melody Fontaine, the pianist/keyboarder for the band! My pronouns are she/her and you can call me Melody, Mel, or Melli! I own two dogs, a pitbull named Olliander and an Australian Shepherd/German Shepard mix named Jason, along with a Scottish fold cat named Maximus! 🐾🐾🐾🐶🐶 Ask me anything you'd like I'll definitely answer! (Keep is sfw plz). My tags are #melody muses, #chitchatting with melody, #im just a little meow meow

“ ETHEOS „

🔹Uh... hi. Name’s Emanuel, also known as ETHEOS in the group. basically what I am is providing the backing vocals of the group. Not too significant or anything, I guess. Basically also the only boy of the group. Can call me anything “Em, Ema, Nuel,” whatever I guess. Oh, and also, I’m gay. Sorry girls. But boys are welcome <3. My tags are #etheos #nuels says #the only boys musings

“ Kiera „

🔹Hey there! I'm Kiera, the drummer of the group! My pronouns are she/her. Call me Keys, Ra ra, Era, or anything else as long as it's appropriate. I am told that I'm very aggressive. Which is true. If you hurt any of these members with an ask or anything, you better learn how to sleep with one eye open. My sticks could break bones if I threw them hard enough. Also, if you ask about the scars, it won't be very pleasant for you. My tags are #kiera yells, #little drummer girl, #keys hits the drums, #era of era, #ra ra

“ SCENE „

🔹yo yo yo yo!! what up, my name's SCENE! and well it might not look like it but I play the cello. I go by they/he pronouns and is unlabelled. Scene is actually just an alias, not my real name, but i wont say my real name because I'd like to be known as SCENE!! got the name from my aesthetic (your local scene kid). overall, im a really chill guy who loves music. My tags are: #☆scene answers, #☆scene rambles, and #☆scenes cello music.

" SUKI YASUHIRO ,,

🔹"What's up guys? My name is Suki! Pronouns are she/they. Call me Suki, Su-Su or anything that's appropriate. I am the rapper of the group, even though they expect more of a tomboyish girl when they hear that they have a female rapper. My favorite aesthetic is cottagecore, and I really like other people's aeshetics too! I am a little bit annoying sometimes, but I really enjoy company! My first language is Japanese, but i'm pretty fluent in English. Tags are: #su-su was here #suki answers #suki rambles #suki's rap ballads That's all! Have a great time here.

🔹"my answers will be teal!

[sorin-in-the-sixth-sense]

I had a dream last night

I think it started with a reality in which there was a Harry Potter TV show remake, completely non-canon and not following the same storyline

For the third season (which would be POA era) there were flashbacks of the Marauders era, and it went like this:

Someone was skipping down a road, bag slung over their shoulder, I think they were surrounded by a neighborhood. As I got a closer look, I recognized some features:

Above shoulder length raven black hair, pale skin and black clothes. I recognized them as Severus Snape.

But they’re not Severus, they’re not a boy. Not if you went by their appearance.

They were wearing black platform heals, their legs in fishnets and a peculiar dress with lace and covered with safety pins (I think my imagination took after Sophia Anne Caruso’s Lydia Deets, so imagine her)

As they were skipping down the road, a boy met them. He ran towards them from one of the houses and greeted them with an embrace, he called them “Severinè”.

It was James Potter. They continued down the road hand in hand.

They were talking enthusiastically about something, I can’t remember what, but from what I could see, they appeared to be dating (not sure how I feel about that)

Next frame, they’re at a stadium, I’m guessing it was a quidditch stadium, because everyone was dressed for their team. I’m not sure if it was at Hogwards or a Quidditch World Cup, but it doesn’t matter.

They were climbing some stairs to get to the top. It seemed like Severinè was quite popular, because a fair amount of people struck a conversation with them. Among them, was Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom and maybe Peter Pettigrew?

After this, everything is more of a blur. I remember some people showed romantic interest in Severinè, and then some things happened on the field.

Next frame, Severinè is preparing for a show. They are backstage of the Quidditch field with some other people in costumes. Some new faces appear, I think my old art teacher and some of the Weasley’s were there, along with some characters from other fandoms that I can’t remember, and Zendaya in her character from The Greatest Showman.

Again, things becomes blurry. I slightly remember music and magic and dancing, particularly the song “The Greatest Show” and a giant pink and glittery fingernail.

I think I started to drift from the dream, and tried to fight to stay back, because I was enjoying it so much, but then I woke up.

In summary:

Snape is trans/genderfluid, dating James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin are pretty much non-existing, Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom are in love with Severine, and Severinè is an underground showman.

[pink-shores]

Murdoc? (Also, is it okay to ask for AU versions of characters?) 🐺

Rate them from 0-10 10/10 If it's not obvious by my writing or my artwork, Murdoc is my favourite character by far. I both loathe and love him in equal measures. I like how unpredictable he is.

Sexuality HC I HC Murdoc as Bi. I admittedly think for many many years he was closeted about his bi-ness. However, I HC that as he experimented more and came to terms with it he became very "meh" about who knows. I also sometimes HC him as "I don't need a label, I'm just whatever" because he kind of has that attitude.

Gender HC If not Genderfluid then definitely FTM trans (or maybe both at the same time). There are a lot of oftentimes "joke" like references in Gorillaz lore that depict or mention Murdoc wearing skirts/skin-tight suits and the like. Plus he comes off as the type of guy that's far more comfortable being whatever he wants when he wants if the mood strikes.

Fav Moment/Random Trivia Random trivia? Favourite moment? Ahhh, well I really can't pick one exact time or piece of trivia that I loved most. I do enjoy his rambling commentary from PB era, I enjoy his rather lucid sounding discussion and answers in We Are the Dury, and I think some of the noises he makes are hilarious. I do like the little tidbits that are wholly unrealistic and running with them in writing or artwork, ie: he's got a degree in medicine (pharmacology? Can't remember if it was specific XD). You know it's totally bull, but it adds these little facets to his character for fans to play with.

Random HC Oh boy, this is a dangerous question to ask me. I have too many HCs. I guess one major one I have is that while Murdoc is definitely a prick through and through, I think as he gets older it gets tiresome being the asshole constantly. He's still all sharp edges, but some of them have smoothed over enough he can be pleasant company. Another HC I have is once more a bit NSFW, but I view him as either a switch in the bedroom or completely comfortable being the receiver in encounters. I do think he has a long history of sexual prowess, but I also believe he rather fancies being "taken care of", whether he admits it or not. (You can take that as a dom/sub thing or just that he's looking for affection in bed XD)

Opinion Ah, opinions... Eh, if I met Murdoc for real I may be able to converse with him. We may even get along. He's got a deeply flawed character with so many unique traits that make him well-rounded as far as character goes. I really only started to like him a lot more as I got older because I relate to a lot of what happened in his life. (also yes! You can ask about AU versions of characters :D )

[givemearmstopraywith]

i hope this does not come out the wrong way, but what’s your gender? you say that anon misgendered you by calling you a girl, but your blog description says you’re a woman? also what pronouns do you use? god i hope this does not sound like a “gotcha”, i just want to make sure i don’t accidentally misgender you

oh no worries!! thank you so much for asking. it is confusing- often i am as confused as anyone else because after a decade i still haven’t found a label that feels like it fits me. this year i finally decided to simply cease trying.

basically i GUESS you could place me roughly on the spectrum near non-binary and genderfluid, and my pronouns are they-them. like i’m womanish? but i’m also not all woman. you know?? i think the right term is androgynous but since i don’t look androgynous i tend not to use it because it makes people confused or mad or not take me seriously. but essentially i go by they/them (and have since i was 17). it bugs me out to be referred to as a girl, especially in that context.

(the bio is a bit of a pun on the fact i would have been considered a “hysterical woman” during the victorian era. and i’m proud of that! but also i very kindly ask that anyone who wants further details on my gender/sexuality refrain from asking because stuff beyond what i’ve shared here really makes me uncomfortable.)

[jlf23tumble]

Fic rec anon here, I just read through your AU recs, and I need more, holy hell!? Do you have a similar list for canon fics? What are your favourite genres? You're one of the brave souls who posts about mpreg...what other kinks do you recommend?

Yessssssssss, a chance to do part two of my prison 25, fuck yeah!!! I edited this canon rec list down, and Jesus, that’s the hardest part of it. Luckily, I can save a lot of ‘em in other categories--and I have recs in just about any category, so lemme know if anything in particular floats your boat (I tend to bookmark/save in collections like mpreg, a/b/o, omorashi, daddy, toys, panties, phone sex, dirty talk, etc., but yeah, I can hook you up with allll kinds of fic, god bless the ao3 bookmark feature). 

I’ll put the full list under the cut, in length order...in lots of cases, the author has done many, MANY more, so I’ll highlight that, too! Enjoy! (Oh, and check out the postscript at the end, too...a lot of these are older, but if you want newer, just give me your parameters/needs, and I’ve gotcha, bb)

Hello, Heaven (you are tunnel-lined with yellow lights), by objectlesson, 2.9k words (E). Or, Louis buys Harry things sometimes.  (LISSSSSSSSSSSSSTEN, read every single fic Phoenix ever wrote, jfc, she’s so good, the stories are so good, and this particular one was a gift to me, so I’m biased, but it combines a lot of my fave kinks into one. I edited most of her stories in this fandom, which means I literally can’t pick a fave, they’re my step-children, but this one is noice)

so wicked in the way he moves, by ballsdeepinjesus, 3.6k words (E). Harry and Louis are parents at football practice. (don’t be scared; no kids, just hot van sex and banter, and this author EXCELS at sex/banter, so lots of gold here)

She Feels So Good, by zedi, 4.1k words (E). Louis knows that voice. Harry’s used that voice in his ear more times than Louis can count, said such sweet, naughty things while popping a hip out and pressing up against Louis. That’s the voice that comes out when Harry’s in a skirt, nails done and gestures soft and flirty. (Jumpsuit Harry on the Late Late Show)

like poison coursing through me, by orphan_account, 4.1k words (E). The one with copious dirty talk, Daddy Louis, and Harry wetting himself in the shower. (pee kink, but honestly, give it a try...it’s about desperation, and it’s so hot)

took me by the wrist, by tomlinzn, 4.2k words (E). harry's twenty-one; louis still loves him. there's birthday sex. (Hima’s legacy, god, it’s beautiful)

Take a Chance, Just Feed Me, by yeah_alright, 4.3k words (E). Louis needs some time alone with Marcel, and he’s hoping Harry will play along. (MARCEL COSPLAY)

Fertile Ground, by Blake, 4.4k words (E). Or, Harry doesn’t know what comes first: the lies that shape his want, or his want, which shapes the lies. He only knows that there’s lies, and want. And Louis, of course. (ANOTHER GOD-TIER PERSON TO READ EVERYTHING THEY’VE EVER WRITTEN, and this one has a big ole dose of angst, but it’s so fucking goooood, so real, sob)

You Don’t Need Me to Show You the Way, by LoadedGunn, 6.5k words (E). Or, 2011 fic where Harry rides dick for the first time and Louis appreciates technology. (X Factor era, and I think this was the fic that made me create a whole technology tag, lmaoooo)

Only Thing That Can Quench My Thirst, by eyesofshinigami, 6.5k words (E). Louis wouldn't exactly call it a thing, his newfound fascination with the curly trail that starts below Harry's bellybutton and disappears into his skinny jeans. It's definitely not a thing. It's just... Alright, maybe it's a thing. (the entire reason for pubefest2020, tbh, this is such a fave fic, sigh)

domesticated, by sky_reid, 6k words (E). nothing gets harry going quite like mentioning a marriage licence. (fluffy but still hot five times story)

Agent Provocateur, by orphan_account, 7k words (E). Harry looks like he's constantly about to drop into subspace when he's talking to Louis onstage. (you can kinda guess from the title, but this is panties panties panties, plus more)

let the only sound be the overflow, by sarcasticfluentry, 7.6k words (E; needs ao3 account). Harry and Louis explore new kinks while staying in Tokyo. (another AMAZING author, check out the rest of their fics; this one’s based on a specific video--read the notes--and you’ll never see Louis, Harry, or clothespins the same way again)

little black dress (it’s all right), by istajmaal, 8k words (E). harry is a girl sometimes. louis loves her all the time. (this one’s part of an ahead-of-its-time series featuring genderfluid harry)

horizontal like a quarter to three, by orphan_account, 8k words (E). The worst part is that Louis just wants to get really rough with him. He's wanted it right from the start, and it doesn't make sense, because Harry's always been so gentle and understanding and sweet, and yet all Louis wants to do is fuck him up. (some serious kink exploration nicely done)

give you my fever, by beautlouis @thelovejandles, 10k words (E). x-factor era. harry's never had an orgasm before, louis gives him his first (it is as it says, and it is INCREDIBLY hot/well done, as is everything beautlouis has ever written, immediately finish this one and then go read everything else)

shit, i still love you (still see you in my bed), by wankerville, 10.9k words (E). it's valentine's day and harry wants to be fucked in his gold boots. (another author I adore!!! this one is as it says, and wow, so visual)

Let Me Be Good for You, by onlyhuman, 11.9k words (E). Niall's only birthday wish is to go clubbing with his boys in Vegas. Harry ruins it all by wearing that god forsaken black sheer shirt. (I love some good hair-related porn!! This one features the bun, sigh)

Autumn at My Window, by TheCellarDoor, 20.4k words (E). a lot of pining, Louis' addiction to Harry's scent, and a whole lot of sexual tension that might just snap loose when they decide to spend some time together all on their own. (this is one of those canon-compliant AUs where you’re meant to ignore A LOT, but it’s still a good lil story with a lot of pining)

Maybe I Miss You series, by 13ways, 26k words (E).  Louis is on his way back to London after the Hits Live Birmingham concert. Harry is flying to New York for the Met Gala. They connect. (a newer series that does a good job of weaving in all kinds of real emotion for an ultimately happy ending)

Nothing You Can Do (But You Can Learn How to Be You in Time), by Teumessian, 28k words (E; needs ao3 account). Louis braids Harry’s hair. There are good times, bad times, fancy houses, supportive bandmates, secret boyfriends, small rebellions, bigger revolutions, some nail varnish, ribbons, cute clothing, and a Pinterest. (THE PINTEREST FIC!!!! and another admittedly canon-compliant semi-AU...but then again, most of them are, right?? idk, idk, i just know this one’s very visual and oh so soft)

(your heartbeat) rang true inside my bones, by flimsy, 32.9k words (E). Harry goes as Louis' date for a weekend wedding. He ends up taking the role a bit too seriously. (touch o angst, but it kind of is as it says)

Drifting, Weightless, by @dinosaursmate, 41k words (E). Harry and Louis are exes with benefits until they're not, and the Mediterranean Sea might just be the perfect place to work through some unresolved issues. (this is actually a really funny one, in addition to being emotional and hot, plus I for one would take a One Direction cruise when they get back together in 15 years, sob)

the dark and the dentist, by sunshiner, 66.2k words (E). An account of the events of November 2014. (there are actually a few really big monster fics/series that cover this particular time, but I occasionally skim this one because I like the flashes of random domesticity)

To the Ends of the Earth, by stylinsoncity, 68.4k words (E). During a yearlong hiatus, Louis visits Harry at his cabin in Idaho, where long-buried feelings ignite like the fire keeping them warm. (THE IDAHO CABIN FIC!! And if you haven’t read it in a while, check out the new epilogue from earlier this year...or buy the whole thing on Amazon! Another great one that’s emotional, angsty, soft, and hot, all in one snowball)

Untangle Me, by suicxne, 100k words (E). The one where Harry and Louis finally get it right. (this is another one where you have to ignore A LOT, but it’s like reading a beautiful movie, jesus, I’m still so weak for this fic!! One of the first ones I read in this fandom, and I still randomly think of it every now and again)

Obviously, lots of old and gold here, but that’s because it’s the canon all stars, or whatever...I love a TON of newer fic for all kinds of reasons, so if you need some recs, say the word!

[batbeech]

I just experienced my first homophobic anon hate in the Good Omens era of my blog. To celebrate, here are the quotes and trivia sections from Aziraphale’s official Good Omens Wiki entry. 

“Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide.”

–Page 165, Good Omens (novel)

Please notice that- even though the book and show make it clear that angels and demons have no inherent gender or sex- Aziraphale CHOOSES to present as a gay man. He is absolutely aware of how he is perceived by others, especially after the f slur is used against him in the book. 

Even though he is criticized, he is happy and comfortable presenting as a gay man. Heck, he tells Shadwell that he is “THE southern pansy”. I am not doing anything wrong by calling him a gay angel.

That is not to say that you can’t headcanon him as genderfluid or nonbinary or trans* etc. That’s valid! If you’d rather call him queer, that’s great! I like to think of him as a gay man that is possibly ace, who is in love with a genderfluid demon. And guess what! He can be in love with a genderfluid person and still identify as gay! Anyways, I’m gonna keep thinking that, and anon hate will be sent screaming into the void. 

[cherry-kun609]

Assumptions and Time Travel

Do you ever do anything, it could be literally anything, and just think “what if I did that differently”? Well, that’s how my life is. I’m Kai and I bet you I can guess what you’re thinking. Girl or boy? Well, let me fill you in on a little secret. I’m both. That’s right, I’m genderfluid. Genderfluid as in believing my gender isn’t just one. Or more so, my gender identity is we’re being logical. It’s like there is a bucket inside me and 4 cups. Each day that bucket tips over and fills a different cup. Whether it be; girl, boy, neither, or both! And it’s not really that I have a choice in my say either. There are just days I wake up, and the bucket has already filled the cup. Now, I must say, the reason I describe how my genderfluidity feels is that there are even days when I could feel like a boy in the beginning, but then in the middle of the day, I begin to feel more feminine.  So it's like the bucket filled the cup halfway in the masculine cup and poured the other half in the feminine cup. I’m not sure, I’m still figuring myself out but that was the best way I could describe it. There are times when I feel dysphoric as well. Like if I feel masculine, then change to feminine. I have a sudden urge to put on a dress and makeup. My skin surges with fire and I hear a high pitched buzzing in the back of my head as well.  But back to what I was saying before, the “what ifs”. Everyone has “what ifs”, and if you someone says they don’t then they’re lying. A “what if” is when you do something, and then later wonder what would happen if something else happened. Like say you go outside in the chilly weather, and you catch a cold because you didn’t have a coat. A “what if” could be; what if I had my coat on, would I still catch a cold, maybe I wouldn’t have, or maybe I might’ve had more fun because I wasn’t so cold. There are a lot of possibilities of where your mind could wander and drift off to. When I said I related a lot to “what ifs” I was relating to Time Travel. First off no I cannot time travel sadly, and second off, soo many things would be different if I could. But what I mean is that I do “what ifs” maybe *too often* you could say. To the point where it’s like a game to me and my friends. “What if he looked at us” and “What if they tripped in the halls” or just funny things like “what if my cats were in the mafia” Just a bunch of different things. But I like to play that game whenever I want to time travel. Not to a different era or world, just a few seconds or minutes before. I want to erase whatever that thing I just did was, and start over. Redo that test, or take back my lie and just tell the truth. Some people just assume we handle our mistakes and get over it, and some people don’t, or some people do get over their mistakes, but I know for a fact that some people do. Some people want to take back what they say or handle that situation differently and to be honest, I feel you. And I’m sorry you experienced that struggle in the first place.  I wish I could time travel, and I wish that people wouldn’t assume so much.

[thatsjustplainpoppycock]

Hear my story if you’d like:

One Last Hurrah for Pride Month..... +++++++ +++++ +++ +++ ++ + ++ +++ ++++ ++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Here's my story of how I figured out myself. This is very personal information. Please be respectful and if you have questions. You're more that welcome to ask. ================================================

Here we go:

It all started back in middle school, which is I believe when most kids begin to figure out who they might be attracted to. It’s quite easy if you’re straight I’d imagine, because you just like the opposite sex and boom you’re done.

That was when I began to realize I was attracted to the same gender (which I was female at the time). I wasn’t too sure and partially scared because I knew my family is quite Christian and I wasn’t sure how accepting they would be. So, I just tucked it away and ignored my sexuality throughout middle school up to high school. I simply stuck with the outcasts group, watched anime, and played video games while focusing primarily on my schoolwork. I didn’t dwell into the dating scene and very rarely went to parties and kind of just stuck to myself all the time. I didn't really want to venture in deep with anyone. (Maybe I was asexual for awhile, who knows?)

When I got closer to graduation high school, I began to dress more masculine. I enjoyed wearing a suit to our formal dance and after I graduated I cut my hair really short and began wearing only men’s clothing. I felt more free and comfortable. I enlisted in the U.S. Army when I was 19 years old, my gender therapist eventually told me many female-to-male transgender people enlist in the military when they haven’t figured it out yet because it subconsciously helps them feel for masculine, which I suppose makes sense. While I was in I was grouped with all the women and I began to feel not “feminine enough” so I began to float back towards being more feminine. Started to wear make up, put on jewelry, and bought women’s clothes again. I felt like I was pretending to be someone I wasn’t, I just wanted to be accepted and fit in to the role I was supposed to have. If I couldn’t be male, then I’d just simply have to be female and just be lesbian at the very least.

On the rare occasion I thought about relationships, I always pictured myself in a sort of straight relationship, but I always pictured myself as the boyfriend. I never felt like I should ever be a girlfriend, I guess this always confused me and was another factor that kept me from diving into any sort of serious relationship.

Because I didn’t feel confident or comfortable in myself I didn’t seek any relationships in person. I only dated through the internet, I know e-dating is lame and it was especially lame in the 2000s when internet wasn’t like we had it now (*cough*chatrooms*cough*) but it was the only way I could express how I truly felt. I got into role playing but I only ever chose male characters to act as and when I eventually started having online relationships, I pretended I was a guy and yes, I even used pictures from someone else’s fb profile as my own. I knew what I was doing was wrong but I was desperate to be seen in some way as a man, and having some sort of outlet to freely express how I felt, felt really good. So I continued this lying routine for roughly 8 years. During that time frame I essentially "dated" many girls. It’s not something I’m proud of but it’s something I’ve dealt with, I’m still friends with a couple people from that era of my life but most of them I’ve lost which I deserve 100%, including my last relationship which in a big crash but also a huge eye opener. My now ex actually stuck around long enough afterwards to help me discover the fact that I was trans. She realized she was the only person I really confide in at the time and actually continued to help me out even after everything I lied about. I’m still quite thankful for that even if we eventually had our falling apart, without her help I can honestly say I wouldn’t be here typing this.

Anyways, moving on from that. I started doing my research to figure out how to begin my transition. I found a therapist, brought up my gender dysphoria diagnosis to my doctor, and she referred me to the doctor who I work with now.

Currently, I have had a top surgery (still have some to get rid of), I’m over two years on testosterone. Since I’ve come out (as trans and queer*) and figured out who I am, I’m a lot more comfortable in my skin. I work hard to make my own money, pay my taxes, don’t commit crimes and now I’m just living my life the best I can.

If you have managed to read this far, I’m letting anyone know: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, trisexual, asexual, straight, transgender, genderfluid, no gender, masculine, feminine, anything or nothing at all. It gets better, you will be an independent adult in no time.

[bardqueenofgallifrey]

I didn't have a tumblr account in 2013, so I have no idea how the fuck a 53-year-old Sci fi show became part of something as cringe as "superwholock". I mean, I watch Sherlock but damn this match makes no sense. Could you explain to me how it happened please???

Honestly? I don’t know exactly.

I was never really a part of SuperWhoLock, and I don’t think I was on here for the origins either, but whenever it was that I did get on here, I was just a passionate Whovian who also watched and liked Sherlock (these days I’m pretty indifferent about Sherlock one way or another, and give as few shits about Supernatural as I ever did).  

BUT, I’m gonna see if I can try and work out/theorise how SuperWhoLock rose and fell, if only to try and make the point that Doctor Who never deserved to be lumped in with it. Feel free to challenge any points I make, because I’m guessing here. 

although, frankly, this idea of cringe culture is kinda snobby and gross. let people like shit, damn, if they’re not hurting anyone or trying to say Supernatural is the best show ever, who gives a fuck, honestly

Firstly, the thing about Doctor Who is that it has been around for literal multiple decades. Almost fifty four years. It has been around since before some of our parents were born. 

Doctor Who fans were around long before the internet was invented. They were here before, and will be here long after everyone has forgotten what the hell Supernatural ever was. Doctor Who fans are now the ones making Doctor Who. They were the ones who, when it got cancelled, created an entire thriving Audio Drama business through the love of it that still existed everywhere, and they are the ones who brought it back and now create it. They’ve never let it die. 

You know why? Why Doctor Who’s endured, and is so passionately loved by so many, and before all this mess wasn’t any more cringy than being into Star Trek? Because it’s good. 

It is a flawed show, of course (always, somehow, in some way, in ways that vary across different eras), but one that is good in a reckless, nonsensical, optimistic way. No matter the ups and downs of its objective quality, it’s never really lost its heart. 

It is a show with a protagonist that uses words/intelligence/compassion over violence to fight, a show that focuses on telling hopeful adventures that can be watched by children and also inform them of some of the harsher aspects of the world in an interesting way.

Also, it’s always been quite progressive. It had the first female drama producer at the BBC, and a gay Indian director. No one wanted it to succeed and it’s a miracle the show ever got off the ground. 

People like to talk about the “screaming Classic companions” but you know what? Fuck that. The Classic ladies were all wonderful, including the biggest screamers. Susan? The Doctor’s granddaughter, genius, with telepathic abilities and a whole lot of heart. Mel? Computer programmer aka fucking smarty pants, who once flipped the Doctor over her shoulder, and was such a genuinely nice person that it was genuinely impressive. Zoe? Adorable 60′s companion who canonically had a higher IQ than the Doctor. 

Doctor Who ladies have been awesome since the beginning, and calling out misogyny from the beginning. 

(It ALSO had errors of its time, especially an Orientalism issue that is pervasive through a lot of older sci-fi, that can’t and shouldn’t be forgotten either. But that’s for the most part irrelevant to this discussion other than the general whiteness which is still obviously a problem albeit one the show is slowly working on.)

The reboot then brought in (some, not enough) queer characters and main characters of colour, etc, and its general diversity has only been getting better and better on that front for the most part, especially in the last couple of years. 

But anyway, how the hell did it get mixed up with the whole SuperWhoLock mess? 

Well, the reboot brought in a whole new generation of fans, and only got bigger and bigger and bigger, and was peaking RIGHT about when Sherlock aired. 

The Doctor Who and Sherlock crossover is easy enough to work out; they had the same headwriter(s), and they’re both about neurodivergent (coded??) genius white guys that theoretically have a kind of unconventional attractiveness to them. You can see how they drew in the same crowd. 

Now, how the hell Supernatural became a part of that, I’ve no idea. I’ve never been a Supernatural fan (even if I did watch the first four and a half seasons once, more or less enjoy them, but also not find them massively interesting). 

But I’m going to assume it’s because it again involved white guys with Big Emotions, that the fans could thirst over, who were undertaking some larger than life shit. 

My theory is that it, at least partly, was the White Male Slash Fandom. 

You know. That group of mostly straight girls who treat shipping conventionally attractive white men like a fetish and a kink to explore, who will ship basically any two CAWM under the sun if they so much as look at each other. I imagine the Johnlock crowd overlapped with the Destiel and Wincest crowd, and Doctor Who, since it had Ten/Simm!Master (and Eleven/Rory to a lesser extent) as well as some nice hetero ships, kind of got dragged along because almost everyone in the Sherlock fandom was probably in the Doctor Who fandom too. 

You can kind of see how it fits. The Supernatural gang and the Team TARDIS are big damn heroes with a lot of heart, while Sherlock fulfilled the ideal levels of pretentiousness that we all go through in our teenage years. 

Of course, then everyone realised that Supernatural kinda sucks because it’s an incredibly white, incredibly male, incredibly STRAIGHT show that just queerbaits its audience and doesn’t know when to call it quits, and so everyone started jumping ship. 

Then everyone looked at Sherlock, either went “this has its issues but it’s still fun”, “this is QUEERBAITING TOO, WHY WONT JOHNLOCK KISS, FUCK MOFFISS”, or “this is also incredibly white, incredibly male, and incredibly straight, so fuck this also”, and that was it for Sherlock and general opinion too. 

(For the record: Johnlock was not queerbait. Johnlock was an expression of Steven Moffat’s own very intimate, but platonic, friendship with Mark Gatiss, and they explicitly told everyone they were not gonna make it gay. And then the toxic ass fandom, deluded out their minds, started sending Gatiss - an actual gay man - abuse about being “an honorary straight” for not making their fetishised fictional relationship canon, at one point literally the day after the Pulse massacre. Seriously. What the fuck. Never speak about it being queerbaiting ever again and leave Mark Gatiss the fuck alone.) 

Now. Doctor Who had meanwhile been dealing with the changeover of the showrunner. 

Series 5 went down pretty well for the most part, but a lot of people had their issues with Series 6 and Series 7. The fandom had kind of gotten too big, for a show this unconventional. To the point of a lot of people not being able to deal with the distinct change from the style of Russell T Davies, because they weren’t really aware of how the show needs to reinvent itself constantly even on a stylistic level. Because they were treating the show like any other show, when one can’t really do that. 

It was all kind of a mess of:

very mixed fan reception on Series 6

Series 7 being on the weaker side (not as weak as some people who missed the whole point of Clara’s storyline make it out to be, but weak nonetheless, though Moffat has admitted to this and explained it was because he was under so much pressure about the looming 50th anniversary, and like, fuck, fair enough)

people being pissed at Moffat for Sherlock shit

Russell T Davies having done quite a few things in his era that are questionable from a wider Doctor Who standpoint, which Moffat as the Ultimate Who Fan didn’t go along with, only to then receive hate from people who were convinced that if RTD did something it must be right, because they haven’t seen Classic Who or apparently bothered to do a couple of google searches to educate themselves

plus, a few of Moffat’s quotes around 2012ish got taken out of context because he’s a sarcastic little shit who runs his mouth

and so people got the idea that Moffat’s a narcissistic misogynist who “loves white men”

also people confused “plot hole” with “is going to be explained later” and complained about him having plot holes in series 5-7 when really it’s just that he was waiting to tie up all the loose ends in Matt Smith’s finale episode

Anyway, thus began the popular - to this day! - sentiment of thinking that Moffat is one of the worst things to happen to television, or at least Doctor Who (and Sherlock Holmes). 

And so, that was the “downfall” of Doctor Who and SuperWhoLock, so to speak, as all three shows were written off by the wider Tumblr/nerd community as being incredibly cringy. 

Now, to examine it from today’s view, in light of recent series/opinion about the series/the female Doctor reveal. 

The problem is, the general attitude about Moffat - who don’t get me wrong, is far from a flawless writer, or person - has literally reached the point of mass delusion. It’s very clear that literally thousands of people have a completely fictionalised version of him in their heads. 

How do I know this? I saw someone say that a female Doctor was a “defiance of everything the Moffat era stood for”. 

As in, the same Moffat era that, in the last three seasons:

explicitly made the genderfluidity of Time Lords canon (Dark Water/Death In Heaven, World Enough And Time)

changed the Master into a woman (Dark Water)

had the now female Master refer to becoming a woman as an “upgrade” (The Witch’s Familiar)

had a companion’s whole storyline be about “becoming the Doctor” in her own right, with her getting a whole episode of her pretending to be the Doctor, and her flying off in her own TARDIS with a companion of her own in the end of her final episode! (Flatline, Hell Bent)

had ANOTHER companion’s storyline end with her immortal space girlfriend at the console of the TARDIS, offering for her to travel through all of time and space with her in a direct parallel to the Nine/Rose offer from the first episode to the reboot (The Doctor Falls, Rose)

had a Time Lord regenerate from a white guy to a black lady onscreen just to FINALLY shut up people who said race/gender changes couldn’t happen (Hell Bent)

had the Doctor positively reacting to the suggestion that he could be  - or had been - a woman, multiple times (Death In Heaven, World Enough And Time, The Doctor Falls)

Moffat’s era has been statistically proven to have shifted public opinion in favour of a female Doctor (ask @scriptscribbles, if you want proof), thanks to the above. 

Simm!Master: “She? Is the future going to be all girl?” 

Twelve: “We can only hope.” 

Also, Moffat wrote Lumley!Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death in 1999. He’s been pushing for a female Doctor for 18 damn years. 

So, the idea that anyone thinks he’s against it, as opposed to having explicitly worked to help make it happen for years, shows that the general opinion of him is literally a mass fictionalisation/delusion. 

(It’s just one example, but there are hundreds of others, like how everyone seems to think he thinks of himself as The Greatest Ever and having a huge ego, when he’s literally one of the most self-deprecating people ever, if you watch him in an interview. He’s openly admitted to mistakes he’s made on his time on the show, such as the way he handled the scene at the end of Flesh and Stone, and how Series 7 wasn’t his best because of the pressure he was under about the upcoming 50th anniversary; he is aware of his fallibility.) 

He’s not a perfect person, or writer, and no one knows that better than him. There’s a lot of critical discussions we could have about his writing, and there are a fair few actual problems with it, just as there are in the RTD era, and every damn era of Who that has existed. I’m not saying everybody has to like it, because every era of Doctor Who is down to personal preference, and that’s fine. There are plenty of rational, well-informed people, fans and otherwise, who have their -often sound - reasons for not liking Moffat and/or his era of Who in general. I am friends with some of them. 

But those rational, well-informed people are like, 5% of the people who otherwise make up a sea of loud, ignorant delusion that condemns Doctor Who under Moffat’s direction and downright refuses to acknowledge some of the amazing stuff it’s done in the last few years. 

(Like, Series 10 featured a black lesbian co-lead who got a happy ending, leaving the Moffat era finishing strong on six canonically sapphic women, four of whom are still alive, none of whom died pointlessly or without agency, and three of whom are immortal or close enough, in a time when all other TV sapphics are dropping dead like flies. It also had the Doctor punch a racist in the face and comment on how history is whitewashed, and had an episode slamming capitalism. Plus, the finale canonised that Time Lords don’t view gender the same way, reinforcing canon genderfluid Time Lords.)  

Between his second and third seasons of DW being divisive and/or a bit weak, all the Sherlock shit going down, and the fall of Supernatural, and the issue of people taking RTD Who as the baseline for everything Doctor Who when they really shouldn’t have, anti-Moffat sentiments got so big that masses of people fell off the show, and continue to refuse to acknowledge that he might have done anything worthwhile with it since they left. That he might, as a person, have developed and improved. 

And so, that is potentially how Doctor Who got lumped in with SuperWhoLock, labelled “not progressive”, and considered “cringy” to this day. 

Or at least, that’s my theory, as someone who wasn’t really paying a lot of attention, but knows her Doctor Who.