#i'm in love with her respectfully

[bean-spring]

Hot take and not to be a killjoy or the shipping police but people treating Viktor or Jinx's aroace headcanons as if they were canon is not the revolutionary take people think it is.

Headcanons are always all right but we have to acknowledge that they are somehow damaging when they apply to stereotypes. It might not be the case for everyone but most of the time people unconsciously assume that disability/mental illness=asexuality. These headcanons erase the freedom of attraction from people who are already seen as unable to have sexual/romantic experiences/desires, when it's completely untrue and harmful.

You can headcanon Viktor and Jinx as aroace, but I have seen people changing their minds once Viktor is no longer disabled (s2 with all of his other forms) and Jinx is no longer as mentally ill (alternate universe Powder). And it speaks wonders of how people see these characters.

"I never thought about Jinx being able to feel romantic/sexual attraction until s2!" To believe she's actually only capable of that when she's not "damaged" is incredibly disturbing. Especially since Jinx has always had a bit of a flirty personality too.

"I've always seen Viktor as asexual, I don't know why!" That's fine. You can headcanon him as ace. But I believe there is a reason behind it, most of the time, if for some inexplicable reason the "vibes" of the disabled character are making you think he's ace.

I say all of this being aroaspec myself, by the way. Headcanon all you want but going to people's posts commenting how "it's weird for you that they have romantic/sexual plots when they're clearly aroace" is not a win at all. It's a headcanon, after all, and it should be treated as such, and that's fine. But it also is damaging to spread stereotypes like these.

Of course the disabled character is asexual. Of course the mentally ill character is aromantic. It's not as revolutionary as you might think, tbh.

Fandom is not activism and it's all right to have any headcanons you want BUT some of them are filled with damaging stuff and perhaps we should look into ourselves more before treating these assumptions as something canon.

[owlheartt]

Something I really like about timebomb is that Ekko actually knows what he's getting into.

I'm not really seeing it get talked about but in season 1 they mention that Ekko and the firelights help people addicted to shimmer get off it and lead more fulfilling lives within the community. I should probably rewatch the scene for the exact wording (might be misremembering tbh) but that comment implies A LOT.

First: Ekko's mission is helping people where he can, he would probably try and help Jinx even if he wasn't in love with her

Second: He has experience dealing with severe mental illness as that often goes hand in hand with drug abuse, namely depression/suicidal ideation like what Jinx was exhibiting

Third: He's probably mapped out best course of action FOR dealing with this and has already figured out his own limits/boundaries. Meaning he knew what he was getting into trying to talk Jinx out of suicide, and was thus more equipped to deal with the aftermath

Fourth: He's probably helped ex members of Silco's gang. The firelights seem to have a theme of healing and repairing and recovering, so they've probably also learned to forgive. If they're mission is to rebuild the lanes into a safe space, they can't exclude people they don't like, they have to make room for them. I think they fought Silco out of necessity, and I doubt Jinx would be the first person they help who's killed one of them.

These all might be a bit of a stretch but I think it really fits. Beyond that, it shows that Ekko can ACTUALLY help Jinx. As much as unconditional love can do, Ekko has the tools for Jinx's recovery and a path ready for her. He also probably knows that her "healthy" will look different from AU Powder's "healthy." On top of that, I expect he knows how to respect her even in the middle of psychotic breaks and won't agitate her already frail mental state

[wildsaltair]

a few more because I literally cannot restrain myself from screencapping this man badly

[wusopiejung25]

[lunar-years]

“How the fuck does Taylor Swift know about my kebab place?” Roy said angrily, kicking the front door closed behind him with gusto. “That’ll be another pound, Uncle Roy,” Phoebe chirped, not bothering to look up from her bracelet making.

Taylor Swift is in town for The Eras Tour. Phoebe and Jamie and Keeley and seemingly all of greater fucking London all desperately want to attend. These facts together combine to make for Roy's worst nightmare, but also, quite possibly, for a rare moment of warmest sun right when he needs it the most.

Roy/Jamie/Keeley

[feralnumberfive]

I wrote about Dana Scully and Gillian Anderson in my assignment and got ✨ 30/30 ✨

[ash-is-expired]

zenless zone zero is based (sadly its owned by hoyoverse)

i got miyabi :3

gender

at some point i'll probably make a rant about gacha games as a person who is relatively new to gacha games. i'm a nintendo girl, i got my gamecube in my left hand and my penis in my right. these lil gambling addictions are fairly new to me.

but what it seems is that, as long as a game isn't an active moneymaker (and the dev team actually cares about the game, yippee), the game will be good.

this is not backed by anything. i would say i'm pulling this shit out of my ass but literally my hands are full with my gamecube and my penis

[pyr0peyt]

Winter be damned my girl can SLAY

[tedmaniac]

The Guide

The Escape (3x06) 'What We Do In the Shadows'

Throughout her appearances, I have started to grow fond of her. And now that she's basically a regular next season, I will be turning to a full fledged stan of hers. I may be bias because I like the actress and her Bob's Burgers role, Louise Belcher, BUT I DON'T GIVE A SHIT!

Also, she has so much potential and I really hope they unravel and develop her character or else I will be barging to the show's writer's department.

[lonelylittledot]

my crush on Bernadette Banner is getting ridiculous

[mikesbasementbeets]

god i wish i were more articulate so i could actually explain my thoughts on all the milven/byler visual parallels...... people using the situational and framing similarities to "prove" that mike feels the same way about both el and will when truly the further you get into both relationships the clearer the discrepancies become between the emotional weights and contexts of each scene.... and the way they're both framed the same way to make those discrepancies stand out even more

[arttsuka]

When you decide to start one of these older anime and it's trying to be really heteronormative (and it's super gay idk), the main side characters plot is literally a fanfiction and the main characters is as bland as water. Also the only female character is there to be raped. That's her plot, rape. Yay...

[scrawnyghstts]

I got BG3 from my uncle and started playing it over this Christmas break and I feel like screaming /pos

[jonathanbyersphd]

Me, waiting to see how exactly they plan to resolve Jonathan's storyline now that they've reintegrated him back into the Byers family:

[zoya-nazyalenskys]

apparently fourth wing is getting an adaptation, just saw that they announced the showrunner, and i gotta wonder how they're gonna adapt it cause that book has the cringiest dialogue and writing known to man