#in a similar vein i dont want this to read as rude either.

[astroswrites]

The dispaired ilusion.

Part 3:

Sinopsis: Astralas is reading the annotations of the book and some of the short stories.

A knight entered the dragon's den, sword ready to slay it while it is sleeping.

Aw man, that's just plain rude.

Meany knit, it dont say that dragn was bad. I could be jut a frin

Yea! Meany knight!

Rude

The great warrior stepped into the den, quiet footsteps, armour well oiled to make less sound.

I dont tink that is how armur works

Slowly the knight walked closer to the nest of gold where the dragon was sleeping in.

Walking carefully, avoiding making noise, and pushed the sword into the dragon's skull, killing it.

NOOOOOOOOOOO :<

Vei laughed a bit at reading the annotations, it was so silly, vei knew that vei were always a bit of a cry baby, only a bit. Astralas always hated when others got hurt unnecessarily.

The annotations on the previous pages vei had read were similar to this, silly, cute and funny.

The highlights were underlined words that were always funny to kids like butt, ass, and the replacing the word peach with but fruit.

The tiny doodles of cats in stories about cats or felines.

With how big the book was vei knew it took vein years to finish it... maybe there would be something important in the back.....

'No.... I should read the whole book..... it feels as if it would be cheating otherwise....' Astralas thought and sighed.

The nex page had a few more annotations.

Hey, how old are you? I'm curious.

Im 6. Yu?

Hey, you are good at writing for your age.

I'm 9.

9? Yu write like a adul and use big words, Im no good at it

I get told that a lot, I just really like reading, books are easy to carry.

Nooooo you are good, and have been improving. Don't be a meany to you. :<

Astralas chuckled, the books owner was always like this, not liking when vei said something mean about veirself. And veir acted in kind in return.

The next page had a poem. And a childish argument next to it.

This poem is dumb, it makes no sense. What does the peach (butfruit) mean

Maybe they just like the peach butfruit.

Thats a good idea,but why did you change it from peach (butfruit) to butfruit

Because funy, and you changed mine!

>:<

The next few pages were of poems with similar things. The poems that were a bit more spicy had variants of:

What dos it mean?

Dad says it is an adult thing.

Or

Its an adult thing, It is gross.

It was clear when he had "the talk", Astralas knew that vei had the same reaction.

The next page had.

Hey, it is my birthday soon, and even if I want to invite you dad says it will be difficult for you to get here, so I'm gifting you something.

:< well thaks for the bracet.... but that no how it work, I give you a gift not the other way.

Nononononono, the birthday goer gives the gifts, not the other way. I cannot accept the stuffed animal....

then... if that how yu do, then my gift is for my birthday, it was before book.

Thanks you xilu, but when we meet face to face I will squeeze your cheeks. Like a grandma!

No! Not like q granma!

Muajajajjajajjaajajajajajajajajjajª

Astralas suppressed the urge to laugh loudly, 'right, this is where the bracelet might be from, hehhehehe, I wonder if we ever met...... I hope so... he was a good friend.'

Astralas looked at the bracelet again.... rotating it in her hands, there was something written inside.... most in runes, but what wasn't in runes was 'to my friend to keep safe.' Astralas couldn't help but smile a bit... this purity of silver was expensive...

'I couldn't wear it when I was a kid, to avoid it getting stolen, I.... remember losing it once and finding it back home, but then it had the gem.... what happened to it.?.....'

Astralas looked at the desk next to the bed, vei hadn't looked though all the drawers

One of them had writing utensiles.

Another one had bandages and scissors, and some medications?

The rest were empty, as if someone had cleaned them perfectly... no typical random things that accumulate, either someone was trying to hide something or Avireta really likes cleanliness. Which is understandable.

Feeling the drawers.... 'Is that a fake bottom!??..... oh it isn't, this one is just smaller than the others. Maybe I'm too paranoid? I am chained to the bed by magic. Maybe this is a mormal level of paranoia.'

Astralas again used the bracelet to see if there was something else hidden in the room.... nothing that vei can see while sitting on the bed.

Astralas hid the bracelet when hearing footsteps, then the door opens, were they the maids?

Why... why is he with the food?, he had it in his hand, it was a very colourful cupcake.

Avireta offered the cupcake to Astralas "we had a few of these cupcakes left around, so I guessed that you would enjoy it."

"Thank you" Astralas said before biting the cupcake.... it was really good... "oh!"

Avireta suppressed a chuckle "I guess that you like it" he said with a smile, but his expression changed fast "either that or you are hungry... You didn't call the maids to bring you food" he seemed worried.

"Oh... I wasn't really hung-" the growling of Astralas stomach said otherwise "oh.... Maybe I was too absorbed into the book."

Avireta shook his head, slightly amused "You should remember to eat, you still are recovering. I will call them for you, but next time..."

Astralas interupted "Next time you are going to scold me?" In a joking manner.

"I will now. You xilu" he answered with a laugh before exiting.

After a bit the maids brought the food before leaving.

[thewyvernmaiden]

Thats what im saying: lesbophobia is an intersection of facing homophobia & misyogony, misyogonoir is the intersection of racism and misyogony, but because "bisexual" encompasses women *and* men it cant be an intersection of homophobia and misyogony.

- "why cant you just pick one?"

I would argue that thats less oppression and more ignorance. Someone not knowing what bisexuality is doesnt put you at risk of losing your home or being beaten, in the same way being in an "overt" homosexual relationship does.

- sterotyped as cheating

That is a unique assumption about bi people, but ive never seen it directed at bisexual men, mostly bisexual women - and women are already considered to be forced on a thin line of "pure or whore", so i dont know if i can agree that it is biphobia and not just misogyny. But im willing to admit that it might be? Idk.

- told youre gay or straight

Theres a popular post circulating that says something along the lines of "bi women are assumed to be actually straight and experimenting, and bi men are assumed to be actually gay: the default is 'attracted to men'" thats misyogony.

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These are the exact studies i was asking for earlier & got told no. So thank you, genuinely, for finding them.

But even reading these i have to ask why, if biphobia is the actual cause, why arent bi men harmed as much as bi women? It honestly just all reads as very intense misogyny, which doesnt affect bi men. And on my first tag, i said "if biphobia is real, so is heterophobia", which i still think. If bi people are oppresed for being BISEXUAL, not oppressed for being seen as ""potentially"" gay, or ""potentially"" in a gay relationship, then they are oppressed for their attraction for the same and opposite sex, which they experience at the same time. You cant be oppressed for heterosexual attraction, or bisexual attraction to the opposite sex, or whatever you want to consider that specific attraction.

Sorry i just overall don't think that someone in a visibly heterosexual relationship (whether or not either or neither of the parties are actually bisexual) faces any oppression in the aspect of their perceived sexuality. A male & female bisexual couple holding hands in public isnt going to get beaten up, or harassed, or met with the same vitriol and fear that a female & female, or male & male bisexual or gay couple would face. Thats what my op was out.

& for the record i wasnt mocking that last person for being young & having a fandom blog, objectively theres obviously nothing wrong with either of those lol. she insulted me & i responded by saying something equally reductive. I dont care if young ppl interact with my blog, i just wish she didnt jump onto a vent post i made a week ago about a homophobic bisexual coworker that had like...no notes & turn it into a post insulting me and w several people saying they want me stabbed bloody and dead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but we dont all get what we want, so

...we're half way thru 2019 and yall are still out here pretending "b*phobia" is a thing hm