#it just makes you go 🤔🏳️‍🌈

[accio-victuuri]

i have some time to spare cause i’m on weekend work shift so let’s all clown for a bit. starting off with yibo’s scandalous hair lol. i swear the HS is wang yibo wig and wang yibo long hair. we are all so invested huh? i’m on camp “it’s real hair”. if there is something artificial to it then maybe an extension of sorts to make it fuller. and what we all noticed is it looks kinda similar to what GG had. they both would probably grow their hair out long if they can. but sadly, they can’t due to work and other things.

in the meantime, i’m being delusional and wishing yibo’s hair for chanel will be the same as PD101.

yibo-official’s post too got me cackling. yibo with the bread in his bag. who are you delivering that to boy? to the love of your life who is so fixated on bread? 🤣

we also noticed some same vibes from their photos. drinking and with their feet propped up. i personally think this is not intentional, they just happen to have absorbed each other’s habit and it bleeds out in instances like this ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

and here we go again with playing the game of who is this. i believe that it’s yibo and that plant proves it’s him because he has a photo with it on another set. but i get the clownery. i’m seeing the subtle similarity.

it’s not a secret that they can look alike in some ways so this is one of those. 🤷🏻‍♀️

what im 👀 tho is bobo’s photos with that white strip below like some polaroid but not really. i can see the intention but i understand that they don’t wanna make it too obvious. the polaroids were xz’s “thing” for mfw and doing the exact same thing will be too much and may provide an opportunity for hate.

P3 and P4 is a lovely coincidence. P3 is a drawing from a book XZ posted about. A man in jeans and a green jacket. now you have yibo with the same fit when he finished work today. 🙏🏼

and finally, this photo of yibo with fellow Lacoste ambassador Taylor Zakhar Perez. of course we all picked up the fact that he starred in red, white and royal blue. yaaaasss! two icons in shows representing 🏳️‍🌈! come on! he also allegedly has a boyfriend, which is well, good for you sir!

now we are all thinking if the boys got to watch that movie! 🤔

-END.

[theunholyvirginemilyprentiss]

RE: Me being confused about my sexuality (shock horror)

Oversharing because I have no personal privacy boundaries

Being queer is so fucking confusing sometimes. Like I’m dating (as in going on dates, not in a relationship with) this guy, who is perfect for me, however I’m still so confused about the extent to which I like men. Because I know for a fact that I like women, like LOVE me a woman, but I’m confused about my level of attraction for men. Because I am attracted to them, but not nearly as much as women. And I’m not sure if I like them enough to be in a sustained relationship. I’m very confused, conflicted, mentally tangled up 🤔.

It’s not as simple as “You’re a lesbian,” or “You just like women,” because I’m not sure if that’s actually true… or if it is? It would make things easier if that were the case. I feel like I’m still a teenager trying to understand my own emotions, like girl you finished going through puberty years ago, PLEASE ✋😭.

Anyway, thought I’d share because it’s pride month and I know I feel validated when other people share similar experiences to mine so here we are. It’s okay to be confused! Sexuality is complicated and fluid and sometimes you just need to go along for the ride and take the time to figure out where you’re at. Happy pride! 🏳️‍🌈

[mamawasatesttube]

the thing is also. im pretty sure cassie has been squinting at tim like "...🏳️‍🌈🤔❓" since their breakup because she's just like. tim i was only kissing you as a substitute for kon. and he was just like. haha yeah. now she's not gonna push him or anything until he's ready to talk about it because she knows him, and she loves him, but there is a little part of her that has been like "oh. hm. you're in love with kon." ever since then.

*important note. this is not cassie being a Wise Lesbian Friend™ or something. this is "recognition of the self through the other.... uh. wait." cassie is a lesbian who is going to make some incredibly stupid decisions in her panic about liking women and tim's going to show up at her window at 2am like "...dude. seriously?" and she's gonna put her face in her pillow and scream. tim and cassie mirror each other, and that means sometimes they just get to look at each other and then read each other for absolute filth. the mortifying ordeal of being known, etc.

[mxnox]

I have a story about my transness to tell!!!

I can distinctly remember being a very small child and thinking “I’m a girl. But sometimes I feel like a boy too” and then following that up with “but I have to keep it secret. I’ll sound weird.” For context I grew up in an unsafe household and was constantly hearing homophobic and transphobic crap. What I did and what I said was heavily scrutinized in all categories not just to avoid looking and acting gay.

Then I got to middle school and began seriously being like “okay, I’m definitely a girl…except I also have a boy inside my heart too. I feel like two different people in one body” I didn’t have any words for how to express that differently. I felt split down the middle where the lines between my girl-ness and boy-ness blurred heavily. I still kept that hidden (or so I thought. Looking back on it it was glaringly obvious) but I also started going to my state pride festival with my best friend then too. We’d be in the parade, carrying the flag at the front, or walking with a float. It was so much fun.

Fast forward to high school and i met the first person id ever heard the word “trans” from. It used pronouns I didn’t get and introduced the concept of nonbinary to me though I didn’t understand it at all. It invited me to our school’s after school pride group and even though I felt extremely uncomfortable I kept going. Looking back I’m sure it was the intimate setting and being forced to confront myself before I was ready for it that made me feel so uneasy. I was in extreme denial and kept telling everyone I was cis and straight. (Everyone was like really???? Should have been my first clue🙄🙄). I finally confided in an at-the-time friend about how I felt I had a girl and also a boy inside me (but not in a trans way obviously). He ran with it and would often refer to me using both pronouns(over text only) which made me incredibly happy. He was the first person to suggest I try dressing up as a boy with binding and everything. I agreed and had to lie to my dad in order to get him to buy me ace bandages. I didn’t know at the time that it was super unsafe to bind using bandages so I went ahead and tried my best. Met up with my friend and “pretended” I was my boy self all afternoon. It felt amazing.

I graduated and thought “oh I should leave all that girl/boy stuff behind. It’s childish play pretend and I needed to grow up”. Then I went to the pride festival again as an adult and again faced the “oh when did you come out? :D” questions from my coworkers and I was immediately answering “oh no I’ve never come out, I’m straight and cis” and they’d respond with “hmmmmm 🤔” pretty much. Finally it was a random day, a year after graduating and it hit me like a truck. My brain was like “IM A BOY AND ALSO A GIRL” and then I was like “oh my god. I think I’m trans. I think I actually am a boy and a girl.” And that was all she wrote.

It was like the flood gates opened and all the repressed feelings I’d had just came out. I realized I was nonbinary, that I was ace, that I was aro, that I was pan, that everything I thought I had to keep secret and hidden because I’d be looked at weird, or wrong was my true self. That I’m not broken and I truly do exist and that it’s okay for me to be here and who I am. I grieved over having wasted all my childhood stressing over it and suppressing who I was. I wished I’d had the language and support to have been able to realize it sooner. I wouldn’t have spent so many hours agonizing over my identity growing up.

Now I have a child of my own. I’m teaching them how to be their true self whatever that may be. And they’re proud of who I am. It almost made me cry the first time they told me “mama I’m a boy and a girl!” When they were like five years old. It was no big deal to them then and nor is it now. They’ve never wavered in themself and it makes me happy to know they’re able to live like that.

Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[pacing-er]

The Krakoa Era Reading List Cherik Version (PART 2):

4. Reign of X

Another very long series, 14 volumes of content! Similar to Dawn of X Cherik is not the focus of this series plot. However I did like this one a lot more and it introduced some elements that I really loved. For a brief summary this series covers the events leading up to the Hellfire Gala and all factors that went into preparing for it (ft. a LOT of flexing from Magneto XD). It does also cover the Hellfire Gala itself, which was super fun.

To start with the things I loved about it, there were a lot of queer characters and couples in both major plotlines and casual representation. The Make More Mutants™ law of Krakoa always made me feel a little icked out, because of its heteronormative implications. I was surprised to see this sentiment confronted by some of the queer characters themselves:

Pretty soon after this sentiment is expressed, we are presented with several solutions to the issue of same-sex reproduction. One of which is that science is advanced enough on Krakoa to produce a child using both parents DNA regardless of their gender or genitals (or lack thereof):

Another solution presented was that there is a LOT of coupling happening on Krakoa producing babies whose parents aren't ready or willing to raise them. Like. Excessive amounts of babymaking. To the point where people have actually had to start giving out contraceptives to slow it down. These unwanted babies are left waiting to be adopted by mutants or mutant couples who want them:

MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!

Speaking of baby-making. Reign of X reintroduces several of Charles and Magnetos children who as of yet had not been mentioned in the Krakoa era. Including Legion, Onslaught, and Wanda (who shows up and dies immediately under mysterious circumstances RIP). Legion's storyline is intertwined with Nightcrawler's while they explore the darker sides of Krakoan society. Nightcrawler is hilarious and adorable in this series btw. Initially Legion is suspected by Charles to be behind the alias of the "Patchwork Man" who has been terrorizing young mutants on Krakoa.

(a moment of appreciation for how scared Charles is of Legion XD)

However after Nightcrawler is sent by Charles to confront Legion we find that this is not the case, and that it is actually Onslaught who is terrorizing Krakoa and feeding off of conflict and negative emotions. For some reason Legion decides to keep this a secret from Magneto and Charles as he and Nightcrawler work to hunt Onslaught down and stop him.

Onslaught must also be kept a secret from the rest of Krakoa, since the psychically-produced hate baby of the nations founding fathers might cause some discourse XD

Also Legion introduces us to the concept of non-physical psychic intimacy (kinda like the psychic intimacy that produced onslaught 🤔🏳️‍🌈?) which can be used by mutants who are unable to touch their partners without harming them. This psychic bond is demonstrated between a lesbian couple.

There's just. So many fun concepts introduced in this series. Most of the stuff above was in the last 2-3 volumes so it wasn't a HUGE part of the story, but a part I very much enjoyed none the less. The confrontation between onslaught and his biological parents hasn't happened yet but I desperately hope that there is a decent payoff. If not I can write one ☺️

As for how much I can recommend this comic based on Cherik-ness, I'd say it's worth a read if not just for the fact that Erik and Charles children are important parts of the story. Charles and Erik themselves don't get much character or relationship development and are just kind of managing the goings of the island like normal.

You can see my part 1 to this series under the tag #krakoa era reading list

[runawaydr3amerao3]

🎙️ Idling In the Impala and the One-Night Stands 🧍🧍‍♀️🧍‍♂️

By which I mean the gang at the @idlingintheimpalapodcast did an episode ranking their favourite one-off characters! Get it? One-night stands...

(Jokes are funnier when you have to explain them, right? That's how that works? Okay, cool, thought so.)

(Yeesh, tough crowd.)

Listen: ❤️ YouTube 💚 Spotify

And, of course, the episode chapters are on the Tumblr post if you want to see what's going down in the episode and where:

Sooo. You know what I'm going to ask. Who's your fave one-off? I don't think I can answer this question fairly, since I haven't finished the series. 🤔 If I had to answer it up to now, though...Jesse and Cesar from 11x19 The Chitters (they count as one, okay!)? The cat from 8x08 Hunter Heroici (I'm a cat person, sorry not sorry)? Sarge from 13x06 Tombstone (BAMF 👏)? Umm... Nope. Can't pick one.

Okay, I get why K&S do ranking and don't just pick faves now...

Hey, by the way! If you missed it, IITI launched their stunning 🏳️‍🌈PRIDING IN THE IMPALA🏳️‍🌈 merch line last month, featuring incredible artwork by the one and only @quickreaver! 🙌😍 By making a purchase, you can support a charity doing vital work for LGBTQIA+ young people, as well as contributing to the ongoing costs of the podcast! Check out my post about it for more deets (sorry, too many off-site links are a bugger on visibility. 🙏):

Oh, and don't forget that likes, comments, and subscriptions on YouTube and Spotify are super helpful for the podcast in battling the algorithms, too. They also support Kasey @sam-is-my-safe-word and Sandra @talltalesandbedtimestories to continue bringing us this excellent content, and content creators keep the fandom turning, so let's show them all the love we can! 🫶🥰

[hide-your-bugs-away]

Thank you for the tag @angrytranspossum !!!! Much appreciated, and rambling will be INEVITABLE. 🙏

Favorite Movie: Dont Look Back (1967) 100%. Some day very soon, I'm going to make an entire video about how genius the cinematic structure of Dont Look Back is along with the roles of the "characters" and how imperative each and every one of them is to the narrative arc that follows Bob... But beyond its cinematic magnificence, I just really love seeing the dynamic of that tired, cynical, introverted yet good-natured rock&roll poet has with everyone in his circle, and the film letting the viewer in on this dynamic. It's such a cozy film, and a really easy one to get into if you're a classic rock fan, especially a fan of 60s music - even if you don't have all of Bob's music and history committed to memory. I knew barely anything about him watching it for the first time... and now it's my favorite movie ever. It also features this silly and fruity British guy who wanders in drunk from time to time and plays really good piano... Alan Price, I think is his name? 🤔

Favorite TV Show: I personally don't watch serialized, fictional shows, since I don't have the mental capactiy to keep up with those sorts of things, but I legitimately loved The Owl House as it came out! Which is funny, because fantasy and horror are two genres I don't engage with much, if at all... but just make everyone LGBT and then it clicks with me. I am basically The Collector with regards to Animals memorabilia 🙏

Favorite Musical Artists: ALAN PRICE ALAN PRICE ALAN PRICE *BASHES MY HEAD AGAINST A WALL* Such an incredible pianist and songwriter.. Besides him, I of course can't shut up about The Animals either 🏳️‍🌈😔 I also really like Donovan, Herman's Hermits, Georgie Fame, Lulu, The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, and a whole lot of Motown music (SUPREMES!! SMOKEY ROBINSON!!) British Invasion/60s music in general! In terms of "modern" music, I like Glass Animals a lot (been listening to their stuff since "How To Be A Human Being" came out).

Favorite Color: Lavender

Favorite Season: Autumn (no allergies 🤞)

Favorite Book: I'll admit, it's been ages since I've read any fiction or books with a traditional narrative since I usually just read biographies now... One of my "recent" favorites is Andy Blackford's "Wild Animals", which features soooo many GOOD color photographs of the Animals, along with a succinct, detailed biography!! WITHOUT TOO MUCH ANTI-ALAN BIAS YAY. "Ready, Steady, Go!: The Weekend Starts Here" is also one I’ve enjoyed so far and am excited to dive deeper into.

Do you have any Funko Pops? : Two, for the sake of my Price-Burdon collection - my friend @/tealightwhimsy got me Leafeon and Glaceon figures because I associate those Pokémon with Eric and Alan respectively. 🙏

Do you play any instruments? : I used to, in high school, when I was in marching band - specifically, the xylophone, marimba, and auxiliary percussion. I stopped because I've become shyer over the years and don't really like performing anymore... I like having my art speak for me instead. ALAN PLAYED THE VIBES AT ONE POINT, THOUGH!! So we played similar instruments at one point, which is cool!! 🥹

Do you have any pets? : I live with three dogs and four rabbits! And I'm allergic to rabbits... 😆

Do you read or write Fanfiction?: Reading fanfics, not so much anymore, mostly because my special interest in The Animals means there's not really anything out there besides the self-indulgent shit I write, haha (especially because I have my own historical fanon and interpretations of the band's dynamic,, I read my own stuff a lot, I'm afraid 🥶). I do read Pokémon fanfics from time to time because there are a lot of gays throughout the series, especially the new games, that are fun to speculate about. I also read anything and everything @/unchained-daisychain writes because she's got that galaxy brain in terms of prompts and scenarios and skills!!! Writing, though, I still do when I have the time between art projects - most recently focused on my Price-Burdon essay-turned-passion-project, but I do want to dabble in writing some more fictitious Animals scenarios and studies in the future... yes, self-indulgent Price-Burdon stuff will of course come free-of-charge, but their fractured dynamic as a band is fun to explore, especially the forces above them that were driving them apart.

What song(s) have you had on repeat repeatedly? : "Hampstead Incident" by Donovan, and "Left Over People"/"Is There Anybody Out There?" by,, cONNIE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ALAN PRICE AGAIN,,

wheeEee tagging:

@majito18 @hilton-my-luvx @bobbyhasstardust @unchaineddaisychain @gasstationwomen

[nowordsformylove]

jonesmith analysis ep 1-15 (part 1)

this is going to be long and silly✌️

nothing gay in episode 1 so im starting with monkee see monkee die

FIRST in the scene where they disguise themselves to hide from the lawyer Mike dresses as an old man and Davy dresses as an old woman = old married couple. hmm lovely sweet old married couple.

NEXT. Davy constantly hiding behind the guys and holding onto them because he is scared. in my humble opinion it is simply cutest when he's grabbing onto Mike. This scene where he's like nooo dont leave me behind Mike and rushes after him. 10/10 adorable.

constant grip on him, WHICH LEADS ME TO THIS

holding onto Mike while going to bed, and Mike's reassuring hand pat to let Davy know everything is okay. Davy was going to hold onto him all night snuggled up on his shoulder.

this is the ep that made me 👀 towards them so if people dont see it even a teeny tiny bit that baffles me.

ep 3 has this lovely little boob touch moment:

I would too Mike. cross dressing Davy is too beautiful to resist

ep 4 they are extremely determined to rip each others clothes off. even when Micky and Peter give up and rip their own clothes off Mike and Davy have a GRIP on each other.

ep 5 cute little tug on Mike's arm, Mike looking around bc Davy is so tiny his eyes glide right over the top of his head.

"Mike! Mike! Are you okay?" *drops him*

EPISODE 6... I love the way Mike stands up to Davy's grandpa in this one and tells him he only wants him back because he's lonely and misses him. idk its so cute, all the guys are looking out for Davy but Mike is the one that confronts his grandpa about it. And then the scene on the deck where they're all crying because Davy is leaving Mike is like nah we're not letting him go so easily.

I am also deeply obsessed with the grip Mike and Micky have on Davy when they pull him over to their side. that little english lad is theirs. also Mike is definitely feeling up his muscles.

also this, which isnt in showverse but i want to include it bc its so cute. Mike just sits there awkwardly... yea

ep 7 😏 rests elbow on shoulder and limps wrist.

Mike pulling a Fred & Daphne with his "lets split up Davy and I will go this way" did you want to spend alone time with him Mike? perhaps you wanted a bit of privacy hmm?

their cowboy gunslinger roleplay scene.

ep 8 sleeping with his head resting in Davy's lap what is cuter than that.

Micky doing one of his silly voice bits and Mike being like hey he's nervous. Then whatever this was where Mike grabbed his face

ep 9 they go through a whole scheme to get this girl that Davy likes to come to their party and then he spends half the party standing by the punch bowl giggling with Mike. Also whatever they're doing here during the song segment. cutesy

ep 10 (the pilot) some serious longing looks from Mike here + lifting Davy up (in his gay little mime outfit no less)

ep 11 theres literally a shootout happening and they are under the table competitively playing tic-tac-toe

ep 12 the framing of this scene... the way Davy shuts the door after he enters. KISS HIM GIRL

ep 13 this scene where hes leaning in for a kiss. yes thats whats happening trust me.

ep 15 too many girls... FIRST of all I think Mike making Davy swear off dating girls is an extremely homosexual act "im gonna hold you to that" okayyy. SECONDLY Micky and Peter both say they're jealous of Davy always getting girls but Mike doesnt... bc hes more jealous of the girls hmm 🤔🏳️‍🌈 also "trapped by his staggering good looks" so you think hes attractive. checkmate.

points at you aggressively

[echthr0s]

[Plural Ask Game]

📢 1. How did you get your sys/collective name? Hellraiser (2022) introduced a new interpretation of the infamous puzzle box to the lore -- namely, the concept that "the Lament Configuration" is just one shape that the thing can take, and there are other Configurations that represent different desires and ultimately evoke different results from Leviathan. Laudarant is the one that represents the desire for love. We are likewise configured.

🔔 2. Who is the current host/frequent fronters? I, Medivh, am the one who is tasked with interfacing with meatspace reality. This is a singular (lol) role and generally only one of [Us] is capable of this feat at a time. Possessive switches are very rare and usually indicate a change in body pilots; however, the particular blendy-ness of Can Calah and I makes partial possession/sensation-sharing much more common with us specifically. The thing is, there is so much to Me/Us as an "individual" that it feels like a mini-plurality situation on its own. [We] contain multitudes, sure, obviously, but also We contain multitudes within those multitudes.

📎 3. Who is your first known alter(s)? This body has been plural since it's been conscious of itself, so we have very thin memory of the very first people who were here as we would have been quite young at the time.

🏳️‍🌈 4. What is your collective/most prominent identity? I'm not positive on what this question is asking.

🏳️ 5. What's your systems origin? Our "origin" is that we have been plural since we've been conscious, and that's truly all there is to it. The how of it really doesn't seem important or relevant to anything at all.

❗6. Do you have DID/OSDD? We do not.

🛂 7. What's your headcount? We are an open space, entities who have access to it may enter and leave at will. This makes it difficult to keep a count, because do I count people who have been here but haven't been seen in a while? They will always have "citizenship", so I'm inclined to, but then that just complicates matters (there have been. so many of [Us].)... I can tell you how many life signs are currently on the map today, and that would be three. Maybe four? I'm not sure how to count that fourth one.

👥 8. What's your brainmade to introject ratio? None of the entities currently in the Configuration were created by Us. Well-- not in this lifetime, anyway...

🤫 9. Who's your most mischievous headmate? (/silly) [We] tend to attract real serious motherfuckers. I am probably the most mischievous one, but not terribly so.

⚪ 10. What's your headspace like? We tend to imagine the Configuration as a star system with a <Tower/Tree> at its center and a dying star/black hole/Sun nestled in its branches. It is but one universe in a multiversal sea, and there is much travel between Here and other contained universes. Hence the walk-ins, and hence Us being here on Earth with y'all motherfuckers.

🤔 11. How did you find out you were plural? There was no "finding out", it has simply always been so. We found out the various terminologies for the phenomenon much later, but I will say that knowing them earlier might have saved us some confusion/distress in our younger years. :/

🗨️ 12. Random quote from a headmate, go! I can never think of these things off the top of my head. Can Calah is always saying wild shit, I just never write it down.

🗣️ 13. "Plural culture is…" I don't know, ask someone who's more tuned in to that sort of thing.

❤️ 14. What gives you euphoria about being plural? Just basking in the fullness and vastness of this state of being, of Knowing [Our] truth and feeling the awe and wonder that that Gnosis evokes. Delighting in the cosmic mercuriality and primordial chaos that keeps the Configuration, well, configured. Being in love with the Others, being so grateful that [We] have found each other despite the odds, despite the forbidding mundanity of this universe.

💔 15. What give you dysphoria about being plural? Unfortunately, being touched and loved Inworld doesn't do a damn thing for the actual body's touch starvation and isolation. It's very disorienting sometimes to be in such vibrant and fulfilling relationships on another plane of existence and have none of that reflected on this plane of existence.

👤 16. Is there something that makes you different from other plurals? There are a few things about [Our] existence that I rarely, if ever, see reflected in writings from other plurals. A lot of people are really invested in certain dichotomies that we feel are... muddled and ultimately irrelevant. Spiritual/psychological, endogenic/traumagenic, and so on. None of that reflects [Our] chaotic internal logic at all. What else... ah. We kind of resonate with Soulbonding as a concept but we feel like [We] take it a step further. Like... We exist here, right? But We also exist in many other universes, simultaneously. This existence is one of many stories being told about one entity (which in turn is likely one of many as well, but we're not telescoping that far out right now...), and in this existence we have the unique perk of having found gateways to many of those stories through the media this world creates. Likewise, those stories are often in active flux, being created by Us in real time, as they're being lived by Us in their own time... it does occur to me that maybe others do have experiences similar to this, but it's so goddamn difficult to explain that they just can't be bothered, same as us. -__-

[le-panda-chocovore]

So excited that you got to watch SK8! Until now it's still in my top 5 fav anime ever....So what do you think of the top 3 ships from the series (reki/langa, joe/cherry, adam/tadashi)? Also who is your fav character?

Are you excited that next year, we'll get JJK movie about Hidden Inventory Arc?

For your next anime, do you want to try Moriarty the Patriot (I think you'll love it)....

Sk8 was really fun to watch and I always enjoy a gay sport anime when I have one lmaoooo

Still it's not in my Top 5, I'm not going to hyperfocus on it, but I recommended it to some of my friends already. I might watch it again cause it's short and some scenes are really funny (and homosexual)

Anyway, about the ships !

Reki/Langa is so obvious I don't even need to talk about them. They're cute together and I think they forget the bromance step of their relationship to go directly to blatant gay love. I like the development, the realisation from both side that they actually love each other more than they love doing cool skateboard tricks, and I love the expressions they make whenever they're together.

Joe/Cherry is my fav ship in the anime, I love their dymanic, and I absolutely adore how Joe's simple presence is enough to bring up Cherry's violent true personality. He tries so hard to be serene and mysterious and mature but whenever the green haired gorilla is around he totally loose his chill and it's hilarious. I'm gonna find fanfics about them.

Adam/Tadashi - Yeah I don't ship them but I totally see it. When I was watching the whole flashback about when they were skating together as kids I remember my exact reaction was "Oh !! Gay...? 🏳️‍🌈 👀 ✨ Hmmmm nah, not to me 🤔🤷🏾" Like yeah they might be something between them I won't be looking for it. Also I don't like Adam, especially because of the way he treated Tadashi the whole anime so... Good ship, just not my shit.

As for JJK I'm not a movie-anime kind of person BUT it's JJK and it's about my babies so of course I'm going to watch it ! I'd rather watch an anime in episodes format but I'm clearly not saying no to more Gojo's Past content !! It's going to ruin me though to go watch it in the theaters....

Moriarty the Patriot is in my watchlist and if I remember well I watched the Ep 1 but got triggered so I kinda gave up thinking that I'll continue later . . . And I never went back to it 😅😅 But I do plan to watch it someday !!

[resident-gay-bitch]

“queer” it generally means they like people of multiple genders, or regardless of their gender. “

That’s basically the same definition for pan sexual tho? 🤔

yeah! there are a lot of labels out there that cross over and are really quite similar.

at the end of the day, a label is just a label. it’s a word and it can mean whatever the hell you need it to mean to make you feel most comfortable with your identity.

some people don’t like how “pansexual” makes them feel, but they may feel Way safer and more comfortable using the label “queer” to identify themselves.

now, i just did a little google search of the definitions of each of these words and this is what it has provided for me, and i’ll leave them just below. but in saying this, THESE DEFINITIONS ARE NOT WHAT BEING PAN OR QUEER MEANS FOR EVERYONE! this is just the “definition” in the dictionary.

pan: sexually or romantically attracted to people regardless of their sex or gender.

queer: denoting or relating to a sexual or gender identity that does not correspond to established ideas of sexuality and gender, especially heterosexual norms.

so what we can take from that, in the simplest of ways, is that yes they are similar, but no they are not necessarily the same.

as i said in the last post, being queer can mean many different things for many different people; it can be an umbrella term, it can be used when you don’t want to “pick a label”, it can be used when you are still figuring out which label suits you best, it can be used when you’re strictly attracted to someone of the same gender or someone along the queer gender binary, it can be used when other people ask for your sexuality because you know they are not owed the answer, it can be used if you are queer, and so on and so forth.

being “queer” can mean an array of different things, and you know what? being “pansexual” can also mean an array of different things.

after all, sexuality is a spectrum and every individuals experience with it will be different, and they’ll interpret it differently based on their own life experiences and their relationship with themself.

hopefully this helps! (remember, im just a little queer dude sharing my own experience and point of view, so what im saying is not going to be true for everyone! once again leading to my point that sexuality is a spectrum and it’s different for everyone) have a good day anon! <3 😊🏳️‍🌈

[it-happened-once-in-a-meme]

Gotham Analysis/Things I Noticed & Theories Masterlist

Repressed Queerness and Queerphobia in Gotham: An Essay (that I'm very proud of 😁) 🏳️‍🌈

How Gotham Characters' Religious Beliefs Change and Oswald Cobblepot's Fear of Hell 🔥

Funny Theory Why Some Nygmobblepot Scenes Were Never Mentioned Again

Nathaniel Barnes Appreciation Post

Jim Gordon's Presentation as a Tragic Hero🤨 (Jim Gordon Slander)

Was Fluffwald!Oswald Cobblepot's Guilt Created by Hugo Strange or Did He Have It Before?

Why Does Edward Nygma Call his Accidental Kill a Murder? 🤔

Why Some People Dislike Gordkins (Jim Gordon x Lee Thompkins)

Lee Thompkins' Upbringing Theory

Gotham as a Sports Game ⚽️🔴😂

Why Oswald Cobblepot Sees Edward Nygma's Revenge as a Classic Stage Tragedy but Ed Sees It as a Psychological Horror (+Incorrect Quote) 🎭😱

Why Narrows!Lee Thompkins Has the Time to Wear Make-Up 🙃 (Theory Containing Spoilers About Her Job)

Season 3 Nygmobblepot Theory: Edward Nygma Using Sublimation to Repress his Feelings for Oswald

The Gotham Character Most Likely to Figure Out About Ed's Sultry Hallucination of Oswald (the Answer Might Surprise You 😉)

Canon Physical Nygmobblepot Intimacy in the Mayor Era & Related Headcanons👔

Oswald Cobblepot's People Skills Aren't THAT Good, Jim & Ed Are Just Very Obvious

Why Clone!Jim Gordon Was So Inaccurate (Theory)

Gotham Edward Nygma's Pronouns Be Like

Worst Hairstyle & How It Hints at Gobblepot

Edward Nygma's Opinion on Pizza Hawaii and Why There's a Pineapple in His Appartment (How I Met Your Mother Style) 🍍

My Question About Oswald's Bad Deed in Season 1 Episode 17

The Unintentional Humour in Season 1 Episode 16 (Charles Van Dahl)

The Sadness in Season 1 Episode 16 (Oswald Cobblepot)

The Awkward Promo Pictures 🧍‍♂️😭(Heroes vs. Villains)

Who Did Jim Gordon Vote For?

Nygmobbelpot Sugardaddy x Sugarbabe Vibes Go Both Ways (like Ed 😉😂)

What kind of a politician I think Oswald Cobblepot would be when it comes to LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈🤔

Why Characters Keep Letting Themselves into Other People's Places 🏚

Jim Gordon Looking Jealous of Nygmobblepot

Fun Little Gotham Detail (Season 3 Edward Nygma)

Why Oswald Cobblepot Keeps Surviving Being Thrown into Water (Funny Theory)

What Happens When You Look Up IsabellA on the internet (ridiculous conspiracy theory)

Gotham Conservapedia Ridiculousness (Analysis of Homophobic Warnings 🤨) 🏳️‍🌈😂

Edward Nygma went from...to...💀

Different Perceptions of Oswald Cobblepot's Gorgeous Looks

Bruce Wayne and Normalcy

Penguins Seeing Humans as Other Penguins ☺️

Google's View of Nygmobblepot

More Os at What Cost

Gotham Ship Constellations🌃

Nygmobblepot (& Gobblepot) Girlfriend Parallels

Different Interpretations of Jim Gordon Hallucinating Barbara Kean

Why it would be funny if Ed was in love with Oswald

Fish Mooney Calling her Creator Daddy

Why some people compare Ed and Oswald's clothing style to H&M

Was Edward Nymga Really a Theatre Kid? 🎭

Jim Gordon's Police BROtality

Season 3 Nygmobblepot Close-Up (Edward Nygma Grabbing Oswald)

Gotham's Villains' Flamboyancies

Small Kristen Kringe & Myrtle Wilson Parallels

Bruce Wayne's parents simply can't die on-screen often enough 😂

Gotham Is Unironically Amazing (But There Are a Few Things that Made Us Criticize It)

Season 2 Jerome Valeska Holding a Teacup

[gaypanic1984]

Sometimes I just feel like I'm missing out on a lot of important things that people my age do in broad daylight and in front of everyone, like the first kiss, going to the cinema holding hands with someone, going to someone's house and being introduced as the boyfriend or that special friend everyone already knows is the boyfriend, making out with someone, buying gifts for Valentine's Day, hugging someone tight and sleeping together all cuddled up on rainy days, running fingers through the curls of that special someone, or just spending hours and hours on the phone with that person, everything that "normal" people do. I wish I could live these experiences without having to pretend or hide, and the worst part is that I can't even do it while hiding because you must be constantly scared of leaving too many clues for the wrong people. And it's quite funny that I use my profile name as gaypanic, considering that the word gay has always haunted me. But I guess there comes a time when you can only think "so what?". But it still hurts like hell.😔🤔😞💔💔😢👬👭💑💏🌧️💻📱🙈🙊😨🏳️‍🌈😥😪

[alex-just-doing-nothing]

❣️ - What are their love languages?

🌙 - What’s their sleep schedule like?

🎁 - How do they feel about their birthday/birthdays in general?

🧑‍🦰 - Have they ever dyed their hair? Ever cut it themself?

🎮 - What’s their favorite game?

💓 - What are some signs they’ve fallen for someone? How do they show their affection?

🤡 - What’s something dumb they’re embarrassed about?

🌱 - Do they have a green thumb or are they a plant killer?

🤔 - What’s something they’ll never understand?

🎨 - What’s their favorite color?

☂️ - How do they feel about rain?

🎶 - What’s a song they really like?

🖌️ - Do they have any hobbies?

💤 - What do they absolutely need to have to fall asleep?

🎢 - Do they like amusement parks? What’s their favorite ride?

🍳 - How well can they cook?

🍪 - How well can they bake?

👗 - How comfortable would they be wearing a skirt or dress?

💝 - What gestures do they really appreciate? How do you get on their good side?

☕ - Coffee or tea?

💀 - How do they feel about horror movies?

🧸 - Do they have any stuffed animals? If so, are they decorative or do they sleep with them?

🍽️ - What’s their favorite food?

💬 - What are some filler/buffer words they use? (Like, um, etc.)

🏳️‍🌈 - What do they identify as? What are their pronouns?

🥰 - What pet names do their partner(s) use for them? How flustered do they get by them? /p

🎲 - Pick a random question to answer from this list.

wow that's... a lot... uhh...

❣️ love languages uh... quality time? easier than anything else... I don't really... care about love.. in a romantic sense..

🌙 didn't I... already answer sleep schedule stuff..

🎁 birthdays are... interesting... but... effort.. so.. I never celebrate.. maybe.... now I'll maybe celebrate... interacting with people... has been... nice

🧑‍🦰 hair... uh... I just wear the blond wig... I've never cut my hair... before... huh who's Finn?

🎮 games... effort.. no

💓 I.. don't know? I don't... feel much romantic..

🤡 ...when.. I go overboard... with things... it's too much..

🌱 plants are... effort, I don't even buy them..

🤔 how do people do... so much... hm...

🎨 umm... yellow? orange? those are... Alex's favorites?

☂️ I love drinking rain water... it's so easy in comparison to other ways of obtaining hydration...

🎶 silence....

🖌️ doing nothing... maybe sleeping?

💤 ...light... hopefully... lots of it...

🎢 no.

🍳 not very well... effort...

🍪 I... can't really bake, well... never put in the effort to... honestly I've only eaten microwave meals and... nothing...

👗 ...if somebody put it on me... I wouldn't care... if I had to put it on? seems like... more effort...

💝 not making me do anything... I think..

☕ hm... tea... calm... coffee... causes jittery... anxiety... stress...

💀 they're... eh.. kinda boring... don't get all that... scared.. by em... so...

🧸 not... Wait. ... no.. no. I forgot I didn't have a childhood... that was a stolen memory.. I think? was it a dream?

🍽️ uhh... I sometimes eat... wig hair... but... I don't think that's.. food..

💬 umm.. oh wait that's one.. right? uhh... hm... mmm... okay can't think of any...

🏳️‍🌈 uh... Alex prime's stuff... I guess? I dunno...

🥰 um... I don't.. have a partner.. I don't have any plans... for one... or ideas... on what it could be like..?

🎲 you.. already asked this.. well someone did... and... I just answered all the stuff...

[faithlesslovee]

well darling 👼 I've just left ➡️ the bar 🍸 and I misplaced 🚮 all my credit cards 💳 my self-preservation 🛟 and all of my reservations 🚧 are sitting 🪑 and contemplating 🤔 what to do with me❔️do with me ❓️ think 💭 I took it way too far 🗺 and I'm stumbling 🌪 drunk 🍻 getting in a car 🚖 my insecurities 🎭 are hurting 🥊 me someone please 🙏 come and flirt 😘 with me I really need a mirror 🪞 that'll come along 👫 and tell me 💬 that I'm fine 👍 I do it every time ♾️ I keep on hanging 🧗‍♀️ on the line ☎️ ignoring 🙈 every warning sign ⚠️ come on and make me feel alright 😎 again cause it's 3am 🕒 and I'm calling 📣 everybody that I know 🙋‍♀️ and here we go again 🔁 while I'm running 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ through the numbers 🔢 in my phone 📱 I'll take fake moans 🫦 and dial tones ☎️ let em spill 🫗 right down the microphone 🎙 I need it digital 👾 cause baby 🤰 when it's physical 🫂 I end up alone 🧍‍♀️ and every night 🌕 I wanna live in color 🪁 through a white ⚪️🔵 blue screen 💻 I got a technicolor 🎞 vision👁 going vivid 🌅 in my white ⚪️🔵 blue jeans👖I know it's complicated 🔣 cause everyone that I've dated 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 says they hate 👎 it cause they don't know 🤷‍♂️ what to do with me do with me❓️know that my identity's 🏳️‍🌈 always getting the best of me🤺 I'm the worst 🍅 of my enemies 🧟‍♀️ and I don't really know 🤷‍♀️ what to do with me yeah I don't really know🤷‍♀️ what to do with me ⁉️ I keep on hanging 🧗‍♀️ on the line ☎️ ignoring 🙈 every warning sign ⚠️ come on and make me feel alright 😎 again cause it's 3am 🕒 and I'm calling 🗣 everybody that I know 🙋‍♀️ and here we go again 🔁 while I'm running 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ through the numbers 🔢 in my phone 📱 I'll take fake moans 🫦 and dial tones ☎️ let em spill 🫗 right down the microphone 🎤 I need it digital 💻 cause baby 👶 when it's physical🫂 I end up alone🧍‍♀️I'm reckless 🤦‍♀️ treat it like a necklace 📿 take a different version 👭 and I try it on for size 👘 with everybody that I know 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 and will you please pick up ⬆️ the fucking❗️phone📱cause it's 3am 🕒 and I'm calling 📣 everybody that I know 🙋‍♀️ and here we go again 🔁 while I'm running 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ through the numbers 🔢 in my phone 📱 I'll take fake moans 🫦 and dial tones ☎️ let em spill 🫗 right down the microphone 🎙 I need it digital 👾 cause baby 🤰 when it's physical 🫂 I end up alone🧍‍♀️

[puyen05]

Reality TV Is a Hot Mess (And That’s Why We Can’t Stop Watching)

Let’s be honest: reality TV is pure chaos. It’s over-the-top, staged, and emotionally exhausting, but somehow, we can’t look away. You might act like you’re above it, but let’s be real. The moment someone utters, “I’m not here to make friends,” you’re hooked.

But here’s the twist: reality TV isn’t just mindless entertainment. It’s shaping internet culture, fueling passionate fandoms, and (believe it or not) sparking real conversations about society. Yup, you heard that right. Let’s get into it.

🌎 Reality TV = The Internet’s Favorite Toxic Relationship

Here’s a paradox for you:

📺 Reality TV = consistently top-rated.

🙅 Reality TV = literally everyone’s “most hated” genre (Porter, 2018).

So what gives? If we all claim to hate it, why do we collectively lose our minds over Married at First Sight every year? Maybe it’s because reality TV is like junk food, bad for you, addictive, and full of questionable ingredients.

Media scholars have tried to define this chaotic beast. Some call it a docusoap (Dovey, 2000). Others say it’s just “ordinary people engaged in unscripted action” (Nabi, 2007). But let’s be real: reality TV is just people embarrassing themselves for clout while networks milk every last drop of content. And we eat it up.

🎭 The Drama Doesn’t Stay on TV—It Takes Over Social Media

Reality TV isn’t just about what happens on the show. The real entertainment happens when the cast starts subtweeting each other, dropping “apology” videos, and fighting for relevance on Cameo.

Networks know this. That’s why they literally force reality stars to compete for attention online (Arcy, 2018). Ever noticed how your favorite reality contestants are always on Instagram Live, Twitter feuds, or launching shady podcasts? It’s all part of the game.

Meanwhile, the fans? We turn into digital detectives.

🔎 Analyzing micro-expressions.

📝 Decoding shady Instagram captions.

📢 Arguing in the comments like our lives depend on it.

It’s not just fandom—it’s investigative journalism.

🏳️‍🌈 Tumblr, Fandoms, and the Safe Havens of Reality TV

While Twitter is where reality TV feuds go to die, Tumblr is where the real fandom magic happens. Unlike platforms like Facebook (which forces you to have a single “real” identity), Tumblr lets you exist as whoever you want to be.

This is huge for marginalized communities. If you Google “nonbinary,” one of the top results is often a Tumblr post (McCracken et al., 2020, pp. 37–47). That tells you something. Tumblr isn’t just a site—it’s an archive, a support system, and a place where people take apart mainstream media narratives and create their own.

Take RuPaul’s Drag Race, for example. The show might be about drag queens competing for a crown, but the Tumblr fandom? They’re debating LGBTQ+ representation, race, and gender identity in ways that mainstream media barely scratches the surface of.

Reality TV might be trash, but Tumblr turns it into something meaningful.

💬 Reality TV: A Dumpster Fire That Actually Sparks Important Conversations

Here’s the part that might shock you: reality TV actually creates digital publics.

That means people don’t just watch it, they use it as a launchpad for real discussions. Take Big Brother and Wife Swap fan forums, people didn’t just gossip about the contestants; they debated immigration, racism, and gender issues (Graham & Hajru, 2011).

Even MAFS isn’t just about hot people getting married to strangers—it’s a conversation about sexism, the institution of marriage, and what it means to be in a relationship in 2024.

So yeah, reality TV is messy, dramatic, and probably rotting our brains. But it’s also fueling important cultural conversations. And honestly? That’s pretty iconic.

So, What's the Final Take? 🤔

Reality TV may seem like a fun way to kill time, but it also shapes how we talk about important topics and connect with others online.

References

Arcy, J. (2018). The digital money shot: Twitter wars, The Real Housewives, and transmedia storytelling. Celebrity Studies, 9(4), 487–502. https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2018.1508951

Dovey, J. (2000). Freakshow. London: Pluto Press.

Graham, T., & Hajru, A. (2011). Reality TV as a trigger of everyday political talk in the net-based public sphere. European Journal of Communication, 26(1), 18–32. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323110394858

Mccracken, A. M., Cho, A., Stein, L. E., & Hoch, I. N. (2020). A Tumblr book : platform and cultures (pp. 37–47). University Of Michigan Press.

Nabi, R. L. (2007). Determining Dimensions of Reality: A Concept Mapping of the Reality TV Landscape. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 51(2), 371–390. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838150701307111

Porter, R. (2018, November 27). Most Americans Think There’s Too Much Reality TV — But They’re. The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/americans-think-reality-tv-but-theyre-still-watching-1164205/