#it used to be more common in the past

[crimsonbits]

This might be very petty and might ruffle some feathers but the Number One Touhou Fandom Sin I'll never ever forgive is the amount of content (which thankfully is much, much rarer these days) that takes characters whose appeal is that they are confident and egotistical loveable jerks, with as many flaws as unearned bravado, and turns them into lobotomized submissive and/or "moe" versions of themselves.

And honestly maybe it's because I'm not even attracted to women to begin with, but I feel like this is motivated by Very Specific reasons. And, let's be clear, there isn't really anything morally wrong with that or anything (maybe besides the weird sexist undertones of this being done to female characters all the time. Also we're assuming the characters are coded as adults to begin with, obviously) but damn if it doesn't make me viscerally uncomfortable. Especially when it's clearly done outside of NSFW content/not meant to be that. I do think it plays on very sexist tropes most of the time.

Like, taking away these traits from these women and not allowing them to exist as actual characters outside of the "anime girl" trope box. Reduced to an unrecognisable mirage of their canon self. Let them be the overly-confident pathetic assholes with a heart of gold that they already are, instead of just waifubait. I know the absurdity of saying that to Touhou fans is like speaking to wall, but I was put on this earth to complain so, lol.

[serpentface]

Tigran: launching into a story about a time when he was 7 and watched a guy get eaten alive by dogs, completely unprompted and unnervingly blasé about the whole thing.

Etsushir: not listening, warming his hands over the nightly allotment of yams, smoking.

Palo: this is the tenth time he's heard this story, not listening, wondering whether Etsushir is smoking tobacco and where the hell he got it and can he have some?

[lyxchen]

I feel like I'm digging myself deep into a hole and finding nothing, trying to figure out more about In-ho's family

[saturnniidae]

Thinking about my 'Nadders being able to mimick human speech like parrots' concept again but with a slightly darker take on it?

Deadly Nadders are a fiercely loyal species and are social, so what if when they perceive a threat to their flock they gradually learn to lure people away using human voices (likely the sounds of children or people calling for help) to either A) if you're lucky, just get tricked into walking to the edge of the forest/area so you don't find them, or B) get lost in the woods so the Nadder can spineshot you out of sight.

I also think Changewings could do something similar considering their gaze is hypnotic (in the comics didn't Hiccup get hypnotized by one and almost walked off a cliff?)

[civerous]

Can we go back to just disliking someone/something and thinking they're/it's annoying why is everything and everyone we dislike "pedo shit" nowadays

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

this is a tiny pet peeve but i think its kinda odd that people seem to like. forget, or maybe just neglect to take into account, that yellow, for whatever reason (whether he's an alt universe john or a fresh piece of this universe's KIY that kayne went and ripped off) has ALSO been trapped in the dark world prior to being with arthur and has exactly as many Feelings about it. this is a very load bearing character trait imo

[grumpy-detective]

please, not to kinkshame or whatever the term would be, but if you are gonna post rpf fics, DO NOT post it in the main tags of the creator/person

[bigbobbiehorror]

sometimes when you're a fan of the biggest ship in a fandom and there's no lack of fanwork and fanfare, you can get a bit exhausted sometimes. the love is still there, but you have to sometimes take a step back and a breather in order to return and be ready to give it some more love again.

[callixton]

investigating side effects on reddit and webmd which is rarely a good idea but i suspect that this pain is from the wellbutrin and not the heart med i upped but my doctor doesn't seem to think this is a side effect of it so i don't know what to Do. this couldn't be at a worse time and it was from something that was supposed to help me

[wtfgaylittlezooid]

I can’t tell if this is some kind of depression or if Ep 11 made me feel worse

[inaris-pokemon-world]

Aro's Munday's question of the week:

Which Pokémon-world Berry is your character's favorite? Which one is also their least favorite? (canon universe)

(Can be one, two, or more berries per character I don't mind)

LIKES

Inari (likes all flavors): Belue and Enigma Berries

Matcha (likes dry): Chesto and Passho

Mochi (likes spicy): Tanga and Liechi

Ume (likes sour): Nomel and Colbur

Kamis (likes bitter): Yago and Jaboca

Megami (likes dry): Eggant and Micle

Fade (likes sweet): Mago and Watmel

DISLIKES

Inari (dislikes none): none, but if you made him pick he'd probably just choose whatever Berry is the hardest to physically eat

Matcha (dislikes sweet): Magost and Custap

Mochi (dislikes bitter): Durin and Rabuta (bad taste AND texture)

Ume (dislikes dry): Kee and Micle

Kamis (dislikes dry): Eggant and Micle

Megami (dislikes bitter): Yago and Jaboca

Fade (dislikes spicy): Tamato and Enigma

[variousqueerthings]

i do sometimes think about community histories that come from similar spaces, especially pre-certain-words-being coined, and while i do understand the drive to go "no you [x identity] go away, this one is for us!" because often certain queer communities are woefully ignored and talked over, i also have an instinct for wanting to bring communities together because they were often one and the same community, or the words were conflated in certain ways and there's almost never a "this one is for us" that is as neat as people like to pretend (flashbacks to "butch and femme are lesbian-only terms" although ofc sometimes it really is importantly a closed community term, like the word "stud")

sometimes historically you cannot neatly map a label onto a person/group/event/idea because that terminology was different, and we cannot go back and ask what would work best using today's terminology anymore than we can travel to the future to see what it'll evolve into that might work better than today, but also maybe it's important to find some middle-point between a lack of clear terminology and community spaces that are divided into their own, clear sections

but in order for people to not feel overlooked and mocked the work needs to be done from all facets of the queer community to go outside ones own personal identity to make a history queer rather than "just" [insert x here]. and i hope that one day that work will make us more unified as a series of political and philosophical ideals and less disparate groups without bleed-through or overlap, even when one personally may feel quite easily placed within an identity

idk, it's the idea of "personal identity" vs "political coalition" but it's also just quite sad to try and box us in again

[itspileofgoodthings]

also I had a breakthrough today that I had in fact overthought a Specific Problem to Death and that I had created a monster in my own mind and that’s why it felt like I was being eaten alive every time I tried to solve it.

[dazzle02]

Done with 911 for now. (Really depends what happens whether I'll go back to it, I think...)

For now, I'm going back to the show This Is Us. Where everything is well written, the characters make sense and sure I cry a lot, but I don't feel like I'm being used.

There's a few queer characters in the show, not like this, but still good.

Best written show I've ever actually watched.

Anyone else here watch This Is Us and wanna talk about it with me? And if you haven't watched it, I'll recommend it. Like I said, not loads of queer rep, but it's there and actually really well done. Just not really the main focus.

[juhotonin]

Zey's Top 10 Songs of 2023 ✨ (JULY-DECEMBER)

I was tagged by my sweetheart @hwichanis Thank you love for tagging me and I had fun doing this <3

In no particular order:

Lip Gloss - The Boyz | Fast Forward - Somi | Slay - Everglow | Crush - Zerobaseone | Guilty - Taemin | Do not touch - Misamo | Maniac - Viviz | Chasing that Feeling - Tomorrow x Together | Watch it - The Boyz | OOTD - Dreamcatcher

Special & Honorable Mentions:

Hear me Out by EXO (which came out on June the 30th that’s why it couldn’t make the list

Drive by Hwiyoung (SF9)

In Bloom by Zerobaseone

Chill Kill by Red Velvet

Love me a little by Shownu x Hyungwon (Monsta X)

Bona Bona by Treasure

Since I’m probably late to the party I don’t know who’s already done it or not and even if you don’t wanna do it, also fine but tagging a few in case IF you wanna do it @insoeng @okaysign @nfly5 @dengswei

[ceramicbird]

fun fact! your singing will improve if you stay in your natural range