#its literally impossible for gay people to be normal

[riotlain]

Trap Making Reader

offically BACK and congrats youre jigsaw now

also if my writing still gives off like 2021ish then just idk enjoy it idk

no bubba or thomas since i was very unsure of how that would work since they in middle of nowhere

NWLNW BLOG !! WOMEN DNI

Poly Ghostface

Your traps were getting on the news, almost as much as their kills were!

They just had to track you down and maybe kill you- and they ended up in one of your traps

You were gonna kill them but then Stu wasn't gonna have his giant party!

After a deal maybe even a couple dates and kills the big party arrived. You had your traps all nice and set up in Stu's place for people to fall into while they were busy tormenting and killing

Imagine in this world, they actually get away with the party (their plan was very stupid shh you have the brain in this world)

You 3 will now live happily ever after killing people in more elaborate ways

OK NOW TO DYNAMICS

Billy's first impression of you was mainly jealousy and a hint of being impressed but mostly jealousy

After meeting and becoming friends and maybe even gay lovers, he likes giving you cool ideas for traps

Of course they're all bases around horror movies

Stu's first impression of you was he was hella impressed! But getting put in an almost saw trap did freak him out with the possibility of death

When actually dating he also loves giving you trap ideas, albeit very elaborate and probably impossible traps for you to make

You're a killing genius in his eyes

He loves incorporating Ghostface into your traps, whether its just standing there while the person struggles or actually killing them himself

Jason Voorhees

Jason has his traps and he likes them. They're simple and easy to get.

You on the other hand have much more insane things. But Jason can't lie he does love the reverse bear trap

Your traps are reserved for the worst of the worst in your eyes while Jason is just for anyone in the camp

You can't resist his puppy eyes though if he wants to use one of your traps (he stares at you blankly and menacingly until you agree)

Camp Crystal Lake now has much more interesting rumors spreading thanks to you

Michael Myers

He met you after watching you kidnap his victim

He was planning on killing you, he did not care but then he ended up following you and interrupting one of your traps

He doesn't care how expensive it was that was his target you can't share targets

Upon actually dating, he looms over your shoulder whenever you're busy planning

He doesn't take part in your traps he just likes staring its literally his thing

He could help you kidnap your victims but he isn't the kidnapping type he's not interested

No he will not grab you food or drinks while you work do it yourself

Vincent Sinclair

You were supposed to be one of their victims until you ended up making a trap out of nothing but glass, string, and the interworking of your mind

He was impressed he's an artist after all

He helps you sketch out ideas for traps and even helps set it up

He's like a genius, have you seen the town

You two have to keep each other in check don't overwork yourselves

You definitely help make the town somewhat more lively but also more gorey

You have to deal with Bo though but like he doesn't get too much in the way

The only times he doesn't like your traps is when they completely destroy the body like that was supposed to be the next statue😒

Bo Sinclair

Similar situation with Vincent except his was more like a deal offering with you

You two probably started off hating each other but you work together so it doesn't matter

Once you're dating yes he is very affectionate it doesn't matter what you're up to

Busy making a trap? Well he's behind you holding you

You help play into the whole act of the town by being somewhat normal

You're offputting but who isn't in this town

Chromeskull

He fell for you when he saw your traps on the news

Call that parasocial but he needs to know who this mastermind is

He has you tracked down and brought to him so he can yknow shoot his shot

He's rich, mute and a big attractive serial killer like who wouldn't want him

After a couple of maybe or maybe not forced dates you two are a powercouple

He spoils you most definitely. He will pay for your traps and whatever else you need

[doctordragon]

That one post that's like "I'm no better than a man" for being attracted to Falin's bouncing boobies is 100% proof of how normalized terf rhetoric is on this awful website

1. The idea that literally just being horny somehow makes you "worse" is such an anti sex sentiment. Being horny isn't a moral failing, it's just a part of having a sexuality. Being horny is good because sex and sexual attraction can be extremely fun and pleasurable for some people.

2. The obvious "women are inherently better than men" sentiment, but not just that. Women are better because they're chaste and wholesome, unlike those gross dirty horny men. Not only is this hateful towards men in a classically terfy way, it's also pinning women's "goodness" on their sexual purity and chastity. This is of course where terf and conservative Christian rhetoric overlap and it's very blatant in this post imo.

3. The intent likely comes from the oversexualization and objectification of women in media. I don't think this is applicable to dungeon meshi specifically because the way the female characters are treated with genuine respect when they are sexualized, in addition to the equal if not greater amount of sexualization given to the male characters. But, even if the media is Problematique in the way it portrays its female characters, there's still nothing wrong with being horny for those women. Again, being horny is a good thing.

4. Specifically speaking as a transgender gay man, I fucking hate the way these people talk about men. I love men. It's kind of my whole thing. I love men so much that I choose to be one every day. Is being a man sexually attracted to other men suddenly making me worse? This post clearly dictates that women are better because of mens' sexualities, so what does that say about their view of gay and transgender men? It's impossible to express hatred for male sexuality without being transphobic or homophobic.

Please stop putting shit like that on my dash. Just say "I love Falin's big bouncy boobies and they make me horny" and stop trying to shit on men's sexualities every time you can.

[st5lker]

one thing i dont see talked about very often is the casual transmisogyny specific to nonbinary transfems especially those of us who have any kind of masculine presentation/pronouns. like as a bigender person i consider myself both a trans woman and a gay man at the same time in different parts and everyone just kind of sees that and goes "oh so youre not an actual trans woman so being transmisogynistic doesnt matter". and believe me i dont consider myself having it "worse" like im far safer irl than most binary post-transition transfems since i present masculinely irl and I constantly recognize that but when it comes to casual transmisogyny people are transmisogynistic in a very insidious way when youre nonbinary.

like people who would normally be really careful about checking themselves for transmisogyny just throw everything out the window when they realize youre nonbinary. you tell them you consider yourself a woman and a man at the same time, or anything in between, or have any kind of attachment to masculinity, and they immediately mentally categorize you as a man. it doesnt matter how you present, what you say, whether it's online or offline---if you're amab and don't fit the bill of being "woman enough" people online will go "thats a man" end of sentence.

the most painful part is that it comes from everybody. it comes from the cis lesbians that called that amab nonbinary person on tiktok a rapist for saying they liked when bi women primarily attracted to women were into them. it comes from the "femboy" obsessed tme transmascs and nbs who don't take your concerns about their transmisogyny seriously. and rarely, but most hurtfully, it comes from other trans women. anyone else remember when lesbianchemicalplant endlessly harassed a trans girl on here for daring to call her attraction to men gay? I do. I do because I saw it at a vulnerable time in my development and it made me repress myself for years because I thought being gay for men and a trans women were the most mutually exclusive things in the world and daring to say you can connect to both of those will get you labeled a Fake Transfem that's doing it for clout. i STILL get a feeling in the back of my mind that whenever i mention being a transfem after talking abt being a gay man people will be like "dont be ridiculous you're not REALLY transfem".

this of course comes from the fact that trans women are held to an impossibly high standards of femininity. you have to be a Capital W Woman to be taken seriously. meaning, of course, that you have to have long hair and thin shoulders and wear dresses and be skinny and short and attractive and usually white (unless they have a fetish for black women, then you can be black IF you hit the rest of those criteria). no matter what you can't be anything CLOSE to a man. make sure you take hrt and get The Surgery too and throw in some breast implants while you're at it.

if you're not rejecting every single part of you that could at all be associated with masculinity you're not even trying, you're just a man, you're just like all other men, and they don't have to care what you say about how you're treated. that type of transmisogyny is so deeply ingrained in literally everyone and its so depressing. it comes back to haunt ALL transfems but the way nonbinary transfems are treated is a perfect example of it.

[fabaceous]

do you think jackieshauna could've gotten together eventually if the plane didn't crash/if jackie hadn't died or were they doomed from the start?

hi anon i know this took a while (sorry) but it's because this is one of my favorite cans of worms to open and i had a lot to say. so thank you for giving me an excuse to talk about it ;)

my answer, depending on the day and my mood, ranges from NO to YES, BUT to NO, BUT.

NO, because i think that even on a pure friendship level they are doomed. their flaws were like, designed in a lab (or a writer's room lol) to tear them apart. jackie is insecure and holds on too tightly to shauna. shauna quietly resents jackie for it and fucks around behind her back. as long as they have these traits, their relationship is a ticking time bomb. they will never make it within ten miles of a romantic relationship because even their friendship is doomed.

NO, because even if their friendship doesn't implode, they are both simply too damn repressed to ever make a move. im not even saying this as a cop-out, like, i truly believe in my heart and soul that they both have latent romantic feelings for each other but they tie themselves in all sorts of pretzels to avoid it and i'll go even further and say they are both REALLY FUCKING GOOD AT IT. like more so than most people. given my own experiences denying my (in hindsight incredibly obvious) feelings for girls (and i SUCK at repressing things) i have no doubt at all that they could go the rest of their lives convincing themselves that some girlfriendships are Just Like That. the human mind is a very powerful thing and the human mind on comphet and repression? nearly unstoppable. and even if they dont have some world-shattering blowout, and their friendship just sort of fizzles out for some nebulous and ambiguous (read: gay yearning related) reason, years later they'll still be looking back at their relationship saying Huh. Wasnt That Weird...Well...Nevertheless...I'm Sure It Was Nothing To Worry About...

like, okay, im gonna spend a little more time with this one because i think their repression is so key to their dynamic. jackie is obviously unable to face any aspect of herself that is even remotely imperfect. gay feelings for shauna would definitely fall into that category given what i assume she has internalized from her parents and her peers and it being the 1990s. shauna, while more willing to accept her dark side, cant bear the thought of wanting jackie like that. its the one bridge she cant cross. she'll literally fuck jeff. fucking JEFF!!! before she lets herself act on desire for jackie (at least not in a straightforward/normal way lol)

i think both of them on some level must feel that they have a desire for each other, or else they wouldn't be so desperate to avoid it. but they are SO desperate to avoid it, and i don't really have anything to back this up other than my gut feeling but i just can't imagine them ever overcoming their respective hurdles of repression, and definitely not under normal high-school circumstances. MAYBE in the wilderness they would've had a chance IF THINGS HAD GONE VERY DIFFERENTLY because they would be free from societal expectations or whatever, and maybe a life or death situation could've given them enough of a shock that they'd finally own up to their feelings. but EVEN THEN, personally, i think it's still questionable. i think this is just so deeply rooted that it would be anywhere from incredibly difficult to impossible for both of them to get past it. (it's no good if only one of them overcomes the repression, btw. then you just have unrequited pining (but secretly actually requited but the other person won't admit that they're requiting it so it's effectively unrequited which would be perhaps even worse and more painful. btw. if you even care))

now on to the other options...

YES, BUT, even if by some miracle they were able to get past their repression and date each other, i guarantee you all their toxic habits would be not only repeated but MAGNIFIED by being in a romantic relationship. like, ok, the good news is, they would finally be free to be openly obsessed with each other lol. but... imagine jackie gets EVEN MORE insecure about shauna leaving her because now she actually feels like she has a legit claim on shauna being "hers". before, her possessiveness (for lack of a more nuanced term) was tempered by the fact that they are just friends, and shauna should theoretically be allowed to have other friends, even if jackie doesn't like it. but shauna should NOT be having other girlfriends. so jackie would likely be reaching new levels of terrified of shauna leaving her. shauna would still be unable to address conflict directly. rinse and repeat this whooooole vicious cycle until it blows up in their faces like laura le--[gunshot]

finally, NO, BUT, and this one may be controversial & a bit more far fetched than the others, but i do think that under the right circumstances they could kiss or even fuck without it compromising their repression. i actually even think they could have a sort of sneaky situationship while still repressing their bigscaryfeelings for each other. HEAR ME OUT. they are both very careful about compartmentalizing their desire for each other and keeping it hidden FROM THEMSELVES. they often fail and it boils over despite their best efforts, but the more important thing is that they think they're succeeding at keeping their desire from breaching containment. and as long as they have that plausible deniability where they are hiding it from themselves, even if they don't manage to hide it from the rest of us (or even each other), i dont think its impossible for them to act on the desire, like, on pure instinct, but without actually intellectually or emotionally acknowledging the larger implications that that brings. and even if the desire breaches containment, they could still find a way to write it off as just desire in general and not desire for each other specifically. especially when they also still have the excuse of being horny teenagers with no impulse control, they could easily brush it off as, oh, we were just drunk, we were just experimenting. or even, oh, it was just shauna, it's not like i actually LIKE-like her, i just made out with her, but its shauna, so it obviously doesnt mean anything.

and i think they could even do this consistently for weeks months MAYBE up to a year or so, while deluding themselves into thinking this is somehow normal or not a big deal. because they have already proven they are masters of doublethink and repression, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten this far lol. but it would 100% also blow up in their faces. the question is, who would crack first? who would want something real? or who would walk away because it got too real? theres sooo much to ponder with this particular scenario and it's all very juicy and compelling (and GOD would i love to see it unfold with my own two eyeballs, can bart and ashley please write and film an AU of their own tv show?!) but i dont think it would ever lead them anywhere good or healthy.

so long story short (lol. conciseness has never been my strong suit as is probably abundantly clear by now) i personally do not think there is any possibility of a satisfying happy-ending scenario for these two. and i personally am perfectly okay with that because so much about them would have to change in order for them to get a happy ending that at that point, they would no longer be the jackie and shauna that i know and love.

[t00nyah]

i hope ur ready

A WHOLE POST OF LYRICS FROM (MOSTLY BLACK DRESSES) SONGS THAT I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT 24/7

part 1 (out of ???)

BLACK DRESSES section (LAUGHINGFISH-PEACEFUL AS HELL)

LAUGHINGFISH

She started to feel ok But coming from a place as bad as that was Things can tend to find a way to tag along She didn't leave a mess with her luggage She made sure to stay on top of chores But her new chosen family was just as complicated as the old one was //FEEL SOMETHING

When everything is quiet It's louder than a scream //BAD VEGGIES

And the years behind all look the same Wounded animal freaking out on stage Get so depressed when people say "The more things change More they stay the same" //WOUNDED ANIMAL

Maybe the true self is only true when It could never survive in its true form Maybe the me inside only stays alive Because it's kept safe from the world //GOOD THINGS HAPPEN

FUCK the real ones Fuck true love Fuck being powerful, I don't care What could I dream of that is not made up Fuck this stupid world I am scared enough that I'm not afraid at all //DON'T FORGIVE THE WORLD

I won't sing my song If you find me gone tomorrow I won't feel a thing Doctors tearing up my body God could not forgive As we blink out of existence I don't mind at all Pretty sure we're ending up together

You say you wanna be saved God wanted you to live We're setting the tone Forever going out sad And no one needs songs where we're going I'm not hoping for a fight but I know I see one coming //IF YOU FIND ME GONE TOMORROW

Rook: I feel like a weapon out of control every day Fight the conditioning, blank stare, nothing to say Try my best but it all gets mangled On the way to my brain It's taking over again Devi: I don't pity the body For what? It destroys Rook: The memory of us against the world Nobody else could touch us back then //LAST LOVE SONG ON THIS LITTLE PLANET

The truth only matters if you're honest. Are you? - Man you're so fucking corny it makes me look straight //NO DAYS OFF (those are literally just two separate lines but PLEASE they are gold)

And the stereo connects right back to the mic I think I liked you better still alive I didn't expect in my dreams we'd still fight But I shoulda known and And the highway connects to the road Like the car was a part of your soul That I'm sure by now your mom sold //CAN'T KEEP THE KNOTS OUT

Earth is love But this crazy little thing called love can be a little bit intense //IT'S PROBABLY FINE

Forget Your Own Face

People say nothing is impossible but I do nothing every day - If you got- if you got what you wanted If you got what you wanted the most If you got- if you got what you wanted Would you still be fucking depressed? Would you still be fucked up by the past? Would you still regret everything? Yes. //u_u2

Give up on what you wanted Never give upuPUPUp on what you thought was true to you Unless you find some kind of other truth that means something to you Never give up on what you wanted Never give up on what you wanted Even if it's stupid God is stupid Let's be Stupid: God is here. //Let's Be

T-shirt slogan I'm a t-shirt slogan I'm a meme, I know it I got mean, I know it We learned a lot about Entertainment Tried a lot of shit, still not Entertained Yet. Isn't it crazy to be human? To bear witness to the illusion of patterns? To the illusion of order? To think that all this shit is normal? //NO NORMAL

Colorful and delicate like a paper star Shriveling in the heat of what we are At the end of time, did I do anything? Burning up like an insect in the sun I just wanna be useful to someone On the final day, did I make you smile? //doomspiral

Everything I want is fiction What I need does not exist Everything you want is right here waiting For you to take it What I need does not exist //GAY UGLY AND HARD TO UNDERSTAND

I used to want to mean Something to somebody But people never see The side of you you want to be And when the air is smoke And when the sky burns out I hope no one is looking at me When the sun explodes - I'm grateful for the time we had to do childish things Like making songs: Like this one. Stars shooting overhead as everything in the universe falls apart How romantic, like kissing under fireworks, but... As our bodies burn to light As our bodies turn to raw energy with no identity, uh... Let's meet back here again We can do a little show We can sing a couple songs We can fight over how the songs go I know it's not much For all the things in the world Not much, but let's just have- Let's just still try to have fun. //nightwish

Forever In Your Heart (oh this is about to explode)

The dead hope that you always clung to The dream that someday it would heal you Is there anywhere left to fall? I try so hard to recall hope Ancient hope Rotting hope Can we make something beautiful with no hope? //PEACESIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know it's not easy for anyone We're all on a clear light hell trip But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try Just don't come anywhere near me And we'll be ok I don't wanna see anyone's face I'm dealing with my own shit right now You can deal with your shit somewhere else - Stuck inside a concrete bubble Everyone is "doing their best" I think that it's kind of whatever. But dreams are not meant to be achieve

It's just not enough It's never been enough When the FUCK has it ever been enough Only to dream? //Concree Bubble

I'm just meat without a soul, Without a brain, Without anything, An animal. - The night explodes in the light From a shooting star IT'S EASY TO BECOME DISILLUSIONED WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE And it can live forever in your heart It can live forever in your heart Forever in your heart It can live forever in your sick pathetic little heart //Heaven

I know it sounds stupid for a world like this, People do their best And still come off so twisted up and so heartless And I know I'm grateful if someone tries at all Still ends crumpled up, Scrunched up, like a tossed away love letter but

I think If there was ever a right way to do it I think That nobody's ever even done it //Tiny Ball

But on a clear and cloudless day It feels like the planets atmosphere Is stitched together by everyone's pain And we just breathe it in... //Silver Bells

I don't wanna do this anymore I don't wanna do this anymore I don't wanna prove I was wrong about you I don't wanna do this anymore I don't wanna do this anymore I don't wanna prove I was right about you //Ragequitted

A little dirt might cover up the wound (Rook) A little dirt might cover up the wound But a little dirt might infect it too (Rook) Infect it too There's no right choices to make in this life (Rook) This life

All you can do is what you can do //Waiting42moro(just saying i love this song the entirety of it but like THIS particular thing is so stuck in my head...)

I tried to offer up my pain to be understood But I don't think it's my pain that can be understood, Or needs understanding.

There's not a lot of pain in the world that makes any sense Maybe people need to be understood instead. //Understanding

What does it really take to want to hurt a child? It seems like it's not much for a lot of people. //Mistake

Peaceful as Hell

it's like a pearl formed from the pressure of all the blood in a world of nightmares it's feeding on love it's growing stronger and coming alive it's so scared and confused but it still wants to survive

it dreams of a future: impending doom it clings to the hope that it might pull through and everyone stares at it with disdain but it's trying so hard every single day //LEFT ARM OF LIFE

im so cute and well-adjusted i know exactly what to say i hope no one discovers i struggle with it every day how the FUCK does language work what do people like to hear?? i dont wanna be uncool but i need TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE - I wanna give people a chance but they keep letting me down I wanna be wrong again I wanna be wrong about being wrong this world shouldn't need to feel so lonely is it because I'm too angry to be around anyone again? //IM A FREAK CUZ IM ALWAYS FREAKED OUT

it's ok to keep your soul hidden keep a secret to yourself it's ok to be a bad singer you can sing a special song all by yourself //BLISS AND STUPIDITY

//MAYBE THIS WORLD IS ANOTHER PLANETS HELL? (yes im putting the entirety of it here bc im just so full of thought about this one)

bloody worm goddess you look so pretty when you're scared to death it'll never change burning bright with fear and hopelessness - trapped inside it again i don't sleep anymore i don't have any dreams i don't have a true form //SCARED 2 DEATH

is it ok for me to be happy? is it really ok for me to happy? is it ok for me to be happy? turn up the radio play us a happiness song - come on girl, haven't you learned how to express yourself? why is it so hard to get you out of your shell? is it ok for me to be messy? is it really ok for me to be messy? is it ok for me to be messy? i don't know how to let it go //EXPRESS YOURSELF

the impossible dream of having a skin everything crawls on, everything soaks in I'll be eaten by ants but I won't feel that bad I just wanna have my body to my Self while I still Am and I don't wanna be polluted by all the violence that already twisted me up //IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

you could say anything that you want I could say anything that I want to you could say anything that you want it's up to you to choose what's important to you

but don't be weird, don't be mean you're on my computer screen it's my world, it's my life i'm a person please be nice - you can say anything you want you can say anything you want to it doesn't mean you're bad but sometimes love is holding back //PLEASE BE NICE

//666 (another one that is just fully in my head, it's so sweet and comforting)

part 2(LOVE AND AFFECTION FOR STUPID LITTLE BITCHES-WASTEISOLATION)...coming someday. no date.

[unhingedcanadianbacon]

I’m gay for a raccoon and the raccoon is just as gay as me send help

Okay…

So, I understand “hopping on the gravy train” is kind of cliche, but I promise I have a good reason for it!

…I guess I should start ‘Rambling on about it’ then!

(I’m so sorry, none of these puns were intentional, but they were too good to miss)

—So, Indigo Park;

what even I would’ve expected was another quick cash-grab game in the mascot-horror genre, turned out to be a game that managed to make me start binge-watching livestreams and video-essays about the game, it’s characters and its development on the whole,

Just like every other millennial and gen-z’er out there.

I know it’s absolutely normal for people to become invested in something so quick…

But it’s been a long time since I’ve felt so attached —so spoken to,

especially when I haven’t really been part of those big ‘band-wagon’ trends at all,

at least with the exception of forcing myself to watch shows with my friends —which again, I don’t do much of that either.

From what I understand, there are technically multiple small factors that have led me to become attached to this game.

But frankly, there all of really part of the one major reason why there’s just, that, ‘something’ —a “spark” if you will—that makes me click with a game for the first time in so many years that it physically hurts.

He’s the star of the show, the elephant in the room:

Rambley;

A cute, furry-raccoon —who likes trains!

Now, as anyone who knows anything about me will tell you, these two factors are inherently weaknesses in my mental psyche.

Why, you may ask? It’s simple!

Firstly, —I too— like trains.

Also, I come from Toronto, Canada — a city famously (or to some infamously) known for its love-hate relationship with its unofficial mascot: the trash pandas! They’re an animal which I got to know well over 13 years, 10 months and ~15 1/2 hours of being a Torontonian.

—Which leads me to the second-half of the other reasons I resonate so god-damn hard with the game, and Rambley in particular:

Isolation

It felt quite funny that the number of days that poor-old AI racoony’ spent alone in the abandoned park was almost exactly double that of the days I’ve been a ‘Quasi-Canadian’ living in the United States, with not much interaction with my family back “home”. I had a single trip back for the first time in multiple years.

—It brang back a lot of memories which so happened to be similar to the ideas mentioned during Rambley’s post-chase exposition.

That little break in his character just made my heart literally melt and shatter and implode all at the same time;

“A little heart-to-heart” as they say, but just.. the way he breaks and talks like a true person, things he isn’t sure about, didn’t know, shouldn’t have done, is painfully, gushingly personal somehow!

It’s also extra cool when he gets excited about restoring the park, as being a former (small) volunteer and hearing about railway preservation stories, you start to realize and appreciate just how much having that other person helping you means when fighting in these “David and Goliath”-esque battles to keep old or unloved things going when everything is telling you it’s impossible.

(Side note, the extra lines where Rambley showcases his sentience and lets you into the staff-only area after realizing Mollie is chasing you made me love him just that much more, and is also what makes me feel the game is just that extra bit special.)

Long story short (TL;DR):

The honesty, personality, and just general likeness of the characters hits very close to home for me,

if for no other reason than that I happen to have (in concept at least) similar experiences in terms of feeling (though thankfully not literally being) isolated from friends.

Cheers, Critters!

—A.

[swordwithribbon]

abolishing gender identity = there are zero genders, no one has a gender, it is impossible to have a gender, being nonbinary or trans doesn't exist because there is nothing to identify out of, everyone on earth is genderless bc gender is a rightwing male invention and upholding it in any form is part of the patriarchal scaffolding holding up male supremacy, heterocentrism and capitalism.

abolishing gender identity =/= i've got a dick but i hate football therefore i must not be a real man, i've got a vagina but i've also got a personality unlike all those other silly brainless bimbos so i must be nonbinary, if you don't fit the rightwing definition of masculinity and femininity that means you're special and not just normal.

there are two sexes* - one of which has oppressed the other since time immemorial - and there are zero genders. oppressors cannot identify out of their privilege and oppressed people cannot identify out of their oppression. a white person cannot decide they're one of the good ones and identify out of their white privilege, and a male cannot decide the same either.

* if you're about to say something ableist about people with DSDs/"intersex" people, and claim they don't have a single sex because you're too stupid to understand how sex-linked disorders work, don't bother. i've heard it all before and it's all anti-science nonsense not dissimilar to anti-vaxx conspiracies.

thanks for the patronising explanation of what gender abolition would mean, although i already knew all of that lol. it’s interesting hearing such radical gender abolitionists such as yourself because i actually agree— abolishing gender would almost certainly be beneficial for everyone. but, none of you ever offer a practical and realistic way to achieve this: it’s always “gender doesn’t actually exist” but it does, you said so yourself. yes, it’s not a biological reality in the same way sex is and it is constructed but things that are sociological are still real. gender is a social reality.

being transsexual is at its core a medical condition caused by gender dysphoria aka gender discongruence. i find it abhorrent that anyone who hasn’t experienced such a challenging condition (which, as we all know, causes the trans su*c*de rate to be so high) would attempt to debase transition as “not liking football so i’m not a man”. you sound ridiculous. transsexuality is gender dysphoria being alleviated by a social and usually medical transition. interests have literally zero impact; if liking feminine things made you trans, all effeminate gay men would be transitioning, but they aren’t because there’s no dysphoria.

on a seperate note, other “trans umbrella” identities that you mentioned (e.g. nonbinary) are literally what you’re aiming for. nonbinary is a gender identity that defies all other binary ideas of gender, but for some reason this still upsets you because it’s being referred to as a “gender identity” and as such upholds in the loosest of ways gender norms. well, to that thought i ask: what’s the alternative? being transsexual or nonbinary or anything that goes against the conservative and very reductive idea that amab = man and afab = woman is rebelling against those conservative ideas. transsexuals are in favour of gender abolition. being trans is one step towards your utopian description of a genderless society, which, as an aside, we probably won’t ever arrive to unless society completely dies off and starts anew.

in regards to “identifying out of oppression” im not sure if you’re claiming i said this is possible, but i’ll give my thoughts. a trans woman who “passes” as the sex to which she has transitioned (and so is socially a woman) holds much less social power than a social man. yes, there are things that trans women cannot identify out of in the sense that they will always be biologically male, and so will never experience sex-based oppression e.g. oppressive abortion laws. but, a “passing” trans woman can and will inevitably experience misogyny as she lives as a woman day-to-day, just as a trans man in the same position will be treated as he is— a man— and be able to benefit from the social and daily privileges that this comes with. when people see a stranger, they see them as they are, not their genitalia or chromosomes or sex organs etc. so, yes, in part, oppression that isn’t tied completely to biology can be transferred.

as a final note, the racial comparison you mentioned is completely irrelevant as being “transracial” 1. doesn’t actually exist, and 2. even if it did, there would be no grounds for it to be valid as race dysphoria isn’t real. so you can’t really make a comparison between the two.

[rrcenic]

hey! ive no idea what genshin is so

why’d you get into it + who’s your favorite character?

OMG!!!

so its a video game where youre either aether or lumine, twins who were separated by an unknown god when they traveled to a new world. you meet paimon, a floating fairy whos your best friend and travel guide. you travel from nation to nation, gaining the elemental powers of that nations god.

you help each nation solve their crisis and save their people, in return for information about your lost twin (spoiler alert theyre really unhelpful)

along the way, you can get other characters to join your team. they have visions, which means the gods chose them to have a specific elemental power. there are seven elements, except for some reason dendro didnt come out til last year??

there was originally two regions, mondstadt and liyue, but then inazuma, then sumeru, and finally fontaine have come out over the last 3 yrs

most of the boys look like girls which is really validating as a boy who looks like a girl

my favorite character is kaveh!! hes an architect whos struggling with money, and who lives with his frenemy alhaitham. he and haitham were best friends in college, but had a falling out and didnt speak for years.

theyve lived together for a while, and while they make each other super angry, they take care of each other. alhaitham says kaveh is pathetic, yet keeps paying his bills and complimenting his character. kaveh says alhaitham is impossible to be around, but refuses offers to move out and is always thinking of alhaitham. their entire existence is to be the opposite of each other: kaveh is loud and proud and emotional, alhaitham is humble and stoic and quiet. if you invert images of them, you see that they have the exact opposite color palette. almost every voice line about them mentions the other one. even their voice actors ship them (they said if their characters were musical songs theyd be gay or european and if you were gay, they had to re-record their first scene because they were told they made them too implied to be a couple)

aka oh my god they were roommates but with an angsty silly twist

i got into it because a lot of my old friends played, and the characters looked cute. id literally never played anything other than mario kart before so i dont know how different from normal games it is but i highly recommend it!! it takes up a ton of storage but i play on my ipad and its always been fine

anyways im sorry for such a long response 😭😭😭 but if you're wondering whether you should play the answer is yes!! its free to join and is really cool and you can play with other people once you reach a certain level! if you do join, join the america server or we cant play together 😭

[semper-legens]

94. Untamed, by PC and Kristin Cast

Owned: No, library Page count: 411 My summary: Zoey Redbird is in a nightmare. Her friends have deserted her, the three boyfriends she had yesterday have been reduced down to none, and her undead dead best friend is now a real, bloodsucking vampire. Oh, and her best frenemy Aphrodite is almost nice now, which is another flavour of confusing. But Zoey has no time to regroup. There’s a war on the horizon. And an ancient evil is set to rise... My rating: 0/5 My commentary:

Well, I've procrastinated on this series long enough. Time to force myself back through another House of Night book! This series is, and continues to be, completely awful. Who's surprised? The series has meandered around for a while, but now we seem to be getting something approaching an actual plot, which has its ups and downs. On the one hand, things are actually happening! On the other hand, the things that are happening are bugfuck stupid and I'd rather be reading near-literally anything else right now. Why am I still forcing myself through these books? One part sunk costs fallacy to one part stubbornness. I'm determined not to let these books break me. So, without further ado..we dive once more into this pile of shit.

First, let's talk Zoey. Who, once again, is getting everything handed to her on a silver plate. Her instincts are always right, she can call all five elements to her, and Nyx tells her explicitly that she's special and beloved and can always trust her gut. Good people like her, bad people hate her. There's no tension, because she doesn't need to struggle for anything! She starts the book sans her friends, boyfriends, and credibility. Does she have to fight to regain all that she had despite all parties having very valid reasons to be pissed at her? Does she fuck! She tells her friends why she didn't mention the whole 'Stevie Rae is alive' thing to them, and they just...accept it and her back into the fold without an ounce of resentment. She spends the whole first act moping that her friends don't like her any more, then the second they forgive her and invite her to hang with them that night, she turns them down! They return to being one-note auxiliary characters who blindly follow Zoey.

Speaking of, let's talk about them for a second. They're Mean Girls cold to Zoey at the start, then blindly accept her back after being told 'actually you were wrong to shun me, nyeh'. Shawnee and the other one are still basically nonentities. Damien's only character trait is being gay (and liking 'long words', most of which are normal words that Cast appears to not think teens use?). Jack, Damien's boyfriend, also is just gay, in the sense that he's a sensitive, mincing stereotype. Every time he had dialogue I just wanted to vomit. (Oh, and it's notable for all the hamfisted 'being gay is okay!' messaging, we never really see Jack and Damien being romantic with each other - if we weren't told they were dating it would be impossible to tell.) And then there's the two vaguely interesting ones, Aphrodite and Stevie Rae. We're told repeatedly that Stevie Rae is different now, that her being leader of the red fledgelings has changed her somehow. All I'll say is that it would have been nice to see this change, rather than just be told about it. Defrosting ice queen Aphrodite is just as one-note as the other characters - the narrative still treats her as evil for *checks notes* being sexually active, but the real thing with her in this one is that she's developed a poor-little-rich-girl narrative. Boo hoo, her parents don't love her and she has more money than sense. That's not character depth, that's backstory detail. Ugh.

Part of the forward plot of this one involves a new kid to the House of Night - Stark. Like most of Zoe's friends, he's got an exceptional gift. In his case, he can never miss when firing his bow, even when his target is metaphorical. He won an archery contest when he was focusing on hitting the bullseye of his target to win, but the arrow flew to his opponent's heart, killing him. The opponent was also his mentor, meaning that Stark went into an angst spiral. See, he's a tortured hot boy. And he swore off archery, but feels physical pain when he doesn't practice. So brooding! So deep! Zoey, of course, falls for him in about 0.3 seconds, which means that when he dies after 0.5 seconds, she's broken up. Despite not even knowing him a full day, she keeps claiming they had a special connection and were so close and she was in love with him. Girl, you knew him for five minutes! This is the point I keep making about these books and pacing - everything happens so damn fast. There's no room for any character arc to happen at a realistic pace, the whole book series so far has taken place over the course of a couple of months. It should have been at least a year, given how much has happened. But no, the narrative needs them to be So In Love, so they are. Bluh.

Aaaaaand finally, the cherry on top of this shit cake - racism! Zoey has Cherokee heritage, and her grandmother is Cherokee. Mostly this has been used to make Zoey extra Special to this point. She uses smudging in her rites, and part of her special connection to Nyx seems to be that Nyx is also a Cherokee mother goddess. I don't know anything about Cherokee culture and traditions, but at the same time I'm willing to bet that this is not it. I don't think the Cherokee have a mother goddess as the supreme being? That seems more like a neo-Pagan thing, though I could be wrong. When Zoey's grandmother is badly hurt, she ends up in a Catholic hospital; she wants a Medicine Man with her, but the hospital won't allow it, so Zoey sends in a nun she'd befriended earlier. It's interesting that the second that the story could focus heavily on Cherokee belief, it retreats back into Christianity. PC Cast is a white woman, by the way, as far as I can tell.

And then...there's a prophecy that an evil spirit called Kalona will reappear, and is heralded by creatures called the Raven Mockers. The Raven Mockers are a real thing from Cherokee mythology; they're called Kalona Ayeliski, which is presumably where Cast got the name Kalona from. At least according to what I can find online, real Raven Mockers prey on the dying (you know, like ravens eating corpses) and can only be driven off by a medicine man. Here, Zoey can do it through Nyx's power, and the Raven Mockers act more like banshees than anything else. Oh, and Kalona himself? Described as being a 'fallen angel' who raped women and was defeated by a maiden made of earth, who trapped him underground after luring him in for sex. I doubt this is legitimate. Because the idea of fallen angels is, in fact, a Christian one. It seems that Cast just wants to take the trappings of Cherokee identity, but not to engage with actual Cherokee people or culture, just using it to say 'well Native Americans are magic and mystical, therefore I can just make up whatever I want'. Much like another terrible vampire romance of the era. I'm gonna carry on with this series to the bitter end, though, just watch me. Buuuuut I'm gonna read some good stuff first.

Next up, the highs and lows (get it?) of being an air ambulance doctor.

[raisinchallah]

you know whats so fun about xena is like it feels like the marriage of the traditional text and a theoretical subtext that people can construct out of a story and like there may be a consensus on some level of what u are reading as gay subtext and different elements but its like both so explicit and overt in xena there ends up being like a consensus subtext reading as well but it remains a fun wink to the audience nonetheless and manages to go over the heads of plenty of straight viewers like i think whats so fun and obsessive driving about the entire media phenomenon and like idea of queerbait is the endless dance between the explicit text of the show and what you are picking up on and sharing as a communal experience with other people and like the idea u are sniffing out clues to alternate and more interesting readings but like thats literally the explicit intended goal of the subtext in xena that u get the full cohesive story that has by the end of the show gone from interesting subtext u raise an eyebrow at in season 1 to like literally just the fabric of the show and while impossible to deny still gives the fun of like discovering the hidden show under the surface of the explicit text you know and i dont know if its something that can really be repeated as an idea because it would be strange to create a show when its far more normal to have openly gay characters and dance around the subject like that leaving it to imagination yet also not really offering any reasonable alternatives to that interpretation to the degree that xena did but like i do actually think that i kinda find the text subtext interplay well very fun and gratifying and idk how u like continue that

[pixelsandpins]

Cultural Conservatism and the Collapse of Media Critique

Last week, the next installment in the Dragon Age franchise released, Dragon Age: The Veilguard. I'm a huge fan of the series and the studio that makes the franchise. Now the video game community, as a whole, has a really high capacity for what really comes down to just…idiocy, honestly. It's been a problem pretty much forever, I'm sure, and just got worse with the advent of Web 2.0. Any given sub-community, however, is a reflection of a larger cultural zeitgeist, though. And one of the current cultural boogeyman are LGBTQ+ people, like myself. Cultural conservatism is circling back around from the significant progress made through the 2000s to demonize literally any kind of attempt at mirroring real life diversity in media. Sexuality and gender and race and religion are suddenly political and no one wants "politics" in their military shooter.

I’ve literally seen the comment “I play games to have fun, not be educated” happen on TikTok discussions of Veilguard, and this is not the first time. It’s a phrase or construction I’ve seen before in a reference to scene or sections of game that dare to vaguely touch on real life social issues around marginalized groups. We have a group of people who refuse to be socially or intellectually challenged. This is made more ridiculous by the fact that so much of what they find “challenging” is milquetoast, at best. Anti-corporate or anti-establishment revolutionary messaging is met with acclaim because it makes them feel rebellious and edgy. But the mere presence of characters using ASL to talk to their deaf friend is a bridge too far. Dragon Age: The Veilguard hasn't escaped this. In this case, though, it's sort of grimly funny because Dragon Age, as a series, has always been more progressive in terms of how it handles relationships and personal identity. Is it always nice and smooth? No, of course not, but the ethos has always been there. So there's now a contingent of self-professed gamers who are suddenly upset that a game series that has always had gay people…continues to have gay people in the new game. A game series that had a trans character in its previous installment a decade ago now gives the player the option of adding more gender qualifiers to their player avatar. A whole group of people baffled why a series that's always had a very queer audience would choose to include queer themes. Like they’ve totally forgotten the influence of capitalism and that queer people have money. It's a very obvious case of "culture war" ideologies overtaking good sense. And while this isn't the first time this has ever happened by a long shot, and it won’t be the last, this particular game has been one of the starker lightning rods for this vitriol. This is already annoying and frustrating on the surface level. If we tell commercial art that it's simply not allowed to ever explore anything even slightly outside the white cis-het norm ever, we're stagnating art as a whole. How dare we ask the general public to empathize or think about experiences outside their own for even a moment. More than that, though, it makes it impossible to actually discuss the game. When consuming a review or discussion video, it's always wise to have an understanding of where that reviewer is coming from. Do they normally even play RPGs, for example. Now, you also have to determine if they're a homophobe or use the words "woke" or "DEI" unironically. From a gaming cultural perspective, there’s become this stark divide. Where instead of everyone being able to respectfully (as much as gamers can) disagree or critique from a place of good faith, there's a strong undercurrent of "us vs them." That you have to show a certain loyalty to this game just so the assholes don't “win” this sort of fake argument. It’s not logical, by any means, but that doesn’t mean it’s not an experienced reality. And the lovers of the game aren't the ones who created that feeling, but rather people who wouldn't have enjoyed or played it to begin with. People who literally buy the game then return it within the window on Steam JUST to have the ability to bomb it with poor reviews. Looking down from the top, it's patently absurd. And it's destroying the ability to communicate about commercial art in an intelligent way.

[guashagirl]

hi can i just express how much i hate being trans. i dont have the energy to explain myself again and again, but i seriously hate being trans. literal curse/hell on earth and i dont even know how this is possible in the range of human function/emotion but to be honest, it shouldn’t be. it shouldn’t be fucking possible to feel this way. or to even want to be trans, not because it’s unacceptable or bad, but just because it’s not normal. i know it’s bad saying this, but i know im not normal. and i wish i was. i wish i was a stranger that no one looked twice at to wonder if they were a boy or girl. i just wonder what life could be like if i was normal. i had never been normal my whole life, so im pretty used to it. i was gay at 12 and onwards, wanted to transition from 16 1/2 and onwards, then finally transitioned at 18. for those first 12 years of my life i guess i could say i was normal, despite always feeling unsure and unconfident enough, but just coping enough to learn what all the other boys were saying and to mimic everything they did. but i discovered gay porn at a young age when i was 9 and i had always felt strange feelings for men from the time i was a toddler getting dressed in the changing room at my local gym and wanting to see all the men, or when i would take swimming classes and would stare at the other boys when they got undressed, me being gay is an indisputable fact with evidence from the time i was born. and i was sexually touched multiple times from ages 5-10. i don’t know why this happened to me, or who is to blame. i don’t think i’ve fully even expelled, released or recovered from any of these deeply ingrained emotions inside of me. it’s like this was my destiny, to always feel out of place. to always feel like i wasn’t normal. and maybe transitioning is truly just a trauma response? am i living in the shadow of my past trauma or the hope of a better future with a new me and a new life that was supposed to be me from the time i was born. what if all this is make believe? and i truly am just an ill disgusting man with trauma from childhood/teen wanting to reverse all the pain and suffering through dress up and meaningless rituals to make me more feminine. i suppose it’s not entirely meaningless, putting rosemary oil in your hair or taking pills everyday. but now im not sure. i guess i’ve dug myself into a large hole i will never crawl out of with this stupid ignorant question. and now i dont know how to feel about my transness. its like i was always meant to be a girl, but i wish it was never possible for trans people to exist. but since this imaginary scenario is impossible, ill accept the next best thing… which is being trans. and i HATED being a gay man, so truthfully… this is my best life. there is no other way better than this. nothing can beat this. and that’s sad.

[sarah-dipitous]

Hellsite Nostalgia Tour 2023 Day 297

ScoobyNatural

“ScoobyNatural”

I cannot tell you how happy I am that this ridiculous premise of an episode gets its own day

Plot Description: in this special animated episode, Sam, Dean, and Castiel are sucked into a Scooby-Doo cartoon and help the gang investigate a mysterious phenomenon

Would I Survive the First Five Minutes??: sure? The only thing that died was a giant dinosaur plushie

The fact that Dean even knows who Elsa (from Frozen) is…fantastic

He’s SO PROUD of his little Dean-cave. It does have just about everything he loves. I think just a stripper pole is missing, but he doesn’t really bring anyone back to the bunker for that purpose

(Megumi is loudly judging me for being excited for Dean’s excitement)

This is the stupidest concept they’ve done. I’m obsessed with it. It’s written (so far) exactly like a thirteen year old’s fanfic (affectionate), and I can say that because I did write fanfic at that age.

Dean’s so defensive of Scooby…and yet he’ll then say Cas is kind of like their talking dog. I hope you eat those words, Dean

Yikes on bikes. Did you have to go into how Scooby’s southern colonel benefactor died? I didn’t need to hear Fred Jones say that ANYONE died of cancer. That breaks the old cartoon illusion of Scooby Doo

You might as well act like you’re in a cartoon, Sam……because you are. Dean’s got the spirit, piling up a sandwich at least a foot and a half high and somehow being able to fit it in his mouth

Dean says he has a crush on Daphne, but he’s SO ANGRY about Fred’s whole existence

You say the Scooby gang is pure and good and then immediately try to sleep with Daphne…I get that this is like your one chance ever to do that but come on. Don’t worry though, you’ll be bunking with Fred instead

Daphne, don’t be silly. Velma’s gay, she’s not into Sam

(The family and friends named in this colonel’s will have to stay the night in the family mansion in order to split $1 million……….oh, and the mansion is haunted 😉)

Oh. People are gonna DIE die in the cartoon. That’s not good

I’m OBSESSED with how protective of Scooby Dean is. He literally doesn’t care if him or Sam die, Scooby could die! And that’s not gonna happen on his watch. He’d, and I quote, “take a bullet for that dog.”

Ok Sherlock Dinkley. I get it’s in the public domain but did you have to do the WHOLE “once you eliminate the impossible…” line?

Cas returning to the bunker and announcing what he’s been through without an audience and in such a normal cadence is so out of character. Barely feels like Cas at all

SO YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT CASTIEL GOT ZAPPED INTO THE CARTOON AT THE EXACT MOMENT THAT DEAN WAS RANTING ABOUT FRED’S PERFECT HAIR AND CAN DO ATTITUDE. I cannot.

Pffffffffffffffffffft, after finding a different would be beneficiary dismembered, the gang is splitting up to search for clues, and Dean’s teamed up with Daphne and Fred. Don’t lie, THIS is your real dream

Castiel, Shaggy, and Scooby on a team is ideal, though. It’s objectively the funniest

The comphet is real for Velma

I love them playing into old cartoon tropes like “object that will be used is colored differently than the rest” and then making Dean look like an idiot for trying to point it out

WHY DOES THAT BOOK OPEN A TRAP DOOR WITH CHUTES UNDERNEATH???

I’m so glad Dean gets to do the “running in and out of different rooms in one hallway while the theme song plays.”

Omg I thought they were actually about to kill off Shaggy…but does Scooby jumping out the window to save him disqualify Scoob from his inheritance?

No, instead, the boys shattered the Scooby gang’s reality by telling them that ghosts and vampires and demons are all real

I can’t wait for them to hand Shaggy a shotgun full of salt rounds….aww, damn. They won’t. Sam did try to give one to Velma, as though she wouldn’t lose her glasses and misfire

I take it all back. This is actually the BEST episode of supernatural. I keep laughing so hard I end up coughing, waking up and annoying Megumi

Why would the very real ghost fall through the trap door??

Only Castiel could get that take away from hanging out with Shaggy and Scooby

I love that Dean’s so happy that all this happened.

DEAN. You do not need to start wearing an ascot because it’s something Daphne likes in a man. You’re not gonna see her again

I can’t believe that they solved a real estate mystery in the real world that also had a real ghost

Of COURSE they said the meddling kids line but I was not expecting Jensen’s Scooby impression after it

Omg Sam and Cas’s reaction to Dean doing that. Like they could have ended the episode after Dean did that but it’s SO MUCH BETTER to have Sam embarrassed-ly ask Dean why he did that, have Dean explain that that’s how Scooby Doo episodes end, and have Cas remind him “Dean, you are not a talking dog”

Now, if I could rearrange things so this is what i would have watched on Halloween, I would…but I’m not doing this next year

[irascible-iridescent]

Sometimes it seems like there are literally no men who like butch women. I enjoy being masculine, I like to cut my hair short and to wear manly clothes. It seems that its considered impossible for a man to like a manly women, bc this girl MUST be lesbian if she looks like that or this man MUST be gay bc no "normal" man would want a woman who is not feminine. Also a lot of times I see people be SO SURE that if woman is manly and butch she MUST be attracted to feminine women. This makes me sad bc sorry but I like to look butch AND I find masculine women attractive as hell. I don't know why it's considered so strange.

[corvidexoskeleton]

I've been thinking about this comment for a bit now, and while I do agree with the point you're trying to make - that hatred against men because they're men is just as bad and bigoted as hate that terfs spout - I do think it's important that I correct some things about your comment:

You people will get mad at terfs for treating trans women like you treat men

Terf ideology as a whole is defined by hatred of men. The entire point of terf ideology is that they hate men and want to live in a society free of men, patriarchy, and everything that has to do with either. This fullthroated hatred of men is how you end up with people like sheila jeffreys and andrea dworkin, who are so vitriolically resentful of men that they develop a narrow-minded and rigid, black and white view of sexuality and gender

It's not that they're bigots, but they their bigotry targets groups that are popular.

Which is why I believe this comment in particular is missing the mark. Terfs are bigots. They're not just attacking trans women because they're a popular target. The reason that terfs have made trans women - and in fact trans people broadly - their primary target at the moment is because to them, trans women represent the epitome of everything they stand against: men, who are so intent on violating, invading, and defiling what they believe is sacrosanct. This is wrong, of course, but the hatred that terfs feel for trans women is, at its roots, an extension of their overarching hatred of men

Men, especially white men, objectively have more social power than women in most of the world, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible to be bigoted against them. You can be bigoted against any group of people, regardless of how much privilege they have in society. Whether or not that bigotry actually affects them is therefore determined by what kind of privilege they have, and whether or not other people like them enough to rush to their defense

This is why bigotry against men often doesn't really affect cisgender, heterosexual, white, and otherwise able-bodied men of higher class as much as it would affect, say, a cis gay black man of the same class, or a cishet disabled hispanic man struggling to stay above the poverty line. "Privilege" is a very nebulous and conditional thing that comes with its own host of caveats and exceptions

But to terfs, none of this matters. They believe that all men, regardless of race, sexuality, class, or anything else that might make them less privileged in a patriarchal society, are the same. There's no room for nuance because they believe that all men ever are born inherently evil. Their refusal to accept that they might be wrong about literally anything eventually leads to them doubling and tripling down, until you end up with our current political climate where they climb so far up their own assholes that even cis women are accused of being "biological males" for not fitting a specific archetype of what they think a woman should be. Nevermind how they treat trans men, who they view as confused, helpless girls that have been manipulated and groomed into mutilating themselves so they can be part of the "oppressor class". Nevermind the fact that their idea of what is or isn't "male" or "female" changes to fit their agenda

This post is making fun of people who supposedly hide their bigotry behind side blogs, but the scarier people are those who are openly bigoted because they've normalized said bigotry. They've put a progressive spin on it so there is no shame in their hate.

This bit is tricky, because I do agree with the overall message of this statement on its own - that many people these days think of themselves as progressive, even though they unconsciously hold bigoted opinions that they refuse to examine and confront. However, when combined with the rest of your comment, it makes you sound like the type of person who would rather eschew progressivism for being too intersectional

I'm honestly confused as to why you even commented on this post in the first place, since my original post wasn't even about bigotry against men in particular. Maybe because I included "middle aged white dudes with american flags as their header or avatar" as one of the groups? I have no idea. Absolutely fucking unhinged response, though, I have to say

Going thru the notes of a post made by terfs to block everyone is fun sometimes because 25% of the people there will be right wing catholic conservatives, 25% middle aged white dudes with american flags as their header or avatar, 25% terfs with some softcore pink sapphic aesthetic, and 25% terfs with "this is a sideblog, dm me for my main" in the bio because normal people don't want to follow them if they're a bigot on main

[toomanyfandoms02]

5 Times -- JJ Maybank

Summary - 5 times Reader knew they were in love with JJ, and the one time they didn't have to hide it anymore.

Word Count - 2.8k (I KNOW ITS LONG I'M SORRY. I PROMISE THIS ONES WORTH IT.)

Warnings - Gets a little dirty towards the end

SEND ME JJ REQUESTS!! If you look up 'prompts' or 'dialogue' in my search bar it can give you some ideas!! I need some :)

It was always simple in the movies. The girl would come walking down the staircase in a fancy dress and a sparkling necklace and *suddenly* the boy realized he was in love. Or the boy would catch the girl *just* before she fell, and as she stared into his eyes, he was her hero. Her love.

But we all know that's not how it works. I realized my love in far different and unique ways.

1. Saturday, November 24th, 2020 -- 1:53 a.m.

I sat on my bed, scrolling on my phone in the early hours of a Saturday. I had taken a nap the previous day, making it impossible to fall asleep at a normal time. My phone buzzed suddenly and a notification framed the top of my screen.

*Snapchat From Gay Jay Maybank*

And then another, and then another.

I scrunched my eyebrows and clicked on the latest one. I opened the picture to see a deep frown set on JJ's face.

*I'm a killer Y/n.*

The caption read. I clicked again to move to the next one. This time the picture of him had his palm to his forehead.

*I didn't mean to hurt him, he was so fucking fast :(*

All I could think was that JJ had hit a literal human on the road at nearly 2 a.m. and I was going to have to get him out of this sticky situation. It wasn't too far out of the realm of possibility, he did *just* get his license. I clicked again to reveal him fake wailing.

*I'M A HORRIBLE SQUIRREL FATHER!*

I giggled, taking a picture of me looking distraught.

*How will I ever forgive you? After killing our SON!*

He replied quickly.

*I'm so sorry my love, I will be so careful next time.*

My heart skipped a beat. **My love**. It felt so right coming from him. So warm and welcoming. It felt like the first Sun of summer or the last snowflake of winter. Just a little sting. Though it was far easier keeping my composure over snap chat, I would manage.

2. Sunday, December 18th, 2020 -- 5:03 p.m.

JJ and I wandered around the little pop-up shops figure 8 had going on for Christmas. People were selling little goodies and crafts to make a little extra money, it was one of the few things the cut and figure 8 came together for.

"Free samples!" A younger lady shouted from her stand, this pulled me in of course. "Hi, there! Free sample ma'am?" She asked me with a smile.

"Sure!" JJ turned around at the sight of a dog, kneeling to pet it. She handed me a small slice of fudge. I put it to my nose. "Woah, this smells good, what kind is it?" I asked, putting it to my mouth.

"Buckeye." She smiled, I nodded, opening my mouth to eat it as JJ stood *very* quickly, nearly putting his whole hand in my mouth. He took the fudge from my hand and gave me a scolding look.

"Y/n, that has peanut butter in it, you could have died!" He shook his head, popping it in his mouth. "Please be careful, I can't have you dying on me." He joked, looking to the lady again. "Do you have any samples without peanut butter?" I could barely pay attention to their conversation as I thought about everything that just happened.

He saved my life, and not only that he was listening to everything. He paid attention, so endearing.

*Damnit, he makes me so happy.*

3. Thursday, February 6th, 2021 -- 1:36 p.m.

My foot tapped under my desk, listening to our teacher drone on about World War 1. A paper ball hit my desk and slid into my lap. My head snapped up to see who did it. I caught the eye of JJ, holding his pointer finger to his lips. I raised an eyebrow, uncrumpling the paper.

*I looked at Mrs. Bailey's class plan for today and we need to find partners for a project. Wanna be together?*

There was a little "yes" and "no" option at the bottom. I put a circle over the yes and threw it back to him. He opened it and smiled at me, sinking into his seat and looking back at our teacher.

"Alright, so you're going to need partners for this project..."

4. Friday, May 15th, 2021 -- 11:55 p.m.

I sat on John B's couch, my feet up on the coffee table as the boys drank. Sarah, Kie, and I were playing Go Fish.

"Sarah, do you have a ten?" She huffed, pulling a ten from her hand and giving it to me. I smiled, plucking it from her fingers and putting it in my hand. "Kie, do *you* have a ten?" She squinted at me.

"Nope, go fish!" She announced triumphantly. I rolled my eyes playfully and picked up a card. "Sarah, do you have a seven?" Just as Kie asked, I felt the couch dip next to me.

"Hey, pretty lady." An arm was slung around me and pulled me closer.

"Hello JJ." I giggled, looking over at him. I could smell the Apple Cider Alcohol on his breath.

"Can I tell you something?" He asked seriously, though I was sure it would be something silly. He was never a serious guy unless it came to someone messing with his friends.

"Y/n, do you have a six?" Sarah asked, kicking my foot on the table lightly to get my attention. I looked at my cards and silently handed her a six with a smile.

"Yes, you can always tell me anything JJ." I gave him seriousness back. His smile grew with every word.

"I learned about jellyfish in zoology today." He said with a little slur. I tried to hold back a laugh, remembering this was *serious business*. So I just nodded, gesturing for him to go on.

"Did you know that at least one species of jellyfish, Turritopsis nutricula, maybe literally immortal?! When threatened, they are capable of undergoing "cellular transdifferentiation," a process whereby their cells essentially become new again. In other words, this jellyfish has a built-in fountain of youth. It's theoretically immortal Y/n!" With every word, the room got more silent. We all knew that JJ was smart, smart enough to do almost anything. The problem was that he just wanted to goof around and have fun, which we supported. But then there were moments like these where he would say something pretty intelligent.

The room laughed, a look of confusion appearing on the boy's face. He looked at all of his with a scrunched face.

"What? It's interesting right?" He asked me, getting closer to my face.

"Yes, if was very interesting I promise, I'm just surprised you're so coherent after drinking so much, that's all." I stated, putting a smile back on his face.

"I knew you'd like that." He sighed, putting his head in my lap and wrapping his arms around my torso.

You tell a boy one time that you think jellyfish are cool and they go on a whole drunken rant about them, huh?

5. Sunday, June 6th, 2021 -- 5:50 p.m.

I invited the Pogues to my house for dinner, my mom wanted to meet them all together. They had only met Sarah, Kie, and Pope (briefly), so they wanted to actually get to know them.

My mom stepped into our little circle we had made on the living room floor.

"Alright, spaghetti is almost ready, before we sit, can I get all of your names?" JJ stood first, taking my mom's hand lightly.

"Hi Mrs. Y/L/N, my name's JJ. I'm your girl's favorite." He looked down and winked at me. My mom gave a raised eyebrow and I just shook my head at her. John B then stood up.

"I'm John B, nice to meet you." He gave a kind smile. Kie and Sarah stood simultaneously.

"So nice to meet you." Sarah said mockingly, making Mom giggle. Then was Pope.

"Hello, I'm Pope, the food smells amazing." She thanked him and we moved to the dining room.

The dinner went by pretty fast, seeing as it was 6:35 now and we were finishing up. I grabbed everyone's plates and made my way to the kitchen, JJ stopped me, taking them from my hands.

"I got you." He took them to the sink where my mom was. She smiled and thanked him, I just listened. "Mind if I help?" He asked, grabbing a towel.

"Oh, you don't have to do that sweetie." She lightly swatted at him.

"But you cooked for us, let me at least dry the dishes." He tilted his head hopefully. She eventually agreed. I listened to them laugh in the kitchen for 10 minutes before he came out, wiping his hands on his jeans.

"Spending time with my mom hmm?" I teased.

"Gotta make a good impression ya know?" He asked, "Unfortunately I've gotta go, Pops needs to be taken to the pharmacy." He gave me a two-finger salute and I held my arms out for him. He pulled me in tight. "You're moms awesome." He laughed, I nodded.

"Don't go liking her more than me." I giggled, letting him go.

"I could never." And with that he was gone, not long after the rest left too. My mom suddenly came from the kitchen, untying her apron.

"You better have a crush on that JJ boy." She gave me the mom look and I just shook my head again. "Yeah, that's what I thought." She laughed, patting my back. "I like him."

SIX - Saturday, July 24th, 10:30 p.m.

I was already pretty tipsy, much like the rest of the group, as we played the dirty deck of truth or drink. Pope picked a card up, reading it aloud, towards Sarah.

"Where is one place you’d like to have sex at but never had the opportunity?" He asked her, a blush creeping on her cheeks.

"Uh, a boat probably. Sounds good to me as long as we take Dramamine beforehand." This made us all laugh. Sarah turned to me, pulling a card.

"What is your biggest turn-on?" She asked. If I were more sober, I may have taken a drink. But this question was not worth getting wasted for.

"Uhm," I laughed, trying to think about it. "I would say there's a two-way tie. Between neck kisses and massages. There's just something about neck kisses." Kie agreed with me as I picked up a new card, one for JJ. I stared at the card, not sure if I even wanted to know the answer to it.

"What is the last “dirty” dream you had?" He wiped his hand down his face with a smile, reaching for his cup.

"Come on JJ, don't be a pussy." John B nudged him. JJ gave him a shitty look, rolling his eyes.

"Fine. It was a few weeks ago." He shrugged.

"It actually said *what* not *when* JJ." I looked at him with a challenging smirk. He glared at me a little.

"Okay. Do you guys really want the details on this?" He looked at us all expectantly, all of us gave him a nod. "Alrighty. I was in this girl's house, and she was taking me to her room, pretty normal. She sat me on her bed and sat on my lap. She kissed me and ran her hands all over my body. After we made out for a while we, ya know, and we took a shower together afterward. It was cute actually." He stared at the ground the whole time he told the story, not his usual cocky confidence coming through.

"What position?" Kie asked out of nowhere, making me laugh uncontrollably.

"Uhh," JJ closed his eyes, his head coming up from the ground. I could see his cheeks were a dusty pink, I couldn't tell if it was because of the question or the alcohol. "She was, riding me." He smiled, eyes still closed.

"Damn JJ! Who was this about?" Pope asked, raising an eyebrow at him. JJ threw his hands in the air.

"I thought we were only supposed to be asked one question!" Pope raised his hands in defense, making JJ pick a card and ask Kie a question.

Soon enough we were all about a round tipsier and it was back to Sarah asking me a question. She pulled a card for me.

"Do you prefer rough or romantic sex?"

"Definitely romantic. No questions asked." I then pulled a card for JJ and smiled.

"So the card says I get to ask a question of my choice, but it's gotta be dirty." JJ shook his head at me, knowing what my question would be. "Who was the dream about?" He groaned, grabbing his cup.

"No way I'm answering this one. All you get to know is that this wasn't the first and it probably won't be the last time I have a dirty dream about the person."

"Yeah, that's not enough." I crossed my arms.

"I know." He then threw back his drink, chugging it.

By the end of the game, I was *nearly* wasted. You know what they say about liquid courage right? Well, I was *going* to find out who that dream was about. Everyone was spread across the Chateau, I knew JJ would be in his spare bedroom, most likely smoking a joint. Perfect, he would be loosened up. I knocked lightly on the door.

"Come in." I opened the door and just as I suspected he was smoking a joint.

"Can I join you?" I pointed and he nodded. My body plopped onto the bed next to him, I got right to the point. "Who was the dream about JJ." I asked, grabbing the joint from his fingers. I took a hit, blowing the smoke in front of me.

"Why do you care?" He laughed, taking a hit and blowing the smoke in my face playfully. I swatted at it.

"I just wanna know." I slurred, slapping his chest pitifully. He shook his head at me.

"You're wasted aren't you?"

"No! Just nearly wasted." I babbled, trying to focus on him.

"Alright, I'll tell you. *Only* because I'm 98% sure that you won't remember in the morning." I nodded aggressively, eager to know the answer. "It was about you." His head was down, taking a very long drag, he let out billows of smoke, not making eye contact with me.

"What?" I laughed, shaking his shoulder. "Nuh-uh!" He turned his head slightly at me, just nodding. He looked *so* nervous. I didn't have to be sober to see that. I scrunched my eyebrows at him.

"I'm not high enough for this." He laid back on his bed, next to me, who was sitting up. I turned my body around to look at him.

"And you had more than one?" I asked calmly, I suddenly felt a bit more sober, maybe it was the shock. He just nodded again, refusing to look at me. "But why?" This genuinely confused me. He only raised his head, looking at me with a dumb look. I climbed on top of him, making him look a little surprised. I sat on his stomach, leaning over his face and putting my arms on either side of his head.

"What does it mean?" I asked seriously. He just looked up at me, his smile growing by the second.

"It means I've got the hots for you, obviously." He said, though it sounded like a joke. I squinted at him in suspicion. "What about you, do you have dirty dreams about me?" He smirked, taking another puff. I only nodded at him slowly.

"Do you really have the hots for me?" I asked cautiously.

"Yep, have for a long time. And now you know, which is great. Certainly wasn't planning on telling you any time soon but, fuck it, right?" I lowered myself to my elbows, making our faces inches apart.

"You're so cute when you're nervous." I giggled, bumping my nose with his.

"Who said I was nervous?" He asked.

"Your face does the telling." I chuckled, moving my hand to touch his cheek. "If you're serious, the feelings are mutual." I confessed quietly. He muttered a quiet yes, so I took that as a go and leaned in, kissing him tenderly. He breathed out a sigh as I kissed him, putting his hand behind my head to keep me in place. I soon pulled away, just staring into those baby blue eyes.

"You aren't just doing this cause you're drunk right?" He asked.

"Nope, I've felt like this for a long time. Though it is a little amplified when I'm drunk." I laughed, pecking his lips again.

"You're so perfect." He chuckled, flipping us so he was above me. "Now let's test some things." He then began kissing down my neck.

*Oh yeah, he was gonna ruin me.*