#james is self-conscious

[miraclemeridian]

James: Moony, why does everyone I love hate me?

Remus: *puts down book* Prongs, what do you mean?

James: I just mean that people that love don't like me. I try and try to be what they want and they always hate me

Remus: That's the problem. You are trying to be what they want when you are already enough

James: What if they don't like me?

Remus: James, you are the most lovable person on this planet. I love you so much and I know Sirius and Peter do too. I know Marlene and Mary do too. You love us too, right?

James: Of course I do, Moony. I love all of you.

Remus: There you go, not everyone you love hates you. The people that know you love you and the people who don't, like Lily and Regulus, don't know the real you.

James: Thanks, Moony. Sometimes I forget other people love me

Remus: I'll remind you everyday that I love you. You're one of my favorite people

James: *tackles in hug*

Remus: *laughing and hugging him just as fiercely*

[talaricula]

Things I've seen tumblr memeing about James Somerton doing à la "How did no one see how bigoted he was!" as if those things haven't been a significant part of tumblr culture for over a decade :

Presenting untrue and bordering on conspiratorial versions of (queer or otherwise marginalised) history without any sources

Completely disregarding and disrespecting any expertise on socio-cultural topics/humanities and distrusting academics and historians (incl. acting as if no academics or historians could be queer or marginalised)

Downplaying the role misogyny played in the historical oppression of queer women and concluding that queer men must have been more oppressed than queer women

Bi women are, at best, not as queer as "real" queer ppl, and at worst, simply equivalent to straight women

Despite nominal trans inclusivity, transmasculine ppl are functionally women when convenient (combined with the above, bi transmascs are functionally straight women)

Despite nominal trans inclusivity (bis), shamelessly attacking, threatening and actively endangering any trans woman who questions them or smth they find important (often by unfairly presenting her as violent or as a threat)

Having absolutely fucking wild and reductive takes about ace ppl, the oppression they face and their place in the queer community

Stating that marriage equality is an assimilationist fight while completely ignoring its direct roots in the horrifying consequences of the AIDS crisis for partners of ppl who died of AIDS

Praising western media creators from the past for queer coding even under censure and in the same breath condemning current non western media creators for being homophobic bc their representation isn't explicit enough

Blaming China for all existing homophobic censoring in western media

Assuming all queer media would be better told by western creators and by western standards

Only out queer ppl get to tell queer stories

Heavily criticising almost all queer media created by women or ppl they see as such (see above points about trans ppl) or involving/starring a significant amount of women for any perceived or real amount of "problematicness", but fawning over and praising and negating criticism of queer media created by and starring mostly or even functionally exclusively men (even when it could be argued that, you know, not involving/seriously sidelining women is a pretty clear example of misogyny which should probably be considered "problematic")

And I'm probably forgetting stuff or there's stuff I have internalised myself and don't recognise as an issue

Like idk but I feel like the takeaway from Hbomberguy and Toddintheshadow's videos should maybe be "be aware of such patterns in your communities bc they definitely exist" and not "this guy is uniquely awful" and I feel like a lot of the discussion I've seen surrounding this has been severely failing at that. Most ppl who've spent any significant amount of time on tumblr prob either have internalised at least one of those thought patterns, have had to de-internalise them, or have had to be extremely vigilant to not internalise them (which is done by, you know, seeking out other sources, which also seemed like an important takeaway from the videos)

[ultopias]

scar

[courfee]

starchaser, sunseeker

[djs-sideblog-for-pog-trains]

Mmm thinking abt the engines /human again. My James is so prideful in his appearance and thus presents himself Perfectly but it leaves him covered from the neck down bc Body Issues and thus casual touch does Not look the same for him ans hes so brave about it (lie). If aomeone pulled a glove off then held his hand he'd melt. If someone touched his face he does not want to know the kind of sound he'd make.

James in general is in my brain so much right now because he presents himself as loud and obnoxious and self assured and perfect and Ever So Splendid and yet the façade fails anyway bc everyone who knows him well knows he is not self assured at all. Which would make a hell of a feedback loop because he knows people must know he's a fraud like that but he can't let his guard down because then he really Will be too self-conscious but it's clear it is an act and-

And then the people who don't know him well will either take the façade at face value and go wow that engine is full of himself, how unpleasant, and one way or other, James isolates himself. Because the only thing that'd fix him is sincerity. But he's allergic to it. Ok im normal again.

[nero1forte]

is this anything

[elysianymph]

big hater of the "james repeatedly asked lily out in ridiculous ways even though she kept rejecting him" headcanon BUT i think the idea of james unconventionally 'courting' lily after they both admitted to their feelings is very cute and should be used more

[hguhie]

rare (extremely common) james vulnerability post for the night before i go to sleep:

i feel Cringe. for liking hughie as much as i do. like sometimes i snap out of it and im like Wow i care about this entirely fictional character more than i care about most people. i love writing my self indulgent fics and drawing my little self insert shipping fanart but idk sometimes i just feel weird about it. i know i shouldnt but its just lke :(( why am i so weird about a fictional guy this is crazy and like i’ll complain that i feel stupid and cringe for liking him so much but right after i post this im gonna go to bed and im gonna imagine my silly little scenarios with him to get me to sleep uhgggrgggrg

[cyberprimeyt]

Iris but I actually colored her in this time.

Birb is chilling on her head.

(Oliver is probably looking for James and panicking rn-)

Please don't attack me for the skin color, she's an exact replica of me and I'm very self conscious

[leronsrela-eylan]

so hyped for the sequel !!! so i finally finished drawing my na’vi oc… and will promptly redesign her orz

i love making fanart but the na’vi are so difficult to draw ;-; so lots of practice and hideous lo’aks later i finally got a good one out! BUT i started thinking about how her outfit isn’t super practical in context and decided to rework her again lol

but here is txekat !! she lives in a nomadic community in one of pandora’s great plains :D personality-wise she can be a bit reserved, but loves to lose herself when performing dances <3 <3

[rocicrew]

one hc i have for jimbo is that he has greying hair significantly earlier than when it is mentioned in the books

[kraviolis]

why did i immediately cling to the most psychologically unwell characters in nopixel. what does that say about me

[diazsdimples]

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve done in public?

Pretty sure my mum told me I jumped in a fountain when I was 3. I don't really remember it but I was allegedly very warm and wanted to go swimming 🤷🏼‍♂️ whoops

[impishtubist]

Not to be an inveterate Granby/Laurence shipper, but consider: brand new aviator Laurence gets knocked up by the mouthy first lieutenant he's been hatefucking

Okay first of all, Laurence/Granby hatefucking when Laurence is a brand-new aviator? God-tier content, sign me the fuck up, I NEED IT.

And YEAH, that mouthy first lieutenant knocks him tf up! And they're both so mad about it! But still can't manage to stop fucking! (those hormones make Laurence soooooooooooooooooo horny omg).

I'm ready for this fic to appear in my eyeballs, please and thank you.

[turiyatitta]

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