#lesbians cars your honor

[waffiesjr]

lesbian cars, good 4 them.. good 4 them..

i LOVE THEM so i drew them the way i see them ughhhhhh love hijab bibi sm i wish ppl drew her with hijabi more :[[[

[rogueddie]

A Spot in My Life T | 953 words Prompt for @steddielovemonth: Love is keeping a spare sweater or blanket in the car because they always get cold

Steve Harrington is a bitch.

It's something that Eddie knew, all through high school, but he had thought that Steve had somehow became a new person- thanks to the Upside Down and constantly almost seeing the world end.

Steve isn't a bad guy, he can admit. He's still trying to keep an eye on everyone, make sure they're ok, even checking in with Eddie in his own way.

But he's very sly about it, hiding it being playful jabs, eye rolls and cocked hips.

It rubs him the wrong way. And it's only made worse by how much Eddie still likes him. It's as if the bitchiness only draws him in more, even as it makes his chest burn with irritation.

He tries to avoid Steve for as long as he can. He knows that finally befriending him like they both want will only end badly, but he knows he can't resist the temptation.

He enjoys the time before as much as he can, reveling in how often Steve will try to corner him so they can hang out, how much he whines and pleads and pushes. He enjoys the illusion that Steve could feel anything for him like he does for Steve.

And, when they finally do hang out, his fears are confirmed.

Steve is amazing. He's funnier than he comes across as at first too. He pays attention to what Eddie says and tries to get him anything he wants.

He's the type of friend that anyone would fight for, Eddie is sure. It explains how he ended up so popular in high school too.

If Eddie had known what Steve is truly like, he'd have been lining up for a scrap of his attention like everyone else.

"They're assholes," Steve explains, when Eddie finally asks about his old lackeys. "Tommy always took shit a step too far. I didn't need them. Probably shouldn't have befriended them in the first place."

"They were your friends," Eddie reminds him.

Steve sighs, leaning back. "Yeah, I guess. Just wish I'd realised sooner, how they were getting."

He never complains about the kids, not genuinely. In the quiet moments, when Steve is honest with an almost painful degree of vulnerability, he talks about how amazing the kids are. He talks about how honored he is to be friends with Dustin.

It only makes Eddies feelings inch ever closer to 'the L word'.

"You should talk to him," Robin suggests. "He really is amazing."

"I know, but... guys that are ok with lesbians still get weird about gay men, you know?"

"Yeah, but Steve isn't like that. Did he ever tell you the full story of how I came out to him?"

"It was after the Russian torture drugs, right?"

"We were in the bathroom, near the cinema. I thought we might have puked it all up, so we decided to test it, ask each other questions. So, I asked him if he was ever in love..."

"Oh... oh no."

"Oh yes. He liked me, told me so, and that's when I came out to him."

"Holy shit, Robin."

"But that's my point. He was a little surprised, sure, but he started making jokes, like, immediately. Didn't phase him at all. He got with it immediately. We're just friends, and that's not a problem for him."

Eddie groans, throwing his head back so it thumps into the wall behind him. "But that just makes him more hot!"

The story plagues his mind, to the point that it's the only thing he can think about when he picks Steve up for their next hang out.

In the dead of winter, Steve feels the cold worse than anyone else that Eddie knows. He runs hot, and the sudden temperature drops brings out the worse in him.

He's shivering when he climbs into Eddie's car.

"Fuck, why isn't your heating on?" He whines.

"It's broke," Eddie reminds him. "It's fine, don't worry."

"Don't worry? I'm gonna get hypothermia, Eddie! I don't want to turn into an ice sc- what is that?"

He takes the blanket that Eddie had reached back to grab, staring at it.

"It's a blanket."

"No shit, I mean... it's yellow."

"Yeah? You like yellow."

"You got this for me?"

"You see anyone else shivering in my van?"

"No, it..." Steve pauses, glancing at Eddie before slowly wrapping the blanket around himself. "Sorry, uh... thank you. This is, um, nice."

"it's nothing."

"It's not. Just- take the thanks, Ed."

"Alright, alright."

They're silent for the rest of the drive. It's so unusual for them that it has Eddie nervous, glancing at Steve every other moment.

When they finally pull to a stop, Eddie turns to Steve, who stays where he is. He stares out the front window for a moment, before turning to face Eddie.

"Are you alright?" Eddie asks.

"Yeah, I am. Enjoying the warmth."

"That all?"

"... yeah."

Eddie rolls his eyes. "You're a terrible liar."

"Wh- hey, I'm a good liar!" He tries to glare, but quickly backs down with a huff. "Alright, fine, but it's really sappy! Don't say I didn't warn you!"

"Oh, no, the horror."

"Shut up. I was just thinking about how, like... there's so many little things in your life that are for me. My tapes in your room, spare clothes in your closet, this blanket... I really appreciate it, man. You've made space for me in your life. It means a lot to me."

"Oh, right. That's... yeah. Of course, Steve. You're always welcome. I love- uh... spending time with you."

"Good. I love spending time with you too."

"Good."

"Great."

Steve's smile is wide and goofy. He's sure that his own is just as cheesy.

[ratsvalley]

Can’t stop thinking about this theory so let this be a reminder to future me for a Prusty comic idea.

I love how (in the starlight express 2024 revival) Control (2024) acknowledges Rusty as their dad’s old steam engine, which got me wondering if this is possibly hinting that Rusty is a hand me down from Control (1984)

And then shortly after, Control gets Pearl the observation car for their birthday. Now i’d like to head cannon that this is the same Pearl from the first show. Which would be one reason why her and Rusty are so drawn to each other, ANND WHY PEARL IS DRAWN TO HIS WHISTLE.

BECAUSE SHE REMEMBERS HIM. SHE REMEMBERS HIS WHISTLE AND THEY FEEL THIS SHOCKING FEELING OF ECSTASY BECAUSE THEY FEEL SO FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEYRE SOULMATES!!!! THEYRE SOULMATES YOUR HONOR

Also because it would be funny if Control’s dad was like “Hello son here’s my old steam engine and the first class car he’s hitched with. Never separate them.”

“Ew dad I only want the lesbians.”

[dcmeme]

Batfam as Tiktok audios/Vines part 1

Inspired by my response to the very true words of @daminette-56 on the jealous issues of one Selena Kyle over a certain Wayne.

Also it keeps autocorrecting Selena’s name for some unexplainable reason so it’s an ‘e’ for now and not Sel.ina.

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Bruce: You know, you’re the most jealous woman I know.

Selena: You know other women? 😡

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Dick: You ever wanna talk about your emotions TM?

Jason: No🤷

Tim: I do!😁

Dick: I know David😑

Tim: I’m sad 😞

Dick: I know David😑

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Dick: Let me see what you have 🤨

Damian: A KNIFE😃🔪

Dick: NO😯🏃‍♀️

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Jason: All women *pulls out lightsaber* are 👸🏻✨queens✨👸🏻

Kate: *pulls out saber* If she’s breathes 💨She’s a THOTTTT💥

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Alfred: *After dealing with children all day* Two shots of vodka 😁💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧

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Stephanie: *screams*

Duke: AH! Stop! I coulda dropped my croissant 😡

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Dick: *random backflip* 🤸🏻‍♂️ I’VE BEEN DREAMING OF A 💕💋TRUE LOVES KISS💋💕

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Bruce: You know what you’re in time out😠 Get on the fridge! Get up there!

Jason: This house is a F*CKING NIGHTMARE! 🧗

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Damian: *stares at his father for the first time*

Bruce: 😅Uhm…

Talia: 🤨

Bruce:…… Wanna beer?🍺

Talia: HE’S FOUR!🤬

Bruce: I DON’T KNOW WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH HIM?!

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Bernard: OBJECTION YOUR HONOR!

Tim: what is it?

Bernard: 💋

Tim:… 🧑‍⚖️OVERRULED.

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Duke: 🎤SHE’S A BEAST 😤 I CALL HER MAMA😊💕

Dick:…that’s not the words.

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Selena: I saw you hangin’ out with Kaitlin yesterday-

Bruce: 😮Rebecca! It’s not what you think 😰

Selena: I won’t hesitate b*tch 💥🔫

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Damian: I just miss the 90s.

Colin: Oh yeah we’re you born?

Damian: 2004.

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Talia: *Trying to hype up her son after Ras yells at him for not choosing to be his successor again* If your name is junior and you’re really handsome come on raise your hands 🙌 🎵🎶🎵🎶

Damian:… *grins and raises*

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Dick: *in princess pajamas*Hey *munch munch* 😏I want to be ✨Famous✨

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Alfred: Stop before I take away your toys.

Tim: *crying*

Alfred: Imma take away your wifi.

Tim: *silence*

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Bruce: YOU GONNA WORK HARD?

Duke: Sir Yessir!

Bruce: YOU GONNA BE COMMITTED?

Duke: Sir Yessir!

Bruce: Than jump down that hole.

Duke: *rubbing his shoes, a gift from Cassandra and bites his lip* I dunno captain I just got these J’s they fresh out the box 📦 👟

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Kate: Hey I’m lesbian 🏳️‍🌈

Cassandra: I thought you were American 🇺🇸 ❓

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Duke: we’re getting pulled over!

Jason: Quick! Put these on *pulls out Camo suits*

Jim: license and regi- what the 😨 Nobodies here ⁉️⁉️⁉️

Jason and Duke: *opens doors and dances out*

Jim: Who opened the- DEVIL CAR 😱 DEVIL CAR 😭

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[saesans]

as someone part of the 92% this election who unfortunately bought into the false hope of never going back and this country turning over a new leaf it’s difficult for me to talk about the political situation in america right now without wanting to speak to all sides like eric mays so i will just say this: you can still do the things, regardless.

you can still celebrate black history month, hispanic heritage month, aapi month, etc to preserve the written and oral histories of these diverse cultures. you can donate and frequent museums and other venues who will likely have their funding pulled for doing just that. you can amplify gay and lesbian stories and lives and volunteer at organizations dedicated to HIV research and defending marriage equality, or even just celebrating same-sex love. you can feed your community whenever you’d like. you can help your immigrant neighbors find work, housing, and a village. you can offer rides to the elderly and babysit the children of working parents in your neighborhood. you can tutor them and make sure they have access to the histories the american school system will try to ignore. you can provide medicine and transportation to women who need reproductive care. you can read feminist texts, create female solidarity, and encourage the women and girls in your life to take up space and not shrink in times like this. you can support independent journalists and keep the mainstream ones you trust alive. you can show up for artists creating diverse stories and perspectives and amplify their works. you can help fund and create your own independent media channels and networks. you can band together to put a down payment on a house and enjoy it together with people you love, even if it's 6 of you to one place. you can carpool and split the cost of gas and car repairs. you can share your metro card. you can go out of your way to patronize small businesses just because they’re bisexual-owned, native american owned, disabled-owned, or whatever you relate to and find community in. you can ask to donate to them to help offset rising costs of rent and inventory. you can frequent libraries and check out books on controversial topics and experiences other than your own so they can preserve funding, or you can buy their stock to keep these books circulating should they be affected too. you can pay off lunch debts at k-12 schools and make meals for the children in your community so they don’t have to worry about going hungry when they should be studying. you can buy in bulk from costco or sam’s club and share or donate where you can. you can take student and professional clubs for affinity groups off the threatened campuses and workplaces and into something accessible like the park, an online forum, or even a living room to keep them alive. you can offer to help clean the homes of your elderly/disabled neighbors or even just let the theater kids throw a production of “dreamgirls” in your backyard because somebody’s ornery peepaw accused it of being CRT propaganda and got it shut down.

you can take care of each other. you don’t need the backing or funding of the government to preserve, honor, or amplify the humanity and heritage of those around you. all this waffling about not owing anybody anything and small talk with strangers being ableist and bourgeoisie needs to stop yesterday. no one is coming to save us. get serious and mitigate harm where you can. see about your people and do it often

[aromanticannibal]

Transfem Katsuki (edited as of Nov. 2023. Katsuki hadn't died yet when this was written so bear with me.)

In honor of "fuck I thought about transfem Katsuki and now I'm in love with her again" and also because of a shitty discourse post I saw. Enjoy.

She will NOT figure it out until at least second year of UA.

She's always been uneasy about the whole boy thing. Specifically boy. Like she's one of the guys ok sure but she's not a boy.

We know how kind Aldera is to anyone who's slightly out of the norm (ie Deku) and Katsuki is especially aware given she was part of the problem. So yeah, internalized transphobia (+homophobia) we love to see it./s

Getting into UA and quickly realizing that like more than half the class is openly and proudly queer in some way gave her whiplash, and as much of a bully as she still was at this point, she didn't say anything.

She tried to convince herself it was to not get in trouble and gamble her place at UA, but really she was just glad to not be somewhere as fucked as her middle school.

And if the trans ponytail chick makes her question who she really wants to be... well that's nobody's business.

As I am very subtly implying, Momo ends up being a big part of Katsuki accepting herself and her identity as a trans woman.

Katsuki loves her friend group (she'll never admit it but she does, so much) but she associates them with her old group from Aldera somewhat unconsciously, and is terrified they'll push her away, even if she knows she's just. Straight up wrong.

As in, so incredibly wrong. Sero and Jirou are non binary ("Whatever the hell that means") Kirishima is a proud trans man ("More of a man than any of the cretins at Aldera will ever be") Mina's dating a trans girl from another school ("Camie Utsushit or smth") and Kaminari is so many different flavors of queer its almost impressive.

Really, her friends are probably the ones that should be worried, she tries to remind herself, hammering it in her head. Katsuki was an asshole for most of her life, they should be the ones scared of her. They're not though. For some fuckin' reason.

So yeah, talking to her friend group is out of the question. Momo though.

Momo is a special kind of trustworthy. Momo is the kind of person you'd give your entire life savings, your child, your car and your wife to. Katsuki hates that, she hates trusting people, it always ends badly, so she prefers doing stuff on her own.

Except it doesn't always end badly. Especially not with Yaomomo.

Every early saturday morning, Katsuki's and Momo's workout sessions happen at the same time. Eventually, they start talking during that time. Katsuki eventually asks about Momo being trans, more or less convinced she'll tell her to go fuck herself (she obviously doesn't).

It helps, despite the fact that her experience isn't the same as Katsuki's at all. Momo always knew she was a girl, her parents always were supportive about it, and money really wasn't a problem to help her transition once she was old enough to make that decision. Hell, she can literally make estrogen.

Katsuki then comes to the realization that yeah, she's probably a girl. Not like I'll ever do shit about it, she thinks.

Things kinda stay stagnant for a time then. Katsuki has way more important stuff to worry about (like exams and also her and her friends almost dying etc etc) and the self-hatred that simmers in her head constantly doesn't make it really fun to actually think about herself.

Second year comes around.

Because this is me, and my blog, and I do what I want, I present to you my son, Shinsou. Most trans guygirl t4t lesbian of all time. In my heart.

So Shinsou is very trans in the most mysterious way you could think of, so mysterious he himself doesn't really know what is going on with his gender. He doesn't exactly care, he just vibes (any pronouns).

They're pretty knowledgeable on queer stuff because it loves to read wikipedia pages until 5AM when it can't sleep and got lost on multiple LGBTQ+ related forums when she was 13. (He also knows a lot about chickens and lizards.)

She can just breathe the queer coming out of Katsuki, but when they ask they're just met with "oh Bakugou? Yeah no, he's cishet. Our token straight man. To prove we're diverse, etc." (-Shouji, entirely serious). Shinsou's not buying it but she doesn't like assuming, so he shuts up.

Meanwhile, Katsuki has nothing to think about anymore now that things have settled and she's not getting attacked by her self-hatred constantly, so she unfortunately ends up thinking about her gender (truly tragic. Genuinely though, it's almost distressing because she pushed the thought down for so long that it's scary to think about).

Because early mornings and nights are a time outside of our world, it's again around 5AM that Katsuki talks to someone who might help her with her gender problem. Shinsou in fact, who's of course awake on a Monday morning after a sleepless night, eating cereal out of the box.

Katsuki finds herself chatting with the weirdo and eventually asks what the fuck kinda gender it is, if only to be able to call her something else than the weirdo in her head.

The realization that gender is a construct and doesn't really fucking exist so it doesn't actually matter is somewhat of an epiphany for Katsuki. Like she's silent for multiple minutes. Shinsou is getting scared

Quietly, she mutters a small "I think I'm a girl" to Shinsou. It smiles and says "Nice. There's not enough girls in this class." and goes back to its cereal.

Katsuki has no fucking idea how that fucker exists. He's an anomaly in the timeline. Katsuki adores them.

(Platonically. Girl doesn't have time for romantic love. Yes I'm also making her aromantic, because aro Katsuki is the loml and one of my fave hcs.)

After that weird but insightful conversation, Katsuki finally asks Momo for help, taking her up on an offer she had made one morning. ("If you ever need my help for anything concerning [your gender bullshit], come see me.")

Momo being the absolute QUEEN that she is, she assembles all transgirls and cisgirls of the class + whoever else would like to join (which ends up being Jirou, Shinsou and Aoyama) and they all go on a shopping trip with Katsuki to help her figure out what she likes.

Does she want to wear makeup? Does she want feminine clothes? Or long hair? Does she want boobs? Or thinner traits?

Does she just want different pronouns and to be addressed viewed as a girl?

Mina shortens that as "What kinda girl is Katsuki".

I'll do you the answer here so this doesn't take forever, because the process of figuring it out must be long.

Mainly, the verdict will eventually be that Katsuki didn't really feel comfortable in the box she, her parents and Aldera put her in, which is a sort of vague idea of a Boy, Man, Son. She's mean and a bitch and probably a tomboy and she's a girl. That's all. She doesn't want of any of that flowery pink crap and being "gracefully feminine" like Momo is, she'll still kick your teeth in. Being a girl isn't fundamentally part of her identity or her personality, but it's who she's comfortable being.

She does enjoy skirts once she feels comfortable enough to wear them. She grows her hair a bit too (because she doesn't wanna look like her mother at first, but she ends up liking the look) and puts it up in a ponytail.

Makeup is a bitch but it looks cool, so she lets Mina, Aoyama and Shinsou use her face as a canevas for their weird makeup experiments. She thinks she looks like a clown half the time though (she doesn't, she's really cute). She mostly does eyeliner, which she already knew how to do before starting her transition, and very rarely lipgloss.

She doesn't really care about having breasts or softer traits, mainly because her traits are already pretty androgynous when she looks at herself, and she's already got big pecs so like. Basically tits. It's the same, it doesn't really matter. She's happy with how her body looks, she worked to have a healthy body and she doesn't care if it's "not a woman's body" or whatever the fuck. She likes how her body is and she doesn't really care about changing it.

She thinks of using she/they (like Jirou) but doesn't exactly care about they/them? Like they're not bad to have used on her (way better than he/him) but she prefers just using she/her.

She doesn't change her first name. It means victory, so it's already perfect for her. It's her name.

Some of her friends (the ones who aren't scared of death cough cough Shinsou) call her Katsuki-chan (Kacchan is copyrighted) but most her friends call her Kats', because she let slip one time she thinks it's cute.

To end this because good lord I've been typing for some time, here's my Transfem Bakugou pinterest board. I actually have a bunch of transfem characters pinterest boards lmao

Also realizing I almost didn't talk about Izuku. Damn I've really betrayed myself as a bkdk truther. Rip.

[invincible-selfxmade-punk]

I just finished putting together a graduation present for one of the first kids I ever taught when I moved to this town. She was in the 5th grade when we first met and now she is graduating with honors and hoping to go off to the Air Force academy.

I'm giving it to her for Christmas because it comes in two parts. I bought her a CD player and some CDs and then because I could not figure out a way to burn any more CDs off for her I'm giving her some of the original mixes I have been carrying around in my car for the last 20 years. Obviously, they're not going to play that well. I am hoping that it will turn her on to some of the music that I enjoy.

And thinking of kids that I have mentored over the years made me remember a story..

I wanted to share it with you now.

This is not only the story of my early years of trying to help kids, but also when I realized I had married the exact right person

Back in the very early 2000s not only did I try fostering a bunch of punk kids from the mall I worked at, I had just started to get online and it just started trying to help some of the kids that I met there. Unfortunately my mental health was not the best at that time, and their mental health was not either . it t was like these are the people that I attracted.

One girl in particular was much more Disturbed than the others. I would find out later she was a pathological liar. To this day I still do not know if anything she told me over the 6 years we knew each other was correct. In fact the last time I was in contact with her I saw a posting wanting money from someone using every buzzword they possibly could. Saying something like I am a trans, lesbian, native american, living in Gaza and I need your help because I am now in the hospital and cannot care for myself. When I happen to look at the PayPal link she had used her real name and I knew immediately who it was. As far as I knew she was not any of those things she was just a girl who grew up in Indiana.

Anyway, we ended up having this crazy and absolutely enabling, shared Madness of a relationship. We were awful for each other and we fed off of it. She was very jealous of anyone else I was talking to online. Now let me set this up I wasn't Texas and she was in indiana. And that was it we knew each other we had talked on the phone we exchange pictures we had written fictions together and we had basically spent every night for 6 years online talking to each other in which she divulged to me all these horrible abuses she was suffering at home. So she got mad at me for spending too much time with someone else online and told me she was killing herself and then cut off all contact with me.

All I knew was her name and her hometown and that was it. She unplugged her phone she would not answer her emails and for 36 hours she made me think that because of me she had killed herself.

As I said before comma my mental health was not the best at that time And Absolutely freaked out. My husband came home to find me an absolute hysterics and having a complete meltdown in panic attack. He asked me what was going on and I told him. He wanted to take me to the hospital and get me tranquilized. But I had just turned straight edge a year before and I was so solid in that conviction I was terrified of taking any kind of medication unless I absolutely had to and I absolutely refused.

I stayed up all night crying And worrying And making myself ill.

Sometime Late the next night she finally got back online and acted like nothing had happened.

Again when my husband came back from work I told him what had happened. I was completely exhausted and drained and I said

" you know what?? Why didn't we just have kids? If I had my own kid to worry about I wouldn't be trying to save the world I would be too busy worrying about that mtmy own ."

He put his arm around me and said "Honey even if you would have had kids, you would still have spent your life trying to save everyone else's. That's just the kind of person you are, and I love you for it."

In February, we will have been together 29 years❤️💚❤️💚

[utilitycaster]

I believe you mentioned seeing Love Lies Bleeding - would love to hear your thoughts on it if you have any (and good luck with the car troubles).

It's GREAT. Everyone who is not averse to grievous bodily harm shown on screen go see it. I am not like...terribly up on film just generally; I grew up in a house that limited TV screentime with parents who hate movie theaters so there is a weird cross section of movies I know that is immensely idiosyncratic since I just don't really have a movie-going habit. Also since getting into CR in 2018 it's like. well I don't really have two hours to kill watching movies; I watch 4+ hours of stuff a week and that's plenty. So I cannot speak to things like cinematography, though it did feel well-put together and attractive to look at and all that.

I think the story is solid - nothing groundbreaking except for the fact that usually this is not a story told about queer women that (spoilers) ends with them free and together (more on this later) but it's well done as a neo-noir, the acting is fantastic, and it feels so wonderfully...big and small at the same time? Like, do not get me wrong, I enjoy a blockbuster, but when I think back to the movies I've liked as of late*, Honor Among Thieves is the only one that takes place over a sprawling journey. I guess Barbie, debatably. Like, Love Lies Bleeding is almost entirely in a small town in New Mexico with a brief portion in Vegas or in the immediate surroundings. We are not jetsetting or using green screens. The majority of the film is in a handful of places, the core cast is like 6 people with two significant supporting players. I love this. As someone who leans more towards longer form fiction in general it's just really nice to have something that says "we have under two hours and we are going to embrace having under two hours and tell a story that fucking FITS in under two hours instead of just giving you some weird shard of a Cinematic Universe."

Re the queer women: thank GOD for casting queer women as queer women and probably more importantly having queer women doing things like writing and directing. The sex scenes are great and the relationship feels...I can't say I have the experience of being one of the only queer women in a small town in the late 80s and low-key detesting the one other woman but this all feels so much like. Of course Lou responds like this! This is the first new and fortuitous thing that has happened in her life! U-Haul jokes aside like yeah this is her big chance! It's both their big chances! And honestly until pretty late in the film, because I went in with little info other than "Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brien bodybuilder lesbian romance crime drama" I expected it to end with one of them dead and the thing is the story works either way, and that feels really great to me, a tragedy enjoyer but also a comedy enjoyer.

Also I love pitch-black humor and this absolutely has that, and I enjoy magical realism when done very sparingly and this is precisely the right amount (if you assume it's magical realism, which I do; I also enjoy ambiguity). Anyway go see a fucked up lesbian and her fucked up bi girlfriend get entangled by ambition, righteous anger, vengeance, limited opportunity, and Ed Harris's skullet and bug obsession.

Finally, a personal anecdote: I saw this at the Alamo Drafthouse and as you may know they do various event screenings. They are showing Twilight: Eclipse for the total solar eclipse. It is HILARIOUS to see a trailer for Twilight: Eclipse (ft. young Kristen Stewart as personality-less girl in love triangle with two guys) before Love Lies Bleeding. talk about a glow-up. Absolutely wild to me that Stewart and Pattinson both ended up as genuinely talented actors with a taste for the unhinged given their breakthrough was Twilight.

[thegayhimbo]

Stranger Things Darkness on the Edge of Town Review (Part 3 of 3)

Warning: The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS from both the book and from Season 4 of Stranger Things!

If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out my other Stranger Things Reviews. Like, Reblog, and let me know what your thoughts are regarding the show or the upcoming season! :)

Stranger Things Comics/Graphic Novels:

Stranger Things Six

Stranger Things Halloween Special

Stranger Things The Other Side

Stranger Things Zombie Boys

Stranger Things The Bully

Stranger Things Winter Special

Stranger Things Tomb of Ybwen

Stranger Things Into The Fire

Stranger Things Science Camp

Stranger Things “The Game Master” and “Erica’s Quest”

Stranger Things and Dungeons and Dragons

Stranger Things Kamchatka

Stranger Things Erica The Great

Stranger Things “Creature Feature” and “Summer Special”

Stranger Things Tie-In Books:

Stranger Things Suspicious Minds

Stranger Things Runaway Max (Part 1 of 3)

Stranger Things Runaway Max (Part 2 of 3)

Stranger Things Runaway Max (Part 3 of 3)

Part 6: Inspirations for the Book

In the past, I've noticed certain Stranger Things comics and tie-ins have similar elements to other books/movies. Tomb of Ybwen paid homage to The Goonies while containing multiple references to Lord of the Rings. Hawkins Horror had several stories taking inspiration from either Stephen King or common urban legends. Rebel Robin, a book centered around Robin discovering her identity as a lesbian, contains plot aspects from 80s movies like Sixteen Candles. Even the upcoming comic The Voyage (set to be released on November 1st) looks like it'll borrow heavily from Alien (1979) except instead of in space with the Xenomorph, it'll be on a cargo ship with the Demogorgon.

While I can't say whether or not this is a coincidence, I noticed that Darkness on the Edge of Town had many similarities to two different properties: A movie called Escape from New York, and a Batman comic called Batman: The Cult.

Escape from New York is a 1981 movie directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell. It takes place in an alternate timeline where the Cold War is still ongoing, and Long Island has been converted into a massive prison for all the criminals (similar to what Hugo Strange does to Gotham's criminal population in Batman Arkham City). During a flight over the island, Air Force One gets hijacked, and the President ends up crashing inside the prison. He gets taken hostage by a gang led by its leader, The Duke, who threatens to kill the President unless he and the other prisoners are granted amnesty and allowed to walk free. In exchange for getting pardoned from a life sentence, the government makes a deal with a man named Snake Plisskin (Kurt Russell's character) to infiltrate New York City and rescue the President within 24 hours.

Like Snake, Hopper is a former war veteran who received honors for his services. Unlike Hopper, who became a cop and moved to NYC, Snake became a criminal after becoming disillusioned with what the United States had become. Both men are forced to undertake a dangerous mission: Snake takes up the task because he was being slated for execution before the situation with the President occured, and Hopper is forced to go undercover in Saint John's cult after Agent Gallup threatens to destroy Hopper's life if he doesn't comply with his demands:

Both men get put in dangerous situations in New York City at night where they're forced to fight for their lives alongside different companions. There's even a scene from the movie where Snake and his group are attacked by crazies in their car, which is eerily similar to what happens to Martha and Hopper in their car when the blackout happens and the rioters on the street go after them:

Both the movie and the book feature a charismatic leader of a gang as the main antagonist: Saint John and The Duke. The difference is their motives: Saint John is looking to fulfill his prophesied apocalypse whereas The Duke is hoping to use the President as leverage to help him (and presumably his gang) escape the hellhole New York City has become. In many ways, the Duke is more sympathetic than Saint John because, while he is framed by the movie as a bad guy, his reasons for wanting to get out are easy to understand. It doesn't help that both the President and the government are shown to be self-serving and callous towards the loss of human life, which is something that disgusts Snake. Unlike this book, Escape from New York ends on a bitter note with Snake non-verbally acknowledging that, despite the events that took place, things in the country were not going to change. Snake is also treated as an anti-hero by the narration compared to Hopper who (along with Delgado) are framed in a heroic light.

Likewise, Batman The Cult contains similar elements to Darkness on the Edge of Town in regards to their villains and certain plot points. Like Saint John, Deacon Blackfire is a cult leader who lures in the homeless and the desperate to create an army which he can use to take over Gotham City. He masquerades as a benevolent priest running a homeless shelter much in the same way Saint John and his followers attended support groups as a means of recruiting potential followers.

Both Saint John and Deacon Blackfire have an understanding of the deeper problems plaguing society. While they claim they want to fix those issues, it's really about them exploiting the current state of things to drive their agendas forward:

Both of them want the hero (i.e. Batman and Hopper) to join them on their crusade and even use drugs and brainwashing as a means of putting the hero under their control.

The difference is Deacon Blackfire succeeds in breaking Batman via holding him prisoner for a week, torturing him, starving him, drugging him, and chipping away at his will. By contrast, Saint John was acting with limited time in trying to brainwash Hopper in the climax, and Hopper manages to fight this long enough to overpower Saint John.

Both Deacon Blackfire and Saint John create an army for the purpose of attacking a city. Both attacks are coordinated, planned out, and cause untold damage and chaos:

Both of them preach an ideology and build lore around themselves. Deacon Blackfire claims he's doing God's work while Saint John claims he's acting on behalf of Satan:

Both of them are also scarily effective in whipping their followers into a frenzy:

Where the villains differentiate is how they're defeated. While Saint John is overpowered by Hopper and fatally stabbed (dying with the belief he did the right thing) Deacon Blackfire gets humiliated by Batman in front of his followers. This has the effect of causing said followers to immediately turn on Blackfire for daring to show weakness, as well as realizing they've been duped by Blackfire the entire time:

Unfortunately, Saint John's followers don't ever see him humiliated the same way Blackfire was, so it's questionable if (after the FBI and NYPD got back control of the city) Saint John still has disciples out there following his defeat who will continue to carry out his work. Not all of them were arrested by Agent Gallup's task force unfortunately. However, it's a moot point since it's likely there won't be a follow up sequel to this book.

Again, I can't confirm if Adam Christopher took inspiration from either Batman The Cult or Escape from New York, but there are so many aspects of those stories similar to the ones found in this book that I wouldn't be surprised if he did. Regardless, I like the parallels between these three stories and how they complement each other in regards to themes and plot.

Final Thoughts:

This is a must-read book! It serves as a nice prequel to the show, and gives more backstory on Hopper while also expanding on his character and his relationship with El. It also fits well with the continuity of the show, and (as far as I can tell) doesn't contain any errors related to canon. It's a thrilling, fast-paced novel with plenty of suspense and insight. If (or when) you get the chance, check it out! :)

[theglasscat]

What are your fav ASMR channels? And/or your fav triggers?

Yaaasss I'm gonna go off

Angelica (angelicasgrass) aka The Plague Nun is my all time fave but she doesn't give me ASMR triggers necessarily. I like how her work is almost a drag performance of the ASMR medium.

The first channel I ever caught onto was ALB in Whisperland, but since she doesn't do my triggers as often I don't often listen, but her work is very polished and well made.

For crisp streamlined sounds I enjoy ASMR Midnight, Be Brave Be You ASMR, Lizi ASMR, and Rea Moon ASMR. gnarlyasmr has had some really nice makeup videos I've enjoyed recently. FreddieASMR is intensely tingly for me, a lesbian, and I can't imagine what his voice does to people who are attracted to him. ATMOSPHERE ASMR is soooo good and the productions are incredible. Her harpy video and Victorian series are so good.

I really like lofi and old school ASMR, like made in Photobooth or on a laptop webcam asmr. My faves are when someone sits in their bedroom and there's cars outside and the audio is a little janky. I've seen a lot of ASMRtists go from this to the big time and I often drop off my following when this happens. Ocean ASMR when she posted from her teen bathroom and Laura Lemurex were ones where I used to follow consistently until they became really streamlined. I like to type in "makeup roleplay asmr" and hit the "this week" filter to find grainy and unpolished ASMR sounds from channels with like 10 views. I channel hop a lot and click on interesting looking links from the recommendations page.

My triggers are face brushing, makeup roleplays personal attention, face touching or examining, drawing sounds, hair brushing, and hair washing puts me right to sleep (I'm so touch starved 75% of the time lol). I like touching the camera sounds as well. I dislike whispers and unintelligible mumbles, and prefer clear soft spoken work. I despise wet mouth sounds. Fluttering does nothing for me nor does vocally mimicking the sound of the brush with mouth clicking.

Here's a protip: If the woman in the thumbnail is wearing gloss the sounds will be heavy on the wet (chances are she even reapply that gloss 9-10 times) and if she's wearing matte lipstick or no lipstick it will be crispier sounds. Does this make sense?

Honorable mentions: Scottish Blueberry's Saturday makeup roleplays, Jonie ASMR's long videos, Slumber Space ASMR's WLW videos (I have a crush), Goodnight Moon's Babblebrook series, Soft Spoken Makeup Artist Roleplay by QueenofSerene ASMR (12 Years Ago), Superfly and her sister doing makeup on each other, this one where a girl in her room witnesses a car accident off camera and at the end you hear the sirens I cannot find it it is lost to time, an exquisite Worst Reviewed Makeup Artist Roleplay where the woman spends chunks of time gossiping in another language with her neighbor slightly to the left of frame (the artist said that would be her only ASMR video), You Did a Great Job Today's makeup on screen pieces, and of course the Bee Movie extravaganza which is essentially a catalogue of every mainstream ASMRtist in the last 10 years if you need a fun place to start.

[dykeomania]

Mia please I need advice on how to build a roster or even start going on dates w other women in the first place like I swear I’m not a loser I just don’t know where to start. For context I’m a femme lesbian who likes butches/mascs ….any advice will be appreciated thank u kindly ……

okay i am so bad at answering asks but i'm gonna try to give you a rundown and tell you some stuff based off of my experience

so i'm like pretty feminine presenting i guess (i dress "comfortably," tomboyish, idk), would not say i lean strictly masculine in terms of how i present myself. i keep my options pretty open. uhhh, i'm american, so i use like. dating apps in america. i'm 20. waves my hands. yktv ok just some context.

dating apps are fun. get into dating apps. i like hinge because you can set your location to wherever you want and it's free and that been be super useful if you happen to live in a small town or any place that doesn't have a big lesbo community. pro is that you can set your location wherever you want (set it to mass or anywhere in the upper northeast, bitches are gay as fuck up here -- by like uvm, mount holyoke, downtown boston, or new york, pennsylvania too surprisingly). con is that you can set it to anywhere you want, and that might put you in a long-medium distance situation so be ready for that/mindful of that or just have a car.

i would say that hinge is also good because it learns your taste after a while. so if you only swipe on masculine presenting women, then it'll pick up on that after a while and begin to only show you women who are masculine presenting. pretty cool

going on dates, and flirting with women. im not gonna say too much here bc you said you're not a loser so i think you got it but generally speaking like, when it comes time and you've got a girl in your dms and let's say you're somewhat close, don't hold back. if you catch a vibe, you can be like heyyyy im gonna be in your cityyyy dadadada we should go for coffee. let's link, let's do something. or let them know, and be like we should do something, and let them make the plans. keep them held to that. and by this point like, definitely make sure that 1) you know this person is real obvi 2) you've exchanged #s /socials with them, or at least after you've agreed to go on a date -- this is a me thing, it makes things feel a little more set in stone for me personally. and do not just settle for casual hookups. some women will hit you up on some like, oh let's just link or makeout or come to my dorm, and if that's your jam, i would say go for it but i would also caution you. however, if you want more than that there are a hundred percent women who are more than willing to like, take you ice skating, take you on a picnic, go for a walk somewhere, etc. don't settle. be patient, but don't settle

and when it comes to dating generally speaking, define your boundaries. say what it is that you want, and honor that, and honor what the other person wants as well. things may change, but it's important to make sure that everyone is on a good playing field before you really delve into things past like, a first date. things can be casual still obviously after the second date, third date, what may have you, however, but again, good comunication is important so just make sure that y'all are on the same page even if it's just casual and you're feeling things out. like, are you exclusive? do you wanna be? if you're gonna kiss at the end of your dates, make sure you both know what that means, if anything at all? etc.

and i guess the last and perhaps the most unhelpful thing is like, just keep your options very broad in terms of where you're looking but i'd also encourage you to be careful. i met some girls on my roster through like, a social media app meant for college students that i downloaded bc of my school (yik yak, dead ass). people pop up from anywhere.

i hope this was helpful. i kinda wanna say more but im trying to find things to say and it is hard because i am so sleepy

[aclaywrites]

Subarus! Efficient and practical, they kicked off the gays-as-a-target market trend in the ‘90s by focusing on lesbians. Subaru is even the Japanese name for the Pleiades— the seven sisters. It will haul your dogs and mountain bikes! It’s the ultimate dyke car!! Honorable mention goes to the pickup truck because for real. At least for those of us out here in flyover country, that’s about as dyke as you can get.

I myself prefer foreign cars because they’re better made. Best car I ever had was a 5-speed VW golf I drove when I was thrown out of grad school and started teaching. I love my Prius now, but I miss the stick shift. Oh, irony 😂

[likeadog]

as a lesbian i think you're right and can say whatever you want. and hit people with your car

thank you o7 its an honor

[scxvnger]

this shit sounds so "everyone clapped", but, in honor of pride month, here's a compilation of quotes from my self-proclaimed extremely cis boyfriend:

"I'm not trans. I just fucks with the they/thems a little. Can't everyone go by they/them?"

[While cuddling, my face in his chest]

"Wouldn't it be so weird if I had boobs right now? I bet you wish I had boobs right now. That'd be funny. Not because I want it, but you totally do."

[While discussing me starting T]

"Omg as you transition this will just be more and more of a straight relationship."

-"What do you mean by that?"

"Um.... like, uh two men together is the straightest thing ever. So manly. Mhm."

"I love how when we started dating we were a girl and boy, and now we are uno reversing it"

"I headcanon that my titan [Destiny 2] is in a lesbian relationship with your warlock."

-"oh! I didn't know your titan was a lady"

"Yeah, I specifically dress her up in bulky armor so she kind of looks like a dude. Like on the outside she's all dude, but she's a girl underneath."

"I'm not trans but these pants really trans my gender."

[to our shared group of friends]

"Alright kids get in the car with Mom and Dad. I'm Mom [pointing to himself], they're Dad [pointing to me]."

"I don't have trans thoughts. It's different. I just wake up most mornings thinking about how I can be more... I dunno, neutral. In between. I want people to look at me and not know what I am."

[excitedly] "Do think people have ever thought we were a lesbian couple?"

"Sometimes I just wish I was born a girl and then taken a little bit of T to be more masc, not just a dude like I am now. Yknow?"

[docnomore]

Ludicrous dialogue in my head. Two lesbians decide to marry, which “father of the bride” pays? When I was a child, such questions never needed asking. When I was a child, the ideal was that we were never to bring shame or dishonor to the family name. How tightly did we cleave to that latter thought process? Not very. We were young and stupid. We did what we did without giving thought to consequences - real or imagined. We were too poor to contend with “family honor” to that degree. The only people I knew who were raised under those guidelines were very wealthy. Their marriage was preordained and was essentially a marriage of finance. In that time period, women went to the university, not to gain a career, but to find a suitable husband. Usually, marriage was on the verge of being 100% arranged by the parents. Families introduced their children to one another and saw to it that relationships flourished. “Romance” was more an after thought for those born of wealth. For the rest of us, it was more a matter of “don’t be stupid, and don’t get caught.” In other words keep your hind end out of jail. I tried raising my children with higher expectations. Still, liberalism gets in the way. Not “liberalism” like in Europe where “conservatives” hoard all of the power, growing government by minimizing the rights of the individual. No, American “Liberalism” where lunacy reigns supreme at the expense of freedom and liberty. In my house, I married up. She was born of wealth and privilege. I was born dirt poor (literally). She had maids, gardeners, and house keepers. I had the $100 “wonder car” You always had to wonder if you would make it to where ever it was you were going. Being mechanically inclined, we’d take those $100 cars and fix them up and the street race. We also would go to the watering hole on the back pasture, have a bonfire and proceed to get drunk until the cops arrived. We’d scatter, get into a chase and drive off into a corn field, get far enough ahead that we could then throw the car in reverse, backing around a few minutes and then get out and sit on the roof, watching the local cops tear up the field following the paths we’d made. It wouldn’t take long for them to realize the fun, stop, climb out and stand up so they could see where we were and then give chase again. The next day, they’d show up at the coffee shop in town, lay an ear of corn in front of the old man (dad), then, in front of all of his coffee swilling buddies (the coffee clutch bunch), tell him to go square up with the owner of the corn field they’d torn up the night before. Those days are gone. Today’s cops just shoot you. No questions asked. Dad taught me to drive offensively (he was a driving coach for many Indy 500 drivers who went on to win). As much as I wanted to teach mine, I couldn’t. Instead, I had to teach them that you can’t outrun a Motorola (radio used in squad cars). Don’t get caught.

So, my daughter, the former Hollywood actress, now on Broadway is talking marriage - to another woman. She was raised in the church. She was taught right from wrong. Family honor? Liberalism has taken charge. She has not yet decided whether or not she’s going to Christmas Eve service. What happened to the days when she was the choir director of the church she attended? Marriage? So, she’s good with riding a rubber strap on for the rest of her life? Rejecting the real deal for fake? I’m struggling here. It’s not my life. I don’t have to live it. Yet I’m going to be directly effected by the consequences of her choices? Reading that last sentence, spell check has underlined the word “effect”. I’m old school. The difference per the older definition which has apparently changed because the idiots are too stupid to know and learn the difference, is that “affect” is an emotion caused by “effect”. Effect is the action which causes the feeling (good, bad, or indifferent), the feeling: affect. So, two lesbians decide to wed. Which “father of the bride” pays for the wedding? Her “husband” is joining us in a few days, going on a New Years cruise with us. It was supposed to be family but the wife of the oldest soon is weeks away from delivering grand baby number two. The tickets already purchased, non refundable, now excludes him, her and the grand baby. So, daughter is bringing her significant other and son number two is bringing along a friend.

I’ve not yet been told directly about the intent to marry. I read lips relatively well. There are often times when I am present that they intentionally exclude me from the conversations. Nice. Silly them. They think I don’t catch on. I do catch on. What I don’t is understand. Apparently I am not to be trusted. No one is asking my opinion. Even if they were to ask, I’m not so sure I would give it.

I had a friend once, he was from India. A doctor of Pharmacology. Here in the US, his degree didn’t transfer. He took his money and bough an ice cream store franchise which is how we met. I’d bring my family and the neighborhood kids to get ice cream. His was an arranged an arranged marriage. Asked him about that, he responded by asking/pointing out “Who knows you better than your parents? And who wants you to succeed in life, more than your parents?” Last week we covered Genesis, chapter 24in class. Abraham, knowing his time on earth is near, decided it was time for his son (40+ years old) to marry. He did not discuss it with his son. Instead, he gave his chief servant specific instruction to go to a specific town, and bring back a suitable wife. Can you imagine? Sight unseen, no idea whether or not she was raised in a good family or an abusive one. Looks were not the most important thing listed in this endeavor. And when the servant found what he believed was a good match per that specific list, the deal was struck with the girl/woman’s father. The men were kind enough to ask her if she would go. She did not object. She hasn’t seen her new husband and knows nothing of his character or upbringing. What an adventure! With my friend the ice cream store owner, he said love would grow. It’s a learned thing, not necessarily a feeling. Effect v. Affect. I know my daughter likes men AND women. That’s been clear for a long time. Still, I’d hoped and believed that she would realize that opposites attract. You cannot force like poles of two magnets together. It just doesn’t work.

[ondeadpeasantgirls]

People (on the internet) like to talk about how Blood & Cheese was disappointing compared to the book when that was kind of the point?

In the book Blood & Cheese tie up Helaena, Alicent, the twins and Maelor and force Helaena to choose between her two sons or they’d rape them and kill both boys. The climax of the scene hinges on them killing Jaehaerys “striking off the boy’s head with a single blow” instead of Maelor who she chose. Cheese whispered to Maelor “Your momma wants you dead.” It leaves open for interpretation if B&C were always ordered to kill Jaehaerys and were sadists or were ordered to make her choose and kill the opposite. It is something out of a horror movie. “Which son do you want us to kill” is more dramatic than “which one is your son”but the actual death is quick. It ends with “The queen began to scream.”

In the show, it’s a much quieter scene. It’s less initially violent. Alicent’s boinking Cole. Jaehaerys and Jaehaera are asleep. There isn’t a screaming baby too young to understand what’s happening. There isn’t Alicent struggling to get untied or terrified kindergarteners. It’s just Helaena frozen up, recognizing that the nightmare she’s had hundreds of times was a warning. It’s just Helaena, having to point her son out and Cheese almost fucking empathizing w/ her (I may be off but wtf?). It’s Helaena having to tell them which of her children to murder lest they “bleed the lot of ya.” Then she has to listen him screaming as he’s slowly murdered with a blunt knife.

If you’ve ever seen someone relatively unharmed, sober and still in shock at the scene of a fatal car accident, Phia’s acting is dead on.

And find her mom in bed with Cole - which was a choice. I see where the shows going (they blame themselves for choosing to have sex over duty thinking it caused this when in reality them choosing the duty of putting Aegon on the throne over peace caused it (or to go back further the “honor”of becoming queen and kings’ guard)) but sheesh let Alicent be a lesbian FFS.