#like it seems to be just as automatic as he or she is for cis men & women

[contagious-watermelon]

it's real interesting to me when self-proclaimed trans allies, or even other queer people, automatically and subconsciously refer to trans men and trans women as "they" in contexts where they don't to cis people

[fishing-lesbian-catgirl]

kinda fucked up for you to see a gender non conforming woman (samsus) and automatically make them trans. you get what i mean about how thats just reinforcing gender stereotypes (that cis women are feminine and would never commit genocide even a little while transwomen would do masculine evil things like shoot gun (because they’ve kept their man vibes) or whatever

yeah

I can’t tell if this is like a shitpost or a really poorly worded commentary because I have no idea who you are. Frankly I would normally assume the worst block you, buuuuut since I like talking about it I’d love to explain why Samus Aran is extremely transgender.

Tbh I am still tempted to block you but the terrible grammar, spelling error, and nonsensical nature of the ask almost make it seem like a shitpost

First of all Samus being trans-coded was very core to her character from the very beginning. Regardless of the reasons they did it, the original Metroid was intentionally made and marketed to have people assume she was a man. This isn’t even just because people would see a person in a power suit and assume they were a man, the games manual explicitly refers to Samus with he/him pronouns. The immediate assumption that she’s a man because she’s tall, broad shouldered, badass, and wears a power suit that obscures her feminine features until the big reveal is inherently a trans theme. Taking that away makes her a less compelling character. It’s also continued in that Metroid media has continually joked that a lot of the Galaxy assumes that Samus Aran, the greatest bounty hunter in the Galaxy, is a man.

Secondly there was that one Metroid dev who said in an interview that Samus was transgender. The terminology used was outdated and it was explicitly a transphobic joke, but it’s too late she’s ours now.

Thirdly she is (was) built like one of us. That is, prior to the later zero suit designs trying way too hard to be sexy. Like seriously when I first found this image a few years ago I was the same height and weight as her. I miss the big buff broad shouldered Samus design so much and her later redesigns are honestly kinda pathetic by comparison

Fourth, Samus was raised by the Chozo and trained to become a powerful warrior. Part of what they did to make her strong was body modification via Chozo DNA splicing to make her stronger and more agile than a normal human. This is a sci-fi setting where she was raised by an extremely advanced alien race who could change her very DNA, acting like she couldn’t look like she does and be a trans woman is simply not even an argument.

Now, of course, you could refute all this by saying “but Cordelia, we know what Samus looked like as a kid from Metroid Zero Mission and the manga and she was clearly a little girl not a boy.” Now even without addressing the fact that it’s very possible for people to realize they are transgender as children and that children don’t even really have secondary sex characteristics to make it easy to tell what their gender is, this what Samus actually looked as a child:

The combination of all of this gives us trans women a lot of good reasons to believe she is transgender. But also, literally none of this is necessary for me to headcanon a character as trans. Trans women come in all shapes and sizes with all different stories and not a single thing in Metroid canon even remotely suggests that Samus Aran has to be cisgender. And if you try to say “but Samus has no bulge in canonical zero suit Samus depictions!” you’d have to be intentionally dense. Samus Aran is a chimera with a cocktail of human, Chozo, and Metroid DNA and, again, was raised by a race of super advanced aliens. Not only could they have easily given her bottom surgery, but they could’ve even changed her fucking sex chromosomes if she wanted them to. There is literally nothing in Metroid canon that even remotely gives me a reason not to insist that she’s transgender. To be honest, there is more evidence for her being trans than against.

To anyway anyone who actually read this far, I hope you understand the truth. Nintendo’s redesigns are too afraid to show us, but you and I both know that her cock is huge

[inkyarcturus]

For my contribution for pride month I’d like to share my personal head canons for Harry Potter characters!!!

Harry Potter: I’m gonna be honest I project on this man far too unhealthily to NOT be biased (I’ve been going by the name Harry in IRLfor 3 and a half years now I think? Bc of this man /srs) but that man’s bi with a capital B 💕💜💙 personally I enjoy seeing trans man Harry as well but unfortunately I don’t see as many fanfics of him as such :,) shoutout to all the fanfic creators I see making Harry a trans woman tho!!! I’d also love to see a genderfluid/nonbinary Harry or two!!!

Hermione Granger: trans woman!!! 🏳️‍⚧️ *crowd cheers* as for sexuality wise? I’ve seen her depicted as straight, bisexual and lesbian- and honestly I think I can see her fitting all of these!!!

Ronald Weasley: I always struggle to pinpoint what I headcanon Ron to be. I have seen a couple of people headcannoning him as a trans man 🏳️‍⚧️- referencing Molly continuing to have children until she had a girl creates perfect levels of angst for this- but I wouldn’t say it’s a permanent aspect of him inside my head. Now that I think about him a little more- I think I might headcanon him as unlabeled more than anything sexuality wise. I think he’s into women but he wouldn’t be opposed or too surprised if he developed a crush on a guy.

Luna Lovegood: She’s a lesbian 🏳️‍🌈💕 (I will occasionally accept fanfics where she is pan and is with Neville but her being a lesbian is the main headcanon) also a little gender queer in whichever way you choose 🏳️‍⚧️ sometimes I see her as genderfluid, bigender and just generally nonbinary

Ginny Weasley: bi- so so bi 💕💜💙

Draco Malfoy: Gayest motherfucker in town I’m sorry- Mr. Tells his father literally everything about Harry 💚🤍💙

Remus Lupin: bi 💕💜💙 there’s no question about that in my mind, I think he has a small preference for men but that’s it!!!

Sirius Black: He switches between using the labels queer and gay but you know that man kisses other men!!! 💚🤍💙 I know a lot of people tend to headcanon him as genderfluid which I enjoy seeing but it’s never been a main stay headcanon for me :,)

Tonks: (She/they) Lesbian and Intersex 🏳️‍🌈💕💛🟣. I’m sorry but the age gap between Remus and her in the original books make me uncomfortable- as for being intersex, I think most ppl believe being a metamorphmagus means she is automatically genderfluid, while I like seeing genderfluid representation, I think ppl often fail to acknowledge the difference between sex and gender. As a metamorphmagus, she transforms her body, her gender doesn’t seem to change w it in the books. While I like the headcanons of them being genderfluid I wish more people explored that specific idea.

Severus Snape: queer? Queer. In every sense of the word. I think most people view him as bi 💕🟣💙 which I agree with (Lily and Mulciber, also absolutely headcanon him having a crush on both Lucius AND Narcissa) but also I think he’s a little bit gender funky- I mean just look at him- no one who stands like that isn’t just cis /ref. Sev absolutely painted his nails and did eyeliner, he absolutely wore a floor length black skirt and absolutely had days where mister hit wrong in all the right places and everyone in her group helped by doing tiny things like braiding her hair and putting bat clips in it for fun 🏳️‍⚧️

Anyways speed run round 🏃

💕🟣💙: Cedric Diggory, Cho Chang (has the fandom chosen a new name for her yet?) Bill Weasley

🧡💛🤍🩵💙: Charlie Weasley, Neville? (Didn’t think of this until just now but it’s growing on me?-)

🏳️‍🌈💚🤍💙: Dean thomas, Seamus Finnegan, Dumbledore (I may not like him that much but he is gay)

🏳️‍🌈💕: Minerva Mcgonagall, Poppy Pomfrey

If I missed anyone I’m sorry :,)

Anyways!!! Join if you’d like with your own headcanons!!!

@pottistic @marriso1 (If you guys don’t wanna join w ur own headcanons that’s okay! I thought this would just be fun :P)

[invinciblerodent]

I'm sure this has been said already, but while I quite enjoy that every* companion's story in Veilguard seems to end in a binary choice (in which neither outcome is necessarily better or worse than the other), it feels a bit... weird, how Taash is not an exception to that.

Throughout the game, the Rivaini/Qunari conflict in their identity seems to walk in lockstep with the narrative's exploration of their gender. And, though the crucial part of that can be resolved for them fairly early in the game (and honestly I like how that also happens off-screen, it feels good that Rook is not a part of that conversation beyond the "hey maybe you should talk to someone" advice)(unless it's different for a nonbinary Rook, I personally played a cis woman so I don't know if that affects things), it continues to be referenced in banter and dialogue throughout the game via the characters commenting and adjusting, and the resolution of the conflict with their mother ties into the final quest itself- so it feels a little bit out of place in the end there, to have the former still come down to choosing one over the other.

Sure, one can argue that this "binary" choice is less like, say, Neve's choice (which, to my understanding right now, sort of results in largely the same actions, just with a different approach) or Bellara's (if she chooses to keep the Nadas Dirthalen, it can still always be destroyed later, if it proves dangerous), and it's more similar to Davrin's (in that it feels to me more like it's about a choice between honoring tradition vs. welcoming change) or Emmrich's (in that it's choosing between two equally important, sort of mutually exclusive parts of a character's identity that still nevertheless exist within them, and come into conflict).

I get how maybe they didn't want them to stand out from the lineup even more (7 is kind of an odd number of companions to have, and they're the only qunari, AND only nonbinary person in addition to 3 women and 3 men), I feel like having a third option, one that's maybe more of a commitment to their faction and puts being a Lord of Fortune ahead of both the Qunari and the Rivaini identities (and thus blends the two), would have been ideal, and more in-line with the tone of the entire character arc.

You know, you don't have to choose between being a man or a woman, Rivaini or Qunari, you can just be... yourself. Something different, the precise meaning of which you choose for yourself.

It would have really driven the message home, I think. I feel a little bit like it dropped me off just one block early like this.

*(I don't yet know if Lucanis' is gonna end like that too, I'm procrastinating on that bit right now lol, but 6/7 do, so I hazard a guess that either it was the choice he made automatically because he's hardened, or it'll come down to one in the main quest.)

[gayhenrycreel]

i am so fucking sick of trans women acting like trans men arent oppressed, and im sick of trans men acting like theyre more oppressed than trans women

not fucking sorry to break it to you, but the patriarchy sees us all as faggots. stop hating on people who have no power over you.

i wont name anyone but i just went through a fantastic blog run by a trans woman. seemed fine. she had some good takes. she had some different ideas on leftism from me, but leftists gotta stick together right?

no.

she thinks trans men are basically cis men in terms of power. of course that does not mean shes a bad person. there is always room for improvement, and being wrong about something does not mean someone is bad.

it is true that trans men can experience male privilege. ive experienced it myself. but as soon as people know im trans that privilege disappears.

the instant im outed im just another faggot. im pretending to be a man. im just trying to gain power. im tricking people. im a pervert.

trans women go through this too. trans women are seen as perverts, tricking people and pretending to be women.

trans women are judged for being feminine in the wrong way. they are seen as performing feminity wrong.

trans men are judged for being masculine in the wrong way. we're just weird dykes.

the reason trans men are viewed as confused lesbians is because patriarchy believes that women cant make their own decisions. women are too stupid to have autonomy, so they cant decide to be a man.

patriarchy changes how it views trans people to suit its function.

if a trans man is experiencing emotions seen as anger (even if hes just defending himself) he is a disgusting violent man and a predator. this happens to trans women too.

if a trans woman is butch, she is faking being trans to gain power (even if that power does not exist). if she is angry, she is just another violent man.

if a trans woman is in a stereotypically feminine view by society, she is a clueless woman and shouldn't have autonomy.

if a trans man is not angry and cis passing, he is a confused woman who shouldn't have autonomy.

see?

this is about women having autonomy.

transphobia is just misogyny rebranded.

trans men and trans women are not opposites. because men and women in general are not opposites.

trans women are oppressed for being transgender women.

trans men are oppressed for being transgender men.

patriarchy is not logical, because it has no scientific basis. if a man is a man in the wrong way he will be oppressed. trans men suffer misogyny too because we are seen as women.

misogyny targets anyone who performs gender wrong.

i argue that cis men can experience transmisogyny too.

cishet men get called fags if they are not the peak of masculinity. they get called sissys if they arent strong enough.

the reason for this is that anything feminine is seen as weak, and anything not perfectly masculine must be feminine.

@our-queer-experience and @genderkoolaid are some of the only blogs ive seen be normal about both trans men and trans women.

stop drinking the terf koolaid. terfs believe that men are inherently violent abusers, and apply that to men and women who are feminine wrong.

have you not seen all those terfs fighting each other because one of them has leg hair?

yeah. terfs think women are biologically incapable of having body hair. some terfs have even ganged up on jkr herself because they think her jawline is too masculine.

terfs are so misogynistic that they think women can only be real women if they fit into a perfect little made up box.

out of all great apes, humans have some of the least sexual dimorphism. you cant automatically tell if someone is trans.

terfism is self destructive. its killing feminism. its misogynistic. its transphobic. if you pay attention its also racist and antisemitic.

yeah, terfs go after women of colour and women with big noses and say they arent actually women because they have features that arent white.

newsflash, not all races have the same features. what might be considered masculine features in white people might not be that masculine for people of colour.

humans are a variable species. there is no singular "masculine" or "feminine" face.

im a trans man and ive met cis men with more stereotypically feminine features than me, and cis women with more stereotypically masculine features than me.

humans evolved to have facial variation so we could recognise individuals easier. not so we could fight over whether humans should have variations.

im not even on testosterone yet and i have chest hair. its normal. cant you see the beauty of the human form? we share so much DNA and we all look so different.

terfs think women cant be women if they are gendering wrong, just how patriarchy does.

patriarchy also thinks men cant be men if they gender wrong.

patriarchy and terfism both believe that people are lying about themselves if they dont conform.

patriarchy is forced conformity.

and its whats killing the queer kids.

hating men is not a cure for misogyny.

[mallloryrowinski]

I just saw your post about the tiktok video by Trashling and turns out she's a Cambridge law graduate.

Had a look at the comments and this was her response to someone saying: "Trans is gender essentialism. To feel like another gender, you need to associate certain attributes with it."

@ashling:Gender essentialism is ascribing innate, universal values, including moral values (described here) to all members of a specific gender. Which is bs, you can’t say ALL 4 billion women on earth have the same moral, physical, or psychological characteristics

A different person commented about feminists falling down this so-called pipeline as "horrifying" which received this response:

@ashling:they take advantage of our fear and uncertainty, easier to sell something to be scared of than encourage openness

She's also liked comments such as:

@yaoimothman:Excluding men from activism leads men who otherwise wouldn’t have becoming right wing

Thank you for this! I suppose a Cambridge law degree doesn’t automatically grant sound critical thinking skills.

Her response on gender essentialism seems to miss the point of the critique entirely. As feminists, one of the issues with trans ideology is the reinforcement of stereotypes as a way of 'identifying' with a gender, which is inherently rooted in essentialist thinking. After all, if gender is about associating certain traits with either ‘woman’ or ‘man,’ then claiming to feel like another gender relies on precisely those stereotypical, essentialist ideas of what it means to be male or female.

The ‘pipeline’ argument is 🙄. Framing feminists' critique of gender as a form of fear-mongering not only dismisses valid concerns but suggests that women are irrational, susceptible to propaganda instead of capable of developing their own deeply-considered ideas. It’s a tactic to delegitimize feminist perspectives, casting them as reactionary rather than substantive. And the comment she liked about ‘excluding men from activism’ leading them to ‘become right-wing’ is classic. It’s similar to the common argument that restricting men's access to porn or prostitution would drive them to violence. It’s a veiled form of intimidation: essentially, 'Let men have their way, or else they’ll turn against you.' Feminism doesn't exist to appease men or prevent them from lashing out; it exists to advocate for women's rights and liberation on our terms.

This push for openness and inclusion often seems to demand that women sacrifice their own safety and spaces, catering to male fragility under the guise of ‘progressive’ values. And I am tired of it!!

Also that screenshot of that article she has behind her at the beginning of the video? "Trans-exclusionary movement is the new gateway to fascism, racist ideologies" what???????

And by the end of the video she's yapping about how we're trying to convince other women that cis men are pretending to be trans women to get in our bathrooms and, according to her, 'men don't need to be doing all that'. When 1. that's not what we're saying and 2. there is a real issue lmao (a real issue that she's discrediting by also talking about how 'trans women are our sisters, they're allies, and a world where a trans woman is free and safe to express herself and her gender presentation as she wants to is a world where all women get to do that' - again, WILD!)

(source) weirdly enough or "sisters and allies" criminally behave like men

(source) Alex tried identifying his way out of a male-prison sentence by claiming he's a woman.

(source) Yeah we're totally fear-mongering huh this isn't real, women's safety isn't at risk

Yeah it's clearly us who don't know what they're talking about

[teruthecreator]

norm for the askgame ^^

PAPA NEEDS HIS SILLY PIIIIIIIIILLS

Sexuality Headcanon:

bisexual but he’s too busy being like 39 and the sheriff of dialtown so absolutely no time to unpack dat goku

Gender Headcanon:

cis guy. tho any and all butch norms i accept with open and loving arms. sometimes a man can be so butch do you understand

A ship I have with said character:

(looks pointedly at my mingus ask) uhhhhhhhh ANYWAYS other than normingus i also rlly rlly like normgingi!!!!! probably my second favorite gingi ship (first being oliver and gingi) and definitely one i think about often. the like immediate blood bond they forge over the course of ch3 is insane like norm goes from wanting to kill gingi dead to DOING IT ALL FOR THEM WAHHHHHHHHH WAHHHHHHHHHHHH. also dare i say he’s a little yandere for gingi??? i don’t mean that seriously me and my friends just like to call him yandere. he has a yandere face and everything it’s great. anyways idk if i’d call normgingi wholly romantic but it’s certainly something. norm already had a wife but maybe he now has a second one??? in the form of a trash goblin??? idk i dont think they have a label for what they are and it confuses norm but he’s decided just to roll with it for now

A BROTP I have with said character:

norm with the rest of the dateables cast is so fucking important to me. literal besties squad. like the dialtown tool friends epilogue series made me just become OBSESSED with all of them interacting casually. and like every aspect of it is funny and good. i have a hc that norm builds a house just behind the funfair (like in a semi secluded spot) and that house is the hangout center for the entire polycule. karen is over there painting the scenery, olivers hosting movie nights, randy just Comes Over whenever shes too scared to stay at the ticket booth, fucking BIGFOOT drops by sometimes to hang. it’s just kind of beautiful the life norm leads post ch3 like going from being a hermit and wanting to stay secluded to having this rich tapestry of friends?????? genuinely brings a tear to my eye i LOVE NORM AND HIS FRIENDS WAHHHH

A NOTP I have with said character:

i dont really like norm/callum To Be Quite Honest. just isn’t my thang. also don’t care about norm/mr. dickens seems like we are filling a Yaoi Quota with that one but also you could probably convince me of it if u were compelling enough

A random headcanon:

(stares openly at tryt) so i have some opinions about norm’s family… HJGNFHFJFBFJ in seriousness tho i have this whole backstory devised about norm’s wife and the child they have right before he gets shipped off to space and the life that his widowed wife and child lead after he’s gone. his wife’s name is betsy and his child’s name is sylvia-grace but she goes by sylvie and they lead a relatively normal life in arizona until sylvie’s old enough to move out and then she goes to california. betsy dies long before norm makes the jump to the present, but sylvie is still kicking! she has a wife and two adult children of her own by then. i don’t think norm would ever get to really Meet them but that’s for very specific reasons that i map out in my fic The Road Yet Traveled, so if this idea intrigues you feel free to read that or just send me an ask! i could talk about this little family forever

General Opinion over said character:

norm has very quickly climbed the ranks in terms of the dateables. like i adore karen and oliver and randy, but norm is just….ohhhhhhhh he’s norm allen!!!!! he has such an interesting outlook on life and again i think he kinda brushes up with mingus in terms of like . characters i think deeply about. i mean i literally wrote a 30k fic that is Mainly about norm’s reconciliation with the past in forging his future. he’s just a guy i think about often!!!! also i do a voice for him and i will randomly pull it out in vcs just to make everyone laugh, which automatically means he’s one of my favs :-)

i turned his face into a penis one time. dont remember why i did that

[cynicalone94]

"You Weren't Supposed To Get Hurt"

Read on AO3 here.

Jay is standing in interrogation watching Kevin and Adam go at a suspect when his phone goes off.

He looks down to see a text from on of his CIs.

‘Need help. Can you meet me?’

He sighs and looks over at his boss.

“Hey Voight, I got a CI asking for help. You cool if I take off for an hour or so to make sure he’s okay?”

“What’s his name?” Voight asks without looking away from the window.

“Trevor Langston.”

“Alright.” Voight says with a nod. “Let me know if you need anything.”

“I will.” he says with a nod, already texting Trevor back.

‘Yeah. Where?’

He rolls his truck into the parking lot and cuts the engine, jumping out of the cab.

“Trevor.” he calls out. “I’m here. What’s going on?”

“I’m in a bit of trouble.” the kid says, moving toward him with hands shoved deep into his pocket. “I uh, I kind of fell off the wagon.”

“Gambling?” Jay asks. “Trevor.”

“I know.” the kid says. “I know but my girl got pregnant and I was stressed so I… I messed up, man.”

“Alright.” Jay says. “We’ll get you some extra meetings. How deep you in?”

“Seventy grand.”

“What?” Jay explodes. “Are you kidding me? What have you been gambling on?”

“Sports. Poker. Stock market trends.” Trevor says, looking down. “A little bit of everything. I spiraled, man.”

“So you call me before you get in that deep.” Jay groans. “I can’t just pull seventy grand out of my ass.”

“I don’t need money.” Trevor says, shaking his head. “I took care of it. See I met this guy and he paid off everything, like a loan consolidation or something. And he says he’ll write it off as long as I do him a couple of favors.”

“Favors?” Jay asks, eyes going wide. “Trevor that is never a good situation to get yourself in.”

“No, no it’s good.” Trevor says. “See he just wants to talk to you.”

A chill runs down his spine.

“Trevor. What did you do?”

“He just wants to talk.” Trevor insists.

Not for seventy grand he doesn’t.

Jay reaches for his weapon but it’s too late. Four guys come out from behind a pair of cars holding automatic weapons.

“Don’t even think about it, Detective.” one of the men shouts and Jay’s hand comes back up.

“Jay don’t be crazy.” Trevor says. “He wants to talk.”

“The automatic weapons don’t seem like he wants to talk.” Jay says.

“Don’t be so suspicious, Detective.”

He looks up to see an old face that he’d never wanted to see again.

“Vince.” he says with a scowl. “Since when do you have seventy grand lying around?”

“I made some new friends in prison.” Vince says. “I guess I should thank you for that.”

“Yeah.” Jay scoffs. “That why you wanted to chat? So you could thank me?”

“That’s right.” Vince says with a grin. “I spent seventy grand so I could thank you for arresting me.”

“Well then you’re welcome.” Jay says. “We good? Cause I need to get back to work.”

“What kind of a thank you would this be?” Vince says. “We’re taking a ride.”

“I ain’t going anywhere with you.” Jay says, shaking his head.

“I didn’t hear myself giving you a choice.” Vince says, waving one of his men forward.

Trevor steps forward.

“Hey man.” he says, looking between the two of them. “This uh, this wasn’t the deal.”

“Sure it was.” Vince says. “I paid your debts and you got me face time with an old pal. Your part of this deal is done.”

“I don’t know.” Trevor says. “This doesn’t sound like…”

“Save it.” Jay snaps. “Your bit here is done. Find a meeting and I’ll check in with you tomorrow.”

Trevor nods shakily, stepping back.

“Okay.” he says. “Yeah okay.”

Vince’s guy takes hold of his arm, pulling his gun from the holster and passing it to Vince as he tows Jay past him.

They stop by the back door of a black SUV. The man jerks Jay’s hands behind his back, sliding a zip tie over his wrists and tightening it down.

And then he’s shoved into the backseat and the door slammed behind him.

Voight is in his office, trying to figure out where they should go next when Trudy calls up.

“Voight I got someone down here, insisting he needs to talk to you.” she says.

“Busy right now.” he tells her. “Who is it?”

“Trevor Langston.”

“I’ll be right down.”

He jogs down the stairs. Why is the CI that Jay had left to meet showing up at the precinct looking for him? And where is Jay?

The squirrely, slightly strung out young man standing at the desk looks up as he comes down the stairs.

“You Sergeant Voight?” he asks.

“I am. What are you doing here, Trevor?” he asks.

“I messed up.” the kid says. “I started gambling again. And I shoulda asked for help but I was scared and then I found this guy and I thought he was the answer, thought I’d figured it out how to get myself out. He paid off my debts and all he wanted was to talk to Jay.”

“So you called Jay down.” Voight says. “Trevor I need a name.”

“He lied to me.” Trevor says. “He said he just wanted to talk but he was lying. They made Jay go with them, took his gun. I messed up.”

“Trevor.” Voight snaps. “I need a name.”

“Vince Meroni.”

That’s not good.

“Why don’t you come upstairs, Trevor.” he says. “I need to know everything you can tell me.”

Vince shoves him to his knees on the lowest level of the parking garage.

“Got a weird way of showing your gratitude.” Jay says, trying to blink the blood out of his eye.

“I trusted you, Ryan.” Vince says. “Thought we were bros.”

“That game you were running at Brady was sick, man.” Jay scowls.

“Yo those girls wanted to do that shit. Why shouldn’t I make some money off it?” Vince protests.

“Tonya took advantage of other girls who needed help and you helped her do it.” Jay shouts back.

“You lied to me.” Vince shouts, getting up in his face. “Everything you said to me was a lie.”

“I was doing my goddamn job.” Jay tells him, catching a hard punch to the face in return.

“Hey, Vinny.” a man calls behind them.

Jay glances over to see one of Vince’s partners handing him a baseball bat.

Vince takes the bat, turning back to Jay with a smirk on his face.

“He’s right.” he says. “A liar like yourself deserves a lot more than fists.”

“Whatever helps you sleep at night.” Jay scowls back.

Vince just grins back at him, swinging the bat into his stomach.

A foot to the ribs rolls Jay onto his back and he groans, bound wrists digging into his back.

Vince crouches next to him, looking over his injuries with a laugh.

“Damn Ryan.” he says. “You sure can take a beating.”

“Frrr mmmm.” Jay responds, words muffled by the tape pressed over his mouth.

“And still kicking.” Vince says. “Still spitting mad and ready to kick my ass.”

“How many ribs do you think I’ve broken?” Vince asks, pressing his hands over Jay’s chest.

Jay groans into the gag and kicks out but his legs have been bound together, the chain attached to them secured to the ground.

“I’ve learned a lot about you since I got out of prison.” Vince says with a laugh. “Army Ranger, huh? But you aren’t gonna get any hits on me chained down like this.”

Jay shakes his head, struggling to sit up.

Vince pushes him back down, pressing extra hard on a particularly tender spot on his ribs as he does so.

A door explodes in behind them and shouts of Police and Chicago PD fill the air.

Vince straightens up, reaching for the bat.

“Don’t even think about it Meroni.” Voight shouts, pointing his weapon at the man.

Vince drives his booted foot into Jay’s ribs one final time before Adam is taking him to the ground, twisting his hands up behind his back.

Jay groans, rolling onto his stomach and bringing his knees up to his chest the best he can.

A hand falls heavily on his shoulder and he tries to twist away.

“Jay it’s me.” Voight says. “It’s just me kid.”

The tape is ripped away from his mouth and he takes a deep, gasping breath.

“Voight?”

“You’re okay, kid.” his boss says. “Just lie still, paramedics are on the way.”

“Trevor?”

“He’s okay.” Voight promises. “Came to me after what happened. Told me everything he could and then just sat in my office repeating that you weren’t supposed to get hurt.”

Jay huffs a laugh, groaning when his ribs scream in protest.

“He’s a good kid.” he says when he can breathe again. “He’s an idiot but he’s a good kid.”

“You think he believed him?” Voight asks.

“Yeah.” Jay says. “He really did.”

“Alright.” Voight says. “I’ll take care of it.”

“Thanks.” Jay breathes.

“We’ll get you taken care of too.” Voight promises. “Just breathe easy.”

Jay nods.

[atdawnweryd]

idk if anyone's given you a response abt your question about Tao being straight so I thought I'd pop in with my perspective!!

I think what it comes down to is that by automatically assuming Tao isn't straight bc his girlfriend is trans implies a direct disconnect between trans womanhood and cis womanhood -- you mentioned that it feels like for him to be straight doesn't acknowledge how their relationship is different from straight relationships between 2 cis folks, which I understand comes from a place of compassion for how Elle's experience differs from that of a cis woman --- but for him to be anything else /because/ he's dating Elle directly implies that she's /not a woman yk?

like the sentence "yes she's a woman but she's not a cis woman" creates a distinct otherness and the sense that trans women arent REALLY women

which is why many of us find headcannoning Tao to be anything other than straight (against canon) comes with the direct implication that for him to date Elle he CAN'T be straight -- it gives the sense of 'well for him to be straight he can only be attracted to women' and in turn saying that Elle /isn't/ a woman, which is pretty plain transphobia, even when unintentional

Tao is a man attracted to women as far as is established in Canon (Which ik ofc that you're not denying!!) - which should automatically includes his girlfriend, a woman

i think it would be different if Tao had outright said he was queer in someway that is self referencial, but because that's not the case the queer hcs tend to all feel like they're /because/ Elle is trans, immediately divorcing her from womanhood yk?

I hope this was informative and didn't come off condescending or accusatory or anything! I just saw your post and wanted to give some background behind what op was saying (or at least my understanding of it as someone who was feeling similarly) since it seemed like you just wanted to know!

Thank you so much for this amazing, well-articulated (and kind!) reply!!

Hope any others who sometimes still struggle to wrap their heads around this stuff will see and absorb ❤️

[idontexistherebuticould]

I feel bad using the term nonbinary even though I use fluid pronouns because I am perceived as a female first and foremost.

I know that’s not how it works. If I’m nonbinary then I’m nonbinary.

And I know I shouldn’t feel this way but I feel it’s not my space even though I want to try trans tape because my boobs make me dysphoric when I wear certain articles of clothing that I love wearing. But something in me tells me it’s not for me bc when even with a flat chest I’ll still look like a females, just a female without boobs. But I feel like trans tape is for anyone who it could help so I should just get it right?

And then on the pronoun thing I use my cis presenting appearance to my advantage and let people I think would treat me different just use she/her even though I really like people using ALL pronouns. But when I tell people all pronouns (or I used to just say they/she) so many will only use she. So I started telling people it was solely they/them but that’s not correct and didn’t feel right either but when I try to explain it it seems like people just get more confused than they were before.

I like they more than she and I even like he thrown in there occasionally and by occasionally I just mean I don’t need you to use it every day but I do occasionally feel more masculine but I dress how I feel so you can base my pronouns off what I’m wearing and just use they 75% and use the other pronouns the other 25% based on what you think and what I’m wearing. I don’t even mind you using it really as long as your not using it as a sneer or to make fun of me.

I get that it doesn’t necessarily make sense especially because I’m okay with my significant other calling me her girlfriend but when I talk about her I automatically call her my significant other even though she’s my girlfriend but I don’t mind being called her girlfriend. I wouldn’t mind being called her boyfriend people would just be really confused when they met or saw me.

I just feel like I don’t fit anywhere. Not nonbinary because I will never not be perceived as a woman but not a woman and not a man.

[yuan4i]

Hello! Thanks for accepting my request.

My mbti is INFP - The Mediator. I am a straight asexual and my pronouns are she/her (cis female).

I love to draw, bake, and go on long walks. Anything covered in chocolate is automatically my favourite food! I am also fond of rock music. I dislike crowded paces, hot summer days and clothes with weird, uncomfortable to wear fabrics.

I am naturalny a very curious person. I often find myself exproling new ideas and researching random topics. Especially surronding biology and chemistry!

I MATCH YOU WITH . . .

ALEBDO !!

- i'm not one to match too similar people but... i thought of albedo while reading it! - the whole baking and drawing fits him soso well! - he's an artist, and so are you! - he enjoys sweets and i can imagine you making him desserts for when he's tired <3 - biology and chemistry too! he'd definitely talk to you about it <3 - and don't worry about hot summer days, you'll be spending the majority of your time in dragonspine!

NOW... VALENTINE'S DAY WITH ALEBDO !

- he'd sketch you. no like literally he'll make a portrait of you - BUT NOT IN A CREEPY WAY OF COURSE! he wouldn't make you just sit there and model! - he probably has you and your appearance engraved in his mind <3

"well, happy valentines day... i made you a drawing. of you, of course." albedo said handing you a canvas. "i hope you like it... oh! you seem extremely happy right now... i'll take that as a yes." he smiled. "anyways, i have something for you up in my campsite, do you mind going with me to get it?"

[breithenua]

*Trigger warning: SA, misogyny, denial of allegations*

I know that defenders of Vic Mignogna are hardly the biggest worry anyone has right now, what with Cheeto Hitler becoming President again. But something about these people just really drives me up the fucking wall.

Maybe it's the incredibly misogynistic air their conspiracy theories about Rial and Marchi supposedly framing him always have, while completely ignoring that he was also accused by numerous fans at conventions, some of whom were minors. Maybe it's the fact that none of them ever have any explanation of what they'd have to gain by making that shit up. And they don't have an explanation, because they don't want to subject their argument to reason.

Maybe it's the fact that they would rather deny the allegations despite his numerous *failed* attempts to sue for damages that have been dismissed again and again, than just say "Well fuck, he sucks. But his shittiness doesn't have anything to do with the characters he played". Like this isn't R. Kelly, he's not singing about groping underage fans in the booth, you don't need to feel guilty about still liking the stuff he was in. All that's expected of you is to acknowledge what he did.

Maybe it's that the few well-intentioned defenders he has left, apparently can't realize that someone who *seems* good on the surface isn't always actually good. Or that some cling to his professed Christianity and nice guy act as proof that he couldn't do those things. They don't want to admit that they were fooled by his act, and while that's a very human thing, what they're doing by continuing to stay in denial is hurt other victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Legitimately all I can think of when I see anyone that still defends him, whether they actually have good intentions or not, is "I wonder what the SA victims in your own lives feel when they see you defending him despite all the evidence against him". Because I guarantee that they know someone who was SA'd, even if they don't know it yet. Even if all their friends are cis-het males (and judging from the defenders of him I see most often, that is a distinct possibility), it's a very high likelihood at least one of them is a victim of SA.

I don't talk about it much but I'm a victim myself, and I'm amab and still masc-presenting. My first serious gf shoved my hand between her legs on the day we met, multiple times until I did what she wanted me to. I know a lot of you are wrapped up in your misogynistic little bubbles, so you automatically discount the words of any woman that accuses someone of SA. So maybe you'll listen instead to someone that's at least adjacent to cis-male about how this affects SA victims. It isn't a good feeling to watch people you know disregard the words of an SA victim, and wonder if they'd believe you if you told them about your own experiences. Especially when the evidence is this high, and you still won't acknowledge it.

I legitimately hope some of you realize the damage you're causing, before you permanently alienate loved ones in your own life. I can tell you that from experience as well, that isn't a good feeling either. Or maybe you don't care and you'll laugh this off, but when you find yourself feeling alone because no one left in your friend circle actually gives a damn about your mental state, you'll only have yourself to blame.

[man-squared]

I think we need to talk more about misgendering on individual levels on top of what we already talk about.

People have focused on how some people use "gender nonconforming pronouns," but I don't think we talk a lot about how it is misgendering as much as being disrespectful.

You see, every being essentially has their own gender that is composed of many parts.

There are many individuals whose genders and the parts of their gender overlap with others, but those individuals aren't a venn diagram of a circle over a circle with the other individuals.

Each individual has their own gender and the presentation of that is unique to themselves. These categories we have created are useful identifiers and descriptors for the individuals, but they don't explain the complete and complex reality of an individual or even a group.

For example, I am a man. I am also genderqueer and nonbinary. I sometimes express my sexuality as a bambi lesbian (or an asexual lesbian). My pronouns are they/them/theirs and he/him/his.

You see, my identity may seem to have contradictions based on your identity or your understanding of my categorization of a whole, but to me, it just is some words that have explained what the hell I am.

What I mean to point out, though, is that just because one part of my identity may seem like I am misgendering myself because it isn't the norm for that group I fall under, doesn't mean that I am.

Being a man with they / them pronouns doesn't invalidate or misgender my manness, but it might someone else's because they / them isn't a part of that person's gender composition. The same goes for the rest of my identities and pronouns. Being a trans man and a lesbian with very little to no connection to womanhood (besides a queer attraction to women) doesn't misgender me, but it can misgender a trans man who is very similar to me in other aspects. Because that is not him, nor the reality of his gender.

My queerness isn't going to look like yours, and anything that I share similar characteristics to the majority (or even un-marginalized) isn't going to look exactly like theirs.

That is because there are so many parts that are moving, fluid, and also set that make up an individual; therefore, there is an infinite (or at least innumerable) amount of parts that make up a category or group.

This post was brought to you by the degendering of people using they/them and the fact that there are people (even cis people) who use pronouns that aren't typically associated with their gender descriptor's demographic (like he/him being the default for men or agender and they/them or women and she/her). Using he/him for a nonbinary person who uses they/them is just as misgendering as using she/her for a trans woman who uses he/him if you know that is the case. (Also brought to you by everyone who acts like they/them is always a neutral identifier.)

And don't try to act like I am saying that you should always automatically know someone's gender composition/pronouns upon meeting them and never be without fault when talking to or about someone. Think a little. Obviously defaulting to they/them for an individual who you don't have access to or may have forgotten what pronouns they use is fine, but if you can find out, find out and use their pronouns.

[giantkillerjack]

honestly, i think you are not only right but that this was explicitly stated by the film, and here's why! 🏳️‍🌈💘🕵️‍♂️

(i just responded to a very good post about this like 30 minutes ago but I have more to say because of COURSE i do 😅)

So i totally get why this would be unclear after a lifetime of Disney/Supernatural-brand homophobic gaslighting and erasure, but that take of yours isn't just speculation!!

Cinema has its own language, and that language has a shorthand that people who grew up with TV and movies can often instinctively follow.

One of the primary building blocks of that language is that we know as an audience that what a director chooses to show is no accident.

So if a camera lingers on a key for 5 whole seconds, then the audience will automatically know that the key must be relevant to the story. In a good movie, everything shown is shown for a reason. Never has this been more true than in a Benoit Blanc mystery movie.

And when a writer/director chooses to show two older effeminate men sharing an expensive gorgeous Paris apartment, while also explicitly establishing that they are friends with people like hairdressers and real-life gay icon Stephen Sondheim....

Well. In my opinion, such a filmmaker is stating the characters' queerness as clearly as if it had been spoken aloud and much more smoothly.

Which means, to me at least, that Rian Johnson is explicitly stating that these characters are queer. He is just using the language of film rather than spoken language! Which is good filmmaking!! I love these movies!!!

Anyway, I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS MOVIE I LOVE IT A LOT AND I HOPE YOU FIND GREAT JOY IN THIS FRUITY LITTLE DETECTIVE MAN AND HIS DILFY HUSBAND ❤❤❤

--

Edit because I had a thought that [Benoit Blanc voice] might help ta untANgle the twisted web of viewin' media outsahd of tha various homophobic influences that affect how we view queer narratives:

Think about Kathryn Hahn's politician character Claire Debella.

What is her marriage like? Is it good? Is it solid? Warm? Loving? Would you say she is very close to her husband?

If you thought something like, "No, it actually seems strained and distant. Like she doesn't have time for him." - Then, I agree!

But wait! How do we know that? None of the characters ever say it out loud!

Well, we know because it is very clearly communicated through the language of film! The script, acting, and framing all work together to paint a clear and intentional picture. For example:

Claire doesn't answer her phone when her husband calls

Claire only ever speaks to him dismissively and with irritation; and after the first scene, she never mentions him again

The director set up the shots with Claire's husband so that he is lingering awkwardly behind her while she ignores him to focus on Miles' box. In fact, I'm not even sure she ever looks him in the face at all!

Now, does this mean that every woman who doesn't pick up the phone each time her husband calls is in a broken marriage? No!! But in a movie? It at least means that the relationship is on shaky ground.

Similarly, it is my opinion that while in real life, there have probably been many men in their 50s who have chosen to share a gorgeous Paris apartment with a view just because they are pals; and while it is entirely possible for a straight cis man from the deep American South to wear an ascot outside of the 1970s..........

Your honor, this movie is saying the man is gay.

Can someone tell me if it was implied that Daniel Craig and Hugh Grant are married or partners in The Glass Onion, bc that's the take I got and I am fucking RUNNING with it

[lord-of-the-ducks]

I wanna make a post talking about Jim because oh my fucking god I would actually die for them.

I’m gonna be honest, I was actually skeptical about OFMD at first because I assumed that Jim was just the stereotypical “woman crossdressing as a man” stereotype that seems to appear in every piece of pirate-related media I watch. Like “ah yes, this is a 100% cis woman disguised as a man purely for practical purposes, this says absolutely nothing about her gender identity” and that isn’t bad or anything, I’m not saying that anyone who cross dresses is automatically trans, just that I’ve seen this trope only through the most cis/heteronormative lens possible and it’s really exhausting after the hundredth time you’ve seen it, especially when there’s the weird “I’m a girlboss who’s just as good as the men” kind of messaging.

Seriously, I was so put off by the idea that I actually had to turn off my television when I saw Lucius see Jim swimming because I was ready for him to say things that were just going to upset me. I eventually did continue watching, but I really had to convince myself to give the show a chance. Lucius immediately being on board with keeping their secret and making the “not all beards are actual beards” comment gave me a bit of hope that I was going to be watching a show that had at least SOME canonically queer characters, but then the show implied that Oluwande was attracted to Jim and my immediate assumption was that once again, I was going to be dealing with some sort of weird Shakespearean “she’s disguised as a man but he’s attracted to her because she’s still female” thing. But thank fuck I kept watching.

The first indication that maybe I was watching a show that was going to actually address how this is an inherently queer trope was after Jim kissed Lucius and Lucius expressed attraction towards them. Because it’s already been established that Lucius doesn’t like women, since he said something about his mom thinking that he likes girls in episode 2, but he’s attracted to Jim, meaning that Jim isn’t necessarily a girl, or at least that Lucius doesn’t see them as one. And then I got to episode 4 and OH MY GOD THEY WENT ALL IN.

It’s a shame that Jim had to be outed, but I’m so happy with how the crew’s questions were written because it truly embodied the classic things that cis people ask any person they find out is trans. They aren’t word for word, but it’s the general attitude of “well meaning but incredibly strange/invasive/outright wrong” questions and comments that made me laugh so hard I had to gasp for air. They even had the “well, it’s basic science/biology that women have crystals in their bodies that attract demons”. Then Jim finally gets fed up and just tells them to continue calling them Jim and that they’re still the same person. Definitely not written with the trans experience in mind, nope.

Anyway, this is just so refreshing to me because not only is Jim actually played by a nonbinary actor (which I immediately looked up after episode 4) but they also aren’t exclusively defined by their gender identity or the suffering it’s caused. Like, they have a whole arc about killing one of Jackie’s husbands who killed their family and being wanted for that murder. They also might have a romantic plot with Oluwande, and both Jackie and Lucius expressed attraction towards them, showing that they can be someone desirable (granted, Jackie was probably just doing it to mess with them, but still). And when they do address the ramifications of being nonbinary in a time period where that isn’t understood, it isn’t in a way that makes me, a nonbinary person living in an unsafe situation, feel miserable and upset about how people like me are treated, I just get a chance to laugh at it. I’ll probably never have people asking if I’m a mermaid, but I do recognize the ignorance that those sort of questions come from, and the show makes fun of that ignorance, not Jim (Edit: I forgot to mention that Jim is actually allowed to get angry about the repetitive, ridiculous questions instead of just grinning and bearing it, and they aren’t framed as in the wrong for doing so) And then once all of that is out of the way, Jim just gets to… exist. As their authentic self. Talking about cutting people up for their fuckery. It’s lovely, I love them.

Anyway, sorry about the long post, I’m just so glad that a character that I previously assumed was going to be a looming reminder of how trans people are erased from a lot of narratives, including ones that can show a lot of diversity, ended up being some of the best representation I’ve ever seen. I pretty much immediately started following Vico Ortiz on social media and they’re also a delight, so check them out if you have the chance.

[look-at-the-soul]

The Photoshoot (Part 34)

Cillian Murphy

Series master list Part 1 (2014), Part 2 (2015),

⚠️ Honeymoon Smut 🔥

This chapter was on my mind since the beginning, I always knew Cill and Yael would go to Greece for their honeymoon and then, life has some funny ways to put people in the middle, right where you needed and @2000snostaalgiia provided the best trip tips around ✨💙 thank you so much Maria for helping me out with the Greek insights, and the beautiful poem ♥️, this part wouldn’t be the same without your guidance. And also @heidimoreton for the back to reality idea provided! Please know my inbox is always open for anyone who wants to suggest something; a photo, trip, idea… 💕 also thank you @peakypoet /SeleneShelby for the beautiful edits and collage you made! 💛

“Come on.” Yael pulled Cillian’s hand to guide him behind a bougainvillea tree. “I wanted to try this pose with a couple while I did their engagement photos a long time ago but she didn’t like my idea.”

Cillian chuckled but followed her instructions. “Separate your feet an inch, right there.” Then setting her camera on automatic, she rushed to the steps and positioned herself behind the tree too, in front of Cillian.

“Am I supposed to do something?”

“Kiss your wife?” She suggested and saw Cillian licking his lips.

Yael walked again to check the camera and pressed the shutter one more time.

“If you place your hand lower it will look nice in the shoot.”

“Here?” And he cupped her bum in his palms.

“No! Perv it’s a sweet photo!” While he kept laughing, Yael got the camera ready one more time.

Even though their faces couldn’t be seen, she wrapped her arms around Cillian’s neck and gave him a little peck on the lips, she lifted her leg and his hand slide down… looking into each other’s eyes and completely forgetting about the rest of the world. She loved running her hands through his curls and he loved the way she purred against his mouth.

Everything was perfect until they heard a deep voice that seemed to be angry. Walking down the steps, they found a woman throwing their things and personal belongings into a black bag.

“No! No, no that’s my camera.” Yael tried to explain.

“Trash!” The woman was fuming.

“Wait.” Cillian tried to intervene.

“These are my bags… see?” She showed the woman a small purse she got from the market. “We were taking a photograph over there by the flower tree.”

She saw the woman extend her arm towards Cillian and made her a sign that Yael preferred to not ask what it meant.

“Check the camera.” They both exhaled relieved when they saw that the camera landed over a scarf Yael bought, walking down the street as far as they could go, they saw the woman sweeping angrily mumbling something they couldn’t understand.

The whole five minutes’ walk to the restaurant they were laughing until their stomachs hurt. It was a funny moment they would never forget.

“Still don’t get why was she so angry, we weren’t vandalizing the wall or her steps, I just put our things there.”

“Two more minutes and you almost lose your camera.” He chuckled again.

Entering the restaurants area, they couldn’t stop smiling. Cillian was teasing her for the things she was willing to do to get the shoot that she wanted.

“Love.” Someone said out loud, making them stop. “I see love.” And then the woman pointed between them.

Kissing her hair, Cillian agreed. “Lots of it.”

“Come in to the best Greek restaurant.” The woman invited them.

As they were following her, they were surprised to find a secret hall behind the restaurant, it was like a mini street in an open area that connected the restaurants in the back, the “ceiling” was made of tree branches intertwined from side to side, flowers and lights provided a beautiful and cozy place to have dinner.

“Here I was thinking the cottage and the island were my favorite places…”

Playing with her fingers, Cillian admitted; “you’re my favorite place.”

“Stop you’re always telling me mushy things.”

Tickling her ribs, Cillian teased her. “Oh, and now you don’t like it, Mrs. Murphy?”

The smile reached Yael’s eyes. “I do, Mr. Murphy, I do.” She scrunched her nose and that made her husband smile as well.

“Should we order different dishes and share?” He asked, but he wasn’t surprised to see her nodding before he finished his question.

“Oh! They’ve Pastitsio! It’s the one we wanted to try when we arrived but chose the Mediterranean salad.” As Cillian looked at her confused, she elaborated her point. “It’s like the Greek version of lasagna, Cill.”

“All right, I’ll go with the Kleftiko then.” Yael’s eyes sparkled as she read it consisted of lamb infused with olive oil and lemon juice. It sounded mouth-watering and she adored that the menu included a small section explaining the origin of each dish.

“Can we get the Ti-Tirokroketes?” She frowned at word.

“Are you going to share them this time?” He winked at her, instead of ordering it as an appetizer, she decided to make the fried cheese balls her main dish. She loved the combination of the different kind of cheeses like feta and gouda but he only got the remaining crumbs.

“I asked you four times if you wanted to try them and you said no” She defended herself in a faked shocked tone.

Cillian shook his head. “Doesn’t matter if I say no, you should’ve shared with your husband.”

As their drinks arrived, the kind woman brought them something else.

“Ugh, it’s too bad I don’t understand a word.”

“To say no to love, it’s like frowning in front of a flower that’s ready to bloom. It’s like cursing at the light that showed you the world.” He whispered in a deep voice that got all her attention.

“How…-” Taking the card between his fingers, he turned it around, so she was watching the translation now.

“Never let the light go out.” Ophelia, the woman advised them and left with a smile to get their food.

“We got enough cheese for a lifetime.” He felt so full even after walking back to Vassilis’ home.

“Mr. Murphy?” He had his back at her.

“Hmm?”

“You didn’t let me order dessert.”

As he finally turned around, Cillian saw her touching the hem of her floral dress and take the piece of fabric off through her head, revealing a set of lingerie he was sure he had never seen before, a pale pink transparent fabric decorated with tiny flowers embroidered, he could see everything thru it. Swallowing hard, he walked towards his wife in a bee-line, like an obedient pet.

“You’ve been wearing this all fucking day and I didn’t know?” Yael nodded biting her lower lip. “Next time, you show me before we go out.”

“Maybe.” She teased Cillian and her lips went straight to his neck, he couldn’t move fast enough; he tried to open his trousers and pull her underwear down at the same time, once she was free from her clothes from the waist down, Cillian lifted her easily and walked until her back hit the wall, her legs wrapped tightly around him, his lips just finished kissing her neck and immediately moved to one of her breast still covered by the flowered bra.

“I want you to get this in every color.”

Yael nodded and wriggled her hips. “I’ll remember that.” A moan escaped her lips. She was trapped between his body and the wall, so close, yet so far away from what she wanted. Trying to move down a little bit, she gasped as her entrance brushed against his tip. “Cill…” She pleaded and moved a little more, using his shoulders for support, her body shook as she rubbed against him one more time.

“Busy.” He answered, biting lightly her skin, running his palm over her free breast.

“Just… Ah.” She managed to get the tip of his cock into her entrance, but his body still was keeping her tight against the wall, there wasn’t any room between their bodies. Yael closed her eyes as her husband thrusted up a little bit, his lips were kissing the space between her breasts and she pulled at his locks enough to make him groan both of pain and pleasure, finally she could see his beautiful eyes. “I want you.”

Cillian finally moved back about an inch and Yael felt the tip of his cock inside of her, there, just teasing her body. The sound she made wasn’t human, swallowing hard she tried to move only to find out that his body was pressing against her one more time.

Opening her eyes, she found Cillian looking at her with a smile, enjoying her frustration. “Having fun?”

“Can’t complain.” And he let her slide down his hard member a little more.

Huffing, she placed her hands on his shoulders to try to wriggle down. “I swear if you-” Finally, Cillian let her slide down for her own weight, Yael moaned loudly feeling half of his cock inside, her body welcoming him immediately. While she was still adjusting to the sensation, Cillian started to walk towards their bedroom with his wife connected to his body, quickly reaching their bed, he placed her gently in the middle enjoying the view under him.

“Fuck.” Was all he could say as she pulled him down, but before he started to move again, Cillian pulled out from her body.

“Hey!” Yael protested leaning on her elbows to look at him, struggling to get rid of his clothes, kneeling in the bed, Yael helped Cillian to remove his shirt while he got the rest, once he was free, she pulled him so he was laying on his back and soon she was straddling his hips. “Keep moving like that.” He mumbled against her lips, as her movements were speeding up Cillian’s fingers found the clasp of her bra to take it off.

Chests rubbing, the sound of flesh against flesh, moans and deep breaths while their eyes locked, soon they were lost in the land of pleasure, both trying to win the race, but one Cillian’s hands moved between them to find her most sensitive body part and pressing his digits against it, he saw Yael close her eyes while her mouth opened, her upper body thrown back… her movements stopped as the ecstasy took over her. Taking a seating position to face her, he felt his own release.

Moments later tucked in bed, tangled legs and sheets, Yael kissed his chest. “Can we go tomorrow to Naxos?”

Cillian made a face. “I don’t know, I wanted to stay in and rest.”

“Rest? You don’t know how to rest, you can’t stay still for five minutes.”

Pulling the sheets up, Cillian wrapped her legs around him. “Let’s see how long you can stay still.”

———

It took the ferry a little over an hour to arrive to the island of Naxos, equally beautiful to Syros. Perfectly white houses and business welcomed them as Cillian and Yael strolled the cobbled streets of Naousa. Yael already found a small shop known for selling everything natural; cosmetics, soaps, scented candles. Following the route, Yael suddenly pulled at his hand.

“This is incredible!” Excitement running through her. “Look.” She pointed at a wall decorated with a lot of eyes.

“For protection.” The man in charge offered and showed her around, different kinds and sizes of the famous blue eye from bracelets, keychains, necklaces, the list was endless.

“Babe let’s go.”

“Give me a sec, I want to get Violet something now that she’s waiting for her baby and something for Lee-Anne and Kayla too.”

He didn’t believe in this kind of protection, but Yael was listening intensely to the explanation the owner of the store was giving her, he offered her a discount and after some time, she finally picked her gifts, “for you.” He gave her a small bracelet with blue beads and a single eye after all the things she got.

After stopping at a ceramic store, Maria the sweet owner gave them a complete explanation of why they had to visit the Apollo temple and other places that guarded a lot of history, Cillian stopped on his tracks, the view was more than breathtaking and he had been growing a particular interest of taking photos of his wife.

“Give me your things and go over there.” Cillian instructed his wife pointing at the windmill.

“I love this place. Everything is so pretty.” As she played with her red dress, Cillian snapped a photo of her.

“Did you know these still work?” Some of them were still used to mill wheat, while some others were kept for decorative purpose, the process was artisanal.

“There’s the Harvest Festival in September at Mykonos with locals sharing traditional storytellers it’s one of the family-run mill, the girl at the ceramic store told me.”

“Festival huh? Sounds interesting.”

“Hmm with traditional music and dances, food…”

Cillian chuckled at the tone of her voice. “And let me guess, you want to come back.”

They didn’t even want to leave.

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Cillian caught Yael looking at her reflection in the mirror, she was wearing the white dress she got at the local market the previous day.

“Fuck… you look like a Greek goddess.” He admitted leaning against the doorframe looking up and down at her.

“You just want another round.”

“Actually yes… but we need to go out and I got you the perfect complement for your outfit.” Cillian went then to search inside his bag to get a small box. “Yesterday at the vintage jewelry shop you kept looking at this set over and over.”

He had teased her about buying presents for everyone in their families and barely getting anything for herself but the set of seven gold bracelets got her attention so when she was distracted with something else, he bought it for her.

Surprised, Yael looked at him. “How…?” But instead of asking him about his mind-reading powers, she pulled him down for a kiss. “Thank you, Cill.”

And he assured her she had nothing to thank him for. After all this was his honeymoon present for her, she already got him a silver Greek coffee set.

“I’ve to admit I was unsure of the sandals but you seem to be really comfortable wearing them around.” They were walking after lunch and she still had energy to keep going.

“Told you I’ve heard wonders of custom made sandals here.” Yael made a pose for him to show her the local sandals she got handmade made using an artisanal process, the seller showed her part of the traditional methods they used to make the shoes, since 1935 in his family making customizable models.

“Then run over there to take a photo of you.” He pointed at the scenic lookout, as Yael was walking away from him, he called her; “hey beauty, are you free tonight?”

Yael turned her head over her shoulder to smile at him and she found him pointing the camera at her. “Let me ask my husband.”

He took another photo of her walking over the ocean.

“Come over here so we can have one together.”

There wasn’t anyone around but soon a couple of tourist walked past them so Yael asked them to take a photo and in return she took one of them and promised to email the image as soon as she could.

“Why do you trust anyone with your camera? They could easily take it.” He asked as they reached the vehicle they rented.

“Did you see their faces? They don’t seem to be looking for cameras to steal.” Starting the engine they moved to go back to the hotel they were staying the ferry would take them back to Syros in a couple of hours after their two day stay at Naxos.

Cillian heard her humming something. A song he could easily recognize the tune.

Rolling his eyes at her with a funny face, he told her: “go on… I know you want to play the song.”

Yael pretended to play the fool. “What song? No… I haven’t thought of that.” But of course she laughed and started playing the Mama Mia! Song on her cellphone. “You can’t come to Greece and not sing the song, Cill.”

“Ugh woman. What will I do with you?” He asked in a faked tired expression, truth is he would never get tired of the excitement she showed over the smallest things, it made him see things in a different way.

“Love me?” Yael started kissing his cheek playfully, until her cellphone announced she got a message. “Aww look, Lee-Anne took Scout to the doggies daycare and he made a card for us.” She showed him a photo of the paws decorated as flowers.

“Bet he’s having fun with his dog-mates.”

“Yeah, stealing their toys and barking at her noisy neighbors.” Yael imagined the scene.

“What’s the departure time again?” He asked stopping the car in the parking lot of the small hotel.

“The ferry leaves to Syros at four o’clock.”

That meant they still had plenty of time to enjoy themselves in the private pool they had, and as they made their way inside of their bedroom Cillian made sure to let her know of his plans, they still had four more days to enjoy another island, probably Paros would be next…

But sometimes life shows you different plans for the original ones you had and forces you out of your comfort zone, and that’s exactly what happened when Cillian got a call from Ireland to let him know that his son, Sean was admitted to the hospital in the emergency area due to a severe allergy and there was an issue with the insurance information under his name.

They needed to take a 30 minutes flight from Syros to Athens and then they agreed Cillian would fly straight to Ireland while Yael would go to Manchester to pick up Scout and the rest of their belongings.

And just like that reality burst their honeymoon bubble after spending the most perfect days getting to know one of the most magical and beautiful places on earth. They got to say goodbye to the breathtaking island surrounded by mythology and incredible traditions they both wished to get another chance to enjoy.

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