#love and let love

[poisonedfate]

you know i love arwen, but the aggressive shift between attitudes in arthur when it comes to merlin/gwen really does irk me sometimes. i know he's not one to just tell merlin to his face he was worried, and of course there's a difference in relationship dynamics - romantic/platonic being the biggest one obviously (generally speaking, beyond personal opinions), but at the end of the day merlin is his closest friend.

and this has nothing to do with arwen, really, beyond just the pure comparison. just as well it could be about the knights, although the arwen dynamic is closer due to the "well, knights can protect themselves" idea of it all. the show did a pretty good job of showing off arthur's worry a lot of the time, but highlighting one dynamic at the expense of the other just never sat right with me. arthur worries for merlin, it's not like it doesn't happen or that he hides it from everyone at all times (master of two servants for example), but why is it that when it's gwen and merlin together, arthur suddenly only has gwen on his mind. love isn't exclusive like that. they had such great opportunities to show arthur lose his mind almost completely when both of them were in danger, but instead they made it seem as if merlin was disposable in those situations when he very much isn't.

and the thing is - i do love the dynamic difference between how arthur deals with his love for gwen and how he deals with his love for merlin. the way they all have their own manners of being with each other is so very dear to me, but platonic and romantic love are equally important. they should be treated as such.

[x-heesy]

Nᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ’ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴇ ғᴏʀ

Nᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ’ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴇ ғᴏʀ

Iɴғɪᴅᴇʟ

Iᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟ

Lᴜsᴛ ғᴏʀ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ, ᴀ ʙʟɪɴᴅ ᴄʀᴜsᴀᴅᴇ

Aᴘᴏᴄᴀʟʏᴘᴛɪᴄ, ᴡᴇ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏs

Bᴏᴍʙs ᴛᴏ sᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ғʀᴇᴇ

Bʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴛᴏ ғᴇᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏʟʟᴀʀ ᴛʀᴇᴇ

Fʟᴀɢs ғᴏʀ ᴄᴏғғɪɴs ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴄʀᴇᴇɴ

Oɪʟ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴄʜɪɴᴇ

Aʀᴍʏ ᴏғ ʟɪʙᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ

Gᴜɴᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ɪɴᴅᴏᴄᴛʀɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ

Tʜᴇ ғɪʀᴇs ᴏғ sᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ

Fᴜʟғɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴘʜᴇᴄʏ

Nᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ’ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴇ ғᴏʀ

Nᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ’ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴇ ғᴏʀ

Sᴇɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀᴇ

Sᴏɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀs sᴛᴀᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʏʀᴇ

Sᴛᴏᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғʟᴀᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴍᴘɪʀᴇ

Lɪᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴇ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴅᴀʏ

Fᴀᴄᴇ ᴏғ ʜʏᴘᴏᴄʀɪsʏ

Rᴀᴘɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ

Aᴘᴏᴄᴀʟʏᴘᴛɪᴄ

Wᴇ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏs

Oʜ

Wᴇ’ʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢᴇᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ʜᴏʟᴇ

Uɴᴛɪʟ ᴡᴇ’ᴠᴇ ᴅᴜɢ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ɢʀᴀᴠᴇ

Aɴᴅ ᴅʀᴜɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴜs

Tʜᴇ ʙᴜʀɴɪɴɢ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ��ʀᴀᴠᴇ

Bᴜʀɴ

Nᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ’ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴇ ғᴏʀ

Nᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ’ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴇ

Fᴏʀ

Nᴏᴡ Yᴏᴜ’ᴠᴇ Gᴏᴛ Sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ Dɪᴇ Fᴏʀ ʙʏ Lᴀᴍʙ ᴏғ Gᴏᴅ @invincible-selfxmade-punk @wayward-cat @frenchpsychiatrymuderedmycnut @bigbonzo @necro69mancer

[lostestleo]

"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters"

- Antonio Gramsci

[ace-dodo]

If your outfit didn't make old ladies point and stare, is it really a good outfit?

[sshivangeee]

Basic etiquettes one mustn't forget (queer edition)

- Don't assume someone's sexuality (gender and sexuality are two different things, keeping that in mind)

- Respect it when someone says they don't go by any labels (understand and respect boundaries)

- Respect other's opinion while expecting the same from them

- Don't come off too strong when you've got little/no knowledge about the topic in conversation (a basic rule of communication, applicable p much everywhere)

Someone's s.o is non of your business, it's 2023 ffs

Forget table manners, that being acceptable. But these, NO (know and stay in your limits)

[dirty-dirty-muggle]

Okay I’ve been thinking about this because I recently came back to HP fandom after being away for nearly a decade and things aren’t how they used to be. Now, I’ve been in HP fandom spaces since the early 00s (yes, i’m old) and it’s weird to me coming back how much pro/anti stuff there is and how much division there seems to be around different characters and ships. I find it incredibly sad and disheartening.

I don’t remember any of this occurring when I left fandom or before, and it honestly feels completely counter to what I believe fan spaces are supposed to be, which is for sharing love and excitement. What I remember of the majority of HP fandom of old is people liked what they liked, shared what they loved, and ignored what they didn’t. If they were discussing not liking something, it was presented as personal opinion or an essay for open discussion, not a denigrating attack against anyone who thinks or likes differently. If you commented negatively on someone’s fanwork, or harassed someone for their fave character or ship, or went on lengthy anti-tirades, you were considered an asshole or a weirdo.

At the end of the day, we are talking about FANTASY. Why does it matter if someone loves a character or ship you don’t? Fandom is about fiction and that means it’s intended to be somewhere we can explore things we can’t irl, to enjoy things just for the sake of enjoying them. Fandom is supposed to be a safe, communal space.

It’s a sad reflection of the world at large, in my opinion, and hoo-boy do I wish more people would self-reflect why other people enjoying things they don’t makes them feel insecure and why they feel the need to be so hateful and angry—and then go get some therapy. The world isn’t black and white, and one of the best parts about fandom spaces is how diverse they are, because it means you can always find someone else who loves what you love.

So please, go love your favourite characters and ships, and let others do the same. We’re all better off for it.

(And if you would like a much smarter and more in depth explanation of “it’s fantasy and fiction so let people like and write what they want” along with a brilliant discussion on fantasy and sex more generally, I leave you with this video essay by Contrapoints on Twilight.)

Uh- are you aware of the meaning of proship?

Proship has never meant anything except a combination of three ideas:

Ship and let ship (your ships don't harm me and vice-versa) and YKINMK (your kink is not my kink, and that's okay; my kink stories don't harm you and vice-versa)

Harassment over fiction is not acceptable

Censorship of fiction is not acceptable either

Any other definitions are made by antis, not proshippers, and are an attempt at revisionism to justify harassment based on false claims.

[feralcringeman]

PROOF IN CASE YOU NEED IT

UPDATE:

I put this in my reblogs but I’m going to attack this to the main post.

TRUMP HIMSELF DIDN’T CHEAT BUT SOMEONE DEFINITELY TAMPERED WITH THE ELECTION RESULTS.

^

Made by the amazing @the-gay-prometheus (genuinely thank you for saying this)

[qqueenofhades]

Honestly, this sounds fucking FANTASTIC to me, and we should do it. Cry harder, Mitch.

[cloud-ya]

outcast of the village

[dendrochronologies]

maya angelou saying the funniest thing anyone has ever said about editing, which i can never let myself forget EVER AGAIN [x]

[kensatou]

i watch baseball for the side quests

update: i think you should look at the reblogs for more important baseball hijinks

[churroach]

Full of Desires

[x-heesy]

Road trip 🚲

Bootcut Jeans, salmon shirt

I have a skin routine and my elbows hurt

I don't give blood because I won't give blood

Bought a tarantula from a Swedish guy

He helped me out in Stockholm with a DUI

And I stalk Ian Brown when he comes to town

I stole cocaine off my nephews friend

I did it with the fellas at the A.G.M

And Eleanor from A&R refused me again

So I did that thing at the Holiday Inn

My wife sells cheese on the Internet

I think about her sister when we're intimate

Her family and friends, they don't like me anymore

'Cause I threatened all her brothers with an antique sword

I'm your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

We're taking him to Holland for the long weekend

He never had a stag, he never had a stag

We're taking him to Amsterdam and making him a man

Your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

We're doing ketamine up in the Netherlands

He never had a stag, he never had a stag

I'm taking him to Amsterdam and buying him a bag

I watch gay porn in my garden shed

I lie to everybody that my father's dead

I smell like Joop, my son has croup

Picking up the hooker that I like the best

Crying on her toilet cause my life's a mess

I'm sleeping in the office cause my wife's depressed

I'm heating streaky bacon in a trouser press

I am your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

I'm taking him to Holland for the long weekend

He never had a stag, he never had a stag

I'm taking him to Amsterdam and making him a man

Your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

We're doing ketamine up in the Netherlands

And maybe when you've children of your own

You'll be praying for a best friend just like me

@frenchpsychiatrymuderedmycnut @luckylucian @edgarmoser @p1325 😜🤪😜

Dads Best Friend by The Rubberbandits 🎧

[ingravinoveritas]

"We've all got to be fighting that fight every day."

Happy Pride, everyone...

[symphonyofsilence]

Let the poor man rest.