#malewife girlboss behaviour

[ninjafuuzz]

why he kissing like he the woman 🙄

[thekimspoblog]

Yes, Jimmy did a stupid bad thing. But Kim can't discuss it with him for legal reasons, and so she decides to escalate the conflict to physical aggression. This is a red flag and no one can tell me otherwise. I do believe they are OTP, but not at all because this is a healthy relationship. They're just so emotionally entangled already, that they might as well be together.

When "Carrot and Stick" first aired, I lost sleep trying to figure out where this was going. That red/rainbow monarch-butterfly-looking suit she was wearing. It introduced the shocking possibility that after all this bullshit, he might actually leave HER. And in hindsight I'm disappointed they didn't go with that plot thread. Her leaving him doesn't mean anything, because Kim is bad at knowing what she wants. But if Jimmy left her because she is... you know... scary? That time it might actually stick!

But he doesn't. Because he's a weak, weak man.

Like Walter White, she's "book-smart", but the script mandates that she goes completely apeshit every third Tuesday. I don't really have a point with this last GIF. I just think she's at her best when she's acting unhinged. At least... that's certainly when I relate to her the most...

[tysleria]

So I'm still salty we don't have canonical malewife Gonja and did a thing

[i-love-nerdy-guys]

When eating out alone always sit at the biggest table available so you can assert dominance

[maxphilippa]

i'm genuinely just saying that the ii fandom should try to not put their ships on basic dynamics because when you watch the media itself you realize that they're wayyyy more complex than that, and that the content that gets made off it feels one dimensional and like people don't really get why their dynamic/friendship works at all, or simplify their attributes completely disregarding the other relationships the characters in said ship have.

nickloon works because of suitcase mattering so much to both of them. now this is something that most of the fandom doesn't get because they don't get nickel's character at all and often portray him as an gay asshole, but i've made a lot of analysis on his behaviour, so you can check my posts on him if you're interesed to learn why suitcase is so important to him too. however they're so much more than just "a weird gay thing", they're an story of growth and realizing that you were wrong, how much love they have and how you can learn and change for the better, as someone who went through that same thing and now i have a best friend thanks to that, seeing how people only put them on one dynamic disregarding completely the reason as to WHY they're like that is pretty boring. they work because had so many issues at hand and needed communication in order to work through it. their care towards one person (suitcase) is what made them be so angry at eachother and what ultimately made them become friends as well, but the way they genuinely ended up wanting to be friends and caring so deeply for eachother is what speaks the most. sure, nickel cared about baseball and all, but balloon was ultimately the reason as to why he lets go of the rough attitude, and decides that he does want to fix what he has done, that he wants to become a better person and friend.

lightbrush works as an POST canon ship, not as one that happens on s2, nor should people ignore the fact that paintbrush was often angered/stressed by lightbulb's behaviour for most of the show. it works because ultimately they're both struggling to come to terms with themselves, and lightbulb gets to finally understand why she was messing up so much and genuinely showed care for paintbrush, who was ultimately struggling with themselves, you know, coming out and all that. what people don't get by making their relationship just an "silly random fella x hot headed person" is that they're both so much more than that. lightbulb has depression and her terrible copying mechanisms are what made her suck so much as a team captain, and paintbrush wanted stability and for someone to actually listen to them for once. lightbulb gets to learn that life is much more complicated and that she has to be there for people if she wants genuine connections with others, and she helped paintbrush on such a complicated moment, showing that they can work on an actual friendship post show, and that they do care about eachotther after all.

fantube is so much more complicated and emotional from what the fandom usually portrays. downgrading them to just an "girlboss x malewife" feels like they're not getting their characters at all and also like it's missing the point of their arcs being entwined by still making them act like their s2 pre-ep 14 selfs. both fan and test tube had severe issues with social interaction and grasping on what's real and what not, emotional communication often being their biggest struggle, and constantly got on arguments with others thanks to the fact that they couldn't "fit in". test tube shows to generally struggle understanding people and their feelings, meanwhile fan is more so aware of those, he still struggles with understanding that the game is very real and that he can't keep running away from the fact that change IS very real. they both made eachother grow because fan made test tube aware of feelings, and test tube made fan aware of growing and learning. they're both pretty equal on their own terms and they had bad copying mechanisms through s2 as a whole, except for their elimination of course, where they make amends and start over. they trust eachother and are pretty much partners, whether romantic or not, they are a team. a duo. they're just trying their best after all, and still struggle a lot with feelings at times. but that's why they work it through talking: the thing that they couldn't do at all before.

i really like/enjoy these ships on their own and i kinda hope that the fandom starts to actually get the characters and understand them properly, i would've also talked about silvercandle, but that is a whole can of worms and after iii 18, i have an overall more negative/neutral stance on the fandom perception of them.

this is just a recollection of thoughts, too.

[da-birb-writes-sometimes]

TWST As Lines I've Written/Said

Content Warning: Shitpost, suggestiveness(idk?) & swearing

Author's Note: These are either things I've said, or things that I've written down but haven't used... yet, might use them in the future, might not. Feel free to guess which is which.

Let the shenanigans begin!

Yuu, upon entering TWST

Yuu: “I’m motivated by spite and getting the fuck out of this damned place!” 

Crowley: “This damned place just so happens to be my school!” 

Yuu: “Yeah? Well, guess what Mr. Mystery Man, I fucking hate it here!” 

Crowley: “Rude.”

Typical Ace Behaviour

Yuu: “Behave, my friends are coming over.” 

Ace: “Weird. I didn’t know you were capable of having those.” 

Yuu: “You know what? You can go out and wait on the fire escape until they leave if you want to act like that.”

Capitalism Isn't Attractive

Deuce: “Do not fall for the pretty man with the fancy clothes!” 

Yuu: “Why not? He’s hot as fuck.” 

Deuce: “... He’s a capitalist.” 

Yuu: “THAT WHORE!”

Pissy Kitty

Leona: “Great, you again.” 

Yuu: “I’m thrilled to see you too, asshole.”

Floyd, just Floyd

Floyd: “Why not?” 

Yuu: “Unlike you, I don’t want to die!” 

Floyd: “Boo, you’re lame.”

Yuu Needs a Raise

Yuu: “My therapist will be thrilled to hear about this revelation.” 

Everyone: “What’s a therapist?”

Why Are You Like This?

Vil: “You are a blithering buffoon.” 

Yuu: “Takes one to know one.” 

Vil: “...Listen here you little piece of -”

Cryptid Hours

Yuu: *walks into room to find Idia sitting in the dark, facing the corner* “Did the voices win today?”

Idia: “Undecided.”

Yuu: “Okay then, let me know if that changes. Since I would like a headstart before you go all *insert demon noises* on me.”

After Any Overblot

Yuu: "I feel like a baked potato." *passes out*

The Adventures of Malleus

Malleus: “Tell me, Child of Man; do humans typically court through the acquiring and displaying of fish?”

Yuu: “Why?”

Malleus: *has been secretly using your phone for research and found himself on Tinder* “Just curious is all.”

Yuu: “... No, it’s not typical.”

Malleus: “Alright then, noted.”

Dear Professor Vargas, I regret to inform you that your attempts to woo a potential mate through your acquiring of fish may not be successful. And does the "DILF" shorts mean, "Darling, I Love Fish?" ... Asking for a friend. Sincerely, Malleus Draconia

Octopus Eyesight

Yuu: “Do you have astigmatism?”

Azul: “Do I have what?”

Yuu: “Astigmatism, like when you look at lights at night do you see lines? Since you have weird ass pupils.”

Azul: “...wait, that isn’t normal?”

Should I Be Nervous?

Yuu: “Have you ever been overcome with the lust for broccoli?”

Trey: ". . ."

Yuu: *squints, thinking* “Break glass in case of sudden lust for broccoli...”

Trey: "Should I leave?"

A Question to Ponder

Yuu: “Why do fictional men slap so hard? Like damn.”

Riddle: “Because they are not real and do not come with any of the negative consequences that often come with real men, also you can better idealize them… And anime, ‘Makes you go brrrrr,’ as you put it.”

College Life

Rollo: “I am running off 3 hours of sleep and a single croissant, do not test me.”

Baby Talk

Rook: “Ah, bonjour chatton!" *proceeds to babytalk to the cat in French*

Yuu's Type

Yuu: “I have 4 types; wet cat, malewife, girlboss, and whore." tag yourself

Crewel: "... You need to focus on your grades, not on some mutts."

What Do You Have?

Jamil: "What's that?"

Kalim: *hiding a cat that he stole from outside* "Uhhh, my love for you?"

Jamil: *annoyed* "Put it back outside, Kalim."

Kalim: *puts the cat in his face* "BUT LOOK AT THEM!! THEY BABEY!!!!"

[artemisbarnowl]

This is me being crotchety and old but. Stop with the nounifying things. What's a malewife. Just use adjectives to describe the characteristics or behaviours you mean. This 40% of the reasons i hate girlboss as a term btw.

[zhoras-bitch]

I need a part two where we discuss that 'Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss' actually refers to a phenomenon of women adopting toxic aspects of traditionally masculine behaviour. So the reverse should be about men adopting toxic feminine behaviours. In that regard, manipulate and malewife can work but mansplain just doesn't and completely ruins the whole bit.

Ethics Review

Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss only has one instance of 'girl', but Manipulate Mansplain Malewife has three instances of man/male. in addition, gaslighting and gatekeeping don't have explicit gender connotations, while girlbossing, mansplaining, and malewifery do.

Manipulate's gender score is half that of Mansplain's, having no explicit connotations in meaning while still including the word 'man' (from Latin manus, 'hand')

Gender score results:

Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss: 2

Manipulate Mansplain Malewife: 5

Conclusion:

The newer of the two phrases, coined in explicit response to the first, has a much higher gender score. This is likely related to the Man Me A Sand phenomenon, in which meme responses tend to hyperfocus on specific aspects of the aesthetic design, while partially or even entirely disregarding the structural format.

These startling results suggest that these two phrases are neither equivalent or opposite. It is the opinion of this Troper that alternatives may be necessary to stop bothering me so much whenever I think about it

[divinebruises]

Hannibal said he wanted to be friends with Will and sent him to a place where he'd likely die in the same episode, I'd say imagine what he does to his enemies, but we don't have to

[andypartridges]

Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford of Squeeze at a record signing for their 1987 album Babylon and On.

[killjoycatlady]

I really hate rewrites of sakura that girlbossify her, for lack of a better word. Like dont get me wrong her character is bad and annoying and misogynistically written but frankly i find rewrites of her that take away all of those flaws (like her “love for sasuke being selfish, refusing to actually understand his perspective) to be really shallow, plus I feel like her behaviour (and the behaviour of other girls in their group) can have a watsonian explanation of deep-rooted sexism within konoha and the shinobi system (i mean the girls training to be killers were taught FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS for fucks sake). Id much rather read a version of sakura that acknowledges those flaws and grows from them, rather than just some girlboss who needs a malewife or whatever

[bitseventimes]

cheat sheet for new members of sunnblr who see us circulating seemingly nonsensical posts

if it mentions:

spiders, ghouls, chemicals, Little Guys, eating inedible stuff, non-binaryism but in a goofy weird kind of way > it's about Charlie

Catholic guilt, daddy issues, misogyny, aggression, homosexuality, toxic masculinity, repressed behaviour, homoerotic behaviour, adhd and some combination of the above > it's about Mac

pathetic men, tits, the words "girlboy", "malewife", "poor little meow meow" and such, homosexuality, binary gender fluidity, predatory behaviour, crack, breaking down and crying, unearned confidence > it's about Dennis

women being violent, lesbianism, aggressive behaviour, fire (arson) , girlbossing gone wrong, people with issues, unearned confidence > it's about Dee

unethical business practices, Little Guys, bad dads, gross behaviour > it's about frank!

this is useless but I just wanted to see it written down

i dedicate a non-zero amount of time to obsessing over these guys <3

[starglitterz]

HEY YOU! YES, YOU!

Who would you simp your moot with? (Excluding their obvious biases)

going off everyone else's i'm guessing you mean ship (/nm) , but okay here we go !!!!!!!!! rlly short bc im lazy LMAOOO

@3rdgymbros - zhongli ! i feel like he would listen rlly interestedly to all your theories and aus omg (which btw i absolutely love pls keep making more HAHSKJDSK)

@abyssheart - thoma ?!?! rlly random but he would def make sure you take care of yourself, plus you can ramble abt quantum theory and physics to him and he'll just nod while not actually understanding LMAOOO and i think thats rlly cute <3

@aelatus - hmmm ayaka ! both of you have rlly elegant, pretty vibes and you can just be girlbosses together KJSDKJSKDJ also random hc yall would take those rlly aesthetically pleasing polaroids together HAHA

@almondto-fu - KAEYAAAA !! idk i think it would be funny for him to tease you all the time and you end up getting rlly flustered LOL i bet he uses dumb pickup lines on you and you make fun of him but secretly like it HELP

@blisschi - albedo!! like both of you are good at art, and are kinda quiet and super cute KJAJKSDAS LMAO

@bookuya - UHHH KAZUHA ! kazuha would enable all your chaotic behaviour in fact he literally encourages it EXCEPT when u ask beidou to use him as a claymore

@childeluv - ningguang bc both of u have hot badass vibes HAHAHA

@chichikoi - literally Cannot imagine you w anyone other than diluc KJASKJKAS HELP

@dilucbar - me ofc !! we're literally engaged <3 HAHAHA but other than that hu tao!! chaotic girlbosses so true

@favoniuscodex - scaramouche. i feel like you both would argue w each other, fistfight in a parking lot and then make out that's pretty cool HAHSKDKSJ

@ganyuslily - women,,, genshin females,,, all of them,,, aether's harem confirmed HAHA

@hqrbinger - me <3 anyways moving on- LMAOOO kidding but diluc !! he would listen to you rant abt omori and then be there as a shoulder for u to cry on abt mari and hero HAHAHA

@hushyouu - EULAAAA barks aggressively i think shes your bias but its ok you two are a perfect match bc youre super sweet and caring and eula would be so soft for u AWWW

@komorebi-e - once again you and thoma/kazuha are soulmates im physically incapable of matching you with anyone else LOL

@koriyue - yoimiya !!!!!!!! both of you seem like super fun and energetic ppl, so imo she'd match you rlly well :D plus u both are super cute HAHA

@lilikags - kamisato ayaka. tfw the brother doesn't exist so you go for the sister 💔 KIDDING obviously you belong with ayato im the ceo of lili x ayato now HAHA

@love-impact - ZHONGLIII another person i literally cannot picture with anyone else HAHA

@mikachuchu - childe bc i think its funny, no further explanation needed.

@noirkkat - MEEEE DUH when tf is the wedding,,, maybe kazuha if i have to share 🙄 HAHAHA <3

@nurserinnn - also me bc im ur harem member so true <3 BUT OK FINE... ALBEDO !!!!!!! imagine if u both collaborated for art it would be a whole masterpiece 😳🥰

@solarpearl - mona bc you both have cool aesthetics which i love HAHA

@test-tube - amber !! a lil random but i love how fun both of you are, plus youre also rlly sweet so you both would go great tgt :D

@ohmykazuha - XIANGLING !! you both are so adorable and cool and talented KSDJKS i feel like both of you would be rlly supportive of each other 🥺

@xiaophobic - ME BARKS LOUDLY <3 so we are already married... BUT OTHER THAN YOUR BIASES tbh i cant imagine you w anyone besides diluc HELP but maybe ganyu?? i feel like you would help her be more outgoing AAAA omg

@yanbub - me obviously <3 mwah !! so whos writing the zuri x quill fic??? /j BUT ANYWAYS i think you and zuo ran would be fun bc you'd annoy him while hes working but hes so in love w you he doesn't care that hes being interrupted and ALSO he cooks for you,,, malewife artem confirmed 😋

ok i am Tired,,, dont ask me to explain this it was purely based on vibes HAHA kidding feel free to ask but im sleepy rn so im going to take a nap and ill reply later !!!! also since im going to sleep ill pause replying to asks for now AKSDJKS byebye !!

[octavianacidicbreastmilk]

ok Sofia, I should SERIALLY call you out because you said that you're ceo of dark academia, and that's gatekeeping. also you are gaslighting people with your parameters of dark academia. like, what if some of the operas that you said that aren't dark academia actually are?? pretty problematic of you :/

........i........you are right. perhaps as a form of penace i should change my blog title from 🤢🤢🤢 im sorry i cannot even type it 🤢🤢 to ceo of classism since that is essentially what i represented with my behaviour.

i have kept so many ppl from joining the community that i have built (fuck you miss tarth, dark academia is mine) and girlbossed so many convos abt how hades is a malewife and persephone his wifeboss. i. i even. i even gatekept the conversations over how everything is fanfic

but you are correct, i should not have placed myself as an authority on smth bc that is inherently classist and if somebody wanted to call the powerpuff girls as dark academia i shoul have let them bc it brings ppl joy. and I could not accept that ppl are happy

[lizzyplant]

me putting a cigarette in a man’s mouth and lighting it for him is very girlboss/malewife behaviour

[finalgirlbuffysummers]

Oooh my interests are piqued, why the hate for the Anya/Xander reltionship?

A few reasons!

1. Xander/Cordelia is my favorite relationship on the show not involving buffy. They work so well together and the chemistry is amazing, and I feel like the Anya/Xander dynamic never measured up to their level. Xander and Cordy were the original malewife and girlboss dynamic. When they are good, they are great, and there was so much I wanted to see explored. I feel kind of robbed lol. 

2. After Cordy it was time for Xander to accept being bi and date a man. (Spander fans rise up)

3. I’m so sorry but the biggest reason is that I don’t like Anya that much. I don’t dislike her! There are times when I actually really enjoy her character. But she does get on my nerves with her sometimes obnoxious behaviour. This is somewhat to blame on the writers for not giving her the respect and in depth exploration her character deserved, but nevertheless, I need Xander to be with someone who is like. Anya but as a vengeance demon or just Cordelia esque. I need someone who is going to balance out his more annoying qualities even tho I do love him to death. 

4. I also felt like Xander didn't really want to be with her for the longest while? In their relationship, there was never that spark of chemistry, that burning passion, that raw attraction (which xandelia def had). It felt... like they kind of just fell into it instead. It’s also just a vibes thing for me I guess.