#masculinity tag

[ednyfedfychan]

“From the king’s own perspective, Catherine Howard’s casual promiscuity had rendered him a laughing stock and he emerged from this encounter irretrievably winded and worn. It had been clear, in fact, from Jane Seymour’s death onwards that time was ‘coming fast on’ for Henry, and the burgeoning population growth of the sixteenth century, which meant that by the later years of his reign at least half of his subjects were under the age of 18, only served to heighten, in its way, the king’s increasingly painful awareness of his own finite span. The court teemed, after all, with youngsters and the emphasis upon youth, vitality, tourneying, hunting, glorious warfare and, for that matter, vigorous impregnation continued unabated. It was enough to dampen the spirits of any sickly has-been. But now to compound his growing gloom, Henry had yet again felt the full force of the old adage that marriage is not so much a word as a sentence.”

— John Matusiak, Henry VIII: The Life and Rule of England's Nero

[lesbianfujoshis]

the cycle of people being incredibly weird about gay men and people insisting on being able to identify gay men

[archivebottles]

went on a sidequest this past week to draw some horse girls

[muttboy-rambling]

[kinky-cas]

cas is doing courtly love nonsense because that’s the framework for romantic/erotic love thats most compatible with his ideas of how angels are supposed to be. meanwhile dean is like hey lancelot can you cool it with the noble knight shtick for 10 minutes and just answer your damn texts?

[cuntnikida]

found this masc positivity post n wanted to show all my boy followers n friends so now i'm gonna tag some of my transmasc mutuals to make sure they do: @hoicacti @emo-oreo @a-literal-frog

[ridibulous]

Hey. Hey. You. Person with breasts who's considering mastectomy and feeling anxious that they'll regret it after. Consider the following:

- No longer having to accomodate your chest when wearing clothes

- Being able to publicly go topless (ex. for swimming)

- Don't have to worry about bras and other supports

- Back pain from a large chest? Who's that?

- Laying on your stomach just got easier

- Less worry about potential breast cancer, especially if you may be at risk (if you are, talk to a doctor about it, prophylactic mastectomy is awesome and reduces the chance of cancer way more than FTM top surgery)

- You could get rid of your nipples, if you wanted

- And you could just get them tattooed on... or have a blank slate for whatever art you wanted instead

- Being able to move around (running, going up/down stairs, etc) without feeling any jiggle

- And if you wanted the appearance of breasts? You can wear fake boobs as long as you want, and be able to take them on & off whenever you want. And they can be any size, too. It's a much safer option, as opposed to binding.

If you really want it, why are you hesitating? Be happier built in your own image, instead of the one other people want to paint on you.

[isuggestforcemasc]

Bluetoothing this mafaka in my notes one bazillion ml of testosterone rn

[jocks-n-cops]

[canigetahuuuuu]

Idk, are you sure you're not trans? Most women don't imagine having a dick to thrust inside people. I don't mean a strap. I mean a flesh and blood penis that gets hard. Most women don't imagine themselves as a muscly dude that can pick people up like they're nothing. Idk I don't know a single woman who wants a beard and a dick and the body of a male body-builder. But sure, maybe you're the first one

[superbbirdofparadise]

I get why some people say that moon.exe confirms Sun x Moon and fem!Sun in Security Breach, but I just don't think that's the case. Yes, they do symbolize the Murrays, but I think it's just that: symbolism. It's possible that SOTM Sun and Moon are actually Fiona and Edwin in some way (this is the ghosts possessing machines franchise, after all), but they are different characters than the Daycare Attendant. No one would say that Fredbear is the same as Glamrock Freddy, and Spring Bonnie is not regular Bonnie, who isn't Toy Bonnie, who isn't Bon Bon, who isn't Rockstar Bonnie, etc.

Also, we know how Fazbear designs female characters. Glamrock Chica and Roxy aren't on the same level as Toy Chica, but if they wanted SB Sun to be a woman, they would've either added glitter and pink paint, or some Grow Up Skipper nonsense, or both. He's just a skinny guy with a higher-pitched voice who's a little bit silly and whimsical.

[diospore-nyonmain]

I better see a Gallade in my dex soon.

[krashlite]

"A stream through the valley to nourish these hills would lay all my troubles to sleep" A Field Song - Unfamiliar Things

Based off of CherriFire's designs!

[hungwy]

found something

[impulsive-fantasylander]

I'm not going to name any names, but holy SHIT some of you just fucking DESPISE the idea of people seeing men as attractive like holy shit.

[sforzesco]

cassius and pindarus

this is another placeholder design until some thoughts I have about pindarus click into place, but it is fascinating to compare how ancient sources write of his involvement in cassius' death and what shakespeare does with it. also. hm. something particularly thorny going on in there, but that's no surprise since that comes with the territory wrt to roman&greek narratives involving slaves and freedmen.

anyway. thoughts! they are compelling. can't wait to figure out how to make them coherent. spartacus is in there, somehow. character design! sure is a task.