#modern day media

[castielsprostate]

i dunno i think a lot of people have a very love hate relationship with the queer community because of the way the 90s/00s/10s media portrayed any sort of gay/queer/trans/lesbian/ace/etc relationship (whether in relations to others or themselves) as this inherent "silliness"? as this thing you're not supposed to talk about. it exists, but never let it show. it's there, but it shouldn't be seen. it's tolerable as long as it is silent.

it all ties back into misogynistic and the patriarchal systems that keep being persisted now. it's told as being a gay man is taking away your manhood, you are seen as weak and frilly and clearly not good enough to be a Real Man™. and being a lesbian takes away your femininity, you're too rough around the edges and are too manly thus you're not pretty because men can't be pretty that would mean they're gay, and thus you are not good enough to be a Real Woman™. the only "acceptable" way to be if you HAVE to be queer in any way is bisexual as long as you are a side character and stick to the "other side" when dating and end up with the opposite gender when getting married and settling down.

and even if the elements above were minor, being queer was shown as a struggle, something ugly and as a dirty little secret. a queer relationship was shown to be a funny gag, a dramatic storyline to have Normal Characters™ complete their acceptance storyline or advance their plots whilst the queer character is pushed off to the side. surface level inclusivity messages that are dressed up in "we love everyone" with the underlying tone of "we tolerate you as long as we have to and you're only here so we can hit a bigger audience"

all this to say that this is the reason most actors, male and female, are so opposed to admitting the characters they played in those decades were queer-coded in any way, shape or form. because that would mean voicing the quiet part out loud when they were told to keep it silent

[bardofthefreaks]

I love not being able to sleep cause I just find the wackiest shit on tumblr if I don’t

[janasojka]

moon landscapes, spring.

[fawfulydoo]

i got an LG ice cream smart!!!!!!!! >:3 i intend to make it work despite the fact that the android version it runs (4.4.2 aka kitkat) is outdated cuz there's ways around it

[polintwitteraus]

Polin Twitter AU: Flashes and Whispers, pt 5/?

….surprise? Thanks for all the comments and love it means the world to<3

[badnewswhatsleft]

TONIGHT LITTLE DARLIN'

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WorldOkapiDay :

Dahlov Ipcar (USA, 1917–2017) Okapi, 1991 Cotton, wool, buttons, wire, Kapok batting 14 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. Portland Art Museum 1993.26

[deadbaguette]

Just found out the line in the draft of ‘we’ll be fine ‘

“Cuz’ I got in a fight and sailed to an island! When I’ve never left home shores”

Was never about the Telemachy and I think my heart just shattered into a million pieces

[thecobaltcoyote]

Ok for the record, I hate this being the alternative/new resource (also don’t know if this has been said or everyone’s already aware) but for any future VLD rewatches, hate watches, rewrite material, or meme compilation creation, etc.

There is an entire “collection” of VLD media on the Internet Archive search engine. That may help you piece together and COMPLETE the SERIES.

I hope this is helpful rather than annoying.

[lemonduckisnowawake]

Hmmm. I see. So what modernity wants in their stories is morally grey characters - not in the sense that they are merciless killers with good hearts but in the sense that they are flawed but that the lines between good and evil are too blurry to properly make out. And they want those characters of ambiguous morality to make choices that still end up for the better or everyone and those they care about because perhaps what matters deep down inside is caring. More than a story where the definitions of good and evil are properly outlined, we want a story where the choices we make matter, that even if the skies are grey, we can still paint color in this world

[icewindandboringhorror]

sometimes looking at like Self Help Strategies lists for the symptoms I'm having is always just like:

thing that I already do

thing I have tried 10 times

thing I already do

thing that I don't have the money to do

thing I already do

thing I've been doing since I was 10yrs old to no avail

thing that is impossible given my situation

thing that doesn't apply to me

thing that I already do

thing I have already tried

hrmm, oh wait, maybe finally- OH, yeah.. okay. thing that I already do but it was just phrased slightly differently

thing I have already done

[polintwitteraus]

Polin Twitter AU: Flashes and Whispers, pt 12/?

A fun update as penance for missing yesterday’s update (I was out of town with no cell service). Thank you so much for all the love and comments, it means the world <3

[celestialsnakes]

butchlander 🤝 deadclaws/poolverine

my fav old man yaoi

[beneathsilverstars]

modern au where the characters are all introjects from the canon source material

[kaiserin-erzsebet]

I'm begging video essayists to read and cite actual history. You would not believe how many I've clicked off of for very basic errors. Not bad interpretations or arguments; just very basic factual errors.

[tintinology]

Modern AU where Tintin's editor begs him to please stay out of trouble for a little while after his latest adventure lands him in the hospital (again) and people take to Twitter to accuse the newspaper of endangering its employees for the sake of profit