#something something I support women’s wrongs

[taliabhattwrites]

Look, I'm not fundamentally invested in the "trans headcanon" discourses, but ...

I did notice something that reads to me as odd.

It's popular to say that there's "no such thing as a 'wrong' interpretation of art", which I don't really agree with. Yes, there's a lot of flexibility within the discursive parameters set by a work of art, and some works set those parameters very broadly, and interpretation is also at its heart an act of creativity. However, if you do something like look at Jules Verne and say "He CLEARLY intended this as commentary on the first season of Steven Universe", we can comfortably call that a wrong interpretation. There are limits, some of which are easier to spot than others.

In the case of trans headcanons, I don't feel particularly strongly about them (and tend not to engage in them much myself). Yet, I have noticed a consistent trend of Tumblr looking at characters in stories who are depicted as effeminate, but not necessarily women, and also express a discomfort with masculinity, only to then go "Wow! What a relatable transmasc headcanon!"

...

Does that not seem a bit, just a tad strange?

Is there something y'all should be trying to talk out, perhaps in a medium less combative and more supportive than fandom squabbles?

Because what do you mean you relate to the characters who resent the masculinity imposed on them and want to throw it off?

That does ... not describe any of the transmasc dykes or trans men or even butch dykes I'm friends with.

Just saying.

[froegis]

but it’s not funny. why would wishing rape on anyone ever be okay? no matter who they are or what you think they believe? in what circumstance is that ever a valid wish? because you think pro-life people are actively forcing women to give birth, and each one of us is a malicious man who hates women and is okay with rape? have you ever talked in depth to someone who is pro-life, asked them what they think and believe, without getting your information from a biased source catered to your viewpoint, without immediately deciding they are evil because they have a different point of view, without deciding what you think they believe?

to clear things up, talk about abortions that occur because of inconvenience, which is the majority of abortions (which is what we try to talk about most of the time, but pro-choice people often choose to clump all types of abortions into one big category, equating abortions of rape with abortions of convenience.) so abortions not of rape, not of incest, not to save the mother, all of which you conveniently focus on in this conversation without addressing the reason 90% of abortions occur.

abortion is used massively as birth control when people have sex, get pregnant, and decide they don’t want to face the consequence of that action. deciding to “prevent a clump of cells from becoming a baby”, as you so delicately put it, is killing a baby for your own convenience, after choosing to have sex and choosing to face the risk of getting pregnant. that’s what that is. preventing a clump of cells designed to BE a baby is killing a baby. “preventing something from living” is the same thing as killing.

i am a woman, so you cannot possibly throw out that prolifers have no empathy for women when there are prolife people who are women. how does that not click?? you are literally just saying words to say words and incite negative emotions in the reader. there are so many women who have been through hell yet still believe that clump of cells you think is nothing is actually a growing human being with a future. i have met a girl who went through the craziest shit imaginable done to her by her immediate family, and she had a kid. it’s absolutely tragic, and yet she still told me how much she loves her little girl, and that she doesn’t understand how someone could think of ending the life an innocent human before they even get the chance to breathe. i know that’s just a case of one person and i don’t intend to use that as a catch-all argument by any means. i only want to call attention to the women like her, and i want to make it clear that they exist and you erase their survival and insult their dignity when you throw such accusations around.

still don’t understand how wishing rape on someone could be excused, yet here you are, excusing it with a premise that is entirely false and not at all the reality of prolife people or our beliefs.

and im pretty sure wishing rape on anyone is evil. no matter what. that should be pretty clear, out of anything. there is nothing that could ever excuse that. the hatred you speak of, which you claim we push onto women having abortions, is coming suspiciously from your own mouth.

i’m truly curious about how you would treat a woman who had sex and got an abortion as birth control versus a woman who was raped and decided to keep the baby because she believed it would be wrong for her to get an abortion. if she decided to speak up about it, would you support her as a survivor? would you hear her out or listen to a word she says? or in your eyes, is she a woman-killer and a forced-birther because she identifies as prolife and advocates for something she believes (which by the way, is no different from what you do)?

what is the difference between these two hypothetical women? i am genuinely curious what you think, because i have seen people who are pro choice praise the woman who got an abortion for exercising her right to bodily autonomy, then turn right around and wish the other woman more rape and death for keeping the child and for advocating for something she believes to be true with her whole heart (which, again, is no different from the other woman). and i truly cannot understand the logic behind that.

there is no excuse. wishing rape on anyone, regardless of their beliefs, is no less evil than the prolife person in your brain who is actively “forcing” women to give birth.

I think all pro-lifers should be raped, forced to have the baby (no exceptions), and become forced to raise it for 18-20 years just to see how it feels

[chaifootsteps]

Something about helluvas poor depiction of a sexually abusive relationship is so much more malicious and evil than hazbin. Because it cowers away from the fact it is one, and profits off of romanticising it. I think stoliz and angelval need to be held in the same conversation.

Every day rich powerful men sexually abuse and rape victims because money is leverage. These abusers are massively defended by the public especially if they are celebrity, “charismatic” funny, good at singing or acting. No matter what evil these abusers do, a parade of incels and pick me women with bleeding hearts (for the wrong person) will say

but she couldn’t have been sexually abused victimised by him! Look at the glamorous lifestyle! The jewellery, gifts, and fancy vacations! She’s just a gold digging thieving whore who is ashamed of her body count and wants attention.

Never mind the fact….many sex trafficking victims with high ranking famous abusers get gifts and fancy trips too. To keep the abuse secret. They have a lot on the line if they even dared say no or try to back out. All that money and “””glamour””” is blackmail material. Andrew Tate is an expert of this behaviour.

So what does vivziepop do with stolblitz?

She paints the victim of what is clearly sexual abuse as a hysteric imagining things, a bigot, a gold digger, someone with a “shameful”amount of sexual history, who is sexually excited at all times. All to discredit his validity as a victim. Never mind the fact sex workers (which btw, blitz isn’t) receive little sympathy and aren’t believed in their stories because “well sex workers are always down for anything right?” Or really…any rape victim guilty of the crime of not being a virgin beforehand are treated this way. When I See Him is repulsive because of this. One sensitive man questions if he’s a rapist, and the other is just horny, to make the answer to the audience this: no. He can’t be a rape victim. Look: He wants it.

And Viv uses the generosity argument. What about the outings they had, the supportive gifts “you can’t just ignore all that” Anyone with fundamentals understanding of abuse knows that them bringing up ‘the good times’ does not make the abuse invalid. You aren’t ignoring his kind moments by standing up for yourself regarding the bad. Not to mention, guilt at being unable to repay a rich “generous” person, is a core part financial coercion.

This relationship has layers upon layers of abuse tactics, slut shaming, rape apologia and victim blaming rhetoric. Viv has done a level of damage to SA victims, the sympathy for them and understanding in the public, that should be studied.

Couldn't have said it better. Comical moustache twirling monsters like Valentino are relatively rare in real life, but wealthy, abusive, guilt tripping guys like Stolas -- and stories of the people they prey on -- are everywhere. It's dangerous, disgusting, and wrong, and I genuinely fear the fandom's insistence that "it was sex work" and that sex workers seemingly can't say no is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how much damage Viv has done.

[otaku553]

Strawhat women :)

[moeblob]

I love them! So much!

[aseuki]

There are many benefits to being a corn biologist

[isagrimorie]

In season 2 Hotch is suspicious and worried that ‘Is that Legal’ Emily Prentiss is a pawn Strauss placed in the BAU.

Prentiss is the last person troubled by Elle Greenaway's 'questionable' shooting. Spies are built with moral ambiguities. But Hotch didn't know that.

(Pre-London Emily tried to reset her life. And succeeded before Ian Doyle re-entered her life. Post-London!Emily realized and learned she could 'live' with her moral ambiguities.)

[vaguely-concerned]

there are certainly serious things to say and analysis to be made about the tired queen in snow white-ass female fear of aging and losing your beauty as catalysts for evil tropes zara renata is evoking, as well as the treatment of her still-naked body as an object in the post mortem interrogation scene by both the camera and the characters. HOWEVER. personally and with my heart not my brain I forgive it wholeheartedly because there's just something special, something so incredibly fun and campy, both about her horrific literal blood bath and about a character who'll coyly tell you to wait here she'll just slip into something a little more... comfortable😏. and then while keeping hard eye contact with you she slips out of her skin entirely like it's a strapless dress and stands there in her full glistening subcutaneous glory smirking at you. her body isn't a temple it's a slaughterhouse. well. for you. but that's a price she's willing to pay :) ianthe tridentarius behaviour (laudatory)

(to be real for a moment it probably helps a lot that there are plenty of other female villains in the game who aren't presented with a sexual or appearance-focused angle at all. well. not an intentional one at least. ghilan'nain will always do to certain people what she does but that's not the design intention or priority lol. having a zara does not feel as weird when you also have a johanna hezenkoss running around just living her best unlife and doing her thing)

[aurenflare]

fitz as vi and biana as jinx? i feel like biana deserves to go apeshit too

ohhh i totally agree … she deserves to have six feet of hair also i think. also fitz and biana deserve to have a terrible relationship i think it would be very fun. in my opinion

[vileidol]

they could never make me hate you rohan projecthadea of @nyehilismwriting’s Project Hadea fame

[maraschinotopped]

ive been staring at the naqtube channel page just doing analysis thoughts in my head for like 15 minutes and ive just been hit with the realization that Damn this is not normal. normal people dont do this. either the mental illness or the mild sickness is doing something to me right now.

[girlsloveupdates]

“Earn is in the wrong”, “Fahlada is in the wrong”, personally I think they were both put into a very difficult situation and both are suffering equally by the breakup. In the present, they toy with each other’s emotions and they do stupid things to get each other’s attention. It’s really just a huge misunderstanding that’s keeping them apart and Fahlada’s mother for making up those lies she told Earn. I’m team both, and anyways in the end it’s not going to matter who did what because they’re madly in love. In conclusion, please don’t judge these girls for their actions, blame homophobia or something 😔

[class-of-classic-blog]

Headcanon time: Victoria Hearts🫀

Victoria was a serial bride before she got married to her future husband.

When she became queen at a very young age almost every man with power, high status, or royal prince wanted her hand in marriage. She had many suitors and she was FUCKING FEED UP with a men. She just lost her mother and had to become a queen before she was fully ready and on top of that, she had to deal with a bunch of greedy men wanting her riches and the title of a king. Usually, she would just cut their heads, but no, now she had something worse in mind.

She announced that she would marry one of the suitors, the worst of them all. That asshole. She would go through the whole procedure: wedding dress shopping, cake testing, engagement parties, gifts, and choosing decorations and flowers. Everything. Boy did Chesire, Amilia and her had fun.

Then the wedding day came. The day went as normal like any royal wedding. Then came the time for the king and queen to go to their room and spend their first night together and Victoria pulled her shiny, new, sharpened, heart-shaped exe (a wedding gift from Cheshire) off with the king's head. It didn't matter that she ruined her pretty wedding dress with blood. She will soon have another one.

After some time passed she announced to the whole of Wonderland that the king was dead and that she was a widow. And suitors came again. And she repeated the whole wedding thing again. And King died. And she didn't stop until every one of those greedy suitors lost their head to her exe.

[p2ii]

I feel like there's something to be said about the way fandom will treat characters who's trauma they can personally relate to Vs characters who they cant

[tumblasha]

the way i adore wilhelmina slater, she's a trans ally! she performs in drag shows occasionally!! sure she's a bully and a little evil, but i can look away

[sunny-rants]