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ultimately i think my insistence on aro positivity honestly is as much a political stance as a personal one.
when i say aro positivity is crucial and that i dislike doomer-ist posts that express sentiments like 'I hate being aro so much I wish I was dead insteadā it's not because I donāt think there can and should be a space for negativity and acknowledging self-hate, or the many ways being aromantic can really suck sometimes. i find that to be very important!
that being said. there is smth here about how self-hate posts are sometimes just arophobia that we inflict on ourselves. and when we put that out into the ether it (intentionally or not) can become arophobia that we inflict on other members of the community. i think there absolutely needs to be a place for negativity and the expression of anger and frustration and self loathing even - these are all good things to talk about because these are things that we experience. that being said, it can also be genuinely upsetting and triggering to people to have what is essentially arophobia shown to them and then have that be validated by other aspec people. your personal thoughts can affect your wider community on a level you may not anticipate. and i understand it i truly do! it took me so long to be able to recover from accepting being aroace - it threw my entire world off kilter and made me question everything about my place in the world.
but my insistence on aro joy and positivity is because ultimately i do believe that building is at the core essence of it all. that ultimately discussions and the purpose of community should be about construction, not destruction. and this is both a personal and a political stance. talking about how much you hate yourself and cultivating online discussions/spaces where negativity about aspec identity is the main and only theme is destructive - if thatās where we let the conversation end. these thoughts can and should be used as a vehicle to look for a path forward!
joy and positivity create a space where the focus can become on forging a path forward, on construction, on community building instead of tearing ourselves and others down with negative thoughts. itās not productive or healthy when it stops at a place of negativity - it becomes actively destructive to the essence of community.
and i do think that this is especially poignant considering the fact that being any kind of queer, but especially aromantic (and/or asexual) means forging a path for yourself and making your own happiness where there is no obvious way forward. our communities exist mostly online (right now, anyway), there is little recognition of our existence in the real world, the effects of amatonormativity are both pervasive and actively dehumanising, and there are legal, economic and social structures in place actively making our lives more difficult. yes that all sucks! itās good to acknowledge that. we need to in order to change it. but more importantly, thatās not the end. we are still here and our happiness, our future is for us to determine. even if we canāt change the laws or society, loving yourself and understanding aromanticism as a political identity (as well as personal), as a radical worldview, and as a protest against amatonormativity is essential for both community and personal well being. the personal is political.
tldr. i guess my point is that as a community, we should focus on building, improving, and nurturing ourselves and each other (construction) as opposed to destruction. we should recognise aromanticism and asexuality as political identities as well as personal ones and rely on community and self-love in the absence of anything else as a form of protest and political power. destruction (the recognition of everything that is wrong) is essential as a starting point - but where do we go from there? we rebuild.
#aromantic#aro positivity#aspec#aroace#aro#aromantic joy#arospec#when i saw its important to 'love' yourself - pls understand i am in no way trying to exclude loveless aros from this#that was just the easiest way to express what i meant! when i say 'love' i mean positivity/respect/happiness. etc. i just used that word bc#it works for ME which is why i said it. but feel free to replace it with whatever works for you! <2#also sorry if not everything im saying makes total sense i tried my best#this is something ive been thinking about for a while and have been struggling to articulate#i maybe should have read some theory for this abt community building but im too tired + overwhelmed w school reading right now so sorry.#if anyone has additions on that front though please do add them#also ngl im kinda scared to post this. i hope i explained what i mean well enough. like i get wanting to vent and express self hate BUT.#there is nuance to this and it is not unilaterally healthy i think. also i dont see any other online community fostering the normalisation#of selfhate the way the aspec one does! which makes me feel weird abt it especially.#anyway. this is basically my personal philosophy towards aromanticism#mossy posts#āļø
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tongue tied skinned alive etc etc
#im sorry#vent art? sorta? idk man#anyways jimmys self destructive tendencies will always be famous to me#also saulcest is alive. saulcest is the best bcs ship prove me wrong.#gore cw#kinda? idk#better call saul#jimmy mcgill#saul goodman#the caption is from r*dioheads cuttooth
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Just another day wishing I didn't live with my parents but having to because I can barely take care of myself
#haha i had a meltdown#over smthn silly to them#which did result in me crying a lot#embarrassing when its something silly but more embarrassing when its about something serious to me#anyway#long story short masking is not going well for me and i was inevitably gonna blow up#i cant even really cry it out in my room cause i dont have a lock on my door#so#haha#sorry for random vent#ig its not reallt a vent when its this vague#i feel silly esp cause my coworker was like ' you should just be grateful you hava roof over your head and food and a bed'#and i do get it#but bestie this is not living#i think living would at least mean having a somewhat decent time#but im just kinda surviving#its basically just like hs except now that im an adult theyre 'allowing' me to live here and i owe them for it#idk thats too much to get into when i said it wasnt a vent post
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The fans: Ugh Sonic was just so preachy. I mean obviously he's supposed to be the good guy, so any uncomfortableness I feel here and any way I feel like Sonic's choices are framed as being why some other people have shitty lives is just bad writing because he is obviously supposed to be right always, but this characterization makes no sense. Isn't he right for the things he did?
Ian Flynn, using Kitsunami to say the (barely even at this point) quiet part even louder: Hey it's almost like ever since the Mr. Tinker event we've been purposely running with the critique of Sonic as being more selfish than he appears. Sonic is upholding a system of Eggman v Sonic that currently benefits him and shuts down talk of how to improve the current system because he likes his own personal enjoyment and he's attached enough to Eggman that he'd rather Eggman pretend to be a good person than be stuck in prison for life. He doesn't even quite practice what he preaches. We are trying to show that the current hero v villain system and Sonic's recklessness currently affects some people poorly and that Sonic isn't a perfect hero.
#fandom wank#sonic the hedgehog#idw sonic comics#idw sonic 2024 annual#2024 sonic annual spoilers#idw somic comic spoilers#idw sonic spoilers#idw 2024 sonic annual spoilers#i just be ramblin#god one of these days I need to commit to the sonic character essay#because you HAVE to be able to see Sonic as a multifaceted character that is surprisingly selfish and a bit self centered despite his image#as a good hero who is always right to understand what the writers for Sonic Prime and Idw Sonic are trying to do#The point is not that Sonic is secretly a bad guy or anything#the point is that we're already primed to assume that anything Sonic does is a good thing because he's a hero and protagonist of what is#considered a 'children's media'#And people who can see those moments in different games or properties times where Sonic isn't being so good as him actually not being so#good of a person are primed to explain it away as flaws of the writing or the genre at that time *because* Sonic's behavior is not said to#be bad or punished in those games#And become we're already primed to assume that Sonic is already the good guy who's making the best choices no matter whatā it's supposed to#be shocking when the narrative takes a step back and gives a critique of this status quo by showing us the effects of it#But instead of having some sort of eye opening event or being willing to meet the narrative where it's at#99% of the people who post here got uncomfortable and just doubled downā saying that because these things are being pointed out and some of#Sonic's actions (that aren't even alien to the games)#are being framed in a not so good lightā then it must not be purposeful. That it must be bad writing through and through and just bad#Sonic characterization#because for people who claim they want Sonic as a series to be deeper and more thought out they sure start to pearl clutch when they feel#like a property isn't being as shallow as the very same games they think kinda suck#anyways anyways sorry about the rant I'll get back to regularly scheduled posting after this#vent post
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honestly the more i hear about engstars and its TLs the more i absolutely dread the inevitable release of poltergeist and what may ensue from it, bc if if the translators themselves are already invalidating arashis identity then i Really Truly do not want to see how theyll translate natsume and tsumugis microaggressions/transphobia towards her. esp since ive noticed a rise in people being comfortably transphobic towards her, and i REALLY do not wish to see natsume and tsumugi being stupid fucking morons be used as evidence to discredit her
and i think this is all the more reason why its VERY IMPORTANT for engstars to DIRECTLY ACKNOWLEDGE arashi and her gender. bc sometimes characters are STUPID and RUDE and APATHETIC. enstars is a story with NUANCED and FLAWED CHARACTERS, and when a character is being a fucking asshole youre meant to PROVE THEM WRONG. but they dont even acknowledge arashi as a girl themselves. so, if you do use engstars, please keep pressuring them bc omfg this is so bad and i can only see it getting worse
#a bit of a serious post sorreys its kinda me venting im just preparing for the worst#We should be legally allowed to beat the shit out of ntmg for what they said to arashi#i dont remember the exact quotes verbatim but tsumugi basically just expressed confusion abt her gender identity#n natsume flatout said something like shes lying to kids by calling herself a princess#so.#not good.#having characters show bigotry is not Necessarily a bad thing. but that is ONLY WHEN that bigotry gets disproven#but. engstars arent doing that.#theyre not disproving it.#they keep pretending like her gender is. well. Nothing#so i worry that this story is just gonna fuel the flames and make everything so much worse than it already is#anyway. if u play engstars please do keep pestering them for blatantly ignoring and misrepresenting arashis identity#i try to stay out of whatever goes on on that app but. Man.#she deserves better#But hey knowing them maybe theyll just fuckin cut out the dialogue alltogether to further act like trans people and their issues arent real#nat rambles#im a bit peeved as u can see sorry i just know how this fandom is and how they cant handle nuance or flawed characters#and im REALLY not happy with happyele REWRITING THE TEXT#and getting RID OF SAID NUANCE#GRHAGGRAHGRAGHHGHGH#sorry.#its like 3:30am i just needed to get this off my chest#maybe ill delete this but god.#free my girl
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i know people are mostly joking when they insinuate that troy is too possessive or jealous to have a polyamorous relationship with abed but like that idea annoys me so much. when troy and abed both agree to take mariah the librarian on a date, troy is entirely okay with it UNTIL mariah chooses him over abed and then later calls abed weird. after that he tells abed āthereās someone out there for us.ā he just wants someone who also wants abed, and that doesnt mean he wont get jealous over it. you can be polyam and still struggle with jealousy, which is the situation that troyās in
#like i know they r jokes n im probably being overly sensitive but it just bugs me#a smaller (kinda polyam) trobed moment is when abeds flirting with annie as don draper n troy leans forward cuz heās interested#which is unrelated to the post but i like that moment a lot n i wanted to mention it#anyway troy can be jealous/possesive and still be polyam with abed those two things arenāt mutually exclusive#there r different kinds of polyam relationships troy just wants a specific kind where the other person is also into abed#troy barnes#abed nadir#trobed#nbc community#polyamory#vent#< kinda#morty talks woah#sorry this is rambly its late for me <//3
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My Accolades
#not art#this is actually maybe not Super Plausible if the cannons are actually old school style lmao.#they often used a long matchstick thing that burns a Lot slower than usual. thats where ''fire in the hole'' came from#what I imagine and kinda force it to work is riz flicks the embers from his cig into the vent. and thats a hot enough fire to light a canno#I know Ive been here for uhhhh ten seconds but u guys must know what my deal is by now lmao. its like this forever#anyways its cool so it has to be real. that boy was Aiming AND Lighting those things all by himself. he was doing some insane stunts#to get that to work he weighs like five pounds soaking wet and you Know those cannons are not securely latched down#gods to think of it. that means kristen and k2 were risking it all for real hanging out on the gunner deck#it truly is Big Bill Hell's Ship out here Im so sorry girls. Im so sorry kristen#Im so sorry k2........#anyways if u ask me how this works 1/it just does 2/shut up 3/dont talk to me ok? ok#My Accolades. I get to have this
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tbh I kinda hate when people say no one cared about satoru. I know gege didn't show us anything, but knowing the characters there's no way that's true. Especially for yuta and yuji. He literally saved their lives and helped them so much & they were always happy to be around him and support him š megumi definitely cared too, but we know he isn't someone that shows his emotions. Shoko too, remember how concerned and stressed she was during the gojo vs sukuna fight? Lots of the characters do care. Gege just didn't show any of it in the end chapters :(
#jjkspoilers#would have been nice to see at least a bit of the other characters thoughts on him in the end#idk i seen a post that also said no thought it was messed up or even cared when yuta used his corpse and like ???? yes they did š#kusakabe literally says its fucked up and questions it#literally no one wanted yuta to do it but it was meant for the very last resort#like either everyone dies or he does this and they maybe dont die#and idk people give shoko shit for seemingly not caring but i think thats just how she copes#by burying her feelings and pretending everything is fine and nothing has changed#sorry this is kinda a vent /// anyways ....
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YO-TOBER DAY 10....A DAY LATE: PISTACHIONYAN
....Plus a little message!
(The Rongo Swirll was an idea from a friend aidjoekf)
But anyways, just gonna say that as much as I wanna, I'm not gonna have time to do it every day as I'm sure you've noticed (* Ā“ ā½ ` *)ļ¾ thank you for your understanding!!
Under cut there'll be the usual alt as well as a small doodle dump!! ^u^
Alt + sketches for my favorite day of yo-tober so far š I love the Tough Tribe!!!
Heres this little shading practice I'm kinda proud of! I had fun drawing the eye :)
A LOT of squid stuff.....and I still have more. I'll post them on SpaceHey tho!! (@squ1dcurry btw -u-) one of those is a goofy different outfit inspired by the puni puni event fit + his original!
And timidevil!!! He's a cutie pie ^u^
anyways, I'll be off for now!
#I know it doesn't matter that much but I was really hoping I'd be able to do this one#I just feel kinda guilty bout it i suppose. plus i haven't been having time to/even if I do kinda ignoring my messages#Ghhhghthghjgf sorry for the random vent here basically! It's been a bit more of a struggle than usual w depression but I'll push through +ā”#if I don't really interact with other's posts for a while#I've been staying off social media except when I post stuff!#If you want me to see something in particular it's best to tag me wahaha#Anyways enough yapping ahdioeof see you next time!!#āposts from yomakai#ā” yolo watch 2!#yokai watch#Yo-tober#Yotober#pistachionyan
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let me clear myself up. i dont hate jennifer keller. shes just not a good replacement for carson and shes not good for a romance choice because, i cant stress this enough, forced canon het relationships are absolutely exhausting to see and sit through in a tv show that brought me so much comfort in middle school. also her being forced into being one of the "gang" is mildly aggravating because it was conceived with no organic buildup or presence. like why are they having lunch with her and chatting like theyre friends? she had barely any scenes before this episode.
#this rewatch is stressing me out and im on s4 lmao#i just kinda wanna roll into a ball and end on s3 but i cant#i miss weir i miss carson i miss ford so much#on the bright side everyone wearing leather is hot#besides ronon we love out earthy toned king#anyways sorry#misc#text#venting#stargate atlantis#i just know if this show was made today the lgbt would be much more prominant and healthy#im watching doppleganger btw
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Maybe this is silly but I DO have one major compliant with the Deadpool movies.
Theyāre soā¦heteronormative.
Listen, Deadpool is canonically Pansexual (or Bisexual I forget-) so like whereās the flavor?? The zest???
It only comes out in jokes in the movies and it really irks me.
Like, movie one is: rescue girlfriend. Movie two is: girlfriend dying thus ruining life, then messing with the timeline to save that girlfriend. Movie three is: wanting to save the world and matter/mean somethingā¦because of ex-girlfriend.
And like OBVIOUSLYYYYY Bi and Pan people can and are in relationships that are with people that are the opposite sex.
But likeā¦this is Marvel and this is Disney weāre talking about. And it feels very much āweāre going to present this character so heteronormative that everyone remembers him as a straight man and then we can sell to more viewers (esp overseas)ā
It just FEELS like theyāre shoving a blatantly hetero narrative down our throats which they seem to like to do with ALL their superhero/Marvel movies.
#deadpool#deadpool and wolverine#vent#disney#marvel#no shade to vanessa though#thats the girlfriends name right?#shes a good character#at least in the first movie#shes kinda sidelined in the other two#so#heteronormativity#heteronormative bullshit#like cmon#he is one of the most popular marvel charas#and one that happens to be queer#let deadpool kiss a man#or a not cis woman#i will continue to ship poolvervine about it#is that the ship name?#poolverine#it came up in the tags#i think thats it#anyways#sorry for rambling#hope im not crazy#does anyone else get this vibe though-
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I desperately need people to stop saying afab when they just mean cis women. I also (for separate reasons) need them to stop saying āafab trans peopleā when they just mean trans men they donāt agree with.
#i hate agab language so much#Itās just tme/tmi discourse all over again#If the only way you know how to adress a man who is critical of your stance on HIS life#is to refer to him by what he was born with and not by what he is now#then youāre kinda missing the point of that language in the first place#Also I have never ONCE seen amab trans people used in the same way for transfemmes#at least not yet anyway (sorry if thatās a thing yāall have to deal with#hope my point comes across all the same)#And also sorry for venting like this#Iām just annoyed seeing casual transandrophobia from like random art blogs I follow
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sujeto: Shephard
estado: detenido
evaluaciĆ³n adicional pendiente
dicen que estar en estasis es como un sueƱo largo, durmiendo en el vacĆo. Āæpero quĆ© pasa si el pastor no sabe contar sus ovejas?
#from january but i feel like posting it now#ngl it kinda summarizes a large chunk of this year so far#vent art#adrian shephard#my art#valve please you dont understand i need him#let me take him out of the void and hold him in my arms#i want him to feel safe and loved just as he would make me feel safe and loved valve please i desire this 90s low poly man carnally#sorry im rambling in the tags again#but it is my blog so i get to adrianpost as much as i want anyway
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Would you still love me if I wasn't the caricature of myself I made to love you with? Would you still love me if I couldn't move or speak, but loved you as much as an object could love? Would you love me across worlds? Would you love me if I could really be there? Would you love me if I were real? Would you love me if I was a worm?
#Emile's Arts#Koro-Sensei#Proship selfship#proselfship#Another Koro Real comic because I am. In a way tonight I guess.#This is what I get for hanging around real human beings my own age two weekeneds in a row#This is our 'Would you love me if I was a worm?' btw#Something something I'm missing something I've never really had and will never have because he will never be#I want to go to bed but not alone but there is no other option#Anyway. It's 4am.#I'm off to bed now#Sorry for the kinda vent it's just... a convo we had and... I felt like someone else might want to have it too
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Hey! If youāre ever feeling upset over something in your life and are like crying over it or something, get in the bathroom, shower if you can, and sing songs with high emotion! The singing part will help stabilize your breathing after a while, and the emotion part will help the part of you thatās upset by releasing said emotion!
I think it works, and I think itās a nice trick :P
Yes this is a vent post, Iām fine now
#tw vent#kinda#:P#the ironic part is that I donāt usually get the notes to be so fluid#sure they werenāt the exact notes but they just like spilled out with little pause?#which is even weirder considering the fact I was singing at like 1.5 speed#and one of the songs was lowkey a rap?#anyways yeah#sorry for the vague vent thing this is#have a lovely timezone
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My grandma's in the hospital so, if things are a bit slower or less enthusiastic on my end it's cause of that.
#I won't stop interacting dw#it's not that bad#but like it's not impossible that she's like gonna full on die#š¬#It probably won't affect things too much cause tumblr's where I go to take my mind off things anyway#but y'know#better safe than sorry#it's more for the effect it's gonna have on my mom that I'm worried#anyway#rambles#vent#kinda
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