#tbh just like everything is queer wtf

[goddammiteverythingstaken]

Duffer brothers? More like duff-inetly making some weird gay ass choices like what

[edspeleerscock]

joe when he (hopefully) finds out h!rhys is actually a hallucination

[inawickedlittletown]

Decided to rewatch S8 and I made it to 8x06.

Ugh. This episode.

This is the first time I'm rewatching it since it aired and I couldn't make myself rewatch it before, but I'm watching it now and gah the writing.

Under a cut because this got long...

I'm not even too bothered by the anniversary dinner. The woman approaching them is whatever in the long run...Buck is awkward but it's very Buck to be like that so that doesn't bother me. Tommy's reaction to it also not a problem. Buck acting like he doesn't know his boyfriend is gay? Writers WTF. This is the type of conversation that would be normal a few dates in not 6 months in. It's actually very reminiscent of stuff from their first date.

It's the way they didn't know how to bring up Abby and so gave us this convoluted way to bring it about and it's very clear to me on a rewatch that they're trying to make sure the casual heterosexual audience understands things. Like they want to reestablish that we know for sure that Tommy is gay and Buck is still attracted to women but also lets not use the word bisexual. And oh the shock value of it because take out the Abby of it all and the break up still works the same way...they did the Abby thing just for the hell of it.

It's bad writing.

The next thing that makes me cringe is Buck's scene with Maddie and Josh. In the past we've seen Maddie listen to Buck and maybe poke fun at him a little but always in a kind way and then she gives him advice.

Maddie in this scene is acting so strange (actually Maddie this whole episode is not acting quite herself). I know some people have an issue with Josh's speech about Glee but tbh I don't think it's that bad and I didn't the first time I watched it. I think he has good motives in saying it. My issue is with Maddie.

Her joke about Abby turning men gay, the way she explains to Josh that Buck slept with Tommy's fiance changing the facts entirely just to mess with Buck, the way that she just very clearly thinks Buck is being dramatic and ridiculous. She just doesn't take Buck seriously at all and when Buck calls her out on it she turns it around on him because as she says she doesn't think there's a problem. But it's not about if there is a problem with them having both dated Abby, it's how Buck feels about it that he needs advice on.

Josh for all that I do think he is helpful, he also does not know Tommy and shouldn't speak to what Tommy experienced. Buck voices his concerns that he thought he knew who Tommy was but now he's finding out that Tommy lied and hurt Abby and it's thrown him because he's having to meld those two versions of Tommy.

Buck doesn't think that Tommy will do the same to him and Tommy doesn't. He doesn't lie to Buck or string him along. He's actually very honest with him and that honesty contributes to the break up. Yet another way in which we see that Tommy has changed from who he used to be.

The thing is that Josh doesn't know Tommy and admits as much but he gives Buck some broad thing about glee and what the world was like before it and after but he's basing it on his own experiences and the queer experience is not a shared trauma...and he puts in Buck's mind that he can't judge Tommy and also that he should thank him. Buck clearly internalizes this. He also I think it suddenly forced to think about what he wants from a future with Tommy and he jumps at wanting to live with him.

Now onto the actual break up.

The whole scene is actually good. They're cute together and silly and flirty and even after the Abby thing is revealed to Tommy nothing has fallen apart. It's all kinda good and their conversation is actually great. When Buck says he admires him, Tommy seems to like that...or at least he takes it how Buck intends it.

This is where it falls apart. And considering I refused to watch this again until now I didn't really think about it like this until now.

Yes I think Tommy had his eyes opened a little bit with everything Buck said...but Tommy also could have ended the conversation at the point where Buck tells him he admires him and they could have gone to the movies and just continued their date night. Why? Because Tommy already sorta knows this and it's what's he's expected from it...he already knows this is Buck's first relationship with a man and that as such Buck must feel some gratitude for what Tommy has given him and he's clearly in his mind already decided that it will end eventually because as he tells Buck first is not last (Tommy, who hurt you?).

But then Buck asks Tommy to move in. And Tommy can't.

It's one thing for him to date the baby bi guy...for him to get feelings for him that maybe go deep but that are manageable. He can handle that...but moving in together? For Buck to dangle that to him and offer him a future when Tommy doesn't expect that Buck will be able to deliver it? That's where Tommy just can't because he knows it will hurt when they break up...but if they live together and form deeper attachments and routines and they become intrinsically a part of each other's lives in a home they share then that's not heartbreak he's prepared to face. It's heartbreak he knows he won't survive.

I actually don't see the break up as bad writing. Everything else surrounding it absolutely is, but that scene is heartbreaking because they both want the same exact thing but Buck couldn't reassure Tommy that he really did want for them to be together...he didn't even tell him he loved him...and Tommy needs more from Buck to be secure in thinking that in this instance first could also be the last.

I think we learn so much about Tommy in this episode and I wish we had been able to dive in deeper.

This episode still hurts. Tommy's face when he says "Buck" hurts. The way Buck is left behind hurts.

The writing is a mixed bag of bad with some alright moments. It also leaves so much open. I remember that night being optimistic because it is so clearly a storyline left open to be continued. Some interviews turned that optimism right around but without that there is no real reason for any of us to think that this is finished.

Do I think it was a bad idea to break them up? Absolutely. Do I think there are other forms of tension for them to explore? Yes. Do I think they will manage to give this story and Buck and Tommy a happier ending? I have no idea, but I hope so.

Buck himself calls his relationship with Tommy the most transformative since Abby. He misses Tommy so much he spends the next couple of episodes baking and wanting to reach out. We also know that Tommy wants to reach back out too. These are indications that it isn't over and I just hope that they stick to being a little cliche and following the romcom trope right through to the end where they get back together.

I guess that's where I am going into 8b. Hopeful, but not holding my breath and well aware that fanfic exists and so much of the scenarios we want for our blorbos will only ever be possible there. Oh, and I'll be shipping Buck with Tommy because that is definitely not changing no matter what the show does.

[singitforthegirls]

I'm doin this for my own amusement. It's shark week and I'm grumpy. I'll put it under a read more thingy. 🤷🤷 I had fun with the digital "highlighters" and all the different colors. Lol. XD

Anyways it's this new tim interview. I think it's interesting. I know people say he lies, etc. Idk if it's like lies-lies, maybe more this is what he was thinking at the moment he was talking to them. And then shit changes. And/or he's trying to be vague. Lol.

Anyways colorful screencaps under cut. 👇

Lol. Off course he's a fan of a weirdo yt channel like that. 🤣🤣🤣🙈

I still think he'll only think about it, and maybe almost do it but he won't actually go thru with it. Something will stop him.

Blue highlight = yes, tim. Too much space prolly.

Pink highlight = maybe.

Yellow highlight = I hope not the latter bit. 🫠

I'm a little confused by that purple highlighted bit. Lol. Can't not? Can not not? XD I'm a bit confused.

Doesn't that mean he can't resist further alienating his kid? And he can't resist walking away from everything he has? Maybe I could get tje second part. Like he couldn't resist walking away from everything he has if it means getting Chris back. But the first is still 🤔🤔🤔

But sounds kinda Catch-22 or whatever. Or at least that's what he might be goin for. Lol.

Like maybe he thinks I can get my kid back and loose everything i've built in LA or keep my life but alienate my kid more. I wouldn't be surprised if Eddie thinks he can't have both and that he has to give one of these things up. 😶🙃

*hugs Buck*

When doesn't Buck spiral? Lol

Pink highlight : "...what he's about to loose there." 🙃🫠😶

Blue h : I think it'll be a new hobby, not like regressing to Buck 1.0. But lol, what. I saw someone suggest getting tattoos and I think that'd be hilarious, tbh. XD But I doubt it. Lolol. Also seen gardening but I'm not sure he'd have the patience for that. Lol. It'd be kinda funny if he took up like Photography. 🤣🙈

And he's always taking photos and everyone is getting kinda annoyed with a camera constantly in their faces. Lolol. He'll go all in and make one of his bathrooms in the loft into a dark room or something. 🤣🤣🙈

Purple : I wouldn't be surprised if it ended in disaster. Lol. Because if his baking is a indication, he will in his spiral take things too far. 🤣🙈

Green highlight : 👏👏

Blue h : lol xD yay

Pink h : lolol off course 🤣

Yellow highlight : 🤞🤞 but I think that might be a hard habit to break. Lol. And also he just thinks he might be done with it. So he might fall back into it. Or he just thinks he's done with it but it's so ingrained he does it without realizing it.

Pink h : LET EDDIE YELL AT HIS PARENTS. ESPECIALLY HELENA. But also "always wanted to raise a kid" wtf wtf? 😶😶😶😶😶 I hope that goes were I hope it's going. 🤞🤞 AKA Eddie confronting his parents about how they treated him as a kud etc.

Green h : Someone's car or home or something is going to literally be hit with a tree. Maybe in a storm or something. And it'll like change their plans or something. Maybe for the better or cause a NDE. XD

The Buck sitch and the Eddie sitch. XD

But I worry bout Maddie. I worry it's gonna be a miscarriage story. 😬

I think Maddie & Athena thing might be the serial killer thing. Maybe Maddie was helping Athena out or Maddie asks for Athena's help. And then the serial killer goes after Maddie for some reason. 🤔

The red highlight. They've already shot 9 and 10, so Tim does know how that'll look. He's not just still thinking about it. So I think he means it.

Madney's change could be a misscarriage & deciding to try again or adopting or something?

Either Eddie decides to move to el paso and/or he realizes he's queer and/or has romantic feels for Buck? 🤔

Maybe Buck tries to subtly try & get Eddie to stay but in the end decides to like "let him go". Or the opposite and he was going to let him go, not hang on but then decides to fight and tries to get Eddie to stay? And/or realizes he had romantic feels for Eddie. 🤔

Maybe for Bathena something happened during the serial killer thing. Maybe Athena decides to like take a desk job or something.

Idk what could change for Henren. Maybe Hen will try and spend more time with her family if Madney miscarry because she realizes how life is fleeting or something? Seeing the heartbreak her friends go thru?

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Anyways lol. None of this is very deep. XD And I'm probably totally wrong. But eh 🤷🤷🤷 my blog. I can do what I want. Lolol.

[butterflies-and-roaches]

Stuff about stuff

(Please read if you want to interact!!)

Edited 08.04.24

Who are you?

Call me butterfly 🦋 (or jules), legal adult, gender has no meaning to me and i prefer any pronouns except she/her, probably 'tistic (but my rizz is on the negative hehe), aroace (but for the sake of rp let's consider i'm pan on this blog lol + will not hesitate to simp over fictional characters of any gender)

Main: @timeladix (from which follows ensue)

My art: @julesdraws (rn full hellaverse but keep in mind it's still multifandom)

Wtf is this?

Started off as a butterfly🦋 anon on @/nunalastor 's blog and soon got married to @/lu-lus-duckies so i felt like i should show some face in whatever this has become :>>

Also married to @/lucifersruberduck

And i'm the one that came up with the #nunwhiskers ship name :3 (kinda accidentally lol)

Anything else?

This will sometimes be a role play sideblog (bulshiting around - meaning half the stuff i say or do is exagerated or purely joking bc it's fun) and other times i'll be serious if there is need for me to be

(Just keep in mind i'm autistic and my tone recognision skills are lacking immensly)

Asks always* open, as long as you're not mean i'll probably respond (tho maybe not always right away), feel free to talk ab anything and everything i love engagement :33

*Alright babes, ask box related, these are my HARD NOs (if you won't respect this you'll get blocked and the ask will be deleted sorry): gore, explicit imigery, hate talk (this includes transphobic/homophobic/albeistic/racist etc etc talk), polotics related, horror related, SH and su/i/cide (if it's not said as a joke or it's excessive), ra/pe, violence, abuse, and maybe other stuff that is v extreme or hard to process and doesn't come to mind rn.

(Don't take it personally please, this is me protecting my mental health🦋)

Queer and neurodivergent friendly 🫶

Not a native english speaker!!

Oh and I can actually make pancakes :>>>

(and yes i loooove butterflies)

Wanna add smth you forgot?

Oh yeah i'll update this post as this blog evolves (idk what to expect from this tbh but i'm here for the funsies)

TaGs:

#lore stuff (anything hazbin lore related or unhinged head canons that i find interesting)

#silly wifey stuff (anytime i interact with lulu cuz she's special bc she's my first wife from the polycule)

#silly hubby stuff (anytime i interact with lucifersruberduck aka theo, my first husband :0)

#cursed polycule (everything related to the rest of the polycule - lulu has a chart in their pinned)

#cursed cursed worms (anything worm related)

#butterfly talks (anytime i talk in reblogs or post stuff on its own)

[resident-gay-bitch]

Hello there, I’m in genuine need of more fandom / online friends so like, if you also want more friends, here’s some info about me and maybe we can be friends? <3

My names Jay, I’ve recently picked it for myself (and then realised I could have possibly had an even cooler name Bo which is the shortened of my middle name and now im cursing myself for not realising it sooner and questioning weather or not to do a switch cause idk if Bo or Jay suits me better?!!). I’m 20 and FtM, and I go by he/they pronouns primarily but I also don’t mind if you use any others :)

I’m also Australian so yeah idk if that’s a selling point or not

Oh and I’m labelled as queer, I guess, but dude sexuality is confusing. I’ve recently been going down the aromantic / asexual spiral of questioning but I’m so unsure of everything I really suck at telling the difference between platonic and romantic feelings. I’m also somewhere in the sapphic spectrum I believe. So if you can relate to this mindfuck in any way that would also be rad.

I write fan fic for the Marauders Fandom (sirius is my everything and I’m also a tall sirius truther) and also Stranger Things but primarily Steddie for that tbh.

I’m also in the Good Omens fandom, as well as a few others more casually and don’t write fic for them :) recently I’ve been starting to watch JJK cause my best friend is really into it

My favorite two movies of all time are Rocky Horror Picture Show and Cars. That probably tells you a lot about me to be honest so do with that as you will :)

My favorite musicians are David Bowie at No. 1 (my lord and saviour), Maya Hawke, Hozier, Radiohead (im not a red flag I promise), Conan (I’m seeing him on fri wtf), ooo and I’ll add SOAD cause I’m really into them this month. But it’s ever changing really and there are too many to choose from, I’d say they’re my most listened to though :) I am chronically listening.

Uh I’m gonna spitball some more facts about me this is kinda hard:

I’m the eldest of 4 kids ��� one of them is 5 years younger than me 💀💀 the other two are 6 years younger 💀💀💀 (I love them sm the annoying shitstarters)

I love to draw and make art but I suck at anatomy and colour theory it makes me want to rip my hair out (and I wanna be a fan artist so bad)

I’m attempting to learn bass but I also cannot commit to learning the bass (I blame my sibling for keeping it in their wardrobe so I forgoet it exists)

I am 90% sure I’m neurodivergent I just cannot really afford to get that diagnosis rn ya know?!

I did ballet & dance most of my life 🤯🤯 (now I’m a bartender and my old ballet teacher is a regular at the sailing club I work and now I look queer and cunty as hell and every time she sees me she just stares in disbelief and fake smiles it’s hilarious)

I still sleep with my childhood teddy :( I love her she is my one thing I would save in a fire. Her name is charlotte and she’s probably 3 years overdue for a bath but I love her

I’m fucking weird about stars - the shape not the astrology - like I love them. I see them and I get very excited and I draw them everywhere (you can probably tell off all my master lists, they all have stars drawn on the title strips 😭) I just really love them they’re so cute. I almost named myself Star actually

I’m a sagittarius. I don’t know what that means but I know it means a lot of things to people so hopefully it’s good things!

My favorite colour is green but more so earthy and cool greens. I love a good scrumptious yummy green, something mossy something sagey. I have a green wall in my room and it’s very nice to look at.

I lived abroad for a little bit as a teen in Vietnam which was amazing and I’m planning to move somewhere abroad again next year hopefully (seriously get me the hell out of SA)

My biggest dream / goal / career choice for most of my life was to be an actor but now I’m just kinda existing with no real drive or purpose in life. But I might pick acting back up now I’m becoming more comfy with myself and my gender :) my dream role is to play Frank from Rocky.

Uuuuuh that’s all I can think of :)

So yes, I hope I have appealed to your interests in one way or another. And if you’d maybe like to be friends please don’t hesitate to send me a message!

Maybe tell me a cool fact about yourself?

Or if you’re too shy to message first you could just add a random comment here or say something in the tags? I’ll message you! <3

Also if you have anymore questions I am trying to be a bit more of an open book, I love when people dive in with the nitty gritty so if you have strange questions I’ll probably be very excited to answer them lmao

Anyway, I hope you have a lovely day random people in my phone I hope to befriend <333

[ibusukiss]

Boueibu Rewatch FINALE

Thursday's for the Boys! 13

Happy Kiss Episodes 10-12

LAST ONE :O :O

Episode 10

we are in Bangers Only territory, HK finale eps slap severely

ata with his hair down..;njnjkvjfvkvfklfdg'.r

also his slutty little elementary school bob

Kyotaro is always dreaming about Ata its canon its canon his character song confirms it !!!!

see they need Ata in their friend group bc he wouldnt let Ryouma become Kyochan's caretaker

love that they didnt even mess around with showing the monster's creation

god ata is so pretty

im not even 30 yet and im forgetting words like this

old man magical boys would slap tbh

furanui's hobby is collecting insects??!?! i must incorporate this into my AU immediately

ok but.,,,, their hair looks better de-saturated like this

id be flattered to be called old man, i guess thats just my brand tho

tbh, i know ata's backstory is supposed to be petty and stupid, but (especially with my bigbrain headcanons involved) it makes total sense why he gets so mad

remember when we theorized that kyoata would turn out to be related

Episode 11

yes furanui make him worse fuck him up!!!!

ah yes 'the despair hidden behind your smile' hey furanui hey boueibu staff what is taiju's backstory cowards

i LOVE that maasa and taiju dont feel betrayed by furanui theyre like yeah were fighting them bc we want to not bc we're your servants

ichiro dont just deadname your cousin wtf

this is just foreplay for taiju and nanao

unfortunately i relate so much to ata's petty complex, and how he says 'you always do this' when kyotaro only really did one thing that wasnt even that bad to him - i relate to the mentally ill king

nanao you get it

oh hiiiiii og boueibu boyss

see this makes so much more sense if Ata is trans and didnt want to be naked around his friends..... and bc i just have to put my dirty queer hands on everything

we were so blessed that we got a hug

Episode 12

in my headcanon taiju loves ata just as much as he loves nanao, but knows he cant be with him

i forgive them for using 3d bc this is a fuckton to animate so late in the season

i wouldve loved to learn more about honyalaland, but i guess thats what fanfic is for

i can only hear jakurai when wao talks

i should make a human form for wao .... and then sexualize him in fanfic...

hatred that indicates love!!!!! ata loves kyotaro!!!! its canon!!!!

yo edelstein is powerful af but why do they have swords if they use them life staffs

is it canon that karls and furanui have different moms or is that a me headcanon

i like that they get butterfly wings this season :D

that was an ahegwao

this is alien old man yaoi incest

ata kyun;;;;;; so frickin cute

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well. here we are. boueibu is, for all intents and purposes, not a very good show. but its MY not very good show. and i think it'll be with me for my whole life :D congrats to anyone else that watched along, and thanks for reading my ramblings haha

and now we wait for the movie T_T

[coredrill]

one month since braeburn finale……………….breaking my silence……………

much as i love this show and would obviously love More Bravern in general i am just. genuinely terrified by the idea of a sequel/spinoff/whatever FNDNCNNDNCNDN. obviously nothing’s been said either way yet and but with how unexpected of a success it was in jp it seems like it could be possible and augghhhhhh………mayhaps i will change my mind whenever i get around to watching gravion zwei cause tbf idk how obari does sequels but like. as a Gainax Show Enjoyer its like i always say. you can’t make another flcl by making more flcl and so the idea of trying to recreate what made bravern so special to me is like. idk if it would work yknow!!!! like. even putting the “wtf would the plot be” situation aside, bravern is a very specific story and i do worry that things that i like abt it would be watered down if that makes sense. like having ONE gattai (which sidenote. why tf did gattai get translated as FUSION it buggs the hell outta me LMFAO) is such a brilliant move but idk if that would continue to be true if they made a sequel yknow??? but then again there are sequels to completed stories that i like quite a bit like dynazenon/griduni and diebuster so like. i assume it would be possible and i just gotta trust the process but STILL. LMAO. i suppose they could also do the “first timeline” story but tbh the idea of bravern without bravern himself there just sounds so depressing to me, i like that the story is happy and fun and that the ending refuses to be sad :[

also if there was a sequel i just. i worry that it could feel potentially unsatisfying w regards to smith/isami cause like the way the show ended was quite abrupt and tbh it rly did feel like they HAD to cut it off there bc everything after that single frame was Not smth that could be aired on japanese television. FNDNFJNDNDNDNSN. and obviously idk the intricacies abt what specifically can be shown but i do know that companies are still Like That abt queer shit. and i’ve said it before but i do strongly believe that bravern the show being so explicit abt it was probably helped by smith being bravern during the latter half and not a Human Man. and idk if they could pull that off again in a way that is satisfying to the audience if they want to progress smith/isami’s relationship any more? unless maybe if they outright market it as bl and maybe make it an ova instead FNFNCJNDNC although i suppose maybe if they. wait actually i did make this joke to a friend the other day hang on let me grab the image

pov u are watching bravern zwei (2029) and lulu is a Sentient Censor Bar. i just had a fucking stroke typing 2029 as a year btw

anyways idk!!! we’ll see what the future holds and obviously i still love the og show no matter what but i think i may just be spoiled by studio “we are never making more ttgl ever again bc that story is complete 😇” trigger FNDNFBNDBDNDN

[mermaidsirennikita]

I was shocked they chose A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare over A Week to Be Wicked, Any Duchess Will Do or The Duchess Deal. Obviously Tessa is incredibly talented but I don’t feel like that’s one of her best (or even most popular) books. What was the selection process like???

Lol yeah that was when I went "... hmm." It's like, they wanted to be approachable, and yet they DIDN'T, and it really comes off as so low effort. I appreciate the nod towards racial diversity (though it could still be better) BUT I also found that the queer representation was very lacking, and virtually everything is tradpub, and monogamous, and it's overwhelmingly cis.

Not only does this not reflect where romance is GOING (not just in terms of diversity, which it still needs a lot of work on and you get that work done in part by PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BUY DIVERSE BOOKS; but also in terms of the increasing presence of indie/selfpub influence) but it's not going to appeal to people who need to see themselves in the genre.

So yeah now I have to break it down

Cecilia, P&P, Friday's Child--I honestly find it very difficult to reconcile any book written before the 20th century with genre romance. Haven't read Cecilia, to be honest. P&P is social commentary with a romance subplot—a great one, but it's not genre romance, and tbh I wouldn't even call it Austen's most romantic book.

I struggle with Heyer, because her books are beloved and readable, and she is a huge influence. However, I first think that any "read romance right now" list meaning to get people to read the genre shouldn't feature books because they're influential. This is not an academic list lol. Recommend books that give people what the genre is more recently, what will HOOK them. And I struggle with Heyer because she was a major antisemite, so.

The Price of Salt--obviously very influential; would not consider it a romance despite that, and we could've recommended an explicitly sapphic ROMANCE. If this is about influence, where is Gaywyck?

Lord of Scoundrels--it's a classic, Loretta is one of the GOATs, I've never been in the right mindset to read this but I'll try again soon

Indigo--a mega classic and a great representation of what makes Bev so great, I'd recommend this to anyone

If Only It Were True--never read but ngl the summary makes me skeptical

Jewels of the Sun--Nora is another GOAT, but uh, this??? WTF??? Nora has written SO diversely in terms of subgenre, and you could pull from literally hundreds of books, and THIS is what you choose??? Okay lmao nah

The Viscount Who Loved Me--let us be real, it's a Bton book. Not the best in the series, but the second best, and if Bton had to be here (I wouldn't put it there whatever) this is one of the ones I'd choose. People who loved s2 might be startled.

Twilight--lmao crazy, not only does this not represent the genre well, but it's essentially Mormon propaganda that leads to a massively racist subplot that is even more problematic when you consider the history of Mormonism and indigenous people. Also, I say this as someone who considers Twilight a formative part of my girlhood.

A Hunger Like No Other--An amazing book, love it, a fab representation of early 2000s PNR, however I do think it will be a shock to the system for many readers due to how intense it is and how much Lachlain... doesn't respect consent. Nonetheless, I adore this book.

Devil in Winter--obviously a banger and a great representation of Kleypas's work. I think it's hard to recommend as a standalone as it functions better IMO after Autumn, BUT. Otherwise, no notes.

Lover Awakened--I've never been able to get into JR Ward, but I'm gonna try again someday, she's obviously very influential

Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh--a really good book and a great intro in my experience

All Through the Night--I've never read this so I can't speak to its romance quality, but it's so weird to me that the summary talks about it being one of the first romances with a gay main character and then discusses the protagonist and his female fiance as the main couple...? I am... confused. Is it a queer romance? It doesn't sound like it. Is it supposed to be a representation of queer people in romance...? Just recommend a queer romance.

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake--great, awesome intro to MacLean

A Night to Surrender--I feel like they literally recommended this because it's the first Spindle Cover but you literally don't have to read them in order lmao read A Week to Be Wicked??? And I say this as a series reader? If you can only recommend one, recommend that?

Crazy Rich Asians--not a romance, basically satire, next

The Lotus Palace--haven't read this yet but I adore Jeannie Lin

The Luckiest Lady in London--a great intro to Sherry and a great book

To All the Boys I've Loved Before--YA coming of age girlhood with a romance subplot imo

All In--never read it

An Extraordinary Union--need to read

Wildfire--never read

Intercepted--couldn't get into

The Wedding Date--Jasmine Guillory's comments about being like... the first Black woman to write romance... make me upset... but also, her books are terminally unromantic to me

Ayesha At Last--haven't read, heard great things

Forget Me Not--haven't ready, happy to see Brenda Jackson here

Get a Life, Chloe Brown--love, great intro to Talia

Red, White, & Royal Blue--I get why it's here... I like the movie a LOT more

The Bride Test--this is very good, would definitely recommend The Kiss Quotient as your Hoang intro

The Flatshare--I didn't find this romantic

Xeni--I hate to say it, but I couldn't get into this

Boyfriend Material--I love Alexis Hall so fucking much. Glitterland was RIGHT THERE. A Lady for a Duke was RIGHT THERE. For the love of God, streeeetch a little

The Duke Who Didn't--haven't read, have heard great things

You had Me at Hola--I won't lie, I don't looove this, but I respect it

It Happened One Summer--apologies, I'm not a Tessa Bailey girly but I know how popular this is

Last Night at the Telegraph Club--Malinda Lo is a talented writer... I've never considered a book of hers romance so much as a book with a romance subplot... and I'm curious to see if this is different. If not, it's kinda depressing that this is one of a couple sapphic books here and isn't romance.

Seven Days in June--this is well-written and I get it, I could not get into it

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris--love this book, deserving, can't help but wish An Island Princess Starts a Scandal was here for more sapphic rep

Before I Let Go--this is so good and Kennedy should be here; I would've chosen Reel, personally, for several reasons

Book Lovers--y'all know I don't like Emily Henry's books

Dating Dr. Dil--haven't read, Nisha is very talented

Honey & Spice--have heard great things

Icebreaker--... choices!

Part of Your World--the one Abby Jiminez book I read was not for me

The Very Irregular Society of Witches--haven't read

The Vibrant Years--haven't read, Sonali Dev is very talented tho

Chef's Choice--I really like this book! It's so good. But I would've picked Triple Sec for a few reasons. If they were looking for their One Romance About People Who Aren't Cis... you still get it with that book...

Love, Theoretically--was my favorite Hazelwood until Bride and Not in Love! I get why she's here

[hotluncheddie]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

ty @steddieasitgoes !! this was fun!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

16!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

26,316 (wtf)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

steddie / st only 😤

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1. Tiny Green Shorts 

2. Seasons change, but people don't.

3. extra credit

4. that's when boys kiss

5. pretty boy

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

YES! i luv comments! its one of the best parts of writing anything and makes it extra fun! its connecting with people!!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

mmm i don't really like angsty endings. i guess Little Lamb has the most general angst but tbh that's not even gonna be a sad ending once its done - its gone have a lot of hope. maybe just high masking but again the connected part is comfort heavy

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

everything :) happy endings only in this house! 🍓 is maybe the most good vibes all the way thru piece

8. Do you get hate on fics?

its honestly a dream of mine to get cyber bullied one day, so no but if anyone wants to u can just this once

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

ya - mmmm mild d/s dynamics and graphic descriptions of bellies :)

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

no - sometimes i think about doing like film inspired steddie but idk if i'll ever get around to it (like school of rock au or dead poets society au)

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

no???

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

no! but that would be cool!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

no :) i think having to consider someone else's schedule when writing would be stressful - i am slow

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

steddieeeee 😤👌🫡💪

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

i'm working on a openly bi steve / queer eddie fic and it needs a lot of editing and keeps growing and it could honestly never get done but i really hope i work it out one day (i wanna incorporate music into the like theme of the scenes somehow but i dunno if i'm capable enough for it to be good - plus rewriting is hard bc what's there is good its just not right for this)

16. What are your writing strengths?

i like to think i can write my rancid sewer goblin dream boy eddie munson pov well

and maybe dialogue, or like metaphors?? i also have a thing about rhythm when i write so hopefully that come through, like pace and flow of sentences or whatever.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

i have like pictures in my head and i never know how much to describe, like do i go full setting and facial expressions but then that feels like too much so idk. but ye that - the stuff around the dialogue

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

i dumb baby i wouldn't even try bc it would just be google translate n that's embarrassing

19. First fandom you wrote for?

this one! i only lurked before hehe I've used ao3 for like over 10 years and this fandom was the first i ever wanted to make anything for

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

uhhh i think unmasking is very dear to my heart. but also Seasons change, but people don't. just bc its still my longest fic to date

that was fun! no pressure tags!! and sorry if you've already been tagged don't be mad a meeee!!!

@pearynice @numinosmoon @2btheanswertothequestion @flowercrowngods @aringofsalt @scarcrossdlvrs

[gizdathemxel]

my hot take on purity culture is that nobody knows how to be normal about sex :3

(tw for sex, puritanism, pedophila (?) [not explicit tbh], and shitty discourse)

call me a puriteen n all but like has it not bothered you to ever think of why so many young people are sex negative (definitely not a culture and internet that puts us in sexual situations when we are far too young and far too uncomfortable) ? has it ever bothered u to ask why so many young people are not performing critical media analysis (definitely not a lackluster education and culture that dissuades us from thinking deeper about the media we read) ? when I was a minor I could not tell you how many people i knew (me included) struggled with porn addiction bc we were exposed to pornography when we were FAR too young. young people are taught to be ashamed of and fearful of sex while simultaneously having their sex lives being put on blast 24/7 for others to jack off to, and you expect us to NOT act out about it?

like yes, you are absolutely right that sex (esp queer sex) is a totally normal thing and that you should be allowed to write wtv you want to write and share it among other like-minded people! yes you’re absolutely right that sex is a huge part of queer history that has been historically wiped away and that needs to be preserved !! i will not argue that puritans won’t jump at any chance to censor and shame and discriminate against anyone they deem a deviant!!! that is true!!

but you cannot expect a bunch of young people, still educating themselves, still figuring out their sexual identity in a world that shames and sexualizes them, still figuring out how to truly interact w media to have already know that. you don’t have to educate them but like there’s no need to be like “erm…minors amirite 😒” when a block will suffice

it’s so ridiculously revisionist to act like the internet is ‘sanitized’ or is perfectly filtered out so that minors stay in minor spaces and adults stay in adult spaces. there are people posting porn on tiktok, on twitter, on tumblr, on every fucking platform one can think of (including youtube). it is truly not that hard to encounter adult material even when you’re a minor. people will gladly send you porn or similarly graphic stuff even if ur a minor. you literally couldn’t have looked up mlp on GOOGLE back in the late 2000s/2010s and not be shown mlp porn. there’s an infamous porn video of mlaatr where the main (16yo) character gets raped by rock creatures, and it looks JUST like the show’s art style. so it’s very likely that there’s a generation of people whose very 1st sexual exposure was watching their fave characters be placed in inappropriate sexual content when they were children. so yay learning about sex thru bastardization!!

and combine that with young people who have never actually been taught how to explore their sexuality and instead learned “if ur even horny for a minute you will go to hell and die” ur going to get ill-adjusted young people who do not know wtf theyre doing. u are going to get people who are going to bump their heads a fucking lot.

ill be honest and admit that when I was a kid I was definitely within the puriteen camp bc gw!! I was a queer kid who just started grasping their sexuality in the middle of the pandemic and all I had was unrestricted access to the internet, that gave everything to me at 110%

I am not asking that every space be wiped squeaky clean just in case that a minor might be present, but I am asking to extend a little grace. Drop educational sources a so called puriteen should refer to!! Show how that kind of puritanical thinking can do actual harm to marginalized people!! Don’t get in internet spays w kids!! Just block and move on!!

(also i will forever be giggling at that one comic abt a minor entering an “adult” space and then getting mad at the adults there and calling them pedos just for the ‘adult’ space the op was talking about to be sophia the 1st nsfw fanfic. i literally cant)

[strilonder]

Slight eye strain warning <3 *🍬

+ homestuck jumpscare hehhahhahehs >:))

HIHSIJSI HI GUYS UHHHMMMM THIS IS HOW I REMEMBER MY SOURCE/CANON UNIVERSE :33 *🍬 (IM ROXY BTW)

No, these will NAUT match up wit the hit webcomic Homosuck >8( if u go into the notes and say some stuff lik “uhhhmmm wtf, the storyline makes no sense, X would NOT behave like that and is NOT transgender 🤨🤨🤨” SHUT UP this is where I came from and who I grew up with. if you cant accept their identities, then you can GLADLY leave >8[ anyways, heres some info about my friends and family :3

John Egbert —> Juhne Egbert

- girlboy boygirl, every and any pronouns

- is such a nerd, loves dnd (dungeons and dragons)

- def neurodivergent. would ramble on for hours about mythology and pokemon and sntuff

- always loved hiking and swimming with Jake

- bisexual/omni? i dont know, mightve dated vriska because they said the two of them were pretty close + he and Dave were hella fruity lmao

Jake English —> Jake Englishman

- cishet aroace guy, he/him 833

- loved shooting ranges, adventuring, and fishing but was a huuuuugggeee wuss when it came to literally everything else

- he has such cute moles all over him + you see that rat tail (he REFUSES to cut it even when some of us tell him it sucks. it goes really good with him tbh 8))

- color matching earings with Jane!!!!

- dated Jane for a while I’m pretyy sure. not sure if they still were before i left their reality 8(

Dirk Strider —> Dirkie Strilonde (MY POOKIE!)!!!

- transmasc (no hormone therapy cause DUHHHH were on ALIEN PLANETS >:PP), he/hit

- auughshsh had such FLUUDFFY HAIR UHRGHS <33

- loves birdwatching and bird feeding, honestly so cute whenever he pointed out the species of birds we came acorss

- hits wearing AR jr btw, jr is sooo adorable and dirkie is an amazing papa

- i honestly duno his orientation but lets just say hes queer :33

AR/Auto-Responder/Lil Hal —> AR/ARon

- is above gender, uses it/they pronouns but couldnt care less about misgendering

- its body was made from Brobot’s scraps and runs on uranium!

- bakes with Jane often and likes having rap offs with Squarewave and Sawtooth

- romance? sexuality? robots cant feel, idiot!!! /nsrs /lh

- likes to spar with anybody and everybody. tickle fights and pillow throwing ambushes are common when around the Strilonde residence!!!

Jane Crocker —> Janise “Jane” Crocker

- cishet girlie <3, she/it (pronouns do NOT equal gender!!! Remember dat :3)

- has bracelets of dirkie and jake and a hairband of me!!!!!

- her hobbies are baking, cooking, diving, and mathematics!!

- best friend for gossip >:))

- yes, those are troll horns on her :3 She is half troll!!!

Dave Strider —> David “Dave” Strilonde

- cis bi guy, he/gear prnouns

- Had black feelings for Karkat and flushed ones for Terasi (Terezi)

- usually play-fights with ARon and Jadethon (Jade) and has a fanbase for Sweet Bro & Hella Jeff!!!

- when the katana was thrown at the crow, it missed it but hit the beta, which then hit a black labrador. future dave prototyped himself and the labradorsprite together, who were then fused with current dave during the god-tier ascension. thus creating PUPPY DAVE!!!!!!!!

- age and pet regresses with Jadeth often (Jaspersprite and Fefetasprite is their caregivers/owners 833)

Rose Lalonde —> Rose Lalonde (for some reason, only meh and Rose are Lalonde and not a Strilonde like de boys ‘,:7)

- cis lesbian woman!!!!!!, she/her/horror

- loves planting with her gf Kanaya and her qpr partner Jadeth <3

- lives wit Beta/pre-scratch Mom Lalonde and ARon and Dave!!!! (Me and Dirkie live w the Egberts and Crockers)

- a satanist wiccan 8)

- a complete nerd who listens to Juhne’s rambling and debates w her about cryptids like mothman and bigfoot

anyways thats it for now lololol I RLLY RLYY LOBE ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY THEY ALL MEAN THE WORLD TO ME 8)))

..strilonder : <3

..strilonder : dudeool

..strilonder : ort

..strilonder : Roxy

[devonsrugbyexgirlfriend]

Jess Watches // Sat 11 Nov // Day 53 Synopses & Favourite Scenes

Cassandro Film

Follows the true story of Cassandro, the ''exotico'' character created by Saúl Armendáriz, gay amateur wrestler from El Paso who rose to international stardom.

Gael García Bernal was outstamding. I felt everything he was feeling, particularly in the scenes without dialogue that focused on the subtleties of his facial expressions. He just was ths character. I loved his style, especially his many different shirts, and that long red coat at the end was stunning. Also, Roberta Colindrez & Raúl Castillo being in this was a bonus treat and makes me want to rewatch Vida.

A Business Proposal Ep 6

When plans for a confession go awry, Tae Moo takes Ha Ri on a date by the sea disguised as a work trip. Cha Sung Hoon confronts a red-faced Young Seo.

The cinema work-date was very cute so ofc it got interrupted. Even though he had to crawl out on his hands and knees lol he was still polite to the worker and even waited, hidden, for HaRi after the film. Then the beach work-date was possibly even cuter, but him stalking her Insta to see what she likes spoiled the full potential of it. Also, YoungSeo taking every opportunity to not 'cross the line' is a level of petty I aspire to. But the drunken kiss was a hard nope for me. She was heavily inebriated while he was slightly fresh at worst.

Gen V 1x08 Guardians of Godolkin (Season Finale)

Cate and Sam team up together and free the captured supes from The Woods creating chaos on campus.

Marie's powers looked so cool when she was by the helicopter. And I was like WTF when 'he' showed up and did the thing. So to immediately see they were captured but still very much alive was a huge relief. I've enjoyed this a lot more than The Boys tbh, mainly due to actually developing their female and queer characters.

[lazywerebat]

i was bored so looked through this acct flwers for our age-range, btw dw this acct doesn't have it but our main [ @queer-metal ] has, so i wanted to see who would been blocked, there were many blogs, here are lists acct that i would get blocked on our main acct

BTW I WON'T MENTION WHO THIS ACCT I DESCRIBED BELONG TO ( OBVI )‼️🦅💥 IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THIS, IM NOT MAKING FUN OF YOU OR ANYTHING IM JUST LETTING MY THOUGHTS OUT :]]

here is ones to start of strong.

u are 29 yrs old. – i don't have anything to say to this one at all

im old enough to be here. – idrk if this is for safety reasons, you are ashamed of your age or you dont want ppl to make fun of you for your age, take this /lh pls

acct that has “ [age] / 18+ ” but nowhere "mdni". – LIKE WHAT ARE YOU ?? AN 18+ BLOG OR NAH ?? IM CONFUSED WHEN PPL DO THIS I WOULD LOOK THRU THEIR ENTIRE BLOG TO SEE IF THEY ARE 18+ BLOGS OR IDFK MAN 😭

blogs that have everything but there is nowhere sight of their age. – 🤨 like wtf r u mate ???

some ppl in their 20s. – i dont have much to say abt it tbh lol

and thats pretty much it lol

if ur wondering abt age range its this: -14 & 26+ THIS ONLY APPLIES FOR OUR MAIN ACCT !! if you have questions abt why is that, feel free to ask through asks or comment or reblog or do whatever tf you want

– 🎲

[zynithvoid]

New Episode Of WTF is Zynith doing!?

fraturing:: this has taken me a week to post... °^°

I MADE A THINGY.

Pronouns. Flags. Stuff. More Stuff, and more to come. Epic.

✨️ https://pronouns.cc/@Zynith ✨️

~~~ More Ranty rant below! ~~~

tbh I've not ever been super open about talking about that stuff. it's kinda perpousful. I've lived with this fear ever since I ive known that I'm queer. When I started to be myself online, I never spoke about identity or lables beyond the very broad terms(gay, lgbtqai+, queer, maybe some others), I have always hid by omission, never saying it out loud so I wouldn't get hurt.

But hiding who I am hurts.

Even though I knew there was more to me than the surface lables- I prevented myself from exploring those deeper parts of myself. But now that I have finaly worked past that shame, guilt, fear- it's a relief, I've filled in the holes of my identity. I know myself, and I can be confident in that.

Despite everything, I can finaly let myself be myself. I am no longer a kid, I've grown, and I am stronger now. I don't have to hide my thoughts/feelings/opinions/identity just because someone doesn't want me to be out of the norm- I'm my own person and I'm fucking free to be me.

I just wish they'd trusted me when I was younger, turns out, I was right about a lot of things that I was squashed for.

It's kinda like coming out of the closet lmao- but the version of me you 'know' won't change, nothung really is changing at all, it's just... more information, I suppose. a part 2, the dlc and so on.

You don't have to completely understand the specifics about who I am ig idk lmao just pls be nice, not that I will hesitate to block anyone that's shitty. duck you

and yes, I AM leaving that typo in for shits and giggles, aha. ha. ugh

Go water yourselves.

plants need water to grow, so do you.

HYDRATE OR DIE STRAIGHT!!!

[welp-back-on-my-bs]

I think it'll be funny for me to share my hcs/the few things I know to be cannon of Colorful Sekai. So basically, all I know are from the little comics on the loading screen, the art, and the performances.

Vocaloid

Miku: Team big sis, will do everything to help those around her, pansexual

Rin: little sis, can be a menace, bisexual, ADHD

Len: little brother, straight laced, one of the only people keeping things on track, ADHD, queer

Miko: team mom 1, bisexual, has gotten into a fight atleast once and won

Luka: team mom 2, she is the biggest lesbian you will ever see, she dosent want kids but has somehow adopted all the groups she works with??

Kaito: team dad, is there to calm literally everyone else down, aroace, autism

Leo need

Ichika: bisexual, absolutely loves people with her whole being, like she takes care of her sick bandmates

Saki: poor girl who is sick, ADHD, pansexual, all of this together makes sitting still doing nothing all the harder for her

Honami: a very confused bisexual, she is definately a sister figure

Shiho: the other sister figure, butch bisexual, autism, will accidentally call teachers mom, has also called Luka mom

More More Jump

Minori: Autism. So fucking autistic that she got a lesbian idol group back together, bi mess that perfers women(has had a crush on each member at some point)

Haruka: autism(look at all them penguins), lesbain, demigirl, probably the first to leave to hide in room at home

Airi: ADHD, a bit of a menace, but absolutely takes care of her friends, Lesbain

Shizuku: team mom, Lesbainnnnnnnn, she brings some healthy sweets to practice

Vivid Bad Squad

Kohane: with the power of cuteness and being able to kick some ass she leads a band??? A Sweet little bisexual, will do anything to help bandmates in anything, neurodiverse

An: Kohanes bestie, absolutely has tried to fight Akito in any way at least once, Lesbain, autistic

Akito: bisexual without a perfernce, autistic that is disconnected and yet connected with An, leave him alone or he will throw hands

Touya: SHOTO????? WTF???, anyways, gay ass man with autism, very big chance to wanting to beat his dad's ass

Wonderlands x Showtime

Tsukasa: ADHD, gay man, absolute chaos bestied with Emu, I'm sure the two of them nearly burnt down the theme park five times

Emu: ADHD, questioning, absolute cuddle bug, don't let her plan the schedule for the love of god

Nene: sweet baby lesbain, autism, she just needs to be protected ok??

Rui: absolute bastard man so I kinda love him, gay ass man, autism, gifted child syndrome going straight to burnout soon, will do anything and I mean ANYTHING for his friends

Nightcore at 25:00

Kanade: autism, leave her the fuck alone, probably aroace tbh-

Mafuyu: I feel like she needs therapy the most

Ena: actually touches grass out of everyone in the band

Mizuki: trans queennnnnnnn!!!!!!!! Bisexual aswell, I will fight for her she is amazing