#that sounds insensitive of me to say women to man

[kokiwiouma]

this should help yall with how everything works

[fireflysymphony]

Aventurine w a fem! bodyguard reader smut... 👀

Aventurine x fem! bodyguard reader

MDNI 18+ content ahead

A/N: thank you for the request! I really like the concept. I wrote it as a mix of headcanons and a quick drabble at the end. I hope you enjoy it <3

Word count: 2.7k

Content warning: Fem! Reader, slight exhibitionism, pet names, fingering, teasing, praise, needy lovestruck Aventurine, slight degradation, slight begging (on his end), pretty soft sex, Aventurine’s daddy kink strikes again, I have a lack of gun knowledge but just roll with it, not proofread

Headcanons

Let me make this really clear: HE’S not the one who needs protection right now; it’s YOU.

The second he met you he was sizing you up with that cute little smirk of his, making it pretty obvious that all professionalism was lost the very moment he saw such a pretty number was working for him.

You should have run then.

What was the IPC thinking when they hired you for this? Is this some type of wrath from the Aeons? What did you do to deserve this punishment?

From the very beginning, he’s a pain to deal with, but you don’t have the authority to talk back, only giving him tight smiles and apologetic words. He knows this and takes full advantage of the situation.

“Y’know, princess, if you’re going to be with me all the time, shouldn’t I have a prettier view? I don’t like having to leave everything up to the imagination. Do you think red or blue is more your color? Ah~ I’ll buy both.” And you’re sitting there seething as he taps away on his phone, seemingly oblivious to your displeasure. Was he just joking? What was he doing?

The VERY next day you see Aventurine holding up not one but two skin tight dresses with fabric only hiding your more intimate areas. It was more like lingerie than a dress like something you’d see on a stripper.

He evidently wasn’t just teasing you.

As politely as you could, you told him it would hinder your fighting ability if anyone were to attack, so you absolutely couldn’t wear it. He made some futile comment about how he’d love to see you try so he could get a peek up your skirt to, you know, “negate the traumatizing experience of him being attacked.”

In the end, you won the argument, and Aventurine threw a tantrum, muttering something about giving them to a woman who’d actually appreciate a gift like that. You told him straight to his face that he should just give it to the many women he brought to bed each night then.

The surprised and hurt look on his face will forever be carved into your memory.

After that, he actively stopped calling you by his nicknames which, deep inside, you missed, or it might just be the guilt of seeing his usually inalterable flirtatious self turn into a sad kicked puppy of a man. You held onto your pride though and forced yourself to bite back any apology or reconsiderations of his request you may have had. The man should have known your job was on the line, and his insensitive acts of fickle flirtation could not sway you.

The very next day he was up to his usual antics, and you got the impression that he only seemed upset to try to guilt you. Asshole. It only made you more upset with him. Did he like playing with your emotions?

Did I mention he loves it when you say his name? Sometimes he’ll ignore your presence just to hear you say “Mr. Aventurine? Boss?! Sir, I’m talking to you.” In your signature annoyed tone. It makes his heart melt. The only thing he can think of is imagining how your little pants and sighs of his name sound while he’s on top of you. How would you sound if you weren’t constantly annoyed at him? If he brought you pleasure?

Honestly, he was whipped for you from day one, and his actions might sound annoying and overly flirtatious, but that’s just how he shows love.

I could tell you so many things that this man has done for your attention, but that’d probably be the length of the Holy Bible. There are so many places this could go, but I think this instance of his sticks out the most amongst many akin to it.

—

You were used to casinos at this point. The loud blaring sounds of people playing the slot machines and thick, suffocating smell of alcohol were background sensations at this point. You couldn’t even bother to give them a second thought, not when a gun was pointed at the man you were supposed to be protecting. Safe to say the poker game was ruined. Champagne soiled the cards, shards of glass from the glasses littered the floor and table, and Aventurine, stupid Aventurine, had his hands raised in the air, his signature smirk pointed at the assailant like his own brand of deadly weapon.

“Hey, hey, now. This isn’t the place to have one of those, is it? Look, you ruined the cards!” Adventurine laughed, making a circling motion with his hand as if trying to gesture to the table of cards which were now soaked a yellowish brown color. Your hand rested on your gun, ready to fire at any sign of him about to pull the trigger. “Can’t we talk this out? I’m sure with a little persuasion you be happy to hand over-“

Your pistol fired later than his. Shit.

All that registered in your mind was the crying of two men, and Aventurine hunched over with a pained expression as he gripped his stomach. You were trained for this, but in your state of panic, you ran to him instead of making sure the attacker was dead. You scooped him up, struggling to carry him with your gun pointed at the now surrounded shooter while retreating from the casino. You wished you could make sure he was dead, but attending to Aventurine’s injuries were your first priority.

“You idiot. I told you to stop provoking people and look where we are!” You scolded him, Aventurine now quiet and clinging to your shoulders. You were too panicked to question his unusual behavior after just being shot in the stomach. “..If you’re worried, you won’t die. I got you.”

“I think that’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever said to me, Princess.” He laughed, setting his chin on your shoulder. Sensing something was off, you turned down an alleyway and skidded to a stop. He wasn’t screaming in pain nor were his cheeks stained with tears, even the adrenaline wouldn’t keep him from crying out, right? “I’m surprised it took you this long to catch on. No, I’m not-“

Before he could finish his sentence, you dropped him to the ground before crouching down and lifting his shirt up. No wounds in sight.

“Getting rather intimate, aren’t we? You should give me the chance to do this to you.”

“Shut up! What did you do, Aventurine?!” You demanded, yanking his shirt back down before leaning back on your haunches. He looked satisfied with himself as he shuffled to lean against the alley wall. His hat and glasses were gone, probably from the scuffle. He’d have her go get them later.

“Uh-uh, remember who you’re talking to, beautiful.” He smiled, running his hand through his hair and covering his right eye, the other one illuminating his face well enough to be able to see his features in the darkness. “But since you haven’t figured it out, I simply hired someone to shoot me with a blank which, by the way, hurt like a bitch still. I might still need you to kiss my booboo.”

He saw you were about to open your mouth again and placed a finger to your lips, shushing you. “And before you ask: I replaced your bullets with blanks too, so you didn’t shoot an innocent man. I’m not that cruel.”

“You’re cruel to me.” You murmured, knocking his hand away from your face. He smiled and gave you a little shrug, just like a mischievous toddler who was proud when he colored on the walls. “You're impossible. I can’t believe I was actually worried for your life!”

“Worried? I make crazy bets all the time, princess. Gambling my life is no strange feat to me, you should know this.” He smiled again, this time actually touching your lips with the tip of his finger. Your lips parted, the fabric of his gloves sending you spinning. How soft were his actual fingers? What did they look like under those gloves? Were they long, slender, and delicate, or did they have some edge to them, all calloused and rugged? You imagined the former; Aventurine didn’t do much. “But, I have a pretty good hand right now. I bet you won’t stop me from playing it and showing you my cards.”

“But you’re gambling with my feelings too. That’s different. I don’t like being used.” You steadied yourself against the wall, trying to rid your mind of thoughts about his hands. Wait, when did he get so close? You were backed against the wall now, Aventurine caging you there with his lanky form.

“And I’ll make it up to you, just relax, babydoll. I just needed to be close to you. I couldn’t take it anymore.” He placed his forehead against yours, squeezing his eyes shut. His hand fit perfectly with her cheek as if their bodies were crafted for each other. You weren’t so sure, but the way you were feeling right now wasn’t professional.

“Let me take care of you instead for a chance.” He left featherlight kisses on your forehead, trailing down the side of your face. Each kiss grew longer than the last, his lips unable to pull away from you. He cupped both of your cheeks, his lips nearly touching yours as he spoke. “You aren’t pushing me away. I did all this for a moment alone with you, away from prying eyes. Now the IPC can’t punish you if you indulge a little. Please, pretty girl, let me have this. Let me have you.”

You shuddered from his warm breath on your mouth, months of his teasing and antics festering inside you. Defeat was so easy in this moment, the taste of another person’s lips a fleeting memory ever since you got this job. His constant advances would only get worse the more you rejected him. Aventurine always got what he was due. Always. Whatever it be you warming his bed one night or taking you in the back of an alleyway, he’d get it. Deep down, you loved being chased, but now the hunter finally cornered its prey.

“Not again. Never again after this, okay? One time so you make it fucking count.” You grabbed him by his shirt collar, smashing your lips against his, the taste of champagne filling your mouth. He knew what he was doing and held the back of your head, tangling his fingers with your hair. Your actions caught him off guard though; he prepared for the crushing reality of you pushing him away, but you didn’t. Now he just needed to act like he knew you wouldn’t all along.

The softness of his lips lulled you into a daze, your hands aching from how tight you held onto him. Each time he pulled back for a breath, you didn’t give him much time to rest before your lips were on his again, asking for more which he provided with no hesitance. His teeth grazed your bottom lip, taking the delicate flesh between his teeth and playing with it before letting his tongue mold into yours.

“Someone’s a little needy. I could tell by the way you act that you’re pent up, but this is bad.” He fully pulled away with his face flushed, binding your wrists together and holding them above your head with one hand. He left open mouthed kisses down your neck to your chest. Not bothering to waste anymore time, he used his teeth to free your chest from the buttons of your blouse. “Fucking me in an alleyway like this? You must have wanted me from the beginning. Please say you’ve always wanted me, pretty girl. Please… please… fromday one, I’ve always needed you…”

He pulled down your bra with his teeth, kissing and sucking at your breasts with a hunger similar to that of a starving man. His tongue flicked over your delicate buds, moaning at the feeling of your warmth in his mouth. You were starting to think he was right. He acted like he really did need you. As you saw him buried in your chest, eyes filled with lust and desire, all your second thoughts faded to dust.

“Mr. Aventurine…” You tugged on his hair, blond locks soft as the finest silk. Of course he was soft and so delicate; he felt like he could break with one wrong move from you. How was he so torturous and annoying yet the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen?

Aventurine’s heart stopped at the sound of your whiny cry of his name. The sound he’s been craving was more beautiful than he could have ever thought.

“I got you, my princess. You’re so beautiful, so fucking gorgeous.” He held up his free hand to his lips, biting at the fabric a few times before getting a hold of the glove and slowly pulling it off. He kept eye contact with you as he did, giving you the impression he was trying to be seductive about it. Before you could say anything about it though, he was already back to your body, hands roaming down to the waistband of your pants.

Within moments, your pants and undergarments were bunched at your knees, and Aventurine got straight to abusing your clit, your already slick folds acting as the perfect lube. “You’re so wet for me. What a naughty, naughty girl you are. So bad, you couldn't hold back that professional facade for long. Were your panties always dripping when you got home? Did you touch yourself and think about me doing this? What a fucking slut.”

He chuckled and collected the slick before shoving a single finger into you, letting out a louder moan than you. He loved the way you felt around him, how tight you were squeezing just one finger. “Fuck… so tight. Can you even take another?” He managed to get another finger into you, stretching you out as he twisted deeper inside of you. He worked at a slow pace while also kissing your neck and chest, selfishly leaving marks in his wake. Eventually, he sped up, losing himself as he pounded into you with another finger.

Your body convulsed, hiccuping in pleasure. “Fuck! Fuck! S-sir-! Shit, I’m gonna- gonna...” You leaned your head on his shoulder, biting down hard to silence your moans and other noises. What had been but five minutes, and you were already falling apart.

“So fast and easy. Cum then, you fucking whore, cum all over daddy’s fingers.” He demanded, slamming his fingers deeper inside of you. You threw your head back, crying out profanities you hope nobody passing by heard. Your walls clenched around him, a wave of pleasure crashing through your body as you coated his fingers in your pleasure.

“There you go, just like that. You feel so good squeezing my fingers like that, good girl.” He pulled out of you after helping you come down from your high, his long, slender fingers covered in your release. He didn’t waste any time in getting rid of the evidence, moaning at your taste as he licked himself clean. “So good, I love you…”

He hoped you didn’t hear that last part, biting his lip to silence the words he just spoke. Thankfully, you looked too dazed to care. If you brought it up later, he’d tease you until you didn’t think it happened.

He let go of your wrists and embraced you, cradling your head against his chest and letting you put yourself back together. He kissed your forehead, mumbling any praises he could think of in your ear. He wanted to savor this moment because in a few minutes, he knew he’d be pushed away again. No matter how good he made you feel; you’d make it clear to him that you’d never fall for one of his traps again. That’s just the woman you were, and he didn’t make bets he knew he couldn’t win.

A/N: this kinda got out of hand, and Aventurine bangs his bodyguard turned into Aventurine becomes a menace (again). If anyone likes this, I’d be happy to make a part two with more detail on how they got together. I apologize to the requester if this isn’t what you had in mind, but I still hope you enjoyed it! <3

Requests are open!

[wosoamazing]

Brunch w/ Steph & Beth

Part 2 - Fire on Fire Series

From Beth: Good Morning, I know this is late notice and you might be socialised out from last night and probably have things to unpack but we were wondering if you wanted to have brunch with us this morning. I think Steph might join us too if that is okay.

To Beth: Good Morning, that would be nice, could you maybe just come to mine again if that is okay. There are some tradies coming over this morning and so I have to be here from when they get here where I don't know when that will be. I'm up and ready now so any time would work, I could cook something for you all.

From Beth: Oh no, don't be silly, Steph will pick something up from one of the local bakeries on her way over to ours. And then we will come to yours. Any dietary requirements?

To Beth: No, all good and thank you. See you soon.

You looked at the plans your aunts had lying out on the tablet for the workers when they got here, they were turning the theatre room into a home gym/entertainment space, your Moster claiming they decided they needed to be healthier but you knew it way there way of trying to make their home more inviting for you now you were older and keeping you there.

From Beth: Hi again, Steph just arrived, Viv has gone out and so I was just wondering if I could bring Myle our puppy with us, but I understand if it's not okay just thought to ask.

To Beth: Um.. normally I would say yes but I don't exactly know if Myle could come over if the workers will be here. I'm so sorry.

From Beth: No problem at all, we are just about to head to yours now.

You were still going through the look book, viewing all the products your Aunts were putting in both rooms when the doorbell rang, you swiftly moved towards it. You were surprised when you saw Steph and Beth standing in front of the now open door, you thought it would be the builders, they had only just left Beth's house "How are you already here?" "We actually live two streets over so it isn't far at all," you gestured for the two Women to come in.

"Um, we can sit on the couch or the table, I'll just clean all this up," "knock, knock, knock," you heard a man say from the door, turning around to see the builders.

"Oh, um just one second sorry girls, I just need to show them some things," they both nodded saying something along the lines of don't worry, and you quickly showed the builders the theatre and the plans and look book. They had already been given an in depth brief from your Aunt's so it didn't take long.

"I'm so sorry, they are just here to do some work," "Oh no it's totally fine don't worry," The women said as they followed you into the living room.

"I do have a question though," Steph said as you were grabbing some plates, "mmm" "How did you manage to get a place like this?"

"Oh, this isn't mine, it's my Aunt's, they are away for like the next 2 months in Paris, my Aunt is from there." Steph nodded as Beth was looking around at some pictures.

"Is this you or..." She said as she looked at a photo from one of your school events, "yeah it's me, they are all of me," you replied.

"Wow, that's insane, I think there are more photos of you in their house than the amount of photos my parents have of my brother and I in our home. Did you see them a lot?" She asked, meaning no harm, you knew the question would come eventually, you just didn't think it would be so soon.

"Um, yeah, I guess you could put it that way, this is technically my childhood home. When I moved out of my parents home I moved into this home with my Aunts, but we were only here for around 6 months before we moved to Australia. So technically the home we have in Melbourne is my childhood home but as this was well I guess is, the main home all the photos and trophies and everything else got moved into this house,"

"Oh, why did you move out of your parents home? Sorry that sounded a bit insensitive, you don't have to answer," "Oh no, it's okay I don't mind, I-" you were interrupted by another person at the door, they handed you a massive bouquet of flowers and as you brought them into the house and set them on the coffee room table, both girls looked at them.

"Wow, secret admirer, Leah is going all out," Beth cheeked as you looked at the gift tag, letting out a knowing sigh as you read the names.

"Of course, giving me somewhere to stay and building me a gym with some entertainment stuff too isn't enough," you lean back on the couch, before looking over to Beth.

"Wait, what did you say that about Leah? Do you think she likes me?" You asked curiously.

"By the way she looked at you when you walked into the locker room, I would say she has a crush on you" she said quite seriously, you let out a small 'oh' and both of them looked at each other, before continuing on with the conversation, changing topics.

[gonzo-rella]

Headcanons: Being Wallace Wells' Trans Boyfriend

MASTERLIST | AO3 | KO-FI

EDIT: Although this fic was written with a more binary trans reader in mind, I'm hoping this fic will also be suitable for AFAB nonbinary people who are masc or male adjacent, which is where I might be at. I'm currently working dating hcs for Wallace with a nonbinary reader (which will be suitable for both AFAB and AMAB readers).

Relationship(s): Wallace Wells x transmasc!reader (romantic)

Warnings/info: Trans typical stuff, like dysphoria, transphobia etc. etc., sexual remarks, he/him pronouns for reader, headcanons were written in one sitting, when I was feeling not great. (Let me know if I need to add any)

(A/N: I've been reading a lot of Succession fics over the last few days. Last night I read a Roman Roy fic and for some reason it gave me this overpowering wave of dysphoria that I still have yet to fully recover from. Annoyingly, I have yet to actually watch Succession so this could have been avoided; I just think Kieran Culkin's hot and very gender so I couldn't resist pretending that someone with his face was my boyfriend. Reading about Roman made me think 'oh shit. Maybe I'm a flawed and pathetic little guy on the inside. But I just look like a woman who likes to kiss women and everyone treats me like a girl and uses my girl name and girl pronouns and that feels super gross and makes me want to live in a hole. Now I'm going to feel bad about that for the next few days.' So, yeah, I'm having another transmasc crisis that I'm using fanfiction to get me through. I figured Kieran Culkin started this, so I might as well write something featuring a character of his that I can actually write for. This is a self-indulgent and self-explorative treat for myself, but I hope that transmasc readers can enjoy this, too. If you'd like more Wallace stuff, trans stuff or Wallace AND trans stuff, feel free to send in a request. I really want to provide more fics for transmasc readers because you guys are super underrepresented (and, y'know, Papa Gonzo-rella wants to explore his gender a little more). Also, I swear that I will get around to watching Succession, and I more than likely will end up writing for it when I do.)

Respectfully, Wallace does not give a shit that you’re trans.

Of course, he doesn’t flat-out ignore it, because it’s part of who you are, but it isn’t an obstacle in your relationship by any means, and it doesn’t bother him in the slightest.

If you’re feeling dysphoric and/or otherwise insecure about yourself, he’ll pinch your cheeks and tell you how handsome and sexy you are.

If you’re feeling especially bad, like ‘not getting out of bed and hiding from the world’ bad, he’ll keep you company and say what he can to reassure you.

Being mushy and sincere truly isn’t his thing, so whatever he says will sound either slightly insensitive (but still pretty sensitive as far as Wallace goes), facetious or like he wants you to get over how you’re feeling so he can fuck you.

But, he genuinely doesn’t want you to feel bad and you can tell he cares, because otherwise he wouldn’t be there for you when you're feeling your worst.

Wallace is very affirming, but in his own Wallace way.

He lovingly refers to you as his lameass boyfriend.

If Scott ever compliments you about anything, Wallace will call him gay.

He will shout ‘gay’, like the Senor Chang meme.

"Hey, man, I like your shirt-"

"Ha, Scott's gay!"

"I-I'm not gay! I just like his shirt."

"What's wrong with being gay, Scott?"

"Nothing! There's nothing wrong with being gay!"

"You really need to work on your internalised homophobia, Scott. To think, my gay lover and I share a bed with a bigot."

If you’re doing anything that he knows will make you dysphoric or exacerbate your dysphoria (for example, scrolling through social media and looking at cis dudes that give you gender envy) he’ll shut it down.

Using the aforementioned example, he’ll snatch your phone off you and close the app, saying: “Nope. Make better decisions.”

And, while you’d initially be annoyed at him for grabbing your phone, you will appreciate it in the long run.

If you have testosterone shots but you’re not a fan of doing them yourself, he’ll begrudgingly help you with them.

He will make a very Wallace comment, though

“Stabbing? I didn’t know you were that kinky.”

If anyone’s a dick to you about being trans, Wallace is always ready to go with a snide remark about the other person, because of all the things you could possibly mock his lameass boyfriend for, being trans is at the bottom of that list.

(He should know, as the person who makes fun of you the most.)

Also, he cares about you very, very much and he doesn't want people being transphobic to his boyfriend.

If you’re cool with it, he will make trans jokes, but nothing ‘attack helicopter’ or ‘attack helicopter’ adjacent, because he’s too clever for that and he can come up with better material that isn’t just derivative, transphobic garbage.

If you get your period and it makes you at all dysphoric, be prepared for this exchange:

“Don’t worry. Scott pissed blood last month and cried about it and he’s still a man.”

“Did-did he go to the doctor?”

“I don’t know. He seems fine now, though.”

If you still have boobs and don’t mind them being touched or otherwise acknowledged, he will use them like a pillow.

If you decide to get top surgery, he will make the following request:

“Well, if you’re not using them, can I have them? I need a pillow that Scott won’t steal. And, he wouldn’t steal your tits, because he knows I’d call him gay for it.”

“Why are you like this, Wallace?”

“Selfish.”

Being trans doesn’t make your relationship much different from any of Wallace’s other relationships.

You’re just, for better or worse, another one of Wallace’s boyfriends.

[barrylyga]

White Dudes for Harris

ast night, I sat in on the White Dudes for Harris Zoom call, and let me tell you, it was just what I needed. This essay actually started life a week ago as a call to arms for my fellow white dudes, but then Ross Morales Rocketto and Brad Bauman went ahead and did what I couldn't do -- they rallied the white dudes. (I’m not saying I manifested it, but���I totally manifested it. You’re welcome.) Why does it matter if white dudes rally for Harris? Let me tell you… Coincident with her endorsement from Joe Biden, Kamala Harris was the recipient of massive support from the Black community. Particularly from Black women. Within 24 hours, a 40,000-person-strong Zoom meeting (40,000 Black women, to be clear) kicked off an unprecedented fundraising drive that rivaled blockbuster Hollywood release weekends. Shortly thereafter, Black men stepped up. And then there was a Latinos for Harris Zoom, too. And Shannon Watts — of Moms Demand Action fame — has taken on the work of organizing white women to support Kamala Harris in her run against Donald Trump, trying to avoid the patterns of the past, where white women have voted against their own enlightened self-interest. You see what was missing, of course. You see what no one was even talking about. Until last night, white men weren’t even part of the conversation. Not even brought us up as a joke. The white male vote is, in the main, considered to be intractably, irretrievably racist and misogynist and therefore not worth pursuing. And it pisses me off because it’s TRUE. Here’s an example, a map that quantifies the 2016 election if it were held under 1850 voting rules — in other words, what if only white men could vote?

Jesus H. Christ. So, yeah, I understand why no one was talking about rallying the white male vote. I get it. Some of this is embedded in one of the core prejudices of our culture: The notion that “white male” is somehow the default, and everything else is a variant of that whiteness and maleness. Therefore, there is no need for “White Men for Harris” because of course the default Kamala voter is a white male. All of these other people are just different iterations on that. I don’t have to explain how problematic this idea is. Nor how it ironically takes the ubiquity of white men and metamorphoses it into invisibility. If white men do not stand up and be counted for Kamala Harris, then it is as if we have sat this one out. But last night, the conversation started. More than 150,000 white dudes on a Zoom call, raising more than $4,000,000 to make a woman of color our next president. So this is a clarion call to the white dudes who weren’t on the call, to the white dudes wondering what their place is in this election. We need to use our voices, our visibility, our inevitability, and — yes — our privilege to support and uplift Kamala Harris and whomever she chooses as her running mate. I get it: “White Dudes for Harris” sounds…odd. Fraught. Maybe even dangerous, in a way. White men are the target of identity politics, so using the tactics of identity politics feels off. But there is nothing racist or insensitive or problematic about a factual statement like “I am a white man and I support Kamala Harris.” Men are often accused of mansplaining, of being the “well, actually” guy. I will court controversy here by stating that sometimes it’s really valuable to have someone offer up a reality check or correct the record. But that’s not our role here, guys. Our role is to donate, to vote. But as important, our role is to be visible white male faces enthusiastically on the side of Team Harris. This isn’t virtue signaling. You’re not doing this so that Black people won’t think you’re racist or so that women will want to bang you. You’re not doing it for them. You’re doing it for our misguided brothers who think that being white and male is a punched ticket to being anti-woman, anti-minority, anti-progress. So that young white boys and men across the country see the support this woman of color has from people who look like them and come to understand that women and people of color are not “other,” are not threats. If you stand up for Vice-President Harris, others will, too. Our motto can be, “Well, actually, I’m voting for her.” Put it on a sign. Because when Harris smacks the living shit out of that rapist, perverted, incestuous, child-molesting creep that you know you wouldn’t let within a hundred yards of your wife or your daughter or your sister, she won’t just be the president of Black women or Indian women. She’ll be your president, too. And you can be proud of helping to get her there. If the last few decades of identity politics have taught us anything at all, it’s this: Representation matters. Represent the version of the white man you want to see in the world. This means when you’re at the sports bar…or the comic book store…or the golf course…or wherever…and you hear someone running down Kamala Harris, you stand up and you say you’re voting for her. And not just voting for her, but doing so happily and with vigor. None of this “Well, I guess she’s the lesser of two evils…” or “I’d really rather have Gavin Newsome…” Fuck that noise. You are a Kamala Harris voter. You are a white man proudly voting for a woman of color. Ask yourself this: Do you want the representatives of white maleness in the prevailing national narrative to be Donald Trump and Ben Shapiro and Dan Bongino and Elon Musk and Andrew Tate? Or do you want the representatives to be the hundreds of thousands — dare I say millions? — of ordinary white men who believe in progress and equality and a future in which race and gender and creed and sexuality are no mean impediment to advancement, fulfillment, and happiness? Joe Biden served in a secondary role to a Black man for eight years in the most public way possible. When it was time to step aside, he gave his full-throated endorsement to a woman of color. Joe Biden might just be the most important white male ally in history. Be like Amtrak Joe. Be humble. Be certain. Be supportive. And give no quarter. Now, as they said last night on the call, go donate until it feels good. Then donate until it hurts. And then keep going until it feels good again. And fucking vote. Read the full article

[lotusflowerbreakingthesurface]

Let's Talk About PingXie: Part 3

PingXie Fanfiction Vocabulary

Or "Some Words in PingXie Fanfiction That Can't Be Translated Properly by MTL" XD

Here is a list of words that I found interesting, and occasionally appeared in PingXie fanworks. Some of these words, I couldn't find the exact equivalent in English, so excuse me for the long explanation. My friend helped me but my knowledge is still limited (⁠^⁠～⁠^⁠;⁠)⁠ゞ

It's not a complete list (and kinda random). Please note that they are mostly used in PingXie/DMBJ fandom, I don't know about other fandoms. I may add some more, if I find it again.

【1】 窗户纸 (mtl: window paper) : it's like a trope where they're being so ambiguous and the status of their relationship may not be revealed, but everyone also knows that they are lovers. It's a special connotation of symbolic objects in Chinese culture, refers to two people who have a very deep love but did not confess to each other, their feelings are hidden in the heart. Other people also know that their relationship is similar to lovers but they did not say it. It's like a layer of window paper has not been pierced.

【2】 捅窗户纸 (mtl: pierce the window paper) : it's almost the same as the previous one, but they come to the realization of their feelings and confess to each other. They end up together, become lovers.

【3】 论坛体/直播体 (mtl: forum body/live broadcast body) : something like Social Media AU, but it's often on the forum instead or written in forum style.

【4】 竹马 (mtl: bamboo horse) : a male childhood friend

【5】 校草 (mtl: school grass/school bully) : the most handsome boy in the school

【6】 沙雕 (mtl: sand sculpture) : funny and silly

【7】 骨科 (mtl: orthopedics) : incest

【8】 伪骨科 (mtl: pseudo-orthopedics) : they are brothers but not real siblings

【9】 清水 (mtl: clear water) : no description of s*xual activities

【10】 破镜重圆 (reunited after a broken mirror) : they meet again after separation which is usually not in a good way/unreconciled

【11】 本传 (mtl: biography) : refers to the main story of DMBJ

【12】 杭州名木/杭州著名木头 or 吴邪，杭州一块有名的木头 (mtl: Wu Xie, a famous piece of wood in Hangzhou) : it's like comparing Wu Xie to the wood, because he is being oblivious and insensitive, he doesn't notice that Zhang Qiling loves him haha. There is a meme based on this lol.

Meme source: I forgot where I got it, but there's a watermark in it. The picture on the right is translated using mtl with some corrections, sorry for my poor translation (⁠๑⁠•⁠﹏⁠•⁠)

【13】 铁木真/铁・木・真 (tiě mù zhēn/temujin) : it's not Genghis Khan here, it's a pun or a joke about Wu Xie. It's like the previous one, but added one more element.

"铁" (tl: steel/iron) for "钢铁直男" means he is a straight man of steel

"木" (tl: wood) for "杭州著名木头" means he is the famous wood in Hangzhou

"真" for "天真" Wu Xie's "Tiānzhēn"

【14】白月光 "bái yuèguāng" (mtl: white moonlight) : the first love that can't be forgotten

【15】 吴山四美 "wúshān sì měi" : four beauties of Wushan(ju)—Wu Xie, Zhang Qiling, Xie Yuchen, Hei Xiazi

【16】 嫩牛五方 "nèn niú wǔ fāng" : a group of five people—Wu Xie, Zhang Qiling, Pangzi, Xie Yuchen, Hei Xiazi

【17】 挨千刀 (mtl: suffer a thousand cuts) : it is used to scold someone, but it is not insulting them. Its tone is more into worried rather than being angry. For example, Wu Xie complains "挨千刀的闷油瓶" in his heart, it sounds like he uses a spoiled tone to show his annoyance.

【18】 醋[瓶] (mtl: vinegar) : jealous [Zhang Qiling]

【19】 墨水[瓶] (mtl: ink) : a slight dark [Zhang Qiling]

【20】 排雷 (mtl: demining) : a setting that you should pay attention before reading, usually it is unacceptable for most people.

【21】 黑金古刀 (mtl: black gold ancient sword/black gold ancient knife) : Xiaoge's sword

【22】 大白狗腿 (mtl: big white dog legs) : Wu Xie's dagger

【23】 发丘指 (mtl: hair mound finger/Faqiu finger) : Zhang Qiling's two long fingers

【24】 哥嫂 : brother and sister-in-law, refers to Zhang Qiling (哥) and Wu Xie (嫂)

【25】 吃软饭 "chī ruǎn fàn" (mtl: eat soft rice) : a slang that means men rely on women to survive

【26】 吃豆腐 (mtl: eating tofu) : something like taking advantage of others, teasing or flirting, etc.

【27】 PA : parody

⚠️ NSFW Terms ⚠️

【28】 脐橙 (mtl: navel orange) : a wordplay of "骑乘" which means r*ding

【29】 水煎 (mtl: boiled water/water decoction) : a word play for "睡奸" which means somn*philia

【30】 Doi : same as ML (from English "do" and "i" from Chinese "Love" (爱 "ài")

【31】 双龙 (mtl: double dragon) : a man gets r*ped by two other men at the same time, in this case, it has the same meaning as "两瓶一邪" (both of the 2 Zhang Qiling, 1 Wu Xie).

【32】 爆炒/炒 (mtl: stir-fry/fried) : erotic content/explicit s*xual content

【33】 QJ : r*pe

【34】 XP : s*xual fetish

【35】 SP : sp*nking

Some of them courtesy of 小粉蛇 (PinkSnake). Thank you for all the help!🌹

🔗 Other related links: Part 1 | Part 2

[namisweatheria]

I can't believe someone actually wrote Sakura hate on my Nami defending post. Anyone who knows me would shriek in horror. I'm so enraged I've tried and failed to begin this post about a million times now.

While I find it a massive failure of a person's quality of intelligence and character to hate on misogynistically-written characters using the exact same language as the larger misogynistic fanbase who also hates them, despite thinking of themselves as somehow different, in general... when it comes to Haruno Sakura at this point if you're out here on the internet in 2024 saying negative things about her in random comment sections I genuinely think you're a clueless idiot and I hate your stupid guts. lol

The online mania of Sakura hatred left it's fucking mark on people who grew up as girls watching Naruto. I honestly wasn't a very online kid, so I only know about that from my friends' experiences, but how the show itself treated her left it's mark on me all on it's own. And I can see the legacy of that mania online now! Anything that so much as mentions female characters, or sexism, or annoying characters, in anime, will get mean comments about her. It's still here and it's infuriating!

Everyone should be able to separate the bigoted writing that can make a character unpleasant, and the character itself. Otherwise one just ends up contributing to the wave of hatred from bigoted fans. That always ends up hurting real people!

The widespread out-sized fervent hatred of Sakura is particularly something there is no excuse to continue to add to. At this point she represents so much more than a specific character. She symbolizes the continuation of a fucked up online culture that directs their ire at female shounen characters instead of the men who wrote them into horrible little boxes.

So, I don't even have to defend her actual character. It's not really about that. I'm going to anyways though. Because I love her to pieces and so much said about her is just slander.

Sakura fucking rules and is a compelling sympathetic character with a good arc, she was just written by a man who hates women and takes every single opportunity to put his female characters in their place. (The fucking background, kitchen, or grave.) Sometimes all three in that order!

Sakura's worst crime is being a 12 year old Girl. She's insensitive, as 12 year olds can be. She's hyper-conforming to hetero-feminine roles, as her society expects her to be, and she's over-the-top and embarrassing about it, because she's 12.

In the beginning she's often weak and scared in the background, because that's the box she was put into as The Girl. If she had gotten to have equal capability with her teammates early on then Kishimoto wouldn't have been able to focus totally on the male characters he actually cared about. To blame her for that instead of sympathizing with the angst it caused her is so heartless and backwards.

All the writing involving Sasuke fucking sucked, and Sakura's the biggest victim of that. The whole "charm" of their "romance" is that she'll stand by him and love him no matter how terribly he treats her. Does that not sound fucking familiar. It is some of the most basic misogyny there is. That is an age-old evil expectation put on countless women, not a cute story. Hating their "romance", but expressing it by blaming her for being put into that role by Kishimoto is so fucking stupid.

(Also, it's so, so, easy to interpret her hyper performative heterosexuality as closeted lesbianism. She's so unintentionally gay-coded, especially her relationship with Ino.)

It very much happens silently in the background, because I think Kishimoto will spontaneously start choking on his own blood if he tries to focus on a female character instead of his male faves for more than a single minute, but Sakura does have a good arc! Remember Inner-Sakura? She was treated as just a gag, but if you take her seriously for a second you'll realize it was actually deeply disturbing.

Sakura was repressing her anger and goofiness, because she was trying so hard to be this want-able, feminine girl. It wasn't just her unspoken thoughts, she had a whole alternate personality tucked away because of the trauma of being a girl in a sexist society.

Ino describes it here as "A whole other psyche" and is so disturbed by it she asks her, "What are you?"

The most interesting, satisfying thing about Inner-Sakura is: She goes away. She goes away after Sakura trains under a strong, successful, funny, angry, loud woman. Tsunade helps Sakura express her anger instead of repressing it, just by being near her, she shows her the kind of woman she can be. She encourages her and teaches her to be strong and shows her it's okay to be mad. Now when Sakura is angry she can yell and punch a mountain into dust about it.

It's very much in the background, but it happens. And it's everything. How could you not care about it, once you notice it? How can you not care about her?

One of the most annoying things people say about Sakura is that she became strong out of nowhere. I think those people just weren't paying fucking attention to her lol.

Not to mention, if Naruto and Sasuke can each get super-powered Sannin to train them personally, why can't Sakura? What's wrong with that? She wanted desperately to keep up with them, to be strong enough to protect them, and she knew exactly who to go to. Why wouldn't you root for her?

So what if there's nothing that makes her special, to those who only care about genetic abilities and tailed beasts. She works hard. She fights tooth and nail. There's a reason she gets along so well with Rock Lee. In Kakashi's words, "Like Naruto, Sakura possesses a heart that cannot bear to be beaten." In Sakura's:

God, just. How can you not be obsessed with her? It's not her fault the sexist mangaka couldn't let her keep developing on-screen for more than one chapter per 30 volumes without actually grappling with the fact that there's a third person in his stupid two person narrative. She's so fucking great she's crazy she's rude she's funny she's audacious she has guts!!!!!!!!!!! You absolutely cannot come into my space with a negative word on her name. Love and respect Haruno Sakura or simply die.

[adharafirenze]

On morrissey, he doesn’t hate bowie or bolan? They’re both big influences on him and his catty moments in relation to them are more or less…run of the mill musician cattiness. The robert smith thing is also pretty over exaggerated and neither of them care now. His politics (though not always agreeable) are far from fascist and I think it cheapens fascism to call his views fascist. regardless of if you like him or not, he is anti establishment, vegetarian, anti police, anti monarchy, pro lgbt (queer himself), so on so forth. He has definitely made racially insensitive comments but a lot of them are more…out of touch? The accusations of racism with morrissey first stem from NME and homophobia (i can send sources on things if you’d want them lol I’m not just saying this stuff to take the piss or defend his honor or something I know it sounds bizarre) He definitely deserves criticism pls don’t get me wrong but I think the amount of hate he gets is disproportionate when musicians like siouxsie, nick “conservative with a small c” cave, peter murphy, or even bowie have said/done just as bad or worse but generally don’t get the same treatment. He is a dick though. For the record. /nm

Hey! Sorry if I offended you or anything, I didn’t mean to. I’m not actually that big of a Smiths fan, I love their music but I don’t know loads about them. You sound much more knowledgeable than me on the Smiths so I trust your facts.

I do agree. Moz was just trying to be catty like all the rest of the musicians of the time. I also completely agree with you the whole moz/Robbie argument is crazy and has been completely overdone. I only mentioned Robbie because I didn’t think that they particularly liked each other.

Though I read in an article that although he previously didn’t vote for any party in elections is now showing support for a new far right (and have been described as fascist) party, I believe the party is called for Britain. Even Nigel farage said that the party was made up of ‘Nazis and fascists’.

However, I completely agree. I’ve read about Morrissey and his contribution to the lgbtqia+ community. I believe that that’s amazing and I’m glad that he’s using his fame to push for something so important. Didn’t he also describe himself as human sexual? He’s definitely done some great stuff but in my opinion he’s also said some extremely horrible things.

Possibly? But (I might be wrong) but from what I’ve read/watched he’s very intelligent, or at least comes across that way. I feel that because he’s intelligent he should be aware of what he’s saying.

I’d be interested in seeing some sources. Not because I don’t trust you but more because I find Morrissey is an extremely interesting person and I like looking at the good and the bad aspects of him.

What’s your opinion on the racist/anti-Semitic/anti immigrant things he’s said? I know that you said that the racist comments were out of touch but what about the comparison that he drew about animals and their slaughter to the holocaust. He said that ‘there was no difference’ between the holocaust and what happens in McDonald’s everyday, he also said that the holocaust was ‘nothing compared to what happens in McDonald’s’ I feel this is extremely insensitive, his choice of words is very poor here. He also said that the Chinese are ‘a sub species’. He’s also stated that he feels England should be very exclusive of who they let in, he complained that when he was in England he ‘couldn’t tell where he was’.

Also I find his multiple comments about rape absolutely revolting. He said that about the Harvey Weinstein victims that they ‘went along with it, they now feel embarrassed or disliked’ this feels extremely insensitive, I mean he makes these women sound like they enjoyed being raped and groomed by a man that was way older than them.

I absolutely agree. Morrissey is just as bad as the other musicians. However, I find that moz does it in a way that is desperate to get attention. I mean yeah Nick Cave maybe isn’t progressive but in my opinion (this goes for Morrissey as well) he’s just behind the times. Also Nick said that he’s ‘temporarily’ a conservative, he also hasn’t praised trump or liked far right leaning politicians. Also Nick cave is a pretty big trans rights defender, he said recently “I also have another impulse, which I hope is more common, and that is to treat everyone with equal love and respect, regardless of their race, gender, sexuality, religion or anything else. I essentially see the world as a collection of individuals, each unique in their brokenness, who have at their core a common and binding sameness of spirit.

although I am slightly uncertain as to where I am supposed to stand on such things, or rather _why_ I am supposed to stand anywhere, I will say this – I love my trans fans fully and wish them the best, as I love all my fans and wish them the best. I feel toward them that same duty of care that I feel toward all those who exist within my sphere.”

Lol, yeah he is. I’m truly sorry if offended you, I really didn’t mean too. I don’t know loads about the band and I don’t really look into Morrissey, plus he’s not my favorite band member. I hope you have a good day and you listen to plenty of the smith lol <33

[winns-stuff]

LO RANT:

I will never get over two things that happened in both the fandom and LO as a comic. The first one is how everyone reacted towards Persephone and Hades possibly doing the do in the damn comic and the second one being how everyone was so quick to dismiss Thanatos and praise Hades for his incredibly insensitive and man childish speech.

The reason why I won’t ever be okay with that event between Persephone and Hades is because of the way that a lot of fans were talking about it. Listen I’m not talking about those who just wanted to see Persephone experience a positive sexual interaction, y’all are cool love you. I’m talking about the people who were drooling at the mouth and anticipating for sex just because it was sex. The people who made such unsettling and completely unnecessary sexual comments about the whole thing and completely disregarded the whole point of it. The whole atmosphere of the thing being that they should’ve already had sex by now, it was very weird and pressuring and I absolutely despised it so much. It really did show me that some fans don’t actually care about Persephone’s healing journey as much as they put on and in fact they’re willing to rush the meaningful chapters just to get to the smut and that was just insensitive for a bunch of reasons. We all know about Persephone’s sexual history (even though at some points you’ll need a reminder) and why she (realistically even though she’s not) would be hesitant towards anything involving intimacy. Instead of wanting Persephone to take her own pace and to be comfortable those fans just wanted her to jump into it without even considering any of that. Besides the way that they described Persephone sounded like how misogynistic men describe women, they treated her like she was just a toy or a piece of meat whose only purpose was to please Hades and it was such.. a disappointing and depressing thing for me to witness.

I know there will never be any addressing about it mainly because no one else saw anything wrong with it but the whole thing was very very disgusting for me personally.

Anyways onto the whole Thanatos situation, that whole thing was infuriating as hell. You could tell that Rachel just wanted to get to the next plot while also getting rid of Thanatos from the story. First of all, the bastard only visited him because he wanted something from him. He didn’t go there to check in with him, try to get his job back, apologize to him for everything that happened, or come in because he just wanted to see Thanatos specifically. He came because he wanted to talk to his twin brother, how fucking selfish do you need to be to only try and “connect” with your victim to get something from them, that’s sick and I hate that everyone treated it like it was the nicest thing Hades ever did. Next thing is that Thanatos barely got to say his piece or defend himself from Hades’ pointless accusations (yes I’m talking about the betrayal and Minthe thing because how is it betrayal when you already knew about it and expressed little to no care about it dumbass) before Hades took up the whole conversation. I have to applaud LO fans for actually being patient enough to sit through 100+ chapters of Hades quite literally whining like an absolute toddler about everything that he’s done to himself and all the karma he gets for treating everyone around him like shit. And don’t even get me started with that whole “he got dumped on him!!! he didn’t want to be a father!!! he was traumatized!!!” bullshit argument because I can say the same for Thanatos. Thanatos got no say in whether or not he even wanted to be with Hades, it wasn’t like he pointed him out to his mother and said “look mama! I wanna go where the blue man is!!” and got plopped right over there, there was nothing he could’ve done to stop that and it wasn’t his fault for being “dumped” on Hades. Next thing is, Hades didn’t necessarily even have to be his father think about it when you meet a kid or when you become responsible for a child that doesn’t always necessarily mean you’re a mother/father/parent to them, you could be an uncle or a friend or a brother or even a good mentor (which Hades still failed at). If he didn’t want to be a father or care taker, the least he could’ve been was a friend to Thanatos since he was all alone and isolated. If Hades saw himself in Thanatos so much the very last he would do was what he did which was neglect him. He’s exactly like Kronos with that one. Onto the whole traumatized thing, stop acting like Hades was the defenseless little kid in this situation please I’m begging you. Here we have a kid who got dropped off by his mom to a strangers realm and immediately after he gets used for his labor thinking that he’d actually be able to get the love of a parental figure which he never did. He was neglected and left behind by those he thought cared about him and never did he once have a stable environment to grow, you cannot just say that Hades was the only traumatized one in this situation when Thanatos got more trauma added because of Hades and his careless and inconsiderate actions.

Anyways, now we move onto when Thanatos is fully grown. Does Hades acknowledge him? No. Does he respect him? No. Does he see him as an equal? No. Has he ever done anything remotely decent for him knowing that he practically raised him? No. Hades was the most shittiest boss you could ever think of with Thanatos especially and he did not ever once deserve the disgusting verbal abuse that Hades constantly put him through, Hades used him as a punching bag and humiliated him in front of everyone. If anything Hades should be taking Demeter’s place in the villain story because of how fucked up he is for treating Thanatos that brutally, people love to say that Demeter had always been exactly like that (fast-passers know what I mean, trying to be vague here) but to be completely honest the most realistic shitty parent is Hades, he’s most likely to treat his kids like that and to berate them at every turn.

Argue with the wall.

[elephant-in-the-pride-parade]

Thank you for your thorough reply. I mostly sent that message since I personally can see how people would be quick to call the premise of that fic problematic with regards to race. Making an Indigenous man biologically driven to be submissive towards a white woman has negative associations with “taming the savage” type tropes (1/2)

Thanks for reaching out again and meeting me where I am at on this. D/s and race do need to be tackled sensitively, I agree.

In this case from reading the fic I thought that this treatment of the men in submissive position by this particular writer was done as well as one could. The sub-assignment was equally distributed among almost all the main men on the cast (first point) so did not appear linked to race in particular. Chakotays submissiveness was also not tied to his race in text in any way (second point). The fic also gave him agency over whether to pursue a sexually submissive relationship (third point). Regarding Belanna, the fic put all the main women, not just B, in the Dom position (fourth point).

In terms of advice I've followed as a white writer and a beta on how to handle race in fics, especially in smut fics, I always hear two pieces of advice as best practices - (1) wherever possible include characters performing the kink that are white and nonwhite and give them equal treatment, and (2) avoid sexualizing/exotifying/fetishizing racial characteristics. From the three chapters that did get posted, the author was following that advice in terms of writing her D/s world. I cant judge the actual smut scenes of course, these werent ever posted, but in terms of establishing how this fictional sexual mechanic works the author seemed to be doing the best they could to portray this equally in white and non-white characters, and was not fetishizing race (again at least that I noticed).

The tags on this fic were extremely comprehensive in terms of what kinks would be tackled. this is usually a good indicator for me that this is going to be handled sensitively on the kink front. There are not enough kink fics written by people who actually do their research so I was looking forward to seeing if that would pan out in the writing itself.

Belanna is tricky because as you pointed out in your 2nd message, the angry latina point is very valid. Her klingon temper is also referenced a lot in canon and is used as a clumsy method of showing her grappling with her dual-identities and her dealing with anti-klingon sentiments. And so I think it is a struggle for writers to figure out how to write her in character in that regard without being insensitive as canon is bad at it to start. It is a valid criticism to raise but its also helpful to be able to point to some fic or other resource that either does handle the temper well or explains how not to handle it.

Given that Belanna didnt actually appear in person in the three chapters posted, I really dont have a basis for how the author would have handled her character. And I wont get to find out if she would have been sensitive about it now.

All that to say what I took issue with in terms of the negative comments the author described receiving wasnt that she had been accused of racism. it is that she'd been harassed in multiple ways, on multiple fics, even told to kys over a made up sexual mechanic and that this had hurt her enough to just... stop. To stop writing and sharing her kink. to stop writing these characters. And thats... awful. Blocking and Muting or clicking the back button were all choices this anon had. Sharing specific instances where the D/s was racially insensitive was also a choice they had. Instead it sounds like they went on anon, made extremely general accusations about racism, homophobia, and not understanding the characters, and then sent these to a writer they dont know, who doesnt know them, and told that writer the most awful hurtful think you could say. For what purpose? It just reeks of bad actor behavior.

[vintage-bentley]

final thoughts words opinions etc before the release in a few hours (so i have something to read before i go cold turkey on social media bc i wont be able to watch for at least 2 weeks and cannot ruin this for myself) GO:

Ahh good luck with going cold turkey! I’m sorry you have to wait 😭💕

I’m excited. At first I was really worried that this would be a classic case of the sequel being a shitty cash grab that shouldn’t exist…but from the clips we’ve seen, it looks good. So I trust that I’ll love it just as much as the first season, if not more because apparently it focuses even more on A/C.

As far as the elephant in the room goes…I really want to believe we aren’t being baited. The “leak” was directly from an Amazon pride promo, it feels weird for it to be included if it wasn’t actually romance. And the marketing is being so heavy-handed on the idea of romance, it would honestly be the stupidest corporate decision ever to do that if it was just bait. There’s also the Sheen “best buddies” comment which gives me a lot of hope, because it’s such an unusual way to put it that it feels like it’s an inside joke. And the recent reviews seem to be implying there’s romance. So, I’ve got my hopes up. As always, I’m staying cautiously optimistic, but on a scale from 0 (cautiously) to 10 (optimistic), I’m a 9.

I’m SUPER excited about there being lesbians. I’m worried about the fact that they’re written by a straight man…and I’m really hoping they’re treated normally and not either over or under sexualised. But I’m optimistic about this too, just because I love Nina so much from what we’ve seen of her. She seems well written and well acted, so I can only assume the same will go for Maggie, and hope that the same goes for their relationship.

Aside from ineffable husbands and The Lesbians (I’ve seen retro wives suggested as a ship name which is adorable), I think the thing I’m looking forward to most is more historical scenes. Season 1 episode 3’s opening is my favourite part of the series and I’ve watched it so many times, I just love seeing all the different costumes and seeing the husband’s relationship develop over time. I’m excited to see more of that. Especially the 40’s scene. I’m most excited about one particular historical scene that people talked about after the screening, I won’t say more than that, if you know you know, if you don’t you’ve probably purposefully avoided that information and I applaud your restraint lol.

Now, if the show ends up not being bait, I won’t hate Neil as much as I’ve grown to, but I still won’t love him. Because I think the way he’s handled concerns about baiting is incredibly insensitive and out of touch. He seems to think that this is the same as teasing a long awaited straight couple, so he can be as secretive and coy as he wants. This line of thinking completely ignores the fact that gaybaiting is a real problem, that viewers have been burned by before and don’t want to be burned by again. As great as it would be if gay couples could be anticipated and teased the same way straight couples are…we just aren’t there yet. We’re still at a point where LGB fans aren’t at ease watching a romance build up between two men or women, because we know there’s a chance it won’t go anywhere. Like I’ve said before, knowing that OFMD was a romance before going into it made the viewing experience much more pleasant for me than it would’ve been going in without that knowledge. Because knowing it was a romance allowed me to enjoy it as such…while not knowing would’ve had me going “I’m crazy, I’m just seeing what I want to see, that won’t happen” the whole time (and it sounds like that was the experience for many people who saw it before hearing about it from others!). That’s something OSA people don’t experience when seeing themselves on screen. So if there’s a whole crowd of LGB viewers basically begging you to save us that frustration and doubt, “wait and see if you’re being baited” isn’t exactly the best attitude to have. Especially when you’re on tumblr, and could easily put a yes or no answer under a read more prefaced with many spoiler warnings. Again, unfortunately, we just aren’t at the point yet where anticipating a gay ship is the same as anticipating a straight ship.

It just feels like Neil doesn’t have any compassion for his LGB viewers who don’t want to be baited yet again, which is really annoying considering he seems to think of himself as an amazing ally.

So, if it ends up being bait, obviously I’ll be angry. If it doesn’t end up being bait, I’ll be happy but also annoyed at how Neil made us feel crazy for even hoping for this outcome.

I think that pretty much sums up what’s going on in my head right now! 😄

[daisyvisions]

hey daisy as a another sangyeon ult & a korean woman i wanted to give u more context to why sk women r so mad abt the bj thing. its not that we’re upset he made a sex joke or that his humor was vulgar/dark/etc, its the specific word he used for bj. it’s not a common word & is rly only learned from watching corn. thats the issue, bc specifically asian corn is almost always misogynistic & objectifying, & when a sk man uses that word it’s insensitive bc of it’s context involving objectification.

(this is not to say that watching corn or saying the word makes sangyeon a misogynist, i dont agree with those ppl accusing him of blatantly being one at all. one mistake doesn’t define a person)

i dont condone all the extreme misinformation n hate twds sangyeon n the rest of tbz but i just wanted to clarify. as a sk woman before a deobi i cant defend him for using that word, but i will recognize that he made a mistake. and that’s okay, we r all human that makes mistakes, but i hope instead of completely defending him & saying he did nothing wrong, as deobis that care about him we should hold him accountable & let him learn to be a better person by letting him know his word choice was hurtful.

even if he didnt say the word, the bottom line is that things are unclear, women r hurt, n even us (k)deobis r looking for a statement &/or apology n we shouldn’t invalidate the women who r upset 🤍

first off, I apologize if how I came off sounded like I didn't care about the deeper meaning of the word and how it affects sk women!! I totally understand the context and ofc as to why people (esp the sk women) would be offended

I guess I'm really more of pissed off at those who were spreading the info so quick without stopping to think first or those who immediately say "where did he learn this from" as if he's a child (if that makes sense?)

that's really what made me bothered the most that I guess there is some kind of double standard with idols for some fans (not all), like they demand for shirtless pics but when the idol is seen with a vape or says a cuss word they get angry - that will never make sense to me

For this scenario with sangyeon, this is a special case ofc since the word that was supposedly said had a deeper meaning than just the simple phrase, I totally agree that IST should've at least cleared our what was happening instead of just deleting since at the end of the day, a lot of the things that get recorded and posted are the company's doing.

Again, thank you for the context! I'm not mad or pissed off at all with the backlash towards the word, but more of the fans / non-fans who were quick to judge and who were hypocritical about it (again, had it been a different word)

[roobylavender]

the mendy not guilty verdict was kind of weirdly timed in the sense that it came right on the backs of a conversation i had with my mom last night about the things the muslim community dares to stand up for versus doesn’t. you may have heard recently about the quran burning in sweden and that’s obv something valid to be concerned about bc it’s only a preview of potentially greater persecution but for some reason the demonstration of several hundred people reading from the quran in a public space in sweden didn’t really garner much of a reaction from me despite my mother being so proud to show it. and i don’t quite know how to word it without sounding insensitive so please bear in mind that i am muslim myself but i find it hard to see anything of worth in such demonstrations when the muslim community comes together for little else. i won’t go so far as to say i feel alienated from the religion itself but i do feel increasingly alienated from it as an institution bc when will you ever see a general muslim community stand up and be this united with respect to the abuse of women or women’s rights generally or even intersectional support with other marginalized communities outside of religion. and when i verbalized that to my mom all she could say was well culturally there is a lot of shame around things like rape and sexual assault so people tend to keep it private and it’s like okay if that’s actually true then how is it that today there is an outpouring of muslim footballers giving vehement support to a man merely bc he was not convicted for the rape of eight distinct women bc the threshold for such a conviction is so so high. why is it a private matter when it comes to the protection of women but a public matter when it comes to the protection of men. that’s where my headspace is at right now

[shaineybainey]

Jumping on the Ask Game Bandwagon!

(hope you don't mind, @texanmarcusdavenport 😅)

⛵️ Favorite ship? Least favorite ship? (Doesn't have to be romantic.)

No favorite ships. I used to really like Donald and Tasha, but throughout the show, there were more times where they were shown to be yelling at each other rather than being cooperative teammates. I know it was done for comedy, but it just...wasn't it.

Least favorite was Janelle & Leo, because what was that? Strung us along for three years, only for their relationship to actually mean nothing to Janelle??

And then Leo was just kind of left in the lurch. Like, 😑

Anyway. As far as brOTP, Douglas + Leo is my favorite, hands down. I don't know what it is. I don't know if Jeremy Kent Jackson and TJ Williams are just that talented, just have that fantastic chemistry onscreen, or all of the above, but man. They made the show so memorable even in its least well-written seasons.

👀 Characters whose relationship you wish was more explored?

Hm. None. They were all explored pretty well in the show, I think.

💥 Favorite crack ship / characters that never met in canon but would've been best friends if they had?

Okay, there is one. I often wonder how things would be like if Bridget and Tasha had met. They have a good number of things in common that I think they would've hit it off and became great friends.

Their friendship would have probably been like a mature version of Amy's and Hartley's on Villains of Valley View.

🐀 Favorite season of Lab Rats? Least favorite?

Favorite: season two for sure. It had some of the funniest lines, best writing, and enough bells and whistles to really keep it fresh and interesting. (Also: Douglas! And I will die on the hill that Parallel Universe is one of the best Lab Rats episodes of all time.)

Least favorite: S3b and S4. It's like most of the writers onboard began seeing writing for the show as a chore. They were bored, so we were bored.

There was one or two writers who wrote pretty good episodes, but alas, they didn't even end up writing a lot.

🏥 Lab Rats or Mighty Med?

Well, both have their own appeal. Lab Rats was just a bit more solid and mature in structure, but Mighty Med had the lore to really open up the extended universe to infinite possibilities.

How the two combined managed to fail is still beyond me.

But yeah. Lab Rats.

🏳️‍🌈 Favorite LGBT+/neurodivergent headcanon?

I don't have any of my own, but someone has shared their hc that Adam is dyslexic. That one, I do share.

📖 An AU/fanfic idea you'd love to see but don't have the motivation to write?

Since the Leo camp in FF had always been small, like the other writers, I've pretty much written anything I've wanted to read because it was just how things were. It was a "if you want to eat it, you gotta cook it" kind of deal.

BUT, there is one AU I've written some years ago that I wish I had the motivation to continue. It was a crossover with DC where Leo is the son of Superman (Val-Zod). Power Girl (Kara Danvers) is his cousin, and Red Tornado (Lois Lane) is his aunt.

It left off at the part where he and Douglas kept it a secret from the rest of the Davenports that he's half Kryptonian (they think his powers were bionics Douglas gave him to help fight Krane and the soldiers).

Oh! And at the end, it was revealed that Marella (Aquawoman) is Tasha's older sister -- which means he's also Atlantean.

I know. It sounds so insane, but I just love that AU so much. It had so many possibilities! I would have loved to write the part where Adam, Bree, and Chase meets the rest of the Wonders.

💭 Favorite headcanon overall?

Leo was raised by women. His mom, his grandmother, his aunt. That's why it's easier for him to develop true friendship with girls and why girls value his friendship. He understands them. He's not inclined to say insensitive things and he doesn't treat them like how other guys would.

The downside of that great quality, though, is that he has his own time of the month. He gets super cranky and sarcastic. It usually coincides with Bree's time of the month, which just puzzles Donald to the full, but whereas Bree can be pacified with chocolate, hot Cheetos, and pain medication, Leo has to shut himself inside his room for two days and introvert to the fullest.

🔥 Hot take/unpopular opinion?

They shouldn't have written in a baby at the end of the show. Served no purpose. I wish they had just let Donald and Tasha enjoy their blended family.

Actually, I wish they had just developed Tasha's relationship with Adam, Bree, and Chase more. Even in the end, the line between them was drawn clear. Tasha was a mother figure, but only because it's logical "since our father married her," and Tasha seemed to treat the kids as her 'husband's children.'

Would have been better if that relationship was worked on more the way Donald's and Leo's was developed.

❤️ Favorite character? Least favorite character?

Favorite is Leo. Least favorite is S3/S4 Bree.

The funny thing is, she's a favorite the first two seasons. So that tells you something.

⏱️ When did you start watching Lab Rats?

From the actual pilot, so February 2012. Actually, I found out about it because it was advertised a lot when I was watching Pair of Kings 😁

Yeah. It's really not a secret at this point that I'm probably one of the older fans in the fandom. I wasn't parent-age then, but I wasn't a kid either.

It made the watch so much better, though. I caught a lot of the adult jokes, but I also remembered a lot of the funny moments that were brilliant because of how they were written and acted.

Maybe that's why I remember so many details about it. I just loved it for what it was. (Until the Bionic Island arc showed up. Then I just wanted to pull all my hair out.)

🟢 Any crossover ideas? Are there any shows you think would've made a better crossover than Lab Rats/Mighty Med?

It's a cheesy idea, but I really wish they had done a four-way crossover with the biggest DXD shows back then. It would have been fun to see Pair of Kings, Kickin' It, Lab Rats, and Mighty Med in a multiverse kind of setting, similar to what they did with the shows in Disney. (Hannah Montana, Suite Life of Zack and Cody, etc.)

As far as ideas, got one for Lab Rats/EF and Villains of Valley View. Might not work on that for a long while, though.

🎼 What songs do you relate to the characters/ show?

I...have two whole playlists of that, actually. But it will stay the vault for now since they go with two specific WIPs I'm coming back to soon 😉

🟠 Which character is the most like you? Which character is the least like you?

Douglas lol I'm admittedly a dark cloud in human form, have a bit of a mean streak, and at times have difficulty getting people. But at the end of the day, I'm just a big nerd who loves tinkering with new ideas and doing what I can to be a better, kinder, warmer version of myself.

The least is Donald.

[terf-tea]

I think your comment about how when women "allow" themselves to be sexually exploited for money, that makes them "unmanly" because men don't allow themselves to get exploited the same way is extremely misogynistic and insensitive to women in pornography, as well as cam work.

The girl you made that comment about hates her body so much she wants to get it cut into smaller pieces. But she put her body up for sale on the internet because she genuinely believes there is no quicker, easier way for a woman to make money. What value does a woman have outside her body? Most people think there is no value to us outside of how hard we make men. The woman you were mocking for being transgender sees herself that way. As someone who can only be a sex object because of her anatomy. And when you say that men don't get exploited, don't "allow themselves" to be coerced into porn/sex work, you ARE reinforcing that belief. That a man is above getting exploited and dehumanized but a woman is not. Your comment reads like you think it is womanly to get commercially sexually exploited.

Tbh as a feminist you should already Know that when someone is misogynistic towards one woman, it is Never just about that One girl. I'm sure you didn't mean to be misogynistic towards women who sell access to their bodies, perhaps the wording of the comment was just not thought out well, and it made your opinions easy to misinterpret. But as someone who doesn't know anything about ur blog, it definitely read to me like you think that women make the choice to get sexually exploited for money, and that is totally antithetical to most feminist analyses of the porn industry (which I believe camgirlling is a part of) and how society grooms women into thinking their value comes from their fuckability.

I don't know what your beliefs are, and I don't mean to sound like I'm belittling you or attacking you. I felt very uncomfortable reading your comment and I think you should try to be more considerate towards women you don't understand in the future.

honestly this is so long and i don't know where to begin. but i was not mocking that person for being trans, nor was i passing judgment on them for choosing to sell pictures of themselves, not in the slightest. i was just pointing out the irony in them identifying as a man but still experiencing the exploitation that often comes with being a woman. i don't know a single man who's been so desperate to make ends meet that he'll sell his body because he knows there are people disgusting enough to send him money so they can have full access to him. it is not "womanly" to be exploited, but it is WAY more likely to happen to a woman than it is to a man.

i think you had an issue with how i said "allowing herself to be objectified", which i do understand but i meant it as something that comes with selling your body. it's obviously no fault of their own that there are people out there willing to objectify them in the first place. i feel like i'm missing something here...i was not blaming them at all. you seem to have misunderstood what i said entirely and now you're in my inbox blaming me for it and putting words in my mouth (for example, i never said and would never say men are above being exploited..)...i understand that because i don't feel like i have made myself or my particular views super known on this account yet so i might fuck up. but i hope this helps clear things up

[olokosomolo]

I feel like I'm carrying the gloomy essence of all human society. This is a recurring scenario: the story I carry has no public interest. Not because people don't believe me, no, that is not the reason. The sad fact is that the majority of the public wish to avoid having such an overwhelming issue and intrigue that deals with their loved ones, the core of loved ones. Those whom I feed, eat my bread, raise their hills on me? (Undermining me). That's too heavy to deal with. After all, I'm having good times, the time of my life, my life seems normal. Why digg for shit. I rather not know, rather sweep under the rag. And, I'll deal with it when it knocks on my door. When there is no concern for the public, then I'm like not relevant, holding an oppressive and heavy burden on my shoulders that is slowly sinking me into the quicksand. But I am holding tight, holding and sinking with It. The whole public cheers for every inch of my body that sinks into the sand. That's when I became the today's joke conversation. When my nostrils reach the point of the sand line, a line of no return, everyone is already the expert telling their own opinion that sounds like the same, same default, or the same lady in a different outfit. A death by suffocation is the thrill, and thanks to the Lord that we got rid of him. What a bore, what a disgusting boring man who rejects every weekday and Shabbat, ugly as a gray rat, now we need to celebrate. The rat received all our sins in one fell swoop. How fun we have such a God. Every generation or two he takes a scapegoat, puts all our sins, the men sin, the women and the serpent on him. And then we as a society come out clean . It’s like if the credit companies will write off all our debts and the whole society will start from zero debts. It is also kind of similar to the people's choice at the time of Jesus when the Roman that occupied Jerusalem decided to give an insensitive choice to all the pilgrims, and the huge crowd that came to Jerusalem to observe and celebrate the Passover, and beginning of spring. The incentive, to let one go free, is to choose between two criminals. First guy

was sentenced to crucifixion as he was charged with murdering a Roman soldier. The second that was sentenced to crucifixion was Jesus and he was charged by false claims to be the son of God. We humans are considered as," The sons of men". Who do you think the crowd picked? Of course they chose the first prisoner who killed a Roman soldier. After all, it was an honor to kill a soldier from the Roman oppression occupation army. And What about Mr. Yehoshua? What about him? Oh, the son of God!

SO HELP HIM GOD.

The implication of this parable is that the public is stupid, therefore the public will pay for all the mental defects that you all carry deep in the recesses of your mind. This time they won't say, well, there was a wedding and the family didn't make it to the event on time. This time There will be no discounts, no promotions either. As the star of God finishes rotating around the sun, and just before they leave our neighborhood, the solar system, again wandering the vast universe for another 4000 year exile, right before there would be far-reaching changes in the outdated software as well as the hardware the simulation becomes obsolete. A new simulation that contains futuristic kinds of algorithms that will fit for the next 4000 years. Until God star will be back in our neighborhood again.