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societyoflittletrees · 1 year ago

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Hey hey, so it seems that unfortunately it is a lesser known fact that Hanya Yanagihara doesn’t identify as straight and has a rather complex relationship with gender.

She is often generalized as just another “straight woman” profiting off of queer men in literature, but if she’s going to be critiqued, I rather it be accurate to who she is rather than an assumption based off of a stereotype.

She is a queer woc which seems to be often ignored or simply unknown in discourse around A Little Life.

A Little Life is complex as is the author herself. There’s more nuance than “this is bad rep” or “this is good rep” as well as “this person is gay” or “this person is straight”.

Make sure your critiques, as well as praises, are accurate and based off of fact rather than assumption, especially when it comes to an artist/author’s real life character and values. Context and dramaturgical research is important!

Here’s a link to the New Yorker interview where she discusses these facets of herself:

#a little life #the a little life play #hanya yanagihara #queer literature #books #sad books #a little life book

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setaflow · 6 months ago

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Anyway I had fun this season

#Seta Speaks #Seta memes #The Legend of Vox Machina #TLOVM #Critical Role #As someone who plays D&D and knows the bones of the C1 story but doesn't have 200 hours of life to sink into it #I'm still finding the show enjoyable-- even if I think S3 was a little weaker and more disjointed than previous seasons #But it's fun to see spells I recognize and hear actors who clearly enjoy working together rift off each other so #Here's hoping S4 is fun :)#top posts

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bluerosefox · 9 months ago

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Her Astrophel and Sterling

hmmm

Hmmmmmmmm

You know what.

You know those AU's where the Batfam finds or learns about either hidden or thought to be dead Al Ghul Danny! with a deaged/daughter Dani (Ellie) (I should know, I created a few of those storylines) but what if, now hear me out, what if instead of them finding Danny first its Talia.

Do I want Talia discovering her thought to be dead son to be alive? Yes. Do I want her to find him while investigating Amity Park when the League gets reports of 'Lazarus creatures/water'? Yes.

DO I WANT HER TO KNOCK ON THE FENTON'S DOOR, fully ready to pretend/honey talk her way into the house to uncover what the Fenton's know, ONLY TO MEET A LITTLE ELLIE?!

YES.

Ellie whose eyes and hair look like a copy of her Beloved but she can see bits and pieces of herself as well. Talia knows the child in front of her was not fully her's though but everything makes sense when she hears a voice, a voice she hasn't heard in ages but as a mother just knows, speak out.

"Ellie! I thought I said do not answer the door my Sterling."

"But Daddy, yous was busy fighting the hotdoggys!"

Talia's eyes widen when she finally catches sight of familiar black hair and blue eyes.

and she could only lightly whisper a old nickname she hasn't dared uttered in ages, a name she secretly gave her son due to his love of the stars "Astrophel..."

#danny phantom #danny fenton #crossover #dp x dc #blue rambles #danny phantom dc #writing ideas #random idea #dpxdc #good mom Talia?#Good mom Talia. Yes #Astrophel means Star Lover btw #Sterling means Little Star or Excellent #Deaged Ellie #Deaged Dani #Danny either faked his death or got yeet from the Pits to Amity #does he remember? Idk leaving it open ended #if he does remember he chose not to return cause he knew he'd be punished #Talia comes to Amity after so many years because the League finally got reports of 'Lazarus' like creatures/waters being used/seen #Is she League leader now? Idk again leaving it open ended for anyone to play with #does she kept it a secret when talks to Danny about everything? I think so if he asks her not to say anything #Talia is happy to see her son again after so long. She isnt happy about how Ellie came into his life but is happy to have a granddaughter #she totally holds Ellie everytime she visits and promises to teach her how to make the world fall into her chubby little hands #Ellie loves her Granmama Talia cause she tells stories of all the places she's been #Eventually though I can see someone. Maybe Damian or Bruce. Needing to speak with Talia about something #and they track her down when she's on a visit to Danny and Ellie. And well the secret is out.#dani phantom #danielle phantom #Dani is Ellie

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teratomatica · 19 days ago

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you always land on all fours

#umineko #umineko spoilers #ikuko hachijo #ikukos turn for a more serious piece... the old man has reigned for too long #now. INCREDIBLY LONG INCOHERENT TAGS RANT INCOMING FAIR WARNING HAS BEEN GIVEN:#it makes me so so sad how little discussion there is about specifically ikuko because imho she fits so neatly into a lot of the more #overarching Big Themes of the game in a way that i have not ever really seen people take notice of or point out in a meaningful way #like even just off of the top of my head. the significance of names and what it means to go by a name that's Not Yours (she has like 4+)#what it Means to be a witch how it represents a person's deepest insecurities and flaws & how its at its core a coping mechanism #the fact that it takes two to create a universe and trying to do it on your own anyways has the capacity to bring you intense misery #^ (how she's shown to be extremely dismissive of her own work and skill until a collaborator comes into her life and helps/encourages her)#and even the family/patriarchy/misogyny stuff that is so prevalent in the rest of the game comes back around to her. even her Only Friend #(young&stupid atp to be fair) remarks that shes Weird for being unmarried + the little she does say about her past invites the question of #to what extent her self-image stems from her family deeming her a freak outcast & effectively disowning her while celebrating her brothers #and i have lot in my mind about the witch thing specifically because i think her particular situation is very reflective of what umineko's #entire magic system and fantasy facet as a whole is meant to represent for an individual. from what little we see of (what is presumably)#her Real personality she is shown to be deeply self conscious in a way that is JARRINGLY diametrically opposed to both 1.) what we see in #featherine and 2.) what we see when she is acting as a Public Figure. because both of the above are very much purposeful acts that she is #putting on in order to obfuscate her true self. and i have always been very resolute & adamant about not totally equating her to featherine #not only because im very firmly in the camp of “featherine is the avatar of the Pen Name & tohya is part of her too” but also very much b/c #i feel very strongly that the stark differences between the two are very centrally relevant to her character & her psyche. as is the case #with most other witches featherine's personality traits serve to reveal/magnify a lot of ikukos inner workings by playing on her #insecurities/reversing them e.g. ikuko being very quick to downplay her skill/achievements becomes featherine being the COMPLETE opposite #to the point where she barely registers even other witches as living beings rather than just fun touys. BUT even though i do champion the #ikuko/featherine separation so hard i ALSO think it is purposefully relevant that at first glance the line between them seems so blurry #her introduction implying a more nebulous separation between her reality/fantasy counterpart is i think is an intentional move on her part #like it is part of the front she is putting up when acting as the Author. as opposed to Ikuko the person who we (in a way ironically very #similar to the way that the Real Battler is presumably only shown during the boatscene) only very briefly get to see take up screentime #which even on a meta level lines up very well with her apparent underlying nature as a like. extremely private largely reserved/shy person #hit tag limit but if by some miracle anyone is still reading this thank you... please see ikuko with the love she deserves... ok ily byeee

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flipflopmasterr · 2 months ago

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Me and @ridokichan -s headcanon about "isolation-induced hallucinations" with Stan twins.

First experience with the portal was definitely..... Insufferable. For both of them.

At least someone's looking out after them.

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obsob · 1 year ago

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once more around the sun!! :3

#mine #cats #happy new year!!! a little late but alas #i didnt like th colours here but now i love them hehehehehheheh #i hope everyone had a good holidays life development for me is i now like ice hockey #in my sports fan era...these greasy sweaty bloody white men...intrigue me #also i got a new diary!! im using th hobonichi cousin in kinda alarmed by it ngl a5 is a lot of space to fill #i tried the hobonichi techo a couple years ago n found it a rlly weird size 2 work in but now.........big page scawwy #im trying not 2 b too insane about it . like relax who cares #if i do cute spreads i will share them :3 #also in th same vein im not setting a book goal this year !! tbh i surpassed my goal last year by a lot and wasnt stressed about it at All #but i get so guilty about not reading sometimes like girl . guilty to who? god? are we catholic now? get a grip #anyway anway im going to toot on my flute and then eat my weight in mac n cheese #love how i had to get a new cork in my flute bc i didnt play for like 10 months n th guy was like play regularly! n i was like yeh will do!#and then did not do that #alas...time escapes me

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shorelinnes · 4 months ago

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[INTRO "合 (HOP)"] - "Hold my Hand"

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whirlpool-blogs · 2 months ago

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(small child starting to meltdown) “Hey, hey. *snapping* We’ll play later, okay?”

#idk why but this is making me emotional #something about how jack is surrounded by all this chaos and all these people #but he recognizes the rising wobbling voice and the getting-overwhelmed body language #how many almost-meltdowns do we think jack had to snap little lukey out of?#lukey always so intense and feeling things so hard #and jack always so perceptive and calming him right back down #also something very sad about jack on his draft day promising his little cousin that “we’ll play later”#because after this day jack’s life changes forever #he goes from high schooler to full-time professional hockey player #a brutal rookie year. a life lived on the road. injuries.#did he ever actually get to play one last game with his little cousin?#did jack know it would be an empty promise?#jack hughes #post #jhughes & kids tag

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redstonedust · 6 months ago

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thinking about the emotion of walking past a house you used to live in and seeing different curtains. a different car parked outside. i don't know who you are and you don't know i exist but i do know that the stairs to your bedroom curve at a weird angle that make you duck slightly and your kitchen is unbearably cold in winter. we share that experience. you don't know it but we do.

#ive moved a lot in my life and one of my old houses is on the bus route to my moms current house #and it looks like my old bedroom is owned by a little girl now. or at least someone who would decorate their windowsil with unicorn toys #and i think about me in middleschool in that room. playing ds games. watching lotr with the curtains pulled in a heatwave.#i wonder what memories are being formed there now

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avetato · 10 months ago

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end of day 1 balcony scene my beloved. disco elysium colours my beloved. kim kitsuragi my beloved

#disco elysium #kim kitsuragi #disco elysium art #played it in november and she was a little life changing!#kiss kim kitsuragi on the mouth #who said that

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cozylittleartblog · 7 months ago

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50+ deaths at 5 am got me yelling absolute nonsense to the bosses kicking my whole entire ass

#ultrakill #v1 #gabriel #doodles #art #ultrakill fanart #fastest death was like. 6 seconds. maybe less. i was playing on normal #and then my brother told me the secrets of Spamming Slide Like Your Life Depends On It and i got him in like. 15 tries #max0r wasnt kidding this guys entire strat is Teleporting Behind You #so the contrast of nearly killing him first try and then beating his stupid gay ass real fast in his second fight was REALLY funny #i learned bitch #i dont think i've ever yapped and screamed and yelled so much during a videogame before. dont ask me about the noise i made when #the mannequins started moving like coked up little spiders #''i dont believe people are genuinely this loud when playing lethal company they're making this up'' me playing ultrakill:

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ethosiab · 17 days ago

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looks around carefully,, can i request tuff guys?

whenever i draw the tuff guys its a 50/50 as to whether i draw them as girls or guys. congrats you won the 50/50

#listen i just think a team who emphasises 'toughness' and a theoretical strength that comes with being abrasive and a little mean #(ie masculinity thats being played up for the bit) being butch #women is funny and interesting to me. if things played out a little #differently they could be a group of drag kings probably #nics art #wahts the smp called.#wild life smp #life series #bdoubleo100 #ethoslab #tangotek #tuff guys #tango did the little braids in ethos hair btw.#asks #reqs

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babyblankyerror · 4 months ago

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Moma Pacific ocean has a soft spot for a certain child and Stan has no idea he is used to being a part of a pair

#he’s just a little guy who wants someone to play with him #yes he’s lonely most of the time because his past life he had a best friend (ford)#for a while anyway…#water spirit!stan #king jersey au #?? not sure if that’s the name of the au but ye #gravity falls #stanley pines

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ghost-bxrd · 1 year ago

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Prompt:

It’s not that Jason forgot, per se.

But between smuggling a toddler out of the League of Assassins, trekking halfway across the world, and finding a suitable hiding place that’s also child friendly… well, it kind of slipped his mind that he’s supposed to be… dead.

Something that comes back to bite him in the ass when he takes Dami out for some ice cream and just so happens to run into non other than Brucie-fucking-Wayne