#the main character is aroace and it is a big plot point

[thehollowwriter]

Meet Quinn Fletcher, NRC's Student From Another World

Some Basic Info:

☆Class: 1A

☆Club: None (for now)

☆Favourite subject: Astrology

☆Homeland: A mysterious, magical, and mystical land known as South Africa

☆Species: Human (but an alien according to twst XD)

☆Height: 147cm/4'10

☆Birthday: 6 May

☆Dominant hand: Left

☆Hobbies: Writing, reading, photography, collecting seashells

☆Likes: The ocean/sea creatures, swimming, archery, cooking, nature, movies

☆Dislikes: Being put in charge, people who don't pull their weight, most of the twst cast, being shouted at, liars

☆Favourite food: Quinn loves all kinds of food, so she can't really pick a favourite

☆Least favourite food: Spinach

Personality:

Quinn is very quiet, introverted and non-confrontational most of the time and generally doesn't talk to people unless it's people she likes about something she likes. She seems calm and a bit distant most of the time, but honestly, she just files away/suppresses most negative emotions whenever she's around other people. She dislikes the majority of the twst cast, but looking at her, you couldn't tell.

Since coming to twst, she's seemingly been running on autopilot. Though she tries to be polite and kind, she actually has quite a short temper, but her anger rarely shows around others, though some people do notice and can feel it oozing out of every pore. In general she struggles with very intense emotions and thoughts of violence, but she usually just brushes it off, though rarely when she's alone she'll act out on it (During book 3 she smashed a few mugs and almost threw one at Grim bc she was really really fucking pissed about the situation). She's a pot threatening to boil over atp.

Quinn is a bit naive and not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, but she is a good liar and has found ways to manipulate situations to make her life easier, even if that means shifting the blame for something onto someone else.

She's a kind person, though being stuck in twst makes her feel the opposite, and her low self-esteem and myraid of health issues make her think she's not very useful or worth keeping around, though her creativity and her habit of overthinking things makes her good to have around if you want to prepare in advance for emergencies, and whenever she is put in charge of something she's surprisingly good at it.

Appearance:

Quinn is short and pudgy with dirty blonde hair dyed ginger and styled in a wolf-cut. She has grey-blue eyes (that sometimes look green) and pale-ish skin. Her face is dotted with freckles, and she has pretty prominent eyebags. She is always wearing a small silver heart shaped locket she got as a gift from her friend and she also occasionally wears a pair of cat earings.She can often be seen wearing jeans and coats with tons of pockets during the colder seasons and flowery dresses in the warmer ones. Most clothes are too big for her.

Important Things To Know:

☆At some point in the story Quinn stole one of Rook's bows and several of his arrows and though she can't handle it super well since she's a lefty using a right-handed bow, she did it well enough to threaten Ace with it once

☆Quinn got sick on her first night in Ramshackle, and after that, she's been mostly unwell and not doing so hot, especially since she has no access to any of her medicine. Each overblot seems to make it worse.

☆She has started researching the world of twisted wonderland and treats everything around her like a fake, dream-like story. She's just learning the lore. These people are just characters. Everything's fine, and she's going to wake up soon :)

☆Because of how she's currently treating her situation, Quinn comes off as very distant and detached, sometimes even uncaring, even if she tries her best to be polite

☆Quinn avoids the other students and tries to stay uninvolved in everything. She goes to class and she goes "home". Done. But she still gets roped into the main plot in various ways

☆Quinn is aroace

☆Quinn cannot stand Grim and would have kicked him out of Ramshackle if her existence as a student didn't depend on him. Her more aggressive and mean side will come out around him, unfortunately

☆She starts working at the cafeteria and at Mostro Lounge to earn some income. In general one of her ways of coping is by putting her head down and working and thinking about things to do rather than dwelling too much on the situation

'Quinn's Family:

Her mother, father, brother, and sister back in her original world

Backstory:

Quinn grew up with a disabled dad, a chronically sick mom, and two younger siblings. Her mom was very emotionally and sometimes physically abusive and outside of her friends things were pretty miserable and Quinn was almost always exhausted from taking care of most of the duties her mom was either too sick or too lazy to do and basically running the household with her sister. Things were made even more difficult by her family being extremely religious (her grandfather was even a pastor) while she was a queer atheist, and had to hide most of her interests and keep her appearance "acceptable" even if she didn't like it. A huge fight with her mother resulted in her being locked out of the house in the rain as a punishment, and she decided to grab the keys and just leave. It was while she was trekking to her friend's house that she came across the black carriage and woke up at NRC, where she was then burned and scratched during her first encounter with Grim. She's just trying her best to survive at NRC even if she does feel scared and lonely.

Some Fun Facts/Extra Info:

☆Quinn is bilingual and will sometimes talk to herself in Afrikaans so that she isn't understood

☆Quinn doesn't handle crowds super well and gets overstimulated much more easily than usual at NRC

☆She's perpetually exhausted, especially without her iron supplements

☆Quinn really enjoys playing games and can get quite competitive (she does not like losing)

☆Though Quinn generally keeps most thoughts to herself, she will mutter under her breath, and if you can overhear her, it would probably make a sailor blush (she swears a lot lol)

☆Quinn kinda feels like a bad person bc she doesn't miss her family at all. She only misses her friends

☆Quinn loves to learn and always wants to try all sorts of new things

☆Quinn has ADHD and anxiety and is probablyyyy autistic too

☆Quinn would often get in trouble for not being feminine enough and though she isn't trans she does dress more masculine out of spite sometimes (When she does think about it though she may be gender apathetic who knows)

☆Rook eventually got Quinn her own bow and wants to give her lessons bc her archery is, uh, pretty rusty

☆Despite her wariness of the other students, Quinn will take up opportunities to get paid, which is how she got involved in Book 2. She insisted Crowley paid her if he expected her to larp as Sherlock/hj

☆Quinn is almost always listening to music to decompress and keep calm. Takes her mind off things and she gets to vibe y'know

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A/N: Finally I have a Yuu! She's not super interesting rn but I will be developing her character and adding new stuff to her and her lore as we go along. I hope you guys like her so far!

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[amethystfairy1]

First, I just wanted to say how much I am in LOVE with TT. Your characterization is absolute perfection and every time a new chapter comes out I do a little happy dance. I cannot rave enough about TT. So, it seemed a good idea for me to give TTSBC a shot. I only had one problem. I’m not a huge fan of explicit romance, it’s a big turn off for me in a lot of fiction *sighs in repulsed aroace*. For TT, is a small enough part of the fic that I can get passed it, and mostly started later on so I’m already invested enough that I’m willing to put up with it because again, TT is hands down the best fic I’ve read, but for TTSBC it felt a lot more prominent in the first few chapters I read. This is far from a complaint, I still really want to read it, if TT is any indication, I’m sure it’s amazing. So, I come bearing a question. Are there any specific, more romancey chapters I can skip (especially near the beginning) while still getting the plot?

I'm so glad you enjoy TT so much!!! And that you enjoy my writing so much you're willing to give TTSBC a shot despite the issue with explicit romance!

Hmmm...I'm really sorry to say, but TTSBC is a much more romantically driven storyline than TT. There are plenty of non-romance stories and plot points within it! But yeah, a lot of the stories center around a ship and their interactions and characterizations are what forward the plot...especially because it's a Hot Guy and Cute Guy AU, and Scarian is cannon to TTSBC, so unfortunately I don't think I can exactly reccomend any to skip while still getting the plot, the two are just far to intertwined.

As far as specifically non-romantic stories in TTSBC I think you could still read and pick up on the context that might at least help you get your foot in the door...there's...

"Light of my Life" "A Nice Long Walk" and "Just Fine" which are about Cleo and Bdubs found family

"Blessings in Disguise" "Free Fall" and "All We Know" which are about the Empires found family.

"Pesky Birds" "Little Spark" and "Feathers and Flares" which are all about the Oddball found family. In these oned Doc and Etho are dating or married, but the story focuses much more heavily on them adopting all their wacky lil gremlins, not necessarily on their romantic relationship with each other.

And basically anything where Pearl or Cub is the main tagged character, because in TTSBC Pearl is ace and Cub is aroace! Some of their stories are "Lonely Moments, Left Alone" "Bestest Friends" "Always Watching" "All Ears" "Skulk-Vein Blues" and "Sunlit Coincidence"!

All of these stories don't predominantly feature romance!

Hmmm, other than that, I'd also say you should take a scroll through my Hermit-a-Day May series! A lot of the one-off stories I did in TTSBC about different hermits are just character studies and don't focus on romance!

But like I said at the start, TTSBC is a romance driven plot, so unfortunately a lot of the stories that are crucial to the plot are all romance heavy...so I can't exactly recommend any of them to you. But hopefully you will enjoy the ones above! It might be a bit out of context, but I hope you can pick up on the setting and world and hopefully get into TTSBC where you can!

Thanks so much!

[olderthannetfic]

I don't get my fandom. They want more queer rep. The main cast is a bisexual femme woman with a preference for women, an aroace gender-indifferent AMAB man, a genderfluid all-pronouns using AMAB person with a beard who wears a dress, and a biromantic asexual bigender AMAB man who is agender + male. The supporting cast has a lesbian girl, a middle-aged ace het woman living semi-romantically with another woman who is the main cast's (emotional) adoptive mom, and a ambiguously queer character whose gender is never really confirmed or discussed.

A big criticism I also see is "the writing team is all cishet". One, we don't know that, someone could be closeted. Two, why is that a problem? I think it's great that they went, "this makes sense for who this character is. We don't have to force them to be cishetallo just because that's what you normally see in animation. Web animation can be different. This is who this person is and that's fine."

I'm 19. I talked to my half brother, who is 38, about this and he actually choked on his coffee. He said when he was my age, nothing like this was easily accessible for him. It would have been jaw-dropping representation for him. I asked about the writers being cishetallo and he said, "who fucking cares? I would've moved Heaven and Earth to see these characters hanging out and just fucking existing back then!"

I know you get a metric fuckton of asks, but I'd love to hear your take on this. You've been in the queer community way longer than I have (I've barely started interacting with queer people IRL; I grew up in rural Wyoming) and I do wonder what this debacle looks like to people in other age groups. I'd also be curious to know what older people would've thought if they'd seen this friend group in media when they were younger. I know it means a lot to me. But I feel like I don't get what it would have meant back then.

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Well, written up like this, it might get an eye-roll for sounding like Captain Planet casting. (You know "One of A and one of B and one of C" in a way that feels kind of forced.)

But yes, I think most older queer people when looking at the actual canon would be like "Sweet! A cast full of queer characters!"

I grew up somewhere shockingly liberal for the 90s next door to some old, married lesbians (who still live there, as it happens). It still sucked for teenagers. I had an okay time, but I was always hearing about other teens having an awful time even as the adults in the same communities did okay. And that's a very, very good version of what it was like in the 90s.

I did have access to queer media, vastly more access than most teens had. It was still mostly art films, boring coming out memoir, and The Pain of Being a Minority serious literature. What I wanted was genre fiction with a romance b-plot between queer characters I found hot. There was a bit of that, but not much.

I don't know that I personally would have killed for the exact set of queer rep in a modern show, but that makes sense. There are plenty of identities that present about the same but where people have internal reasons for choosing one or another. There are different forces making one queer identity or another more embattled at a given point in time. So while broadly similar queer people have always existed, there actually are fads in identity to an extent. (This is different from "wharrgarbl, the blue hairs with their pronouns!!!", which is just people being ahistorical assholes.) Modern media does and should reflect these differences. It might be for me, but it's going to be for 40-something me, not teenage me if it's coming out right now. If it's for current teens, it's not for teen me.

But yeah, in a general sense, I agree with your brother: "Damn, we have so much today! That's cool!"

The kvetching is usually people being angry that it's not representing their exact slice of queerness instead of someone else's. Or, let's be honest, a lot of it is "You didn't make my ship happen! How dare?!" dressed up as activism.

...

One thing I will say is that teenagers were extremely dramatic in my day too, and black-and-white thinking was just as common. Looking a gift horse in the mouth is not new. Yes, your fandom is full of idiots, but I wouldn't read too much into it.

[lunavagans]

what book does everyone right now need to read?

Okay, whenever I get asked for book recommendations, the first one I name is the Memoirs of Lady Trent - A natural history of dragons. It‘s a five-book fantasy series and it‘s amazing.

One point that I love about it is the queer rep, which, as it‘s not the main point, isn‘t abundant, but made clear when it‘s there and not only restricted to minor characters, and above all: it‘s casual. It‘s not a big deal. People just are queer. The protagonist is canonically genderqueer; as she can‘t be bothered with an introspective in her gender identity beyond what‘s been prescribed for her by the society she grew in (mood tbh), this doesn‘t come up a lot, though. Maybe once in the third book? Another character that enters the cast in the second book and becomes vital to the plot is canonically aroace, which is talked about once and then accepted. Because why wouldn‘t it be?

While we‘re on the topic of characters, they‘re shown in such a realistic and just human way?? The protagonist becomes a single mother in book two and struggles so hard with it, even admitting to not liking her son all that much during this period, while giving reasons for this that both explain why she doesn‘t and show that she does in fact try her best to mitigate this with the resources a twenty-something widow has in what‘s basically 18th century England. She‘s not perfect. Nobody is. But the reader gets to know her so well during these books that they can at least understand where she comes from. (Also the son eventually joins the adventures and I usually really don’t like children in books but I’m sold on him! Like I love him!!) Also, the funny commentary from her in the future, as the „writer“ of these books sheds a lot of light on some past decisions of hers that were decidedly stupid, as well as the clear discussion of prejudices that she had that she was able to reflect on.

Another thing: the worldbuilding. It‘s basically the 18th/19th century, but with differently named countries and dragons. And while it‘s technically fantasy, it doesn‘t feel like it at all, because technology and science is pretty much kept the same as in our world! Even the dragons are just endangered animals that are only just starting to be looked into, now that stigmata are being contradicted by field observations. Different environments (both natural and political) and cultures have real-world equivalents, but none are depicted in a way that feels ‚for the sake of exotic adventures‘. Every single culture has members that are active in the adventures of the protagonist, that have their own motives and wishes, and each culture has its own relationship with each other. Racism is depicted, but it‘s pretty clear that the idea behind it is nonsensical at best and dehumanizing at worst. Also „period“-typical colonial politics, though only in the background.

Also the plot, of course. So each book features one adventure, all leading up to the grand discovery of the century. Because the books are written in a memoir-style, the reader knows from pretty much page one what that discovery is, but also that in the beginning, it seems impossible to archieve it. The plot is more about finding out how they made this discovery and fulfill their initial goal. What I mean is that the grand scheme is clear, but the small scheme isn‘t at all, and that made at least for me an incredibly satisfying read.

Small spoilers ahead in this paragraph: The conflict driving the plot is basically that the dragons get harvested and are thus on the verge of going extinct, and the protagonist and her companions try to find a solution to this. It‘s so good??? And so unique and believable because shit, that would happen today, wouldn‘t it!! And it has happened!! Rhinoceros and elephants are prominent examples for this, and tigers or lions for trophy hunting (also featured in the books). Real world fuckery in a realistic manner.

(Don‘t just go into the series for the dragons, though. There‘s so much more than dragons. Also, there‘s explicit description of animals being butchered and stuff - with sketches! Very good ones, actually. All that to say, it doesn‘t insist on grim gore, but it doesn‘t shy away when it makes sense to go into detail, either. Same with diseases, periods and injuries. Watch out for that.)

Also, just look at the covers. Look at them. Google the series and look at them. (Actually don‘t, this post has some flat ones.)

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[drinkyourvillainjuice]

not the male ro anon (obv), but it feels always kind of strange to me when people ask for more or like even gender distribution in ro? like ik its bcs im a funky aroace, but first of all, the romance is a feauture not the main selling point. if there's no ro that appeals to you, the story (should) and their friendships can. like yeah, i also scroll down to the ro list and check everyone out, but if no ones my personal taste, im still playing the game if the premise and plot sound cool. like your writing is more than just the romance points. (maybe im a bit bitter on this topic bcs i deal/t with romance being the main and only point in every media ever, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.)

and you also dont have to stick to your taste. am i into women? no but i can make a character who is and i can still enjoy the romance of it. ik customization is a really massive part of if games, but it also offers the means to explore outside of your own identity. i think thats a big part of flavor texts too, seeing the small differences and how it changes the experience between different types of people.

and speaking from a coders perspective, maybe im just lazy (laziness is a lie and doesnt exist), but having to code the different pronouns and maybe even gender specific flavour text for gender selectable RO can be kinda annoying at times ngl. and i can absolutely understand why writers dont want to add gender selectable ro options because theres a lot of important differences in how people are brought up as, and the amount it could change someones character can be massive, we're talking like straight up two (or more) different people, just for one selection in an RO. and sometimes offering gender selection just doesnt make sense for the romance or the plot. not only does teddys sexuality but also gender play into his romance and character. it would not have the same meaning if we were allowed to change his gender.

and thats just like 3 points i personally can think of. and personally, genuinely, obviously no hate to the anon, i understand if its just a frustration of an perceived "imbalance" in ro, but authors have many reasons why they chose to offer the ro that they do, to make them gender selectable or not. and speaking from a readers perspective, sometimes we do feel entitled to ro, options and flavor, that the author knows wont happen. that doesnt make us bad readers, or authors bad writers and coders, its just something we have to remind ourselves of. "theres probably a reason for it".

I spent a bit of time considering which ROs could even have been switchable and I ultimately came up with Wil, Alistair, and CG. And with CG that would mean changing some of her background and tbh I kind of like Alistair being a guy and a more 'nurturing' type of character.

So yeah. idk. With Wil I felt like the opportunity was there to make them switchable and I decided to give it a shot since it'd be something I hadn't tried before (and let me include a character who potentially has neopronouns. but M!Wil was always gonna be a thing.

and agree that pronoun code is a pain in the butt.

[pineconnie]

BIG OC POST keeping most of it under a cut so i can rant without feeling bad but here’s all of them before the rant :3

ok hello probably moots i do have like a plot and lore and everything but i haven’t organised it into one post but the basic idea is a nuclear reactor-type thing goes off near a small town in australia and traps it in a slowly expanding apocalypse, as it spreads to the whole world it changes it to a more fantasy-type world based on the mythology from each area around the world :33 so any fantasy stuff for THESE guys is based on indigenous australia stuff bc it’s super awesum 😋

THERES 6 MAJOR CHARACTERS first ones are the odyssey duo coded ones (nova and audrey)

they’re childhood bsfs and about a year into the apocalypse go on their own side quest trying to find survivors (nova gets side tracked with a killing spree tho, i wanna make a seperate post bc that’s the most thought out part of the story) and become VERY codependent, theyre also qpr!! NOT romantic nova is aroace but they do blur the lines sometimes

DOOMED TRIO!!!! daisy, koa and indigo!! my babies!! the apocalypse started when they were 13/14 (audrey was 17, it started ON novas 18th)

koa and daisy are twins, i haven’t really done much w koa in a while but they’re super duper close and love each other always 😁😁 DAISY AND INDIGO dated from like 12-13 and had a weird situationship until they were 18, it was very unhealthy the whole time!!! (indigo has the ‘everyone wants me dead bc i’m weird’ mindset and randomly isolated herself, daisy loves like a dog and has almost no constants in her life so she clings onto her toxic situationship with a death grip) <- she DIES bc of this!!! when the fantasy stuff starts happening the wounds and scars on her body start becoming overgrown with flowers bc she loses herself so bad to trying to find love!! when she starts getting REALLY bad (like in this \/) she goes back to her old house without telling anyone so she can die like a house pet 😋 (indigo also took her fucking arm off when they were 15/16 too, they’re in love though trust me)

CLOVE :33 not in the main thing at the top but they’re 18 and use they/them, uu moots they have the ‘grew up in a lab and experimented on’ lore slightly similar to clonefies (im pitching these guys to you like im selling them)

their parents migrated to australia and couldn’t afford childcare at ALL, so they handed their firstborn (clove) to a lab that CLAIMED to be doing psych experiments on child development so they could have enough money. THEY WERE NOT DOING PSYCH EXPERIMENTS!!!! they were genetically modifying children to try an help the military be better!!! (basically trying to make irl potions of strength and speed and stuff like that LMAO) and clove had a LOT of the experiments done on them fail they were fucking MUTILATED (pretend they look like that in the art )

the thing that caused the apocalypse was a revolution from the people in their, and clove was used as a martyr/symbol for it !! my tumblr is lagging so bad rn so i can’t rant about it but they just get used as a weapon and a tool for like 3 years of their life post-apocalypse (also nova almost kills them at one point before realisising that they’re a child which is what brings her out of her murder spree rage)

RANT OVER for now :33 if anyone fully reads this ilysm

[teriwrites]

November 2013: The Abernathy Chronicles - The Fatal Choice

Wordcount | 42,502* Genre | Fantasy POV | 3rd Person Setting | Fictional World of Ardeai Status | Incomplete Draft**, Retired *While I did write the full 50,000 that November, the flashdrive I saved it on was corrupted, and this is the most complete draft I have left rip **A complete draft of this WIP does exist but was written at a later time

The Synopsis As I Remember It

Delroy Abernathy left home at the age of 16, looking to make his way in the post-coup corruption of his home, Ardeai. Ten years later, he's settled in with a band of rebels in a valley of the isolated, treacherous Silverpass Mountains. With a quick-learning, academic-bent mind, Delroy's role involves a lot of pouring through the camp's intel, and absolutely no permission to make the difficult journey back out into open country. When two of his closest friends are captured on a recon mission in the capital city of Diaga, however, Delroy refuses to accept their fate. Stealing a steed and some provisions, he sets out in the dead of night. But making it to Diaga is one thing. The far greater challenge lies in plotting his friends' escape, and in discerning who he can trust. And unless he can manage to do both, the countdown to their execution ticks on and on.

First Line

Delroy sat at his desk, running a hand through his long, chestnut brown hair.

Characters

Delroy Abernathy - 26, he's got a case of the three Bs: blue eyes/brunette/beanpole of a man, asexual*, absolutely brilliant academic, absolutely abhorrent in any social situation, somehow still doesn't have a problem making friends, less good at keeping them *iirc, this is the first story I ever explicitly mapped out my characters' sexualities! Unlike my plethora of 'functionally-ace-because-I-rarely-write-romance-but-theoretically-can-be-interpreted-however-you-want' main characters, Delroy is bonafide aroace Raelyn Marinelli - 20s, blonde, hetero (derogatory), daughter of the rebel leader, one of Delroy's friends, honestly idr loads about her role in this first book other than she was there and tried convincing Delroy not to leave Adriana Estep - 20s(??) probably??, lesbian(??) iirc, coily dark hair, tawny brown skin, first person to actually help Delroy out in the city, pretends to be more jaded than she actually is, struggles between empathy and self-interest sometimes (always), big 'aren't you tired of being nice? don't you just wanna go apeshit?' vibes, good secret keeper because she herself has Big Secrets

Pre-Reading Thoughts

In some ways, I remember this story Way more clearly than the previous couple. And in other ways, I don't remember it at all. This particular draft that I'm reading is an incomplete NaNoWriMo draft from 2013. In 2015, I went back and rewrote it from scratch. Most of what I know about this story is drawing off of that second draft, so it's possible that even the synopsis I'm remembering is off. The series that this WIP started off was meant to be four books, and followed the difficult life of Delroy as he grew into what would eventually be the mentor figure for a prototypical 'Chosen One' plotline. It was my first real attempt at fleshing out worldbuilding, and really dominated most of my creative writing in high school. I absolutely loved it, and it was extremely difficult to step away from when I eventually reached that point. But as for this specific draft, I mostly remember that it was a huge pain in the ass. I grew up as a pantser. All I needed to start writing was a vibe, and I'd be off. The problem was, I found it very hard to commit to an idea when all I had towards it was a vibe. As soon as I'd written enough of said vibe to satisfy the urge to write it, I had a tough time putting more words on the page. Which is how I wound up giving up on reaching 50K halfway through the month. I was so fed up with plotholes and getting lost in my own story that I walked away at about 30K. Between a few word wars and things to entertain my friends, I pushed that up to 32K. But then, in the final stretch of November, suddenly a whole slew of the members of my little internet writing community were passing the big 50,000, or else fulfilling their personal goals. And I knew I wasn't done yet. More than that, I knew I was going to win. Long story short, I wrote 8K on the 29th and 10K on the 30th of November 2013. I reached the 'finish line' at like 10PM, with aching hands and so much pride. It was the 2nd hardest win I've ever earned. Don't worry about the 1st. We'll get there. :) So basically all in all, the legacy that this particular draft of this particular WIP has is that it singlehanded turned me from a religious pantser to an obsessive planner, so I'd never had to feel so wildly unprepared when tackling something like this. And I honor that legacy every day by not remembering a single scene from this whole first draft <3

[yonemurishiroku]

How do you feel about Will as bi rep (a major issue for me, a bi dude), is it okay or is it kind of the same as the rest of the book?

First, just let me apologize for the agonizing waiting time. This ask is from May 2nd. In my defense, it took me just that exact time to ruminate for the best answer and still I barely have any clue what I'm talking about. I'm not good at this. I'm really not.

Anyway. Back to the point.

At first glance, I think there's another thing we need to address before going into the details of Will as a bisexual. And that is the definition of what, exactly, is considered representation.

Because Idk about you but I have some criterias when it comes to representation.

Sometimes people just write/ draw/ talk/ etc... about something because they want to or they like, you know? It doesn't have to be representation all the time just because they mention it. They don't want to represent, they just want to... express themselves, so to speak.

Imo, if something wants to represent a concept, a community, whatever, it needs 1/ to be done with a certain level of dedication, knowledge, and awareness, 2/ have some focus on their distinctive traits, and 3/ leave a memorable impression on their consumers/ audience. As the main purpose of representation is to include and to show, you should definitely make your appearance count.

Now, do I consider Will's bisexuality representation?

Eh. I don't know.

Tbh I don't have much of an impression of that... I mean. I'm aware. And it's great that Bisexual Will is finally canon after so many headcanons. And that's all. The weigh of the fact is, well, that of a fact. It doesn't leave an imprint on me.

I, personally, don't have a problem with that. As in: I would understand if Rick just want to include a bisexual character (demigod. Bc we all know Apollo and the Greeks is the whole LGBT spectrum). It doesn't have to be something big all the time, really - Kinda like the way Malcomn Pace's, Paulo Montes's, or Jake Mason's sexuality is left up to interpretation.

So, let's just assume that Will is a bi rep. What do I have to say about this?

I'm assuming you're asking specifically about that part of Will and Persephone (since I don't recall anything else...), so I'm gonna follow that path. I just want to make it clear that:

-Whilst slightly baffled, I have nothing against Will being attracted to Persephone.

-I don't consider it a good choice as bisexual representation.

The first point I have explained in another ask that: as long as it makes sense and fits into the plot - as in, plot-wise, logically - I don't have problem with it, and Will's attraction to life as a whole isn't something new. The principle of what it means, however, is another matter which depends on how the events themselves progress.

The second point: I just... don't think being interested in your boyfriend's step-mother is a good choice for bisexual rep, you know...? Like. I mean. Gods this is hard. I mean you have to admit it's a little weird, to some extent. I have seen weird stuff my whole fandom life but even I were like. "Okayyyy hold up a little---" It's kinda funny, yeah.

Not mentioning blatantly admitting it to your boyfriend's face. And no, Nico's "bisexual chaos" does not help.

Of all the famales in a series and Rick chose Will's boyfriend's step-mother. Bold, really. I'd give him that.

In conclusion: I have to say that I'm not good at this, and I'm at no position to speak for the bisexual community. Though since you ask, I'd say that I, as a AroAce still trying to figure out myself, can't be happy with canon Will as a bisexual representation, and neither do I hold it against the author(s).

[thediamondarcher]

have you read loveless? what are your thoughts on it?

I have read it! i have the book in spanish so the translation might not be perfect and i should read it in english

I liked it, i have a love-hate with the situation of the main character's sexuality being the main plot; I love the aroace representation, but it makes a big contrast with the other books from the osemanverse. I think it's great that aromantism is being treated with the same importance as romance would treat itself in a book about romance. I think we really needed this book but, yeah i just think it's not really Osemanverse material (because there's representation in every book but it's never really the main point, there are a lot of things happening and Alice's books tend to be like rolla coasters, which i love)

(it's not necessarily a bad thing for the book to be this different to the rest of Alice's books)

[miracleandplagueau]

Is there any intent to have the romance angle of the original ML present in this rewrite or have an actual big role?

This is actually a very good and important question.

In the original, the romance plots were everywhere and were made out to be integral to the story. For example, Marinette and Adrien, Chat Noir's crush on Ladybug, Marinette's """crush""" on Adrien, Luka and Marinette, Kagami and Adrien, blah blah blah and so on. I get it, they're all teenagers, but at this point in time It's gotten severely out of hand imo. I mean look at the hexagon memes, honestly.

There are going to be romance plots in Miracle and Plague, but they're going to be present for development of side characters or to show their progression while off-screen. Nino and Alya, Rose and Juleka, etc.

But then there's the question - what about Adrinette? You know, the plot that made Marinette the way she is, the one that was finally somewhat resolved after 10 years of production? I was going to say it in a separate post at some point, but might as well answer it right now :)

It will not be happening.

For reasons why I'm removing Jiayi and Adrien's romantic feelings for each other are easy! First of all, I've come to hate the constant romance that got in the way of the heroes PARTNERS' relationship and trust. It was infuriating how Chat kept asking Ladybug about the state of their relationship or Ladybug suddenly doing a switcheroo and attempting to flirt with Chat in the MIDDLE OF THE BATTLE Its been a displeasure watching those awkward ass scenes. Second reason, currently the most leading factor is that Jiayi is an aroace lesbian. This is her coming out.

But then, what is to become of the nuianced story of Marichatadrienbug 🥺 what will replace it?

The answer is simple.

Sibling dynamic.

Or platonic friendship.

No I will not be accepting complaints or returns.

To fully answer your question though, no, the romance plot will not be the main focus of the story. I personally think that If you're writing something, first write the BASE and then think about strong relationships (unless the story is a romance plot or the relationship is crucial to the plot itself. In Miraculous, It is absolutely not.)

Anyway, thanks for asking! 🐞✨🐈‍⬛

[rocksandaces]

Till We Have Faces is my favourite Lewis book and I think it's his best work.

While I see your point, I think it didn't really feature romance between Eros and Psyche in the main plot. Psyche was never a POV character, it was always her sister Orual (who on a side note can be read as aroace and/or intersex). So while it mentioned a romantic relationship between those two characters, it was never a central part of the story like the relationship Orual and Psyche had. The romance was only mentioned for like one chapter of the story so I don't really count it as "writing romance". But still a good point that Lewis was capable of writing two people in a romantic relationship it just never was a big part of his stories.

Also, to anyone who haven't read Till We Have Faces - I really recommend it, it's one of the best stories of living with BPD I've ever encountered. It's a proof that Lewis could write a book that wasn't a direct religious allegory.

For aro/ace writers:

- you don't have to write sex scenes. Tolkien didn't

- you don't have to write romance. Lewis didn't

- you can write very close friendships that have nothing romantic nor sexual in them. Scott Lynch did

- you can write sexual relationships that don't involve romance. Sapkowski did

- you can write romantic relationships that don't involve sex. Pratchett and Gaiman did

Don't let anyone tell you that some kinds of relationships are impossible or that a story must contain some themes. It's your story, write it the way you want

[unnamed-storyplanning-blog]

hey :]

first of all, very small get to know me: my main blog is @stuck-in-a-forest. my pronouns are any/all except she/her. im aroace and nonbinary. im a minor so just dont be a creep. much more about me on my main ^^

so this is just a blog dedicated to planning this story im writing (the story doesn't have a name yet). details about the story below

CHARACTER 1:

Species: human

Name: Kalanda, nicknamed Kal

Age: 14ish

Gender: nonbinary

Pronouns: they/them

Sexuality: aroace

Lore: child of the mayor/governor/leader/etc., in a small minded town near the border of the forest. News spreads of a band of hunters and misfits traveling near the town. Kalanda decides to seize the opportunity and run away, sick of their old boring life, and attempt to join this group.

CHARACTER 2:

Species: name of species TBD, but some kind of being created from rocks and crystals who live a reallllly long time

Name: given name TBD, but when xe starts living with the group they start going by Albinithite which is the name of the rock that they’re created from.

Age: undetermined..?

Gender: agender/xenogenders

Pronouns: they/it/xe

Sexuality: I really want to write an aroallo character but idk if I’ll be able to accurately write that, but xe’s a lesbian regardless

Lore: **Thite has a tone of lore, their lore has its own section below**

CHARACTER 3:

Species: human

Name: Given name unknown, nicknamed Crow

Age: 8-12ish

Gender: girl

Pronouns: she/her

Sexuality: unlabeled/doesn’t really care yet

Lore: lived in a different town than Kal, but her parents were either killed by enforcers or just died, basically Crow ends up orphaned somehow. She just kind of wanders around in the outside world and end up in the forest where Thite and Azix find her and take her in (they are literally her parents)

CHARACTER 4:

Species: faun/human animal hybrid of some sort

Name: Azix, nicknames are Azzy and Az

Age: 14-16ish

Gender: transmasc

Pronouns: he/him

Sexuality: pansexual

Lore: his entire family lives with the group (there are many members of the group who aren’t human) and he’s been there since birth, bestie pookie wookies with Thite

LITERALLY THE ENTIRE PLOT (so far):

A Long Time Ago: A small spot of concentrated magic/power just exists (It’s pretty much always been there)

Not Quite As Long Ago: Very early versions of The Group and The Bad Guys (who are at that point just kind of rival camps/groups) fight over who gets to build their camp around the magic spot. The Group wins.

After a while: People start to form a main city, instead of the rudimentary towns and other groups living in the forest. A monarchy is established. It’s not an intentionally *evil* monarchy, but the monarchs don’t know anything about what it’s like for normal people to live so the kingdom and towns suck.

A Small Bit Before Modern Day:The Bad Guys start getting angry. Many of their members have been killed by enforcers employed by the monarchs, and combined with years and years of pent up frustration and new leaders, The Bad Guys start plotting on how to take out the Monarchs and anyone who has agreed with or supported them.

A Very Very Small Bit Before Modern Day:The Bag Guys kidnap Crow. Their plan is to hold Crow hostage, in return for access to the magic spot which they would harness the power of to annihilate most of the monarch + most of the kingdom.

Idea: the vast majority of The Group don’t know about the magic spot, it’s kind of been forgotten because The Group is so used to living where they do. This provides for an opportunity of some kind of plot twist when its revealed what The Bag Guys are after.

Modern Day/Exposition:Kalanda lives in a town on the edge of the forest and is bored out of their frickin mind.

Inciting Incident:Rumors start to spread about a group of hunter bandit people who live in the big scary dramatic mythological woods. This group is supposedly near to Kalanda’s town and they’re just like AH yes my chance to escape. So they start plotting to run away from home and join up with The Group.

Rising Action: Kalanda is completely out of their league in the woods, stumbling around and struggling to find food, when they start getting chased by a group of people who just so happen to be part of The Bag Guys. The Bag Guys are about to catch up with Kalanda (they have all their supplies stashed in a nice bag, and their clothes imply that they’re well off; The Bag Guys are simply trying to rob Kalanda) when a rock hits the lead Bag Guy in the head and a group of people run out from the thick tree cover and start fighting with The Bad Guys. Thite is the one who threw the rock, and xe, Azix, and a bunch of other members from The Group are the ones fighting the other Bag Guys. All of the people from The Group who were fighting with The Bad Guys were out in the woods in a search party, looking for Crow. Thite and the rest of the people in the search party, take Kalanda back to the home base of The Group. Kalanda is enamored with how cool The Group is, and becomes fast friends with Thite and Azix who train Kal to know how to do forest stuff as the search for Crow continues. Thite continues to get moodier and more stressed out as Crow isn’t found. After much prying from Thite, it’s decided that The Group will launch a rescue mission to try and extract crow. Kal has been there for a bit and is pretty good at surviving in the forest at this point. Eventually, Thite gets so fed up with the fact that the leaders of The Group refuse to launch a rescue mission for Crow because it’s ‘too dangerous.’ Because of this, Thite, Azix, and Kal decide that they should save Crow themselves. They journey out into the woods and towards the bad guys camp.

Climax:After a while, they arrive at The Bad Guys’ camp, pretty beaten up from their journey through the woods. They do some very strategic sneaking around, and manage to rescue Crow. Specifically (if it works) Azix and Thite are both occupied fighting some Bad Guys so Crow is hesitant to go with Kal, but then something happens, ideally something that can instantly bond Crow and Kal (e.g. Kal saves Crow from death or something).  So after some fighting and climatic stuff, Thite, Azix, Kal, and Crow all manage to escape.

Falling action:Back at camp with The Group, Thite, Azix, Kal, and Crow get the typical ‘omg you shouldn’t have done that we were so terrified but we’re actually just saying that good job we’re very proud’ speech. 

Resolution:If I can, I’ll work in a scene about how on some kind of mission, Kal ends up back in their old town and gets closure, like just observing their old town and realizing how much better their life is now. 

Denouement/epilogue:A while later, Kal and Crow are bonding super well and Azix and Thite are soooo much happier.

THITE'S LORE (if i end up making full books out of these ideas, Thite's probably gonna get its own prequel book):

lived with its parents who were actually really great parents, not abusive at all (surprise, don't worry they get trauma it's just not parental trauma) in a rather large community of other beings that are the same species as them. It had a partner back when xe was younger, I’m thinking QPP and sexual partner if I end up making them aroallo. This is just so absolutely amazing for Thite and they’re really happy. (This will help tie in to the main story) The Bad Guys attack Thite’s community and xer parents and partner are killed. I think when this happens, Thite runs away from the community (there were many casualties, but for the most part everyone is ok). Despite this, Thite is still extremely distraught and in severe pain. So they run away from camp and live alone in the woods for a looooooong time. Eventually, they stumble upon The Group, and slowly start hanging out closer and closer to the camp, eventually (and hesitantly) joining up. They still run away from camp allll the time, when the pain is too much and xe just needs to be alone. And then the rest of the trauma happens. Thite suddenly noticed an increase in the security around the camp, and people start getting much more insistent on xer not leaving. This is because there have recently been lots of attacks on The Group who are known to have typically low security, and The Group has caught wind that The Bad Guys are planning to kidnap Thite so that they can use it as a hostage in the war they’re currently losing against Thite’s old tribe. Eventually, Thite gets fed up with lazing around at camp all day and sneaks out to tag along with a foraging expedition some Groupmembers are going on. Unfortunately, they get kidnapped by The Bad Guys who were tracking all of The Groups movements. So Thite gets kidnapped and held hostage *parallels*. Trauma stuff happens, and while being held hostage, Thite sees some of their old tribe members again and jesus the emotions they get from that are just augh. Eventually, they do get rescued via a joint effort of The Group and their old tribe. When it comes time for the decision, Thite decides to stay with The Group because the memories of their old tribe are just too painful. There is a heartfelt scene where they promise to visit though.

Tagging system:

#the unnaed story - general tagging for everything

#unnamed story plot - plot stuff

#albinithite - any Thite material

#azix - any Azix material

#kalanda - any Kal material

#crow - any crow material

any suggestions/constructive and respectful criticism is greatly appreciated ^^

dividers by @youre-ackermine

[karkkidoeswriting]

Bear Castle Cycle 2.0

(actually there has been at least 4 different versions but let's not go there...)

I have officially un-shelved BCC after almost 2 years of hiatus. At the time I was very frustrated with it and felt like I didn't know anymore what I wanted and what was it's point. Now I have rediscovered a passion for it. With more distance to the story, I can more easily see the darlings that need to be killed and where I want to take this story. I will be rewriting some of the worldbuilding and restructuring the plot. Hopefully I get back to drafting it soon.

I drew some of the most central characters as I was thinking about the fashion. There's no big departures from my previous ideas, but I have much clearer image about the fashion in my mind now, so mission succeeded. I will use this as an opportunity to do a little re-intro to the characters. There is some changes to them, some older (which I never publicly introduced) some I have done since I un-shelved this WIP.

Valeri cor Mantgamia (left)

he/him

Second youngest main sibling (25)

Accidentally becomes a spy but oops is the worst liar on the planet

Biromantic demisexual

Is in cavalry and there has all the homoromantic tension a man could ask for but is unfortunately the most repressed man

Is in for an existential crisis and unreasonable amounts of maiming (because he's my poor little meow meow)

Fiolev cor Mantgamia (right)

he/they

Youngest main sibling (19)

So in a much earlier iteration of the story he was a girl, but the character wasn't working out and I kinda made a whole different character, a boy, but I've still struggled figuring him out. You could say I transed his gender, so now he is transmasc

Valeri made him dress as a boy when they were kids and homeless, and while he doesn't see himself as a boy, he definitely doesn't see himself as a girl either and rather presents as a boy

Uses his ability to turn into a girl to con people though

Accidentally cons his way to being possessed by a demon and being part of a plot to start a civil war

Aroace

Faerathos cor Mantgamia (bottom)

he/him

Oldest main sibling (28)

He was supposed to be the one tragically cishet sibling... They were all cishet at first....

He is bi of course he is bi I'm incapable of not making my characters bi

Accidentally commits high treason by (accidentally of course) having an affair with the empress

Also commits high bi disaster by accidentally having a thing with the emperor too, his long time homoerotic friend

Agrippa noé Moireau (top left)

she/her

Tragically straight

Groomed to be The Long Lost Rightful Heir and The Chosen One

Is actually a tool of imperial control

Valeri's love interest

Cassia cor Mantgamia (top right)

she/her

Second oldest main sibling (27)

Plotting murder literally every waking moment

Spying for the enemy with the goal of overthrowing the government and murdering the imperial family

Targets Julie, who is partroned by an imperial prince, but accidentally catches feelings but oops she is bad at feelings (the whole family is very accident-prone)

Collected on the outside, disaster bi on the inside

Julie noé Maupin (bottom left)

she/her

Opera singer master duelist lesbian casanova occasional novelist

Has a dark secret

Does NOT want to get involved with any political shenanigas (gets involved with political shenanigans)

Cateline (bottom right)

she/her

Assassin to a criminal organization Fiolew gets entangled with

One-sidedly in love with their leader who has ambitions of power

Mute and communicates with writing

Bi

Marcus K'irhinzaham (left)

he/him

The commander of Mantgamia house guard, which now only consists of him, and (according to popular (and his) knowledge) Faerathos is the only one left to guard anyway

Widely recognized as the greatest swordsman of his time

Short king (169 cm)

Bi

Cúén "Fechín" cor Faélci (right)

he/him

Previously named Conan cor Faélin, the last name changed a bit because I did some changes to his language and his first name didn't really fit the language either

Known in the army as Fechín, because he is imposing as his dead cousin to spy for the Cabalusian independence army

Gay trans man (which makes his cover solid, people think there's only daughter his age in his aristocratic family)

An asshole especially to Valeri but oops they have to secretly work together now

Gid'alon Child of Stars (bottom)

they/any

Vašáin, Ahinian third gender, in their case it means they are intersex and non-binary

In exile after doing a little bit of heresy

Just wants to do their research on the spiritrealm but oops one of the demons they studied possessed Fiolew

It's been such a long time since I used the tag list, so if you were tagged, let me know if you want to be continued to be tagged and I'll add you to the new tag list! If you weren't tagged, but would liked to be in future, also let me know! Tag list under the cut.

bcc tag list: @lady-redshield-writes @worldbuildng @siarven @hell-yeah-fantasy @heniareth @wilde-writing @contes-de-rheio @kainablue @lillayalightfoot @teacupwriter @sancta-seraphina @writingnosefreak @dotr-rose-love @writingwithhotchocolate @dove-actually @kathritana @ettawritesnstudies @the-ichor-of-ruination

(I forgot to add the taglist at first, I hope it still works even if I edited it in)

[auxiliarydetective]

Why you should watch "Die Rosenheim-Cops"

As described in English even though the show is German because I want to reach all of my mutuals. Language shall not be a barrier. Also, I feel like I can convey this stuff better in English. If you like stuff like Midsomer Murders, this is for you. I started making this post during summer break but never got to finish it. Well, now I finally did.

The Formula

The structure of the story is mostly the same for every episode. Someone finds a body, we switch to the office where the call is taken, the inspectors are informed and at least one always arrives late. Then the forensics expert gives some basic info and interrogations start. Usually, there's a more comedic or lighthearted B-plot to the main murder plot. Sometimes, it's more relevant and focused on, sometimes it's just there to make everything feel less stiff and repetitive. Then, both plots work towards conclusion, the murder plot with lots of zigzags and twists and turns as more and more is uncovered. Each episode ends with the culprit being found and a final fun banter freezeframe.

The Characters

Aka the main reason for watching the show, all pictures are from s08e15

Korbinian Hofer

One of the core three that have been with the show from the very beginning

Has a farm that he works at on top of investigating

Bickers with his sister a lot

Sassy

The more serious one, but just because he's more experienced

Doesn't take shit from anyone

Pretty stereotypical Bavarian, think Schultz from Hogan’s Heroes but smart

Aroace vibes

Older brother of the entire homicide squad

Sven Hansen

This isn't actually from the episode but I found this picture and thought it captured his essence well

One of my favourites

Originally from Hamburg

Regularly struggles with the Bavarian dialect and culture

The good-looking gentleman bastard

Did I mention good-looking? He wears a suit 99% of the time and has an expensive taste. Sadly doesn't have a bloody suit moment yet though. He's the Sanji/Face/Hogan/Hugenay of the show

Second-oldest brother

Loves to go sailing (and apparently becomes a bit feral when competing in races)

Sir, you’re bi

Best friends with the owner of the fancy bar/restaurant in town and regular customer there. Like, can he even make breakfast for himself?

Ladies' man

Gets really, really sassy, snarky and passive-aggressive if you annoy him

Miriam Stockl

Sassy secretary

Secretly the inofficial boss of the homicide squad because if she refuses to do her job, everything comes to a stop

Absolutely LOVES gossip

In charge of the coffee machine and cookie jar. Also has tea and even hot chocolate

Sucks up juicy details and drama like a sponge and then redistributes it, usually wildly over-interpreting it

Really kind if you don’t annoy her

The Bob Andrews of the show, does 90% of the research

Big sister of the squad

Girlboss

Michael "Michi" Mohr

Golden Retriever vibes

Literally so wholesome

Always all over the vibes

Smart but also really dumb

Huge dork

Always doing his best

Gets super excited if he finds out some important info and has the inspectors basically beg for him to reveal it to him

Stockl's gossip buddy

Little brother of the group

Definitely not straight

Peter Shaw of the show, as in points listed above and the occasional "den schnapp ich mir!" Has a slightly higher success rate though

Gert Achtziger

The de-facto boss of the entire station and all its departments

Dad of the squad, as in he has to put up with their nonsense but also switches between scolding them and pretending to scold them like a metronome, tolerating or sometimes even supporting the nonsense

Serious but can also be goofy

Constantly stressing about either his boss or the music academy

Sometimes also investigates because he misses it

Friends with Hofer's sister

Marie Hofer

Korbinian's sister

Really nice, generous

Bickers with her brother

Hardworking both on the farm and in local politics

Becomes part of the city council, responsible for the music academy

Besties with Stockl

Ties to the city's high society, regularly has important information for the case

Girlboss

Patrizia Ortmann

Honestly a bit of a bitch. Or a lot.

In charge of the finances and absolutely done with everyone's nonsense

Hates Hansen but they also have a romance storyline??? I remember I shipped them the first time watching the show, but now I'm just... no??? She has to get her attitude checked first

Literally so petty, but get her on your side and whoever you're up against has already lost

Queen of Sass

Probably has the most braincells out of the cast

Has to do most of the paperwork, including Hansen's "business expenses" which... I can’t imagine how frustrating that has to be

Ingnaz "Jo" Kaspar

Owner of the local fancy restaurant/bar called Times Square

Honestly kind of pathetic

Always manages to somehow get in trouble

Involved with most big events in or around the city because he's doing the catering, providing the drinks, helping out as a waiter...

Shit goes down in Times Square. Whether it's drama or interrogations or just Jo overhearing important stuff or having the main subject sit in his restaurant, there's always something going on

Can't keep a girlfriend for more than 10 days and falls in love in a heartbeat

Knows every customer by name, the girls usually by first name

The Scenery

The whole show plays in the city of Rosenheim and its surroundings. So, if you like older buildings, mountains, lakes, you'll like the aesthetic too

There's just one issue:

The show is in German only. I haven't found a source for English subtitles yet either. BUT if you understand German, I'd definitely recommend you watch it. Additionally, if you don't and you ask me nicely, I might even be able to dig up my old hyperfixation energy and write subtitles/a translated script for one of my favourite episodes. Or one of the best-rated ones. The show is on IMDb after all, so you could browse and see which one you like. Third of all, I might also translate my fanfic to English, who knows.

Anyways, self-ad over, essay over, have a great day!

[s0lar-ch3ri]

let me add some more into the mix:

gravity falls, a beloved childhood show, where they allowed:

a room of decapitated animals to have blood flow out the eyes and mouths of each animal, filling the room to where only the characters heads stuck out.

monsters that were basically nightmare fuel putting it as light as possible.

an episode where the main character is kicked out his body and watches as the demon possessing him continuously injuries him (smashing his hand in a drawer, throwing him down a flight of stairs, etc).

the main villain, bill cypher.

the petrifying of hundreds of adults and using their bodies to create a throne.

side mc a gets threatened by his brother, side mc b, with a fucking crossbow.

the hot air balloon scene (look it up if curious).

giffany. just giffany.

pretty telling showings of serious topics (bad relationships with family, isolation and desperation, how younger kids can have crushes on older girls, stuff like that).

several adult jokes (mentioned for "family-friendly" content).

one of the main characters having lots and lots of crushes on boys and the other having to come to terms with how his crush on side mc c (an adult woman) would never work out.

the line "ive got some kids to turn into corpses."

many, MANY zombies.

implied character death and several near-death experiences.

these and more, but didnt allow...

(ill just use names now, sorry for spoilers) dipper to be ftm trans.

the love god to wear a rainbow flag on his necklace.

2 random old women to be shipped together (no plot relevance, they were nameless side characters).

actually confirming the relationship between a sherrif and his deputy (both men, implied at the end of the show).

AND PROBABLY OTHER STUFF TOO! while i do hate twitter, it does actually hold a treasure: actual corrections disney wanted to gravity falls, and alex hershe's (creator and voice actor of like half the show) real time responses! (i wont put a link simply because twitter, but ill try to find a way to just download the vid and put it here later)

thats just the tip of the iceburg, lets go onto the owl house.

it had basically all gravity falls had (minus children having crushes on adults, specific scenes/characters/events/lines i pointed out (ie. giffany or bill), zombies, major boy obsessions [mabel level], and they have possession but not like how bill did to dipper) and more!

several fight scenes, having characters transform into monsters, showings of abusive behavior and its effects, and other things. so why was such a successful show cut down to 3 seasons? because luz was confirmed to like amity. disney couldnt handle that shit, and shot it down (it also probably HATED that raine was non-binary, lilith was aroace, willow was pan with 2 dads, hunter was bi, and luz was bi, plus any other confirmed things i never knew). if the "violence" in the battles was what got rid of it, then it would have went sooner. NOT JUST THAT, BUT TO JUSTIFY THEIR SHUTTING DOWN, THEY PROCEEDED TO POST SPOILERS FOR THE FINAL TO GET LESS WATCHING! why? so they didnt seem homophobic and they could go "oh look it has less traction now! see, thats why its gone!" (this i cannot find for sure information, i heard it from a very trusted friend who was/is also a big fan of the show) in the end.

not enough to convince you? lets talk about the "same sex" kiss in buzzlight year. while, yes, im glad for the representation, it was really only added AFTER disney was called out for only showing pride support during pride month. and who could forget the headlines? they fucking supported the "dont say gay" bill, then acted like it was some fucking accident. "maybe they didnt know what it was about?" the name itself was pretty fucking obvious.

also, there is gay erasure too! for a while, i solely believed it to just be suggested by past stories that the little mermaid was a gay love story, but with a quick search, several articles confirm it. the thing that really ticked me off? the name "ariel" is a unisex name (or it works for any gender), but the more feminine way is spelled "arielle" while the masculine way is "ariel", which got me thinking and surely enough, the author was gay, having written the story the same year his male crush was engaged with a woman. the story (as well as others hes written) have tones of unrequited longing love from what my research has told me. and yes, i did find an online copy of the original story by hans christian andersen, enjoy it!

theres probably other things i didnt cover, but disney has faked playing both sides for too long, when they always have stood on one with a fishing pole and a cardboard cutout of that rat on the hook, tossing it over here whenever they felt like it.

spread it out, disney is not our ally.

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