#the patriarchs of my family

[stoprewined]

John, Peter, Richard

gilmore girls - 7.17

[uncanny-tranny]

Amatonormativity has destroyed so many people's understanding and acceptance of themselves, and it's heartbreaking.

Yes, it is normal to be in your 20s, 30s, or older and not have lost your virginity, had a first kiss, or a partner. It is normal to say that you aren't ready for those things, too! It is normal if your life doesn't follow the "college graduate -> engagement -> buying a home -> 2.5 kids and a dog" trajectory that so many people have idealized.

So many people associate maturity with losing your virginity, or having a first kiss, or a serious relationship, and I think that's a dangerous association. Maturity isn't gained through those things, and you don't have to have those experiences to be considered "mature" or "grown." It is not a bad thing to go at your pace. Nobody else can live your life but you. If you end up having those experiences, that's great! But it should be done because you want to experience them, not because you feel "broken" and "immature" without them.

[magpiedraws]

Wouldn't lizard fashion be something like spikes and scales and a frilled lizard collar?

Like so?

(Bonus art under the cut)

[finalgirlsamwinchester]

guy who so desperately tries to find god. who wants to have faith in a higher authority to guide him out of the hole he's in. from the weight of guilt from simply existing, as the person he is. but every time he thinks he's answered his higher calling it turns out he's made the Morally Incorrect choice and his path to goodness and holiness was the road to the devil all along

[sammygender]

i’ve never been as angry on behalf of a character as i am for sam winchester

[eyestrain-addict]

Given that this is obviously Lestats picture in some capacity (his name is in the top left corner) I hold fast that Lestat 100% has a locket with a photo of Louis in it.

[cowboyslikedean]

“my fav character could never perpetuate a harmful societal construct because they’ve been a victim of societal constructs and also they’re Good and the construct is BAD so if they had done that THEY would be bad and they’re not they’re Good.” have any of u met a real person ever

[fromtheseventhhell]

Saying that non-conforming female characters don't face as much misogyny as their "feminine" counterparts is so funny cause literally the misogyny in their treatment is more overt because they aren't staying "in their place" like men think they should. The disdain for women + misogynistic societal ideals are so much more blatant in male characters interacting with these women. Countless times they are, in essence, told they need to sit down, shut up, and know their place but somehow that translates into them having "masculine privilege". I can only assume that people with this take haven't actually read the books and only get their information from second-hand sources.

[mike----wazowski]

SUNDAY SIX LAST MINUTE COMEBACK

i've been a big writing flop recently but i vowed on my honour i would return today 🫡🫡 got some saejima stuff

Tagging the People @skysquid22 @four-white-trees @overdevelopedglasses @passthroughtime @woundedheartwithin and potentially @phantasy14 ? 👀👀 no pressure ofc just thought it'd be fun hehe

***

“Saejima never responds to his fucking emails,” Daigo muttered, refreshing his inbox in vain. “I’d be better off putting a letter in a bottle and hoping it washes up at his doorstep.”

Majima enjoyed it when Daigo got crabby- it was a lot more entertaining than the gloomy diplomat act, even more so when he got his gun out. “You can’t blame the guy for wantin’ to feel the air on his skin over reading his inbox. Especially with how passive aggressive your emails get. So much pent-up rage…”

“And where do you think that rage comes from?” Daigo deadpanned. Sighing, he clicked away from his email and loosened his tie. “I was afraid of this when he became patriarch.”

“He may not be a bureaucrat, but it ain't like you were ever gonna find someone stronger.”

“That’s not what I'm talking about.” For a moment, Daigo hesitated. “Do you think he was ready for this?”

Majima’s smirk smoothed out.

“I don’t doubt Saejima’s strength. And I don’t doubt anyone Kiryu-san advocates for. But…” he sighed. “He spent a long time behind those bars. And this job… isn't the warmest welcome back.”

“Was there anywhere else for him to go?” Majima asked.

“There were other options than making him a patriarch,” Daigo countered. “Perhaps I should have started him lower in the ranks. And given him time to re-adjust.”

"He's not a fuckin' flower. He doesn't need it."

But they both knew he was saying it for the sake of saying it. That his defence of his kyodai was half-hearted at best.

The fact was, part of Saejima hadn't left death row.

(Or that day in 1985.)

(Or his dead baby sister.)

[harrowscore]

another anti-dany post from someone with a sansa pfp, another blocked user 💃💅

[doomdoomofdoom]

I think a lot about that poem, that one about the way men love by Ada Limón, and the stories that get told in response to it. About gestures, both grand and small, sometimes kept private or shared with the world.

It'd be easy to derail it by talking about stereotypes, bioessentialism, and the ways talking about "male socialization" can be problematic.

But I don't think that's what it's about, not at all.

If you were raised to be a man, denied access and expression of your emotions, shamed for any bit of tenderness you showed, even to and by those closest to you - but the feeling persisted, the ache of caring and loving had nowhere to go.

If you're not allowed to speak your feelings into the world, you must put them elsewhere. Often, you will create something, as building is a respectable task for a man to do: A treehouse for your children, a rose welded from metal so it will never die, a display for flowerpots. You solve problems for your loved ones, you observe what pains them, but unable to console them you vow to abolish the pain itself. You pursue a skill, a career even, that will rid the world - or at least your world - of this pain: Inventing solutions, memorizing plane crashes, giving blood, learning to make shoes.

Your feelings go unspoken, but they never go unfelt. You feel them every day, and with every act you undertake, and so you fill them with your love and care, putting it out in the world.

If the world listens, if it pays attention, it can tell. I can tell.

I love the way men love.

[corvidclub]

fandom debating the gender roles of loumand of like 'housewife picking lint' Armand vs 'hysterical wife' Louis is so dull honestly like why can't they both be wives? why can't a woman recently freed from an abusive hetrosexual marriage in the midst of her feminist artistic awakening enter into a decades-long toxic lesbian relationship complete with bed death and inability for her to recognize the abusive nature of her wife due to the perceived equality of their relationship? did any of y'all consider that??

[todayisafridaynight]

comic scribbly

[winpocalypse]

dean winchester + for the widows in paradise, for the fatherless in ypsilanti / sufjan stevens

[frereamour]

everyone has watched nosferatu but me :( but i'm worried i won't like it because frankly i don't like the book dracula and didn't like any subsequent adaptation.

[du-hjarta-skulblaka]

One of The Family at the chippy (I have no explicit reason to believe they're in The Mob beyond they're all Italian and related and own a chip shop but it's a very fun idea for me so I'm rolling with it) brought in homemade chicken soup last night and was offering it to other family members but also (and only!) me so not only am I taking this as a sign that I'm doing good and she likes me but also it absolutely fucked