#there’s SO many hot people on tumblr

[rosicheeks]

As a long time mutual and a short term snap subscriber, I cannot stop stroking myself to you. Just every day.

[stevenrogered]

Everything isn’t black and white. You know, life it’s-it’s weird. People meet at work. People meet at work. 

[revvethasmythh]

You know, I think there's something so, so insidious to the idea that Orym's perspective of the Vanguard is "flawed/human" or that him repeatedly reminding his friends what the Vanguard does (kill innocents to achieve their means) "blocks nuance" in the conversation, etc, because it implies that, in this mythical "objective" perspective that apparently exists, the Vanguard aren't so bad. If only Orym could put aside his petty grievances, such as the murder of his father and husband, and let people be nuanced about this situation, he'd see there's two sides to this story. And why discount the Vanguard's perspective just because *checks notes* they're a massive, manipulative cult that preys on vulnerable people to join their ranks and turns them to violence, or that they work with a centuries-old fascist eugenicist literally mind-controlling psychic government with the goal of freeing a creature that could very well destroy the world as we know it and even if it doesn't, will leave an enormous power vacuum for that fascist government to potentially occupy when they invade Exandria?

I think there's some misconception people have that they think war shouldn't ever be personal and if it does become personal for someone then their logic is too clouded by their feelings to see the situation clearly, just automatically. And perhaps sometimes, in some contexts, this can be true! But not here. It's actually quite cut and dried that Orym's "flawed, human" perspective is the one reminding everyone of the human cost to Ludinus' grand plans, all in the name of so called "progress"

[my-deer-friend]

To understand historical queerness, you must first understand the sexual and gender norms of the time and place you are studying.

[nanihirunkits]

hi.

[breadedspider]

another muse for @ex-textura!! i had way too much fun with him ^w^

bonus detail shots because i'm tired of tumblr compression chewing my art:

[omgcatboi]

I don't often post my non kink related art but I'm tryna get the attention of someone else in the community and am too shy and cringe to reach out so. Here, have this portrait I did of Hanzo Shimada. With my finger. On ibis paint. This took me four hours. Progress for proof below.

[merry-kuroo]

Saw Radio Company at Sagebrush last night with my friend and had a phenomenal time. Here are some pictures I got when the people in front of me FINALLY put down their cameras so I could actually see the stage 🥰

Great night, great vibes, I hope I get the chance to see Radio Company in concert again.

AND SHOUT OUT TO THE GUY WHO PLAYED THAT TRUMPET SOLO YOU WERE AMAZING

[melit0n]

Talking with some of my mutuals and wishing I knew them when I was eleven and it was sunny all the time. I think I would have liked playing Pokémon with you all

[the-way-astray]

"average keefe art is mid" factoid actually just statistical error. average keefe art is good. hollingsworth georg, who hates keefe stans and created some truly godawful art to punish them, is an outlier and should not have been counted

[fisheito]

hey kids! time to explain!

[shuffleoflove]

https://www.tumblr.com/taoelle/726653655552573440/im-so-sick-of-seeing-stupid-takes-in-the?source=share

Exactly! And all this "heartstopper is purity culture" discourse too, I'd bet this wouldn't have happened if the author wasn't aroace.

i haven't seen many people calling it 'purity culture' thank god, but i do remember some weird takes when s1 first came out abt how nick discovering he was bi was unrealistic bc there was 'no sexual aspect' (or smth?? i don't remember exactly) and like. yes teenagers do Think About Sex and my own teenage bi awakening did involve That, but people seem to miss that heartstopper is SPECIFICALLY written to have a 12 rating here in the uk so younger teens can access it and feel seen.

there's absolutely space in teen lgbt fiction for exploring sexual awakenings (see: a very large number of YA books that any teen can access in their local library), but that's not what heartstopper is. i think everyone's just gotten used to most teen shows being sex-obsessed that they think it should be in every show when... to be honest from my own experience in a british secondary school the amount of people actually having sex was very low, and (newsflash) not all teens actually think about sex all that much!! and i don't just mean ace people, some just genuinely aren't all that bothered at that age.

and yes, as you've said, alice being aroace is definitely an aspect of people's bullshit takes, not to mention a lot of people saying this shit would have their arguments disproven if they read the comics (see: the entire arc that just took place abt nick and charlie wanting to have sex but both having different hangups abt it). i also feel like shows seen as 'wholesome' queer rep are the ones always criticised the most, and people feel the need to nitpick every single tiny aspect and say "uhm this was bad actually!!" which fine. you can have your own opinion, but it does seem suspect this always happens when a show with multiple, unapologetically queer characters becomes mainstream.

there've also been a lot of people blasting heartstopper for being 'cringe' (which i've talked abt already so i won't repeat myself), and i think this links to a lot of the takes i've been seeing. it seems to be a trend online to not be allowed to just dislike something, you have to justify disliking it by saying it's actually Immoral and Harmful and Bad Rep, the latter of which especially relies on personal experiences and can't be universally applied. when the lgbtq+ experience is so wide, the validity of 'rep' isn't a something we can universally agree on.

anyway, sorry your ask turned into an entire essay, i just have a lot of strong feelings about this show as someone who's been a fan of the comics for years and sees myself in a lot of the characters.

[sinvulkt]

@tonhalszendvics thank you so much for the tag, this was super fun!

1. Do this uquiz.

2. Do this picrew.

3. Tag people! : D

I don’t know how this happened. Please send help. 😂🫠

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[benjaminrydersnest]

Hot take: don't fucking listen to any "this is how you do drafts" post. or at least don't take it as the one Best Way to Do Things. Everyone does drafts differently. is it efficient? is it as "good" as someone else's method? why does it matter? at the end of the day it's YOU writing it, and doing in the way someone else would *can* be helpful, but at the end of the day, at least, in my opinion, it should be you who decides how to draft and you who figures out how you work best as a writer, not someone else. It's your story, after all, and your voice and method that matter. Someone else can HELP you figure out how to write and structure your story, and do drafts, but they should NOT decide for you, and their vision certainly shouldn't override yours. Just sayin'.

[nebulaad]

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[littlemissguy]

Man the way discourse on here is almost the exact same as it was a decade ago with us making the same observations and coming to the same conclusions got me thinking maybe we've done enough discussion....................