#they need to have gay sex sooooooooo bad

[fatalism-and-villainy]

One reason In the Pale Moonlight lands so well is that the show plants the seeds early on for Garak representing a sort of “out” for Sisko when he has to circumvent official procedures. There’s the bit in The Search where a holographic mental projection of Garak shows up to flirt with Sisko and enable his rebellion against Starfleet, and then The Way of the Warrior has the part where they’re wondering what to do about the Klingon invasion fleet headed to Cardassia and Sisko says “we need a third option” and it immediately cuts to Garak. In the Pale Moonlight picks those threads of Garak being someone Sisko leans on when he needs to take a more underhanded approach (and someone who, similarly to Quark, Sisko can put pressure on with no repercussions).

But Garak’s perspective on it is interesting, because of how much his dynamic with Sisko reflects the dynamic he used to have with Tain. There’s that part in The Wire where Tain tells Bashir “I never had to order Garak to do anything… that’s what made him special” and that’s pretty much exactly how Garak behaves with Sisko in this episode. He does what he does best - being maximally useful to someone more powerful and anticipating everything they want and need, taking an intention and shaping it into a workable plan with little direction. He comes up with the entire scheme pretty much on his own and puts it into play with minimal participation from Sisko save things he needs official sanction for, and anticipates all contingencies and variables beforehand. And then of course sees to it that the plan is carried out, in a way that Sisko would never sanction but that he knows that on some level Sisko wants - or rather, that Sisko wants the outcome while being spared having to order Garak to take the measures to see it through.

Garak molds himself into the role Sisko sees him as playing in a way that’s similar to how he made himself into the person Tain wanted him to be - in that case, as Garak puts it, he was a “reflection” of Tain himself. Except with Tain, that process involved Garak shaping himself to embody the values that Tain espoused, and expunging the parts of himself that Tain abhorred, namely weakness and sentiment. And with Sisko, Garak reflects the parts of Sisko that Sisko doesn’t want to face and wants to shunt off onto someone else. And that plays out not only re: Sisko’s willingness to make moral sacrifices for the greater good, but even just on a smaller scale - there’s the part where Sisko snaps and threatens Forgery Guy, and Garak steps up with that truly terrifying smile and promises to drop in on Forgery Guy to “say hello”. Just playing the role of Sisko’s Evil Henchman to perfection, and thus enabling Sisko’s loss of control and his cruel streak. He’s very subservient to Sisko throughout the episode! But it’s through that subservience that he actually gets the upper hand on Sisko, solely by reflecting his darker side at him and getting in that jab about Sisko’s self respect being sacrificed. It’s so utterly delicious.

[thelunarbar]

How romantic sex on a school bus. Well ig just making out but my point still stands. And Ik it’s a dream but she’s all like ooh ok and I’m just like girl no. Make him take you to a bed at least. 

I love watching the way stiles opinion of Derek changes over time esp given that Derek doesn’t make a great first impression(not that stiles really did either but Derek’s was worse)

“Ate it?”

“Raw?”

“No you stopped to bake in a little werewolf oven.”

Scott’s hair is sooooooooo bad 😭

Also forgot how much I hate this teacher(biology or math maybe? Idk) he’s annoying

This may very well be the only time stiles tells Scott not to cancel a date. 

Danny deserves more love 

Lydia’s thing of acting dumb is really annoying like if he doesn’t want you unless you’re stupid you’re better off without him girl

Stiles reaction to Scott asking Allison about their hanging out with Jackson and Lydia

Jackson is such an asshole but Ik I end up liking him more later on

Of all things to lie about; your bowling skills???

Gotta love stiles needing to know if he’s attractive to gay guys(the answer is yes. Just ask Derek 😜)

Ngl I’ve never been sure how I feel abt deaton bc he’s like kinda helpful sometimes but also super weird more often than not

I fucking adore Melissa McCall 

Dude I tried for literal months(tho without rewatching bc I didn’t wanna do that at the time) to figure out where the pic of Derek standing behind broken glass came from and it’s from ep three when the police officer and then Scott show up the hale house 

I feel like rains too much for this show being set in California 

Derek is so nonchalant about Scott’s freak out I love it

“Why is this starting to feel like you’re Batman and I’m Robin? I don’t wanna be Robin all the time.”

“Nobody’s Batman and Robin any of the time.”

“Not even some of the time?” I love this lil convo and esp this last line bc stiles sounds so sad abt it 

Seriously why is the lighting so damn dark all the time even when I have the brightness on my screen turned all the way up and to my recollection it only gets worse

Scott and his fucking one track mind 

Yikes Allison’s closet is so bad all like boho chic and sequiny

Again a parent walking in without knocking 

I mean at least he acknowledged he forgot to knock but like teenage girl who could’ve been like changing or smth jeez

Love that he’s clearly getting ready to go out and they decide to sneak out before he leaves 

Man I wanna go bowling I haven’t bowled in so long (related even if it doesn’t seem like it, Jackson Lydia Allison and Scott go bowling)

Jackson’s laugh is so obviously fake and it’s so obnoxious 🤮

I can appreciate that being werewolf didn’t make him good at everything(just most things) 

I love love love Derek’s car 

Why does Chris argent wash Derek’s windshield for him??? Oh yes very intimidating good job Chris 

I can’t wait for argent to grow a beard he looks so much better with it 

Breaking the window on Derek’s car was so unnecessary and rude 

Ofc now Scott is great at bowling 

Lydia using Scott to make Jackson jealous is so annoying 

Ah innuendo 

“How do you cheat at bowling?”

“I don’t know, but you did.” But for real Jackson how does someone cheat at bowling 

And Derek’s being a creep again cmon man no wonder people don’t like you when this is the impression you always give 

Call a code? You have to specify which one Melissa. I’m not even a nurse and I know that 

Yay another cringey make out scene 

“Do either of you even play baseball?”

I love that they’re both super honest and just say no when she asks if they care there’s a police enforced curfew

Scott’s angry voice is not great 

Derek’s echoy voice thing wtf is that?

Love that Scott’s first thought is to try to get Derek arrested, again, for smth he didn’t do 

Ooh jump the whole staircase he’s so cool guys you don’t even know 

Ooh he’s losing the jacket things are getting serious 

The noise while he shifted was gross and not necessary 

Also I’m pretty sure they change his shifted makeup look later on bc he doesn’t look how I remember 

Love the choice of Destroya by MCR for this totally pointless fight between Scott and Derek tho 

I mean I say fight but it’s more like Derek beating the snot out of Scott 

and now we have the rational conversation after punching each other 

Oh now you give him answers after you beat the crap out of him

How come we never really discuss the fact that Scott is part of Peter’s pack? At least until he becomes an alpha himself

[anonymous-dentist]

Can we ask about roiers thought process in chapter 18? Like the fact he almost kissed cellbit but missa came in and interrupted

He’s SOOOOOOOOO annoyed rn, he’s like “what the FUCK GUYS!!”

What’s a bit more funny to me is Missa’s thought process, because he was just supposed to go in and scare Cellbit into acting like a piece of shit so Roier would leave him, but wolf form is a lot more emotional and a lot less think-y than human form and he remembered Cellbit running him over with a cart at bass pro shop in chapter 13 and Wolf Missa was like “holy shit I GOTTA kill this guy. Not Roier tho he’s basically still part of the pack”

So Roier is 10x more annoyed later in the hospital because he’s just trying to see his VERY INJURED best friend slash future boyfriend but there’s Quackity like “dude he literally left you to die haha maybe you should leave him forever and come hang out with us again�� (because he’s a toxic gay) and Missa’s there crying with his arm in a sling because he was stabbed like “ya he might have stabbed me but I feel BAD!!! I need to go apologize 😭😭😭”

Roier is sooooo done rn. He was gonna get his KISS!! And then they’d have SEX! (He doesn’t know about the asexuality yet.) But no! His old friends are apparently homophobic!!

[goldrushzukka]

aidays playlist breakdown: chapter 2

ryan buzzfeed unsolved voice let's get into it

here's the fic (spoilers ahead)

here's the playlist

careless whisper by george michael

this is the only song mentioned by name in the fic. it’s in the chapter. it’s canon. i talked about this in this post about zuko’s taste in abba, but in my mind aidays zuko is very much a classic gay icon enjoyer. like he is a friend of dorothy. anyway i put this song in the fic mostly as a joke (saxophone sexiest instrument of all time) but it is also a little bit about them.

(ID: "To the heart and mind / Ignorance is kind / There's no comfort in the truth / Pain is all that you'll find". End ID)

obviously this is like a silly little meme song whatever whatever IS THIS NOT THEM? IS THIS NOT THEM? let's lie to ourselves and each other about what this means and what we feel because it's easier. it's safer. ignorance is kind.

(ID: "Should've known better than to cheat a friend / And waste a chance that I've been given / So I'm never gonna dance again / The way I danced with you". End ID)

a little bit of liberty taken with that first line bc they're lovers and not friends and there's no "cheating" except for breaking the rules of their arrangement by developing non-casual feelings but. the rest of it is sooooooooo. ougugh. like. for the whole "breakup" period of the fic (ch5-9) both zuko and sokka are trying to deal with the fact that actually, there is no one else. there will never be anyone else. they have ruined each other for anyone else. zuko goes on these little dates with jet and the whole time he's wondering when he's going to feel it, that thing he felt with sokka. when is it going to feel the same? when is it going to feel anywhere near as good, as right?

sleeping in by all time low

the first few chapters of the fic are so funny bc pretty much every song on the playlist is saying the exact same thing in a slightly different way.

(ID: "Tell me that you got nowhere to be / Can we stay all day (All day) / Lay low in our lazy luxury / Sex in a rosé daze (Daze) / All day, it's a real good thing". End ID)

this is very much what the start of aidays is about: sex so good you don't want to do anything else. can't imagine wanting to do anything else. getting so wrapped up in the euphoria of someone who just understands what you need like no one else does, that before you know what's happening you've already fallen so fast and hard you'll never recover.

summer love by carly rae jepsen

ohhhhhh when i say every carly rae jepsen song is about aidays.......every carly rae jepsen song is about aidays. and she is so right all the time.

(ID: "I was down for the first night / And now I'm down for a second try / When you touch me, I wanna fly / I'm so down for you all the time". End ID)

this song is so sexy and flirty and fun and that's exactly the energy i wanted to bring to this fic. it's light it's breezy it's so simple and casual except it's NOT!!!! but sokka and zuko don't know that yet. for right now in ch2 all they know is they can't get enough of each other. at this point in the fic, and going forward, they could eat each other whole and it would not be enough.

father by the front bottoms

ok ok. the front bottoms are so bad. but also i love them. and this song is so good. like it's awful it sounds terrible but it is so good. to me.

(ID: "I have this dream that I am hitting my dad with a baseball bat / And he is screaming and crying for help / And maybe halfway through, it has more to do with me killing him / Than it ever did protecting myself / And I believe that yeah, Dad, maybe no one is perfect / But I believe that you are pushing your luck". End ID)

it can't all be fun little sex songs. this verse was not necessarily an inspiration for the tragic backstory reveal in ch2 bc that was always coming, but i do think it fits well with what i'm trying to do with zuko's trauma in this fic. i think canon zuko should've had the opportunity to beat ozai up but maybe that's just me.

(ID: "But you look good tonight, girlfriend / Can I sleep in your bed? / And when I crawl out in the morning / Can I stay inside your head?". End ID)

this for me is about like. wanting to impact someone the same way they impact you. the anxiety around reciprocation. pretty much immediately post-ch2 zuko has his first oh moment (I Am Writing It. Calm Down.) where he realises that he might have some real feelings for Sokka, that this thing might not be as casual as it was supposed to be. and that's where this little bridge comes in. "can i stay inside your head?" in the sense of, will you still think about me when i'm not in front of you? will you think of me the same way i think of you? are you in this, are you with me, wherever we're going?

sin by tomberlin

shoutout to rena @dreamrena for putting me onto this one! it makes me want to eat dirt

(ID: "Boyfriends, what are boyfriends, what are boyfriends when I have you?". End ID)

i mean. this is the thesis statement for chapter 2. who needs a relationship with labels and commitment when whatever the fuck this is feels so much better? (spoiler alert, it feels better than any other relationship either of them have ever had bc they are soulmates.)

(ID: "And we never should've left that room / And we never should've said hello / 'Cause I miss you when you go". End ID)

this idea of wishing you never met someone bc the way you feel is So Much is touched on in chapter 6 when sokka and suki have their big feelings talk. at that point everything has gone to shit and sokka thinks he's never going to be happy again (he is stupid) and he's cursing the day he ever met zuko, because, yeah, what they had was fun, but was it worth this? was falling in love with zuko worth all the pain of not getting to keep him? did sokka ever have him in the first place? (he did. he does.)

[toshio]

bi people have more in common with gay people than straight people do. the ability to be attracted to every gender/sex is not a threat to same-gender attraction. it’s like, just because a bi person dates their opposite gender doesn’t make them any less queer, because their ability to be attracted to the same sex will ALWAYS remain. just needed to get that off my chest. I appreciate your bi positivity so much.

“the lesbians who get death threats for not liking men” is NOT a bisexual issue!!!! it’s a homophobe who wants you to be STRAIGHT issue! You think these bigots want you to be bisexual?? Ofc they don’t, so why blame the bi’s? NOT a big fan of how that anon is acting like you’re doing something wrong for being cute and positive about bisexual pride, honestly. Don’t like how they were like “yeah biphobia is bad but... (continues to be biphobic)”. Of course bisexuals know lesbians get death threats for not liking men. BISEXUALS DATING THEIR OWN GENDER GET THEM TOO. You wouldn't say a closeted gay is less oppressed than a bisexual dating their opposite gender, so pls don't make make the existence of bisexuality out to be homophobic. :') everyone is cute!!! it's so good to be bi!!! is not something you should feel ashamed of saying! and we can jokingly hype about how good it is to feel that way! we deserve to! Again: THE ABILITY TO BE ATTRACTED TO EVERY SEX/GENDER IS NOT A THREAT TO SAME-SEX/GENDER ATTRACTION. We are both (umbrella term) gay™. Sorry for ranting. Love you, Toshio. <3 Merry Christmas.

you're literally sooooooooo right. SAY IT LOUDERRR!!!

i hope they read this because you pretty much summed up my thoughts, i feel like it's so goofy to pit ourselves against each other like...the enemy is homophobic straights...HELLO?!? we're on the same team...same umbrella...you name it...like we're ANYTHING but heterosexual lmao, why would we choose violence against our own community?!? it sounds so damn corny but you get the point.

[evakviigmohns]

punk chick [richie tozier]

request: hey could I request an aged up Richie x reader where Richie is transitioning into his bad boy style because of the reader because to impress her because she's a badass punk chick.

A/N: i!! had!! so!! much!! fun!! writing!! this!! I hope that the anon who sent this doesn’t mind that these are headcannons¿¿¿ cuz I just thought it was easier & im trying to get my shit done LMAO,,,,, soooooo hope u guys enjoy this!! don’t forget to send me request or such cuz i still have time until school begins & I want to write as much as I can before it does. i hope u have a great day!

 -okay so let’s say you are the new girl in school at 11th grade (i would say freshman sophomore or whatever it is but I have no fucking idea how that works lol) & u came in with all of this bad punk chick vibe and everyone just went nuts

-bc its fucking derry, here everyone is just kind of average and the cliques are not really empathized or anything so seeing someone just look so much like a character from a movie and all of that is just different, u know what I mean?

-soooooooooooooooo, it’s your first day at school, you walk in and you literally feel how everyone turns around to look at you, which you just kind of brush off cuz just fuck it, you know what I mean?

-okay so you go into your first class and you just sit like in the middle of the classroom cause even though you are interested in this subject, you are not interested enough to sit in the front seats and wait to until the class starts; everyone is sitting with friends or such and you are still alone but you really don’t care cause you might as well just turn around and make a lil chit chat with the people sitting behind you because for fuck’s sake if you aren’t charming

-sOooOo as I was saying, people keep walking into the room and you see a guy with such an adorable smile and just looks like a real-life bunny and he gets closer to the seat where you at and he just smiles directly at you and nicely asks if he can sit next to you and you reply yes.

[MORE UNDER THE CUT CUZ I DONT WANNA FUCK UP YOUR TIMELINE]

-It turns out that his name is Ben Hanscom and he is the nicest boy you’ve ever met. The conversation between you two floats easily and right before the ring bells, he invites to hang out after school with his friends and you immediately agree; everyone could use some new friends and even more when you are the new girl at school/now.

-your day just floats normally, until you reach your final period, but you decide to skip it because who fucking needs to P.E

-so you are just hanging out behind your school, smoking a cigarette as you just look around waiting for the final ring to make its appearance and you see a couple of boys who are walking around and you just follow them with your eyes as you keep inhaling and exhaling smoke (out of context but if u smoke pls be careful bc of fucking cancer) apparently one of them notices you.

-and they just pull the shirt of the other as they keep staring, talking about being lowkey, the other guy who is wearing glasses and is just fucking tall smirks at your direction and tells something to the smaller one and he just starts walking in your direction as his friends follows him.

-once they reach you, your halfway trough your cigarette and you just look at him until he says something.

-“well, hello there” the glass-wearing boy tells you and you just nod your head at his direction “uhm, my name is Richie and this is Eddie” he said as he looked at his friend next to him “and I was just wondering what is doing a lady like you out here all by herself” “what you think im doing?” you say as you put the cigarette in your lips “to smoke? Yeah, well, im here to take a smoke too.” As soon as he said that, eddie looked at him just shocked bc for fucks sake Richie doesn’t smoke¿ wth is he doing¿

-but you have no fucking idea and you just take the cigarette off your lips and give it to him, so he can take a hint of it, to which he just opens his eyes and grabs it and puts it in his to give a big blow of smock and not even five seconds in he just starts coughing

-you just start laughing and so does eddie, you look up to Richie and he is still coughing a little bit and he is just blushing like a bastard

-you quickly look at the watch in your wrist to see how much time you had left until you and ben were going to meet up, 2:55 pm; since your school day ends at 3 pm you just grab your backpack from the floor and start walking away

- “bye eddie, see you later smoker-boy” you say as you leave bc yeah you might a badass chick, but you are also really fricking polite so

-you walk slowly and once you reach the entrance of your school, ben is already there with his friends and he just waves at you as he smiled bc ben is a fucking ray of sunshine

-so, you stand next to him and all of his friends just stare you, maybe because you are wearing all black, maybe because of your eyeline or probably just because ben aka cutie managed to talk to you aka punk chick

-ben clears his throat and starts introducing you to his friends: bill, stan, mike and bev, his eyes showed such an adoration as he introduced Beverly and you immediately realized how lovestruck he was for her, and he introduces as (Y/N) (Y/L/N), the girl on his history class who is super sweet when she wants to

-hardie outside softie inside TM

-but it turns out that they still have to wait for 2 other guys, so they can go to a little forest that it’s pretty much theirs by now

-the conversation between all of you floats so fucking easy that you are shocked like ??¿¿ beverly even asked you if you can give her tips on how to do her make up and you immediately agree bc she is just so great smh

-just imagine punk chick!reader and softie!beverly teaching each other to do their make up JNKJVDNVKDFNVKJFNKD, im so fucking gay im SORRY

-let’s get back to it

-so, you hear stan say that the guys who you were expecting are already coming and you turn around to see the infamous smoker-boy and eddie getting closer.

-once they’ve settled in, ben goes “okay, (Y/N) these are-“ “Richie and Eddie, I’ve met them before” you interrupt him “and Richie trying to make himself look cool or something just chocked in my cigarettes smoke” you say with a little smirk as the rest of the group just starts laughing at the brown-eyed boy.

-“well thank you for embarrassing me, princess” “suck it up, dickhead”

-also, you swear like a freaking sailor and literally 20 minutes in, everyone already knows it

-so you and your new gals are walking towards the forest and you are just amazed because everyone is just so nice¿¿

-you feel really welcomed and you are happy that ben spoke to you in the first place

-OKAY SO, the weeks pass by and you keep hanging out with them and you’ve gotten insanely close to ben, bev, mike and richie

-you keep showing Richie your favorite bands and you just kind of ignore the fact that he gets really fucking red when you get close to him

-because he is really fucking cute when he wants so he get’s a free pass at being lowkey flustered around you

-so, one day you are all hanging out waiting for classes to start but Richie hasn’t arrived yet, which is not weird because he is usually  late

-but then he does, and he is not wearing his usual stuff, but he is wearing a sex pistols shirt and you are like ?? since when does Richie like sex pistols??

-and he is just smirking like an asshole and just winks at you when he realizes you are staring him and you just reply by flipping him off and then the bell rings

- so, you have physics now and you share this class with Richie, and you just walk to the classroom together and he keeps making remarks about how cool you two look all punkie and stuff and you just wink at him and all of his coolness is long gone bc you never wink at him????????

-physics just go by very lowkey because you really like this class and in middle of it you feel Richie pull your arm

-“hey, (YN), look down” “for what” “just do it for fuck’s sake”  and you do it, and guess what

-Richie Fucking Tozier is holding a box of cigarettes under the table and you are just shocketh

-because like two months ago he almost chocked to death for smoking and now he does it

-like what the fuck Richard

-and you ask him what the hell is up with him

-and his explication was that it looked fun

-but in reality it was just because he had a silly crush in you. I mean, he is Richie fucking tozier, he doesn’t need to change to be liked by girls but he wants to be liked this girl.

-he even asked bev about it

-because he realized that you two became really close

-and she explained to him that you never really spoke about boys and such but that you were single but not lonely

-u know what I mean 😉

-SOOOOOOOOO, he is like fuckfuck what do I do now, so his best idea is to turn into a bad boy version of himself

-cuz that’s what all punk chicks want, right? -in reality, you knew about richie’s plans and you found it adorable and you also didn’t really have a type bc life’s too short to think about having types so

-but you also had a crush on him HDFJHFKJDJN, ben, bev & mike were the only ones who knew about it because even though you liked all the losers you trusted them the most

-soooooooooo, let’s say its Christmas break or something

-and there’s a party where everyone is invited but you reach there earlier because you weren’t in the mood to wait and you just wanted some alcohol because life is stressing oKAy

-and it’s like 11 pm when you see the rest of your friends getting to the party and you are really happy bc you were tipsy, not drunk, tipsy

-everything is going super great and then you hear someone say something about Beverly and you are like ??? protective gf activated

-it turns out someone was calling her a whore bc apparently she slept with someone named Patrick

-but you know it aint true and you also know that the girl who is talking trash about Beverly has done it for some time

-so you walk up to her and you ask her what did she say

-she says without looking ashamed any second that Beverly was a disgusting slut and that  it made sense that you were her friend

-and wait?? Is that your fist against her cheek?? What is she doing on the floor?? Yeah you just punched her cause she deserved it

-so, you kneel down next to her and softly say: “say anything about Beverly or my friends ever again and I will make your life fucking impossible, understood?” the girl just nods, and you go to your group of friends and everyone is just in shook and bev just hugs you and you just hug her back bc awe <3

-richie’s brain kind of stopped working and it’s insanely cute

-like, he is just staring at you, with his lips partly opened and his hair is just a big mess and wow, is he wearing a leather jacket??

-“Richie, can we go to talk outside?” “what? Oh, okay, yeah, sure” talking about being flustered

-the moment of shook is long gone and as soon as you walk off with Richie everyone is just freaking out because you two have been pinning for the each for a long ass time now and everyone knows it except you two, like how stupid is that?

-they had bets and all of that going on to see how long it took you two to date LMAO

-so you and Richie are outside of the house and you just look at him and he looks like a damn mess but you need to get this out of your chest

-also Richie + leather jacket is a combination made by the gods

-“Richie, I like you” and before you even manage to say something else, his lips are already on top of yours, his hands are on your waist and at first you are kind of shocked

-but a few seconds in and one of your hands was on his chest and the other one was in his hair and if this wasn’t one of the greatest kisses you’ve gotten in a while

-so after a while you pull away from each and you just smile at him and he just smiles back nsjkfd

-“I like you too, princess.”

-“yeah, you’ve kind of made it clear” you say scrunching your nose a little bit

-“I’m trying to have a moment, for fuck’s sake YN”

-you just laugh at him and kiss him again and he doesn’t complain

-because your lips are really fucking soft and he just wants more

-so by the end of the party you two are officially A Thing and everyone is really happy for you

-also make out sessions as you listen to The Ramones? SING ME UP

-so yeah, lol, you and Richie re just a happy punk couple who smoke together and are just really fucking happy with each other

-THTAS IT BC ITS ALREADY 2.4K WTH

[waverlyberensonthedaisiesslayer]

MESSY MLM STORYLINES PART 1

Kevin Keller, Riverdale season 2 episode 3

Let’s ignore that Kevin Keller is a stereotyped character (which isn’t bad in itself, unless you have no other characteristics) whose appearances seems irrelevant and exist only because the writers remember they need him for representation! and diversity!, and let’s focus on an episode that *actually* focused on Kevin. Kind of.

While Kevin had a storyline (a romantic storyline) last season, he was mostly dancing awkwardly in the background. Don’t get me wrong, I love him. But t the same time, I despise him, because overtime I look at him, I am reminded there is an episode in season 1 in which he had two lines, and whatever he does, it is just for plot or to be props to other characters. But all that changed in season 2 episode 3. Right?

In that episode, Awesome Betty discovers Kevin is going into the woods, sometimes at night, to have sex with other hot gay men. But there is a killer on the move, so it is highly dangerous. A risk Kevin is willing to ignore because he’s gay and he needs sex so bad. (For those who don’t know, the killer is targeting sinners: every LGBTQ person will understand why this is particularly terryfying). And while I do understand how badly he wants sex (I am, after all, a gay teen boy too), the fact that he is willing to put his life at risk is just... What? Having sex in the woods with strangers is dangerous, but it would have been understandable. But when there’s a serial killer? No way. (let’s also remember Kevin is fully aware of these dangers, since he found teens who were just attacked one episode earlier). Instead of turning Kevin into a sex addict, the Riverdale writers should just not have done that. And while I understand they wanted their Kevin episode of the season, turning him into a sex addicted boy is just bad. (Also, I need to mention that this was sort of out of nowhere. In that particular episode, he is ALWAYS out having sex with strangers, something we never knew he did last season. Unless you count that Moose thing, and the fact we never heard enough of him until he had a boyfriend -- Not that we learned more after -- and then he was too busy doing... stuff with his boyfriend? I don’t even know what they did. Ugh.)

At least, finally Kevin figures out he should just be happy with masturbation. How, you ask? By being threatened by an aggressive gay man in the woods. Of course, it’s not because there’s a f*cking serial killer on the loose. It’s just because sex (which is sooooooooo important when you’re gay and have no personality like Kevin) with strangers is dangerous and bad! Do I even need to explain how bad this is?

Well this rant (I think) is over, and yes, I am blaming river dale for ruining Kevin and then ruining him again with this storyline.

I’ll try write about more messy mlm storylines (and sometimes good -- hat could be refreshing) soon!

[olivemeister]

Hey can you explain the homophobia/transphobia/pedophilia in dragonmaid? I haven't watched it and have heard mixed things and would love some context.

okay here’s a mess from my own research (obviously, pedophilia/csa warning, transphobia, homophobia, and even incest mentions):

i should note that this is not all firsthand information, because i outright quit reading the manga after only a handful of chapters. i quit the anime when it started retaining some of the more fucked-up jokes. i wouldn’t be mentioning it if it didn’t seem legit based on what i (unfortunately) read. sorry if you’re on mobile and this doesn’t display as a readmore, i know that still is inconsistent.

there’s a scene where two elementary school girls (one of them is Actually 30904309840289 years old but has the body and mind of a child and is called a child by adult dragons, so she is the equivalent of an elementary-aged kid and even goes to elementary school) play twister and much attention is drawn to the fact that one of them is becoming sexually aroused. later, one of them pushes the other down and it’s implied that if not for outside interference, they would have had sex. 

you could argue that it wasn’t as bad as it seemed, but the fact is kanna’s line about what she was going to do had a word blatantly censored, and became (translated) “i wanted to [x] her”. it’s a pretty clear implication - if it was “kiss”, it probably wouldn’t have been bleeped-out so to speak because tohru’s advances on kobayashi are more extreme than trying to get kisses and those lines didn’t get XXXed out. and given the other shit, i’m not inclined to assume it was innocent. but here’s tohru, and boy is she a mess.

despite the ship tease between kobayashi and tohru, it’s made blatantly clear that it’s hopeless and bait after a character with the body of a child and huge breasts (so, there’s yet another instance of pedo-bait) casts a spell on kobayashi to forcibly give her a penis (because said character thought she was a man at first). at this point, suddenly kobayashi is attracted to women (including sudden sexual desire for kanna who again is a child), and the whole “joke” is just a clusterfuck of shitty behavior - a child attempting to seduce an adult, a gag about a woman having a penis, and the idea that having a dick means you suddenly like women. 

it’s a weird amalgam of transphobia (again, women with penises are soooooo funny, and penises are Manly) and homophobia/heteronormativity (with the idea of “penis = man” firmly in place with this shitty premise, the idea that having a penis suddenly makes you like women even if you didn’t before just reads as “now you are a man and since you are a man you now like women, Obviously”).

kobayashi explicitly tells no one about this because she believes tohru will Hilariously sexually harass or outright assault her if she finds out they’re able to “breed” now. this concern is apparently eventually proven right and tohru’s immediate reaction to it is to proposition kobayashi for sex.

bonus points, the huge-titty child who does the Hilarious Sex-Change Magic immediately attempts to seduce kobayashi and it’s apparently portrayed as genuinely sexually appealing, as if she isn’t a toddler with like h-cup breasts. she apparently later proclaims her desire to “breed” with kobayashi.

again, toddler-like body, breasts bigger than her head, blatantly seductive behavior. she also wears no pants, since i didn’t mention that before.

some more: there’s at least one scene portrayed sensually in the manga that features an adult and a child nude together and “grooming” (read: licking) each other. text beneath it proclaims that they were actually in dragon form when this happened, making it even more blatant that it’s being played for wank bait.

other things: huge-titty adult character (who the author just casually felt the need to point out raped her sister while drunk (the anime cut out exactly what she did, but the manga says it outright), and it’s framed humorously as if it isn’t fucked up as hel) constantly sexually harasses an elementary school student, ignoring his blatant discomfort and attempts to get away from her. this is treated as an endearing joke. she sexually propositions him multiple times, cornering him in the bath and sneaking into his bed. she lives in his home. he is clearly afraid of and embarrassed by her. everyone (including the author) just seems to treat this as him being shy.

(apparently the author of this series has outright drawn porn of this exact character dynamic - huge-breasted adult woman and blatantly underage boy - as well as underage girls with older women, but obviously i’m not going around looking for that so that’s 100% anecdotal.)

this one isn’t quite any of the categories above, though you could arguably say it fits the “predatory gay” stereotype that seems to still be commonplace in a lot of anime. but there’s a “Funny Scene” where tohru makes valentine’s day chocolates for kobayashi and pours a “love potion” in the mix. it turns out to be an aphrodisiac, and kobayashi thankfully catches on and avoids being date-raped by her “love interest”. again, it’s framed as sooooooooo funny when kobayashi figures out what tohru is doing and basically says “it would be really bad if you did something to these chocolates, wouldn’t it? i would be really mad. so are you sure you really want to give these to me?” and tohru acts like a child who just got caught stealing cookies or some shit.

but never fear! later it goes right into another pedophilia joke! kobayashi unknowingly eats the chocolates when tohru isn’t around and Hilariously develops sexual desire for kanna (again, an elementary-aged girl). she realizes she’s been drugged and retreats to her room. the joke centers around kobayashi having to leave before she rapes this child.

so, yeah. i wish i’d known like… any of this before starting the anime and starting to like it, because i wouldn’t have let myself get burned.

[surveyjunkie]

Is there someone you need to forgive?

No. I forgive too easily.

Are you a fast texter?

I’m fast at typing but I don’t respond quickly. 

Do you have feelings for someone right now? How strong are those feelings? And does that person have feelings for you, too?

Yes, and we live together so that should tell you. 

When is the last time you went to the mall?

Months ago. 

Do you still have a Myspace?

It got taken down. I think everybody’s did :(

Have you had sex today?

No.

If you’re upset, do you admit it?

Not always

Way down is there any part of you sad at all?

I’m always a little sad. Even when I’m super happy. 

Do you hate anybody?

Not really.

Are you stubborn?

No. 

Is there someone of the opposite sex you tell a lot to?

Yes.

Are you a forgiving person?

Yeah.

Have you ever had your heart broken?

Yes.

How many languages do you know?

English. 

Do you have any piercings?

Ears and naval. 

If you had to get a piercing right now, what would it be?

Nose.

Do you enjoy Disney movies?

Yes

Would you date a 13 year old at the age you are now?

NO.

What is one drug you have no interest in trying?

Heroin.

Three reasons why you wouldn’t kill yourself.

I have a boyfriend, a family, and a good paying job. 

Ever been cheated on?

No.

Do you go to therapy? If not, do you think you need to? Why?

I don’t and I definitely need to. 

Is it a miracle to see you eating a fruit?

No.

Do you like olives? If you do, would you eat it out of the can?

Yeah, and I do that already. But it’s out of a jar. Never had canned olives.

Does your significant other tell you “I love you” on Facebook/Myspace/etc.?

Lol no. We’re private about that stuff. 

Have you ever thought you were pregnant but you really weren’t?

Multiple times.

Where are your biological parents?

My mom is at work and my dad is probably leaving work now. 

Honestly, if you wanted to get laid right now, could you?

I guess, lol. 

Have you kissed someone with braces?

No. 

Do you sing in the car?

Yes. 

Were you single on your last birthday?

Technically, yes. Josh had asked me out the weekend prior but we didn’t go on our first date until the weekend after. And we didn’t make it official until the fall. 

When you watch movies at home, do you like the lights on or off?

Dimmed.

What was the last movie you watched at home, and who were you with?

Josh. 

Have you ever seen your best friend cry?

Yeah.

Have you ever thrown up from drinking?

Yes

What’s your favorite holiday?

Christmas

Do you ever pick up your house phone?

We don’t have a house phone.

Are you taller than 5 foot 7 inches?

No

What’s the kind of soda you drink most often?

Coke.

Name 3 things you ate today?

PB & J, an orange, popcorn

Have you ever gotten a sunburn so bad it hurt to move?

Yes.

If you could live anywhere in the world where would you live?

California. 

Do you ever stay up late just to be awake?

No. 

Can you type and text with fake nails?

I’ve never had fake nails, only shellac. 

Are you a good swimmer?

No lol. 

Have you ever met a gay person?

Multiple...

Do you live close to the person you like?

We live together.

What’s something you’re excited about right now?

Going home!!!

Do you think people often misunderstand you?

Oh yes. I’m sooooooooo bad at expressing myself. It’s terrible. 

What’s a problem that you have recently had or are currently having?

Fatigue. I can hardly wake up in the morning and I go to bed early. And my debit card got cancelled again so that’s been annoying as hell. 

Do you have siblings? If so, what are their names and how old are they?

Younger brother, 21. 

Are you comfortable with your height?

Yeah.

Where would I find you this upcoming Thursday?

I’ll be at work and then my mom’s with Josh

Have you recently had plans with someone and they canceled?

Yeah, this past Monday

Have you ever been to New York City?

No.

Have you ever worn the opposite sex’s clothing?

I wear my boyfriend’s clothes all the time. 

Has anyone gotten on your nerves lately?

Kind of

Did you speak to your father today?

No.

When is your birthday?

July

How many states in the U.S. have you been to?

I think 9 or 10. 

Who was the last person you had a sleepover with?

Ummm, sleepovers aren’t really a thing at my age now. 

Is there someone you wish you were still close with?

Yes.

Do you have a more quiet or loud voice?

Quiet. I can scream in this office now and nobody would hear me, lol. 

[rebellemaki]

Valentine’s Asks

I’m just going to answer them and not wait to get numbers in my inbox lmao

1: Do you have a crush at the moment?

Yep! I have a crush on my boyfriend <3 I’ve had a crush on him for six years so I’m REALLY happy that we’re finally dating

2: Have you ever been deeply in love?

Yeah, I have been

3: Longest relationship you've ever been in?

My longest relationship was a little over a year

4: Have you ever changed for someone?

No, I haven’t, and I never will. If it’s something small, then I wouldn’t have a problem changing (ie, dropping a bad habit or something) it, but never anything bigger than that. 

5: How is your relationship with your ex?

Which ex lmao. I don’t really talk to any of them. One of them I’m still friends with though

6: Have you ever been cheated on?

I don’t know for suuurree, but I feel like I have been 

7: Have you ever cheated?

Hell no oh my god 

8: Would you date someone who's well known for cheating?

Nope, not a chance

9: What's the most important part of a relationship?

Being happy with the other person and being there for each other

10: Do you like to be in serious relationships or just flings?

I like serious relationships for sure! 

11: When you are dating someone do you believe in going on "breaks"?

No, not really, I don’t understand the point of breaks

12: How many people have you ever hooked up with?

Hookup as in casual sex with someone you’re not dating? Zero people

13: What's one thing you regret saying/doing in a previous relationship?

I regret letting it go on for as long as it did because I was unhappy for so long

14: What age do you think is appropriate for kids to start having sex?

Personally, I don’t really understand how people find the space or the time or are mentally okay with it before being 18. But I’d just say whatever the law is is fine. 

15: Do you believe in the phrase "age is just a number"?

Fuck no

16: Do you believe in "love at first sight"?

Like you see someone and you’re suddenly in love? Lmao no, I don’t believe in that. I’m down for crush at first sight though

17: Do you believe it's possible to fall in love on the internet?

Yeah, I’m sure it’s possible. I’ve never experienced that before though

18: What do you consider a deal breaker?

Sooooooooo many things lmao 

19: How do you know it's time to end a relationship?

When you’re unhappy and don’t think it can be fixed or just if you don’t want to be in that relationship anymore

20: Are you currently in a relationship?

YES!!!! I’M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT YOU HAVE NO IDEA. There’s so much kissing and cuddling it’s absolute BLISS. It’s super crazy though because we both had a crush on each other since 9th grade and now we’re in our second year of college and we’re together and it’s ?????? It’s just wild to me. I really hope that we last because we just really click

21: Do you think people who have dated can stay friends?

It depends on how the relationship ended 

22: Do you think people should date their friends?

Yeah, if the person you’re dating isn’t your friend then why are you in a relationship with them

23: How many relationships have you had?

Okaaay, let’s go through the list. I dated a guy out of pity in middle school, I dated a guy at the end of 9th grade because he was someone I had a crush on in middle school but I swear that he only dated me because my hair was blonde at the time, there was this guy who ended up being obsessed with me and a borderline stalker, I dated a guy for a few weeks senior year and we went on a few dates but he gave me bad vibes, I had a girlfriend for a couple months, then I dated a guy for a year, and now I’m in a relationship with a guys I’ve liked for ages. So that’s 7 including my current one.

24: Do you think love can last forever?

I think you might fall in and out of it, but you probably have choose to continue loving a person after you’ve been dating them for so long yanno

25: Do you believe love can conquer all things?

I don’t know lol

26: Would you break up with someone your parents didn't approve of?

Nah, but I’d listen to their criticism and make my own choice

27: If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice about dating what would it be?

Don’t be a pussy and just asK THEM OUT, CHANCES ARE THEY’LL SAY YES. (Okay but REAL TALK, a lot of people that I’ve had a crush on has either confessed to liking me or has dated me. So clearly there was no need for me to be so nervous about it all)

28: Do you think long distance relationships can work?

For me personally, it depends on the distance and the other partner’s willingness to put in the same amount of effort as me

29: What do you notice first about another person?

Probably their eyes or hair

30: Are you straight, bi, gay or pansexual?

Pan affff

31: Would it bother you if your partner suffered from any mental illness?

Definitely depends on the illness since some are extremely severe

32: Have you ever been in an abusive relationship?

Nah

33: Do you want to get married one day?

I think so, yeah

34: What do you think about getting your partner's name tattooed?

I think that’s a very dumb idea

35: Could you be in a relationship without sex?

Of course

36: Are you still a virgin?

No

37: What's more important: Looks or personality?

Combination of both

38: Do you enjoy love films?

Yeah ahaha I think they’re fun to watch

39: Have you ever given anyone/received roses?

NO I’VE NEVER GOTTEN ROSES KMS The only flowers I’ve ever gotten were from my aunt. Even the guy I dated for a YEAR didn’t get me flowers. I haven’t given any out either tho

40: Have you ever had a valentine?

Yeah I had one last year and my current boyfriend was my valentine this year

41: What's your imagination of a "perfect date"?

Literally anything as long as there’s kissing and cuddling

42: Have you ever read "Romeo & Juliet"?

Yep, for school

43: What's more important: Your partner or your friends?

Well, your partner SHOULD be your friend too. But there should be an equal balance. 

44: Would you consider yourself "romantic"?

No, I don’t think I’m all that romantic

45: Could you imagine to date one of your current friends?

Yeah, for sure

46: Have you ever been "friendzoned"?

Lmao no when I’ve asked people out they’ve jumped at the chance to go out with me sooo

47: Which "famous couple" is your favorite?

I don’t really follow famous couples :/ 

48: What's your favorite love song?

Love Is Your Name by Steven Tyler and I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing by Aerosmith. I don’t know, I just really like those two

49: Have you ever broken someone's heart?

Yeeaahhhhhhhh several

50: If you're single, why do you think you are?

I’m not so yay

51: Would you rather date someone who's rich but a douchebag or someone who's poor but a nice guy?

Poor and a nice guy

52: Are you good at giving other people advices regarding dating/ relationships?

I think I am?? I might not be ihnc

53: Are you jealous of couples when you're single?

I’m more jealous that they found someone that they’re happy with

54: How important is it to make a relationship official (p.e. on Facebook)?

OKAY SO currently my boyfriend and I aren’t FB official, but if we’re together in a couple months I’ll harass him into putting it online. The ONLY reason I don’t like having my account say “single” when I’m not is because I have a lot of people on my friends list for cosplay and it makes me uncomfortable when people hit on me

55: Would you consider yourself "clingy", "overly attached" or "jealous"?

I’m definitely clingy lmaaaooo I always want to be cuddling and touching the other person like rubbing their back or holding their hand

56: Have you ever "destroyed" a relationship?

Yes and no? I’m not the one that ruined the relationship; I was the one that was trying to repair it and keep it going and it lasted for a year before I just couldn’t handle it anymore, so I broke it off. I didn’t go out of my way to destroy it to destroy it, I just ended my broken relationship even though my partner at the time didn’t think anything was wrong. I haven’t destroyed someone else’s relationship though

57: Do you think it's silly to consider suicide because of a broken heart?

I don’t think it’s silly, but it irrational thinking. But it depends on how the relationship ended, how long it lasted, etc, etc. 

58: Are you the "dominant" or the "submissive" part in a relationship?

I’m both; I’m a switch B) Currently I’m being more dominant 

59: Have you ever forgotten important dates like your partner's birthday or your anniversary?

Nope

60: What's your opinion on open relationships?

It has to be a mutual thing between both partners

61: Who's more important: Your partner or your family?

Family, but your partner can become your family

62: How do you define "cheating"?

Literally even just flirting with someone else is cheating in my book

63: Is watching porn while being in a relationship inappropriate?

No, I don’t think so. But if one of the partners is uncomfortable with it and ask you to not do that, then it’s inappropriate

64: Do you think Valentine's Day is overrated?

Ehhhhhh I think it can be nice

65: Would you consider yourself a "cuddler"?

I’M THE BIGGEST CUDDLER EVER OH MY GODDDD