#I cannot explain anything

[dearest-meat-mutt]

“Why are you hiding your phone? You shouldn’t have any you’d want to hide on your ph-“ I get that but have you considered that I do not want to hear you ask about anything that I have on my screen? Like hi mom, oh this? This is a just fan-drawn image of Kim Kitsuragi from hit political, psychological, detective video game, Disco Elysium, on hit website Tumblr.com. No, I have not played the game before. No, I don’t think I will. No, I don’t think it has a lot to do with discos. No, I do not know what Elysium means. Yes, I actively sought out this image. Yes, I like this character. No, I didn’t draw it. Why did I look for images of this character? I just think he’s…neat, and I’m still trying to figure out if I wanna play this game. Yeah, I know to be careful on the internet. Yeah, ik most of your thoughts and opinions on politics and video games and art and Asian men. I do not particularly care. I am aight with politics. I do like video games. I like all art, yes, including anime and also before mentioned video games. I do like most men significantly and equally. I do know this is ironic given that I dress like a butch lesbian. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, though. Yes, it is regarded as a good game. No, I do not know if it’s a good game by your standards. I have Not played this game. Yeah, my battery is at 46% but I’ll charge it later. Yeah, the art style is “interesting”. No, the person who drew it is not my friend. Yeah, I like this artist. No, I don’t think I would recommend this fanartist’s work to you. Yeah, I like tumblr. No, I would NOT recommend getting a tumblr. For no reason in particular. Yeah, I can like and comment and reblog. Reblog means I showcase another person’s post on my own profile. It’s like Pinterest. I have lost over 15 years of my lifespan since we’ve started talking.

[qoldenskies]

i think its so funny when people take the way donnie acts at face value even though its a horrible lie because he's a horrible liar, while understanding leo is bullshitting very well despite him actually being GOOD at bullshitting. many such cases

[clumsypuppy]

eos pt. 2

[booksandberries]

i'm Not going to explain the context that led to this, i just need the fandom to take a moment and imagine forehead kisses. please and thank you

[littlefankingdom]

Tumblr already showed me twice a post where OP implies that Bruce made the choice to not help Jaybin when he was attacked by an angry mob in Legends, so I had to check, and look at that, they were lying.

Context: the general population has been turned against superheroes.

An angry mob does attack Robin, and what is Batman's reaction? To come to the rescue! He even immediately calls him "son", switching to an endearing term to reassure him. However, Batman is hit in the eyes with a bottle of perfume and blinded, as his attention was on his boy. Gordon tries to get him to leave, but he refuses because he can't leave his boy behind, and when Gordon tells him that his men will take care of Robin, Batman is like "I don't trust your men with my son". Batman is forced out of here, he is so pissef, and he is called "arrogant" by the cops there.

This man trusts ONE cop, and it's Jim Gordon, that's it. And people dare to tell me Bruce isn't an acab believer. He grew up in Gotham and his parents were murdered when he was 8, of course he believes in acab. That's why he was so against his son becoming one.

Anyway, later on, Jason is in the hospital (Bruce was right, Gordon's men didn't do shit), and Bruce is pissed at the situation. However, Jason feels guilty and ashamed, and Bruce immediately goes to comfort him, reminding him he isn't at fault for getting beat up, that Bruce is proud of him and that he is a great Robin. And when Jason compares himself to Dick, Bruce stops that too, bringing up that Dick also had less glorious moments like this. And again, Bruce switches to "son" and "Jay", which convey affection in the goal of comforting his boy.

In the end, Bruce leaves his son safe at the hospital, resolved to not obey the president and get to the bottom of this. Later, Jason decides he cannot stay there and must help, even if it kills him. And people dare say that he wasn't reckless.

Anyway, the other thing about this, apart from Bruce didn't walk away WILLINGLY from Jason being attacked by an angry mob, is that as awful this is, the writers never intended this to be a traumatic experience for Jason. Of course, it would be normally, but it's just a plot point here to get Robin away from Batman while he works with the other heroes. Damn, there isn't even a follow-up to Jason leaving the hospital, he doesn't show up in the next issues to help.

Sometimes, especially with older stories, comics' events don't matter as much as you think they do. If you want to re-imagine them as impacting for the characters, that's your choice, but let's not act as if they were intended to be. Because I saw that moment being used as a comparison to Under The Red Hood, to be like "see Bruce keeps abandoning Jason", and like, calm down with the shortcuts. Because you are making that up, on your own, with what was given to you by different writers over the decades that didn't communicate with each others or agree on the characters.

[canidbutch]

i don't know if that scene was intended to make us like trinity more or make us think she's actually badass! or something but i'm actually leaning towards it just reinforcing the prior characterization of her being emotionally ill-prepared for this environment and having no self control whatsoever. as a csa survivor AND someone going into healthcare ... yeah you can't just Do That, buddy

[emily-mooon]

Scott Pilgrim Characters as Text Posts but they’re mostly of Stacey and Neil cause I’m obsessed with them :]

[taloyo]

[theythemmer]

im trying to sleep but i can’t

how’d you know that?

[coffipool]

ive been selfshipping since 2019 (i was primarily an und*rtale fanartist that just self shipped sometimes, never had a separate blog for it)

but i haven't been specifically in the general selfship community till.. this year i guess?

can i be honest you guys. i actually dontttttt.... really like it here . LOL

[sillygoofyqueer]

"Hey, Four, what about those oneshots/LH update/TH update/other works/education you need to focus on?" *looks at you in disgust*...so anyway back to the mad scientist AU- Lan Wangji is struggling to even walk on the uneven terrain, let alone clamber down rope - the only reason he manages to get down is because of the typical arm strength that people proclaim the Lan to have. Even then, Jin Zixuan is waiting at the bottom like he was half ready to catch him which is...nice, he supposes. (He's pretty sure Nie Huaisang put him up to it.) All warmth he feels at the surprising comradery is soon cut short when Wen Chao says that they were going to bleed one of the disciples in order to lure out the mystery monster they're hunting. Then Wen Chao's...mistress says that they should use Luo Qingyang, and people actually move to do it.

Before he (and Jin Zixuan) can step to her defence, Wei Wuxian's voice rings out from where he's perched on top of a large boulder in the middle of the lake, proclaiming that "no monster would be interested in dirty Jin blood!" Xue Yang, who seems to cling to him, moves to slice open his own palm with a dagger, but Wei Wuxian's hand reaches out to casually halt the blade. Of course, his blood is spilled by this, and everyone seems to hold their breath as they look around the room. Nothing happens for a few moments, before there is a sudden rumbling as the boulder that Xue Yang and Wei Wuxian are on seems to move, and a head raises up to stare at the two on its back.

While Lan Wangji (despite his best efforts) hopes that the monster will just eat the two before they can react, Wen Zhuliu moves as if to grab them, but Wei Wuxian barely shakes his head before the older man is freezing in place. The room is deathly silent. Arrows are trained on this monster from all sides. Wei Wuxian and Xue Yang are staring into the face of death, the older boy with one arm thrown in front of Xue Yang as if to protect him. Then someone makes a sound in the crowd and one of the Wen soldiers accidentally looses an arrow at the monster, causing it to rear back and knocking the unfortunate boys into the lake below.

All hell breaks loose. People are screaming, the Wen make an effort to attack the monster but it becomes quickly clear that it sees their attacks as nothing more than inconveniences, Xue Yang is throwing soggy talismans from a perch nearby and Wei Wuxian is-..where is Wei Wuxian? Lan Wangji expects him to be fighting either the monster or the rebelling disciples (yes there is a sword in his hand, no it is not his own), but he looks over just in time to spot the boy taking a blow from a branding iron that was meant for Luo Qingyang of all people. His cry rings out before becoming lost in the sounds of battle, just as the Wens seem to retreat as one. Wen Zhuliu takes only one look back (his expression filled with rare concern) before dragging Wen Chao and his mistress along.

Wei Wuxian, despite his injury and the fact that he has been left behind, takes initiative and practically orders everyone to move deeper into the caves. Lan Wangji would never dare to stoop so low as obeying a Wen in normal situations, but really it's just a logical suggestion and he would have done it anyway, regardless of what Wei Wuxian said. It is very obvious that Xue Yang and Wei Wuxian are very outnumbered when it comes to enemies, and Wei Wuxian's jaw is clenched against the pain of the burn upon his chest. It would be so easy to get rid of these psychopaths. However, it would also not be honourable to strike a man while he is down, as the saying goes - plus, he may be their only ticket out of there. It seems that everyone else has similar thoughts (except one impossibly cocky Lan disciple who almost ends up skewered on the end of Xue Yang's blade).

The duo separate themselves from the rest of the group in this new cave, sitting beside one another and muttering about something or other while using a dagger to draw something in the dirt. The rest of the disciples talk amongst themselves, trying to figure out a way to get out of this hellish situation, and Lan Wangji is just trying to maintain his composure while sitting down in an attempt to ease the throbbing pain in his leg. The two 'groups' don't try and interact with each other until Luo Qingyang hesitantly makes her way over, followed by Jin Zixuan (who is acting as a guard of sorts probably), and asks why Wei Wuxian took the blow for her. "It's wrong to attack someone for trivial reasons, and violence for the sake of violence is something I won't stand for," he says it casually, as though he isn't still bleeding from the chest, "plus, I never liked her anyway." It's honestly shocking to hear of a Wen with (relatively) good morals, and it leaves Lan Wangji reeling as Luo Qingyang silently hands over a perfume bag and retreats. (Yes yes "it's still going?!?!!" THIS IS THE BASIS OF AN IMPORTANT TURNING POINT OKAY. GOTTA GIVE IT TIME TO WORK. Anyway after I finish the cave scene I'm going to focus on how the Wen siblings play into all this (and Nie Huaisang, but that's to be explained))

[basil-the-bulbasaur]

There is no Ugly Ass Groom (Aromantic Win) for @mcyt-soulmate-sweepstakes

[kleinesmanuskript]

so does this mean that he still has two cocks or

[m4rs-ex3]

actually gonna take a mini break..... which could mean i won't go on tumblr at all or it just means i'll only be making simple posts and not reblogging, and it could be for the rest of the day or it could be for a number of days (this is significant i promise usually i would be yapping like CRAZY rn)

i don't like disliking my show. i don't need to hear about everything they did wrong when i want to be celebrating everything they've done right for 7 seasons. i can't expect everyone to decide that positivity is the only way and i can't expect people to not want to share their opinions when i can't seem to stop talking about my opinion on that. i don't want to do what i did when season 4 came out and i tried to forget tdp existed for months because i couldn't stand being a fan of something others didn't like. tdp is everything to me. i'm not letting this part of my life go because i care too much about what everyone else thinks. and i know that's nobody's fault but my own, but still. i'm hoping it dies down, but even if it doesn't, i just need to step back and remind myself why i love this show, and that that is all that matters.

i know it is NOT that deep but the finals week stress + mourning-in-advance + insane adrenaline rush and joy while watching followed by + immediate feeling of dread and incredible sadness and confusion and anger after i've already had a rough couple and months and tdp was the sole thing keeping me going, it has all just been a lot, as i'm sure you can imagine. it sounds so excessive and sensitive and it probably is those things, but it's how i feel. mainly i just really needed to get this off my chest lol

[notsooldmadcatlady]

[bisexualseraphim]

Also, I refuse to entertain the discourse as to whether acespec people are “oppressed” or not, but I will say it’s really fucking lonely — especially if you fall somewhere on the spectrum that’s a little more unconventional.

I’ve discussed many times before how I feel absolutely no attraction whatsoever except towards my lovely partner. I went through the phases queer men tend to: exploring many types of pornography and cruising on Grindr. I really tried, and none of it has ever done anything for me. It wasn’t until I started having sex with my partner that I realised, ohhh, so that’s how most people feel. And even then, enjoying sex with him is far more of an intimacy thing than the actual physical sensations. I do not fantasise about other people or consume porn. There is only him.

And yet when I’ve spoken about this in acespec spaces, I’m still treated as some sort of weirdo who doesn’t belong. I’ve literally been told many times that I can’t be demisexual because demis will still fantasise and consume porn (although that doesn’t line up with my understanding that demis require a close bond to feel sexual attraction, but never mind), and I’ve even been accused of having some weird internalised Christian puritan shit going on because I genuinely cannot comprehend ever looking at or thinking about someone in that way who isn’t my man. As if anything about this is a choice for me and it is offensive to them somehow. As if only feeling attraction to one person is like… “worse” than never feeling any attraction at all. I’ve never once shamed others for how they experience sex and sexual attraction and never would, yet people act like that’s what I’m inherently doing just by speaking about my own experiences.

So no, I won’t say whether acespec people are “oppressed” or not because honestly, when is this shit ever going to come up in conversation and ever be that relevant? But the fact I don’t feel I can talk about it even amongst other queer people, even amongst others in the acespec community, kind of speaks for itself.

Being a queer man who can’t relate to all the stereotypes and anecdotes about enjoying casual sex is one type of loneliness. Being a queer acespec man who can’t even relate to most others in the acespec community is another. I can never win, and either way I do not fit in.