#and it would have caused so much discourse endless discourse

[micamicster]

Adam was different since making the bargain with Cabeswater. Stronger, stranger, farther away. It was hard not to stare at the odd and elegant lines of his face.

Adam Parrish - The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - Japan is here to save the slump

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

March 2025 Week 2

Ongoing Series - Thai

Perfect 10 Liners (Sun YT) ep 20 of 24 - Santa is really good at comedy, I gotta say. Wine is so cute 'cause he's so frank and earnest. It's adorable! (Inquiring minds would like to know if people in Thailand put perfume on their cheeks?) Lots of linguistic negotiation of pronouns in this episode so that made me really happy.

The Boy Next World (Sun IQIYI) ep 10 end - OMG they made them act and SING at the same time. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. (Raise your proverbial hand if you could actually hear me writhing in pain as that scene aired? Because my whole body was cringing so hard I swear I fractured my own cartilage.) I’m sorry but this show was doing really well for a Mame but that singing was sphincter-shrinking bad. And seemingly endless…

Okay the second half: The running of the gays, how very Japanese of you. So about 1/2 of the final ep was utterly unbearable, but the rest was fine.

Let's talk?

This show had an excellent premise about two fated mates, Cir & Phu, destined to be lovers in multiple parallel worlds. It is the curse of A Cir Who Knows Better to ensure that they manage to always end up together. This effectively explained all Cir’s weird creepy stalker behavior (pièce de résistance of a MAME seme) with the bonafide excuse of that tugging red thread. Turns out I forgive a lot for a strong premise, especially when combined with truly stellar chemistry. *But* there was also some bad chewing of the scenery and really terrible singing at key moments that screwed the landing (yes that too, but). The sex scenes were some of the best we’ve ever had, unfortunately even they weren’t good enough to mitigate that damn singing. 8/10

A solid showing from MAME, I was shocked, there was a point there when I thought this was gonna get a 9/10 from me! 

My Golden Blood (Weds YouTube iQIYI) Ep 1 of 12 - Trailer. GMMTV taking on Weds nights and midweek discourse (they hope) with this hotly anticipated vampire series. Is Thailand finally giving us the trashy gay vampires we richly deserve? Just keep in mind us sh*theads don't deserve much.

And it looks like that's exactly what we are getting.

I'm sorry ya'll: I don't like it. But not in a "witty trash watch" kinda way. So it's going here instead: You ready?

Classic main character = orphan with a mysterious past and bad dreams plus people around are weird about his certain traits. I wonder the thing I always wonder, why not give him martial arts training if he has known enemies? I've done various forms for years and never once cut myself. Of course Joss has a shirtless coming out if a pool intro. I can hear the dev team... "Hear me out now, baywatch just... vampires." I see we have new competition in the Advanced Bravely school of muscled thirst. As it should be. Been a while since we’ve had anyone on the scene who could give Jason Xu a run for his money. Joss is just the man to flex it. Is it just me or does this pair have negative chemistry? Yes we can all tell this is directed GAY! but Joss + Gawin do not seem even the slightest bit gay. The camera on the other (em) hand...

I asked for gay twilight, I’m getting gay twilight. Same lack of chemistry, bad special effects, and everything.

(Theory: Mark was the one who killed/drained all of Tong's fam of their golden blood and that is how he got his healing power.)

Flirt Milk (Sat YT) ep 8 or 10 - all I care about is the side couple. 

Ossan‘s Love Thailand (Mon YouTube) ep 10 of 12 - I do like EarthMix. I just really wish this were a better show. I kinda feel bad for them. That said, l love the host club + live gay boys reaction. Snicker 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Secret Relationships (Korea iQIYI) ep 3 of 8 - I continue to enjoy this a lot. I like how creepy and sinister pretty much everybody is (except for our puppy hero). Who is dog paddling through the filth of his crush's love triangle of past relationships. I like the fact that in the theater an unofficial pass was made. It was totally adorable. Every one is a mess and it's sustaining all of BL right now.

Checkered Shirt (Korea YT) ep 6 of 8 - Baby boy do not flirt with a closet case! Have you learned nothing?

Fight for Love (Vietnam YT) ep 6 of 8 - didn't drop or I somehow missed it. Caught it! It was lovely, nice kiss, I like where the plot is going although... no singing please.

Exclusive Love (Taiwan Fri Gaga) ep 6 of 12 - Our poor little gay boy is being v tested. And testing himself. Side couple = tiny idiots. In other news, one of them is wearing a shirt I actually own! I feel like peek BL stan. (Also I may shop too much in Taipei.) Does I qualify for the shared BL communal wardrobe?

The main trope to rule all BL tropes has returned= he is never asleep.

It's airing but......

Gelboys (Thai iQIYI) 7 eps - I’m giving this show a pass. It’s just too far out of my wheelhouse. I don’t have patience right now. Ends next week.

The Last Time (Thai WeTV) 8 eps - Has this ended? Anyone watch it?

Sashes and Hearts (Pinoy YT) 13 eps - Philippines is doing Drop Dead Gorgeous only all gay boys queening their asses off. Doesn't interst me, not sure if it's BL.

Last Meal Universe (Thai ????) 8 eps - An alien who has come to destroy earth instead falls in love with Thai food and then the Thai boy who cooks it - realistic, actually. I got a link to watch but it still wouldn't work for me, so I guess I'm waiting to see what happens.

In case you missed it:

CUTEST little JBL short drop on YT. No idea it's real title. About 2 students secretly dating trying to decide to come out. It's popular guy + nerd! Absolutely not sure how long this will last on YT but adorable and worth 17 minutes of your time. Do it ASAP! I don't want a repeat of everyone asking me for Wimpy Corporate Drone again. There seems to be a pervious installment in the series, but no subs.

Don't say I never bring you any prezzies.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Upcoming March 2025

3/19? Lost in the Woods (Weds Gaga) Ep 1 of 7 - Announced for 2023, adapted from a novel of the same name. Fifa just graduated high school and travels to a remote province to take care of his grandma, before starting uni. There he meets Chief Hem, a forest ranger.

3/20 Top Form (Thailand Thurs WeTV) 10 eps - Trailer. Adaptation of a Japanese manga starring Boom (Chains of Heart) opposite Smart (Don't Say No). Actor recognized as the "The Sexiest Man of the Year" has his first-place position usurped by newcomer. But while he sees them as rivals, turns out the new kid has other ideas. I'm super excited for this but hate watching on WeTV so gonna be a challenge.

3/21 Sweet Tooth Good Dentist (Thailand Fri GMMTV & iQIYI) 12 eps - Trailer. Finally Mark is leading a BL! This one based on a Jittirain novel about a weird sunshine student dentist and his sugar-addicted patient, described as a romcom meets romantic therapy. Also, Jimmy is there, primarily to give me second lead syndrome. It looks silly but earnest, I'm looking forward to it actually.

3/28 Heesu in Class 2 (Korea Fri ????) 10 eps - Trailer. Adaption of the comic by Lily, about a shy unpopular boy with a secret crush on best friend who somehow also ends up his school's relationship counselor. Supposed to have completed filming in 2022, the fact this has been in dev hell since then somewhat mitigates this being my most anticipated BL of it's original year.

2025 Line Up

BL Announced for 2025 - PART 1

BL Announced for 2025 - PART 2

20 BLs Announced for 2025 That I'm Really Excited About

GMMTV 2025 Line Up - My Totally Biased and Wildly Flawed Feels

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENT

Drive by phone repair for the win. I love them both so much.

That is the jock saying it to the nerd. Yes our nerd is the top in this dynamic. When I tell you to watch a thing, I'm not joking around!

(last week)

The tag BLigade: @doorajar @solitaryandwandering @my-rose-tinted-glasses @babymbbatinygirl @babymbbatinygirl @isisanna-blog @mmastertheone @pickletrip @aliceisathome @urikawa-miyuki @tokillamonger @sunflower-positiiivity @rocketturtle4 @blglplus @anythinggoesintheshire @everlightly @renafire @mestizashinrin @bl-bam-beyond @small-dark-and-delicious @saezurumurmurs

[qqueenofhades]

As someone whose country went through a brutal dictatorship, we still see the bleeding wounds it's left- even 50 years later. The idea of not exercising the right to vote is absolutely unthinkable to most citizens. Granted, voting is obligatory, but everyone I know does it voluntarily and enthusiastically. The discourse I hear around it in the US evidences a narrow perspective, which is so upsetting to see, especially within leftist spaces.

The right to vote is something every citizen must, sadly, defend. Most Latin American countries know all too well what happens when fascism and treason disguised as conservatism take centre stage. I hope it won't be too late when the people peddling anti voting crap to younger generations realise the harm it causes.

All around the world, the reason fascist authoritarian dictatorships of whatever ideology stay in power is precisely either because citizens aren't allowed to vote, the vote is outrageously rigged (think of the 99% margins routinely racked up in places like Russia and Venezuela) or they rely on repressing the vote through intentionally disheartening liberal, left-wing, progressive, or other similarly oriented voters, who often do much of the work themselves with constant internal attacks and purity tests and adopting the rhetoric of anti-voting propaganda in the name of purity. Despite all their populist claims to enact a monolithic Will of the People, all these anti-democratic authoritarian movements are terrified of a genuinely representative popular vote and will do anything to stop it, because it turns out that if you give them the choice, people anywhere in the world don't super like being repressed, extorted, and terrorized in the name of Ideology, and will give your tiresome fascist ass Das Boot.

In the American context, the Republicans have gone full masks-off illiberal authoritarianism and they desperately hate the idea of people voting, which is why they have filed endless lawsuits, passed endless restrictive laws, disenfranchised even their own voters, shrieked election fraud, and everything else to try to jerry-rig their position as extremist minority oligarchic rulers for life. Which is why it is befuddling, to say the least, to see people insist that voting doesn't work, it doesn't matter that much, it isn't an effective tool against fascism, it's Morally Wrong, or all the other idiot "justifications" they come up with. All you have to do is look at how fucking terrified the bad guys are of a minimally equitable electoral system (such as getting rid of the Electoral College, which would pretty much ensure a Republican never won the presidency again if it had to be selected by -- gasp! -- an actual nationwide popular vote). That's why I don't even buy into the "voting sucks and is the bare minimum" rhetoric that gets peddled as a sort of tempting carrot to get the recalcitrants to do it -- don't worry, you can still post your mean tweets about Biden and that totally is more effective! Voting is A BIG DEAL. Voting works. Americans don't realize this because they are lucky enough to never have lived in a country where it wasn't available to be taken for granted and therefore scoffed off.

Voting, having the right to vote, and the large-scale ability that it confers to change the structures of society, is a MASSIVELY powerful tool that has largely not been available to most people throughout history (and is still unavailable to a large chunk of the world today). That's why there were bitter and protracted battles to get women and African Americans the right to vote in America. That is why the GOP still particularly targets those voters today, because the simple act of exercising your civic franchise in your best interests (and therefore not in the MAGA TrumpCult's interests) is so terrifying to them. If it was meaningless, none of this would matter. But it does.

Here, Imma make it real easy for you. If you have any reason to think your voter registration is lapsed, inactive, or nonexistent, if you have recently moved and don't know your status or your polling place or whether you get a mail ballot or whether your evil DeSantis governor has recently taken you off the rolls, or if you have never done it before, or if you want to do one basic thing to oppose fascism today, click this simple link. Do it.

[gladosluver]

I know that you don't post a lot of Danganronpa anymore but drop Ryokoto AU ideas !!

i'm still open to danganronpa convos and stuff alllll the time! just not posting about it much cuz there so much discourse (ahem ahem twitter being twitter) and the lobcorp brainrot is REAL LOL. but im always open for some good danganronpa YAOI and YURI

Graduation AU. we're starting off with a bit of angst because NOBODY can be happy in danganronpa. they get out of high school and end up going to different colleges.... but they can make it work out long-distance-relationship style! maybe instead of meeting all their friends in HS, they meet them while off at college. ryota would probably want to pursue animation, so maybe he could meet angie, hifumi, toko, sayaka,mahiru, ibuki, etc... since they all have art/music/writing related talents!

obligatory Coffee Shop AU. one of them works at a coffee shop, other one orders a coffee, things click, stuff goes down, BOOM! relationship! i wonder if it's that easy in real life....

any game/media AU! always good when you put your favourite freaks into another piece of media. imagine them as workers in lobcorp and throw them to the abnormalities! do something like ddlc or miside where one's just a virtual being obsessed with their partner! a heartbreaking squirrel stapler AU where one of them is the dead wife and the other one is the squirrel stapler themself, trying to repent for killing their partner! needy streamer overload AU where one is ame and the other takes care of her (or breaks her apart) as P-chan!!! the crossovers are ENDLESS

Post-Tragedy AU. what if there were no killing games? no future foundation? or maybe there was a period of time before those happened, where the tragedy had already been caused and everyone is just fending for themselves. i actually drafted a pretty long story about this, with ryota as the main character too! i think it would be SUPER interesting to see him interact with other characters who are COMPLETELY different from him, like the hitlist targets from UDG! and ofc angst. just because the killing game didn't happen doesn't mean it won't happen. imagine: when ryota and makoto finally find each other, one of them is taken to participate in a killing game by the remnants of despair, and the other does everything in their power to find them and save them

Apartment AU? they literally just live in different apartments, but can easily see each other from across the street/alleyway. they wave to each other, occasionally watch the other as they water a plant or feed some stray cats, but they never have the courage to actually talk to the other... at least not immediately! do you catch my drift??

Enemies to Lovers AU..... what if makoto future foundation and ryota remnant of despair? yaoi happen. turn them into BEAUFITUL GAY MEN! makoto brings remnant ryota into the ff and they're like "whose that" and he's just all "that's oomf"

anyways, we all outta ryokoto aus..... *walks away with suspiciously ryokoto-shaped lump in my throat*

[three--rings]

Started writing this last

I spent the six months before and the nine months after the 2016 election doing extensive activism, online like 16 hours a day compiling actions and protests and coordinating people.

And then I burned out hard, and quit, sick of everyone and everything in the left-leaning political sphere. Absolutely sick to death of the endless handwringing about which actions were actually good and which were problematic or ineffective and infighting over priorities and virtue signaling.

And I found refuge in Yuri on Ice fandom, which is when I started writing fic again for almost the first time in a decade.

And I look at the future here and I'm just so tired. Too tired to do that again. The world is so much worse now. Discourse is so much worse now. Politics has gone rancid. I'm too old, tired, and disabled to fight. And mostly I don't have hope like I used to.

I just feel like the most I can manage now is to maintain my own desire to keep living. I mean it's already the most I can do to keep us fed and our bills paid. I have a business I need to put more work on to bring in money cause see the cost of everything. I need to work on building strength so I can properly walk again.

You know? But I feel like I'm failing.

I'm already so, so tired of seeing posts about giving money to various (worthy!) charities as a way to do something, when I can't make it from paycheck to paycheck these days and cannot spare anything.

And I don't have transportation anywhere because I have a car that's needed repairs for almost a year now that I can't afford so I can't go and do anything. And yanno, it's gonna get WORSE for a long time before it gets better, now.

And I'm so tired of being so helpless and tired and I'm just that "man loses last little bit of hope he didn't even know he still had" meme. I didn't realize I had some optimism about my countrymen left but apparently I really did.

And I'm so so jealous of everyone I know in blue states. Who feel some comfort in where they are. I don't have any representatives to call! They hate me! They actively wish suffering on me and wish I would die! My neighbors are thrilled right now! My doctors will be celebrating again while I struggle to afford my care and I'll grimace and try to smile so I can continue living.

I don't know, I'm just...talking.

[donteverblameash]

Talking about the Dream discourse of the week because Idk I feel like I have to talk about this even though I probably don't cause I'm a fan of him. I want to start this off with, while I have many of the symptoms for autism and adhd I have yet to be properly diagnosed with either, also I'm a teenager on the internet so do with that what you will. This is also not a place to bring up old drama, allegations, etc, especially since the ones both you and I are thinking about have been resolved.

Ranting under the cut.

So, first off, I understand how Dream's actions hurt people, even people in his own community, as a lot of them are neurodivergent, like Dream himself who DOES have diagnosed autism and adhd. That word has been used to hurt for literal years and can make people very uncomfortable, and I see why. But at the same time (because nuance does exist), I understand why Dream is mad. At Tommy in particular, Tommy literally is making cash off of Dream and has been doing it for years. It's like for Tommy and his friends, Dream is a way to line their pockets (Not really speaking of people like Ranboo and Tubbo. Ranboo would't have even been involved in this if he did not reply and Tubbo hasn't said anything) when content is dry and rent is due because Dream is easy to hate on and make fun of simply because he's Dream. Like I said, Tommy has been doing this back since the days of the DSMP. Which really makes me wonder why he hasn't removed the videos with Dream in him and with his name in the title if he's so horrible. But besides that, Tommy is quick to throw allegations and shit on Dream and Tommy's fans (Admittly like Dream fans) are quick to back him up, so I get why he's mad and used a word that hurt. He wanted to cut deep and show his anger, but that's doesn't excuse the use of the word if you hear what I'm saying. This could have been handled in a much more mature way. Most things in the DSMP community can he handled more maturely by all parties.

Something I don't understand is Tommy's friends jumping into comment on it when it wasn't directed towards them and isn't their concern. I understand wanting to defend your friend but when people (I'm talking about Jack Manifold) can hardly go a month without mentioning Dream it just makes them seem desperate and instead of seeing a situation where people, people including your friend who this was targeted at, got hurt, you see this as dollar signs. And I think Tommy sees it that way too on the account of the TikTok he made talking about it.

And I would also like to talk about the double standards present. Tommy's and his friends fans are quick to act offended when Dream said this but we're just as quick to pat Cantu/Gumball on the back when he was calling Dream slurs very much like in a way Dream did (With the intention to hurt or cause uproar, stuff like that. For people who don't know, Cantu called Dream the F slur, a slur Cantu can reclaim and people were making edits of him making fun of Dream and him saying the slur back when this happened and patting him on the back, these people were DSMP content creator fans who weren't fans of Dream mostly. Even people who weren't fans were applauding Cantu.)

And what both men did was bad, but why is it okay for him to do it? Because it's Dream and people don't like him. They both should be held accountable regardless.

It's just crazy, this endless cycle of "DREAM BAD BECAUSE DREAM" I don't think people like that are actually upset at what Dream did and how he harmed people I think they're just looking for another reason not to like Dream because they don't like Dream

Anyways, try not to say mean mean slurs to people, the point of reclaiming is to take back the power not give yourself power to hurt another person in the same minority as you

I'm probably gonna keep on watching Dream. Message to Tommy fans: You guys kinda do need to grow up. Tommy isn't a child anymore, and a lot of you guys aren't that young either. It's time to lose that DSMP way of thinking that Tommy is this helpless child and Dream is the manipulating villain in his story. I'm not saying all of you are like that. I'm just saying that from the interactions me and my friends have been having, there is a pattern of behavior. Also remember that these are all rich Minecraft youtubers that don't really care as much as you think they do

Message to Dream fans: Hold him accountable for his grown adult actions like we should do for every grown adult on the internet.

Rest up, have a good day/night :)

[ria-coolgirl]

Fandom ask game!

For the lost boys:

1 Favorite thing about the fandom

2 Favorite fic

4 Favorite fanart

6 Favorite character

7 Least favorite character

19 Favorite headcanon

20 Least favorite headcanon

I like to poke favs and least favs for discourse reason! Lol

Awesome and thanks for the asks!

1. First off, my favorite thing about the lost boys fandom is the endless ideas and theories about the world of Santa Carla and the characters! But thing I love about it is the community of people who love this 80s film just as much as I do and it makes me feel like finally having a community that loves old school stuff like me!

2. My favorite fic is @misslavenderlady (a little bit of country a little bit of rock and roll) @starlahuskyz (changes) and @hypocriticaltypwriter (white wedding) and I would love to read more fanfic!

4. Your art @popironrye , @starlahuskyz and @dolorum-magne @persephone-s-moon @hypocriticaltypwriter you guys art is so cool and amazing! ❤️

6. My favorite characters are the boys (duh) but also Michael, Star, Sam, Lucy, laddie, grandpa, Alan and Edgar.

7. My least favorite character will always be max! (And you probably know my reasons why I don’t like him)

I don’t know I have a favorite headcanon, but my least favorite is David’s last name being powers, cause it’s definitely doesn’t make sense to me and I find it weird to say out loud.

[citadelofmythoughts]

Ran into some shipping discourse recently and need to cleanse my pallet.

What’re your top 5 (if you have that many) RWBY ships and what do you love/like about them?

This is an open question to anyone who wants a chance to gush about their favs cause that’s what I need right now. Optimism, excitement, and seeing people “fan-person” about loving love.

Just to be fair, here’s mine!

1. Bumbleby: I love literally everything about them both as a couple and as individuals!

2. Nuts-and-Dolts: They’re two absolute optimistic sweet hearts who’ve had one of the truest connections I’ve ever seen. Just like the BYs, I love literally their entire characters with my entire heart and soul!

3. Icebyrd/Schneewoodforest: Completely fair that they haven’t had any interactions yet, but I absolutely believe that the potential and reason for them to get close is there.

Having the true, open, understanding, confident, and sexy as hell Robyn Hill help the cold, closed, troubled, confused, and also sexy as hell Winter Schnee is an incredible match for me. Robyn would love all of the positive traits that Winter has hidden away and would probably think that she’d be a great fit for the HHs; while Winter would love Robyn’s selfless personality and the fact that she can be true to herself.

Plus, given that Robyn is Mantle’s most trusted person and Winter was Ironwood’s (whom the people of Atlas trusted) second in command it only makes sense for them to work together in Vacuo to help the refugees.

4. Arkos: They also had a true connection. It’s just a shame that Jaune only realized it in V3. Just like BY I truly believe that they were meant to be and will always be connected, which is why I just CAN’T ship Jaune with anyone else. (Despite my endless love of Weiss’s: “mature” 😏)

5. Ghira/Kali: Dunno if they have a ship name buried somewhere. But they have one of only two healthy married relationships in the show and they’re both such amazing people! I’m REALLY praying that they both show up in Vacuo so I get to see more of them and they get to meet their daughter’s true love!

Again, please no discourse. Only love and appreciation, please!

Bumbleby always and forever. Absolutely perfect, astounding, soulmates. It's been such a ride for those two with the lowest low and the highest high. I mean going from Blake WANTING Yang to hate her so she wouldn't come trying to find her and risk her life in the process and Yang being so devastatingly sad and trying to mask that sadness with anger but all the while she missed her so much. And then the most amazing high ever, baring their souls in the most beautiful way in a literal fairy tale moment.

Nuts-N-Dolts hits my tragic romance buttons. I can't imagine falling in love, believing they died only to get them back and losing them again. It's part of the reason I believe that we haven't seen the last of Penny.

Renora You start of watching RWBY and being certain that they are already a couple but then you get to V7-8 and realize that their communication sucks and they've been unintentionally hurting each other for ages. But when they talk about it, it doesn't immediately fix things but it does start the healing process and I hope they eventually make it work

Frostbyte is a recent ship of mine. It's a bit of a crack ship because on the surface Weiss and Penny don't seem to have a lot in common but then you think about it and realize that they're both victims of Atlas society and have been used as things rather than people.

Ghira/Kali - look it's impossible not to love the best parents on Remnant and it's nice to have a shining example of mature love and it's so obvious that they adore each other even after all this time. I agree that I hope they're in Vacuo because they are going to love Yang so much.

[wenellyb]

Injecting some positivity into all sides of the fandom cause the discourse is getting bitter - here's some fun questions:

A lot of fans are super excited for the finale, and so far besides bobby dying, a lot has been hyped up regarding shipping (buddies excited for continuation of the Texas plot, Bucktommies for Tommy's appearance in the next ep, a possible love triangle, drama, life-or-death scenarios - the possibilities are endless), - what part are you looking forward to most regrding your ship(s)?

And Chimney and Athena... god that rift hurts my heart - the two people most directly affected by Bobby's death having to work together - thoughts?

Also I know they're probably going to save the madney baby plot for next season but what do you think they'll name him?

And finally, what is something you know (likely) won't happen next ep that would make your day? What's the chances of it happening in season 9?

I hope you have a lovely day and don't let haters ruin fandom fun (sorry this is super cheesy)!

Hi Anon!!!! Not cheesy at all, I was so so happy to receive this ask!!! I hope you have a great day too!

1) What I'm most looking forward to regarding my ship is a reconciliation! I would be happy with Buck and Tommy just interacting and showing they still have feelings for each other but I would love it if they got back together.

We have waited long enough😂 And I also wouldn't be against a love declaration! We haven't seen a real conversation between them since that morning after so I'm sure they have a lot to say to each other.

2) Athena and Chimney. Honestly this broke myheart too and I have a hard time understanding but as Karen said nothing about this is fair so Athena is allowed to feel how she feels. One thing I'm happy about is that they're showing how Athena feels about Chimney instead of her having a secret "Grudge", because it means they will solve this quickly.

3) I've seen a lot of people saying Maddie will have the baby in the finale, do you know where the information is coming from?

4) Something that won't happen that would make m'y day? Two things:

4a) Buck and Tommy moving in together.With Eddie coming back...Buck might mention he needs a new place to live and Tommy might suggesting he moves in with him .. who knows?

4b) I would love to have a scene with all the team together. I think that what was missing in the last few episodes ( the ceremony doesn't count) we should have seen them all together and supporting eachother.

Thank you so much for this ask, I loved all the questions!!!

[tamelee]

Hello! What do you think of SNS shippers who make it very clear they only ship either Sasunaru or Narusasu? I’ve mostly seen Sasunaru shippers putting stuff in their bio like "Sasunaru 🔄❌" or "Sasunaru only, Narusasu DNI" and I find it pretty sad. If the only thing you like/ think about in Sasuke and Naruto’s relationship is the sexual aspect of their relationship… Then I don’t think you even like the pairing.

It just feels like the pairing is a way for them to self insert into a character, because they make an obsession of this top/bottom stuff… it’s just ridiculous to me. And sometimes it honestly sound… fetishizing of gay people.

Like, how does one favorite sexual’s position change the way they act with others? How does it could impact the way they are?

Hi! 💕

Ah, I understand what you mean, but I would approach this a little bit differently though. The issues that you bring up are included in that excruciatingly exhausting t/b-discourse and addressing these requires a lot of patience that I don’t even have, nor the energy. And then there’s this whole thing about what SNS even means when differentiated through an order in names in such a picky way, and why. Which, in the context of canon/headcanon, the story/fanwork, won’t even bring the same answer nor do people even agree in the first place. I’ve seen the most insane takes about it where pretty much an equal amount agrees and disagrees. (Hence the length of the discourse I guess.) Using SN/NS (in tags for example) done by very large groups of different people, isn’t always to indicate the same things as a (strict) t/b-preference (and I’m using the word ‘preference’ very lightly here) or a character dynamic- (for which there are endless different types, isn’t always mutual in literature and isn’t determined by just this one thing but relies on context)- aren’t the same.

So anyway, it really isn’t worth it :’)  

In conclusion about the approach though, your conjecture didn’t really specify why you think there is a positive correlation between ‘SN/NS’ and the sexual aspect/’t/b’, but this basically has your ask state that ‘because A is true, B is also true (and therefore C, D, etc- as well)’ "so now, what do you think of it?". That makes it very hard to answer without unloading it in the first place, dykwim?

So, I’m left to assume that you either really think that is the case (which it isn’t always), or you may mean the obsessive behavior that you’re referring to specifically, that then results in the other things. The ‘anti-ing’ of ‘the other’, creating unnecessary oppositions, harassing and dogpiling creators, policing tags, etc- It’s a different approach because one says the cause is simply a ‘preference’ one may have on its own and the other faults the behavior first that possibly can come with such a preference. I’m pointing it out only because I think it’s an important distinction to make as that (the latter) is a (relatively) small number of people in the end, but frankly, aside from tag-policing (even on my sfw art)- they are none of my business ┐(´ー｀)┌

[inevitablestars]

hehehehehehehhe <— me cackling evilly while rubbing my hands together

sirius pls for the ask game<3

oh so you want me to yap

How I feel about this character

.... say it with me: INSANE ABOUT SIRIUS. have been thinking about sirius since i was a small child and i just never stopped??? attached myself to him like a stray dog and i cant let go. very very very normal as you can see. ill be thinking about sirius for the rest of my life i fear. sirius is just so complex and i want to root around in his head for hours. i could find something new every time i do. also no matter what fic i am writing i am inside of sirius' head it might not be his pov but i am in there and know how he would react to everything.

and like. there's so much there!!! his family the prank the marauders harry azkaban like the possibilities are endless. and because of all of the previous pieces (and more) or any combination of them like thats one fucked up little guy and it only makes me love sirius more

they are in my pocket and will be there for the rest of time

All the people I ship romantically with this character

the obvious, remus. can't go wrong there. put them in any situation and it will work. literally any.

and heres the thing, i don't actively read or seek out any other sirius ships but like... now that im being asked.... i could be convinced of others. give me a good and compelling story and i could be interested. some that fit in this category are: james, lily, wolfstarbucks, peter, kingsley, marlene. have i read most of those? no i have not, but if someone im friends with wrote any of them yeah id give it a shot. nothing replaces wolfstar tho nothing can

My non-romantic OTP for this character

regulus. i think thats obvious (<- guy who has never shut up about the black brothers) whether they are close and have a good relationship or havent spoken in a decade im gonna love it. they love each other more than anything else and soemtimes that drives them apart but sometimes it doesnt and god i will explode if i think about them for too logn it causes me phsyical pain

also the rest of the black family. in order of how insane they make me after regulus: bellatrix (she literally killed him what do you want me to say), andromeda, narcissa, walburga, everyone else

outside of the family though, james and lily. easy.

My unpopular opinion about this character

sirius can do no wrong. idc!!!!!!!!! hes never done a single thing wrong in his life. like yeah hes stupid sometiems but thats my stupid guy :( hes trying his best hes fucked up and has been since he was born its not his fault

also just like why is there discourse about his appearance. i dont see characters in my head but like idc if hes tall or not or if theyre whatever gender. sirius is hot and also a little guy.

also also he's smart. really fucking smart. he just doesnt always care so it comes off like hes not. and like he wants it to seem like hes cool and has his shit together but he is losing his mind all the time

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

that he and regulus got to reunite :( or that he didn't die. that would be lovely. or if you know his name was cleared and he got to actually take harry in like he wanted to that would be so so cool for everyone involved

[hennythejetsmith]

Woodford 12/30

It isn't a lack of truth; I overthink entirely too much, but level with me..this isn't the first time & very similar circumstances & I'm not sure if this is some universal test? Karmic retribution for my past mistakes, maybe this is nothing at all, but if that were the case, then why am I up at 5:53 on a Saturday morning deep in a glass of whisky untangling the infinite hypotheticals...? Surely, this pusillanimous state I'm in, the endless synapses firing off that are slowly drowning in the double oak barrel reserve being forced down my throat for the fear of any unpleasant crossroad because I LOATHE the lows .. potential for them anyhow. Happy New Years Eve Eve

Christmas was good. We spent time with her family to which I discovered that crime, specifically shoplifting, was decriminalized in New York? The jury is still deliberating this no pun intended. In all seriousness, it was a beautiful experience. I remember when my Grandamommy's house was once teeming with love. Granted, we didn't have nearly as many members, that's not to say my mother's house isn't overabundant in love, but I lost track of the amount of people & being quizzed 5 minutes on Aunt Dina & Cousin Madelyn & who has on the orange top with black bottom versus who has on black top with orange bottom can somewhat paint the picture for the swaths of individuals. Uncle Shawn's a good guy. Eagles fan or not, I could talk sports & shoot the shit with him until the last grain of sand fell from my hourglass, as long as some cowboys fans were there hah

I'm going to try therapy soon. I wonder how Kurt felt, or was that just a fleeting thought. The most recent still of he playing a guitar juxtapose a girl wearing something of a tie dye Nirvana shirt with the bold print "Disrespectful" stamped across the screen shot through my mind like a comet. I'm not sure it would've mattered to him at this point of his life had he still been with us. Fathering his daughter seemed to be of utmost importance to him prior to his death, why should we believe that would change? My focus is similar, despite my vice to the brown stuff, I want to nurture & grow all my relationships. Maybe therapy is the answer for me. One office turned me down & another didn't respond. The third said they couldn't help while they offered a suggestion, so maybe they did help after all. We'll see, I hope. As I sit here at 6:13, contemplating what's next... I know I'm going to keep reading. My father would appreciate that. Oh, Update on my Pop Pop, he is doing better from last I spoke with Aunt Pat & my dad. I wish I wasn't under the weather so I could see him.

What was the root cause of the Civil War? That is the new point of contention for the internet discourse among troglodytes, or at least one of them. I'm just glad it isn't "if he invites you on a date, should you split the bill if he asks" because i'm tired. WE are not a monolith either, but damn! Well, who am I to judge, I find joy in watching minecraft videos from time to time & my humor is so broken... I cannot be the first to cast a stone or call the kettle black.

I'm not sure if i'm drunk or it does feel good to write like this. I used to be a poet, you know? if you take some time & scroll, you'll see. That's if anyone else is actually reading this. Or, & I sometimes feel like these little rants are for me to look back over, maybe you should scroll down, yourself, writer & see what you've done. Give yourself a bit of a jolt that you need. Lil prognostication here. Put it together 2024.. all of it. Make the people around you proud. Whoever isn't around, wish them the same. No need to say fuck em, that mantra is adopted by one too many & we

see how the world is turning out now, don't we. Genocides are filmed with no definite end in sight. Whether it be for something like this: a laptop to type my first world problems on or the direct attempt at the erasure of a Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.. we've lost sight of Humanitarianism. I know, these are the hot button topics, but what happens when they turn cold? What happens when the news cycle filters in a new story that captivates the audiences across the world? Are we to forget the atrocities that occurred under our watchful eye. This needs its own section(see here for the reason of break midsentence). Are we doomed to these primitive ways of conflict resolution? I'd hope not, otherwise dystopian novelists have some explaining to do & why were they not picking lotto tickets instead of shaping the landscape for my future? How selfish of me...so many other people in desolate corners of the world, with little to no hope of survival & here we are.. what type of Chai would you like, sir? Pathetic. Even though a chai latte sounds nice, from your local coffeeshop, because its f*** the Bucks, it just confirms this whole disconnect from the rest of the world. That isn't to say that I don't face my own issues as a Black man, but I could rant less...I could do a bit more for other people...being denied from a therapist really frustrated me while people gave birth & lost their newborn because one group of people, backed by an empire, decided that they were not important enough to live.

I pocket these thoughts...because...well I don't know... Jigglypuff

[gascon-en-exil]

Tbh i really sometimes hope that IS's tastelessness would actually scare off some people just so that they realize it will never go away and would stop making endless and pointless drama. The 3H discourse made me wonder if sometimes gatekeeping Fire Emblem wouldn't be a good idea

That's a lost cause. As I pointed out in the video, there are antis in the fandoms for Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and South Park, all of which are much more casual and explicit about their racy content. I'm not even involved in those fandoms, nor have I seen much of those shows apart from GoT and HotD, but I see enough from internet osmosis to know that it can get vastly sillier than it ever does in the FE fandom.

Besides, trying to gatekeep people from fandoms never really works, and it just makes you look like an elitist asshole. You can block individual bad actors, to whatever extent that helps, but they'll always find other ways to involve themselves in drama.

[circadianrythym]

What is manhood?

A big change in my life has caused me to question my old self and build a new one, while im still on this journey I've stumbled across of Maculinity-themed posts on my social media, it prompted me to internally ask myself? What is a man? I've also seen women talk about womenhood on my feed, im not sure i remember much but it made me ask, what is manhood? I ask this but it shouldn't be something that both genders usually experience: "Got cheated on" well okay that happens to both genders, but I suppose we deal with it different. My answer is at the very bottom and feel free to share yours.

Backround: I ask this because we as a society need to have more discourse of what a man is. I find myself confused as so much social media dudes record themselves talking about how to be a true man. "Dont tell your woman about how bad your day was, it'll make her less stressed(Okay sure valid point, I mean this can apply with just anyone in your life)," "Women don't want you to be emotional, be stoic and quiet." Me personally, not only as a man, but as someone that loves to think, I feel as though this question needs to be thought about more

Personal Stories that I feel are relevant to my idea of manhood: -When I think of manhood, I think of the first time my dad told me to stop doing something because it was girly, I think to myself, "Do girls ever get told to stop doing things because it's girly."

-Manhood. I think of the time my dad gave one of our goats to people that wanted to eat it, even though there was no real reason to do so. We weren't poor but he almost wanted to please them since he "owed" them, despite him feeling bad after. I thought to myself in that momment, "If I had stepped up, could I have prevented both of us from suffering." I also thought to myself, "If i had stopped it, would I be a better man than my father?"

-I often lack the physical and technical skills my father has, with him growing up without one he learned to make due, but he didnt teach me any people's skills. I grew up having stronger boundaries than himself, not laughing when something isn't funny, overall just not people pleasing. To me, the manhood isn't the having boundaries part but of the feeling of seeing your father in such position. Perhaps my perception of him is the cuase for that feeling

My Answer:

Manhood is the jouney of hope, despair, and then hope again with an emphasis on selflessness. It's growing up with a father, seeing the idea of him, having that idea shattered, and then loving him for it. It's the quiet moment you and a bro share, no words are exchanged, no facial expressions made to one another, a state where the cues that evolution designed for us to express - the cues that long to fulfill their natural purpose - are absent... yet despite that both of you are aware. Maybe manhood is the endless pursuit of trying to be something that doesn't exist. As I am writing this I struggle to find an answer. I know this is more a Tumblr thing to post but I genuinely want to ask what you think manhood is.

[strawberryshorttakes]

"She Looks Just Like a Piece of Cake": A Sugar Coated Reflection on Marie Antionette (2006)

Lushly rich and complicated, like bite into a dark chocolate covered, maraschino cherry. Visually that is the experience of taking a bite into Sophia Coppola's Marie Antionette (2006). From the endless montages of champaign overflowing from little glasses, to flower gilded porcelain filled with every powered sugary treat you can image; every second in this sumptuous piece oozes excess. It relishes in it it, celebrates it even. Kristen Dunst stars as a seventeen- then middle aged Marie Antionette as she is thrust from her life as a duchess of Austria into the silently crumbling world of the France bureaucracy. Her manner is sweet, coquettish and dare I say even a little ditzy, as she brazenly defies tradition by gambling, riding, dallying and hosting loud boisterous parties late into the night. My favorite scene especially has to be when a seemingly oblivious Marie encourages everyone at the opera to clap, boldly ignoring the conduct of polite society.

I have always had a complex relationship with Marie Antionette and her subsequent glamorization as both a person of history and popular culture. On the one hand I can acknowledge her as an unfortunate victim of violent misogyny. Her legacy has been poised as the catty, selfish, and idiotic queen who when asked to spare compassion for her people, mocked them with the all too famous "Let them eat Cake!". A quote which is still highly associated with her today, despite her never actually having said that. Furthermore it is known that historically speaking, women (even those in her position) would simply not have have the power to enact the large economic repair that France was desperately seeking. She, much like many of those executed in the French Revolution, was a convenient scapegoat. A constant, unpleasant reminder gnawing in the empty stomach's of the many without.

Yet even still knowing all that I know, I don't like the more modern day interpretation of her having been an absolute blameless victim. A poor child bride; uneducated, illiterate and too sheltered to understand the implications of any her actions. In many of the online discourse I see about it, is often on the emphasis on how young she was when she married (an entirely separate tragedy) and died. So much emphasis is put on her youth that you would think she had been a teenage girl when she was killed, rather than being well into her thirties. It is true Marie Antionette did not break the economy of France, nor did she mock the poor; however she did actively benefit and joyfully participate in an imperialistic system that fed off the bones of the peasantry. Before her execution she was spending extravagantly and excessively even as the divide between classes grew wider. As did King Louis IV, as did the entire royal court.

So even though they were not the sole cause, they were complicit and far from being blameless. Which is as point that I see so often left out, especially in the framing of this film. So much of the filthy, rotten, bleeding underbelly of 17th century France is swept away in a sea of swirling pastel ribbon and gold embroidered bed sheets. Marie Antoinette and her lords and ladies at court gorge themselves endlessly and drink without inhibition, a placid smile woven on their face in nearly every scene. How could anything go hungry, here in this fertile Eden?

When confronted with the slanderous papers, charging her with the condemning quote, her response is outrage at her slander rather than her people's pain and suffering. She sighs, "don't they ever grow tire it?". That sentiment to me is even more egregious than the cake.

To me the endless forgiveness constantly bestowed on Marie Antionette is a prime example of white feminism and victimhood. To quote JM's article for Medium The Glorification of Imperialism in Coppola’s Marie Antoinette (2006), "On the surface, this seems to be a quintessential feminist exploration of a misunderstood historical figure, but once we begin to discover the lack of diverse perspectives in this deeply influential re-telling of Antoinette’s legacy, we see a deeply problematic issue at the very core of the film, ie, the glorification of the imperial culture and an attempt to garner sympathy for the exploitative state that led to the decay of the French masses. The film focuses on Antionette’s personal journey as a woman but fails to take into account one simple fact, at the end of the day, Marie Antoinette was an instrument of the state, she was the face of the crown, the name which was used to pass undemocratic and unjust laws, the reason behind the bankruptcy of the entire nation." To reduce Marie Antionette to this vapid, infantilized little girl, is to reduce her very real complexity as a whole. And make no mistake her complexity does include the tangible harm she willingly caused. She was not a doe eyed cottage-core waif, dancing in a field of strawberries. She was not a virginal child bride nor was she a feminist patron of female power and sexuality.

So please, can we stop sugar coating who she really was? Because there's really nothing sweet about it.

[wolint]

REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE!

REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE

Luke 17:29-33

 

Lot's wife is a figure first mentioned in Genesis 19. The Book of Genesis describes how she became a pillar of salt after she looked back at Sodom. The story of Lot's wife begins after two angels arrived in Sodom at eventide and were invited to spend the night at Lot's home. As dawn was breaking, Lot's visiting angels urged him to get his family and flee, so as to avoid being caught in the impending disaster for the iniquity of the city. The command was given in verse eighteen, "Flee for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stop anywhere in the Plain; flee to the hills, lest you be swept away."

While fleeing in verse twenty-six, Lot's wife looked behind her at Sodom and was turned into a pillar of salt. We aren’t told why she looked back. Whether it was from irresistible curiosity, disturbance of feeling, or that she was about to return to save something, Lot's wife lingered, thus disobeying the parting counsel, “Do not look back, nor stay in all the plain.” The torrent of liquid lava enveloped her, making her the victim of her sinful rashness.

Out of more than 170 women named in the Bible, Jesus tells us to remember one: Lot’s wife. Do you know her story, short as it is, and the lesson in that story?

Besides John 11:33’s "Jesus wept," Jesus interrupts himself in the middle of a discourse on the end times to add the second shortest sentence in the Bible. With three powerful words, he cautions us: “Remember Lot’s wife.”

We don’t know her name, but we know her mistake is one we all make too easily: looking backward rather than forward. Sounds like a lot of us today. We would rather keep looking back, missing the things and people we left behind or the life we used to enjoy, than focusing on moving forward.

While Jesus was telling his disciples about a coming time of great destruction, he mentions what happened to Lot’s wife and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, cautioning us about the consequences of our actions. He said, “Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it,” just like Lot’s wife, who lost her life because she “looked back.” This was more than just a glance over the shoulder; it was a look of longing that indicated reluctance to leave or a desire to return. Whatever the case, the point is she was called to desert everything to save her life, but she could not let go, and she paid for it with her life. In Judaism, Lot’s wife became a symbol for a rebellious unbeliever.

There are people in relationships that are slowly but surely killing them, and despite the urging of friends and loved ones, some have remained, some left but keep going back. Why? The heart wants what the heart wants, unfortunately.

Life choices are important, at least good ones, yet so many have cultivated choices that are physically damaging, emotionally draining, financially crippling, and spiritually stunting without wanting and willing to let go and move forward.

To keep looking back is to fixate too much on the past, rambling over the same story repeatedly, while keeping the story, situation, or pain in an endless loop. We must unstick ourselves from the past, however pleasant it may have been, to move towards God’s plan for us. Following Jesus requires turning our backs on the “life” that this world offers. Attempting to “save your life” is the same as “looking back.” Attachment to our “old life” will cause us to lose our lives, and Lot’s wife is the illustration and example that we must remember.

Depression is fixating on past moments. Anxiety is fixating too much on the future. So, we are told to focus on the only time we can change: the present moment. Do so by constantly “remembering Lot’s wife” as Christ instructs us.

Prayer: Lord, help me to keep past actions and teachings at the forefront of my mind and learn from them, not allowing them to influence my present behavior and decisions or keep me in the past. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Shalom

WOMEN OF LIGHT INT’L PRAYER MIN.