#and someone else replied to them

[painyrainy]

The fact that Sanemi is completely obvious to romance should be talked about more.

I mean... he's friends with Obanai, and I'm sure anyone else would've caught on eventually, even if Obanai isn't explicitly saying it.

in conclusion: guys stop writing him as a daddy rizz god he literally has negative romance aura or whatever its called

[charmtale]

sailor moon episode 200 .. revolutionary girl utena episode 39

[ingravinoveritas]

I just saw a video from David's time on assembly (https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI1RiBWRSML/?igsh=Z2k1d2FzYzNtNnV2)

and while I was never sure about this tattoo, it feels especially coerced now. "banging on for years about me getting one to match. and it's never been something I've wanted to do, but because it's her 40th birthday..."

some will say this is super romantic but for some reason it squicks me out. she's begging him to get a tattoo of her initial, and him outright saying he was never wanting to makes it feel so forced.

Hello, Anons. I did see the clip in question, and I appreciate you both writing in to share your thoughts. I'll put the video up here, for folks who haven't seen it yet:

Anon #1: Like you, I also was not completely sure what to make of the tattoo, and had mixed feelings that have not gotten any less mixed over time. Something I had said when we first saw it was that I think there are a lot of different reasons why people get tattoos, but it's not always the reason that you think. Having watched this clip, that seems to be even more the case.

From my perspective, there are two possible ways of looking at this. One is that yes, David did overcome his fear of needles and decided to do something sweet for Georgia's 40th birthday. That's a big deal, to face a fear for the sake of someone you love, no question.

But to only look at it that way is to ignore the backdrop that David sets the story up against. In the first place, David saying Georgia got her tattoo a "few years ago" is wildly misleading, as she actually got it before they were married/when they were barely dating. So reframing it as "a few years ago" is a heck of a choice.

Secondly, though, is David's choice of words: "It's never been something I've wanted to do" (which speaks for itself). And then "banging on." That Georgia was "banging on" at him about getting a tattoo to match. This is a slang term that's used in the UK, so let's look at the exact definition of "banging on":

So from this, we can infer that Georgia pushed and pushed for David to get this tattoo--pressured him, as you said, Anon #2--to the point of annoying him. Because "banging on" is not playful. "Banging on" is not teasing someone or offhandedly mentioning something once or twice. And Georgia, despite knowing David's phobia of needles and that he (in his own words) never wanted to get the tattoo, kept at him over it. In essence, she would not leave him alone about it, and that was when he decided to get the tattoo.

The other piece that I feel like folks are missing is that near the end of the clip, David says "...and that for the past few days, I've managed to pretend it hasn't happened yet." This seems to suggest that it was not the tattoo itself that was a surprise, only when he was going to get it. Because if Georgia did not know about the tattoo at all, there would be no reason for him to pretend he hadn't gotten it yet. So this idea of him planning it in secret is contradicted by what he is actually saying, and it seems like the tattoo was not as much of a surprise as he is making it out to be.

(Also, he says he walked around with a bandage on his wrist for several days, and it's concerning that Georgia never even seemed to notice. Or if she did, and David made the excuse that it was an injury from Macbeth, why would she have not been concerned? I've heard from several folks who are married who've said that if their spouse showed up with a bandage on their arm, the first thing they would do is check the wound. So it seems very strange that this was not the case...)

Taking all of this into consideration, that brings me back to what I had said initially. People get tattoos for a lot of different reasons. But getting a tattoo because someone brought it up over and over to the point of irritation and you wanted them to stop doesn't seem like a good one. Simply put: The only reason that someone should ever get a tattoo is because they want one. If David wanted a tattoo and was excited about it, he could have gotten it years ago...but he didn't. And I can't help thinking that if he was the one begging and pleading and pushing Georgia into getting a tattoo of his name, we might be seeing this in a very different light.

Again, all of this is only my observations and thoughts...but we now can't move away from the fact that there is video of David saying what he said about getting a tattoo of Georgia's initial. So I hope folks will watch that video and decide for themselves what to make of it...

[katamari-of-luv]

Sketches from December-ish

[spacedlexi]

Pls if u can draw minerva more i rarely see fanart or edits of her its only hate and slander 💔 they don't understand her

guess what anon 😏

love this traumatized lesbian who makes it everyone elses problem

[drawcupidsbow]

can we collectively agree on a ship name for sif isa and loop. sloopis. isiloop. sifzaloop. Which one is it guys

[blenselche]

when I see an intersex HC or OC and ask "oh, which variation did you choose for them?" and I get confusion back I wither just a bit

[kelpermoosee]

I LOVE SEEING YOUR CAPTAIN SHIP POSTING ON MY DASH !!! Its so so cute thank you for the delicious content ❤️❤️

Me and the guy who just (accidentally…???) killed my entire troop of Pikmin 😢

[timegears]

maybe i've just lived through too much pointless ship discourse to give a damn about fighting anymore but as someone who isn't really involved with the fandom besides being an onlooker and occasional artist it's been sad to go into the kr@lsusie tag and see posts made after ch3+4's release with comments like "i think it's more socially acceptable to like this ship" like. huh. what stopped you from liking it before. if people want to pop blood vessels over what is quite frankly a relatively harmless ship between teenagers then just let them. put on some marriage shoes and maybe you'll calm down.

[smile-files]

they said i fetishize lesbianism. looks around. i'm literally a lesbian

[ingravinoveritas]

Oh FFS 🤦🏼‍♀️ did you see AL’s tweet? A 1:1 copy of Georgia’s haha OMG such couple goals post/story, again.

And why the heck would they of all people no want to see their own partners celebrated and encouraged? You know, those partners who ensure the nice cozy life they lead and who by their profession are dependent on the public and industry’s continued positive acknowledgment… Not that mutual support shouldn’t be present in any relationship, mind.

I'm in the middle of answering a few other Asks/writing a detailed post about some of Georgia's recent posts this week, so I will save a lot of my thoughts for there, but...yes. Yes, I did see AL's newest tweet, and I am amazed at her blatantly copying Georgia. Again...

I think the thing for me--other than the exact copying, which is just painful at this point--is that I would have zero issue with either one of these posts if it felt like there was even a smidge of affection behind them. If there is a joke here and that's how these posts are meant, they're somehow not reading that way at all. It also seems like both AL and Georgia think a joke and an insult are the same thing (and I realize that in British culture/sensibility that is often the case), but again, what makes it distinguishable is that underlying feeling of affection that is seemingly absent from these posts.

At what point does "Don't encourage him" actually start to mean, "I don't encourage him" or "I don't support him"? A person in a relationship can start to feel over time that their partner doesn't support or encourage them through their actions, even if the partner doesn't ever say those exact words out loud. And this would be no less egregious or worth calling out if it was Michael and David doing it to AL and Georgia, but it noticeably seems to keep being directed from one side to the other.

That is the other piece of this as well, that both of these posts are not one-off occurrences, but part of a larger pattern of comments that have been going on for years (which I've written about previously on my blog) and seem to particularly occur in response to David or Michael receiving any kind of praise or accolades in the press. The difference now versus in the past is that I've started to see some pushback in response to both. There are many comments on AL's tweet from folks saying that Michael deserves encouragement, and shouldn't it give one pause to consider that such a sentiment is so opposite to what his own partner is saying? That the one person who should be his number one supporter consistently reacts in the least supportive way possible?

And I agree with you as well about mutual support being important, which again is what makes all of this seem so unbalanced. David has frequently been supportive of Georgia, but with Michael and AL, neither one honestly seems that supportive of the other. For me it's also that Michael is so consistently and effusively supportive of David that it becomes even more noticeable when he doesn't do that with someone else. All Anna's tweet today did is draw even more attention to that and to the (less than positive) similarities between her and Georgia, and I imagine that is not at all what she was hoping for.

Those are my thoughts, at least. I know plenty of people will continue to see Michael/AL and David/Georgia as #couplegoals--and if that is how people feel, they are welcome to it--but for me, a relationship where the frequent centerpiece is putting down your partner on social media doesn't seem like one I'd want to be in. Glad to hear from others with your perspectives as well...

[acetier]

what was torins first impression of varre?

he wasn’t very endearing lmao

[utilitycaster]

I'm still thinking about that post about how female characters and especially wlw and f/f ships are treated in fandoms because I got a reply that I deleted on my post about how all the Nein were big shippers on deck for Beau and Yasha that boiled down to "haha Caleb making a tower so the useless lesbians would admit they liked each other!" and it's like. He made the tower to Beau's orders. She had already asked out Yasha, who in turn had of her own volition written Beau a phenomenal, beautiful letter instead of a poem as recommended by Jester. This is factually incorrect and obnoxiously dismissive of a genuinely great dynamic and attributes all agency to a man. When you say shit like this you sound like you are Chat GPT. No new thoughts no time actually spent analyzing a relationship dynamic just "ooh i see a woman in fiction what is the phrase most associated with this ok done onto the next task".

[opticsel]

crazy to think that people my age want to have sex… and that many of them have had sex before… and that they are actively seeking out people to have sex with….. and that they talk about sex with their other sex-having friends……. couldn’t be me but y’all have fun tho! stay safe out there and stuff

[stjernec]

Head in hands.

🤲🤲 I'm praying for my self-restraint. I do NOT have time to write an 8 page MLA formatted essay on the fact that Sebastian is an abuser. 🤲🤲

[musicalmoritz]

Literally infuriates me whenever someone assumes Hanako is the MC of tbhk just because his name is in the title. I understand if it’s someone who hasn’t read or watched the series but how can you be a tbhk fan and not know Nene is the protagonist??? She calls herself the heroine like a million times, both in the manga and the anime. A titular character is not the same as a main character, Hanako may be the male lead but the series still revolves around Nene. If he were our main character we would follow him on his own adventures and the plot would revolve around his death rather than Nene’s lifespan. Guys. Reading comprehension.