#idk i just love you all so much and you have given so much to my life and even though im scared to interact mostly… i check in on you guys a

[ladyloveandjustice]

It's Themyscira, not scara.

Meanwhile none of the mainline Amazonian heroes have female or gender queer romances because that was never their story just a neat side effect of the premise.

What are you talking about? Yes they do. You've been given examples in this post. Nubia is very much a mainline WW hero! She's had her own series! And she has a gf currently! Hippolyta is Wonder Woman's mom and was Wonder Woman in the 40s according to current DC continuity. She has a wife. It wasn't a "neat side effect of the premise", the queer romances are there.

Listen, if you'd just said "I think the X-men cover a larger range of gay experiences because gay men are included" (and nb people? I assume? Are there nb X-men? If so idk why all this defense has been so solely male focused. I think nb Amazons could conceivably exist but it's not canon--getting off topic though) and left it at that, whatever, we wouldn't be here.. But the examples you chose were confusing to pople, you phrased it terribly, it was a shitty joke that you doubled down on, and now rather than just take that criticism gracefully you continue to try to turn it around and...make weird personal accusations at me?

If you're a lesbian who's trying to defend lesbian only places as a good idea then you missed the point of Wonder Women.

Thanks for informing me of the point of Wonder Woman, I thought it was like feminism or being a good person or something, but apparently it was a cautionary tale against lesbian only communities this whole time. But hey, good thing I was never actually advocating for lesbian only communities then! Just pointing out that queer women aren't all lesbians, your phrasing sucked, etc.

Yeah, the Amazons isolating wasn't perfectly healthy, that's literally the point. They were able to thrive on their own, they didn't need men, but an important part of trauma is to eventually move past the "take time to yourself, rebuild your life, learn to thrive" and reconnect to the world. That's what Diana does for them. But it doesn't make their society any less cool or any less of a haven for queer women, and who cares if it makes them less "special" to be connected to the outside world again?

If you're a lesbian who views criticism of lesbians as attacking them then that is exactly the us v. them narrative that leads to that kind of isolation.

I mean, I'm not, so I don't know why you're telling me this. There wasn't any legitimate criticism of lesbians in this post because we didn't do anything to you. You saw a comic poll involving fictional gay women and said some weird sexist shit, no lesbians were involved. You were the one who equated all queer women with lesbians, you were the one who chose offensive phrasing, and me saying "hey that's weird" isn't an us vs them narrative.

At this point, it's it's clear a productive conversation is not happening here, and it's getting boring. I've said all I wanted to say, so this is my last word. Thanks for giving me an excuse to spread my love for Wonder Woman at least.

[nikonikonek000]

idk if i ever sent this so sorry if i repeat myself! but i’ve been seeing your art since like 2017(?) it’s been so long but it’s always so noticeable I love it. like i’ll be randomly scrolling and rediscover you. I’m always happy seeing you’re still active and doing well. never stop creating, you’re important

TT_TT<333 THIS IS SO KIND thank you i am going to cherish these words forever!!!!!!!!!! awah!!! my heart!! my soul!! it is full and beaming with joy to read this...times have been hard for a niko lately! it means so so so much to hear words like this right now. thank you...thank you!!!

also i only started posting art online in late 2020, to clarify! :o) and this is the only tumblr account/alias i have used! before that all my work lived in sketchbooks that are all gone now, never to be seen again.... like legitimately...they all are lost forever...sad...but i will keep making more...!

actually in 2020 i kind of snapped. i was trying to become a "normal person" for a long time. i had completely given up on making anything of myself, i had been told my art is not worth anything and it will never be successful unless it is more palatable to a general audience. i did not think i could make anything of my art. but i decided to try anyway, to try posting and making art i liked, finally, because if i didnt try, i would regret it forever. i really re-assessed my life and said "fuck it", and here we are.

though my art only started looking/feeling like it does now in about, 2022, when i had some kind of funny little Awakening and accidentally became two guys, one of which may or may not be a mysterious inhuman Entity (me, "niko", is this. i could be described as "plural" if you like that framework) or, call it self actualisation or pretend if you want. whatevr, doesn't matter. you can just Be whatever you want and nobody else gets to choose that for you!

so anyone who is reading this who is keeping your art secret or just to yourself because you're scared and you have been discouraged, please, do not give up. please, share it. it may touch more people than you expect. i make it just for me and i'd make it even if i was in a cave somewhere never interacting with anyone, but every day i am so grateful that i made this decision and that others like my artwork. Thank you.

someday soon i am going to make personal artist website to archive everything i have made/will make, just so people know...!

so i think its fascinating that you feel you have been seeing it for longer. does my swag transcend time?! or am i mistaken for another guy? a mystery....

if i am being mistaken for another artist i want to know who because i bet they're awesome HAHAHAHA!!!

THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!! I WILL NVR EVR STOP!

[lionb00bfan]

HC’s on Shishigumi Lions + Chief Lion getting a bouquet of flowers from their s/o?

Receiving A Flower Bouquet + Chief Lion

Idk what’s been going on with me and fluff headcanons. This was so cute to think about, also thinking about making them all shy and giggle rubs my brain the right way.

Chief Lion

When you hand him the bouquet, his entire body stiffens like he’s being knighted. He’s not used to receiving gifts, especially not soft, beautiful ones like this.

Later, you catch him staring at them for an uncomfortable amount of time, his tail swaying like he’s deep in thought. He doesn’t say it, but they made his whole week. He ends up keeping the ribbon in his desk drawer.

Ibuki

He saves the petals, carefully dries them, and stores them in a tiny tin. If you ever get married, he plans to use those petals in the decor.

Sometimes just looks at them and quietly smiles. He also likes smelling them, to remind him of the moment you gave them to him. He gets you flowers more often after that, he wants you to feel the way he did.

Free

Pretty excited and confused, he gave you a big hug when he saw you offering it to him, then started asking why you got them for him. He’s honestly not that picky on gifts, it’d be great if it had silvervine though, but the gesture alone wins him over.

Surprisingly takes good care of them. He believes in that superstition where the longer the flowers last, the more love they were given with, so he’s putting that to the test.

Dolph

Gets a little sentimental when receiving them but plays it off well. He gives you a big hug and purrs into your neck.

He isn’t the best at taking care of them, but he always smells them when passing by. He takes pictures to remember them and puts the bouquet on his kitchen counter. If anyone tries to move them, they get barked at. It becomes a little shrine for a week.

Agata

He’s so excited, he likes them more than he thought he would. Also, given what his fur coloring implies, he likes knowing you’d get him something so pretty, and it reinforces the idea that he’s more than what others perceive

Tries his best to take care of them. Keeps one flower pressed in a notebook. When he misses you or feels overwhelmed, he opens it and feels grounded again.

Miguel

Big lion is smitten. Given his line of work and how he presents himself as this strong tank, it’s refreshing to receive something so delicate. He accepts them with a soft, almost bashful smile, and holds you close.

Saw another account post about how they think Miguel has a garden and has a green thumb. I imagine he takes the best care of the bouquet and makes a really pretty arrangement somewhere in his room. 

Sabu

Soft smile. He doesn’t say much, but you can tell it means more to him than he’s letting on. He brushes his nose against the petals and your forehead.

Carefully preserves the entire bouquet. He dries it and frames it under glass, hanging it somewhere inside his room, so it’s the first thing he sees when he wakes up.

Jinma

I’ve seen a lot of artwork with him holding roses. So he’s absolutely giddy to get his own bouquet. He always works hard picking the best flowers for you, so having that effort reciprocated makes his heart swell.

He’s really into flower language, so he ends up yapping to you about it for a few hours. The next time he sees you, he gives you a bouquet back that says “thank you” and “I love you” in flower symbolism.

Dope

When you first hand him the bouquet, he stares at it for a few seconds like it’s a puzzle. Then at you. Then back at the bouquet. He accepts it before getting all flustered and scratching the back of his neck

He gets the first bouquet you ever give him encased in resin and displays it somewhere in his room. Later, he picks a flower that reminds him of you and encases it in a paperweight for his desk, so even when he’s busy, there’s always a part of you nearby.

Hino

Loves it so much. Immediately starts looking up ways to preserve them forever. Ends up getting the petals turned into beads and strings them into a bracelet, something small and easy to keep on him.

If he’s in his suit, he sometimes tucks one of the preserved petals into the inside of his coat, close to his heart. It’s his quiet good luck charm.

[jacky-rubou]

Just curious, do you have a fav page from The Book of Bill?

On a tangent, something that TBOB did better than J3 imo is how TBOB didn't end so self-deprecatingly for Ford. That now he has a support system to move on from Bill and open up about his past. I could try and argue actually, especially with the "Lost Journal pages" (whether forged or not), that I think Ford is portrayed more sympathetically here, especially since his abuse at the hands of Bill is more apparent

yeah, i do appreciate how Ford's given a more sympathetic light in TBoB and that it doesn't end with as much self-deprecation as he had in Journal 3. I also didn't appreciate how Journal 3 handled Ford's finish to his arc. the whole 'hero's brother' thing just leaves a sour taste in my mouth because nothing in the world says that there can only be one hero in the world and it's just more proof that Ford is struggling to see that more than one person can be a hero rather than anything truly satisfying. it really feels like Ford's just gonna end up deferring all that he is to Stan and that's not healthy either. It gives the impression that Ford should've lost all his self esteem all because he hurt Stan and that sucks.

anyway, you pretty much gave away what my favorite page is but... it's this one forever and ever. photo taken from the internet archive.

as you said, it works out a better ending for Ford's story that isn't so hard on himself to be painful and is actually pretty heartwarming, at least in my opinion. Ford just feels so much shame for Bill manipulating and abusing him and was afraid of his family judging him for it when they found the book. But his family doesn't judge him and instead makes fun of Bill and his pathetic attempts to trick them. And Ford's able to be comfortable and happy with his family once he realized that Bill was not something to be ashamed of but something to pity and ignore. also the photo with Ford surrounded by family and friends is just so heartwarming and i love that photo to death. I also love the letters the rest of the Pines family writes to Bill and how much love for Ford shines through their words.

idk, i do like the book. I just feel its association has been tainted in my head with the way the triangle shippers interpreted certain pages with little actual regard for Ford's safety and comfort or Bill's cruelty and genuine malice. especially post canon shit about it, because even if you see the past relationship before the betrayal as romantic (which i don't for various reasons), it doesn't erase the abuse and the horrors Bill put Ford through that scarred him for life! Ford would never ever go back to him even with a gun to his head and the idea of forcing an abuse victim to be with their abuser like that just sickens me regardless of Bill 'changing' himself. Changing yourself doesn't make you entitled to relationships with the ones you hurt. Especially with ones as hurt as Ford has been.

anyway, sorry about that. i'm just frustrated with the fandom as per usual. other than that, i love how it portrays Ford's arc.

[drmelking]

I need more people to be insane with me about heather collins please i am begging

[starssoblue]

"the reason adrien is just instantly good at everything he tries is because he is programmed to be that way as a senti" aside from the fact that i don't think that's how it works (and also while he was decent at everything he tried with marinette he wasn't instantly good at all of them, and what marinette actually said to him was that he could improve in anything with practice but it was a great first attempt) did we all collectively forget about how adrien actually canonically isn't the best singer?

[altarfates]

i think i've been sad for a while and it's definitely better now but it's still like ??

[youandthemountains]

it probably is insane how much I wish I could express the thing about spones. the vibes about spones. Like there's the joking fun fandom vibes and I love them, I love to play with them, of course of course. but the THING. the CORE to me. i wish i could capture it and share it.

[nami-moittli]

I think you like Leah

…A little

[yikesharringrove]

hi i've missed you!

can we do something soft and just cute like going for drives and getting fast food and just talking?

“I’m picking you up,” came the crackling voice from the walkie talkie on the nightstand. “Meet me at the spot in ten. Over.”

“No, you freakazoid,” Steve barely moved from his blanket cocoon, only reaching one arm out to press the button on the side. “I’m asleep.”

“Clearly not. I’m on my way, Shithead. Over and out.”

Steve rolled his eyes, and contemplated going back to sleep for all of five seconds before he sighed, and heaved himself to standing.

Curse Billy for stealing that walkie from Max, for suggesting they stay on their own channel, different than the ones the kids use. Curse Billy for his insomnia and his late night drives. Curse Billy for the way he keeps on hand on Steve’s thigh while they go and always stops at the nearest drive-thru to get Steve a milkshake and wolf down a double cheeseburger (because his dad slapped him and sent him to his room without dinner. Again.)

Steve trudged around the side of his house, crashing through the well-worn path through the sparse trees to the road on the other side.

They both agreed that Billy’s car shouldn’t be spotted outside of Steve’s house, even if they were publicly friends now.

The Camaro was rumbling up the street, and Steve could practically feel the road of the engine shake in his chest before he could even spot the headlights.

Doesn’t matter how many speeding tickets Officer Callahan gives him, Billy’s never gonna be a sensible driver.

He stops in front of Steve, and he grins as Steve joins him in the car, leaning over the center console and burying his left hand in thick, dark brown hair to kiss Steve in a way that steals the breath from his lungs.

“You owe me.”

“Yeah, yeah, Princess. I’ll get you a damn milkshake.”

The car lurched forward, and they flew down the service roads, flipping off the Leaving Hawkins sign as they went past, on their way to a different little town.

A different little slice of life.

[thebluebygracieabrams]

So I wrote this next song a few days before my nineteenth birthday. And, um, back then, I was so terrified of change, and I was especially afraid of growing up. And I'd, like, cry at all my birthday parties as a child. Very, very emo.

Now that I'm 21, I don't feel afraid of growing up at all. In fact, I'm really, really looking forward to it. And, um, if I could give any advice to the 18-year-old girl who wrote this song, I'd tell her not to worry so much, and that she has no idea how many magical, magical things are waiting just around the corner for her. So, uh, with that, here's "teenage dream".

- Olivia Rodrigo at the Guts World Tour before playing teenage dream

[whirlybirbs]

it’s 5:20am i cannot sleep i am consumed with thoughts and yearning for keigo takami i need to be euthanized

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

All I’m going to say I think now that my brain remembered part of what it was thinking is that Taylor and Joe went through a lot together (good and bad) and regardless of how it ended or what led to it they both seem to be determined to keep that private and not throw each other under the bus and in the end they’re just two very, very different people whose outlooks in the long term were just never going to align and never has that been clearer.

[loverboyfang]

the thought of zayne keeping all of the silly handmade stuff i make him cooks me like a fucking lobster . like fuck

[bunnyboy-juice]

OH MY GDD I FORGOT TO TELL YALL MY WIFE CAME HOME YESTERDAY AND JUST. WOOP. PICKED ME UP LIKE NOTHING. AND THEN DID IT AGAIN LIKE 20 MINUTES LATER AGAIN LIKE NOTHING.

[grntaire]

it is crazy how much better singing i do stoned. i am so much more relaxed and present in my body that i can really like. FEEL my larynx and hyoid and can be aware of my breathing.