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I'm reading this history book about Victorian Era gay sailors (Unruly Desires: American Sailors and Homosexualities in the Age of Sail) and one chapter is about sailors' tattoos, and specifically ones that can be interpreted now, or were understood then, as queer tattoos. A lot of the tattoos described in the book are filthy, absolutely meant to be seen, interpreted, and enjoyed in a sexual context (which i have included under the cut). But there's also some very sweet and romantic ones. The French Victorian criminologist Alexandre Lacassagne found a few themes among the queer criminals he researched:

"Two times the interlaced hands were surmounted by initials. Below 'Friendship Unites Hearts', hands holding a pansy, over and above were initials. Hands holding a dagger with the inscription 'To Life To Death.' Four times there were initials below a flaming heart or a pansy with the word 'Friendship.' Four times there was the name of the 'friend' written out entirely. In one case it was surmounted with a portrait."

And Unruly Desire's author found other sweet ones recorded in the US Navy's Enlistment Rendezvous records of tattoos of enlisting men from the 1800s:

"The only tattoo that appeared on the body of Richard Devine, a 25 year old former barber from Aberdeen, Maryland, was a flower on his right forearm above the unexpected name of 'Jose Peralta.' William Young, from Marine City, Michigan, was more straightforward; on his right forearm appeared the declaration: 'I love Wilkerson J. Perry.'"

and now onto the debauchery:

"Perhaps the most overtly homosexual tattoo of any recruit listed in the [US Naval Enlistment] Rendezvous records could be found on Charles D. Moore, a 23 year old former bricklayer from Indiana. Moore had the words "Ticket Office" tattooed on his lower back, with a drawing of a downward pointing arrow "directly above anus." The [Tattooing Among] Prostitutes and Perverts article describes a similar decoration, an American sailor had a tattooed arrow on his back, along the spine, pointing to the anus and an accompanying inscription that said "For Men Only." Another man [...] had on his buttocks two inscriptions: "Open All Night" and "Pay as You Enter."

It should be noted that despite the provocative and explicit advertisement for his proclivities that his "Ticket Office" tattoo presented to the recruiting officers, Charles D. Moore was welcomed into the United States Navy on 29 of December 1864." - Unruly Desires

The criminologist Alexandre Lacassagne also found queer tattoos on penises, including quite a few of boots, which the men told him were related to the French phrase "Je vais te mettre ma botte au..." (basically, 'I'm going to put my boot up your ass and fuck you with it.")

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one thing they don’t tell you about moving as an adult is that you have to find a way to label your box of sex toys so that you’ll remember what’s in it but nobody else can tell

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TFW you're about to be executed and the ghost of your best friend (who committed suicide out of guilt from betraying you) appears out of fuckin' nowhere to sing all your deepest insecurities at you with sexy backup dancers

And also he's way hotter than usual??

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Statler and Waldorf as Annas and Caiphas. this is the only thing that matters to me any more

I’m 100% sure this has been done before but: Jesus Christ Superstar where only one of the actors is human and the rest are muppets

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Best things for a ship to have or be:

Horny

Insane

Religious/spiritual themes

Obsession

Age gap

Doomed

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Don't let me stop your great self destruction

Die if you want to, you misguided martyr!

I wash my hands of your demolition

Die if you want to, you innocent muppet!

I’m 100% sure this has been done before but: Jesus Christ Superstar where only one of the actors is human and the rest are muppets

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I’m 100% sure this has been done before but: Jesus Christ Superstar where only one of the actors is human and the rest are muppets

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yeah I love the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. my favorite part is when the guy counts to 39

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chicago pope tweets

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Turn my haters to consumers / I make vets feel like they juniors 📿⛪️🕯️

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it’s actually so fucked up the way ralph fiennes pronounces his name

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in my mind, basically every human being, or at the very least every religious person, would like to have a mystical experience. but I honestly don’t know if that’s true or if I just know too many mystics

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conclave but instead of electing a new pope they’re preparing for Yom Kippur services. the tone is equally as dramatic

I need a new hit movie that inspires countless yaoi except about Jewish stuff so I can really flex my shit

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the problem is that almost all pieces of media can be jewified, except for ones where christianity (or another religion) are literally the central defining feature 😩😩😩😩

I need a new hit movie that inspires countless yaoi except about Jewish stuff so I can really flex my shit

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I need a new hit movie that inspires countless yaoi except about Jewish stuff so I can really flex my shit

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thinking about writing another cnc fic…… aka adding yet another reason why I’d rather die than let anyone I know irl find these accounts

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The children of King Saul

(-2…Sorry Armoni and Mephibosheth the first!)

(Also, Ishbaal is just one version of his name, he’s also referred to as Eshbaal, and Ish-Bosheth depending on what text you’re reading)