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male gaze is not 'when person look sexy' or 'when misogynist make film'

death of the author is not 'miku wrote this'

I don't think you have to read either essay to grasp the basic concepts

death of the author means that once a work is complete, what the author believes it to mean is irrelevant to critical analysis of what's in the text. it means when analysing the meaning of a text you prioritise reader interpretation above author intention, and that an interpretation can hold valid meaning even if it's utterly unintentional on the part of the person who created the thing. it doesn't mean 'i can ignore that the person who made this is a bigot' - it may in fact often mean 'this piece of art holds a lot of bigoted meanings that the author probably wasn't intentionally trying to convey but did anyway, and it's worth addressing that on its own terms regardless of whether the author recognises it's there.' it's important to understand because most artists are not consciously and vocally aware of all the possible meanings of their art, and because art is communal and interpretive. and because what somebody thinks they mean, what you think somebody means, and what a text is saying to you are three entirely different things and it's important to be able to tell the difference.

male gaze is a cinematographic theory on how films construct subjectivity (ie who you identify with and who you look at). it argues that film language assumes that the watcher is a (cis straight white hegemonically normative) man, and treats men as relatable subjects and women as unknowable objects - men as people with interior lives and women as things to be looked at or interacted with but not related to. this includes sexual objectification and voyeurism, but it doesn't mean 'finding a lady sexy' or 'looking with a sexual lens', it means the ways in which visual languages strip women of interiority and encourage us to understand only men as relatable people. it's important to understand this because not all related gaze theories are sexual in nature and if you can't get a grip on male gaze beyond 'sexual imagery', you're really going to struggle with concepts of white or abled or cis subjectivities.

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Not Just Anybody | baby daddy!sukuna x f!reader

summary: on the rare occasion that sukuna takes his nephew out to the park, he notices another kid with blush pink hair— a baby to be exact. he tries not to stare too much, but it’s hard not to, it’s a rare hair color. it’s not until the baby’s mother takes her out of the swing set and back into her stroller when he realizes why you ghosted him almost 2 years ago.

genre/warnings: hidden child trope, ex-fwb to co-parents to lovers, angst (toxic relationships, fighting), fluff, smut, mood board

notes: im very excited to announce this upcoming one-shot as a part of @indiewritesxoxo friday night flicks event! the release date is still tba and im limiting the tag list to 50, but i’ll definitely be giving updates throughout the writing process ❤️

taglist is now closed

part one

part two

part three

part four

part five

part six deep dives 1-6

part seven

part eight

part nine

part ten

All rights reserved © 2025 yenayaps. Do not copy, repost, translate, or modify my works in any platform.

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So did you do this all with one hand bc………

**Kaiser

finally posting this on here.. be nice to me guys. comms are on Vgen! link in bio

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Personally I think it’s gonna be a light green. Just wanna see something different y’knkw

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Never. Like it never has yet these new anime watchers will try to police anything they’re so annoying

RyuSae shippers are so fucking dramatic. Ain’t nobody telling us to stop shipping it just bc a new Sae ship just dropped. Relax. (Yes i ship RyuSae. Love them to death but guys it’s not that serious)

People have shipped Sae with Oliver, Sendou, Isagi, & KAISER. Mind you Sae has never even interacted with Kaiser but shipping Sae with a guy he hates (mind you we don’t even know why yet) is suddenly a problem? Omg the horror!

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I ship 🩷 RyuSae 💚 with all my heart, but oh my gosh you shippers are so fucking embarrassing. 🥀

& it’s not just them, but specifically everyone else who just uses the dumbest arguments to justify their hatred for a ship.

What I’m talking about is RyuRin (also a fantastic relationship btw) & how apparently their two year age gap is “problematic.”

Yea Rin is a minor & legally Shidou is an adult but babes Shidou is still in high school. 18 doesn’t automatically equate to fully functioning adult, let alone a fully grown man & yet people will preach that this ship is awful because of the “problematic age gap.” (We slowly going to that point where if you’re two days apart, it’s a problem.)

But what I find funny is that if Rin was 18 & Shidou was 20, people won’t be calling Rin a “grown ass adult.” People will say that he’s still a teenager. It’s not just the Blue Lock fandom, several other fandoms with the same people can never seem to agree on what 18 years are suppose to be; Automatically fully functioning adults or still baby teenagers? It’s exhausting. 😪

Another point I like to add (at this point it applies to all anti pro-shippers or whatever the fuck they call themselves) is that apparently RyuRin also isn’t okay to ship bc it & I quote; “doesn’t make sense?” Wtf? Doesn’t make sense? The entire concept of Blue Lock doesn’t make sense, yet we still enjoy it. Things don’t have to “make sense” to you or anyone else in order for others to enjoy it. “I’m fine with people shipping characters it just has to make sense?” And WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?????? Who the fuck said you can decide that for others?

It doesn’t make sense to you; that’s fine. But people are allowed to have different interpretations of interactions & SHOULD NOT be threaten for them & threatening is a whole other topic that I don’t wanna get it too. Ya’ll just gotta learn not to be so bothered by a fictional relationship dynamic.

Honestly I was not expecting RyuSae to that THAT ship in the fandom with THOSE types of shippers. I honestly thought it would be NagiReo/ReoNagi.

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RyuSae shippers are so fucking dramatic. Ain’t nobody telling us to stop shipping it just bc a new Sae ship just dropped. Relax. (Yes i ship RyuSae. Love them to death but guys it’s not that serious)

People have shipped Sae with Oliver, Sendou, Isagi, & KAISER. Mind you Sae has never even interacted with Kaiser but shipping Sae with a guy he hates (mind you we don’t even know why yet) is suddenly a problem? Omg the horror!

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Anime I'm Watching Spring 2025

listed from least likely to drop -> most likely to drop. I'm being pretty picky this season so I've already dropped a lot of shows that I'm not mentioning

Shin Samurai-den Yaiba: this show is just immediately bewitching. looks gorgeous, fights are really dynamic and engaging, & has made me laugh a few times. im not nostalgic for the old-school style it's honoring, but that doesn't matter in the slightest. really high hopes for this one

Mono: the first episode charmed me SO MUCH. the characters are all really fun to watch and their dynamics are instantly compelling. really funny jokes. and everything about this show is so cute it makes me want to bite my own head off

Shoushimin Series S2: more shoushimin series :) i just really love the way this show is directed. excited to see what osanai will set fire to next

Apocalypse Hotel: story has intrigued me so far. i really loved that intro sequence in the first episode, and the characters seem like they fit well together. looking forward to seeing where the story goes next

Rock is a Lady's Modesty: the premise is just so fun. and i really appreciated the attention to detail in regards to the instrumental performances. still needs a little ways to go before im fully invested in these characters, but im definitely along for the ride so far

Wind Breaker S2: i watched all of season 1 and it was!... alright...!! the main thing i enjoyed about it was the dynamic fight animation and sound direction, and those things remain really high quality with this season. i still dont really care all that much about the characters but i have found myself slightly more engrossed in the fights in the 2 new episodes ive watched, so maybe im warming up to them? idk. on my knees begging and pleading for more content about that girl with red hair. i cheer every time i see her in the OP

Lazarus: i can't seem to reliably find the subbed version for this? im assuming adult swim shenanigans. i was like 'whatever' and watched the first episode eng dubbed all the way through, but then in the end credits i saw that the lead JP VA was Mamoru Miyano and i got pissed. potentially interesting story but if finding the sub is annoying enough i'm kicking it to the curb

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demon bf: those are my horns??? me: all i heard was spicy dildo

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Y’know, now that I’m looking at it that shirt is a lot like Ashley’s current shirt. Maybe a hand me down?

💚 I think about this image a lot. I see those long ass sleeves Andrew. I see how they are pulled up across your hands Andrew. I see how we never see you in short sleeves after childhood Andrew. I know what you are Andrew. 💚

💚 I’m so curious about why the boys at school believe Andrew to be a “sissy”. Is it because he’s always seen around his sister? Because he always bends to her whims? Or is it just asshole high school boys calling him any bad name they can? Or is it something else? Nemlei I’m so curious about Chapter 3. 💚

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MAN MY SQUIRRELLY MAN YES I ACCEPT

Make your choice!

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Genuinely asking, sorry if I come off as ignorant but what’s the difference between visual kei & gyaruo?

thinking about how shidou is very obvisouly apart of visual kei in some way

u cannot tell me he isnt

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➜ This Work Contains The Following: Divorce, some love still there, slight nsfw, implies one night stand, unresolved feelings, reader and karasu need to just talk and get back together smh, no beta we die like me dying from this cold

➜ WC: 415

➜ Small Note: this small drabble all came from me, @tetsuskei, and @mikiruie talking about divorce AUs with our f/os and some of this stuff thrown in was by them so give them some love 🫰🏽. it's so funny that i tend to write well when i'm sick sometimes lmfao.

Divorcing with Karasu was something you never anticipated even in your wildest dreams. Every small issue building up for the worst and it has caused a lot of problems even while talking/arguing it out. It hurts that divorce had to be the final solution but it was the best option for the both of you.

But despite that; you haven't dated anyone since the divorce as a small part of you still feels for him after all this time. You think he's moved on but he's just in the same boat as you. Karasu still loves you even after the issues you've faced and couldn't resolve as a team, and yet he needed to keep his distance for his own sake. Even if it hurts to hear you now refer to him as “Karasu”. No “babe”, no “my love”, not even a “crow boy” as you used to teasingly refer to him as; just his last name.

That is, until one night in a moment of weakness…

It all began when your car broke down during a heavy rainstorm. And un(luckily) for you, your car just decided to be near your ex husband’s house. Despite your worries, you remembered what he told you: “I know we ain’t together anymore; but if ya need help with anythin’, ya can always call me. I’ll be there every time.” And if there’s something you know about Tabito Karasu, it was that he always kept his word no matter what.

You wish he didn’t help you get your car towed. You wish he didn’t let you take a warm shower and wear some of his clothes thanks to the pouring rain. You wish he didn’t chat with you so freely as he offered you some soup. You wish you didn’t chat so freely as if it were another couple’s night with him, as if you two never split up in the first place.

And you especially wished you didn’t let yourself go to bed with him so easily. If only your will was stronger than that.

It only took Tabito one single thrust for the both of you to cum at the same time, having been too long since you’ve been intimate with someone, with each other. And it sure didn’t stop him as he kept going, overstimulation be damned.

But no “I love you” yet even you almost let that slip in the aftermath. He can’t know just yet.

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mikage reo x afab! reader | enemies to lovers SMAU

synopsis:

mikage reo always gets everything he wants. Being the most popular third year student who is also the school president of Hakuho High School, he currently wants two things:  

To win his last school prefecture festival. As the president of an elite school, it’s a given that he needs to bring his school to victory! 

You. (who is the president of Ichiban High School aka his rival) who he fell in love with in his first year, but that’s a secret. 

All he needs to do is bring his school to victory, then boast to you about it, then ask you out and then you guys date, get married and live happily ever after!!! ..right…? 

too bad you’re equally as competitive as him and also planning on winning...

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genre: highschool au , rivalry , enemies to lovers except reo is alr in love with you , competitive x competitive , rival school president x rival school president,  he fell hard but she fell harder troupe , fluff-crack only a sprinkle of angst ,

school prefecture festival at the end of every year basically where all the schools in the area compete with each other thru sports (races , soccer , cheer etc) 

warnings: afab reader , fem!reader , she/her pronouns and the use of “girlfriend” , reader might show white(?) fair(?) skin in pics, might have asian features in pics too but faceless , sporty cocky reader, if you’ve watched horimiya reader is basically like hori , lots of swearing , kys/die jokes and lots of bickering , reo calls yn petnames like angel , pretty , sweetheart etc

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status: ongoing / no set upload schedule

taglist: CLOSED!

a/n: I am SO excited for this series!! ik I mentioned proplayer au but that one is currently on hold so I decided to go thru this one! also this is my first smau series so i'm kinda nervous..hopefully things go smooth ahh also hopefully this is appealing I might cry if no one is interested HELP

CHARACTERS

PARTS:

00: planning

01: coincidence

02: hey

03: gonna scream!!

04: pervert

05: desperation

06: done deal

07: who the fuck??

08: treat you better

09: busy

10: the rain pt1

11: the rain pt2

12: downpour

13: aftermath

14: the beginning

15: two weeks closer

16: universe

17: owe

18: practice match

19: action movie

20: dinner

21: accident

TBA...

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what your favorite homra boy says about you:

Mikoto: you want someone hot and masculine, but you’re also someone who’s happy with the bare minimum of being acknowledged with a grunt

Kusanagi: you want a man. a man who knows what he’s doing. a man who can wine and dine you. a man who doesn’t believe in paying 50/50 for dates

Totsuka: you like guys who aren’t afraid to be soft and serene, serenading you with his melodious voice and delicate features, while he gets away with whatever he wants. you also really like femboys

Yata: you love the angry bad boy with a soft side just for you, or you love a feisty boy who gets all red and shy when he’s squirming under you

Kamamoto: you want a boyfriend who supports your rights and your wrongs. a partner who enjoys cooking and eating with you. someone who probably ghosts you for his friends tbh

Akagi: you want a golden retriever bf with a rebellious edge. you also seem to have a thing for boys with messy hair tucked under baseball caps and a sense of adventure

Bandou: you like the brooding type with dark hair who’s also brash, insecure, and easy to dominate. the tsundere type who rolls his eyes at you with a blush on his face

Chitose: you either want to have a fun time and live your hot girl summer or you’re a masochist because you think you can fix broken boys

Dewa: you like the brooding type with dark hair (x2), but with a higher self esteem and the fashion sense of a 2013 transplant moving to nyc with their parent’s trust fund money

Eric: you like your boys to be emotionally vulnerable so that you can easily manipulate them, or you just like boys with a sassy tongue and a sharp knife

Fujishima: you value stability and warmth and would rather grow old with tons of fur babies than an actual human baby

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Rin Itoshi is so fucking dramatic holy shit