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"In my culture, we know death intimately. In Arabic, the highest expression of love is the phrase "ya'aburnee" Translated "you bury me" . It means "I love you so much, I'd sooner die than bury you". It was used by mothers in our lineage who were so used to losing their young in war. In my culture, we cannot talk about love without speaking death's name"

-George Abraham, "Untitled," Published In Black Napkin Press

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Duke, in a serious tone: dick, we have a question.

Dick: uh...yeah alright?

Tim: if you had the chance to adopt any of us..who would you adopt/ have adopted.

Dick: uh..

Damian: tch. It's gonna be me, I told you all that grayson favors me!

Tim: shut up brat! I bet it's me!

Steph: nah I bet it's Duke, duke's cool.

Duke: awee I bet it's you steph! You're sweet!

Cass: I bet jason.

...silence..

Jason: as if

Dick: ...

Jason: ....

Dick: yeah it would be jason

Damian & tim: WHAT?!

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“They’re making Superman woke by saying it’s an immigrant story”

Superman? You mean the ALIEN from a DIFFERENT PLANET who WAS NOT BORN IN AMERICA BUT GREW UP THERE??? The one created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who were both children of IMMIGRANTS???

Not only is Superman an immigrant BUT HES AN ILLEGAL ONE!! HE CRASH LANDED IN KANSAS WITH NO DOCUMENTATION!!

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yet another reason why queer romance in media that is very subtle or more queer-coding than actual explicit rep is so much more compelling than the wealth of straight stories that are out there is bc I think a lot of romance writers forget that you have to like. show not tell. and imply things. and if you hustle things along and put two characters together for the sake of it instead of really working to build their relationship and show how well they work with each other it's not really going to be as interesting to people. and for some reason, a staggering amount of people do not know how to write romance properly so you get a very bland forced dynamic that either feels like an afterthought (he's a boy and she's a girl, hey they could be together because that's what happens!) or the only thing that matters about their characters (see her? she's the Love Interest. that is all she's there for)

however if you're being censored and you literally can't make your characters say "I love you" or kiss or maybe even hold hands you're going to have to come up with more creative ways to tell your audience that they're in love and that usually results in the most poetic beautiful stuff you've ever seen that's SO much more interesting than two characters who make eye contact and go into the slow-mo rose petals scene that's basically screaming at you "hey look at these two. they're in love. you're supposed to be invested in their relationship now. do you get it?" eye contact held for slightly too long in an emotional scene is more compelling. a hand very lightly touching their back is WAY more compelling.

and might I add this is not even impossible to achieve with uncensored straight romances at all like Pride & Prejudice is wildly popular for this exact reason. how many times have I seen people going insane over the hand flex scene. they didn't even kiss in that movie unless you count the extended ending. and everyone loves it. because it's done RIGHT.

tldr; romance is hard to write and you have to put in the effort if you want people to care about your ship. now go forth and imply something

QUICK EDIT TO ADD ALSO when things are more subtle that gives people more space to interpret the dynamic as whatever they want. something might be subtle because that's all they're allowed to show, but something might be subtle because that literally what it's supposed to be. as an aroace person I personally see a LOT of queerplatonic vibes from more subtly played relationships and it's so incredibly exciting and heartwarming for me. and that's a whole new realm of relationship that I think should also be given more attention

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so many ppl on tiktok will be like 'look at my epic style glow up omg my style used to be so cringe' and it just shows them wearing clothes that were in fashion in 2015 and then clothes that are in fashion now like baby that's what happens when u don't have ur own sense of style

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I truly hate the word "unalive." There are so many other euphemisms that fictional Italian mobsters worked so hard to provide you with and you just ignore them.

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i think butter is a better bagel topping than cream cheese. there. i said it.

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it's genuinely bullshit that you should be required to own a mobile phone for participation in literally any aspect of life

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Ok, imagine you're comic accurate Clark Kent and you're a working-class immigrant raised on a farm. You grow up and dedicate your life to helping people while being a total malewife to your Pulitzer prize winner girlfriend. You're despised and targeted by an unethical, megalomaniacal billionaire who thinks his intellect and his power and his wealth entitles him to your inherent abilities and the adoration you've earned through years of nonstop altruism. YOU WERE CREATED BY TWO JEWISH MEN IN THE 1930S

And then people complain about a movie about you being too woke

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always thinking of that “i couldn’t stop wasting time” quote

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Comedians in the '70s and cartoons in the '90s: weird how your kids can watch violence and murder on TV but the FCC wants us dead if we say the word nipple.

Internet users in 2025: you didn't warn me that there would be erotic themes in the game you just mentioned which is fucked up because I thought it was going to be a normal "morally struggle with killing people" game but now it's gone too far :-/

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Non-writers don't understand how much of writing is just googling things like "when was the croissant invented" for worldbuilding reasons and staring off into the distance.

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Dick, staring concerned at Tim, half asleep on the Bat-computer: Timmy.

Tim, startling up: Wha-

Dick: Bed time.

Tim, slow blinling at the screen: Five moreminutes.

Dick: Tim... Do you even know what youre doing?

Tim, pausing for a bit too long: Hm... Looks like a bomb.

Dick: WHAT

Tim: Yeah. Thats the reaction chamber and that’s the other and... hm... why did i put that there.

Dick: You were blackout engineering a hydrogen bomb??

Tim: Guess so. Its wrong. if i fix the details this thing could easily have a yeild three times that of the manhatten project-

Dick, manhandling Tim away: Bed! You're banned from the cave! Banned!

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"you can use ai to improve spelling and grammar"

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mm fulled of eggs