#Assumptions of Affection

[southernlynxx]

Assumptions of Affection

Rating: Mature

Status: Complete

Fandom: RDR2

Pairings/Characters: Arthur  Morgan/John Marston. Arthur Morgan, John Marston, Abigail Roberts, Tilly Jackson, Mary-Beth Gaskill.

Canon/AU: Canon-divergent

Summary: It’s Valentine’s day, and on top of not knowing what they’re meant to get each other, Arthur drags John out on a job.  

Warnings: N/A

——  My Valentine gift for @yeehawpurgatory for the Valentine Exchange ran by @rdrevents! I really hope you like how this fic turned out; it ended up a bit longer than anticipated!

Assumptions of Affection: [AO3]

[nyankoizumi]

Looking at each other with their autistic eldritch horrors eyes

[lunar-years]

It's interesting that when Keeley is telling Ted about the implications of that photo of him and her leaking to The Sun, she says "Jamie is going to go mental" but it's not followed up with "he's going to think i cheated on him" or "he's going to break up with me" or "it's going to ruin our relationship" it's instead followed up by, "there's going to be photographers all over us!" And later when she's talking to Rebecca it's, "My god, Jamie would've been so pissed off with reporters poking around in our love life." There's something to be said for like, she never once expresses doubt that Jamie won't hear her out on the truth or believe what she tells him. The major focus of her concern is just keeping their business out of the press. Their relationship in season one is far from perfect but there's a lot of implicit trust between them.

[trans-androgyne]

Misogyny and sexism are not and never have been synonyms. That’s not all of what’s meant by sexism. Literally just take two minutes to look up the term. It’s prejudice or discrimination against people on the basis of their sex (often expanded to include their gender). Plenty of them make sure to specify that it can affect men.

Here’s an example of its use from APA: “We define sexism as individuals' attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, and organizational, institutional, and cultural practices that either reflect negative evaluations of individuals based on their gender or support unequal status of women and men…it is important to acknowledge all levels of analyses are intertwined and both women and men experience sexism.”

[keplercryptids]

i just think if you purchase someone's art or other handmade crafts, you shouldn't give negative reviews unless what you receive is like, wildly different from what was advertised, etc. "always rate your uber drivers 5 stars" but for indie artists, please.

[wonder-worker]

"Administratively, too, [...] queens were considered the legal lords of their landholdings. [...] Grants noted that the queen's officials had administrative autonomy without being subject to the king or anyone else, and evidence of the same assumption can be gleaned from court rolls that were recorded with headings indicating the lord of the manor whose court proceedings were being enrolled. As an example, some court rolls for the manor of Haveringatte-Bower specified that it was the court of [Margaret of Anjou] that was in session, while later rolls recorded Elizabeth Woodville as the lord of the manor court."

-Michele Seah, 'My Lady Queen, the Lord of the Manor': The Economic Roles of Late Medieval Queens", Parergon, Volume 37, Number 2, 2020.

[secretarysong]

up at 3am thinking about the parallel between dk west running away & ghosting zuke and zuke running away & ghosting nadia ...

getting headcanon-y here... i am also thinking about the possibility of west's disappearance coinciding with the days/weeks leading up to the rupturika performance. and the weight it might have bore on zuke's conscience until then and how it miiight have inadvertently influenced his choice to desert nadia on top of their preexistent relationship issues... thinking really hard... there is so much i want to write... i will elaborate on this eventually

[kismety]

you are already loved whether you like it or not;

(shifting related, LONG-ISH POST, inspired by @punchliiine )

You and I are already loved whether we like it or not. Whether we have the courage to accept it or not. Our DR/IR-selves are loved, respected, cared, and adored, and you—yes, you—you are loved, respected, cared, and adored just as much. Why can you shift realities? Because we all share the same consciousness, that's why it's accessible to everyone. That means you and your DR/IR-selves are us, we are them.

Your lover, partner, whatever they are; they love you. They miss you. They will look for you first in any room, they will look at you that way. They will have to confront their feelings for you. They love you for you. They care; they notice your expressions, they notice the twitches of changes every time. They notice you, stare at you, smile at you, only you. They make exceptions for you. They think about you, take the time out of their day to dream about you. They can be frustrated about their feelings for you, about how much it drives them crazy but also how much it makes them belong and loved and cared for— they are yours. You are theirs.

Your parents, your siblings, your family. They care about you. They've grown up with you, they raised you, of course they will. Forever and ever. Your brother, or your siblings will hug you if you're crying over something, if that's not that they do, they'll cut up fruits or make a dish in order to see you smile. They will think about you. They will worry about you. Your parents will say "I love you", if that's not how they show affection, they'll take you out, because they know you deserve it. Your family will adore you, they're proud of you. They love you, of course they do, you exist.

Your friends. Of course they annoy you. If that isn't your dynamic; of course they beam whenever they find you in a room full of people. Of course you both have inside jokes. They laugh beside you. They cry beside you, they vent about the most painful experiences they had to you. And you will do the same, they will listen. You are friends. You care. You love. You adore. You are one in the same, technically. So, of course, they will love and cherish you the way you do with them.

You are loved whether you like it or not. It feels full at the heart, and you have to admit that it aches, but it's what you deserve. You deserve to feel good around people, you deserve to belong and have friends, you deserve to bury your face against your guardian's shirt as you cry, you deserve to bake alongside your partner with glee. You deserve so much love. More than the 'sins' you've committed. More than the guilt, shame, anger, and disappointment that you keep reminding yourself. You are loved just as much as you love the ones that you do.

You are loved. So, please, relax knowing that. Control your fears of change, of abandonment, of isolation, of attachment, etc., your fears care about you too.

[ratbastardman]

every reactionary leftist needs to be handed a dvd copy of deathnote because like if your first step to saving the world is deciding who needs to be protected and who needs to be eliminated my brother in christ you’ve got the moral compass of a fucked up teenager raised by a cop

[uncanny-tranny]

Okay, see, I understand the reason why people believe "testosterone is so powerful and estrogen, by comparison, is useless and weak", but guys... please stop. It's not helpful, it's inaccurate, and frankly, it's just... transphobic (and misogynistic).

Yes, estrogen and testosterone (in different levels) are different, and do different things. But to say that one is useless - esteogen, more often than not - is so inaccurate. I've seen so many trans women on estrogen express just how much they have changed - some even remarked that their shoe size changed. Estrogen isn't inherently weak. Testosterone isn't inherently powerful. They do different things in different peoples' bodies, which is why transition timelines vary so much even if some of us take the same medications.

Additionally, please recognize how hurtful this can be to those either seeking transition, or not looking to medically transition in this way. How does it look when people are bombarded with the idea that their transition isn't going to be successful, and that there's no point? If I were told again and again that there isn't any point in something I need, I know I'd be miserable on top of the misery I'd feel for being unable to transition how I needed. It's unnecessarily cruel.

You can certainly speak on the affects of different hormones. That is completely okay! But to moralize or even scandalize hormones isn't the way to go, I think.

[utilitycaster]

Okay this is a genuine question; please do read and abide by what I'm asking:

I've seen people say that the Tumblr alt text feature is limited in its use, and I get people writing descriptions on image posts I have either made or reblogged that already have full alt text descriptions with some frequency. However, I've never seen any explanation why, and I do not know if this is true but the reasoning got lost in the game of Tumblr telephone, or if it's a misunderstanding/a highly individualized situation that got inappropriately extrapolated.

If you rely on image descriptions, are there issues with the built in alt text feature that make written descriptions below the image better for you? If so, could you please explain (briefly) what those issues are?

Follow-up question: does it help you when people tag images as "undescribed?"

Note: unless you are writing both on behalf and at the direct request of someone you know who uses Tumblr and relies on image descriptions, if you do not rely on image descriptions, DO NOT ANSWER.

[what-do-you-mean-theyre-evil]

Highly disappointed in the Aerin stans for lack of acknowledgement we're giving his reaction to us telling him we love him.

[aro-culture-is]

Aro culture is being sick of "They aren't dating anyone so they must be gay/a lesbian!"

Nothing against people headcanoning characters as gay or lesbian (I'm arospec ace and gay) but like. Aromanticism exists too.

(This was brought on by seeing a slide in a PowerPoint in my English Lit lesson today (13th March), I didn't see it fully since the teacher was just skipping over it quickly to check some other context stuff but it said something about how in the book we're studying, Jekyll and Hyde, none of the major characters are in romantic relationships and therefore it's possible that they could be gay. I might bring up that they could also be aro when my teacher brings it up?)

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[the-pea-and-the-sun]

sry to engage w goofy ass discourse but im kinda tired of seeing the phrase "afab intersex people used as a gotcha" abt ppl who dont like phrases like tma and tme like. i dont think thats whats happening man ur talking like intersex ppl arent actively on the site and talking abt their own experiences we're not using ourselves as a gotcha. like a lot of intersex ppl r talking abt it themselves u dont gotta keep pretending we're a fringe hypothetical case. intersex ppl are just often not included in these types of conversations and applying a label to someone based on their agab is fucked up no matter what its just more obvious when you're an intersex person and you know that sex is not binary and your agab doesnt reveal some intrinsic truth abt ur biology or identity

[divine-nonchalance]

I am made of love. We are made of love. All is made of love. Love is the Creator.

. Sejeluho . Affirmations for All

[petrichorium]

I keep trying to write a horny “shanks wants to be tied up and is vaguely sad that it’s harder to do w one arm” drabble and it has veered off Entirely into character analysis surrounding inherited will and what the hat vs the arm represent + why he thinks more about the missing hat than about the missing arm