#ace: WHAT?! (disgusted)

[alevens]

zolu is maybe one of the easiest ships i've ever liked. they're dating, except when they're not, they're best friends even when they're kissing and they're still captain and first mate when they aren't. they hold hands, they hug. they have sex. they don't.

Luffy can hold Zoro's katanas and Zoro can hold Luffy's strawhat and no one bats an eye. one says "You're so cool!" and the other says "You're strong" and it's just another way to say "I see you, this is why I follow you/this is why I trust you". it's not seeing each other for a long time and still knowing how the other's steps sound like against wood and sand. the captain runs and the first mate follows. it's always "Zoro and the others" and "Where's Luffy?"

if they're just friends, if they're something more, if they don't have a label for it, at its core, it's just about how they get each other. they understand how the other's mind works. however you view them, it doesn't erase they fact that they love each other in a way they don't love other people.

[painfullyprickedandticked]

i dont think striker and alastor are characters who are "precious senpais who did nothing wrong" i just don't think they're as reprehensible as valentino or stella. their actions aren't excusable, no, but they aren't near that level of abhorrent.

[mio-nika]

Disgusting Part 3: Reminiscence and fish

[expelliarmus]

[celebibi]

i'm very far removed from the tumblr one piece fandom (let's be honest, anything on tumblr i've been far removed from). but why did i just see an ace x luffy tag?? acelu? HELLO?? they're brothers?

i know all ships go on this godforsaken site but holy fuck why is an incestual ship so popular. if u ship acelu i actually do not fw u luffy does not deserve to be written as someone who fucks his brother pls and thankyou

[loveableabomination]

Being ace but also being people-pleasing enough that I think I'm not ace cuz I like to make my partner happy...is a mind-fuck.

[tact-and-impulse]

Narumayo Week 2024 Day 6

This one's for the haters lol. @narumayoweek2024, enjoy! Second part is forthcoming.

Prompt: AU

If Mia hadn’t left her lunch on the kitchen counter, they probably wouldn’t have met that day.

Maya unfortunately noticed the mishap, long after her sister joined the morning traffic jam. So, she slung the tote’s long strap over her shoulder and set out on her bike. She made surprisingly good time, taking the free spot on the bike rack under the building’s sign.

Armando, Fey, and Wright Law Offices.

She’d visited once, to surprise Mia and her boyfriend Diego with takeout, for their hard work overtime because the other lawyer was out sick. She hoped Mia would be delighted, and in excitement, she hurtled past the elevator doors. Right into someone else.

Hands clasped her shoulders, and a deep voice sent vibrations right to the middle of her chest. “Whoa, there. You okay?”

She looked up, heat climbing up her face. Broad shoulders, a sharp jawline, kind eyes meeting hers. Her fingers were pressed against a waistcoat, the edges of darker blue lapels. She gasped. “Y-yes. Sorry! Um, hi.”

He smiled, and her stomach flipped. “Hi. Where are you headed to in such a rush?”

“I’m looking for Mia Fey’s desk. Are you an attorney too?” The sunflower badge hadn’t escaped her attention.

“I am. Do you have a case for Ms. Fey? She’s fantastic to work with.”

Handsome, nice, and complimentary of her sister? Maya was absolutely gone. “Actually-”

“Maya?” The other elevator opened, and her sister strode out, heels clicking on the linoleum. Her surprised expression flitted from Maya to the stranger, and in an instant, they both remembered to let go of each other. “I see you’ve met Wright. Er, Mr. Wright.”

He flinched, rubbing the back of his neck. His left hand was completely bare. “Just call me Phoenix. Otherwise, it makes me sound like an old man.”

“Well, you’re four years older than me.” Mia countered, while Maya tried not to blush. Oh, so he was fourteen years older than Maya. She suspected he was older; still, it didn’t diminish her impression of him. “Wright, this is my sister, Maya. And oh, my goodness. It must have slipped my mind. Thank you for bringing my lunch bag, but you didn’t have to come all this way.”

“I wanted to!” And she was incredibly happy she did, she thought, sneaking a glance at Phoenix.

“This is the second time you’re here to bring food, we should pay you back somehow.”

“Second?” Phoenix pointed out.

“The first was when you were out sick.”

“Shame I keep missing out then.”

“I can make you something!” Maya blurted.

“Oh, I didn’t mean to imply.” He hastily said.

“I’m not doing much other than spiritual training. Any special requests?”

The aroma of black coffee accompanied the interruption. “This guy? He’ll swallow anything.” Maya turned to see Diego, who grinned at her and then greeted Mia with a kiss on the cheek.

Phoenix rolled his eyes. “Yeah, that was a long time ago. Anyway, I’m not picky. And I’ll have a surprise in return, Maya.” And if saying her name wasn’t enough, he had to wink.

That scene replayed over and over, as she raced back to the apartment. Her whole body was on fire, courtesy of Phoenix Wright. She had to give this her best shot.

Little did she know, she’d meet him again in far more precarious circumstances.

***

Maya pressed her hand against the glass, watching as Mia’s lifted to do the same. It felt cold, no trace of her sister’s warmth. “Sis…”

“It’ll be okay, Maya.” The brave smile wavered. “I’m no stranger to court, after all.”

“But you’re the defendant! And I know you’re not guilty.” She refused to believe it. Her strong and benevolent big sister, murdering Mr. Grossberg? Never. Even if Mia was the last person to visit him, that couldn’t be the full story.

Mia took a breath. “Thank you, Maya. How’s Diego?”

“Really upset. He broke three cups, when he got the letter that he can’t defend you.”

“Conflict of interest, because Grossberg knew we were dating. So, that’s why I’m asking you, Wright.” She turned to the chair next to Maya’s.

He looked very grave. “Of course, I’ll represent you. I’m investigating as soon as I leave here.”

Maya then asked. “Can I come with you?”

Phoenix hesitated, but Mia nodded. “I think that’s a good idea. I believe in both of you.”

With that, Phoenix caved, and he held the door open for Maya as they walked out. “Let’s start at Grossberg’s office.”

They followed the trail to a statue of the Thinker, which Phoenix sighed at, and a wiretap to the Gatewater Hotel. In the cold lobby, he shrugged off his jacket and draped it over her. Maya had to close her mouth, and she felt irrationally jealous of the secretary obviously flirting with him. She wasn’t sure if she was that helpful, but Phoenix insisted she was.

“You have a good eye for things out of place, and you’re certainly faster than I am. I could use some of your energy.” He snapped his wooden chopsticks, stirring his bowl.

She thought of a few ways to transfer that energy to him, but instead, she casually said. “Miso ramen is the biggest energy boost. And I could have paid for my share.”

“Nope, I can’t let you, when I have my name up on a sign.” He dryly said and she laughed. His smile deepened. “Diego would probably throw his coffee at me, not to mention Mia’s wrath.”

“Mia doesn’t get angry that often, even if I deserved it. I definitely gave her trouble.” Now that she was twenty-one, she cringed at her early years.

“Oh, really? You could have fooled me.”

“Once, I broke a precious family heirloom and she took the blame.”

Their conversation turned to small talk, about the village where she and Mia came from, and how he studied art before a late switch to law. Almost like a date. Her heart fluttered at the thought. Interacting more only served to deepen her fondness of him. He was funny and sarcastic, but mature and patient too. He was older, but he didn’t lord it over her. He treated her like an equal, like a partner. She liked that about him.

And then, the court date arrived. Maya had never seen a trial before, and despite the nerves and stress, she soon understood why Mia loved her job. The evidence was brought out, analyzed with the witness testimony, and contradictions were found. It was also exciting to watch Phoenix at work, as he slammed his hands on the desk and confidently proclaimed objections. It was like he was dueling the prosecutor, whose initial composure was cracking. She studied Phoenix’s frown, his tilted smirk, his thoughtful look as he cupped his chin. In the crowd of spectators, she caught Diego’s raised eyebrow and attempted to curb her frequent stares.

After hours of proceedings, the man from Bluecorp finally confessed. Grossberg could no longer withstand the years of shame and planned to incriminate the CEO for blackmailing him; it was a fatal mistake to reveal it, but justice would be delivered. The judge’s gavel swung and Mia Fey was declared not guilty.

Confetti rained down, and Maya cried out, her voice breaking. “We did it!”

Phoenix echoed her. “We did it!” He hugged her, lifting her off the ground. And as he set her on her feet, his eyes crinkling in joy, she knew.

She was in love.

[anarchist-aquarius]

❗❗❗✨✨✨LIFEHACK!!!!!!✨✨✨❗❗❗

no one can embarrass me if i embarrass myself first <3

-me, every day of my life

[b3stg0r3b3stg1rl]

i hate talking about how touch starved i am becasue i feel like if i talk about it if someone so much as hugs me after seeing it than ive manipulated them into it. i hate the combonation of horrid terf mother, being seen as a predatior because of mainstream transphobia, and ocd because its like i always feel like im a predator. i just want to be loved and held, i just want to feel important. i just feel so empty. i feel so digusting, i hate it so much. i feel like ill always be seen as a predator and it hurts. i hate it so much.

[no-psi-nan]

Just a reminder that when it comes to ship headcanons, fics, art, etc, it can be sexual, if you want it to be. Sex is a morally neutral activity. A relationship is not "less wholesome" if the characters have sex. The addition of sex does not reduce the depth of love or emotion characters can have for each other, it's just a different way to bond.

Reminder that some ace and aro people have sex as well, for various reasons! There's nothing wrong with that either, just as there's nothing wrong with Never having sex. Again, it's just a thing people can choose to do, or not!

You shouldn't feel ashamed or obligated to either add or remove sexual content from your art - create what YOU want to create, however it resonates with you! As long as you tag and warn appropriately, the world is your oyster....

[oakwolves]

I’m almost done with the LoC story quest and honestly it made me dislike Zero more like wdym you kicked Sakura off for speaking up about her mistreatment and let your own teammates harass her and her friends because “they played good” like are you serious?

[sophiethewitch1]

Mc is totally relatable with the cupioromantic/fictoromantic ideas cause I feel like I'm kind of the same way 😭😭 like, I find people attractive(esp. Famous people ofc) and all, but I'd rather like them from a distance??

Like I'd rather like them in my mind, in their own little bubble, rather than actually having to interact with them. Partially because I think if I were to interact with them irl it'd pop that bubble of preconceived personality/identity my brain assigned to them. I also don't want them to know I exist as well. (maybe because I'm introverted? Maybe because I find myself repulsive? Idk)

I'd rather appreciate them/ romanticize them from a distance and not have to burden them with my presence/knowing me. You're pretty, I think you'd be a great romantic partner in my mind, please dont touch or look or perceive me, lol

I don't get crushes on celebrities but I've often thought what if (insert character here) was real and immediately felt my stomach drop. I can provide relatability in my writing if anything lmao (has many many things deeply wrong with her). But like yeah this fic does have especially on a lot of themes about like, parasocial relationship and celebrity culture and how we don't really see creators as people a lot of the time and the idea of someone being a person or that glass we look through being something they can stare back... is discomforting! i love writing romance that makes you a bit uncomfortable!! i am, by all reasons, a freak!!! also dont worry dude i find myself repulsive too lmfao

[xamaxenta]

Tragic how ive forgotten how to draw him already

[woodlandscab1n]

"Shipping characters who've explicitly said they don't wan't a partner is aphobic"

"Well- I'm asexual and I ship-"

SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!! SHUT UP!!!!!!

YOU'RE ASEXUAL, YOU MORRON, NOT AROMANTIC THEREFORE YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR US.

YOU DON'T HAVE OUR EXPERIENCES, SHUT THE FUCK UP!

[scholar-of-yemdresh]

Just saw a post that had 1000+ notes and I'm sorry I'm heated. Cishet aces/aros are queer & part of the community(if they want to be) because asexulity or aromantism are queer identies on their own.

What is not queer is an allocishet "aplatonic" or "afamilial" wtf is this shit. No, a person who identifies with their birth gender and is exclusively romantically and sexually attracted to the opposite gender is not and never will be part of the queer community because they Don't have friends or like their family.

Validity Culture has poisoned your damn minds actually.

[bugsbenefit]

funny to see that the only push back response people get to finally feeling comfortable talking about the obvious sexual themes of the show are anons "accusing" people of wanting explicit sex scenes because they find the actors hot. just lol. lmao, even. thinking back to how dystopian shit was on here a year ago, where people got bullied and hounded off the website, we've really come so far, the puritans aren't even Trying to come up with real arguments anymore

but also so fucking sad that the media literacy crisis causes people to not see any narrative benefit in sexual themes anymore. so they completely miss the character establishing, relationship developing, theme exploring, and plot progressing that sexual themes and analogies offer. people aren't just missing an entire aspect of books/movies with that mindset but also, the entire gothic genre and it's kinky sex analogies are crying and throwing up as we speak, shame on you, put some respect on Dracula and his freak friends

but also also, the whole "you just think xyz is attractive, shame on you, freak" shitck being the only come back (not just in the ST fandom) is so fucking weird to see every time. not only because people say it so accusatory when it's totally fine to think some 19-22 year old actors are hot, but also because so many of the people talking about these themes, me included, are ace, so i always have to wonder of these anons have ever actually seen the blogs of the people they're messaging💀. but also it's a conundrum bc i never want to go "well actually i'm ace so no i'm not attracted to these actors, your accusation is inaccurate", because i don't want to play into it. it's fine to think an actor is hot. i support celebrity thirst, i may not get it personally, but it's literally so normal

the real upside of it is that it tends to be the last resort statement puritans fall back on when they're losing the public battle tho. just go full thought crimes, attraction and sexuality are evil and gross etc. so reaching that stage realistically is good in the sense that the puritan talking points aren't working particularly well in the fandom anymore, but still, weird to experience

logging on to tumblr in 2023 to find ace discourse and people trying to shame others for finding celebrities attractive. your grandma had crushes on actors too and your perpetually single great aunt probably didn't want to fuck, calm down