#but the library has movies and shows !!!!

[macaulaytwins]

you can check out dvds from the library. if you even care.

[cappurrccino]

"actually pirating books is good becau--"

GO TO THE LIBRARY.

[capybaraonabicycle]

Martha Dunnstock and Ruth Fleming would worship each other send fic

[cel-aerion]

There are too many things that are relevant to my interests going on and as a result I am in a weird haze where I want to do everything and thus I do nothing.

[nero-neptune]

i remember being 13 and downloading a dvd-maker software of some kind and torrenting a bunch of movies i wanted while burning them to these blank dvds my dad had stashed in the back of the cabinets. created whole dvd menus too. nothing fancy, but i had scene selections going on. main menus and shit. never figured out where to get subtitles, but i wasn't that tech savvy at 13 (plus i was very lazy). i feel like i should do that again in the future. the trial and error aspect was fun, and many shows these days will never, ever have an official box set release of any kind

[marshmallowgoop]

You know, I'd really like to be more into collecting manga, but I find collecting anime so much... well, easier probably isn't the right word, but I do prefer it, for a few reasons.

Space. Discs can be condensed. You can turn something ridiculous like this...

...into maybe a couple dozen actual cases on the shelf. I particularly like using 6-DVD cases; that's as many discs as you can comfortably fit into a standard 14mm DVD case, so you can shrink things down considerably and still display some of the original jacket art.

And, sure, grouping multiple discs together can be confusing (I keep a literal document to sort out where everything is) and mismatched (the Japanese Blu-rays of DetCo films that I'm pairing with the FUNimation English-language DVDs come to mind), but it's a space-saving method that can be done.

Books, on the other hand, can't exactly be made smaller once you have them. It's... pretty impossible.

2. Digital copies. So, sure, physical books can't exactly be made smaller, but you can get digital copies, right? This is true, but... I'm a sucker for physical media. The nice thing about DVDs and Blu-rays is that if you buy a physical copy, there might be a digital copy attached, and you can also make your own. But I don't know of any manga that comes with a digital copy if you buy the physical thing, and manga is also much harder to digitize yourself.

3. Languages. I like comparing the original text to its English translation, even if I hardly understand Japanese. With anime, if it's been released with an English dub, a DVD or Blu-ray will just about always have the original Japanese audio included as well. So, I can easily switch between the two, all in one convenient package.

But with manga, you can't exactly just change one option and suddenly have another language. I've bought some manga three times so that I can have a Japanese version, an English version, and a digital version, whereas with a DVD or Blu-ray, that could all be a single purchase.

But all this said... books might fall apart, but at least they don't break like DVDs and Blu-rays do and probably have a longer shelf life overall. So, there is that....

[chicomecoatl]

Where's the unironic house amvs why don't they exist

[aphelea]

anyone have any recs for things with nerdy gay people. i'm in a mood for nerdy gay people

[zeawesomebirdie]

I should probably update my bio now that I'm officially watching Phineas and Ferb too, huh

[thetreetopinn]

Sources for Somerton's Plagiarism from Hbomberguy's Video (as much as I could get)

I went back through Harry's video, focused entirely on the sources James Somerton pulled from in the hopes of creating as much of a comprehensive list as I could--though my Google-Fu is not very strong. I did however find something I thought was forever lost and that made me very happy--specifically the magazine Midlands Zone containing the column by Steven Spinks that Harry poignantly used as an illustration of gay erasure... while Somerton uses it to sound like HE is waxing remorseful about the very subject.

This is not a complete list, I'm sure. For one thing, I was only able to attempt to pull sources that Harry himself mentioned in the video. Surely there's so very much more out there. I expect there to be a great deal more internet archeology to unearth just how much writing and culture Somerton has stolen like he's the British Museum of Natural History but for gay people.

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Harry's list of mentioned youtubers:

Alexander Avila - https://www.youtube.com/@alexander_avila Matt Baume - https://www.youtube.com/@MattBaume Khadija Mbowe - https://www.youtube.com/@KhadijaMbowe Lady Emily - https://www.youtube.com/@LadyEmilyPresents Shanspeare - https://www.youtube.com/@Shanspeare RickiHirsch - https://www.youtube.com/@RickiHirsch VerilyBitchie - https://www.youtube.com/@verilybitchie

Harry created a convenient playlist of videos by these and other people he wants to bring to everyone's attention.

Please give them your support.

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Midlands Zone Magazine - Column by Steven Spinks

After a great deal of searching, I found an archive of the "Midlands Zone" magazine, where you can read through past issues dating all the way back to February 2014. I have also found the issue from which Somerton took Spinks' poignant discussion of gay erasure: Overall archive Specific Issue - Pages 16-17

It will not allow you to download it, but you can read it exactly as it appeared in print form.

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My best effort to find the exact book or article Somerton lifted from to be able to get attention to the original writers

Tinker Bells and Evil Queens By Sean Griffin

The Celluloid Closet By Vito Russo Wikipedia article about the book Wikipedia article about the documentary My weak google-fu could not find where you can access the book or documentary. Check your local municipal or university library for book or documentary, or if you know a good source for one or both, please reblog with it added

Camp and the Gay Sensibility By Jack Babuscio

The Groundbreaking Queerness of Disney's Mulan By Jes Tom Personal site with links to social media accounts

Why Rebel Without a Cause was a milestone for gay rights By Peter Howell

Why "The Craft" is still the best Halloween coming out movie By Andrew Park

Opinion: From facehuggers to phallic tails, is 'Alien' one of the queerest films ever? By Dani Leever

Women and Queerness in Horror: Jennifer's Body By Zoe Fortier

[Pride 2019] We Have Such Sights to Show You: Hellraiser and the Spectrum of Queerness By Alejandra Gonzalez

Revealing the Hellbound Heart of Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' By Colin Arason

Queering James Cameron's Aliens (1986) By Bart Bishop

Demeter and Persephone in space: transformation, femininity, and myth in the 'Alien' films By David Greven

Fears of a millennial masculinity: Scream's queer killers By David Greven (Scholarly site, unable to access original work, offers a way to request a full copy of the text in PDF)

Queer Subtext in Stephen King's It - Part 1: 'Reddie' Character Analysis By Rachel Brands Rachel is the very unfortunate lady who found out she was being stolen from because she supported Somerton through Patreon and saw one of his videos early with her writing--lacking any form of citation or credit

How 'It: Chapter Two' Leaves Richie Tozier Behind By Joelle Monique

When Horror Becomes Strength: Queer Armor in Stephen King's 'IT' By Alex London

Why Queer People Love Witchcraft By Amanda Kohr

'The Favourite' Queers The Past And The Present By Giorgi Plys-Garzotto

(Wuko) Crush (Mako x Wu) By MoonFlower on YouTube

5 Terrible Movies With Awesome Hidden Meanings By J.F. Sargent

The Radicalization of Sexuality: The Queer Casae of Jeffrey Dahmer By Ian Barnard

Netflix's 'Dahmer' backlash highlights ethical issues in the platform's obsession with true crime By Shivani Dubey

The Possible Disturbing Dissonance Between Hajime Isayama's Beliefs and Attack on Titan's Themes Original Article by "Seldom Musings" (Author has made all posts not related to Attack On Titan private and has retired from the blog)

Everyone Loves Attack on Titan. So Why Does Everyone Hate Attack on Titan? By Gita Jackson

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The following people are otherwise named in the video. There are no direct citations of articles or books by them in said video. I am unable to guarantee that I have identified the correct individual.

Darren Elliott-Smith Michaela Barton David Church Claire Sisco King Amanda Howell Jessica Roy

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Telos announced and cancelled a film likely based on this book: The Final Girl Support Group - By Grady Hendrix

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I refrained from including certain sources.

First off only focusing on Somerton's work.

Secondly not including anything that might be visible enough to not require amplifying their voice (I cannot speak for all of those I have found links to, but journalism is frequently a thankless job).

Thirdly any source that is of a nature that is antithetical to the very existence of the queer community, such as the right-leaning source that didn't make it into Somerton's video, but Harry was able to identify as a source he had considered using.

If you feel I have missed a mentioned source--or you know of a source from material that was not covered in Harry's video--please do not hesitate to reblog with added details.

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Please share this information far and wide, and please add to it if you find more material that can be positively identified and linked to the creator/writer.

[jobazzle]

just found out my library has kanopy so now i have access to a free streaming service with that AND free e-book rentals via libby (also through my library)….ILY LIBRARIES ILY!!!!! 🫶🫶🫶

[squidcreature]

been craving horror lately and its frustrating because i still haven't found a horror book i truly love ...

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Rashleigh, you creepy motherfucker

[ent-is-undecisive]

Antigone media phase, PART TWO!

[blusandbirds]

the batkids will deliberately get jason into their favorite pieces of media so he’ll write fanfiction for it.

dick discovered this strategy when he forced jason to watch one of his favorite shows with him. he’d totally forgotten that the show ended on a cliffhanger before it was cancelled, but rewatching it brought back that feeling of dissatisfaction he had the first time around. so dick opens up the ao3 tag for the show and to his surprise, there’s a brand new fic addressing every single loose end, complete with beautiful prose and amazing characterization. dick practically weeps. it’s only when he realizes some of the things in the fic match up with the rants jason had during their watch of the show that he has barbara confirm his suspicions about who the author is.

somehow everybody but jason gets wind of this and they’re taking unashamed advantage of it. the next time they see a movie together, stephanie leans over to jason to whisper about the romantic potential between two characters. she gets like three fics for her ship out of that. when jason goes outside, barbara switches electronic billboards and redirects taxis with ads for her favorite show. and of course, every targeted ad on his phone and computer are for the same show. when he finally gives in and watches it, barbara ends up with plenty of content to get her through the between seasons break.

everybody in jason’s family is subscribed to the ao3 account that he doesn’t know they know he has. one day, they’re all chilling in the library, and at the same time jason publishes his latest fic (for a movie bruce of all people was very insistent he watch), everybody’s email notifications go off. he narrows his eyes suspiciously. “just some wayne enterprises stuff.” “got a package delivered.” “what’s an email?”

it’s fine. he’ll let them get away with it. besides, he does the same thing to damian to get fanart out of him.

[goatmilksoda]

My hobby is exploiting events that clearly just wrote "all ages" or "fun for the whole family" because they wanted to be inclusive of families with a baby and an 8 year old.

Like they obviously did not want a bunch of 17 and 18 year olds showing up, but there's nothing they can do because we're quiet and respectful and following the rules.

The foam pit is "all ages" because they wanted grandma to be able to help a struggling toddler but I will absolutely exploit that loophole and participate.