#excluded-narrative

[makingqueerhistory]

I’m actually serious about this, if at all possible, right now is a very good time to request queer books from your local library. Whether they get them or not is not in your control, but it is so important to show that there is a desire for queer books. I will also say getting more queer books in libraries and supporting queer authors are pretty fantastic byproducts of any action.

This isn’t something everyone can do, but please do see if you are one of the people who has the privilege to engage in this form of activism, and if you are, leverage that privilege for all you’re worth.

For anyone who can’t think of a queer book to request, here is a little list of some queer books that I think are underrated and might not be in circulation even at larger libraries:

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown

Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco     

Harvard's Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals by William Wright    

The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley   

God Themselves by Jae Nichelle

IRL by Tommy Pico        

The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser

Passing Strange by Ellen Klages             

The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom          

Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow              

Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser

Queer Magic: Lgbt+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World by Tomás Prower            

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam   

Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon 

Hi Honey, I'm Homo! by Matt Baume      

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

Homie: Poems by Danez Smith

The Secret Life of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw  

The Companion by E.E. Ottoman 

Kapaemahu by Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu

Sacrament of Bodies by Romeo Oriogun     

Witching Moon by Poppy Woods 

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt    

Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman    

Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist           

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi             

Peaches and Honey by Imogen Markwell-Tweed      

Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color by Christopher Soto

[strawlessandbraless]

Jensen Ackles watching his boyfriend Misha Collins and Taylor Swift make headlines for being straight

[finelythreadedsky]

when helen calls herself and paris οἷσιν ἐπὶ Ζεὺς θῆκε κακὸν μόρον, ὡς καὶ ὀπίσσω ἀνθρώποισι πελώμεθ᾽ ἀοίδιμοι ἐσσομένοισι "those on whom zeus laid a dreadful fate, that we should be a subject of song even for men yet to come" (il. 6.357-358) and when achilles reconciles with agamemnon and says αὐτὰρ Ἀχαιοὺς δηρὸν ἐμῆς καὶ σῆς ἔριδος μνήσεσθαι ὀΐω "but i think the achaeans will remember all too long the quarrel between you and me" (il. 19.63-64)... the prescience and the resentment! they know this iliad will be sung about them for generations upon generations and they are bitter about having to be part of it!

[evilscuderia]

Keeping Up with Scuderia Ferrari

[daddyisastateofmind]

This has been rotting in my brain, so you all need to suffer too:

*Pre-inversion, in a universe where Darlin' and Lovely menstruate*

Darlin: I just asked because Quinn liked it

Sam: First of all, do not compare me to that limey fucker. Second of all.....that is the most disgusting thing I've ever heard of

Darlin: He said that quite a few vampires like doing it, and that's why historically vampires were portrayed as preying on mainly women.

Sam: Literally no other vampire does that, Darlin'. Should have known he'd be into some weird shit like that.

Darlin: *shrugs* I just asked

Sam: So what, you'd just sit on his face while you were bl-

Darlin: Sometimes. He also like me to keep my tampons in the freezer.

Sam: .....you made him blood ice pops? O_O

Darlin: *now uncomfortable*...I didn't say I got anything out of it, he just asked me to and I -

Sam: Oh, Darlin'. Listen to me, I'm not judging you. I'm definitely judging him though. I don't know how any self-respecting vampire would actual-

Vincent walks in, tampon string hanging out of his mouth: Hey guys, what's up?

Sam: *nopes the fuck out of life*

[mrshayakawa]

chainsaw man announcing asa is his ex potential girlfriend and we know somebody was watching the fight bc they helped him so they must have heard…give me the denji/chainsaw man/asa love triangle NOW

[segretecose]

i respect jeremy irons' commitment to never once pronouncing an italian name right in three full seasons of the borgias

[ffc1cb]

i’ve always found it peculiar how during meeting the chargers cutscene the game just assumes your character automatically understands what krem is talking about when he mentions binding (though, granted, it’s all very unsubtle). like, this is a roleplaying game. what if i want to play a character who just doesn’t get it

[godslittlesadge]

bro why are the asoryuu methaphorically foreplaying every single interaction. first the "you think i cant get you off" then "we both know you cant last even a minute". now in 2-5 ryu tells kazuma to "sheate (his) sword right in front of all these people's gaze" ??? Your Honor why are the two attorneys doing humiliation play during my trial (van zieks probably)

[fanfictionroxs]

Nothing just give me Mobei-Jun and Shen Yuan fighting over who gets to be Shang Qinghua's sugar daddy. Shen Yuan does NOT trust that icicle to not take advantage of the hack author under the guise of being a sugar daddy (does sy even KNOW what a sugar daddy is? also the hack author would very much like to be taken advantage of.. please ravish him mobei, his balls are bluer than you are) while said icicle is turning into a puddle of seething vinegar. Also, Binghe is crying in the background for obvious reasons.

[bonefall]

a small thing about canon warriors that really rubs me the wrong way is how much play is demonized for literally no reason? there are just. so many scenes where the pov character bats something around and is immediately shamed for it by another character. or they stop as soon as they realize what they’re doing and go “ugh that was so EMBARRASSING i hope nobody saw”

the weirdest example happens in graystripe’s adventure when he chases a butterfly for 0.2 seconds and then is like “oh no being a kittypet is making me act like a kit!1!” as if play behavior is exclusive to kittens and that housecats are only playful because they’re undisciplined and soft or whatever.

realism is usually a non-issue when it comes to canon warriors, but these cats are shown to have intrinsic play/hunting instincts, yet they’re shunned and infantilized by clan culture as well as the narrative. it just makes me really uncomfortable, especially as an autistic person. there is no reason why it needs to be a part of this series, all it does is make clan culture feel that much more joyless and dystopian.

I agree, it IS weird. Graystripe should have followed the butterfly hoping it would lead him home like Moth Flight, and then when it lands on a flower he calls it a slur

Hyperbole of a point being; Clan culture should have a ton of problems, but very particular problems. It's xenophobic, battle-obsessed, ableist, and insular. Its religion is powerful, but can also be used oppressively.

As it is canonically, there's almost NOTHING good about this little society, it's miserable.

They shouldn't HATE playing and have absolutely no downtime. It's brutal and limits the story; the characters can't just hang out. They can't just get to know each other. They can't be alone with their thoughts. It's beyond dystopian.

Anyway it's something I intentionally set out to fix with my Clan Culture expansions lmao. They have games. They throw celebrations. They nap and hang out and watch butterflies. There's still a ton of problems and they value the concept of hard work, but there IS downtime.

Like, it's not capitalist lmao.

[mistergreatbones]

Au where Cass stuck around after Bruce’s “death” and helped Dick and Damian fight Scarlet and Red Hood and now Cass believes that Jason is manipulating Sasha into being a murderer so she goes “my child now.”

[ekanatsume]

I just dislike how the orv fandom is always making the ending of orv (the last scene where they open the door) and making it always like yjh gets the spotlight in being so much happy over kdj returning. And if you think about it, the only reason why hsy is the one whos mentioned the most in the last chapters of orv is bc yjh wrote it (other than the fact that she was the one whos in the last few chaps bc she was trying to tell the story of kimcom trying to cope with kdj's 'death'). Hsy is the type who never talks about her feelings, and she is the one who always felt like she wasnt that important of a person to kdj than yjh. But the thing is, to kdj, both of them were important. One was the protagonist who made him not give up and the other was the writer who kept him alive with the story (even if he didnt know that, she still was the only one person who could understand kdj and give him the feeling of reassurance bc she was the plagiarist who read wos, the same story as kdj, and could easily communicate with kdj, a bookworm who never had friends). To hsy, she probably doesn't think kdj might think of her as important (recall the "will you read my story?" question? She didn't even think kdj would think about reading it) and thats why most of orv has the relationship of kdj and yjh (bc its the story he loves with his life, and yjh is the protagonist) we never see hsy expressing that much of her feelings unless they are in important plot points and even if she does, it's always for the plot points or "kimcom loves kdj more than anything, hsy is also a part of kimcom so she loves him too".

Ive always felt like the last scene of orv where hsy runs in crying and smiling to the door felt a bit out of character, like she isnt the type to cry easily according to her scenes in orv (and i understand that shes only a human that struggled for so long to get kdj back, crying is only natural). But like the last few scenes were extremely hsy focused and that makes sense bc yjh was the one who wrote those scenes. And the fact that yjh wrote those scenes of hsy expressing her feelings and being desperate so much tells you how hsy didnt include her actual feelings in orv. And the fact that yjh wrote the "this story is only for that one reader" from hsy's viewpoint says a lot (yes i understand that its from kimcom's perspective but then again the writer was hsy). So its only natural that hsy rushed in to get that door bc (if youve read sidestories, SPOILER you just know how desperate hsy is to get back kdj) hsy has always been the one who get back kdj, whether it be destroying worlds or dooming everyone. So to see that the focus is always on yjh and kdj (as the ship) i mean i get it, its the popular ship but then again, how can you really just toss away hsy? She literally went through hell and back in every lifetime to save kdj. Not even yjh was this meticulous about kdj at first. It should be both of them being happy at getting kdj back in those fanart scenes. I just dont like it that everyone just thinks of hsy as the "bestie". Like literally both of them are besties to kdj (if i had to term it like that) it doesnt even make sense that only yjh is on it. They both went through hell and back in the last half of orv (and SPOILER in the sidestories too) along with kimcom to get back kdj. I really dont like how hsy is just thrown away bc shes the "bestie" and she shouldnt "interrupt" on the "lovers reunion" fanarts. Damn it. Yes im rambling. I could just pretend to not see it but the reason im rambling is bc there isnt enough "hsy finally getting her reader back that she desperately wanted to save for her whole life" fanarts.

[wineonmytshirt]

I, Taylor Series

Lover

[fantastic-nonsense]

it's hilarious to me that the "best" era for any given Bat-affiliated character is usually either a) 1999-2004 or b) 2009-2011.....and then there's Jason, who's living his best life right now in the Infinite Frontier era, and Damian, whose "best" era as a character so far has arguably been 2011-2016 even though he was fridged and dead for two of those years

[wejustvibing]

i can't go into detail but they understand where the issue is, where they've perhaps missed things. and that's not only just within the cooling but in lots of areas of the car. so they’ll try to make changes on that. they realize that there were certain things that they didn’t get right. we've got a huge group of people back at HPP doing such an amazing job, so i don't see it being an issue moving forward.

- Lewis Hamilton