#not even lupe

[jackoffjill136]

are yall gay for each other or something bc…

[synthaphone]

i keep going 'ooo i should make my dimensional kougra oc on neopets proper, i have two empty slots still' but the problem is. no clothes. is it even worth it. why am i tempted

[bookwyrrm]

 The acting and the blocking in episode 7 after Greta and Carson come back to the house is so good. We can feel the tension in the room. Jess, Lupe, and Esti have been back long enough for Lupe to start a game of Dominos with Maybelle, but none of them have changed clothes, so I think we can infer that they returned still pretty recently.

In this scene, Jess is full of nervous energy, pacing behind Lupe’s chair as well as rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet. Given how we’ve seen this character act just last episode in two spaces where she feels really comfortable (the bar and the team house after they win), the fact that Jess is standing all by herself, not touching any of her teammates, really shows how shaken up the atmosphere of the team is after Jo’s transfer. Because when Jess is happy, she’s touchy - she hugs her teammates and grabs or pats their shoulders. In the bar, she’s hanging off of Lupe almost every time they’re on screen. In the scene above, she’s staying close to Lupe, but even though we can almost feel how much Jess wants to reach out for physical comfort, she’s stopping herself and trying to keep busy in other ways, like drinking or pacing.

I think that Jo’s arrest is not only a disruption of Greta and Carson’s bubble (Oz), but also Jess and Lupe’s. As they’ve grown more comfortable and the team has grown closer, some of the walls they have to protect themselves have come down. What happened to Jo is a devastating reminder that it’s not safe for Jess and Lupe to be visibly queer and link themselves together. The blocking in this scene illustrates just how isolated they must feel now.

For example, here’s a screenshot from Episode 6. (I think this is ep 6. Also I’m sorry about the subtitles. I was so focused on getting a good screenshot that I totally did not notice the text until making this post.) Anyway, there’s Jess and Lupe standing together in the corner as they usually do.

Now here’s a scene from Episode 7. This is where I really credit whoever did the blocking for this shot. The other girls are clumped together similarly closely as they were in the locker room one episode earlier... except Lupe and Jess, who are standing abnormally far apart.

Are these the same people from the previous episode?? Yes, BUT the environment of the team has changed now that people are reeling over Jo 1) being queer 2) being arrested 3) being traded. In this screen shot, Lupe and Jess - also the only ones obviously wearing pants - are doing everything they can not to draw attention to their friendship, because the team is no longer a safe space for them to be their authentic selves.

They are standing so far apart, there’s room for a whole other person in between them. That’s why I think this is a brilliant blocking decision, because it not only shows the strain that Jess and Lupe are obviously feeling, but it also calls attention to the fact that Jo is missing from this tableau.

[elkdiaries]

just finished my third aloto rewatch!!! 😍 but i think my prime video totally glitched, i didn’t see the part when jess and lupe kissed??? super weird ☹️ maybe i should restart my phone

[ukulelekatie]

[gladinfinitum]

dying on the hill that jess asking lupe “so what are you a pitcher” was lupe getting clocked bc jess obviously knew the literal answer but like. in slang terms pitcher means top and catcher means bottom

[castleofthade]

Dont forget

[lonely-north-star]

SO ERM... MY SOLOMCMAM DRAWING GOT DELETED OUT OF EXISTENCE 😫😫 But it's fine becuz I suddenly got a burst of energy so

now all we need is u in a suit and the coloring :D

bad artist rendition of my genuine reaction, i crumpled into a bal

WAAAAHHAAHHAAHHWSWW 😭😭😭😭😭😭 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

HELLOOO THEY LOOK SO CUTE IM GONNA COMBUST AAAAAKQJWJWKWJW

the sillies 🥹 the wnajjswnm the boyfriends my babies AKAJWJWJE

raahhwwhw solomon tattooos mmmmmsmwn.....mammon fanfs ..mmmhis....freckle....wwmmwmw kelo i am dead pls print and tape the final piece to my headstone

[wolfpoets]

but no joke the most heartwarming thing about aloto is - for me, anyway - is it's love and fondness for it's butch characters. they're so genuine and real and even though they're flawed beings just like everybody else the show paints them in such a warm light. and it means a lot! it adds a hefty drop in the bucket towards undoing all of the trauma that butches everywhere have to deal with on a daily basis.

[lesbianlotties]

10 CHARACTERS/10 FANDOMS/10 TAGS

tagged by @natscatorrcio thank you sm <3

oh i'm so going to cheat and add more than one per fandom

yellowjackets: laura lee + lottie

stranger things: robin

the haunting of bly manor: dani

warrior nun: camila + ava (+ beatrice)

the old guard: quynh

the wilds: shelby + leah

the locked tomb: harrow + ianthe

fear street: sam

the haunting of hill house: theo

a league of their own: esti

god that was difficult. i'll be ranting about it in the tags. anyway

tagging: @dufrau @hellmo @reesesfastbreak @femmeetart @yee-hawlw @lilolilyr @annieofhearts @lottieurl @sapphicscience (if u want/haven't been tagged!)

[clowningaroundmars]

listening to rakim and the pharcyde rn and just thinking it's actually kinda weird that more ppl haven't pointed out how much miles' taste in music affects his life and viewpoint in general

and how being raised by his uncle who's into more old school stuff on earth-42 would affect him and his development

i'm imagining 42 actually clowning 1610 for listening to post malone while placing a labcabincalifornia vinyl on his record player while they chill in his room one day lol

42's tastes would probably be more varied and just... like more developed in general bc he has a man who was more than likely a Part Of The Culture helping to raise him. aaron was out on the streets of brooklyn as a kid most likely swapping diy mixtapes and buying local rap cd's with his allowance/summer job money (assuming he was born like around 1978-1980, then he was most likely on the streets in the mid 90's during the Golden Age of Hip Hop).

not to mention that for aaron to even Do What He Does as the prowler, he is still out on the streets til this day, shooting the shit with fellow neighbors and shaking hands with black market merchants. he's dapping up store owners and trying to get on local gang leaders' good sides for intel. he's making connections! he is most def still swapping music recommendations with ppl in the hood and ordering vinyls online if he can't get his hands on them in physical brick-and-mortar stores

and music seems to be a super important thing to a man like aaron. that would definitely influence miles. interesting that i haven't seen more posts mentioning that actually!

[limeodey]

are you guys lgbt or something? 

[baifengxis]

♫ Y no pretendo negar que fuiste el amor más grande en mi vida ♫

[mithomite]

okays. making this just so i can reference it later. incomplete 👍

sammy: X

lupe: X

teeth: X

chicago: julien granel

sorbet: bowen yang

deedee: dorothée pousséo

margot: X

mattie: neil newbon

beattie: X

dallas: michael cera

chips: andy bean

victoriano: X

[lightnersdream]

i think mynci is the worst neopet people complains about moehog or ogrin because theyre not traditionally cute mammals or kiko and chia and yeah im not a fan of them either but theyre doing something that defines neopet style But mynci is just a generic cartoon monkey. and not even a particularly interesting one

[nebulousboops]

Hey @mindboogling I drew your Clive kinnie in a scenario that I know for A FACT would not happen but amuses me to no end

How'd they get out? no idea. I love having brainrot over a tumblr sexyman body horror rp that I'm not even part of

I just want eveyrthing to work out in the end ok.... ....