#of what their relationships signify

[kujakumai]

Fanfic and fanfic-adjacent writers have a reputation for "take historical accuracy seriously EXCEPT for homophobia which is handwaved away" and I know that is intended to be part of the fantasy but when I make gay headcanons I actually really like thinking about how that character in particular would handle or think about the views in the surrounding society they live in. Especially when you have characters from far past societies who simply would not conceptualize sexual behavior in the same "named orientation/identity" framework we have now. I think that's really interesting and worth taking seriously

[lindseymcdonaldseyelashes]

Will never be over the portrait hanging over Nate's bed!?!

[hiddenspriings]

I feel like Daphne rolled to get unlucky trait for the day as it was probably the most unsuccessful leisure day ever 😭 After losing bunch of simoleons at arcade she stumbled upon Shen's current gf and her soon-to-be-ex-bestie Ariel and ultimately broke their early friendship by sharing some unfortunate news with her (the timing couldn't be more wrong as they just got a baby!!! wtf)

[thebaddymanmp3]

I wish my university’s film professors talked more broadly about animation as a film medium in lectures instead of the dept just offering one specific course about it because I think that animated features like the spiderverse series especially should be discussed in academic conversation with studies of the evolution and genre-redefining innovations of contemporary black film and media. not just in terms of on (and off) screen representation, but also in terms of how they stylistically break conventions of animation as a medium, and of superhero film as a narrative genre

[littlespoonevan]

tragic: the song i've been obsessing over for two days straight is actually best represented by buck and abby's relationship and i will never be able to convince someone to have an in depth discussion about it with me and/or make a gifset of it 💔

[chappellrroan]

i worship god in a way they talk about him in songs as someone who exists and is absolutely of no help like a neglectful parent like they're someone i keep wishing to help me somehow but they won't he refuses to but he watches me i don't even hate him i am just hurt

[megkuna]

i still think the term "ethically" nonmonogamous is stupid i wish we could get rid of it. there's nothing inherently ethical about it shut the fuck up

[shayshaybiscuit25]

Now this is some Bullshit!!

[avephelis]

ALSO for the ask game. you have me brainrotting abt jay now so i need to know your thoughts on sharpshooter (< think that’s their name. jay/kira) ^___^ !!

okay so i have VERY strong and VERY specific feelings on sharpshooter because TO ME. truly it is canon that they had a unhealthy homoerotic codependant teen girls thing going on.

HOWEVER. i don't necessarily ship it as of CURRENT canon because to me it's more compelling if they DON'T get together. they've grown apart as people and i think particularly for jay, whatever feelings she might have for kira, trying to recreate what they used to have would chain her to her past and to the navy, again. which to me is antithetical to her character growth and themes of her story.

so ermm. definitely think they had/have feelings for each other. don't want them to get together romantically though. very compelling but very complicated relationship they should fight one on one it would be very gay.

[thedreadvampy]

last night in the pub after the anti terf protests I was talking to this guy whose PhD was in I think linguistic constructions around gender? the phenomenology of gender? idk I was quite drunk and it was very loud. anyway we were talking about defining gender identity and he was increasingly enthusiastically going STOP. SHUT UP. I HEARD PEOPLE SAYING THE EXACT SAME STUFF AT A GENDER CONFERENCE LAST WEEK. YOU'RE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST THOUGHT WHY ARE YOU NOT DOING A PHD????

and I was like first of all ayyyyy ✌️😘 second of all pal you expect me to like. Justify my thoughts academically? I've met doctoral candidates you bitches are all miserable. and third literally all I was actually saying was stuff like 'there are different definitions of womanhood that are useful in different contexts' and 'there are different meanings to gender in a social and in an individual context' and 'in a lot of liberationist contexts "person who experiences misogyny" is the most useful definition, but aside from finetuning what that actually means and how it relates to people who are subject to misogyny but don't consider themselves women etc, where does that leave us in imagining a post-oppressive womanhood if we don't fill in subscribe to a gender abolitionist standpoint, which I don't, because I like being a woman and find joy in it' and like. all of those are not Deeply Considered Academic Theories as much as they're Having Thought About My Experiences In The World

so I mean fair play bc I do think it's a good sign if your academic theory is something that a layman can come to on their own terms. imo the job of academics is not to invent theory but to codify it and make it explicit and specific. so like if your theory is reflected in where people outside academic philosophy end up that's probably a positive. same as Marx right, like Marx didn't invent the idea of capitalist alienation or collective action but he did codify it and make it easier to build off.

Like I appreciate this. I appreciate when we can recognise that a theory that people NEVER come to outside academia is probably. not a very useful theory.

[hussyknee]

Can't imagine ever feeling bad about being single when Reddit exists. Today in cis het men are hot garbage.

Tw for traumatic childbirth, medical trauma, coercion, gaslighting and medical abuse and fucking troglodyte manchild of a husband. Jesus fucking Christ.

[miafeystits]

current conclusion from the trucy poll: either my family is just weird or none of you have step-parents i think

[gotenandtrunkz]

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tyrell watkins and his buddy having a #goten and trunkz moment on tik tok

(credit to @miraitrunks for the epic find)

[shrlke]

"non verbal cues that signify the beginning of a relationship" lets all just kill ourselves ok? ok

[seasprays]

Oo new icon! :O which flag is that in the background, if I may ask?

happy pride it’s the aroace flag!! i’m still a lesbian too so i peppered in those colors on the little earrings as well lol

but yea it’s a new identity i’m coming to terms with tbh, at least the aro part. it’s more of a “what makes me happy” situation rather than “do i feel attraction” type deal, and right now that identity makes me happy and brings me some sort of peace :}

also the aroace flag doesn’t have purple in it which i love LMAO purple and i have beef

[labyrynth]

trying to read a fic that is spending way too much time dwelling on forms of address considering half the time said forms of address are highly inappropriate or flat out wrong 😶