#spider speaks

[brown-spider]

How funny would it be if Noir relied on Hobie to update him on current day politics while being completely out of touch with modern day gay humor

Miguel yells at Hobie one (1) time and then Hobie tells Noir it's because he's anti-black and Noir takes it 100% seriously

Miguel rants about why Gwen shouldn't crash in Hobie's dimension and he says "He hates to see the gays winning" and Noir also takes this as a hard fact

One day Hobie and Noir show up to Spidey HQ covered in nazi blood from other dimensions and Miguel snaps at them about disrupting canon and finally Noir steps up and says

"I've had enough of this anti-black homophobe" with deadly seriousness and Hobie almost passes the fuck out

[vaspider]

Okay, so I hope I don't come off as really confrontational and I'm sorry if it does. I've started to notice an increasing number of posts on your blog that seem to be critical of things trans women do on an intra-community level. I wasn't going to say anything before, but someone you reblogged mentioned that they were starting to keep an archive of what they called "Trans radfem behavior" and that concerned me a bit.

I have -- for years -- been extremely critical of cop behavior within the community or divisive behavior within the community. I have been critical of fellow lesbians when they have gone after aces and bi people. I have been critical of fellow transmascs when they say shitty things. My most quoted, most reblogged, most 'taken and posted on other sites', most linked on Reddit (fucking apparently) post is one about divisiveness and respectability politics within the community, how those things fail us and set us up to be split up and devoured by the cishets, and a call for radical inclusiveness within the community as the only way forward.

This isn't new. I've always been like this.

I have also always been critical of the idea that identity is a shield for shitty behavior. Whether that's disabled people acting like they can't be ableist, queer people acting like they can't say homophobic shit, Jews who think they can't act in an antisemitic way, or trans people acting transphobic or saying transphobic things, this is not a new concept for me, nor one I'll move away from. It is an unfortunate thing that disabled ableists and trans radfems exist, but they do, and I've gotten tired of the idea that we have to pretend someone isn't saying shitty things because of their identity.

For a long time, one of the topics I shied away from was discussing the divisions within the trans community specifically, because -- quite frankly -- I've seen the dogpiling that tends to happen to transmascs when we criticize the shitty, bioessentialist, 'man bad woman good' behaviors of a very small but very vocal section of the online transfem community.

But shying away from talking about that is just fucking cowardice, and I've never been able to stand for cowardice within myself. So yeah, you're definitely seeing more criticism of shitty intracommunity behavior within the trans community with me. I have never been one to criticize shitty behavior restricted to identity, however, and I have surely been critical of shit behavior regardless of whether or not the person saying it is a trans man, a trans woman, or any other group of people.

You will continue to see me criticize shitty behavior, because I am absolutely fed up with the way that this community treats itself, and you will see me talk about the things that happen as they happen. Right now, there's an awful lot of shitty behavior aimed at trans men and transmascs on this site, including some from trans women. It's absolutely unconscionable to talk about raping people, or to use words like "theyfab," "cuntboy," and "zippertits" to refer to transmascs. That's what's happening, so yep, you're gonna see that on my Tumblr.

The solution here is not to be concerned about me talking about it, but to be concerned about the people doing that. Talking about shit behavior isn't the problem. The shit behavior is the problem, and it's important to both talk about the shit behavior so it fucking stops, and to talk about the shit behavior very clearly as the actions of the people who took them and not the actions of a community. It sucks that there are transfems and trans women who think it's okay to treat transmascs and trans men the way that some transmascs on here are being treated right now. Those transfem folx should know better than to pull that shit, because they know what it's like to be the target of that kind of behavior.

That said, I am absolutely not responsible for what other people say or do. I am not aware of having reblogged or endorsed the idea of starting an archive of 'trans radfem shit,' so I'm very confused as to why exactly you're talking to me about it as if I said it or endorsed it or as if it has anything to do with me, or why it would be bad to talk about the way in which trans people of any gender can fall prey to radfem manipulation. Maybe the person talking about it specified they were tracking trans women, but even the ask you sent me says 'trans radfem behavior,' so I'm assuming it would be trans people of any gender, right? If not, why are you linking those ideas together?

Like, I didn't say it, I didn't endorse it, I'm not responsible for it, but what exactly would be wrong with talking about how radfem mindsets infect our community in the first place? The manner in which too many trans people find it easy to fall into the bioessentialist thinking of radfems is a community problem.

tl;dr: I criticize everybody when they act like fools, and I'm not responsible for some random thing that 'somebody I reblogged' said.

[spidergutz-writes]

Not a request but imagine how Michael feels the first time you say he’s handsome and that you love him. For so many years he has been told he is nothing but evil.

I wanna hold him and make him feel all soft and loved.

omfg yEs. Reduce that beast of a man into softness 🙏🙏🙏

~ he’s gonna just slowly look to you like 👁️👄👁️

Yknow that one audio with L just going “you think…I’m creepy?” Replace that with “you think…I’m handsome?” And boom, you got him.

is absolutely dumbfounded, and has to walk away for a moment to process your words.

will come back to you in like an hour and very silently demand you say it again, via staring at you and huffing occasionally until you do.

from then on out, he will get cranky if you don’t tell him that enough! I mean, cmon, do you even love him if you’re not saying it 100 times a day? (The answer is yes. Yes you do. He’s just needy sometimes)

[reveks]

Occasionally I remember God Tamer is officially a cockroach and not an ant and it fucks me up for the rest of the day

[kleptoppuppy]

ummmm messaged my tattoo artist and I'm gonna get some funger tattoos. Gro goroth's sigil, rher's sigil and maaaybe logic's sigil. was considering sylvian too but that's basically like tattooing a dick and balls on me

[forbiddenlovecotl]

I'm stuck on one scene of the next chapter and desperately trying to make it cooperate with me. I'm just sitting here gripping my story like this the entire time

[spiderbirdo]

In some fics SQQ's IQ really drops like, completely oblivious to danger and has no self preservation and runs headlong into dangerous crazy magical demonic creatures' jaws kind of stupid

[spider-mod]

Twitter Migration Time

[geomiii]

I realize that there is almost nothing on this acc abt my Draconic Spirit Guide, so I figured I’d talk a little bit abt him

Ik I’m not the best artist, but I just gave colour to a rough sketch

This is Allor. He is an ancient sky dragon. His purpose as my guide is to lead me through rough patches. He is a comforting presence in my spiritual journey, and He helps me to keep pushing through.

Yes he can fly.

He is not a fan of music with words, so whenever I connect with him I prefer to play flute music in the background.

If anyone has any questions abt any of my guides, then my asks are open! :)

[usaigi]

I hate the implication that the Spider-Man in our universe is the goddamn popsicle

[danidoesathing]

J.K. Simmons playing J. Jonah Jameson in every timeline has to be one of the funniest running gags ive seen in a movie. anyone can be Spiderman but there can only be one J. Jonah Jameson

[brown-spider]

Headcanon that at least half of Miles' community already knows he's Spider-Man cuz bro LITERALLY WORE HIS NAME TAG WHILE IN HIS SUIT??

THAT'S YOUR CUSTOMIZED SCHOOL BAG WITH "Miles" WRITTEN ON IT, SOMEONE'S GONNA KNOW IT'S YOU 😭

[vaspider]

are you aware that "folks" is already a gender-neutral word? there's no need for the x, would love to know what gender you assign to the word folks and how adding an x changes it.

Are you aware that you can use "site:username.tumblr.com keyword" to Google search someone's Tumblr to see if they've already answered this question? There's no need to send an ask, would love to know what you think a snark-ass ask like this accomplishes rather than searching first and finding that there are answers on the first page of results.

Or! You could search "folx meaning" or "why do people use folx" or "queer folx" rather than assuming that I don't know that "folks" is already gender neutral and need you, random internet human, to "helpfully educate" me. You could instead assume that there's a deliberate reason and either do 30 seconds of searching yourself or like... just assume I know what I'm doing and leave me alone about it.

But, since it looks like you can't do that, here's a little cut-and-paste from one of the (many, many, many) previous times I've talked about this:

Speaking only for me (and yeah, I just went to look at your top posts bc of our exchange on another post) and for people from similar backgrounds, "folks" is very very common where I grew up, and isn't an indication of inclusion. It's a term commonly used by rural ppl, and it's a permanent part of my vocabulary. But. "Folks" is what my (extremely homophobic and transphobic) dad says all the time. "Hey folks" is his standard greeting to a mixed group of people. "Folks" is the word used by the people in my parents' tiny little church who instilled a fear of faggotry in me. "Folx" isn't. Folx provides a little mental space between me and my origins and permits me to continue to use that term without feeling like I'm putting my feet in that same water again. It is also a visual signal in writing for me in a way that "folks" simply is not. If I see someone using "folks" in casual writing, they may be cool inclusive people, ooooor they may be my dad and his buddies. Or worse, they may be someone using folk/folks in a white supremacy signaling fashion, which, you know. I live in Oregon now, and... yeah. That's not uncommon here. Seeing "folx" in casual writing is like seeing someone with a cute pronoun pin. They did that on purpose. It isn't a reflexive use of a word common in environments soaked in hatred of me and mine. It's a deliberate choice that says, "Hey, we're cool." YMMV, but I'm not gonna stop using the spelling. It lets me keep talking the way I've always talked without feeling gross about it, and seeing it from others makes me relax a little bit compared to just seeing "folks."

Hope that helps!

And while we're doing Education Time, here's a thread you should read about how not to be an irritating ass on social media.

[spidergutz-writes]

PLEASE HELP

GUYS PLEQSE U DONT UNDERSTAND I WAS READING A GOD TIER FIC, IT WAS ANGSTY, FLUFFY, HAD SMUT AND SJHSKSHSJ

IT WAS A GHOST X FEMREADER APOCALYPSE AU, THEY LIVED IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX SEPARATELY, HE WAS READERS NEIGHBOR, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE BREAKS OUT, HE HAS HER STAY WITH HIM IN HIS APARTMENT, HE TEACHES HER HOW TO USE A KNIFE AND GUN, EXVENTUALLY HE BARRICADES THE APARTMENT ELAVTORS, THEY RAID OTHER APARTMENT ROOMS, UNTIL READER FINDS LIKE A 18 YEAR OLD HALF TURNED DUDE SOMEWHAT ATTACKS HER, SIMON KILLS HIM, THEY GET INTO AN ARGUMENT, AND SIMON LEAVES

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME FIND THIS FIC I NEVER FINISHED IT AND IT WAS SO GOOD IM LEGIT ON MY HANDS AND KNEES

[reveks]

How the fuck do you draw Revek’s skirt-

[kleptoppuppy]

so my (old) special interest for 5 years (along with batim) was little nightmares, and im so happy a new game is coming out!! Hopefully it adds some clues to what happened to six and mono, along with the settings of the world!! Im a huge fan of Crow kid and Wrench (what im temporarily naming them for now), they have such good designs and im so enriched by the trailer.