#yes this is absolutely a gay poly shipping thing

[tamahoshio]

i was reminded that it was Draculaura's bday aaaaaaaaand i had to draw something for the occasion!!

[also-fours]

i usually dont like the parksborn ship because in most adaptations i actually don't see peter and harry as that great of friends

in the raimi films, harry's too busy being a jackass like 90% of the time and being part of this dumbass love triangle

in spectacular, we're told that harry is peter's best friend but because we barely know him he just kinda comes off as kind of a jackass, and then he ACTUALLY becomes a jackass when he starts taking the globulin green and kinda stays like that for the whole show and when he's not being an overt asshole he's barely there or just gets one tiny moment where he talks to peter about mark's addiction

in tnas, yes they're actually great friends but i can't see that as anything but platonic, sorry, there's not exactly any gay tension there, they're just believable as good friends

in tasm, the peter and harry friendship happens so fast and goes downhill so fast that i can't find it as a believable friendship

in the ultimate cartoon, they're great friends there but it's the same thing with tnas, not to mention i can't imagine this version of peter being in ANY relationship with anyone, (aroace king?) and i dont like how this version of harry venom is done

in the 90s cartoon, im tellin ya, i watched the whole thing like a year or two ago, they barely talk i cant see shit there

and in the 2017 cartoon, they're good friends there, but all the teen characters are like. the same character. so you can argue peter being shipped with harry makes as much sense as him being shipped with miles or gwen or anya because they're all the same except anya's angrier and miles is funny

...but in insomniac

holy fuck

they are so fucking gay

they either used to be in a relationship together or they're currently in a poly with MJ

it's so queer-coded

even the actor for harry, graham phillips, agrees

and don't even get me STARTED on how he acts later on in the game

it's such a mix between "i fucking hate you for what you did to me" and "i still love you though can we be nicies again 🥺🥺🥺"

i still don't ship the two but i can totally see them together

also this version of harry? best harry

im sorry but he is

and i am absolutely ASHAMED that my favorite version of harry is the one that becomes venom

yes he did great as venom if you ask me but fuck, man

i like 'em better when he's flying around in green and purple tights

[arianwyn-art]

okay here’s my opinion on marauders ships DO NOT COME AFTER ME FOR THIS THESE ARE MY PERSONAL OPINIONS

mlm / poly containing men / non-women loving men

starting with jegulus- okay i love jegulus. like so much. I had a hard time liking it at first bc I think my idea of james was a very canon compliant jily atyd (love atyd though) version but i’ve matured and i love jeguluss

wolfstar - wolfstar is my everything okay. they feel safe and secure and homey. there are certain versions i don’t like but my version is amazing i don’t take criticism

rosekiller - pls i love them so much they’re my current obsession and we absolutely need more esp exploring evan’s characterization

bartylus - it’s okay but in my mind it’s always bartylus —> rosekiller + jegulus

prongsfoot (james x sirius) - okay i like the idea of them figuring out they were queer w each other but as more than that nah

jegulily - yes yes oml yes the only thing i don’t like is i hc reg being gay so me personally i think it’s more like reg and lily are more platonic / very close but not fully romantic

[forestdeath1]

Would you like to share your thoughts on Sirius and James' friendship?

You mean their friendship in the canon?

Because what I see in the books and what I usually write here are two different things.

Alright, this might be a hot take that not everyone will agree with, but since you asked, I'll answer.

First off, I ship Prongsfoot. But that's got nothing to do with canon, so my apologies in advance.

And secondly, yes, I'm absolutely convinced that the books say nothing directly about Sirius's sexuality, so he could be anything - bi/gay/straight/ace/etc - and everyone's free to choose whatever they like best. It’s not really important. My Sirius, the one I write about, is always poly bi, just because I want him to be, because it feels natural to me. But there's no 100% evidence for this in canon. Just as there's no proof he's gay/straight/ace. Anyone can feel free to choose whatever they want. I don't understand why people are building his whole persona around his sexuality and really having fandom wars over it.

BUT

if we consider canon in a broader sense, taking into account the context in which the work was created, considering the time period in the wizarding world (the 70s), considering all the "words of God" and the overall narrative...

I think canon Sirius surprise surprise considered himself straight and was subject to internalized homophobia. He loved James, but never allowed himself even to think about romantic relations, to take that step, and always tried to convince himself that James was just his best friend, not the love of his life. For him, making romantic moves towards James would have been a betrayal. Sirius was happy for James when he married Lily. But he loved him, truly loved him.

For James, Sirius was always special, but he was a friend, a brother, the closest person to him. He admired Sirius, but James was straight as an arrow and... well, he truly loved Lily.

Of course, there was no love for Remus from Sirius, neither before nor after. Sirius and Remus only became close after Azkaban as the last Marauders. Canon is the love Sirius had for James and because of internalized homophobia, he tried to think of it as a very close friendship.

I ship both Prongsfoot and Wolfstar, and I don't care what canon says about it, I separate my fantasies and desires from canon. And I'm convinced they can be written canon-compliant and many indeed do write them.

[dirtbagdefender]

🩷🧡💛💚🩵💙💜💐🌸 Gimme Billy thoughts for the soul pls n thx

🩷 Why are they your favorite?

ok ok ok . so for as short of a time as we got billy - we got a LOT of characterization for him. like, even with max, we didn't get that much characterization. why? was it dacre? i lean more towards yes than i would contribute that being w the duffers tbh. back to my point - that backstory is legitimately one of the most intriguing characters i've seen in a long time. and there's so much to play with there! he's not just your typical cardboard "bully" -- THERE'S MEAT ON THAT SKELETON, you know?!?

❤️ How did you discover them/get into them?

oh man, so one of my friends loves steve, and she was aghast that i hadn't watched stranger things and i was like, "alright, watch it with me." so. and that was *checks calendar* the fourth of this year. so. you know. normal amount of time to be this obsessed. mhm.

🧡 Do you have anything in common with them?

we're both california transplants in indiana! and... while i didn't live on the ocean quite like he did, i miss being within driving distance of the coast. and uhhhhh. terrible relationships with our dads is 😎 good times. plus, being dramatic is bitchin'.

💛 Do you have any polar opposite traits to them?

i would much rather be playing dnd with eddie and the nerd squad rather than lifting weights with billy.

💚 What are your favorite added rep headcanons for them? (queer labels, disabilities, nationalities, ethnicities, etc.)

ohhhhh i love all of them, because they all feel like... they're common enough for me to get the gist of him, but the way different people write him is so interesting! i think my most favorite is that billy's gay. there's a few where i've read post-s3 where he's disabled from the mind flayer and THOSE are SO GOOD.

🩵 What's a popular headcanon for them you just can't get behind?

not that i can think of? i like seeing what hc's people come up with, how they see them, you know? if there's an hc someone has for him that doesn't fit my version, that's okay! that's their version, and that's the fun in hc's!

💙 What's a popular headcanon for them that you adore?

that he just wants to protect max, as much as he abhors how he's responsible for her. that even though they fought and whatever, at the end of the day, he loved max. i also love when he welcomes the rest of the party into his protection, like a little mother duck or something. oh, i really love when billy has powers, too. 😈

💜 'Put that guy into situations' or 'take that guy out of situations'?

¿ por que no los dos ? put my mans in more situations with children. (specifically erica, so he can shoot down those racist allegations and also be read to absolute filth in .5 seconds from a girl who barely comes up past his hip) get him out of situations with neil.

💐 What are your favorite poly ship(s) for them, if any?

hmmm. harringroveson is the only one i know of? ALTHOUGH i do enjoy the thought of stevexrobinxbilly. so. uh. harringrovely? anyway.

🌸 What are your favorite mono ship(s) for them, if any?

my fave is definitely harringrove. i haven't dipped my toe in mungrove, but i could be persuaded. platonically i love him being besties with heather and being bullied by a mean lesbian who isn't intimidated by his machismo attitude. as seen above, i really love him having a soft spot for erica, as well as jane. and being a "good" big bro to max.

[sun-ni-day]

Five Ships & Five Fandoms

Tagged by @eevylynn (obvsly I have shitton of them, so imma go with most recent ones i'm currently fixated on; order is random, not ranking)

Clark/Lois/Oliver/Chloe of Smallville: the more I rewatch, the more I see how perfectly that poly-relationship would fit into narrative.

Buck/Tommy of 9-1-1: Buck coming out as bi and falling in love with a man for the first time is a thing of pure beauty. And what a man!

Tarlos (TK+Carlos) of 9-1-1 Lonestar: canon gay ship between main characters on a procedural show and it's absolutely perfectly written? It's more likely than you think. Insane chemistry, complex love story development, no cliches... Just chef's kiss! (Bonus: playing a gay character (TK) and befriending his openly gay co-star (Carlos) encouraged Ronen to come out as bisexual).

Merthur (Merlin+Arthur) of Merlin: oh yes, I do love to torture myself, thanks for asking. Still, worth it. And Arthur will be back, OK? So says the prophesy!

Clois of Superman and Lois: parents-of-teenagers stage of their love story have never been shown on screen before - and it's beyond our wildest dreams. Chemistry is absolutely perfect, two people who've been together for almost two decades, know each other inside and out, trust each other completely, love fiercely and tenderly, no doubting your partner, no jealousy, no unnecessary relationship drama - AND on top of all that love their children and struggle with all the same things most parents do, same fears and doubts and mistakes... Perfect writing, stellar execution by actors, all around an absolute delight!

tagging @startrekmemequeen @massharp1971 @jennie-may @frostysfrenzy @fighting-naturalist

[i-write-sin-not-tragedy]

Multishipper, are you open to any ship then? Or

I have a few hard nos (sorry, Val lovers. I dont fuck with any Val ship aside from MAYBE voxval but like only if its Val getting dumped lol Val is purely a source of torment for me i like making him suffer thats about it)

For obvious reasons, im not into Romantic and/or sexual ships that put Angel with a woman bc he is canonly gay. but also platonic ships are a thing!! Platonic!rainbowdust is literally one of my absolute favorites! It's possible to write a loving relationship between two people that isn't romantic or sexual! (A wild concept i know) same rule applies to Vaggie!

My only other hard no is Charlie/Alastor. Zero hate to anyone that likes it, but i do have the tag blocked for a reason.

Im not particularly INTERESTED in any Adam ships but wouldn't say i hate them?? Im just indifferent to him as a whole lol

Overall i tend to lean more into messy poly dynamics instead of strict ships— i like exploring all flavors of dynamics and relationships between the characters! So yes im definitely a multishipper but i do have ships i lean into more than others

[poochiray]

It's been 24 hours and I still need to process Beluca. I just...wow. How am I still recovering from this? I guess I never dreamed I would see the things I did. After LOL and OffGun's oh my love for you Papii song, I needed more of a musical vibe for them. I wanted Broadway theater. They are that talented I knew they could pull it off.

Then this play segment took me so off guard. Omg it was everything! Their acting carried so damn hard it was so good. And then...what. TayGun?! My jaw was on the floor at this point. I did not think they would have the courage to do this from all the recent haters. But omg I'm so glad they did. TayGun were such soft babies singing one of my absolute favorite Disney songs. I just...I love them both so much.

And then they proceeded to kill me with NewGun. At this point I was like wtf. Is this a Gun harem story?! Because YES. Give me that. And yes, there was OG as well...but what really flipped the script was this moment right here

OffTay singing Unfriend Zone?! Are you fucking kidding me?! Oh my god. I need more of this and I need it now.

Like, these guys are such trailblazers in the industry already. Doing concerts and fan meets for years. But have any other BL ships switched partners like this during a concert? Giving us ghost ships, mind you. Not ships that actually had something in a series.

I just love how ballsy they are for doing this. Especially with how heated it's gotten lately. I love that this was their idea and they ran with it anyway. If they want to switch it up, or have a poly romance or harem, whatever pls god give them this in a series for next year. I am seated and ready for it.

And then let's not forget to mention that all their special guests were women. One of which sung about being a full figured lady. The fat positive message, the beautiful line up fashion show of the GMMTV women...just all of that.

This show was truly a win for the gays and the girls and fuck. I'm just so astonished by their performance. I'll be watching this one on repeat for awhile. This is one of the many reasons they are my faves. Anxiously awaiting Cherry Magic and Cooking Crush. And I hope next year brings us some exciting stories.

[sapphic-september]

Welcome to the new home of Sapphic September!

Since 2020, Sapphic September has been run and cross-posted by two friends on two separate accounts, @solar-settings (Zee, she/her) and @cora-writes-things (Cora, she/her). Now, we’ve decided to streamline the process by creating an official account for Sapphic September and conducting everything here!

If your question isn’t answered here, please check out our blog’s designated FAQ page, which is updated regularly and includes answers to questions not listed in this post!

What is Sapphic September?

Sapphic September is a prompt fest that runs throughout September and is dedicated to creating sapphic fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, and more!

What falls under the term sapphic?

Sapphic is an umbrella term that encompasses all women who are attracted to women, and also often includes non-binary folks who are attracted to women. It can include lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, gay, queer, poly, asexual, transgender, and non-binary people, as long as they have some level of attraction to women. Sapphic is sometimes used as a descriptor for relationships between women or media that centers these relationships. WLW (women loving women) and NBLW (non-binary loving women) are other terms used alongside sapphic.

What kind of fanworks do you accept?

We accept all kinds! Fanfiction, poetry, fanart, graphics, fancomics, zines, fanvids, textiles, cosplays, you name it; as long as it’s sapphic and falls under the given prompts, it’s welcome here!

Which fandoms do you accept? Can I write for more than one ship or fandom?

All fandoms are welcome! Furthermore, you can write for more than one ship or fandom, only write for your OTP or favorite fandom, or create one big fanwork inspired by the prompts — as long as what you create has a connection to the given prompts, it’s welcome!

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Yes, you may, but please remember to tag mature or NSFW content so that it reaches its intended audience! We reserve the right to reblog or choose not to reblog any content as we see fit.

Where can I post my creations?

Anywhere! If you post your works here on Tumblr, be sure to tag them as #sapphicsept[year] and/or #sapphic september [year] — we want to see your creations! If you post your works on AO3, tagging them as Sapphic September will make it so that other participants (and us!) can find your work. :)

When will the prompts be released?

We will post the prompts here on Tumblr on August 1st at 10:00:00 am CST so that people can get a head-start if they wish.

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Can I combine prompts?

Yes, feel free!

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Absolutely! At least one of our mods still has drafts for prompts from two three years ago now that have yet to be finished and posted, so it’s never too late to join! You can even take a peek at previous years’ prompts and see if any of them inspire you: 2020 (from @solar-settings’s profile), 2021 (from @cora-writes-things’s profile), and 2022.

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[purple-stitchings]

002 for Alucard x Pico? 👀

What makes me happy about them: The development the relationship can get when done right, and just the idea of the domestic side of things (nonsexual massages, one seeing the other make breakfast for them, showers together, cheesy stuff like that)

My thoughts: Done no wrongs ever, absolutely zip, perfect and flawless. Alucard/Pico will always be an OG this blog was built upon, without them this blog would likely not exist or be very boring 💀

When I started shipping them: I knew abt PS for a while n never got into it until Tyrone started their blog n I saw FNF. Me n Ty drabbled w the idea n it had a high during COVID bc of the time inside (I think) and idk, just became a ship that could never go wrong. And then you and your little gay pico came along and now he's dating two picos, both are picos he (and I) love very very much :)

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: While yes I was guilty of this in my early stages of this blog, it still annoys me. It's the thing where you want growth in the ship but you give it the bear fucking minimum that it just seems bland and dry. Like, oh, you hate this person with your entire being? Okay then, I'm gonna make you have feelings for them and not at all heal and cope with your trauma despite them being a large tie into it, good luck! I rlly regret that moment of my blog, bc while yeah it was fun it was also just lazy development and I could've done better lol

Things I look for in fanfic: Our RP's n me n Ty's silent ass communication bc we were both scared to talk to each other r good examples of this when I say I love seein growth in their relationship. I like the bitter moments bc it's reasonable and while it's definitely hard for the characters to go through, they eventually have a clear mind where they come to terms with whatever patch they're goin thru rn and idk, it's just nice seein the rough patches in their relationships from time to time. But there's also little to no fics on them either so yippie!! /sarc

What makes me sad about them: Many things make me sad abt them, from the fact seeing Pico after a school nightmare can possibly make him worse, to the fact Alucard had many failed children and breakdowns when making Axel (Triggcrhappy), they're just such a nice ship for when yer feelin soft n when you're feeling angsty, personal favorite ship ever

My wishlist: idk man... dogs r pretty cute... especially for two lil gays with little to no experience in relationships /hj

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: If we're talkin canon (both wotgp n picos school) I wouldn't rlly care if they weren't canon bc I've accepted that it's very much impossible n it wouldn't work out in their sources. I would kill n maim for Pico to canonically be dating Darnell and for Cy, Alucard, n Hanzou to be in a poly. Beggin rn bro ☹️

My happily ever after for them: I just rlly look forward for the moment where they look at each other n just get so happy seein the other. I yearn for the morning where Pico or Alucard will turn to the side all groggy like and once they see their boyfriend just being there n sleepin, everything is okay, that early morning anger is just gone bc they have the other there for them, they're in love n they're adorable 😭😭

[munku-collar]

I’ve seen multiple people recommend reading your post about the bi erasure in the cats fandom but I can’t find it, do you have an approximate date so I know how far to scroll or any other help finding it cause I want to read it 😔😔

I'm flattered so many people are recommending my posts omg 💀 You're not finding any posts though because they're less coherent PSAs and more me flinging out words in anger and justified rage randomly, so they're incredibly difficult to find. I'll try to sum them up here, as well as a few connecting issues. Extremely long post!

Fandoms in general, and this fandom is no exception, have a misogyny and biphobia issue and the two are definitely intertwined. Male characters always get more attention, more development, more love and fanart and content than female characters, even from the canon creators. The queens are constantly overlooked or flat out removed from the narrative to make more room and give more attention to the toms. I test this theory a lot and I've found that a cast photo of a tom will absolutely get more notes than a photo of a queen, and even in group photos, if there is a queen in the photo it will get less notes than a photo with just toms in it.

Regularly I find queens removed from narratives or having their established dynamics with another character, especially a tom, eradicated or extremely downplayed and relegated to loose friendship in favor of shipping that tom with another tom. I've seen this happen with Munkustrap and Demeter, Rum Tum Tugger and Bombalurina, Plato and Victoria, as well as with Demeter and Macavity, among others. Repeatedly the female romantic interest is pushed aside so the man can be shipped with another man. No one denies certain toms having chemistry, but the women get pushed out of the picture entirely or become props for the new ship, and that's really disheartening.

And many claim to headcanon several toms, like Munk and Tugger, as bisexual. But here's the thing: their female love interests get ignored. It's like 'yes they're allowed to be bisexual, but only be in same sex relationships.' People completely erase their established attraction to women, and spoiler alert: being bisexual means being interested in more than one gender. Yes Rum Tum Tugger is a bi icon!! But he's only allowed to be in love with Misto. He doesn't love Bomba. Yes Munkustrap is bisexual! But he's only allowed to be in love with Misto, or Alonzo, or Mungojerrie, even though he and Demeter clearly have something going on.

It's this constant pushing away of female characters that's frustrating. Because a lot of bi people enjoy poly content, and we'd love to have poly ships for our favorite characters, but instead the women are always pushed aside and ignored, and as a woman myself it's very frustrating. It feels alienating and unwelcoming. It's like women don't have a place in the fandom, and neither do bisexuals.

There's a major problem in society when it comes to bisexuals in general. You're always pressured to "choose a side." Either you're gay or you're straight. Everyone wants to ignore the fact that you're both. That's the whole fucking point. And you're alienated from both communities. You're not gay enough, you're not straight enough, you're just stuck in the middle by yourself. So seeing that choice forced upon people in fandom content too, and always in favor of the gay side and basically shaming the straight side is really hurtful. Intentionally or not it makes people feel bad about themselves and about the content they enjoy, as well as how they fall in love with people in real life.

And on the off chance the women are mentioned at all in dynamics or narratives, their personalities are often skewed to an unrecognizable degree. In times past Bombalurina has been portrayed as a petty, jealous bitch in order to justify Tugger choosing Misto instead. Oftentimes Demeter gets portrayed as wimpy, frumpy and self conscious, when she's quite confident in her sexuality and is very brave despite her anxiety. Why aren't female characters allowed to exist as they are? This problem honestly applies to male characters too, especially when they get put in ships. Not only do they frequently have their bisexuality erased but their fundamental personalities get skewed too. This happens to Misto frequently, and the same can be said for Macavity. Fundamental character elements get stripped away for the sake of mlm ships. This is not an opinion, this is a fact, and nowhere is double standard more clear than when it comes to the fandom's treatment of Macavity.

He is either made such a dark, irredeemable monster that no one should ever speak to him, or he is made to be a good guy who enjoys family and kittensitting and having a good time. Neither are accurate, and both treatments are applied in order to create gay ships. The first, naturally, to create wump and dark ship content, and the second to create unrealistic fluffy scenarios where he's the perfect lover. That's acceptable in itself, if acknowledged as an AU, but here's the issue: Neither of these options are ALLOWED when the ship in question is Macavity/Demeter, aka his only canon love interest.

Demecavity content gets swept under the rug or sometimes outright disdained. My second week in the fandom I made a post about a passing thought of the last time the two were together romantically, and how conflicting it must have been for Demeter. I got an angry ask in my inbox accusing me of having r*pe fantasies and supporting toxic relationships and that I was fucked in the head. My realistic interpretation of a toxic relationship where one partner knows they love the other, but must leave for their own well-being, a concept that is frequently encountered in real life situations and indeed in my own life, is deemed 'fucked up' and unenjoyable simply because one of the love interests in question is a woman. Because NO ONE ever makes these arguments against the myriad of mlm ships for Macavity. Gay Mac ships get applauded and frequently reblogged and fawned over. My Demecavity posts get around 10 notes AT MOST. It's the double standard for me. Mac is allowed to be romantic and adored and shipped as long as it's a tom he's shipped with. If he's shipped with Demeter, it's toxic, it's taboo, and it shouldn't be spoken about. That's messed up! It's incredibly messed up and a source of frustration for me daily. What is even the point? What are people trying to say? That women can only be victims and aren't capable of having complicated attractions? It's dehumanizing.

And unsurprisingly it isn't just male characters getting their bisexuality stripped away. WLW ships are rare in the fandom, especially if you're searching for fan content, but even in that sub community biphobia runs rampant. Say Demeter and Bombalurina get shipped together. It immediately becomes "look at these sexy man-hating lesbians they're so cool." Or Victoria. "Look at this gorgeous little lesbian she would never be with someone like Plato." Once again the subconscious (or honestly, BLATANT) idea that being gay is better than being straight or bisexual is propagated. These are all characters that have sweet, fun and interesting dynamics with male love interests. WHY are they not allowed to be attracted to men and women at the same time? Why is it always immediately one or the other? Why is it so hard to work with a character's established canon instead of ripping it away and putting something else on them? Acknowledging that Demeter finds Munkustrap kind and charming and that she has a place for him in her heart would absolutely NOT interfere with her being in a loving relationship with Bombalurina. Rum Tum Tugger getting heart eyes and butterflies whenever he sees Bombalurina would NOT make him unable to have a loving committed relationship with Misto.

There seems to be this underlying, almost fanatical insistence upon monogamy, specifically gay monogamy, beyond the normal definition. A character is only allowed to EVER be interested in one other character their entire life. They are not allowed to find anyone else attractive or have a crush on them ever, especially if they're of the opposite gender. Which ties in the hatred of polygamy aforementioned.

Claiming to headcanon so many characters as bisexual should mean that poly ships are way more popular than they are. Cats is the perfect vehicle for something like this! Just watch the damn show! Within the first 15 minutes you see Munkustrap have a tender moment with Demeter, and an equally tender moment with Alonzo. Munkustrap jumps to protect Demeter from Mac, and Alonzo jumps in to protect both of them. Why is it such an insane concept to think that the three of them could be interested in each other? And especially with the tribe being portrayed as very communal, even when it comes to taking care of the kittens, it honestly makes sense that there would be poly partnerships.

Even beyond strictly romantic relationships, I can imagine quite a bit of co-parenting or queer-platonic relationships in the tribe. But all of that gets ignored in favor of a myriad of mlm ships that may or may not eradicate a character's bisexuality. Non-ship content is difficult to find in the fandom as well, and is often overlooked. I've seen some incredible fanfics or drabbles written about characters like Gus, or plenty of fanart simply portraying a character that isn't easily shipped or is less favorably shipped (like the older queens for example) get ignored or significantly less notes than a gay ship piece will.

I'm not saying this out of hatred; this is a fact. Search the new posts in the Tuggoffelees tag and compare the note count of several posts there to the note count for new posts in the Demestrap tag. There is a MAJOR disparity, despite Demestrap being the canon other big relationship in the show. And if you make a post just about Demeter, or even, I've noticed, depending on the type of ship post you make, you're liable to get less notes. If I make a Demestrap post that is about Demeter fawning over Munk, it gets more notes than if I make a post about Munkustrap fawning over Demeter. There is just this inherent disdain for female characters! I don't understand it!

And once again, just a post about a female character in herself (or just a male character alone) and discussions about their characterizations or headcanons about THEM and not a relationship they're in get less attention. It really gives the tone of "a character is only good for shipping," which is not how it should be, especially when that shipping erases their canon attraction preferences and personalities.

Bisexuality is not the enemy. You can put a bisexual character in a same sex relationship WITHOUT completely erasing their canon ties. I promise it's possible, and people need to start doing so more often. People need to examine how they approach shipping and characters in general, and take a good hard look at their content, and decide how to move forward more inclusively. Because as a bisexual woman of color, I'm getting really, really tired of feeling left out or lesser in every community I step into.

There's probably more to say, but this is all I can think of for the moment. I hope whoever reads gains a bit of insight from this. This is not meant to demonize mlm ships, this is to bring to attention the problematic approach people have towards them, and the mistreatment of all characters in the fandom. Everyone is allowed their fun, but if that fun repeatedly injures others, conscious effort should be put to rectify that. That way we can ALL have fun together. Because at the end of the day, creating and consuming fanwork is meant to be fun, and if you're constantly having your connections to your favorite characters, such as bisexualty, stripped away or intentionally or unintentionally being deigned inferior, it's not fun for anyone anymore.

No one says you need to ship a certain ship either. We all have our preferences. I certainly have mine. Just be more conscious about how you treat other ships, or characters around your favorites. A character you might not think much of could mean the world to someone else. Just treat it all with respect.

I will not be entertaining arguments or opposite opinions. I am a marginalized person and I refuse to have my experiences invalidated or spoken over. Don't agree, simply keep moving.

[ari-the-cisnt]

HTF ask blog!

RULES!

Can I ask NSFW questions? No. I’m a minor.

Can I ask about ships not present in the blog? Go ahead but don’t expect them to be comfortable about it.

Ship shaming? No. Not even with ships I don’t like.

Can I ask/comment suggestive things? Absolutely not! I’m still a minor. It makes me uncomfortable.

Self inserts? Only if you’re a friend of mine.

Can I ask for friendship? No. Friendship needs to happen naturally.

Can I ask religious questions? Please don’t. I’m spiritual and won’t know how to reply.

How old do I have to be? At least 13. No younger.

Can I use anon? Yes, you may. As long as you’re 13 or older.

What can I expect? Blood. Gore. Sensitive subjects such as; trauma, neglect, and mental disorders (all depending on what you ask, if you ask a certain way you may only get fluffy romantic and platonic relationships.)

Can I ask for comfort? From me? No. From the characters? Go ahead. I suggest talking to a friend or guardian though.

Can I talk about my trauma? I don’t want to be rude or insensitive (I have my own trauma) but no. It makes me very uncomfortable.

What can I not ask? Don’t ask about homophobia, transphobia, racism, or anything of the sort.

Ships I’ll be using in the blog!

Flippy x Flaky; not toxic. They’re not together. Just hopelessly crushing on each other.

Petunia x Giggles; poly relationship.

Petunia x Handy; poly relationship.

Fliq x Flaky (the reason I say ‘Fliq’ will be mentioned later); I do not stereotype DID. Fliq is not a threat to humanity. Basically Flippy x Flaky but Fliq is an ass (more accurately acts like an annoying little brother) and isn’t good with his feelings.

The Mole x Lumpy; Lumpy isn’t sure if it’s platonic or romantic (it’s romantic)

Toothy x Cuddles; not together, just crushing.

Splendont x Fliqpy; not together.

ages, sexualities, and genders!

Flaky; roughly late 20s, pansexual, intersex/non-binary 

Flippy; late 20s, bisexual, male

Fliq (in my AU Flippy has three alters. Fliq is the one with the yellow eyes Fliqpy is the one with red eyes); early 20s, pansexual, agender (he/they/it)

Fliqpy; early 30s, lesbian, female (in my AU- don’t freak out at me- 💀)

Friz (another alter); 5-10 depending on how stressed Flippy is, … he’s a little child. Male.

Handy; mid 20s, straight, trans male

Petunia; late 20s, bisexual, trans female

Giggles; early 20s, lesbian, female

Cuddles; 19, gay, male

Toothy; 19, omnisexual, non-binary

Pops; early 40s, bi-curious, male.

Disco Bear; mid 50s, gay, male.

Cub; like 4 or 5… he’s a toddler-

Russell; early 40s, straight ally, male

Lammy; late 30s, aroace, demigirl 

The Mole; mid 30s, gay, male

Lumpy; early 30s, pansexual, male

Mime; ???, aroace, agender

Mr. Pickle; pickle, pickle, pickle.

Nutty; 18, straight ally, male

Sniffles; 15-17, straight ally, male

Splendid; ???, bi-curious, trans male

Splendont; ???, Omnisexual, trans female

Me (I have a self insert for myself. Xer name is Ari, same name as me); 30 (I’m not 30 irl obviously), pansexual, and agender (they/them xe/xer)

that’s about it! Ask them things! Tell them secrets! Basically anything you want as long as it follows the rules! ^^ have fun~

[kakusu-shipping]

Okay okay so I unfortunately don't have anything specific to ask but!! You should ramble about something you've been wanting to talk about. Like,, adoption au (which is the cutest thing ever btw) or anything else you want to!! I wanna hear about it!! >:Dc

Dfgjfdsjgkdfjkg Thanks bestie but I'm absolutely awful at rambling off without a topic or a starting point but I'll do my best fldjkgkfdg also I'm glad you're enjoying the adoption au it's eating my brain alive

Okay actually I've been thinking about Ingo and Emmet because of you, mostly Aro Emmet and Ace Ingo they are a blessing to my existence now but it's something I ALWAYS want to talk about with is LGBTQ+ Headcanons for F/Os or really just characters in general so like

We'll stay on the Pokemon F/O train because it's where my brain is,

Guzma is Transgender and I wanna say Pan but I feel like I say all my F/Os are Pan because I am in fact biased but also he has Pan energy so whatever dfjkkfdjgkdf

James is also Transgender but he is certainly Gay and actually fun fact my childhood crush on James was probably the earliest sign I was trans as little kid me was like "This man likes men and likes me as a man probably" like that makes no sense little me but OKAY

Milo is Bi, Gordie is Gay and Trans, we are polyamourus which immediately makes us the best ship on the planet as poly is always supreme and correct.

N is Agender, neopronoun user, Queer, Ace. He and I have the same gender of dating us makes you gay no matter what and I love that for us.

Platonic real fast but Molayne, my older brother whomst I would shove down the stairs, is ALSO Transgender and Bisexual and a gamer yes they do exist and it's this dumbass.

And on that point my son Bede is also Transgender and so is his grandmother Opal and so am I the fairy trainers in Galar are actually all Trans you cannot train fairies without a little Trans your gender magics

[redthreadoffate]

you can do it all, why not? here's me sending the ask and kindly request you to answer all the ship questions 😂😂

omg! yes yes yes! thank you, sky!!

okay, so this is going to be a mix of all the fandoms i am in. as you all know, i am a ships enthusiast so get ready! let's do this!

1. first ship you remember

takeru/hikari from digimon. they were my otp before i even knew what shipping is. also, they awakened my love for the pink/green combination. the ending still makes me so bitter (who isn’t bitter about it...)!

2. your newest ship

gojo and marin from my dress up darling!! they’re so cute omg!! i love them so much!! i cannot. i can’t wait for them to get together, but at the same time, let the pining continue!!

3. favourite ship ever

...is this question even legal. um. there is not such thing as “favorite ship ever”??? don’t make me choose. legit, i’m not going to choose. sorry. THERE ARE TOO MANY.

4. favourite m/f ship

my default answer has always been ariadne/arthur from inception. but is it still? 

5. favourite m/m ship

casey/rj from power rangers jungle fury. i really want casey for myself but for some reason this ship made me feel things??? i read a smutty fic of them once, and the flames in my heart soared.

6. favourite f/f ship

gia/emma from power rangers megaforce/super megaforce. they’re gay. they’re absolutely gay. i love emma/orion but emma is gay. especially gia.

7. most innocent ship

bridge/syd from power rangers spd! they are so cute.

8. most fluffy ship

charlie/harper from set it up, and matt/jenna from 13 going on 30!! they’re the cutest <3 and like, i don’t see anything wrong with them at all.

9. most angsty ship

james and juliet from lost. ‘nuff said.

10. most smutty ship

let’s go and watch netflix, there’s plenty of there.

11. ship that you would never have wanted in canon but like in fanworks

arthur/eames from inception. do not count the poly ship! this is arthur/eames alone. i do not want them together at all, but their fanworks??? so pretty!!

12. character that you can only imagine in one ship

pretty much all the characters in my ships. i mostly go “no, they belong to them!”. i refuse to see most of my characters in ships that are not my ships.

13. most shippable character

i’m not too sure about this one but i see sansa stark from game of thrones, omg. i’m a huge sansa/jamie fan but i can also see sansa/theon and sansa/jon. i used to like sansa/petyr but i realized the error of my ways. i also like sansa/tyrion but more as friends. i also like dany/sansa!!

14. character that you can’t imagine in any ship

oliver wood from harry potter. and also peter pevensie from the chronicles of narnia. why? well. you know.

15. favourite poly ship

arthur/ariadne/eames from inception. i have read so many fics of them that i cannot even see them without each other. i will always love arthur/ariadne alone, and eames/robert, but this poly ship is just...wow. i also like that idea that their son takes after arthur, and their daughter takes after eames.

16. characters that you kinda ship but prefer as brotp

mmm gilgamesh/thena from marvel. i love their relationship. like, i want one. and i know some people ship them romantically but i’ve always brotp-ed them. but seeing gifs and finally watching the movie, i can see where they’re coming from. and it is cute, i admit, but i see them more as a brotp.

17. characters that you ship and can’t imagine to be friends

mulder/scully from the x-files. have you seen them?? omg you will see what i’m talking about.

18. guilty pleasure ship

zeke/celestia from my book angel rogue...for reasons.

19. ship that you never expected to ship.

ichigo/orihime from bleach. tbh i really thought i’d ship ichigo/rukia but here we are.

20. ship that you liked but don’t anymore

oliver/katie from harry potter. i loved reading stories of them before for some reason. but now that i realize oliver isn’t too shippable, and my new found love for george/katie back then.

21. ship that one day you were thinking of and thought “wait, when I started shipping it?”

steve/natasha from marvel! i know i found them cute in the avengers, especially in their first scene, but like...how did it escalate so big???? i was just looking for loki and clint but then i got romangers!!!

22. ship that you immediately fall in love with after one scene despite not considering it before.

same as #21 (copy pasted): steve/natasha from marvel! i know i found them cute in the avengers, especially in their first scene, but like...how did it escalate so big???? i was just looking for loki and clint but then i got romangers!!!11

23. poly ship that you ship despite not shipping some of the characters in it outside of poly ship.

same answer as #15 (copy pasted): arthur/ariadne/eames from inception. i have read so many fics of them that i cannot even see them without each other. i will always love arthur/ariadne alone, and eames/robert, but this poly ship is just...wow. i also like that idea that their son takes after arthur, and their daughter takes after eames.

24. biggest notp

i have many. absolutely many. but when i saw this question the first time my thought went straight to sora/yamato from digimon. like...no. i cannot stand it. it just does’t seem right. don’t ask me to explain. do not. because. just because.

25. favourite foe yay ship

all my enemies-to-lovers ships.

26. characters that you like in every dynamic (lovers, friends, enemies)

dean/jo from supernatural! more as lovers but i don’t mind them as just friends either. maybe not enemies enemies, but their banter is mini-banter is beautiful.

27. ship that you expected to ship before reading/watching franchise and you do

ron/hermione from harry potter most definitely. i’ve heard a lot about them before i watched/read hp (i think my first time to watch was 3rd grade? and my reading was 2nd year hs?). but even before that i already knew romione would be the one.

28.  ship that you expected to ship before reading/watching franchise and you don’t

ah! there was one, there was one. wait, let me try to remember. ugh, i cannot remember it. but there was one! one is clark/lexa from the 100, but i know there was one that i really thought i’d ship but i didn’t!! oh, another one i thought of is sam/ruby from supernatural.

29. favourite crossover ship

anzai from devils line and mai taniyama from ghost hunt <3 i dunno, i just think it’d be cute!

30. favourite canon ship

i will take advantage of all my ships that are canon so all my canon ships!!

31. favourite non-canon ship

sadly...way too many. i cry so very much.

32. favourite ship for hurt-comfort

i really like clint and laura/bobbi from marvel. again, i’m not sure if laura and bobbi are actually the same person but i just love reading hurt/comfort stuff for them.

33. ship that you ship in one installment of franchise but not in other (for example in movie, but not in the book this movie is based on)

finnick and johanna from the hunger games, i like them in the movies but not in the books. i just didn’t like annie in the movies.

34. ship that you never expected to ship when you were younger but here you are

huh...i can’t really think of any right now, tbh. i don’t think i never expected to ship something when i was young. i’m pretty sure most of the ships i like atm are not unexpected?? i think?

35. ship that you have kinda love/hate relationship with

daniel/daisy from marvel. i like them, they’re cute, but i super ship daisy with *ahem* ward (do not blame me! they did such a good thing in s1!!!).

36. characters that you can’t decide if you prefer as ship or brotp

fitzsimmons from marvel. i do like them as a ship but at the same time i only see them as a brotp?? but yes, i know they’re married.

omg this was so hard but i loved it so much!!! thank you!!

send me a number and a fandom (or just a number!)

[kevin-day-is-bi]

hi there! any good book recs?

So many!!! I honestly can't keep track of what mutuals have read what, so I'm gonna make a list of books I think everyone should read.

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro: Dark academia, descendants of Sherlock and Watson, has badass girls and very soft boys, very much YA, non-fantasy, murder!!

Timekeeper by Tara Sim: Gay Victorian England clock spirits. Good for a light read. Has an epic supporting mechanic gal

Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer: Futuristic sci-fi & fantasy, vast majority of the leads are gals, fairy tale retellings but in the future, I have no clue how the MCs are still alive by the end of it

Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas: Fantasy faerie world, once again: absolutely murderous girls and soft boys, but really everyone murders. If you like thieves and pirates and murder, this is the series for you. Also girls who like dresses while they murder, and a girl who dates multiple boys

All for the Game by Nora Sakavic: MURDER. MURDER AND MADE UP SPORTS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE INCAPABLE OF SHOWING LOVE BY MEANS OTHER THAN MURDER. Not fantasy(note: it's self published so it's not available at libraries)

The Folk of the Air by Holly Black: ....this is a reoccurring theme but murder!!! Also spying and strong girls and swords and ~enemies to lovers~

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo: soooo much diversity. Heists! Horrible people you love anyway! Plus sized flirty bi girls! Tall flirty bi boys! Magic!

Caraval by Stephanie Garber: if you like circuses or carnivals or The Night Circus, this is the book for you. A whole magical world gets set up on an island and there's tons of magic and pretty gowns

The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare (really the whole Shadowhunter Chronicles): The most diverse series she's written thus far, which is really really saying something. Murder! Strong women! Gays! Poly ship! Bilingual characters! Soft boys!

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas: If you're thinking, 'wow. no. im watching the ship wars and the antis kill each other so thank you but i wont read that' please know that there are plenty of perfectly fine normal fun fans here. the loud ones just like to scream. its got.....faeries!! strong women!! good depictions of trauma!! a girl who dates multiple boys! especially in the second book, there's women supporting women, accidently abusive relationships, women who like to be femme, women who don't, and, since it's a fave of mine, murder!!!

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater: I cannot put into words how much I love this series. Feminism! dumbass boys who are smart as fuck! a girl who dates multiple boys! bad boys with a heart of gold! a boy who looks like a cinnamon roll but literally shoots a man and frames another for murder! and oh yes. murder! murdermurdermurder. it's fantasy but set in this world.

Ok that went way long and I'm sure I've forgotten ones but I think we can determine that the two things I like in a book are strong women and murder ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ what can you do

Thanks!!

[leefi]

Han Sooyoung and Yoo Sangah

omg. women ❤️

Sexuality Headcanon:

HSY: biphobic bisexual etc. Etc. She doesn't think she's straight and she doesn't think she's gay. She straight up just doesn't think about it but she does have this inexplicable hatred towards bi people also poly people because somebody's definitely gotta be jealous of somebody else in this situation and ppl are definitely being left out and she just thinks they should stop lying to themselves and just be in couples like normal peopeb

YSA: I don't have a strong hc for her - I've gone from seeing her as bi to lesbian to aro and none of them really stuck in my head as "yes, this is her". I have to write her more to figure it out!

Gender Headcanon:

I think it's very funny when HSY is just a fucking cis girl and has absolutely no gender going on. I ALSO think having her present more masc or express some degree of gender fluidity is very good too. WRT the "cis girl" thing I think this could be a case of like with her sexuality where she just straight up never Thought about it because she grew up so isolated from other people. If she's gf (gluten free) she definitely transes her gender later. same applies to kdj tbh.

A ship I have with said character:

HSY - sangsoo had me in a chokehold for like the first 200 chapters of orv i was vacuuming up those crumbs like a cordless dyson and i think even wit yhk they do kiss occasionally to maintain their sisterly bonds you understand. and jhw is there too ofc ofc. And of course yoohankim ❤️ three bottoms in a trenchcoat. destined soulmates because they ❤️ chose kdj every time and ❤️ are responsible for the deaths of millions for each other and are two sexy people cursed by some guy's dick and yeah. it's good. I'm a very firm believer in not separating them but doksoo is of course phenomenal and 1863rd + 1865th yoohan has me in a fucking chokehold. 1863rd HSY throws her life away for all of eternity and damns millions for the sake of just one man's life and is doomed to never meet him and reconcile that. Screams. HSY was also the first person SP made a covenant with (which says all you need to know about SP's personality LMDJSJSJ) and the way she is the arbiter of YJH's destruction in 1863 and the way they tiptoe around each other in 1865-onward??? god God god god there's so much they need to acknowledge about each other.

Ok now that I talked about how enamored I am with toxic horrible 1863rd yoohan it's time to talk about my other favorite 1863rd ship HSY x Lee Seolhw (a train blares past me at this mom

wrt sangsoo - I love it and I think it's more than just dog girl/cat girl gf syndrome. I think there's a lot to be explored wrt how YSA grew up around fake rich people and she meets this woman who gives absolutely zero shits about any decorum whatsoever. HSY grew up around no one and YSA grew up around So Many but never felt Loved. And then this very short hissing cat hisses into her life and wow this is the exact opposite of what she expected love to look like. But it's Genuine.

YSA - me <3, sangsoo, yooyoohankim but not really. Like. My feelings about this are very conflicted but I think she's the most adjacent to them if that makes sense. Like if anyone was gonna be their fourth it would obviously be her but I just can't see her being romantic with any of them WHEN they're a unit (including hsy). Like. I think the three of them fight over who gets to be her date to public functions. Like she's the main character of their breakfast table gossip. This tweet describes best what I'm going for here I shan't elaborate further

Bonus OT3 - one of my Twitter mutuals brought up the possibility of YSA/JHW/LHS where the two of them basically amicably share JHW and I think that's super cute . Give her a boyfriend and a girlfriend .

A BROTP I have with said character:

YSA- YOOYOO YOOYOOOOOOO YJH YJH YIH YJH YJH YJG THERE'S SO MUCH POTENTIAL FOR HILARITY AND NOBODY UNDERSTANDS. NOBODY UNDERSTANDS THE LEVELS OF COMEDIC DUO AND #GIRL SOLIDARITY THESE TWO COULD GLHAVE TOGETHER AFTER HE TRIES TO KILL HER 84 TIMES ONE DAY ILL WRITE A DISSERTATION ABOUT THIS. Yooyoo is that character dynamic where one person takes a rivalry SUPER seriously and the other is extremely oblivious about it but of course YSA isn't oblivious about anything. She's extremely pleasant to him for the express purpose of pissing him off more. I think after joongdok are solidly a thing he stops being a freak towards her and then we get the powerful #girl friendship, because I believe that a lot of his initial dislike towards her stems from the fact that she seems to intuitively understand kdj so much better than he does. and of course because I have to make even brotps poly add LHS for <3 yeeyee <3

also YSA/SWK. I want them to work out whatever the fuck is going on there. Like...Did YSA adopt any of her memories? Did she keep any tics,mannerisms from her body's previous owner? Does her laugh sound different now in a weirdly familiar way? There's so much to unpack there...I want them to sit down and talk things out.

HSY - on the topic of brot3s HSY/JHW/KDJ. please don't ask me to elaborate. but do take this

also doksoo. of course. yes they're together. yes they're also bros . i also think it's very funny when yjh third wheels This dynamic

A NOTP I have with said character:

Honestly HSY/JHW?? though disclaimer when I say NOTP 90% of the time I'm not using it in the way most others do - very rarely does a ship genuinely BOTHER me. Like I'll read HSY/JHW fic and enjoy it, if you wrote me a good pitch you'd probably get me fully on board with it, I just think that TO ME their relationship is better as (this is gonna sound so "they're not gay they just have a brotherly bond!" im so sorry) two very different people who did NOT get along in any sense and still pushed that all aside and cooperated for the sake of something bigger than them both. And then grew to love each other like family out of it. I think adding a layer of sexual tension to that detracts from the genuine distaste they had towards each other - and not in the "but she's still so sexy way". they just straight up did not like each other, but they did love each other. does that make sense? probably not. but maybe one day they looked at each other after sharing a laugh, and each privately thought to themselves "hey? maybe she isn't so bad after all." and that was the start to a very slow-budding, but eventually unbreakable friendship. but of course first hsy said something stupid to break the mood and jhw nearly killed her

for YSA? none really I am open to anything.

A random headcanon:

HSY - hsy doesn't understand why she does things. she is incapable of self-reflection. she just acts. this was what kdj meant when he compared her to yjh. sorry to insert men into women's spaces but I'm gonna make this about KDJ for a second - he's really good at self-analysis but has zero emotional intelligence. Like he can objectively recognize trauma but has no idea how to guide himself through it and thinks that recognition is sufficient. hsy and yjh are the inverse of him where they are more emotionally intelligent (granted, not by much...) But aren't as good at self reflection

YSA - I kind of mixed this with opinion see below. Oh another one! I think that she and JHW taught the kids how to drive together :)

and sometimes I wonder if she misses her friends from the library :( we never heard from them again...were they still stuck inside kdj's head after thousands of years or like

General Opinion over said character:

YSA - meow meow meow meow :) meow meow. Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow. Meow meow. Meow meow meow meow. Meow <3 😙👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻

I love nice characters who are more than just their niceness! When they're optimistic and it's compelling! I firmly believe that YSA was KDJ's closest confidant - and therefore technically the most "complicit" in his constant self-endangerment - because she believed with him in possibility of a happy ending. And if he needed to do what he needed to do to get there, she'd support him unequivocally along the way.

HSY - I would straight up hate her if she was a real person that I knew. Like I would fucking despise her. Adore her as a character though she's my war criminal wifey <3 I've said this before but I have like. A very strong conviction that 1863!HSY is the most tragic character of ORV and whenever I think about her too long I go absolutely insane. A mutual on twitter mentioned how the original sin in orv is actually love...