#BUT ANYWAYS

[mxtxfanatic]

Fandom Gripe #23: I know that fandom is in some deep denial about its treatment of female characters that are canonically involved with fan favorite m/m ships, but do y’all realize that when you disappear female characters from the narrative wholesale to push the idea that your canonically straight fav was “secretly gay all along!” you’re making several bad implications? That 1) bi men don’t exist, 2) bi men do exist, but those who have genuinely loved a woman before cannot genuinely love a man after that (therefore bi men don’t exist in practice), 3) women cannot inspire genuine love and devotion in men, therefore any relationship with a woman is “lesser” than the one they later have a man (see previous parenthesis), or 4) to acknowledge the existence of a lovable woman who isn’t a terrible person, where if a relationship previously existed, it did not end because of “incompatibility,” is enough to destabilize the present relationship between two queer men?

Because why is the tgcf fandom allergic to acknowledging that He Xuan had a whole ass fiancée that he loved? Why does no one ever seem to remember that the kidnappings and murders of He Xuan’s sister and fiancée were the final straws that sent him on his rampage, and he still keeps a shrine to them in the present-day of the story? Why is her entire existence and significance to He Xuan as a man, character, and to his character arc disappeared in favor of pushing Shi Qingxuan—the brother of the man responsible for his fiancée’s death—into that same role, as if to say that her impact on He Xuan is significant... just not when it's from her? Why does He Xuan’s life in fandom essentially begin not just after her death but because of it?

#tgcf #human gripes at fandom #anyways these are rhetorical questions because I already know the answer #i just absolutely hate it #why do y’all hate female characters so badly 😭 #especially when they ‘get in the way’ of m/m ships? #mxtx shows that woman more respect in the book than fandom does outside of it #and she didn’t even give that character a name! #simply embarrassing #i could have also talked about jgy here #but let’s be real: that man never loved qin su (or anyone) #so i did not want to include him when discussing people who are *actually* capable of unconditionally loving others #but anyways #mdzs fandom sure loves to either disappear qin su #or act as if she’s the one responsible for why their precious ‘meng yao’ can’t just hop into bed with his bros #you know? the one he killed and the one he used as an accomplice in his murder? those bros? that he so obviously loved with sincerity? #at least moreso than he could ever love a *woman* amiright? #(for legal purposes that last tag was a joke) #i also really hate the implication that he xuan had no life before shi wudu ruined it #that in fact shi wudu made his life 'better' by tying him to shi qingxuan #the romanticization of shi wudu's actions to make way for a ship is... a Choice

[getosugurusbangs]

they’re in love (don’t fact check that)

#i was more excited to draw yoshida in these but denji ended up looking better in both 😭😭 #but anyways #first traditional art piece since the new year lol #i was kinda scared to draw denji’s hair but it actually ended up being soooo easy 💀 #my back hurts very badly now #my whole body tbh actually #csm #chainsaw man #csm fanart #csm art #chainsaw man fanart #chainsaw man art #yoshiden #yoshiden fanart #yoshida hirofumi #hirofumi yoshida #hayakawa denji #denji hayakawa #denji csm #csm denji #denji #my artwork

[tokenducks]

#dead boy detectives #Edwin payne #charles rowland #crystal palace #Niko Sasaki #everyone’s just tagging her as Niko guys she has a last name #but anyways #LOOK

[earl-of-221b]

I can’t explain what blue eye samurai makes me feel…….its a typical revenge story, a man sets out on his hero’s journey to kill the four men who have wronged him. A lone ronin, wide brimmed hat and sword in hand, roaming Edo Japan on his vendetta. But he’s not a man. He’s a woman. And how has he been wronged? What’s she getting revenge on?

On the fact that she exists. She wants revenge on the four white men that could possibly have conceived her. Who got her Japanese mother pregnant with a blue-eyed child. And not just any blue-eyed child, but a girl child. How is she possibly supposed to live in the world like that? For the wrong of being conceived, for the wrong of being born, for the wrong of being birthed into a world that will never love or accept her, she will kill her father.

I don’t know what level of convoluted self hate that is. Is she a child of rape? Or a child of a whore? Halfway through I realise what she told herself at the start couldn’t possibly be true - it’s not really for her mother. Her mother wasn’t the root of her vendetta, she wasn’t really doing it for her. When she leaves that farm and leaves the chance to live a simple, legitimate life as a woman, she goes right back to hunting down the men. Those men personally wronged her.

And then there’s so much to be discussed surrounding the way she grew up, because as a boy child and a man she can afford so much more than life has dealt her. Her swordfather who took her in out of the love and care in his heart had no shame in teaching a mixed man his art. The face of a ‘demon’ is fine. But not the identity of a woman. Shh. Don’t say it. Don’t confess. He knows and doesn’t want to hear it.

And because she’s lived that way her entire life for safety and security, she’s so completely alienated from being a woman, perhaps she really is he. But not really by choice. Or is it? The thing she does best is the art of killing, the art of men. Gender is a prison and gender is a performance and she has to choose which to perform. The times cannot reconcile hatred and violence with a woman. So she lives as a man.

So she can get revenge on her father, for revenge on herself.

#blue eye samurai #everything about mizu is so deeply upsetting #like ok revenge!! #revenge of what - exactly?! #white men? #and/ or your white self? #born against your will? #and who and what shapes this will of yours except the society you were born in? #this is so deeply fucked in every way #but anyways #I love Mizu and I hope he kills his father dead. if only - if only that would satisfy her. #my posts

[morebird]

How delicious...

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 fanart #astarion #bg3 astarion #fanart #this is a “sketch” that got out of hand #but anyways #im still sooooooooooooooooo insane about him

[freyadragonlord]

Some people seem surprised that Chuuya managed to fool Fyodor about being a vampire for less than 30 minutes, but you gotta remember that when he and Dazai first met, Chuuya succesfully hid that he was Arahabaki for two or three days, all while Dazai was specifically investigating Arahabaki.

Chuuya has always been an extremely good liar, and he is kryptonite to people like Fyodor or Dazai (or at least Fifteen's Dazai, he learned from that experience) because he looks brash and impulsive and ""simple"", but actually Chuuya has been lying about who he is for most of his life, and nobody knows how to be a mindless monster better than him.

#fyodor's weakness is that he looks down on everyone else #he never expects to be surprised by people #or that they may be more than they seem #Dazai in Fifteen used to be the same and that's shy he was so bored with life #he literally decided to give life a second chance because Chuuya surprised him #but anyways #bungou stray dogs #bungou stray dogs spoilers #bsd spoilers #bungo stray dogs #bsd #chuuya #nakahara chuuya #skk #soukoku

[siriuslygay1981]

Sirius-This is my best friend

Regulus-Oh haha you should hide him from me if u don't want me to flirt with him

Sirius -He's older than you?

Regulus-He don't gotta know that

Sirius-He's literally right here listening

*James making heart eyes at reg*

Regulus- We don't gotta tell anyone bbg

#marauders incorrect quote #marauders incorrect quotes #incorrect marauders quotes #incorrect marauders era #james potter #regulus black #sirius black #marauders #jegulus #modern marauders #this was me to my brothers gf #jokingly ofc #but anyways #marauders era #marauders fandom #dead gay wizards from the 70s #hp marauders #harry potter marauders #the marauders #marauder era #the marauders era #jamespotter #james fleamont potter #james x regulus #regulusblack #regulus a black #jegulus headcanon #jeggy #jegulus incorrect quotes #sunseeker

[tsukiaki]

Twitter apocalypse is beginning so hello again tumblr!!

#cynonari #cynari #cyno #tighnari #lumine #paimon #oh how i miss screaming in tags #but anyways #cynonari boyfriends so true #my art #genshin impact

[aerequets]

this is very messy but it just sprung on me and now i am gonna go to sleep

#kinda spoilers? ish? #if you dont know then it doesnt really spoil anything #or make much sense #but anyways #spy x family #my art #sxf #yor forger #anya forger #sxf manga #melinda desmond

[ncthandrake]

ASHLEY GRAHAM Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023)

#resident evil #resident evil 4 remake #ashley graham #residenteviledit #reviledit #gamingedit #videogameedit #* #*gifs #ps crashed (😭) while i was making some ashley sets of her in the modded yuri costume #so i'm just posting this simple set until i regain motivation to restart (😭) the other ones #but anyways #she looks so cute in it!!! i love her sm 🥰 #new favorite mod 💖

[taitavva]

using your father's blood money for fun & profit

#^ my informal way of saying ill b a lil absent for a week or two (or 3) #bcause im traveling #+ im trying to get some shuake week drawings done #BUT ANYWAYS #shuake vacation 🎉 #shido's bank account is being put to good use #persona 5 #p5 #persona 5 royal #p5r #procreate #2023 #goro akechi #persona 5 protagonist #ren amamiya #akira kurusu #shuake #akeshu #2 hours

[wallyb0t]

nothing bad ever happens to them wdym?

#i drew this during phils stream yesterday #way before the end #but anyways #qsmp #qsmp fanart #fanart #philza #philza minecraft #qsmp talullah #qsmp chayanne #qsmp philza

[adharastarlight]

Regulus, about Barty: it's okay, I threatened to throttle him in his sleep if he didn't shut up

James:

Regulus: I'm 90% sure he didn't think I was joking

James:

Regulus: I'm 87% sure I wasn't joking

James: love no-

#regulus as things ive said #it was about my mother tho #but yknow #but anyways #marauders #regulus black #james potter #jegulus #dead gay wizards #james x regulus #starchaser #sunseeker #regulus arcturus black #regulus kinnie #regulus black kinnie #trans regulus #barty crouch junior #barty crouch jr #sirius black #remus lupin #wolfstar #edit ! #im so sorry for the lack of a taya tag #i have been neglecting my duty #taya was in fact the james in this situation #taya

[sokkabackbender2021]

an opinion i will defend to the grave will be that zuko’s ponytail ATE in both the og show and in the netflix live action. no more explanation will be given to that statement (i will most definitely proceed to do that in the tags)

#like okayyyy arianaaa #couldn’t find a better photo of natla zuko bruh #but despite the (obvious) bald part of it #maybe it’s cuz zuko has a very defined bone structure in both versions #so the ponytail just kinda highlights that #BUT ANYWAYS #y’all always waiting for the ponytail look to go away but u just don’t get it 🤚 #ponytail zuko u will always be famous to me!! #avatar the last airbender #atla #zuko #natla #atla zuko #ponytail zuko #netflix atla #i am so deep in atla again guys please save me

[aalghul]

I miss how pre-flashpoint Jason used to flip around and actually showed off his robin training

#‘he’s a brick wall he can’t move fast or do cool acrobatics’ #only because post-flashpoint Jason is boring man #he wasn’t rlly any more of a brick wall than most adult male charas back in that era for a lot of the time #but anyways #jason todd

[raycatzdraws]

ribbonwood

#linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu hyrule #(also zelda 1!!! but idk how people would feel about me tagging it since I used Jojo's design?) #(ya'll can always tag my gen loz art as LU (or as any linkverse honestly if it inspires you to think about your favs) and vice versa) #(I want to inspire you to think and create! If you see my gen loz art and want to add that to your headcanons or it changes how you think?? #take it! play with it! invite me to play as well haha!) #(not ocs but like- gen stuff??? ye go for it) #mom walked in and looked at the comic I was working on #so I started rambling about my plans with it and what my peers are working on and how cool it all is and how I want to have more of that #and she said “what a waste of time” #so I got loosey goosey with it :\ #nice exercise to just draw w/o doing guides or being careful #did this in like under 15 minutes! >:D #but anyways #I haven't slept yet so gn! #.. he's holding stuff in the wrong hands!!!! a #look up ribbonwood / redshanks trees! If Hyrule was a tree- this is it #I imagine zelda 1&2's landscape to be california chaparral!!! I'm really passionate about it!!!!! #check out the california chaparral institute's website -> chaparral -> chaparral types #it's Hyrule's Hyrule!