#ace writes trash

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Teach me how to play | Tommy Lee

WARNINGS ~ suggestive content/sexual imply, kinda ooc?? mention of alcohol

TYPE ~ oneshot 

READER ~ fem

SUMMARY ~ you ask your boyfriend, Tommy to teach you how to play drums but isn’t it just so convenient you need some… extra guidance… and there’s only one seat at the drum kit? So where do you sit?

You looked out the window and, for the first time, processed what the weather was like: Sunny but still cold. Too cold that you didn’t want to go out. And the heater in your room was broken so all you could do was lie in bed, bored as ever. You considered going back to sleep but the noise from downstairs was too loud to drown out. You shared an apartment with 4 other boys, the hair metal band Mötley Crüe. The only reason you were living there is because you were dating the drummer, Tommy.

You had been dating for a couple months and everything was going smoothly. To be honest, the band wasn’t quite your taste but you still liked watching them practice or going to their shows. Mainly to see Tommy and how well his drumming was. You were fascinated to say the least. How his hands and eyes were so coordinated, how he was so in time every time they played, meanwhile you could barley hold 2 things at once without dropping both of them.

Mötley Crüe was practicing their last song right now and everything was going fine. Just as the song ended you heard a loud crash. Tommy’s cymbal had fallen over again. It happened at the end of every practice session but just to be safe, you ran down to make sure he was okay.

“Guys i swear i meant to do that- oh hey babe” Tommy turned his head and smiled. “We were just finishing up, are you okay?”

“Yeah I was just bored” you said.

“Well, the guys and I are about to head out and get some drinks, wanna come with us?” Then a thought popped into your mind. 

“Tommy, can you teach me how to play the drums?” Tommy’s eyes lit up in excitement. He’d waited for this moment for ages, ever since he introduced you to his band.

“Yeah sure! I’d love to!” The rests of the band scoffed.

“so you’re not comin with us T-bone?” Vince asked, irritated. 

“Nah I’d never pass up an opportunity like this! Go ahead we’ll wait here but get me a beer would you?” Vince rolled his eyes and nodded. And with that the boys left leaving you and Tommy alone. 

Tommy gestured you to come over. He started ranting about the names for each part of the drum kit, how to read drum tabs, how to hold the sticks correctly and how to do that weird spinny trick he learned in his high school marching band. You zoned out for most of it, you didn’t REALLY care that much for drums yourself but you needed your plan to work so you had to keep an interested face on the whole time.

At the end of Tommy’s little lecture, he told you to have a seat and gave you a beat from one of their easier songs to try on your own.

“Uhh, you aren’t going to show me first?” You asked.

“Nah you can do it babe! You got this!” Tommy’s words were so encouraging it was weird..

“But-“ 

“Dude just TRY even if you fail who cares?” He cut you off. Just TRY? You didn’t know how to do this, you barley even paid attention to his lesson! But nonetheless you gave it a shot anyway. And… failed… but Tommy didn’t get mad or anything. just kept telling you to try again. 

But at this point even you were irritated that you couldn’t get it right, the frustration visible on your face. Tommy acknowledged this and told you to get up.

“Hey don’t worry, I’ll show you how I do it and then you can try again alright? I’m not giving up on you.” Tommy sat down and started playing flawlessly, start to finish. The cymbal didn’t even crash this time. “See babe? Easy as that. Now come on try it again!” Alright, this was your chance to initiate the next phase of your plan. 

“Tommy clearly I’m not doing well at this…” You said in a fake dramatic tone, “Could you help guide me while playing?” 

Tommy’s expression was utterly confused. “W..what do you mean Y/N?” He asked, still seated, legs closed.

You slowly sat down on Tommy’s lap and looked over your shoulder at him. You took the drum sticks from him, and guided his hands onto yours. Tommy was shocked and almost blushing but he managed to act cool about it. But you knew the effect this sort of stuff had on him, these wholesome yet suggestive shenanigans. 

“Sooo, Tommy, can you show me how to do it again?” You asked him with slightly titled upward to create a fake innocent look. 

“Uh yeah of course babe” He softly held your hands and guided them where needed to go, like a Marionette puppet. Tommy was too fixated on getting the beat right he didn’t even notice his very obvious boner. You did though. And that’s when you knew your plan was going right. 

After a couple tries you finally figured it out and could play it on your own, not needing Tommy’s help.

“Babe I think I’ve got this.” You said confidently. 

“That’s great, want me to get u-“

“No that’s fine you just stay right where you are.” You interrupted, dragging out the ‘i’s in ‘right’ just to add emphasis. (YKWIM RIGHT?) You were slightly slipping off Tommy’s leg so you had to shift and move up a bit, causing him to let out a quiet gasp which you very clearly heard. You smirked to yourself, knowing what this was doing to him. At this point Tommy had caught on to your little plan and decided to add his own part.

To ensure you didn’t slip any further, he put his both hands on either end of your hips. He wasn’t completely confident in this move, thus him bouncing his leg up and down nervously which certainly didn’t help you play but it definitely felt good. The way each time his leg went up, it hit just the right spot. Tommy didn’t even realise what this was doing to you, he was just nervous.

You tried your best to play the beat on your own this time but Tommy moving his leg so much like a 10 year old boy with an attention span the size of a pin kept distracting you. And though he couldn’t see your face, he could sense the blood rising to your cheeks. Instinctively he lowered his head onto your shoulder, hands still firmly gripping your waist, and continued to watch you play, occasionally planting rough kisses on your neck. And occasionally causing you to let out a soft moan here and there. You could feel the heat radiating off Tommy’s face and he could feel you directly on his crotch, and both of you were trying so hard to act cool and failing.

Once you had finished the song you looked over at Tommy and made eye contact with him. You opened your mouth to ask him how you did only to be swept up into a passionate kiss. Without breaking it you completely turned around to face your boyfriend and put your arms around his neck. 

Tommy wished the kiss could go on for hours, but if Tears For Fears thought us anything, it was nothing ever lasts forever. And that was because for the last 5 minutes or so, the rest of the band had been watching you and Tommy through the window.

Tommy opened his eyes fully and gently lifted you off his lap and walked up to the window. He banged on it a couple times with his fist, nearly breaking it in the process. The boys came in and Nikki and Vince were visibly struggling to hide their laughter. Mick merely snickered at you both. 

Tommy and you looked at each other and then then back at the boys in utter embarrassment. You pulled up the collar of your shirt to hide the very visible bruises on your neck that Tommy had given you, but they had all seen them so there wasn’t really a point.

Vince finally spoke up. “Here’s ya beer T-bone” He said tossing the bottle over to Tommy, still giggling. 

“Man cmon it was band time not get it on with your girlfriend time!” Nikki added. Blush spread across your cheeks and you decided to run up to room to hide, Tommy hurrying after you. 

“Psh, so weak” Mick scoffed.

Tommy entered your room and leaned on the doorframe waiting for you to unbury your face from your pillow. When that didn’t work he sat on the edge of your bed and put his hand on your leg which made you turn around rapidly.

“Sorry about all that babe, I was really starting to enjoy that drum lesson.” He said with a smirk

“Mhm you should teach me more often Tommy, but for now let’s just finish what we started.” 

#ace writes trash #tommy lee #mötley crüe #motley crue #tommy lee x reader #vince neil #mick mars #nikki sixx #80s bands #tommy lee fanfic #down bad #omg #the dirt

[landfilloftrash]

so I finished reading Turnabout Enemies and just about screamed throughout the entire thing— from delight and in baffled confusion in true ace attorney case fashion— so have this from one of the final scenes of the fic (chapter 21 to be specific!) because I am INCREDIBLY predictable

#my art #fanart for a fic #Ace Attorney #Manfred von Karma #Miles Edgeworth #Gregory Edgeworth #I read this fic and went "well nothing I could write at this point in time can compare to this goddamn masterpiece this fuckin rocks !'' #so I decided to do some fanart for it instead < 3 #and of course. its what im most mentally ill about regarding those lawyers #and that’s baby Miles and Manfred having a dELIGHTFUL developing father-son relationship. #and Gregory is both alive and became his friend-rival. That is MY CUP OF T E AAAAAAA #hell yeah brother #rea’s trash

[green-loser-lover]

oh hey since the whole ggg fandom showed up for meth snake /j /ref heres a teeny tiny bit more

The gang went to a party that got broken up by the cops and naturally it was every man for himself yk like "jeez i better book at back to the clubhouse" but no one rrly looked for each other. three days later everyone gets back at the dump EXCEPT snake and the guys dont care too much they think "he'll come back eventually BOOM two weeks later they find him smashed in a club and snake,,, doesnt even recognize them at first hes just like "oh i used to know four green guys like that!"

yada yada tearful reunion they go home all is well. but ace starts thinking (bad news for all involved) and he thinks to himself "snake can just.. walk out and be happy and live? he can do that??", unfortunately this gets him scheming up ways to make sure that doesnt ever ever happen again and then hes got the best idea in the world im, talking like brightest light bulb pops off in his head

uhhh come back later for more :) (ive always wanted to do that)

#meth snake #gangreen gang #powerpuff girls #snake ppg #ace ppg #ppg #loser lover trash-heap #sorry this is a mess #im supposed to be doing hw but nahh #ill write it fr eventually (maybe friday cus day off yk)

[hillsofuhhtennessee]

I know pairing Velvet with Paul is increasingly common but the one KISS member I think would be most compatible would be Ace. Horrible feedback loop of enabling each others’ obnoxiousness and bad ideas and Velvet being very sexually dominant is perfect for supposed “rare male starfish” Ace

#that and i just really don’t care for paul personality-wise and don’t have much interest in writing him #i don’t romantically ship velvet with anyone though. absolutely everyone can be velvet’s frenemy with benefits #i also like ace and velvet because ace is “late lazy sloppy” type adhd and velvet is “fast erratic violent understimulated and feral” #pure hyper type #kind of as a power fantasy because those are the traits i’ll acknowledge are a double edges sword vs just trash that should be drugged out

[amarriageoftrueminds]

the problem with pggy is that she’s had more than enough time for a decent characterization but she still doesn’t have one. she either appeared or was ref’ed in all captain america and avengers movies and even had her own spin off & is now getting a whole new arc as cap carter but she’s still the most written-by-a-man of all mcu heroines. the carol danvers test imo is an excellent indicator —because despite being sexualized to beat hell by them, nat’s solo film was still hated by many male fans. i daresay pggy is more “punch men!1!!1” than natasha or carol, so why didn’t her show get the hate they did? why didn’t cap carter get the hate jane foster is getting despite the fact that they both got the mantle from their male counterpart? because pggy is a caricature of a strong woman, and she doesn’t go through painful, transformative experiences that humanize her like other mcu heroines. the fanboys are happy with her girl power propoganda because there’s nothing to remind them of her personhood, so she doesn’t challenge their sexist convictions. she’s a sparkly pink banner with girl power written on it, not a real woman who wields actual power (later when she becomes one she uses that power to immortalize the guy who tortured the best friend of the “love of her life”. relationship goals or what). and no, hiring n*zis doesn’t make her multidimensional or grey. it just makes her a bad person lol. a grey character only works if you address their moral ambiguity. mcu and pggy fans gloss over her lack of morals by calling everyone who points it out a misogynist.

still don’t think she’s one-dimensional? just look at the producers of her spin off, the actress and her fans. the only way they describe the character is “badass” which literally doesn’t mean anything anymore. also; not just badass, but badass without having to forsake femininity (the actress’ exact words). i’m gonna assume by badass they mean strong and no-nonsense for argument’s sake, *regina george voice* so you agree? a woman being strong and no-nonsense is only acceptable if she conforms to white western ideals of femininity? and therefore pggy carter was designed to be a strawman of the kind of feminism which men deem appropriate? they really told on themselves.

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The Carol Danvers Test (Your movie/game/book/play passes if it incites men’s rights dipshits to boycott.)

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You're so right when you call Pggy the 'most written-by-a-man of all MCU heroines.' 

Because she looks immaculate at all times and, despite being a Fantasy Powerful Woman, has no power or significance outside of a man, she doesn't challenge patriarchal values. 

So she's palatable to shallow and/or anti-feminist men, tradfem women, and those lacking in critical thinking skills. 

(To the hard-of-understanding, 'not being a housewife' and 'being a feminist depiction' are interchangeable terms). 

Pggy has also had more golden opportunities than any other character to speak out against Fascism and Fascist values and explicitly state that she's in the war to combat Fascism, the way Steve was, and yet she still has not.

(And could not, convincingly, since a lot of what Fascism idolises she herself embodies, and she has knowingly worked with and aided Fascists across the multiverse.) 

Which, again, is an appealing quality to a certain sort of... Disney fan. 

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So, as you say, she has no personhood.

And the stupid thing is, Disney can't even give her any personhood now, because all the backstory they could have used to flesh her out (from comics Pggy or all the other love interests of Steve), has been rendered completely unusable since she's Cynthia. 

They can’t even give her her signature hat, because they put her in the wrong location and it was local to the place she lived in, in the comics. 

Everything that could have given her an independent identity, outside of a man, they threw away, just because they wanted to show a Sexy Nazi.

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And Natasha is a really interesting character to compare.

Not just because of the Carol Danvers Test, (which, yeah, that flashes up all the red flags for anybody curious to know whether something is feminist or not!)

But because Natasha was both deliberately and inadvertently sexualized in her intro movie (because of misogynist writers/directors).

But whereas she was deliberately presenting herself that way – to manipulate a foolish philanderer – Pggy presents herself that way just because the writers and actress think a woman looking good is Cool and Important, and also that men wanting female characters to look like that all the time is Fine, Actually.

(And, whereas Nat's self-expression is also a tactical choice, Pggy's is never presented as a choice; because no women at all in CATFA, AC, WI, etc. appear anything less than immaculate, even in the background).

They thought all the aesthetics, sexualised violence, and claimed (but not proved) job titles 'fixed' the problem of a sexy female character being there just to be the Male's Love Interest.

But in fact, their failures only exaggerated that problem.

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Despite how flawed and inconsistent Nat's characterisation has been, Nat also nevertheless highlights what strong female characterisation looks like, compared to Pggy. 

She gets to be a friend, a sister, an enemy, a surrogate daughter, an employee with a clear remit. Not just a Love Interest. Her opinions are actually listened to. And she gets to succeed where men have failed (eg. in evading capture as fugitives). 

And, she has a temperament & personality type which make her well suited to being a spy; her comfort level with fluid identity (as a direct result of her unique backstory) is an ideal quality in someone who has to resort to subterfuge. 

(And also, conveniently enough, it makes her varying personality between films seem understandable!)

So being a spy is an organic choice for Nat; a spy is a plausible thing for her to be, based on who she is as a person. 

And because this is a genderless trait, not part of a restrictive gender role, even though she is sexualised as a woman, her depiction is therefore more feminist. (You see the same cool, remote affect in male spy characters like Agent Coulson).

Compare that to just making a woman a spy because- well, spies are sexy and look at her!!

Pggy, on the other hand, is absolutely all wrong for her (alleged) profession.

She is blunt and brutal, blundering and oblivious, a bull in a china shop.

But she’s a spy (is she tho??) because spies are Sexy!!

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Another aspect of Nat which makes her suited to being a spy, which Pggy lacks, is accurate self-appraisal.

Every single claimed skill Nat has, is supported by canon evidence of her competence.

(Some examples:

she can get 'genius' Tony to hire her with barely a word,

she can do her fake job well enough that Pepper doesn’t query her being hired, despite the obviously-shallow reasons Tony did it,

she can lie so convincingly that even Steve takes a while to notice,

she can disguise herself so well that not even Alexander Pierce realises he's talking to her until she reveals herself,

she can manipulate using misogynist expectations of gender roles (which is more difficult and therefore impressive in a post-feminist society) so well that even the ancient Actual God of Lying does not realise what is happening,

she comes up with the solution to the wormhole over New York over the self-identified 'expert in thermonuclear astrophysics'

she is capable of running SHIELD and is actually shown doing that instead of them just telling us she did it (and is accused of being, if anything, over-efficient!) 

etc. etc.

Sorry Steve, but Nat is far and away the most intellectually capable Avenger.

Pggy, on the other hand, merely thinks she's cleverer than everyone else.

Despite all her claims to competence being almost universally (and almost always immediately) disproved by canon incompetence…

(Some examples:

She's anti-bully? But then she's not defending the weak from the same bully (so it's just her own skin she cares about. And if that was supposed to show she’s anti-misogyny, then why is she immediately calling the men ‘ladies’ as an insult and comparing them to her grandmother?) 

She's good at military stuff? But then she's not reaching a grenade in time / or recognising a dummy / not important enough to be told about it (or to be made part of the discussion over who will get serum).

She's in charge of anti-sabotage? But then she fails to clock saboteurs loitering outside the Top Secret Lab, so they're immediately sabotaged.

She cares about the people of Brooklyn? But doesn't give a shit about starting a gun fight in the open street or bombs going off.

She's good at shooting? But then she's missing every shot (and blaming Steve).

Her opinion was important to the men in WWII? But then she's being told nobody gives a damn about her opinion, she can be sacked because she's disposable, and Steve ignores and directly opposes everything she suggests, even from inside a vitaray tube.

She's demure? But then she's groping Steve, accusing him of being indecorous when he is sexually assaulted, turning a blind eye to Howard Stark's overt sleaze, and then mimicking Steve's sexual assault to get a kiss.

She's all common sense whereas Steve is 'so melodramatic?' But she's the one throwing jealous temper tantrums, (quite literally throwing her weight around, in WI), firing guns at her own people (like Red Skull), interrupting and risking the failure of a billions-of-lives-at-stake mission to make Steve kiss her.

She's self-made despite period misogyny? But men are handing her almost every job she's ever had, without interviews (and the ones without interviews were for jobs that would accept either literally any woman, or only women of her class).

She's saying being a woman makes her a better spy than men? But then she's failing to notice a Black Widow has moved in next door until she is kissing her on the mouth. (So, the show agrees that women Can make brilliant spies, but not This woman?) 

She's Antifa like Steve? But then she's willingly working with and immortalizing the very Nazi he fought to stop, in two universes. And so on and so on and so on and so on … )

…Pggy continues to believe she is competent.

The writers, and the actress puppeting her, believe that competence (and honour and decorousness and intelligence and perfection) have been shown.

If I was going to mantle-swap Pggy with a character who fits the skillset she actually has, rather than just the one she only thinks she has, it would be some kind of She-Hulk.

Rage, bluntness, and violence against men are already a part of who she is, whereas subtlety and decency are not. (And the people writing, playing, and stanning her already think Woman + Violence = Good Characterisation). So why not?

I can't say I'm sorry someone likeable and capable is actually playing that character though.

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On that note, I was going to say that I've noticed – and this is kind of telling – that the moments when Pggy feels most natural, on screen, are the times when she is irritated and snapping at people, or being patronising.

Sadistically revelling in violence? Sexually assaulting someone (twice) out of a sense of entitlement? Talking to someone like they're a child? Praising herself? No problem! Those are the most characteristic moments!

But as soon as HA has to do a scene of Pggy feigning compassion, the acting immediately falls down and becomes stilted and amateurish.

Contrast her with the actors who do moments of humanity and compassion really well; Mackie, Hemsworth, Boseman, Stan, Isaacs, Tucci, Holland. Even greedy RDJ makes Tony’s brief blurts of life-altering largesse, to poor people, come off as very human and believable. 

But what HA reminds me of most is Jennifer Saunders doing deliberately-bad acting in her comedy show French & Saunders. 

(Seriously. Look up their Silence of the Lambs parody and tell me that's not HA!)

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And I agree, hiring Nazis doesn't make Pggy grey or multidimensional, because specifically fighting Nazis is CATFA's #1 criteria for what makes a person good (like Steve) without room for ambivalence. 

And because 'grey' implies an impurity of ethics which none of the people involved (with the writing or acting of Pggy) believe she possesses.

They don't think she did anything wrong!

If they did think hiring Zola was wrong, they wouldn't be rehabilitating him in their animated series. That's Disney's solution to her hiring Nazis. Not even claiming that she didn't do it, just that she did do it, only they were 'reluctant' Nazis, nice Nazis! 

Just like the ones the American government collaborated with under Operation Paperclip? Just like the ones Good Old Uncle Walt welcomed into Disney, right?

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There are a couple of interesting parallels between Pggy and Jane.

First, they have both been brought back from obscurity, just when it looked like a black person was going to be taking over the hero's mantle.

(If they wanted to make Thor female, after Ragnarok, and Jane and Sif were no longer in the picture? Then literally the only possible candidate was Valkyrie. It’s hard not to read Jane’s return as a sign of anti-diversity panic. I'm relieved that the sequel is being handled by Taika Waititi, despite Ragnarok’s flaws, because I'm hopeful he will resolve these unfortunate implications? Maybe sapphic-ly?) 

Second, both Jane and Pggy were violent towards the men. 

I hated that scene for Jane just as much as for Pggy.

(But whereas Jane was a teeny human slapping a giant invulnerable God, Pggy was firing a gun at a man who is not invulnerable to bullets. Jane was actually in an established long term relationship with Thor, including cohabitation, whereas Pggy wasn't even dating Steve. But the depth of relationship, and the fact that one man could easily survive but the other could not, is beside the point; the violence is equally emotionally abusive and unacceptable in both cases.) 

And it’s notable that the female director quit TDW specifically because she was worried about being blamed for a poor script. 

So the other movie where a woman attacks their love interest, a female director would rather disavow, but in CATFA it’s feminist? .

Outside of this moment of similarity, of course ‘mens rights dipshits’ hate Jane, (but not Pggy), because Jane has a power base and career outside of men! (Just like Carol!)

She was a world-leading astrophysicist before Thor ever came along, and in fact the only reason she even met Thor in the first place is because she was so good at her chosen profession that she correctly predicted where he would appear (twice!) 

And, she was a vital component in Thor recovering his power in T1! 

Whereas Pggy's profession was chosen for her by her brother. 

And, as charmed as Pggy's life always would be, as an Upper Class woman, if you delete Steve and Howard from her life, who is she? 

What has she accomplished or aspired to, outside of those men?

Even in two other universes, her entire career consists of bearing Steve's chosen standard (or based in an organisation named after it).

And yet she is so irrelevant to Steve's life that she fails the Sexy Lamp Test (technically she falls under the subheading test of ‘Sexy Lamp with a Post-It Stuck On’.)

In fact, she would have derailed Steve's Hero's Journey completely, had she ever actually done anything.

If she had stopped the grenade, Phillips never would’ve realised he was wrong and Steve never would've been picked for serum.

If she had stopped the murder of Erskine, other super soldiers would've been made.

If she had stopped the saboteur fleeing, as WI shows, Steve never would've gone after him, never appeared in the newspapers, never been put in the USO tour, never become Captain America.

Steve's empowerment literally, literally depends on Pggy's powerlessness.

And yet people think she is a feminist character! 

Oyvey.

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White Feminist Pggy also prevented Daniel Sousa from protesting the suppression of women, just when it would have helped her fellow female agents - because she knows her value (and “no one else's opinion” matters. Including other women's? So, keep the glass ceiling in tact, for them? Defend herself, and her personal simps, from being pestered by men, but not other women from being pestered by Howard Stark? Feminist how?)

Unlike Pggy, Jane is a woman in a position of power who has clearly used her achieved (not gifted) position to uplift other women, because her intern is another woman.

And a good looking woman, too! 

And she's allowed near Thor! Even allowed to touch him!! And comment on his good looks!!!

Pggy would never.

Pggy inserts herself whenever nurses try to get near Steve, for his health, (whereas Jane is willing to drive Thor to the hospital even when he is a total stranger and she will get in trouble for doing so). 

And (as mentioned) Pggy becomes physically violent when Steve expresses interest in other women. (Which is, naturally, shocking to her, as the Only Cool Girl In the Universe).

But HA, the writers, and the stans, think the shooting scene is feminist just because Pggy is not attacking the Other Woman.

(And, somehow, miss that we've been given 'without a man loving her, this silly girl cannot handle her womanly emotions, abandons all sense, becomes hysterical, and makes a violent Scene at work' and 'violence against men is Fine and Hilarious because Gatekeep Girlboss Feminism Slay'.

Gimme a fuckin' break!)

They're so deep in 'women are just sexual competition for men' mode that no other good-looking women are allowed onto the screen with Pggy unless they're a simp or a villain or both. 

In AC and WI, like all good Mary Sue narratives, the supporting cast are quite literally that, support; people are paraded on screen to either praise her or get their comeuppance for not (and die and/or be proven wrong for criticising her).

And if somehow another good-looking woman still manages to become a fan fave? Write her off and insert a fat sidekick instead! That'll fox those pesky lesbians!

Or if fans complain about lack of POC? Wheel on a black man to simp and then be killed, after orchestrating Plot Reasons why he can’t be too sexual! 

(Black women may be pictured in the back of shot, but may not be allowed to speak, lest their existence outshines Pggy’s reported wokeness, or their haughtiness offend her.) 

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And Pggy hasn’t had to change, because Disney don’t want the extra hassle of having to please the people who are capable of seeing something amiss – if they’re even aware of anything amiss. 

HA has only to say 'feminist' for casual viewers to believe that therefore they have been shown feminism, and that anyone who thinks her writing isn't feminist must therefore be a self-loathing misogynist.

Or, my personal fave, that anyone who notices this is just 'thinking too hard' and it's 'not that deep.'

Why is it only ever 'thinking too hard' when you’re talking about something people feel embarrassed for not noticing? 

And, hey, let’s get nuts with this – what a coincidence, that this precise brand of anti-intellectualism is one of the cornerstones of Fascist thought? (Which is why they imprisoned intelligentsia alongside minorities.) And that glamourising 'not thinking hard’ is exactly how you make 'not questioning things' fashionable, too. (Authoritarian bodies want universal acceptance of their answers, not more questions). Which in turn generates homogeneity and conformity. Which is super convenient when someone wants to address you and make money off you! 

Like, oh, say, a many-headed media conglomerate? 

Is there a reason why this attitude is common among people who love the perfect Fascist woman, who hires, works with, and immortalises Nazis, and now canonically deemed herself worthy to be made an ubermensch, in imitation of the uber-ubermensch, Red Skull?

Nah, it must be that I'm just obsessed with making everything gay, and jealous that they made the 'normal' ship canon.

Yeah, that must be what's going on here.

I shouldn't rock the boat. 

If GiantMediaMonopoly says a thing is good, I should just agree. 

I shouldn't 'think' too deeply. I shouldn't 'question'. I shouldn't demand to see human depictions of my gender. I shouldn't insist that Jewish writers' creations should not be paired off with Nazis or Nazi collaborators, in any universe.

And if men want to write women that are nice-looking but ultimately useless, I should either stop noticing, or just shut up about it.

As long as I know my value, anyone else's opinion doesn't really matter.

#LONG POST #antipeggy #antisteggy #p*ggy meta #mcu meta #mcu critical #steggy is hydra trash party #meta #mcu #tw peggy #toAyourQ #hey nonny #dat's me #sorry this took so long #but I accidentally backspaced out of my first draft 1/2way thru and was so pissed off I had to go away and think about things #before writing it all over again 😫 #the AC Anon #yet each man queues the thing he loves

[whispers-of-masser]

@dalishthunder a lil angsty snip of the unfinished spice. yes he is helmet-less. no we still can't actually see his face clearly cause it's nighttime. save me from myself.

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Nebarra caught your wrist as you turned to leave, pulling you back towards him. "Wait. I... Stay. I want you... to stay."

Just tonight. Just one night. He could have that much, couldn't he?

Your eyes met his, shadowed with emotions – that he didn't care about. Not in the slightest.

"Alright."

Nebarra worked his jaw, fighting for words – with the words. But as his eyes roved across your face, settling on your lips, his thoughts muddled.

Gods damnit.

Before he could change his mind, think himself out of it, he reached out and cradled your face in his hand, fingers tangling in your hair. He could hear the soft hitch of your breath, but you didn't pull away.

Maybe you should have.

Even as he drew you closer, tilting your head towards his, you didn't resist. And when he paused, lips hoovering a hairsbreadth from yours –

– you closed the distance first.

Your lips burned; he tasted herbs and wine as he brushed his tongue across them. He tried to tell himself that was the only reason he deepened the kiss, greedy, hungering.

And even if it wasn't... it was just one kiss. Alcohol in both your systems. Bodies and minds exhausted from the long day... It would be fine, something to forget by morning.

So... just for tonight.

#and ace trying to write steamy stuff? wish me luck lmaoo #im. trash for this mer. #i desperately need to write fluff after this #nebarra #whisper writes

[green-meanies]

casually thinks about how Ace at some point may have considered writing to the ppg for help with the mess he’s in right now, then decided against it because he’s afraid they’ll think he fell back into his old ways and not believe him

#I can’t actually write out a fic atm so you’re getting fragmented ideas #Ace #ace copular #ace gorillaz #trash talk #dawn of the ogre

[hypaalicious]

"Don't do shit of worth anymore "... fam did you forget you wrote a whole ass book??

“I ain’t gone lie, I’m getting COOKED” 😭 with love, obviously ❤️

But okay like… yes, I have LOTS of problems giving myself credit what I have done because I was raised to be a chronic overachiever. 🥲 The moment I don’t do whatever high ass standard I gave myself, I am the most worthless lazy creature to ever have existed in my mind.

I think back to how I was writing some good ass fics. I was participating in fandom and having a blast. I felt like I was giving y’all something to engage in. Now? I’m all burnt out and going through shit irl and falling in on myself most days, so I reblog silly memes all while attempting to finish writing a game idk if I’ll even give myself the proper credit for when it comes out.

Chile, I got issues 😭 But thank y’all for still rocking with me despite it!

#I still STILL want to write my twst fic #it AC to twst fuck and ya know what that’s not entirely incorrect either! #I miss writing long form pieces but I’m in script writing mode so until I finish this script ima have to deal 😭 #then also hope life lets up enough for me to have the energy to bust out a fic #I’m rusty and I WANT to WRITE QUALITY TRASH AGAIN!! #anon ask

[xawkward-ariesx]

Personally the most difficult part about writing American characters as a British person is not remembering to use American terminology, but actually trying to not make characters say bloody

#Ace writes sometimes #writing problems #british writer vs american show fight #like sofa -> couch‚ trousers -> pants‚ rubbish -> trash. that shts easy to remember #even tryna remember the American school system is easier than this #but trying not to make a character say blody like blody hell or whatever thats unreasonably difficult other swears to dont cover it

[igarbagecannoteven]

i want to finish up one of my ace wips in time to post it for ace week, but the two options are super cute fluffy wip that i have no idea how to end bc i suck at getting-together scenes, or a basically finished fic that's really more of a vent than a fic which isn't really the sort of energy i want to be putting out there when i think ace week is primarily a celebration

#i just. aaaaa #i know i don't actually have to post anything for ace week but i want to ya know? #but i don't want it to be one about the things that suck about being aspec bc it usually is a source of joy for me y'know? #but the other wip is going to require me to write a communication scene which is my writing nemesis >:( #i think i'm going to try to struggle through and see what happens #the trash talks

[dbphantom]

This is a very serious fanfic.

I'm taking it very seriously.

Quoth the Linda "Just Add Water."

#Ravus? Ravus!!! #Gnawing biting snarling ripping tearing etc #Writing out how this chapter is going to pan out (changing perspectives :0) and Ardyn really makes every refence in the book #Refence LMAO #Reference*** #Ravus is so done with his shit but ardyns just like ':3c' #And I love him for it bc if I don't publish the prequel fic before this one then he's basically the main source of lore #And that's fucking hilarious #Bc you know Ignis won't say anything. Ever. Ardyn is quite literally the only one who is willing to and can talk about this #Like. By the time this fic happens. Celor is dead. The museum is destroyed. Aranea doesn't know anything. And Ignis doesn't talk to anyone #Cor Cid and Weskham are all still alive but barely know the basics and not the why's just the how's #So we get [throws the trash man over my shoulder onto the table] this dude instead #I really should finish up that prequel fic b4 I get around to posting this bc it would explain Gladio and Ignis's f- friendship?? #They're not friends. Just to be clear #Ignis is kind of a jerk (unintentionally) and Gladio tried and failed repeatedly to be friends so they're just acquaintances at best #Hence that convo they have in the diner during brotherhood that's obviously very tense (despite them saying they're not fighting) #And the Gladio line that's like '*you* are worried about *me*?' which hngng [clutches heart] #And before anyone gets any ideas no im not shipping them I hc Iggy as aro/ace (I'll unpack that projection at a later date I'm sure) #The growing friendship tho... Where they both realize the other isn't so bad #That's the kind of shit I live for #Also there are some things I reference that are part of the prequel fic like heating up a weapon so it can't be held (actually this #Screenshot takes place after ignis tries that on Ravus. Ravus has a prosthetic arm. It does not work.) and Gladio's library adventures #Most of the 'tricks' Ignis uses in fights he has done to Cor before. This poor man. #And who am I to say these training scenes are not necessary to the plot (uh.) they totally are shut up #Anyway this scene is after they get the Regalia back and Ravus shows up and shoves Gladio. That part. #They take her back to hammerhead to get Cindy to check her out bc??? They dunno what they did to her??? Wtf guys #I get in-game u just want the fucking car back but this isn't a video game anymore its a story #N story says. If ur enemy had access to ur car. Get it inspected in case they cut the brakes #Cruddy rambles #H2O au

[th3-wh0le-c1rcus]

Drunk Words Are Just Sober Thoughts | Nikki Sixx

WARNINGS ~ Just a lot of mentions of Nikki and the boys being drunk

TYPE ~ fluff oneshot

READER ~ fem

SUMMARY ~ Nikki’s drunk as fuck and lets our some feelings he’s been holding in for a while 

“Alright there’s a good 20 minutes before we get on stage, has anyone seen Nikki?” Vince was frantically pacing around, nervous about where the bassist was. Mötley Crüe was having their first concert in years and peoples expectations were high. 

“Last I heard from him was he was looking around the place with Y/N.” Tommy said “Maybe he finally got the balls to fuck her!” Mick scoffed at his vulgar comment. 

“I mean they have been best friends for so long and the romantic tension between them is fucking killing me, man!” Vince said. “Honestly I hope Nikki and her ARE fucking.” 

Mick, very clearly unimpressed, rolled his eyes. “Can we just focus on finding him please? Vince you check the dressing rooms, Tommy you come with me.” 

“Aww man why do I have to go with you?” Tommy complained.

“Because you’re fuckin incompetent and you’ll probably break something.” Mick replied, irritation still lingering in his words. 

———

Nikki and you were in fact together. Not doing anything inappropriate, just two best friends sitting in silence, backstage in a little room you found. Nikki was drunk out of his mind and you hadn’t drank a single thing. You were gonna have to drive the boys back to their hotel anyway, so it’s a good thing your will was strong.

You had only been sitting together for a good 15 minutes but the awkward silence was driving you insane. In the corner of the room the was a small record player which was currently playing a Twisted Sister song, and even that wasn’t enough to lighten the atmosphere.

“Sooo Y/N” Nikki finally spoke up, words slurred, barley audible. “How’s it with whatsisname? You guys break up yetttt?” 

“No Nikki we’re still together.” You said bluntly. He had been trying to get you and your boyfriend to break up for ages, practically since you first introduced him to him. Why? Why did he care so much? Your boyfriend was a great guy so why did Nikki hate him so much? It just didn’t make any sense.

“Awhhh damnnnn you two should totallyyy end it…” He said, a crooked smirk across his face.

“I don’t get why you care so much man, he’s not a bad person.” 

“Ooookay well you don’t know THAAAT. Plus I’d be waaay better than that fuckin pussy.” What. 

“What do you mean by that Nikki?” You asked, a look of concern appearing. Nikki scooted closer to you on the couch you two were sitting on. He didn’t touch you or try to touch you, but the closeness and the uncomfortable eye contact was enough to make you want to look away and get you just slightly flustered. 

“I meannnn I’d be a way better boyfriend then whatever the fuck you’re dating. I’m 100 times cooler and hotter.” What the fuck was he suggesting? Calm down Y/N, he’s drunk. He’s not implying anything he just needs some water and some rest.

“Uhhh I don’t know…” You mumbled, looking down and fidgeting with your sleeves. 

“Oh come onnnn admit I’m waaaay better than that bitch, he’s a boring lameass.” He want boring! Sure he wasn’t as risk taking, impulsive, dramatic or dangerous as Nikki, but he was domestic and kind. Even if it did get annoying sometimes “Y/N?”

“I mean, well, I don’t know?? Why are you saying all this?” 

“‘m must tryna get you to see how boring your relationship with that fucker isssss you should just date me insteaddddd ya know.” Wait what. Your head shot up and you looked directly at Nikki. What he fuck was he saying? You didn’t want to ask but you were curious. 

“Umm… Uh…” Was all you managed to get out. Now it’s not that you were uncomfortable, you just secretly hoped the rest of the band would come looking for Nikki and drag him out of the room because you couldn’t handle all this. Yeah you were uncomfortable as hell.

“Oh Y/N can you not fuckin seeeee? I fuckin like you.” There it was. But it wasn’t true. Even if you wanted it to be true it wasn’t. He was wasted, beyond fucked. Nikki needed to get on stage in 10 minutes, you had no time for this. You had to admit, it saddened you a little bit. Deep down, your relationship with your current boyfriend WAS boring. He WAS a lameass. You honestly would have much preferred a cooler more adventurous boy like Nikki. To be even more honest, you would have just preferred Nikki in general. But again, he was drunk as fuck and you couldn’t take his word for it. Nor could you take advantage of it. You didn’t know for sure that he was being serious. “Please Y/N cmonn-”

Footsteps.. and the door swung open

“FUCK THERE YOU TWO ARE!”

“Oh heya Vince.” You waved, secretly relived he was here to take the bassist away from you finally. 

“YOU GUYS I FOUND EM” Vince yelled to who you assumed was the rest of the band.

“Awh you guys weren’t fucking?” Tommy said, with a fake disappointed tone and face. “Damn I was rooting for you two! Now cmon shitface we got a crowd of minds to blow.” 

They all got up to leave, Nikki making a sad expression and eye contact for a brief moment. It made your heart hurt. You could’ve handled that situation better. Just before Tommy left, you grabbed his arm to talk to him.

“What did you mean by that Tommy?” You asked curiously.

“By what?” He asked.

“That you were… rooting for us?”

“Well, I mean, cmon Y/N you two clearly have the hots for each other, especially Nikki. Dude all he talks about is you!” You blushed a little at the thought. Maybe he was telling the truth… “And plus you guys are literally perfect for each other. Don’t you wanna live that rockstar’s girlfriend life?”

He did have a point, dating Nikki would be a nonstop adventure. It would be like a movie! It made you happy to even think about it. Just the thought of him gave you butterflies.

“Tommy, Nikki told me something just before Vince came in.”

“Oh yeah? What was it?”

“He told me that.. well that he liked me.” Tommy’s eyes lit up, like he had been betting money on the hope that you and Nikki would end up together. “BUT HE WAS DRUNK AS FUCK! So… I don’t know if he was being serious or the alcohol just got him.” 

Tommy’s expression got slightly sadder, like he was more disappointed that you even dared THINK Nikki wasn’t being genuine. He put a hand on your shoulder and gave you a pat on he back. 

“Well you know what they say, drunk words are just sober thoughts.” And with that he walked out the door to catch up with the others.

——

The concert was amazing, opening with Looks That Kill and ending with Home Sweet Home. A perfect, perfect night. And while you were singing and dancing the whole time, that little part of your brain couldn’t stop thinking about what Nikki had said, and what Tommy had added.

“Dude all he talks about is you!”

hmm..

“Drunk words are just sober thoughts.”

hmmmmmm…

——

Waking up to a hotel room full of smelly, hungover, groaning dudes wasn’t fun, but someone had to make them breakfast since they were physically incapable of doing it themselves. They all slowly came out of their rooms and sat down on the couch. And you couldn’t help but slightly avoid Nikki out of embarrassment. Not look at him, or say good morning to him. And he took notice of that. After the boys had finished eating (it took them a good hour) they all waddled back to their rooms to go back to sleep. All except Nikki. Well shit. I mean you couldn’t really escape somewhere, he’d probably follow you. You just leaned against the countertop nervously and watched him stand next to you out of the corner of your eye. You covered your face with your hair to avoid attention but we all know that never works.

“So how trashed was I last night?” He asked. 

“Uhhh you were pretty drunk yeah,” You answered, looking away.

“Did I uh, say anything interesting?” Did he remember? He didn’t sound genuinely confused… more like he was trying to get you to admit something. Like a parent trying to get their kid to rat themself out.

“Nope.” You bluntly responded. You did NOT have to remind him of what he said last night.

“Hmmmm are ya sure? I distinctly remember saying somethin about you…” Uhh shit… what were you supposed to say? “I know you remember Y/N, and frankly I’m shocked I remember it too but I fuckin meant it.” 

No he didn’t.

He didn’t mean it.

He’s messing with you.

But what Tommy said…

Oh fuck…

“Y/N I fuckin like you. And I don’t give a shit about your douchey boyfriend alright? I’ve seen the way you act around him now. Bored out of your mind, wishing you were with someone else.”

“Yeah alright fine, I’ve lost interest in him. And I DO wish I was with…someone else. He’s boring as hell and I’d much rather be with someone who actually enjoys what life has to offer and doesn’t just want to settle down. Happy?” You blurted. And you didn’t mean for it all to come out. You had never said that about the man you always called the love of your life. But Nikki’s words were driving you mad. And it all overflowed and spilled out of you. 

Nikki, still standing next you, lowered his face right next to your ear, where you could feel his breath on your neck, sending shivers down your spine. And he whispered, “And would that ‘someone else’ be someone like me?” Yes. Was that… not obvious? Or was he still trying to get you to admit it.

“Maybe.” You said turning your head in embarrassment.

“It’s a yes or no baby cmon.” He coaxed. God why did he have to be like this.

“Yes. It would be someone like you.”

“Would the someone like me be… me?” God fucking damnit stop it!

“Yes.” You mumbled, hoping he wouldn’t hear it.

“Mmm what was that? Couldn’t quite hear you.”

“YES FUCK I WOULD RATHER YOU THAN HIM NIKKI, I WOULD RATHER YOU MORE THAN ANYONE, GOD.” 

And no one was more shocked than Nikki. Not even you. Though keeping his cool, his heart was racing and his hands were already feeling sweaty. 

He turned around to face you and put his hand on your jaw, forcing you to look up at him. To look into those beautiful dark eyes.

“Been waiting a long time for those words to come out of your mouth darling.” Before you could reply he pulled you into a deep kiss. One hand on your waist and the other moving to the back of your neck to keep you up. Despite the shock and adrenaline rushing through you, you closed your eyes and placed your hands on his chest, enjoying the moment while it lasted. And once you had both pulled away, you were a blushing mess. Had you really just done that? Kissed your best friend of many years? You didn’t want to ruin the relationship you two had but now more than ever you could not deny the feelings you had for him. But it just felt… right. Like you had just found the last piece of a puzzle. 

You were silent for a moment, not being able to comprehend what was happening. Sure it was just a kiss but the tension made it billions and billions of times more dangerous and exciting. 

“So how about we go and tell that little boyfriend of yours some news hmm?”

#ace writes trash #mötley crüe #motley crue #motley crue imagine #nikki sixx #nikki sixx imagine #nikki sixx x reader #vince neil #tommy lee #mick mars #glam metal #nikki sixx fluff #lowkey hate how this turned out but i don’t care

[landfilloftrash]

wild blueberries in my sleep

#my art #Ace Attorney #Manfred von Karma #Gregory Edgeworth #blueberrypancakes #aka #shingou #400th post babyyyyyy #“with this heart of mine that’s guilty not remorseful” #gonna be real with you folks; this was based on headcanons I have rambled to one of my partners about and I decided to devastate us Both #This took. Extremely long. Worth it. To me. #I have. A lot of general canon headcanons and then AU headcanons. It’s so much fun— #and since I don’t write fanfic very fast (or nearly as much as I *want* to); comics !! #I am absolutely positively delusional and you all must suffer my madness (extremely lighthearted and psoitive) #I also humbly say; Fuck hats and cravats/jabots they r so needlessly weird to draw #rea's trash

[unsat-and-strange]

uh it would appear even in writing i am incapable of NOT being horribly awkward around nudity, even in the non-sexual sense.

#not even full nudity holy shit why am i trash at this. checking someones torso for bruises and broken ribs should not be so hard to write. #is this just the ace in me acting up? i just want to write some silly spooky shit and im overthinking if this is how normal people would go #-about treating someone whos just been in a crash and who they dont want to become a government experiment or a social media sensation #ebb rambles #am i oversharing maybe a little

[use-your-imagination98]

I'm gonna defend my fave for a second. I don't think Laura is purposefully ignoring Spencer's feelings on Nik. IMO, I think she believes that because Spencer is the one kid she did raise, he would be more like her: more forgiving of trash behavior. Is that right? HELL FUCKING NO. But I don't think she purposefully ignores him being angry and hurt by Nik. She has been his rock since basically day one. The writing sucks, but as a fan of both characters, I don't think Laura's intentions were to ignore his feelings. She never did. I just chop it up to plot point writing.

Secondly, when he was talking about his trip with Trina in front of Ebola, Laura and Kevin said that it was nice and were happy for him. What else should they have said? Should they have thrown him a party? Baked him a cake? Ebola is a flight risk. They want that baby near them and they know she is NUTS especially when Spencer talks about Trina in front of her. It's not that they feel bad for Ebola, just they are fucking scared she'll go nuts again and take Chunk.

Also, for those who say Laura should drop Nikolas for being a trash father... if she did, would you then say she's a bad mom for abandoning him and trying to bring him home to his kids? Because all my girl is trying to do is redeem herself from abandoning him 40ish years ago. She can't help it. And yet again, it's lazy writing because they aren't ready to bring back Nik full time, so she's stuck saying "oh he'll come around" because that's how they keep the "intrigue" regarding Nik alive. STUPID, STUPID, writing.

#general hospital #gh #laura collins #laura webber #kevin collins #spencer cassadine #esme prince #Laura needs better writing #and a life outside the Spencer/esme/ace trash #I got to defend my fave

[starplanes]

A (5 star) review of Bury Your Gays, by @drchucktingle!

I read this book in one sitting. I did not plan to read this book in one sitting, but I could not put it down, accepting that my lunch break was now an extended reading break. Bury Your Gays was just that good.

It starts simple. Screenwriter Misha has been told by his exec that the season finale of his show must out, then kill the two leads. He needs to bury his gays because the board has determined it's where the money is. Misha says no. Then starts getting stalked by his (definitely fictional, right?) characters from other shows. Either Misha developed some incredible supernatural powers in that meeting, or something more sinister is at work…

Bury Your Gays illustrates why queer people should be allowed to tell the stories they want to tell, instead of being made to use queerbating, tragic tropes, or fake relentless optimism in the name of corporate Pride. It's a story about the queer struggle to find oneself in a world that makes it so, so hard. There's a lot of love for the queer community poured into this book, and oh does it shines. I especially adored the ace rep - and the concept of ace rep as a plot point. I shall not explain further. However, I am more scared than ever of the corporatization of Pride.

Bury Your Gays also criticizes capitalism's monetization of tragedy and exploitation of workers. It explores what happens when ethics are ignored in the name of an ever-growing profit margin, to the point where the bottom line becomes a near-sentient thing. It leans into the horrors of AI and data-mining by combining the two and going all the way with it. Chuck Tingle has acknowledged all my fears of black box algorithms and also made them ten times worse. Truly a feat! I will be sleeping with my router off!

It's a masterpiece of horror, both visceral and psychological. Since the main character is a horror writer, the story is very genre aware. There's a lot of fun to be had in the tale of "writer being followed by the monsters he wrote," and certainly no small amount of terror. It gets gory here and there, with plenty of suspense in between. Hints are laid out for the reader, enough where I was occasionally able to predict what was coming just a page or two before it landed. My jaw dropped multiple times! The writing is descriptive enough to pull you right in (and gross you out!), and it's paced near-perfectly. There's all these little moments sprinkled in that elevate the whole story, from fun references of other work to subtle clues you'll only catch on a reread.

This book will be living in my head rent-free from now on. It's about so many things and yet has interwoven them all perfectly. Fans of classic horror movies will love this story. Those of us fed up with AI generated trash will love it. Anyone who joined a WGA picket line will love it. Asexuals fed up with lack of representation will love it. People who watched multiple seasons of Supernatural will love it. Is that you? Go pick up Bury Your Gays. Be scared, be sad, be angry. But also validated, loved, and joyful.

TLDR: Read this book when it comes out on July 9!

#chuck tingle #bury your gays #book review #publishes july 9 #I was SO EXCITED when I got approved for an eARC of this book #it was everything I wanted it to be and more