#and keep my mouth shut ha ha

[dansemacabredarling]

Gale: Ugh, crushes are so dumb.

Astarion: I know. Whenever I’m near the person I like I just start acting stupid.

Gale: But you’re always acting stupid?

Astarion: ...

Astarion: Yeah, don’t think about that too hard.

#shut your mouth gale he has a reputation to keep up #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #bg3 astarion #bloodweave #gale x astarion #bg3 gale #gale of waterdeep #gale #bg3 bloodweave #bg3 incorrect quotes #back on my quote generator bullshit

[turtleblogatlast]

Thinking about the Don Suave scene and what it means in terms of LGBTQ+ representation because my brain does nothing if not torment me with random topics to ramble about on the regular.

Anyway, I just wanted to ramble about why I like the scene but to get it out of the way - the scene can very easily be interpreted in so many different ways, and all of them are valid. I personally see it as Leo having at least some attraction to a man. And the following is an explanation of my own interpretation and thoughts on it and what it means especially for Leo’s portrayal in the grand scheme of things.

Long-winded interpretation under the cut!

Now, to start with, it’s important to me that in the scene Leo looks at Don Suave in the very beginning and then for the entirety of the rest of the time the man is on screen, Leo’s eyes are closed. Yet, in the end, he is still visibly enamored with Don Suave, happily cuddling up to him as he’s being carried away.

You can very easily interpret this as Leo being spellbound and that’s honestly super valid and I believe he likely was at least somewhat in the beginning, but considering how fast he looked away and how he never looked again, I personally think it makes more sense to read it as Leo just finding the man attractive, at least somewhat. (For the record, I personally headcanon Rise Leo as bisexual with a heavy preference for men, but I want to be blunt when I say that any interpretation is valid. Literally any. Ace, pan, gay, bi, none of the above or a mixture of something new literally all of it is more than okay and fair. Hell you could even interpret this entire scene as more romantic attraction than physical and it would still work. Anything goes!! Don’t bother people, guys, really.)

The main reason I take this scene to be at the very least LGBTQ+ adjacent isn’t just because of how it’s portrayed, but because of who Leonardo is. Not in terms of Rise of the TMNT, but in terms of the entire Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™️ franchise.

Leo’s a character who, while changing with each iteration, has still at his core been around for decades upon decades as “the blue one”. One fourth of the team. He’s the one most are going to look at as the Leader, and oftentimes he is the one closest to having the title of Main Character. Not to say the others aren’t just as important, but Leo’s presence in the A plots of basically all TMNT media is often something very main character-esque.

And that’s very, very important to note. Here we have a Main Character of a prolific and decades long-running franchise distributed by a children’s television network. You can play around with his and his brothers’ characters all you like, but there is always going to be challenges to dodge around, especially since this was still in 2018-2019.

For example, you can play around with their designs so long as they’re color coded turtles, but their sexualities? Now that’s tricky.

“But what about Hypno and Warren?” Not main characters and also they’re Rise originals. They have a lot more room to play around with than a character like Leo does. But even talking about main characters in the franchise, you could arguably have an easier time playing around with Donnie or Mikey’s sexualities than Leo or even Raph, as (unfortunately) the former two tend to get more B plots, so they’d likely have had a little more leeway (still not a lot though.)

So, where does this leave us?

It leaves us in a place where outright stating and/or showing undeniable proof of Leo’s attraction to men is very, very difficult. So, workarounds!

Workarounds like the entire Don Suave situation.

To be honest, as left up to interpretation and lowkey and deniable as it is, this whole scene means a lot to me because of who Leo is as a character. It’s just nice when we get so see even the bare bones of representation with characters that have been such a large part of pop culture for decades, y’know? Even if more would be so much nicer, this is better than I thought we’d ever get for these boys.

And, again, literally nothing I’ve said is the only way to interpret it, I’m more than happy when people interpret media on their own honestly, it’s just something I’ve been thinking of lately and I was wondering if others felt the same way.

Whatever you think when you interpret this scene or Rise Leo as a whole, I just thought this would be interesting to think about, even if it was ramble-y, haha.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt headcanons #rottmnt leo #rise leo #rise don suave #rottmnt don suave #I lied I’m back to ramble because I’m just #so bad at keeping my mouth shut #or uh #not typing word vomit #anyway- yeah this is my personal interpretation #I believe Leo was legitimately mesmerized by Don Suave’s powers…in the beginning #but even the series’ creator says it was ‘at least PART of what was going on with Leo’ so #idk it’s something that’s been on my mind and I was wondering if anyone else felt the same?? #may delete this later who knowssss #pleaaaase feel free to disagree I just like to talk lol #but yeah sometimes I look around at how much media has LGBTQ+ rep in it now and it honestly makes me emotional?? #(we always always ALWAYS could use more but) #we did not have even a crumb of this as kids #but also like most of that rep is new properties #and I just was thinking about what that could mean #idk man idk #once again please don’t take this as facts it is VERY MUCH NOT #man I was looking around for good images to use and found jack all #anyway tho did you know Donnie often has bi colors around him and Leo is often dressed in the colors of the trans flag- #okay anyway back to the caves I go this comic won’t draw itself #I gotta spray myself with water any time I go to type long winded essays because they’re not great for the mental health fr

[hella1975]

it's been pointed out on here before that a lot of terf arguments are actually rooted in sexist idealology that feminists fought and died to unnormalise decades ago and that's its own kettle of fish but one thing i also find very frustrating about this so called 'radical' feminism is that it's so... defeatist? like the moment you categorically label an entire section of society as Bad and Inherently Evil then there's also the implication that nothing can be done about it, and it completely takes all accountability away. saying all men are evil is just another way of saying boys will be boys. he raped her because he's a man. he hit her because he's a man. he didn't listen because he's a man - it's almost offensively oversimplified. there's no point trying to fix this issue in society because men are just Like That, okay! so now what? it's not like they're going anywhere, so you just accept that 50% of the population are evil and will forever treat you terribly and there's nothing to be done about it bc they're biologically predisposed to it? like is that fr the argument here? you're soooo radical for that

#this is coming from someone who used to very genuinely be a misandrist #ironically it was only when i started actually analysing my own feminism that i got MORE confrontational with men #and started respecting my boundaries a lot better BECAUSE i started holding them accountable again #like when men treat me like shit nowadays i dont just write it off as 'what did you expect? he's a man' i get MAD about it #because i EXPECT BETTER FROM THEM even if it's just tiny shit women have to deal with daily #i hold them to just as high a standard as im held to and i make them take accountability when they dont meet that #and whether you realise it or not even on a subconscious level the MOMENT you black-and-white blanket statement all men as bad #you stop holding them accountable. #like it is literally just boys will be boys. do terfs seriously not realise they're sending feminism BACKWARDS #like if a girl came to me with her trauma and people - other girls no less - tried to comfort her with 'yeah all men are evil' #id be fucking furious. like no he did that because he was a piece of shit that had it normalised to him that women arent to be respected #dont you dare let him off the hook with something as simple and uncritical as 'he's a man' #i promise you men like that will MUCH prefer a blanket statement such as 'all men are as bad as each other' #than actually being point blank told they're an abuser or a rapist. because being lumped together is comfortable and even empowering #wheras isolating their behaviour with words that are Bad and Ugly (LIKE 'rapist') is not comfortable at all and has heavy connotations #idk i dont think radical feminism is always bad on its own it can be v liberating. just terfs and misandrists that i have a problem with #dropping this post in a piranha tank and closing tumblr knowing im gonna have some thirty year old karen yelling at me within 5 mins #i probably wont respond to any terf comments bc they literally mentally exhaust me with their stupidity #but that also depends on my mood and ability to keep my mouth shut LMFAO we shall see

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

whyyyyy are dog people so obsessed with their pet taking a shit...

#im. Confused. bc seriously why! what is it! #we have had this dog for One Full Day and the amount of times #that my stepdad has felt the need to regale me with her using the bathroom on a walk #is. well frankly its Insufferable and i Want It To Stop #like respectfully! affectionately! I Do Not Care! Hush! Cease! Good For Her! None Of My Business! #i am learning so quickly that im solidly a cat person #i do not enjoy having a Wet Beast! dogs are fine when they're not in my house! #me and my cats are like... living in my room now #i almost said Our room. well. that wouldnt be wrong at this point #absolutely unprompted #i can live with snakes i can live with lizards i can live with birds #but dogs? theyre just so much... too much... #sensory nightmares! big and loud and smelly and slobbery and their fur feels weird and theyre so Pushy- #i could handle it if it was a uh... a Sensible dog! #but this is a golden retriever mixed with a samoyed i believe! #that is not a sensible dog thats a 'i will force myself into your personal space' dog #sorry. sorry. im just not very happy with this development lmao #but its not my house not my decision and my stepdad needed an affectionate furry friend #he's happy! good! i can keep my mouth shut about my deep displeasure! #cats are so neat and clean and just sweet little packages of delight... i need to be in a room full of kittens STAT

[elliegoose]

shoutout to all the gainers currently having to deal with hearing an onslaught of fatphobia & diet talk from relatives.

whether you're pushing back or grinning and bearing it, you're doing great, and nothing that judgemental family members say can devalue this beautiful thing you're doing for yourself.

#personally if i have to hear my parents talk about keto or deny the harm of yo-yo dieting one more time i am going to flip my lid #i've tried to talk to my mom in particular so many times about why weight loss diets are bad for you and don't work long-term #but she has only doubled down on her intense fatphobia #so nowadays i just keep my mouth shut #elise.rtf

[swordmaid]

she is sooooooo baby

#my little pookie 🫶🫶🫰🫰 u can almost forget how strange and off putting she is if she keeps her mouth closed 🫶 #I made her fit black and white so she has that going on for her currently #shut up about bg3.

[gothic-mothic]

I'm not sure if it's an intentional thing or not but

I've noticed that your Stanley doesn't have another eye? It's cool tbh but is there some kinda lore or whatnot that connects it?

I’ve gotten an ask about this before but I’ll answer this one too :3

Yeah it’s intentional, I (almost) always draw him with just one eye, but there isn’t really a lore reason for it.

In 2022 when I first started drawing tsp I characterized Stanley’s lack of identity and speech by only drawing him with one eye —To make him more of a blank slate nobody yk?— But as I started drawing him more and more I decided to give him his mouth back so he could express emotions more. (Basically because it was easier to draw)

But maybe in the context of the post-parable au it could have meaning. He, and anyone else, sees his second eye, while the viewer is an outlier. It could be a visual indicator to show that Stanley, despite his average looks, is not fully human. Because he wasn’t fully human in the parable, why would he suddenly be now?

More subtly, The Narrator also has inhuman traits hidden in him that also serve as a indicator that he is not of this world. Those might be revealed later though

#.exe #.txt #I am known to ramble given the chance #tbh if I get more asks about his eye I’m just gonna start gaslighting ppl /nm /j #‘huh? wuh? what missing eye? he has both eyes what are you talking about?’ #might be funny #to me at least #anyway thank you for the ask I love it when people ask me about my designs #I’d love to go on about my Narrator au design one day but I’ll keep my mouth shut just for now #the stanley parable #post parable au

[sergeifyodorov]

claude giroux is one of hockey's most interesting characters -> claude giroux is an ottawa senator, regional rival of the leafs -> leafs play the senators quite often and thus i think about the claude giroux narrative often -> i post about claude giroux during a leafs sens game -> claude giroux scores on the leafs

#claude giroux #leafs lb #this has happened every single time. every time. i TRY to keep my mouth shut during leafssens games and not talk about claude. #but inevitably claude comes up and then he scores immediately afterwards. #curse you battle of penn anon you were of course right and correct but i should have waited until after the game to answer your ask...

[thelaurenshippen]

Hi, I wanted to ask, what are your personal hc for tbs caracters after the canon timeline? like what is caleb doing with his ability and did sam leave the am and do joan and jackson ever happen or is that too caught up in owen? what is damien doing and what about olivers arc? and where is chloe-

im sorry ill shut up now im way too invested in these caracters

no, never shut up! I love hearing from people who are invested in these characters!

this isn't something everyone knows, because it's hard to get the word out about things not on the podcast feed, but the technically last bit of canon TBS timeline is this planner that most of the characters write in for Caleb and Adam's graduation. there's not a ton of concrete information in that, but the broad strokes are that Caleb and Adam move to the NYC area, Frank and Chloe are back in Boston, Oliver and Frankie are friends, Frankie and Caitlin are dating, Oliver and Mark are...something, and Sam and Mags are also something!

I realize I answered none of your wonderful questions with that and...I''m sorry to say I can't! not because I don't have ideas, but because I don't like to publicly say much about the post-canon lives of the characters (no matter how much I emphasize that they're my HCs, I know that the creator saying something can still kill the fun for some fans!). sometimes I'll speculate/toss out headcanons with the Pals in our discord server but otherwise, I really like to leave it open for fandom to do whatever they want and to leave myself room should I ever want to go back in and do something in this universe (unlikely, but never say never!).

I'm sorry I can't give firmer answers but would love to hear your ideas for where the characters end up!

#the bright sessions #also MY answer has changed through the years tbqh #I think it's less likely to now bc I'm done with the universe #but like for instance #my answer for what is damien up to before writing some faraway place and after #are VERY different #so I just like to keep my mouth shut in a public forum lol #lauren answers things

[the-priestess-of-dawn]

I went looking and couldn't find any record of me ever actually posting this on tumblr, oops, but a couple years back I wrote this thread on twitter about how Emmeryn's sacrifice absolutely is not supposed to teach Chrom (or Robin, for that matter) that "sacrifice is necessary" or anything like that and mmmm for reasons I am getting Upset about it again so asdfghjkl I'll actually share the Rant with my tumblr followers this time.

#i'm sorry i'm sorry it's just then whenever i see anyone say that chrom didn't “learn his lesson” about sacrifice from emmeryn i freak out #it's such a common take too??? well okay idk if it's “common” or if i just keep running into a niche take but either way i've seen it a lot #i could also get into (i think i have before at some point) that when robin says “what is one life when weighed against millions?” it's... #it's actually a misquote of emmeryn's “you each have but one life and i do not wish it weighed against mine.” #and despite sounding similar it actually has a directly opposite meaning #emmeryn's saying her life is not more important than anyone else's but robin's saying that their life is less important than everyone else' #also robin does NOT in fact believe in sacrificing for the greater good. look at their supports with virion. and walhart too actually #when chrom tells aversa that one person's life means nothing in the shadow of millions he's basically parroting robin #except neither he nor robin believe that. that's what they say when they feel powerless. like when emmeryn was on that cliff #(also the game literally does call out the hypocrisy? aversa points out he didn't feel that way when his sister was on the line... #like... you're supposed to notice...) #anyway sorry for vagueblogging but do note that i've had this take for 2 years (and well... longer but it took me a while to write it out) #and dang it i have a certain blog BLOCKED but sometimes i go to my mutuals blogs directly and for some reason tumblr still shows me reblogs #anyway normally i would keep my mouth shut it's just that i already had this one ready to go from 2 years ago asdfghjkl

[girlsdads]

yeah.

#i’ve never been physically attracted to lando but now he’s straight up ugly to me sorry #worst taste in my mouth rn how are you gonna say you respect donald trump in the year 2024 #idc if he’s not american he’s a grown man with access to the internet he’s gotta know at least some of the shit trump has done #not saying i expected lando to publicly denounce him or smth but at least keep your mouth shut in general

[eebie]

happy 4/13 Btw i forgot to say it today^_^

#pne of my friends was born 4/13 and she has no clue #she wouldnt get it so i have to keep my mouth SHUT !!!

[dullahandyke]

You guys keep falling for people going 'lol you're identifying the wrong way' wrt queer identities so I made you a flow chart

Is your anger against this label because it facilitates genuine harm towards others (eg. MAPs)? Godspeed and good luck to you.

Is your anger against this label because it is Using The Label Wrong and doesn't gel with your personal definition for this label (eg. MOGAI, bi lesbians, lesboys)? I'm sorry, but there's always gonna be people who identify in ways that you disagree with, and with something as intangible as queer identity, their stance has as much merit as your own. If you get ticked seeing someone IDing as both homosexual and bisexual, ask yourself if they're genuinely hurting anyone, and if not, let them be. You will never know the intricacies of someone else's identity, and if that's how they choose to define themselves, well, tough shit.

#like i id as both mspec and lesbian bcos i am genuinely unsure where the line is in my experiences #or if i even wanna draw the line #btw this isnt some holier-than-thou I Know Better thing this is also a reminder for myself #its been years and im still working on not reacting with vitriol when an american has irish heritage so they id as irish #like you do genuinely have to ask yourself 'what do i stand to gain from isolating myself from these people who want to bond with me' #and like its EASY to go 'i hate irish americans acting like they know ireland waheyyy fuck the yanks' #'theyre not even from here they dont know what ireland is like theyre not irelanders' #but at some point i realised that man. this just feels mean. i dont like this #irelands identity is based upon the people who live on the land. not the land the people live on #according to myth the first settlers werent the celts and they died out long ago and yet theyre still irish #and hearing someone discussing that myth go 'i think its wonderful that so many people share a heritage and appreciation for ireland' #'there are people in america and asia and africa who all have a claim to being irish' #'and acknowledging that is an important part to being irish' #and i thought man i WOULD like to acknowledge that it sounds nice #so when i see plastic paddy irish americans i Keep My Fucking Mouth Shut! #this is a memory but its also a metaphor for the queer community. hashtag words

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

This one’s about your human au! What kinda life did Wally have before he met Barnaby? :c

no one knows <3

#who's to say! #who's to say.... #he just showed up! and then repeatedly vanished to Somewhere! #where did you come from where did you go.... where did you come from cotton eyed jowally #to my understanding wally is Very good at keeping his mouth firmly sealed when he wants to #and so that carries over into my aus #and as a result! no one knows! wally does not want to share and so he Wont! #tis not for any of us to hear <3 #rambles from the bog #wh modern human au #i imagine that barnaby has attempted to ask #and its one of the very few times wally has Immediately shut down a conversation #a straight up very firm slightly testy No. #barnaby: do you ever want to talk about your feelings wally? #wally: no #eddie: i do! #barnaby: i know eddie #eddie: im sad #barnaby: i know eddie.

[sweetcookie500]

Howdy everyone! Here I am excited to show you all John Dory’s design for my ‘Guardians of the Strings’ AU! Yes, he’s competent with a violin. Is he any good? The simple answer to that question is no.

A little bit of background information:

The amnesiac oldest of five brothers, John Dory has been with the Classical Music Trolls since he was eighteen, and over the course of twenty years he’s become Trollzart’s apprentice. He’s always seemed out of place in his new home (excluding obvious reasons), and longed to find the answers to questions he’s held onto for decades. One day, with the sudden appearance of an injured Rock Troll that looked familiar to him, John Dory’s questions may finally have answers. He is the assigned guardian of the Classical Music String, disguised as the accompanying string for his glove, gifted to him by Trollzart.

A new chapter of Guardians of the Strings is now up! Happy reading ya’ll!

#dreamworks trolls #trolls au #trolls fanart #trolls 3 #trolls #trolls john dory #Guardians of the Strings AU #Ironically he’s the lead violinist in one of Trollzart’s orchestras #The other classical trolls keep their mouths shut on how bad he plays sometimes #He has his moments though shhhhh #my fics #my fic writing #trolls brozone

[ember-knights]

if you are not pro-Palestinian resistance gtfo we don't serve spineless juice here.

to refuse people the right to resist is to deem them unworthy of self-defense and therefore to unworthy to be alive.

#palestine #free palestine #if you think decolonization is just vibes and debates then keep your mouth shut the grownups are talking #i saw too many butchered children today #and fucking @ me i dare you #gaza under attack #i stand with palestine #that being said .... if you actually wanna learn and asking in good faith then i will be happy to give my time #but in this moment #im expressing my anger at the arguments i have been hearing for years and how long this has been going on #because of the dehumanization of the Palestinian people