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sophsun1 · 8 months

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#britin #queer as folk #cinematv #cinemapix #filmtvcentral #userthing #smallscreensource #mlmsource #brian kinney #this whole scene is a blessing to me #it's not shown here but one of my fave bits is the end with the priest watching britin. one of the few times we see an outsiders pov #he's reconciling all the different sides he's seen of brian. the first meet in the baths the successful yet neglectful son from joan #their argument in church leaving him feeling brian is selfish. the kinder side in the club under all the cockiness #observing britin being sweet together clearly in love literally bouncing with happiness in the others presence #finally the fading smile to a sad wistful look that he cannot be like brian who won't be told who he is be it by faith or society #he does not have the same freedom and he kinda admires brian for being brave enough to live #2x09

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fearforthestorm · 2 years

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hey can we talk ab how being queer is not morally superior and being straight is not a moral failing. orientation and identity are inherently neutral things and you aren't better than anyone else just because you're queer.

#.lyr #send post.#this is spurred by seeing people say 'nobody in this media is straight'#like i get that thats a funney haha joke but i also think maybe its not a bad thing if some of them are #dont confuse being straight (/cis/allo/etc) with being bigoted #and dont confuse being queer with being inclusive.#because we've known people who arent queer who are kinder and better than huge swaths of queer folk.#and we've known queer people who have been absolutely shit to us!#it is not that black-and-white like you wish it was.#*

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ecoamerica · 1 month

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fandom · 1 year

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Queer TV

This is a strange time to be writing an editorial on queer representation. While the past year has seen an incredible uptick in queer stories being told with humor and heart on the small screen, 2022 has seen a record high of 238 proposed anti-LGBTQIA+ bills in the US—nearly half of them targeting trans folks. Representation is important, though, and demand for more queer stories is growing (and, to some degree, being met), with a lot of good books and comics making it to our screens. With that in mind, think of this as your selective chronological tour of all the times we won in the TV landscape of the last year (October 2021–October 2022).

Our dataset year started off with the much-awaited adaptation of Robert Jordan’s fantasy epic, Wheel of Time. With such extensive source material (15 books if you count the prequel, which is where the seeds of the sapphic storyline in Rafe Judkins’ adaptation are to be found), the viewership, generally speaking, was divided into book fans and show-only fans, and both camps shitposted and meme’d and reviewed with abandon.

The biggest queer-centric show we saw in the last year was the adaptation of @aliceoseman’s comic Heartstopper (@heartstoppercomic). Co-created by Alice Oseman themself, this adaptation was very sensitive to the much-loved source material. And, being native to Tumblr, these characters were bound to be welcomed with open arms when they hit the screen in an ebullient explosion of queer joy.

A run-down of the past year would be incomplete without the incredible queerdos of the Revenge who swashbuckled their way into our hearts. We’re referring, of course, to Our Flag Means Death’s Gentleman Pirate and his merry band of (living-wage-paid, no less!) shipmates. Your favorites included genderqueer Jim ‘not-a-fucking-mermaid’ Jimenez and Oluwande, Lucius Sprigg and Black Peter, Frenchie who just hates cats, and The Swede, who keeps his heart but loses his teeth. Then, of course, we have Blackbeard himself, or simply Ed, who is struggling with his identity (villain or softboi).

Based on the story by @veschwab and produced by @belletristbooks, First Kill was another adaptation that fans of vampire stories got very excited about. Add to that the fact that this was very much a sapphic enemies-to-lovers scenario between hunter Calliope and young vampire Juliette, and the pre-show excitement was palpable. The post-season disappointment even more so as fans turned to their dashes to vent about the lack of good lesbian and wlw representation in 2022’s TV landscape.

Where the cancelation of First Kill left us reeling, the Rockford Peaches from A League of Our Own came in clutch and soothed our sapphic souls. You love the show which you affectionately shortened, in good old Tumblr fashion, to a silly little acronym: aloto. Whether you’re in it for the gal pal aesthetics, the butch energy, or Uncle Bert, or some good old fashioned baller drama, there truly was something for all of your wlw whimsies here. Let’s go, Peaches!

@neilgaiman’s The Sandman series finally came out to much acclaim, and came out so gay that armchair reviewers of the homophobic sort really struggled to wrap their minds around quite how gay it is. We got pansexual serial killing Corinthian! Pansexual, demon-hunting, women-kissing Johanna Constantine! Some very loaded moments between Morpheus and Hob Gadlin! This is what dreams are made of (sort of)!

This whole list would be nothing, nada, a crumb of zilch whizzing around a black hole, if it weren’t for the writers who created many of these stories in the first place. So thank you to them. And to you, Tumblr, for celebrating the good and standing up for each other through another year. Here’s to a kinder 2023.

#year in review #queer tv #tumblr2022

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olderthannetfic · 1 month

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I hate how some folks will paint my generation with a broad brush and say we "don't have any idea what [they] went through" regarding homophobia/queerphobia. Yeah, we did grow up in a more accepting culture, but some of us also grew up in fucking Utah. This cultural shithole is trapped in the goddamn 1950s.

"You didn't get kicked out of your house!" Yes I fucking did.

"You never had to live in fear in the closet!" Yes I fucking did.

"You never got harassed for being queer in public/at school/etc.!" Yes I fucking did.

Not everyone of us got to live in a big city in a nice blue state where they got to grow up in a kinder world.

And listen, I'm not trying to start any drama, I'm noy trying to invalidate anyone's trauma or say anything about anyone having it worse or better, I'm just venting over how it feels like people are constantly invalidating my trauma on the basis of the generation I just so happen to have been born into. If I phrased something poorly, oh well.

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posi-pan · 11 months

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pansexual is good 💗💛💙 bisexual is good 💗💜💙

just respect how people self-identify and resist the urge to assign bad faith assumptions onto why they identify the way they do. we as a community need to be kinder and more understanding with one another. we all have our reasons for the language we use for ourselves and our queerness, and more often than not, there isn’t some bad, harmful reasoning behind our labels.

and of course, some folks identify as both bi and pan. this post is just about how people just assume every bi and pan person who does not use both labels has made a choice between the two labels, or in other words, considered both labels and rejected one for the other. and this is simply not the case.

i can’t speak for anyone but myself, and personally i don’t like when my self-identification is painted in a negative light in comparison to another label; that my pansexuality is a rejection of bisexuality. it isn’t. i have nothing but love and respect for bisexuality, bisexual history, and bisexual people. i’m just simply not bisexual. it isn’t any deeper than that.

and if you’re wondering why it matters if people think this, it’s because language matters. queer people’s experiences with their identity and the language they use for it should be acknowledged and respected, rather than dismissed in favor of creating a uniform narrative, especially one that is negative, that we all neatly fit into.

#pansexual #pansexuality #bisexual #pan positivity #pictures #mine #long post #FYI: the id is in the tumblr id feature!!!! my posts often get ''needs id'' tags from people but i ALWAYS use the id feature #i used to put the id in the caption but then tumblr upgraded their id feature so i started using that instead #but if id in the caption is what's preferred by folks who actually need the ids then pls let me know i'll switch back #(i've tried searching for posts about this but it's kind of hard so i haven't found any)

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sergeant-norman-allen · 2 months

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What's the most bazaar thing you've seen sense coming back from the 60's?

Well aside from my dead kin an’ bein’ the only one left with a normal head,

I reckon It’d be th’ fact that folks used t’be friendlier on th’ surface.

Yer lil ones were safe outside, ya could ask yer neighbor fer near anythin’, n’ folks used t’be so polite in passin’.

Yet bein’ queer or really anythin’ but a white man could get ya killed in most places.

I think folks could stand t’ be kinder n’ more polite, but I’d take what y’all got now over any surface level type o’ playin’ nice.

#norm allen #dialtown #dialtown phone dating sim #norm dialtown #sgt norm allen

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ecoamerica · 2 months

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invisiblewashboard · 8 months

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Small Child's Thoughts on "A Shortcut to Mushrooms" Part 2

We have a huge dog. I think hobbits would be afraid of our dog because he doesn’t like boys and these are boy hobbits.

These dogs cannot talk and I like that. My dog can’t talk either and that’s the way things are meant to be.

I know what kind of accident Pippin meant, but my favorite kind of accident are train accidents where there are derailments. They aren’t good, but they are interesting.

Relish is gross and I don’t like it. (No, Small Child, it means “great enjoyment.”) Ohhh. I like great enjoyment.

Mommy, your Black Rider voice is unpleasant. Can you make them sound a little bit kinder?

I thought the folk in Buckland were queer, not the folk in Hobbiton?

Mommy, you’re messing up your reading lots today (I am dyslexic and Small Child had little patience for my mistakes today).

Does “the light was failing” mean it was getting dark? Why not just say it’s getting dark? Light doesn’t really ever fail, the earth just was turning so that the night was coming. There’s still lots of light, they just can’t see it.

Ha! Wagons don’t go slower than snails! Frodo is funny.

Sam is brave, I think because I think I would be scared of that Black Rider.

Hey! It’s not a Black Rider at all! That’s a cousin and a good guy!

#Small Child's Thoughts #the fellowship of the ring #lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #he really doesn't like talking animals #But he does like cousins #read aloud #first read through

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rhikasa · 1 year

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Hello, and welcome to my blog! My name is Erin, I use he/they pronouns, and this is my writeblr. I’m an occasional writer at the moment due to burnout, so posts containing snippets of my writing will remain elusive for now. Despite being rather sporadic when it comes to posting writing from my own wips, I do still love being given opportunities to ramble about them.

A few things to know about me:

I’m 23 years old, and my birthday is on April 4.

I’m a queer (nonbinary & ace), neurodivergent adult.

I have a BA in English Literature, but I initially attempted a degree in Creative Writing (a horrible decision really).

For those interested, I’m an Aries (sun) / Virgo (moon) / Leo (rising), and my personality type is INTJ.

I love animals; my family currently has three cats, a dog, three tortoises, a snake, and several fish.

My favorite genres to read and write are fantasy and science fiction.

I’m tag game and ask friendly! You’re welcome to tag me in writing related games, or anything else you’d like me to see, and don’t be afraid to stop by my inbox to ask questions or simply wave hello. Do be aware that I might be slow to respond most days because of social anxiety and/or lack of spoons.

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World of Skies Universe

The old guardians have vanished, slain by the warrior of darkness long ago. Memory of them has all but faded from the minds of mortals who have not lived under their divine protection and thus they have fallen to legend, but there are those who hold the hope that someday angels will return when the need arises.

Children of the Maar

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Elysian

Stolen from her former life, Saeth is taken to a world beyond hers; a hidden moon known as Elysium, where she learns about a secret society isolated far away from the hostile planet below. Very few in her position ever choose to resist their new life of luxury, but for Saeth, she would rather be up there with her wife or not at all.

Kinder

Generations ago, the last of humanity was forced to flee into caves far below the land they had once called home. Although the first few years were full of struggle to adapt, the magnificent city of Eldoris was built. Few alive today remember the feeling of sunlight on their skin, and fewer still are aware of the atrocities committed in the darkness that has kept a fragile peace for the residents within.

The Huntress & The Wolf

The small town of Aerilon is left shaken after the discovery of a brutal murder by the river’s edge. Disturbing markings upon the victim leave some of the towns folk to speculate this was not the work of another human being, but a nefarious creature hidden in plain sight, only revealing its true existence beneath the light of a full moon.

The Lost Generation

The last generation of mages has been decimated, their magic stolen from them by outsiders. When a young girl named Julia inherits powers that were not intended for her to receive, she is hidden away on Earth until she learns how to utilize her gift.

Witness

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unverified-mawa · 30 days

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Just finished the Interviews With Monster Girls anime, and wow do I want to recommend it to people, particularly if you read it as an analogy for marginalised queer and disabled folk in a school environment.

The premise is that this is a world in which legends of mythological humanoid monsters - vampires, snow women, succubi, even dullahans - are based on real people with rare genetic disorders. These people are known as "Demis": demi-humans. The story follows the daily school life of three demi teenagers and their "human" teacher as they navigate normal teenage girl problems, but with the added lens of their unique conditions.

And this show takes great effort to explore and unpick the assumptions held by people about these four groups, both their conscious and unconscious biases, while also being sensitive to the practical differences in their lives.

It's a nice wholesome watch for anyone I think, but as a trans woman a lot of the messaging of the show really hits different for me. It's called "Monster Girls" for a reason, and while on the surface a lot of the discrimination against demis has been resolved in society, there's a background air of unconscious discrimination that I find... Sadly recognisable.

And yet the characters do such a good job of challenging themselves and each other to do better and be kinder with each other, that you can't help but feel like, maybe if people acted like this more in our society, the world would be a better place.

By being set in a school, by primarily following a teacher who isn't demi himself but is interested in helping the demi students that have joined the school that year, I think it teaches a lesson that all teachers should hear.

I can't comment myself without the experience, but I think disabled viewers could also appreciate this anime. The dullahan girl was my favourite character and episodes surrounding her carrying her head everywhere I think make interesting comparison to how disabled people are treated.

It's only 13 episodes long and while there's no sign of a season 2, the manga is completed (although I was struggling to find an English version).

#interviews with monster girls #anime review #anime recommendation #anime #Demi-chan wa Kataritai #lgbt anime

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queen-simia · 3 months

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lrb: honestly all of this and more has me nervous about the two leads and their relationship in the upcoming comic. folks who know me and my particular leanings will be kinder, I know, but once it escapes containment, all hell may break loose

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I already know Virgule will probably be polarizing. he's pansexual by nature as an incubus (when sexual energy is your food, it's best to be omnivorous, knowhutimean), which I already foresee as Problematic™... and he's technically genderless but identifies as masculine, though I write him harder on the camp/femme side. all that plus the fact he's an inhuman being (a demon, to be specific) adds up to poor Virgule potentially being a hate lightning rod ("she should know better as an ace! aces get coded as robotic/inhuman all the time, why would she turn around and do the same to gncs and pans if she claims to care so much???").

the funny thing is, Virg's camp and charisma are all based directly on the stage persona of a straight cis man: Dylan Charles Germick (Planet Booty's front man). and that persona is played as fully sex-positive and lovingly as possible, and is derived heavily from Prince (who was straight *and* very genderfucky, as you know). so, it's not like Virg's character background lacks nuance or is just "lol them silly sex-hungry fairy boys~" but I can easily see how critics could jump to that conclusion

and there's a not-insignificant plot point early in the story that involves consent and boundaries that Virg starts out on the wrong side of (and also introduces the possible interpretation that his feedings may involve dubious consent). thaaaat's gonna be fun to deal with~ 🙃

but again! it's not just for salaciousness! it's to establish a strong part of the dynamic between Virg and Sonrisa re: trust and expectations. could it be done differently? ...not really, given the context of the story and the characters' natures...? it's something I've agonized over in the years I've been developing this story, trust me. :p but it's definitely something I know will be a sticking point when it comes out. maybe it'll cause a fall-off in readership, maybe it won't, but I've been online long enough to anticipate the worst

sorry to say it's stuff like this that had me wondering at several points whether I should bother at all. but, I'm stubborn and vain enough to want a story centered around a short, fat aroace woman that doesn't view any of those traits as negative that I'm going to do it anyway.

tbh I already know having Sonrisa be fat is going to attract loads of mouth-breathing chuds—already inoculated against that 1) from First Contact's 4chan reception of my buff strong-featured Femshep, and 2) lived experience as a fat chick. that funnily enough will hurt less than any potential queer audience blowback. I guess because while it's undeniable I'm fat, my relationship with queerness is much more tenuous.

I already feel like I'm treading on toes as not just an aroace (who, like our bisexual cousins, are already regarded as Schrodinger's Queers), but a demiaroace who seems to prefer mascs ("why don't you just admit you're straight, gawd"). thing is, my lived experience is very much *not* heteronormative, to the point where I've cried and had depressive episodes over possibly having to marry someone I don't love just to survive... and that was *before* I knew asexuality even was a thing. I've experienced medicalization of my lack of sexual attraction. I've lied about my orientation to avoid awkwardness, both socially and medically. I have more in common with your flagship queer identities than I do with straights... but because the four people I've fallen in love with—and only one of whom I've actually had sex with—over 43 years of life happen to be cis men, it still doesn't feel like enough.

so I guess I fear if I tell my story in a way that offends people who are "worthier" queers than myself, I'll have proven myself even less deserving of inclusion than before.

fat-shaming? used to it, next. betrayal of found family? utterly shattering.

bah. still gonna draw my dumb comic. just... still pretty nervous about it, I guess.

#personal blog #out of the ether

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ecoamerica · 1 month

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sapphybandit · 7 months

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Hi there! Call me Sapphire 💖

Twitch | Twitter | BSky | Toyhouse

I'm a trans poly sapphic gal who's big on love and punk culture and I'm doin' uhhhh a lotta stuff! I tend to reblog art that I love, or fashion inspiration, or sapphic yearning, or sometimes gamedev related things. I also love things that are RetroSynth in aesthetic!

Quick deets about me:

I work in the Games Industry as a Gameplay Programmer!

I'm also helping one of my partners @koboldfactory make a queer furry game!

My fursona is a Raccoon 🦝 and her name is Hazel!

I stream weekly on Twitch, and all revenue gets donated to LGBT+ charities!

I'm learning how to draw! I got stories I wanna tell that connect with folks & art is the best way to express 'em

I used to voice act since I have that smoky lesbian voice but I don't as much lately because auditioning takes a lotta spoons

I have 6 partners (or partner adjacent folks!) and my wife is @ephemeral-storyteller! 💜💖

Yes that is a lot of partners it keeps happenin

Yes I'm extremely polysaturated but im making it work!

I dress cool and tough but I'm frankly adorable despite my best efforts

I wanna make the world a kinder, better place with my actions, no matter what that may be

Asks are always welcome! Just know I can't talk in depth about my job due to NDAs.

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#sapphyspeaks : Any post of my own making

#oc hazel : Commissions of my fursona

#sapphy answers : Ask responses

#wifeposting: Posts about my wife

I really should make a tag about fashion I adore update this later future Sapphy kthx

More tags eventually later if i ever organize things but uhhhh probably not i just rapid fire reblog things

#sapphyspeaks #pinned post

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soldier-poet-king · 1 year

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I'm sorry but I have to disagree with your one post about pride flags. It's literally called a gay pride flag, not a gay celibacy flag. You may *personally* see it as a way to make gay people feel safe at a place and nothing more, but anyone else you'd show the flag to knows it's not signalling safety for individuals but a sign of complete endorsement for gay relationships, which is 100% against the church's teachings. There's no Catholic-appropriate reinterpretation of that flag's meaning.

I am going to be polite and adult about this anon, but like. Why did you think this was necessary?

It's not?

Do you think I'm stupid enough to not realize what most people think, even if I think that belief is erroneous and unnecessarily cruel? Do you think I'm SO detached from reality that I don't understand why people are getting their panties in a twist about the pride flag?

And fwiw, I support schools having pride flags and pride safe space stickers regardless of if they're gonna be like "uwu we have to uphold celibacy" or not. Frankly. Idgaf. I care about vulnerable kids and teens (and fuck it even adults) being welcome more than I care about anything else. I care about the marginalized being welcomed and loved in a supposedly universal church and faith, more than I care about hardlining doctrine.

This isn't even about my own personal opinions re sex, I sorta recused myself from that whole conversation when I decided to be single, for a variety of reasons most of which aren't even related to queerness. It IS about double standards, and othering of queers by Christians when straight people don't get half as much shit for doing "objectively worse" things even taking the strictest interpretations of church teachings.

But again. It's Sunday. It's sunny and warm. I have lovely things to do after mass and I'm not going to be angry at incorrect randos on the internet.

Good day, and I say genuinely without a hint of malice or sarcasm, I hope you find it in yourself to be kinder to queer folk. If you're sending completely unnecessary messages to strangers online, what do the people around you irl think?? I promise you, there's more of us than you think there are, and this kind of behaviour just signals that you're not someone to trust our whole selves with. That doesn't help anyone, and even if you're the sort to view evangelization as the end goal, view others as "means" to be "saved" rather than beloved human beings and ends in and of themselves, even then, this sort of attitude doesn't really help with those goals either.

#homophobia cw #anyway im not even upset its like? okay??? what do u expect me to say #im not going to magically changw my long considered beliefs #that took a lot of discernment and prayer #just bc some random person on anon who wont even talk to me in private #is like???? acshyally ur wrong #ok. ok friend #like. genuinely peace and love and i wish you the best and i used to think like that too #but its not helpful to anyone. and i believe its not Ultimately Good either #or rather. there are higher better Goods #that one liguori bit. err on the side of mercy than caution #or the rather a heresy of doctrine than of the heart/conscience #(that second one isnt liguouri ik dont at me)#anyway! i am off to take my degernate gay ass to church ✌️🩷💜🩵

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edsbacktattoo · 1 year

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☼ new positivity game ☼ tag your fave people on this website and say something nice about each of them ❥

HIII ANON! yes yes i love to spread love and positivity

i’ve had this sitting in my inbox for a couple of days until i wasn’t working and/or exhausted so now it’s got my full attention. time to dive right the fuck in. get ready to be loved on folks

(i just got halfway through this post and realised how long it’s gonna be lmfao whoops. all the compliments are under the cut ♥️ i have a whole lot of love to give.)

i’m gonna start this with @tisziny. everyone has to know by now how much they mean to me. so supportive and kind and wonderful. always the first person in line to offer help or advice, or the first to say something nice. silly and hilarious, but so warm and open as well. my day wouldn’t be complete without talking to them now. and i wouldn’t have gotten this far in the fic writing scene without their unrestrained support and enthusiasm. i owe them a great debt (it’s my heart and they already have it). my sweetest cheese ♥️

@skysofrey do NOT. get me started on Kaitlin. i will genuinely cry. i will weep. she’s so funny and sweet and nice and pretty. and so unabashedly supportive and so fuckin’ funny. oh my god. do you ever just th…. surjwbueeh just think about your friends (or your wife 6 times over) and hehdiw… idiewj start weeping????? she’s so cool. like she’s way out of my league but we’re gonna set the world record for most times married you watch. i’ll show you all

@blakbonnet ohggg. Meow. you’re so so funny and so evil to me. but i forgive you because i love you so dearly. so creative and talented and wonderful. ill even overlook the beard situation for you. we can’t all be perfect (like me) but you come pretty damn close. can’t wait to settle down in a mansion and adopt like 7 dogs with you love 💕

@stedebonnets ARA!!!!!! everyone look. ara without a word of exaggeration is one of THEE NICEST people I have ever had the absolute pleasure of knowing. puts everyone else first, cares so so much about the people around her. will sometimes just drop into my inbox and say the sweetest most genuine thing and it reminds me that there is in fact goodness on this barren and hideous planet. the world would be a kinder place if there were more people like Ara around. it’s you me and Arthur against the world Ara and we’re gonna MAKE IT!!!!

@bunnyandthejets Bun. ougyggghh it’s Bun Time. I love you forever and ever and ever. unbelievably hilarious and so so kind. every time i see you in my notifs or in my inbox my heart does a whole song and dance. you’ve made me laugh more times than I can count and I am so so grateful for your endless support. if Big John was real you’d be his favourite <3

@vampirebutterflies ASTER!!! my favourite queer in crime!!! absolute darling angel from heaven. still waiting for our planetarium date babe. the way i kept seeing you being fuckin hilarious and sexy in my notes and went THATS IT!!!!!!! WE HAVE TO BE FRIENDS FOREVER and then made a blood pact with you. to the grave babe mwah <3

@epersonae so so kind and so supportive and delightful. been here since day one, cheering me on and being so open and sincere. there are few in the world as good and as kind as you. such a skilled and thoughtful writer as well!!! writes some of the most wonderful fic I’ve ever read and if you’re not here for Hungry for love, ready to drown what are you even doing

@xoxoemynn ohghhhh you’re just so full of love marianne. so full of love and light and beans and i am obsessed with you. so friendly and thoughtful and so NICE!!!! i dunno what we did to deserve you for real. it takes practice to be as sweet as you are and my friend you are a master of your craft <3

@blackbeardskneebrace miles. my beloved angel miles. you’re so so skilled (one of the most impressive artists on All Of The Internet) and so thoughtful and sweet and sincere. you’re way too cool and funny and smart for me but here we are. i would fight god for you bud. i’d win btw i have insane person rage <3

@leatherdaddyteach oh MANNNN don’t get me started on Joey. sexiest most wonderful mfer in these whole entire woods. hilarious and kind with also the most elite taste in music (not even my opinion that’s just objective fact babe mwah) also we are kissing right on the mouth. i’d give you all my teeth if i could. like i don’t need them babe they’re yours now

@chocolatepot cassidy is one of those people who are just effortlessly kind and thoughtful. so ready to share everyone’s creative endeavours and also persists in being an absolutely incredible writer. i’ve said it once i’ll say it again but More Nicer is one of my favourite one shots. it’s so so cute and i think about it every day.

@wearfinethingsalltoowell Joy my beloved. so nice and thoughtful and sweet. a fellow olu enjoyer to the maximum and a fellow Team Bared Until We Die. We got each other’s backs out here in the trenches. i forgive you for all the times your angst posts have made me cry <3 (no i don’t i hold a grudge. think of my organs)

@nofeelingisfinall Zed my darling my dear my angel. you’re so sexy and smart and kind and 💍 what if we smooch forever. you make my heart go so fast (bc i’m in love with you). another person with yummy delicious music taste and also your web weavings make me cry and weep. like i love you why must you hurt me. i just want peace

@sassygwaine adrian you are so so nice and sweet. like when i picture you i picture a forest that’s full of greenery and life after a little bit of rain ya know? that’s the kind of person you are. so full of love and sincerity and also you’re hilarious and smart and always correct. i’m building us a blanket fort. the door’s the blue cushion

@flightoftheconnie fr you’re way too cool for me. i know this down to my bones. but idc, you me and kaitlin are getting married come spring. let’s run away together and hijack some cars and rob some banks and then make out. i’ll kill all your enemies for you send me a list of names and it’ll be done. mwah <3

@snake-snack-stede oh man. outtghhffg man. Olivia. you’re seriously one of the most creative and delightful people on this shit-hole app. every single post you make is pure gold. don’t get me started on your tags. like being that effortlessly funny is such a skill and you’ve mastered it. but also you are so so kind and sweet too. i’m convinced you could rule the world and i think you’d do it perfectly. i have a huge crush on you btw can you tell?

@jellybeanium124 another person with a godly sense of humour. how dare you all be funnier than me. nina you’re so nice and also you’ve never been wrong ever. all of your takes are objectively correct. how does it feel being cooler and sexier than the rest of us?

@awkward-fallen-angel ohhh heather you’re so sweet!!! and super creative as well!!! always super happy to have a little chat you’re always so enthusiastic and excited about the things you love and care about. so much love for you my dear friend

@sherlockig hi alexz!!!! a stede bonnet lover first and a person second. you’re such an absolute delight, and you’re always cheering on and supporting your friends which i really admire. certified hot as well. come here i gotta give you a smooch

@cheersmequeers kate!!! hi hi!!! you’re so genuine and fun and nice, and i’m always so so happy to see you in my notifs. you’ve got so much love in your heart and i think that’s beautiful. a thousand smooches for you <3

if i've forgotten anyone (and I'm sure I probably have) then pls punch me in the head :) put me straight in the bin fr. just know that even if you aren't on this list that I am very in love with you and I think we should fuck nasty <3

#i love you all very much <3 #i'm sure i was talking to kaitlin about this the other day (ofc i was i always wanna talk to my wife)#about how the silly gay pirate show gave me more love and joy and friendship than i've ever had before #isn't that so wonderful #life is fucking weird #ask #anon #💕✨

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hyenabeanz · 9 months

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There's a thing that always makes me surefire cringe and I can't quite explain why, and I'm not even sure it's fair of me but it does.

I really just feel a deep annoyance when cishet or otherwise non-queer people chime in on queer people joking, or making our jokes. I'm not talking about laughing along here, that's fine, but like... a group of queer people are joking on a post and a Straighty McsStraight pants comes into the comments and starts responding as part of the conversation, usually trying to add to the joke in some way. It makes me uncomfortable and I can't quite put my finger on why.

I think some of it is many of the jokes, like the gal pal jokes for example, are a response to finding ways to not fall into despair about our marginalization. We laugh so we don't scream and cry as the world denigrates and erases us.

So what are the jokes then to someone who doesn't face that marginalization?

The uncharitable side of me says it's to take up space somewhere they don't belong cuz that's what people with privilege do by default, or because they want to show how wow ally they are, or because they like feeling smarter/better than whoever did the marginalizing or they like making fun of other people, and donning the guise of social justice lets folks get away with it in some places and circles without them being called an asshole or bully.

The kinder, more patient part says it's because they can also see the absurdity of the situation and it also makes them mad enough to want to speak up, which I guess is parts of good allyship. Though we're not the ones you need to be talking to.

Idk.

(I'm uncomfortable watching white people do this too when I see similar interactions online with BIPOC. Like y'all, distancing yourself by calling slightly more ignorant white people mayosapiens or whatever ain't it. I'm not sure those are our jokes to make? Yeah watching a racist twat get WWE'd with a folding chair is super duper satisfying, but maybe our voices don't need to be the ones most loudly reacting?)

Am I alone in this? Do I just HATE FUN?

#Humorless sjw #queer culture #queer community #Social justice #Humor

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ecoamerica · 2 months

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alicebeckstrom · 1 year

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[The Gaffer, cont.] “ ‘Anyway: there was this Mr. Frodo left an orphan and stranded, as you might say, among those queer Bucklanders, being brought up anyhow in Brandy Hall. A regular warren, by all accounts. Old Master Gorbadoc never had fewer than a couple of hundred relations in the place. Mr. Bilbo never did a kinder deed than when he brought the lad back to live among decent folk.” ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (Art: “Visit to Bag End” by KatChan00 on DeviantArt)

#FOTR quote #a long expected party #frodo the orphan #bilbo and young frodo

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zeetheus · 1 year

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happy 5 years since i was banned on quixol for being queer

i dont search quixol on tumblr, but its been some time. i have moved on. i dont make friends anymore. i dont trust people anymore. i dont even play minecraft much anymore, except on a small friend server with some of the queer ex-quixol players

quixol is dead! mixed feelings. it was nice until the day i called my ocs queer in public chat, and got a condescending message about using the word “queer” on other people from someone on staff. similar stories from a lot of my ex-quixol friends

damn, i wonder if my queerplatonic ocs are okay with being called queer...

someone contacted me on twitter about old dirt that vivian was a pedophile. not sure if i believe it considering that vivian and the staff called my friend a pedophile over a few non-sexual joke homestuck posts. the callout on vivian was never made, and i was never told any incriminating details, so i'll leave it alone

apparently one or more toxic ex-mods - blake probably among them - were the ones pushing for my ban, and digging through my social media for incriminating content. doesnt really change the fact that the other mods were following along, arguing with my friends, and changing the server message to try and drag me about the tweet i made that called acephobes homonormative

i’ve been bullied for a lot of my life. it’s weird to get out of highschool and think that it’s over, only for a bunch of ND LGBT+ folks that you trusted to pull the same stunts, and act justified about it. i guess no one and nowhere is safe? i guess it’s not worth trusting people anymore

i was banned on december 5th 2017. blake was a mod until sometime around november 2018. better late than never i guess! perhaps the admins were doomed from the start, if it took them that long to take action against one toxic staff member

vivian and bean each separately made apologetic posts that i found in the quixol search. i appreciate the posts for what they are worth. please be kinder in the future

i’m still on tumblr under a different account that i’ll never reveal here. i abandoned this account because i became paranoid that someone would dig through my posts to try and harass me again, but i didnt have it in my heart to delete this blog or throw out my url, so i just left it and made a whole new account

i generally don’t use the name zeetheus anywhere anymore. i dont link any of my social media anymore. i go by different names on different sites. because being too easily identifiable as zeetheus is part of what got me banned, and what would continue to give me anxiety for years afterward

i would feel crushed and afraid and want nothing more than to delete and remake over and over again, until i realized what i was actually anxious about

i hope someday that i wont be as paranoid

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