#complete erasure

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

Despite having been erased from spacetime completely,

Aidan continues to exist because Angie somehow remembers him.

#Inspector Spacetime #Ripple Proof Memory (trope) #Ripple Proof Memory #Love Transcends Spacetime (trope) #Love Transcends Spacetime #The Big Crunch (episode) #Aidan Davies (character) #despite being erased #by the Gap #the Gap in the Wall #complete erasure #Angie Lake (character) #somehow remembers him #so he continues to exist #Back from the Dead (trope) #Back from the Dead

[thehealingsystem]

It's so wild to me that as a community we're still so hostile to multigender and genderfluid people existing in gay and lesbian spaces.

You...are aware that people who are both men and women are allowed to be gay, right? And lesbian? Their other genders doesn't cancel their connection to womanhood, or manhood, or whatever else they id with. They are allowed to be gay despite their fem-alignment, and they are allowed to be lesbian despite their masc-alignment.

It comes from these weird online spaces that the standard to be gay or lesbian is to be a "non-woman" or a "non-man," which is inherently transmultiphobic and...extremely ahistorical. And completely misunderstands nonbinary identity. So if you're both then you just don't belong anywhere I suppose.

#they treat these people as abnormal when really shoving anyone into categories of non-women and non-men is fucking #completely out of touch with how identity works #like i saw a demiboy lesbian flag and the comments are just FILLED with teenage queers getting so mad for no reason #saying shit like im in your walls or your father left you or whatever #please this is so CHILDISH grow UP #multigender #genderfluid #gay #lesbian #lesboy #turigirl #queer #lgbtq #just a he/they transmasc nonbinary boydyke lesbian VERY tired of this nonsense #actually erasure of multigender experience and that one of our genders will cancel out the other #made me very resistant to the fact that i may still be connected to feminity and girlhood #even though i am undoubtedly am #transmultiphobia

[babyloniastreasure]

something that kind of bothers me about modern feelings toward the epic of gilgamesh is how it's been COMPLETELY watered down to being "gay". Bear with me as I explain.

this is more of an extreme example, but I see this take all the time (not the yaoi part. the gay lover part). it's boiled down to the fact that it's gay over literally anything else in the epic. Gilgamesh's lament to Urshanabi about Enkidu's loss is overshadowed by the fact that Gilgamesh is mourning his gay lover. Gilgamesh is on a journey because he lost his gay lover. Gilgamesh and Enkidu were gay.

Now I understand that with a modern lens, people tend to lock on to how unabashedly Gilgamesh mourns Enkidu, because it's gay and because it's the oldest written epic in human history. People feel deeply connected to the idea that people like them have been around since the dawn of literature. But placing exclusive focus on the nature of the relationship as gay, rather than why the relationship or its loss was important, erases the story the epic is trying to tell.

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story about love, yes, but it is not a love story. It's about the fear of death, coping with loss, and desperation to stave off the inevitable. It's about the bonds of friendship, about hardship, coming to terms personal change and losing pieces of yourself as you learn and grow. It is about consequences, arrogance, death, second chances, mourning, yearning, loving and LIVING. The Epic of Gilgamesh is about the entire human experience and one man's struggle to accept it. What does it mean to have lived? What does it mean to have loved, and lost? What does it mean to die, and to be remembered? What does it mean to be human?

It is perfectly okay to find appreciation for the Epic because of Gilgamesh and Enkidu's relationship. But also understand that the world's oldest story is not about two gay men who loved each other. It is a story about being alive.

TLDR;

#the epic of gilgamesh #mesopotamia #sumerian #once again recommending that everyone read the epic of gilgamesh at least once because it really is a great story #gilgamesh and enkidu's relationship is first of all--a minor detail at best. homosexuality was normal in sumerian society #so it wouldn't have been unusual. in fact placing such intense focus on it is what's unusual #also they weren't even homosexual. they both also sleep with women. but the erasure of bisexuality is a completely different hornet's nest #i could also probably write a post about how watered down the whole ea-nasir thing is too #but hes so much of a meme i might as well try to convince a brick wall to get up and walk for all the good it'd do #anyway. im pretentious about this topic because i love it so fucking dearly. please recognize what it is youre appreciating

[nowritingonthewall]

#oscar isaac #the sign in sidney brustein's window #chrissie gifs #I continue to be completely normal about this man #Also this is an anti crinkle erasure blog

[meggie-moo]

one of my biggest fic pet peeves is when they make a canon bi character gay, like?? there’s no need, they are already attracted to the same gender? literally what is the point of erasing their bisexuality, when it literally does not change the possibility of your ship happening? 😭 idk, it just does not sit well with me, lol

#tw biphobia #meg’s incoherent thoughts #bisexuality #like i just find it odd because there’s no reason to do it #unless it’s to erasure a character being bisexual #most times i think it’s used to like insinuate that the ship won’t break up because they won’t “miss the other gender” #which is a horrible biphobic stereotype #fandom be normal about bisexuality challenge #also i’m not talking about like a popular hc and then someone going against that i’m talking about characters who have stated they are bi #in the media they are in and it being completely erased in fics #sorry this was a rant lol

[decarbry]

Playing around a little with my Nomu!Aizawa... scars based on when he gets snatched, hair down to his middle-back, extra extra scruff because of an even more diminished ability to care for himself, a faded mark on his ring finger...

If you thought Aizawa couldn’t get more tired surprise! As a Nomu in my AU his main purpose is Shiggy’s alarm system (I love the head canon that Shigaraki is an Aizawa fan because he’s the kind of selfless hero he wished saved him as a child, so in this AU he gets that wish aaa). It means that even when he does get to sleep his quirk will open an eye automatically anytime something makes a noise near Shigaraki. I also kind of wanted to go with Kurogiri’s naming mechanic and give him a Nomu name that translates, so Yabureme is how he’s known!

#nomu aizawa #boku no hero academia fanart #shouta aizawa #ok so hear me out #I'm a sucker for tragedy so I will be running away with this #Yabureme means to tear or crack which applies to him in multiple ways #could've gone more complicated but I like how Yabureme sounds #in this version he and Oboro are both Nomu! #So coworkers lmao #it only veers off of the canon storyline at the USJ attack #considering AFO has always wanted Erasure and only ever tried once to get it #the fact that Shiggy could've just Grabbed Aizawa when he had him half dead at the USJ has always bugged me #I'll write more about this later but the au definitely comes complete with vigilante Hizashi #please join me on this self-indulgent tragic bnha au #again I am NEW to this school and the last thing I want to do is copy an idea that's already been developed?! so please don't be afraid #to (politely) let me know in messages and I'll be happy to change things so I'm not stepping on toes #Yabureme Aizawa AU

[invinciblerodent]

y'know one might think that in a fandom where every single character is bi or pan, people would be at least kinda normal about bi people. but god, even here, even now, there's just.... so much casual biphobia everywhere.

it's... disheartening.

#and often it's just. not even mentioned? at all? #ignore me i just saw a post that completely erased both Karlach's and Minthara's bisexuality #and all people in the tags and replies were talking about were how op should have switched Wyll and Astarion #which.... of course can be argued #what they put down didn't really work for Wyll; absolutely #but.... bi erasure and specifically pretending that two bi women are actually secretly lesbians is..... idk #that to me is an issue a bit more important than arguing which of those two guys values himself less #like I'm not going to be the one to step into that hornet's nest; i value my sanity too much #but deep down it does kinda hurt actually #that that's what's important to people; but bi erasure is just a ha-ha funny joke #squirrel speaks

[head---ache]

We all agree that Knuckles is black coded. We all see it, we are all aware of this fact, it's something that a big part of the community agrees on and cares about, because, you know, representation's important and all that. However, even if I completely agree with this statement, I feel like a lot of people are ignoring another important fact about this character.

I feel like a lot of the times, when this topic about Knuckles comes up, people either ignore or flat out just forget the fact that Knuckles and his culture take a lot of inspiration from Mesoamerican cultures, specifically from Central and South América.

It's not much in his appearence, but mostly in his background as a character. We all know Knuckles comes from the Echidna Tribe, and Echidna culture takes a lot from latinamerican culture.

For starters, this is the Echidna Tribe in different Sonic media.

And these are Azteca and Maya representations.

You see the resemblance, right? And it's not just a coincidence. The developers of Sonic Adventure visited Central and South América during the development of the game to study the culture and create the Echidna Tribe!

Second point, this is Tikal.

And this is also Tikal, in Guatemala.

They literally named her after a Maya temple!

The same case here. This is Pachacamac.

And this is also Pachacamac, a peruvian sanctuary.

Another echidna named after a latinamerican temple.

Third point, this is Mystic Ruins, from Sonic Adventure.

And these are Aztec and Mayan temples.

Fourth, just this:

So yeah. I absolutely agree that more people should be made aware of the fact that Knuckles' black coded, but I wish more people were also aware of the importance that Mesoamerican cultures have on not only Knuckles but also his background and the environment he comes from. Being latinamerican myself, it really bums me out to see my culture and others' being erased and mocked (because you have no idea how many racist fanart I found of both Knuckles and Tikal when searching for the photos I used above).

That's all I have to say, I'm probably just rambling, but I really wish this came up more in conversation, because it's important to me and I believe it also is for other latinamerican people, and I really would love to see this part of such a popular character being recognized more often.

#he can be afrolatino✌️ #idk maybe im making no sense but like #im just tired of seeing so much latinamerican erasure and mockery #with the whole thing of people making Encanto about queer issues when it actually is about latinamerican culture #and our representation only being fucking racist caricatures of mexican culture for the longest time #and now people only talking about Knuckles being black coded and completely ignoring the latinamerican part #it's kind of annoying #anyways!!!! #on a happier note!!!! yay!!! latinamerican knuckles!!! #latinamerican culture being important for Knuckles' character fuck yeah!!!!! #knuckles the echidna #tikal the echidna #mystic ruins #sonic adventure

[babacontainsmultitudes]

#Dennis erasure #dndads #dungeons and daddies #Me inviting the entire dndads fandom to a sleepover to ask these silly questions #darryl wilson #henry oak garcia #henry oak #glenn close #ron stampler #jodie foster #dndads polls #To be completely honest the answer for me is actually Glenn very easily #As someone who even as a kid wanted nothing more than to be home alone #“Even for extended periods of time?” *Especially* for extended periods of time I *thrive* when I finally get some space #Anyways lol

[starrynyxa]

"ALPHAdog and OMEGAlomaniac" being shorted to just "Alpha Dog" upon release is a real working example of the discrimination that omegas experience every single day

#and complete beta erasure 😔🙏

[potato-awesome]

#presented without comment #but i will say that it's ironic that it says save me when in fact it completely takes over my brain #i say stuff #i make stuff #the magicians #i contemplated putting queliot instead but that felt like erasure

[tysonfurybattlepass]

if you get sniped by hbomberguy you're not just dead you don't exist anymore

#apparently james something something deleted all his social media hours after this aired #complete erasure cia style

[demimaverique]

Really wish we could talk about bigender experiences that aren't just man + woman sometimes 😒

#As someone with a gender and lackthereof that are completely divorced from the binary #I literally do not relate to most other bigender people I see #I understand why the term transmultiphobia exists #but it was literally only created for bigender male + female people #I do not fit into it at all and have very different struggles #wow talk about bigender erasure 😒 #bigender #bigenderfluid #abinary #multigender #nonbinary #I'm just really fucking petty and annoyed

[mustangs-flames]

re: the most recent gabriel ask: ok now I'm fearing for altsar's life. please be nice to him 0_0

I think Gabriel will be quite fascinated to see what's become of the alternate that calls itself 'Cesar'. Very fascinated indeed.

#hail true body au #mustang answers! #htb alt!cesar #htb gabriel #let's hope it doesn't end in the total irreversible death of that little guy huh #if you're an alternate and you get wiped out by an angel? no void for you #just complete erasure from existence #and alternates have no soul so they don't even get scattered into the stars #they just cease to be #like they were never there #and gabriel likes to make sure the experience is as brutal as possible for the ones involved :) #he's fun like that

[decarbry]

would you be willing to elaborate on Yaburemes “birth”/development in the glass tube? Was he conscious during it?

so this is actually the content of chapter 3 (I swear I'm working on the next part, I intend to get faster with them I just keep getting distracted ksdfg) so I'll leave the details for then. he is... semi-conscious for the capsule process. but it's a very low-input kind of consciousness because he's essentially blind, deaf, and mostly immobile for all of it :")

#Yabureme Aizawa AU #text post #not to mention completely exhausted and overclocked #blind to prevent him from using Erasure #deaf so his ears aren't damaged by the capsule formulas #and his arms are restrained to his sides because they're fucking SHATTERED and they don't want him making the damage worse with any struggl #ng. it's not quite sensory-deprivation tho #anytime he's conscious he sees the pink/purple glow and can hear very muted sounds but that's about it #it's. not a fun time #but over the course of the capsule process he's lost more and more of Aizawa every time he wakes up #so it gradually goes from a conscious understanding that he needs to get out #to... oh this is nice and peaceful I don't need to leave.. if I just stay here and sleep nothing is wrong #boku no hero academia #my hero academia

[jasontoddssuper]

I just saw masc male Percy Jackson,'bihet' and butchflux Annabeth Chase and trans man Gwen all from the same person i need to let out my longest bruh ever and then kms immediately afterwards

#the first two aren't inherently erasure of queer women like the last one but masculinizing percy and treating annabeth's 'attraction' to men #and not letting her be completely butch presenting are still bad for many reasons #the biggest ones are percy's femme trans woman coding and canon disgust and hatred of masculinity caused by over and over trauma #and there being no evidence that annabeth enjoys being attracted to men and her discomfort with any kind of feminity for herself #i'm asking that person 'why do you hate women' but unironically #transmisogyny #lesbophobia #butchphobia #femmephobia #misgendering cw #transfem erasure cw #percy jackson #persephone jackson #annabeth chase #lesbiannaneth #gwen stacy #trans gwen stacy #pjo #hoo #tods #spiderverse #atsv #btsv #spiderman #the anomalies #black percy #latino percy #leah is our annabeth #black gwen stacy #letters from summer