#in defense of love simon

[elhopper1sm]

Unpopular opinion but I'm tired of people conflating queer media that doesn't appeal to them specifically with bad representation or queer media for straight people. Also queer media for straight people can be valuable. Because honestly yeah some mom who just found out her kid is queer who doesn't know many queer people or mentors to teach her how to navigate it would probably look to media. So queer media for straight cis people has a place. And secondly just because queer media doesn't appeal to you specifically doesn't mean it's for queer people. Like take Love, Simon for example. Everyone accused Becky Albertalli of writing a queer book to pander to a straight audience. Even though I a queer person loved it and I was out as queer by the time I had read it. The book is actually really good as a book and it actually has some for a YA novel written by a white author rather nuanced racial commentary. The movie Love, Simon had multiple queer people working behind the scenes and the movie literally helped inspire one of the leads Keiynan Lonsdale to come out . Yet people still accuse it of being for straight people. Why? Because it was fluffy and light hearted and followed the story of a white kid in the suburbs with a stereotypical American family. Because it didn't appeal to them. Even though many of the queer people I know personally said the "You get to exhale now" scene meant so much to them. Even though prior to even coming out as bi which she was pressured to do over the backlash of Love , Simon. She worked with gender non-conforming kids as a social worker and made sure to be mindful of the community. Even though she openly encouraged black actors to play her characters even if they were originally written as white in the books (she was quite happy that Nick who was originally white in the books was casted as black in the films). Even though she collaborated with multiple queer people behind the scenes. she still got accused of writing a queer book for a straight audience. I'm only using this as an example. Now some people are doing the same with Heart stopper simply because it's popular and queer even though the author is openly aroace. I don't care for Heartstopper that much personal but I find other Osemanverse works more compelling(like say Solitaire). But I've never put down people who do for not being queer enough. Or for enjoying gay content for straight people.

TL:DR - Just because a piece of queer media doesn't apply to you doesn't mean it's queer content for a straight cis audience and even then queer content for a straight cis audience has a place and does matter.

#in defense of love simon #simonverse #becky albertalli #queer #discourse #love simon #heartstopper #rant

[mushroomnoodles]

Hey I just found your blog a few days ago and I’m in love with your art style! I was curious if Simon ever spoke to golbaby in his belly when he was alone

tw/cw for sfw and non-kink mpreg

simon didn't really directly talk TO his kid much. mostly just said some things aloud he wouldn't normally say.

the exception came when simon's pregnancy was looking to near its end, as he was reaching the standard gestation period's end (9 months). pb, while she had made some progress in figuring out how to prevent morrigan from wrecking shit once they were born, was not confident that she could stop a world-end event just yet. so just like when she turned to asking for help from dark magic when marceline almost died, she turned from science and sought out someone who could buy her some time, and maybe sort of less than honestly put a seal on golbaby that held it in its stasis form. just until she could figure out how to science her way out of the world ending!

simon really hopes this whole seal thing isn't hurting golbaby. he had a lot of time to read parenting books and he felt really, really bad that he let this happen to them, and he read that talking to your baby in the womb would help improve your connection.

golbaby wasnt happy and neither was simon, and eventually the seal on them broke. on another post you'll see simon asking if pb will know where they were; this is because he doesn't actually want pb to find them LMAO

#i have a mproblem #cw mpreg #mpreg #simon petrikov mpreg #tw mpreg #a #i love pb #i love how drastic her measures can be #and in her defense all evidence pointed to this being literally nothing but bad #hcs for ur boy #plainvanilla

[dearabsolutelynoone]

“I just wanna stay in this Lavender Haze.”

#my toxic trait is morphing every taylor swift song into kanthony’s theme song #in my defense it always works #like lavender haze is kinda kanthony coded #i miss them dreadfully your honor #bridgerton #kanthony #kate sharma #anthony bridgerton #viscountess bridgerton #viscount bridgerton #lady bridgerton #lord bridgerton #the viscount who loved me #simone ashley #jonathan bailey #anthony x kate #kate x anthony #kate and anthony #anthony and kate #kathony #bridgerton season 2 #lavender haze #midnights taylor swift #taylor swift

[themyscirah]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE333EEEEEEEEGEEEEEWEEEEEEEE

WHEN I SAY I SQUEAKED AND STARTWD DAN ING IN MY FRIENDS DORM

#HES BACK HES BACK HES BACK HES BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i havent even read the panels fully i just saw him and started giggling and losing it #seeing him in new appearances is like a drug to me #anyways this post is about. SIMON BAZ #he wasnt even not in stories for that long but i AGFOSHDJSJRHFH SIMON!!!!!!!!!! SIMON!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i love him SO much. #also jessica mwah but SIMONNNNNNNNNNNN #tuesday spoilers #green lantern spoilers #I ADORE HIMN #i say this like he didnt have that cameo in the other issue either. but in my defense i havent read that one bc i skipped the first 8 gl #issues. which i will probably go back and read bc completionism. also simon cameo

[writingawaymylife]

Thinking of writing more Ghoul!reader x Simon because despite the angst these two would be so soft and loving and caring but also the most bad ass and terrifying mother fuckers on the wasteland

#just thinking about how simon would have to relearn so much about reader #how he would see a dangerous and violent side of them he never wanted them to discover they had #how reader would be so ashamed and shy the first time simon sees them brutally kill someone without hesitation #even though it was for self defense #how they are basically an old person with years of experience but simon is *so young* and practically untouched by the wasteland #the near reversal of their mindsets from this world to the one before #but how simon is still so soft and loving to reader despite everything #still holds them like theyre a china globe #aerins thoughts #simon riley x reader #ghost x reader

[ofqueensandwitches]

Can’t believe Netflix has 3 viscounts and they’re all stupidly in love with these prickly yet brilliant gorgeous assholes

#in anthony jaskier and tewksbury’s defense though #their love interests really are so very pretty #anthony bridgerton #julian alfred pankratz #jaskier #viscount tewksbury marques of basilweather #jaskier the bard #kate sharma #geralt of rivia #enola holmes #bridgerton #the witcher #enola holmes 2 #the witcher netflix #jonathan bailey #joey batey #louis partridge #simone ashley #henry cavill #millie bobbie brown

[feenmies]

hi. i saw your post about north haters. i actually hate her because simarkus was supposed to be canon but they decided to use north instead

yeah i strongly disagree with hating her Period but i can't stop you from having an opinion i guess .. it's just the whole "dastardly woman getting in the way of my ship" mumbo jumbo that makes me scratch my head and sigh a little. love simarkus as much as the next guy but i also feel like north doesn't need to be thrown under the bus for people to acknowledge that her relationship with markus was forced and had mediocre writing. i would probably even Like them together if their relationship wasn't built around north's trauma and vulnerability in a way that comes off as weirdly misogynistic on david cage's part but alas! mr. cage is a notorious asshole who cannot sacrifice his bigotry for the sake of half-decent writing!! i feel like the only character that truly suffers from that relationship is north herself Because she has a character outside of it that kind of gets tossed out because her relationship with a man is deemed as somehow more important than her personality. but yeah i feel like going as far as to outright hate north for no reason other than the fact that her character was used as a love interest and simon's wasn't still isn't agreeable to me but i'm not going to shame you for it

#rare actually serious post from simon.???? insane #but yeah like. i LOVE north so i might just be overly defensive of her but i feel like two things can be true at once #north can be an overhated character with overlooked likeable qualities AND we can still say simarkus should've been real #there's no need to throw a random female character under the bus in order to speak well about a gay ship #if this comes off as rude it's not supposed to be . genuinely. i just really get passionate about this topic in particular

[probablygayattorneys]

[In a job interview]

Interviewer: Tell me three things I should know about you.

Me: Well, I’m dedicated, hardworking, and I fucking hate the Apollo Justice Trilogy.

Interviewer: …Do I really need to know that last one?

Me: Yes, because if you hire me, you will hear about it. A lot.

#Apollo Justice trilogy #like #no shade to apollo #that’s my boy #love you son #and Athena you’re great too #Klavier you know I love you #Trucy can be fun #Simon has a great arc #Nahyuta technically exists #but these are just not good games #and the fact that they’re marketing them as ‘the apollo justice trilogy’ is fucking stupid #queue takumi defense squad

[quixoticrobotic]

My new thing is looking at things people or characters do and saying “wow. absolute [homestuck aspect] player behavior” in like a “tsk tsk” shaking my head kinda fashion

#IN MY DEFENSE EVERYTHING IVE SEEN EVERY VARIENT OF SIMON DO IN FIONNA AND CAKE IS COMPLETE HEART PLAYER BEHAVIOR #LIKE IM NOT GONNA LIE ABOUT IT JUST TO AVOID BEING CRINGE #i maek post #i love classpect so much and i will nevber stop

[wright-phoenix]

aaaahhh i LOVE when a prosecutor helps the defense or straight-up stands in the defense bench.......

currently it's simon helping athena <3

#a part of me wished she'd make it alone in the trial #bc she was talking abt proving she van do it etc. #but because everyone gets sb standing next to them i actually LOVE it #because we get more athena & simon interactions 🥺🥺🥺 #sibling bonding time............ #scary simon in the defense bench is SO good. AUGH #cas.aa

[juniperhillpatient]

ugh most of u are wrong in the instances when u critique romance for being unnecessary in fiction (it’s really not most of the time) but I do kinda hate it when writers don’t trust themselves to write platonic dynamics & it shows. I love romance I love friends to lovers but it’s sooo so stupid when male female friendships that were never romantic coded get shoehorned into romance for no reason when the platonic dynamic was already strong & complex on its own 🙄

#do not say I did this with Jet & Azula #they’re based on Alex & Mary Jo the whole point is that it starts off romantic & the bond stays complex #I don’t know why I just got so defensive probably no one’s brain would go there 😅 #I just for some reason felt the need to clarify #again. like how i clarified I love romance #but that’s not what this is #I might be reading too much into one line #probably. hopefully. #this is about Simon & Maddie #rose watches school spirits

[perce-jpg]

i always be pondering bg3 builds

#time to tag ramble #theres so many monk multiclass features that haima would benifit from but it would require them to wear clothes not light armor #unarmored defense + unarmored movement #which normally wouldnt be an issue for someone as obsessed with bg3 fashion as i am; just slap them in the moon devotion/infernal robes #which look baller #but im gonna get the bhaalist armor soon (VIA MODS MIND YOU. FOR FREEING VALERIA. we've had enough crimes in this run) #and the bonus that armor gives almost outweighs unarmored monk stuff #because a good chunk of their build is based around piercing damage (or will be anyway once i get crimson mischief and bloodthirst) #so the bhaalist armor DOUBLING PIERCING DAMAGE is INSANE #plus they have other means of being fast as fuck #and the best defense is “killing your enemies before they can hit you” which they have become VERY GOOD AT! #i still love the look of the infernal robes and i need to get the mod that gives them without karlach murder #i dont like using mods for gear EXCEPT if its for getting base game gear through alt methods #god im so excited to have their build all finalized because 🤓according to my calculashuns they're gonna be doing some crazy damage numbers #who needs power word kill when your sneak attack does the same thing RAAAAHHHH #simon says #bg3 #ramblings

[butchez]

*two characters look at the camera And to the side* ohhhhhmy god guys tge paralells ???? the fuckign PARALLELS ??? ??

#i do love actual character sprite analysis for aa but some of u guys ......... #jude talks #aa lb #ive had this post saved for a while i just didnt feel like complaining abt aa fans until now #truth be told i was looking for a screenshot i took forever ago of a like . twitter group called ''simon [of aa5] simp squad'' #that got recommended to me and pissed me off so bad i deleted the app for a year #i can excuse athena fans bc like 90% of people who hate her are stupid and misogynist and expanding upon poorly written female characters is #a moral imperative but i will NEVERRERE🖕🖕🖕 forgive simon fans. go to hell forever for being tasteless #''his backstory is so sad'' theres better sadboys. in the same series hes from. #LAST COMPLAINT before i focus on kindness positivity whimsy etc for the rest of the month but aa fans who completely disregard the political #themes are so lame forever. i remember a while back there was a post going around like ''isnt it funny how the dynamics between the aa #protags and antags are so dramatized ? like they literally have the same job'' like come ONNBNNN lack of real world knowledge aside how do #you play through the aa games and go ''yeah defense attorneys and prosecutors basically have the same job'' #INCORRECT BUZZER SOUND PLEASE PLAY ALL 4 MAINLINE GAMES + DGS + AAI AGAIN #ill stop being a tar pit now. goobye.

[excadrillmoving]

everyone who likes dragonair more than dragonite. im biting you btw

#i love them both dgmw im just overly defensive bc of how many people hate dragonite for not being ~as pretty~ #everyone who rbs my fav dragon-type post and only says dratini and dragonair you are breaking my heart</3 #simon says

[academicelephant]

No, I’m definitely not searching for hand to hand combat tutorials from YouTube in the middle of the night 🙄 The best ones I couldn’t find though, I guess they have been deleted, but thankfully I have downloaded them somewhere in my computer

#hand to hand combat #close combat #military #self defense #honestly i'm in love with this stuff #simon ghost riley #he's the one to blame right now

[mymitochondriaforpresident]

“What would you do if I were there with you?”

“I would…run my fingers through your hair.”

Gifs by the lovely @books-books-smolderinglooks.

#currrrrrrrrlsssssssssss!!!!!!!!!! #😭😭😭😭🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 #nature is HEALING #i love him 🤎 #and his curls 🤎 #and so does wille (canon!!!!!) #🤎🤍 #wille was so fiercly defensive of simon this season AND we got this? amazing. #wilmon the interracial interclass ship of my dreams and it was 🚢 #s3 simon really wasn’t playing around with his beauty 😍 #he really said HOLD MY CURLS and wille said okay! #wille took that literally #and i took that personally (affectionate) 🥹 #confirmed: wille loves the curlssss and simon loves when wille caresses the currrrrrls 😌 #young royals #young royals season three #wilmon #prince wilhelm #simon eriksson #otp #otp: you were singing from your heart #otp: i want to be with you #otp: *gentle respectful curl caress* #even though they’re ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤��‍🔥 there’s still this undercurrent of purity and innocence in their intimacy and i love them so muchhhhhhhhhhh #the flashback i got to edvin saying he likes omar’s curls 🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧 #edvin ryding #omar rudberg #electric chemistry #bless #💜💜