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Ugh. I'm not someone who cries at movies, but Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 had me ugly sobbing in my hotel room.
People can say what they want about Disney and Marvel - and I agree with a lot of it - but Guardians of the Galaxy is a solid set of movies and I love it so much!
#guardians of the galaxy#guardians of the galaxy volume 3#guardians of the galaxy 3#gotg3#ink's life
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On Asexuality as a LGBTQIA+ Identity
I just read a lengthy and disheartening post about the inclusion of asexual and aromantic people in the LGBT (et al.) community, especially about how many people don't believe it is acceptable. The main argument seems to be that aces aren't discriminated against and that they don't share the same experiences as the rest of the LGBT spectrum.
This may be a strange way to explain this point, but you know in Stranger Things season three, when Will wants to play DnD, but Mike and Lucas are worried about their girlfriends?
Will gets frustrated about the four of them not spending time together any more. Mike says something to the effect of, "Did you think we were just going to sit in my basement and play games forever?" And a broken-hearted Will just says, "Yes, I did." (S3, E3; 19:20 - 22:15)
That scene broke my heart.
I know that face. I've made that face. I've made it every time someone told me that I didn't understand my friends ghosting me because I'm not in a relationship. Like romance was some magical state of mind that would reorder my priorities and make my friends' actions make sense in retrospect. (Exactly what Mike is doing in that specific scene, by the way.)
I'll get into specifics below, but long story short, I read that scene as Will being asexual. Even now, having watched season four, I still think Will might be ace, though everyone seems pretty determined that the character is written as being gay.
Now for the promised explanation (below the cut):
Growing up, I went from having several close friends to constantly given lower priority than the relationship of the week. It started in middle school, but continued throughout high school and even to this day. That always frustrated me.
To me, my friends were the most important people - why didn't they feel the same? We saw each other nearly every day for four years, but because they made out with someone a few times, it was worth leaving their friends behind. It sucked and I never understood why it bothered me so badly.
Fast forward to now. I've been out of high school for almost a decade. I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm most likely ace, if not aro/ace. I understand why the behavior of my friends bothered me so badly: They were demonstrating over and over again that I was a lesser priority. Our friendship didn't matter as much as the early stages of their romantic relationship. Even our friendship of years was less important and less worthy of devoting time to than a romantic relationship.
And that's one of the most frustrating parts about being ace.
Now, obviously, it's not a competition. Being LGBTQIA+ in a non-ace capacity is hard. I am not doubting that in any sense. At all. But I will say that my father has assured me multiple times that he doesn't care if I'm gay, as long as I find someone. Anyone. Because that's the only way I'll be happy. And he's not the only one who's said that to me.
I can have friends. I can adopt children. I can have pets and a fulfilling job and a life that makes me happy, but if I choose not to have a romantic relationship, all of that is worthless. According to society, there is only one way to be happy: in a relationship.
We as a society are getting better about broadening definitions of relationships, thankfully. You can be just as fulfilled as a man in a relationship with a man, a woman with a woman, and infinite variations of those. Polyamory is even gaining more appreciation and recognition as a valid lifestyle! That's great! It's just frustrating that asexuality is the exception.
The point to all of this is that if I, an asexual person, can interpret a gay character as asexual because we share so many of the same experiences and struggles, it seems like we may have more in common than some people seem to think.
Thank you for your time.
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Can't believe I avoided the Oscar Isaac hype for this long only to be taken down by Nathan Bateman, Marc Spector, and Steven Grant.
Humiliating.
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i’m such a “i want your attention” but “won’t bother you” kinda person
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#love#love quotes#relatable quotes#heartbreak#heartbroken#spilled ink#spilled thoughts#loss#life quotes#life#quotes#a blog for the heartbroken#remanence-of-love
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idk how to flirt but i can make things awkward if you're into that
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The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.
Juliette Lewis
#Juliette Lewis#motivation#quotes#poetry#literature#relationship quotes#writing#original#words#love#relationship#thoughts#lit#prose#spilled ink#inspiring quotes#life quotes#quoteoftheday#love quotes#poem#aesthetic
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You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.
Ernest Hemingway
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You will search for me in another person, I promise.
Unknown
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Blog Announcement
Good afternoon! I haven't posted in a while and just wanted to give a quick update:
I am working on new chapters of existing fanfics, a few one-shots, and (as always) Rambles. I hope to start posting on a regular basis soon.
Currently, I am working on:
Gar Cyare - Yep, it's coming off of hiatus! I'm in the middle of plotting the rest of the story. I hope to have new chapters for you by mid-April or early May.
Refuge - I still need to reread this one and nail down the plot. Or, alternately, to decide that it doesn't really need an overarching plot and keep it as a fun little writing project. I haven't decided which yet.
Voices Carry - This one is definitely still in 'fun little writing project' territory! I might figure out an actual plot for it eventually, but right now, it's helping me explore the Nulls a little more closely.
One-Shots - I have a few of these I'm toying with. None that were requested, sadly, but my brain kicks out ideas occasionally that are too interesting for me to ignore.
Requests are still closed, though I occasionally put out a call for ideas for a specific character. Especially since I have a few masterlist entries for characters with only one fic and it bothers me. Keep an eye out for those if you're interested!
And, of course, this is my writing sideblog. There are no taglists. Other than occasional updates like this one, I will only post my fics on here, or reblog the occasional comment-reblog. I will tag everything with the story name and the main characters. Assuming tumblr's search function works (lol), you can find other chapters through the tags, through my masterlist, or using the internal navigation tools on every chapter.
Thank you all for your patience! I look forward to posting more regularly here!
#ink's life#wanderinginksplot-writes fics#wanderinginksplot-writes#fic update#star wars fanfiction#star wars the clone wars fanfiction#ink's fics#gar cyare#gar cyare fic#refuge#refuge fic#voices carry#voices carry fic
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Reblogs are important
I know, that isn't a shock. But I wanted to share something that might help people who are new to Tumblr understand why everyone says that.
Tumblr used to have something called Reblog Graphs, and they're working on bringing them back. (You can find them in Tumblr Labs if you're interested.) Reblog Graphs are a great way of visualizing how posts spread through the site.
I chose two of my most popular posts for this experiment - one with a lot of likes and relatively fewer reblogs and one with a ratio that was closer to being even.
[For sake of clarity, the posts are part of the same fandom, but the like-heavy post is a fic while the reblog-heavy post is not. That does have an impact on what gets reblogged versus liked, but my point still stands.]
Here is the like-heavy post:
The post was reblogged by people in my immediate sphere. Approximately three of the rebloggers' followers also reblogged and three more reblogged those reblogs.
Okay, now the reblog-heavy post:
See the difference? My original post is in the bottom right and was reblogged by people in my immediate sphere. But more of their followers reblogged and their followers did the same. Infinitely more people saw this post, though it has 328 fewer notes than the like-heavy post.
In conclusion, if you want to see more from people (ESPECIALLY artists, writers, and others who create time-consuming content), you NEED to reblog. It makes a difference in how much meaningful interaction people get, and meaningful interaction (which is often interaction other than likes) is what sparks creativity.
#reblog post#reblogs are everything#likes are bookmarks for yourself#reblogs make the site work#reblog stuff#please reblog#sharing is caring#writing#fanfiction#fanfic#art#fanart#ink thinks#ink's life
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No one told me there were consequences from ignoring brainrot!
I've been shoving it down and making up silly little stories in my head for months, but I finally decided to write one little fic and everything else came pouring out.
I now have a 5k word outline (and still going!) for the most hyper-specific, self-indulgent fic I have ever written, full of tropes I don't usually touch. If I ever work up the nerve to post it, you'll see what I'm talking about, but oh man...
I should have just bled out this rot when it could have been a one-shot. Now look at the mess.
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