Every so often I come across people going on about 'queer is a bad word, I'm not a terf but we shouldn't use that word in community/academic/etc settings, don't call me queer' and just
Okay
You're not queer
I won't call you that, no one should call you that, and anyone that does is being an asshole regardless of their identity or minority status. It doesn't matter what reasoning you have behind not wanting to be labelled as queer, what trauma you may or may not have, what you've identified as in the past and present, and whether or not your preference just comes to not liking the vibe of the word for entirely inscrutible reasons. No one has any right to pry.
If you say you're not queer, then you're not queer, and that's okay.
It just also means that if I, a queer person, talk about the queer community, then I'm not referring to you. If an academic refers to queer history and queer texts written by queer people about other queer people, they're also not talking about you. If a corporation starts using 'queer' in their ads then they can eat shit because fuck 'em, they have no fucking right to use our words when they aren't and have never been one of us, but if a well-meaning ally uses 'queer' as a one-syllable shorthand for LGBTQIA+ in a verbal conversation, then there's no reason for you to get any more annoyed at them as you would if they used the word 'gay' instead.
You have every single right to be labelled or not labelled as you like, and I will stand behind you all the way. If someone is trying to shove 'queer' on you when you really don't want it? Then I will happily, metaphorically, deck them in the face for you. We are still family, whatever you choose to call yourself, and it's important that we stick together.
But
If you aren't queer, and you get frustrated when you see queer people talking about the queer community, take a deep breath, and consider:
objectum queen? taking this opportunity to tell you guys there's an audio drama story focused entirely on her and paracelsus ((slayer is also there <3)) also here's the english translation pdf
Hi, yeah, yep, I promise I'm all good, don't worry 💙
My '''''brief''''' break from tumblr last december because of travel kinda just never stopped 'cos I wanted to see what difference to my life it'd make, and honestly? It's been a helluva lot easier to manage various day-to-day stuff without feeling like I'm getting stuck on the hamster wheel that is my dashboard. I do miss the hellsite (affectionate (derogatory)) at times, but with the limited spoons I've got, tumblr ain't getting 'em
Life's doing alright though! Currently a bit stressful because of work nonsense and because my family is flying halfway around the world to visit in about a month so I've got a lot of prep to do before they get here, but it's good stuff because maybe potential promotion?? and also I miss my dad and brother and grandma and I haven't seen them in over 5 years now
The world gives me kindnesses by surrounding me with understanding and patient people, by letting me grow a herb garden on my windowsill, by keeping the one old man who runs my favourite tea shop in the market in good health, by playing out the corvid soap operas on the rooftops across from us (my partner has named the fledgeling rook Baby Kazoo), and by letting me keep taking life one breath at a time
Sol and Ky illustration published in Monthly Arcadia Magazine, Feb 2001. The US release of Guilty Gear X2 on the PlayStation 2 also used an edited version for its packaging. Upscaled from a 1273x1910px 72DPI file.
Thinking about Sin Kiske, but he grows a little pair of wings on his back and a tail is just like his mom's, but their just normal wings and whatever spirit is going on with Dizzy...
He uses the little wings to carry his flag when he wants his hands free and also uses his tail to hold more food.
if you're the kind of person who's paying lindasims2 in 2024, idk what to say to you lol, i'd rather download free stuff and hope it's good than pay to download stuff for a 20 year old game and pray i don't get scammed (i got lightning mcqueen dale earnheart junior'd)