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ol1verdrawsyt · 1 year

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What r things you like about the dsaf community, and things you don’t like about it? Just curious to hear some thoughts! :D

Oh boy, I have a lot to say abt this one. I'm just gonna preface this by saying, I have a very special place in my heart for dsaf. Idk where I would be today if I hasn't have found that trilogy. With that being said, I'll start with the good.

Tw: opinions 😱😱

For starters, its a very welcoming community. Because a good majority of the community is queer, it makes it a safe space. In my experience, it was the first time I felt open and comfortable being myself inside of a Fandom.

It's also a very talented community. Like holy hell, have you seen those amazing Henry fanarts with him in the void? They're fucking epic!

Finally, the DSaF community is pretty sweet to new artists. I remember when I was in the piggy Fandom, they were brutal man. I got bullied constantly for my art and was pretty close to quitting for a while. In DSaF though, I just simply received constructive criticism and people helping me rather than shaming me.

Now onto the not so great

First, the ships that shouldn't really be normalized. Steven x Peter is probably a big one. Peter had a wife, Steven was a horrible boss and sent Peter to the factory knowing what would happen to him, and that he had a family (we know from Peter and Jimbo that you can refuse to do that. In the slightly evil ending, Peter refuses to send Jimbo to the factory) and also they canonically hate eachother. Also the horrible power imbalance? Like, idc what your excuse is, shipping boss x employee is just wrong.

And yet, this is like the 2nd most popular ship in the Fandom. I'm not done with it either cuz the people who ship Steven and Peter lead into my next point.

Being toxic towards straight ships. I'm gonna preface this before anybody gets mad by saying, I am a trans and queer man, I can have an opinion on this.

So Peterline is not a very popular ship despite it being cannon. Caroline is Peter's wife, and you see her at the end of the perfect ending. I've been bullied before (mainly on tiktok) for shipping this. I've had someone just go off on me because I'm "taking away gay rep and that Peter is canonically a gay man." Like, tf?? Also, side note: he isn't. Dogman confirmed the characters sexualities and Peter is "probably straight." Not to mention he had a wife that he chose and married himself, not a manufactured one like with Steven. But back to my point. Peterline is overshadowed by all of the Steven x Peter shippers because it's EVERYWHERE. I don't even know why it's a ship in all honesty. But heaven forbid you don't ship it and ship Peter and his WIFE.

You thought that was the worst of it? Wrong. We go away from the side that's mainly queer/allies and go to the homophobic side. Yep. There are homophobic/transphobic DSaF fans despite a good majority of the main cast being queer. Luckily, they don't really show their faces anywhere near the queer fans, so we're all set. I have seen them comment on davesport posts before though complaining. Speaking of davesport:

Davesport has completely taken over the Fandom. I love davesport as much as the next person, but if you truly love something, you have to admit the flaws. First, the weird kinda fetishism of it? I won't name names **cough cough daystars cough cough**, but there are artists who draw this ship and intentionally make the characters look like teenage boys and not old zombie men. Plus, people kinda romanticizing / glorifying the fact that Dave stalked and had an unhealthy obsession with Jack. That isn't cute and romantic that "he loves him so much that he broke into Jack's house on multiple occasions and watched him sleep 🥺🥺🩷🩷☺️☺️☺️" (genuine comment I saw btw, minus the emojis cuz I wanna make sure people know it's satire what I'm saying). Plus, people are bullied for shipping anything other than Davesport. I can understand if it's a proship (I'll get into those fuckewads later), but someone shipping anything other than davesport will get you witchhunted in this community. I know I said I don't like boss x employee, but I don't hate someone if they ship something like Harry x Jack or something. There are people genuinely scared of showing that they ship that because of the hard-core davesport fans. Final note on this point, it's the only DSaF content being made. I want more Blackjack and og managers art pls I beg of you I want more art of the og managers. But instead, it's just davesport again. It gets to a point where I'm kinda tired of it.

Next point: people babying characters. Now, I won't name names **cough cough daystars again cough cough** but there are very popular artists who get away with this. The biggest ones I can think of are Peter, Roger, and Jack. Here's why I think this happens:

Jack: Because he's shown to have a soft side. It's mainly seen in DSaF 3 on the flipside with him gently talking to the other souls and telling them that it's gonna be ok and he'll help them find justice and peace. Also, he is somewhat civil to Dave at the start of a few routes so probably from the fucking davesport shippers again.

Roger: Because he's hinted at to have an anxiety disorder. Hey there! Person with a diagnosed anxiety disorder here. DON'T FUCKING BABY US! Like, just because you have an AD doesn't mean you need 24/7 protection and babying because "what if you get scared 🥺🥺🥺😔😔😔". People with ADs can do amazing things despite it. And Roger is no exception. In the evil ending, he goes off at Jack about everything he's done and doesn't break a sweat. He's probably the strongest out of the 3 phone guys because he's the first person (other than Peter) to stand up to Jack when he's doing something wrong.

Peter: Same as Jack, he's shown to have a soft side. Mainly when talking about how he remembers his wife and family, and invites Jack to live with him and Caroline despite (to his knowledge) he's only known Jack about a week. But like with Roger, he puts his foot down when needed. In the evil routes, Peter takes Jack back to his office and just let's him have it. He goes off about the fucked up shit Jack has done and even throws in some amazing lines like

"That's Mr.Cawthon to you, employee. We certainly aren't friends."

"Employee, let me tell you something. I am a VERY good boss."

"It takes the truth to fool me, or close to it. And you've played me for a goddamned fool."

But of course, with this community, that entire badass scene with Peter and Jack is overshadowed by him being "uwu smol bottom gay boy"

I mentioned them earlier, so here it goes: the proshippers. They're everywhere. Some of the biggest dsaf artists **cough cough fucking daystars again cough cough** are proshippers. It's mainly a problem on tiktok. I've seen people ship: Peter x Dave, Dave x Henry, Steven x Henry, Jack x Peter, Henry x Dee, Henry x Jack, Dee x Jack, Jack x Dee x Peter x Dave. It's honestly disgusting, and I really don't wanna talk abt it anymore.

Next, people drawing Henry skinny. This one pisses me off a lot. People draw Henry as a skinny little bottom boy and not the fat old man he is. There's a lot of people guilty of this. **cough you probably know who I'm abt to say cough cough**. Some people try at least. For example, I tried sticking with my roblox-like bodies and giving Henry a very big torso. Later on, I finally learned how to draw plus sized bodies, and so now that I can, I immediately implemented it. Some people just don't even try.

Finally, people mad at dogman for moving on from the series. I shit you not. I came across people complaining about this just last night. Here's the thing: DSaF has a lot of problematic stuff in it. Nobody can deny that. Dogman has apologized for it on many occasions and doesn't want that to represent his work now. He moved on to Dialtown, where he can now get paid for his hard work and pay his team. But because he isn't talking abt DSaF anymore, people refuse to even look at Dialtown. It's just kinda...childish in my opinion? It'd be a different story if you just simply didn't enjoy Dialtown. Like that's fine and understandable, the game isn't for everyone. But really? Just because the creator moved on from his problematic past and made something original, you want nothing to do with him. That's just stupid.

Alr ty for coming to my Ted talk. If someone wants it I'll do one of these with Dialtown (there isn't much bad, it'll just be me ranting abt how much I love Dialtown)

Btw don't harass anyone I mentioned here if I did mention them. It doesn't solve anything, and you just look like and asshole.

#dsaf #dayshift at freddys

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endlesstwanted · 1 year

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Hello internet!

This is Chase (endlesstwanted), and I thought I should start this blog with an introduction. I haven’t kept a blog in over a decade, so please bear with me while I figure out how all of this works. The essential info about me will be above the cut, because I’m an oversharer and I don’t know how long this will enventually be.

As I said, my name is Chase, I’m over 21 years old and currently studying a vocational course which I have no vocation for. I’m in the CET time zone, based in Spain, and I like to think I’m bilingual even if my brain can’t keep up with Spanish half of the time (most of the content here will be in English). I am a non-binary trans, which influences how I view things and a friend said it would be good to mention. I’m also bisexual, which is a great excuse to be multishipper too. My sun sign is taurus, and my moon and rising signs are virgo.

My main interests are writing, languages and travelling (been all over Spain). I enjoy puzzles, funko pops, cinema, series and music. I’m not active in fandoms outside of Marvel, even though I like a lot of other media. For starters, I plan to use this blog for bingo stuff and to share what I write and post on Ao3.

Moving now onto the fandom talk, I entered the fandom world at eight years old with pop music. I then moved to tv shows when I watched Broadchurch and discovered Teen Wolf, to later follow punk rock bands and being introduced to concerts. I began being interested in cinema at the age of eighteen and eventually found Marvel a few years back.

I’m familiar with the MCU and X-Men films, and am slowly trying to find my way into the comics. I’m a multi-shipper (the rarest the pairs, the more interests I will get) and willing to read and write anyone I’m comfortable with.

That’s said, my favourite characters would have to be Bruce, Sam, Natasha, Clint and Bucky. I am fixated on others like Scott Summers, Sprite, the Peters (Maximoff, Parker, Quill, you name it), the Grandmaster, Justin Hammer and Remy Lebau (I’m into those who have no more than five scenes, as you see). My favourite projects (that I’ve watched so far) are The Amazing Spider-Man films, The Incredible Hulk, Wakanda Forever, Infinity War, Black Widow, Eternals, X-men Apocalypse and the Hawkeye series.

As I said I plan to keep this blog to share my writing and Bingo-related information. In case things go out of hand, please remember that my previous experience has been ten years on twitter, I feel in need of mentioning the other media I am fan of. This is a warning in case one day I wake up willing to fill my page with that, which you know, can happen.

I like a variety of cinema genres, going from thriller to comedy, even though I enjoy dramas the most and I’m a huge fan of Spanish cinema as well. The films I need to mention now are the ones that really got me into this world and hold a special place in my heart : the Scream saga, The Faculty, Deux Moi (French drama from 2019), Clue (1985), Marrowbone, Coherence, The Broken Circle breakdown, The Birds, and Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Talking about series now, everything has been non-stop since discovering Teen Wolf until now, with a few years gap I used to go to concerts and consume the MCU an embarrassing amount of times. The ones that have shaped me as a person are The Night Shift, Leverage, The Society, Sneaky Pete, Stitchers, On My Block, Code Black, Hunters and New Amsterdam. I’m currently watching the Chicago-verse series after watching a bunch of episodes on tv with no idea of what was going on because they played eight a night, I’ve just started Chicago Med.

As far as music goes, I thought to mention the people that have literally raised and/or been an inspiration for me at some point: 5sos, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift, Sam Smith and Chase Atlantic.

The list goes on and on but you don’t want me to bore you with the Spanish’s pop artists, music contests, and all the things I said I’ve recovered from and I haven’t.

If you’ve got to this point, thank you! I know I walk (write) a lot, so it’s good to know someone listening. Other sites I’m on are Ao3, TvTime, Letterboxd, NanoWriMo and Spotify.

Here you have a picture of Wanda, that is my latest addition on my funko collection ♥️ (do people use emojis in here?)

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kideternity · 2 years

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jack wwbn. also peter parker

I don’t like peter enough to like, have actually created thoughts about him outside of my overall perception and how he treats other characters 😭 so im skipping him. BUT, for Jack-

-Overall opinion of them: light of my life he means everything to me. I know I say this for a lot of characters because a lot of characters mean everything to me but Jack does hold a very special place in my heart and that place is helping me accept liking men. His only flaw is being a 70s character because I keep forgetting how much I hate reading the word vomit of older comics and it’s one of the main things why I haven’t been able to finish ALL his appearances yet but godamn I will one day

– Gender/sexuality headcanons: GAY GAY HOMOSEXUAL GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I refuse to see Jack as anything but gay he is into men he loves men len kaminski didnt write jack not finding girls attractive anymore for people to think he wants a GIRLFRIEND. Also has trans man and leather gay swag

– Favorite moment in canon: there’s a lot of them but probably this entire like epilogue panel from Len Kaminski's “Children of the night” and especially the line “I am something unique and wonderful.” Snif snif okay gayboy!!!

– Favorite moment in a fanwork: none because Jack ain’t got fucking fans 😭😭😭😭😭 IG this one like traditional drawing I saw one time where it was jack smiling hanging out with the midnight sons that was cute 🤔

– Favorite line, in canon or otherwise: Reiterating again here the line above ^ “I am something unique and wonderful.”

– Characters I love seeing them interact with: Jack unfortunately doesn’t interact with a lot of people but TBH even though he's seen as a meme rn I actually really really love Jack's friendship with Morbius the living vampire I think they’re such an incredibly endearing pairing they’re literally boy best friends in love forever. They've tried to kill each other five times. Also that one arc where he meets Danny Ketch ghost rider and it feels like He's giving him gay advice the entire time is funny LMAO I wish he got to interact more with some of the larger marvel universe and other horror themed characters like Blade he like kinda gets slotted in a box of only getting to interact w ppl who show up in anything he's also in syndrome

– Last thing before sleeping headcanons: IDK what the fuck this one means. Howl at the moon perhaps for fun

– Sleeping habits headcanons: Insert Howling at the moon here too. This is kinda based on one story he was in but I think Jack also is a very extreme late night snacker

– First thing after waking up headcanons: I- I guess go to the bathroom get cleaned up????? Like a normal person?????? I dont get these last few questions but okay fine whatever

– Favorite locations headcanon: Jack tends to travel a lot in my experience but I imagine he's probably fond of his hometown still as well as any sort of very lush, forested area. Probably places with a lot of gas stations and car/bike culture too because he was like a literal biker in the 90s. They should let Jack go back to Romania I bet he'd fucking love it there. Chilling in the mountains you know

This wasn’t apart of the questions im just slotting it in here but they should have let Jack be the xkids Gym teacher btw back when the xmen were cool and actually had the academy still literally IDC IDC He'd be a good teacher he'd tell them to love themselves and to kill cops

#jack russell #werewolf by night #midnight sons #marvel #dinu yells in the void #chek's post #thank you beloved friend. i love jack. feel free to continue sending these everyone though i will warn you that if its a character-#-i dont actually think a lot about usually then i will be forced to skip them because i aint got si #shit* to say. thank you

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parkers-gal · 3 years

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fluffy hair

wc: 1.2k (fluff)

tom x ag!reader - tom joins the reader in her interview

"Y/N! It's been awhile!" Zach greeted you through the screen, and you laughed, nodding your head.

"I miss you guys there, in the studio. How is everything?"

"Good, good. Everything's chill here. What about you? Album release and all that?"

You giggled again, shrugging. "It was fun, low key, and safe."

"Good, glad to hear that. Should we start?"

"Let's, yes."

"Great. I am so obsessed with this record; we're just gonna go down the line for each song."

"Got it, sounds like a plan." You laughed, looking behind camera, and Zach took note of it before continuing.

"Shut up."

"Excuse me?" you laughed at him, and he went wide eyed.

"Oh! No, no, no, I meant the track, the intro-"

"OH," you laughed again, face palming yourself. "Duh, obviously. Continue."

"Right. It's very... melodic, with what, the strings and everything. And your voice cuts in and just tells all those haters to shut up and- what was the meaning behind that?"

You laughed, looking off camera to Tom for a split second before answering. "Well, I mean. With everything happening, it's hard not to tell people to just like," you put your hands up, palms outward in a stop position. "to just- shut the fuck up, y'know? We're fighting for our lives, all these white, straight old... men."

Zach laughed, nodding, and the conversation continued until you switched subjects to the next song.

"Thirty-four plus thirty-five," he state with a grin. "Now what's that about."

You laughed loudly, shaking your head at Tom while he told you a joke.

"Is someone back there?" Zach cut in with a laugh. "They can join if you'd like."

You looked to Tom before shrugging sheepishly, and he rolled his eyes before plopping next to you on the beanbag.

"This is Tom, the inspiration."

"Y/N!"

You laughed, looking to the camera. "I'm joking, joking," you kissed his forehead, ruffling his hair. "He's my lovely little boyfriend."

"Mhm," he hummed in satisfaction.

You went on to answer the question, "Well, when Peter sent some string samples over, I heard this one and it was so pure and sweet and completely.. Disney, if you will. And I was sitting with Scotty and Tom and I was like 'what's the dirtiest thing we can write with this?' and well, we got thirty-four thirty-five."

Zach laughed, "So it's not based on real life?"

You laughed before Michael, the other interviewer, cut in with a comment.

"I actually didn't know it was about sixty-nine until the outro," he laughed, and so did you.

"Ah- good, that's good actually. Enjoy it without being told how you're supposed to interpret it."

"Did Tom contribute anything to the song? Let's- let's go in depth with the lyrics and how you came up with them."

You laughed again before answering. "Well, I was working on the first verse with Scotty and I was like 'what the fuck can we put here?' and he- he jokingly said 'gimme them babies' and I was like 'holy shit that's perfect. That's going in. We're not changing that.'" You looked to Tom, whose arm was around your waist. "Tommy came in not long after that and wrote the pre-chorus. He was so intent on putting the 'I been drinking coffee,' part. It ended up being my favorite out of the song. He was in the studio with me when we recorded that, basically telling me how to sing it. It was hilarious and scary how bossy and smart he was about producing a song."

Tom rolled his eyes, kissing your temple.

"Is that true, Tom?"

Tom blushed as he answered. "Yeah. She had just gotten new string samples and she was super excited about and I just- I wanted to be there, make memories. Especially since, at the time, I wasn't working."

"Tom what's your favorite track?"

"I think," he thought for a moment. "Well I like all of them, but I like 'my hair' a lot."

"Also inspired by him," You cut in cheekily, and he eyed you with a playful glare.

"Did you contribute on a lot of tracks?"

"Oh for sure," Tom nodded. "It was quite an experience; doing music instead of acting. It's so strange to me, but it was amazing fun."

"Which track did you do the most work on."

You laughed, and Tom rolled his eyes.

"Probably 'nasty.'"

"Oh?"

"Yeah, I was there when she was recording vocals, and I just kept telling her to do it again."

"That's actually," you interrupted with a laugh. "that's actually where that intro line is from. 'This bitch really gon' make me,'" you quoted. "because he kept making me doing it again and again and it was hilarious."

"I want to talk about.. six-thirty."

"Okay," you nodded with a smile. "Good track."

"What does it mean? Like the title?"

"Well on a clock," you were motioning with your hands. "The hands are pointing down at six-thirty."

Both of the interviewers oh'ed loudly, laughing at how they hadn't figured it out.

"The bridge in there, I love it so much."

"Thank you, thank you."

"Do you think you've found that person you can play video games with at two A.M.?"

You glanced to Tom with a gentle smile, eyes softening too. "Yeah," you looked to the camera. "For sure, I think I have."

To was giddy at your response, subtly pulling you closer into his side and kissing your temple again.

"Now let's talk about the positions music video."

"Oh this should be fun," Tom commented, and you laughed at him.

"I'm sure everyone else interpreted the title much differently than you did."

You laughed, nodding. "Probably."

"How'd you come up with the concept?"

"Oh, obviously the real world. We need people like that in office- like, imagine if that were the Cabinet of the White House? Women and gays and trans and everyone. I think we're in desperate need of a reboot."

Zach laughed, agreeing. "A reboot of the Cabinet. I like it, and you're absolutely right," he looked to the monitor. "At the end there, you were giving a medal to a postal worker."

"Yeah," you clasped your hands together in excitement. "I think the US postal service has definitely taken a huge hit this year. They've suffered a great deal; I think including that in my video was almost essential. They need to be recognized and acknowledged."

"But also like the step stool," Tom cut in with a laugh. "She was too short for the postal worker and they were like 'we don't have higher heels,' so I brought that out."

"You twat," you laughed, grabbing his nose lightly like in a child's game.

He huffed, laughing, pulling you closer and kissing the tip of your nose in response.

"Can we talk about my hair before we end this lovely interview?" Zach asked once the two of you settled down.

"By all means."

"We'll get to those whistles in a moment, but the whole song is so.. intimate. Have you found someone like that? To- to appreciate your hair in all forms and designs?"

You looked at Tom again, and he blushed, already knowing your answer.

"Yeah, yeah I have. My boyfriend just loves my hair, all styles and colors. It's nice, because I feel like the world doesn't really... see my true hair? But Tommy loves it dearly. It's a special place in my heart for that kind of love."

Tom smiled, head tilting and eyes crinkling, and you ruffled his chocolate curls.

"Also though, I really love his hair. Fluffy."

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xxrestlessomega123xx · 2 years

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Ok. I have a few thoughts on Harry Potter characters and what their dynamic would be if they were in the omegaverse. Please don't hate it's just my thoughts.

Harry Potter himself. I agree is an omega. BUT later on in life he looks more and more like an beta or typically alpha. That doesn't change the fact he is an omega, it just causes whiplash to people who don't know him personally. Like

Random:"oh wow, your omega must be lucky to have you"

Harry: "actually I'm the omega.."

Random: *eyes widen and jaw drops* "whaaa"

Ronald Wesley! He is also an omega. Just because I like the thought of him and Harry being the two chaotic omegas and then level headed Hermione being the alpha(I'll explain later). Besides some has to be the youngest omega . And it's Sure as fuck isn't Ginny.

Hermione Granger. Alpha but beta passing. So everyone, including her thought she was going to be a beta. But one day in class Ron presents as an omega, aka going into heat. And that triggers her going into a rut.. (luckily nether did anything drastically. They were separated for their heat and rut respectable.).. now Harry jokes with them that was should have been their first hint they were ment to be together.

Draco... Ether a basic beta or an omega. Beta because well, I don't see the appeal of him so I think him just being a basic beta trying hard to be special is soo fucking funny. Like "oh yeah, I'm an alpha.. i- I'm just a late bloomer that's all" -24 years old.

Or an omega because of angst. Or just him trying is hardest to hide that because he doesn't want Potter to tease him.. like

"oh, So much for being better then me Malfoy" -harry.

Arthur Weasley. Omega. No need to explain.

Molly Weasley, she is the alpha. You can not tell me other wise. Also I just like the fact of an alpha being the stay at home.

The twins. Fred is definitely an omega. George you'd expect to be an omega two because the are identical. And your completely right.

Percy. Beta. No explanation needed.

Bill, alpha. You can not tell me other wise on this one either.

Charlie. I feel in my gut he is an omega, idk why.

Albus Dumbledore er... He is a hard one to place. I don't think anyone knows. Not even his family.

Minerva, she is the alpha Queen!.

Narcissa Malfoy is a beta.

Lucius Malfoy is an alpha.

Lily Potter/Evans was an alpha.

James was an omega.

Snape is an omega.

Cedric diggory was an alpha

Neville Longbottom is a beta.

Luna lovegood is an omega.

Bellatrix ether an alpha or an omega

Moldy Voldy(Voldemort) and alpha or beta.

Sirius black? An omega. Him and James definitely were that ages chaotic duo.

Remus Lupin? Alpha. No explanation. Just alpha.

Peter .... Beta. I know he should be an omega but I don't want his filthy traitor ass in the same rank as me.

Hagrid. This mans is a fucking omega!

He has owned, a three headed dog, a giant man eating spider aragog(probably spelt it wrong sorry), Fang, buckbeck, Norbert and probably a lot more in the future! He has a heart of gold and isn't scared if any animal. He is an omega, yeah alphas can me caring and that but just the thought of this 8ft something half giant making a nest in is the most pure thing ever!

Flickwick? Feeling he is an omega.

Cho? Omega or a beta. Leaning towards omega..

Barty crouch senior? Beta. Same for his son.

Mad eye moody? Alpha or beta. No in between.

Tonks. I feel like she is a trans alpha. And OtA kind to be more specific.

Mister Dursley? Beta and petunia is also a beta.. yet their son is an omega.

Flich? Cranky omega.

dolores umbridge beta.

I'll add to these later.

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byesexualsatan · 3 years

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OTPS/SHIP LIST

i feel like you get to know people better when you know what they ship so... here’s a list of my past & current ships ?? im bored, can u tell?

also if u know me, ignore this ty

MILEVEN aka LITERAL KIDS PLS😭

mike wheeler and eleven/jane hopper from stranger things

otp in late 2017

personal hcs: they’re queer/bi.

eleven def uses they/them pronouns

tbh i prefer byler and elmax now

background ships i like: joyce/hopper, jonathan/nancy... steve being bi and robin being the iconic lesbian that she is

DAMONA aka simonte

... simona and dante from the argentinian series simona

LMAO this one is from when i thought i was straight

otp in 2018

uhh bi dante and pan simona bc why not

literally forgot they existed until now

please don’t bully me

i truly thought i was straight

background ships: marisiena, junior/ailín

i was one of THE FOUNDERS of this ship istg... i was THERE when we were deciding the ship name (i voted for simonte but damona won smh)

SIMBAR aka bi awakening

simón and ambar from the disney tv show soy luna

yeah... sorry

otp in mid 2018

they’re gay!!!

bi she/they punk ambar yesyesyes

totally forgot about them but they’re sexc af

so glad they were endgame

background ships: idk but luna is pan

STEVEBUCKY aka stucky aka the end of the line

so... steve rogers (captain america) and bucky barnes (the winter soldier)

otp in late 2018/early 2019?

personal hcs: trans steve, bi bucky

favourite fanfic trope: found family, high school smau

fuck endgame, all my homies hate endgame

background ships i like: thorbruce, scotthope, nat/sharon

im with u til the end of the line, pal :c

PERALTIAGO aka jamy

jake peralta and amy santiago from brooklyn nine nine

started shipping them in 2018/2019 (i have no idea)

personal hcs: bi jake

favourite fanfic trope: casefics, pretend marriage

(THEY’RE FUCKING MARRIED WITH CHILD NOW,,, BUT IN THOSE FICS IT WASN’T REAL YET)

background ships i like: gina and rosa, holt and kevin

PETERMJ aka spideychelle

peter parker (spider-man) and michelle mj jones !!1! from the mcu

otp in 2019

personal hcs: they’re both bi, mj is demisexual too

he/they & she/they solidarity

... trans/demiboy peter and demigirl mj🥺

fav fanfic trope: school trip to stark tower, meeting the parents/avengers, smau

obviously let’s ignore infinity war and endgame

background ships i like: ironstrange, pepperony, shuri/any woman

THORBRUCE aka gammahammer aka gays in space

thor odinson and bruce banner (hulk) from the mcu

started shipping them in 2019

personal hcs: thor also likes women

they both use they/them and neopronouns too

fav fanfic trope: university au, smau, no civil war, no infinity war

this one is from my stan twitter era

background ships: stucky, tony/strange, nat/sharon, scotthope

CARMUEL aka spanish sexiest couple

carla rosón and samuel garcía from élite

otp in late 2019

...they’re bi. bc yes. and he/they samuel.

she/vers carla sounds very sexc to me

i ‘shipped’ them in s1 simply bc they were both very hot and when it became canon in s2 i SCREAMED

deserved so much better.

INEFFABLE HUSBANDS aka i almost forgot about this one, sorry

crowley and aziraphale from good omens

uhh started shipping them in 2019/2020 ?

bi genderfluid crowley, non-binary aziraphale

idk they’re being anyways

fav trope: raising children!! confusing ppl bc crowley is sometimes a snake!!

background ships: uhh anathema & newton ig?

WOLFSTAR aka the one true way (and... puppies, too??)

sirius black and remus lupin from the harry potter saga

otp since 2020 (thank u, @aretheygayvideos)

personal hcs: he/they gay sirius, he/they bi remus

also love nonbinary remus and genderqueer sirius

fav fanfic trope: getting together !!!! FLUFF!!!!

background ships i like: jegulus, regulus/barty jr, dorlene, jily

VILLANEVE aka murdering wlw

villanelle and eve polastri from killing eve

s.s.t in 2020

she/they bisexual villanelle and pansexual eve

fav fanfic trope: flower/coffee shop :)

ty tumblr for spaming my dashboard when s3 came out bc that forced me to watch it to understand all the posts

sandra oh is the love of my life

ANDERPERRY aka this one is for the depressed dark academia folk

neil perry and todd anderson from dead poets society

started shipping them in 2020

personal hcs: nonbinary neil, trans todd, both gay/androsexual

demiboy/nonbinary todd has a special place in my heart

fav fanfic trope: ALIVE!NEIL, roommates

background ships i like: charlie/knox, meeks/pitts

ZUKKA aka my favourite blue/red gays

sokka and zuko from avatar the last airbender < 3

started shipping them in 2020

personal hcs: gay zuko, genderfluid and bisexual sokka

sokka has adhd !! zuko is autistic !

favourite fanfic trope: fake dating

background ships i like: suki/yue*, ty lee/azula/mai, kataang

* please go check out s4pphos’ ig edit of them

CASMUND aka royal pirate gays !!

caspian x and edmund pevensie from the chronicles of narnia

started shipping them in dec. 2020

personal hcs: bi caspian, mlm edmund

love bisexual and nonbinary edmund too bc 👉projecting👈

fav fanfic trope: just. the plot of the movies but gay.

background ships: the dawn treader (ha-ha, get it? bc ship? im so funny)

tbh i don’t REALLY ship them that hard i just hate caspian/susan lmao

(susan is a lesbian)

BELLARKE aka m/f sexual tension™

bellamy blake and clarke griffin from the 100

started shipping them in 2021

personal hcs: she/they/xe bi clarke, he/ze omni bellamy

favourite fanfic trope: single parent bellamy, modern au (college, roommates)

i saw 2 seasons with my mom and then moved so,,, fuck i gotta finish it

EXTRAS

the “i don’t really ship them but if they’re together it’s better”

ty lee and mai

john watson and sherlock holmes

suki and yue

regulus black and james potter

azula and katara

regulus black and barty crouch jr

bugs bunny and daffy duck

emma and mr knightley

carol danvers and maria rambeau

valkyrie and carol danvers

natasha romanoff and sharon carter

sam wilson and bucky barnes !!! (post endgame)

charlie “nuwanda” dalton and knox overstreet

dorcas meadowes and marlene mckinnon

azula, ty lee and mai

klaus hargreeves and dave

paul coates and alec hardy

cassie and maddy

jules and rue

rue and lexi

fleabag and the hot priest

. . . more to add, probably

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Ep 121: mmmm tape recorder turning on without them knowing goes brrr. AAAhjhdsjfhjdf "do you mind if i call you jon" its like "can i call you elias?" is this the dream guy with the tendrils? who wants to bet the boat is captained by peter lukas? big man if it killed yall how are you still here. oh boy the tape is doin that thing. who do we think it is? did he wake up? hmm. ep 122: lol jon. 6 months!?!? bruh quit movin big man. he just Knows things sometimes you know how it is. nah b/c i can relate to feeling like other ppl/ things arent real, thats the biggest mood BUT i think it is kinda pretentious to entertain the idea that youre the only Real person. If you dont see a body dont believe it. i'll hold out hope for a bit. theres not a new archivist is there? surely i wouldve heard about that. oh god peter what changes did you make. ep 123: web development. hope its about spiders. she blames him. bruh why. if they hadnt done anything the world would've ended piss off melanie. why are ppl acting like he chose to be in a coma for 6 months. we know this they just appear. no longer "head archivist of the magnus institute, london" now he's just "the archivist" covered in spiders? cuz ik the spider has to do with controlling what youre doing and all this stuff but i cant think of how this connects to that. ep 124: ugh vertigo. is michael crew an old man? oooh. fairchild. how did he know it was martin? hmm. GRR I LOST MY NOTES AGAIN. FROM EPISODE 125 - part of 131. ep 131: bruh he's so hard to understand big man ur voice is so low. Jared Hotworth. the boneturner. "the ones i helped find their proper bodies" name a better top surgeon? our favorite trans ally? ep 132: woo field trip into the coffin! static lol. he says "chill out im just poppin in for a quick recall mission" is the rib thing actually gonna work? bruh it feels so odd and contrived but he's an odd man with some odd powers so idk. rip that archivist ayyy statement time. voices? recordings? are those tape recorders? was it the tape recorders? did they pull him back? i hope so b/c if the rib thing actually worked im gonna be so disappointed. ep 133: predicting the lonely? tundra. like the lukases. hmm. sanikova! like sanikov land. so its the hunt? i suppose? yeah. so daisy's clearly rejecting the hunt, which makes sense cuz she doesnt seem to like the entities that much. wait so are we just not gonna talk abt all the tapes playing on the ground?? no? ep 134: not an archival assistant anymore? Adelard Decker (or however you spell it) i recognize that name. 15th power. i was right there are 15. the extinction? im trying to remember what ive heard. oooh spooky. no i gotta be real i dont understand this fear but i'll believe you that its a thing. ew lukas is so squealy. lukas can turn invisible? oh boy. oooh martin put the tape recorders there. lol lukas is worried he's gonna be an avatar of the eye. ep 135: yoo its the third Daedalus statement! maxwell rayner (reiner? reigner?) i dont know who that is but ik its somebody. is he the cult leader guy? church of the divine host? 4 people?? what? did they kidnap somebody and keep them up there?? oh dear jon are you dying? did he try to See or Know or whatever? why does everyone call basira detective lol. ep 136: he was the one from the spider movie that ate ppl right? the special effects artist? is it annabelle cane? "its a joke jon" lol. hmm they wanted to record the therapy session with melanie? i wonder who that is. i almost wanna guess annabelle cane but im not sure. ep 137: this is the one! he went to the other place and read the war statement but it wasnt the one she took. not the music again. sounds like the slaughter. who the heck is eric lol. "the watcher's crown" like the crown of eyes we saw in the piccrew ep 138: oh boy Robert Smirk time. is that elias? as unhelpful as usual. if new powers can be "born" can others die out? did jonah magnus wear the watchers crown? maybe they were born from our fear or maybe our fears were born from them. ceaseless watcher does ceaselessly watch so. idk what you want

big man. yeah jonah for sure did something. ep 139: agnes!! lol that one dude threw off all their plans thats so funny. BUT this does tell us something. the tree in the backyard of the hilltop house? not made by her. it going down didnt kill agnes. im guessing gertrude tied agnes to the house using the tree? u good jon? cuz every time you try to Know smth intentionally it seems like it causes you great pain. how come he can do it accidentally with no problem but the second he wants to know smth of plot relevance he gets a headache or whatever ep 140: lol pagan exultation. classic. "oh thats my rib" lmaoo. ppl are always so mad at jon and his Eye powers except when it benefits them. they're like "oh you shouldnt do that its not right" and then all of a sudden they want to know something and its all "oh cmon jon its the only way" ep 142: oh god jon what did you do. its interesting she's giving her statement in the way that they do when jon Asks. did he see her in the Coffin? and so he's following her? ok cmon jon you're supposed to let them come to you. lmao ikr martin. "start to hear the blood" "suure." lmao ep 143: lol that awkward moment when gertrude is already dead. big J if you die im gonna kill you. bruh. ayo helen? i guess it worked? ep 144: lol this reminds me of that one edgar allan poe story where he kills the old dude with the weird eye. spooky music stuff. lol thats my favorite symptom of a heart attack its hilarious. so its smth abt the location probably? bro i feel like you should write down the numbers idk. 162830165049 564846474827. seems like the distortion? like the kinda thing that causes you to go crazy because of the numbers. oh boy is it the extinction again. bro what?? im?? his dad just died and he's like eh. martin dont be mean. he's being all lonely again. big man ur pushing ppl away. oh god its fucking squealy boy. ep 145: that almost sounds like breekon/hope... Arthur? agnes. aah was he from the lightless flame cult. a tree. lol he's just ranting rn. hehehe fuck landlords amirite. yay someone tells jon outright to go to therapy. now do it big man. ep 146: oh great! the distortion! i'm making a spiral themed building in mc right now! jon maybe accept you did a bad? nah this goes back to what i said before. they're fine with him compelling ppl when its convenient for them but otherwise its "no jon you cant, youre a monster jon" the tapes didnt turn on. i spose that means its not important? i agree with daisy, this seems unecessarily dangerous. ep 147: is that a tape? the first tape? well that went better than i expected tbh. BAHAKJASHDJKF she did the "can i call you jon" like nikola says "elias, can i call you elias?" damn annabelle is such a girlboss. oh! the one thing from the picrew. its been a while since ive connected smth to that. lol all the other avatars always talk abt their patron so lovingly and the jon just. absolutely hates the eye. ep 148: lol thats the most elias thing. "i just like the way it sounds" ep 149: did he disappear? bruhh. ur lonely powers are popping off i guess. oops i accidentally deleted my notes for 150 - 152 ep 153: thats the cult right? yeah. it doesnt sound like the church of the divine host? idk. if it is the church of the divine host then they worship the dark right? so is the eleventh the dark star or wtvr? it almost sounds like the corruption b/c of the oil or grease or whatever. oh dear what happened. oh its the hunters. theyre so annyoing. not an "it" he has a name. he's a person. is this a page from the skin book? ep 154: oh shit this is gerry's dad! oh shit he quit! oh dear god. jon don't you do it. haha martin. yeahhhh... is he gonna tell the others? cuz you know theyre gonna get mad if he doesnt. oh also picrew connection! the bandages over the eyes? yeah thats this im guessing. ep 155: oh good he told them. oh my god what did you do. lol i have no mouth and i must scream. nah you get none of my sympathy you're straight up murdering ppl. its like the desolation, destroying lives to sustain your own. ok but taking their statements doesnt

kill them. oh... bye melanie. ep 156: lmao imagine if the tape recorder spoke back. oh boy decker! i swear we got a statement from him already. oh god mirrors scary. They're gonna eat the body arent they. Yup... sounds like the flesh or the slaughter, but I'm not sure. Could be the extinction for sure. Smth at the center! Like Helen mentioned. God Peter you dick. Ep 157: peter's just so :/ another decker statement i see. a statement about the corruption? hmm. maybe its not abt the corruption. the extinction. lol pandemics. topical. John Amherst. helen? lol i can hear admiral purring in the background. oh cmon helen dont be like that. im trying real hard to like you but you make it so difficult. ep 158: did they fucking free the stranger? im gonna lose it. you absolute dumbass. im sorry who is that? jonah magnus? my guy. peter. you absolute dickhead. that's elias. (im p sure i had this spoiled for me that elias is jonah) oh dear this is her death. god peter you prick. i hope this is a pop off martin moment and not a "martin you idiot" moment. i hope the hunters kill the stranger entity. or she kills them. furry daisy pop off! yeah fuck you peter martin can make his own decisions. you know that clip from Twisted where jafar says "ok what the fuck was that" martin D: ok like i know its gonna work but still D: D: ep 159: peter you bitchboy. because if im alone i cant hurt anyone else. imnotgonnacryimnotgonnacryimnotgonnacry do it do it do it do it. pop off jon. ok its a pretty good idea for a ritual i gotta be honest. she didnt even have to blow it up lol. oh dear that was certainly a noise. "he gets you" did he not have jon already? he's back! our boy is back! awwww thats so cute. ep 160: oh right this is the thing in the safe house. i love him. "obviously im going to tell you if i see any good cows" martin my beloved <3 :)) oh boy who is this. fuckin. people. jonah you dick. gahh. you can tell he's trying to resist so hard lol. ohh. hehe keep an *eye* on him. altho if the extinction is a real thing he needs to be marked by that right? lol he sounds so intense im sorry- i want martin to just burst in and be like "look at this cow i saw!" its so dramatic and for why.

#tma notes #tma

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“detransition, baby” “””review”””

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“Detransition, Baby” is a deeply mesmerizing, deeply flawed, deeply tragic novel. It’s a really special read, which owes itself to Torrey Peters’ voice being as profoundly entertaining as it is. I’m telling on myself a bit, but this was the first book I’ve read in a long time that was able to get me to engage to a point where my internet-addled attention span didn’t flit away to other things. Part of that is the book brings terminally online culture to you; the book’s greatest strength is Peters’ wandering observations and commentary on culture. Sometimes these are just truly great and funny - there’s a bit where she directly attacks the tendency of millennials to desperately employ political concepts and arguments to settle the most petty of personal conflicts. Other times, and this might just be my own personal beef with postmodern novels in general, I feel like this book gets so bogged down and engaged in whatever point the “characters”, but more obviously the author, is trying to make, that the plot gets hopelessly lost.

The novel revolves around a completely simple premise-a former trans woman who has detransitioned, Ames, is living as a straight man who accidentally impregnates their current girlfriend, and boss, Katrina. This causes a personal crisis-they want to be able to support this pregnancy, in fact, but being a “father” would be entirely too dysphoric an experience for them, so Ames opts to recruit their ex-girlfriend, Reese, also a trans woman, into their relationship as a co-parent, thus allowing them to be a parent, but in a queer way.

There’s obviously lots to unpack here, and “Detransition, Baby” for the most part does. In its best moments, it is able to sink its teeth critically into gender, into family, into the question at the heart of the novel, how this generation of slightly more empowered queer people could possibly interact with the concept of family. If that sounds like it might involve some slightly fluffy queer utopianism, or if you got that impression from some of the discourse surrounding this novel, I assure you it’s not. This novel is starkly realistic in its outlook; it doesn’t shy away from the ugliness and the magnetic pull of heteronormativity. This isn’t a novel aimed at fancifully re-imagining a happier, queerer world-it lives precisely in the place where trans women interact with gender, which is to say, an often miserable and dire place. In fact, what makes this novel work so well, the engine its tragedies and pathos runs on, is precisely its ability to so fully explore how people really interact with gender. It’s a trans novel that first and foremost has to deal with ever-present cisness, in how its trans characters navigate the basics of their own lives, how they conceptualize and warily approach motherhood, and particularly how they engage with sexuality.

A prime example of this is Reese, and in her relationships which are the subject of most of the novel’s first half. Reese is probably the most effectively sketched tragic figure I’ve read in my limited memory-her every thought and thought behind that thought echoes so much of what I’ve seen in a lot of my own experiences, and it creates a character whose pain is vividly real. Her relationship with men, with abuse, with how that abuse appeals to her sexually and her own self-perception, is written boldly and with the nuance necessary to give it a sense of reality, which only makes it even more physically painful to read. I’m trying to avoid reducing this novel to “a trans novel” and comparing it to other trans lit, but Peters’ engagement with gender in exploring the thoughts that go into Reese’s unfortunate affairs, seems, at least to me, honestly groundbreaking.

What doesn’t work quite as well is Ames. As a detransitioner, Peters introduces a lot of intrigue in supposing some kind of inversion of what you would expect of Ames’ character, but then doesn’t really follow up on it. About midway through the book, we arrive at the revelation that Ames has probably just detransitioned because masculinity is a shield for them to cut off their own emotional engagement after a particularly traumatic moment for them, which is probably what you might already assume of Ames the moment you find out they’re a detransitioner. I do feel like there was something more to explore here that isn’t-the conclusion of Ames’ story in this novel ends in basically a “I don’t know” as to whether they’re ever going to retransition or not. I don’t doubt Peters’ psychological work with the character, but I don’t think it ever reaches any kind of satisfying shape narratively, and what’s left seems a bit like tragedy for tragedy’s sake, particularly in some painful flashback scenes where Ames goes shopping in a crossdressing shop with an internet stranger.

The cutting back and forth gimmick of the novel sometimes works, and sometimes doesn’t, and feels a bit like checking a box on a postmodern novel checklist. It allows Reese to reveal some layers of depth cleverly, particularly in the Wim Hoff-inspired climax, although other times feels a bit like circling the drain, particularly like the journeys back to Reese’s and Ames’ courtship, where Peters only ends up revealing what you already knew from other dialogue. Katrina might have possibly benefited from some additional layering, as most of the impressions we get of her being “not what you’d expect” are in interactions with other characters who meet her and then say, “She’s not what you’d expect”. Perhaps the point is that she’s cis and that’s a bit uninteresting, which, well, I don’t suppose I can ultimately argue.

Besides these structural complaints, I can’t really fault the novel for anything. When it really operates, when it really is able to dive into its core conflicts, its characters, its analyses of gender, it’s mesmerizing, and almost certainly the deftest and smartest writing I’ve read in some time. It may not be perfect, but there are paragraphs so sharp and cutting and moments so deeply bitter and sweet and perfect, that I honestly can’t recommend reading it enough.

#detransition baby

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canonicallyanxious · 3 years

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okay i know you already did this for skamverse but now i want to know your top 5/10 characters in any media that you hc as trans/nb/etc?

that’s a really good question actually! i don’t know if i have that many trans hcs myself tbh but i’ll try to think of some for this ask:

Lardo Duan from check please - one of the first fics i remember reading with a nb interpretation of a character was exeunt pursued by heteronormativity which includes nb Lardo so this hc has a very special place in my heart, also viet nb representation would honestly be such a fucking dream

Katsa from Graceling - you absolutely cannot tell me Katsa from Graceling isn’t nonbinary i will fight you on this personally

Peter Donaldson from nothing much to do/lovely little losers - an extremely niche pull but i feel extremely strongly about peter being trans so what can you do

The Matrix - this is not a character but i just want to say this movie is trans. no i will not elaborate.

Danny Fenton from Danny Phantom - Danny as a trans guy just because i’ve seen that one floating around a lot and i’m 1000000% for this

Honorable mention: every Harry Potter character is trans and JKR can suck my entire ass [i couldn’t put HP on the official list bc unfortunately my love for this series died a painful and undignified death a while ago but, just so everyone knows, i am factually correct]

Ask me my top 5/10 anything!

#answers #arindwell

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hawkland · 3 years

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Dear Chocolate Box Creator

Hello and thank you for creating for me!

For this exchange I am requesting fic for my gift, but I would always adore any art treats! (I just am terrible at coming up with art prompts most of the time, which is why it’s hard for me to specifically request them.)

For this exchange I’m giving more general prompts/likes than a lot for specific pairings - because frankly with so many pairings requested this would turn into a novel otherwise. Please just have fun and know that with most of these ships being on the rarer side, I’m thrilled to see anything new for them (minus any of my DNWs, of course ;) If I don’t have specific prompts for a ship below that doesn’t mean I would adore it any less than the other ships - my brain is just broken on coming up with new prompts for them at this point in time because I’ve been requesting them for so long :)

Do Not Wants (unless a specific exception is listed below)

A/B/O

formalized BDSM relationships and kink

pregnancy/kidfic

permanent death or permanently disabling injury

violence/cruelty toward animals

2nd person "reader" POV

trans or asexuality headcanons.

General likes/prompts:

For both romantic and platonic ships...

* Vacation/travel stories. Being unable to travel this past year thanks to covid-19 has me desperate to explore and live vicariously through my favorite characters! So I’d love a story involving travel to somewhere new. It could be a romantic getaway/honeymoon trip to somewhere special (and I love it when an author “takes me” to a favorite city/place of their own). Or two friends just going on an escapade together, maybe one sensing the other needs some time away from a stressful situation or workplace.

* Quarantine/life-in-2020 stories. I also enjoy stories about how characters have had to deal with self-quarantine, covid, and other related issues this year. I know many people may be sick of it, but as a health care worker myself stuck with it all for who knows how long (and missing family members overseas I can’t visit), it gives me some comfort to imagine how my favorite characters and ships are coping, too. Are they somehow stuck apart for a long period of time? Driving each other crazy cooped up at home? Discovering some new hobby or passion together? Being good emotional support for each other while dealing with distance from other family/loved ones?

* Soumates with a twist. I love soulmate/soulbond AUs, as long as it’s just not a shortcut to happily-ever-fluff. I want there to be some conflict or angst involved. For instance, I’d love seeing any “fusion” fics based off the concept of the AMC-network “Soumates” series - where there’s a scientific test a person can choose to take to find their soulmate (if the other person out there has also taken the test). That way it’s a choice to find out or not. Would an already established couple want to take the test to find out if they’re really “meant” to be together or not? What if they find out other people are their “soulmates”? What about the possibility of platonic soulmates vs romantic? Discussions for the future if/when one partner dies before the other? I’d love to see these questions played out with one of my fave ships in a happy or even somewhat angsty/dark way.

* Someone has an unexpected hobby or talent. One person has been holding out on the other about some unique interest, skill or hobby that they have. Could be anything from being a secret gourmet cook to stamp collecting - I’d just love a story about the discovery of this hidden interest, why the person never talked about it, if it’s something they could share together (or it just leaves the other person completely bewildered, aka, “You do you.”)

For romantic ships, specifically:

* Age difference dynamics. The age gaps in a lot of my romantic ships are a plus, not a minus :) I like the general power dynamics involved in them, but generally with the twist where the younger individual is perhaps more experienced/worldly in some way than the older character (for instance, how Eleanor is so cynical and knows all about the world whereas Michael in The Good Place, despite being an immortal being around for millennia, has so much to learn about human behavior and humanity.) I’m not into formalized BDSM situations/power-play, for clarification, so it’s more of a relationship dynamic that I like, not a sexual kink.

Specific Ship Requests

Crossover Fandom

Stewart Copeland (The Police (Band))/Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) - one of my perennial favorite ships to always request. Would love any of my general prompts above.

Murdoc Niccals (Gorillaz)/Stewart Copeland (The Police (band)) - I’d love to see them meet up backstage or at an afterparty somewhere, and bonding over having their annoying lead singer/frontman “steal away” THEIR respective bands.

Murdoc Niccals (Gorillaz)/Peter Hook (New Order) - Something during the recording of “Aries”, of course! Is Murdoc jealous about having another bass player as a featured/guest artist? Have to prove who’s the one in charge?

Lucifer (Lucifer TV)/Murdoc Niccals (Gorillaz) - “Hail, Satan!” indeed! What wouldn’t an avowed Satanist like Murdoc love about the chance to meet - and perhaps service - his hero and spiritual leader? What would (this particular) Satan think about Murdoc and some of his truly awful shenanigans?

Abe Morgan (Forever TV 2014) & John Munch (Law & Order: SVU) - I’ve had a long running headcanon that these two could have been friends back in their respective 60s/early 70s hippie days. I’d love either a story set back then, “pre-canon”, or them running into each other in NYC later in life. Munch ending up in Abe’s antique shop, for instance, while on an investigation?

The Police

Stewart Copeland/Sting (The Police) - any of my general prompts, of course. Plus I’m always a sucker for reunion tour-era fluff, getting back together after all those years. Or something hot and sweaty set on Montserrat during the Ghost in the Machine or Synchronicity sessions.

Gorillaz

Murdoc Niccals/Stuart "2D" Pot (Gorillaz)

Murdoc Niccals & Noodle (Gorillaz)

Gorillaz is my newest obsession/fandom - and yes I know I’m like 20 years late for it. For 2Doc I would love anything angsty related to Plastic Beach/Phase 3 - I know it’s been done to death by now but it is my favorite part of the lore (and my favorite Gorillaz album). Also The Lost Chord video was so amazing...I’d love any kind of “what happens next” story set afterwards, what with 2-D saving Murdoc and all the feels that had to involve, after everything Murdoc did to 2-D on Plastic Beach.

I also adore the father/daughter dynamic between Murdoc and Noodle in phases 1 & 2...he’s such a “bad dad” but I love it. I’d love to see anything where he reacts to her giving him an unexpected gift, or just manages to warm/melt his icy bastard heart just a little bit.

Law & Order SVU

John Munch/Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (L&O: SVU) - they’re my perennial favorite request these days and I will never tire of stories about these two! Anything goes that fits my general requests or prompts!

John Carter/Peter Benton (ER 1994) - I was quite excited to see this ship in the tagset, and yes, please, there needs to be more of them! I watched ER through completely for the first time a couple years ago and they were the first ship I had while doing so. The mentor/mentee dynamic is right up my alley, I loved how Peter was there with John when he needed help for his addiction, and oh, that final episode. Any little “missing scenes” between them would be so wonderful. Or, something modern day, where might they be now as a long-time established couple? Celebrating an anniversary, or perhaps taking a moment to acknowledge something less happy/lost loved ones from the past.

The Good Place

Eleanor Shellstrop/Michael (The Good Place) - some day, some how, someone has to write some decent tentacle porn for this ship. They’d have to figure out some way to make it work with Michael in his true fire squid form. And while I’m not normally into kid/pregnancy fic, what if somehow Eleanor ends up pregnant with a half-squid half-demon baby? Yes, I know she’s dead. But somehow in this canon it has to be possible.

#chocolate box #exchange letter #chocolate box exchange

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pope-francis-quotes · 5 years

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12th November >> (@zenitenglish) #PopeFrancis #Pope Francis Urges Church to Promote Peace, Environment, Human Life. Letter on Launch of ‘Sciences of Peace’ Course at Pontifical Lateran University

Education And Youth

Here is a ZENIT translation of the Letter that the Holy Father Francis sent to the Chancellor of the Pontifical Lateran University, H.E. Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, on the occasion of the opening of the Academic Year and of the institution of the new course of studies in the “Sciences of Peace.”

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The Holy Father’s Letter

To The Venerable Brother

Lord Cardinal Angelo De Donatis

Chancellor of the Pontifical Lateran University

1. The desire for peace, which rises from the human family, has always seen the Church spend herself in making every effort to contribute to liberate men and women from the tragedies of war and to alleviate its dangerous consequences. Also in the present time, in which the need increases to prevent and resolve conflicts, the Church feels challenged, in the light of the Gospel, to inspire and support every initiative that ensures the different Peoples and Countries a path of peace, fruit of that genuine dialogue capable of extinguishing hatred, of abandoning egoisms and self-references, of overcoming desires for power and of oppression of the weakest and the least.

This attempt implies first of all an educational effort of listening and understanding, but also of knowledge and study of the patrimony of values, notions, and instruments capable of breaking down tendencies to isolation, to closure and to the logic of power, which are bearers of violence and destructions. Means of conciliation, forms of justice of transition, guarantees of sustainable development, protection and custody of Creation are some of the instruments that today are able to open the way to forms of peaceful solution of conflicts, to breaking down careerism and dominant positions and thus forming persons dedicated unreservedly to the service of the cause of man.

To be a credible mediator in face of world public opinion, the Church is called to foster “the solution of problems regarding peace, concord, the environment, the defense of life and human and civil rights” (Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, 65). A task carried out also through the action that the Holy See conducts in the International Community and in her institutions, working with the instruments of diplomacy to overcome conflicts with means and mediation, the promotion and respect of fundamental human rights, <and> the integral development of Peoples and Countries.

2. In pursuing such an objective, the university realm has a central role, place that is a symbol of that integral humanism that needs continually to be renewed and enriched, so that it’s able to produce the courageous cultural renewal for which the present moment calls. This challenge also questions the Church that, with her global network of Ecclesiastical Universities, can “make the decisive contribution of the leaven, of the salt and of the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and of the living Tradition of the Church, always open to new scenarios and new proposals,” as I reminded recently in reforming the regulation of the academic studies in Ecclesiastical Institutions (Cf. Apostolic Constitution Veritatis Gaudium, 2). This certainly doesn’t mean to alter the institutional meaning and consolidated traditions of our academic realities, but rather to orient their function in the perspective of a more markedly Church “going forth” and missionary. In fact, it’s possible to address the challenges of the contemporary world with the capacity of an adequate response in the contents and compatible in the language, addressing first of all the new generations. This, then, is the task that is entrusted to us: to incarnate the Word of God for the Church and for the humanity of the Third Millennium. And, in doing so, it’s important that the students and docents feel themselves pilgrims called to proclaim the Good News to all peoples, not being afraid of risking and of dreaming of peace for all peoples and all nations.

3. Therefore, animated by the desire to transpose in the academic environment, and to equip with a scientific method this patrimony of values and actions, I institute in that Pontifical University, which participates specifically in the mission of the Bishop of Rome, a series of studies in the Sciences of Peace, as an academic course in which the theological, philosophical, juridical, economic and social ambits concur according to the inter- and trans-disciplinary criterion (Cf. Ibid., 4, c). Therefore, the curricular structure will draw from the course of teachings imparted by the Faculties and the Institutes of the Lateran University, to confer academic degrees of Baccalaureate and Licentiate at the conclusion, respectively, of a first triennial series and a biennial series of specialization.

4. Through you, Lord Cardinal, I entrust the new course of studies to the University, assigning the direction to the Rector, so that a specific scientific formation of priests, consecrated persons and laymen is guaranteed. Diocesan Bishops, Military Ordinaries, Episcopal Conferences, men and women Superiors of the different forms of consecrated life, and those in charge of lay Associations and Movements, and all those that desire it, will be able to look to the Sciences of Peace to promote an appropriate preparation of present and future agents of peace.

In face of this task, I hope that, in the daily service of the See of Peter, the whole Lateran University community — all docents, students, and staff — will feel involved in sowing the seeds of the culture of peace. A work that begins with listening, professionalism, and dedication, ever accompanied by humility, meekness and the will to be everything to all.

I put under the protection of my two Holy Predecessors, John XXIII and Paul VI, true and proper heralds of peace in the world, who contributed so much to the development of the magisterium in this field, this new fruit of the Church’s solicitude, entrusting it to Mary Queen of Peace, so that She will help us to understand and to live that fraternity that her Son’s Heart calls for and from which true peace stems.

From the Vatican, November 12, 2018

Memorial of Blessed John of Peace

Francis

[Original text: Italian] [ZENIT’s translation by Virginia M. Forrester]NOVEMBER 12, 2018 16:59

EDUCATION AND YOUTH

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I Hate You!

Relationship: Peter Parker X Male!Reader

Summary: Growing up with Peter Parker you had slowly but surely fallen in love! But what happens when a certain superhero comes and tries to ruin it for you?

Warnings: Cursing, homophobic slurs and parents

Word Count: 2,195

A/N: I finally wrote another one! I’m so sorry it took so long, but I just got the chance to write, and a new idea came to me! This is a Male reader insert story, so read if you want to! I really want new requests, so please send them in! They give me life! I hope you can understand why I haven’t been posting recently! School is a bitch! If I missed a warning, please tell me! Please like, reblog, and send in your requests! I love you all! <3

“I hate you,” you say, a smile on your face, a laugh bubbling from your tiny lips. You were on the playground, Peter chasing you around, trying to kiss you, when you dove into a bush. “You’re stupid and I hate you!” You were sitting side by side in the bush, your tiny, child body just small enough where Peter could also fit in the hollowed out bush.

“You don’t hate me!” he says and you pout, crossing your arms and shaking your head.

“Yes I do! You were trying to kiss me! I don’t like that stuff!” You say and Peter crawls over, wrapping his tiny arms around you. They were so small they couldn’t even fit around your shoulders.

He buries his head in your shoulder and lets out a muffled, “I’m sorry. Flash told me to do it.” He looks up, his eyes watering, and says, “I’m not actually stupid, am I?”

You smile and shake your head.

“Good because I don’t like being called names. It makes me sad,” He says and you smile, hugging him.

“I will never call you a mean name again.”

“I hate you!” You scream into the echoing hallway, your declaration of hate making it’s way down the school, and people’s heads were popping out of the doorways. “Get away!” You scream, shielding Peter from the boy in front of you. “You can’t call him that! I won’t let you!”

“Call him what? Fag? Cause that’s what he is! He clearly likes you as well, Fag!” Flash grins and you walk right up to him, pointing a finger in his face.

“You can’t call him names!” You scream, and Peter runs up behind you, grabbing your hand clenched at your side, and he tries to pull you back.

“I can call him whatever I want if it’s true!” He yells and you feel the tears well up in your eyes.

“It’s not true!” You scream, lunging at Flash, but arms wrap around your waist, and you kick and scream, bawling your eyes out, but it’s no use. You look up through tear filled eyes and see Mrs. Holt, who was holding you back, and you start crying again. Peter reaches up and grabs your hand.

You get taken to the office, and sent home with a warning about fighting in the school, and that night, you look up what the word Fag means, and cry yourself to sleep, not because they were mean, but because it was true.

“I hate you! No!” You throw your head back, laughing a full bellied laugh at a joke one of your best friends, Ned Leeds, says.

“But you are such a nerd!” Peter jokes and you laugh, shaking your head.

“If I’m such a nerd I’m taking you both down with me!” You laugh and begin to get up.

Peter’s eyes widen and he all but tackles you back into your seat. “No! Fine! I’m a nerd! And so are you! And so is Ned! We’re all nerds!” He whisper yells and you smiles.

“Good,” you smirk and take a bite of your lunch. Today’s special, Mystery Meat. It tasted awful.

“Well, now that we’ve got that out of the way, I was wondering if you would want to come over to my house. I just got a three thousand piece X-Wing that I want to build!” Ned says and your eyes light up.

“I would love to!” You say and look over at Peter, whose smile is so big, it reaches his eyes.

“Peter?” Ned asks and the boy nods excitedly. You stare at him, shock and awe on your face as you realise something.

You love Peter Parker.

“I HATE YOU!” you scream into your small apartment, before slamming your front door, and run to the stairs that lead up to the roof. You can feel the tears begin to form in your eyes, but you blink them away, not letting them fall until your sneakered foot hits the smooth pavement of the roof. As the tears fall you run to your corner, the one by the fire escape, and sink to the ground, your back against the half wall that surrounded the secluded, but not really, roof. You fold your arms and cry into your elbows, your shoulders shaking intensely, your hoodie soaked through with tears.

You hear something, and look, up, your eyes puffy and red, your tear stained cheeks pushed up by your shocked face, because standing there, in all his spandexed glory, was Spider Man himself. “Hello? Are you okay?” You just sit there shocked. “I’m sorry, I heard crying and I wanted to see if anything was wrong. Obviously something is…” He walks over and holds outs a hand, and you take it, awed at the strength with which he could lift you up.

You run your fingers through your hair and smile gratefully, saying, “Thanks.”

Spidey looks at you shocked for a moment but shakes it off and nods. “Now, what seems to be the matter?”

You bite your lip and look down at the roof. “Um, personal shit, I don’t really wanna talk about it…” You whisper and he just nods.

“Okay. I have nothing to do right now, so I can sit here with you and we just talk or watch the clouds. I just have to go if there’s something happening…” Spider-Man says and you swear it’s almost sheepishly, but you smile and wipe the tears that were no longer falling, but were still there, and you nod.

“Yea. I’d like that.” You talk for hours, and when it finally gets dark, you tell him why you were crying. You told your mom you were gay, and Spider-Man hugs you, and you freeze for a moment, before returning it. When he pulls away, he smiles and tells you he has to patrol again, but he’ll be back sometime. As he leaves you blush and sigh, hugging yourself and smiling, you realize something.

You had a crush on Spider-Man, while also being in love with Peter Parker. You were screwed.

The next time you see Spider-Man, it was right after you said goodbye to Peter. He had come over to study and help you with some Physics project you had to get done by Friday, and seeing as it was Wednesday, you could use all the help you could get.

Sitting on your fire escape, a comic book in hand, you smile and look up at the clouds, thinking about Peter. You loved him. Always did, even before it became harder and harder to see him because of the stupid Stark internship. You didn’t think he even got payed for it, and he still did it every day. To you, it was kind of a waste of time. But you were still in love with the lovable dork, even if he was in love with another girl. He came out as Bi to you when you came out as Gay to him, and you became even closer that day, falling more in love with him than you already were.

You laugh and go back to reading your book, finally getting to the good part, when you hear a voice right next to your ear.

“Whatcha’ readin’?” You scream and jump, throwing your book at the voice, even though it would do much damage. It was a paperback. Suddenly there’s a noise, and your book and thrust back in your face, and you look up to see Spider-Man crouched on the railing to your fire escape, a sheepish look on his masked face. “Sorry…” He says and you smile, laughing, taking your book back. “The webs will dissolve in an hour.”

“It’s okay,” you say, setting it on the desk under your window, on your closed laptop. It wasn’t a great laptop, but you could at least play a few games on it. “I’ve read it so many times I could recite it by heart…” You blush, looking down at the grated floor underneath you, playing with a loose string on the pillow you were using as a cushion.

“What’s it about?” Spider-Man asks, moving to sit down across from you.

You shrug and hug your knees, face still blushed from the scare. “It’s. Um… It-it’s about this superhero who falls in love with this regular guy…” You trail off, cheeks flushing even brighter.

“Oh? Sounds good. Cool representation,” Spider-Man says and you nod, smiling.

“Yea. The regular guy is trans and gay, and the superhero is bisexual. And they’re both dudes.” He nods and you smile.

You sit there for a second, just enjoying the company without speaking, just sitting in company, and you let our mind wander. What was it about Spider-Man that you liked? You had no idea anything about him. You didn’t know his favourite colour, food, or even what borough he lived in. You didn’t even know his name. On the other hand you had Peter, who you knew everything about. You knew his favourite food, Thai, his favourite colour, it was a tie between blue and red, and what borough he lived in, Queens. You knew everything about Peter, including everyone he’s ever liked, like right now, he like one of the most beautiful and popular girls in school. So you could either fall in love with someone you didn’t even know, or stay in love with a man you could never have.

“I… Uh…” Spider-Man mumbles out, breaking the silence and shattering your train of thought. “I need your help…” You nod, telling him to continue. “I, um, like this guy, and I’m not sure if he likes me back…” You sigh and Spider-Man looks away as you shrink into the railing. “What do I do?”

“Well…” You say, gathering your thoughts before giving him your advice. “I think you should just tell him. What the worst that could happen? He rejects you and you stay friends? That wouldn’t be so bad, would it?” Spider-Man shrugs and you see it mask lift slightly in a smile. You fall back into silence, going back to your thoughts of Peter and Spider-Man.

You look up and see Spider-Man, and there’s something different. His mask is rolled up, revealing his smiling mouth. He reaches up and places a gloved hand on your cheek and you lean into it, smiling, and he leans in. You panic for a moment, eyes wide as his are closed, and by the time his lips are on yours, you had closed your eyes, and let your heart go wild. You knew you would need to think about your feelings for this man who you had no idea who he was, and for Peter, but in this moment, this amazingly sweet moment, you didn’t have to feel anything at all. Right now, nothing else in the world mattered, and it was amazing.

When Spider-Man pulls away, your eyes are still closed, and you feel a gust of wind, open your eyes, and he’s gone with the wind, and your thoughts of bliss leave with him, as everything comes crashing down, burying your mind in thoughts of love and heartbreak.

“I HATE YOU!” You hear a girl yell. Looking over you see a girl, tears in her eyes as she screams at Flash, who was just scoffing at her. She storms off and you turn back to little group of friends.

Ned was googling at one of the pretty girls and every time you tried to catch Peter’s eye, he was always looking around at everything but you. It pissed you off. “Isn’t she lovely?” Ned asks and Peter snaps his head away from you, to Ned.

“Hm? I didn’t notice…” He trails off and you roll your eyes. Of course he did. He was practically in love with every pretty girl he ever laid eyes on.

As school came to a close you corner Peter and have him walk you home. As you get to your apartment, you drag him up to the roof and spin to face him, an angry look on your face.

You cross your arms and say, “You’ve been ignoring me all day. What’s up with you? This isn’t like you!”

“And how do you know what I’m like?! And what’s it even to you?” He shouts back and you can feel the tears falling.

“Because I’m your best friend!” You scream and sigh. “And-” You pause, waiting to see if you can even say it out loud for the first time ever. “And- AND I’M IN LOVE WITH YOU!”

Your shoulders rise and fall, your breath heavy from screaming and Peter drops his bag. He runs over to you, and barles you down, flipping you mid air so you land on him, and he kisses you like there’s no tomorrow.

For hours you lay like that looking up at the starless New York sky.

And when Peter gets up, and takes the Spider-Man mask out of his bag you just have to think, this is the best day of your life.

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10 Jokes From Family Guy That Have Already Aged Poorly

As other shows airing right now are changing with the times, Family Guy struggles to shake off the shackles it's worn since 1999. After all, the series was founded on shock value satire and intentionally offensive jokes, and a whole generation was raised on this humor.

Just earlier this year, the showrunners claimed they would "phase out" homophobic jokes. It remains to be seen whether or not that's true. While the show's tried to rectify past errors, it's only after accumulating twenty years worth of objectionable jokes. We can't discuss every single one, but here are ten that have aged poorly.

RELATED: Family Guy: 10 Storylines That Have Aged Poorly

10 Anything Herbert Says

Quahog is full of eccentric, recurring characters, and one of the most notable is someone who has overstayed his welcome. Not living too far from the Griffins' house is John Herbert, an elderly man Chris interacts with regularly.

What's so strange about him? Well, he's a pedophile, to put it bluntly. The show makes no qualms about addressing that either. One joke even in context—"You know, Chris, all my life, I've wanted to see you locked in a basement. But now that it's happened, all I want to do is get you out!"—will make anyone cringe.

9 Bill Cosby

Family Guy has never been too kind to Bill Cosby, even before the world learned of the comedian's history of drugging and taking women against their will was made public. And, after it became common knowledge a few years ago, Family Guy continued to go in on Cosby with no remorse.

Though, at some point, it became unclear if jokes targeting Bill Cosby were actually helping the conversation that needed to be had—sexual assault was not funny. One shocking moment was when the series reimagined the Bill Cosby Show opening. In it, Cosby drugs his costars and then some.

8 Tricia Takanawa

Race has always been a free-for-all opportunity for the show. The number of times the series was offensive about race can't even be counted on one hand much less twenty.

For example, Reporter Tricia Takanawa is a racist caricature. Not only is she voiced by Alex Borstein—an actress with a history of playing Miss Swan on MADtv—Tricia is an embodier of stereotypes about East Asian people's sexuality and culture. When Tricia interviews David Bowie, she succumbs to her carnal urges and proclaims, "I'll take you home; I'll make you fish ball soup." It gets only worse from there.

RELATED: Family Guy: 10 Funniest Running Gags, Ranked

7 The Death of Daniel Karven-Veres

The writers revel in their edgy sense of humor that often earns more gasps than genuine laughs. But at what point is the line crossed? In "Stewie Loves Lois," Stewie unleashes a brutal throwaway joke whose origin people might not be aware of.

First, some background information on why it's messy. In 2000, Ursula Karven's four-year-old son Daniel was attending musician Tommy Lee's son's pool party. Daniel then drowned, and Tommy was accused of negligence. Lee was eventually cleared of wrongdoing. When Lois is ignoring Stewie's suicide attempt, he says, "What is this, a Tommy Lee pool party?" Yikes.

6 Why Peter Only Has Two White Shirts

When Family Guy's writers land its sight on a target, they shoot to kill. Meaning they will obsess over the subject matter or person ad nauseam.

In later seasons, the show was invested in reminding viewers actor Michael J. Fox has Parkinson's disease. One joke that is more awkward now than before is from the episode "Tiegs for Two." In the cutaway, Peter explains why he only has two white shirts. It's a protracted monologue where it seems like the show is trying to feign humanity towards Fox. Then they go ahead and show the offensive clip anyway. Quelle surprise.

5 Quagmire's Abused Sister

The show was slowly shifting in the right direction with "Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q." Previously, Quagmire's sister's abusive relationship was introduced as a gag to shame Brian. The sister, Brenda, later returned in season 10 for a very special episode. She was still being abused by her boyfriend Jeff, and, after she accepted his proposal, Quagmire planned on killing Jeff.

The episode almost works, but there are jokes about the victim. Even ones more or less criticizing Brenda for not leaving Jeff. The story's heart was in the right place, but the execution is still amiss.

RELATED: Family Guy: 10 Funniest Star Wars Gags, Ranked

4 Child Harm

As we learned in season 7's "The Juice Is Loose," the Griffins apparently had another son named Peter, Jr. At the aforesaid infant's grave, Peter says, "I'm sorry, Lois. I thought if I shook him enough he'd stop crying. I was kinda right."

This attempt at gallows humor is similar to Stewie's demand of "Shake me like a British nanny" in "Mind Over Murder." The latter is a direct reference to British au pair Louise Woodward, who was convicted for shaking an 8-month old to death. The only thing shocking about these jokes is anyone would laugh at them nowadays.

3 Quagmire's Predatory Habits

Something definitely isn't right with your show if there once a petition asking you to stop writing jokes about sexual assault. And, in light of the important #MeToo movement, the show said they would address Quagmire.

Well, historically, Quagmire was prone to taking women without their consent. He drugged them, and he even held a number of them captive against their will. In "Quagmire's Mom," he almost experienced the consequences of his actions after unknowingly hooking up with an underage female character. Instead, he got off without serving any time. Nevertheless, jokes revolving around Quagmire's heinous behavior simply aren't funny.

RELATED: All The Times The Simpsons Called Family Guy Out For Plagiarism/Copying

2 Antisemitism

The original seasons of Family Guy had the pleasure of skirting by without too much flack—mainly because the audience was comparatively small. That didn't stop them from getting into trouble for the season 3 episode "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein." Or rather, they could have gotten into trouble had Fox actually aired it.

The network opted to not show the episode out of fear of it being antisemitic. With lines like "I'm sorry, Lois. I just wanted our son to be Jewish so he'd be smarter," Fox's concerns were valid. Nonetheless, it was instead aired on Adult Swim.

1 Transphobia

We first met Glenn Quagmire's father Dan in the aptly titled season 8 episode "Quagmire's Dad." The audience was led to believe Dan was gay. The truth was Dan, now Ida, had come to Quahog to have sex reassignment surgery. The operation is a success, but Quagmire is having difficulty accepting Ida.

Meanwhile, Ida has a one-night stand with Brian. When Stewie informs the unaware Brian that Ida was transgender and was Quagmire's parent, Brian vomits non-stop for half a minute. By today's standards, the episode is hard to watch. The more recent "Trans-Fat" episode handled the topic better, though.

NEXT: The 10 Worst Family Guy Episodes Ever According To IMDb

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Personal Decompression

Boy has it been a month. I don’t even know where to begin. In the beginning of June I moved into my new apartment. Before I was couch surfing between some amazing friends who I know through a LARP known as Dystopia Rising, after my new best friend - we’ll call them Dee - convinced me to get out of my mother’s place. My mother is an abusive cunt. I love her, but I’m fooling myself into believing I’m not in an abusive cycle with her.

Anyways. I stayed with Dee for most of May in their dorm room. I was able to get lots of fabulous support from my new close circuit of friends:

The compassionate writing witch - we’ll call her Kaitlyn.

The hypomanic intellectual hoarder who means the very best but can be... a bit much at times. Regardless they are wicked smart and have so much heart - That’s James.

In addition to a friend who I’ve had for going on five years: Let’s call them Erin.

After school was over at Mills. A women’s college in Oakland where Kaitlyn and Dee attend. I ended up staying with Dee’s friend Callie. Me and Callie became close friends and the three of us bonded over Autistic-ness and literature and religion and Harry Potter. I was starting to feel like I was making friends that I would have for lifetime. It was unfamiliar to me and comforting. Still the up in the airness of a place to live was anxiety provoking, as you might imagine.

Luckily I received a phone call from a program for former foster youth that I forgot I was on the wait list for. And suddenly I went from couch surfing and unemployed with little direction but crazy ambition to having my own apartment for the first time, the promise of staying there for 2 years as long as I play my cards right. I’m enrolled at CCSF for Fall semester, and still have crazy ambition but at least I’m making practical headway.

Then began the job hunt. Which is still going. I have an interview tomorrow, so hopefully that will turn out well. I also need to follow up on the possibility of an apprenticeship in the wardrobe dept. of a local non-profit theatre company...

Before I go on let me preface that I’m polyamorous.

Anyways. Talking about June still... the end of June specifically. I start attending a regular dinner night at the LGBT center in SF. There I meet Blue. I don’t know what about him striked my fancy but he was just so... adorable and vibrant and had this wide eyed curiosity that he took to the world. My world. He had just turned 18 and we have been dating for about a month now. He’s only here for the summer though, considering he will be heading back to boarding school in MICHIGAN (don’t even get me started...) in the fall. Luckily he will be graduating next year and we have tentative plans to move in.

Dee jokes that we are in a lesbian relationship and keeps cracking U-Haul puns. I felt the need to point out that while we are both Assigned Female at Birth, neither of us identify as women. Blue, being a Trans-Man. Myself being non-binary (still working out the rest of that definition right now we’ll say Gender In Progress). Dee seems to think that you can be in a lesbian relationship regardless of identifying as women. This baffled me. Maybe it was a joke. I probably didn’t get it. -shrug- I’m tangenting.

Shortly after I met Blue, I met Peter. He is... charming and adorable. Gosh he has this quirky smile that makes me melt. He’s a huge nerd. We connect on a very intellectual special interest way. We went on a couple of dates and after my dad came to visit and I found out some distressing news he really helped. I actually spent much of last night and this morning with Peter. He’s fabulous. We don’t have a label for ourselves yet, but he’s really fun and that relationship. Whatever it is... is so lighthearted and dork-tastic.

And then there is... well... I’m going to call him Shadow. (NO THAT is not AN AMERICAN GODS REFERENCE.) Shadow is... well if you have been following my last couple of freewrites he’s the one referenced there. Somehow in the span of two weeks I fell so drastically in love with him. He’s unlocked parts of me I forgot existed. It’s an addictive sort of gothic romance with a dash of fairytale and a hint of 80s rom-com. He makes me feel comfortable with this wickedness I always knew existed inside of me. This darkness.

You probably think he’s toxic. Or the relationship is. Or we should be careful.

We are. We’ve been intentionally hyper communicative. We’ve been approaching this like adults seeking support from our respective networks. And taking space from each other because we’ve noticed seems to vanish when we are together.

I learned so much from the last time I felt lovedrunk like this. About a year ago. With Sebastian.

But that’s over now.

Now I have my flock.

Shadow. Peter. Blue.

My friends.

Dee. Erin. (Who by the way recently starting dating :D ) Kaitlyn. James. Callie.

And so many communities of people and resources.

Life is really looking up.

Now to find a job.

Fuck I need money.

Til Next Time,

Ekko.

#Personal #relationships #venting #decompression #Shadow #Kaitlyn #James #Callie #Dee #Erin #Blue #Peter #Sebastian #Gothel #polyamory #how the fuck is this my life

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