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jackbeloved · 11 days

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Shut up and eat your bread, Wick.

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stil-lindigo · 1 year

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patchwork canary.

a comic about two girls, fate, and a powerful man who felt entitled to something that wasn’t his to own.

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tumblingxelian · 4 months

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RWBY Is: Doing Slow Burn Romance Right

#RWBY #Blake Belladonna #Yang Xiao Long #Bumbleby #BMBLB #Bumblbee #Video Essay #Analysis #CRWBY #Slow burn #slowburn #Queer #Queer romance #Shoujo Ai #Femslash #Yuri

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not-poignant · 3 months

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Birthday Spotlight - Dr Gary Konowalous

[13th January - Capricorn]

Known first and foremost as the MVP of Falling Falling Stars, Dr Gary was a runaway hit even though he was never meant to be in anything more than a handful of reminiscences re: Efnisien's sessions with a psychologist who specialised in criminal juvenile behaviour, especially those who leaned towards murder, rape, arson and animal cruelty.

The Director of Hillview eventually came to be featured in the Underline the Rainbow alternate universe, an omegaverse where he is the Director of Hillview Omega Rehabilitation, a peak alpha, and the unlikely partner of Efnisien ap Wledig in an unusual m/m romance. Going from psychologist in one serial to lover and main character in another is a pretty big glow up!

‘You touch the lives of the people around you, Efnisien. In the past, all you saw was the negative ways you influenced them. I’m sure that will be the main way you orient to the world going into the future, though as I always say – we’ll work on it. But you do have an influence on the lives of the people around you. Sometimes it’s fleeting. But sometimes it’s meaningful, and important, and quite a remarkable thing. ‘I enjoy you as a client, not only because I enjoy the work we do together as a professional, but also because I enjoy the young man you are. You’re kind and compassionate, funny, and sometimes possessed with a very wicked sense of humour which I frankly find quite relatable. You’re insightful and courageous.’

Falling Falling Stars

Spoils of the Spoiled - A minor character referred to by name only, and the diagnostician of Efnisien ap Wledig, formally diagnosing him with Pure O (a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).

Falling Falling Stars - Intended to only be a side character with minor cameos, Dr Gary quickly became the MVP of this long running serial, and was as much a star of this story as Efnisien and Arden!

The Moon is Down - A oneshot between Dr Gary and Mika from Falling Falling Stars.

Constellations - A Gwyn + Efnisien reconciliation story in the Falling Falling Stars universe.

Underline the Black - Main POV character alongside Efnisien ap Wledig. An enemies-to-lovers, alpha/alpha romance, with very unconventional dynamics and a significant (20+ year) age gap!

Underline the Gold - Cameo role

Underline the Blue - Cameo role

Underline the Red - More significant character here, and the unlikely antagonist

PhD of Psychology

Specialises in niche psychology (juvenile criminals/sociopaths in Falling Falling Stars, omega rehabilitation in Underline the Black)

Has a golden retriever - Polly - who is the goodest girl ever

He is dry, witty, dominating, a top, compassionate, insightful, bullish, heavy-handed, can be ruthless, and quick to apologise (though he has to be!)

Older. Age undisclosed in Falling Falling Stars, but he's 44 in Underline the Black.

The scene where he dropped absolutely everything to save Efnisien's life in Falling Falling Stars

Every time he's made Efnisien cry

Being so extra in an omegaverse that he's a literal "peak alpha."

Workaholic!

Consistently helping Efnisien realise the world can be a better place, usually after upsetting him a lot beforehand.

Dumping Efnisien into the ocean (just about) to snap him out of a dissociative episode.

The blue cup

His espresso + wine habit in Underline the Black

Chain-smoking his dead lover's cigarettes while moodily staring at the beach, in Underline the Black, like a 44 year old emo kid.

That good old PhD in psychology

He keeps his wry sense of humour

He always owns Hillview!

He cares deeply for Efnisien

Good dresser! Likes suits.

He pushes too hard

He has a strong sense of inner justice and equality

Needs a holiday

His appearance was intentionally never described in Falling Falling Stars so that people could imagine their own safe version of a psychologist! That's nearly 780k of never telling you his hair or eye colour, for example! Many people swear they know what he looks like, and are surprised to realise I never said a word about what he looks like in this story. Much to the rage and chagrin of fanartists (I'm sorry!)

Dr Gary's therapy sessions have inspired multiple readers to seek therapists of their own, and some people have described him as being the therapy they needed. Sometimes fiction just hits right, especially when Dr Gary's in the room. (He's a pretty annoying therapist though!)

I started shipping Efnisien and Dr Gary in the first 3 chapters of Falling Falling Stars, and then had to stop myself for the rest of the story to maintain their professional relationship. But in a way, the seeds for Underline the Black were sown a long time ago!

After typing 'Dr Gary' for so long in Falling Falling Stars, it took ages to train myself to write 'Gary' in Underline the Black! Thankfully it took Efnisien a while to get on board with saying 'Gary' instead of 'Dr Gary' as well. :D

‘Did you fuck me?’ Efnisien croaked, thinking he should be presenting a more macho image right now, but waking up to that dog touching him – and feeling a bit like he might be dying – was making it hard to manage much at all. ‘You would know if I’d fucked you,’ Dr Gary said, voice wry.

Underline the Black

#birthday spotlight #dr gary konowalous #writers of tumblr #falling falling stars #mm romance #queer romance #enemies to lovers #slowburn #underline the black #underline the rainbow #original fiction #original works #character birthday #doing something new this year #happy birthday dr gary!!#don't drink too much wine

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jay-birds-fly · 7 months

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Please let me talk about this more pretty please it was so good and i am obsessed at the adaptation from book to screen

#this novel was THE slowburn friends-to-lovers for middle school me #the way the film depicted ari’s inner conflict was ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL #aristotle and dante discover the universe #queer cinema #lgbt #aridante #aaddtsotu #ari and dante

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dollsome-does-tumblr · 10 months

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as i watched the righteous gemstones i read the reddit episode reaction posts to each episode, and i saw someone with the take that kelvin and keefe should, in fact, be revealed NOT to be gay because it's too obvious and it would be funnier if they were straight all this time

and like ........... it's very obviously that they're gay and in love but they won't admit it because their whole lives are the evangelical church, right???? like, i wasn’t aware there were even multiple ways to interpret what was going on. and i still don’t think so!

#giving me gob bluth/tony wonder terrible take flashbacks there *shudder*#oh reddit. why do i read you.#to have something to read about all my programs; that's why #dollsome's deep thoughts #the righteous gemstones #but that just struck me as such a bad faith reading #and made me really aware that slowburn queer ships are still such a challenge because non-fandom audiences seem to really trip over themselv #es trying to find a way to make it not romantic #to which i say #blerggggggggg!

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presiding · 8 months

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hey what if someone made a fic that explored emily's monsterhood and also, billie lurk's monsterhood in how she views herself? wouldnt that be fucked. haha

#billie lurk #emily kaldwin #billie/emily #70k of deadly wlw slowburn #me writing this post in the most flippant possible tone but also like. gnawing my arm off #let me talk to you about abjection and alterity and how that relates to the queer experience #and race and gender and - *i am taken out back and shot by the fandom police*#this is part two of my 'billie is tall and has tattoos' propaganda #also apparently i'm the first person to tag a fic billie/mindy?#what! the fuck #i mean in this case its a past r'ship but like i assumed this was like. already a thing #anyway. here's the prologue. only the final scene reflects the writing style of the rest of the fic #will write up a proper post later but for now sleep

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kirwell · 1 year

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as the Supernatural fans say, "It's subtext." You can't tell me out of context, that this scene does not scream,,,

But even still. This pairing legitimately seems scarce from what I've seen, and I'm super shocked, because after rewatching Hotel Transylvania for the second time since I was 12, I was hit with ✨ALL THE VIBES✨ from these two,, Ship aside for a second. You can't tell me this movie was actually about Johnny and Mavis falling falling in love, and not about Dracula's relationship with Johnny and his daughter. The romance feels like it's just a sideplot ╮⁠(⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)⁠╭

___ Johnny and Mavis don't go through any big character progression or monumental shift that you would expect to see in a movie about a couple falling in love. They are who they are the entire movie. All the change and development is put on Dracula from start to finish, and I really love that. But that's beside the point,, His relationship with Johnny gives me all the undertone bi feels, and it keeps me coming back to rewatch this movie every couple years. I MEAN C'MON, they have more interaction and scenes together than Johnny and Mavis do! At least it I'm pretty fuckin' sure ! Dracula would have never changed without Johnny's influence. The gradual shift from being cold and dismissive, to being more himself, becoming vulnerable and open, then full acceptance,, is just,, chef's kiss ~ I love how Dracula goes from just wanting Johnny out of his hotel by any means necessary, to going through so much effort to keep him out of harm's way. I just realized too that Drac told the story about his wife's death and why he hates humans so much, to Johnny, BEFORE Mavis, who really deserved to know her family history first. This man opened up to this whacky heartfelt human before his own daughter, shared his feelings and gave someone his trust for the first time in a long time, and let himself change. The bond has been struck! I love a good unexpected vampire romance story ^^ Mavis and Johnny are cute n' all, I won't lie,, but we know what's really up. I could talk about my DraculaXJohnny shipping A LOT MORE, but I'll save that for later..

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r-u-s-a-l-k-a · 8 months

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gay/bi mike wheeler discourse is so hilarious from my pov. I'm here sitting on my bench watching you all going at each other's troaths virtually, eating popcorn and knowing that Mike is straight, that the Duffer Brothers are lazy and they wrote Will to be in love with Mike because they wanted to take the safer route : sad gay kid pining over his straight best friend. They didn't add a new character for Will in season four because it wasn't suitable for Will and Mike storyline. If Argyle wouldn't have existed and in his place there would have been the new Will's love interest, what the fuck would Mike have done for eight episodes ? Will's storyline would have been different, he couldn't be Mike's counselor. Will and Mike's storylines in season four are attached not because there is this big plot twist around the corner and by*ler will be endgame, it's because of cheap, lazy writing. They didn't know what to do with both of them. So it's really funny reading this whole online discourse "Mike is clearly gay" "Mike is perfect bi representation" when i am here with a bitter taste in my mouth thinking that in good hands, in hands that really cared about queer identity and queer representation Will Byers would have been treated differently.

#a large group of GA still thinks that will has a crush on eleven #the duffers did an awful job with will in season four but i am happy for the ones of you that think that the slowburn is slowburning #i envy by*er shippers because they are blind to the awful treatment that will as character received #they focus only on mike queerness but i will have the last laugh when the duffer will make him head o er the heels for eleven #“last laugh” there is nothing to laugh will was used to uplift mi*even #the thing is that you all give the duffers too many credits #the last two episodes are terrible and guess who written those #but please go on and keep fighting about mike canon sexuality #spoiler : straight #will byers #anti byler #stranger things #talking about will because i dont' care about mike he is painfully straight #anti mike wheeler #will is the queer rep i care about and it stinks that they waited the final season to confirm on screen that he is gay #they didn't even bothered to film a 50 seconds scene when will talks about his presentation on alan turing #don't feed me the shit“there was no time” because there was time for fanservice like the scene when max look at steve with the binoculars #totally ooc by the way #i rewatched season four i am pissed #will is attached to mike will'sexuality his explored only in function of a character that is in another relationship #and for the whole season will gives advices to him it was horrible

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whimsical-adhd-gal-pal-1910 · 3 months

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So here's the result of 4 days of an old hyperfixation resurfacing and I'm all for it suggestions are welcome i am mentally ill bye💫

🕸🎀🕷👡💋💖🎼❤🍸🪄🎱♥♣️♦️♠️

#hazbin hotel #hh #huskerdust #huskerdust playlist #spotify playlist #playlist #husker hazbin hotel #angel dust hazbin hotel #they're losers your honor #they're gonna be slowburn your honor #(gets dragged out of the courtroom for crying over queer cartoon demons)#Spotify

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jackbeloved · 4 days

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Might be the bread talking but I think we should start a band

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spoonietimelordy · 9 months

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Good omens s2 is what happens when you let a tumblrina write a tv show

#charlie is rambling #dont cancel me for this XD #you know I'm right #living on tumblr definitely influenced that man #not the 'everyone is queer' part #he always did that #but the general vibe of it #the slowburn #the coffee-shop/disc-shop AU #good omens #and well the end #he knows how to hurt us

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not-poignant · 4 months

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Stardew Valley - 27/? - A Stain that Won’t Dissolve - Alex/Sebastian

Title: A Stain that Won’t Dissolve Rating: Explicit Pairing: Alex/Sebastian Tags: Hurt/comfort, aged-up characters (mid 20s), minor character death, angst, injury, grief, miscommunication, bullying, enemies to lovers, dubious consent, internalised homophobia, closeted character, past child abuse, dyslexia, antagonist farmer, unrequited love, pining, acceptance, top!Sebastian, bottom!Alex, power dynamics, happy ending.

Summary: Alex hates Sebastian – which is great because Sebastian more than returns the favour – and what starts out as revenge fantasy turns into unironic lust, which evolves into unrequited love. Alex gets a job, Sebastian marries the farmer, and both of them lose almost everything before finding each other again. A story of two mutual bullies who learn how to messily grow up.

A Stain that Won’t Dissolve (Alex/Sebastian) - Chapter 27 - I Might Just Walk Away From You

In which Alex is caught up in the absolute clusterfuck that is everything Abigail's just said to him, and he realises that Sebastian doesn't realise being the first one to ever cut him down that way, which kicks off a chain reaction of emotions he's not prepared to deal with.

#chapter update #a stain that won't dissolve #thespectaclesofthor #sdv fic #sdv alex #sdv sebastian #sebastian x alex #mm romance #queer romance #enemies to lovers #slowburn #hurt/comfort #whump #though the whump goes pretty hard in this chapter dflkdsjafas #though thank god Sebastian's on the right side for a change

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chirpsythismorning · 2 years

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Ste ddie is only 1k behind Byler in the tags so it’s very likely they’ll surpass us tomorrow or within the next couple days. We’ll probably stay close behind or go back and forth for a while until s5 content starts rolling out. No hate but when byler endgame happens we’re going to inevitably skyrocket and leave every other ship on here in the dust.

#byler #anti steddie #not actually anti steddie bc all queer ships are welcome here #i just have a preference for heavily endgame coded slowburns and steddie doesn’t fit that criteria #sorry #stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers

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zannolin · 9 months

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i can admit to myself i like slowburn because i'm more interested in the friendship and non-sexual intimacy aspects of the ships i like than the actual romance. i can be honest.

#zanna talks #its like i WANT THEM TO BE ROMANTIC dont get me wrong like i am interpreting this ROMANTICALLY #but also. gestures in queer aroace mess #gestures in grew up in a culture that heavily prioritized romance over friendship and was considered weird for not wanting romance #gestures in not actually that into kissing and absolutely does not care abt sex personally and therefore the extent of romance is like.#hand holding and saying i love you which can be done platonically as well #gestures in i sure do love a messily ambiguous relationship #i suppose you could say i'm into queerplatonicism but like. no? 'cause that's not my intent mostly.#so yeah. love a good 20 year slowburn where i can just go unhinged about a relationship without having to define it but then at the end #i can be like oh yeah they kiss now

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