#romance is shit in general

[soulless-bex]

at this point, i must ask: do writers know they’re not obligated to put romance in everything? because whoever the fuck wrote the scenario for loki didn’t know that

what the fuck was the whole loki x sylvie thing about???

#loki could have been romanceless #the plot would have been just as good #but of course not #why would they make sense for once #this is the result of forced heteronormative romance #because i would have been fine with mobius and loki as a couple #at least they weren’t the same person #loki x sylvie #anti loki x sylvie #romance in media is shit #romance is shit in general #marvel #loki series #marvel mcu #mcu fandom #loki layfeson #sylvie laufeydottir

[gay-ppl-real]

Been writing quite a lot of WH fic in my spare time recently and I realised I've kinda accidentally created a consistent interpretation of how the neighbourhood would see Frank X Eddie (liking each other or being together but on the down-low):

To be clear these aren't my theories on what's going on in the ARG, it's like... just in the world of the WH show itself, without getting deep into the horror and mystery elements, and therefore excluding facts like that in canon there's probably going to be homophobia themes to the story iirc. This is how I imagine it'd unfold if it just happened normally without whatever scariness is going on in Home as a factor.

Also I like playing around with lots of different ideas and dynamics and interpretations; this is just a bit of fun.

Transcripts (and a bunch of extra explanations/info) under the concealment charm! ⬇️

Sally:

Has no idea, because she's not paying attention to them.

Would be like "Cool. Now about MY NEXT PLAY!" if it was pointed out to her.

Unless she could make it into something dramatic.

(Extra: like if she thought of a way to basically make a performance out of it, I can imagine she'd do that. Eddie and Frank would both think she was being very strange.)

Poppy:

K N O W S

Possibly before even Eddie does, and trying to drop him hints.

Thinks they'd be wonderful together.

(Extra: She wouldn't think it was her place to say anything outright, especially because that could risk outing either of them, but she'd be like "Frank can be very protective of you, you know..." HINT HINT.)

Howdy:

Has a vague suspicion.

Doesn't think it's really his business.

DOES think they're cute together.

(Extra: it wouldn't really interest or concern him much so he wouldn't feel a need to offer input or say anything, but he would sometimes see them talking and be like 'lmao these bitches gay! good for them, good for them,' in his head.)

Wally:

Knows Eddie & Frank 'love each other' but is unclear on how this differs from how he loves all his neighbours.

Would be very happy for them if someone explained it to him.

(Extra: he wouldn't pick up on anything particularly special about them/their relationship, he just assumes that all his neighbours love each other because, in his opinion, what's not to love. He'd also likely be one of the first people either of them would feel comfortable telling.)

(Extra 2: also no-one would ever explain it to him properly. Eddie would get into embarrassed blethering and Frank wouldn't know what to say beyond that it's "just different," Barnaby would keep giving joke answers, Poppy and Howdy would just be like 🤷not my place, and Sally and Julie would keep telling him things that only made him more confused.)

Barnaby:

Would eventually pick up on it, and take great joy in teasing either of them.

Ultimately supportive, though.

(Extra: He'd greatly enjoy irritating Frank and making Eddie flustered in ways that meant nobody else but them knew what he was hinting at lol)

Julie:

#1 Frank X Eddie shipper.

She finds out because Frank talks to her about their feelings, and she's rooting for them from then on.

(Extra: she'd try to be Frank's wingman and just end up confusing and scaring Eddie and making Frank facepalm.)

#innisthoughts #welcome home arg #welcome home #frank frankly #eddie dear #frank x eddie #ACK now I'm thinking about Eddie confiding in Wally while they do crafts together that's too cute. #I've actually finished a few fics but felt self-conscious posting #I think it's because they're quite romance heavy in general #and if I write too much ship stuff I start to feel sad like I'm a “fake aroace” or some shit lmaooo #like I'm letting myself and the aroaspec community down by not focusing on how wonderful platonic relationships are on their own #and knowing that it's dumb as hell and that I adore friendships just as much does nothing to alleviate my concerns #innisart

[llitchilitchi]

#I made a meme #I am genuinely tired of seeing people shit on this trope #sorry not sorry I am correct about this everyone looks at the trope in a very 'shaming you for feeling things' way #I dont think Ive ever read a fic where someone used their hanahaki to force the other person to like them because Thats Not How Things Work #(do I think this is partially because people nowadays are a lot more against writing romance and romance tropes in general? probably) #(I have a lot of opinions and feelings about how people treat romance in fiction lately and none of them are kind to yall)

[crow-enthusiast]

The Boy King of Hell!!! i just think they should have let him be an evil blood freak in earnest

#but like what if sam embraced the demonic shit and decided to rule hell #lucifer in s5 had so much potential to be interesting and complex and then they threw that in the garbage to make him just generally evil #this will be posted on my tiktok tomorrow #supernatural #spn #sam winchester #sam winchester edit #spnedit #supernatural edit #samifer #mcr #my chemical romance #crow-enthusiast

[fiveht]

hi Five, Merry Christmas! I'm on holiday from work and I'm going to spend the weekend rereading Disarm and Head over feet as a Christmas treat for myself. I know you've been having a tough time and I totally understand wanting to retreat from fandom when people are being shit, so I hope you're well and I hope you're having a lovely holiday.

Hi!

I keep meaning to drop in and say something; I've gotten a lot of really sweet messages and I would flood timelines if I tried to respond to all of them, but I want to say thank you to all of you, truly. I'm so, so glad my silly little story made you guys happy. This verse was lovingly extracted from the ailing brain cell that Bestie and I share, and we are absolutely tickled that it struck a chord with so many people.

I work in healthcare and a lot of my co-workers have children (and I do not), so I'm taking a ton of overtime right now so they can have time off with their families. That makes it hard to stay up on fandom participation. I'm not absent because people are being assholes -- with one or two very notable exceptions, everyone has been amazing -- I'm just overworked and tired.

To answer some questions, I would love to write more for the Adore series. I've already written a few snippets for what would be a third instalment, so it's definitely not out of the question. My motivation and creative drive are very fickle things, so I can never make promises, but it's possible. I do know that I can't write and be fandom-social at the same time, so I wouldn't be around these parts much if I were to work on another story.

Things the sequel might contain: a return to Sirius' POV, more Rieka, more James, more of Sirius' backstory, a step into a slightly more defined D/s relationship for daddy and baby (some of which is new ground for Remus, too). None of these are guaranteed (nor is the existence of the fic at all), but they are elements I would like to write and/or have a very tenuous foundation for in the form of rough notes and half-written scene intros. So we'll see what the new year brings. 😊

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to every last one of you, and thank you for making this year so incredibly lovely for me. ❤️

#asked and answered #this is my only day off until new year's and i am getting day drunk #see me fall asleep in a couple hours because i am definitely too old to be drunk at 3 in the afternoon #side note: i finally read all for the game and i'm mad that no one told me it was basically a queer romance with a sports background #i hate sports AUs and sports in general #but this shit was gay enough to negate that bias

[princsstwilightsparkl]

saying "if aroace people can date, then can lesbians date men?" is absolutely aphobic narrative btw!

#sorry just have to say this lol #so tired of people generalizing all aroace people as romance averse #its absolutely erasure of the rest of the spectrum #the top tweet isnt so bad depending on who theyre talking about #if a character ACTUALLY is canonically romance/sex aversed then yea its weird to erase that #but if they're canonically AROACE and you go 'erm that character cannot date or have sex🤓☝️' ur being aphobic as fuck #the 'shown no attraction to anyone' part kind of throws me off there #i hate when people say 'well this character didnt have feelings for anyone in the one year time span of the show so theyre romance aversed- #and nobody can ship them or else i'll harass u and subtweet u!1!!' #like. a characters life may not involve sex or romance at all fucking times. that does not make them aroace. #ur headcanon- even if you think its based on a logical conclusion- is not reality #sometimes yall just be making shit tf up #complaining about 'fanon' as if ur not the one pretending ur hc is real and treating everyone else like theyre the bad ones #but if that tweet is just saying that IN ADDITION to theyre canon identity then yea. thats valid. #their* </3 #obviously the reply is fucking disgusting #i couldnt reply directly cuz my twitter is priv #people will say this kind of shit to ME- AN AROACE PERSON #u preach about aro/ace erasure but when an actual aroace walks in you tell them their way of being aroace is wrong #not everyone is the fucking same. #non-partnering aroaces deserve more rep but telling partnering aroaces that their way of being aroace is wrong is genuinely horrific #like actually fuck u #aromantic #asexual #aroace #arospec #meowing (yapping)

[foxx-queen]

thinking about how minthara says that she was never able to enjoy the taste of food for fear of poisoning, or the company or friends or lovers because they might be hiding knives behind their smiles, and then immediately follows it up with saying she was happy because she knew her place in the world and im just like. i dont think you were happy babe i think you're autistic and were used to a routine!!

at some point shes gonna be cuddling with tav and think i dont think ive been this happy since... oh wow. ive never been happy. bad!

#baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #minthara #tav x minthara #minthara baenre #crack post i guess hjksdf #shes so autistic to me #broke: greets you with 'do you wish to consult me?' every time even when you're madly in love because her romance is glitched #woke: greets you like that because shes autistic #minthara and tav autistic and adhd gfs #ive reached that point in the obsession where i start generating shit posts hksdf

[transmechanicus]

I get a little indignant when i look up the lyrics for a song that has very straightforward and understandable meaning to anyone who has experienced a modicum of emotional pain in their life and there are websites like "Song Lyrics Explained" like ohhh some people have never had their heart broken I see.

#my stuff #if you look me in the eyes and say you don't 'get' Sleep Token's Apparition or Take Me Back To Eden in general... #like what even is there to say. they're about waking up from bittersweet dreams abt ppl you can't see anymore for reasons you didn't choose #and longing to return to experiences that cannot be recreated if the people you love don't make the effort to hold onto it like you do. #i am quite literally sick with longing and grief these past couple days and these are the only songs keeping me halfway sane #this all could have gone so very different. i know where you are. i know how to reach you. but i can't. you asked me not to. #so i have to cope with the knowledge that you're a short walk away almost every day and yet I'll probably never see you again #and it's not because i did anything wrong you're just the sort of person who can't be friends with someone after a romance #and your goodbye was absolute shit and i hate it and i want some fucking shred of acknowledgement that i deserve better!!!! #i want to know you aren't just trying to forget me entirely!! I want to be remembered!! I am remembering you!!

[katabay]

a knight who wants redemption and forgiveness so bad he could cut his tongue on the bite of it, and a monk in the throes of a spiritual crisis after answering the call to tend to the war wounded.

the knight I think I'm going to call Theodoric, and the monk is going to be. Anthony? these are names and I'm about 70% certain they'll stick

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#the AN here is a lot more coherent than the thread i made on twitter where i started talking shit about galahad #generic medieval tag #theo killed his brother lmao #he is plagued with guilt constantly #its borrowing a bit off of a french medieval....epic? romance. it's borrowing off of a medieval narrative a bit bc im having thoughts #the exact word im looking for is eluding me but i'll get there eventually

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID: four images showing Luz, Amity, Hunter and Willow from the owl house. The first image depicts lumity in their grudgby outfits from Wing it like Witches, and huntlow in their flyer derby uniform. Luz is holding Amity bridal style and smiling with her eyes closed while amity blushes and looks away. Willow talks to hunter happily while Hunter scratches the back of his neck nervously, smiling and looking away like amity.

The background is red and covered in various doodles of hearts, stars, speech bubbles with punctuation, a glowing light glyph behind lumity and a glowing plant glyph behind willow. In the center is the quote "oh, wow! Sports", with the word "sports" arranged in the shape of a heart.

The next three images are all variations of this- a close-up crop of Luz and Amity with no doodles, a close-up of Hunter and Willow with no doodles, and a variation on the full image with no doodles except the quote. End ID]

Shout-out to the owl house for being the only show brave enough to have not one, but TWO sports themed ship tease episodes /j

#the owl house #toh #lumity #huntlow #luz noceda #amity blight #willow park #hunter toh #wing it like witches #any sport in a storm #hi these images are SUCH an inconvenient size for posting but it's fine I'm coping #i didn't have anything to post for the KKKoHD anniversary (happy anniversary lumity btw hdbdjf) so this will suffice #idk i just came to the realization that (depending on your inclinations) #the two sport themed episodes of toh both contain significant relationship development and thus fuel for the romance fire #like in WilW amitys crush is so obvious even willow notices it and it was generally seen as more evidence that Gay Shit Was Happening #and obviously in ASiaS willow and hunter meet and form a friendship (and it establishes their character parallels) #of course plenty of ppl don't take ASiaS as a shipping ep because. they don't like huntlow (which is fair enough) #but if you do look at it through that lens and then parallel it w/ WiLW then. yeah it's very funny lol #anyway the shading on this is haphazard and the colours kicked my ass but overall I'm happy w/ it!! #i did the sketch a month or two ago and never went back to it until now (bc i was having a lot of trouble sketching) #so i slapped some lines on it and just let myself get lost in the process. twas fun! I'm happy i did it #even tho yknow. inconvenient posting size <3 #okay finally taking tje bullet and posting this. i am cringe but i am free <3

[scholar-of-yemdresh]

Will anybody be interested if I made a list of adult transmasc and Nonbinary/transneutral main/major characters in adult fantasy and Science Books.

Because I'm legit sick of the infantilisation both within and outside the community. Why is so much of the NB and transmasc rep children 😭.

Even outside of the miniscule rep Even less of it are grown adult main characters. None of that side character's love interest is a trans dude business, or a they/them appears for one page and is never seen again.

Anyway I've got a handful of characters in books I've read/on my TBR and I want to share them with others looking for this kind of rep.

#adult fantasy #adult science fiction #adult sci-fi #lgbtq #queer representation #trans #transmasc #nonbinary #transneutral #also I'm not interested in romance so a NB mc in a capital R fantasy romance i don't give. shit about that guff lol #And why are so many grown ass trans(or queer in general) adults so invested in YA #Like Gawd damn all the rep shouldn't regulated to kids books. #by adult the characters need to be 20s and above #because if i used the 18/19 year old legal adult excuse way too much YA BS will clog the list lol #adult sff #books

[emberphantom]

 “...That’s another reason why this Soap and Ghost relationship works, right--is that, for whatever reason, y’know--that doesn’t need to be talked abut now...but--Ghost has, well it’s clear that Ghost has a huge amount of respect for Soap, right? And he wouldn’t let anybody--in fact, for anybody else to talk to him the way Soap does would mean a different thing--but they’ve been through a lot together. But what’s great about that moment--and I’m glad you brought it up Neil-- it that [Ghost and Soap] are pushing each other to evolve without even realizing it. And for Soap to say something like that costs something for him. And for Ghost to correct the record and say what he says, that costs something too. And I think, again, that’s why this game is so satisfying is these characters--they’re going to places they’ve not been before. But they help each other get there. And I think that’s a good theme that’s come out from this game is that, you know, they need each other.” 

-Samuel Roukin on Ghost and Soap in MWII (x)

Honestly, one of my favorite parts of that interview from yesterday. Not even from a shipping stand point, but Samuel just like seems to get it when it comes to what makes Ghost and Soap scratch at everyone’s brains and I think that’s awesome. 

#ghostsoap #soapghost #call of duty modern warfare 2 #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #modern warfare 2022 #i see the line he's toeing and i respect it though -- i think we should just let Sam speak about things like he KNOWS okay #tbh the interview did have some cringe moments but i don't think neil and sam could see the chat and that's where most of the fuckery was #the only other 'cringy' fan question was someone asked 'ghost and soap: bromance or romance' and the interviewer immediately shut it down #neil and sam were just kinda like o-o like it went by so quick and they didn't get to say anything so #also a lot of it just felt kinda awk in general tbh i mean it was live #ALSO they both said like they support all the fans and whatever kind of shit is happening on the internet so #like neil was like 'gaming is for everyone' #and sam said something similar too that i'm not remembering really but the link to the full interview is there so watch for yourself

[despair-tea]

Man who has not even considered reading a book this year: Why would I want to read a VISUAL novel? I don't need the pictures! I'll just read a regular book The girl who is desperately trying to crack his egg because "she'd be so fuckable you don't understand":

#shitposting #but seriously #i hate when i talk about a vn and someone pulls the “i'd just read a regular book” line #like #they're not meant as a replacement for the medium???? #it's a different medium with different strengths #able to convey emotions in a more tactile way while being generally more limited in terms of prose #a multi-faceted discipline that combines character art + music + voicework with the prose & dialogue to create works that stand apart #but also #you don't just strip em #you screw em too!! #just like #idk where you get off on saying shit like this. just say you're not interested and you have a small mind whatever i won't be mad #no you will NOT “just read a regular book” #i know what you are #oh yea? you're going to just “read the regular book” version of tsukihime #the romance visual novel originally released as a doujin game and still talked about today

[spicyicymeloncat]

Okay here’s another controversial “Green family take” tell me if I’m wrong.

“People who hate Harumi and Lloyd family dynamic ignore that Lloyd and Morro also shouldn’t have a family dynamic, when Morro did the exact same thing”

Because besties I agree I honestly think green cousins doesn’t make much sense either since yknow Morro and the whole possession thing, but at the same time if you look at canon, they just aren’t the same thing and yknow I need people to actually stop looking at Harumi as the girl version of Morro and the only reason we hate her is because she’s a girl.

Because she’s not.

Like yes I agree there’s definitely a lot of bias towards Morro, if he was woman he would be demonised to hell and back but since he’s man then he is adored, and vice versa with Harumi and sexism fucking sucks.

But Harumi and Morro are different guys. Harumi is portrayed as worse in canon in Lloyd’s eyes. Yeah Lloyd got possessed by Morro and that’s obviously bad tm but other than what people assume possession entails, Lloyd was never as shaken as he was with Harumi.

In s5, we never saw Lloyd be conflicted about the possession thing. He had no fear of Morro. We have no reason to believe that a ghost possession feels worse than being a sleep and maybe having a vague awareness of what’s going on. He barely mentions Morro after s5. And I will say I think this is a writing flaw, obviously it would’ve been cooler if Morro actually had some kind of impact on the ninja, but regardless this is the canon. Lloyd hates Morro but he’s not traumatised yknow. It’s not to the point that Harumi got to.

I feel like getting possessed should be worse than getting lied to, but Harumi did on top of it, start a cult in his name, Kill actual Characters (the royal family and Hutchins) and then kidnap Lloyd and his mother and his uncle and then resurrect his father removing vital parts of his father’s mind/personality/emotional cognitive abilities etc. on top of that she also nearly killed the ninja and wu (which Lloyd believed she did).

Somehow she was much more dangerous than Morro was, she was a much more successful villain.

Additionally I would say Morro has more of an excuse to be seen as family, even if I I’m less of a green cousins fan. Because Morro and Wu actually have a father son relationship, in which Wu was actually responsible over Morro. They had a normal albeit imperfect dynamic before Morro left. Regardless of Lloyd and Morro’s interactions, that dynamic was still present even in the very end.

It doesn’t mean and Lloyd and Morro have to be buddies, just because there’s a family connection doesn’t mean shit (this is the show of found family have we learned nothing? Blood connections don’t matter, only friendship).

But like in comparison to Harumi and Garmadon’s absolute parody of a relationship, where Harumi turns to the man who doesn’t remember what love is and asks him to be her father (at this point neither of them know what “father” even means), Morro does have a family dynamic and Harumi does not.

So in response to the original quote, Morro has a much more solid claim to any kind of family dynamic bc his relation to Wu is much more family esq, and also he was bad yeah, but the show portrays Harumi as worse especially in Lloyd’s opinion.

I just don’t like the argument that Morro and Harumi have done the same things, when the severity is definitely different imo and they aren’t just copies of each other. Imo it’s an oversimplification to reduce their characters down to each other.

#u heard it here first #spicy is not the biggest fan of green cousins or Garmadon siblings #sorry #if ppl make good content for it then I’ll let it slide but generally not a fan #i feel bad for saying it but I guess I really just don’t like Harumi as much #i feel like whenever people talk about Harumi it’s always ‘oh you hate her cuz ur sexist’ #no I hate her because I don’t like how she’s written or how her character is established #like Ik some people like her backstory but I just don’t #it just feels like the writers went ‘let’s blame the characters for no reason’ #and I’m just so sick of the evil love interest trope I hate it so much and that is what Harumi is on s8 #because it’s happened 3 times now #THREE #PIXAL SKYLOR HARUMI #It’s that mindset of women are evil they’ll seduce you with their crimes against human nature #okay that tag is gonna sound very appealing to the gays on here but like in the context of the show it’s just demonising women #like take out the romance aspect and fix Harumi’s backstory and maybe I’d like her more #i will say Morro is badly written also he does nothing interesting really other than his backstory #i like what he means about wu but like they do not even explore that dynamic much in the show #he’s like an unopened present #his set up is so good but they don’t do shit with it #idk idk #obviously all my opinions #ninjago

[sunnibits]

literally who is gonna be the 🌙 to my ☀️… where are they……

#this is not a generic sun/moon post it’s extra real bc my name is sunny ok I’m not basic 🙄 #fr tho my friends had a queer friend named Moon that I met at one point #and despite not actually being attracted to them I just briefly imagined this entire future of our sunny/moon romance #celestial themed wedding. matching sun and moon trinkets everywhere. name our baby star or some shit. I could see it

[mppmaraudergirl]

"the worst thing the marauders fandom has done to me is make me a staunch supporter of canon" so true lmao!! What's even worse that it did to me was that I found myself siding with SNAPE FANS in some arguments, because, their taste and reading comprehension aside, at least they had read the books and knew what they were talking about lol and that's when I realized that wow, this fandom has truly hit rock bottom lol. And as much as they claim to love characters and proclaim to be Remus kinnies or Sirius kinnies, or whatever kids call it these days, they just hate these characters with how they turn them into someone completely opposite to who they are. Imagine being in Marauders fandom and hating Marauders and glorifying and stanning bigot and terrorist Death Eaters lol, you can't make this up. And the way they think they're standing up to jkr with this shit, pls jkr would be proud of y'all for finding more ways of victimizing bigots and making them 'uwu he didn't mean it, he did it for lurveee' while shitting on muggleborn characters, maybe if they'd read the books they'd know that lmfao. The old, real Marauders fandom that was correcting her wrongs was the one that actually stood up to her, not this one that is just making things even more problematic and bigoted and that is reeking with misogyny.

Yeah, "we hate the author so we are ignoring canon" is not the flex they think it is. A lot of us are still here because we grew up with these characters and we've grappled with how to move forward engaging (or not) and consuming (or not) fandom related things; we've long since discussed/acknowledged the problematic parts of the books and the author and are mindful of that as creators. Besides that, I've always felt that the Marauders fandom pulled away from the author years and years ago because we clearly love these characters more than she ever did and you would see that in the discussions, metas, fan works, etc.

But you're not saying fuck you to an author by riding the coattails of a still massively popular fandom, making the characters something brand new, and using the clout to get your shit read. It's like plugging your ears and repeatedly saying, "la la la la la! Nothing problematic here" instead of learning to be critical of media. Then add in the fact that their fav lil blorbos ARE actually problematic characters and it becomes clear that there's a disconnect and a widespread lack of critical thinking here.

#mpp rambles about the marauders #and listen this answer could be longer and probably deserves more nuance than my morning brain can do atm #but generally i hope my point comes across #tw jkr #cw jk rowling #the marauders #tbc im not saying dont like problematic characters as everyone's tastes and interests are different #but i dont believe its a good practice to ignore the problematic bits bc ~romance~ or whatever shit