#will is taking lots of notes LOL

[moodr1ng]

EDIT: post no longer rebloggable not because i disagree with these statements or anything i said in my addition, but just because i dont want to deal with many notes and the occasional rude person!

i totally understand that when discussing the sex lives of gay people, there is a very large overemphasis on a top/bottom dichotomy to the point that many people (especially cishets and lgbt people w little experience in the subject) believe that all or at least most lgbt people are exclusively tops or exclusively bottoms, and i understand wanting to correct that misconception, especially because part of the reason it is so widespread is because cishets assume that in same-gender relationship one person must always be "the woman" (who therefore exclusive bottoms) and one "the man" (who exclusively tops). i understand wanting to make people understand that for many if not most gay people, switching is natural and enjoyable and that these roles are not usually so strictly defined.

but ive seen far too many people say things like "we take turns like normal people" or "im normal i just switch" - with that specific phrasing of "normal" or very similar wording - and i really want you to consider that that is a very hurtful thing to say. there is and has been a longstanding disdain for men who exclusively bottom and a specific disgust for men who bottom in sex with other men, as well as disdain for stone butches and stone fems, who are often treated as regressive, selfish, reproducing heterosexuality, or inherently sexually disordered. people (especially wlw) who exclusively top or bottom are often treated as if their sex life cannot be satisfying, as if they are sexually defective, as if their boundaries are unfair to their partners, as if they have some sort of sexual issue that they need to just get over. before you say something about how switching is "normal" unlike the supposedly immature or regressive people who dont switch, please consider that there is no "normal" sex, that it is not more progressive to put norms on how people may have sex, and that what is most unhealthy for all of us is to tell people that their sexual boundaries and the things theyre not comfortable or willing to do during sex make them abnormal. as someone who is a stone top in large part because of sexual trauma, some of you honestly make me feel like shit about myself for not wanting to be topped, and i dont think thats "normal".

#97 #sex m #long post #this is kind of a uhh vulnerable topic for me so dont try to start anything. #if you have something to say think about a way of saying it that isnt aggressive or demeaning. #i can take it on a lot of topics. this is not one of them. #i did just see a post similar to this but this isnt like a vague about this specific post this is rly smthing ive been meaning to say for #a while but again this is rly smthing im sensitive about lol #though i did make the mistake of looking in the notes of that post and it was full of ppl saying this exact shit #including literally saying people who only top have internalized homophobia 🤪

[genericpuff]

vent post

#and before anyone who hates my shit says “yeah because you ARE a loser way to have self awareness for once” #i promise you this would be me with or without the LO fandom LMAO #anxiety is a hell of a thing #and as much as i internally guilt myself into thinking it would be better if i just shut up and hid away forever #i also know that's the trauma speaking because the adults around me always told me to shut up #and even as an adult i still encounter people who talk over me and make me feel like i'm not allowed to be outspoken #but the pen is mightier than the sword and all those years i've spent being spoken over i've been honing my penmanship #i have fun talking about the things i talk about and i don't have any less right than anyone else to do it #i am cringe and i am free #self post #vent post #altho on another note i do wanna make time this week to go find new series to read #too many of my favorites have turned to shit and it's taken its toll #i KNOW there are better comics out there that are genuinely well made #i already have a few that i'm reading that i love but i need to balance out the good with the bad more lol #i just need to take the time to go find good stuff instead of pouring so much of my attention into the bullshit that doesn't deserve my tim #i think both things can be true #i can have a lot of fun dissecting and writing about series i don't like #while also nourishing myself with good works that restore my faith in this medium #“perfectly balanced as all things should be”

[astersugar]

for the wise hq discord anniversary we had a mini bang/art trade, so here's my submission for @connoisseursdecomfort! the prompt was "anniversary of anya's adoption" so i figured celebrating it as her new birthday would be the most fitting~

#spy x family #sxf #anya forger #yor forger #loid forger #bond forger #spy x family fanart #sxf fanart #yor briar #twiyor #blythe draws #im quite proud of this one!!! #i wanted to do a bit more of an atmospheric fun lighting vibe #i think i wanted it to go a little harder but i still like how it came out a lot #also side note #i like to think it's franky taking a candid picture #hence why bond is just walkin in front all casual lol

[atomicc]

Another collection 👍👍 ft system stuff because I'm evil that way

#Dreamworks Trolls #Trolls band together #John Dory #Viva #Branch #King gristle #Clay #Me #Us #My art #I'm sooo sleepy I need to take a nap because I'm going to the club tonight lol #Night night #I think the system stuff will keep this from getting a lot of notes. My secret weapon. #✌️ #🚧 #😈

[juni-ravenhall]

sso loading screen text "remember that knowledge is power".... imagine the power if the writers knew the lore of the game

#no offense to the likely 1 sse employee doing their best with actual lore but the way they changed bonnys writing was insane and #all the retconning and random shit like when scott was randomly generic evil man in some josh quest #and the shitty dialect things in general like rowan bc that shit doesnt even translate to other langs well its both badly written and not - #- even a good idea whatsoever for a multilanguage game that isnt just in english from the start. but also its just stereotypical and bad #bonny was written charming and interesting and it was really unnecessary to retcon her into this scottish stereotype dialect #and while sometimes they do bring proper stuff from the existing lore like devils gap and turn it into something... theres still- #- a million things that couldve been done better both in the current writing and the old writing as well! it was always a mess #like the ice wraiths of golden hills or whatever theyre called. the dino valley yeti and witch stuff being hinted but abandoned. etc #but they shouldve gotten someone to *read* all that and take notes and try to turn it into something good and more complete. #rather than getting ppl going lol lets change lots of stuff around it will be great (proceeds to make it worse) #disclaimer idk whose fault all of that is but i blame johan sjöberg for being a bad manager of this games potential and #also the whoevers that have had any power to direct and plan and manage shit at that company

[turtledotjpeg]

This started out as just "hey I like both of these characters what if they interacted," but after seeing Melody crying about Kacho in chapter 400 I really wanted to draw her with someone who Gets It

if no one else will give them a hug... can they hug each other :'(

Oito & Melody both have a tendency to freak out a bit in stressful situations, so I wondered if they might amplify that in each other haha. But on the other hand I could see them empathizing with each other and maybe being able to comfort each other? (or maybe I'm just a bit delusional lol)

#having a hard time articulating this but i think the gist of it is #i love that they're women who are smart and cool and brave and also emotional‚ & that in the midst of all this strategizing + intrigue #it feels like their stories are so consistently focused on human connections? is that accurate? idk #so tl;dr as unlikely as it is i'd love to see melody in room 1014 :'D #hunter x hunter #hxh #oito hui guo rou #woble hui guo rou #melody hxh #senritsu #(.......and maybe... what if..... they also kissed??? 😳) #(no listen i'm a totally respectable and intellectual manga fan over here i swear‚‚) #...on a different note if i'm talking about giving melody a hug i feel the need to nominate kacho for one too #at least she has her sister but. kid has a lot on her plate right now and is taking it like a champ #i hope she and melody can be friends‚ i think they could both really use one right now lol #aah i forgot to tag shimano #but that tag seems to be full of bicycles? xD so maybe #shimano hxh

[comradekatara]

ugh okay i get that toph is a) extremely powerful and b) rejects traditional gender roles but she is NOT a brute. her whole deal is that her earthbending technique isn’t like the mainstream approach of using sheer force to attack. the reason she beats the boulder so easily isn’t because she’s physically stronger than him (she very obviously is not!) but because she waits and she listens. that’s the whole reason aang decides to recruit her as his teacher. because she is uniquely creative, perceptive, thoughtful, patient, and intelligent. she enjoys fighting and she’s really, really good at it, she’s sassy, she’s forthright, and she delights in being kind of disgusting in a way she wasn’t allowed to be growing up, but she’s also empathetic, understanding, and vulnerable. by ignoring that you are doing a huge disservice to what makes her character so incredible in the first place. thank you

#toph #hot takes #ugh sorry one bad take in my notes too many I just needed to get this off my chest #toph is tricky bc a lot of ppl claim to love her but then reduce her character so it’s like okay how much do u love her really #same goes for a lot of katara ‘fans’ #who don’t actually understand what makes her great in the first place #and ppl who claim to love sokka but only like that he’s funny #or ppl who claim to love iroh but think he did nothing wrong ever in his life #like. it’s just such shallow and reductive ‘appreciation’ for these characters #and I know that I’m obviously more In This than most ppl #so I don’t blame them #but I did need to like. say it #lol

[sysig]

Ah, childhood memories (Patreon)

#Doodles #UT #Handplates #Sans #Gaster #Having such clear external-view memories of what happened when they were young would probably give Sans a lot of ammunition lol #Not that they'd know any different - their poor memories honestly :( - but having such clear memories in places would have to be weird #Most people have childhood amnesia to an extent! Tho it's hard to say when that would've applied to them anyway with their sped-up growth #Not to mention the trauma #And it's possible that doesn't apply to Monsters to begin with lol - but it's all a moot point anyway since these are their only memories! #It's sad to think of how much of themselves are missing forever since Gaster didn't experience them :( #This is what happens when you get behind on your work >:0 #I really wonder what their lack of memories/restoration of memories would do for their like/dislike of certain things! #Like how Papyrus says that sitting with Sans in his lap makes a lot of sense as to why it was so familiar and comforting #But also that knowing makes it sad as well :( Knowing recolours their understanding and interpretation! #Knowing Why makes things make sense but does it actually Help? It's a tough question - certainly it hurts in the moment #The little things Gaster has infected for them and for himself ♥ Like taking notes! Like chess and sweets and spaghetti and lab coats #And dark sweaters and cigarette smoke and hugs and intelligence - how many pieces of all of them have A Feeling attached #How many more have A Memory - and even more than that A Memory Lost and unrecoverable ughhh ♥ #But the little things they can hold on to hehe <3 Like pinging Gaster for what they all know and remember #Why does he even keep coming over if he knows the reception he'll get? Lol #Feels particularly self-loathing and goes to get bullied as penance pfft

[astranauticus]

posting the thumbnail art from my recent animatic bc i actually quite like how it turned out i usually don't do lineart this clean

#rolling with difficulty #vr la rwd #i'll stop talking about this project when that post gets more notes lol #/J/J/J #it's just a really big project so it's gonna take a while for me to stop thinking about it #art i made #lol there's a continuity error cuz i usually draw the wish ring on VR-LA's right hand #but to be very fair 'there's a continuity error' is just the tagline of this whole project tbh #i was like actively restraining myself from listing them out in that project post mortem post i made there's really a lot

[absenthearted]

HISTORICAL WESTERN || HACKEARNEY + ALTERNATE UNIVERSES [2/?]

PERSONAL.—Gentleman, aged 56, Sheriff and owner of valuable mining property, seeking the acquaintance of a single or widow lady of any means, and with good character and disposition. Object matrimony if suited. Contact C. Hackett, North Kill, NY.

[...]

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.—Apprenticeship available for a hardworking, dedicated Physician in mining town upstate. Lodging and transportation provided. Ability to serve both man and beast preferred. Contact C. Hackett, North Kill, NY.

Between dealing with roving outlaws, petty small-town disputes, and feral wild wolves, Sheriff Travis Hackett doesn’t have time for marriage and a wife. His meddling brother decides to help him out—whether he wants it or not.

Laura Kearney never thought she would become a mail-order bride, but she’s willing to do almost anything to pursue her dream of becoming an animal doctor.

In which a secret matchmaking plan goes terribly wrong, Laura gets rejected by her supposed fiancé on the same day that she meets him, and Travis makes a terrible first impression. [Inspired by @genevievedarcygranger’s prompt from the Hackearney Fic Exchange.]

#hackearney #travis x laura #travis hackett #laura kearney #the quarry #hackearney AU gifseries #sometimes i make things #extremely vague anachronistic historical AU lmao #what year does it take place? who knows #i know i should be working on my wip lmao but this is all the creative energy i have write now #...writing synopses and creating gifsets for a story i may or may not ever write one day #i didn't end up choosing the wild west AU prompt for various reasons but this was basically my pitch for it lmao #it got a little too complicated #the brainstorming note was... a lot #(rejected) mail order bride which turns into a marriage of convenience after certain inciting events #maybe i'll write it one day who knows lol #i think i have one more simpler contemporary-based AU but i do actually plan on writing it #so maybe somewhere down the line #i have a lot of AUs but it's hard when i actually want to use their faces lol #anyway sources: hell on wheels s3 (siobhan looks SO young here but she's actually 23) for all except travis/ted #which is from darkness rising #(these gif sizes are so big i'm so sorry)

[cloudblaze]

post-TBC scars

#i was taking notes like a madman keeping track of major wounds in this arc for the sake of my art lol #i could've given root more since he was like. covered in blood when his friends rescued him in alitm but. i haven't thought about it much #maybe they're on his right side. shrug #rootspring #shadowsight #bramblestar #me: oh yeah i love drawing bramblestar #me halfway through drawing his stripes: actually i hate this guy #it's his dad's fault for having lots of stripes in my mind #warrior cats #my art

[italictext]

Made a DN oc (Rae, it/its)!! Rae and L work together and here's a doodle of Rae styling L's hair! :3

( @nateriverswife @/ing you because you're kinda the reason I decided to draw them lol)

#Death Note #Original character art #Oc: Rae #My ocs #My art #Death Note fanart #L Lawliet #Oc #Original character #death note oc #Oc x canon #L Death Note #Rae isn't actually a new OC I made it last year but forgot about its existence until I read mazzaroth #Sadly not done reading it but I enjoy it so far!!! I really love Ethe! #I'd like to talk about Rae and L's story but I honestly have no idea how to explain it 😭 #I'm pretty bad at plotting stories it's just very very very vague ideas + silly conversations and emotional scenes #Basically they're forced to work together but Rae hates L but a lot of stuff happens so now they're friends #I'm planning to change their story tho because this morning I had a bunch of new ideas for them #The original story was super super angsty but I don't want angst anymore I just want fluff now </3 #Plus Rae's story and lore became a mess when I tried taking it out of the DN universe (I failed lol) #Its story really reallyyy needs an update

[finiel]

ms paint gideon to test my new laptop's palm sensitivity + stylus functionality (poor and acceptable respectively, if you wondered)

#tlt #the locked tomb #gtn #gideon the ninth #gideon nav #tlt art #anyway. as you can see by the time i got to her shirt i gave up entirely on filling things in properly #i don't think she'd mind though #i got this laptop for school - which i start the day after tomorrow - and i've never like. used a laptop for note taking #i'm trying to test all possibilities before school starts but costco's return policy is decent so i'm not too worried #the thing is. i think i like the laptop itself quite a bit. #but i'm like what if i don't end up using it for school that much... i got it with scholarshare or whatever #hm no i probably will need it a lot #even if i don't use it for notes taken in class it'll still be needed for research and homework and stuff #so yes i think it was a good investment #it's the hp envy if anyone wondered lol #it gets a bit warmer than i'm used to and the fans are louder than i'm used to as well #but as long as it runs well i guess that's not really an issue? i hope not anyway #i have yet to look into whether that's a problem with these laptops #if anyone has pointers let me know haha #oh yeah also i did this with my blue light filter on so hopefully the colors aren't too miserable but if they are. i apologize #i mean it's all reds so there's not much to mess up but just in case #finieldraws

[curioscurio]

Goes to bed feeling significantly better because my sinus infection is improving vs waking up remembering that I'm not actually fully recovered + the ear infection is beginning + no meds yet + return of the sore throat

#my boss is gonna LOVE me today (doesnt come in again) #its fine i have a doctors note that covors me till friday but i still feel like shit lol #well yesterday and the day before i was basically just on an off sleeping and feeling miserable. #so today im taking the time to finish healing plus clean my sickness nest and get myself ready for the weekend #i mean compared to yesterday morning i was feeling a LOT better but now this morning its like. hes still here... osmosis jones where are u

[fatuismooches]

SMOOCHES!! HII ML THIS IS SO LATE GOODNESS BUT MERRY CHRISTMAS!! ໒꒰ྀིᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ꒱ྀི১

I hope you spent the day filled with joy and smiling constantly and got what you wanted on your wish list! After 3 years I finally got my iPad Air and Apple Pencil!! I’ll finally be able to draw and hopefully do commissions to make a bit of money off of it! (My art rlly isn’t the best but I feel so guilty knowing my father spent so much T_T) I ALSO DID IN FACT BAKE COOKIES!!! >.< they came out amazing and I’m so happy my baking skills are improving! Just imagining fragile!reader slowly improving thanks to the help of Zandy and him making sure they don’t over exert themselves when they cook or bake. Especially since he makes sure you take breaks if you’ve been standing for a long time. Is him forcing you to sit down also a silly excuse for him to cuddle on your lap and bury his face into your chest as you softly brush your hands through his fluffy hair? Perhaps, but you wouldn’t mind it at all!

I love you so much smooches I wish I could give gifts to you because trust me I would spoil you to no end sweetheart <3 I hope you continue to spend the rest of your winter break with smiles and laughter!! m giving you so many cuddles n chu chus as a gift, despite me always giving them. Hehe!

-from your dear boo boo bear 🎐 anon! ౨ৎ

MY DEAR 🎐 ANON (LATE) MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AS WELL!! ❤️❤️ Congrats on your gift, that sounds lovely! I wish you luck on your commissions, and keep practicing your art! No one starts out perfect, it takes a lot of time, patience, and effort to keep moving forward in any craft. So keep doing your best 🎐 anon!! 💗

I WISH I COULD SEE YOUR COOKIES!! They must have been so yummy ehehe i would love to taste them :3 AND YES!! Little Zandy being your little watch guard with hawk eyes despite his age 🥹 Always watching what you're doing and resisting the urge to taste test the food already!! I can just imagine him pulling a chair over and giving you a look with pouty cheeks for you to sit down :( (Zandy won't take no or 'just five more minutes' for an answer!! He will also be expecting lots of head pats and cuddles as you promise to let him have the first bite! [As long as he doesn't tell the other segments...] He may have learned this technique from Dottore's persistence-) In conclusion. Zandy is the bb boy.

AHAHAH YOU'RE MAKING ME BLUSH 🎐 ANON!! I too would love to give you a gift (and lots of cuddles and hugs!!) 🥹 Enjoy your winter break too! (Although there is still time until the spring semester starts I'm dreading it ALREADY 😭💥)

#smooches talks #🎐 anon #dottore love notes <3 #zandy bb <3 #hi *takes a bite out of ur cookies* DELICIOUS #speaking of ive been wanting to do writing commissions n open a kofi but im kind of scared >.< #but for christmas my friend got me lots of cute dottore merch!! in my house we dont rlly celebrate holidays haha so ive grown up not- #getting anything (which is fine w me lol) #in addition to the dottomeow she also got me other dottore plushies and a keychain and a pin!! i put them on my bag!

[thegreatyin]

the bandaged scoundrel will be joining everyone else in firmament chapter 1 tomorrow! they don't deserve this they shouldn't have this power someone please confiscate their airship before they kill someone (slightly more permanently than usual)

...assuming it won't require me to make more comprehensive bribes. i never want to see another romantic notion conversion storylet for as long as i live -_-

#railway is a Lot. it's slightly overwhelming #im gonna take it very very slow from here on out i think lol #i just wanted to rush to ealing first #yin-thoughts #fallen london #on a story note i like furnace so far! she's cool as fuck #not sure what the scoundrel's opinion on her is yet. probably the same default as most people (aka 'hm can i use you yes no') #prick