My partner made a comment about how this episode fed into “bury your gays” and like, while his heart was in the right place with the critique, I felt so strongly the opposite way

Like on its face, yes, two gay men died…. But like, in a show about a zombie apocalypse where we’re tracking at least 1 Major Character Death per episode, Bill & Frank are triumphant compared to every other character. They got to live to be old and gray together after a life of relatively peaceful flourishing. They chose their deaths on their own terms, a luxury most people don’t get in this world. They got to die together, in each others arms, neither left to live and suffer alone. They got to go with dignity, autonomy, and love, in peace, together. They got to choose. They made their end meaningful. They were happy and satisfied and fulfilled. Everything that gay characters are so often not afforded in life, much less in death.

Not only that, but narratively speaking, their deaths were used in exact opposition to “bury your gays.” The trope was created to reinforce that being gay is a sin, that gays must die as punishment for their evil ways. It’s intended to be a narrative consequence, the moral of the story, a warning to its audience.

But the deaths of Bill and Frank were used as closure to a story arc about living a happy, fulfilled life with your partner. Even further than that, their arc was used to demonstrate that there is meaning in life because we choose to create meaning, that purpose is found in each other, in loving someone, even at the end of the world. They are held up as an example of what to strive for, of a reason to keep living, of something to pursue. It is completely antithetical to bury your gays and is in fact a brilliant subversion of it in that it grounds the purpose of the narrative itself.

Tl;dr: TLOU really said love wins.

Percy: *still drunk* William!!! Come pick me up please. I am incarcerated. Cousin Sirius says hello.

Bill: Percy!!! What happened.

Percy: We were involved in a drunk pub fight. We won but the prize was jail.

Bill: I’m coming little brother!!!

Percy: I knew I could count on you!!! Cousin Sirius says cousin Regulus will give you directions and a snack. Cousin Sirius is a mean drunk.

Bill: This is the most exciting thing to happen all month. I’m so proud of you.

Percy: Please do not tell our younger siblings. I want to keep the little dignity I have left.

i have a counter argument to the 'only one person can boop bill' thing, mabel. she's the type of person to slap stickers on people, she would definitely be the type to also boop others occasionally and bill would be no exception. she probably doesn't do it to annoy bill like dipper would, but maybe as a form of a friendly gesture, kind of like those people who will lightly punch friends in the arm when they hang out.

You know what? Good point. Mabel would get away with more than most, as a fun-loving lady! Bill understands those impulses, and being a touchy person! He indulges in similar ones himself.

Though when Bill's not in the mood to be playful and gets booped anyway? The 'sister-in-law' status grants her considerable grace.

I haaaaate when ppl treat ford being upset over his identity being taken and his house getting turned into essentially a mockery of his research was completely unreasonable

like, was stan doing his best with a terrible situation? absolutely! would ford kicking him out be an actually fair option? fuck no!

but he's been in this dimension for probably 12 hours. god knows the last time he's slept. he'd been nearly dead prior to going thru the portal and now has to deal with the fact that he's lost everything. he doesn't even have his own identity anymore.

I honestly don't even think half the shit ford says to stan is truly about stanley or ford's opinion of him, so much as it is about his own issues and how weighed down with guilt he is.

I think its worth noting that ford only ever says mean things about stan when he's pissed off- when he's not angry, he's much more willing to actually discuss things and try to find common ground (such as when he invites stan to play d,d&d).

it honestly comes off more as him not knowing how to communicate anger outside of hurting people than it does genuine malice towards stan. and also I don't think ford ever really internalized that stan was homeless in the duration of the show

My scanner decided to essentially brick itself with some obscure firmware error that the manufacturers have shrugged about and washed their hands of. Cool!

I've ordered a new device (different manufacturer this time) but that was a financial hit I didn't really need in the lead up to my birthday.

Anyway, I have a lot of stuff scanned already for August so this shouldn't delay the things I had planned, I just wanted to complain :(

i don’t think i’ll ever understand throwing away a MILLION DOLLARS for someone you met a couple months ago. you barely know these people and once the season ends you’ll hang out with them for a month of sponsorships and then pretty much never speak to them again. it’s pointless to be authentically loyal to a relative stranger

The game shows the “infected” environment returning to its natural bountiful state after an RDA base in the area is destroyed. Well... the ecosystem's rejuvenating power can be read as a sustainable practice for the RDA.

ugh time travel plans foiled by too many currency changes..... id look like a fool turning up with euros

drew this the other day just . because

I hereby grant you ten thousand tickets to be as upset as you need to be!! What's going on is awful, and you don't deserve to be delt this. Do whatever you need to in order to get through, and we'll be here whenever you're ready ♥︎

thank u anon ;;; im not used to getting rly sad abt stuff so its been tough to convince myself that im not like,, an annoying bummer the past few days. trying hard to take actions to improve my own life for some control and crossing my fingies i can start climbing back up again <3

if u. if u like bisexuals that are sososososo implied but not canon. u will love eric matthews from boy meets world <3

s5 onwards especially! some of the writers did want him to be canon and u can tell

I FORGOT TO MENTION HIM BUT UGH ILYSM FOR MENTIONING HIM BC OMG—

i watched Boy Meets World like 3 years ago?? and I instantly fell hard for his character bc he is also a dumb and goofy bi man who is written to really love women but is also the butt of every gay joke and I LOVE THOSE CHARACTERS— and him and Shawn’s older brother!!! Jack !!!

there is one like 8 or 10 minutes compilation of youtube of Eric and him being gay that I used to watch all the time !!

I need to rewatch that show omfg. You brought me back into the light, blue, you’re my hero.

I want a bill whump so bad, if dipper falls in love with bill every time he reincarnates but hes also a little bit different in every reincarnation, could there be one where hes almost entirely replused by bill, or already in love with someone else?

We all love to see that terrible little man struggling! Typically hurting Bill is accomplished via Dipper-death, but this is a neat alternate scenario. You know he's definitely going to start out totally full of himself! Winning his husband back should be easy! Until he realizes he has no idea how he did it in the first place.

the fact that it’s been pretty much confirmed that we’re going to see what happened with henry that made brenner decide he needed to bring in more kids bc he couldn’t control him anymore

Jaws is perfect for the types of missions where it’s basically “we’re gonna drop you off here. Clear these buildings. Let’s us know if you need help or if you find any animals, children, or something else you need us to recover” then the rest of the strike team gets to just wait in the jet as Jaws grins and jumps out. They totally time it and whoever guesses closest to the time it takes Jaws to clear the area gets a gift card to Starbucks or something XD

Listen.

Jaws has no problem killin' and/or packin' people up.

You need a mark dealt with? Call Jaws.

Go clear out targets, next to no stipulations? It'll be like mowin' the lawn, bud.

Remember: bad guys. there was no pearly gates for 'em no-how

You already know Tony was the one to start the betting. Him and Sam being the first two to encourage it T-T. Further down the way everyone else gets in on it, even Fury put a couple bucks down a few times. Of course, Natasha has won the most bets like, "Naturally. I've seen my rybka go to work, so..."

translation:

rybka/рыбка = small fish

your periodic reminder that im trans and everything ive ever made has been done with the hopes to showcase the beauty and power and glory that being trans is.

this is also your periodic reminder that im queer and everything ive ever made has been done with the hopes to showcase the beauty and power and glory that being queer is.

this is also your periodic reminder that im ace and everything ive ever made has been done with the hopes to showcase the beauty and power and glory that being ace is.