sorry I lost the asks, Davesprite said and I quote “I hate gay people” and slapped the tablet off my hands and told me to never draw gay people again -Mod Nannaquin

Veromachi be like:

for the ships thingy

aidlyn

tyden

ashler

taylyn

tylenol

popstar (ben x logan? idk the name of the ship)

Hhhhh that's a lot

Aidlyn

You guys know how I feel about them lol

Tyden

No comment.

Ashler

I only enjoy them in a really specific way that I don't see in the fandom very much so like I just enjoy them privately lmao

Taylyn

I would probably like it more if people actually did something interesting with them/lh (as a lesbian-)

Tylo (I'm sorry I just can't use Tylenol it kills me)

You guys *know* how I feel about Tylo-

Popstar/Ben x Logan

Is cute but doesn't do anything for me personally. Would reblog fanart probably wouldn't read a fic about them.

Hi! I pondered today the post you've reblogged asking people to examine their biases in how they perceive transmascs. My thought was only vaguely related, as it was more related to bisexualism. I hope it's not an issue. I'd like to share it, as I respect you a lot. (Thank you lots for introducing me multigenderism! I didn't knew it was an option and I'm exploring a little! :3)

Specifically I was thinking about the erasure of men perceived as feminine from mlw relationships. There's this... assumption, that feminine men are almost inherently (OOF) unable to be attracted to women? (Putting aside fandom bias to ships involving women in the first place.) What's up with that??I cannot quite put it in the words properly but... it just doesn't sit right with me. Idk, it feels... emasculating? Like, being a femme is a vibe, a presentation, etc, but if it's a femme man it's still *very much a man*. This + typical bisexual erasure and overall assuming you can clock people's sexuality on appearance alone... Probably more that eludes me. I'm still grappling with it. Idk, there's probably much more to say here but... it's upsetting emotionally to me, personally. I'm an afab woman (maybe more) so please, *please* take my input with a grain of salt. It's just that I love men. I adore them. I want to learn more about them, learn their struggles, help them if I can. I might love them even more out of spite when biphobic people scorn at it bc it's not queer enough. Here's the catch: My type specifically is femmes. As a femme woman. So ironically my longing towards men always felt more "broken" and "unachievable" then towards women. Bc for years it felt like... femme men would never want me, by the virtue of who I am. With what body I was born and feel at home in. Idk where I'm going with this at this point. I guess I too wish people would examine their biases. In this case towards feminine men. For the sake of all men, trans, cis, femme/butch... and people who love them. Emasculating men hurts everybody. Even women, such as myself. I hope I haven't at any point sounded as equating "feminine men" to "transmasc", btw! I do NOT believe transmasc are feminine! If at any point I was coming of like that by bringing both in one ask I'm sorry! Here I'll conclude. I still have much to learn thought. I still grapple with naming the issue at hand I would deeply appreciate men insight here. Have a nice day :3

I actually posted an article written by a femme bi man talking about this topic a while back!

This is very much an issue. The way I interpret the different ways biphobes react to bi men/women is that its related to how patriarchal gender roles operate. All bisexuals are targeted by the idea that they are either "really" straight or "really" gay because of binarism. Women are resource objects, so cishet men's access to them needs to be preserved; therefore, bi women must be REALLY straight. Men, on the other hand, are competitors, and queerness is one of the major ways men are seen as failing that competition; as a result, bi men must be REALLY gay because their attraction to men(/feminine presentation, if they are femme) means they could never successfully compete at manhood. (This is ofc just a general trend; sometimes people, especially queers, will insist a bi woman must be really a lesbian esp if shes butch, and cishets may insist a bi man must be really straight especially if hes masc/butch).

I identify as bisexual and as a femme man, although I'm not sure if I would consider myself attracted to women as a man (multigender sexuality is weird but fun!), but know there very much ARE femme bi men out there who would love to be in a relationship with you. I think a lot of mlw who have a preference for femininity have experienced this, queer or not, because there is so little visibility for GNC men who are attracted to women- and because there are women who are queerphobic about the idea of a woman dating a GNC man.

Hello everybody! (CW: LGBTQ-phobia is mentioned)

I only wanted to know whether I'm real transgender or transTRENDER... Let me explain now. Sorry for being so long, but it's my most honest confession.

I was a stupid boy ("girl") till I was 8 and never realized I was not cishet 'cause my parents "censored" everything connected to LGBTQ+ and "unobtrusively" convinced me that I was a straight girl (tbh, politics and sex were also forbidden topics in our house; interestingly enough, my family ain't religious, all of them are atheists). I didn't even have a thought that a boy could like boys and "a woman may want to be called a man." I gave no thought that I might not be what my parents want me to be: a straight girl who loves her husband and has children.

I only learned the word "lesbian" when my aunt accidently said it (I was 8 y. o.), and after I asked my dad the meaning of this word. He got absolutely furious and only said, quoting, "These are mentally ill girls who need to be rap... ahem, who need to have s*x with men." So, like, you know now how it was in my family.

I "had" a "crush" on my best friend when I was 9-10. It was totally made up by me because EVERYONE (our parents, friends, classmates, and even teachers) would ship us, not even listening to our "no." My dad was absolutely happy that I "have found a future husband, like every normal girl," and I just felt disconnected from this. Not only with the "found a future husband" part but also with "every normal girl" part, too. Nonetheless, I suppressed every thought like this.

I only got internet access when I was 10-11 y.o. I was getting into puberty and hated my chest: I couldn't find a reason to explain this to my parents, who knew about me disliking my growing breasts. Subconsciously, I wanted to be like my the most favorite guitarist (he's a man) from the band of my childhood. I couldn't understand what was wrong with me and why I couldn't be like him. But I quickly thought it was because of my chest and was actually right.

The first time I saw the word "transgender" was when I turned 12. I learned about the pronouns and felt a strong connection to she/they and he/they set. I tried using "he/they," but I stopped in a day due to the simple fact that it felt unusual. I immediately banned myself from thinking of this, putting a limit: I can only be an ally. The problem was that I never had any strong position because my parents were constantly brainwashing me. So, I have seen some posts about radical feminism... and sooner became a TERF.

Honestly, radical feminism helped to accept my aroaceness, but it's the only good thing it has done to me. I started hating men simply because they were men, and I also started wishing death on all trans people for "supporting gender stereotypes." I had no reason for this: I was just brainwashed by TERFs when I was 13. I didn't support the whole feminism: I only hated trans people because... why? (P. S. I still hate myself for this period of life) TERFs forced me to think I am proud to be a girl, even though I MYSELF (!) never believed in it. Also, it is worth saying that being radfem was actually quite popular (if I can say it) in my country in 2020-2021 / 2022 (maybe it's still popular now, idk), so many girls were (or are) into that.

Deep down, when I looked through the photos of my favorite guitarist and thought he was handsome... and I felt jealous since I'm not like him, but I quickly restricted myself from thinking of this. I didn't know it was gender envy.

When I was turning 14, my ex-friend helped me to realize I had masculine features. And then I realized I was a guy with he/they pronouns (I go by he/him now). And I felt... relieved? It’s as if my life has acquired colors that weren’t there before this moment. I had no idea what my name was... My deadname always seemed to me so usual, but not mine, and my inner boy was almost killed with TERF's f*cking ideology. I googled some boy names and... I found an amazing one, which was the best for me (even if it wasn't typical for my country).

I went to the psychologist (who turned out to be an impostor and did not have a diploma). She said I was the girliest girl she had ever seen, and I'm faking it.

I have changed SO many labels, trying to find the most suitable one, but now I just label myself transgender man and don't give a damn. I have two names now: the one I have chosen when I was 14 and the most recent one when I realized nobody's gonna call me by my first chosen name. Both feel nice for me, and I'm even thinking of getting the other two (I'm fascinated by Janick, Dariusz, and Friedrich, honestly, but I believe 5 names will be too much for me). The guitarist I adore is still my gender envy. 🤣

I WANT to look like a man and transition... but I always think I'm not trans enough. I nearly killed my real self, letting my parents and TERFs decide who I am. What if I'm not trans and just faking it? What if the internet has brainwashed me, and I'm not real trans? I don't wanna be a "typical masculine man" or a "typical feminine woman," I wanna be myself. And my real me is dead. What if I'm just a gendervoid and can turn into everything: girl, boy, nonbinary, bigender, etc? What if I have lost in my dreams and I'm a girl? What if I'm just a transtrender?

Sorry for being so long. Thanks for reading. Sorry for taking your time.

you are 'trans enough', and even if you decide your not later, thats fine. you can be whoever you want, forever. i'm happy that you figured it out, despite terfs and parents.

also, you dont need to apologise for sending something, its what this blog is for!

st ship rating nobody asked for

because I can

byler ~ 1000/10 best endgame bfs

bywheelclair ~ 9/10 henclair truther but THEY <3

elumax ~ 9/10 henclair truther but lucas gets all the bitches and this is basically canon

henclair ~ 100/10 they make me so happy I love them so much they need more love

steddie ~ 100/10 oh my god I love gay people

ronance ~ 9/10 let's go lesbians

elmax ~ 10/10 LETS GO LESBIANS

jopper ~ 10/10 feel like this is the one thing we can all agree on

henderhop ~ 5/10 ...interesting.

lumax ~ 8/10 iconic

jargyle ~ 100/10 I love them sm I'm not sorry

rockie ~ 5/10 very disappointed the duffers copy pasted Robin's personality onto her first love interest but still kinda cute bc I love robbie

jancy ~ 4/10 ronance and jargyle truther and I hate the love triangle but this is tolerable ig

stancy ~ 0/10 no.

milkvan ~ -10/10 el deserves better, mike is a gay homosexual

eddissy ~ 3/10 platonic, mlm/wlw solidarity

buckingham ~ 6/10 usually I don't like ships with no screen time but shit this is pretty cute

stonathan ~ 7/10 he was steve's bi awakening you can't tell me he wasn't

harringrove ~ 1/10 maybe if billy wasn't a racist douchebag. ik he's got trauma but he was a total dick and it's not excusable

mungrove ~ 0/10 NO

murray x alexei ~ 8/10 idk their ship name but this makes my heart happy

hopper x antonov ~ 6/10 jopper truther but smth was fruity there

chrason ~ 1/10 chrissy deserved better but he cared about her in a really fucking weird way so there's that

erica x dustin ~ -10/10 remind me why this is a thing?

ednancy ~ 2/10 I just learned this was a thing and I don't know how to feel about it. eddie gay as fuck though. feel like they would be fascinating as besties.

stargyle ~ 8/10 um yeas absolutely

my hot take is that "but aro/aces can be in relationships and/or have sex!" has become the easy excuse for never bothering to for once think and create in fandom about non-sexual and/or non-romantic aro/ace relationships

people most of whom pull out that excuse but never bothered to write these characters' romantic and/or sexual relationships from an aro/ace lense in the first place either. sorry but writing a canon ace character exactly like you would an allo character and then go 'because aces can have sex! :D' when called out for ignoring their aversion to sex is not writing an ace character

idk personally i think taking away an aroace character's canon disinterest in sex and/or romance in the name of shipping is as much in bad taste as making a canonically trans character cis would be. or making a canon lesbian character heterosexual.

'but aroace people can be in romantic and sexual relationsips!' when people whine 'you can't hc this character as aroace bc they like romance/sex!': yes

'but aroace people can be in romantic and sexual relationsips!' when called out for ignoring a character being canonically aroace and disinterested in romance and sex: hehhhh

at the end of the day do what you want! it's not about what you're allowed or not allowed to do it's about y'all giving so much importance to respecting canon rep unless it's sex and/or romance-averse aro/aces. and it fucking stings

i'm not saying it's wrong and you can't do it. I'm just saying it's in bad taste and the double standard is there because if you did that to a canon trans character you'd get ripped to pieces. hell you probably wouldn't do it at all.

fandom being a sex-positive space is great but sex-positivity is also about not wanting sex. fandom being a safe space for queer themes is great but queerplatonic relationships are also queer.

anyway. you've got the whole fucking playground in every single fandom but letting one (1) character be a canonically romance/sex-averse or overall disinterested in romance/sex aroace is just too fucking hard for you apparently

santana for the ask gamee

OK buckle up homies. I am a Santana Lopez stan first, human second. Santana is best girl so this is probably gonna be a long one, answers under the cut...

favorite thing about them

She has such a big heart and is genuinely so sweet and caring and is ride-or-die as fuck for the people she cares about. Also she's just so fucking funny and she has these ditzy moments that are so comedically underrated.

least favorite thing about them

I don't like when the writers would use her to air grievances about cast members (but I also think "every time you so much as cooked macaroni and cheese together or farted" is funny and I'm sorry but I can't help but laugh every time I hear that). I also didn't like the dodgeball thing from s3 because it felt like the writers trying to justify Finn outing her (which absolutely isn't justified at all and I hate that there's still people in the fandom trying to act like it was). Also just like with Brittany's 'angry lesbians' comment, I didn't like the whole 'you need a 100% Sapphic goddess' conversation and the biphobia, especially considering it required two actual bi people (Naya and Demi) to utter those words (yikes).

I wish she could have stood up for herself a bit more when the feud with Rachel was resolved (because yeah maybe she took it too far but it wouldn't have gone there if Rachel hadn't overreacted to begin with).

idk if I'd necessarily say "least favourite" more than "most noticeable flaw" but she tends to spiral when she doesn't have control of a situation, which leads to things like the whole Artie situation and later the whole leprechaun thing.

(also ... again more of a "most noticeable flaw" thing than anything else I think she has low self-esteem and a fear of success but I could write an essay on that so we'll save that for another day)

favorite line

"First of all, that is offensive! He shot Martin Luther King!"

brOTP

Besides Brittana (because they are besties as well as soulmates and wives), hands down has to be Sancedes!!!! I love their friendship. I love how in season 2 Mercedes laughs at all Santana's comebacks. I think they stayed friends way after canon ended.

I'm a sucker for Kurtana, Blaintana and Samtana besties as well.

OTP

Brittana ofc <3

nOTP

All ships with male characters but especially Finntana, Pucktana and Sebtana. I don't like the other main Santana ships either (Quinntana/Pezberry) and I don't like Dantana or Santina either (but I'm cool with multishipping as long as it's not invalidating her as a lesbian and as long as people aren't rude about Brittany, because Britt's one of my comfort characters as well)

random headcanon

I have so many Santana headcanons it's not funny but I don't know what the barometer of randomness is, so here's a list of them and ig you can decide which are the more random ones.

Also I'm a demisexual lesbian Santana truther and I know there's others out there but I don't think it's a widely popular headcanon.

unpopular opinion

That I think she's overhated??? No fr I have no patience for people who call her irredeemable or a terrible person because she wasn't. Santana is best girl point blank period, and in my opinion, even though I love a lot of the other characters as well, she was the best part of Glee.

Santana's version of Don't Rain On My Parade is the superior version.

In terms of some fanon things, fuck JKR but Santana's not a Slytherin and I'll die on that hill. I'm not a fan of the cutesy nicknames people give her in fanfiction. Also her abuela would never allow her middle name to be Diabla so fuck Ryan Murphy for putting that into the universe.

(also idk if this is an unpopular opinion or not but the people who are whining that kevin and jenna talk about naya/santana too much on their podcast seriously need to get a life)

song i associate with them

favorite picture of them

There's too many of them to narrow it down to just one but I'm gonna have to go with weddingtana ...

she's so happy and smiley because she just married her britt-britt and they're WIVES!!!

(we did it joe)

anyway, this was fun, please send in more asks, I really enjoy doing them

favorite new gen ships?

I'm assuming you're cool with canon and fanon ships (bc if it's just canon ships then uh...it's just gonna be rajbow lmao).

I'll have you know this was painstaking for a multishipper like me, but here we are!!

disclaimer: I've personally only watched four of the episodes (I'm tryna find time to watch the rest 😭); the rest that I know of abt the characters and/or dynamics are bc of tumblr lmaoo

(also if you have a problem with any of these, don't bother commenting, I don't need the hate)

rajbow (raj x bowie): o b v!! can't have one of these asks without these two, tbvh, I adore them and from what I've heard abt them, I love how Fresh handled them--the fact that the only canon gay ship is also on the list of the healthiest ships is wild and I freaking love it!! they're so adorable together too--and let me say I noticed the connection between Bowie getting crowns and Raj's name meaning 'king' immediately and it made me love them more! I can't wait to see more of them next season, and I hope Fresh doesn't fuck around with them like they've done with other ships 🤞

emwayne (emma x wayne): while I understand where the zemma shippers are coming from, I'm gonna have to say that I can see them as a pairing, but mostly I see zee and emma as friends than lovers. moving onto wayne and emma, I've seen a couple of rlly cute fanart abt them that roped me into rooting for them; also, I saw this tumblr post that talked abt wayne helping emma see that her and chase aren't right for each other bc of the break between bowie and emma's friendship; I thought it'd be cute that emma realizes what an actual relationship is supposed to be like based on the way wayne treats her and the two grow closer as he helps her come into herself more. overall, really cute pairing!!

nichaxel (nichelle x axel): MY LESBIAN BABES!!! ever since I saw that one scene where they interacted, I was HOOKED, I'm SO SO on board with these two getting together, ugh, I can just imagine how badass and amazing they'd be!! axel teaching nichelle to fight so she can make her comeback next season??? nichelle helping axel tune more into her emotions and her heart??? sign me tf up!! they'd be unstoppable, legit, I want this so bad! seriously, I hope Fresh does smth with them next season and if they don't get them together, I hope they at least let them be friends, goddammit!

damien x priya (idk their shipname 😭): from the screenshots I've seen of the two, I think they're cute together!! wonder if next season will involve them more 🤔 it's funny too bc it's the guy who doesn't have a clue abt total drama with the girl who knows everything abt it; like imagine priya getting damien to watch the prev seasons and damien returning next season like a fricking icon with his newfound knowledge. honestly I'm on the fence abt these two; I like them as a pairing, but also I think they're great as good friends too! (also I've seen a lot of ppl talking abt millie x priya; I personally don't have an opinion abt that, I haven't gotten that far to have one. So, to me, they're just good friends!) (on that note, for the scary girl x damien shippers, I personally see them as friends, I just can't see scary girl with anyone sorry 😅)

chazee (chase x zee): okay, hear me out on this one. before the season came out, when all I knew abt everyone were those random pics of episodes, I remember wishing chase to be gay (or bi or smth that isn't straight or he realizes he's not straight while in the show) bc it'd break that stereotype which I thought would be cool--and I shipped him with zee like offhandedly, nothing extreme, just lowkey. like I thought their shipname was cute (chazee?? hello?? literally adorable?? and I've found out that ppl are calling them cheese now too and fdhdjf that just makes it cuter). then I started watching the season and got to know chase's whole personality, I was like 'ehhhh' and this pairing just...got shunted to the far corners of my mind. THEN I came across this freaking adorable fic of these two (it's this one!) that somehow converted me back to shipping these two??? then I started thinking up random scenarios involving the two and yeah imma say I adore these two. idk I feel like zee would be good for chase, like their way of viewing the world would be pretty helpful for someone like chase?? (plus the whole sexuality crisis can still exist on chase's end bc imo zee is the kinda person to already be aware of a lot of things abt him (their gender, their sexuality, etc) but not put much emphasis on it, y'feel?), and maybe chase's way of expressing himself would balance out zee's??? who knows?? idk I feel like this ship has a lot of potential and it's worth exploring-

mkulia (mk x julia): they'd be the queens of meet-uglies lmaoo but no rlly, they'd be rlly great together, I feel! they give off alenoah vibes too, which I think is pretty neat! idk much abt them rn bc I'm only a fourth in the season, but I will def let you know my thoughts once I do!

I think that's it! these aren't all the ships I ship obv, but if I had to pick favs, it would be these ones!

oh, btw, as a treat, let me talk abt my least fav character in the season after I talked abt my fav ships fhjdfhI okay so I genuinely dislike ripper so much lmfao, like in the beginning he was 'meh' to me and he just plummeted the more I watched the season. I would not subject anyone to the pain of being shipped with him at all (the only ship I can tolerate is chipper but even then it's shipped ironically and I've hardly any interest in it; sorry chipper fans lmao)😭 literally hope he gets eliminated early next season--it's what he deserves after the whole deal with axel's elimination this season.

i am sorry if this sounds like i'm sending this in bad faith i know it sounds a bit rude but i swear i'm not trying to be. i'm genuinely curious about your reasoning behind this. (im a dorlene fan myself and idc about rosekiller).

don't you think it's a bit hypocritical shipping dorlene but saying you hate rosekiller bc they're nobodies in canon? i mean, arguably we have more canon info on barty than any of the other three together. or is there more to it that i'm missing?

lol no worries i will do my best 2 answer <3

so, a hypocrite/hypocrisy is essentially telling people that u think they should behave in a certain way/conform to a certain moral standard when u urself do not. if i was telling people, "you shouldn't enjoy shipping characters when there's very little canon info about them," and then i shipped dorlene, that would be hypocritical. but i'm always very clear that i'm not trying to enforce any standards on what people should or shouldn't ship, and that when i'm ranting about ships i hate it is simply my own personal preference + me having fun being a hater on my silly little tumblr blog, y'know? like, i usually throw in a little disclaimer somewhere going "ship what u want, it doesn't matter, i just don't like this ship, etc etc," just bc i know people get weird about their ships in this fandom and it just. genuinely does not matter 2 me if there are people out there in the world shipping rosekiller. like u do ur thing! just....do it far away from me lol.

also, i mean. although all those characters don't have much canon information, there are pretty significant differences in the canon information we do have about them. i usually just don't really get into this as a reason bc i don't want it to sound like i'm moralizing, becase, again, i genuinely do not care and do not think it's like...morally bad if someone wants to ship rosekiller. but! for the sake of explaining why i, personally, love dorlene + hate rosekiller, here are some differences:

in canon, the only thing we know about evan is that he's a death eater who blew off part of moody's nose (? i think. or was it his eye?) before moody killed him. that backstory holds....zero interest to me. i don't find it compelling. and if ur just plucking the name out of that and erasing all canon backstory...well. i also do not find that compelling.

similarly, while barty crouch jr. has more canon info than any of these other three characters, everything we know about him is that he is a very avid death eater and clear villain. personally, i'm not that interested in exploring his character! i think there's certainly potential for a story about how he got to that point, sure, but....idk. i'm not really interested in it. and i'm even less interested if, again, we're just erasing all that canon info and making him an oc....like, sure, go ahead and do that if u want. i just don't want to!

marlene's canon backstory is that she was a member of the order whose entire family was murdered. dorcas's backstory is that she was a member of the order who voldemort killed himself. what got me interested in them as characters was the headcanon that tied those backstories together, that dorcas went hunting for revenge after marlene's death and ultimately voldemort had to take her out because she did so much damage. i thought that was interesting! i found it compelling! it planted a seed in my brain that grew an entire massive story, and now i will love those characters forever simply because i spent so much time playing paper dolls with them in my head.

also, if ur handing me two blank-slate pairs of characters to ship, and one says GAY and one says LESBIAN and the rest is all fill in the blanks....well call me crazy boys but i'm gonna pick lesbian every time i think. that's just the way we roll over here at rollercoasterwords.tumblr.com <3

hi i’m sorry to bother you but um. idk the posts you’ve been making are coming across pretty lesbiphobic given the context,,,? i don’t understand why it’s such a big deal.

Let's see, I believe my latest post was me sharing the full text of a novel translation that was getting misquoted in order to bully people disagreeing with a popular interpretation. Sharing facts rather than bully-fuel hearsay is the reason for the latest posts, nothing more nothing less.

The existence of women who like multiple genders (whether they're fictional or not) is a fact, our bi and pan sisters deserve rep and respect too~ Sushang's neat.

To be completely honest? Acting like a bi Sushang would be "worse" than being a lesbian in a game full of lesbians sounds like cryptoterf shit so I've been pretty suspicious of that rabble so far. That doesn't fly with me.

Regarding Kiana, I fully interpret her as a lesbian, however the word "lesbian" isn't used by her in the canon text of hi3. A rose by any other name would smell just a sweet, doesn't make her any less gay. She doesn't say "I'm a lesbian" but she says "I'm in love with Mei", y'all, the original post that sparked the controversy wasn't saying that Kiana wasn't a lesbian, it was saying that not everyone ships Kiamei and some folks prefer to see them as broken up or close friends instead, and then people got really intense on twitter. Seems like there was a weird misunderstanding about what what was being talked about.

In a vaccum though, I agree that's not a big deal! My DMs are open, and I'm not one to yell. If you have a legitimate grievance, I'll hear you out, but you can't just say words and not back them up. This is a very serious accusation you're leveling at me and I don't think I've done anything that warrants it. Did the above come off as me hating lesbians? Nah nah, no way, that's my own crew, though my girlfriend's bi so it annoys me when people shit on bi headcanons.

I never liked Musa/Riven ship.Musa deserves much better.And i think Darcy is better with Riven than Musa.Also Tecna and Timmy are underrated couple and need more love.

Thanks for sharing your insights!

I definitely understand where you're coming from *as a huge Rivusa shipper*. And even though I ship them, I will admit that their relationship is unhealthy on both sides. While I do agree that Musa deserved better, Riven did too. Such as the times when they were together Musa blatantly flirted with Jason Queen and kept acting to impress him. Musa had a crush on some other guys even while she was in the relationship with Riven, and so Riven got jealous (rightfully so.) Another thing to add is that often times Musa will expect others (especially Riven) to somehow magically know how she's feeling without telling them. Which often leads her to becoming frustrated with him when he has no clue what's the matter with her. In other words she has trouble expressing her emotions freely and blames it on Riven when he's unable to understand why she's upset. I'd also like to add that Musa sometimes got angry at him for no reason and pushed him away when he was trying to be nice/supportive. (Also! I am not throwing all of the shade towards Musa, I just wanted to point out how Musa definitely wasn't the saint of the relationship, since people tend to completely ignore that fact. Riven wasn't a saint either, he was so snarky and had a really bad attitude. He was also pretty possessive and cold. They absolutely had their bad times but they also had a lot of cute and healthy moments.

As for Riven/Darcy (Driven) I think that they will always be iconic, but Rivusa is engame.

When it comes to Tecna/Timmy (idk their ship name, I'm sorry) I don't exactly have a strong opinion on their relationship. For the most part I firmly believe that they're just involved with each other platonically rather than romantically (I hc Tecna as a lesbian)

I wasn't intending for this to turn out so long, my apologies! I'm just so hyperfixtated on Winx lmao😭

You asked me my fave ASOIAF ships so it’s only right that I ask u what yours are 🫶🫶

oh honey you got a big storm comin 😈 

SLAY TIER GOD TIER S TIER GOAT TIER

JAIME/BRIENNE: god it's just so. like its truly insane. they are beauty and the beast but there's LAYERS like ok first look. oh she's a girl and he's a boy so she's beauty and he's the beast. but jaime is so sexyhot and brienne is ugly so he's the beauty and she's the beast. oh but she's brienne the beauty and he's a lannister lion. oh but she's the only kind and good and pure soul in the world and her eyes are so, so beautiful and jaime is so horrible and destroyed inside and out and he's so cruel but he doesn't want to be but he does. AND he dreams of fighting alongside her nude like ok RRRING RRING um hi freud i gotta crazy guy for you to psychoanalyse yeah he's got daddy AND mommy AND sibling issues and he’s a little gay with it.

THEON/ROBB: look ok. coming out as a robb neutral. THATS KIND OF A LIE look i love robb he's just a boy he's forced into the meat grinder he's hamlet he's doomed i love that that's so fun. but i'm not one of those people who's like WE NEED A ROBB POV or like mad he died. i'm a theongirl first and foremost and the way i love throbb is through the lens of theon my traumatised horrible catboy.

RHAENYRA/ALICENT: god what can be said that hasn’t. vicious lesbian divorce. psychosexual incestuous passive aggressive actually aggressive love hate inner child growing old always on their mind everything is about the other constrained by patriarchy doing patriarchy but in a way that benefits you. and she’s her stepmother.

FUN TIER

JONSATIN: yeah yeah its a bit of a yaoi ship i know i know. mostly i like it cos it gives satin something to do LMAO i really like him so i have to give him personality and wants and a backstory and jon is a great puppet for that. on jon’s side honestly satin is like the nicest choice for him everyone else has so much baggage...

LORENLY: its like canon i like it. i like the doom and tragedy i like how renly is a fun guy and loras is such a cunt.

DAENSA: i think they would be a nice couple :) i think they would be good for each other. nice fluffy ship, very sweet. lemontreecakes forever!!

SANSAERY: its like what if regina george and cady heron were lesbians. i love manipulative bitch margaery whos like shit she’s genuinely nice and pure and cute goddamnit. and sansa who has to slowly realise she’s being used but that even though their relationship is kinda fucked up it IS complex. also really funny that she was comphet for marge’s gay brother.

GENDRYA: she’s 9 so im like meh on it but its very sweet. the living-vicariously-through-your-children marriage robert wanted with sansa and joffrey. well actually its the genderfreak lyanna clone and anarchist robert clone. 

STAVOS and MELYSE: idk melisandre and selyse’s ship name. i could be serious about it but it’s just funny to me. you can still fuck even when youre at the rotting decrepit old age of 34 and you once cut off your domestic partner’s fingers

HONOURARY MENTIONS

JonValJon: i dont like ValJon because it so often negates val’s character and her wants and desires also jon is 15 and val is like clearly an adult woman but the name is really funny i like les mis eh heh heh

Theonsa: i like show theonsa i think its sweet. book theonsa i dont like because shes a lesbian.

Brienne/Sansa and Brienne/Margaery: show only. its cute and brienne x margaery is kinda hot ngl. also Brienne/Cersei that’s also hot. sorry im gay.

Yes Rouge, thank you for listening to my insane ramblings about DBZ and Just Dance

Sup. I'm the ratman, another lunatic with a blog. Glad you could make it. Lemme ramble about myself for a bit

Disclaimer: Would really recommend you follow this blog with caution if you're a minor. This may be a SFW blog, but I'm still an adult with little to no filter at times.

Blinkies.cafe for all your blinkie needs. #flashing lights will be used on all my posts with blinkies.

Who am I?

Just a filthy queer in his basement with ridiculous spiritual beliefs and mental problems. But we vibin.

As far as names go, ratman or The Boys works just fine.

Bit of an amateur cook. Autism be damned I can work a stove. Not a grill thats scary.

I'm a seamstress when I feel adventurous. It's fun to dress up and cosplay a bit. Would love more time to do DIY shit.

Started T early 2021, top surgery late 2022.

I have cats. I love cats.

System-wise, we're a mixed bag. If you really must know, yes it started because of The Trauma. Although not everything has to do with our childhood lore. The soulbonds certainly don't.

If you guess a kintype of ours correctly I'll send you a Jolly Rancher in the mail /j

What do I post about?

Fandom, of course. Mainly DBZ and Just Dance, some Homestuck, maybe a bit of Undertale. The occasional Fablehaven if I'm really feeling it. Others to pop up as shit filters through my dash.

Fanfiction. Which I write when I feel like it. Will be tagging as #ratman scribbles in the future.

Art. I also draw when I feel like it. Tagged with #ratman doodles

Some serious topics I think are important, in some form or fashion. Will be tagged with #ratman rants if you need to avoid them.

#ratman after dark for anything particularly spicy if ykwim. This gets a lot more use on my sideblog to be fair-

Where else can you find me?

@saffronthreads is the selfship sideblog. 18+ ONLY.

Theres a very inactive system blog at @theboysbevibin too I guess?

Who can interact? Anyone really, unless I hit the block button. But let's just cover some bases.

Some of what I reblog is stuff I dont 100% agree with. Some of its not the most well-written, either. They're Tumblr posts and I have a bad mouth. Get tf over it or don't come to my blog.

Pupgender bi gay demiboy with paw/it pronouns? Fuck yeah. Lesbian men? Friends, all of them. Transspecies? Transracial adoptees? Hell yeah, sorry there's some shitty people trying to steal your terms. Oh and speaking of!

Trans-BPD? Nah I don't think so. These identities play by different rules, you don't just "transition" to another the way you do with gender.

Am I down for "problematic" fiction? Sure. Hell, I'm working on a series that explores a pop star's descent into drug abuse and toxic relationships, and I don't plan on pulling a lot of punches when it comes to the things that happen to him. So I'm not against this kind of fiction existing. Yes, even those gross sexual taboos people like to cite. People use fiction to explore fuck-nasty shit, and that's not going to change no matter how uncomfortable you are.

However, it's not something you just pick up and write about. Especially if it involves characters who aren't yours, when it comes to fanfiction. You should be getting the consent of original creators when needed, and you should be ready to tag things appropriately so people can avoid your work. Fandom is not your bedroom, don't treat it like one. If it's some kind of sexual taboo, you should have a good grip on how to be safe with fetishes like that, and you should keep it out of spaces where it doesn't belong. If you're looking to criticize something you think is wrong, make sure you point out exactly where the real harm is. Don't just leave it at "it's fetishizing/normalizing something bad", read the work in question and point out specifics details. It's 2024, take "dark content" seriously.

Idk if anything in that rant makes me proship or anti ship and I don't fucking care. I mean, I do care tbh. I care in the sense that I think both are full of shit. If you think I'm part of the side you don't like, idk block me I guess

My LGBTQIA+ HCs for shock treatment

You people seem to agree with me for rhps let's see how this goes down (yes I did watch the movie on 2x speed on YouTube to get the order correct). I genuinely think a lot of the characters are less fruity than the ones in rocky horror sooo in order of appearance (not 100% accurate):

Brad: bisexual with a female preference, I also believe that his insecurity in his masculinity would lead him to question his gender potentially eventually realising they're nonbinary using he/they pronouns. I also think they'd try to deny and hide this.

Janet: pansexual. Idk why I just see it. Once again you don't have to agree just don't argue x

Neely: I don't care who you are there is no denying that she is gay. I personally hc her as a lesbian.

Harry: very "straight" and very insecure in his masculinity to the point where he tries to overconpensate though I think his homophobia is a little internalized...

Emily: she's giving typical hetero woman who swears she isn't gay but would've been the one in the friend group to ask her friends to "practise" kissing on each other "for the boys"

The cop (I'm sorry I don't know his name): absolutely homosexual. Don't even try fight me.

Brenda: I think she's bi. I mean they're in a band for starters but she really gives off no vibes. I'm also thinking she might be questioning her gender, I can see them experimenting with they/she pronouns. I would also suggest neopronouns but I think they might be uncomfy with that given the stigma around the lgbtqia+ community in Denton.

Frankie: undeniably trans masc. He doesn't try to present outwardly that way but the insistence around the name change makes it somewhat obvious and it honestly bugs me that nobody respects him.

Ralph Hapschatt: ok he's dating a woman butttt do we think that's a cover up? I personally think that Ralph and Macy both seem so uncomfortable interacting with each other that it makes me wonder if their relationship is to hide their sexualities.

Macy: I honestly think she's gay like I said before. Possibly bi but with a strong female preference.

(Oh) Oliver (you're so tolerant!) : seems very heteronormative to me, I feel like he'd cry if you came out to him.

That one stage hand: she's the one with the blue hat and honestly I don't care if she has maybe 2 lines she's giving serious lesbian energy.

Bert: Bert is absolutely polysexual. There is no way that guy is straight but he's also not entirely gay. I feel like he'd be attracted to you no matter your gender.

(Omg please listen to bitchin in the kitchen on 2x speed I'm crying)

Ricky: aww Ricky is adorable first of all. He seems like he's experimenting and maybe questioning his sexuality. I think he and Ansalong are in an open relationship.

Cosmo: I'm getting the feeling Cosmo is genderfluid but has to suppress his feminine side for tv. Alsooo giving aromantic vibes. I feel like Cosmo would struggle with romance but enjoys sex with both men and women.

Nation: (my love 😍) this is where I struggle. I think Nation may be transgender, possibly even intersex. I like the idea that she has struggled with defining her gender in the past. I also think she's omnisexual which is why I can't decide if I ship her more with Bert or Janet...

Ansalong: Ansalong is definitely some kind of bisexual in my mind.

Farley: heterosexual to the point of being irritating. He's very typically masc and misogynistic.

Oscar And Glish aren't on the screen very long but I think both of them are some kind of lgbtqia+

How'd you like them apples

thalia x reyna from percy jackson for the ask (i'm pretty sure you've read heroes of olympus but if i'm wrong, ronance from stranger things)

I will answer both and this is gonna be soooo controversial (for the second) lol ack

Also; I'm on mobile, and this is going to get long, and i cant link any suppirting posts that explain my perspectives better than i can, lol. If you want, i'll dm the metas. I hope I get the keep reading thing right, but if it doesn't work... sorry. Summary:

Tl:dr; I could see reynalia working, maybe, but I'd need to read some to get a proper feel for it. It might be one of those cases where I prefer it in polyamorous form, aka reynaliabeth. Reynabethalia. Or maybe when put alongside pipabeth (idk piper/annabeth...) Idk. As for ronance, just not my cup of tea for a variety of reasons. I prefer robin crossover ships, like my tiny little dingy of tarabin. (Tara Maclay/Robin Bucley).

Reyna/Thaila (reynalia??) Is not something I've ever considered, to be honest. I'm not sure how compatible they'd be, but I do ship annabeth/thalia (I should really look up pjo ship names, huh) and I've even given thalia/percy a go, because I'm firmly in the camp that you should give most ships a chance before you write them off completely (as it stands, the most controversial pjo ship I've ever read would either be luke/percy or nico/Sadie - that was written before he was confirmed as gay, though, so it's a grey area, like pre-confirmation romantic stobin fics, or willow/oz content, though differently so for the latter*).

Given all the above, I can't say I don't ship it, but I can say I'm not sure. I think given I like thaliabeth (??) and reynabeth, it wouldn't be a stretch to ship reynalia, though!

(*willow is controversial because of a clash between people who interpret her being called a lwsbian as biphobic vs people thinking calling her bisexual as lesbiphobic, its a whole deal I don't want to her into rn but... eeh, I guess I should state that I'm in the camp that her being bisexual is the most logical reading of canon, her status as a lesbian is a self-identifier because she swore off dating men, not because she isn't attracted to them - she cheated on Oz with Xander for purely lust related reasons, her whole thing with the will be done spell, and her actions with Amy when she goes off the rails (magically forcing men to dance half naked In cages in the bronze, along with other questionable acts) is... uh, not particularly lesbian behaviour, generally speaking; imo, Willow uses being gay as a mask for her insecurities same as she does her witchy power and her choice of fashion - to distance herself from the 'pathetic' girl she used to be. Its a whole psychological thing tied up in era-typical bigotry, unfortunately. It was the 90s. She wasn't going to be addressed as bi, even though she so clearly was. There's a reason I really like 2000s doctor who - it was the first positive representation of a bisexual I'd seen on screen, and being bisexual is clearly going to affect my opinion, here. Like. Duh. Same with lesbians who interpret her as lesbian. I don't think we should be arguing- at the end of the day, we all technically want the same thing; personal representation of our own lived experiences, and that's not a bad thing. Theres a good video on youtube about the controversy, which. Theres always a good video on youtube, lol.)

Um. Oops, rambling. Anyway.

So, ronance. Oh boy.

I see Nancy as straight. I'm also not fond of how she treats Robin in the little time we see them together. Im also not a fan of robin dating the ex that broke her bestie's heart. So, ergo, I don't ship them. I'm genuinely, as much as it probably doesn't seem that way, more of a fan of friendship, at the end of the day. I would see it as a betrayal (same way I see scolia and stydia as a betrayal). I tend to use romantic/sexual relations as a way to explore character because that's easiest to get my points across, but I prefer friendship. Romance is, at the end of the day, conditional. Friends can be friends still after three years of no contact, but that's a signal for the end of a romance. So what I'm getting at here - you can be tentative friends with someone the way robin and Nancy act (as is their canon dynamic), but I wouldn't be conformable with them dating. Nancy barely tolerates Robin. She displays annoyance at pretty much everything she does, from rambling to venting to expositing her mental state, Nancy's countenance just screamed 'I'm waiting for this to stop'. I don't like that in friendship, and I like it much less in romance. Even with my most controversial ships, there's still a kind of passion. Hate is not the opposite of love - it's apathy. Nancy seems often apathetic to Robin's mental state, her worries and concerns. She dismisses a lot of what robin says and does, at least from my perspective watching them. And it must be said - and I'll freely admit - I'm not Nancy's biggest fan, but I love Robin, she's my girl. That's going to cause some problems. Even with ships that are objectively questionable, I have to like both characters for me to get behind it, or I have to like both characters when in the context of the ship. This makes little sense, so I'll extrapolate.

In the Vampire Diaries, I don't really like Stefan Salvatore, and unpopular opinion time, I hate Klaus. I really, really hate him. At this point, it's straight-up loathing. But I greatly enjoyed their dynamics, from 20s to modern day, and that they shared an ex was funny to me (same way it is with Zutara, and making jetko kinda-canon for that reason alone half the time, akfjqlfjwk) as well as being an interesting thing to happen. (I mean, what are the odds, really?). So there's that. I also liked stefan and Katherine's whole weird deal, which played an aspect. What I'm trying to say, I guess, is that there's a certain respect even in my most dubious ships (jetko, steo, fuffy, spuffy, etc) that I feel is completely lacking in ronance. There's a video by Jill Bearup about enemies to lovers ships that might give a good reason to one aspect of why I like it - they take each other seriously. There's an understanding of competence, an acknowledgement of thought processes, a certain level of understanding. Nancy has none of that for Robin.

When I compare the two ships of the 'fruity four', as people have taken to calling them, steddie and ronance strike me as two very different kinds of ships. And I only half get steddie (very not fond of popular portrayal) - there's no real chance for me to get ronance. It is what it is, I suppose. People like what they're going to like. If you want me to extrapolate on any of this, I'd be happy to! My thoughts are oft all over the place and need a bit of direction to make sense, though, fair warning. I think about a lot of stuff and only rarely coherently akdhlwkfkq but I think there is a throughline. At the end of the day, mutual respect is mandatory for me, in romantix relationships especially, but not only for that. If I can't really get behind ronance platonically, there's no hope for romantically. And for the record, as stated above, I did give it a shot. Read the most popular fics and then a couple of the most recent, as I always do. They didn't agree with me, and they left me feeling distinctly... well, not so distinctly because I can't find the right word, but I couldn't help feeling the way I do about the popular portrayal of Hermione is happening to nancy? She's perfect and flawless and a girl boss and has never made a mistake ever and I just.... eeh. Also the treatment of Robin is... not always great. But that's a whole 'nother topic I've already rambled long enough, I don't need to add that.

Basically, tl:dr; ronance is kind of disquieting, probably because I'm not fond of their characterisations within ronance fics, and I'm often affected by the fanon regarding a ship. I never liked Sterek, for example, but I could've tolerated it if a) it wasn't so prevalent in fandom that it appears often untagged like an accepted part of canon when it is not and b) if it didn't so wildly misinterpret the characters, plus didn't include a character that doesn't sit right with me (Derek - Nancy) and a character I love but portrayed in a way that doesn't even remotely align with my interpretation of them 95% of the time (Stiles - Robin).

Er. Yeah. Oof.

Tl:dr; I could see reynalia working, maybe, but I'd need to read some to get a proper feel for it. It might be one of those cases where I prefer it in polyamorous form, aka reynaliabeth. Reynabethalia. Or maybe when put alongside pipabeth (idk piper/annabeth...) Idk. As for ronance, just not my cup of tea for a variety of reasons. I prefer robin crossover ships, like my tiny little dingy of tarabin. (Tara Maclay/Robin Bucley).

:).

(As you can probably tell, I have... lots of very complicated feelings about shipping Robin (and like, shipping in general, being honest) with canon ST characters. I'm much less strict abt Riordanverse characters as a whole, for reasons I'd be perfectly willing to extrapolate on/discuss if you'd like to do so!).

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