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tenderpreyy · 8 months

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I’m thinking again about Astarions sexuality and how I've seen some people (to be fair, just a few) talk about it. Mainly, people pointing out his flamboyant behavior, and that us as players are learning more about his past male lovers than female ones and basically all these things for some people pointing to him being gay or at least not interested in women in the same way he is in men. And him only being a romance option regardless of gender, because, well, all companions are and he is therefore just "playersexual", only showing interest in female player characters because he has to, because of the game mechanics.

I think what really rubs me the wrong way about this topic is that it echoes the kind of things bi/pan people (speaking as a bisexual woman myself) find themselves dealing with irl. Whether through some form of internalized biphobia or from the outside through other people's comments. Of course this is about a fictional character so it’s not like he has any feelings that could be hurt. But when i see people tallying up how often he mentions men vs. how often he mentions women it really reminds me of a way of thinking I sometimes fall into in regards to my own sexuality. This is definitely just an internalized response and not something I actually believe when I truly think about it for a second, but I know these patterns of thought very well. Of observing my own behavior. How often do I find which gender attractive? Am I attracted "enough" to women? Do I talk about men's attractiveness too often? Is it the other way around? Am I only saying this woman is attractive to prove something to myself? I literally have a girlfriend and my attitude towards mine or other's sexual orientation is generally a huge big "whatever, I don't care". And I still have a passing thought like that from time to time.

So seeing people talk about a fictional character in this way really sends home how many people (whether consciously or unconsciously) see attraction as some sort of equation, you can solve, where in the end you get a result of either gay or straight.

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #this has been sitting in my drafts for a few days but i thought why not just post it. its been on my mind.#i saw someone in the notes under a post about astarion literally counting off how often he mentions men vs women #and asking for proof of where he shows he is in fact attracted to women.#like... do you see what you're doing here??#aaaand another thing since people love bringing up his flamboyancy.... he is obviously playing that up a lot #because you know... that whole 'i have to seduce people so i am safe' thing #not saying that thats not also the real him but breaking it down to flamboyant=gay makes even less sense in the context.#its not that i think people shouldn't headcanon him as gay or asexual or whatever #i think thats great too. seeing different people's readings of the character.#just.... leave out the bi-/panphobia ffs. people dont have to show proof that they are in fact bi/pan.

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depravitycentral · 5 months

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Tw: misogany, non-con, incels, gender/power dynamics, writing this made me feel icky, if you are a person who genuinely believes in anything described in this post please consider changing your opinions, fem reader, MDNI, don't ask me where this post came from because I don't know

Thinking about men that think your rightful place is by his side as his woman.

You bring out this side of him that's brand new to him; this side urging him to utterly dominate you, to be in full control of your bank accounts, your friendships, your hobbies, even your own body. There's this new urge to make you ask for permission for everything, to just pin you down and stuff you full of him every hour of every day because it's your job. It's your duty to take his cock - you were made for it.

He's never been particularly misogynistic, but when he looks at you, all he sees is the beautiful, wonderful, perfect woman that he must domesticate. You're too wild on your own - too free-spirited, brainwashed into believing this 'modern woman' crap - there's a reason the man does the work and the woman stays at home. Don't you know that?

He's strong - you're not. (And he knows it, too - after a night of fucking, all the bruises littering your body and the way your legs struggle to hold you steady is proof enough. The way he can easily lift the heavy wooden bedframe of your shared bed is enough - you can only lift a corner of it off the ground, after all. The way he can get you to shut up with just a simple, stern look should be enough evidence.)

He's street-smart - you're not. (He understands what other men want and what you're good for - it's not sexist when he tells you that the shirt you're wearing is too revealing. He won't hesitate to tell you that your entire chest is basically out, angel, and you can't be showing the world one of your best assets. He understands that you're not strong or skilled enough to fight another man off should he decide he wants you - you'll try to fight, sure, but that'll only get the other man going, your resistance only getting them harder and more lustful, and when you inevitably give in - because you always will, all women will - he knows you might even enjoy it.)

He's smart - you're not. (You think you are - and you're right about some things, sure. You know the best ways to bathe yourself - he's never been as thorough as you, he's humble enough to admit that - and how to make delicious pie, and the best way to make the bed warm and soft. But there's a lot of things you don't know, like who to vote for at the next election, or how to change a tire, or how to use a debit card.)

He's a man. And you're not. And he likes that you aren't - he's attracted to you because of your feminine charms; your curves, your softness, your smell, the sound of your voice, and - of course - the fact that you are utterly, utterly his property. As his wife (your consent in the matter is hardly important; his last name is yours now, and that's all there really is to it), all your decisions are made by him. He tells you what to wear, what to get at the grocery store, how to address other men, how to smile, everything that he knows is too much for you to handle.

And, of course, he teaches you other things. Things that he knows you are - should be, at least - clueless about. So cute, huh?

He's patient when he tells you to sink to your knees, palms pressing on the top of your head as he pushes you down, softly shushing you when you start to protest. He's patient as he slips his briefs down, his cock already red and throbbing and big, making your cheeks look even softer and rounder, your glassy eyes and prettier. He's talking you through it as he traces his tip - wet and sticky and leaving a smear of bitter precum on your skin - around your lips, the look in his eye nearly boyish with excitement.

He's gentle when he grasps your chin between two fingers (much stronger than your own, of course) to keep you steady, shuffling his hips forward so that his tip (bulbous and red and positively glistening, already looking so swollen you're sure he won't last but a minute) slips past your lips. He keeps going until you're gagging, letting his eyes flutter closed for a moment before immediately opening them once more because the sight of you below him, on your knees for him, shutting you up with his cock down your throat is oh so right.

He's patient when he pushes you face-first into the bed, running a hand over your hair and sighing to himself because god, aren't you pretty? His hands are on your hips immediately, pushing down on your lower back to get the arch of your back deeper, tighter, more intense because it looks better this way - it's better for him this way, and isn't sex really only about the man?

He's even generous enough to be gentle when he's pushing himself inside you - keeping the pace slow but consistent, hissing and letting a few comments of 's so damn tight, fuck and cunt was made for me, shit slipping past his lips. He's kind enough to give you a few moments (perhaps three) to adjust to his size, before he's smacking your ass and pulling your hair, fucking into you like an animal because you're his to use.

And he's not afraid to say it - t's all harsh thrusts that make audible slapping noises as his balls - very, very sensitive and very, very full - smack against you over and over, strong fingers grabbing at your skin and keeping you in place, just so he can ram into that one spot over and over and over, because he thinks the deeper he goes the more he's claiming you. He's groaning at you with stuttered breaths that you were made to get fucked by me, o-oh shit, this tight hole's only thing you're good for and accentuating the idea with his fingers groping at your breast and using it as leverage to pull you back further and get deeper.

The air is hot and smells like musk and cum and sex, every inch of your body unable to think of anything but him - just as it should be, really. He's grabbing onto the pretty, silver collar he's forced around your throat as he thrusts, the tracker inlaid into the metal feeling familiar to his fingertips and making his thrusts harder because he must know where you are at all times - you're his property and he can't lose you.

After all, if you were gone, who would he dress up to look all pretty for him then? (He's still dressing you up even in the humiliating outfits he forces you to parade around in at home - the cooking aprons and nothing else, giving him easy access to hump your bare ass from behind while you work at the stove, cooking him dinner all the while you keep his cock warm between those pretty legs of yours.)

If you were gone, who would wake him up with lips around his cock, soft gagging noises filling the air alongside songbirds as he gets a proper good morning?

If you were gone, who would listen to his endless rants about his horrible coworkers and friends and anyone that pissed him off all while he pounds a beer and jokes about how good you look while you load the washing machine full of his dirty clothes - you look nice bent over, sweetheart, why don't you stay in there for a bit and let me blow off some steam?

Of course, all of this is fine and dandy - owning you is the dream, and having you as his pretty, helpless, clueless little wife is the ultimate fantasy. He lays awake at night sometimes imagining how you'd be as his housewife - the pretty ring on your finger, how you'd eagerly wait at the door for his arrival home from work everyday, how you'd meticulously put on your makeup and style your hair and wear the pretty lingerie he'd bought you just so that you look as attractive and desirable to him as possible.

But first, he needs to show you your place as his woman, and get rid of this misplaced sense of independence you seem to be clutching onto for dear life. Stupid girl.

(His belt is unbuckled as soon as the door closes behind the two of you, his smile something between sinister and elated as he tells you to not bother working at the knot keeping your hands tied behind your back - tying knots is men's work, and you'll hurt your pretty fingers and hands. You'll need those later, so quit picking.)

Enji Todoroki, AFO, Nobunaga Hazama, Illumi Zoldyck, Daichi Sawamura, Kenjiro Shirabu, I don't write for aot or jjk but also Floch Forester, Eren Jeager and Naoya Zenin

#yandere hxh #yandere bnha #yandere haikyuu #yandere aot #_lee rambles #_i don't really know what this is #it just sort of happened #i promise i don't support misogyny #_enji todoroki #_AFO #_Nobunaga hazama #_illumi zoldyck #_daichi sawamura #_kenjiro shirabu #_floch forester #_eren jeager

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mrs-monaghan · 1 year

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Listen up you morons!

Get off my ask box with that Jikook with women bullshit. I have made it abundantly clear where my stand with Jikook is. They love each other. Have only ever loved each other. Have only ever dated eo since 2015 to date. And before that they were crushing hard and lusting ONLY for eo. They have been committed ever since. So stop with these tatoo artist and Qatar woman and Nicole the translator or Jimin with his make up artists bullshit. It's just that... bullshit.

Y'all remind me of those JK/IU shippers who held onto that ship for YEARS only for them to disappear and never to be heard from again when IU announced she's seeing someone.

While we are on the topic of IU what if i told you JK has always had a type? Hey anon, the following images are side by side photos of Jimin's and IU's lips. Can you tell me which lips belong to who?

JK has always had a type. I came across this on goggle months ago

Strange. Right? Gdragon Vs Jimin? What a coincidence.

I mean look at JK checking out Gdragon

Vs JK checking out Jimin

I see no difference. 👀

JK has always had a type. My friends and I were trying to work out the Jikook timeline for the hell of it so we went to watch their 2013/2014 logs. Guess what we picked up on? JK has been staring at Jimin's lips since way back then

Maybe he was too young at the time to know what's up or down or know left from right when it came to his sexuality. But his subconscious was already acting up.

Seems like he was developing a crush and didn't even know it. Now u don't have to take my word for it, but when we noticed JK looking at Jimin's lips we started watching JK's logs during this time with other members while paying special attention to this act and guess what? With other members he looks at their eyes or general face area but he didn't stare at their lips when they spoke. EXCEPT with one other member. I will give u one guess who. We are talking about lips here. Which other member has the same full lips as Jimin? You got it!

Now don't get me wrong, I find the Jinkook shipping to be super inappropriate but the fact that these two sets of lips are the only ones JK used to stare at, says alot.

JK has always had a type. And that type has always been Jimin. Now please stop sending me those JK is straight asks because you ain't got proof of JK being attracted to women but I've got more than enough evidence of JK being attracted to Jimin. Until you can show me irrefutable proof, I won't be listening to u. Thanks.

#jikook is real #if jikook isn't real then neither am i #jikook #kookmin #minkook #jimin and jungkook #park jimin #jeon jungkook #jimin #jungkook #bts #bts ask #jikook analysis #jimin lips #ask shaz

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the-chosen-fanfiction · 1 year

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Headcanons | John, Big James & Thaddeus with a sick s/o | Romantic

John the Apostle

This man turns into one nervous wreck whenever he notices that you’re feeling off. When you sniffle in his proximity and as much as even hint at feeling under the weather, his heart skips a beat in worry.

The second phase of his concern consists of him becoming almost dramatically protective of you. He insists that you sleep in and would run to the next village over if it only means getting you a new pillow, some medicine or a warm broth.

He’d totally drag Jesus to your side and tell Him to heal you from your sickness. Jesus just chuckles and says that an occasional cold clears the sinuses and is nothing to worry about in your otherwise healthy body.

After running around like a headless chicken for what feels like an eternity, John finally seems to accept that you’ll be sick for a few days, but you just smile at him and reassure him that you’ll be alright. Expressing your gratitude for his care, you tell him to just carry on with his usual chores and that he shouldn’t worry about you too much.

You can rationalise with John all you want. That poor man will remain concerned about your wellbeing at least until you’re back on your feet again.

Big James

James, walking heat source that he is, will not hesitate to make sure that you’re warm and comfortable. Of course done in a respectable way, he will warm you up even if you’re not feeling physically cold at all.

Once his chores require him to get back to work, James will gather all the blankets he can find around camp in order to drape them over you. It’s quite heavy but at least you’re warm.

Quoting his own mother, he insists that you sweat out your sickness by staying warm and eating some soup for dinner. Although the remedy sounds like a regular housewife’s tale, if it makes him happy, you’re glad to stay in your bedroll with a dozen blankets piled on top of you.

He checks up on you pretty often throughout the day, asking if you need anything from him. Telling him that you’ve got everything you need, you try to catch as much sleep as you can, but wake up to the smell of fresh soup nevertheless.

Needless to say, even though James is usually rough around the edges, he doesn’t hesitate in showing you his soft and more caring side.

Thaddeus

Poor Thad barely knows what to do with himself when you’re ill.

He finds you puking behind a lonely shrub a little away from camp and is immediately worried, but isn’t certain how to act. Should he rub comforting circles over your back, move your hair out of your face or run to any of the women to get help?

Whilst he contemplates this, you turn to him with a miserable look on your features, and it causes his heart to sink.

He no longer wavers and immediately assists you by moving your hair back when another wave of nausea hits you. The two of you sit like that until you’re feeling more relieved and he patiently waits through it, kindly smiling.

When you ask him if he’s disgusted with you now for he had witnessed you throw up the insides of your gut, he earnestly tells you that you’ve never looked more beautiful. He is truthful, because the fact that the two of you are so vulnerable together right now strengthens your bond in a whole other way: not everything about life together will be charming or attractive, and this is proof that you will love each other also through these kinds of hardships.

Thaddeus helps you up and supports you as he leads you to your tent, where the women quickly take over. With a grateful smile, you thank him softly for his help.

He tells you he’ll pray for your health and occasionally checks up on you whilst Mary and Ramah take care of you, worried but hopeful that things will get better soon.

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ashes-writing · 2 years

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I know you have thots on Billy Loomis and I would like to know what they are (headcanon request; you can go spicy if you like 🔥) 😜

AHHH OMG I LOVE YOU FOR THIS THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH. But like also.. I wanna warn you now, this one got kind of.. well.. dark. Spicy, yes.. But also, dark. So, please feel free to skip out if anything I mention in the warnings is a hard no.

Again, thank you! Thank you from the bottom of my black little heart! I actually had fun playing around with this, despite the fact that it does get a little darker than most of the things I've written. Again.. If after reading the warning section you feel like this isn't for you, please don't feel like you're obligated to read.

This is not meant for minors, so minors, don't you fucking dare. Also if you're not into somnophilia, mentions of blood (period sex / blood kink), corruption kink / deflowering kink, vague hints of obsessive / possessive tendencies, pain kink, body fluids, biting / marking, voyeurism, mentions of possessiveness that might lend to m*rder choking / asphyxiation and spit you are not going to wanna read any further.

Tag List; Uh.. see, what happened was that there's nobody on my tag list for horror movies and stuff, and given the nature of what I laid out here, I uh.. Kinda felt like it was safer not to tag anybody without asking. But.. If you'd like to be on my tag list, please, by all means... Click the link below.

Other Stuff; tag list doc || pinned - my rules / fandoms and some, not all of the characters i write for || requests ; open - headcanons only please and thanks.

I do not consent to my work being reposted/rewritten and posted elsewhere.

✯ Bisexual af. Billy Loomis is bisexual af. I strongly believe that Billy and Stu had a little something going on behind the scenes. Or that if they didn’t, he at very least had entertained the idea and maybe even certain fantasies about his best friend Stu. He’s also still kind of dealing with / struggling with the fact that he is attracted to men and women, so yeah… Just putting that out there. This is something I've come to firmly believe about him. He's bisexual but he isn't quite comfortable knowing so. There are just certain things he does, there's a certain way he and Stu act together in some scenes of the movie that in the back of my mind always kind of made me think... Hmmm. There has to be more between these two idiots.

✯ Corruption / deflowering kink. I say this because the proof is right there in the movie with the way he lords it over Sydney that they either did or nearly hooked up. I feel like if he knew you were offering up your virginity it would absolutely make him go feral. The question is, after reading the rest of this little list… Do you really want him to? Because it’s… a little bit of a wild ride.

✯ Relentless with the teasing. R E L E N T L E S S. Also doesn’t care where you happen to be when it’s started bc he knows it’ll be finished. Whether it’s in a private corner of wherever you happen to be at the moment the mood strikes, the backseat of his car / your car, your room when he sneaks in at night.

✯ Somnophilia. If he knew you were down for letting him ‘use you’ while you’re sleeping and he’s laying there having gotten himself all good and worked up watching you toss and turn or the little sounds you make, oh my god. Ugh.. He’d be all over doing it in a heartbeat.

✯ His jealous streak, oh my god. Listen, this man is absolutely possessive / territorial af. We won’t talk about what he’ll do to the other person he feels is competition -another story for another day bc unaliving / murder and that’s not what you asked for and I’m trying to keep this lighter? Anyway..- Let me just say this. When he gets you somewhere private, he’s going to show you exactly who you belong to. You will be covered in handprints, bites, hickies, you name it. And he’ll keep going until your legs are shaking and you can’t form a coherent thought. The more you beg him to stop and let you recover the more he’ll insist you have ‘one more’ in you and persuade you to keep going for him. The jealous streak takes over and he’s only worried about one thing… How many times you scream for him and not the other person - who he’s either already dealt with privately in a gruesome way or will deal with privately and in a gruesome way - .. So.. Possessive as fuck.

✯ The possessive streak extends to protecting the shit out of you too. If he were to catch someone slipping something into your drink (I knowwww this isn’t dirty and you wanted my thots but I can’t resist, okay? I cannnnt.) he would not wait to address it privately, he’d start a fucking brawl right then and there that would inevitably end with Billy making them drink the spiked substance.

✯ Do.Not.Play. with this man. His anger is scary as hell and knows no bounds. I feel like this needs to be said despite the nature of the ask. Don’t pursue him because you think you want a bad boy because if you fuck around, you will find out. If he catches feelings, he gets way attached. And he’ll stop at nothing to keep you to himself. It’s a bit on the obsessive side and honestly, you should be worried. So please, for the love of God and all that’s holy just don’t play with him if you’re not prepared for the intensity he brings to the table.

✯ Okay, I’m done with the maternal warnings I feel I need to give you precious babes about this man, let’s get back to it… Billy Loomis loves pain. He loves to give/dish it out BUT… he loves to receive it most of all. So if you were to say… Take over… Bite him, slap him in the heat of the moment, pull his hair really hard, scratch hard enough to almost draw blood to the surface of his skin, holy shit. He’ll be putty in your hands.

✯ If he’s caught in the act he’s not stopping because he gets off on being watched. And if he finds out you’re into it too? Oh my goddddd.

✯ He is very charming. Very persuasive. The kind of guy who will smoothly talk you out of your clothes before you even realize that he’s done it. He’ll get you agreeing to God only knows what before you realize it, oh my god.

✯ Despite all of the above he would never ever take advantage of you against your will. He’ll only do exactly what he knows you want / can handle. It’s hard to restrain himself sometimes but he manages. Barely, but I digress. Consent is huge for him, as is trust. (For example, the way he reacted when Sydney rightfully suspected him of the murders, ya know.. He walked away angry and hurt). So.. if you guys do get up to any one of his numerous kinks, he will tell you to come up with a stop word and if you say it, everything comes to a grinding halt.

✯ He teeters on the fine line of being a switch. He’s dominant for the most part but he does possess sub tendencies on occasion. No mistakes made, he’s primarily dominant but, but.. It’s mostly out of habit/expectation and a slight huge discomfort at not being in control / handling the side of himself that wants to take it like a good little boy. SO… if you really want him to be putty in your hands, take control once in a while.

✯ Thinks it’s sexy to spit in his partner’s mouth. Will only do it if you’re into it or it’s something you want.

✯ Has a secret stash of Polaroids in his room of you/his partner of choice in various states of orgasmic bliss, all fucked out and practically drooling and they’re like trophies to him. Nobody is allowed to see/touch them but him and he uses them often to ahem… Take care of things on his own when the need arises.

✯ For all the ladies out there - vagina owners or otherwise.. Period sex. That is all. The guy isn’t afraid of a little blood, I mean… C’mon.

✯ Speaking of blood. He has a bit of a blood kink.

✯ Loves the idea of erotic asphyxiation. Loves the sensation of cumming while something’s on his throat and cutting his breath even shorter.

✯ Speaking of choking… The space between his thumb and index finger should bear the tattoo “Your throat here” because the guy fucking loves to choke in the heat of the moment. But again, only if you’re into it.

✯ Surprisingly, he’s very very good at aftercare. Very gentle, especially if this isn’t just a one time thing between you two. Will hold you, help you get dressed / take shower with you, etc.

✯ Very into the way certain body fluids look splashed across certain parts of your body. Absolutely fucking loves it. Also likes the way you/his partners moan when he pushes his fingers into their mouth after he’s done using them on you/his partners. Probably has a photo or two of this in his little trophy box.

✯ Dirty talk, oh my god. And the man is absolutely the filthiest at it.

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hello-nichya-here · 1 year

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The Frenchie according to Freud

@dragomer liked my self-roasting/translation of Freud’s thoughts on me, and asked me to translate his results. Will he regret this? Probably.

Self-controlled, sober, and seemingly mild-mannered, you have great facility with analytical arguments, which you use as a double-edged sword, pointing them as much at yourself as you do at others.

You know how to cut a bitch with words, but that can also backfire despite being really funny. You can also talk-shit about yourself, be it due to the low self-esteem kicking in, or focusing on the flaws you don’t care about as a mask to hide your real insecurities, or even just because you want to prove a point. Sometimes you get lazy and ask Nichya to do it for you. Sometimes you also just want to use that funny “defeated male leaves” meme you have saved.

Socially, you are a bit impassive and vacuous, and you may attach yourself to someone (such as a significant other or female parent) whom you perceive to be better at social interaction and 'all the emotional stuff' than you are, thus neglecting the development of yourself in that area.

You’re a mama’s boy, a socially awkward mess that somehow ended up making Nichya seem sociable, and the fact that you are attracted to submissive women instead of dominant ones is a real paradox that would make Freud very confused since he probably would assume you were castrated by your mom.

Metaphorically, your personality style may be likened to a five-year-old who is aware that he is not the favorite child in the family but at the same time wishes that he were.

You are aware that you’ll never be the Superior Frenchie or the capitain of the Zucest ship, despite being here before Frenchie 2/Mini-Frenchie and Nichya, and you don’t like that.

As a result of this envy, you have developed a compensative attitude where you dismantle the dominance of others by analytically picking apart their activities, laying bare their weaknesses and exposing the special treatment that they have received and the double standards they live by.

You’ll mock people who are more popular than you with almost no mercy, and it makes you look even more like an annoying younger sibling that needs to get more hugs or else he’ll throw a tantrum. When you do it to the antis it’s is fine tho, because no likes antis anyway and your verbal guillotine is more than welcome in those situations.

However, while it may seem like you are just being equitable and even-handed, your true motivations are nevertheless personal envy and a longing to compensate for your frustrated need to dominate.

You’re a bratty, jealous bitch and it shows. It’s no wonder you’re french.

One proof of these ignoble motives that underlie your seemingly noble actions is that you sometimes go overboard in your exposition when exposing the flaws of someone whom you perceive to be 'mightier' than you, and that when doing so you can even become a bit moralistic and persecuting, in marked contradistinction to your usual easygoing self.

You’re a dickhead, but likeable enough that people stick around. You should smoke some weed, eat whatever you want, masturbate to Zucest porn all day, punch a belgian, or whatever it is that makes you chill enough to not be all annoying all the time, just most of it, and in a tolerable way. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. You can do it. We believe in you. We are here for you.

#frenchie #shitpost

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karmic-vibes · 1 year

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Two of Us

14 - Stretches Out Ahead

cw: abuse and mind control (curtesy of vecna)

Fall, 1987

“So, run it by me one more time. What’s-his-face-”

“Vecna,” Dustin interrupted.

“Right,” Claire sighed, “is out to kill all of you?”

“Yep.”

“And she’s the only one capable of stopping him?” She pointed to Eleven.

“You got it.”

“Because she has powers?”

“Yes, what part of this are you not getting?” Dustin asked.

“It just seems kind of insane! Besides, where has he even been for the last year, huh? If he wanted to kill you all, wouldn’t he have done it by now?”

“He likes to stay dormant,” Will said.

“And why’s that?”

“So, he can strike when you least expect it.”

“Well, that’s stupid,” she scoffed, “if he was gonna do it, he should just do it.”

“Okay, I-I can’t deal with you right now,” Dustin said, “so, team, here’s what we’re going to do.”

Over the next few weeks, the group met up at Claire’s house to try and create a fool-proof plan on how to kill Vecna once and for all. One afternoon, everyone had gotten there earlier than usual, leaving poor Will alone. He finally showed up, about an hour late, embarrassed to walk into this woman’s house, who he barely knew. He reluctantly tapped his knuckles on the front door and patiently waited for a response.

“It’s open!” Claire hollered. She was in her kitchen, preparing lunch for everyone. Will let himself in and awkwardly walked into the living space. “Oh, Will, honey. Everyone’s in the basement.”

“I, um… do you have a second to talk? I wanted to talk to you.”

“Oh?” She raised a brow and continued making everyone sandwiches. “Me?”

“Yeah… i-is that okay?”

“No, yeah, yeah, that’s fine. What’s up, sweet pea?”

“Well, um… you know how you, uh… um…” Claire raised a brow and cocked a smile.

“Um?” she chuckled, “spit it out, honey. I don’t bite, I promise.”

“You know how you like women?” he finally uttered. Claire looked up from the counter and glared a Will, smiling a bit. Claire pursed her lips and continued to prepare the food. “Y-You do like women, right?”

“Mhmm,” she smiled softly, “go on, honey.”

“W-Well… how did you know that you liked women and only women?”

Claire sighed, “well, I’ve slept with a couple men. One not exactly by choice, the other willingly. I didn’t enjoy it either time, or did I find men attractive in that kind of sexual way, y’know? You want a sandwich, sweet pea?”

Will shook his head and smiled. “I’m all set.”

“Okay, well, when I finally got my bearings after having Edie, I experimented a bit in college and realized the I just love women,” she smirked, “if you don’t mind me asking, how long have you known you liked guys?” Will blushed and chewed at his bottom lip.

“You know?”

“Oh, honey, you may as well be a lit-up neon sign.”

“Shit…” He pouted and teared up.

“What?”

“I didn��t think I was that obvious…”

“To be fair, I feel like gay people can sniff each other out pretty easily, y’know? Here, by the way, honey.” Claire set down a sandwich before grabbing him a cup of water.

“Thanks…”

“Of course,” she chuckled and smiled warmly. “Your family know yet?”

“My brother does… I haven’t gotten around to telling my mom, though.”

“Why not?”

“Just nervous,” he shrugged.

“I’m sure she already knows, and I know for a fact she will not love you any less.”

“Really?”

“Absolutely. You’re a good kid, Will,” she beamed.

“Thanks, Claire… that means a lot.”

“Of course, sweetie. But do you know what I mean? Like with sniffing out the other gays?”

“Not really. You’re the only gay person I know.” Claire burst out laughing. “What?”

“Sweetheart, half your friend’s downstairs are gay!”

“What? No way.”

“Um, yeah,” she giggled.

“Like who?” he smiled

“Hmm, let’s see… the most obvious is Robin, clearly. Then you’ve got my brother-” Will choked on his sandwich and glared at Claire with his eyes bugging out his skull.

“What?! No way Eddie’s gay.”

“Well… yeah, then big boy Harrington is bi.”

“No way.”

“Yes way,” she chuckled, “how did you not know this?”

“I guess my gaydar is off.”

“Don’t worry, we’ll tune it up for ya,” she winked. “So, is there anyone you’ve got your eye on?” Will nodded. “May I ask who?”

“Mike…”

“Wheeler?” Will nodded as Claire sighed. “You know he’s not gay, right?” Will bit his lip and shrugged. “You could do better anyway. Much better.”

“Thanks, Claire.”

“Of course.”

“So how long have you liked Robin?”

“You know?” Claire whispered.

“You’re not exactly subtle.” Claire tsk’d. “Why don’t you just tell her?”

“Because she’ll spazz out, and besides,” she sighed in defeat, “I could never do that to her.”

“Do what to her?”

“Ask her out, knowing that I have a kid. I mean, for god’s sake, she’s a year and a half younger than me.”

“So?”

“That means she’s only like thirteen years older than Edie! I’m pretty sure the age gap between Nancy and her sister is larger!”

“I don’t think she’ll care, Claire.”

“Well, I do. Let’s just drop it, okay?”

“Okay, okay.”

“Alright, sweet pea, you better join everyone downstairs.”

“Yeah, I guess I should.”

“Hey…” Will spun on his feet, only to be wrapped in a mother’s warm embrace. The young boy began to tear up as he hugged Claire back. “I’m proud of you, kiddo…” She gently rubbed his back a few times before letting him go. “I’ll be down in a few, okay?”

“Okay…”

Later that night, after everyone had been long gone and Edie was tucked in for the night, Eddie and Claire were on the back deck smoking a joint. While she strongly advocated against drugs after having her daughter, she’d be a liar if she said she didn’t enjoy the occasional late-night joint with her brother.

As they were passing it back and forth, they heard a blood-curdling scream come from Edie’s room. Without wasting another second, the two were sprinting upstairs to see what was wrong with the young girl. As soon as the siblings burst through the door, they found Edie floating in the air, crying out for her mother.

“Edith!” Claire screamed. She ran towards her but was knocked away. “Eddie!”

Her brother wasn’t far behind, peering into the room and muttering, “Jesus, fuck, here we go again.” He ran into his room to retrieve a tape player and a pair of headphones.

“Edie, baby, you’ll be okay. Mommy’s right here. I promise. Hey, asshole! Stop being a fucking coward and pick on someone your own goddamn size!” As Claire spoke, Edie was thrown against her bedroom wall. Claire cried out, “Edie!”

She ran to her daughter’s aid, but was thrown to the opposite wall, now pinned. Claire strained as she used her abilities to free herself—instead, she pulled Vecna from the upside down into their reality. Claire fell to the floor and raced to her daughter, cradling her.

“Mommy’s right here, baby…”

“Mommy!” Edie cried.

“Edith, it is time,” Vecna growled.

“No!” Claire threw the monster to the wall—he attempted to fight back, but she was able to hold him off. “Don’t touch my fucking daughter!”

Without realizing, the mind-hive started to takeover Edie’s bedroom.

“It is too late. What’s done, is done.”

In the outside world, Hawkins and the upside down were becoming one.

“Take me!”

“Claire, no!” Eddie yelled, standing in the doorway.

“Hurt me, kill me, do whatever you want to me, but don’t you fucking dare hurt my family,” she strained, still holding him off.

“Mommy, no!”

Eddie threw the headphones on the young girl and started to play George Harrison’s That’s the Way it Goes. He hauled his niece into his arms and started making an escape out of the room, but Vecna slammed the bedroom door, trapping them inside.

“You cannot protect them forever, Claire.”

“I saved Eddie; I can save my daughter.”

“But how could you protect them when you’re dead?”

He threw Claire against the ceiling, making her fall to the floor. However, Claire managed to catch herself before the impact. As she looked around to find an escape for her family, the hive-mind began to wrap around Eddie, who was protecting Edie with his life. The pair were sitting against the sealed door with Edie huddled between Eddie’s legs with his arms tightly around her. Edie held her knees to her chest and was hunched over, sobbing, with her hands pressed firmly over the headset.

“Stop!” Claire shouted.

She held off the branches and flung Vecna back into a wall, but he knocked her in the opposite direction shortly after. He began to wrap his hive-mind branches around her, strangling the life out of her. She gripped at the branches, struggling for the smallest bit of air.

“Mommy!”

As Edie shouted, Vecna wrapped a branch around her mouth and pinned Eddie to a wall. He lifted the young girl up and made her meet his gaze. Claire was clinging to life as much as she possibly could.

“Stop, please! Let her live… let her go!” she strained. Vecna only strangled her tighter until everything went black.

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natjennie · 2 years

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different person but as a trans woman you are crazy if you think pronouns are culturally divorced from gender entirely. i don’t know whatever fandom echochamber you’ve been in that makes you think it’s normal to, by default, refer to gay men with she/her pronouns just because SOME drag queens CHOOSE to do it, but it’s utterly insane. when people call me he/him it’s ok because it’s not misgendering cuz pronouns are ungendered right? it is a major intracommunity problem in the LGBT community that gay men are viewed & treated like your girly little purse puppies. the amount of gay guys i know who have personally told me they felt alienated from watching this show, a show that is ostensibly FOR THEM, because of queer women in the fandom are acting like you are is legitimately heartbreaking.

ok I'm gonna try to respond to as many of these points as I can because I understand what you're saying and really want to make myself clear. I feel like there are a lot of assumptions and generalizations being made, both in this ask and the other persons', that are muddying the waters of what we're talking about.

nowhere did I say that pronouns ARE divorced from gender entirely, only that in an ideal world they could be. also I don't default to she/her pronouns for gay men, I don't know where you got that, genuinely.

also I was using the drag queen point as an example of the use of traditionally gendered pronouns not matching the traditionally labelled gender of the person using them, more of a proof of concept than a dogma for all gender expression and pronoun use.

of course people misgendering you is horrible, if your pronouns are she/her and you're a woman, then someone using the wrong identifiers would be hurting you. I meant that point to mean that you can be a man and want to use she/her. you can be nonbinary and use he/him. you can be a woman and use he/they. the ideological concept of gender and pronouns is completely fabricated, and can be mixed and matched however you want.

the way that gay men are treated in fandom in general is disgusting, you're right. I agree wholeheartedly and have for a long time. and the fact that gay men aren't comfortable in their own communities is sickening, especially for our flag means death with its themes of inclusion and representation and breaking the barriers of masculinity.

I truly don't know what you want me to say. "babygirling middle-aged men" is a huge thing on this website mainly because it's fun. it's a cute fun way to encapsulate the squishy emotions you feel when thinking about them, writing in your journal with glitter, kicking your feet up in bed, kind of energy. yknow? at least that's how I've always understood it. at the end of the day we are random people on the internet calling a person attractive. I just really don't understand how my words got so twisted. I can't sit here and defend an entire like. meme. I'm just one person calling someone cute. right? I don't know.

#Anonymous #this has the same energy as the anon telling me not to use the word fag #i think in general. we all need to take a breath and remember that queer identity is about community and happiness and life #and as long as youre not hurting anyone you're alright #you can label or not label yourself use whatever name or pronouns or identity you want #like i dont understand how the message got so warped

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I- not anon asking where did Joon show attraction to women I think most of them have at this point lol that doesn't translate to being straight or anything nor do I believe most of them are even if it's clown behavior but yeah any flavor of queer from BTS members most likely includes them being attracted to girls cope quietly if you have to but don't be weird in public.

"cope quietly if you have to but dont be weird in public" - THIS!!!

i will probably catch some blocks and unfollows for this but...

i think biggest problem most of army have is thinking that how bts members act with each other is somewhat proof of them being gay. when in reality 90% stuff they do with each other is what most if not all kpop idols do . if you look at any other group you will see them staring at each other holding hands touching butts and abs etc so that would make 99% of kpop idols gay

couple days ago i got an ask about who do i think is fruity in BTS and i answered honestly that jimin gives me bi vibes cause he does seem at times attracted to men outside this whole kpop thing and being affectionate with his members but even for him i could never say with any confidence that he is a gay man that never showed any attraction to women. so when others go extra hard for bts members who told us (and still do be it in their songs or words) more than once that they want girlfriend or wife and children that they are gay i just cant help but think they cant deal with the fact their idol might like boobs you know.

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bowie-boy · 3 years

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please tell me how the narrator is a trans man

@originalpatrolsheep @undeadbreeze I’m @ing you here because I actually received this ask first!

FIGHT CLUB SPOILERS BELOW

Without further ado, here is my explanation as to how Fight Club is a trans metaphor!

The Narrator is a trans man

At the beginning of the film, the narrator is an insomniac and is wildly depressed. He can’t sleep. He starts visiting a center for men with testicular cancer. This is where he meets Bob, a man with no testicles and with breasts. Despite this, Bob is still seen as a man. It’s only in Bob’s arms that the Narrator, saying “We are still men,” can cry and therefore sleep. The Narrator feels gender euphoria when he is with Bob, a cis man with feminine features who is still considered male.

Everything changes when Marla Singer, a woman, begins to attend the same centers as the Narrator. It is only when she arrives that the Narrator feels like an impostor there and becomes hyperaware of his own lies amongst the people at the centers. Therefore, the Narrator cannot cry anymore and can no longer sleep. (In real life, some trans people may feel uncomfortable spending time with those that are the opposite gender as them for fear of being seen as part of that group and getting misgendered, which is partially what I believe spooks the Narrator here.)

Marla Singer represents the Narrator’s relationship with his own femininity, something he unwillingly ties to his dysphoria. Despite his love-hate relationship with her throughout the film, she remains one of his staunchest allies and is perhaps the only thing keeping him grounded in who he is and who he used to be throughout the film.

Shortly after meeting Marla, the Narrator meets (creates) Tyler Durden. Tyler describes himself to the Narrator later in the film: “All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look. I fuck like you wanna fuck. I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not.” Trans much? Tyler Durden is the idealized cis man, the prototype for masculinity that everyone in society is fed at an early age. (These representations affect and even especially affect trans men.) Tyler is the standard that the Narrator’s internalized transphobia makes him feel like he must live up to, or else he isn’t a real man.

The Narrator’s relationship with Tyler eventually leads to the creation of Fight Club, a hub of toxic masculinity that attracts all sorts of men. All of them have one thing in common—they want to prove themselves. Tyler repeatedly says that the men in Fight Club are “the most manly men” he has ever seen, a wonderfully effective way for the Narrator to validate himself. What’s more, no women are allowed. The Narrator doesn’t have to face his own femininity in Fight Club, and he doesn’t have to face that side of his dysphoria.

It’s around this point in the movie that Tyler and Marla become involved in a sexual relationship. This is symbolic in itself in the sense that the Narrator’s internalized transphobia is “dominating” his femininity and dysphoria. Even more important is the fact that the Narrator can never see Tyler and Marla in the same room. This is because, to the Narrator, they cannot coexist. The Narrator can no longer comprehend his masculinity and his femininity coexisting in him. He can deal with one or the other at one time, but he forgets that he can have both at once. The Narrator himself believes that neither is taking over his life and neither is being lost. This is what ultimately leads to his downfall.

(This is a little unrelated but it’s important to note that the solution of Tyler and toxic masculinity never helps the Narrator sleep as well as the centers at the beginning of the film did. The Narrator learns that he was never sleeping when he was with Tyler, he was just taking on a new side of himself. Internalized transphobia also led the Narrator to self-harm in many ways (the chemical burn, the fighting, the car crash). Hypermasculinity was not a helpful solution.)

It’s at this point in the film that the ongoing symbol of testicles (I know it sounds silly but hear me out) shows up again. This time, testicles are not something trivial on a man that have nothing to do with his masculinity and maleness. They are used as a threat. Tyler and some members of his army meet up with an official in the city, someone who challenges their ability to destroy buildings and public works. Tyler makes the official an offer: he can save his city or he can save his balls. The official chooses the latter. This is incredibly telling, as the men the Narrator associated with at the beginning of the film had no choice but to remove their testicles. This didn’t make them any less manly in the eyes of the Narrator. Now, though, the Narrator’s own projected sense of internalized transphobia presents a strong message: testicles are important to your status as a man.

It’s shortly after this that the Narrator views Tyler Durden’s relationship with Angel Face, someone who can be described as nothing else but a pretty boy. Tyler, despite being the epitome of toxic and hypermasculinity, respects and adores the somewhat feminine Angel Face. How does the Narrator react? By beating Angel Face until he is bloody and fully disfigured. This represents the Narrator’s resentment of society’s treatment of trans men. The Narrator does not see himself in Angel Face the way that he once saw himself in Bob. He feels that cis men can easily balance femininity and masculinity, that these two things can coexist without an issue for them. For trans men, masculinity must win out, or else society (or at the very least internalized transphobia) will never accept them. Tyler drives the Narrator much harder than Angel Face with much less payoff, and so the Narrator must destroy Angel Face as revenge.

The Narrator seems to have everything he wants until Bob shows up in the film again. The Narrator asks Bob if he’s still attending the centers they met at, to which Bob replies no—he’s now joined Fight Club. At first, this is validating for the Narrator. Bob is feminine still, with no testicles and large breasts, but he’s still considered man enough for Fight Club. The Narrator more or less lets Tyler (AKA unchecked toxic masculinity) do what he likes with Bob. This ends with Bob getting killed. In fact, Bob’s brains are blown out as he tries to follow one of Tyler’s orders. Bob represented a chance at normalcy for the Narrator, proof that men with breasts and without balls were worth just as much as other men. But Bob dies at the hands of the Narrator’s toxic masculinity, and it is this event that leads the Narrator to realize just how much he’s lost to his own feelings of inadequacy.

It’s at this point that the Narrator starts to question his toxic masculinity and his internalized transphobia. He realizes that he’s no longer even himself anymore, just a copy-and-pasted blueprint of the man society has told him that he should be. He can’t recognize himself anymore, can’t keep track of what he really feels and what he only tries to, and he realizes that he needs to end his hypermasculinity before it’s too late.

There’s only one person the Narrator can turn to to get his old self back: Marla. He visits her, apologizing for his behavior towards her. He even tells her that deep down, he really really likes her. This is a big moment for the Narrator. He admits here that his feminine side isn’t something he despises, but rather something he fears getting close to. The other important thing is that Tyler, who was once sleeping with Marla and deeply invested in her, now views her as a threat. The Narrator’s femininity threatens to overtake his masculinity, his dysphoria and euphoria threaten to overrule his internalized masculinity. Tyler wants to destroy Marla, and the Narrator wants to protect her.

For the last time in this film, the symbol of testicles appears. This solidifies how far the Narrator has fallen, how deeply he’s lost himself to self-hatred and feelings of inadequacy. Upon trying to destroy Tyler’s plan, Tyler’s army of men turns on the Narrator and tells him they’re going to cut off his balls. To them and to Tyler, this represents that the Narrator has turned against his brothers, his maleness. The loss of his testicles will show this to everyone. The Narrator, horrified, manages to escape this fate, but without his pants. He spends the final act in his underwear, somewhat symbolic of the trans body he’s worked so hard to achieve and has spent so much of the film despising.

At last, the final fight of the film. The Narrator faces off with Tyler, and must attempt to regain control of his own head. The Narrator struggles at first, unable to accept the fact that him and his internalized transphobia are one in the same, and that he has the power to overrule it. Finally giving into himself, the consequences of his actions, and the messiness of gender and his own expression as a human being, the Narrator takes control and shoots himself. With this, Tyler dies, and so does the Narrator’s internalized transphobia. His toxic masculinity is no more. He’s given himself permission to display his masculinity as much as he wants, and in any way he wants. Internalized transphobia has power over him no more.

Marla then enters the room. She expresses concern for him, the simple Narrator she met at the beginning of the film now so torn up and injured. This is representative of the Narrator’s past pre-transition self looking at his most transitioned self. He’s bruised and broken, a lot different than before. But he insists that he’s okay, and he truly means it. The Narrator is now more himself than ever. It’s in this confidence that the Narrator’s takes Marla’s hand, finally accepting his own femininity, dysphoria, and the full scope of his gender expression. “You met me at a very strange time in my life.”

In a final image, the buildings all around the Narrator and Marla explode and collapse, leaving nothing behind. The Narrator could not stop this total destruction. But the film does not make this a sad moment. It’s rather somewhat wistful, perhaps even hopeful. The Narrator had to destroy himself in order to be reborn as his full and true self. A rebirth. Isn’t that was being trans is?

Thank you for the ask! I hope you enjoy my analysis :)

#sorry this is so long #jack’s posts #fight club #trans #film analysis #the narrator #tyler durden #marla singer #asks #asks and answers #send asks #long post #i didn’t edit anything sorry if this is incomprehensible

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19 with mase please

19. “Can I sit here? The other tables are full.” Mason Mount

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She took her drink and went to the table.

- Hey, guys. - she confidently giggled - Tonight my friend didn’t come here with me, even if she was supposed to. Can I set here with you? The other tables are full and you guys seem pretty nice. - she slightly blushed but she hoped they wouldn’t mind enough to ask her about it.

- Sure, we can’t say no to a pretty lady like you. - a blue eyed guy grinned, moving the chair to let her take place next to him - I’m Benjamin, by the way, but you can call me Ben if you want. And they are Declan and Mason. - both guys smiled and greeted her.

Both Ben and Declan seemed more extrovert that the other guy. They chatted a lot that night, but y/n could feel how Mason was looking at her furtively. She saw how Declan was giggling and was pushing his friend to talk to her.

- Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom. - she quickly said. She got up and quickly went to the toilet, hoping her make up wouldn’t be a mess, since it was very hot in there.

After a few moments, she came back, finally hearing the voice of the brown haired guy she didn’t talk to that evening.

- She’s very pretty and I fancy her but I don’t think I’m good enough for her. -

- Oh, come on mate. Stop playing around and ask her out. Maybe you’ll never see her again after this evening and you’ll regret it forever. And, by the way, I think you would be an extremely hot couple. - Declan smirked, knowing how his friend needed a little push from behind to let himself go with women.

She approached the table again and sat down.

- You know what, y/n? We were thinking about going to my place. I have few drinks at home and we could be more comfortable over there. You can come with us if you want. But just if you want to. -

She was hesitant at first because she didn’t even knew them but they seemed really nice and she decided to accept.

- Yeah, let go. - Declan cheered up and stoop up ready to go out.

Y/n sat in the back of the car, right next to Mason. She never liked brown haired and eyed guys but somehow he attracted her. There was something in him that dragged her to him and she couldn’t explain that feeling. She looked at him being lost in his thoughts and looking outside the window and she knew that something had to be done that night not to let him slid in between her fingers. She fiddled with her phone but she could feel his eyes where on her.

- I’m Mason, sorry if we didn’t talk so much this night. - he whispered in her ear, that sending a shiver down her spine. The music was too loud for Declan and Ben to hear them so it was safe enough over there.

- It’s ok. - she softly said, turning around and getting comfortable in the seat so she could face him. - I’m y/n and I kinda fancy you too. -

Maybe it was the alcohol talking, for sure it was the alcohol since she was never so courageous to speak about her emotions. She couldn’t really see his face but was certain he blushed.

There was a few seconds of silence between them but she could feel how his breath was wheezing. He got closer to her, his fingers running down her neck and his thumb brushing her cheek.

- I’d like to fuck you right here, doll, but then my friends would see me and I don’t want this to happen. - he kissed her jaw.

The situation was overheating and she couldn’t resist anymore.

- Well, at least you could make me cum. - she hissed - I promise you nobody would know. -

He smirked looking at her and got back to his seat. It seemed like he didn’t want anything to happen but the she felt his hand on her thigh.

- Just be silent. If my friends hear you, I’m going to be very angry. - he whispered, without looking at her.

His hand traveled to her tummy, just to open the zip of her jeans and have a better access to her underwear.

- you’re so wet. - he could feel it trough the material and kinda drove him crazy that he had this effect on her.

His fingers were quick, moving the underwear and finding immediately her clit. He began to brush it slowly, with circular movements and looked at her face, knowing how much she was enjoying it.

- Fuck. - it escaped her lips and that made him strike her with a gaze. He put a finger on his lips, letting her understand she had to be silent.

She covered her lips with her palm, knowing she couldn’t be silent when he was so good at masturbating her. His fingers entered in her slot quickly and she gasped, being unprepared for it. He was quicker and quicker to push his fingers inside her and found her sweet spot immediately.

- are you going to cum for me? - he whispered, knowing she was close.

She nodded, her thighs already beginning to tremble. She clenched around his fingers, sending her for a few seconds in heaven thorough her orgasm.

- You were very good tonight baby and your pussy was so tight around my fingers. - he smirked and licked his fingers, feeling all your juices in his month - Next time I want to feel your little pussy around my cock, if you don’t mind. -

#mason mount #ben chilwell #england nt #chelsea fc #declan rice #mason mount fanfiction #mason mount x reader #thinking about a part 2 if you want

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doped-on-galaxies · 3 years

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So I decided to make my last post a little more clear

We're going to put the shippings more in depth.

First off, keepsakes

I dont take the keepsakes very seriously due to the fact that's all they are. They were gifted. Nothing fancy just things that are carried along throughout the series. Though Misty's keepsakes were carried throughout plenty more seasons than Ash and May's ribbon. The ribbon was nothing more than a good luck charm to remind May of how much she learned, same as Ash's lure from Misty was a good luck charm for him 🤭

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Whether these were hints towards shippings or not, these were the only personal ones that had Ash and a female companion alone. Though this can be argued I do personally feel as if Pokeshipping and Amourshipping were hinted in these. Nonetheless May and Iris did not get a cameo poster with Ash alone.

Being saved

If you're going to consider one as a hint, then consider all of these as hints. These characters were simply being saved, and each of the falling scenes have a close up of grabbing each others hands. Let it be noted though, that Misty saving Ash, Serena saving Ash, and May saving Drew were the ONLY times the females saved their *crushes* every other time it's just Ash saving and girl. Yes a few of the girls liked Ash but that carries us into our next topic.

Blushing

Somebody said that "blushing doesn't always mean romance" of course. I get that, but not in these scenarios. Each person blushed due to to a romantic gesture. Whether it's embarrassing someone about possible love letters, accusing one of having feelings, accepting feelings, or simply a romantic moment. They say "Oh well Pokemon can't be romantic due to age" yet last time I checked, there is blushing, rose giving, slow dancing, kissing, and people asking if x has a crush on y. Can they go too far? No, but did they give us an idea on who liked who??? Definitely. As shown even Ash blushed, he just didn't blush very often, but them few counted. I understand that Goh blushes at Ash too though but last time I checked we aren't talking about characters being embarrassed, but I do believe if there is a possibility for there to be a LGBTQ relationship with Ash- Gary and Goh are definitely good representations.

Oh, and yes I am aware Ash was sick in the scene with him and Serena, but Pokemon did a pretty *obvious* job of making it a romantic scene regardless. They didn't have to do all that, but they did. "Some" people seem to forget that there's more to a Pokemon shipping than having to fish out romance out of non-romantic scenes due to their ship just being a healthy friendship at best, but if you're here for the obvious, you can easily tell Pokemon did their best to portray some kind of romance in these scenes. The proof was in the blushing. If you don't feel for someone you don't blush. You argue it out or deny it. We have all been in a scenario as kids and young teens where someone asks if you have feelings for someone, and you brush it off or argue about it because it's simply not true. I promise you my face only got red when I actually had feelings for someone. It's natural instinct, Pokemon knows that too. Take some notes from the Pokemon creators because they knew what they were drawing and what was going to be said in these scenes. Also take a look at the few shippings that had no blushing whatsoever. It's a sign, not an argument.

"Look at how they look at each other"

You know, you're only partially right. Look at how Ash looks at EVERY GIRL. Ooooh wow same expression. Pretty last resort thing to fall back on. Which is why there are other hints that help to make SOME of those expressions actually worth digging in to.

Let's face it, when it comes to ships like Contestshipping and Penguinshipping- there's very few episodes that Drew and Kenny are in, so every second counts. Plus the episodes with Angie, Anabel, and Lucy (towards Brock) they made it very clear within the very few episodes that those girls had feelings. Though I do believe Pearlshipping was partially one sided (I do feel like Dawn liked Ash to an extent only with the way she left Kenny to travel with Ash despite his offer) there was 100% proof Kenny DID have feelings for Dawn and it was easily initiated in the actions he made. Contestshipping was not one sided though. I've learned in my 23 years of watching Pokemon if they don't blush, it's not anything to worry about. Luckily May blushed nearly everytime, and Drew did blush but he didn't always need to. After all he was slinging red roses left and right, and if they were for Beautifly- the last one she received would've never been given to her since Beautifly wasn't even in Battle Frontier at all.

Though I am a Pokeshipper, Amourshipper, and half ass Pearlshipper- I stand as an ally when I say that if you're looking for romantic signs in a shipping you're going to have to find it in the Poke'girls actions. Ash doesn't *look* at one girl specifically different than the other. He literally just looks at them. Though the only person he ever blushed with was for Misty, but that doesn't mean the 2,000,000 hints Serena had are dismissed. After all, like I said before, if Pokemon wanted to create hints, they would, and they did. Those hints were soooo out there, that saying "oh look how Ash looks at her" is gonna leave us asking "who?" Because let's face it he looks at all of them pretty normal. That being said there are still hints Ash had. Being jealous of Misty's potential crushes, showing he was attracted to other women, running up to Serena when he was sick and falling into her arms, and looking at Serena when she kissed him and doing nothing but smile, when normally Ash would probably freak the fuck out.

That being said I hope I made myself clear on how to spot a close-to-canon shipping. It's okay to ship people who have litte to no proof of real romance, but don't say a ship with real proof has none. That is where you are wrong.

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epic-sorcerer · 3 years

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Queer imagery in BBC Merlin

Content warning: kink/fetish, fisting in particular but I show I big image containing a long list of different kinks, homophobia, dom/sub dynamics, sex

Merlin is shown wearing a purple tunic in s4, despite the fact he is a servant and purple(especially with such saturation) was extremely expensive bc purple dye was so hard to make. Gwen also has a light purple dress(or maybe 2? It’s hard to tell). Even though it’s definitely lighter than Merlins tunic, it’s still expensive.

it was illegal for peasants to wear expensive fabrics because of the Sumptuary Law. Basically it makes sure that lower class people are not fashionable. However, BBC Merlin doesn’t seam to care about that law, considering Merlins other bright clothing so take this was a grain of salt.

Basically what I’m trying to say is that there’s no way they could have gotten their hands on these clothes without the help of nobles. Gwen might have, because she works with clothing and could have easily mixed blue and red dye together. Merlin probably not have because he’s never shown to be particularly materialistic or interested much in fashion, despite his bright clothes. Bright Purple would have been much, much harder to get.

It makes the most sense for Merlin and possibly Gwen too to have been gifted such expensive clothing by a noble for being a good servant. I’d imagine Arthur would be the one to give Merlin the tunic and morgana the dresses.

Why does this matter? Lavender(and also purple in general) was considered a queer color starting in the 19th century. Queer men especially were said to possess a “streak of lavender” and a serge of homophobia at the time was often referred to as the “Lavender Scare.” Purple and lavender is still used now to symbolize queerness.

Since Merlin is a modern interpretation of Arthurian myths, it would be perfectly plausible that this symbol was on purpose. Merlin/Arthur and Gwen/Morgana are both extremely popular ships and they are both shown to have a very deep form of trust(Gwen/Morgana being at the beginning of the show). Arthur and Morgana gifting Merlin and Gwen purple clothing could be show them they accept their queerness and/or signaling their own queer attraction to them.

Now, this next symbolism concerns only Merlin/Arthur.

Merlin is shown to have three neckerchiefs.

Navy blue, red, and light grey. Why does this matter? Well, let’s take a look at something called the handkerchief code, also known as the hanky code or “flagging.”

This code has its origins all the way back in time during the Wild West in the USA, but got more popular during the late 20th century in USA and UK gay bars. This code was used mainly by queer men and some nonbinary people to signal to other queers what they wanted sexually. While typically worn in people’s back pockets, a handkerchief could also be worn around one’s neck to show they are a versatile and experienced.

According to this code, Merlin is into;

Red: fisting and getting fisted. This color was hard to get an exact shade from, but the second best option was dark red for double fisting which is honestly so similar I’m not sure if it really matters much.

Light grey: stone topping and getting fucked by a stone top

Navy blue: fucking and being fucked anally

For any one wanting to make their own interpretations of Merlins neckerchief colors(the lighting makes it hard to tell the exact ones) have a look at this handy chart

Not only that, but Arthur is seen wearing a favour on his left arm in s3 ep 4.

What’s a favour? It’s a fabric strip of affection commonly given by maidens to knights before a tournament as a symbol of good luck. It’s often a very important scarf, hankcerchlif , towel, really any bit of cloth that can be tied around someone’s arm. This is also a popular trope in historical media for a female love interest to give a favour to a male one to show chemistry between them.

Regardless of your stance on Merlins gender identity, you have to admit how commonly Merlin is shown to be gender nonconforming(GNC) or otherwise be associated with “womanly” qualities. Especially in a society so heteronormative, the only “pure” option for a knight receiving a romantic gesture would have it be from a woman. If the token was from a queer man, it would also out the noble and cause lots of horrific chaos and destroy both of their reputations.

Even if it was common for women to give knights favours, queer men still existed and with that came romantic gestures—this time hopefully more secret.

Even though the favour on Arthur’s arm doesn’t look exactly like Merlin’s neckerchief, Merlin was the only person to speak with him while preparing for the tournament. Also, the original theorist who I linked in my sources also pointed out that Merlins neckerchief looks lopsided. Almost like Merlin tore off a bit of it and hastily tied it back on.

Although this theory is definitely flawed, it doesn’t matter. Arthur is still wearing a red handkerchief on his left arm. But what does that tell us exactly?

Regardless of wether or not it was Merlin’s, the red is the same shade and also implies Arthur is also into fisting. What about the placement? Sicne it’s on his left, it shows that he is a top/dom, meaning that he prefers to be the one fisting. Since it is worn around his upper arm, it shows that he is simply into the fetish, compared to what other placements mean. In another source, it shows taht upper arm means switch, but because Arthur is wearing it on his left it wouldn’t really make sense for him to signal being a “top-switch” compared to being a top and having the fetish in general.

If you look closely, you can see a different colored stripe on the favour. It’s hard to tell exactly what the color is, it could be yellow, gold, orange, etc. because the color is so dubious, I’ll just leave y’all with a list of color meanings that may apply to Arthur’s favour.

YELLOW: pisser/watersports kink

YELLOW, Pale: spitter/spit kink

MUSTARD: Has 8+ inch dick

GOLD: two looking for one

ORANGE: anything anytime

Also, it’s important to bring up what many in thsi fandom refer to as the “fisting scene.” Where Arthur threatens Merlin by showing him his gloved fist and pulling a bit at the glove.

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In the blooper, you can see Merlin’s actor(Colin Morgan) breaking character and giggling as Arthur shows him his fist. Many in the fandom agree that this was a clear innuendo for fisting, and it is very well possible.

Merlin is shown hitting Arthur and saying he was just doing some horse play, but still indirectly convincing Arthur that he needs to teach Merlin a lesson. This is actually a common act in BDSM sex, where the submissive person purposely angers the dominant into punishing them in a way that somehow involves sex or fetish play.

If you look closely, you can see Merlin is wearing at kinky red fisting handkerchief, showing Merlin is perfectly capable of being a submissive fistee. Also, the hanky code also includes other symbols such as latex or rubber gloves that, surprise surprise, also mean fisting. Although it’s more likely Arthur’s gloves where made of leather, it can still further be interpreted as a fisting symbol if you want. Either way, Arthur’s favour still holds water as he is undoubtedly the dom in this situation.

Also, Merlin is very impulsive and a madlad. Tell me he wouldn’t wear his secret fetish symbols infrount of stuck up, Roman Catholics who are none the wiser. He’d probably think it’s hilarious which is probably why he wears them almost everyday. Merlin loves playfully misbehaving(and is also a brat sometimes) so it makes sense for him to have some dangerous fun.

Now, you may be asking. Why does this matter? At the end of the day, it probably wasn’t intentional. Well, there is alwyas room for doupt BUT I do have some ferther proof. One of the co writers of BBC Merlin—Johnny Capps—actually won a Stone Wall Award. You know, an award named after a core part of queer culture?

The award’s website and Wikipedia page say they give the award for art that describes the LGBT experience well. While I am unsure why or what Capps made to be nominated, it still shows he is very much in touch with queer culture. Capp himself even said at an interview about Merlin, “... in the end, deep, deep down it’s about sexuality and things you just can’t tackle head-on.”

Well, what says more about sexuality than the main characters fist fucking each other? That’s a lot of sexuality. While I am unsure of Capp’s age, he does look to be about middle age and it would make sense for him to know about a code popularized in a 70s to 90s. Especially for someone who has made multiple queer oriented stories in his life time.

Sources:

Why is purple considered the color of royalty?

Sumptuary law

How lavender became a symbol of LGBTQ resistance

How Lavender Became a Symbol of LGBTQ Resistance(part 2)

flagging opinicus rampant

Handkerchief code

DO YOU KNOW THE HANKY CODE?

Picspam: The Red Favour (Proof of Arthur Wearing Merlin's Favour in 3x04)

Five medieval love tokens

The Lady's Favour

Hanky codes

Nominees for Stonewall Awards announced

Merlin series 5 spoiler-free launch report

Pls reblog I spent hours on this /np 😭👊

#tw kink mention #tw sex talk #tw eye strain #tw homophobia #tw queerphobia #research essay #long post #Merlin #bbc Merlin #Merlin bbc #merthur #merlin/arthur #gwen/morgana #morgwen

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I wish people would stop caring about the canon pairings and marriages in Naruto/Boruto because they should have absolutely no relevance for SNS shippers in terms of validating said ship. Those who say we are delusional because “Well, Naruto married Hinata so she is THE one he loves!” (I'll focus more on Naruto's marriage here... Is Sasuke's even a marriage?) simply don’t get that it just doesn't really matter who Naruto and Sasuke married because that in no way diminishes their feelings for each other. The main plot of the series revolves around the bond between Naruto and Sasuke. It is their story. They are each other's most important people and this was established back in Land of Waves arc even before the dramatic events that take place on the bridge - the whole point of that very first arc was making this a fact right from the beginning, because the story has always been and was always supposed to be about the two of them and the profound love and understanding that grows between them ever since they exchanged glances, smiles and pouts as lonely little broken kids. No reason to list all proof of their feelings and bond here, it has been done extensively, and if somebody watched the show/read the manga and missed it, they are missing half a brain. That these boys love each other more than anyone else is absolutely obvious.

So what about the canon pairings? Kishimoto stated time and time again that his focus was never romance, and that is not because he can't write romance as we know it (he clearly did), but it’s a matter of concept: what HE considers romance is the attraction that unites people with the purpose of marriage (confessing your romantic love for japanese people is the same as saying you want to be in a relationship, because feelings shouldn’t be voiced without an intention), and that, to him, is NOT the greatest expression of love, nor does it represent the most special bond two people can share.

It is understandable that westerners put so much weight into marriage because we consider it the epitome of love. Well, the truth is marriage in Japanese culture is mainly the only socially admissible means to have children and has very little to do with romantic love. In fact, in Japanese literature, it is much more common for unmarried couples to love each other than married ones. Obviously, there is no absolute truth when it comes to feelings and human relationships, what I'm doing here is generalising social norms and expectations (not exposing my opinion on them - that would turn this rant into something else entirely). A large number of Japanese marriages are loveless (and arranged, but no point getting into that either) and what motivates choosing a spouse is their ability to fulfill familial duties, meaning: is the woman good mother and consequently wife material? Is she going to devote her life to taking care of her children, house and husband, the noblest of acts for a female? Is the man willing and capable of putting his occupation above everything else, working extremely hard and for long hours, with total dedication and diligence for his job, to the point of not even seeing his family most of the time, as an honorable man should do as a provider? That's what makes a GOOD married couple: two people following their expected and strict gender-roles in a nuclear child-centered family (again, please, this is not MY opinion!). What a Japanese man should want in a woman is for her to be a dedicated housewife and mother, since having children outside of marriage is not only frowned upon, it is not acceptable at all, and not being married with children is not respectable enough (same with being divorced). Marriage is, therefore, NOT a symbol of undying love and a deep and special connection between two people, rather, it’s a partnership established with the goal of having and raising children.

Do these descriptions ring any bells?

In conclusion: the pairings were, in fact, created for the sole purpose of bringing forth the next generation, and that was made CANONICALLY true. Would it have been better if they hadn’t gone down that "safe" route? Hell, yeah! It would have been fucking amazing and could even have been groundbraking, for several reasons. BUT as unsatisfying as it may be, the fact is they chose a very TRADITIONAL depiction of marriage that has little to do with feelings, and that in itself shouldn’t be taken lightly, since it leaves the strongest bond, which is grounded on genuine love, untouched. In this scenario, justifying romantic love through marriage alone won’t cut it, and trying to discredit the obvious unmatched connection and feelings between two characters because they never got married to each other or married someone else is ludicrous. Yeah, a married couple can love each other deeply and above anyone else, but that is just not what marriage is ABOUT in Japanese culture and definitely not what Kishimoto wanted us to believe was the case here after dedicating 699 chapters to a story about the special bond between two boys that didn’t culminate in marriage.

You know what IS a symbol of romantic love in Japan? Being willing to die together when the love you feel goes against your moral obligations, holding on to the belief that you will be reunited in the afterlife, where you will be free of any burden and able to love freely.

Are more bells being rung?!

Oh, some bonus info: We also tend to associate sex with romantic love. Well, Japanese married couples with children rarely have sex, if at all. After a woman becomes a mother, she is no longer considered sexually desirable and becomes a mother figure to her husband as well (what happened to Hinata’s big "attributes" in Boruto? Huh). This is especially true when couples sleep in separate rooms and the mother shares a bed with her children. (Hinata co-sleeps with Himawari and we know Naruto sleeps in a separate room. Just saying.)

What's your say?

Is Sasuke's even a marriage?

Geezz!!!! LoLLLLL!!!! This sentence just made me cackle so hard for a good 5 minutes, Anon!!!!!

Hmmm.... So let's get back to your ask.

Well, I don't know how to react to this ask, Anon. Because, I don't know whether you are from Japan or you have a very close Japanese friend who might've told you all these cultural thing about marriage and relationships.

So, what I am going to do is to analyze from the facts you have provided , combine with my own cultural relevance and provide my answer. If there is any Japanese readers who are reading this, you can confirm or dispel this by sending me an ask. But again, I don't want exceptional case like, 'No, my family is different'. I want to know about the general lifestyle of a common citizen and their married life.

Having said that, this ask made me just yell at myself, 'Goshh!!!! Seriously???'

Because whatever you said, It fucking exist in my country too and is still followed by almost 70% of people in my country and I absolutely detest it. That is,

Most of the marriages here are loveless nd arranged - Check

Is the woman good mother and consequently wife material? Is she going to devote her life to taking care of her children, house and husband, the noblest of acts for a female? - Check

People following their expected and strict gender-roles in a nuclear child-centered family - Check Check

What a man should want in a woman is for her to be a dedicated housewife and mother, since having children outside of marriage is not only frowned upon, it is not acceptable at all, and not being married with children is not respectable enough (same with being divorced). - Check Check

Marriage is, therefore, NOT a symbol of undying love and a deep and special connection between two people, rather, it’s a partnership established with the goal of having and raising children. - Awww!!! A million Check.

That's why I was envious of Western people in this aspect, because they have a freedom to choose their own partner without any time constraints and when they do, their marriage can be said to be 'The Epitome of Love'.

My parents marriage is also an arranged one. And whenever they have disagreement and that leads to verbal war, they let out this words, 'I'm here with you because of my 2 daughters otherwise I would've left you long back'. So... Yeah. Here, most of the marriages are child-centered. Again, it's not just my opinion. Majority of the arranged marriage based family revolve around their child.

And I was born, a year after my parents' marriage, and If I hadn't been born, then people will question my parent's fertility factor and start to discriminate them. So, I can boldly claim that, I was not born out of Love or something. I was born because of social obligations.

But it doesn't mean, my parents don't love each other now. How should I say???? It's like a Stockholm Syndrome??!!!! Like when you stay with a person for a long time, you will eventually start to develop some feelings over the course of the time. It took them 15 years to come to a complete understanding of each other. It's the same case with many couples here.

Considering all these, Sasuke never even stayed with Sakura enough to make her understand him, So I wonder what kind of couple are they????? Weird!!!!!

In conclusion: the pairings were, in fact, created for the sole purpose of bringing forth the next generation, and that was made CANONICALLY true.

Awww!!!! Man, Seriously???? I made this claim long back in this post where I said, these women were used as a tool to bring out Next Generation Kids. My claim was based on Analytical Perspective.

And then one of the rabid SS stan reblogged my post and pulled out a hetero card stating, 'They are married and blah blahh...' when in reality, I never discussed about their sexuality in that post. That post was purely based on the number of pages each hetero couples shared with each other against the number of pages Sasuke & Naruto shared together.

Now, you have provided a cultural perspective for those shitty canon pairings.

On one side, I feel the need to smirk, because I am right.

But on the other side, I feel bad like, 'Is this how, this show must go on?? What are you trying to convey from this?'.

Hmmm.... It's interesting to know this. Anon.

This is where it differs slightly in my country.

Romantic love here is,

No matter what happens, I'll stand with you, You are just not alone. I will leave my fucking clan, parents, relatives if they don't approve you and we will start a new life somewhere.

[[Here, marriages happen mostly between their clan members. If you love a person from another clan, you will be ostracized or tortured or honour killed by your very parents. It just differs from clan to clan. I was subjected to this same problem and that's why I hate my Clan and left my parents. And this is also one of the reason why I love Itachi. Because we share similar Ideals. That is, Not to be obsessed over your clan and think beyond this restriction.

Also, here in Asian Culture if someone is willing to leave their family (when they don’t approve you) and prefer you over everything.... It means.... that's some Love beyond Comprehension. Just like how Naruto was willing to leave his Family (like Sakura and Kakashi) and like to stand with Sasuke... Just like how Naruto was willing to leave his own family and go on a long mission with Sasuke]]

So does it remind you of anything?????

It's the whole SNS dynamics starting from their childhood to VoTE2. That's why I started to ship SNS, because it represents the true love we always wish for.

Would it have been better if they hadn’t gone down that "safe" route? Hell, yeah! It would have been fucking amazing and could even have been groundbraking, for several reasons. BUT as unsatisfying as it may be, the fact is they chose a very TRADITIONAL depiction of marriage that has little to do with feelings, and that in itself shouldn’t be taken lightly, since it leaves the strongest bond, which is grounded on genuine love, untouched. In this scenario, justifying romantic love through marriage alone won’t cut it

This is very true, Anon.

I mean, they don’t even have to take a groundbreaking route.

They should have given everyone an open ending, just like Kishi left at chapter 699. What is the need of a marriage, if Naruto is going to adopt Kawaki??? If Orochimaru was going to create a Baby Artificially?? If Rock Lee is going to have a child out of nowhere???

But I am happy that SNS bond is the only one that wasn’t diminished in this hot mess called Burrito. So, atleast we should be happy about that.

When someone pulls the marriage card, I just block them immediately because they are not even worth having a good conversation. NH will pull out the Last movie and SS will pull out, ‘Sasuke called Sakura ‘My Wife’.... So, it’s just pointless.

So, to conclude

Considering my Analytical perspective, I already made earlier in other post and your ask which provides some insight about Japanese culture which eerily resembles the culture I belong to, It all makes sense that this whole pairings and trash is just for the sake of bringing out Next Generation series and those boys never loved those girls whole heartedly. And I agree with you on this.

#ask #sns #sasunaru #anti ss #anti nh #antisakura #antihinata #anti sakura #anti hinata

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thehollowprince · 2 years

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otoh, thank you for the compilation of just how much stiles "stans" took from scott to make their fave more likeable!!! otoh, i hate that there was enough material for you to use. scott is an amazing character who's grown and flourished and his relationships with others is *chef's kiss* even when he's dealing with villains. yet, we literally needed a "scott mccall defense squad" tag to filter out the hate. i'm legit dreading the new movie.

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That's not even all of the examples. Those were just the ones where fandom deliberately stripped qualities from Scott and gave them to Stiles. That's not even getting into cases where both Scott and Stiles have similar attributes but they'll play down one so they can play up another.

We could talk about Danny, and despite him being on relatively similar terms with both Scott and Stiles, fandom will paint it so that Stiles is the one Danny is closer to. They'll go a step further and use Stiles asking Danny if he's "attractive to gay guys" as proof that there was some kind of romantic inclination between the two, but they'll outright ignore the whole scene in season two where Scott was trying to find the new werewolf (Isaac) and sniffed Danny, leading to a very flirtatious exchange between them.

These same people will then exclaim loudly that Stiles is obviously bisexual because a girl asked him if he liked guys and he didn't answer immediately, but then turn around and say that Scott can't be anything other than straight because he's only ever dated women on the show and said to Coach that he liked girls back when he was dating Allison.

For the record, I'm entirely for headcanons, though I prefer mine to be ones based in canon. In this case, there's no reason that both Scott and Stiles couldn't have been bisexual, and yet certain parts of the fandom seem to think that they can't both be because somehow it cheapens it or something.

Of course, that's after they ignore the actual LGBT+ characters in the show, and the fact that they only see bisexuality (especially in their headcanons) as valid if the bisexual character is in a same-sex relationship. But that's a conversation for another time.

Another example of fandom allowing Stiles to "shine" while diminishing Scott and his trauma is... well, their trauma.

Scott went through so many horrible things, and yet it's all brushed entirely aside or downplayed to such an extent that it's treated as a minor inconvenience by the fandom.

The very first panic attack shown in this show happened in the episode Lunatic and it was displayed by Scott.

Y'know what fandom focused on? Stiles mentioning that he use to have them. That's it. They didn't care that Scott was currently having a panic attack, they only cared that Stiles used to have them.

Stiles didn't actually have a panic attack on screen until the penultimate episode of season 3A.

You know how many episodes occurred between those two panic attacks? Twenty-seven. Twenty-seven episodes passed between them and yet only Stiles mental health is given any kind of credence.

We had two whole episodes in season three (Frayed & Motel California) that showcased Scott's fragile mental health and the unrealistic expectations he puts on himself, the climax of which was him trying to kill himself

... and yet nothing from a large part of the fandom. What's even more aggravating about it was that it was Stiles that saved Scott from immolating himself. You would think that with Stiles doing something so heroic without any superpowers, using just his friendship with Scott and his unwillingness to see his best friend suffer that I'd have seen so many posts about this scene, but I didn't. Because to acknowledge Stiles heroism, they'd have to acknowledge the extent of Scott's pain.

I have gotten dozens of asks (from A) talking about Stiles' Neurodivergence or his ADHD, but you'll never get them to admit that Scott could possibly have anxiety or that he definitely had some form of depression.

I could go on and on with the double-standards in the fandom when it comes to Scott (and I have), but more often than not, it falls on deaf ears.

And like you mentioned, we can't even just stick to the Scott McCall tag to avoid the negativity, because those people that hate Scott - just hate him for the sake of hating him - don't tag anything properly. Of course, those very same people are the first to play the victim when they're called out on their bullshit and hypocrisy.

#fandom racism #scott mccall defense squad

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