i adore how mxtx sorta flipped the idea on the whole top/bottom thing with svsss, and just BL relationships in general.

making bingqiu very open to switching, not making the "bottom" super feminine and actually leaning more to the handsome side compared to the "top", how luo binghe is manipulative sensitive and cries easily, etc. one of the main themes in svsss is literally about sexuality (and possibly even about gender roles).

as a queer asian man myself, i absolutely despise the "yaoi archetype" and it was one of the reasons why i avoided consuming BL media. hell, years ago when i first saw heavens official blessing, i mentally groaned and went, "ugh, let me guess, the bottom is super feminine and innocent, while the top is masculine and experienced." of course, that's not the case now, but it's disappointing how that thought was there purely because of the god awful way fetish-y media portrays homosexual people and couples. because, believe it or not, we are not assigned male/female typical gender roles just because one likes to top/bottom (and even then, it's not even like that! some people have preferences, sure, but it's not so strictly "i'm top/bottom")

so, while i absolutely LOVE the english novel designs (especially luo binghe's cute curly hair, gongyi xiao, etc, and personally believe a lot of the takes from the western artist on the designs are an improvement), i am greatly saddened by people subconsciously assigning shen qingqiu as someone more delicate and feminine and luo binghe as someone super masculine and muscly. like, if you're going to have luo binghe depicted as the western design (i believe this stems from binghe being applied to more western ideals for men, and, admittedly, i actually really love his design), at least don't make shen qingqiu feminine and delicate? don't have his appearance play into the stupid yaoi thing?

i get that people have different takes on svsss, especially how the western version depicts it. but, people just... seem to very over exaggerate the top/bottom roles when it comes to bingqiu (again, these two are, canonically, VERY open to switching).

it's weird, it's uncomfortable, and it comes across as, "so, who wears the pants in the relationship?"

so, can we please have more canonically handsome shen qingqiu? canonically beautiful and pretty boy luo binghe (they literallly state that binghe looks EXACTLY like his mom, su xiyan! while a more handsome woman, is still very beautiful!! plus it is stated several times that binghe is slim, and that shang qinghua made him that way!) or at the very least, a BL couple who actually look like normal people (ok thats a little hard considering binghe is literally supposed to be perfect) and not just a stupid fetishized version of themselves.

and no, i'm not saying that queer men shouldn't be feminine or men who are feminine shouldn't be in a relationship with guys who are masculine, etc.

TLDR: please stop twinkifying shen qingqiu and going against what mxtx defied for us queer men (the stupid yaoi roles). and for the love of whoever you believe in, do NOT think that i hate the english design or people's personal interpretation of characters, i just hate the subconscious assigning of gender roles to bingqiu and how media portrays and fetishizes LGBTQ+ relationships in general.

edit: also i love teardrew's (check them out on twitter!) interpretation of shang qinghua. while i do really like the the eng novel design's tiny scared hamster vibes, teardrew's version just radiates "up to no good, paranoid but suspicious looking bitch" rat man and i love it so so so much. i'm not gonna repost their art bc i don't know how they feel about that but perhaps you can search up "svsss designs" on here, you'll see it pop up eventually lol.

edit 2 (1/16): i just saw someone reblog a post (that im pretty sure was referring to this one because, well, if you saw it i think it'd be a little clear kahxj) that was about how bingqiu switching and completely eschewing traditional top/bottom dynamics was a fandom idea or smth? so now i'm wondering, since i swear i remember that they were open to switching, but it's just that sqq preferred to bottom and/or was just a little too lazy to top. plus, sqq is a pretty unreliable narrator who says he doesn't want something one moment and then he does. how could he say no to bingbing? esp if he seems to wanna try bottoming too. perhaps i'm mixing things up though, idk? so if anyone can find that passage that says he only and strictly wants to bottom or whatever please show me! but i think the point of this post still stands haha (i wanted to ask about it, actually, but when i clicked on the og post's user it turned out that they blocked me ? so that was a little surprising oops. hey if ur somehow reading this, im... sorry for making you want to block me bc of this post? akdhxjj)

Cis and skinny artists always joke about "oh I draw characters naked because clothes are too hard teehee" or talk about how important and non-sexual artistic nudity is but as soon as they see artwork of a fat or trans character without clothes it's suddenly not the same and is apparently "fetishizing" or whatever. Even when there's obviously nothing sexual about it simply because it makes them feel icky

I wish there was more art drawings of fat dudes that wasn't bad and weird

Ykno it kinda makes me uncomfortable when ppl refer to Vash's genitals with smth like "vashussy". "Plantussy" gets a pass from me bc it's referring to the specific way that the plant biology would be different, but Vashussy???? Do you refer to Any character's genitals like that, or are you just being weird about a trans man??

I feel like over the past maybe 10 years there’s been a lot more visibility for people with vitiligo and lots of people drawing people with it but at the same time a lot of content feels almost fetishy to me if that makes sense

dang what’s with the influx of k*rokura content on here i ended up blocking the tag just now…. yes i know it’s a “legal” ship or whatever but i don’t think pairing the sole survivor of a genocide with the person responsible for the genocide is in good taste sorry!

I’m so tired of ppl making art of trans characters and they literally just look 100% cis but with different genitals like how are we not grasping the problem here

Are the historical (?) flirts weird too? I have at least 5 more of those in mind and I out to distribute them between you and Kyo

no, i think they're so fun to get !! please do continue <3 i definitely encourage more , they make me so very happy n giggly

i don't usually share external links, but this is too wild not to share. dude turned the bottom's back into a fucking jackson pollock

i need to get the life fucked out of me by a big boy

some of the movies ppl are saying on that whats the worst movie youve ever seen post…..you guys dont watch a lot of movies

Day 6: gutspill

Luce belongs to @201kl5-dead (and creds for writing this too)

He forced the man up, the drugs rendered them unable to move much, but not limp, and with his hands tied in the front Luce had no worries about things going south for him.

With the unfortunate victim placed on display Luce met his wide and terrified eyes and flashed him a cold smile that did absolutely nothing to reassure the man of his fate, especially when he watched Luce pick up the sharpened butchers knife on one of the trays.

It cut skin and fat and muscle like butter, gliding through everything smoothly while the victim of this grotesque show could only shake and whimper as his abdomen was cut open, the skin pulled back to expose his guts from the wound that was gushing blood onto the white floors. Luce watched with a satisfied smile as he kept cutting into the body, letting intestines and organs free to hang out and eventually fall from inside the body with wet sounds as the light started to go out in those terrified eyes, and the star of the show was slumping in his arms.

...I hate... wverything

idk how to articulate it but fat women are really really pretty. like the way fat rolls lie? and the there-ness of the body? idk i'm gay and fatness is attractive

Thinking about the hc that sanji has ugly fucked up feet that used to hurt all the time but now are just kinda numb

idk why those jonghyun blogs are still around... like the genuine appreciation blogs i get, but the fetish-y, nsfw ones??? honestly disrespectful 😭😭 like you'd think they'd stop after he died but no, they still can't leave him out of their creepy fantasies 🤮 like let the guy rest in peace, damn...

right? and knowing damn well ppl are gonna get pissed. likeee having a blog that writes/interacts with nsfw fanfiction abt real ppl in general is gonna get you treated like a weirdo but it goes doubly when the person in question has passed away. and ofc u can still find ppl attractive after theyve gone no biggie but youre literally writing crack fic talking abt breastmilk nd reveling in the ~dark humor~ of the fact that the person in question is dead like wtf