Hey! I know you might be used to hearing this, but you write so immaculately. Every single fic you post are so deliciously written that I wish I could devour each and every word. Your writing is so poetic, and the best part is how you're able to capture Tom's character personality with a little element of your own. You made me tear up when I first read the fic about being loved by Tom. It's not because it's sad, but because of how absolutely beautiful it was written. I am feeling sentimental today, so I thought of writing my compliments to you. I think the world is a bit more tolerable with writers like you. You keep it creative and colourful. Thank you so much for all your masterpieces. I'm sorry for being a bit too sappy. I love you sm x

oh my god!!!!! I know I'm late in responding to this, anon, but oh my god!!!!!! I have to admit that I am actually not used to hearing this, no matter how many times someone can throw compliments at me about my work because each one would be different and each would make me feel a different type of happiness. one thing I find in common is that people like the way I write Tom Riddle and that makes me so, so happy! and to me, anon, the world is so much better when I remember there are people like you, so kind with your words. thank you for going out of your way to type this and leave it in my inbox. this is so, so sweet and I will cherish these words forever ♡

my last art started a mountain of ideas for Forger fam so here are some sketches I've drawn this past week!

If you're wondering who the little baby is - it's baby Forger, James c: I drew him last year (link here!) and I feel very strongly abt him okay!! he would be so doted on by his parents and big sister Anya :")

Hoping I'll finish at least one before the end of the year!!

If you have any more ideas/headcanons for Forger fam pls share!! I'm always hungry for more 🥹

i love the stars (j'adore les etoiles)

btw. Charlie's villainy is what I love about him. It's what makes him an interesting character and why I ship him with Babe. Don't be fooled by his puppy dog eyes and submissive mannerisms; he is play acting, he is using this to manipulate Babe. They're not doing role reversal when they have sex; sex is when they are being their most authentic selves. That man is manipulative and extremely dominant, and it's hot. He has been lying to Babe all along, and I would bet real money he's continuing to lie. I don't know why he stole Babe's powers, but I do know he didn't try very hard to avoid it

This is not to say he is only lies; I believe that he genuinely is in love with Babe, and that his manipulations and games are, in some convoluted way, to protect Babe.

But he is absolutely not a uwu innocent baby.

Did anyone make a video or gif of that moment when he casually commands Babe to give him his glass, and has him switch the alcohol for water? And Babe instantly, unquestioningly, complies. Because that's who Charlie is when he's not pretending to be someone else.

your sollux is singlehandedly dredging up years-old memories of how much i like this guy- keep up the awesome work >:)

im delighted AHH i love seeing ppl returning to hs w/ fresh eyes for sollux!!! he's still as good as ever they literally dont make characters like him anymore

doodled Stayn from living with magicians webtoon... I like him :) (just felt like drawing random webtoon characters fsr lmao)

I will always be loyal to Yuya.

people really act like johndirk murdered their entire family or smth

I'm still not well so this isn't going to be articulate, but I wanted to say something anyway.

In the wake of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (amongst other titles) being purged from streaming I've seen countless posts saying "This is terrible, we need to stop this practice -- they might purge a good show next!" and yeah, for sure a lot of titles being impacted by streaming purges/lack of physical media/a decline in archiving right now aren't going to be remembered for changing the world.

However, I think it is vital that we fight to preserve these titles for their own sake not just because "What if next time it's something we actually like?!" There is value is preserving things widely regarded as "bad" not just because I have firm beliefs about the absurdity of taste, but because who gives a shit if something is deemed "good?" Actual human people put their time and energy into realising these artistic visions. Even if the results are arguably not "good" or "popular", should the efforts of these artists be lost to the sands of time? No, no they fucking shouldn't.

I share a lot of art on this blog from titles very few people consider culturally important or valuabe. However, I don't look at the things I collect & share like that. Even some of the most objectively absurd titles I own are still pieces of art that were developed, published, and consumed by humans in the real world. Whether they've turned out to be broadly memorable or not is irrelevant because they existed and that in itself makes them worthy of preservation so that others can choose to familiarise themselves with them long after the original creative team is gone.

So yes, we should all be trying to preserve the media that's important to us and not let corporations try to stamp out every trace of a financial (though not necessarily artistic) misstep. However, it shouldn't take the threat of something we, personally, like being taken away to stir us into giving a shit.

Even the demise of less admired works should concern us and make us start to burn copies of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies because it might not mean anything to you or I right now, but to some kid in 20 years it could be a seminal experience that leads them to follow their dreams. Or it could become a cult classic that people reflect on at watch parties years in the future. Or it could continue to be a footnote in the history of television that nobody really cares about.

Ultimately I don't think it matters what level of value we arbitrarily assign to media now or in the future, we should be trying to preserve as much of it as possible so that generations from now people can enjoy the option of engaging with these titles should they so wish.

when ur so tired you sleep on and off for 13 hours straight

Slightly regretting not watching the grammys bc I'm now hearing that Tracy Chapman sang Fast Car and it was her first live performance since 2009 💔

so um. this is how the genderbend if is going right.

(also big thanks to @mynameisrobiniamadumbass for letting me use his really cool genderbend designs for fem otto and pridebaru <3)

bro you know whats fucked up... their epic gnc lesbian swag is literally being erased rn. and its just another man doing all of the cool shit again. like thats fucked up. theyre literally erasing women.

shuro got two drawings. TWO. and im the only one excited about it

hi!! i know u talk a lot about aromanticism a lot on here, but i don’t think i’ve ever seen u talk about aromantic anthy. would u mind discussing/elaborating on it or linking to a post where u do because i’m very curious!!

i got a similar ask half a year ago or something ridiculous like that on my main blog, but i’d like to really do justice to my url right now and explain it in more concrete terms.

i will say, it’s important to bear in mind that this reading of anthy’s character is very much informed by my own experiences, and a lot of those experiences are ones im not keen to talk in depth about. but you know. let’s make some nebulous gestures towards ideas of being traumatised, being autistic, struggling to meaningfully connect with others and honestly not really wanting to do such because of how they treat you.

like ive previously said, an aromantic perspective on the world would, i think, really benefit anthy. when youve lived your whole life experiencing violence at the hands of these patriarchal structures, of which romance is absolutely one, it’s kinda like. damn. im uncomfortable buying into those ideas.

anthy also has this lovely line in ep 19 where she says to utena ‘romance either happens or it doesn’t’ and it’s just sooooooo. so very interesting to me, actually, that anthy would say something so black and white about ‘romance’, a topic that anthy knows better than a lot of rgu characters is hopelessly confused and arbitrary and often enabling violence. and utena (fellow aromantic gaybo) says 'yeah, i know, but...'. these simplifications, these elisions. what is and isn't articulated. but what? maybe things are much more complicated than we'd like to think.

anyway enough of that tangent. one thing i as a trans and aromantic person always return to when discussing trans and aromantic readings of characters/texts more broadly is that there's no singular piece of evidence that can really cement these readings as Undeniable. it's like. okay. there's a critique of romance as a patriarchal structure in revolutionary girl utena. there's an ambiguity about anthy's feelings towards characters like utena, where there is clearly a queer connection but it takes shape in unconventional and complex ways. me, i'm aromantic, i see all of these pieces and i go oh well that's because she's an aromantic lesbian. you know, there's plenty of little moments i can evidence but those moments can be used to argue for an alloromantic lesbian anthy too. romance is a very arbitrary thing and i think everyone should take their own approach to it unapologetically. of course, mine is that it's hellish and i want nothing to do with it, but im just one guy. and im okay with that. i feel strongly about this reading and it is personal, and id be dishonest to say otherwise, but i do also find that it's well-evidenced in the text. as one of my lecturers once said, don't worry about authorial intent, it isn't real <3

the girls are fightinggg (kind of)

min@dal 4.25.23 | round 1