Keep seeing that post abt how people want unsanitanitized queer media but can't handle the she-ra and the locked tomb and like, right. And part of the point of course is that neither of these are Even Remotely Spicy and people still hiss and piss and shit their pants. Fluffy children's show and this absolute sludge with RWBY-teir writing (I suffered thru that whole fucking book I'm not passing undue judgment here, I gazed into the abyss and it's full of memes). But also it feels kind of weak that THESE are what people are defending as particularly subversive or nuanced queer relationship stories that people just can't handle this is why trying to find LGBT books makes me feel like a starving ravenous dog chewing on scraps.
Recently, I read a book called "Black Leopard, Red Wolf" by Marlon James and it was pretty much exactly what I wanted out of Queer fiction, which is an engaging and fascinating story that also happens to be really, really gay. It's a book I would have probably enjoyed anyways, it's a well-realized and rich setting and just filled with cool as hell shit and swimming with the dreamy logic of folklore. The story is influenced by epic poetry, African mythology and comic books. At least I got a sick as hell ultraviolent indie comic vibe from a lot of it. I found the nonlinearity intriguing and fun to puzzle out, and the writing style intense and lovely. The main character also has multiple well developed, touching romantic and sexual relationships with other men. It's also fucking great to read a book about gay men that's not about sopping wet little twinks or teenagers or guys who are generally bland and mushy, nonthreatening. these are mercenaries, killers, a shapeshifter, they're badass and it's great.
(That being said, it's not exactly something I can easily recommend to a lot of people who may be sensitive about sexual violence, including against children... it's Mythology Flavored but not in a Clean way. )
Idk what I'm trying to say even, this isn't really a coherent post. I really really want to see more queer media that's not tiptoeing or obsessed with being a shining beacon of morality and prioritizes being A Good Peice of Writing or having characters with actual shit going on beyond their gender/sexuality. I know people on this site are emotionally stunted but maybe there's more out there than shows for children and YA pap idk
in the hour or so it took me to draw this op turned reblogs off
EDIT: reblogs are STAYING OFF. op was right and correct and i have never regretted making a post as much as this one. if you want to reblog my art you can reblog something else from my blog. or commission me, lord knows i deserve financial compensation for the nightmare this post has put me through
inspired by boop day, reblog this post if its ok for people to send you random asks and interact on your posts with no judgement. i want to talk to people.
I am genuinely so worried for all the young horny dykes going into adulthood thinking there's something "problematic" / "wrong" with them for being horny because fucking tiktok lesbians think any horny dyke content is "male gaze fetishitic"
So apparently some people new to Tumblr think a repost and a reblog are the same thing, so when they see creators asking for people to not repost, they're thinking the creators are saying to not reblog 😭
Y'all, a repost is when you copy/download the work and create a new post using the work making it seem as if it's yours. A reblog is you using a site provided feature to share the creator's post directly from the creator so that it's still credited to them and they still get all of the traction/notes from the work.
Please, reblog fics/art/etc. that you enjoy! Reblogging is not reposting! Creatives need support too, and reblogging is a way to do that!
From instructions on how to opt out, look at the official staff post on the topic. It also gives more information on Tumblr's new policies. If you are opting out, remember to opt out each separate blog individually.
Please reblog this post, so it will get more votes!