I've just rewatched prom and idk if it's just me but I'm obsessed with that little moment between britin after Brian says even if it was ridiculously romantic and then he just kinda pauses and stares at Justin??? Like he's fully inhibiting a nervous teen on his prom night too yk? He's literally just made out with Justin in front of the entire school, choreographed a dance routine out of a romcom and yet is like so nervous to kiss the boy he loves in the parking lot! It's not just the best night of Justin's life it's Brian's too, he's not Brian Kinney Stud of Liberty Avenue putting up a front or pretending. He gets to just experience romance and not feel awkward about it for a millisecond like he's happy and then of course tragedy strikes.
There is never an excuse to not use someone’s preferred name and pronouns. Unless they’re closeted around some people and ask you not to, there is literally no good reason to not just refer to them how they want to be. No one is being protected when you intentionally misgender a trans person, or when you insist on using a deadname— even if you “don’t agree” with the existence of trans people, or think that gender identity shouldn’t be treated the way it is in whatever way. You’re not standing up for yourself and you’re not standing up for others— you’re just being an asshole.
If your friend’s legal name was Katherine, and she told you “please don’t call me Katherine, I have negative associations with that name, call me Kathy instead,” then would you still insist on calling her Katherine because you don’t think it makes sense to use another name, even though you know it causes her significant emotional distress?
Intentionally deadnaming and misgendering someone because “it doesn’t make sense” or “you don’t agree” makes you just as much of an asshole as that. Changing the language you use to refer to someone hurts no one and helps them immensely. Intentionally misgendering someone just makes you look like an asshole and, quite frankly, stupid as well.
If you want to have an actual debate about the ethics of trans healthcare or whatever, the least you can do is actually respect your opponents. Fundamentally, respect for one another is key to proper debating. But no, you don’t want a debate, you just want to beat people down.
while I’m on the topic of abuse (when am I not lmfao it feels like it’s all I think abt sometimes)
I know where this urge comes from but it ANNOYS me that ppl can’t talk abt abusive male protagonists like dean without acquiescent qualifiers like “he’s a product of his environment” or “his trauma is responsible for X” bc that’s true of literally everyone lol. like ppl keep reflexively distancing Guy They Like from his harmful actions by doing this. don’t say “it’s not that serious” because it very much is to me <3
idec Nancy wouldn’t even have to kidnap me I’d be joining the yandere fruity four so fast if they gave me even the slightest bit of attention no cap
Facts bestie. All they’ve gotta do is invite me over to their house one day, and those lovesick little losers would be so so nice to you, and never wanna kick you out, that I’d just end up staying there.
Oh what you want to finically support me without making me feel guilty, and all of you love me so much, and you’ve never once felt like I was a burden, and genuinely want to spend time with me, and will do anything for me because you genuinely not only think I deserve it but because you want to because you love me so much? Okay where are we going on our first date gang.
Found family trope while also being a poly that’s pretty healthy. I mean they get on with each other and you just fine in the poly, not saying those four are the healthiest motherfuckers outside of that. But tbf, are any of us? I mean not saying that the being constantly terrified of losing you, and fighting back possessive urges, and thinking about murder just to keep you all safe and warm within themselves, is exactly relatable. But also yeah I know of being mentally unbalanced and all of us being a little fucked up, rock on guys. Just no violent crime in this household got it? It’s part of the lease.
Me opening a new Word doc: Okay, this is just gonna be a short one-shot to get back in the swing of writing, finishing, and posting fic again. Just something to build up some writing momentum. Your problem is that you keep fixating on big plot bunnies that have to be multi-chapter fics; a short hurt/comfort fic that you can finish in 5k words or less is just the ticket.
Also me 10 minutes later, when the idea for my "short one-shot" has mutated into 500 words of Trauma(TM) just for the outline: ...Ah, I see. The real problem is that I cannot shut the fuck up.
there are things abt me that i dont talk about not because im being secretive i either just forget to mention it or think no one wants to hear about it but i think it gives like important context to whats wrong with me 💖
The other day my darling heard me hitting myself during an autistic meltdown, but I had locked myself in the bedroom and wouldn't open the door, so he broke the door to come make sure I was safe 💞 He held my hands down and didn't let go until I was calmer and had stopped trying to hurt myself. And then he hugged me and got me a snack and we watched a movie together and cuddled 💞
Like maybe it's fucked up that I find it romantic he broke our door to get to me? But he was so determined to protect me, and he's so muscular and strong, and just 💞💖💕💝 He makes me feel so loved and cared for and protected. Like he would actually fight someone if they tried to hurt me. I've never had someone try so hard to keep me safe before and I really appreciate it
Ngl I'm kinda in a purgatory state where I'm between liking my artstyle and hating it? Like I've been seeing all this gorgeous art online with these wonderful colours and backgrounds and rendering and I feel so jealous because I can't even draw a second eye or five-fingered hands. I feel like there's a weird dissonance because my style becoming a little more elegant but at the same time it's this weird mess with some cartoony proportions?? But I also want to stand out and be unique so I like my style??
Not many irl people have told me they like my art or my characters or my story ideas, they usually either go 'cool' and move on or make jokes. A bit off topic but I remember this one time I showed a story idea to a friend at the time from my notes app and she laughed at it because she 'thought it was from Wattpad'. It felt so insulting coz there's this stereotype around Wattpad that weird 13 year olds that write bad stories or x reader fics are just rife with that app. Like yeah, sure, I did make a few bad stories when I was 13 (one was a purposefully bad x reader for shits and giggles), but that story was the precursor to what's basically my passion project fic and I had been using ao3 for about 2 or 3 years at that point?
Sometimes (-all the time), I wonder if the people on tumblr just pity me and say my work is nice coz they feel bad that it looks/sounds bad and the irl people are kinda right to brush off my art and writing. Then I feel bad because it feels like I'm insinuating that the people who give me the attention and kindness I crave are lying to me, and that's just a cruel way to think. It's the want for validation talking I think. I want someone to be so genuinely amazed by my art that they do the equivalent of a fic reader and tell me the specifics of what they like in like several paragraphs. Same for my writing but obviously more literal with that metaphor. But then it feels kinda selfish to ask of that coz it feels like I'm pressuring people. I don't even know what I'm getting at here tbh, I'm just in this weird state rn
Ok but 2nd playthrough of royal is so different than 1st bc in 1st I was like "oh that's my cool friend therapist maruki. Yea he's not really a great therapist, but he's trying his best to do good! I know he ends up an antagonist, but for rn I'm just appreciating my friend 😌"
And now anytime he opens his mouth I just want to drop kick him. I want to knee him in the nuts For Real. Like leave me tf alone lmao