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takaraphoenix · 1 year

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There is something that feels inexplicably... straight... in a way that’s uncomfortable, stiff and also just unenjoyable for me, personally, about the narrative of “bravery and inspiration” when it comes to coming outs.

We all - who we have been there and come out - do know that there is an angle of feeling inspired. Sure. Of course. Knowing there’s others like us out there gives us strength. That can come from a place of fiction, when you see yourself represented in media for the very first time. That can come from a place of connection, when you get to interact with another queer person for the first time.

The arc of having The Gay One Of The Main Characters have their coming out and then, down the road, have other, minor characters come out too, and have them express that they felt inspired by the bravery of the Gay Main. I hate that. I hate that so much. Urgh, that just tastes icky to me.

It tastes straight to me. Because straight people love to imagine us as brave, because they often struggle to imagine us as just existing. Our existence must be brave. Our existence must be hardships. And they are, obviously do we face those things. But this framework feels so reductive.

It reduces the coming out to bravery, when a coming out story can be about so much more. Should be about so much more. We deserve to have stories told about so much more than just our hardships and struggles, we deserve to be more than just brave.

Why do the minor queer characters need to be inspired to come out? Why do they need to be so desperately closeted, so incredibly afraid to be themselves that it takes this act of bravery? Why did the author feel the need to create a fictional world that is so oppressive, so harmful and constrictive? That’s a deliberate choice that’s being made.

And sometimes, it’s a choice that makes me feel tired, to be honest. I mean, we can accept werewolves and witches being real and all of that, and bend reality, but let’s not get too unreal, we should definitely keep the homophobia.

Even in a world where we do keep the homophobia, the act of bravery of one singular queer character... ain’t gonna actually change that. Honestly, your choice here is worse than if you just... decided to write about a world where there isn’t any homophobia?

Genuinely. I’d much rather read about a world where we say acceptance is the norm from the get-go, rather than “and all the queers lived in fear, until The Chosen Queer One finally found the bravery to come out of the closet, and every other queer character followed them out of the closet, inspired by their bravery, and... everything was just dandy, actually”.

Because - because - there isn’t any homophobia here, in the end. Everything was just fine, in the end. Nobody faced any homophobia. You just needed the queers to be afraid until the Queer Main was “brave”, so they could all come out and realize that all the straights are actually really nice.

And that’s what makes it taste real straight.

Because the straights aren’t a threat. The straights are actually real nice! There is nothing bad happening here. The queers are being oh-so brave, but they have nothing to fear from us, we’re the good straights. We wouldn’t want to write about uncomfy things like actually bad straight people and actual homophobia. No, that’s going too far, we wouldn’t want to do that.

And I’m just kind of... tired, that just existing is enough to be seen as brave, and that the straight authors still need to feel comfy enough in their little worlds to not go too far, and that we do ridiculous shit like pretending nobody was ever out before the Queer Main. I’m just tired.

#I can't believe I am vague-posting TWO MAJOR BOOK SERIES AT THE SAME TIME #Queer Stuff #Writing #Literature #Books #I am actually in tears that this happened twice #two nickels in #you know what FUCK IT I'M NOT VAGUE POSTING #Riordan Critical #Sh Critical #I... don't know if the books handled that as poorly as the show did #but I DO know I still carry bitterness about the way the show handled it #and learning this about the new RR book reminded me of the Sh nonsense #so yeah. if I had a nickel for every time this happened. two nickels

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egophiliac · 5 months

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like mother, like son, but less wholesome this time?

(I couldn't decide whether or not to put them together, so have them in all the different ways!)

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 part 6 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 part 6 spoilers #if i had a nickel for every time a draconia ob'd while trying to save lilia #and had to be taken out by a member of this one specific bloodline with sparkly celestial hair that a fairy blessed #et cetera and so on you know the rest #i mean we know it's going to end better this time but y'know. the parallels!#oh meleanor my beloved #of course...of course she ob'd...it makes sense...#everything about this whole situation just massively sucked for everyone huh #well at least silver's biodad felt guilty about killing her i guess #i dunno i'm just havin' some feelings about all of this #lilia had both the absolute worst and absolute best things about his life come out of all this #down the two great loves of his life and also his job and reputation and 200 years of his life and uhhhh kind of everything else honestly #up some kids though!#(also one of those kids is a baby dragon who is JUST the right size to put silly hats on)#they were worth it to him! or maybe they were worth not giving up? look i am DEEP in the blorbosauce right now #if you don't want to read emotional tags about lilia twistedwonderland then don't come to egophiliac.tumblr.com

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neil-gaiman · 7 months

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I kinda love that you've written *two* TV shows now where a significant character is a fallen angel played by a tall, thin, extremely talented Scotsman who's also played the Doctor -- ineffably delightful coincidence <3 (The Neverwhere DVD's on my Christmas list!)

I will not rest until I have made all of the tall thin Scottish actors who have played or will play Doctor Who into Fallen Angels.

Actually I will rest.

#two nickels #is probably enough

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zabreus · 1 month

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shows where the main character is a blond guy with an obsession with cooking and eating taboo meats and all the episodes are named after different dishes up until the Red Dragon shows up

#two nickels #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi #hannibal #hannibal nbc #o

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still-a-morosexual-help · 3 months

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can't believe the peak character design for THE Lucifer Morningstar is an out-of-touch overprotective dad, who would do anything for his kid(s), and is trying to connect with them but instead he accidentally makes them think he doesn't give a shit and ends up giving them serious daddy issues

#their aesthetics & personality are COMPLETE opposites but at the core they're the same and it's doing something to my brain chemistry #something about two dimes not being a lot but it sure is weird it happened twice #what the fuck is a nickel #hazbin hotel #lucifer #obey me #hazbin hotel lucifer #obey me lucifer #obey me shall we date #obey me!#om lucifer #om! lucifer #obey me! lucifer #swd lucifer

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cozylittleartblog · 4 months

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worst way to start my new year, thanks. i have a lot of things to say about these companies but i'm tired and just keeping it focused to the pin side of things for this one. do not ever buy pins from these companies, literally ALL of them are stolen from small artists like me. if you want to buy enamel pins, check out etsy, and artist's personal websites and shops! (though even Etsy has some bootleg pins that ship straight from china, so tread carefully…)

Every pin I've designed is, thus far, EXCLUSIVE to my etsy. if you find it anywhere else, it's been ripped off! and once these stupid bootlegs pop up, it's basically a never ending game of whack-a-mole trying to get them all taken down...

#psa #art theft #pin theft #aliexpress #shein #wish #temu #deltarune #the bootleg pin is just over an inch tall. do you know how BAD this design looks at that size?? i'd know. i tested it.#they didn't even use the black nickel of the pin for the black parts of the design. and the listing says copper for some reason. what.#some people never even get their designs taken down. its really sad #so i might just have to deal with bootleg queens out there forever :( i hope nobody confuses the ripoffs for the real thing....#my pin is so much nicer! its almost two inches big and it has two posts on the back so it doesn't spin #because spinning pins are the bane of my existence #im out here working my ass off out of my bedroom in my parents place trying to make a living and here come these pricks #i watermarked all my listing photos exactly so they Couldn't steal my fucking pictures so at least there's that #my new years is just full of bad luck so far i hope this isn't a bad omen #if my registration isn't accepted by the aliexpress copyright department I'm SOL and this will just. stay up i guess #i'm sad #bootleggers kys

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prince-kallisto · 3 months

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Happy Valentines Day! ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡

AUGHHH I FINALLY FINISHED MY COMIC 😭😭😭😭😭 ibis paint says I spent 29 hours on it what??? Sob sob, this had a rather short deadline/work period, so I’m not completely happy with some panels, but I hope the story itself makes sense! ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡

Edit: FJFJSJDJF TYSM TO EVERYONES KIND WORDS AHHHH!! 😭🫶🫶🫶💖💖💖💖 NVM IM COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH HIW THIS COMIC TURNED OUT

A huge thank you to @masquerade-of-misery for the inspiration for this story! I know it deviated quite a bit from your original idea, but it made me wonder what Crowley would see in his dream in Book 7, in regards to the Crowley-Levan theory. Thank you so much! 💖💖💖💖🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

I hope everyone has a good Valentine’s Day as possible, and I’m wishing you all the best of luck and sending all my love 🫶🫶🫶💖💖💖 thanks for reading my comic!

#if I had a nickel every time I essentially crucified Crowley in my comics #I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice #twisted wonderland #twst #dire crowley #twst dire crowley #twst Crowley #twst spoilers #twst meleanor #twst meleanor draconia #twst levan #twst malleus #twst malleus draconia #kallistopost #my art #twst comic #twst fanart #crowley is levan theory

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aromantic-diaries · 18 days

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"am I falling in love with this person" my brother in christ you're just not used to having friends you genuinely like.

#if i had a nickel for every time i thought i might be falling in love with my best friend when i'm just not to loving my friends #i would have two nickels and i'm starting to think the implications of it happening twice are more sad than they are weird

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thatwildwolfart · 13 days

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I will sometimes draw memes of my own fics.

Very often, in fact.

(this is from my fanfic Edge of Yesterday [AO3])

#shepard #mass effect #edge of yesterday tag #if i had a nickel for every time i drew an edge of yesterday art of shepard angstily looking into a mirror #well. i would have two nickels.

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youchangedme · 1 year

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misha collins is under a very unique and specific curse that causes him to sound like he's coming out as bisexual in a large public forum

#if i had a nickel i would have two nickels etc #supernatural #misha collins #im talking again

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egophiliac · 8 days

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Wait, did you put a photo of Vil and Neige as kids in Eric’s office??

oh good, I was afraid that wasn't going to read properly and people would just be like "what is this supposed to be". :') but yeah! I like to think Eric was pretty fond of Neige as a kid! single dad sees orphan child approximately the same age as his own son and goes "hmm. okay, you guys are going to be friends now." (this did not go as well as he'd hoped.)

(also I do love how it's kind of a running joke that everyone loves Neige except for Vil, who's standing over in the corner and just seething with furious irrational hatred. someday maybe he'll find someone who doesn't think Neige is the best thing since cinnamon rolls.)

#art #twisted wonderland #vil: am i massively projecting my own hangups and insecurities onto someone who i would otherwise find only mildly annoying #vil: no it must be neige who is wrong #idk i just like neige a lot! he's sweet and i find him fascinating honestly #there's ONE offhanded comment about how oh yeah he's been orphaned since a young age and just never talks about it #he lives with a bunch of dwarves and cooks and cleans for them and this has been going on since he was like eight #like. hello?!#there's a whole backstory here that we're never going to get more than this single crumb of and frankly that makes it better #man if i had a nickel for every fandom about fairytale characters in high school #where i instantly fell in love with the snow white character #i'd have two nickels et cetera you know the rest

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notsoterrifyingrenegade · 7 months

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Absolutely insane of Adventure Time to make Tom Kenny play not one but TWO characters that went insane by magic who later turn normal and spend their time making up for the actions of the person they were when they were infected by the magic and have wives that were taken by Golb and are never coming back.

#two nickels and all that jazz #‘geez Tom Kenny why does adventure time let you play TWO characters with tragic love stories’#adventure time #fionna and cake #fionna and cake spoilers #simon petrikov #tom kenny #betty grof #petrigrof #magic man #margles #king man #normal man #golbetty

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captainsparklefingers · 18 days

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If I had a nickel for every time a critical role barbarian PC lost their best friend and wasn't able to do anything about it despite being so close by physically... I'd have two nickels.

And I wish I didn't have them.

#cr spoilers #critical role #I'd also have two nickels for 'blooodhunters stabbed in the chest by an absolute bastard' and I don't want THOSE either!

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eggtempest · 1 month

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world's most normal girl

#pokemon #pokemon horizons #sango pokemon #coral pokemon #pokeani #anipoke #art #if i had a nickel for every character i liked that was known by both sango and coral i'd have two nickels which isnt a lot but etc etc

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forgetful-nerd · 1 month

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The 2012 TMNT boys have died or have almost died so often that, at this point, they probably have some sort of unspoken “no one’s declared dead until we find the body” rule.

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tealgoat · 5 days

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Weighing your cats

#if i had a nickle for everytime ive drawn odile scruffing siffrin #id have two nickels #which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice #my art #in stars and time #isat #isat spoilers #in stars and time spoilers #isat odile #in stars and time fanart #isat fanart #in tales of time #in tales of time au #isat siffrin #isat loop

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