Jax

Fandom-esque, hyperfixates easily. Also anxious. 24/7.

[stitchthisfiona]

Today in niche genres of joke that I can never get enough of and will probably still be secretly thinking about four years later

[cleolinda]

[cleolinda]

[lotus0kid]

[lotus0kid]

[pomme-poire-peche]

[lotus0kid]

[sashaforthewin]

[jack-of-no-cows]

[ghirahimbo]

[dateamonster]

level 1: the lost boys is gay af

level 2: the lost boys follows a not uncommon horror movie trend where monstrous and villainous characters are associated with alt fashion or other counter-culture signifiers, which may also call to mind an association with queerness as it exists in conflict with cishet cultural norms. this, intentionally or unintentionally, helps to position queerness as an evil threat to the status quo in the minds of viewers. while a lot of queer people end up seeing themselves in these characters in a positive way, its inappropriate to talk about how cool gay vampires are without at least acknowledging the implications of this in relation to the long history of queer-coded villains in film.

level 3: the lost boys is actually all a clever subversion of the aforementioned trope; while on the surface michael is positioned as the classic disaffected youth, child of divorce (this and him being in the care of a single mother helping to introduce the idea that his vampirism ie latent homosexuality starts with this initial failure to uphold conservative family values), falling in with the wrong crowd who corrupt him and creates a rift between him and his family, the twist of the movie reveals that the vampire gang exists under the authority of the head vampire who himself has all the signifiers of the wholesome middle class all-american dad figure. this recontextualizes the queer-coding of the vampires from a gang of wild subversives to a group of kids who, like michael, were most likely struggling with some sort of instability in their home lives and were groomed into vampirehood by their sire, the symbol of the father they perhaps lacked. the precious but fragile unity that exists among these outsiders cannot survive, not because a more normative family structure has some special thing they lack, but because they are chasing an idea of family that despite their counter-cultural leanings hasnt been meaningfully disentangled from patriarchy, as embodied by their literal patriarch.

level 4: the lost boys is gay affffff

[adaricruz]

maria wirries as star 🔮💜💫

loved this new interpretation of star. sm more fleshed out and the character design is soooo gorgeous too.

[memeuplift]

[xx-puppygirl-xx]

[depsidase]

[onedirectionforever]

“you support gay rights so you must be gay”

i support animal rights do i look like a fucking alpaca to you

[onedirectionforever]

turns out i am gay

[monsieurenjlolras]

holy shit how’d this alpaca learn how to type

[mywitchcultblr]

Diversity win! The alpaca is gay!

[adreamthatsworthkeeping]

[thebirdkiwi]

he was a llama

[fritextramole]

a llama?! he’s supposed to be dead!

[lilysaus-reblogs]

@hellsite-hall-of-fame i think this deserves to be here

[depsidase]

[valtsv]

microdosing on catharsis by watching a fictional character or persona i relate to have an emotional breakdown until my chest starts to ache from the amount i've repressed

[valtsv]

[catbreon-draws]

I’m p

Yes I’m

Yes hmmms ow

Eh

Tnhk

[catbreon-draws]

Tumblr wouldn’t let me upload the video but I let the mice write a tumblr post for me and this is the result :^)

[ohfuck-abastard-deactivated2023]

i thought that was just. a regular tumblr post and accepted it

[chatmeow9]

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

[foxzydrawsz]

Closure <3

[i-am-a-fish]

they should teach useful skills in school like home economics and how to safely pirate media

[i-am-a-fish]

all I learned there was that the homunculus was the powerhouse of the cell I had to learn everything else myself

[catchymemes]

You turn off the light, cats light up the space

[guerrillatech]

[glasswhistles]

MLK was a star trek fan

[lieutenant-sappho]

[ca314159bara]

if you're having trouble sleeping the best you can do is put a bright object close to your face and look at it for at least 30 minutes. if that doesn't work you can close your eyes but make sure to think really hard about a bunch of bullshit

[whirlwindsworld]

I think you are all 12 years old, this is your first fandom, or you are suffering from immense brain rot in the media literacy part of your brain. I am only half joking about all that.

Anyway my thoughts on the tadc finale

I’m going to need to wait for the youtube version in order to rewatch and properly analyse the episode but my god. The stuff we see in Jax’s mind is not meant to paint to him as an irredeemable abuser. I’m fairly sure it’s all the ways he’s learnt to push people away. They aren’t fantasies of violence and sexual harassment. It’s guilt and shame and fear. Each defence as an aspect of himself.

Think about it. He blames himself for Ribbit’s abstraction and likely Kaufmo’s too. His mind is populated by scenarios in which the others have abstracted, with at least one being directly his fault again. Why on earth would these be fantasies and not scenes of guilt and shame and denial?

Just because you are not being spoonfed doesn’t mean you should jump to the most superficial conclusions.

Because why on earth would Gooseworx’s thesis be that a transfem coded haracter commits suicide off screen and is actually an abusive pos through and through? Why? Could it possibly be that she was communicating a different message? Maybe the execution wasn’t the best, but c’mon.

Jax feels like a cautionary tale. A warning about what can happen if you continue to push people away. A story that encourages you to accept help and care. And that even when you’re not in a place to receive it, it will be there regardless. Waiting for you. People love you and will do the work to care for you. You are not unlovable.

Jax was also really young. 22 years old and homeless. The circus fucked him up further. I don’t the message was ever meant to be that this kid was unlovable. More like saying, hey if even everything goes wrong, people will still be there for you.

Remember that before, abstractions were thrown into a cellar to be forgotten. But they didn’t do that this time. They made a safe and calming space and kept Jax company. They showed how much they cared even when Jax was hypothetically least able to receive it but also when he needed it most.

[the-science-fellow]

How it feels to watch the finale at cinemas and form your own opinions about the finale and the series itself without engaging in any online discourse or having others tell you the way you're supposed to enjoy the story

[zhenni12]

isn’t she lovely?