Kalina Did Nothing Wrong

23 | Queer | Ace King | Any pronouns work

[andshecanproveitwasolidrighthook]

alright im done put me in the heart locket

[mearchy]

my favorite genre of fictional character is like "i am terrifying to almost everyone, i'm very good at killing, i can endure anything, i've become exceptionally good at playing into my reputation, and if you try to give me positive social interaction i will react with confusion and cower in a corner like an abused animal. and i may try to shoot you. but there is also a chance i may imprint on you like a feral dog receiving its first loving touch! good luck."

[phrear2]

sad feeling to try to mutualbait when the mutual you wanted to bait already finished their tumblr shift for the day

[local-lesbian-tree-demon]

they should invent a body that feels normal to be inside of

[souperluminal]

05.28 - Nebula

[soldier-of-death]

im only attracted to worthy opponents

[renthony]

I see so many arguments over what is and isn't "good queer representation" that really just boil down to "y'all are actually arguing over matters of taste and genre preference, which is incredibly subjective and personal."

Worldbuilding where being queer is normalized and queerphobia has no impact on the plot? THAT'S FINE. Worldbuilding that includes queerphobia and tackles the effects of it as part of the story? THAT'S ALSO FINE.

Low-stakes queer romcom where the characters are fluffy and cute? THAT'S COOL. Messy queer drama with toxic people who fuck each other over and clash repeatedly? THAT'S ALSO COOL.

Stories that center the characters' queerness, show a trans character's transition, and are about the queerness as much as the rest of the plot? AWESOME. Stories where the characters' queerness isn't treated as a big deal, and have trans characters whose transition happened before the story entirely? ALSO AWESOME.

You may PREFER one thing or another, but it is actually good to have all these things. It's about variety. It's about queer characters being allowed to exist without censorship. It's about queer artists getting to make things without being told we're a "niche issue" or "adult content." It's about having as many goddamn cakes as the bakery can produce.

At the end of the day, I'd prefer a media landscape with fifty pieces of problematic queer representation over a media landscape with one single piece of queer representation that's trying (and usually failing) to be 100% perfect for everything and everyone.

[renthony]

For a specific example I have very strong opinions about: nonbinary shapeshifters. As a nonbinary person, I LOVE shapeshifters. I am also very aware of the fact that it can be a stereotype. Nonbinary people have a very wide range of opinions on this, because we aren't a monolith.

The solution is not to ban nonbinary shapeshifters from ever appearing in anything ever. The solution is to have MORE NONBINARY CHARACTERS ACROSS THE BOARD.

[petewentz-]

It's fun being queer and weird and unconventional until you remember you live in a society

[larksinging]

more of a vibe than anything

[ylkl]

Monster x

[g0dcomplex500]

Tried a new sketching/“rendering” style and I really liked it

Would love to do this style again

Godzilla Final Wars is the subject

[slopforhogs]

Collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu/Pecari tajacu) “Javelina aka Collared Peccary” by Larry Lamsa, CC BY 2.0 (x)

[venndaai]

have you guys heard about the greenland shark. some crazy shit happening there.

[venndaai]

they are sexually mature at ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OLD.

their (live!) young gestate for. wait for it. eight to eighteen (??) YEARS. can have up to 10 at a time. good grief.

longest lifespan of any vertebrate, up to five hundred years

toxic flesh

has giant eyes but is usually blind because of a weird little crustacean that's evolved to live on and eat their eyes. this doesn't seem to bother them much.

lives in deep cold water and has the lowest swim speed and tail-beat frequency for its size across all fish species. just generally lives life in extreme slow motion

largest genome of any shark

eats everything including moose and polar bears

ma'am you are delightfully strange and I'm privileged to share a planet with you

[fluorescentbrains]

this post prompted me to refresh my memory on Greenland Shark Facts and this detail about how they feed goes so hard

just vacuuming up their unsuspecting prey. whole !

[muffinlance]

Good news good news good news! Recent research suggests the eye parasites do NOT blind them!

Eye-opening research: Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Ir

I <3 you a normal amount Greenland sharks

[tieflingkisser]

[sabertoothwalrus]

I like the nodding emoji 🙂‍↕️ for how at peace it is. when I use it I feel like a wise sage who has reached an enlightened truth of the universe. mmmm 🙂‍↕️ monkey

[lokh1]

‘how would other people describe you’ why would i know this

[binomaly]

Absolutely obsessed with the fact that Brennan knows about Hot Coffee, Mississippi