BookLoverSince1996

Just random things I like

[free-my-mindd]

[wyrm-boy]

[hiitspussyhands]

You know when there's like, a straight show and everyone's like "it's full of queer subtext between the main straight dudes, and this character is obviously autistic and they really meant to say trans rights"? And then there's a queer show and all of a sudden it's "no but they weren't sensitive about this character's trauma and the queer sex scenes are too short and they're all problematic as fuck, i can't even watch"? And then our shit doesn't get renewed, and we hated on it the whole way for not embodying the perfection we'd never dream of demanding from the straight show?

Yeah, something like that

[womanguy]

you should get a second evening for reading fan fiction. And you should get an extra day in the week to do arts and crafts.

[mysteryteacup]

you should get an extra 12-3am for writing fanfic

[jejejijiju]

[stealingpotatoes]

hey. hey dont cry. there are literally seals

[psychotic-gerard]

love seeing revisionism in the wild “free the nipple never meant you can walk around topless every where that’s still sexual harassment it just meant for like breastfeeding and stuff”no it literally means you should be able to walk around topless anywhere because get this. breasts aren’t fucking sexual organs.

[roguebombshell]

I remember when I was about 12, I watched a show on TLC that followed people as they got somewhat uncommon medical procedures.

There was one episode with a trans woman getting different gender-affirming operations, including breast implants. It showed the procedure, and (what I found so fascinating that it's stuck with me for decades), as soon as the doctor put the implant in, a censor blur popped up on the nipple.

And you just know there was a meeting between the TLC lawyers and the editors and producers of the show to discuss what the difference was between a "man nipple" (can be shown) and a "woman nipple" (no no must obscure, 'tis naughty). And they decided that as soon as the implant goes in and the nipple has more mass behind it, that's the moment when it becomes a woman's nipple and must be hidden to comply with TV rules.

But it's the same nipple. On the same person. I know what it looks like; I just saw it. But TV and obscenity rules are rules, and the rules say woman nipple = sexual and therefore explicit, but man nipple = neutral, just fine.

"Free the Nipple" was calling out arbitrary bullshit like that, because someone just existing with their body parts should not be considered obscene, and the double standard that men can be topless but women can't is so blatantly ridiculous. All nipples are just nipples. If you get turned on or bothered by them, that's on you.

[manny-jacinto]

“you’re so weird, are you on something?” yeah i’ve been on tumblr for 10+years

[hometoursandotherstuff]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydx34kzlvo

[runcibility]

"Vanderhorst had been under the influence of MDMA and three litres of vodka she had consumed on the night of the offence last September, her lawyer Michael Hill told the court."

three. liters.

[anais-ninja-bitch]

i support women's wrongs

[penandinkprincess]

Once social media gets an image of Shane with Spaghetti, he suddenly gets a brand deal from a very exclusive jeweler. The jeweler was very inspired that they made a whole snake collection for him to model. Bonus is that Spaghetti gets the spotlight that he deserves.

loving the idea of a camera catching an ottawa player just going, "i KNEW spaghetti would bless us" after a big win and the news just??? the players eat spaghetti?? spaghetti is an ottawa ritual?

and then it just gets questions to the point that shane ends up saying that he has a pet snake named spaghetti and he's kind of a joke on the team (he is not a joke. it is SO fucking serious.).

and then the jeweler reaches out to use him as a spokesperson for the new campaign because atp shane has made some news as a snake owner and well. now we know for sure he won't have a problem posing with snakes.

and ilya can't even enjoy sexy shirtless pictures of shane in diamonds (normally literally a wet dream for him) because he is surrounded :) by so many :) fucking snakes :) this is hell :) this is hell for ilya specifically :)

[penandinkprincess]

the idea of shane closing out of a reptile enclosure forum with the same fluster and haste as someone closing out of a porn tab is KILLING ME.

"shane what is that"

"NOTHING" *nearly drops his laptop in his rush to close out mid reddit post*

[scribeherself]

I think one of the gentlest things in the world is when a friend just gets your weird little brain. like you say half a sentence and they finish it. you reference something incredibly niche from seven years ago and they’re already nodding. they understand your strange vocabulary for emotions that don’t have real words yet. it’s being seen and known and still loved. maybe especially because you’re known. god. what a gift.

[slimegirlslugwife]

she’s right

[galaxywarp]

that’s her. the Task Manager

[iiumz]

[transheadcrab]

inherent gay need to redesign my bedroom every 3 months

[transheadcrab]

gays, home of sexuals, lgbtqs, help me redesign my bedroom because i cant live like this anymore. make suggestions & i will move items accordingly (everything in purple is stuff i can move). only requirement is that my bed is in some corner bc if it doesn’t touch two walls ill die

[aaays-and-bees]

Barricade the door

[transheadcrab]

great ! are there other suggestions that arent this !

[funstyle]

I listen to two songs i enjoy in a row and im like "i would be such a good dj"

[funstyle]

I dont need an ai generated quote unquote "curated" playlist because i have something that can only be earned: the taste of someone who didnt have a lot of friends as a teenager

[kyoshi-lesbians]

my controversial opinion is I don’t think Zuko was confused by “my first girlfriend turned into the moon”

[kyoshi-lesbians]

he was there during siege of the North. he infiltrated the spirit oasis. he has an uncle who studies spirits and the spirit world. he watched the sky go dark then the moon suddenly reappear like everyone else in the entire world did. and most importantly he watched zhao get eaten by a giant godzilla fish spirit.

[kyoshi-lesbians]

his entire life since he saw that beam of blue-white light in the south pole has been ‘this day has already been so goddamn weird’

[edgar-allan-possum]

The only really new information was that that was Sokka’s girlfriend

[library-graffiti]

Important opinion in the tags that I need to have be part of the post:

[clearascountryair]

Also, Iroh was there? He literally watched Sokka make out with the moon spirit. And you want to tell me that a romantic sap like him would not have immediately told Zuko about this romantic tragedy? Please, Zuko has known about this for ages, he just knows that this is not an acceptable situation in which to say “yeah, I know.”

[terriwriting]

Sokka: “My girlfriend turned into the moon.”

Zuko: “I know.” “Yes.” “She sure did.” “Uh huh.” “Tell me something new.” “Are we still talking about that?” “That’s rough, buddy.”

[alexseanchai]

[image: tags by samwisethebold: #it’s not that he doesn’t get what sokka means #it’s that how on earth do you respond to that]

[uberguber89]

When you put it like that, this is actually a legendary display of tact on Zuko’s part

[deadpowol]

[tahthetrickster]

[kalinara]

Obviously, one of my hills to die on is that I do not agree with the very simplistic take of "Ilya is afraid for his safety, Shane is afraid for his career."

Because as I've mentioned before, homophobic violence and institutional oppression is not unique to Russia. All it takes is one look at gay bashing statistics of both Canada and the United States (where both players spend a significant amount of time) to realize that and get very depressed.

Shane isn't going to get arrested for being gay, but there is definitely a non-zero chance of getting beat up for looking at someone too long in the showers.

And yes, of course, this isn't going to actually happen in a light-hearted romance novel. But Ilya getting arrested and sent to the gulag is also not likely to happen in a light-hearted romance novel. But for some reason, while Ilya's fear is acceptable and textually established, the idea that Shane might have a fear of homophobic violence apparently goes against romance novel genre conventions.

That said, the other thing that annoys me about that argument is that it completely ignores the idea that SHANE could be afraid for ILYA's safety. Not so much in episode one, I admit. At that time, he and Ilya are practically strangers and only just getting to know each other. And Russia has not passed the really scary anti-gay laws yet.

But by episode five? The cottage? Of course, Shane's going to be afraid for Ilya. And this is a factor that I wish was brought up in TLG, because even if Shane also isn't happy with the status quo, he's not likely to suggest changing anything until Ilya's citizenship status is safely resolved.