Don't Be so Blue, Bluebird

Call me Blue Multi-fandom blog

[glassshard]

[quartzprinz]

White-browed Tit-warbler, seen in NW China's Gansu province. by 鸟影语丝

[retrogamingblog2]

[bisexualnonsense]

My partner made a comment about how this episode fed into “bury your gays” and like, while his heart was in the right place with the critique, I felt so strongly the opposite way

Like on its face, yes, two gay men died…. But like, in a show about a zombie apocalypse where we’re tracking at least 1 Major Character Death per episode, Bill & Frank are triumphant compared to every other character. They got to live to be old and gray together after a life of relatively peaceful flourishing. They chose their deaths on their own terms, a luxury most people don’t get in this world. They got to die together, in each others arms, neither left to live and suffer alone. They got to go with dignity, autonomy, and love, in peace, together. They got to choose. They made their end meaningful. They were happy and satisfied and fulfilled. Everything that gay characters are so often not afforded in life, much less in death.

Not only that, but narratively speaking, their deaths were used in exact opposition to “bury your gays.” The trope was created to reinforce that being gay is a sin, that gays must die as punishment for their evil ways. It’s intended to be a narrative consequence, the moral of the story, a warning to its audience.

But the deaths of Bill and Frank were used as closure to a story arc about living a happy, fulfilled life with your partner. Even further than that, their arc was used to demonstrate that there is meaning in life because we choose to create meaning, that purpose is found in each other, in loving someone, even at the end of the world. They are held up as an example of what to strive for, of a reason to keep living, of something to pursue. It is completely antithetical to bury your gays and is in fact a brilliant subversion of it in that it grounds the purpose of the narrative itself.

Tl;dr: TLOU really said love wins.

[tblrtwt]

[sipping-ambrosia-wine]

elijah wood when he fucking. gets here:

[kaijuerotica]

[afeelgoodblog]

I found this picture a while ago. Idk why but it just fills me up with joy. The dog is so happy

[knightofleo]

[knifefightscene]

[redfagdiver]

Nonessential items such as “”“food”“” “”“transportation”“” and “”“”“hygiene”“”“”

[zutarawedding-zine]

New zutara headcanon dropped, courtesy of Zutara twitter. ❤️

Share your pink peony Zutara headcanons in the comments! 

[sosuperawesome]

SewBeautifulx on Etsy

[hanpancakes]

I know iPads are becoming a super popular drawing medium as of late, so I just wanted to put this out there: be wary of getting your device fixed at apple.

I had a barely 2 year old iPad that just up and quit working, I brought it to apple and they said it was a software issue with no fix. My apple insurance had JUST expired, so they told me I’d have to trade it in and spend $600 on a new one. I couldn’t afford that so I took it and left.

I ended up sending it to a mutual connection who fixes apple stuff on the DL. He figured out that the “software issue” was actually just a bad battery - a $100 fix. There was NO WAY that apple wasn’t going to pocket the $600 and then turn around and resell it for a profit.

This advice could go to all apple products: if they can’t fix it in the store for free take it somewhere else! They’ve made it impossible to fix at home but there are individuals out there with the tools and knowledge to fix it for less cost to you. Apple is corrupt. Don’t let them scam you like they almost did with me.

[etakeh]

This guy is active in the “right to repair” movement, very often involving apple.  Has a bunch of repair videos up.

[women-loving-art]

Jeanette Winterson, from Written on the Body, 1992

[vinnie-cha]

stop asking who’s the man and who’s the woman in gay relationships and start asking which ones the serial murderer and which ones the one trying to catch them

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[yuumei-art]

Seeds For Tomorrow

Inspired by the brave Ukrainian woman who told the invading Russian soldier “Put sunflower seeds in your pocket so that sunflowers will grow when you die here.”

[tehtariks]

“Who can prevent all this from happening? The people. Public figures, journalists, musicians, actors, athletes, scientists, doctors, bloggers, stand-ups, Tiktokers, and more. Ordinary people. Ordinary, simple people… I know that my speech will not be aired on Russian television. But the citizens of Russia have to see it. They need to know the truth.”

[blameaspartame-deactivated20200]

[catchymemes]

[excellentbitch]

isn’t that the neck tattoo guy

[excellentbitch]

[caribetidalwave-deactivated2019]

This guy needs to slow down 😂😂😂

[tybalt-you-saucy-boi]

THAT’S WHERE I RECOGNIZED HIM FROM

[silverstrike]

But how could you leave out this masterpiece???

[cryol]

I love him

[mj-theskywitch]

yall r missing the BEST one

[your-villainous-neighbour]

I might have just found myself a new idol

[wankchan]

[pollydoodles]

Unsure if real or an elaborate character but in any case he’s fighting the good fight so 🤷🏻‍♀️💯

[stilldanytrash]

He shouts a lot. What a fun guy.

[azurebones]

He has only one brain cell and he uses it to live life 

[sosuperawesome]

Silk Flower Nightlights

Pixie Stix Designs on Etsy