Fandoms And Opinions

Hi there. The name’s Cupcake. he/him, adult. I use this blog mostly to reblog memes, fandom stuff, and social justice stuff. You will also see the occasional rant. My main fandoms right now are Dimension 20, Dropout, MCYT, Danny Phantom, and a few more. These will change constantly tho lol. Icon is a Minecraft bee plushie on a white background. My header is Stanley and Stanford from Gravity Falls pulling out weapons to fight.

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[thateclecticbitch]

I just know that the new ace flag is going to be the epicenter of queer online discourse for the next 5 years just like the new gay man flag was, except this time, instead of a misinformation campaign fueled by transphobia and misogyny, any actual criticism is going to be inundated with straight up misogynoir for no other reason than it was created by a black woman who refuses to be silent about black asexual experiences.

[plague-and-creatures]

I've been seeing the new flag around and I wanted to give my own thoughts because while it has grown on me, I still kinda prefer the old flag

It's mainly for these reasons

1) I find the sudden shift from the dark palette to one with yellow and pink jarring. The old palette is more easily recognizable, and I think the fact that the purple wasn't kept at the very least is a bit of an odd choice

2) The new one doesn't mirror the aro flag the way the old one does. Both communities have a lot of overlap and mutual understanding with one another and are very intertwined. This is the main reason why I find the new color palette less appealing, it feels disconnected from our sister community

3) The new flag includes a pink stripe to represent other forms of love (platonic, familial, queerplatonic, etc). Paired with the fact that the meaning of the gray stripe for identities across the spectrum was kept and the white stripe was changed to represent intimacy, I completely understand why loveless and bold stripe ace people feel left out due to the black stripe's meaning being changed for the new flag.

I feel like the meaning of the black stripe in the new flag could've been included in the meaning of the purple/fuchsia stripe instead, allowing the black stripe to still represent asexuality and lack of attraction like it did in the original without taking away from the messages/meanings the creator wanted to include

4) Some acespec identity flags like gray, demi, and aego are derivative of the old ace flag, so similar to the disconnect from the aro flag there's a disconnect between them and the new design that feels off

Again, the new design has grown on me and I don't dislike it, I just won't be giving up the old flag any time soon. If anything, if I ever make my own pride stuff I'd probably just offer both variations as options

I will say one idea I liked was viewing the new flag as an umbrella or community flag and the old one like an identity specific one (like how the rainbow flag represents the broader queer community and the toothpaste flag represents gay men specifically), but in the end it's up to individuals how they want to see it

It's not a bad thing to prefer one over the other, however the amount of racist backlash and false narratives being spun by people over this is absolutely disgusting.

You do not need to spread rumors and lies about someone to justify not liking a flag. Be mature and be up front about what you don't like instead of trying to moralize every opinion

If you just don't like change, that's fine

If you don't like the colors, also fine

If you have fair criticisms, that's fine and you can have those discussions without being a racist piece of shit

[sylferino]

every $30 purchase is like a razor sharp arrow stuck firmly in my muscular wearwolf back

[transcyberism]

there are four human activities and they are crafting, stories, math, and fucking around. whatever you're doing is at least one of those four.

[unyieldingsilence]

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[ceruleanheaven]

[looking at people younger than me] you have your whole life ahead of you [looking at people older than me] you have your whole life ahead of you [looking at myself] its over

[megapope-deactivated20220531]

god damn this is a QUILT (‘late day shadows’ by nancy messier)

[cyber-seagull404]

THIS IS A QUILT?!?!?!?

[pollsforadults]

Spin the wheel. Now, imagine you're on a first date with someone who says they`re a [result]. How does this affect the odds of a second date?

100% guarantee I'll want a second date

It's significantly more likely

The odds don't change

It's significantly less likely

There wont be a second date. Absolutely not

Remaining time: 4 days 2 hours

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[cupcake-bee-boy]

Baby thief (the kind that steals babies)

Yeah no. No chance of a second date because what???

[wolfythewitch]

furthest we've ever been

[mollymerula]

we need to normalize a tradition where nonpartnering aros are like "hey, i'm officially never getting married, please come to this party and give me whatever kitchenware you would have bought me for a wedding"

[mercuryfountain-deactivated2024]

This will sound like a joke but I’m serious. My first introduction to postmodern queer theory was stumbling on a televised talent show as a pre-teen and watching this woman smash soda cans with her breasts. When the judges asked her a predictable question, if I recall correctly, she answered: “they’re fake but they’re real.” I knew what she meant. She’d had implants, sure, but she wasn’t just wearing a prop she could put on or take off. She wasn’t trying for verisimilitude—her breasts were real simply because they were hers. Ever since I’ve been fascinated by the possibility of something being real and fake at the same time, and the truth that these aren’t static or mutually exclusive categories. I think of all the people who have doubted the authenticity of my faggy mannerisms, accusing me of putting on an act instead of being myself. I feel so much pressure to say that this is just who I naturally am, but this is only half the truth. I do like being feminine, I do like being over the top, I do like being tacky in the most delightful ways, and sometimes I emphasize these parts of me just because I can. We can choose who we want to be and still be real. Anyway as I typed this I looked up the video and found that during that woman’s performance Dynamite by Taio Cruz was playing so good for her.

[emmaduerrewatson]

huge shoutout to everyone who started their blog when they were teenagers and now they are in their 20s and 30s

[mullet-man05]

if i had a creature that secreted cold sweet tea you already know i'd be suckling on that thang 24/7

[stasi-informant-deactivated2021]

[imnotfrivolous]

[ID: two notifications on twitter of the user @/uchjn. Both notifications are from @/tracymokgopo, who has a light blue butterfly emoji as name. The first one is a tweet, it reads "lovely coat" followed by a smiling face with heart-eyes emoji. The second one says butterfly (aka tracy) put them in a list named "people to rob".

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[meteortrails]

I miss having a like friends and acquaintances fandom discord… the children yearn for the simultaneous safety and drama of the group chat. true fandom discords scare me tho that’s too many people I don’t know y’all like that.

[mullet-man05]

"Stuck in washing machine" porn but it's about cave divers and at the end they die

[april]

women are like diamonds: synthetically-produced women are not meaningfully different from naturally-formed women, and anyone trying to tell you otherwise is probably trying to justify keeping their women mines open

[gayluigi]

[anomalocaris-in-da-clurb]

Women are like diamonds since they are composed primarily of carbon.