"A mythical place of great magical power."

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."

[wyatthazy]

requested by anon: shane fixing his hair in the mirror before going over to ilya's place. additionally, he checks his watch twice in 5 seconds lmao :D

[mina-logan]

“Shane, how does it feel to be back on Montreal ice?”

[mitchellmayhew]

Are your characters fucking in spite of The Horrors, or are they fucking because of The Horrors?

[dyrewrites]

There is a third thing to consider.

[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.

[petemcvries23]

the natural lifespan of a fandom is unlimited. when well tended a fandom can be functionally immortal. and yet everywhere you look you see newly bred fandoms withering and dying when they’re barely a year old. barely even six months old. fans are looking at their six month old fandoms and saying i think it’s on its last legs, should i euthanise it? when with the proper care that fandom could outlive them for decades. it’s sad. sad state of affairs we’re in.

[cleo-fox]

Writing tips:

“You feel the bulge in his pants” - implies that you are feeling some guy’s penis, may be sexy depending on context

“You feel the bugle in his pants” - implies that this guy has a military horn in his pants, invites confusing questions like why does he have that and how big are his pockets

[maple-seed]

Both options convey that he's horny

[cleo-fox]

How dare you be funnier than me on my own post

[ekkka70]

[thegaymertrainer]

Ribbon dancing I was not aware of your evolution 🤯

[blckgirlacid]

I need my weird alone time or I will explode

[decanonisation]

View of Dresden by Moonlight, 1839, Johan Christian Dahl

[apoemaday]

"Although the wind..."

by Izumi Shikibu tr. Jane Hirshfield

Although the wind blows terribly here, the moonlight also leaks between the rook planks of this ruined house.

[boringmenace]

Ilya thinking he’s about to embark on a sexcation only to be bombarded by cutieful Shane Hollander with plans to spend the rest of their lives together which effectively alters Ilya’s brain chemistry to be The Boyfriend of all time is straight up the funniest thing about heated rivalry

[sleepyloon]

Personally i think a flavor of this is that literally up until shane says "i would really like to relax with you, for once," ilya is very much under the impression that he is like, an alpha being dragged to his omega's secret den to be used like a sentient sex doll for 2 weeks and that Shane only wants dick from him and he is "fine with that" and "willing to have whatever shane will give him" until the end of time

Except then shane is like no, this is my comfort place, and now its yours too, and I am so giddy to see you here I cant see straight and yes im a little hard about it but mostly I just want to exist with you with no pretense of running out the door in a few short hours hey by the way dont marry svetlana even for a green card, I have a better idea--

And ilya is so starstruck by this 180 of his expectations from being here to provide orgasms to spending the rest of his life with this man that he loses his grip on himself and says I love you first and then panics but then shane says it back and holds him while he sobs and they can never go back from this

[torstherapy]

[winchester-reload]

Ah, to be floating...

Happy August, friends. Grab a cold drink and flip those calendars!

Want the wallpaper? It's totally free <3

[postergirlfornothing]

[deedala]

Hollander quietly sipped his vodka while Ilya waited for the moment to crumble apart.

[mymoonandmyshane]

another incredibly tragic thing shane just drops casually happens when he and ilya do a house tour for gq or some shit. the interviewer asks something like “whats the biggest change in your living space since coming out and moving in together” and shane goes “honestly just being able to comfortably live with each other. for a long time we were erasing every tiny detail of ourselves so we wouldnt be caught. but now we can have our wedding pictures on the mantel :)” and everyone dies