Android dreams of electric gender

| Fae | he/it | mlm | 22♏ | Queer fantasy + sci-fi artist/writer | icon by @frog_artist on twitter

[birdplushie]

often you will see things online where you just have to be like "what a strange thing to say" or "i don't think that's true :)" to yourself and try to move on or you will lose your mind

[busket]

queer rep goes thru these cycles where every couple of years lgbt people are like "we get no rep in media and the representation we do get is way too sanitized and it feels so fake and flat. wheres the queer characters that are messy and flawed and REAL??"

then someone gets brave and makes a character who is a real bastard and makes all the wrong choices and is maybe even malicious at times and they make this character explicitly queer. and then fans are like "this is what you think of us?? worst representation ever" and the creator gets absolutely lambasted, ESPECIALLY if theyre queer themselves

then everyone else sees this and either thinks its too risky to include a queer character, or wants to make sure they're only doing the good and nice representation with no flaws or mistakes

then queer people are like "we get no rep in media and the representation we do get is way too sanitized and

[homunculus-argument]

"I learned a lot from making this" is artist talk for "making this sucked ass and I'm not entirely happy with the result."

[fluentisonus]

they're trying to get me to do something called ""my job"" instead of reading about medieval english poaching laws

[krasnoarmeyets-deactivated191907]

before there was Online there was lying on the floor and studying the patterns of the carpet and tracing it with your finger

[plague-vulture]

washing dishes is evil because you go "oh fuck there's so many dishes this is gonna take foreverrr" and then you enter the dish abyss and emerge with your abdomen somehow covered in water and your hands all wrinky and then you look at the clock and what felt like half an hour was actually 10 minutes

[tsunflowers]

reading a historical romance novel and reflecting on the way these stories often present woke nobility for the contemporary reader. a big thing is servants. you can’t not have servants in those times but many modern readers think “but I would never have servants. it would be so weird to have servants” and in order to make the protagonists of the story more relatable they are actually friends with the servants. but flip your perspective and think of it from the side of the servants. wouldn’t it be so awful if your boss was always trying to be friends with you. a really common thing you’ll see is the woke baronet having tea in the kitchen with the servants bc he’s not like other baronets. but what if your boss wanted to hang out and talk during your lunch break every day. not so charming when you think about it that way

[evilvillain123456789]

a pit of dread forms in your stomach as you parse my "evil baby on board" decal and realize you have a moral duty to rear end my vehicle as hard as you can

[flavoredfaeman]

My thesis is up on my school's repository, where anyone can read it for free! Please give it a look if you are into queer gothic stories, anxious men, or old houses!!

“Mahogany and Brass” is an early Victorian era queer romance short story, about being trapped in a townhouse. William Linton is spending the winter with Nicolas Blund, a man with whom he has a secret budding relationship. When Nicolas is called away on urgent business Will must spend a week alone in the strange house, battling his own mind and fear of attachment. As the townhouse seems to creep in around him, Will has to decide if he should leave the house and Nicolas behind for good, or else confront a reality that he might not be able to handle.

[flavoredfaeman]

so much middle english on my feed right now... laying facedown thinking about how badly I want to study middle english

[savethelifeofmychild]

once i read everything on earth then i think ill be prepared to write

[greelin]

“but he did [this horrific thing]” i am neither his keeper nor happy with every single decision he makes. Also he is not real

[crimeronan]

sometimes i have strong opinions but they're also so inane that halfway through writing a post i'll be like "yeah, this is Absolutely not worth the energy it's taking" and delete everything. but then the opinion is still in my head. and i still want to share it. so within five minutes i go "you know, i bet i can phrase it more succinctly this time" and anyway. you all see where this is going. sometimes i do this four times in a row before i give up on the specific inane opinion and instead write a vague post about the concept of opinions as if that'll satisfy the urge to post the entirety of my inner monologue online. may or may not be relevant to what you're reading right now. and now all our lives have been enriched. you're welcome

[subaru-copilot]

im so sorry that you're doomed by the narrative but i really need you to answer my message on Microsoft Teams

[mona-ex-machina]

If you were really my friend you’d do this highly unethical experimental surgery on me

[flavoredfaeman]

Soo excited for artfight guys!!!!

Art Fight

An art gifting game

[flavoredfaeman]

ARTFIGHT THEME OF ALL TIME YES YES YES