Sabby

sabby * 23 * she/they Teacher - Nerd - Occasional Artist

[an0rpm]

I know // I'm a complex person

inspired by @orions-garden's mother/daughter poem & this judge cover

[grecoromanyaoi]

of course you have prophetic dreams and pronouns

[flutesadsolo]

Trying to turn a new leaf where I don’t wish ill on others but girl… I’m kinda still on that leaf

[flutesadsolo]

Fav thing so far about working with toddlers is when they smile at you with all five of their teeth

[flutesadsolo]

New fav thing is when they try to throw something but let go of it when it’s behind their head, bonus points if they get really confused on where the throwing item went

[n1netale]

LISTEN 2 THE NEW FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE! (i just cast a magic spell on you so now you're compelled to)

[prwincess]

i am extremely dramatic and romantic so my life has always felt sort of magical

[nyanletnest]

[boomer-mythology-destroyer]

[thedreadpiratecam]

microdosing hell by being awake and literate

[tall]

[killue]

you have a headache because you have powers

[flutesadsolo]

He might as well just call me a dyke

[flutesadsolo]

How are you guys making full masterpieces on tomodachi life? I wrote cigarette on a box and put a flame sticker on it and just that was so frustrating that I couldn’t possibly do anything else

[flutesadsolo]

I think my next adult skill development is the ability to eat fruits and veggies that are slightly over ripe without getting yucked out.

[shetheyslain]

Dahling you simply must read this book! It’s all about this devious little caterpillar who simply gorges himself on all manner of divine things

[risk-repeater]

this job market is a fucking nightmare

[sentientsky]

Friendly reminder that "bury your gays" doesn't necessarily occur every time a gay character is killed off.

Bury Your gays as a trope has been noted in media since the late 1800s, and it was often employed by queer authors looking to write queer stories and still have them published while also avoiding being arrested themselves. Execution of the trope frequently involved one party dying or being pushed to the fringes of society, and the other turning to heterosexuality (x). For instance, consider Spring Fire (1952). Of course, language can expand and change over time, so the definition might look a bit different today.

By positioning Crowley and Aziraphale's destruction as nothing but an incidence of "bury your gays", we're denying the idea that queer characters can have complex, multifaceted stories which may sometimes, yes, involve death. For instance, consider Bill and Frank in HBO's The Last of Us. They both died, but they died together at the end of a long and happy life. Context matters.

In the case of Crowley and Aziraphale, the writers were trying to convey the message that a violent, oppressive system that is grounded in cruelty cannot be reformed. Rather, it has to be fundamentally uprooted and reimagined. This is the basis of much radical leftist theory and praxis.

Good representation doesn't just mean "perfect happily ever after wholesome uwu ending". It doesn't mean that every story has to end the same. In fact, demanding that every queer story eschew death would deny the intricacies inherent to queer experience, thereby collapsing us into a bland, uni-dimensional monolith. Which is not a vibe, honestly.

Also, we literally got them back at the end. WE GOT THEM BACK.