happy to be queer

Quinn. hopepunk existentialist. they/he/xe. real life librarian. queer & high-key nerd. my fanfic can be found at FromTheMouthofKings on ao3. avatar made here: https://picrew.me/image_maker/1473879.

[fromthemouthofkings]

Welcome!

Come in and make yourself at home. This is a queer, multifandom writeblr and personal blog. I cycle through fandoms often, but the most recent obsessions have been Disco Elysium, Murderbot, Leverage, Jeeves & Wooster, and my perennial interest in Tolkien.

You are welcome to make art, fics, podfics, & other transformative work based on my stuff. You don't have to ask permission but please please please tag me or shoot me a message so I can see!

I think fandom and queer issues are interesting to read and talk about, and I love finding hills to die on. That being said, I will not tolerate harassment, and I have no interest in joining in on callout posts or whisper campaigns. Occasionally I reblog artistic nudity or write smut. You have been warned.

My fic:

My fic can be found on AO3 at FromTheMouthofKings. Some smaller fragments are posted here.

the morning after the end of the world, you get breakfast

My original work:

Mother's Day

HOLY NIGHT

the last supper

the strangers

Once Again, the Future

My sideblogs:

@kings-speaks is my poetry sideblog

@princenkings is my not-very-active-anymore knightcore sideblog

@stars-and-the-sublime is my witchy atheopagan sideblog

ask harry wilson (my leverage rp blog) can be found at @lawhound57

I also have an ex-Catholic/religious trauma sideblog, you may DM me if you'd like a link.

Tags I use:

I am not a very consistent tagger, but I try to hit major triggers with a tw [thing]. Feel free to let me know if you need something tagged, and I'll do my best. Other tags:

my fic

my art for when I get the motivation to draw

my poetry mostly cross-posted poems from my poetry sideblog

recipes, which should cover most of the food you might see on this blog

us politics or current events for potentially upsetting real world events

Other places to find me:

quinnekings.bsky.social on bluesky

quinnekings on dreamwidth

fromthemouthofkings on pillowfort

[gomosmorodina]

NEWBORN

please no spoilers in the notes, i still didn't finish the game 🙏

[gomosmorodina]

sketches

[sluglover666]

Hot take, but even if you ARE punching up (instead of punching sideways at a group that is in the same boat as you), there's a limit to what you can say without sounding like a violent facist but woke this time.

Making fun of a group of people that are privileged over you is one thing, but wishing non-cartoonish violence and death on them ("they should fall off a cliff" vs. "they should be wiped out"), wishing sexual violence on them, dehumanising them, claiming that they're less capable of creating art or living meaningful lives, saying that their relationships are inherently shallow and fake - these things are fucked up. I understand venting and saying extreme things when in pain, but when you find yourself regularly posting about wanting certain people tortured and killed, you need to examine that.

When the only thing stopping you from completely dehumanising someone is your own judgement regarding their privilege level relative to yours, you are not a safe person to be around.

[darkladynyara]

[emfrots]

"convince your followers that their Oppressor Class (whether real or imagined) is less deserving of human rights" is the oldest and most reliable trick in the book to incite mass violence, and you're not immune to it because you're a Good Person with Correct Opinions. you will continue to be a potential breeding ground for fascist thought until you stop dehumanizing people in any context, regardless of whether they deserve it or not, or how serious you are. there can be no acceptable targets.

[otakuvampyre]

Pretty sure most genocides in history, including the Holocaust, were justified with "we're punching up." 🤣 "We're killing our oppressors" has always been a convenient excuse to justify atrocities.

[cookingwithroxy]

It's pretty much the standard thing, it couples in with the 'X group is simultaneously stronger than us and weaker than us' view that is used to justify all forms of hate.

[huariqueje]

The Last Sunbathing of the Day - Miho Ichise , 2021.

Japanese , b. 1969 -

Oil on linen , 27.5 x 22 cm.

[noion-art]

azure nautilus

[queereads-bracket]

OPEN SUBMISSIONS: Queer Fantasy Books Bracket

Queer Fantasy submissions

Submission guidelines: Must be queer Must be fiction in the fantasy genre Accepting all types of fantasy: secondary world, primary world, hi

Submissions will be open through next Sunday, August 16th at 11:59 PM ET.

You can submit as many times as you want. Books that were entered into the previous Queer Fantasy bracket may be submitted again. Only previous Queer Fantasy winners will not compete again: Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett.

Submission guidelines:

Must be queer

Must be fiction in the fantasy genre

Accepting all types of fantasy: secondary world, primary world, urban fantasy, romantasy, historical fantasy, etc etc

Accepting all age categories: adult, YA, middle-grade, etc

Can be a standalone work, a series, or a novella

For series: usually it'll make the most sense to submit either the series as a whole or the first book, not each book individually. There's exceptions of course where it makes more sense to submit individually (e.g., books that are marketed as a "series" but are primarily self-contained and don't have plot/character overlap, as with many romance series)

The google form will not collect any personal information such as email address

What “counts” as a queer book?

I’m not going to get overly prescriptive, but: For modern books, something that features queer characters/perspectives/themes in a significant or substantive way.

My guiding principle is: if someone is looking for queer books in a particular genre, would they be satisfied with this book as actually fulfilling that promise?

Ask box is open if you have any questions!

[phidelta]

the best piece of writing advice I got was from my creative nonfiction professor when I turned in Kill Yourself (a transgender metaphor, one of my favorites) which amounted to saying I'm not committing hard enough. The piece was somewhat gory and kinda painful but I wanted it to be visceral and he was literally the only one to see that. Every other person and professor would have said to make minor changes here and there but he was the one seeing I was holding back for the sake of the assignment. So, he told me to stop being scared and just write exactly what I wanted to say, to commit as hard as possible to the idea instead of testing the waters to see if im even allowed to. So I did, and he was right. The original lacked the conviction required to make the idea work, and the revision brought it to the level that truly let it shine

[phidelta]

I won an award for this piece and I genuinely dont think I would have if I didn't get told to go harder. He was one of the only people in my life who truly just got it. A fantastic writer and story teller and part of it is that he's incredibly authentic, sometimes to his detriment.

Don't be afraid of your writing. It hurts putting your everything on display for everyone to see, but its only then when true beautiful writing can be created

[sandersstudies]

My Shakespeare students (they are 12) wanted to summarize the lessons they learned this semester. If. Um. Anybody would like to see.

[sandersstudies]

I cannot emphasize enough that they made these with very little input from me.

Henry the Fifth

- ALWAYS encourage others to do their best.

- NEVER talk about people behind their back.

Antony and Cleopatra

- ALWAYS check your produce for pests. [They liked this one so much made a rap about it.]

- NEVER count your chickens before they hatch.

Hamlet

- ALWAYS act decisively

- NEVER tell your girlfriend to go to a convent and become a nun [Oh boy they REALLY liked this one]

Romeo and Juliet

- ALWAYS collect all the important information before making an important decision

- NEVER bite your thumb at us, sir. [They enacted this scene in the original language a lot, except they swapped every “sir” for “bro.”]

The Merchant of Venice

- ALWAYS pay your debts.

- NEVER judge based on appearances, because “all that glisters is not gold.”

The Tempest

- ALWAYS try to forgive others.

- NEVER be a colonizer. [Yes, a middle schooler said this]

Midsummer Night’s Dream

- ALWAYS stay on forest trails

- NEVER fall in love with an ass. [They were excited about this one for obvious reasons.]

Twelfth Night

- ALWAYS stay in touch with those important to us

- NEVER read other people’s mail

Macbeth

- ALWAYS wash your hands. [One of the girls performed Lady Macbeth’s entire Out Damn Spot monologue at the end of the semester]

- NEVER succumb to peer pressure.

[feather-bone]

Hi y'all! New linocut design available now in my shop! All proceeds go to local mutual and legal aid for immigrants in my area. Direct donations are also an option. Reblogs appreciated!

[persephatta-crescent]

Much Ado About Nothing - Text Posts (viii)

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[titanicnerd-blog]

10000000% all of this!

[nortsmedley]

TRANSGENDER SOLIDARITY FOREVER I LOVE ALL OF MY TRANS SISTERS AND TRANS BROTHERS AND TRANS SIBLINGS AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN AND EVERYONE WITHOUT A GENDER AND EVERYONE WHO'S INTERSEX AND ANYONE WHO'S EVER EXPERIENCED DYSPHORIA AND LITERALLY EVERYONE EVER I LOVE YOU AND I'M ROOTING FOR YOU!!! LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE!!!

[huariqueje]

Early Fireflies - Jeremy Miranda , 2026

American , b. 1980 -

Acrylic on panel , 11.5 × 14 in.

[rizviousness]

Moon and the Venus today, perfectly aligned.

[dozydawn]

rocks from san simeon beach, ca.

[bimmyjimmy]

Eepy deepy with a leg out

[charl0ttan]

just foud out from a wizard that its entirely unnecessary and often even harmful to form vocal opinions and convictions about topics which you have so far only read text posts about

[nettlewildfairy]

quick question why does your cat command you to print something on the printer

he really likes to watch the printer print. It seems like he thinks there’s some kind of creature in there that I have the mysterious power to summon that he can then hunt for sport?

he sticks his entire arm inside the printer and breaks it if I don’t put some kind of physical burrier between him and the printer but like he purrs so loud when it starts printing and will beg harder for people to print things than he will for treats.

he just loves hunting the printer so much. he even tried to climb inside the place the paper comes out of the printer when he was a kitten.

No matter where he is in the apartment if the printer makes a noise he sprints full speed. He also knows which button to press to get the printer to print like the ink levels info and alignment sheet, so you have to make sure it’s off or locked up or he will print nonstop himself and then attack the printer and jam it.

is it inconvenient that my cat is obsessed with the printer? yes, but damn if it’s not also adorable.

I don’t actually have a ton of photos of him sticking his whole arm in there though because stopping him from jamming the printer is usually a task that involves all of my arms and also all of my roommates arms.

[nettlewildfairy]

Thinking about the post because I had to unplug the printer today because he broke into the closet and printed the info sheet 3 times in a row and did bite me when I tried to stop him

The face of a boy who is sulking because I expelled him from the printer closet.

[nettlewildfairy]

the good news is that my cat is so happy, the bad news is that my sticker cutting machine that I got recently instils the same curiosity and lust for violence in my cat that my printer does so no matter what I do I will not know a moments peace.