My So-Called Online Queer Life

Passing thoughts and indulgent ramblings about queer ships (real and imagined). Queer | She/Her

[lumiilys]

Hi all! I have finally stopped procrastinating and decided to open a redbubble shop!

https://www.redbubble.com/people/lumiilys/shop?asc=u

lumiilys Shop | Redbubble

lumiilys is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

If you so wish you can get yourself some silly little stickers like these (& more!) I’d really appreciate it :)

Okay that’s all! Ollie out xoxo <3

[the-widow-olivia]

Deep breath.

I am a solidly middle-aged fangirl, and my last real fan community before OFMD was the X-Files. (I feel like I am not the only one here who fits that description).

The news that we aren’t getting a new season of Our Flag Means Death is hitting me harder than I expected.

So I am thinking about Scully.

There’s this X-Files episode called “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.” The plot is about a guy who can see into the future and tell people how they die.

Scully asks him, "How do I die?"

And Clyde Bruckman replies, simply, "You don't."

I've seen fans speculate that Scully winds up becoming immortal by the end of the series. But, 22 years after the end of the show's original run, that line has taken on a new meaning for me.

Scully doesn't die, she can't die, because I still think about her. Scully is immortal because there are fans still writing her into stories, still making art, still getting inspired by her and pursuing medicine and science.

You cannot truly kill a story. You can cancel a TV show. You can, if you're an asshole, make fun of fan creators and their ideas. If you're really an asshole (and a media conglomerate), you can send them cease and desist letters and tell them to stop making art that breathes new life into that story. But the story will not die.

I draw a lot of hope from the long, long history of fandom. The people who loved stories enough to keep them alive, even when it wasn't clear that there would ever be another "official" work in their lifetimes. The Sherlock Holmes fans. The Star Trek fans.

How does a story die?

It doesn’t.

[beatricenius]

La vie en rose 🌹

[bradbradleyart]

Orange 4 U

[midnightcrisisstuff]

actually no, we're not "dating". we're bound together for infinity. like the stars. so, fuck you, actually.

[xray-vex]

[sherlockig]

[bizarrelittlemew]

REAL FUCKING MELTDOWN HERE WHAT THE FUCK

[saltpepperbeard]

SEASON 2 REALLY SAID: STEDE AND ED ARE ✨ BOYFRIENDS ✨ 😭

BONUS:

[merryfinches]

When I feel alone,

I reach for you, and you bring me home.

When I'm lost at sea,

I hear your voice, and it carries me.

In this world, we're just beginning

To understand the miracle of living,

Baby, I was afraid before,

But I'm not afraid anymore…

❤️

(The bird robe survived, DJenks told me in a dream.)

[merryfinches]

You can take me to paradise,

And then again you can be as cold as ice.

I'm over my head,

But it sure feels nice.

You can take me anytime you like,

I'll be around if you think you might

love me baby,

And hold me tight.

💕 💕 💕

[fleethall-deactivated20251104]

im still tweaking this and working on the bg animation but heres a crop before the dirty version gets finished

[high-on-a-rocky-ledge]

So proud to be a part of this fandom and all the work going on to #renewasacrew. Please excuse my very amateur attempt, just wanted to contribute something!

[merryfinches]

Ok guys, help me out! I’ve drawing lots of these for the @renewasacrew campaign and I need to borrow your usernames to submit more because I’ve run out! Reblog this and pick one in a reply and I’ll add your username to it and submit it! Please don’t judge the art too much, I was aiming for speed!

Thanks guys 💕

[our-flag-means-love]

for anyone who's not on twitter (can't blame you), i just want y'all to know that they're literally tagging Everyone over there and it's hilarious

i couldn't find it again when i looked but i also saw someone tag the country of canada.

[celluloidbroomcloset]

Whenever someone posts something like “Ed is desperately in love” or “Stede is just achingly in love” or “they really are sick with longing,” I’m just like, “Man, they are, aren’t they? That's a thing that happened.”

Still can't believe that this is a real show that exists and can be watched at any time.

[stitchybutton]

Mermy Christmas @dandeebakes!!! A little MerStede, just for you 🧜🏻‍♂️ You best believe all those scales were handsewn with love 🧡🧡🧡

[merryfinches]

One last night aboard The Revenge…

You can’t convince me that this DIDN’T happen in the Captains’ Quarters after the LuPete wedding 💕 🔥