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[honksapling]

This is now finallyyyy a general blog and not just mcyt blog...I'm still in the fandom (vaguely) but I'll be posting about all my interests :D

I honestly thought of changing the url but I just love this one too much in general so NO CHANGE :DD

[h0bg0blin-meat]

if I may be brave enough to say, the reason we don't get accurate representation on krishnarjun dynamic is simply the fact the society won't accept the nature of it especially between a "god" and a "mortal" and ESPECIALLY between two (married) men.

Platonic or romantic the society would shun away any possibility also for such a deep connection to imply something more than friendship and no showmaker would want that

So god/devotee becomes the easiest dynamic to show the deep connection without the audience having to have any deep thoughts about them two

It's less about the god/mortal part because Madhurya Bhakti exists and I haven't really seen anyone even imply that tbh.

But it is indeed about:

1. Homophobia/internalized homophobia and that queerness should "stay out of religious texts/not everything has to be queer and woke" etc.

2. "They're just best friends/brothers" mentality/general headcanon but that is simply the cherry-picked version of them. But I have already shown that if Krishna said the things he says to/about Arjun to someone he considers platonic, say Draupadi, or even Sudama, it would sound weird as fuck.

3. Most people expect Krishna to only love his female love interests, like Radha, Rukmini, Satyabhama, etc., because most people either identify with/relate to the female love interest (usually female devotees/stans/madhurya bhakts) or with Krishna having said female love interest (usually male devotees/stans).

4. The only male lover some of them are willing to accept is Gadadhar, but that is again because he's literally the male version of Radha.

5. They are "NarNarayan" and hence brothers so they cannot be together. Ig that's the only strong argument. However, many ppl using this argument usually ship Subhadra and Arjun, who are maternal cousins. So...

At the end, especially in times like this, where queer rights are already at almost their lowest in India, we will probably never see a KrishnArjun adaptation that implies a kind of tension that's just more than platonic, or truly capture their obsession with each other. Or even make Krishna even dare say canon monologues like "I cannot live on this earth without Arjuna" or "My family, my wives, none are as dear to me as Arjuna is".

Unless grassroots filmmakers really wanna take a risk and do this, we'll never have such an adaptation that truly incapsulates canon KrishnArjuna. Because the canon itself is something that they don't wanna admit.

[smallgodenergy]

We can talk ALL day about how Krishna is fluid, universal, beyond labels, easy to love, infinitely loving, “approach me in whatever form,” divine love transcends categories, etc etc etc.

Until people actually do 💀

Then suddenly love has a Terms & Conditions page.

Like damn 😭 I thought we said the divine was beyond human limitation??? Why does transcendence keep stopping exactly where social discomfort begins?

It’s always: “Krishna belongs to everyone 🥰✨🌸”

right up until someone loves him in a way that disrupts heteronormativity or rigid social boundaries. Then it's blasphemous.

People are fine with Krishna being: a cowherd, a king, a strategist, a charioteer, a thief, a diplomat, a husband to thousands of wives, a cosmic being, the universe itself, both terrifyingly divine AND deeply human at once.

But the SECOND someone explores him through queer intimacy or emotional fluidity, suddenly everyone remembers “boundaries,” “tradition,” and “proper interpretation.”

Like wow. Fascinating. So he can contain the cosmos but apparently not bisexuality. Noted.

We can handle Vishvarupa. We can handle him casually bending reality and delivering cosmic truths beyond human comprehension. But two men having suspiciously intense emotionally codependent dialogue? THAT is where the realism breaks for people 💀

People are comfortable with divine love as an aesthetic. The second it becomes specific, the universality develops walls very quickly.

"Approach me in whatever form" except that one. And that one. And definitely not that one.

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Thing is, they will say that "we do accept queer hinduism!" And then at best point at Shiva-Mohini, which is still hetero, and when you wanna talk about Harihar through a lens other than platonic? They act the same way they act towards KrishnArjun. They only seem to give Mohini a pass. Idek if they ship Lakshmi-Mohini given that they are canonical wives technically.

They also don't have a problem with Mitra-Varuna, but we all know that's because no modern Hindu is as attached to them as they are to Krishna, given that he's one of, if not THE MOST prominent deity in hinduism rn. This is why they feel uncomfortable.

Male madhurya bhakti the lukewarm progressives still accept. But not someone male who is directly attached to Krishna. Who has actually met LIVING Krishna and spent time with him, for years. Who Krishna would give his own life for. Who Krishna can't stop obsessing over, again, CANONICALLY.

But sure Jan, they're JUST besties.

[archpoet77-deactivated20250303]

I know this is an old debate but I would seriously like to hear from people (with reasoning) on the Arjun vs Karna situation

[whimsiquix]

I’m just going to drop these Kurukshetra statistics here and leave.

[countingstars-17]

the big smile on charles' face when max caught him inspecting his car 🥺♥️

[piedpip3rrr]

Shoutout to the al Ghuls (and honorary Jason)

[honksapling]

Fuck hardik pandya, fuck mi bowling fuck mi batting BIGGEST FUCK YOU TO MI MANAGEMENT I hate this team I hate this team no hopes whatsoever did I mention fucked hardik pandya

[aintnobodylikemydesigurl]

pinjre ki mari and hirni bichari gave me a little too many ideas 😔

[whimsiquix]

@bharatiya-naari-sab-pe-bhaari reminded me that this existed a couple of days back, and this. This exactly is how Star Plus failed Krishna. How could it not have failed him? When Krishna literally couldn’t breathe?

Vidur: “No bribe can part Krishna from Arjun. Arjun is not Krishna’s friend, he’s Krishna’s very breath.”

Episode 64: https://youtu.be/5fHhWT26GLQ?si=enWfGJj__Joc8ye2

Time Stamp: 27:49

भगवान श्री कृष्ण शांतिदूत क्यूँ बने थे? | Mahabharat Stories | B. R. Chopra | EP – 64

भगवान श्री कृष्ण शांतिदूत क्यूँ बने थे? | Mahabharat Stories | B. R. Chopra | EP – 64A war between the Kauravas and the Pandavas looks inevi

[loveridden1999]

I saw that the idiotic transbill got passed in lok sabha. I am soo sorry to everyone who's gonna be affected by it.

As a cis person is there any way I can formally oppose this, like is there any petition I can sign or something like that.

And to all the Indian trans folks reading this, don't lose out on hope. The bill is not a law yet. It'll go to rajyasabha and then to courts. Let us hope it gets rejected in rajyasabha. And as far as I am aware one can also file public interest litigation against the bill then.

WE KEEP FIGHTING!!

you can sign a petition & if you're a current resident send an email to your member of parliament. i am linking both sites below

Sign the Petition

Oppose the amendment redefining transgender identity in India

also there are protests all around the country. i can assure you your city is organising one right now so if you can participate in them, show them your support- please do, all we have is each other right now. also if you can donate to a non profit trans supporting organisations. really really hoping that rajya sabha rejects it but with the way they are speeding this is insane, they don't want to give queer communities the time to organize and vocalise. idk man these are just my suggestions though i am trying to figure it out along with everyone too

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Sherlock Holmes having a universal ace experience -- expressing disinterest and immediately getting called an inhuman robot.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#images#sherlock holmes#sorry i don't turn rabid and marry the prettiest girl in sight at the push of a button my dear watson

Watson is like "of course I proposed marriage to a girl I met two days ago, I'm normal and make rational decisions"

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#I read this part just the other day#He literally proposes within two days it’s crazy

Every Sherlock Holmes remake that tries to make Watson the straight man does him a great injustice. Mfer is a total madlad. Everyone's like "oh he's not addicted to hard drugs and doesn't do chemistry experiments in his bedroom for fun" there are subtler ways to be completely unhinged.

[elf-kid2]

The thing is, Watson may or may not instigate the Situations & Shenanigans, but he voluntarily spends most of his Sherlock Holmes, who DOES!

““Normal”“ people do not do that.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Watson will show up at Holmes' place and be like "are you doing any investigations of super weird shit today" and Holmes will be like "yes I am cornering this dangerous mass murderer, you should come and bring your gun in case anyone tries to shoot us" and Watson will do it without question, thinking "I'm so glad he's got something wholesome to distract himself with so he doesn't take more cocaine".

[itswalky]

[geeoharee]

[beka-tiddalik]

My headcanon: Watson is manic depressive with a side of PTSD. He just doesn't *usually* write about being in the depths of a downswing because he's too British. But for real, assume that he's in the middle of a manic episode anytime he seems to be inconsistently weirdly impulsive and it all makes sense. It would explain why Holmes keeps Watson's chequebook locked up (which some fans read as that being proof Watson is a problem gambler) but why Watson shows himself gambling with some level of restraint- it's because he *can* show restraint... unless he's in a manic episode.

[pommedepersephone]

I remember reading Sherlock Holmes as a kid and being like "These two are both unhinged and deserve each other" which I didn't realise wasn't the universal understanding...

[honksapling]

Ikkk that John didn't meet sherlock until he was well into his detective buisness and young sherlock is framed wayyy before that but in my mind sherlock doesn't exist without john I just love him smmm

[starlystudios]

Mekies wants to be kind while Red Bull wants to be evil so this is gonna be them the entire season.

[view-from-up-here]

[bunhed]

queue this post when it’s your birthday and be surprise

[sihain]

Having a queer character believe he won't find love and proving him right is not good writing.

Having a character grow up in solitary confinement and then ripping her away from the only family she's ever known to live a life of solitude once again is not good writing.

Having a character be in love with his best friend and then just compare it to a high school crush is not good writing.

Having Eleven say that Mike has always been the person who truly understood her after showing us in the previous seasons that he only sees her as a superhero IS NOT GOOD WRITING.

Having two girls be abused by a man with power for the majority of their lives only to leave them dead and alone as a direct consequence of the trauma they suffered IS VILE WRITING

[mikeslawyer]

I can't stop thinking about Mike for even a second. It's extremely difficult for me to think that they turned him into a loser in the basement, sexually repressed (that was clear to me) and with severe depression, which was probably never noticed by his family. Mike's life became miserable, it's heartbreaking.

Bringing the story into real life, and considering it involves someone who has already attempted suic*de, the point they left him at the end of the story is worrying.

I’m actually, really, really heartbroken for him. the duffers didn’t deserve to write mike’s ending and I will always, always stand on it, especially as someone who’s related to him as a queer coded character so deeply for years. I love him. I really, really do and what they’ve turned him into in the finale is just heartbreaking for me. There’s no other word I could use. everything about his life is a lie, he keeps a painting on his wall that’s built on lies, he makes up the endings for all of his friends but doesn’t get to write his own.

it goes against everything about his character, his need to be the brave protector, the one who never lies. it’s just so bad.

[mikeslawyer]

worst part is that they genuinely ruined a character that was loved by many queer, self repressed people (including me!) and gave him the saddest ending of all. even will has a happier one, despite not getting the love of his life in the epilogue. mike is just. left there. all alone and sobbing.

it honestly feels like such a slap in the face. taking a very much canonically suicidal, emotionally depressed boy and making him end up away from his friends, all alone in the basement and sobbing as he thinks about the most important person in his life slipping through his fingers.

such a slap in the face for every fan whos loved him so much.

[honksapling]

them constantly emphasising mike being a master storyteller, the dungeon master, the narrator Only to do abosolutely nothing with it