we’re born at night

35, she/her, europe, surviving

[sviteer]

The Blind Conductor

[l-a-clift]

“I think the strangest feeling, as a writer, is the grief we go through,” she said.

“What do you mean?” asked her friend.

“I didn’t realize as a young artist, that I wouldn’t only feel joy when a project was done. I wish I did. It was months of work, accompanying every mundane task in thought. Writing this book was the background of my entire life.

Now- it’s written. Done. I’m happy- but I feel unmoored, with this grief taking up the space my ideas once held. I feel both freedom and fear- being lost at sea.”

[motherblackcap]

I actually really like the term genderqueer, because the only thing it specifies about your gender is that it's queer in some way. Does that mean you're nonbinary? Binary trans? Cis with some freaky cool gender presentation stuff going on? None of those or all of those? It doesn't matter and I think that's beautiful.

[xtarmie]

It's summertime!!!!!

[theashenphoenix]

真島吾朗 • MAJIMA GORO 龍が如く８外伝 • LIKE A DRAGON 8 GAIDEN (2025)

[qrtem]

If i were an animator for wha, i too would fall in love with brushbuddy and give it more screentime

[aslaanjade]

#qifrey impressed by the casting in agott's sylph shoes

[apparently-artless]

Yomi no Tsugai Episode 08: Suspicion & Conviction - Asa & Yuru + Picture Bonus: Migi & Hidari not getting the same result :(

[kurayamineko]

[alevolpe]

Hi mom,

do you remember me?

[ciearcab]

keep moving

[ohmyjulai]

[mesooph]

she would have liked those

[ohmyjulai]

[renthony]

I see so many arguments over what is and isn't "good queer representation" that really just boil down to "y'all are actually arguing over matters of taste and genre preference, which is incredibly subjective and personal."

Worldbuilding where being queer is normalized and queerphobia has no impact on the plot? THAT'S FINE. Worldbuilding that includes queerphobia and tackles the effects of it as part of the story? THAT'S ALSO FINE.

Low-stakes queer romcom where the characters are fluffy and cute? THAT'S COOL. Messy queer drama with toxic people who fuck each other over and clash repeatedly? THAT'S ALSO COOL.

Stories that center the characters' queerness, show a trans character's transition, and are about the queerness as much as the rest of the plot? AWESOME. Stories where the characters' queerness isn't treated as a big deal, and have trans characters whose transition happened before the story entirely? ALSO AWESOME.

You may PREFER one thing or another, but it is actually good to have all these things. It's about variety. It's about queer characters being allowed to exist without censorship. It's about queer artists getting to make things without being told we're a "niche issue" or "adult content." It's about having as many goddamn cakes as the bakery can produce.

At the end of the day, I'd prefer a media landscape with fifty pieces of problematic queer representation over a media landscape with one single piece of queer representation that's trying (and usually failing) to be 100% perfect for everything and everyone.

[shamebats]

"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry

[wyrmpuff]