a share in brilliance and beauty

I'm TCG on AO3 and I've fallen into UkaTake & KiyoYachi bliss.

[kittychan-sings-enka]

presented without commentary or apology

[tariqah]

Why OP

[adulthoodisokay]

slam that fucking unmute button

[doubleca5t]

As someone with one foot in the extremely online "Steven Universe" queer world and one foot in the nightlife-centric "Ketamine" queer world, how can I help convince my more Steven Universe friends that clubs aren't inherently evil and that leaving the house is good, actually?

You have to get them interested in BDSM first because BDSM is just sex with a bunch of extraneous nerd shit slapped on top of it to allow extremely socially awkward people to get freaky from time to time and then once they've grown accustomed to parties where every size and shape of person under the sun fucks each other in ways that the average person cannot even comprehend as pleasurable the idea of going to a party to have a few drinks and dance a little will seem, perhaps, a bit less overwhelming

[doubleca5t]

It's sex but with a bunch of arbitrary rules added in. There's costumes, props, you have to get in character. It's closer to improv than any other activity. Ya know, nerd shit.

[blujayonthewing]

[kenney-mencher]

Captain Ursine, 30x40 inches oil on stretched canvas by Kenney Mencher

https://www.kenneymencher.com/

[bebx]

Reblog if you have contributed to the 17 million fanworks posted on Archive of Our Own ♡

[saintfish]

He looks at the dusty figurines in the dim light

[cacodaemonia]

I've gotta say, all the talk over the past few months about how so many heterosexual, cisgender women love Heated Rivalry has had me rolling my eyes at normies (and some people in fandom) more than usual.

First of all, of course they do—it's a great show all around! And don't get me wrong, I'm very glad more people are recognizing that yeah, hey maybe we don't need to belittle everything women enjoy, and maybe some of those things are really good, actually.

But, like with the common line that 'cishet women built/are the backbone of fandom,' the idea that slash/yaoi/BL primarily appeal to women is just. Not accurate.

I've been saying this for years about fandom in general and m/m stories in particular, but since I first got into fandom in the late 90s, most of the 'cishet women' I've known are not cishet women anymore. Of course, that has a lot to do with people's ability to come out as well as their ability to understand and describe themselves when it comes to gender and sexuality.

Naturally, this is just my anecdotal experience, and I'm sure it's influenced by the fact that I've always been in transformational (as opposed to curative) fandom. But I get tired of how not just normies, and not just queer people, but also queer people in fandom seem to forget how much influence we've had.

And I'd bet that we also make up a large portion of the folks who enjoyed Heated Rivalry.

[ekjohnston]

...oh, this point about creative fandom vs curative fandom is very good!

[herpsandbirds]

[lucytara]

anyway the actual point of fandom is to inspire each other. reading each other's fics and admiring each other's art and saying wow i love this and i feel something and i want to invoke this in other people, i want to write a sentence that feels like a meteor shower, i want to paint a kiss with such tenderness it makes you ache, i want to create something that someone else somewhere will see it and think oh, i need to do that too, right now. i am embracing being a corny cunt on main to say inspiring each other is one of the things humanity is best at and one of the things fandom is built for and i think that's beautiful

[iamnmbr3]

#fandom is a party not a market via @kittenjammer

[elismor]

Fandom is a party, not a market.

[ftld42]

Can't believe we're here, but especially important for fandom accounts: DO NOT link your IRL, government ID to your fandom accounts! Not ever. Not for anything.

You will feel tempted by FOMO, you will feel bullied by Discord. You will be peer pressured to the ends of the earth. Do not do it. Do not allow them full access to you, and do not let them normalize this utter horseshit. We deserve anon spaces. We deserve the internet, it's ours.

Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally

Discord is announcing enhanced teen safety features rolling out globally that reinforce its long-standing commitment to creating a safer and

Like this shit is TERRIFYING.

Cancel Nitro and tell them this is why. Shit talk these assholes in public. Ridicule them. And do not budge an inch, do not let them have you.

[seemoreandmore]

“I don’t analyze beautiful. I sit in its presence and love the wholeness of it–the sweet and sad and raw and bright together. Poetry is that, the weaving of light-shadow. Making words from the unwordable.”

— Jacob Nordby

[awalkonthelightside]

A slow turquoise reveal.   

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

TT post by @ laymoninator.

[this-is-trans-joy]

This is why I kinda hate those posts that are like “why are we all so obsessed with the gay sex show they’re still just men 🙄” IT’S NOT FOR YOU. IT’S NOT FOR YOU. IT’S NOT FOR YOU. IT’S FOR THEM. IT’S FOR THESE PEOPLE. IT’S FOR THEIR PAST SELVES. IT’S FOR THEM.

[mrs-tired-kittycat]

This show has been so important to my boyfriends and I hope it can make someone else’s athletic experience less painful.

[drawnbymabel]

[orotundmutt]

FUEL photographed by ALBINOHECTOR with jlojosh and albinohector

[s1l4s-3nj0ys-t0m4t03s]

i love sex workers and contraception and abortion and open relationships and gay people and transgenders and weird identities

[shinesurge]

Guys if you want queer shit written by queers on our own terms you're going to have to start seeking out weird independent media. I'm sorry that's the only place you can regularly find it idk what to tell you, we can't keep acting like there's nothing if we're not getting blockbusters and triple A titles or whatever it is we're waiting around for. The thing you keep saying you want is already being offered for free by one person making a passion project on the internet and you would both benefit enormously if you interacted with it instead of lamenting that the only options we have for representation are pandering afterthoughts from corporate shit

[fandomsandfeminism]

I say this with so, so much care: Real queer shit written by real queers can and will sometimes make you uncomfortable. That's one of the defining features of weird, independent queer media. And weird independent media more broadly. Art that comes from true individual passion and authenticity has edges and bite to it that mass market corporate products intentionally do not. Has a rawness that can offend.

You are allowed to feel uncomfortable about it. But don't ask for queers to self censor for your comfort.

[drawnbymabel]

happy Valentine’s Day my loves!!