Rafa! ★

Aroace - Genderfluid (?) - All pronouns - MINOR!!! - Currently on a les mis hyperfixation 💔 Sorry Newsies moots

[madebyrafa]

I don't even go in here anymore but I need to get this out of my chest

Currently, Kathrah/Newsbians has been well "developed" and is very popular, BUT, we can't deny the whole purpose of the ship it's rooted in misoginy. The whole purpose of the ship, from what I saw, was: "Oh, we've already paired Jack with Davey, but it can't seem like we're ignoring his female and canon love interests, so let's just put them together and call it lesbian representation!!"

This is NOT as woke as some of you guys think it is. It still sidelines both Katherine and Sarah (in most cases) with the excuse that they are dating, and if I may add, saying that they are more "superior" or don't deserve Jack also is NOT that woke, it's just another excuse you use to appear supportive of women while favoring the two main men and leaving them at the sidelines, in addition to reinforcing misogynistic patterns towards Jack even, because, believe it or not, reversing gender roles and make Katherine or Sarah the "masculine and strong" one and Jack the "feminine and sensitive" one and even going as far as saying that Katherine should've slapped Jack when he was at his LOWEST, doesn't make them disappear, it only reinforces them.

My conclusion is that while I love the ship, it serves more as a stopgap and an excuse than a real ship so that the main gay ship can receive attention without backlash. I'm not stopping you from shipping them, especially since I love the ship myself, I'm just sharing a thought.

If you have counter-arguments and want to discuss my points civilly, feel free! I'm always open to new opinions :}

Also, please forgive me if I didn't elaborate very well; I wrote it in a bit of a hurry.

[madebyrafa]

exr fic recs!

world ain’t ready - idiopathicsmile https://archiveofourown.org/works/2306315

pining for you - The Librarina (tears_of_nienna) https://archiveofourown.org/works/2792933

it’s got a groove, it’s got a meaning - lady_ragnell https://archiveofourown.org/works/4351757

have fun, and hope you enjoy!

Thank uuu!! ❤️‍🩹

[madebyrafa]

The Revolutionary in Red- A cute reincarnation fic

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65969809?view_adult=true

Not-A-Date- Probably my favorite asexualjolras fic

https://archiveofourown.org/works/10930743

And I know someone already recommended Throw me into the deep end, i’m ready now to swim by tamquams but I just wanted to say it’s an absolutely beautiful gem of a fanfic that I don’t see getting enough attention.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58534444/chapters/149123095

You guys are fast, I'm shocked, thanks for the links!!

[madebyrafa]

How no one recommended "The Icarus Experiment" to you??? Anyway, here's the link https://archiveofourown.org/works/6344071/chapters/14534668

THANKS BRO, ILL CERTAINLY CHECK IT OUT!!!

[madebyrafa]

my top enjoltaire fic of all time: Paris Burning by TheCitySmith https://archiveofourown.org/works/825130

Omg I took a look at it and the concept is SO COOL?? How people have so much creativity

[madebyrafa]

heyy my top exr fics if you want?

lovesickness- idiopathicsmile

under my wings you will find refuge- fiver

you can handle me- tamquams

a grindr love story- vamillepudding (it's so funny)

throw me in the deep end, i'm ready now to swim- tamquams (beware this is LONG)

witchboy- tothewillofthepeople

OHHH THANK YOU SO SO MUCH, I've read umw actually!! It's so good bro 🥹 ill certainly check the others out!!

[madebyrafa]

Can someone send me enjoltaire fics 💔💔 searching for them in ao3 is too much technology for me

[madebyrafa]

Really thinking about modern era gothsette and punkjolras...

Idc they are siblings to me

[stxrfiish]

if you say you like yuri but by that you just mean genderbending yaoi ships then you don’t like yuri. sorry

[combustable-head]

Gothic literature must be cursed to forever be misinterpreted by mainstream public because how did this happen

Dracula book: an evil count who only sees the world as a resource to be drained for his own pleasure is stopped by the group of people who deeply care for each other

Dracula in media: a tragic romantic hero, main love interest of one of the protagonists who must be liberated from her dull little life

Frankenstein book: any human has capacity for evil when completely abandoned and shunned by the world and the people who brought him into it

Frankenstein in media: don't play God because it's against nature's laws

Jekyll and Hyde book: repression and only caring about external appearances can cause your worst impulses to indulge themselves in dangerous ways if ignored for too long

Jekyll and Hyde in media: what if there was two of the same guy but one of them was evil and gross?

[snurphlee]

i'm gonna lose my shit if certain javey fans keep up their one-sided ship war

[sashaslesbian]

i just think enjolras is the only man ever

[resnovae]

An angel gains their wings every time Enjolras is depicted with long hair and a ponytail

[madebyrafa]

Bro is Goodsir's name Harry or Henry? I should have known this, but in some places it's Henry and in others it's Harry 💔

[raining-stars-somewhere-else-de]

love writing. writing is awesome. it’s a shame that it involves writing though

[robin-stars]

Enjolras is the only white, hegemonic, cisgender, privileged, and wealthy man who can talk about minorities and inequality everyone else can go to hell

[madebyrafa]

One thing that annoys me is how OdyPen is treated in some post-Epic media

The fact that Penelope is viewed as the "masculine" one in the relationship simply because Odysseus is a sensitive man who cries, feels, and is affected by the things he does only reinforces the stereotype that that women, or anything related to femininity, are "sensitive" and weak. Penelope isn't strong because she's Spartan and "could fight off suitors on her own," she's strong because she endured 20 years with 108 men wanting to do horrible things to her just to stay loyal to her husband that she didn't even know was alive. The association that strength is only "valid" when it is physical and masculine only proves that people cannot see a woman as strong in herself; they need to to create a narrative that makes her "the man" in the relationship and physically strong enough to be respected, Penelope is strong because she is a queen, she is smart, she was the only one who could match Odysseus's intellect, not because she is Spartan or a warrior, because she wasn't.

Changing the stereotypes of a standard heterosexual relationship between the two genders is just as misogynistic as the common stereotypes.

They might even say it's a joke depiction, but it affects their characters just as much as a truthful ones, because the greatest truths are often found in jokes, and only exacerbates a prejudice that is already structural in nature.

That's it 🙏