makiqua lovechild

a, 18+ only, she/they. women enthusiast, in both lesbian and feminist way. read dni.

[makiquas]

M A K I Q U A S

alo, 20s, india

she / they pronouns, transmasc butch lesbian

anime, cartoons, all animated media, gl, webtoons

F A N D O M S

ANIME

jujutsu kaisen

chainsaw man

kimetsu no yaiba (tag as demon slayer)

the summer hikaru died

attack on titan (s1-s3)

puella magi madoka magica

death note

revolutionary girl utena

MISC.

alien stage

she ra and the princesses of power

avatar the last airbender

legend of korra

arcane

love death + robots

S H I P S

makiqua, akihime, rezeden, asaden, asareze, satosugu, nobamaki, eremin, mikannie, jeankasa, levihan, yumihisu, niccosasha, hitchannie, madohomu, utenanthy, lukahyuna, mizisua, hyunamizi, reikaoru, renga, yoshikaru, catradora, glimbow, glitra, zutara, mailee, azutara, jetkotara, yukka, sukka, timebomb, caitjinx, melvi, melvika

D N I:

terfs, transmeds, biphobes, butchphobes, radfems, racists, zionists, purist stans

BEFORE YOU FOLLOW:

Please read before you follow

I am an adult. Not cis, not white, not straight.

I focus mainly on female characters and/or queer relationships.

I do not appreciate purity discourse on my blog. I am a perfectly capable doctoral scholar and can analyse my own media, thank you very much.

I interpret several characters as butch lesbians and speak about butchphobia. Please do not follow if you are one of those "let women be feminine" type people.

Bisexuals can use butch and femme. Do not gatekeep.

I like toxic media, dark romance and evil female characters.

There are some ships I really dislike, so if you like any of the below, best steer clear:

❌ chainsaw man: akiangel ❌ demon slayer: zennezu ❌ attack on titan: eremika, aruannie, eruri, mobuhan ❌ avatar the last airbender: kataang, maiko, zukka, zukki, tokka ❌ arcane: caitvi, jayvik ❌ jujutsu kaisen: gojohime

[bluecaitjinx]

you know it, but i can say it for you

no tattoo version <3

[makiquas]

At some point Atla fans will just have to accept the fact that Zutara will never fall out of fashion or become an object of ridicule the way some of them want it to. Taking cultural legacy alone, Zutara has spawned about 50,000 YA/NA fantasy titles in the last decade, has consistently remained one of the most popular animated ships of all time, started the whole concept of ship weeks in fandom culture–and is also generally well-written and compelling and frankly tame for an enemies-to-lovers dynamic in popular culture. The disingenuous comparisons to Reylo and Dramione are lazy and uninspired and fall apart upon the slightest inspection. Just let it go man. Stop pulling out your Frantz Fanon quotes every time Zutara starts trending.

[makiquas]

Makima remaining the most interesting female character of the entire manga

[mafuyuh]

[makiquas]

They are again trying to pull the "Catra is a femme, and you are racist if you portray her as butch" propaganda on Twitter oh my god......you all keep using the argument against masculinization of women of color to deliberately erase actually masculine or tomboyish characters.

I don't think Catra is canonically butch, but she is *definitely* not entirely comfortable with femininity, and even in the flash forward vision, where she is shown to be recuperating from her trauma, she still opts for a button down, pants, and easily the most androgynous outfit of all the main characters.

I think it's not always about masculinization of brown women, sometimes, it's just that you people shrivel up at the concept of lesbian masculinity and use racialized stereotyping as a buffer. Brown butch lesbians exist (yours truly lmao). Stop this fake outrage whenever non-white lesbians like Catra, Mizi are perceived as masc.

[misunderstoodecentricity]

Personally I love the idea of the masc presenting with femme energy and femme presenting with masc energy thing Catra and Adora give off.

Adora has whole be chivalrous, take care of everything, let me hold the door for you, but then when she dresses up she goes the femme route with pretty dresses, demure almost.

Carry on the other has the flirty, over confident attitude, while she drapes herself across people (she is a cat come on) but then she has the masc presentation with the button downs, pants and suits.

Granted these are all very loosely stereotyped ideas but I like my correlation of their behaviors.

[makiquas]

This is not me necessarily disagreeing, but I don't recall seeing Adora voluntarily dress up, except for the dance episode (that was a loan from Glimmer) and the future vision, with Nate stating that Adora is uncomfortable in Bright Moon fashion, which skew towards flamboyant, feminine and quite frilly.

She is also attracted to Huntara's masculinity (the only woman who noticeably elicits some sort of mirrored admiration/romantic infatuation from her, aside her endgame love interest). Anyway, I can give a pass on Adora's complicated relationship with gender, with regards to her intense military/religious cult-esque background. I agree with your points that her arc plays into the butch chivalry archetype, also find it interesting that her most actualized version of She-Ra post "Save the Cat" wears pants, appearing to be more muscular and warrior-like, rather than the princess-y skirt of the previous seasons.

Note: Adora's narrative is quite a good subversion of what the butch SFF author C. L. Clarke calls the "butch martyr of sci-fi" trope. Essentially the chivalric butch warrior of lesbian sci-fi/fantasy narratives often dies to save her loved ones, but Adora is saved from martyrdom in a radical act of love.

That being said, Catra's flirty attitude doesn't make her present feminine in the least. The one time she is portrayed as a femme fatale is an ooc moment for laughs. Even in the dance episode, she carries herself with classic tomboyish swagger, and her feline body language, lean build and sharp claws cannot be gendered any more than they can be racialized. Some people have said that she wears eyeliner, but honestly practically all SPOP characters' eyes are drawn with dark wings at the corners. Idk I generally find it difficult to see either of them as "femme" or even fem, because all the really compelling subtext in the text points to them eventually growing to be more comfortable presenting masc of center, or ambivalent/futch at best. They are butch4butch, or at least masc4masc to me.

But I too admit these are based on my analysis, rather than objective narrativizing. I guess I'm just disillusioned by how easy it is for such a large majority of mainstream queer audiences to confer "femme" as an identity category to fictional female characters, rather than "butch". Neither Adora nor Catra really have femme vibes.

[everythingcatradora]

season 5 catra in particular is simply a baby butch </3 her progression into allowing herself to show love and vulnerability manifesting itself through taking care of and protecting the people around her. especially adora but it’s instinct for her to do it for even glimmer and bow. she turns her skillset previously used in the horde for a good cause.

all of this culminating in the heart pt 2 where she makes sure glimmer and bow are taken care of and promises to take care of adora. she fights off prime’s monsters and uses her strength to help adora to the heart, and stays with her because she knows that deep down adora is afraid to die. she’s gentle and comforting and shields adora with her body while letting her know that she’s loved, not expecting anything in return just simply letting her know so she doesn’t feel so inclined to give up on herself. she grows so much and i love thinking about the person she’ll become post war.

[indeliblemarking]

Obsessed with how when a female character isn’t exceedingly feminine/feminine presenting within the text of a show there’s all types of reasons for why that is and why she can actually still be (usually hyper at that) feminine. Surely this is progressive and not indicative of a bigger problem

[catras-breakup-song]

thank you for having common sense!!!

and i mean- i, and a couple others i know of DO claim catra is butch/masc, but i suppose that’s beside the point

[indeliblemarking]

i actually do too! i mentioned that point because the original comment this was in response to only said that catra wouldn’t wear a dress and didn’t even proclaim that she’s specifically masc or butch. and i think it shows where we’re at with not only lesbian characters but female characters in general where even the slightest disconnect from traditional femininity is combatted and stamped out

[makiquas]

They are again trying to pull the "Catra is a femme, and you are racist if you portray her as butch" propaganda on Twitter oh my god......you all keep using the argument against masculinization of women of color to deliberately erase actually masculine or tomboyish characters.

I don't think Catra is canonically butch, but she is *definitely* not entirely comfortable with femininity, and even in the flash forward vision, where she is shown to be recuperating from her trauma, she still opts for a button down, pants, and easily the most androgynous outfit of all the main characters.

I think it's not always about masculinization of brown women, sometimes, it's just that you people shrivel up at the concept of lesbian masculinity and use racialized stereotyping as a buffer. Brown butch lesbians exist (yours truly lmao). Stop this fake outrage whenever non-white lesbians like Catra, Mizi are perceived as masc.

[smol-ackerman]

AKI WITH SHORT HAIR

チェンソーマン Ep. 06: Kill Denji

[crimsonrosee]

It exists only here I want to touch you Even with trival conversations Show me with your blushing face once more

✧･ﾟ♬:* AKARI ┈ JUJUTSU KAISEN S.2. E.D. 1 *:♬･ﾟ✧*

[crimsonrosee]

Ever since my beloved big sister was slaughtered by a demon. Every time I see the tears of those who’ve lost their loved ones to a demon. Every time I hear those cries of despair, the anger keeps up building inside me and continues to swell.

300 ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ ʀᴇǫᴜᴇꜱᴛ ꜱʜɪɴᴏʙᴜ ᴋᴏᴄʜᴏ ʀᴇǫᴜᴇꜱᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ @itadorii-yuuji

[ydotome]

Giyuu Tomioka (冨岡 義勇) - Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen - Episode 7

[that-damn-virgo]

Upper Moons × Seven Deadly Sins ⋆.˚ ☾⭒.˚ inspired by ☆𖤓

[mx-sinisters]

@animangacreators; challenge fifty-one

mbti ❋ shinobu kochou | demon slayer

[cheriafreya]

🌸

[rocketkid300]

My time has come