i still wish i could breathe underwater

raphael (raph). 31. he/him or ey/em. quaker. gay. 75-year-old man at heart. ask me about perfect strangers & danny kaye or i'll die.

[neiljostenpussyindulgence]

I love gay people theres a guy in my neighborhood who named his one singular dog “simon and garfunkel”

[girlwikipedia]

paul simon handing art garfunkel the grammy for record of the year on behalf of olivia newton-john stimboard

[renthony]

It's wild to watch the phrase "tumblr sexyman" morph into "man that tumblr thinks is sexy," because when I first saw the phrase come into use, I always saw it used in reference to the phenomenon of "when presented with a wide array of fictional characters, tumblr will always pick the skinny white man to obsess over, and if the fan-favorite character has no canonical human appearance, the fandom will inevitably create a popular fanon of the character as as a skinny white man."

When I hear "tumblr sexyman," I think of Cecil Night Vale being constantly depicted as a skinny white man instead of literally anything else. I think of the background character white men who get elevated over protagonists that are women, people of color, or otherwise not the white man power fantasy.

"Tumblr sexyman" is, like. An insult. I DON'T want any of my blorbos to win a "tumblr sexyman" poll. "Tumblr sexyman" is the exact opposite of what I want my own OCs to be. If any of my characters ever get called "tumblr sexyman," I will have to immediately re-evaluate myself and the art I'm making.

[renthony]

Things I think of when I hear "tumblr sexyman":

Cecil Night Vale, as previously mentioned.

Oncelercest, because if there aren't two skinny white men to ship, tumblr fandom will start shipping the skinny white man with himself.

Bill Cipher inexplicably being fanon'd as a white twink despite being a fucking triangle.

Everyone fawning over Marvel Loki while shoving every woman and Black person in the MCU aside.

The way nearly every single character in Hazbin Hotel has the same "tall and skinny" body type, along with all the criticisms Black audience members have made about the issues with Alastor's design.

The way tumblr got obsessed with the white man villain in Sinners.

[tragicwaif]

now let’s see him getting triggered during sex

[princeandreis]

sometimes I see photos of this adorable fresh-faced youth and I cry big fat tears thinking of what he’s about to go through

[hornestills]

[marklinn-baker]

me over the years: i don't ONLY watch perfect strangers. i have other shows i like.

gets into the leftovers: perfect strangers

gets into only murders in the building: perfect strangers

gets into supernatural. there's no WAY they reference perfect strangers: .............. yeah. perfect strangers.

[omtai]

Concerts will have you staring at the taller person infront of you and thinking Why were you born? Why? Why? Why?

[laterkiss]

worry about it kitten daddy fucked up

[marklinn-baker]

[marklinn-baker]

i NEED you all to know that pcos/pmos is NOT an infertility diagnosis. it's VERY IMPORTANT that you know this.

[winged-void]

just remembered that my middle school bullies were named Chase and Hunter. what was up with that. what was going on there.

[winged-void]

were you bullied by the pope?

[princesssarisa]

Where did your first name come from?

I was named after one of my parents

I was named after a dead relative or family friend

I was named after a living relative or family friend

I was named after a religious figure

I was named after a historical figure

I was named after a fictional character

I was named after a place

My parents just chose a name they liked

Other

Voting ended onJul 13

Having been named after a character in The Great Gatsby by my English-major dad, I thought I would ask about this.

[i-said-im-a-fucking-star-deacti]

puts my uncomfortably wet hand on your shoulder. see here, gay boy- can i call you gay boy?

[bobdylanyaoi]

which i happen to like

[ringthembells]

[vermilionstarlight]

age regressing to 2 years old but i was an especially erudite and articulate baby so you don't even notice

[marklinn-baker]

i NEED you all to know that pcos/pmos is NOT an infertility diagnosis. it's VERY IMPORTANT that you know this.