it’s @labraunda from bsky hiiiiii

jen | 28 | she/they | lesbian | aspiring village idiot

[mercymorns]

terrain of minor stars; terrain of incomplete hunger

by @mercymorns and @warmsafflinas

edelclaude | 47k words | rating: m

read on ao3

[thirdwheelravi]

forgot until just now that when i went to the grocery store today i turned down the oil/vinegar aisle and there was a store employee stocking the shelf and he said "welcome to the land of wonders" to me for some reason

[clementine-kesh]

call me terminally academia-brained but i do think a lot of the fun of character analysis is figuring out how to build a compelling argument for a particular reading using lines of evidence from canon as well as meta/intertextual support

[clementine-kesh]

and you could say that what i’m saying here is basically “a lot of the fun of doing character analysis is doing character analysis” but let’s be real a lot of fandom character analysis is pretty heavily vibes-based. and i think that’s where i really chafe up against the traditional thought-terminating fandom attitude of like, everyone’s opinions hold equal weight and any interrogation of that is inherently hostile. because i think it’s fascinating to dig into where others are coming from in terms of their views on characters or dynamics or whatever, especially when they differ significantly from more commonly expressed views, and part of that digging is asking people okay what parts of canon are you drawing from to support your opinion? what parts of canon are you disregarding or downplaying? how does this argument hold up in the light of how race, gender, class, ability, etc. operate both in the piece’s in-fiction and real world contexts?

[justsomeguycore]

hate when christian’s call the bible “the good book.” it’s not that good you should try harrow the ninth

[fairyblue-alchemist]

one man's hyperfixation is another man's blocked tag

[dragonpyre]

[teradul]

Sometimes a beloved mutual transitions and starts frequenting places you wouldn't go yourself, yk?

[crowboy-bebop]

when your beloved mutual suddenly joins a fandom you have no interest in

[lorillee]

big tshirt that says YOUR INTERPRETATIONS MUST HAVE A STRONG BASIS IN THE SOURCE MATERIAL on the front and I HATE FUN on the back

[pinoruno]

there are ALWAYS. more things to be said. about shows that were airing in 2005

[taeminsupremacist]

the long term effects of jopping are just now being studied

[drops-of-universe]

i fw you most ardently

[cartoonrival]

im completely addicted to Open Link in New Tab

[cartoonrival]

if Open Link in New Tab is wrong then baby i dont want to be right

[paulandersonxo]

sisyphus... you made boulder choices on the runway this week, but we just need you to push a little more. i'm sorry my dear but you are up for elimination

[rain-44]

The embrace that feels like home

[making-friendos]

One must imagine Sisyphus happy

[btc-official-deactivated2024071]

“do we think maybe a vegetable would cause less despair” still living in my head rent free

[btc-official-deactivated2024071]

[gailynovelry]

I think it might be useful if we viewed representation as an imperfect community effort rather than a big, heavy weight that every writer, artist, animator, etc needs to bear by themselves.

[totally-a-wizard]

Also I've always viewed it as a "Yes, and" endeavor. For example I don't mind queer villains in fiction but I do have a problem when that is the only queer representation in a certain context.

[soulcandy]

You're only allowed to kill your gays if there's more than one and you don't kill all of them.

[gailynovelry]

Okay. So. I say this as kindly as possible.

This post is not about making iron-clad Rules for Good Rep.

This post is about actually paying attention to your community, and the communities of the people you are portraying in your writing, and putting a little thought into finding the underrepresented and portraying it. It’s also about taking a breath and absolving yourself of the need to do it perfectly as a marginalized person. There is no perfect way to do it, because no group is a monolith.

I’m just a little weary of having to manage moral scrupulosity in myself and my community.

If I followed this rule to the letter, as a queer author who loves tragedy, I would not be allowed to write a single-character work of tragedy and make it queer. You know? Can we be messy? Can we let each other be messy?

And the post is also not limited to queerness.

If one does not like how the usual stories go — if one feels unseen — then the solution is more stories, rather than clamouring to take away other people’s pens.

You are allowed to tell your stories.

[cosmicretreat]

"The Marriage of Froggo Amphibini and Giopiggi Porculini"

The June photo from Miss Piggy's Art Masterpiece Calendar 1984: Treasures from the Kermitage Collection.

[help-me-yes]

yes... ha ha ha... yes!