Ell-Jay

bi.24. Is this a blog, a journal or an open letter to god? Who knows. They/them

[luvcoure-deactivated20190424]

sometimes a family can just be you, a six-pack of diet coke, and soft cell’s 1981 hit ‘tainted love’

[istillwishforyouateleveneleven]

web weave finds that made me want to claw my eyes out

[miss-oranje]

have u guys noticed the phenomenon that's like

- m/f ship between a nonblack man & a Black woman

- it's either canon (e.g. mel/jayce arcane, arthur/guinevere bbcmerlin) or entirely plausible (e.g. prism or coupé/robert dispatch)

- fanbase overwhelmingly pairs nb man off with another nb man and disengages from the Black woman character, shunting her into a background wise & sassy caretaker role (for which there is a name) or leaving her out of fanworks entirely

- fans who do this ^ claim it is an expression of love and admiration for the Black woman character, actually, bc the nb man (who may be her canonical partner) "can't handle all that" (he may be perfectly competent and engaged; she may be totally low maintenance; it has no bearing), she's just too wonderful (too much) and out of his league (lacking in flaws and interiority and fan appeal)

have we all observed this and can we see the multiple dimensions in which it is racist ☝️ i'm not bringing it up to make any beautiful fujos feel bad abt shipping this or that, just to ask for some consideration of what ppl are saying abt Black women when they make their excuses to each other. like you can just not make the excuses. yk?

[miss-oranje]

[miss-oranje]

is the fire making it hard to read. here.

this post is about misogynoir. not which ships u do/don't like.

the post seeks to reopen a discussion (which others have brought up before) about how Black women characters are talked about by shipper communities.

comments about the relative merits of one ship over another can add nothing to that conversation, which is about casual use of racist stereotypes and sexist language.

please stop commenting to tell me you like jayvik.

thanks

[miss-oranje]

This post is not about which ships you do or do not like.

[biteorflight]

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[eroscestlavie]

2000s warped tour type rock musicians who should be given a glock and immunity from legal persecution list:

1. Hayley Williams

2-100: All other female rock musicians from that era even the non famous ones

101: Ryan Ross with a note that just says “Finish the Job”

[vintageandroid]

i made a post like this before but I can't find it now. so. I'll just redo it.

What's the first "big news story" you remember from when you were a kid?

It's something I love to ask mixed-aged groups sometimes because I think it's really interesting to see the responses. I've gotten answers from the Olympics of [whatever year] to Watergate to more recent stuff from my niblings.

My first news thing I remember is the OJ Simpson trial. I vaguely remember watching the news with my grandparents before that, but that's the first story I remember, in part because my second grade teacher had us go play so she could watch the verdict 😂

[stephexmachina]

proposing a new genre of fiction called an anti-romance where u r presented w a couple at the start & the story is about their emotional journey towards a catastrophic break up

[stephexmachina]

will they won't they (end this farce). there's only one bed (but for some reason they don't really want to share it). out of context eavesdropping (that paints the relationship in a better light than it deserves). chasing after them to stop them getting on that plane (and stopping them from finally being free)

[stephexmachina]

nobody understands my vision i don't mean any old story where a relationship fails and it's tragic or w/e i mean a story where the intention is for the audience to root for it failing the same way u root for it succeeding in a romance. & when the relationship finally implodes at the climax of the story it's all very cathartic & everybody cheers.

[stephexmachina]

like have u never wanted a fictional couple to break up so badly it hurt?

[fifthnailinstevesbat]

“Harrington’s got her, don’t cha Big Boy?”

LIKE HUHHHH???!?!?!?!?!!!?!?! WHAT.

[valyrfia]

psa number 50739 from this tumblr user to keep rpf away from everywhere except tumblr/ao3 or some plucky journalist trying to write clickbait articles for a living will take your rpf and put it on blast for the world to see and everyone has to live with the consequences

[lesbianmarrow]

free use is kind of a funny kink bc it relies on the idea that everybody wants to touch you and have sex with you but what if they don't. what if you tell everybody at the party you're free use but they all ignore you and mind their own business

[tunnaa-unnaa]

taking notes

[pupangelremade-deactivated20211]

[bestiarum]

[theawkwardqueerturtle]

this is the one meme that manages to age like a fine wine

[brainstreams]

Don't use AI to write. Use cocaine like a real author.

[versains]

JUDE BELLINGHAM and ERLING HAALAND during the ENGLAND vs NORWAY WORLD CUP 2026 QUARTER-FINAL

[beachwritesf1]

Just make out already omg

[beariebored]

Jude’s omega pheromones actually worked omg I’m shocked

[vogueziam]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

my toxic writing trait is imagining the scene in my head in long, full cinematic detail and then writing: “they fought. it was intense.”