Sabo is alive and you know it

[sodiscreetlysympathetic-deactiv]

[snaacks-deactivated20200913]

I HAVENT SCREAMED SO LOUD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE

[logblog]

this is me fully

[hohohomo]

“Kate Winslet. And you know what you did.” 😆

[tyleroakley]

why can’t all talk show appearances be this good

[prokopetz]

Okay, this is in incredibly petty nitpick, but: if you’re writing a fantasy setting with same-sex marriage, a same-sex noble or royal couple typically would not have titles of the same rank - e.g., a prince and a prince, or two queens.

It depends on which system of ranking you use, of course (there are several), but in most systems there’s actually a rule covering this scenario: in the event that a consort’s courtesy title being of the same rank as their spouse’s would potentially create confusion over who holds the title by right and who by courtesy, the consort instead receives the next-highest title on the ladder.

So the husband of a prince would be a duke; the wife of a queen, a princess; and so forth.

(You actually see this rule in practice in the United Kingdom, albeit not in the context of a same-sex marriage; the Queen’s husband is styled a prince because if he were a king, folks might get confused about which of them was the reigning monarch.)

The only common situation where you’d expect to see, for example, two queens in the same marriage is if the reigning monarchs of two different realms married each other - and even then, you’d more likely end up with a complicated arrangement where each party is technically a princess of the other’s realm in addition to being queen of her own.

You’ve gotta keep it nice and unambiguous who’s actually in charge!

[prokopetz]

Okay, I’ve received a whole lot of asks about this post, so I’m going to cover all of the responses in one go:

1. The system described above is, admittedly, merely one of the most common. Other historically popular alternatives include:

The consort’s courtesy title is of the same rank as their spouse’s, with “-consort” appended to it: prince and prince-consort, queen and queen-consort, etc. This is how, e.g., present-day Monaco does it.

The consort is simply styled Lord or Lady So-and-so, and receives no specific title. I can’t think of any country that still does it this way, off the top of my head, but historically it was a thing.

(Naturally, your setting needn’t adhere to any of these, but it would be highly irregular for it to lack some mechanism for clarifying the chain of command.)

2. The reason why the consort of a prince is historically a princess even though those titles are the same rank is basically sexism. This can go a couple of ways:

In many realms, there was no such thing as being a princess by right; the daughter of a monarch would be styled Lady So-and-so and receive no specific title, so the only way to be a princess was to marry a prince.

In realms where women could hold titles by right, typically a masculine title was informally presumed to outrank its feminine counterpart. So, e.g., kings outrank queens, princes outrank princesses, etc.

In either case, no ambiguity exists.

(Interestingly, this suggests that in a more egalitarian setting where masculine titles are not presumed to outrank their feminine counterparts, or vice versa, you’d need to explicitly disambiguate rankings even outside the context of same-sex marriages. Food for thought!)

3. It would also be possible to have two kings or two queens in the same marriage without multiple realms being involved in the case of a true co-monarchy. However, true co-monarchies are highly irregular and, from a political standpoint, immensely complicated affairs. If you’re planning on writing one of those, be prepared to do your research!

4. The next rank down from “countess” is either “viscountess” or “baroness”, depending on which peerage system you’re using.

(Yes, that last one actually came up multiple times. Apparently there are a lot of stories about gay countesses out there!)

[prokopetz]

I’d like to argue with this, but I can’t.

[versaceslut]

[scottiedoesntknowher]

WHY WAS THIS CUT OMGGGG

[twatswag-deactivated20140101]

i have to be funny because being hot is not an option

[mental-ch-illness]

shoutout to my favorite coping mechanism, isolation

[iu]

*wants to read* *doesnt read*

*wants to draw* *doesnt draw*

*wants to study a language* *doesnt study the language*

*wants to watch new movies* *doesnt watch new movies*

*wants to do stuff i like and enjoy* *doesnt*

[momqueer]

this is called depression

[xekstrin]

Man why you gotta call me out like this

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

i never realised that The Babadook was accidentally put in the LGBT+ movies section of Netflix i thought we all just collectively decided the babadook was gay for no reason at all

[vivecguccibelt]

“Bisexuals don’t belong in the LGBT community” ohhh ok I guess the B stands for ‘bitch’ and that’s where you fit in, gotcha

[franeridart]

Anon said: If you split the entirety of 1A into bakusquad or dekusquad who would be where?

This is me officially thanking you for giving me a reason to draw this thing I’ve had it in mind for months - that said, I don’t actually have an answer for this r i p 

[lonelyroommp3]

the babadook being reshaped by tumblr into a gentle friendly figure (and lgbt icon) is the logical progression of the babadook as a metaphor for depression and grief into the babadook as metaphor for the fact that even though you cant avoid being shaped by your past negative experiences that doesn’t mean you cant get to a point where you will be able to spread positivity to others and love yourself as the person you have become

[lookskindadeadinside]

[universalfanfic]

writing advice: never italicize words to show emphasis! if you’re writing well then the reader will know and you don’t need them!

me: oh really??? listen up, pal, you can just try an pull italics from my cold, dead fingers

[youngbloodbuzz]

how am i, as a millennial who grew up with the first two mummy movies, supposed to take the mummy (2017) seriously?

[zooheaded]

Perfection cannot be eclipsed.

[shinykari]

[ipecacandcivetoil-deactivated20]

so many gifs of ostriches doing their mating dance for humans but did u know

they actually did a study on this

and ostriches repeatedly found humans more attractive than other ostriches

yes

ostrich farmers have trouble setting up their ostriches with each other because they’re just not interested, they want their farmers instead

it’s incredible

[ipecacandcivetoil-deactivated20]

also, ostriches show notable sexual preference

some male ostriches will only display for male humans, some will display for anybody, some will display for female humans only

[nekosaws]

I can’t believe ostriches are reverse furries

[sunlian-deactivated20180906]

great we gotta kinkshame the fuckin birds now

[skarchomp]

“all nazis are bad” should be literally the easiest safest most unanimous political statement you could make what is happening

[princessbitchbutnotyours-blog]

Hahaha my daddy would disagree

[rasec-wizzlbang-blog]

I hate this site so much

[love-shocker-deactivated2019012]

What the fuck is the intersection of ddlg and nazism do I even want to know.

[trans-hank-hill-deactivated2015]

This commercial for Charmin Ultra-Strong has horrifying implications.

The fact that there is a security checkpoint for the bear airport (or should I say, bearport) implies that there are certain bears who have malicious intent to blow up the bearplanes.  There are bearrorists in this universe that aspire to destroy things that these ass-wiping mammals hold near and dear.

[nunown]

that bear is naked

[4a0000-deactivated20170115]

Boys really text you “hey” just to see if u will say it back and then they’re done talking