#asking lesbians

[wyvern-of-the-evening]

I want to hear from lesbians things that are lesbophobic, and harm the lesbian community, things said and done overtly, and especially covertly. I want to hear from LESBIANS ONLY. Real lesbians, homosexual females exclusively attracted to other females. If you don’t feel comfortable enough to reblog, shoot me an anon ask and I’ll tag it as “wyvern asks”

[wyvern-of-the-evening]

Another wyvern asks for lesbians, specifically butch lesbians. Asking adult human females exclusively attracted to adult human females. What is your experience like as a butch? What do you love about it? What challenges do you face because you’re butch? What is something you wish people knew about your experience? What is a stereotype you want dispelled?

This post is asking lesbians specifically, DO NOT derail.

[drinksipperrr]

Is it okay to make a non-lesbian (bi, pan, ace, aro or ace/aro) character inspired by lesbian characters?

Characters like Quanxi, Arlchinno, Ozen and Ishmeal really appeal to me in so many ways that current non-lesbian characters do not. They have cool designs, unique personalities that emerge when they are not restricted to being a love interest to a male character. I want to make characters inspired off them but I don’t know if that’s wrong.

I’m going to be honest I just can’t really enjoy writing any character who has explicit sexuality (not to mention that I’m a man so I literally cannot imagine what being a lesbian is like). So they would not be defined as anything, some may be interpreted more to ace/aro because I also don’t like writing romance so they wouldn’t show a non-platonic interest in other people. I also confess to a heavy bias towards yume communities, I want everyone to have the ability to get attached to my characters guilt free.

Is that okay? Or should any character inspired from Quanxi for example always be explicitly or implicitly lesbian?