#p.s.

[nessvn]

love this genre of post

[skinhorses]

beetle panels for a wip

[madbalalaika]

Based on "Sauced" by dirty_whorchata. Very wholesome and has just the right amount of spice :>

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[mad-whovian]

For context, she said this before her return. But girl. You became part of the problem.

[hermajestythesun]

i feel conflicted abt the “paul wanted to be a father to john” and vise versa. i don’t think either one of them expected the other to be paternal. rather, what they provided to each other is what they lacked in their lives, which is the emotional needs that a lost/estranged/distant family member never provided. this doesn’t mean they wanted to be parent, instead john needed someone who could be his friend (similar to how julia was) but also love and cherish him and stay present throughout it all. on the other hand i think paul needed somebody to be attentive, intuitive, protective, and validating. both of them have deep rooted emotional trauma and i think they equally fostered each other’s good qualities while simultaneously redirecting the not-so-good ones. it was a symmetrical and beautiful balance and each time i come on this app i get sad thinking about how it all ends…

[beccawise7]

3 A.M. Thoughts. 💜🖤

[redsrainbows]

this needs to be said, and i’ve seen this discussion floating around… would austin powers support gay rights/trans rights?

well let’s use facts: we know that austin is from the ‘60s, we know austin has dated views, but we also know that the mod subculture of the time, and the clubbing “swinger” culture is often associated with sexual freedom, and as well as women dressing in a more “gender neutral” way (for the time, of course.)

austin WAS pro-sexual liberation and he makes a full speech about this at the end of the first movie. does he have outdated views and perspectives? absolutely! but what makes austin powers DELIBERATELY woke is that he is always willing to change in his ways. he was willing to modernize his perspectives on the world for vanessa to show that he was genuinely trying his best.

of course… he’s austin powers, he’s a comedy character, he’s written to do over-the-top and violent things because that’s the style of comedy. but the joke about him punching people for “dressing as women” is a reference to james bond, which is kind of the whole point of the franchise… it was sort of making fun of the bizarre nature of the moment.

but that’s neither here nor there, because this is a character specific analysis

how can austin powers be an allegory for queerness? well, austin bringing his groovy-effeminate-self into the newfangled squarish ‘90s world he finds himself in the movie, is actively challenging what is expected for men to do and dress as in the modern world. he IS treated differently for the way he presents himself with confidence in his uncommon sexuality, and he fights for his right to have it by defeating dr. evil.

and like i said before, the ‘60s wasn’t really all rainbows and colorful frills like austin makes it seem. austin was participating in a form of progressive counter culture SINCE THE BEGINNING. not the usual “hippie counterculture” you see in most films, but there were other sides to this fight that aren’t as commonly shown in media.

so, would canonical austin powers be transphobic? Probably, at first, until he took the time to learn and understand, which is a lot more than many people in our current fucked up world choose to do. austin is not afraid to learn and grow from his mistakes, which is a main plot-point of the first film. also, he’s fictional and i will draw him as a trans person. blimey!!!! very heavy, man!

(Sorry if this was poorly written! i’m on a bus… and sleepy… if i think of some better points i will make a follow-up!!)