#roane72

[halavibe]

According to my dash it's Talk Shop Tuesday, to ask fan creators questions! What inspires you to make a gif set? Is it a theme, an idea, just some particularly gorgeous images?

most of the time im watching something and im going crazy about it internally foaming at the mouth so i make a gifset

other times i know its something my friends will love to see

or its because it relates to a role play im doing or something im writing, etc

i wish i had more ideas and more talent to pull of cooler ideas tbh

[mumblingsage]

I'm guessing this is about my reblog. :) There's a difference, to me, between, "I've read a lot of romance and I'm frustrated at this particular dynamic that tends to dominate--no pun intended--the genre" vs. "haha, we all know romance is lame". Maybe the OP didn't make that distinction, I dunno, but yeah. There's a difference between legitimate in-group criticism and mocking it from the outside.

It’s actually about my reblog of a slightly different thread of the same post, but yeah :D.

There’s definitely a difference between in-group and out-group criticism. But every time I reblog a post in defense of romance, there’s this gaping ache inside me that’s like “Yes, but...” 

I am one of the women who reached a point where she threw down the genre (never as a whole, but with a blanket “I’m not trying any new romances unless I specifically know the author’s views on this topic mesh with my own”) as un-feminist; it was right after I read a mainstream-published fantasy romance where the hero uses a sci-fi version of a date rape drug on a heroine with no criticism. 

I find the romance stories I know I’ll love by listening to other readers complain about what a bitch the heroine is and what an unattractive, unmasculine wimp the hero is. 

I want to have the genre’s back, and there’s a lot I admire about particular writers, readers, and critics within it, but as a whole, I don’t feel the genre has my back in return. And maybe it’s entitlement to expect it to, but like... people don’t need to squee over the same things I squee over, and I can live with people squeeing over stuff I don’t squee over, but between the existence of certain storylines and the expression of certain views, I’m never sure when I’m going to get kicked when I’m down.

(I don’t claim to be unique in this either; I have a lot of privileges so that I can even find stories that feature heroines of my race, orientation, and body type. But for many of us, expressions of sexuality are a place where we’re especially vulnerable. It’s why it hurts so much when people mock romance, but it’s also why it hurts so much when it feels like mainstream romance is mocking us.) 

[mizjoely]

roane72

  rip molly whore hooper rip molly whore hooper rip...

Wait, I’m out of the loop. Did something happen to Molly???

Nope, I got anon hate and turned it into anon prompts.

[aprillikesthings]

What are you excited about? Heh. You KNOW what I'm excited about. After all this time writing and rewriting and waiting, my book is coming out in NINETY-FOUR DAYS OMG. I have zero idea what to expect from all this. So maybe this is also "what are you afraid of" because I'm terrified AND excited.

I’m excited about this too!! God I keep thinking it’s already out but no, publishing just takes a long-ass time lol. 

I’m excited about my Akali cosplay, even if I still have a bunch of work ahead of me; and I’m excited about wearing it the first time at 221b con, and I’m excited about 221b con! 

Also, writing!! I would have said this even if it wasn’t you asking, but I’m glad you were the one who asked, since you were part of the reason I started and were so supportive!!

I wrote a shit-ton lately and I keep telling myself “okay I can take a break now” but the moment I do I get another idea! I have other creative hobbies, dammit! XD 

[luminoustico]

8! best book/book series of the year?

Oh God, this just hits home how much I don’t read anymore! I’d much rather write than read, lmao. I’d say that the best book I read this year was a book from last year, Star Wars’ From a Certain Point of View. I got Hunger by Roxane Gay as a Christmas present this year though, which I’m really excited to read.

End of year asks!

[mnemehoshiko]

calyxofawildflower replied to your post

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi [BULLETPOINT TRASH EDITION]”

Your joy gives me life.

I AM GLAD!!!!

incognitajones

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“Star Wars: The Last Jedi [BULLETPOINT TRASH EDITION]”

I would like to cosign every word but especially "I left your shit on the porch"                    

SHE SO DID THO!!! HE’S LITERALLY KNEELING ON THE GROUND HOLDING THE GHOST OF HIS PAST (Han’s dice) AND THEN THE FORCE IS LIKE KNOCK KNOCK BITCH AND LOOKS UP AND SEES REY  AND SHE’S LOOKING DOWN AT HIM LIKE

I DID MY HAIR FOR YOU!!

I FOUND MAKEUP!!

do you know how hard it is to find flattering makeup on an island with fish nuns BEN?!!?! DO YOU?!!?

I DID MASCARA AND IT WAS THE WORST

I MAILED MY SELF IN A GODDAMN BED

BUT YOU’RE STILL A HOT MESS SO I’M GOING

ALSO TAKING YOUR MOM AND YOUR SURVIVING UNCLE

ALSO BOTH PIECES OF THE LIGHTSABER BECAUSE LBR ANAKIN IS STARING AT YOU IN DISAPPOINTMENT AS WELL

CALL ME NEVER

unless you clean up your act and even then that’s debatable

this was so good to meeee

lambcries

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“Star Wars: The Last Jedi [BULLETPOINT TRASH EDITION]”

this is such a wonderful post aaaaa i will take it to my grave

AHHH I’M GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT!!

roane72

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“Star Wars: The Last Jedi [BULLETPOINT TRASH EDITION]”

Your commentary on Luke is so real and has me rolling.

THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME KNOWING HOW MUCH YOU LOVE LUKE!!!!

[bootsnblossoms]

@rynfinity replied to your post “If you're dressing your child up in girls clothes or vice versa then...”

i love that your kid has a parent like you and not one like nonnie

Yeah, people like that creep have no business being a parent. <3 

@auressea  replied to your post “If you're dressing your child up in girls clothes or vice versa then...”

It's SO great to have you on my side! You are a Wonderful Parent- never doubt it.

Thanks darling <33333

@perplexedhedgehog replied to your post “If you're dressing your child up in girls clothes or vice versa then...”

IDK it just seems weird and creepy that anon thinks of these kids as having no agency and only as political pawns.

And honestly the "dressing your child" wording is weirdly designating you the personal task of selecting each of your kids' items of clothing? Which if they knew anything about your blog they'd know your kids are old enough to pick their clothes and dress themselves.

Oh man, seriously creepy.  Kids start dressing themselves in single digits, and also, what kind of parent actively *wants* their offspring to steal their clothes? Not me! lol. I’ve always encouraged both my kids to do what feels right for them, not what peer pressure and society says they should do based purely on their reproductive organs. Pawns they definitely are not. 

@capt-spork replied to your post “If you're dressing your child up in girls clothes or vice versa then...”

Also super weird that they use “child” to mean boy, and by weird I mean misogyny!

(Uh, I mean, it seems they are - I don’t mean to gender your kid. Skirts are cute for all!)

Dude, right on. A 14 year old is not an infant! I could throw them to the wild at this point and they’d basically be able to fend for themself, sheesh. 

@crocoguile replied to your post “If you're dressing your child up in girls clothes or vice versa then...”

Eat the weak, Boots! Fucking destroy.

(ง •̀_•́)(ง •̀_•́)(ง •̀_•́)(ง •̀_•́)

@flyingchancla replied to your post “If you're dressing your child up in girls clothes or vice versa then...”

My heavens, heart eyes to you, what an asshole and ignorant.

Right??? The nerve of some people.

@roane72 replied to your post “If you're dressing your child up in girls clothes or vice versa then...”

This is a thing of beauty, and I am sorry this person felt compelled to be an asshole.

Thank you, darling. It didn’t even put a dent in my day, tbh. Their ignorant intolerance is not my problem, and I’ve been a parent long enough to know I’m doing the right thing, letting T be fully who they are. 

[bassfanimation]

roane72

  Help me, Tumblr.   I am so confused and conflicted...

FWIW, I didn’t get that message at all. The message I got, very clearly was “Ben has support if he wants to change, but he has to make the change himself”. Even Luke says at the end “*I* can’t save him” and when Leia says her son is gone (which feels more like despair than a true belief), Luke immediately responds with “Nothing is ever truly gone.” Rey learned that lesson as well–SHE can’t turn Kylo, he has to do it himself.

Ahhh you are right.  There comes a time when no one else can offer you a hand.  They’ve already tried and failed.  Then, it is only you who has the power to climb up out of the abyss you’ve thrown yourself into.  People who are addicts, convicts with violent pasts, people with chronic illness who aren’t ready to face themselves....there’s only so far others can carry you.  You have to reach rock bottom before you can will yourself to do better.  Maybe that is a place Kylo/Ben will have to get to before there’s any hope left for him. :(  I’m not sure how much farther down he needs to go, as he’s already at what looks like the lowest place.  But there is always a darker layer beneath, always a step lower you can get to, even if that is simply inside yourself.

Back to the words that were said by Luke: upon rewatching it today with the office folks, I tried to pay close attention to exactly what people said.  I noticed when Luke said “No one is ever truly gone.”  I started to churn it all over in my head, all the various possibilities these words could lead to.  Still, hearing Leia, Luke, AND Yoda express that Kylo is lost.  I just killed me.  Then I thought, what if Rey is the one who’s right when they were all wrong?  What if she’s truly able to see something that no one else can see in Kylo/Ben?  

Alas, I can’t help but feel pessimistic with Abrams/Disney at the helm :\.  I know what I want, but I feel like hoping for that with who is in the driver’s seat is asking for too much. :\  For now though, I’m more than happy to read what everyone here thinks.  I’m pretty sure every person on this site has more creativity in their bodies than Abrams & Co...