#superqueerdanvers

[shittyavatarideas]

Avatar of the Eye but it’s me as a child responding to people staring at my prosthetic leg by going up to them and saying “I saw you looking at my leg, do you have any questions?” (No one ever did. They just got embarrassed I caught them staring)

[gerrydelano]

I just read your post about different entities Jon could be an avatar of, and now I’m thinking about my two Vast OCs who love learning and how it wasn’t just that things happened to push them towards the Vast instead of the Eye, it’s also the way they approach learning/knowledge. It’s not just about wanting to know, it’s also about knowing how much they don’t know and can’t know, because space is big and the ocean is deep and we’ll never know everything, and that’s part of the fun!

EXACTLY!!!! this is a thread i didn’t get a chance to include in TSP but i wanted to so bad, like. bringing up the fact that jon ISN’T actually that scientifically minded! he would find it frustrating to not know things, where part of the exhilaration of science and discovery IS an appreciation for the unknown! that’s why the vast and the dark work so well together re: space and sea exploration, etc. it’s just such an overlapping thing for them. a lot of scientists are THRILLED when they come across unfamiliar territory or get excited when they find out they might’ve been wrong about something because the chance to update information and also know this still isn’t the end is just. 

you know that feeling you get when your chest feels too full of air because you’re so overcome with passion for something that you can’t put words to? because no words exist to even describe the sheer magnitude of this love?

jon would just go into anaphylaxis

[the-knights-who-say-book]

I've been thinking a lot about the Circle of Magic books lately and rediscovering how good they are, and imagine Briar accidentally calling Rosethorn "Mom!"

first of all, same. second of all,

Briar: Thanks, mom

Briar: Why is everyone staring at me?

Tris: You called Rosethorn mom. You said “Thanks, mom”

Briar: What? No I didn’t. I said, "Thanks, man."

Rosethorn: Do you see me as a mother figure, Briar?

Briar: No! If anything, I see you as a bother figure, ‘cuz you’re always bothering me!

Daja: Hey, show your mother some respect!

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

I first followed you when I identified as a biromantic ace girl, and now I think I'm probably actually a straight trans guy. I'm going to unfollow since I don't id as sapphic anymore, but I just wanted to say thank you first. This is a wonderful blog, and it really helped me feel comfortable questioning and exploring my identity! So thank you!

Aww, no need to thank me! And you don't have to unfollow if you still want a place to get some nice queer positive posts! I've loved having you as a follower. Seeing you in my notes makes me smile 😊

I'm so happy for you, though, figuring yourself out and all! I wish you all the best in your journey of fully discovering your identity!! And please don't hesitate to come to me if you need advice or someone to talk to or anything else 💕

[thecandlesticksfromlesmis]

I just talked my mom into naming our sourdough starter Victor Hudough! (I originally wanted to name it Valjean bc sourdough --> bread --> Valjean stole a loaf of bread, but she said no. I think it was the pun that convinced her)

hey real quick, if you haven’t spoken to anyone today, just say Victor Hudough out loud so your day is blessed with top quality puns 

[draftingtides]

Maybe TS (or Brian, for that matter) could be a quadruple amputee, so all four limbs are prosthetics! Also, I kinda want to project onto Jonny and have him be born with a hole in his heart, but my heart was repaired when I was a baby and at this point it doesn't really affect me, and I kinda want Jonny's heart issues to affect his day-to-day life more

oh i really like this one for ts. it and marius would definitely do the whole “need a hand?” gag to each other and just crack up

[godsofhumanity]

👩‍👧‍👦💁‍♀️🏹😭🌑(pretend it’s a rock)💧

i feel like this is meant to be an easy one and i am so sorry because i know that i’m gonna get it wrong but i’m thinking artemis because the first emoji (the mum with her daughter and son) is leto..??

[martindykewood]

I'm loving your TMA Shakespeare thoughts! Why do you think Beatrice would serve the Eye and Benedick would serve the Lonely?

ah yay i’m glad!! that particular arrangement started as a joke post about elias and peter, but the more i think about it the more i like it for them.

beatrice’s main flaw is that she’s judgmental and critical. she prides herself on her wit and her lack of involvement, the fact that she’s an observer rather than a participant in the culture of courting and familial duty. she considers herself above it, and she considers that a mark of her own wisdom and acuity. 

her aversion to marriage is founded in her aversion to being controlled. she does foster real relationships, though: she loves her cousin and her uncle genuinely and engages with them as equals, even as she exalts herself for being free of the system they perpetuate.

she values knowledge, truth, she thrives on being one who knows people, one who is trusted with sensitive information. she’s all about “i’ve a good eye, uncle; i can see a church by daylight” and “disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes, misprising what they look on” and “he is now as valiant as hercules who only tells a lie and swears it.”

benedick’s main flaw is that he’s fickle in interpersonal relationships. he’s obnoxiously, vocally against forming any kind of romantic attachment, and though he seems to be loyal to his friends, his allegiance is fleeting: “he wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.”

he’s also quite critical of people at times, but only insofar as they interfere with his own comfortable way of living. he judges hero harshly because she threatens his friend’s bachelorhood, not because he actually has anything against her. he trades barbs with beatrice because they’re too similar in all the wrong ways, and she threatens his solitude by being perfectly companionable.

his perpetual alienation isn’t for any particular reason to do with other people; it’s his own issue. he refuses to marry because he believes that he would never be happy or comfortable in a marriage, and he won’t subject another person to what he would become in that situation: “because i will not do them the wrong to mistrust any, i will do myself the right to trust none.”

and then when you put them together, you get beatrice’s shrewd judgment with benedick’s fear of attachment: “but that my lady beatrice should know me, and not know me!” you get the masterful manipulation of their insecurities to make them realize and admit their love: beatrice is said to be too judgmental to accept benedick’s love, benedick too prideful for beatrice. they say she will receive his love with criticism, and he will receive hers with mockery.

you get “i do suffer love indeed, for i love thee against my will” and “to bind me or undo me, one of them” and “a miracle! here’s our own hands against our hearts,” because this love goes against everything they profess and stand for, but it’s true and deep; they love each other despite themselves. the progression of their relationship is about beatrice learning how to let herself be vulnerable and benedick learning how to let himself care and be cared for. 

whereas beatrice has thus far fostered relationships with a largely one-way flow of knowledge, put herself above those in her life and tried to know them without being known herself, she has to let benedick know her. and whereas benedick has always compensated for his insecurities and trust issues by putting distance between himself and others, he has to let beatrice prove to him that love is worth it.