Sometimes the short end of the stick’s sharpest

And you'll go down with it

[fagcrisis]

im possibly going to write a longer thing on this after i finish rereading homestuck, but i never really jived with criticising books like gideon the ninth or sir cameron needs to die (for the record i kinda liked the former, did not read the latter) on the basis that they belong into a nebulous category of Overtly Online Queer fiction because

1. I have read and enjoyed books/comics/webnovels by queer authors that were "very online" in that they used lingo specific to online communities of the last 15 years and were concerned with subjects like the effect of these online communities on real world politics (see: serious weakness)

2. i have read and enjoyed recent books by heterosexual authors that were very online (see: the slough house series)

3. i have read recent books by both queer and cishet authors that sucked shit

4. its very hard not to detect a level of Online in all contemporary literature esp after covid

5. blaming the fact that these books are bad/the reviewer disliked them on the authors queerness comes off as homophobic

[fagcrisis]

i think the locked tomb trilogy completely fails to be more than the sum of its influences but sure lets talk about how it sucks because its gay or whatever. its maddening. do you people hear yourselves.

[dramatic-dolphin]

one of my favorite things about krtek is that instead of indistinct flowers, zdeněk miler always illustrated the world with recognizable actual wildflowers. like look at it:

every single one of these is stylized and yet clearly recognizable as a wildflower i have seen in spring meadows. just. look at the dandelion's distinctive leaves. isn't it awesome.

[headspace-hotel]

YESSSSSSS

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

our highschool biology teacher would sometimes play a Krtek episode and test us on plant identification

[thatneoncrisis]

watching goat with my friend. genuinely evil to me this site hasnt done kitty kat/jett yuri en masse

[notedchampagne]

[handsomeboymodelingschool]

His smile is so radiant

[zabouncer]

Maybe one year Demi can be the one jello wrestling with another women

[paledriverwaltz]

The usual.

[pretend-animator]

i've wanted to draw an elphaba wicked witch hat + durag combo for a while <|:D

[pjeckleburg]

i hate the "we should only have queer actors playing queer characters" argument for several reasons. but what annoys me the most is that people who argue this straight up don't realize that it's illegal to ask someone about their sexuality in relation to a job interview. like an audition. i don't think breaking anti-discrimination laws to screen people's sexualities to determine their employment is the woke take you think it is.

[pjeckleburg]

and just. setting that aside. if you're saying "we should only have queer actors playing queer characters" you're saying that queer people must be publicly out to play a queer character. even if that actor and that character have the same sexuality. that actor has to disclose that to the whole world. again. i don't think demanding queer people to out themselves in order to engage with a queer acting role is doing anyone any good.

[pjeckleburg]

head in hands. it's acting. it's playing make believe. i don't care if the actress playing a lesbian character has kissed a woman before. i care if she's good at pretending she has.

[pocketss]

Ummm she's literally sensitive :/

[krasnoarmeyets]

i bet it feels good as fuck to intend to do something and then actually do it

[krasnoarmeyets]

i bet it feels good as fuck to intend to do something and then actually do it

[krasnoarmeyets]

i bet it feels good as fuck to intend to do something and then actually do it

[krasnoarmeyets]

i bet it feels good as fuck to intend to do something and then actually do it

[youarethedreamer]

[hylianane]

functionally suicidal character saying “I would die for you” to their significant other and its like. I get the sentiment, honey, but if a hot dog vendor told me he’d sell hot dogs for me, I wouldn’t feel very moved now would I

[lutraviolet]

safe to say i am obsessed

[medievaljournalist]

it's easy for me to tell who is possessed by dark spirits and who isnt

[thecactifindahome]

[stormeris]