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Darren Mad

@darrenmad

I don’t condone apostrophes, they imply not everything is mine

I know this is a long shot but I’m trying it out anyway.

Over a year ago I published a fantasy book that I’m actually proud of. This started because I wanted to write something in the Fantasy genre that wasn’t filled with heterosexual characters that didn’t go anywhere, so I began writing something that fulfills my desire for queer representation. Sadly, because this is the internet, I understand that just because you put hard work into something, it doesn’t mean it’s going to be read by a lot of people. Nevertheless, I’m going to post it here so someone out there maybe is interested in it.

Blurb: After an eventful winter night that involves leaving Earth, Jason Elliott Marfil learns that he's not human and has to adjust to a completely new life away from home. This sets off a course of actions that change his life forever, starting with stealing one tiny crystal from a green castle.

Words: ~30k

If even one person out there resonates with this, that’s more than enough for me.

Also this is the cover art:

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idk jokes just dont become unfunny to me. i love literally repeating the same thing over and over again. i may get bored eventually but never seriously annoyed

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i rely on templates to be social a lot actually. a lot of time hanging out with friends means repeating the same phrase to eachother over and over again

many such phrases

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many such phrases

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a piece of media that is bad: mundane. effectless

a piece of media that is bad but had the potential to be so so good: unbearable. agonizing. soul crushing even

The nature of this site is that every few years there's some kind of "misandry is totally real guys" discourse that pops up from men (both cis and trans) who are either just misogynists or they have forgotten what the world outside of tumblr is like.

Every time people keep having to explain that no, actually misandry isn't a thing (and neither is androphobia which is just misandry but rebranded to sound more progressive) but this time apparently when you explain that misandry isn't real people will call you terfy even if you're transfem.

Like I get that this shit is mostly started by weird dickheads online but I've seen like actually otherwise cool people fall for it and like have you guys never been outside? Do you genuinely think that a few people in progressive spaces not liking men means men are oppressed or whatever? Do you not see how you're parroting right wing talking points? In real life men are still opressing women and the patriarchy is very much still a thing

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the thing is gir from invader zim was right and perfect. on a fundamental level. Everyone wants to laugh but the 00s scene had that pinned 100% correctly. gir is everything

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this is literally peak performance. sorry if you disagree. i can’t help you

Its all “i love putting guys in situations” until were on a filler episode. Where are the REAL putting guys in situations lovers.

“It dosent progress the plot!!!” Have you never been on a whimsical journey that did nothing to change you as a person.

The article says that the guidelines have been updated. Instead of asking if you’re a man that’s had sex with another man in the past 3 months it asks everyone regardless of gender if they’ve had anal sex with a new partner or if they’ve had anal sex with multiple partners in the past 3 months.

This both opens up blood donation to msm in exclusive relationships or who don’t have anal sex and more accurately identifies hiv risk from people who aren’t msm. This is exactly the sort of guidelines we’ve been fighting for for years. This is a major win for both gay rights and blood donation in the US. Now a bunch of people who couldn’t donate before can donate now.

I've said this before and I'll say it again: it's more important to know and understand fully why something is harmful than it is to drop everything deemed problematic. It's performative and does nothing. People wonder why nobody has critical thinking skills and this is part of it because no one knows how to simousltansly critique and consume media. You need to use discernment.

This is ultimately why propaganda is going to work on you. Because you never learned how to think for yourself and the actual ideology behind things. You simply rely on group think and the bare minimum explanations to tell you what's good and bad.

captainsnoop-deactivated2020041
  • hey guys whats up
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how’d you make a blank post?

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captainsnoop
  • you make a bulleted list and press tab until the text either is all the way on the right or it disappears depending on the resolution of the computer it’s viewed on. also, it doesn’t work on mobile.
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please tell me

This is the most hilarious thing to see on mobile.