I cry. They just didn’t expect them to go and say something they really needed to hear.
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Some very simple dividers I made for when I write! I took a few screenshots from Fire Emblem Heroes and Fate Grand Order and edited them really thin. There’s 8 in total. I like how simple and clean they look.
These are free to use! Just please like/reblog if you plan to do so!
Some things I want to say
I feel like making another post about this even though I’ve done it like a million times.
Its ok to be a Anti-shipper. Dude, I’m not mad at you for not shipping this thing that I ship. That’s cool and totally fine and valid opinion to have.
I’m mad because so many you Anti’s of so many ships in so many fandoms go around attacking people for these things. Its fucking stupid and wrong.
Look, I’m going to give a example of a Fiction vs Reality thing.
I love Rick Sanchez. I think he’s a interesting and amazing character. He’s intelligent and witty and self aware and such a well done character to look at. Now, if I was forced to be around a real life alcoholic, narcissistic, megalomaniac then I’d either kill myself or run so goddamn far away. I still love Rick as a character. But just that, A CHARACTER. Rick would be a awful person and NOT someone I would ever ever be around in the real world.
By the logic of Tumblr, Rick and Morty should be canceled and completely destroyed because it shows alcoholism, abuse and lots of other “problematic” things. We should get rid of it forever!! What if someone watches it and thinks its ok to snort alien crystals and murder their multi-timeline selfs!!!!!!
But of course, that’s fucking stupid.
Rick and Morty is a beautiful and amazing show that makes me genuinely happy to know it got to exist. Some of the characters suck but that’s because their characters and that’s it. Same applys to ships. I ship RickMorty, I find their relationship interesting and complex and its something I like to read/write about.
Does this mean that I suddenly want to go shove my non existent dick down some children’s throats?
F u c k n o
We should not and will not censor art because some people don’t like it.
Anti’s say that it makes children more likely to be targeted if they see something like Maxvid because they’ll think its “normal”. Ok no. First of all, you have to be 13 to use Tumblr and if a fucking 13+ year old sees some Maxvid or RickMorty fanart and thinks “oh yea that’s completely normal, good and healthy!” Then just, What the fuck? How stupid are you that you see something on the internet and go “yea that’s exactly how real life works because fiction isn’t real and no one lies on the internet”
b O I.
And a lot of you guys seem to genuinely think that pedophilia literally only happened because a few people drew some pictures.
Yeah, no.
That’s a serious mental problem that doesn’t just happen because someone drew a picture of a kid and a triangle.
Again, I’m not mad if you don’t ship what I ship. I mad because people go around calling me and a lot of other people these fucked up words, sending death threats and other not ok things.
You can rant and scream that we’re being problematic and horrible people but at the end of the day all we did was write a dumb story and draw something while you told someone they were a rapist pedophile
If you see something that upsets or triggers you or just something you don’t like then block the person, block the tag or just ignore it
Ship what you ship. Don’t ship whatever you want. Just don’t actually attack or hurt anyone, ok?
IM GOING TO TAG SOME OF THE SHIPS I HAVE THAT ARE CONSIDERED “PROBLEMATIC” IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THESE SHIPS OR THE THINGS I’VE SAID IN THIS POST THEN PLEASE BLOCK OR UNFOLLOW ME.
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Arguments used by antis
- “FICTION AFFECTS REALITY!1!1!” - Does that mean we should stop watching GoT for normalising incest (don’t say it hasn’t. I’ve actually seen people on Facebook saying that they’re desensitised thanks to the show) and playing video games (wouldn’t want children thinking it’s okay to start killing people, right?)?
- “PEOPLE ARE TRIGGERED!1!1!”/“IT’S GROSS!1!1!” - So blacklist the tags and block the blogs. If you see something not being tagged properly then ask the poster to do so and block them if necessary. It’s not rocket science, people.
- “IT’S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE (INSERT REASON HERE)!1!1!” - So? You don’t always see people saying a ship is healthy when it isn’t. We acknowledge it’s unhealthy yet we ship it anyway.
- “PEDOPHILES THINK IT’S OKAY WITH YOU DEFENDING IT!1!1!” - So I’m supposed to stop doing something I like because someone can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality? In which case, stop watching GoT, playing GTA etc. If you try saying this is different, you’re a hypocrite. It isn’t.
- “IT’S ILLEGAL!1!1!” - Correct. Pedophilia IS illegal. With REAL children. You see someone drawing cartoon characters together, that isn’t illegal. However, if that image was based on a real child then yes, it would be illegal.
- “DON’T YOU HAVE A SIBLING?!1!1!” - I know people who ship incest that have siblings. There are survivors who use problematic ships to cope. Don’t tell them they can’t do it, everyone has different ways of coping.
- “THEY’RE REAL PEOPLE!1!1!” - I agree with this. I do believe everyone can ship what they want, but please do NOT go on an actor/blogger/etc.’s social media and ask/comment about the ship. Whether the two being paired are okay with it or not, it’s rude to bombard them with “I SHIP YOU WITH (insert name here)”, “AWW YOU TWO ARE SO CUTE” or “(ship name here) IS REAL”. It will make them uncomfortable and might even end their friendship.
- “YOU CONDONE INCEST/PEDOPHILIA/ABUSE IF YOU SHIP (INSERT SHIP HERE)!1!1!” - Again, it’s fiction. I would punch a pedophile in the face if I met one. Just because we ship it doesn’t mean we condone it.
You don’t get to say we can’t ship something or tell us to die for a FICTIONAL ship. Stop bullying people. If you’ve ever been bullied then you know what it’s like and you want another human being to feel the way you used to (maybe still do)? No matter what someone ships, it’s NEVER okay to bully them. You got a problem, you discuss it like an adult, regardless of your age. If you can’t do that and have to resort to calling someone names and making them feel bad about themselves, then you shouldn’t even be on the internet.
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some actually good gay films to close out pride month
Some of my personal favorite queer movies! Image limit is 10 per post, but there’s some others I’ve really liked so I might make a pt. 2!
Alex Strangelove - (Available on Netflix as of 4/19.) Dir. by Craig Johnson, 2018. Teen Comedy following closeted queer high school senior, Alex Truelove. Alex is a straight A student with a perfectly nice longterm girlfriend but his world is flipped upside down when he meets the handsome, charming and out gay kid from the other side of town. This is one of the lighter films on this list, for when you need some feel-good vibes and a nice laugh.
Boy Erased - Dir. by Joel Edgerton, 2018. In this Drama Coming-of-age film based off the memoir by Garrard Conley, the son of a small town Baptist pastor is outed to his family and sent away to a conversion therapy program. While there, he struggles with understanding the twisted and often backwards logic of those leading them. Troye Sivan played a very interesting character in this! This is definitely one of the tearjerkers on this list and contains some pretty dark material (including rape, physical and emotional abuse, religiously motivated abuse, and suicide) but I still highly recc it if you’re in the right emotional place to handle that.
But I’m a Cheerleader - Dir. by Jamie Babbit and released in 2000, this teen Comedy is a satirical and light hearted take on a serious subject, conversion camps. It also features two beloved actors now known for their repeated playing of queer characters, Natasha Lyonne and Clea Duvall, as love interests. Highschooler Megan considers herself to be the typical prototype of an American teenage girl. She has a football playing boyfriend (who she doesn’t particularly enjoy kissing) and a group of fellow cheerleader friends (who she might look at a bit too often.) She’s shocked when one day the people in her life sit her down, accuse her of being a lesbian, and ship her off to “True Directions.”
Carol - (Available on Netflix as of 4/19.) Dir. by Todd Haynes and released in 2015, this period drama is based off the 1952 novel “The Price of Salt” or “Carol” by Patricia Highsmith. Therese Belivet meets Carol Aird in December 1952 while she’s looking for a doll for her daughter. Carol is going through a divorce, Therese is relunctant to get serious with her boyfriend. The two women become fast friends and their relationship quickly develops into something more. People have some pretty divided opinions on this one, but I enjoyed it. The cinematography was beautiful and its a nice film for when you want to sit back and immerse yourself in something. Parts of it made me cry, but for the most part it was just a relaxing experience that didn’t take much emotional energy or brain power. This movie is also the reason you see queer women thirsting after Cate Blanchett all the time.
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Laga - (Available on Netflix as of 4/19.) This Hindi-language Coming of age comedy drama is directed by Shelly Chopra Dhar and stars both Sonam and Anil Kapoor. It tells the story of Sweety Chaudhary, a young closeted lesbian Punjabi woman, from childhood to present adulthood as she struggles to reconcile her sexuality with her family’s expectations and her culture. This! film! was! amazing! It’s what inspired me to make this list and I can’t reccomend it enough. I cried SO HARD. I laughed SO MUCH. It was such an enjoyable, cathartic, touching experience and its so important to support. It’s subtitled on Netflix in 5 language options (English, Spanish, French, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese).
Love, Simon - Dir. by Greg Berlanti and released in 2018. This comedy-drama follows closeted gay 17 year old Simon Spier as he begins interacting on the internet with and falling for an anonymous gay kid who goes to his school. This is probably one of the most popular queer films out there but I did watch and enjoy it and thought I would rec it anyways. It was genuinely so good! It’s another one of the lighter films on this list, and at times it had me simultaneously laughing and crying. Keiynan Lonsdale was cast as the love interest, is queer irl, and he makes some amazing music including his very gay single “Kiss the Boy.”
Moonlight - (Available on Amazon Prime Video as of 4/19.) Dir. by Barry Jenkins and released in 2016, this drama takes a look into three distinct chapters or stages in the life of Chiron, a young, queer black man growing up in Miami. It follows his journey to manhood as he’s guided by his family, friends, and community. Janelle Monae made her film debut in this!! i’m assuming most of you already know who she is, but if not: Janelle is pansexual and has been making some amazing, super immersive concept albums over the past decade. “Moonlight” is both the first LGBT-related film and the first film with an all-black cast to ever win an Oscar!!
Rafiki - Dir. by Wanuri Kahiu, premiered in 2018 at film festivals. Okay so I’m just gonna go ahead and admit I haven’t seen this personally yet because it hasn’t had it’s US wide release yet (but it’s slated for sometime in 2019!!!) and I can’t afford film festivals, but i already know from the trailer that it’s gonna be amazing and I’m gonna love it. “Rafiki” tells the story of Kena and Ziki, two young queer Kenyan girls, as they’re forced to choose between their personal truth and the desires of everyone around them. This was the first ever Kenyan film to be screened at Cannes Film Festival and was actually banned in Kenya.
The Handmaiden - (Available on Amazon Prime Video as of 4/19.) Loosely based off the novel “Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters this film was directed by Park Chan-wook and released in 2016. It’s primarily in Korean with some Japanese, and English subtitles are available. Ive seen it described as a “lesbian revenge thriller” before and thats pretty accurate. Set in 1930s Korea under Japanese occupation it tells the story of a orphaned pickpocket sent to relieve a wealthy lady of her inheritance.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post - dir. by Desiree Akhavan and based off the novel of the same name by Emily M. Danforth, this coming of age drama is set in the early 90s and follows teenager Cameron Post after she is outed as gay and sent away by her Aunt to “God’s Promise” a Christian gay conversion camp. While there she befriends Jane Fonda, a disabled lesbian raised on a hippie commune and Adam Red Eagle, a lakota two spirit whose father recently converted to Christianity.
“One phrase… and he managed to destroy all the problems I’ve been carrying.”
- soulmate au where both person can feel e/o’s feelings, person a and person b are both in a sports team. person a feels conflicted and pushes person b away.
- person b can’t handle person a’s rejection and starts taking suppressants pills. it blocks the connection between the two of them.
- somehow it works. the two of them neither pursues relationship and had put their career as their topmost priority.
- it goes downhill when person b gets drunk after losing a game. the team is solemn and person a feels shitty and anger is thrumming under their skin.
- person a and b fights and due to inebriation, person b forgets to take their pill.
- it all hits person a at once, all the repressed feelings person b has for person a. anger, sadness, and underneath is a familiar one persona a never thought he’ll feel again.
- person b steps back and person a can feel the anxiety and fear rolling off in waves, person a realizes person b is afraid of them and it slams hard in their chest that they’ve been hurting person b.
- and relieved. for once in their life, person a is relieved that they can feel person b.
- with the pills, he felt empty. overwhelmed w/ the feelings filling inside their lungs, their bones, their gut — person a doesn’t have the energy to stop the sob coming from their mouth.
- person b startles and collects person a in their arms. person a cries harder and presses their face to person b’s neck, presses their body to person b. person a wants all of it, wants all of person b.
- person a can feel the worry, confusion, and fear but most of all he can feel person b’s love. it’s buried but it’s steady and keeping person a anchored.
- they fell asleep like that. person b cradling person a in their arms. they’re not okay. there’s a lot of miscommunication and words left unsaid. as person a wakes up, he thinks — it’s a start. they have a lifetime to fix that.