whats better than this? amis being amigos.

Canon

I haven’t seen it said, so I’ll say it.

If you look at it from a certain perspective, Diamond Days (and in a way–all of SU) is a metaphor for transphobia and dead naming.

Steven has spent his life being compared to Rose. Rose is gone. It’s Steven now. Everyone remembers and misses Rose, but his family loves Steven.

When Blue speaks to Yellow, she says, “She prefers to go by Steven now.” And all of the diamonds refer to him as “she/her/Pink.”

When White (substitute a trans/homophobic grandma if you will) demands him to Look like Pink again, he snaps. “SHE’S GONE!”

White tells him that he’s deceived himself and that Pink is still in there. She’s not. When Steven sees that it is–in fact–HIM inside of his gem, he is so overjoyed.

Idk. Just like all of the misgendering and deadnaming in this season got to me. It made me understand the trans community in a way that I’ve tried and failed to do myself.

However, as Steven himself sang,

“I don’t need you to respect me, I respect me. I don’t need you to love me, I love me. I just need you to know-You could know me if you changed your mind.”

I can’t believe that I’ve never thought of this!

New trans anthem, Y/Y?

What’s really great is if you accept this as a trans allgory never once is Steven forced to perform as masculine in order to be accepted as male. He wears pink, is in touch with his feelings and likes to discuss things, dances and sings, has no quams with wareing a dress on an occasion. No one questions his vaildly as guy just because his interests are traditionally seen as feminine.

Happy Meat Day everyone!

Several people have pointed out that in many countries outside the U.S., dates are written day/month rather than month/day, which would make Meat Day actually September 2nd. To which I would like to say:

1. In Japan it’s month/day, so February 9th would technically be the correct date 2. That being said… two Meat Days

@desnaa asked for all three gem fam hugs in one post, so, here they are! i added some effects to the garnet one so they’d look nicer together. =^u^=

thank you!! they’re all so precious 😭❤️

My dash has been flooded with cute toon characters lately!! So I wanted to make some, somewhat therapeutic, mother and daughter toon characters of my own! Here are Chroma (mother) and Hue (daughter) Peindre. They are paint tubes, I used to love to paint when I had time. They change colors with extreme emotions, Chroma less so since she can control her emotions better. The first pic is their relaxed states. 

team mysterious leg bruise

Informative wildlife poster or my new business card tagline?

comic I made for the @loveshishouzine last year!

please support this interracial french gay couple and their 20 kids

“You’d struggle to pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel”

God DAMN thats some Shakespearean shit right there

audio recreation of an old classic

this morning I got the okay from the higher ups to post fan art so yall are in for a Ride

Just a gentle reminder for tumblr users with anxiety, panic disorders or who get nervous quickly: 

- Chain mail, “reblog this or..” posts etc. don’t work. They’re not real. Nothing bad will happen if you don’t forward that mail or reblog that post. 

- “If you don’t reblog this, you’re a bad person” is a lie. You’re not a bad person for not clicking a button. 

- You are allowed to unfollow blogs that post triggering contents. 

- You’re not weak or a crybaby for avoiding things that are triggering. Far from it, you’re taking care of yourself. That’s amazing! 

Blocking people or filtering tags isn’t weak and you’re not weak or childish for doing it.

lucky cat jacket > lucky jacket

new boyfriend! i love him with my whole heart💖💕💞💗