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She/her (they/them fine, too) • disabled, queer, artsy-craftsy, neurodivergent zillennial • multifandom • covid-conscious • intersectional or bust
You may be looking for my side blog, @thegentlesurvive , which is the bouba to this blog’s kiki (not that different, except there’s a lot more swiftie shit, non-fandom art, and the mediocre jokes are in cursive).
>Predominately Black led piece of media becomes popular.
>Among the characters there are one or two White characters with minor and/or distinctly antagonistic roles.
>White tumblr users focus entirely on said White characters.
>Tag of Black led piece of media is filled with posts about White character(s)
>Rinse. Repeat.
Rinse. Repeat
[ ID from Alt: a reply that reads: Except youre completely ignoring that villains are hot to queers because theyre gay coded in Hollywood. And idk if you've been on tumblr before... / End ID ]
the line of thinking from 'many villains have been queer coded (due to homophobia)' to 'being a villain is queer coded' is so fucking dismal. you people do not think with your brains
has anybody else noticed that the classic sci fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus features a Torment Nexus? that’s pretty problematic of the author
the main character eventually recognizes the torment nexus is bad but by that point I had already stopped reading the book because I don't condone the torment nexus, the narrative really should've condemned it outright :/
unwritten by natasha bedingfield is how allergy medicine is supposed to make you feel
i just dont think J Jonah Jameson would be an ally like that
have you ever seen this panel
im sorry mr. jameson i didnt know you were like that....
“you support gay rights so you must be gay”
i support animal rights do i look like a fucking alpaca to you
turns out i am gay
holy shit how’d this alpaca learn how to type
Diversity win! The alpaca is gay!
he was a llama
a llama?! he’s supposed to be dead!
@hellsite-hall-of-fame i think this deserves to be here
poem by langston hughes // the predatory wasp of the palisades is out to get us! by sufjan stevens // from war of the foxes by richard siken // art by archbudzar // rivers and roads by the head and the heart // signs by bloc party // in a dream you saw a way to survive by clementine von radics // anne sexton // the plagues by stephen schwartz // aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe by benjamin alire sáenz // elysium by bear’s den // as long as there is love, there will be grief by heidi priebe // five stages of grief by linda pastan // chasing shadows by alex warren // wandavision (2021) // eternity by alex warren and gigi perez // installation by robert montgomery // time does not bring relief, you all have lied by edna st. vincent millay // in the wind by lord huron // trade it all by jerub // ocean vuong // when you lose someone by nina nesbitt // jeff buckley // art by things you wanted to say but didn’t
Three things:
We need to isolate and start selectively breeding the plastic eating bacteria so we can optimise their efficiency, and then somehow splice their DNA into the gut bacteria of an obligate carnivore, so we can put it in our cats gut biomes so they'll finally be free of having to choose between whether they want to eat plastic or whether they want to live.
I love when trauma makes characters messy. I love when characters don't know how to show love. I love when they lash out. I love when they're vile and break down. I love characters who aren't perfect victims. I love when stories don't excuse behaviour but allow you to understand it
i am a SUCKER for characters who start out as copies of other characters but eventually become their own people, their own identities, completely different from who they once reflected
my publisher: Good morning! Huh did you advertise for the pre-sale yesterday? Because we launched twelve hours ago and we already made sales!
me: yeah, i posted on tumblr
publisher: .........tumblr?
me: that's where the gays are.
(link to Mrs. Victoria buys a brothel, a sapphic western)
update
publisher: And what is your marketing strategy on... tumblr?
me: idk, i shitpost at 2am?
publisher: .....and it works?
me: depends on what the gays find funny at that point in time.
publisher: Could I have a link to your tumblr?
me: .......absolutely not.
(link to Mrs. Victoria buys a brothel, a sapphic western where 50 year old women kiss and murder)
update!
publisher: I've been looking into tumblr, have you thought of using Blaze to promote your book?
me: NO
publisher: But it seems like an efficient way to get this in front of more eyes-
me: people on tumblr hate Blaze.
publisher: There is no algorithm and you can't pay to promote a post? I don't understand how anyone advertises anything on tumblr.
me: That's the best part. They don't. They can't.
(trying to make him understand that we do not control the attention. We just have to show something shiny and gay enough and if people are interested, they'll reblog.)
(Mrs. Victoria buys a brothel, a deconstruction of the colonialist cowboy mythos dressed up as a sapphic romance.)
update with picture of a pet!
This is Cosmos, my publisher's dog.
He barks at my publisher's phone notifications. So every time a book is sold, Cosmos barks.
It's been days.
I think you guys would love to know that when you buy a book, a dog barks in Vancouver, Canada.
(Mrs. Victoria buys a brothel, a story where women help women bury the body of your abusive husband.)
Well, that’s one book waiting for me when I get back home! Also, please tell your publisher Cosmos is the goodest dog 💖
