This Is The Most Relatable Thing I’ve Seen In A W H I L E

There’s also a thing that people who think they’re being accepting do where they go “Not wanting romance is SO SAD AND LONELY! Not wanting to read romance novels is SEXIST! Not wanting a partner makes you a FREAK! Not having sex with your partner is BAD and ABUSIVE! Not feeling sexual attraction to your partner means there is SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU!… unless you’re aromantic or asexual, of course! Then you get a pass.” The only acceptable reason to deviate from the amatonormative and sexnormative societal norm is to claim an identity label that exempts you. The actual thing you’re doing is still bad… but don’t worry it’s OK for you to do it! It feels like, we haven’t actually challenged any norms at all, you just get a pass on them because you can’t help it, poor thing. If you have the capacity to feel these, you have the obligation to; you are only exempt if you claim an identity that says that you are unable to. It implies that we would if we could, but we can’t, and it’s merely unfair to punish us for our shortcomings. Romance and sex are still social requirements, that hasn’t changed, we just are allowed a pass on it because we are unable to meet them. (And we’re still expected to reassure everyone that of course we recognize that their romance and sex is far more important than anything we will ever be able to have!)

I don’t want aros and aces to get special exemption from the requirement to have romance and sex and romantic attraction and sexual attraction; I want that to not be a requirement for anyone.

Sneak peek for tomorrow, going to have some fun👌🏾✨👌🏾✨

I feel like Shonen Manga should have the rival character double as a love interest.

A lot of this discourse made me realize that the problem has been that the rival character should be female more. Like Shonen Jump editorial will encourage male leads to be promoted as the face of the series but why not let the rival/lancer be a girl?

I mean, that's how a lot of shows and movies I saw growing up did it.

Like it often does come down to either blindspot on the part of the author (male or female, sexism rots all of our brains) or editorial too concerned with demographics like a girl becoming less appealing when they take the battle damage the boys will often get.

Even so, the Love Interest in and of itself often shows the hand of the author when they’re not allowed to be too much outside of that. But when they’re packaged with another archetype like rival or nemesis or best friend, they’re more of a likelihood that the audience will be able to see how our protagonist would fall for them.

Especially with rival characters where there’s a clash of ideologies along with the protagonist learning that there will always be somebody to surpass and the rival learning that their dogmatic stance doesn’t got to be the end-all-be-all.

If the hero guy needs a clean heterosexual romance to appease editorial, making the rival the girl they’re gonna be set up with or the best friend would make it all the more smoother.

Basically, what I’m saying is that if Sasuke was a girl, then NaruSasu would be guarunteed an endgame.

Buuuuuuut this often clashes with certain unconscious or not biases that male authors and readers have about female character in action based storytelling. MistereFusion did an excellent breakdown on Videl’s tournament battle, how it was written and how it’s been received.

Namely how there’s an unfortunate mentality that’s the girls are either to be ejected quickly with a knockout lest their “physical qualities” are compromised or they are brutalized to show that they’re outta their depth and to create an air of seriousness all of a sudden.

when was someone gonna tell me this?? ??

i have two demons (they’re both johnny storm)

After months of studying and experimentation I’ve come up with a comprehensive list of Reds who are not allowed to be shipped with women

- Casey

- Jayden

- Jason

- Andros (no do I do not give a single shit about Andros/Ashley)

- Cole

- Shane

- Conner

- Nick (don’t gaf about Nick/Maddie)

- Troy

- Brody

- Zayto (tbh any Zayto ship is weird as fuck to me)

how mant applicants have you received so far? if you dont mind me asking

We have received a few dozen, but applications are still open and still being taken. None have been reviewed and no decisions made. We are waiting until after the application closes to begin that process. So if you are debating on whether to apply, it’s still not too late!

I’m loving this “tits out, hips out” agenda ✨

Dustin’s Design - Grid Gala 2025 WIP😈✨💛✨😈✨💛✨

Today for you guys I have a work in progress of Dustin’s grid gala outfit. Being one of the four rangers with a demonic/rebellious heavenly body for this event. His outfit is somewhat revealing with a Leo-based vibe since I got inspired by the lion demons of the Ars Goetia, he also takes inspiration from his own character themes and how a ferocious lion acts(His helmet is similar to an open maw with fangs, the spikes all resembling fangs). I also was inspired by Bayonetta's aesthetic and some AU designs of Dustin I made last year.

…Noticed the blue fangs kinda give off Space Godzilla vibes, but anyways stay tuned for May when I show off his final design!

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guess who’s replaying dragon quest 11~