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radiosandrecordings · 3 years

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5, jmart? :)

Y’know I really appreciate that TMA never has an ‘explaining to you that these characters are mlm’ scene but also. That does have implications and if they never had a convo off tape where they each learned the other was a Dude Liker, then I am kind of struck with the comedy of “Oh thank god they both were, they just kinda launched into the whole being in love thing without checking huh”

5) Things you didn’t say at all

“What’s up, mmh? You’re staring into space again.”

Jon looked up from his position on the bed, lying pressed up against Martin’s side, book lying open and discarded on what was probably his hip, under several layers of blanket.

“What? Oh, nothing really.”

“‘Nothing really’ always means something. I don’t want to push, if you don’t want to share, but you seem to have something on your mind.”

Jon spent a few seconds chewing his lip, before craning his neck up to meet Martin’s gaze. “It’s just... It’s so stupid, in the small scale of things? Laughably, almost, I mean there’s so many more big, important, world ending things I’ve spent the last three years trying to figure out and...” Martin gave him a nod to continue, “I just realised I’m not sure you ever actually told me that you like men?”

“... Well I do. Clearly.”

There were several seconds of silence proceeding that statement, culminating in an abrupt break into laughter from the pair. Jon’s face was flushed slightly, ducking his head in embarrassment, but managing to laugh along with Martin’s uproar.

“Seriously? Seriously? I don’t even know where to start with that. I mean, A) Yeah I mean I suppose it wasn’t really a priority to discuss who we thought was hot during our day jobs at the Eldritch Office, but like... B) I am honestly a little offended you couldn’t just tell, I mean, do you know how insulting it is that someone might look at me and go ‘Hmm, that’s a straight man right there’.”

Jon made noises of protest, none of which ever managed to resolve themselves into words. “It... I never thought about it, really! I knew Tim was bi, but I’m not sure he even knew I was...? It didn’t really come up. And secondly... Well, Georgie used to tell me that I had an abysmal... I believe the term she used was ‘gaydar’?”

“That’s the one!”

“Right. Well, apparently I’m just a bit shit on picking up on other queer people? I didn’t realise she was bi as well until she mentioned her ex-girlfriend several months into our dating. Apparently she had thought I’d known from her commenting on actresses in movies or the like, but I just... Never really connected the dots. She had just assumed that I was as well, apparently I just radiated the ‘energy’ in some way I’m still unaware of, so I never really formally had to have a coming out talk to her.”

“Huh, I don’t.. I don’t think I ever officially knew you did, either? But, I mean, I do have to agree with Georgie here. Even when you were all stuffy academic boss man, queer vibes. I wouldn’t have given you a second look if you didn’t, not going down that road.”

“That’s... Good to know, I think?” Jon smiled, before it morphed into a small sigh. “...I don’t think I’ve ever had to ‘come out’ to anyone at all, actually? I rather feel like I missed something.”

“Oh, well that’s... Hm.”

“That’s ‘Hm?’”

“Oh shut up... It’s just that... Well it’s not always a fun time, having to come out, so you’ve kind of saved yourself in that regard, and of course there’s the whole thing of how we have to come out while straight people just get assumed, but... I mean, better late than never?”

“I mean, I’d rather think you’d have figured out I’m also rather keen on men as well by now.”

Martin groaned. “Great, my boyfriend is hilarious.” There was an undeniable smile playing at his lips, though, despite the faux-annoyance. Both of them were still acclimating to the term and it resulted in large amounts of grinning and, on occasion, giggling, at each utterance. “I just meant like... If you wanted to. Just to, I don’t know, fulfil the imagined queer quota?”

Jon blinked, somewhat taken aback by the soft sincerity of Martin’s voice. “That... That might be nice, actually. Uhm. God, how does one even do it.”

“Different for everyone, I suppose. I can go first though, if you want?”

Jon nodded.

“Right. Well, I’m Martin Blackwood, and I’m very trans and very gay, and I’m very much in love with my boyfriend.” As he said the last part he reached forward, fingers coming together to hold Jon’s chin and tilt it up, before pressing a gentle kiss to his brow.

Jon, somewhat flushed, stammered through his words at first, trying to get his bearings. “I... God this is... I’m Jon, and I am, in the loosest definition of the word, a man and I.. Am biromantic asexual and, what a coincidence, am very much in love with my boyfriend as well.” Here he took Martin’s hand from where it rested atop the duvet and laced their fingers together, pressing a kiss to the back of Martin’s knuckles.

“Right, well that’s that. One thing off the bucket list.. Christ it’s nearly twelve, we should probably be up by now, right?”

Jon made a grumble of protest, followed immediately by an attempt to burrow further under the blankets and into Martin’s side. “Five more minutes and then we’ll make breakfast?”

“...Deal.”

#My Post #My Writing #Me writing anything: I will pepper in little a trans martin. for ben.#also I have only ever seen one other fic have Jon use the term biromantic to describe himself and dammit I'll grow that list myself #Asks #Jonmartin #The Magnus Archives #Martin Blackwood #Jonathan Sims #ghostbustermelanieking #Q Word

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horselover107 · 5 years

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@ultraericthered

I can’t respond directly to your post because your friend the mattress chose to block me.

I had a really long (well longer than this) thing prepared in response to you, but it won’t post because...blocked. Your friend literally implied that I don’t know the history of my favorite comic character. It’s not like I read every fucking issue of early amazing spider-man available in collection form or anything. Or hell, studied comics academically. Nope. I know nothing. Just a stupid woman who likes her stupid comic character and a fake nerd girl. Cool. Cool. Cool. Like seriously. I don’t know if you have any idea how condescending that is. Or hell not just me. The other fans that reblogged/liked my verison of the post as well. Like honestly please share this with your friend because how fucking dare you play the “you don’t know the source material” card.

Also I have no idea what the relevance of that link is. It goes to a fucking series of CBR articles recapping the era of MJ’s hair changes in the Romita era. It literally has nothing to do with any point you could possibly be making.

I had more to say but screw it im tired. It’s late I have shit to do tomorrow. Your friend said that so called MJ pursists wanted an adaption without any changes. I refuted that and you both came back and reframed the argument as “SEEEEEE their criteria for an adaption is just the blind date SEEEE”. Which is pretty much the opposite of what I said. With a healthy dose of “these people know nothing about what theyre talking about”. The strawman continues and fuck it I’m so fucking tired. You want to have this enemy that wants literally just the comics without any flexibility what so ever, and when people acknowledge that no. No that’s not true, you can do it but still have a better adaption than what’s out there, it becomes about how apparently all people care about is red hair (which...literally isn’t true? You can do the character without red hair—and zendaya would have been amazing as a more 616 accurate MJ. Had that been the case it also would have saved us from the unfortunate implications that the first poc in the role wasn’t even allowed to play a verison of the character with her name—almost as if the studio was afraid of her being Mary Jane. Which needless to say is disgusting if true). Because the fact of the matter is unfortunately the mcu is the loosest adaption of the Spider characters in terms of personality to date (edit: Japanese Spider-Man doesn’t count) and it suffers for it. MCU MJ is a loner and abrasive. The opposite of any other verison. It’s ok if you like as her own character but as an adaption she is literally the exact opposite of the character. Since apparently comparing other adaptions of things is out of the question. Let’s keep it to Spidey. She has as much in common with Gwen Stacy and ultimate Gwen did.

Your friend took the fan response to Spectacular MJ amd misrepresented it on purpose because they personally didn’t like that Verison.

And furthermore, comics may not be classic literature, but it’s super devaluing to imply they don’t matter enough to even bother adapting more their themes and character as anything more than in name only.

Tl;dr add these people to your block list fam @tierouy @diaryofthewifeofspiderman

#mary jane watson #mary jane watson discourse

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nancylou444 · 7 years

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wordyanon replied to your post: Because I’m a bitch, I did the survey.

It’s not being a bitch, it’s participating in academic research :) I use academic research in the loosest imaginable terms....

LMAO, but that person is not going to like our responses. :p

#wordyanon #messing with the #destiehellers #this is always entertaining

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gothipop · 7 years

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So last night in the midst of sleep deprivation and a Hollywood reporter interview marathon it occurred to me that this is the time in society to not wait for opportunities to be handed to you, but to create them yourself!

I have always enjoyed drama and everything about it but i always found it hard to play certain characters - I know the whole point of acting is to become someone else but you’ll see my point soon. With the now (more...kinda) inclusive representation of minorities in tv and television, it always irked (especially in high school) that female characters especially in theater, were never complex , only two dimensional. I always found that all the monologues i had to pick from for exams were about love interests, settling down or some superficial issue like what to wear.

So last night as i was eating my dinner and this thought of creating my own opportunities pooped all over my brain, I thought why not me?

why have i always considered myself to be “less than” or “not good enough” and therefor settling for whatever opportunities that were safe and within my academic field. I have put myself in to this box that, if I don’t get out soon, i will be stuck in.

i have always been a person who wants to create. I can’t draw or sing, but i can write and act (i say this in the loosest term). Although I had never really put much effort into it before I do recall being excited and happy, and isn’t that all we want from life?

Yes i do have low self esteem, anxiety and depression which has made me choose the easier and safer option in the past. But i hope 2017 will be the year which i will work through all my problems and work out what i really want from life.

I have a few ideas of what i want to do next. But i think putting them out there on the internet is a bit daunting for me even when i have little to no audience... but it’s one of those things where you should tell the world so you can be kept accountable for your words...

I will tell you now that i have so much anxiety writing this so i will hold of on it for now... but watch this space? if you’re reading this check in with me in a month to hold me accountable for whatever i am talking about?

idk

in other words pls validate me

#sleep deprived #nicole's existential crisis #hahah this is dumb but pls validate me

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