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artigas · 4 days

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I’m really happy that Black Sails is experiencing a bit of a renaissance, but (predictably) some of the takes I’m seeing online are so busted. It’s wild to me that anyone would complain about the fact that Anne Bonny kisses Jack after she’s developed this life-changing relationship with Max. It’s absolutely wild to see anyone roll their eyes or feel uncomfortable about the fact that Flint has sex with Miranda when he returns to her in season one or that Max is most likely a lesbian but actively has sex with men for pay and knows how to make that pleasurable. It’s crazy to me that some of the very audiences who claim to want queer representation feel so discomforted when they actually see the mess and seeming inconsistencies of queerness that they asked for.

The reality is that there are lesbians who have had (and will have!) meaningful, mutually-gratifying, and deeply sexual relationships with men. There are gay men who’ve enjoyed having sex with women, who are gay as the day is long and nevertheless feel sexually attracted to a woman or two and are nevertheless gay men, full stop. There are gay cis men who are happily married to trans women. There are femme dom tops and butch bottoms and there are mascs afab people who like femme boys. There are non-binary people and trans men who actively identify as lesbians. There are ace and aro people who enjoy thinking about and engaging with sex — sometimes in fiction and sometimes in real life. Queerness, in fiction and in reality, defies neat categorization. That is the beauty, power, and (perceived) unorthodoxy of queerness.

Now, I’ll say this — do I think the straight men behind Black Sails were actively thinking deeply and insightfully about the paradoxes and fuckery of queer identity when they wrote Black Sails? No! By their own admission, Steinberg and Levine have owned up to the fact that some of the writing of the show was really hinged on their own blind spots as people who are not (to my knowledge) members of the queer community. If I want to be generous, I think that the beautiful mess of Black Sails is that, in not feeling like experts enough to designate specific identity labels to any of their characters, the writers stumbled their way into more authentic representation of lived queer experience, which is to say that the notion that James Flint was actively thinking of himself as a gay man was anachronistic. As many lesbian archivists and theories have noted, the notion of a queer identity — as in, queerness is who you are, not what you do — was patently unthinkable for most cultures in the past. In other words, the idea that Anne Bonny operates in the eighteenth century as a lesbian and thus would not willingly engage in relationships with men is not only untrue of the series, but untrue of most recorded lesbian experiences in the real world. The notion that a lesbian would operate her entire life without engaging sexually or romantically with men, for instance, is a very new privilege that some of us are very lucky to enjoy, but it is not true for the vast majority of human history — hell, it’s not even true of our present world.

This is all to say that think that there’s something really funny about how we want queer characters to fit into neatly organized boxes. This isn’t a new problem, either. When the show was still airing, the BS fandom would get itself into tizzies about wether or not Flint is gay or bisexual, wether or not Anne Bonny is a lesbian, wether or not Silver is queer when his only canonical relationship is with Madi, etc etc. We’ve been having these discourses for years and I don’t know. I get that much of it is fueled by how badly some people want to see themselves represented in media, but . . . well. The siloing of queer characters and queer narratives into neat little boxes has never felt very authentic to me and nine times out of ten, it’s also just so damn boring.

#black sails #anyways I gotta stop yapping #its just wild seeing the same arguments play out on twitter and other corners of tumblr when like #lmao I was there for the day when like 2.5 people got very angry that I referred to Max as a queer woman ONCE #and interchangeably with calling her a lesbian lmao #when I tell you … I love this show but those writers were not being that intentional with any of this lmao

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beanghostprincess · 3 months

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Saying Sanji is "straight-washed" might be the funniest thing in the whole world because yes, his character is heavily queer-coded and reflects queer experiences, and no, it is not about his sexuality. It's about his gender. You got it a bit wrong, bestie.

#and you mean to tell me..... the character known for liking women an insane amount... got straight-washed for liking women or???#even if sanji were canon bi that statement would be bi erasure bc bi people like women too that's- that's the fucking definition #sorry i know i said i didn't want to be in the drama anymore but it makes me angry #like i can see the layer of sexuality in his coding but it is def not the main thing #you can see him as gay ofc because his experience could reflect your queer experience that way but it is not canon what are you saying #you can tell me sanji is straight and i'll take it even if i don't believe it. but you cannot tell me he's cis i will fucking lose it then #one piece #black leg sanji

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never-forget-viva-la-pluto · 2 months

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TW:transphobia, murder, transmisogyny, death, suicide mention

this is mostly a rant that i just need to get off my chest

Trans women are censored, harassed and ignored, stalked, and another trans child has been murdered. its a bad time to be trans in many countries rn

If you think that those things dont go hand in hand then you are wrong. Ignoring a trans women when she reports harassment and stalking is how trans women get killed. when a trans man gets excluded from lgbt spaces bc he is transitioned and people think that men=bad, it leaves him without support if he is suicidal or being harassed. When a child is seen as something other than human because they are non binary, officials don't call an ambulance when they are injured and thats how kids die. What happened to Nex was murder.

The ceo isnt committing murder, but he is contributing to the culture that gets people killed and i hope he feels bad about it, especially since tumblr is the one place where a lot of trans people feel safe being themselves.

@photomatt when the statistics have the faces of your friends it is very hard to take you seriously when you have been so glib about the experiences of the trans women on this site. Trans women are some of the most brutalized and murdered people in the world so sorry if I find the car hammer explosion joke funny. Against @predstrogen you look pathetic. I can guarantee she has gotten real death threats. How do i know? bc I have too, as most of the trans people online have.

Enough of that. FELLOW TRANS!! FELLOW QUEERS!!!

LINK TO TRANS RESOURCES INCLUDING SUICIDE HOTLINES:

Don't give up, and dont stop being angry. We deserve to exist and we deserve to be treated like human beings!

#transgender #transphobia #nex benedict #rest in peace nex #black trans lives matter #please let me know if i tag this improperly #ive seen a lot of names and faces of trans people who are no longer here and it never gets easier #no wonder so many of us off ourselves #it hurts to trans a lot of the time anyway #carhammerexplosionmatt #predstrogen #and this goes double for queers of color #lgbtq resources #trans hotline #suicide hotline #this is mostly a rant #i am just so angry #suicide mention #death mention

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the-music-maniac · 2 years

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You ever think about how historically inaccurate the depiction of pirates with a cast of entirely straight characters are, considering how widely common and accepted homosexual relationships were on ships, not to mention the existence of matelotage which was essentially a same sex marriage arrangement that was often romantic and sexual in nature? And how heteronormativity has somehow become so prevalent that people today are convinced that lgbt pirates are the thing that's unrealistic???

Because I do

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yeniasworld · 2 months

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I have carried the weight of a broken heart for an extended period, not due to a romantic relationship, but rather the hardships of life. It has been a prolonged period of darkness, where distinguishing between light and darkness became impossible. Now, all I perceive is the brightness that comes from enduring such darkness. The journey towards freedom came at a great cost, one that was far from easy to bear.

① Sad

I've been carrying the weight of a broken heart for such a long time, but not because of a romantic relationship, but because of the challenges life has thrown at me. It's been a really tough and dark period, where it felt impossible to see any light. But now, all I can see is the shining brightness that comes from overcoming that darkness. The journey towards freedom was definitely not easy, but it was totally worth it.

• Happy

I've been burdened with the weight of a broken heart for what teels like an eternity, and it's not because of some sappy love affair, but because life just loves to throw obstacles my way. It's been an incredibly grueling and gloomy period, where any glimpse of light seemed utterly impossible. But now, all I can see is the blinding brilliance that radiates from conquering that darkness. The path to liberation was far from a walk in the park, but damn, was it worth every ounce of effort.

C Angry

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theevenusianwitch · 10 months

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i want so badly to feel anything else than what i feel right now when i think about myself. i think about my life. life’s sweet to children who don’t speak. voices never mattered if you only wanted to silence mine to keep hearing yours. i think about everything possible in order to keep myself from drowning. i think. but the pressure just grows and my body’s been strong but do i have to stay like this? when will it end? when i needed you to be there, you weren’t. i remember every ounce of anger you took out on me. do you feel good about beating fear into me? i feared you longer than i ever respected you. i don’t know if i can respect you when i’m still so afraid of you. we sit in a hollow house with our own bubbles of bad fortune taking it out in our own ways. if i wasn’t still afraid to talk to you without my words being heard fully i would have done it ages ago. i would have ran to the depths of the earth finding myself quicker if i didn’t have to appease you and your demons. i wanted to be perfect so you never complained about me. so many people thought you were proud of me with the same breath you tried kicking me out with. you were softer than the rest but still let the weight of my unknown sins beat me. could i ever truly describe the agony i felt for all my formative years without punching it into you too. should i scare you into seeing me as a person or will you grow up too? i think about the summer with holes in my heart because i loved everyone better from a distance. so maybe it was me all along being the issue. my attitude. my desire for freedom. my will to be stubborn so i can take my autonomy from you. i don’t know why you feel so entitled to my personhood. it’s not like you cared when i was 10. 14. 17. 18. 21. those aren’t even close to how many nights i wished i could cry to release the pressure. how many nights i sat awake at night just to feel peace for the first time. to exist freely and alone. i should reach towards community for comfort but which community will ever give me comfort when i feel unwanted in those as well. mother you told me you were proud of “me” but i knew better. i knew how you felt. mother you can’t see i’m not a servant anymore because you didn’t grow when i did. you still see a tiny child you can push around without acknowledging how much you’ve truly hurt me. i used to hit my head and scratch at my wrists hoping i’d feel the gentleness of a mother but i only knew that it takes pain to feel love then. love should not be so painful it makes you question if you’re wanted by anyone. love shouldn’t leave you crying for experiencing earth for the first time. love should be warm like black tea on a rainy fall morning and the dew of spring when the flowers start blooming. love doesn’t hit you for being something other than what they want. i want to scream at everyone who was there but did nothing but what would i even say. does this voice move you or is it too small for you to care to hear. i could tell you i hated peas and cauliflower easily but you slapped my mouth for saying i’d prefer a wife. you punched my chest and choked me for not understanding your anger at me so much i stopped wondering. i knew what your walking pattern was like so i knew when my false hope of a savior was never coming. children should be heard too.

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breeeliss · 2 years

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this whole mother’s day strike is exactly why I do not enjoy commiserating with white women about women’s rights.

like white women and women of color are at fundamentally different places with their activism, and it’s obvious that you’ve never organized for anything in your life before today. which means you don’t show up for anyone aside from yourself and you don’t listen to women of color and you don’t care about other people’s rights until it directly concerns you.

like, yes, it’s not gonna work, but it’s just fucking offensive reading through the whole thing. the audacity to make a mutual aid section on your site that’s just “if you see someone struggling, maybe give them a hand.” that is not what mutual aid is, this is not what community organizing is, you’re doing a whole lotta nothing.

#bree talks #politics #cw politics #it's dumb but it also legitimately makes me angry #there's always something so off about seeing white women get riled up when abortion comes up #and this is why #it's always so performative #so surface level #like where is this anger for black women #for trans people #for queer people #for disabled people #idk man im mad about everything in the world #and then on top of that we have this ridiculous excuse for a strike #whipped up in 3 DAYS #with some random conglomerate of white women telling me how to organize #gtfo with this shit please my god

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glam-rock-boots · 1 year

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to live is one hell of an act of defiance

#elio thoughts #transgender #lgbtq #transmasc #queer #kinda vent post??#listen i am just very sad and angry #and listening to the black parade isn’t helping #but at the same time it is #i am not afraid to keep on living #so true gerard way *has tears in my eyes and is gritting my teeth to try and stop crying*

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intoxicatinginsanity · 2 years

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Every time I think Joanne Fucking Rowling couldn't possibly get more bigoted and stoop any lower than she already has; she goes "Hold my fucking beer". I would say I am surprised but honestly I'm just so fucking tired and disgusted. I truly fucking hate that she is what she is. And that the marginalized people she is harming the most, were people who used to truly love her and her works. People that once found them as a means of escaping the same bullshit, she actively participates in. From the bottom of my heart I hope she fucking rots.

#vent post #i am pissed #fuck you joanne signed a very angry queer autistic black girl #j.k rowling #joanne rowling #ink black heart #anti rowling #anti jkr #fuck rowling #robert galbraith #venting #i hope she never knows a moment of peace again

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luesmainblog · 2 years

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i’ve been thinking a lot lately about the recent events in my country, and to be frank, i feel i have a patriotic duty to get political for a moment. The United State of America is not a christian theocracy, nor should it be. The american constitution promises a right to Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness. we are promised Religious Freedom, and Freedom of Speech. all of these things are values I hold dear to my heart. i have been taught from childhood to believe in them, and to love them, and even now as an adult capable of thinking critically about what i have been taught, i still do. and with that comes an acceptance of different forms of life. i do not believe you can honestly call yourself a patriotic american in one breath, and then dictate that the laws should be changed because of what the bible says in the next. being able to force your own beliefs onto others is NOT a part of religious freedom; when you use the bible to defend your positions in how the law should be changed or upheld, you are explicitly denying your fellow americans their right to religious freedom. it does not matter how deeply you believe these things, it does not matter how immoral you consider it to not follow them, it does not matter how deeply you believe that these beliefs come from your god and not from yourself. you do not have the right to force others into your own beliefs. if you do not have a nonreligious argument for your stance, then you do not have an argument. I am religious myself. i have my beliefs, i have things i believe in deeply, and i’m fully aware of how they effect my views on morals, and politics, and how i feel the world ought to be. and yet, i don’t demand that the calenders be changed to include my holidays and practices. and yet, i don’t throw a fit when i’m wished good times for a holiday i don’t celebrate. and yet, i keep my religion out of the discussion when the time comes to speak of politics. and yet, i do not bring my beliefs into every conversation i have in the hopes that i might convert everyone around me. and yet, when atrocities are committed against things that others hold sacred, i am saddned, even though they hold no meaning to me. because i respect your constitutional right to believe in whatever gods you fucking want to, and live according to that. but if your god demands that you ignore that right, that you throw that respect to the wind, that you judge all around you for not adhereing to YOUR ways, then your god has no place in the laws of america. if you demand that transgender people be forced to live as what you want them to be because “that’s how god made them”, you are not a patriot. if you cheer when the government bans abortion because “the soul is created at conception”, you are not a patriot. if you allow the government to dictate what consenting adults do within their own bedrooms because “there’s only one godly way to do it”, you are not a patriot. if you refuse to accept your social responsibility to prevent the deaths of your fellow americans, you are not a patriot. if you are ITCHING to unload your guns onto your fellow americans because they’re liberals and queers and heretics, you are NOT a patriot. if you stand with the government figures who seek to deny us our rights because it aligns with your view of the bible, then you are not patriotic. you are a fucking traitor, and you will be the reason that america falls.

#rant #political #american politics #tw #abortion #homophobia #transphobia #long post #violence #i'm so fucking sick of these right-wing confederates dictating that THEIR way is the american way.#i get it. the right has had a stranglehold on the idea of patriotism for a long time now.#nationalism is built on that.#and having any pride in this country is pretty fucking hard when it continues to be this disgusting #and when it's very foundation is built on racism and opression and the genocide of natives.#but god damn y'all i am so SICK of letting THEM dictate what it means to be a Real American.#if we want to fix what america started as then we need to begin with what it is NOW.#and don't think for a SECOND that i am forgetting about everything we've already been angry about this whole time.#the murders of black children. the antisemetism. the oppression of all things queer. the islamophobia.#it's all fucking interconnected.#and right now i'm mad at the source more than anything else.#removing evangelical christianity from politics would not magically solve everything #but it would be a FUCKING improvement.#white supremecy would not have nearly the leg to stand on it has if it wasn't so deeply tied into people's religious beliefs.

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mechawolfie · 1 year

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finding a neat looking sdv expansion mod only to see the new npcs it adds r just more white ppl

#smudgy.txt #i dont understand why anyone would think theyd need to add More whiteness to this game and #not understanding things makes me angry so now i hate that game #i got the diversity mod too n it was cool but the game at its core just feels so. white #and by white i mean boring as hell <3 #sorry im being snippy bc im upset. i dont like it when i find smth that'd usually be right up my alley #only to realize it's not bc it is just Very obvious the that creators did not have someone like me in mind when they were creating it #it is a very Safe game which does not feel safe to Me #bc what's Safe is decided by people who either could never consider my existence or outright find my existence upsetting #maybe thats why things like DE & tgm feel comforting to me #they dont feel White in that specific way that Safer things tend to #......also maybe farming sims just arent my thing ADGFFSHDFH #BUT I SWEAR THEY WOULD BE IF THEY JUST BOTHERED TO BE COOL. LIKE CMON #LIKE HAVE SOME CATBOYS OR SOMETHING AT LEAST. JESUS #MAN if there were some sort of sim set in the lxh world. id die of pure peace of heart #peaceful & wholesome as h*ck. casual queerness & disability. AND it's got catboys. like COME. ON.#n ok sure there's only like 1 black character. but have u considered that shes cool as hell & i love her so so much

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poppiesforthirteen · 2 years

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<33 better late than never? :P

👀 putting it on the list

absolutely - i mean you're perfectly in time for the mcr revival, it's a much better time than my 13 year old self having to mourn being too late to see them as a group

and i am SO excited, god famous last words is just the peak of an INSANELY good album (though welcome to the black parade is. it's so good in such a different way both songs rip my soul to shreds though)

#poppy answers #mcr my beloved #the black parade (album) is also the only thing that can effectively pull me out of Angry Overstimulation #mcr is neurodivergent queer rights therefore it must be connected to the doctor who is both

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britneyshakespeare · 2 years

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You know last week before my night class started I was chatting with this girl who sat across from me and mentioned how I was tired and could really use a cup of coffee and she goes "oh, so I guess coffee is your spirit animal?"

And I was like... no... no not really...

#she recited a few other internet one-liners to graze over it but it was weird #text post #tales from diana #not that these are at all comparable bc they're very different in nature but #kaily and i were having a conversation yesterday abt how it feels all the sudden as a white person when another white friend suddenly drops #like the ironic n-word in front of you out of nowhere. probably just to be funny most of the time.#im always like. HUH???? DO YOU EXPECT ME TO LAUGH RIGHT NOW????#i call it out as gross but it's always unexpected and disappointing.#like not only would you use that word so brazenly. but you expect me to giggle nd laugh along and validate it? NOT the case whatsoever dude #the spirit animal thing is a different form of casual racism bc a lot of ppl don't truly know wtf a spirit animal is #they just think the words sound funny together. it's a form of hyperbole to say x is your spirit animal #especially if it's not an animal???#remember when directioners would always joke niall was their spirit animal... *shivers*#to get back to the n word thing briefly bc i had one more thing to say #one of my friends i made recently had to drop a lot of toxic cishet white guy friends #she's a black queer latina immigrant who kinda had a tendency to want to befriend ppl she was afraid could hurt her #i didn't see this happen in front of me. but apparently they'd drop casual n words EVEN W THE HARD R in front of her and like #look to her for approval?!?!?!?!?#and she told me 'i feel bad bc they probably don't know better' (& she was naturally also very afraid of seeming 'angry' @ them)#& i was like. oh no girl. like. there's a lot of shit white guys don't know & won't teach themselves #like a lot a lot. that's not one of them though.#even if you're a white kid who grew up in a 97% white suburb (like me) you heard growing up not to use that word bc it's offensive #men who are like 30 years old and working in a multicultural educational system heavily frequented by immigrants... they SHOULD know better #that they somehow don't is embarrassing AT BEST but i know those guys & they're actually racist #that was a few months ago though since she dropped them (it was their own fault... i didn't tell her what to do but they caused this drama)#(no need to explain but someone was a COMPLETE jerk and ran away w no apologies... fuck that guy)#ive really enjoyed getting to know her and the other night she sent me a message abt how she really feels loved and accepted #by me :) and kaily and a few other ppl ive introduced her to. she's had a terrible history w friendships & relationships in this country #that made me feel very warm bc i really do love her she's a fun person to be around and talk to. we have a lot of common interests #yeah. rant turns to wholesome story in the tags to start your morning.

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genderfreakxx · 9 months

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It really makes me so sad that Ronnie Radke is transphobic in that very Twitter specific way

#why does he have to be so ignorant #I don’t know much about him tbh my friend loves him endlessly and #ze has invited me to a free ride concert to see FIR twice now and all I’ve seen from his twitter is that he’s anti vax and anti mask and now #I guess fucken ignorantly transphobic?? like. he thinks all trans people want women to be forced into being called birthing people.#he thinks tampon brands are hiring Dylan Mulvaney to be their spokeswoman #he said ‘well I identify as black so if you disagree you’re a bigot’#like it’s the Idiot Transphobe 101 shit #and I don’t know anything else I’m just. like. he puts on a good show and I personally love the revamped I’m Not A Vampire #and the original!! his music speaks so much to me as an overly dramatic asshole with addiction issues!!#it just sucks. why do people have to be so chronically online.#and his audience is SO fucking queer #it’s just. sad.#they really really love him. and he’s just out here spreading false ideology that will both abstractly and directly harm them #and I hate that he’s built such a platform on being an asshole- which I normally love- that he’s using this to avoid educating himself #he literally doesn’t even call trans people ‘trans people’ he just says ‘trans’#like. ‘why would Tampax allow trans to be their spokesperson’#dude. cmon.#blithering on #I hate how much he means to people who are queer and how he’s just. being fucking STUPID #god I’m angry at a random dude. fuck me and fuck this dude I’m an asshole and so is he but he’s just. Touch grass for the love of christ

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wis-art · 2 months

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I'm sorry but I'm just so angry, we really do need to include black people in queer art there is no queer history without black people I'm tired of barely seeing any black coded characters on this site. Being queer is not a white thing but it feels like it's the default on this website.

#I'm sorry but there are barely any designs that look like my bf in the gay corners #they're the vast majority i feel like people like him are often overlooked and forgotten and it makes me mad #im mad that righteous torrence chevy hill was killed #I'm mad that people like him and my bf often dont get recognized in art #im mad that my bf is scared #im mad about lots of things

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cetoddle · 1 year

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unless a book was written over the course of a decade and was lovingly and thoughtfully crafted by the author and their readers during this period then the amount of time it took a book to be written will never ever be a selling point for me

#god whats that one book #the night and its moon ? piper cj yeah thats the bitch #didnt she say she wrote at least the draft or something in like. one night.#and it shows :|#books like this are SO goddamn common its genuinely driving me crazy #and these shitty shitty books sell and do numbers anyways #so long as its marketable on tiktok #with no meaningful point to be made it's just a terrible scrambled mix of fanfic tropes #slapped onto a generically designed cover #and then the tiktok teens praise it to hell and back for having a single queer character #and we just don't talk about how STILL it's 2023 for gods sake and authors are using poc esp black characters as tokens #who still continue to fit into one of like three stereotypes only serve to support a white character and then probably die anyways #and then everyone forgets about the book as soon as something else comes out #what are we doing #books used to be good :(#even bad books at least used to be fun u know #i'm so so so angry #okay goodbye hope u didnt actually read all that 💀#i dont even know what im saying im just so over this shit u know #snow.txt

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