this is something i’ve talked about quite a bit with a friend, but i figured i’d share it here just because i think it’s an interesting and informative mindset to look at current media with… basically, i had the chance to talk to [writer who works for major media corporation, not involved with any of the examples i mention] a bit ago and they said that when they tried to include a trans character in their story, the direction they were given from higher-ups was that “they can BE trans, but they can’t SAY they’re trans.” and i think hearing this really made a lot of things click into place for me regarding, like, queer characters as a whole?
like. i think it’s the reason that someone like captain angel in strange new worlds can use they/them pronouns and talk to spock about not fitting into boxes but can’t SAY that they are nonbinary/trans. it’s the reason those gundam girls can propose and get matching rings, but as soon as a voice actor says they’re gay, bandai scrambles to “correct” it. kirara from jjk can have a middle school class photo that looks quite masc and in the present look very punk & femme, but not say the word trans. gwen stacy also cannot say the word trans while the screen flashes pink and white and blue as she begs her dad to just see her for who she is as his daughter. galo can give lio the kiss of life and then explode into a heart-shaped flame in a movie littered with pink triangles but not be called gay.
and all of this is obviously frustrating for a number of reasons, and it can be hard to parse intent when movies and shows CAN’T be as open as their writers would like them to be, but i think it’s worthwhile to keep in mind as a viewer? i don’t pretend to know what goes on behind the scenes of course, but i’d bet that’s why we’re getting to such a point where there are stories that are laughably blatant in how queer they are but which staunchly don’t claim to be - because if they DID, they’d lose the chance to tell that story before they could even try 😭
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One last Cody before the day ends 👍
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Rex meets R4 once he's somewhat recovered from his 200 years of dying-not-dying in the vacuum of space. I cannot wait for you all to read @dharmaavocado's The Old Guard AU fic they wrote for the @rexobibang!
If I Ever Leave This World Alive
Out in the vast well of space, Obi-Wan dreamed a man. He drifted from system to system, eternal and endless. Time and the cold had rendered the durasteel shackles around his wrists and ankles weak and brittle, and he had snapped them at some distant point in the past. Arms and legs free, he curled inward, knees drawn up to his chest.
The man died.
And then he lived.
In which Obi-Wan and Rex may never leave this world alive.
Check out the other fantastic art pieces by @flowerparrish HERE and HERE and by @inqorporeal HERE !!
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Shapes (they/them)
A bug ferret alien from @jayrockin’s Runaway to the Stars universe, sewn in February 2022. They like to be colourful and dye the white shapes along their back!
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many hours and a few corruption scares later @s0ckh3adstudios hayyy its. the guy :]
between this and the fact that im still trying to put together a fathers execution, goldstar is NOT letting me go fr
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Wanted to draw @/time-woods babies again. I had more I wanted to post with this but I'm struggling with the sketches. I also realize I gave Carma one too many fingers on his top hand.
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Welcome to UNDERTALE GOLD! An Undertale Yellow swap AU that I have thought of WAYYYYYY too much stuff for.
[REBLOGS APPRECIATED OVER LIKES!!]
Follow not a sheriff, but a little superhero trying to save the day and find the missing humans around Mt. Ebbot.
In case it's not obvious, these are the swaps:
Dalv, Axis, and Guardener I'll get designs down for soon. But for now, I've got the main cast! Also quick note; Clover's name is Rover in this AU. Thought it'd be silly- you know, Rover like a space rover? Becauseee star? Space? You get it you're smart
There's a LOT to know so... if you got anything you wanna know... send an ask?
I love Chujin here he's alive but he is. so pathetic. loser man i hope he falls down the stairsss
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Crosshair: What’s it like having no drip?
Hunter: What’s it like having no ass?
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