Chinese emperor Ai of Han, fell in love with a minor official, a man named Dong Xian, and bestowed upon him great political power and a magnificent palace. Legend has it that one day while the two men were sleeping in the same bed, the emperor was roused from his sleep by pressing business. Dong Xian had fallen asleep across the emperor’s robe, but rather than awaken his peaceful lover, the Emperor cut his robe free at the sleeve. Thus “the passion of the cut sleeve” became a euphemism for same-sex love in China. — R.G.L.
So we are all out here simping over Enemies to Lovers, when She-Ra is giving us Friends to Enemies to Lovers with as much slow burn and pining we could wish for... And barely anyone I know is watching it?!?!? HOW??? WHERE IS EVERYONE!?!
anyway it is the year two thousand and twenty and in my country alone 100,000+ are dead and over 40 million people (myself included) are unemployed due to a pandemic that has had a negligent-at-best-cruel-at-worst government response, black people are being murdered by police at horrific rates, trans people have the highest murder rate of any group, hate crimes (especially against immigrants) have spiked globally, and the president called for the military to shoot people protesting violent systemic injustice
if you will not use any platform at your disposal to call out injustice and bigotry then you have chosen your side
neutrality is not an option when one side is calling for the death of the other
And of course, naturally, the people of 4 Chan had to come and completely take the fun out of pride month. For those who don’t know- there are people threatening to seek out small queer bloggers on social media platforms and dox them, out them, and harass these people with disturbing content. This is called operation pridefall. It starts June 1st, and is supposed to escalate throughout the course of pride month.
This means that we all are being forced back into the closet during what is supposed to be our month, some of us into total isolation as the internet acts as the sole place to be completely expressive. By refusing to go into the closet, we run the risk of being doxxed, put in harms way. By closeting ourselves, they succeed in silencing us. They have placed us between a rock and a hard place.
But they are not the first to do this.
For centuries we have been fighting, forced to hide in the shadows, and hurt when taking a stand. Queer people have been made to be like the vermin in the walls, hiding, surviving.
They have made us like cockroaches, and so cockroaches we will be. They want to take away our pride month? Let them try. We are resilient. We are strength. We have survived in every condition and our community will continue to not only survive but thrive when they wish to see us silent.
We are cockroaches, so let’s survive this motherfucker.
Now- my plan.
Operation Queerantine:
Unfortunately, it is not safe to be out in the same way that it has been on the internet, as they will being actively seeking out queer people through the tags, blog names, and search engines. So be it, but they can not infiltrate our private spaces.
I am creating a group chat here on tumblr called the “Queerantine Bunker”. Everyone who interacts with this post or otherwise requests to be apart of it I will individually add to that group- and on June 1st, unfortunately, I will close the chat for the safety of those inside. Inside of this chat- I, and Mod Lia, will create pride related memes, celebrate various pride days, perhaps do queer Netflix watch parties (if I can coordinate it), share queer history, and otherwise celebrate pride month within an online quarantine. They can try to take our pride away, but they never will be able to. We will do what queer people do best, stick together and motherfucking thrive, looking after eachother and keeping eachother safe.
They want to isolate us, and they will fail. Feel free to also do this in your own group chats, however our service to you all is creating this space.
Remember, on 12am June 1st I am closed for entry requests. Just interact with this post and I will add you to the chat.
Remain here, queer, unswayed and unafraid my dearest cockroachmotherfuckers.
would be funny if some of the cybermasters survived and 13 is like OI I’M YOUR GRANDFATHER BEHAVE AND DON’T KILL ANYBODY and they like, actually listen to her
Basically I want to start writing again but my current wip has hit a few bumps in the plotline road.
Therefore I am turning to you guys, send me a character or a ship and a prompt and I'll do my best to bring your story to life.
I will happily write for any Doctor Who character from 2005 onwards. (Sorry still haven't seen enough of old who) and possibly AU characters like Whittaker!Master or Dhawan!Doctor
Me watching S1 Iron Fist: Ok Davos sweetie, I love you but you gotta chill with the whole "The iron fist was my right" thing. Danny won it fair and square in a trial. It's time to let it go buddy.
Me watching S2 Iron Fist: IT WAS HIS RIGHT YOU ASSHOLES!!!! DANNY RAND WAS BROKEN AND BEATEN AND HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT DAVOS WOULDN'T KILL HIM AS HIS BROTHER. HE REFUSED TO YIELD WHEN DAVOS CLEARLY WON. DAVOS DESERVES THE FIST YOU GUYS ARE JUST COWARDS.
*don't mind me, I've just started watching it and have a lot of feels.
i wrote half an essay in 20mins today when it’s not even due for another 4 weeks, reblog this to have a productivity lightning bolt strike you like it did me today