#also this is me being a tease

[communistkenobi]

The deeply moralist tone that a lot of discussions about media representation take on here are primarily neoliberal before they are anything else. Like the shouting matches people get into about “purity culture” “pro/anti” etc nonsense (even if I think it’s true that some people have a deeply christian worldview about what art ought to say and represent about the world) are downstream of the basic neoliberal assumption that we can and must educate the public by being consumers in a market. “Bad representation” is often framed as a writer’s/developer’s/director’s/etc’s failure to properly educate their audience, or to educate them the wrong way with bad information about the world (which will compel their audience to act, behave, internalise or otherwise believe these bad representations about some social issue). Likewise, to “consume” or give money to a piece of media with Bad Representation is to legitimate and make stronger these bad representations in the world, an act which will cause more people to believe or internalise bad things about themselves or other people. And at the heart of both of those claims is, again, the assumption that mass public education should be undertaken by artists in a private market, who are responsible for creating moral fables and political allegories that they will instil in their audiences by selling it to them. These conversations often become pure nonsense if you don’t accept that the moral and political education of the world should be directed by like, studio executives or tv actors or authors on twitter. There is no horizon of possibility being imagined beyond purchasing, as an individual consumer in a market, your way into good beliefs about the world, instilled in you by Media Product 

#just saw a very stupid post. but I will endure #these discussions also remind me of anti-vaxxer discourse #which in North America for Covid is framed as simply wanting to make the best informed choice as a consumer in a market* #ideas about public goods or civic responsibility towards others are incompatible with this consumer-citizen view of the world #like legitimately the idea of the consumer as the base civic unit of north american society is catastrophic for public health #and produces these interminable discourses about ‘media consumption’ #which itself is a neoliberal framing! I think ‘media’ as a catchall term is neoliberal because it links all art with the commonality of #being a good sold in a market #*outside of outright fascist anti-vax beliefs I should say. Although from my research so far these things seem to overlap heavily lol #which is not surprising but the distinction is worth teasing out #.txt

[fefairys]

inspired by the poll asking if you would tell your best friend if you were in love with them

#cuz a lot of ppl on that poll were like #'no way id be afraid of ruining the friendship' #but idk man ive told friends i had a crush on them #and got rejected and like #we just. continued being friends like normal. nothing changed #except they would sometimes tease me about my crush haha #but it wasnt a big deal and didnt effect our friendship #and also getting rejected helps me get over an unrequited crush #so it eventually faded after being told theyre not interested #and we were just best friends still #nbd! #poll

[emry-stars-art]

@vivireshar they kiss 🤲

#pspspspspsp kevneil ppl #in my head this is in fact a continuation of the actor au #bc them being funny and dramatic with each other sends me #’okay now you can stop accusing me of teasing you by ‘leaving you hanging’ #‘every time YOU mess up your lines.’ #but also canon andrew being just on his phone or smth just off screen is very good as well #idk you guys can just go wild #Kevin day why do you have to be so tall #fan art #my art #aftg #all for the game #neil josten #kevin day #kevneil #kisses

[dreamofbecoming]

listen i know we all love steve “completely ignorant of queer culture to the point that bisexuality is a surprise” harrington being roasted and educated in turns by robin and eddie, yadda yadda, good stuff. i read “they made a horror version of rocky?” in a fic recently and cackled. also a big fan of “he knew he was bi from the start and just never talked about it” as a trope, love it excellent well done

but what about steve who realizes after starcourt that the most important person in his life now has this thing that’s a major part of her life that he knows nothing about, and what if he fucks it up? what if he says something ignorant or rude by accident, and hurts her? what if he loses her because he didn’t know the right thing to say? what if he can’t keep her safe because he doesn’t know what to look out for? absolutely fucking not, this steve says

and listen she’d never say anything, because she can tell that he can tell how much she likes teasing him and teaching him things, so he plays dumb, and she thinks it’s very sweet. but she notices when the zines she keeps under her bed that she buys at that one secret bookshop in indy when she can sneak away on family trips start going missing, always one at a time, and replaced in a few days with another disappearing. and she finds the new ones he must have gone to buy the weekend she was at her aunt’s house hidden in the back of his closet when she goes to steal one of his sweaters. and she notices when he slips more of her queerer movie recommendations into his personal take home pile rather than the movie night stack when he thinks she’s not looking.

she doesn’t notice when he drives to indianapolis after she tries to explain to him why she can’t just ask out a cute girl, tries to impress on him the fear attached to every moment of attraction that he simply has never had to feel, but later she finds a crumpled receipt from a diner in one of his jacket pockets when she’s looking for his keys, and the address is across the street from the bar the gorgeous woman at the bookstore told her about, the one she memorized the address of but hasn’t worked up the guts to think about visiting, and she knows he must have gone looking for a place like that, must have been trying to understand, must have been scoping it out to make sure it was somewhere she could feel safe, after she told him she never had.

so when eddie nearly pops a blood vessel when they clock each other and she mentions that steve is the only person she’s ever come out to before, her hackles come up. because she gets it, she does, he’s only known king steve until recently, so it makes sense that he would be afraid, be concerned for her safety.

but steve is her person, and no one- no one- has ever made her feel as protected or as cared for as he does. no one has ever tried as hard to understand her, no one has ever put so much work into making her feel safe and seen and loved. and she thinks maybe even if no one else ever does, that’s ok. because she has steve, and more importantly steve has her, and that means no one gets to question his ally credentials in her presence without a dressing down to remember, no matter how well they mean or how recently they helped save the world.

(and maybe she’s not as surprised as she could be when he figures out bisexuality all on his own, because she’s been reading all the same pamphlets he has, after all. and she’s seen the way he looks at eddie, i mean come on. maybe no one else has noticed, but then, nobody knows steve harrington like she does.)

#stranger things #steve harrington #robin buckley #platonic stobin #steddie #(if you squint) #this got away from me #i just really love love giving steve a bit more credit yk? #like yes he’s very stupid and he has a history of being self absorbed #and we love that about him #he’s very flawed and that makes him interesting #but i really feel like one of his defining traits is his need to be useful to the people he loves #combine that with his abandonment issues and i really feel like he would be scared of fucking up and losing robin #and yeah he would play dumb like he does with dustin and d&d #but i don’t believe he knows nothing about d&d after all this time and i don’t believe he would let himself know nothing about queer culture #i’m just so so attached to the idea of steve who knows that teasing him for being dumb is his friends’ love language with him #so he pretends to be dumber than he is so they have chances to explain things to him #also stobin sharing clothes is so so so important to me just putting that out there #anyway i just think they’re neat #my writing

[astrobei]

in my heart of hearts mike wheeler is absolutely an athena kid but i also have to offer up a concept that i think has extreme comedic and dramatic potential aka: repressed gay teenager mike showing up at camp half blood unsure of who his godly parent is and feeling insecure about not having powers and one day when he’s making not-so-secret heart eyes at his best friend and son of apollo will byers is when a bunch of glowing floating hearts show up above his head. and that’s how mike gets claimed by none other than aphrodite, the goddess of love and sexuality, and is in full denial about it for three days because he thinks it’s some kind of sick and twisted JOKE

(on aphrodite’s end, she’s upset mike is throwing away the gift of true love and keeps trying to trick him out of repression by making more and more improbable and hilarious gifts appear when he and will are hanging out. mike hands will a book and it turns into a box of chocolates and he has to fling it away like a frisbee before will sees it. they’re having lunch and romantic music starts playing. she gives mike the same blessing she used to claim piper and will can’t even look in his direction for a full day because he starts blushing so hard. fifty bouquets of flowers show up at the apollo cabin’s doorstep with a note that says love, mike and by the end of it, mike isn’t even repressed and unsure about his sexuality anymore — he’s just trying to not throw himself into the bonfire out of sheer embarrassment)

#also shoutout to piper mclean bc i think her arc of not believing she is an aphrodite kid bc she doesn’t fit the model for it and having #been teased and made an outcast of sorts kind of jaded her and made her actively rebel against being an aphrodite kid #i just think that is very mike wheeler of her #n then she spends five books learning what love means and what being an aphrodite kid means #again. very mike. to Me #credits to abby bc i said ‘what if mike shows up at chb and he is repressed and gay and immediately gets claimed by iris the rainbow goddess #and she said i see this and raise you aphrodite #and i said oh my fucking god. #anyways might write this. (is opening a google doc) #but we will see. #again like in all actuality i think he is super an athena kid to Me anyway. although i think a pjo/st au is one that is very open to inter #*interpretation #i just think this hc has a little kick to it #before anyone gets MAD and says no that’s STUPID and he would totally be Blah Blah Blah. i don’t want to hear it #byler #mike wheeler #/astro posts #pjo

[curapicas]

Watching crunchyroll's subtitles was eyebrow raising, yet checking the original for the ship made me also appreciate other parts of the dialogue

Essentially, in the original it's even easier to realize the phrasing is indeed about romantic feelings and thus Qiao Ling is jokingly teasing him. What gets to me though, is that when she asks that, she uses 我家程小时/roughly "my home's Cheng Xiaoshi", making it clear she's claiming him as family. She jokes bc she already likes the guy who stopped everything to help them redecorate (reminding she's the one who invited him bc CXS and LG are both awkward), but she wants to know what his deal is. Big Sister Qiao Ling is real!!

The other thing tho is that in line with her teasing, Lu Guang basically answers "ME? Crushing on him?? HE was the one who invited me to play, maybe HE's the one with a crush on me! Ever think about that???" and then he moves in together with CXS?? rhsjjshdjt

#link click #shiguang daili ren #he's hilarious and very very gay #qiao ling is joking so she doesn't breach the subject in a heavy manner but she's also not letting him drop it lmao #something tells me LG is not used to being teased like this lol. bless his heart for his weird answer

[captainhysunstuff]

22 more images (with some saucy shenanigans and immature "seduction" tactics towards the end) below the cut:

Ryuk makes his grand return and is brought up to speed with Light and L's immoral union. The date seems pretty successful~.

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#drawn by me #my fanart #my fancomic #Death Note #The Chain #lawlight #Light Yagami #L #Ryuk #smooch #saucy shenanigans #suggestive dialogue #Ryuk third-wheeling~ #L meets Light's quirky-deadly roommate #henh not much to say about this one. basically a continuation of the previous entry despite the absurd update gap. #I've lost the ability to keep anything brief anymore~ #L seems a bit out of character with his willingness to go with the plan huh? And don't you think he'd have gotten used to Light's teasing b #now? Maybe it hits a little different knowing for a fact that it's coming from Kira's mouth directed towards him of all people~ #Also the picture where Ryuk is saying he'll scram when things get heated is probably my favorite drawing of him that I've done! #he was so intimidating to draw especially over and over in comic form. such a far cry from my usual human style #but like all things I gradually became more and more comfortable drawing him. I'm very happy about that! :) #I have a dumb idea/headcanon concerning the nerds' first copulation attempt~. #if I decide to include it here I will definitely try to age restrict it even though it won't necessarily be graphic. #don't wanna get in trouble lol #I have more trouble drawing spicy scenes than I do with shinigami subjects XD #tw: food issues #they both eat the sketchy 'apple' to prove they're not cowards... despite it not being the smartest idea in the world. >_>

[daily-hanamura]

#p4 #persona 4 #p4au #persona 4 arena ultimax #yosuke hanamura #hanamura yosuke #narukami yu #souyo #you know im actually obsessed with this scene like yosuke is teasing yu like hehe big bro but also chie did that very early on in p4g #which yu didnt comment on at all #so its yosuke specifically that yu doesnt like him calling big bro #i mean yosuke quickly gets flustered and says he was just teasing before running away #and like yeah he is teasing but theres something about the teasing that just GETS me #ive written about the concept of amae before on this blog but calling someone onii-san/big brother is also kind of an example of that #like you're playing up your helplessness and acknowledging the other person as being a senior to you #and idk im sure im overthinking this but i think in this moment yosuke was carelessly flirting with yu like he always does #except yu doesnt like yosuke calling him that because for him big bro has a stronger connotation with nanako #and hes ok with chie teasing him and calling him that because he knows chie doesnt actually mean beyond it #but when yosuke calls him that it brings in undertones of flirtations and he doesn't like it because its supposed to be an innocent term #alternatively hes ok as seeing chie as a younger sister figure. but yosuke? no way. because yosuke is already hi #anyway the point im making is i think yosuke was definitely 100% flirting with yu here and they both knew it #he's good with his queue

[devilishdelights]

“…You DO know I’m a demon, right?”

#obey me #obey me! shall we date? #obm #obm!swd #obey me fanart #mammon #my art #obey me mammon #obey me shall we date #obey me nightbringer #nightbringer #obey me mc #art #digital art #my mc #nightbringer fanart #I think mc should have so much fun. mocking and teasing these guys without them even realizing they’re being so #also imagine once being taken back and time and being deemed a demon for whatever reason my MC and Sol go shopping together for a demon #outfit bc my mc wants 2 play the part. and sol magics horns and pointy ears and such. it freaks my MC out instantly and they want to go #back to normal but solomon is a little shit and refuses to. bc imagine suddenly having a tail. that’d feel so fucking weird I’d freak the #hell out. and then horns?? and wings? knocking into shit nonstopand hitting doorways #Devilishdelights

[emblazons]

Y’all expecting everyone to demonize Henry and his whole story come S5 and only to have something like this end up on your screen for real?

Way more likely than the people might think

#Finn visited TFS and they posted about it LMAOOO #wheeler-creel moments coming in HOT s5 lmao #also…the ‘redemption’ arc already teased.. #we out here fr #it’s way more likely to be Nancy I think but REGARDLESS #the tfs actor being so tiny kills me too considering Jamie and Finn are the same height at LEAST #Finn Wolfhard #henry creel #mike wheeler #st cast #stranger things

[ingravinoveritas]

Have you seen this?!

I thought I'd seen all the season 2 publicity but Michael asking David about his nerve curve and saying he SAW IT?!

Oh my lordy.

Hi there! First let me apologize for my egregious dereliction of duty when it comes to answering these Asks/Anons. RL stuff has been clogging up my brain and so I just haven't been in the right headspace for answering questions (hence why I temporarily shut off Asks altogether).

To your question, I did indeed see that clip! I think there were SO many interviews happening that day that this somehow passed us all by, but it absolutely is worth talking about...

For those who may be wondering about the subtext here, "nerve curve" (in anatomical terms) generally refers to something related to the curve of the spine. What Michael (shamelessly) seems to be alluding to, then, is him seeing David's bare back.

I mean...good lord. This marks at least the third occasion where Michael has publicly talked about/thirsted over David's body ("slinky hips" twice, and also "sylph-like chest") in the last four years. Whatever filter exists in most human brains clearly does not exist in his, and I suppose we can be thankful for that, but also...wow, Michael.

The truly amazing thing, however, is this wasn't even the only sexual innuendo related to David that Michael made that day, as there was also this gem:

I sometimes wonder how long Michael is going to have to "joke" about him seeing David naked or him having sex with David before people finally pause and go, "Wait a minute..." And the nerve curve moment is so delicious because we can see David actually blushing after Michael says he saw it. They're both so drunk on each other and it is truly gorgeous to watch.

And as much as we miss Michael and David, I don't think it even holds a candle to how much they must miss each other. I can only hope that the studios will get their heads out of their collective asses and come to an agreement with SAG/WGA to end the strikes, because I so thoroughly want more of whatever this is to grace our screens. Please and thank you...

#turquoisedata #reply post #michael sheen #welsh seduction machine #david tennant #soft scottish hipster gigolo #also did i put 'bare back' next to each other on purpose? yes. yes i did. #michael is about as subtle as a drunken llama on roller skates #at this point the subtext might as well be a billboard #there's teasing the fandom and then there's whatever these two are doing #truth disguised as a joke #bisexual disasters the both of them #just bros being bros #casually making innuendos about fucking each other #ineffable lovers #discourse #gifs by me

[scaredgirlhorny]

if you ever see me like a post that i dont reblog from you, its because im a lil scared to posf that kink. what you should do is message me about it so i can talk to it about someone

#not that i dont have people to talk to about it but still #and even then the people im worried would see i think wouldnt care that much #but like. idk its still a lil scary >w< #anyways maybe tease me for being embarrassed about it also ::3

[biblically-accurate-dca]

these are all kind of Bad but this was the best of the bunch so i am posting it :p

i've been trying to draw vanessa more... she is so important to me... sun is here too i guess

#my art #probably wont tag this until later i dont want this in the tags #im mainly posting this because i absolutely need to talk abt something its been bothering me for awhile #im gonna censor this stuff (i REALLY dont want this in the tags) so just bear with me #why doesnt the 🌞&🌜 fandom talk abt v/nessa more. why do we not do that #their entire character is meant to parallel her #there's like a million tiny parallels for them in the games. they were both teased in the hw1 dlc and are both associated with that #🐰 & 🌜's animations (and even their designs) have several similarities to each other #there's a lot of cutscenes and parts of sb where one shows up after the other does.. 🐰 going to the daycare after greggy leaves #🌜 dragging feddy away to parts and service and v/nessa immediately showing up there #the entire 6am ending sequence ??? #literally like the only reason v/nessa isnt more popular is bc like 90% of her character is hidden in unused content #and because 🌞&🌜 are the skinny handsome mysterious and tragic tumblr sexymen #and when they become so isolated from their source all of their parallels to her are used to instead repackage her character into a more #appealing design for everyone to fawn over and consume #.. im being dramatic but AuUGGHTHHF IT BOTHERS ME SO MUCH PLEAAAE3 pleaseee please i love her. #its so hard being in the 'i want to kiss this robot' fandom when you dont actually want to kiss the robot #i just think theyre an interesting character 😭 and also my adhd brain obsesses over them endlessly so im just stuck here HFJSJGJD #anyway these tags got way too long dont read these. im going to bed now

[soft-fella]

role swap? anyone?

#minors dni #peter n claudia #role swap au #claudia kicks ass tbh. as always #tried to make peter similar to a minotaur #bc he’s like. an ox to me #or a bull #just learned the difference between an ox and a bull #anyways this is like a size thing where peter can he human sized but he can’t change his human sized height #and he can also be fucking giant but he can’t really control his powers and he’s embarrassed about using them #idk….. normal sized claudia climbing his belly just to tease him about it……. dot dot dot…. #in general she is a menace to him. but he has to keep her around bc the higher up demons decided he was being too lazy and needed #more responsibility #so they assigned him their most difficult human. she just amplifies his gluttony and it surprises him at first. #bc he didn’t think he could get MORE gluttonous…. but she always seems to push him over the edge every time #anyways la la la laaaaaa

[bird-inacage]

Only Friends Episode 12 | "I dare you... to kiss Top."

I adore everything about this. How Mew was straight up like 'yeah, smush faces with my boyfriend for the lols', whilst Top is sitting there like 'why you betray me like this?'' Sand glancing at Ray first for his permission before he goes in with as much unhinged gusto as he can muster.

#only friends #only friends the series #ofts #ray x sand #sand x ray #mew x top #top x mew #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #force jiratchapong #book kasidet #sand: *smirks* CHALLENGE ACCEPTED #top: *sweats* WAIT NO #top: why y'all trying to do me dirty like this? mew why?? #ray knew this would give top the ick and was fully onboard for that precise reason - also ray being all proud like 'that's my man' #mew: i give you permission dear sir to make him squirm #my new headcanon is ray and mew often think of ways to tease top like this and sand is like 'I'M GAME'

[jadewritesficshere]

AU where Robin is going to the local community College for an arts degree. Convinces Steve during her second semester to sign up as a model so they can hang out during class. Robin convinces him its a win win situation, he gets paid to sit and look pretty and gets to spend time with her (that was previously interrupted by classes).

Eddie signs up for the class because he wants to get better at drawing for his DND meetings (plus for his degree he needs to have one artistic class and it was either this or theater, and he isnt sure if he'd have to perform but after getting accused in a hit and run that killed the local cheerleader, he isnt the most liked even though he was proven innocent). Eddie, who is late to class and the only seat left is next to Robin. The two start chatting and ignore the teacher going through the syllabus on the first day. This continues for the first three classes as the teacher goes over different techniques.

Fourth day of class, Steve is there. And Eddie is convinced he's seen an angel. He's seeing one of them sculptures by the ninja turtles come to life. The most gorgeous human he's ever seen. The imperfections make him more perfect. The freckles like constellations on his skin. The scars showing a fight that he undoubtedly was strong enough to survive. Robin clocks it in all of two seconds as Eddie is as red as a firetruck and hasn't said two words. Meanwhile, Steve is standing there feeling a little bad that Robin's new friend is so uncomfortable at the sight of him and his scars.

#Steve is like oh hes cute- oh...oh no its the scars oh no 😟 #Robin immediately has a shit eating grin and is teasing Eddie who just slowly slumps down in his seat #Eddie is convinced he's gonna have a heart attack with how fast his heart is beating #Cmon you telling me yall DONT like this idea someone with better skill write this please #Steddie #Platonic Stobin #Steve Harrington #Robin Buckley #Robin being the best wingman unintentionally #Eddie Munson #Steddie drabble #Steddie ficlet #Steve Harrington x Eddie Munson #Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson #Stranger Things #Also the sculpture by a ninja turtle line was said to me irl they went "you know the famous thing by the ninja turtle the David or whatever #I was like BITCH MICHAELANGELO??? Before busting out laughing and honestly tho I get it #Jade is Talking