#but I’m still winning

[bisexualnonsense]

My partner made a comment about how this episode fed into “bury your gays” and like, while his heart was in the right place with the critique, I felt so strongly the opposite way

Like on its face, yes, two gay men died…. But like, in a show about a zombie apocalypse where we’re tracking at least 1 Major Character Death per episode, Bill & Frank are triumphant compared to every other character. They got to live to be old and gray together after a life of relatively peaceful flourishing. They chose their deaths on their own terms, a luxury most people don’t get in this world. They got to die together, in each others arms, neither left to live and suffer alone. They got to go with dignity, autonomy, and love, in peace, together. They got to choose. They made their end meaningful. They were happy and satisfied and fulfilled. Everything that gay characters are so often not afforded in life, much less in death.

Not only that, but narratively speaking, their deaths were used in exact opposition to “bury your gays.” The trope was created to reinforce that being gay is a sin, that gays must die as punishment for their evil ways. It’s intended to be a narrative consequence, the moral of the story, a warning to its audience.

But the deaths of Bill and Frank were used as closure to a story arc about living a happy, fulfilled life with your partner. Even further than that, their arc was used to demonstrate that there is meaning in life because we choose to create meaning, that purpose is found in each other, in loving someone, even at the end of the world. They are held up as an example of what to strive for, of a reason to keep living, of something to pursue. It is completely antithetical to bury your gays and is in fact a brilliant subversion of it in that it grounds the purpose of the narrative itself.

Tl;dr: TLOU really said love wins.

#the last of us #tlou #hbo the last of us #hbo tlou #the last of us spoilers #bill and frank #look I’m still a mess but I’m SO glad it didn’t end with bill getting shot and dying right there #the gays stay winning #the absolute best way to go is together with your partner in their arms in peace #this is my hill and I’m dying on it #this just means a lot to me ok #truly the representation we deserved #berry your gays

[rendevok]

The sensation of waking up next to you ❤️💙

+bonus doodle:

…and they mimir’d happily ever after the end. ❤️

(ID under cut!)

Miles is roused from sleep by sunlight shining on his face. Slowly, his eyes adjust to the light, until finally, his scope of awareness broadens to a body he had been sleeping on.

Page 2

Miles looks up to the figure that holds him, and upon seeing, his eyes widen in recognition.

Miles looks up to the figure that holds him, and upon seeing, his eyes widen in recognition.

The bottom panel of the page shows minimal details of a window shedding light onto the bed and blankets as seen from a higher view in the room.

Page 3

On the other side of the bed, Phoenix rests, his head propped by the headboard. His hair is messy from sleep, and his expression is thoughtful. The light of the morning highlights his features.

The sun shines through the blinds of the window.

Phoenix finally notices his observer, and turns to look at him.

Page 4

Phoenix takes Miles’ hand in his, and lifts it to gently kiss the ring on Miles’ finger. They both move to share a kiss, and their hands shift to hold one another. Miles’ ring sparkles in the sunlight.

Page 5

They link their fingers as they kiss, and the morning creates a quiet atmosphere around them.

They part, but remain close, their fingers fully interlocked. Phoenix greets “Good morning,” with a tender, loving expression as he looks at Miles. Miles’ own expression is soft, unguarded, and fixed on Phoenix.

Page 6

Phoenix and Miles settle back into their shared bed; the morning sun illuminates them. They both smile softly, seeming happy and at peace. Miles rests his head under Phoenix’s neck, and his hand on Phoenix’s chest. One of Phoenix’s hands rests over Miles’ own on his chest, while his other hand holds Miles closer, revealing a matching ring of his own. Both rings shine softly in the sunlight.

Bonus image

A small simple drawing of Phoenix and Miles having fallen asleep again while holding each other as in the final page of the comic.

End ID.]

#narumitsu #wrightworth #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #ace attorney #this is so sappy i nearly choked the entire time i was drawing it #aa #fan art #smooches #ah yes my favorite tag <3 #rendevok #this is vaguely set post AA5 but i truly have no timeline in mind i just want them married #like ding DONG bitches get ur shit together aren’t u tired of pining??? it’s time to go apeshitt and furiously makeout #i’m going to start mashing them together like dolls i dont care anymore!!! #NRMTS KISS RIGHT NOW OR IM BITING BOTH OF YOU #(a win win situation for me) #anyway if you can’t tell i am deeply in love with phoenix and projecting onto miles so hard #who doesn’t love making him down horrendous for a little flavor? #image description and alt text are the same because i suck at those still #writing that out was deeply embarrassing for me bc for whatever reason writing it out is something WAY more visceral than drawing it #i wish to evaporate nobody look at me unless you want to talk about them kissiing more then my dms are open

[autumnblooms]

They’re so gross /af

#my prompt poll is technically still up #but raindrop has been winning so I started this last night #thanks everyone who voted! #now come get y’all’s food #the band ghost #my art #dewdrop ghoul #rain ghoul #nameless ghouls #ghost band #raindrop #it felt so good to draw again and I’m really happy with these colors

[hoippu]

Listen, I think sans is the only tumblr sexyman who is capable of beating reigen because Reigen runs off the bugs bunny rule. Sure it’d be funny if Reigen won and honestly I’m here for it. But if he lost to sans of all sexymen, It would be the most hilarious shit ever. Hysterical even.

#i still want Reigen to win tho idk I’m conflicted #also it’s pretty in character for Reigen to start off strong at any competition and then lose at the very final round in the funniest way #like deadass it’s something that would happen for sure #reigen #reigen arataka #mp100 #sans #sans undertale #undertale #Twitter #anitwt #tumblr sexymen #showdown #tumblr sexymen showdown #reigensweep #sanssweep #sansweep

[alicentes]

“Team Black or Team Green?” What about team smallfolk overthrowing the monarchy that are are carelessly flying around on weapons of mass destruction and committing war crimes because of their entitlement over a damn chair when neither side are giving two shits about the people they are supposed to govern

#house of the dragon #hotd #i’m making it a thing #team smallfolk #yeah i’m still mad that GOT never abolished the damn monarchy but at least this story is showing us that power corrupts everyone #and the fight for the iron throne costs the main players everything that matters. you either win or you die? nah there are no winners #more like you die or you live with consequences of the bloodshed for power #even if you are an innocenf child who gets the throne he never asked for but loses his entire family #or you live like alicent who’s fate is worse than death would’ve been for her

[iwatcheditbegin]

The cuteness

#I still remember his mom calling out his crush on national tv #Genesis winning #my edit #imagine having Alicia as your mom and getting cards from Taylor #updated with higher quality gifs #I wish the coloring wasn’t impossible to match #I kept changing the coloring but the lighting was too different #eras tour la 3 #iheartradio awards 2019 #she gives such auntie vibes #I have like 3 versions on this going around and next time I’m waiting for the hq videos

[cowboylikemaybelle]

SEGA FINALLY LET HIM CRY

#sonic prime #sonic #sonic prime season 3 #sonic prime spoilers #I’m a new sonic fan idk if he’s cried before but😭 #I know he did a lil bit at the end of s2 BUT STILL🔥🔥🔥 #A WIN IS A WIN🔥🔥🔥 #ok sega !! this is a GREAT start!! #now let’s process all the trauma that y’all gave him in forces !! #(wishful thinking)

[silentgrim]

excited to add apartments and townhomes duplexes and more to every world and FINALLY having neighbors right next to ur door

#ur probably thinking we already have neighbors uh no we don’t #lots are hella spaced out from eachother #it’s very isolating #i’m glad now the game will feel more full #imo #really looking forward to this pack #expectations are low but still hopeful #in any case it’s been confirmed we can build multi family residential lots in any world #that’s a win #chatter

[sanshinexx]

Fun times at the family game night 🥰

[More incorrect quotes with the gang here, now as a masterlist i just made because why not]

#monopoly bringing families together since 1935 #yes i know that sentence doesn’t really work within the star wars universe but i do not care i’m saying it anyway #i don’t think i’ve ever actually made it to the end of a single monopoly game i’ve ever played #probably because none of us ever really know the rules and we’re just making shit up as we go #and because all of us are too scared to take any risks because it would just end with everyone upset with everyone and everything #i could see just the entire bad batch being sore losers #they all would probably still throw the game to let omega win because none of them want to make her sad #i would also throw for omega to be fair #not that i could beat her in the first place #she could and would absolutely kick my ass in monopoly #star wars #star wars the bad batch #star wars bad batch #the bad batch #bad batch #tbb #the bad batch fanart #bad batch fanart #tbb fanart #crosshair #echo #tech #omega #hunter #wrecker #the clone wars #star wars fanart #fan art #art #incorrect quotes

[caramellody]

Oh, to be a 9-5 office worker at a dead-end job after a major world shattering event, with dreams and aspirations of something greater and powers beyond my comprehension

Bonus alt below:

#my art #jay walker #ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago spoilers #ninjago dr spoilers #jay having any kind of semblance of being treated seriously was lost on me ever since prime empire so seeing him be treated as like. #a character?? and developing him while not reducing him to just an idiot??? actual big Val win #anyway I tagged spoilers but it’s not really but if you have seen s2 it kinda is? idk I’m still tagging just in case

[plumdale]

also here is the sim I made over the weekend as one of the potential mennn for Gali

#I used new skin details on him #at first it was too alpha-y and then I added some mm details and mwahhh he turned out so cute #he still needs some refining as far as personality goes … cause I’ve got nothing rn #even if he does not win the poll I’ll use him somehow at some point. in the future or something #anyway I’m excited to see who wins 😁😁😁 #ts4 portrait #the sims 4 #ts4 #sims 4 cas #ts4 cas

[saintobio]

♱ as you like it | sneak peak.

[dare i share one of my favorite lines on this oneshot :’) yes, only a oneshot you guys. it’s a pretty long one, but sy is still the only on-going series i have.]

Your heart, once brimming with devotion, now lay shattered at your feet. All your life, you have loved him. All your happiness and tears, you have devoted to him. You had stood by his side through every trial, every conquest, only to be deemed unworthy of bearing his legacy. The sting of rejection seared your soul, igniting a fierce resolve within your wounded spirit.

With a voice trembling through a mixture of sorrow and defiance, you met his gaze. “Fair enough,” you whispered, your tone laden with a sorrowful resignation. “If it is a concubine thou seek, then so be it. But a divorce, will I not honor. And know this, my lord,” you declared, your voice rising with a newfound strength, “I am the Empress. The only one. There is none within this empire akin to me, for a worthless, lowly concubine shalt not depose this Empress Y/N of Caleum thou wouldst so readily compromise.”

And in that solemn proclamation, you turned away, your stolid mien masking the shattered pieces of your fractured heart.

His countenance remained stoic as he observed your departure, sighing inwardly as you exited his study. Although no longer offering a response, Satoru found himself unable to deny the truth of your words. Nor the power in which you presented them. Your presence lingered in his thoughts, holding sway over him in a manner he could not fathom.

#if the line sounds familiar yes you’re right it’s loosely based from *that* movie #i am at 6k words yet still ot halfway done #but currently at the part where naoya and toji do something very insulting to gojo #and i’m wheezing #bc i live for medieval beef !! LOL #anw before anyone asks no i havent forgotten abt sy and the sukuna fic #i just HAD to write this one bc otherwise i wont stop thinking abt it #and if i cant stop thinking abt it sy and bc will not be updated #so a win-win mayhaps #but no really it’s very self-indulgent gahaha #🖤: saint speaks

[clownjacket]

Okay my ‘why Kipperlily hates Riz’ theory: She handed out business cards first day, he handed out business cards first day, she’s tiny, he’s tiny, they’re both obviously overeager teacher’s pet type A rogues, they’re like male and female versions of each other and it’s obvious to everyone. What would most high schoolers do, in that situation, seeing another kid so similar to your friend on the first day that they somehow BOTH made business cards to hand out at school? AND they’re going to be taking classes together? You say “Omg, he’s literally the boy version of you, you’re SOULMATES, you’d be perfect together!” And what do you do when your type A tight-ass friend acts embarrassed by that? You tease her about it more obviously. You think it’s just good natured ribbing, and she KNOWS it’s just good natured ribbing, but for some reason she gets unreasonably angry any time she sees Riz after that. Maybe even uncomfortable? But she KNOWS she doesn’t have a crush on him, so why does it bother her so much?

#I need another Riz parallel #It would be so funny if she hated him because she DIDNT have a crush on him #but everyone thinks she does #but Riz gets it #yes I’m still on the ‘Kipperlily is repressed sapphic for Lucy and she’s the mc of a Shakespearean tragedy’ train #but ‘repressed gay’ and ‘repressed ace’ still result in similar feelings when friends make jokes about being into someone you’re NOT #also she can be demiromantic ace #but if she DOES hate Riz and want to kill him because she likes him that would still be a win for me #because that’s LITERALLY GRACE CHASITY’S MOTIVE in Nerdy Prudes Must Die #and WHO was the first one to point out the parallels between them? #on that’s right #me #but lesbian/ace Kipperlily would be a bigger win so I’m rooting for that #dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #d20 fantasy high #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #kipperlilly copperkettle #riz gukgak

[staruie]

SPOILERS for jjk 236

the afterlife section was insane n almost reads like it was written by a doujin author

i think this is the first time we ever see some semblance of regret from geto’s perspective and it makes it so much more bittersweet when considering that it’s almost certainly just an illusion or a figment of gojo’s imagination as he lays dying.

the FIRST thing he thinks about in his last breath is to imagine a geto who was regretful, while in canon he never showed that at all…saying “no matter what, i hate monkeys” and “in a world like this, i cant laugh from my heart” to his best friend AS HE BLEEDS OUT..at least say something nice damn

geto was so afraid of regretting his decision that he made sure there was no chance he could ever go back to his old life again, cutting ties with the home he once found in jujutsu society to create a new home for himself

in that way, i think geto is very future-oriented compared to gojo being constantly stuck in the past; geto was 100% dedicated to his revolution which was (as with most revolutions) all about seeking a new future because the state of the present was unacceptable

gojo on the other hand stuck with the existing system, and we’re shown over and over again how he cannot help but linger on the past. gojo’s present tense “My best friend, the only one I have” to geto’s future tense “He was my best friend.” gojo who didnt dispose of the body. gojo who made that face when seeing kenjaku. gojo who teleported immediately to kenjaku after being unboxed... his narrative has been very focused on his lingering attachment to the past and his refusal to let go; even his choice in becoming a teacher was influenced by his wish of preventing the past from happening again

back to the recent chapter, gojo imagining a life where geto is there to cheer him on and saying that’s the only way he could be completely satisfied??? hello 😭😭😭 the fact that geto is in his gojokesa and not a teacher uniform makes me rip my skin off he really thought abt how things could’ve been with geto and regretted how things turned out so much ahhhhh

imagining geto crying too, the “…….ha ha” I FEEL HOMICIDAL . gojo (presumably) one sidedly wanted geto to feel regret while geto continued to push forward

well its still likely that geto was regretful in some way, hes very repressive about his emotions and never fully expressed how he feels to other characters (which is what led to his downward spiral in the first place) so perhaps he did carry regret that he refuses to think about. but one thing for sure is that he absolutely valued principle and acting with “meaning” over the bond he forged with gojo, and i think he felt so cornered by the system that gojo too became a threat to him. while for gojo, his bond with geto was everything to him and completely changed the course of his life. if he never met gojo, he would be more similar to the child gojo, someone emotionless and brutal who followed his old morality

gojo’s perspective on everything is just… my head hurts aggh…..

#jfc i needed to record my thoughts #jjk 236 #jjk #stsg #satosugu #jujutsu kaisen #text post #gojo satoru #and i seriously cannot believe we got a new satosugu lore drop in 2023!!!!!! #A WIN IS A WIN!!!! (gojo is fucking dead) #they share a death anniversary ha #well I’m still clinging to hope that gojo will come back🥲 #im not much of a writer #so this is very inarticulate LOL

[demisexual-eddie-diaz]

Being a huge Max and Charles fan is so annoying.

Like YES my boy won but also why couldn’t my other boy at least get on the podium? I’m more sad about Charles ‘ P4 than I am happy about Max’s P1. (mostly because it was expected.)

And once again it wasn’t Charles’ fault, his car kept locking up. It was doing so much better yesterday. I don’t know what happened, but he should’ve had at least P2 honestly.

Anyways, GO MAX, but still :(

Also, I’m making a playlist of the Dutch national anth- I mean of the F1 race winners if anyone’s interested. I’ve also got a Lestappen playlist.

#max verstappen #charles leclerc #formula 1 #ferrari #red bull racing #f1 #max verstappan wins #bahrain gp 2024 #lestappen #here we go again #but still #ahhhhh #i’m so sorry #Charles should’ve won #or had podium #p1 #p4 #I love them #fuck ferrari #Spotify #i’m proud of him #i love him #someone hug him #Max hug Charles for me #spotify playlist

[r-aindr0p]

It’s easter today ! The day where you get treats after a period of self restraint and moderation (for those participating at least, I don’t’ I’m just in for the chocolate bunnies and eggs tbh) Either way, happy easter to those who celebrate and a nice weekend/day to the others !

Everyone gets the bunny ✨

#twisted wonderland #rollo flamme #twst rollo #very ooc rollo but the brainrot wins #fucked up religious guy wouldn’t stop restraining himself out of guilt #hes on restraint mode all year long #a bit nervous to post this on main since I’m still self critical on that kind of art fhghfhg #yknow you see others draw stuff like that and it’s cool and when you try and draw it you feel a bit shy suddenly