#but this is like. a bad representation of that LOL

[theloveinc]

barbarian!bakugo + buying apples. you’ll notice I didn’t put any work into this making it more … fantasy-like. And that’s bc… I still couldn’t figure out how😞

(warning: misogyny, you are described as a maiden / dress wearing, you have a pa, world building sucks, bakugo … doesn’t talk)

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Being the only maiden on one of barbarian!Bakugo’s cross country journeys. I’m not sure yet how or why you’re there, but I’d say he’s traveling and one of his fellow clansmen took you as a prize, or maybe you just hitched a ride on their cart yourself.

But they stop in a small village one day, parking their horses at the edge of a town square of cobblestone and brick, merchant booths surrounding the small shops: of butchers and farmers and fishermen and traders, all rowdy and beaming as they show off their wares.

The men split up (the one with green hair in a leather vest declaring he needs a blacksmith, the lanky one with dark bangs in the direction of new snare wire), though the bulky blonde one (the one in thick furs and pelts who’s never really spoken to you) stays around, picking at the shiny, pink apples of a booth quite close to where the cart you sit on in boredom is parked.

“Five gold for a sack, sir” the man behind the creaky, wooden stand says. He’s stout, thin-haired and wrinkly, all his years in the sun selling fruit showing proudly on his tanned skin. He gestures to the wide array of fruits, each like a piece of candy he wants to show off.

Bakugo (you think his name his, or rather, that’s how he was introduced to you by the redhead with unnaturally sharp teeth, biggest of the group) glances up, frown thin and tense and blood red eyes narrowed. His shoulders shift, the muscles of his exposed stomach rippling as he breathes, the smooth skin of his forehead pinching as if he’s calculating a sale just as he would any other battle or raid.

The sign next to both the men clearly states that apples are two gold a sack. Pears are three, plums are one. “But I’ll give you a deal for four gold,” the man continues.

The blonde ponders, inspecting the apples diligently as if they could be poison, or a waste of a trade. His eyes narrow slightly, lips pursing, and you realize, in his reaching for coin, the intuition he so usually takes pride in (saving the men once from a brutal hound attack, and you, too, another time when a swamp dweller caught the hem of your trousers) is not there… and that they don’t use the same alphabet. Maybe he can’t even… read.

“For two gold,” you call.

Both parties look to you. One set of eyes in an suspicious glare, the other in a tart and angry bitterness. The merchant’s leathery face sinks into a melted frown, his fists clenching as your own hand shields your eyes from the bright sun and hides a protective squint.

“Didn’t your pa ever tell you not to meddle in grown men’s business?” he half-shouts back, the laugh in his voice now tangled with a snarl, downright and plain rude.

“The sign says two,” swinging off your seat, you smooth down your simple frock as you point to the wooden board stained with charcoal that’s hung up next to him. “One sack of apples for two gold.”

Bakugo’s eyebrows raise for the briefest of seconds, then fall in another glare as his hand drops from where he holds his coin (in small, canvas bag tied to his belt with thin, leather cord. It sags against his hip, his pants dipping and uncovering a v-line that descends further into a region you’ve only seen once; at a bathing river in the hills, the bare curve and marks of your own hips exposed—)

“Don’t know where you picked up letters, missy,” the merchant scoffs. “Reading is men’s work.”

You approach the barbarian’s side, his head (messy with hair) tilted towards you as he watches on in silence. From the pocket of your dress, you take out two gold of your own and flick them on the table before you.

“My pa taught me how.”

Then you take Bakugo’s hand (thick and rough and hard to hold) in one of yours and march right back to the horses and cart. Bag of sweet, pink apples in the other.

#bakugou x reader #Bakugo #I am so lazy #I just wanted to post this lmfao sorry if it’s sucks #will fix any mistakes soon! #I’ve just been caught up in this weird fantasy of like…. being captured by some barbarians and surprising them with your sophistication #and saving them from some weird sh*t #I think it would surprise Barbarry Bakugo if u like . could read and he couldn’t #but this is like. a bad representation of that LOL #idk why I’m having so much trouble with the fantasy set up #gusss well just have to deal #dunno .. I have no concept of anything #anyway this was kind of a shout out to my own dad #whos an alc*holic n*mbskull hillbilly b*astard dropout but wanted me to be educated and cultured more than anything growing up #so weird #i must be so tired to be telling u all this… or it’s the lexapro #either way ENJOY SORRY #I miss and love u all #caitie post #gen

[soullessjack]

love it when the autistic experience of not fully belonging anywhere and always being on the fringes of whatever community you find yourself in. of masking to belong even slightly and still knowing that you don’t really Belong and that the people you surround yourself with Don’t Really Care about you and being the butt of a joke you don’t understand and being in your own little bubble, not as a safe space but as a result of being isolated from everyone else because no matter where you are you are autistic and you just can’t belong, is replicated in fandom spaces. in spaces for things you love and enjoy. love that so much

#cal.txt #this is about many things #autism #autism posting #autistic experiences #naturally this is about babyjack and jacks entire fandom treatment but again. it’s also about many other things #spn #spn fandom #jack kline #autistic jack kline #autistic representation #online spaces #fandom spaces #tiktok #actually autistic #lolcow #im just in a bad mood and rambling I think. sorryyyy lol #like. jackgirls don’t even exist to the other —Girls in the fandom we have no standing here we are all in our own bubble #and it’s nice to have something to yourself but not when it’s only a result of outward isolation #idk #I am. not feeling great today #I haven’t been feeling great in a while . awesome love thatc #the horrors never cease #sorry yea this is me feeling like utter garbage ab the divide between —girls in the spn fandom but also me hating the world that I live in #this is what happens when I can’t sit under the hot shower and let the water hit my limp body (pressure gauge broke)

[bylertruther]

can i be honest for a second? i think it's weird how quickly and avidly a lot of people in this fandom turn down the idea that will is gnc, even though he... literally is? lol.

will is described in canon as being sweet, sensitive, gentle, highly empathetic, emotional, soft-spoken, and artistic. these traits are not inherently gendered, but instead traditionally stereotyped to be "feminine," especially within the era that this show is set. they're likely the main reason why everyone assumes he's gay to begin with.

in the st pitch he's described as wearing colorful clothes, and in the show joyce tells us that other kids are mean, laugh at him, and make fun of him for them, right before she calls him sensitive and says that lonnie used to call him queer, thus linking this all together and driving the point home to hopper.

we also know that people of all age groups—his peers, teenagers, and even adults—call him all sorts of gay slurs, some of which are aimed at and describing feminine, androgynous, or cross-dressing homosexual men—aka, "fairy."

everyone in hawkins wasn't calling will gay and making his life difficult because he did anything with other boys. they did this because he never fit the societal expectation for how a boy "should" act—especially not at the height of the aids crisis in reagan's midwestern america, might i remind you—which, to them, meant he had to be gay.

it's him not conforming to the "acceptable" or expected gender presentation for boys that damns him. will is visibly gay by their standards. will is gender nonconforming in the context within which he exists, and even now because the aforementioned traits are still stereotyped as being "feminine" and considered aspects of male gender nonconformity. we know better now than to assume a man is gay because he's nice and soft-spoken, but we cannot erase the context of the show, the canon material it presents, or the real homophobia of that era that still exists today.

it's also a big part of will's character, because it further proves that he doesn't have a chance of conforming even if he would ever want to, because he would have to change everything about himself in order to do so. it wouldn't be as simple as changing his clothes or picking up a new hobby. he'd have to harden himself, to become tougher, to not feel as much as he does. and that's just not will. will is sweet, gentle, and sensitive—no matter what consequences it all brings. he can't change and he hasn't ever expressed any interest in doing so. literally not even life-altering trauma was able to take that from him. it's just who will is.

if you erase that HUGE part of his character, literally the second thing we're taught about him in the first fifteen minutes of 1x01, then you're erasing a big part of his lore, characterization, motives, and the representation he provides to those with similar experiences.

like... this isn't offensive characterization / writing. we've seen will on our screen for years now—we know he's not a one-dimensional stereotype, and that he's obviously more than the rumors that circulate about him. accepting what the duffers put forth doesn't diminish anything about him, and this... aversion people have to accepting that makes other gay people who have shared a similar experience as will feel othered in a community where they're supposed to feel welcome in.

this is something that happens to millions of people around the globe. this is an important story and an important character that have both been treated with extreme care by the writers and the actor that plays him. why would you want to erase any of that? what issue do you have with gay people like will? because it says a lot more about you than it does him or the duffers.

#will byers #byler #mine #will #i'm tired of acting like canon isn't real lol #these gay people exist. they are not 'bad representation' or members of the community you should shun. will IS your gnc king.

[anghraine]

There's something percolating in my head about how sometimes the scenarios and characters we relate to the most are the ones that don't explicitly identify what they're doing in the terms of how we relate to them. Sometimes there are even specific indications that it's not that thing and yet we can still find it there and find it powerful. Sometimes that can feel more affecting and intense than the better representation out there (and not necessarily just better in a purity culture sense).

And I do think it's important not to give credit where it's not actually due, and not to insist on this kind of stuff as a replacement for actual representation. But I also think it's important to ... idk, allow space for the fuzzier depictions that speak really powerfully to some of us.

(I know this is vague! As I said, it's percolating.)

#just thinking about ... vaguely metaphorical approaches to representation #which is really bad when it's all there is #but sometimes ambiguous or metaphorical representation speaks more powerfully to me than a literal depiction of it #like... if the only autistic representation is ambiguous/coded or robots or whatever that's. not good. #but do i want a media landscape in which it's all literal and clear and devoid of ambiguously autistic-coded robots? no #i was thinking of this because of a d&d metaphorical autism thing but also the perennial darcy question #where 'good autistic representation' never speaks to me quite as much as this character invented in 1796 #whose characterization is complicated and (clearly) easy to interpret in very different ways than i do #and also thinking about my debates with a friend about miranda in mass effect #i know she's straight by game mechanics but to me the wlw energy is so strong #i'm not going to say that's queer representation lol but i still have queer feelings about it #anghraine babbles #general fanwank #a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide #rare breed of attack unicorn #etc

[communistkenobi]

people fawning over the environmentalist themes in tolkien’s work has always made me deeply uneasy but I could never articulate why, and reading orientalism is clarifying a lot of that for me lol

#Said lays it out very clearly like #‘negative’ representations of the orient. as in representing them as deficient or lacking in some way #rests on ‘positive’ representations of the occident. as in the west is always ‘doing’ is always the thing driving human momentum #so idyllic representations of a pastoral post-labour society surrounded by fields and old world forests #populated by guys who have ample free time and fuck around all day #(& who are all white. at least in the films) #that’s not an uncomplicatedly good way to present the world #and is a perspective that is deeply informed by being beneficiaries of continued colonial extraction domination and exploitation #i meam the fictional world is literally called the centre of the earth lol #anyway not ‘cancelling’ tolkien or whatever I’m just glad to be able to understand why exactly #I think it’s bad to just uncritically praise his love of the environment as this like pure ideal #that is somehow uncorrupted by the historical and political context he came from #*post-scarcity I should say not necessarily post-labour #but like the labour processes that make that life idyllic in the first place are invisible

[northern-passage]

very interested to know if anyone would ever leave a review like this on a game that had all cishet characters... is that pandering to the "cisgender" narrative? or is it only pandering when it's the "transgenders"? 🤔 what makes it pandering? just because it's for an audience that's not you? because it's for a group of people you don't personally like? what makes you so special that only your stories are the ones you deem worthy of being told?

#and can you tell me what it is about trans people just existing that breaks your immersion? quickly #'i can excuse the demon ghosts from another dimension and glowing yellow eyes and fire magic and blood alchemy #and a god monster speaking in the mc's head. but i draw the line at the transgenders' #funniest review i've gotten in a while #right up there next to the 'this game is lacking representation because there are no femme women that wear makeup' #i also really don't agree that there are 'cliche' trans characters #there arent enough trans characters or storylines that exist in mainstream media for there to be any cliches #beyond like. homophobic& transphobic stereotypes. lol #and whos fault is that i wonder.... #honestly the first half of this review isn't even bad like it's fair criticism but they had to come in w the steel chair #talking about the 'transgender' in quotes #2 b clear 'pandering' is for like disney corporation making shitty movies and introducing their 20th first gay character #not a independent trans creator writing trans characters for a trans audience. lol #personal #transphobia #yeah i'll tag it cus it's annoying lmfao

[biracy]

U guys know I Enjoy Rocky Horror but also if I have 2 see one more person claim that to criticize it even slightly is Literally Destroying Queer History I will explode the earth. Like yes Not All Representation Has To Be Perfect or whatever but also I don't think lightly critiquing a very popular to this day film's portrayal of trans people is going to Destroy Queer History With Woke Cancel Culture I think Rocky Horror, the movie, the inanimate object, can deal with it

#'it was the 1970s that's how it was back the-' SHUT UPPPPP SHUT UP i am so tired of u people i'm sorry lol #idk when ur hispanic i guess u become attuned to people using 'it was a different time!' to excuse things #idk can i be quite honest richard o'brien's defending germaine greer has kinda like. fucked with rocky horror for me oops #open mick night #rhps #overall a great example of my other post about how u cannot say 'Queer People are incapable of making Bad Representation #of other Queer People' because 'queer people' is far too broad of a descriptor and so much bigotry can exist within that label

[walker-lister]

I just have to remind myself sometimes that no matter what anyone else says, the way a piece of media makes me feel and the positive impact it has had on my queer identity is valid, and that tearing myself apart thinking I have to defend it or questioning my own place within queer communities is not at all important when compared to the almost tangible sense of 'rightness' that piece of media helped me to feel about myself.

#just something i've been pondering the last few days #kind of like no matter how much people debate or i suppose theoretically deconstruct media featuring queer stories #the most important thing is how it makes a queer person feel #and I do think it is of course a good thing to ensure queer stories are executed with respect and authenticity #but there's this grey area in fandom spaces in which people may have found rep from a 'unreliable' source i suppose #or something which is queerbaiting- sherlock springs to mind for example yet if people have been able to explore and nurture their own #queerness through that media does that therefore mean their experience is invalid? i don't think so #and my worry is the more we focus on theory the less we focus on emotion and therefore the actual queer experience itself #and sure theory can inform the queer experience and ensure the media is a 'healthy' site of queer identity formation and identity aid #but at the same time scorning or being rude to those who have found certain media an aid is not the right approach to be taking #especially as queer experiences are so wide ranging that one person's idea of 'good' representation is someone's else's of 'bad' #and that unless a piece of media is clearly offensive in its portrayal of queer experience there has to be some benefit of doubt #I think we're still in a period of progression in media espc tv where queer creators are coming to the fore of their own stories #and we've got to 'live and let live' a little about where people are finding sights of queer validation and joy #and perhaps this a naive and simplistic way of thinking but i think queer people can either recognise when something isn't the best rep #but was helpful for them anyway and therefore in a way confer 'ownership' of the media to themselves in how they engage #or there is variety in queer experiences represented in media so that perhaps not everyone finds a 'site' of rep but that does not #therefore invalidate it or make it 'bad' representation #this is just my opinion and it'd be hypocritical for me to not now mention this is only formed from my own queer experience lol #so i'm not trying to tell anyone how to feel or anything just something i'm pondering

[softpine]

i may not care much about this pack but i can’t wait to see what basemental drug mod does with it lmao

#smoking weed in the bathrooms. under the bleachers. in the stairwell. in the parking lots. anywhere really fjksjds #representation for the freaks and geeks among us 😌 #upon further introspection i think i'm just not excited for this pack because high school was hell for me #and i'm not old enough to have distanced myself from the memories yet lol #so maybe it's a me problem #but i stand by the fact that this pack is a cash grab and it's putting a bad taste in my mouth #they were like 'oh you felt like the university pack was empty? let me give this a second try lol but trust me this time it'll be good!!' #sorry to be bitter i'm just perplexed by these decisions #nonsims

[phantom-of-the-keurig]

Oh damn they blocked me wait it was a joke 😭 I just like to use silly tags omggg like my go to tag for codywan used to be #Codywan Gang Rise up

Sorry to that OP rip

#I really was just joking around #I just like to use ridiculous tags for things #my bad #I feel bad fr sorry OP #see post below #I don’t wanna bother the OP but if anyone knows them pls explain I’m just a dumbass that does stupid stuff lol #also my original reblog was giving props to rebels for having on screen accommodation representation 😭

[kithj]

finished in the miso soup.... i've never read anything from this author before (though i have seen the audition movie) but i'm kinda disappointed that the back blurb on the book literally tells you exactly what happens. i was expecting this to be a bit more of a thriller i suppose with at least some mystery but it's much more of a philosophical book. which is fine, just not what i was expecting 😭 readjusting my thoughts about it tho, i do like the cultural comparisons as well as the kind of... unraveling of it in the 2nd and 3rd chapter where the similarities are revealed as well, and i think the use of the gore and graphic violence really nails the point home. the 3rd chapter gets a little heavy handed with it and was the weakest part of the book but overall i think it's an interesting exploration of this strange kind of.. obsession and intertwining of cultures. as an american i definitely felt myself agreeing with kenji's observations of his american clients and i also liked how kenji goes from "americans are a unique kind of lonely" to recognizing a similar kind of loneliness in the locals and himself as well, only realized after an extreme act of violence peels back the layers for him.

the Scene in chapter 2 is very graphic, so i can't really recommend it unless you're already familiar with extreme horror literature, but it is contained to that single scene (for maximum impact). the author is very patient and builds up a good bit of suspense through the first chapter before springing it on you. the third chapter kinda fumbles it a little in my opinion, the tension is gone and it gets a bit repetitive and tiresome. it definitely has a dream-like quality after ch2 compared to the fast pace of the first chapter, even kenji starts to wonder if it was just a bad dream (which makes me think it was potentially done purposefully). the beginning is also a little sleazy, but nothing totally offensive or that you won't normally find in this genre, especially from a book published in the 90s. overall 3/5 i tore through it pretty quick and appreciated the (unexpected for me) philosophical & cultural musings.

#absolutely not what i was expecting so disappointed but not in a bad way cus i still enjoyed it #just a bit of whiplash lmfao #the last chapter is definitely a bit... alright. frank is annoying LOL #but i kinda saw him as this almost. representation? of USAmericanism and consumerism #seeing himself as the judge of everyone else #going to another country and judging those people too and inflicting violence. and he's very like... Fake #somehow he's made of plastic. cold blooded. doesnt need to eat or sleep and can hypnotize people. he lies constantly #the fever dream vibes of it all. it's clearly not meant to be taken at face value it wants you to think #i'd be interested to hear how a japanese reader interpreted it. i'll have to see if i can find a translated article or review #anyways i feel like lately my biggest criticism for a lot of books is the heavy handedness #felt this way abt this one & tender is the flesh & brainwyrms #where is the subtlety..... #my reviews

[maurypovichofficial2]

I keep forgetting you can’t say you think Shonda Rimes is a bad writer around a bunch of 40 -50 something year old black women

#my mom brought up the Queen charlotte show #and I said I don’t watch that or bridgerton simply because #miss Shonda is a bad writer and if not bad completely baseline #and she looked at me like she wanted to knock my head off lmaoo #and she goes well she writes good representation for us #meaning black people #and I wanted to say she really doesn’t ma #the ONLY reason why she even backed Bridgerton #is because she’s a huge fan of Hamilton #she saw how lucrative it is and how people ate it up #so she wanted her own version of it #it’s literally set in the same time period as Hamilton lol!

[caracello]

i truly think i've chilled out a lot when it comes to needing people to be 'right' when interpreting their favorite characters (i still care a lot about interpreting my guys, but it's more of a personal thing now ^^), but ii've recently realized that does NOT apply to dog/god. if you misinterpret them, i'll literally kill you. So i'm lucky they have like 1 other fan.

#i'm pretty certain it's just protectiveness over fictional representations of systems getting me so bad there it's just like. #i skimmed a fic and it said 'god likes being mean just because he can' NOT TRUE!!!!! #GRABBINGTHEM BY THE FRONT OF THEIR SHIRT. NOT TRUE. #gush #i loooove to analyze my favorite characters and understand their motivations and what makes them tick. #but realizing that i do it just because it's fun for me made me care so much less if other people do it or not LOL.

[inklingofadream]

periodic reminder that 4thewords is great :) never timed well bc it never occurs to me to say this in november when they offer a month of free subscription time, but! it is making the process of catching up on polychives more satisfying. finishing this chapter is like fighting a literal beast, rather than a metaphorical one, because for $4 a month (or slightly less, I buy the end of year bundle) 4thewords will provide Beasts

#writing #polychives au #ink post #it's possible they offer trial periods other times of year but i dont remember #not digging up my referral code but if you do want to try them using it will award us both perks in game #it's like. 80-90% great. the not great is slight jank on mobile/during site updates you get with any smallish enterprise #and also a definitely non-zero amount of orientalism. not equipped to estimate how much? #bc i've been stalled on the main quest for a while lol. and have been in the Orientalism Zone of the map for a while #basically any white author fantasy doorstopper with a 'desert' culture/country/etc if you need a ballpark #yknow the scarves/veils genre of Sexy Woman in visual media? she's here as a monster which isn't NOT stigmatizing #but i'm not equipped to make the call on like. how bad it is. bc my knowledge ends at spotting a Likely Yikes scene dressing #you fight 'good' or friendly characters as monsters but theyre usually specifically 'infected' when humanoid #whereas this may or may not be the case. i think theyre directly affiliated with the big bad/its army iirc #and it mostly seems p bad bc like. they're quite good with most other representation boxes. #pride month events textually queer characters visibly disabled characters as cool mentor types etc #so the weak areas feel more grating

[nomaishuttle]

the way that literally every aspect of the horse ranch expansion pack either was covered by/shouldve been included in a different pack. Lol.. horses shouldve been in pets or cottage living sheeps and goats shouldve been in cottage living the build style is cottage living and strangerville the clothing style is cottage living and strangerville likeee. the world is pretty but its also ely similar to some of the other worlds we have. and nectar making is a completely seperate skill from that juice skill or whatever. IDK

#the fact theyve managed to stretch out a Basic pets pack into like. 4 different packs basically. lord almighty. #cats and dogs + my first pet stuff + cottage living + horses literally all couldve been one pack. maybe not cottage living but likee. idk #obv soesnt rly matter 2 mebc Brother im not wasting money on this game ! im pirating it lol. but yk #i am also once again annoyed to see ppl being like omggg i hate how little is included in this its supposed to be an expansion pack... #but im buying anyways bc i lovee horses/i like the bb/i like the world/well i have every other pack #like im gonna be real kys. pirate it. this is the reason sims 5 is gonna be what it is. bc you guys will be like omg nooo this pack is so #bad AND STILL PAY FULLPRICE FOR THAT SHIT!!! #why would they put in any fucking effort into making a game playable or fun in any way when you ppl will pay them for shitting and smearinh #it on the wall #i also. like that theres more indigenous representation but also imo it feels kind of like. not at all fleshed out. i like the hairstyles i #like the townies but idk ... not rly my place 2 say im just like. sideeying it a little biy

[april-doodles]

Heyyy Raditz Comic idea time

Heyyyy remember when I said Raditz would probably have a Full Nelson be a ptsd trigger because he literally dies from it? Yeah… here’s a sketchy comic trying to depict that idea fhdhdhdh this was supposed to come out yesterday but! Oh well :)

#my art #raditz revived au #raditz (but fanon) #tw ptsd #tw panic attck #heyyyy guys fhshdh #Really like the actual ptsd flashback scene djshhfsh #I also uhh referenced the actual Goku Raditz Full Nelson panel when drawing that so y’know #I actually referenced that a couple times which is probs why I like the Raditz ptsd panels dhshdh #Raditz proceeded to feel a tad better after some food and a shower :) #i love you loose sketchy lines where have you been all my life #also! sorry if the representation isn’t that accurate?? I did a little bit of looking up jazz but if it’s inaccurate then…. whoops my bad !! #anyways yeah enjoy i guess lol