#except respectful men

[lucky-clover-gazette]

i honestly love the fact that i have just been following two people very invested in dnf for like a year, either bc of a misclick or other mutual fandom, because i have so little knowledge about what is and is not real with those two. i have never played or watched a mindcraft in my life, however i can acknowledge insane homoeroticism when i see it, and those two are either ridiculously committed to a bit or ridiculously committed to each other, and to the like fifteen people who still seem to care post-face reveal (which i always thought was awful by the way, like people were dicks about it) it doesn’t really matter

#i’ve never been a rpf girlie and most of the time it’s pretty delusional and weird to me #but from what i’ve seen those two invite it #and the amount of Events that happen that i just see mutuals losing their shit about #is so funny #like oh what’s going on with these two men today oh they kissed with tongue at a pride parade? interesting #the tall one wrote snd publicly performed poetry about the twink? sure #they both seem insufferable to everyone except each other and you know what i respect it #tagging it #dnf #bc what fandom doesn’t want to see a bewildered mini essay about them

[comradekatara]

After reading so many posts i've noticed a lot of ppl shit on aang because he doesn't fit ur (western) idea of masculinity & attractiveness uhm

And the facts that they are children it doesn't matter

yes I say this often. it’s also funny bc they rly have to contort zuko to fit that ideal as well. the most egregious example of course being making his scar smaller and less noticeable, but also just in terms of his demeanor and comportment. if anything i respect ppl who lust after iroh because THAT’S a red-blooded ladies’ man who can both destroy and create life. obviously not my cup of tea (sorry), but i nonetheless respect irohfuckers; they know what they want, and i admire that.

#also laughing at ‘your’ instead of ‘their’ #I don’t even find men attractive #except for abed community of course <3 #katerina-q #asks #iroh #zuko #aang #also TRUE iroh stans never shy away from the depths of his atrocities and i respect that too

[meirimerens]

straight up not respecting some of the alleged p2 characters' ages as they were given on the VA's papers bc you're telling me this is a 27yo man on the left & a 35(!)yo woman on the right? you jest. this woman is in her 20s at most. she doesn't have a wrinkle of age on her face. just worry. i know men age like milk this is taking the piss. i know patho 2 is the "hot blemishless 20something white(-passing) women" game but at this point own it. don't try lying to me. she doesn't look a day past 29. got friends below 25 with more winkles. in the first half of the 20th century too. where would she be getting her anti-aging serums.

you're telling me this woman who's a chronic worrier, dealing with chronic pain, who smokes like a locomotive to cope is allegedly 5 years Older than this guy who's been drinking himself to sleep for like 5 years.

(mike's mic voice) don't piss me off

#alledged(?) VA papers? would love to have a peep. might go wander VK if i can make the trek #sorry for getting heated over p2 yulia again. it's no secret i vastly prefer her design in p1 #but this is aggravating. chrewly. #i know why that is. i knooooowwww why that is. it's because people in the team (coughs) (coughs) & in Media in general cannaeeeeee stand to #create women who actually look over 25. even women who are supposed to be older. #which while a media Trope/problem across media and genre it's not helped with a certain writer's. hmmm. alleged proclivities. #i would respect her being 35 if you have her to me looking 35. her skin is as smooth as 10 yrs younger Lara with one (1) slit #between the brows that just seems to come from her being a thinker & a worrier. nuh-uh! #ah hell naw!!! #i'm profoundly a p1 ages truther except for most of the kids + rubin. i know men age like milk but that guy is Not 23. #also p2 27yo daniil vs 30yo twins They Have Naht met at first year uni with that timeline. & it is important for me that they do. #most of the kids being averaged to ~15 real to me though. we all been here. #neigh (blabbers) #some of the ages on it make no sense [not just yulia but also like. aspity. who looks like a 20something & is actually ageless/5yo] #& while i can guess it's for like The Vibes / voice acting direction i assume it would make more sense to give the actual age & then add #like context to why they would sound older because that's something you might(?) need to know... would really want to see that with my eyes

[saccharinerose]

Honestly really hope 4.1 gives ANY kind of interesting aspect to Neuvillette and Wriothesley's dynamic bc rn "token yaoi bait of 2 tall men who live in the same country, work together professionally but are not close personally" is just not hitting for me...

Like give me SOMETHING to work with so I don't have to be annoyed with the Wriolette art when I'm just trying to look for Neuvillette fanart

#saccha's thoughts #neuvillette #wriothesley #gi #the leaked voicelines aren't doing it either #the whole 'oh he held an umbrella for him once' would only appeal to me if I had prior investment in the ship #but I don't #bc pre-4.1 wriothesley is quite literally an NPC #and not once mentioned by neuvillette in the archon quest #give me ONE reason why I should be invested in that ship that isn't '2 attractive tall men... TOGETHER' #inb4 u ask why I think they are not close personally #it was said twice that neuvillette purposefully avoids forming personal relationships with the ppl of fontaine (no exceptions) #and also their respective voice lines about each other do not imply they are close personally in any way #the only non-professional connection they have is through sigewinne #bc neuvillette has a big soft spot for melusines and she works in the fortress of meropide as head nurse

[compacflt]

Okay, so I was re-reading your Slider one-shot for like the twentieth time, and what really struck me (beyond the brilliance of your writing, and the way you’ve presented the disillusionment of growing up, expecting the world to be a certain way, only to realize that life doesn’t quite work out the way you think it will, when you’re seventeen), is the casual sexism just tossed ‘round by our main characters!! :o We have canonical evidence of both Ice and Mav being pretty sexist (what with “the plaque for the alternates is in the ladies’ room” and the downright stalker-ish behavior exhibited by Mav at the O-club…), but it still surprised me a lil’ when twenty-y/o Ice was just like: “The Soviet Union did the impossible and taught women to drive” —and I realized that ah, he truly was born in 1959, or something. There’s little scenes throughout your story where I find myself wondering, which one of them is better, in this sense: When Ice tells Mav that Sarah isn’t talking to him ‘cause of his combat kills, justifies it by saying: “You know how women are”, and Mav tells him all women aren’t the same… I thought that maybe, it was Mav; but then later, Ice shows a distinctive amount of empathy for Juno, sees and respects her for the skilled pilot that she is… and I thought that maybe, it’s Ice after all—he does seem to be more progressive and accepting than Mav, in general? It also made me wonder, that if either of them had been a woman, would they even have respected the other person enough to consider them to be a rival??—or would it have a been a mildly-amusing circus side show for them, to have a female pilot at TOPGUN?

Ty for the ask anon!! ice is more socially progressive than mav yes.

But—maybe this is my experience growing up in one of the bluest counties in Commiefornia and then going to one of the most leftist-coded colleges in one of the most leftist-coded cities in The World; uhh, even if a white man votes D all the time & has professional respect for women/minorities to their faces etc, get him in a room with a bunch of other white men, especially in a masculine and competitive environment like the gym or the navy, and uh. progressive or not, what you get is a lot of “The Soviet Union did the impossible & taught women to drive.”

And it was the 1980s. (As a reminder, in top gun’s 1986, less than 45% of Americans even approved of interracial marriage.) It sucks to say it, but if Ice was making fun of Cougar for quitting the navy cause of his psych issues such as they may be, and openly calling bullshit on Maverick’s MiG story in front of everyone, I am quite confident in saying he Would Not respect a female pilot to her face—if they were the same rank. At the same rank, it’s a competition. All weaknesses, even perceived biological ones, are to be exploited and called to attention. —But, once he’s advanced in rank, proven his own superiority, he’s more inclined to favor a meritocratic “sex doesn’t matter just fly good” attitude, ergo his relationship w/ “Juno” (she’s just a literary symbol to show that Ice may have respect for other minorities in the Navy “your career speaks for itself” but NOT FOR HIMSELF as a closeted man). This “who cares about gender/race just fly good” attitude is probably where 50s+ Maverick lands too, which is why no issues with Phoenix.

but jesus GOD maverick is a sexist in the original Top Gun. That’s why I wrote the prologue to WWGATTAI—a part of me definitely believes both he and Ice are definitively queer, but a part of me also wonders, are they just also conditioned to dismiss women as intellectual/societal equals because of their time in the 1980s male-dominated Navy? CAN they really only have a truly equal relationship with another man? I have no idea what my Ice’s sexual orientation is for exactly this reason. Yes, he’s functionally gay by the end of it, and that’s what I keep calling him—but sexuality is fluid & complicated. It’s definitely more-than possible he’s mostly straight and it’s just the circumstances of his wildly intense trauma-bond relationship with Maverick that led to their relationship as I wrote it. If you don’t LIKE/understand/respect women, and only feel at home/excited by committing acts of male-typified violence with the few men you respect, how does that bend your definition of the word straight? ...its still straight, but only straight-ish!

not to take it a step further, but WHY ELSE is canon maverick single in TGM? he canonically can’t make it work with women until he retires from the navy!!! he doesnt know how!!! His military environment is not conducive to normal long-term relationships with civilian women!!!

#and it’s well well documented that career military service does this to you! #Jesus look at cops. 40% etc. #yeah mil/LEO relationships with women are historically quite bad. #if you only respect men & then a man comes onto you—might be easier to sustain that relationship than with a woman you do not respect #I forget where i read it but this is the element of the homosocial vs the homosexual. i want to say Foucault but I think thats incorrect #EVE KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK. from her 'between men: English literature & male homosocial desire.' I think she's the preeminent homosocial scholar #if ur interested in 'further reading' not to sound like a geek #fellas is it gay to like women #after all…women kiss men…so if u kiss a woman ur kissing something that’s kissed another man…gay #ice (mid-makeout): well mavericks kissed women before so really this is the most heterosexual thing i could do #anyway #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #top gun #top gun maverick #icemav #asks #edts notes #mav is a social libertarian live & let live & keep the govt out of my bedroom (except for my marriage license uwu) #ice is a social moderate liberal. donates to actblue firmly believes diversity is the militarys greatest strength etc. #(i hope this isn’t too provocative to say but) look at ices outfit in tgm. libcoded. those gay little round glasses? solid lib. #the interracial marriage stat is from Gallup btw; 94% in 2021. weve come a long way. a lot has changed since 1986. #but our fav characters are FROM 1986 too so... we still cant forget that

[asurrogateblog]

constantly conflicted between “it’s bad to pressure celebrities to come out and even speculating on their sexuality in real life can be invasive so please just let him stay in the closet if he wants to” and “okay but he does know we can hear him in there right?”

#I like how I imply tumblr isn’t real life #out of respect I believe paul when he says he’s straight. #but like. -only- out of respect. #it’s definitely a little funnier if it’s a ‘heterosexual except for this one specific guy’ situation #I think it would be healing for the planet if there were more straight men that fruity

[omainu]

#oh laurel the woman that you are... kill him queen 😍 #the challenge #the challenge 39 #laurel stucky #* #this is a corey hate blog btw men who only buck up to women are my enemy and get no respect from me 💁🏿‍♀️ #soo excited to see some of my favorite women on all stars 4 (except nicole she can choke)

[peridyke]

being a lezbo is like. desperately wanting to have trust in men because that's what everyone wants from you and then as soon as you start extending that trust you get burned and you withdraw and become even more cynical. anyways my advice to all guys is to seriously listen to women and girl-things when they vent about how badly men treat them and to not argue about how you're the exception. BTW I love trans women

#txt #idk i have a lot of thoughts also on how alienating transmasc spaces can be as a lesbian because they can be filled #with so much violent misogyny by people who think they are an exception to men needing to be respectful of women #also im sure this is relevant to other groups i am just a blesbo

[201-klz-dead]

"saying something about men and then saying it excludes trans men is wrong!!" ok but if youve had the experience of being treated as a woman you are SO MUCH less likely to be an asshole to women to whatever extent

#“'kill all men but trans men' is transandrophobic!” ok but men who know what it's like to be seen as a woman arent gonna be #as shitty to women as men who don't #ratz !! #just my opinion if you feel a different way i respect your opinion too #“men are trash except trans men” MAKES FUCKING SENSE !! youre not gonna behave as misogynist #if youve been on the bad end of it before !! #or at least youre less likely to

[reanimatedgh0ul]

glad to see ppl are appreciating and/or enjoying the gay and trans aspects of nimona's story but ngl i kinda want to see more ppl acknowledge and/or discussing the fact that both of the leading men are asian and how that is relevant to overall message of this movie actually

#idk this just me but so far i have seen like zero posts on my tl discussing how ballister and ambrosius #being men of color further enhances the movie's narrative and the intersectionality that comes w it #yeah despite ambrosius and ballister both being asian they're still of different backgrounds #ambrosius is east asian while ballister is south asian #how part of their designs are meant take after their respective voice actors #the fact that in the story ballister grew up poor and queen who decided to take uplift him was a black woman #that ballister had to train twice hard be twice good than other knights bc for him he had be anything but exceptional #and then we could talk abt how w ambrosius sm emphasis is put on the fact that he's a descendant of gloreth (a white woman) as an asian man #idk man i just think more ppl should be taking note of the decision to change #these two from originally being white men to asian men in this adaption and how that is significant actually #nimona #robi rambles

[immortaltale]

pep & klopp respect masterlist

things pep has said about klopp:

"the best manager in the world ... who creates teams attacking from the back four" (x)

"class manager, top manager ... incredible challenge for me" (x)

"jurgen is an exceptional person" and an "exceptional manager" (x)

on klopp calling him the best manager in the world: "i would like to tell you i am the best, but i'm not" (x)

"[he] makes the world of football a better place to live" (x)

"what he produces in world football is exceptional" (x) (x)

"his message is always positive ... his behaviour, smiling, hugging, is so good for football" (x)

"jurgen is a winner" (x)

"jurgen is a competitor" (x)

"that's why i admire him so much" (x) (x)

"i admire a lot the job from jurgen" (x) (x)

"he is the rival who has made me think about how to beat him the most" (x)

"when i will be retired ... i will remember the rivalry, the biggest opponent was liverpool for sure" (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)

"jurgen has been, as a manager, the biggest rival i've ever had in my career" (x) (x) (x)

"he makes me a better manager" (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) and "we are not friends" but "someday we will have dinner together" (x)

"i think [our relationship] is really good" and "he could invite me to make dinner together" (x)

"we know each other quite well" (x) (x) (x)

"he took care of me" and "how gentle he was" (x)

"i start to read and i start to think liverpool, jurgen klopp" (x at 40:55)

"i don't have his beautiful smile" (x)

"jurgen, he's a master of [hugging]" (x)

things klopp has said about pep:

"he's the best manager in the world" (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)

"i couldn't respect more what pep is doing" (x)

"i think i've said it often enough how much i respect him" (x)

"i don't say that to put pressure on pep, the quality is outstanding" (x)

on pep saying his toughest opponents are liverpool: "i can give that back easily" and "we push each other on insane levels" (x)

"he has played a big part in my development" and "i'm happy pep guardiola became a manager" (x)

"we promised each other already that we will kick our butts next year again" (x)

"not sure i ever told pep but i like him" and "we think we know a lot about each other but we actually don't" (x)

"pep and i, we are not best friends" but "we have a good relationship" (x)

on pep's dinner invitation: "he's right, we are not friends" (x) and "we could have that talk no problem" (x)

"we could sit together for hours and hours" (x)

on being stuck on a desert island: "pep is pretty inspiring" and "i think we could talk about different things" (x)

"the best dressed manager is pep guardiola" (x)

"he looks good, has a very nice figure" (x)

"pep always looks perfect - body, clothes, everything" (x)

together:

pre-2022 community shield: "you play golf or not?" (x)

post-matchday 32 21/22 season: "see you in six days" (x)

2019 uefa elite club coaches forum: "pep guardiola is coming" (x)

2019 football writer's association awards ceremony (x)

2018 intl champions cup: klopp interrupts pep press conference (x)

bundesliga joint press conferences (x) (x) (x) (x)

#mourinho voice Respect! respect! #may edit this later as i remember/find more #also bar like 2 exceptions this doesnt include them praising city/pool in general bc there would be soooooo many more instances #LOOOLLL im so fucked up. im mentally ill #jurgen klopp #pep guardiola #two old men are friends #references #last updated 19 april 2024

[ssaalexblake]

honestly ppl being surprised that people outright and proudly proclaiming the a hiring of a female doctor is a disgrace Might Have An Agenda for widely spreading that her episodes are bad (from like. before they started even airing. let that be clear.) is like your parents watching fox news and them being shocked that the people running it stoking hatred towards certain groups might have An Agenda for doing so when you tell them about it.

This is like. Honestly funny up to a point. Gee Golly, the people open about their vicious hatred of women aren’t to be trusted as a quality guide or as a place of unbiased opinion on something to do with a woman??? I am Shocked. 

They poisoned the well. 

#dw shit #i teeter between intense judgement and just laughing at people tbh #the fact that the anti woman bs was tolerated as a valid opinion from the get go is where it went downhill fast #it was not and never will be a valid opinion #it's an acting job to play a species that can canonically change body in any configuration #also colin baker is a king among men and he's the only person i respect anymore. #i have never seen one of his episodes in my life but hell if i give a damn #love that guy #would like to shake his hand (except not for plague reasons) #the only correct response to all this was his shut the fuck up and get over it (paraphrased) #to all the whiny baby misogynists #you don't Cater to people like those #you tell them to get over themselves #tho i do also respect that chibbs just went and hired another woman to Also be doctor like i laughed over that for weeks #Also the correct response to crying man babies #oh you hate it??? have more! #i'll shut up eventually but today i am a dog with a bone #(mostly cuz my executive dysfunction is Bad rn and can't do anything better) #and also it's true

[sentinelminor]

there is something vaguely comforting about myhouse.wad cause its like. well yes. its about two queer people who are both dead and had lives full of tragedy but didnt they love each other and aren’t they together again and aren’t their obituaries side by side and didn’t one of them go above and beyond to make a tribute to the other that thousands of people have seen.

#myhouse.wad #i dont even think this is anything #its like #this came to me because it was like well didnt they survive by each other #and i was thinking of the bathroom event #(changing from a womens to a mens bathroom) #and its like. #well isnt that respected in his obituary? #it is a love story between two men that ended tragically. except it didnt. it had a tragic middle and a pause because there is a GHOST #IN THE GAME #their happiness was fought for in a fucking manner #i havent brushed up on myhouse.wad stuff in a bit forgive me if any of this is incorrect

[rynnthefangirl]

Howard is like Ted if he was 1000x better in every conceivable way

#men involved only in the non drug side of their respective shows #who have conflict with the main hero #get hurt bc of the heroes wife’s immoral activities #and wear blue #except Howard is perfection #and Ted sucks #better call saul #howard hamlin #breaking bad

[star-crossed-lizards]

Not to sound transgender but I wish I had a dick

#weird weird spot lately bc like my body is inherently feminine #and dressing masculine and being on hrt like helps I guess but it feels pointless cuz it’s still not actually what I really want #which is to have been born a boy #like even if I could get really good surgery that’s not what I want I want to have been born and raised as a boy #and it just feels like disappointing bc now everyone sees me as a boy (good) #except I don’t. I look at myself in the mirror and I know what that really is. #it’s a very perplexing attitude to have towards myself bc I fully respect other trans people and see them as the gender they present as #like I never see someone who I clock as trans and go YEAH BUT I KNOW THEY REALLY DONT HAVE THOSE GENITALS #I just go oh cool there’s a person and we are cut from the same cloth and I love you for being one of my brethren #but I think. I will just be jealous of cis men forever. the end #I’ve been trying to be like my transness is beautiful and mystical and I walk on both sides and all that #and like it usually works being trans is cool but I just really wish I had a penis

[cienie-isengardu]

Piett’s detractors pointed to the high turnover rate among Vader’s officers as evidence of Piett’s unfitness for the admirality. But Lord Vader gathered many of the Empire’s best officers around him, without regard for their political standing. With the exception of Thrawn, Vader had little use for Palpatine’s Grand Admirals, and Piett had exhibited genius to match any of the Emperor’s twelve.

Though Piett failed to capture Luke Skywalker at Bespin, Vader allowed his admiral to live. [The New Essential Guide to Characters, 2002]

#star wars #admiral piett #firmus piett #darth vader #vader's men #The New Essential Guide to Characters 2002 #okay see this? SEE? this is what i was talking in one of my rant #vader would not pick as his admiral someone who wasn't worth the rank #even the piett makes sure vader was on bridge before he told ozzel his raport sounds way better than #piett backstabbing anyone #i mean more like i know my commander officer will not listen so let's hope vader will which is valid #and how nice to see that piett was more valued by vader than all grand admirals (except of thrawn of course) #this is what i like about vader #zero care for political or economic standing of his officers #just skills and raw determination #also lol at betting pool how long will new admiral live XD #if this is not clear in this house we respect piett as competent officer