#like in the canon context lol

[deoidesign]

A frustrating development with the growing lack of reading comprehension I've personally noticed is an emerging fervor of insisting things aren't canon unless they are explicitly stated beyond all reasonable doubt.

I can not emphasize enough how harmful a mindset this is to have. Yes, it's wonderful to have characters outright say "I'm trans," but to deny a character's identity for not saying that is dangerous.

Plenty of real people prefer not to use specific labels. Historically, people didn't have our modern terms or modes of expression. Many modern cultures don't use these terms, either, and plenty of people within those that do can't safely openly identify.

If the only representation you accept as canon is within modern (and let's be honest, wealthy white able-bodied American) standards, then you are denying yourself and others a huge amount of representation and seriously limiting the media around you.

#remembering how people were like hmm its not actually canon that Steve is trans and adam is nonbinary... #steve doesnt fucking know what 'trans' is hes an unhoused time traveling cowboy like!!! #after an arc. about werewolves. and how people become werewolves because theyre unhappy with their lives. #especially specifically regarding their body/gender #and how adam explicitly says 'your family never saw you as a man' #AND THEN FOLLOWS IT UP. with referring to Steve as 'the man who chose' #like for fucks sake #you are being deliberately and willfully ignorant if you say its not canon. #your ideas of transness are extremely extremely limited if it doesnt include people who dont use the word. #god. ugh. ive been annoyed by this since that episode came out #dont even get me started on how people barely noticed adam is nonbinary.mm #they said they dont wanna be called a boyfriend. come on!!! come on!!!! #how can i make it clearer without them saying shit they woildnt say and have no context for!!!! #scream. #anyways. #delete later lol im just frustrated again. #im not even sure i worded this how i wanted to

[hopeswriting]

was thinking about takeshi and how he's my favorite brand of unconditional devotion btw. the utter and absolute and all-consuming kind that runs so deep to the very core and is so intrinsic and fundamental to it, it can only express itself in the most casual and natural and certain way. without second thoughts, without any room for doubts or for any moral dilemma to be had over it, because of course he ought to always be breathing and living for his chosen person first and foremost. of course he ought to hang on their every word and make them true no matter what, no matter what he has to do to make it happen, no matter what he has to do to other people to make it happen, and no matter what it might turn him into in the process. because it's obviously the way the world should be for his chosen person. at their feet, ready to bend over backwards and break and build itself again to better answer to all their needs even if they don't ask it for it. it's the only right way it should be for them, and of course takeshi's going to do his utmost at all times to make it a reality as much as possible.

and his devotion comes out as naturally as breathing, comes out lighthearted and nonchalant like he might as well be talking about the weather, but it's not unaware of itself. it's not that takeshi doesn't know it's unhealthy and wrong and that he's willing to go entirely too far in its name for anyone's good. it's not that he wouldn't hear you out if you were to sit him down and explain to him just why he needs to tone it down a little (a lot). logically, he'd agree with you and know you're right. and then he'd tell you he's still not going to do anything whatsoever about it. that he's not bothered by it and doesn't feel the need to change anything to his attitude. makes it a point to never let anyone or anything sway him even an inch in the stand he took when it comes to that, no matter how many thousand of times you might go over the subject with him.

because the morality of his devotion isn't the point at all. is entirely irrelevant to it and doesn't affect the way he expresses it all. it's not the metric with which he draws a line in the sand to hold it accountable to. because the thing is, takeshi's entire world revolves around tsuna--tsuna is his entire world altogether, and it's just a matter of fact, that simple. to him it's a truth as unchanging as the sky being blue, and so being the way he is according to that truth is the only way he can imagine being that'd feel right to him. and so the actual and only metric that matters here is "would tsuna be happier if i were to do this?" and/or "is this something tsuna needs me to do?"

and like. i don't think takeshi ever stops being a kind person capable of compassion and understanding and mercy and forgiveness even ten years later once they became mafia through and through. and i don't think either he grows up to be feared and called a monster per se despite the things they inevitably had to do during those ten years (and the things they'll inevitably keep having to do as long as they keep being mafia), at least not in the way, for example, they'll never stop fearing and calling mukuro one. but i do think that among the tenth gen, he ends up being the one with the most ruthless, merciless and horrific blood on his hands of that particular and distinct loving kind. you know the one i mean, right? he comes to be the one most expected and the one first expected to be willing and to take it upon himself to go through with it when the need arises. and to think little of it after, if anything at all. all in the name of making tsuna's reign as easy on him as possible.

and it's to the point where it's the kind of blood that makes even mukuro pause at times. or, when takeshi is the one coming up with solutions himself during meetings, makes even reborn blink. not because it's unjustified or wouldn't be safe or efficient or anything of the sort, but because it is unwarrantedly thorough in its retaliation. and sometimes, at times like this, he's the one tsuna needs to step in for the most, because he's the only one who can reason with him that "yes, this would work in getting rid of our problem" but "no, please, don't do that takeshi". because if tsuna is the only thing that infers on just how much and in what ways he'll let himself be devoted to him, then of course, he's also the only one takeshi's willing to reign himself in for without second thoughts. because he'd hate to ever do something tsuna would disapprove of or wouldn't want him to do. or do something that'd make tsuna see him differently or love him back less even in the slightest.

and it's also like. his devotion isn't an undisciplined one. it's not one he doesn't have control over, the very opposite. it's a very purposeful and conscious choice he chooses to keep making over and over again every step of the way, and he taught himself to have control over it, to know when it's needed and/or wanted, and how much and in which ways it is when it happens, and to keep it down otherwise. and, yes, to also reign it back in at tsuna's request at times when it still slips past his control. because it's all about making tsuna's happiness easier and secure and long-lasting, and never about burdening him with just how committed he is to do that.

so it comes down to this: takeshi willing to go above and beyond and more for tsuna unless tsuna explicitly asks him not to. and to tsuna needing to ask him not to every now and then. and to other people pointing out to him how too many times tsuna's already needed to stop him, and that maybe there's a hint for him to take there. and to takeshi seeing the hint, looking it straight in the eye and recognizing it for what it is and just. deciding it doesn't apply to him because it's all perfectly normal behavior to him. because it's the only kind of behavior that makes sense to him and feels right.

and so—to circle back to my first point—he can only express his devotion as naturally as breathing, so casually, almost like it's something inconsequential and not worth talking about despite how unmistakably it couldn't be further away from being the truth. it's the only way he could have always known how to express it, because, after all, who has ever taken time to ponder about the details and the hows of the way they breathe?

and i, for one, absolutely eat that shit up every time, thanks for coming to my ted talk <3

#katekyo hitman reborn #khr #khr meta #can i even call this one?? well i'm going to anyway lol #yamamoto takeshi #sawada tsunayoshi #i've never been normal about devotion in stories and characters and won't ever be so sorry if this doesn't make sense #also this is not to say the 10th gen loves tsuna any less unconditionally this isn't a competition #it's just me saying the particularities and specificities of the way takeshi specifically does it appeal to me the most #which is one of the reasons why i have such a big soft spot for 8027 #and it's not a problem in their relationship either btw that's also not what i'm saying #like tsuna doesn't mind it and absolutely /does/ reciprocate it 100% #he's just careful to keep an eye out so none of them will lose themselves along the way #also this is within the context of me shifting canon slightly to the left in the way where the 10th gen loves tsuna /so much/ #they could just as well actually and properly worship him as a god and it still wouldn't make a single difference #and me liking to lean into that fully and taking it to extremes and it inevitably becoming some extent of dark #because considering the environment canon makes them express it (the mafia) it's like. well how else are they meant to keep it alive #and make sure it survives through it without giving it sharp teeth and claws and jagged edges of its own you know? #so if you feel like this is some kind of ooc-ness you're not wrong #but also consider: i'm not wrong either <3 #anyway consider also: unconditional devotion running /so/ deep down to your marrow and to your very essence #even in the face of the whole world telling you how wrong it is and how insane and unhinged you are for it and condemning you for it #it still wouldn't so much as make you consider the thought they might have a point #and i genuinely EAT that shit up every time i love to see it <3

[anghraine]

Like a lot of Austen fans, I love that she kept an eye out for faceclaims paintings in art showings she attended that matched her images of Elizabeth and Jane Bennet. Very relatable, lol.

But even more, I love that she came up with a mental justification for finding a painting that matched her image of Jane (probably this) but not Elizabeth. Her conclusion was that Darcy wouldn't like putting a painting of Elizabeth on display in such a way out of his mixed feelings of love, pride, and delicacy.

And well, yeah, it honestly does seem very in-character that Darcy would be viscerally uncomfortable with displaying a painting/paintings of Elizabeth in that kind of context. Elizabeth herself is pretty intensely private and sensitive, too, so I imagine she'd actually prefer to keep her paintings at home as well (she's frank and outgoing, but she keeps a lot to herself).

#meanwhile bingley and jane are like ... whatever. lol. #all this is one hundred percent canon to me tbh #but also i'm really entertained by the idea of modern elizabeth and darcy in this context #they disagree on many things but not their mutual loathing of instagram and tiktok :P #anghraine babbles #austen blogging #deep blogging #lady anne blogging #otp of otps #elizabeth bennet #fitzwilliam darcy

[kimio7]

kiss kiss

#idk the context for this #just testing out a new brush and its pretty cool #difficult to be super neat so will prob be reserved to loose sketches like this #anyways i feel like i havent drawn canon brocedes in a hot sec LOL #will be drawing them more #brocedes #nico rosberg #lewis hamilton #f1 fanart #my art

[scintillatingshortgirl19]

ok so i GENUINELY cannot figure out what the writers were intending to communicate with this moment

so like. on one hand i initially read this as a potential straight confirmation but phil plays it in SUCH a queer way?? I truly can't tell if we were supposed to infer an unspoken "I'm flattered but i'm straight" from that, or if it was meant as a hint that he's bi

also maybe i'm delusional but in a way everybody looking at jamie like that almost feels like an acknowledgement of jamie's queer-coding??? Like - "we see you, audience, and yes Jamie is pinging the team's gaydar (bi-dar?) too" ???

I just hope they ACTUALLY confirm him as queer. And, just to be absolutely clear about my stance on this, I do not mean that Jamie needs to come out to anybody or label himself in any particular way. But imo at this point - considering this moment and also the dubiously-canon "beard ain't my type" comment - there needs to be some kind of clear indication (even if it's small!) to the audience that Jamie is into men and/or other genders besides women or maybe even is just questioning that he could be (because questioning one's sexuality and not having it all figured out by the end of the story is absolutely a valid form of representation that we need more of!)

All that to say - to me this was an EXTREMELY queer-coded moment, but it wasn't a confirmation, and I . . . hmm. I just don't know how well the various hints at Jamie's queerness will sit with me if no form of actual confirmation ever comes.

#jamie tartt #ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #i mean i'm gonna headcanon him as bi no matter what lol #but like. for the show to make that joke about beard not being his type in a video that may or may not actually be canon? #(esp considering jamie himself wasn't saying it as a joke in the context of that clip) #and then have this little moment #and then never actually confirm it? #hmm. idk man #this moment fed the queer-jamie headcanon in a huge way and i'm loving that #but i would really really like it to no longer BE a headcanon by the end of the show

[wolfylch]

My silly contribution to ship art 💕

#lol there's no context for 2nd image - i thought it'd be funny - just 2 boyfriends regretting their decisions of going to an abandoned house #High Roller in our AU is always giving Chip little Rubber Low Ballers hehe #she's actually pretty unaware emotionally that she likes Chip more than a friend #crushes are silly aren't they? #also i personally just think Kilo having a one-sided crush on Buck is funny #he bullies him all the time because he honestly hated him... but those feeling might've shifted #buck x kilo #high roller x chip #flint x graham #the only ship that's canon to our AU is flint x graham ahaha it's a slow burner for everything else #we let the characters build themselves and their relationships so it takes time #AU #ttcc #toontown corporate clash #toontown #toontown: corporate clash #au #pacesetter #flint bonpyre #graham payser #graham ness payser #high roller #chip revvington #chainsaw consultant #kilo kidd #scapegoat #buck ruffler #duck shuffler

[cerealmonster15]

Hello!! :D if you’re still taking art reqs for the drawing meme maybe 1A or 2A for Autumn Oak/Linda Stampler please?

THANK YOU!!! :] 

YES this is how i know i've made it as a dndads fanartist - the rite of passage of receiving the autumn/linda request jsklfjdsl MILESTONE ACHIEVED!!!

i had to kinda fumble around my brain a bit to come up w/some designs so maybe theyll change!! who knows!!!

[send a pose prompt!]

#asks #lex-the-lesbian #dndads #autumn oak #linda stampler #cereal tries to draw #<- btw is that her actual name or like a fandom given name?? #i was doing some research today to see if they had a canon appearance #[i couldnt find anything for either of them so my bad if they do and i missed it LOL] #but the transcripts just called her Rons Mom #and the wiki says she has no name but also the wiki isnt exactly accurate #[we ARE talking about Rons Mom here right fjkldsjfldsjf] #thats the context clues id gotten from skulking around dndads tags a while ago #anyway. ANYWAY i hope this is ok!! #again s o r r y i. need more practice drawing Older People fkldsjlf ILL GET THERE. EVENTUALLY 😭 #BUT this is cute FUCK their husbands they could learn to love again 2gether #mutual support... yea... #im p much always open to suggestions in general #may or may not do em depending on if im busy/comfortable/NERVOUS but #more often than not i will lol #it's good practice :3 anyway again lol THANKS FOR THE PROMPT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #OKAY WAIT sorry i skulked ur blog i see the name linda came from a poll jksfjdsk #glad i wasnt missing Important Lore Somewhere ok carry on 🕺

[thefreshprinceofjunes]

#SPEAKING OF BAD KH FANS SAYING WE JUST WANT TO SEE SORIKU BANG #if JT wasnt garbage i would post the clip of him going 'ooooOOOOHHHHhhh' from hercules games #for context: in the second comment theyre referring to a previous one of mine #where i said how i dislike being labeled a yaoi fangirl for shipping soriku #and in the third the 'deviance' theyre speaking of is another of mine where i said some ppl interpret xion being a girl #as sora having gender envy towards kairi #(deviance is a word i see thrown around a LOT by transphobes/homophobes) #i havent bothered to reply bc its just not worth it to try and argue with these ppl but like #1. mention of light tunnel in kh3 with 'definition of romantic love' despite showing elsa and anna #2. 'there is no gay in kh' aka just straight up ignoring strelitzias canon crush on the khux player regardless of gender #anyway. i contemplated just sending the ram ranch copypasta in response #but decided against it. at least for now #this isnt even on the soriku comp btw #this is on the video 'dont worry kh3 is still gay' lol #oh uh minor tw for aku/roku mention

[major-alenko]

I’m curious which combinations people prefer/which are more popular compared to what I’ve seen around the fandom. Please reblog for a larger sample size and share your opinions, if you’d like!

#mass effect #commander shepard #my canon shep is a spacer/war hero bc I like the idea of her being just a completely normal person who stumbles into being ‘a hero’ #also the idea of growing up/spending your whole life in space is fascinating to me lol #esp in the context of mass effect where shepard’s part of that first generation of humans that are not necessarily from Earth #i’m interested in seeing other ppls opinions though!!

[judasisgayriot]

strange attractors. kind of like we could be?

#heroesedit #claire bennet #gretchen berg #primatech #nbc heroes #heroes nbc #claire x gretchen #heroes #anni edits #ok heroes... keep your rights #heroes is really not a show where i care about any of the canon 'romances' it throws at you #i'm much more inclined to go be a complete degenerate in the corner #but then s4 gave me claire discovering liking girls is a thing and it gave me weird girl gretchen and they were ADORABLE #so like. best best best. literally no context for best 'canon' ship in the show. at all #i love how claire bluescreens when gretch kisses her like she only just realised you could in fact kiss other girls #and then gretchen tries to give her an easy out like 'its ok if u dont like me' #and claire is so indignant like UH NO I DIDNT SAY THAT #shes still figuring out but uhhh she liiiikes her. when she smiles to herself when gretchen jokes about kiss attacking her lol. anyway #i love them tbh. claire's baby lesbian arc actually gave s4 ALL its rights back after s3 #also genuinely uh. shout out to heroes for this in 2010 i guess????? #like it's for real a sweet and well handled and believable little teenage romance and its just. a thing! and it's cute! #sorry i love claire and gretchen lol #i meant no CONTEST for best canon ship lol. btw #i can be wholesome SOMETIMES believe it or not #heroes season 4

[willowser]

would actually kill for you to write a post canon dabi one shot where he’s healing and finally at peace pretty please 🥺

UGH you know i would love to 🥺 i really would !!! 🥺 but everything with touya in canon right now is sooooooo ajfnfiejqkqk screwy !!! i want to write more post canon touya but i just can't nail down what i think he'd feel ???? do i want him to find peace finally — absolutely !!!! 🥺 but i just don't know 🥺 how that will work 🥺 everything i try to justify for him just doesn't feel right akfjanfhdjamq which is so sad LOL it IS SAD !!!!!! god i have so many feelings on this you have no idea how i've been agonizing over it lately !!!

#✿ ask willow #GOD i could go on and on #canon touya is beginning to enter that stage for me where levi from aot currently is where like #writing romance for him in the canon context is becoming increasingly difficult to write bc #what i want to write doesnt feel plausible !!!! #god let me shut up LOL

[goldieclaws]

A joke sketch I ended up more committed to than anticipated after watching a Spyro speedpaint. I don't know if I'd get to explore these two's relationship on a humorous level in canon, but that's what memes are for.

(Both Nameless [left] and Ghirren [right] use he/him and are trans men)

Reblogs appreciated, thank you! 💖✨

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#fighting to get back into the art vibe so I tried something different #also ppl who know my older ghirren art of are patrons know why his palette is like that lol #ghirren historia #the quartet #nameless Hiram #plus the canon context is very VERY different so trying to get jokes in is tricky #my art #oc art #dragon #spyro the dragon #the legend of spyro #MEW and Sheridan try to be on the same level of annoying as Nameless towards Ghirren #but then they get intimidated out of it lmao #and one of them IS a dragon! #nameless came out as an accidental mimic of spyro himself oop #it's the purble ofc lol #also i did this meme format before with daniel and damien bc it makes me laugh and I need that rn

[clonehub]

part of the tragedy of the clones is the accelerated aging. its inseparable from their creation and their duty. it doesnt just artificially shorten their lives, it concentrates the feelings they have about themselves and their ability to leave/stay and to fight or not fight, because they have half as much time to do anything. if their bodies break down at an alarming speed, theyd probably hate to have to do it outside of what's familiar to them, even if what's familiar is an active violation of their rights. its an artificial life constraint as well as an artificial choice constraint. if you had all the time in the world, you'd probably worry less about why you were put into the galaxy, what your "purpose" was. existentialism is less daunting when you can exist perpetually. not so for clones.

#ch posts #i get uh #a little bit annoyed? I guess? sometimes when people go out of their way to find workarounds around the aging #as much as Id love for the clones to live long lives #think about it within the context of the story #and its like. ''they could have lived a normal lifespan'' and palpatine would have had them longer #they would have just kept fighting for the empire #or even been artifically culled bc theyre still more expensive than conscripts #im not against all workarounds #but me personally if someone's gonna change it id like it to be. not ''clever'' thats not the right word. #uh. #a struggle? #something thats gotta be fought for yknow #not like an easy solution/fix to it #star wars #the clone wars #tbh even if canon changed where there was a one two fix to the clones' lifespans i dont think id change my OCs stories lol

[avephelis]

on one hand i think fan ships of donnie and just like. emotional support scientist are the cutest things and they fill me with joy. but then on the other hand i'm always reminded that donnie's type is canonically "so cute but so mean", so.

#im not like a huge shipper but idk i just. yeag. #if i ever end up making a love interest for donnie itll probably be an iteration of a tmnt character that wasnt in rise that like #strikes an in-between of supportive + nice and kind of mean in a fun way #i do think a lot abt how donnie's preferences as well as his general approach with emotions could land him in some rough spots #like even ignoring that he's a teen + mutant lol. but like yeah idk he's around that age in canon and my brain consumes angst so like. hmn. #btw i headcanon rise!donnie as queer + bi for context. also going just off the show he has the most game which i think is funny. #see: mascot melee and whatever was going on with jeremy in purple jacket #i find this funny because like it's fucking. it's DONNIE. but yeah he's the only one of the rise boys who's actually made moves i think. #woah i just rambled a lot lol

[shooks-stupid-stuff]

how tf have i never posted these here-

#kyō (oc) #kaiji (oc) #tetsuno (oc) #shook doodles #len'en #...should i tag the len'ens theyre dressed as? i mean. yeah probably #im sure the len'en fans will enjoy some content even if it is just my ocs cosplaying cjhbvcjv #sukune katano #adagumo no yaorochi #adagumo no saragimaru #context bc i feel this is important: kaiji and tetsuno are siblings and kyō is kaiji's bodyguard #i often associate kyō with haniwa and well. the other 2 are siblings chbvjc #technically it would be more fitting with the len'en canon if kyō was dressed as saragimaru but uhhh i wanted to make the #sibling joke lol. bc kaiji is the world's most overprotective brother cjkhbgvjckhvk #ok anyways cjhbvjcv i was looking for reference and rediscovered this so i wanted to post this bc i like it :]

[mahoutoons]

no offense but the way some of you react when there's even a hint that sonamy could be a thing is so irrational. i'm not saying you can't have opinions but there's a difference between "i personally prefer if this ship didn't become canon" and "if this ship becomes canon, i will literally BURN MYSELF IN FRONT OF SEGA" and so many of you act like the second one. its a fictional ship between a blue and pink hedgehog, not the end of the world, calm down.

#context: few days ago kishimoto expressed an interest in developing sonic and amy's relationship #and so many people acted like it was the worst thing ever and would ruin the franchise #when all kishimoto said was what we know #sonamy is semi canon #they've gone on dates and stuff #but its unlikely that they'll ever be fully canon if you know what i mean #and even if they did #i don't think the dynamic would change much #other than them just calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend #and even if it does no one's stopping you from liking other ships #and if they are well the block button exists for a reason #anyways that's my rant lol #sonic the hedgehog #sonamy #rebecca talks