#maybe more of a confession

[inkskinned]

it's the levels of scrutiny too.

a movie that has a largely-female cast has to be well-written, well-shot, well-acted, well-advertised. people will spend 2 hours on youtube talking about a single plot hole; about a moment of bad pacing, about a singular background character's poor scripting. if there isn't something obvious, they will say - well there's nothing specifically bad, but it wasn't specifically good either.

they will turn out another all-male movie, and it's just a movie.

a book that has queer representation in it has to defy every convention of writing while also being true to traditional plot, structure, format, and pacing. it must have no boring chapters, no missteps, no awkward dialogue. it must be able to "prove" that any queer relationship "makes sense", their sparks must fly off the page and their love must be eternal. the writing must be clear and beautiful, the storyline original and fresh, the values traditional but with an undercurrent that is modern and saucy.

they will turn out another book without queer rep, where a man and woman just-fall-in-love, and it's just a book.

i am latinx. i am queer. i am nb & neurodivergent. my father said to me once: you will need to be exceptional to be just-as-good, and you will need to be beyond exceptional before they see you as just-a-person, and not your labels.

i am not beyond exceptional. i am a human person. i am skilled because i worked my ass off to be skilled.

i am currently reading a book that's so-bad-it's-good about a girl that falls in love with a vampire. i was 64% of the way through the book before she figures out tall-dark-fanged is not natural. i like books like these, i like letting myself relax while i just enjoy the read. but i do spend a lot of time wondering - would this have been published if it was about queer people? would this have gotten past the editors if the characters weren't white and sexy?

i want to write a movie about being a woman in a male space, and i want to start that movie with a 10 minute scene where the woman is lectured with the exact same whining that occurs in the youtube comments of even the trailers for those movies: "haven't we had enough diversity?" "we've had enough girl power movies" "sorry, this is just pandering. it's boring."

here's what's fucked up: it shouldn't matter, you're right. my identity shouldn't fold after my name like a battalion of stars: a cry of what i've gone through. what we all know i had to move past and through. i should just be a writer, plain and simple, without my work being shifted through with tweezers - i know everything i make, always, i am incredibly responsible for. beholden to. i don't like knowing that if i fuck up, i am also fucking up for every person like me. every person in a community i belong to.

once, back in undergrad, i wrote a short story about a girl who had been kicked by a horse. it was my first time writing about my experience with my ocd; i felt proud of it. the story was mostly about grief and slow recovery. the queerness of the main character was not important to the plot, my main character was just-queer. there wasn't even a romantic interest in it.

i remember one of my classmates being disappointed. "i just feel like you always write about girls who like girls, and i'm bored of it," he said. "you're a beautiful writer, but i'm like - oh, at some point, it's gonna be gay again." during the workshop, he folded his hands over my story and said, "and okay, i'm just going to say it. she's ocd, she's gay, she's depressed - it's a little much for me to believe is all happening to one person."

it is a little much to be that person (and more besides). i have therapy weekly, after all.

over and over, belonging to exception.

#spilled ink #poetry #prose #warm up #idk what this is #maybe more of a confession #btw the book is called crave it's OKAY #it's very straight #main character keeps being like totally okay with situations where dude is DEF #being a stalker villian #she's known him for a WEEK and shes like #'hes all that matters' #girlfriend ur parents only died a MONTH ago #there's a lot about timing in that book im like .... did this author ever have any #actually bad experiences #like main character being like ''i shouldn't cry over them it's pathetic'' a mONTH after her parents die #btw this isn't bc she's in denial/suffering/etc it's bad writing #the narrative is instead like #'' .... bc the author doesn't want to remember to discuss it'' #she forgets she has a sprained ankle a lot #tbh im THIS close to saying ''fuck good writing'' #and writing my OWN stupid supernatural school YA romance #and YES!!!!! IT WOULD INDEED BE GAY #''oh this school? we're all... different here....bc... of the witches??oh . i mean yeah but no actually we just really believe in a diverse

[grimnocs]

NOBODY TOLD ME ABOUT KITTY NOIRE ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? WHEN I ALREADY GOT OVER THIS STUPID SHOW???

(Also I made some adjustments to the suit just to appease my little designer brain soz)

#continued watching with my little sister recently #still not done tho #but wtf dude her little confession to marinette was so cute #the way she already started flirting as kitty noir is so fun #kitty noire #miraculous ladybug #cat noir #chat noir #doodle #my art #zoe lee #mlb fanart #ml fanart #i'll probably draw her more maybe yes

[bakudekublogblog]

shiggy is gonna be redeemed bc izuku’s brain is about to subject him to 12 years of slowburn childhood friends to enemies to rivals to lovers angst fic and he needs to see it have a happy ending

#he sees the all might card flashback and is like WAIT that was kacchan gay yearning TOO #JESUS CHRIST JUST KISS #bakudeku #bkdk #mha spoilers #bnha spoilers #mha 414 spoilers #mha 414 #shiggy is like now that I have context Jesus Christ my evil plan couldnt have been more evil actually ok maybe y’all can live to confess #jahdksjdowksoos

[petricorah]

zuko alone pt 2

lovingly inspired by this [ids in alt]

#zuko #sokka #zukka #zukka fanart #myart #sokka leaving aka the light in zukos life leaving #i imagine this is right before a confession but something happens and sokka decides to go home permanently and they both can't say how they #feel even though it's almost understood because it's too painful #when i first drafted this sokka's hair wasn't nearly as long but then i got carried away because of canon long haired sokka #after i drafted this i actually came up with a longer form one that's more faithful to the inspiration so maybe i'll do that someday. #where they're actually dating already but the love just. isn't enough for their duty #drawing sokka without his necklace is weird. like he's nakey #sokka fanart #atla fanart #atla #avatar the last airbender #can this be divorced zukka if they were never together? tagging anyway in case people have angst blocked #divorced zukka

[foe-paw]

I CAN FIX ANYTHING!

#starkid #hatchetfield #team starkid #ted spankoffski #time bastard #nightmare time #foe art #tbh i am completely aligned with tinky when it comes to ted spankoffski #put that guy in Situations! #see him run! see him jump! see him make the same mistakes or new exciting mistakes! #like honestly. 'the girl i liked moved out before i had the chance to confess so i'll be more confident' is a perfectly fine lesson #for a college-age youngun smdjksjdskjd #then after the first fifteen times he creeped someone out you'd expect him to learn Another lesson! skdjskdjskjdskdj #not this guy tho. refuses to learn anything! #give the bastard's box another shake to see if he maybe grows as a person- oh nope nvm #he had a heel realization in TGWDLM and failed to learn anything from that one too! smdsmdmksjdsjdksmd #stubborn as a goat is ted spankoffski! #fascinating!

[mettywiththenotes]

I like to imagine Kudou "Got together with Yoichi in less than 2 months" is infuriated with Izuku "Miscommunication with Kacchan for 10+ years" Midoriya

He is tapping his foot waiting for those kids to talk and kiss already

#he wasn't even there all those years but he sees the way izuku acts around bakugou and wants to rip his hair out #kudou: back in my day we didn't beat around the bush like this. we didn't have time to. #kudou: we just confessed and kissed because the world was in chaos and you didn't know whether it would be your last day on earth or not! #izuku looking at yoichi: First... please help #it would probably be like that #or maybe #izuku: its hard to explain but me and kacchan... we've only just started talking normally again and i can't mess that up #izuku annoyed: it's a lot more complicated than what you think it is #smthg like that idk lol #i feel like izuku would overthink whether the crush is mutual or not because of their history #and kudou's 2 seconds away from grabbing him by the shirt (?) and telling him to confess already #for their (the vestiges) sakes #bnha #bnha manga spoilers #kudoichi #bakudeku #mettys posts #metty posts #bnha spoilers #kudou #izuku midoriya

[sunforgrace]

you guys please understand they were going to say “CASTIEL’S PERSONAL HEAVEN” and paper the walls like a teen girls room with pictures of dean pictures of dean’s face PLASTERED onto the bodies of beefcakes all while cheek to cheek blares out. as brought to you by fucking metatron

#cutting an I love you because your actor who’s been kinning this guy for years thinks is out of character: #cutting part of me always believed you’d come back because same actor thinks that’s too gay: #cutting castiel’s personal half naked dean winchester heaven because tptb go hey maybe this is too gay and homophobic. as a bit: #I understand why we’re picking handprint. but I will put forth the argument that this is the bait rounds and that overall #the handprint is less bait and more so the weird boy besties behavior #listen you know I LOVE the handprint. but in terms of genuine great american queerbait #and I mean they put the handprint back on during the love confession at this point that one’s just textual we’re talkin BAIT #closest to bait here I’d argue is the fact they had anna palm it while having sex with dean #like actively pausing the sex scene to just show anna gripping it and dean reacting #but again that’s more. weird. than bait I’d say. Simply because that transcends bait into what the fuck are you guys doing #but at this point cas was hot off the scene by season 9 they KNEW what they were doing and they were DOING it maliciously in a POST YOURE #NOT CRAZY TWEET WORLD

[noxious-fennec]

It's pomegranate season :)

A redraw of this piece from around a year ago

#hello guys...(: #i started school back in mid September! its hell #and my chronic pain is rly bad these days i can barely do anything #and my next break will be spent at the hospital #but love and light at least we're trucjing along and getting somewhere hopefully #this drawing isn't exactly the most finished the most effortful what have you but its all i can guve you #confession time: idk if i have it in me to keep drawing the guys #dont get me wrong still adore them. but i feel a little out of it #maybe this'll change the second i post this but whatever. #i had an amazing time being active in the fandom you guys are so sweet and you got me thru rough patches <3 #I'll still be around just even more inactive #anyway i hope you enjoy this!!! #i feel like I've improves substantially which is good #fennec. art #cwilbur #dsmp fanart #my art #thx to everyone that's loved my art yall hold a special place in my heart #alright bye bye xoxo #ps esteemed mutuals and lovely audience never hesitate talking to me i am always around and i love ppl I'm just socially anxious

[carefulfears]

how many of you would get mad at me if i said that mulder fucking another woman while wearing scully’s crucifix necklace is one of the most romantic things to ever happen….like, gothically and punitively so….it’s like….well, it’s like…it’s like “aw boohoo he has to get laid because he’s so sad his partner is gone” but like for a person who never allows themself any indulgence or respite or attention, who therefore only has sex as penance. only in blood. and it’s like…yes, it’s self-harm, in many ways, but in many ways it is also confession. crucifixion, as a laying down of sin. bless me father, for i can’t save them, and i miss them anyway. crucifixion as being watched over…when he asked maggie, “why did she wear this?” and maggie answered, “because i gave it to her.”

#when you don’t believe in god but you believe in her so you give yourself religious guilt #he literally……he puts it on for his first case without her. for his first time away from home without her. #and therefore endows this kind of omniscient presence into it #it really is like being watched over. confession. #‘vampirism as an allegory for devotion and religion and abuse’ episode i am sorry i was not your mother #not everyone got it but i did #like….top 10 television episodes of all time. not just this show. #txf.txt #3 #also it’s an admission. #it’s an admission that he can connect with someone and desire that type of connection #he’s capable and maybe he wants it. maybe it means something. #the trust and care that existed between him and kristen has existed with 100 other women and never been anything more than #friendly and respectful #but maybe when it really comes down to it he does want to be seen in another light and that is a lot to admit

[magpod-confessions]

i hate that everybody's already trying to shove protocol characters into tma-shaped boxes. and also i feel like that happens to lena the most. it feels like nobody actually WANTS her to be a character of her own, just elias 2.0 because she's the boss (she isn't even the boss, she's a middle manager.)

i have seen so many posts going deep into detail and analysis about tmagp characters, making excellent points and clearly caring about every single character, but then i get to the part where they talk about lena and it's just like. one sentence. or none at all. people also constantly post "full line-ups" of their tmagp designs, but lena's almost always missing. it's like people don't even consider her an actual character or something.

she's already got something obviously different going on than elias did, and i feel like she's an incredibly complex character, but it seems like nobody really wants to. dive into that complexity. BUT I DO !!!!! i care about her :(

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#yea agreed anon #also shes more in a jon archivist position rather than an jonah position #idk maybe go with those parallels instead #tmagp #the magnus protocol #lena tmagp #jonah magnus #lena kelley #magpod #magpod confession #idk funny how her name is kelley rhymes with shelley

[aeb-art]

soooo… i did another comic with geo (who of course belongs to @8um8le)! it ending up stretching the page quite a bit, so the rest is under the cut o7

and geo proceeded to win every single round of pool that night, the end, thank you for reading this far 🙇

i'm still not super confident in writing for geo, but i had too much fun with this to care ehehe 🥰 this is the year of indulgence, everyone!

edit: i just realized that I PUT THE CICUITS ON THE WRONG ARM! it's supposed to be on my right not my left, oh i'm so mad 😭💔

#2024 #stellar city #sc geo #sc ash #self insert #self ship #this is skipping foward a while in time from the new years comic damn i'll get to the inbetween later maybe idk #timeline would be nye kiss > stalling > actual confession > dates that are either confined to the mall or over video call > this #i think if it's not related to an event the security guards dress in civilian clothes to cause less of a scene if possible #shoutout to the furnace robot i'm in love with her also i decided that under her faceplate is a flamethrower i think that'd be fun #also i know realistically geo has clothes that aren't suits BUT the idea popped in my head of the mall toons having to fight him on his out #agrees to not wear a nice suit jacket and leave his shirt untucked on the condition that he can keep his gloves #like that's a ridiculous scenario but i lost it laughing #would you believe me if i said that's what made me do all of this #also the 'i won't let them ruin this' is also like… oh sweetheart how do you know YOU won't be the one to ruin it? lmao that'd be fun #i totally gave up on that last panel ngl i couldn't think of what to put on the signs lmao #okay i've rambled more than enough! everyone have a beautiful day/night xoxoxo love you mwah

[the-mariachi-96]

The Holy Trinity of the Caribbean.

incorrect quotes.

Mai and Ty Lee, dressed as men: Captain Az!

Azula: Will you join my crew? welcome to the board!

Mai: I came to look for the woman I love.

Azula stops with a disgusted face, she didn't like boys.

Azula, while gesturing to her subordinate to leave:: You really flatter me, but my only love is the ocean.

Ty Lee: Azula!

Azula, turns around quickly: Girls! hide the rum.

#Azula #Mai #Ty Lee #Maizulee #atla #avatar: the last airbender #pirates of the caribbean #Captain Azula #captain az #pirate azula #atla incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #My first time doing this...I think. #Azula fears that Mai and Ty Lee will burn the rum again. #Mai and Ty Lee just want to confess to Azula but she always finds ways to make it more dramatic. 😮‍💨 #This has nothing to do with the Au....Well #maybe it does. #pirates au #translator #traductor

[mattzerella-sticks]

No but imagine Buck-and-Eddie as roommates AND Buck still dating Tommy by end of s7/beginning of s8.

#9-1-1 on abc #911 on abc #911 abc #eddie diaz #evan 'buck' buckley #buddie #buckeddie #buck x eddie #tommy kinard #bucktommy #gay eddie diaz #bi buck #911 is a DRAMA i WANT eddie to be jealous #i want him and buck to get so domestic but also have buck spend more time with tommy so that eddie begins to feel left out and crashes dates #i want Eddie figuring out he's gay and in love with Buck and trying to keep both secret #i want Eddie coming out to the team + Buck mirroring Buck's coming out #i want Buck and Tommy trying to set Eddie up and Tommy picking up on Eddie's feelings #i want Tommy calling Eddie out on his feelings and says he isn't backing down #i want men FIGHTING over evan buckley #i want eddie to confess to Buck in the worst way possible buck has to spend the next few days couch surfing bc he doesn't know what to do #and of course he ends up with eddie but also maybe we get bucktommeddie #like we have a whole other SEASON we get to enjoy i would be so disappointed if we skip all the good build up just to cut to buddie together

[pacifistcowboy]

thinking about espio “overly dramatic and a fan of the traditional way of doing things, probably including romantic gestures” the chameleon and silver “massive fan of gardening and plants and nature” the hedgehog. something something silver loves flowers and flowers are a very customary romantic gift

espio would make silver a bouquet and go out of his way to choose flowers specifically for their meanings, and silver would actually know what all the meanings are and find this to be the sweetest and most romantic thing anyone has done ever. espio will be riding this high for months.

#i feel like it’s not inaccurate to say espio likes doin’ things traditionally right? #like it’s typically specifically ninja or general japanese traditions but like still? idk maybe that’s too bold a claim #anyway. i believe before they become a couple silver’s much more openly affectionate n espio’s totally awkward #but once they confess their feelings n start dating i think espio gains the bravery to live out his romantic fantasies #n does overdramatic romantic gestures whenever he can and every single time silver is awestruck n smitten by it #silver probably tries to do something in return but totally stumbles ‘cus he’s still kinda new to romance stuff #and ​doesn’t have the natural Ninja Charm #but obviously it still works on espio because he’s bein’ so sweet puttin’ in so much effort just to impress him #ok i should stop now. they’re constantly in my brain i just love them sm #espilver #silvespio #silver the hedgehog #espio the chameleon

[crimswnred]

LITG SEASON 7: STICK OR TWIST

second sneak peek — meet Rafael (Raf)

spanish project manager

works in tech

lived in Madrid, the Islands and in America

currently lives in London

outgoing

his ideal girl is also his best friend

loves when, in a couple, you can't get over each other (obsessed, we love to see it)

misses his mom and dad, wants to take his girl to meet them

hopeless romantic and quick to go all in

about the others:

coupled up with Daphne, American film makeup artist

sees Alex as a big bro (thinks he helps him chill out)

apparently, Bombshell Cassius (greek) wants his girl (DRAMAAAA)

likes Daphne and wants to figure things out with her

thinks Daphne is not that into him but wanna try it with her anyway

thinks Joyo is cool and mysterious

sees Bryson as his partner in crime

looks like the boys had to complete some missions but Geri (barista) and Willow (candle maker) figured them out

thinks Geri is fiery, Willow is smart and Estelle is funny

narrator said Cassius looks like a Greek god

appearance:

#love island the game #litg #litg rafael #litg season 7 #litg s7 #litg stick or twist #new boy! #there's so much more info #than alex's beach hut confession #maybe bc alex is shy #and raf is outgoing

[stimtfil]

my pinky's headcanon humanization :)

#loved someone's hc with vitiligo #also i😔just mixed all the cool and my favorite headcanons of others that i saw in tiktok #honest confession #BLACK PINKY NATION LETS GOO #mlp #my little pony #equestria girls #pinky pie #mlp pinkie pie #my little pony humanization #mlp human design #does she look cool???? #i think she is....... very much #ummm maybe will draw others?? dk #tell me if you want more.... #ALSO YES PINKY IS FASHION DISASTER #kid core???? decora kei????