#which I showed my partner

[testicularmanslaughtrr]

Oh gee what’s he gonna order?

#my art #see not everything is depressing! #unlike my next piece #which I showed my partner #and all he said was #Concern

[catsharky]

Yeah I was right and there was no way I was getting the rest of this done without making you all wait another month or two, so I just went to the next good break point. We're officially past the halfway point with Astarion though, so not too much longer before you actually get to see Rolan again!

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#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 comic #I just really love Ember and Astarion's dynamic as well ok #He's who she canonly ends up with but the Rolan timeline is if Astarion had decided he wasn't ready for a physical relationship after all #in which case his relationship with Ember doesn't really change they just end up platonic life partners instead of romantic ones #that duo who everyone assumes are a couple because they might as well be but nah #hopefully gonna get to show off how Ember and Rolan work together once I get back to him cause I love their chemistry just as much #rolan x tav #tav x rolan #rolan x ember #bg3 astarion #astarion #my tav #sharky's tav #tav: ember #oc: ember #sharky art

[lithyena]

jeans to y2k/tripp inspired skirt ݁ ˖ִ ࣪✩₊ ⊹˚

I thrifted some jeans recently, not knowing if they would fit me, but buying it anyway bc 1) it was €1 and 2) if it didn't fit I could surely make something with it.

turns out it was wayyy too small 😂 so I decided it would be perfect to make one of those tripp/y2k skirts with!

firstly I cut off the legs just above the crotch. I then tried it on, found it was too tight still, and added two strips of leftover fabric on either side. it fits perfectly now!

then I cut the remaining pant legs in even strips and connected them all to make one long strip. I folded ruffles of 5cm along the length, and sewed it in place before I sewed it onto the bottom of the skirt!

and just like that, I have a new skirt 𓆩♡𓆪 I might add some strips with d rings on it once I figure out the placement ^_^ but for now it's done

#mine #i showed it to my partner who immediately was like YOU HAVE SO MUCH TALENT #which was rly cool to hear actually #goth #alternative #diy #crafts #handmade #tripp #skirt #y2k #selfmade #tutorial? kinda???

[necroticboop]

— Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You

#the owl house #owl house #eda clawthorne #edalyn clawthorne #raine whispers #raeda #look we are fully in the ship trash over here okay? okay #i dedicate this to my nonbinary bard partner because honestly they're why i watched this show #which has become such a hyperfixation #this is my comfort ship uwu

[chimchiri]

Small follow up to this - and more suffering for Rainbow!

#I showed that first drawing to my partner and he immediately went 'snack time!' which made me laugh way too long #AJ WOULD be that cheesy/flirty and it would definitely make RD GAG #at least this time I'm really happy with AJs arms #So often I look at my finished art and think 'goddammit she's not buff enough' #also let's just assume she lost her hat in her makeout session because I COULD NOT make it work #rarijack #rarity #applejack #rainbow dash #that poor little cinnamon roll #mlp #my art

[pastafossa]

Late to the party, first time watching DD completely, not in bits and pieces.

Ya know, thinking about it, in TRT, you've added ANOTHER parallel to Fisk and Matt.

They both fall in love with women who enable them.

Vanessa reassures Fisk that he's doing the right thing, that he's not to blame for what happened as a kid.

Jane reassures Matt that he's doing the right thing, that he's not to blame for what happened as a kid.

They both calm the raging fury that's inside of them.

I'd love to see Venessa and Jane have a conversation, just one. Just to see their personalities bounce off of eachother. I have a feeling Jane would start to show her teeth and Venessa would start to show her second face by the end of it.

(Not fully caught up with trt)

YESSSSSSSS! And that's the thing, like - the parallels between Matt and Fisk have always been an amazing piece of writing for me in canon. They set it up so beautifully, weaving in all these layers where you see how similar they are, but also slightly different: their first drink with their father (Matt while stitching up his dad, Fisk trying to please his dad), their father's deaths, the rage, trying to 'fix' the city, etc. And so it felt right to show something similar with Matt and Jane versus Fisk and Vanessa who, spoiler alert: I also fucking love as a couple.

Both are arguably healthy (ish) relationships in their own way. Supportive, loving. Like you said, they encourage or enabling the other depending on the circumstance/where you're standing: you're doing the right thing. I believe in you even when no one else does. You can do this. You're not to blame for what happened then. They're kind to their partners. And neither of them are as innocent as Matt and Fisk initially think.

But much like Matt and Fisk, there are slight differences, showing the different ways the wheels can turn even in similar people, namely in the way Vanessa leans into that personal darkness, and Jane is, at least for now, trying to lean away from it. Because Vanessa's very comfortable, confident with strolling through that darkness, as is fitting for a villain power couple. Jane meanwhile is more like someone who's trying for the second time to cross a Decent Person wire above a darkened I Want To Murder Many People canyon but she slipped and is now hanging onto it upside down, holding onto that rope with her teeth, fingers, and toes all while Circumstance butters her fingers and Matt desperately uses his balancing pole to swat at Circumstance from the nearby wire Matt himself is barely walking labeled 'Violent Catholic Vigilante Issues'.

ANYWAY, I agree. I think Vanessa and Jane would have a lot to talk about, and the push and pull between them both would be really interesting! Because there's so much they agree on, and yet, there's just enough different that ooooh... that slow build in tension would be delicious. How long before the masks fell, and they both got a true sense of the other? Only time would tell.

#the red thread #i love parallel characters #I LOVE THEM #SO MUCH #and all the parallels in DD is one of my favorite things about the show #Vanessa and Jane have very different backgrounds sure but they also have similar feelings towards their partners and are supportive #and act with them much the same way #which i found a FASCINATING thing to weave in #it tracks all the way back to Matt and Fisk being odd mirrors of each other: paralleled but eternally opposing forces that will always war #and that includes in relationships #they both worship the ground their ladies walk on but with these little *nudges* they're both pushing them in directions closer to themselv #Fisk bringing Vanessa into darkness with him and Matt clawing and fighting for a place in the light for Jane #god i love paralleling

[fujii-draws]

Realized now that the first time Dusknoir unhinged his stomach mouth wasn’t during the stoneship fight but ACTUALLY right before the betrayal???

NO WONDER HERO AND PARTNER WERE SO AFRAID.

#I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS THE ‘’READY-TO-GRAB’’ MOTION THAT SHOCKED THEM BUT NO. #NOT ONLY THAT. BUT THE REST OF THE TOWN ONLY REACT WHEN THEY’RE ACTUALLY GRABBED. #<<<(which makes me wonder if Dusknoir whispered ‘Or is it?’ to these two oh my fucking god.) #(probably not but that would be so raw) #listen to me. LISTEN TO ME. #HE WAS NOTHING BUT KIND (DECEPTIVELY AT TIMES) UP UNTIL THAT POINT. #HE NEVER DID THAT BEFORE. NOT EVEN AT TEAM SKULL. #SO HERO AND PARTNER GENUINELY GOT SCARED #GWAAAH I LOVE NOTICING DETAILS LIKE THAT #NOT SURE HOW I MISSED THIS THE FIRST TIME #but GOD does it add onto the fear those two felt. him going from genuinely helpful and sweet to showing his true colors #FUCKKK I WANT TO REDRAW THIS SCENE AGAINN #anyways going insane over this ghost at 2am #pmd eos spoilers

[get-back-homeward]

Ringo's Love of Jive Dancing

Playing skiffle with Eddie Clayton introduced a welcome way out from the street-corner existence Richy Starkey had known more than a year. It would take a long time to remove himself completely, but being with a group was an alternative to “walking” with the gang, and when he and Roy weren’t doing one or the other they were often dancing. Both were athletic and acrobatic jivers, accomplished rock and roll dancers able to flip, flop and fly their female partners, hold them up in the air and send them scooting through their legs.

Richy was a good jiver and so was I. We used to go to all the hops, to the Rialto and the Cavern, and girls liked to dance with us because we could do it. We had denim suits and denim jackets so the lads and girls in the Cavern called us “the Binmen.” We had regular jiving partners and loved it. But we were seriously threatened in the Rialto one night. Some feller got stabbed in the face with a pair of scissors and I was told, “You and your mate are next.” We were out of there like a shot. We didn’t like that at all. That was me and Richy—out the door.

—Tune In (Ch. 7, July 15–Dec 15, 1957)

A jukebox pumped out records when the Hurricanes took a break and [Ringo] was easily the best jiver in the group, never short of a dance partner. Margaret Douglas, on holiday here from Liverpool, says, “Ringo was a brilliant rock ’n’ roll dancer. He knew all the moves.”26

—Tune In (Ch. 15, May 31–Aug 15, 1960)

#i can find no photos of 50s richie jive dancing and that is a shame #but i love this quote and needed an aesthetic post to bring it alive #ringo starr #richard starkey #none really show the big jive moves #which are crazy and incredible and a good partner is worth their weight in gold #ringo #i cheated with the middle twirl thats just stock #the rest are all ringo #dancing bugs #mia farrow #cilla black #astrid kitcherr #ringo stories #ringo appreciation post #prebugs #reading tune in #i love all the young ringo details #i really need to post more i dont see enough ringo posts on my dash #underrated how dangerous those dance halls got #that john scissor story from hambug gets a lot of play but all he did is chop up a dress #the teds are gouging peoples eyes out with them at dances when someone eyes their girl wrong i mean yikes

[josephslittledeputy]

G... Gale..;....???

#he really said 'ill show you what that tongue do' #BOY #im thoroughly enjoying his romance so far #him and astarion have honestly been a tie for me idk which one i like more #bg3 spoilers #bg3 #gale dekarios #still silent as a winter night on here but ill come back soon! been adjusting to loving life again & getting stuff done #i can finally make phone calls again without having min 10 anxiety attacks :3 like fr i havent made a phone call in years??? always made #my partner do it for me. but one month into lexapro and ive been able to make all the calls! its honestly so wonderful #anyway nobody asked i know i know but yeah

[oatbugs]

pls i need to provide updates

#basically yesterday night was chaharshanbe suri . which is a solar new yr tradition where we let go of the past suffering in our year #and like...start the new yr w fresh vigour . anyway so my friend was at the event and we were abt to leap over the fire #and she was like bro im im glad u blocked her (situationship) etc etc . and then. my phone started vibrating. and i look at it. and my f #friend looks at it. and its her. and were both like what the fuck?? i blocked her things r Over and anyway so i pick up the phone and shesl #acting like nothing happened (bc nothing DID happen for her) and she was like ohh ur doing chaharshanbe suri im not doing anything etc what #are ur new yr plans so i jusr .IDK WHY I DID THIS . but ig i didnt wanna come off as like lonely i said probably hanging out w family and #friends maybe reading poetry together . et cetera and she was like wait that sounds so fun why didnt u invite me! #LIKE WDYM YOUVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY MAKING IT CLEAR U DONT WANT TO BE IN MY PRESENCE . and i told her that after #everything i thought she didnt want to see me again and she was like you always think that 😐 . like. ?? ok anyway so she expects me to #invite her . and like. there is an above 0% but sub-5% chance she will actually show up . but the panic that gripped me #i started making calls to my friends asking them if they can come on the 23rd bc there must be an event and also i asked my mother #and she said actually yeah i am doing a thing on the 23rd :D it involves over 16 ppl (we live in a v small flat) of which like...7 are kids #so you wont have space to be in ur own room let alone invite others. which tbh like ...being around a bunch of loud kids doesnt seem fun fo #any of my friends or me etc so i thought maybe i should arrange things so that we all go out together and if she shows up she shows up 🤷‍♀️ #but . im so. WHY DID I SAY THAT . i had to panic-call my research partner and ask him to get from oxf to where i live on the 23rd #and when he heard the explanation he like. the light in his voice disappeared 💀 but he potentially agreed so idk #THE ISSUE IS. 23rd im supposed to also have . a date #w this girl that i had a huge crush on when i was 15-16 (posted abt this b4 but id get shitty black coffee in the mornings just to spend a #few more minuted w her each day and she was the cleverest girl in school and she cared abt nothing but her academics but now shes very gay #scraggly homosexual etc etc shes cute) and YEAH IDK #like id have to go there on the date come back fast meet ppl POTENTIALLY (again under 5%) meet situationship girl #like is that even doable #but the thing is it would be so so so funny bc all of my friends dislike her sooo much #.........what if i invited the girl im supposed to have a date w over to hang out w us #god that would be so hilarious and chaotic . i wont do it tho im a mature person x #but it would be soooo funny #I HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT DUE TMRW 12:30PM IT IS 10:49PM RN I HAVENT STARTED IT bc i was rotting sadly in bed #popped a ritalin pill tho so here we go x #i have found myself in a state of such sheer agony and rage and sorrow and grief over this girl that atp i feel like #its just so entertaining . like i feel vaguely over it? ik nothing will come of it so its like just . have fun . vibe

[zeibei]

something a little sweet for now

#anyways hi i should still be on the more quiet side its mostly bc i been really low energy lately and my partner suggested to doodle this #which helped my mood a bit for today #but uhhh something sweet and nice for now and to show im not dead i guess wheeee #freezeice shit #doodles #korn kernels

[r0semultiverse]

Hey so Avatar Kyoshi can just physically manifest & take the wheel at any time? That feels kind of over powered??

We’re just not gonna talk about how Kyoshi possessed Aang? 👀

Also feels like the avatar detection statues in Zuko’s ship got retconned already. Iroh asking how Zuko knows he’s on the right path to find the Avatar but neither of them acknowledge the avatar tracking statues that this adaptation spawned in. 😩 It was a little frustrating to watch. Either leave them in & acknowledge them or just leave them out.

#my partner speculated that 2 different writers were trying two different things at the same time which made the scene with Iroh & Zuko very #jarring when the avatar state detection statues weren’t acknowledged #also Aang is plural or a system? #good for him! #also I feel like Kyoshi would have been more merciless but it seems like she was on a limited power budget? #still felt over powered af that she can just... do that #like oh my god; also gender fluid Aang headcanon?? gotta be feeling something strange after turning into a cool warrior lady #I don��t remember this ever happening in the show #I’m pretty sure Aang never got transformed into Kyoshi against his will lmao #Netflix avatar is such a wild adaptation #mine #op #avatar live action #avatar the last airbender #atla #natla

[thebrightsessions]

Hi !

I just finished the brights sessions and in one of the episode D. Bright said that the atypical represented 4% of the world's population, and that let me wondering, considering that almost every atypical that we encounter in the serie is queer, what percent of the queer community is atypical ?

Apart from that, i love your show and all of the amazing character! I hope you have a great day !

Oooh GREAT question! Lemme do some quick math here...

Okay, according to my universe bible (which is pretty accurate, if not fully comprehensive, I'm sure there's stuff I forgot to write down), there are 29 known and named atypicals across the 7 seasons of the podcasts, excluding the Bright Sides (Season 5, the bonus episodes) and the three books (though there is some overlap) but including Frank Sawyer and Sadie Greenwood, who are, like...atypical-adjacent.

Of those 30 atypicals (presuming I counted correctly (does this post have enough parentheticals yet?)), 14 are definitely canonically queer in one way or another. So, by that logic, nearly half of the atypical population is queer! I have a feeling that number would go up if I were to go through and pull out all the folks from the books and the bonus episodes (which perhaps I will do someday but I don't know the orientation of all the bonus ep characters (bc they were created by other people) and pulling out characters from the books is always a mess because, uh, I do not outline lol) but I also don't know that I can say our little atypical population is fully representative of the global population's queerness? Like flocks to like, so perhaps this a somewhat self-selecting bunch, or maybe there really is just a very high correlation between being atypical and being queer. Dealer's (fanfic writer and headcanon-er's) choice!

Counts under the cut:

Known Atypicals:

characters who are canonically queer are bolded - these are characters who either have queer relationships or talk specifically about their identity. some folks on this list are straight (Frank, Sadie, Marley, Jackson, Blackwell, (though tbf, Sadie is the only person in the whole series who ever says they're straight I'm pretty sure, so who knows)), but there are plenty who we never say one way or another, so anything is possible!

Sam Barnes Caleb Michaels Chloe Turner Frank Sawyer Robert "Damien" Gorham Mark Bryant Rose Atkinson Franklin "Frankie" Meeks Sadie Greenwood Ben Bernard Oliver Ritz Margaret "Mags" Densmore Jackson Crawford Jason "Marley" Beck Seamus Blackwell Michal Sharon Helen Sidney Alice Michaels Alice Rufie Jordan Tobias Sitzer Alexis Neal Cat Cam Vanessa Turner Ira Alex "Blaze" Chen Maguerite Sarai

#the bright sessions #character stats #queer characters abound!!! #also pls message me if any of this is incorrect #YES this is lauren yes I wrote this show #but especially with later characters I didn't create them all! #but god yeah of the original bunch #that's a lot of bi/demi people lol #bisexual people? in MY writing? it's more likely than you think #and you probably think its extremely likely #which just goes to show #also its funny so many of them have non-atypical partners #like the venn diagram of queer atypicals who have dated each other is NOT enormous and lo and behold #mark is literally the common denominator amongst all of them lol #......like literally the only romantic pair on here that doesn't involve mark is sam/mags #otherwise it's #mark/sam #mark/oliver #mark/damien #(obviously those last two never dated) #(unrequited love situation) #(but still) #(you know in which direction its unrequited you know?) #ANYWAY #answered

[ivoryratdoggerythethird]

hot take (? maybe? i don't fully know what the general stance is on this) but i don't think chuuya would've left the mafia with dazai

not because their bond is shallow (sike, fyodor) but because i think chuuya found his grip in the mafia by the time the dark era rolls around. he entered the mafia because of dazai yeah but they both have lives outside of each other still. after everything that happens in fifteen, koyou being in the mafia, and also just chuuya's unwavering loyalty - which he swore to mori, however unfortunately but it's still the truth - i think he would've let dazai go alone.

but there's that other thing though; his bond with dazai. his very significant bond with dazai. that's why i think he would've let dazai go; as long as dazai isn't leaving because of something he did, or plotting to like, burn the mafia down, i don't think he would've been particularly bothered beyond the 'dealing with traitors' business but honestly lets be real if you're important enough in the mafia, being a traitor or threat or enemy means jackshit (tachihara, verlaine, chuuya, even dazai is literally invited back by mori lmao).

i can see chuuya just tsk-ing and waving him off like "you probably have an escape route planned so i'm not even gonna bother pursuing you, won't give you the satisfaction of dying quickly either, you do you bastard, imma go celebrate with wine now, don't die i'm still gonna kill you someday, see ya." or like. you know. some rough approximation of that.

i think if dazai actually told him, considering what i know of his character thus far, chuuya would've helped him leave or, at least, rolled his eyes and looked the other way and do essentially a scripted song and dance of hunting him down with everyone, including mori, knowing full well that a) dazai won't be found unless he doesn't want to be, and b) the only person remotely capable of finding him would just punch him in the face then let him go again

skk would probably just keep up their usual bickering nonsense via randomly breaking into each others places (i.e. dazai because he's now broke and chuuya exclusively breathes designer air) and even if they don't interact for long periods, they would easily slide back into their dynamics whenever they do, as it is in canon except they'd likely manage to be even more in-tune and annoying with each other.

(also the ADA would know about the mysterious rich redhead whose number is listed as "dazai's dog" to call up when dazai is up to his shenanigans so he can come over and kick discipline into him. guessing who the hell he is another one of their mysteries and they know it ties in with dazai's old job, just not how. ranpo cackles everytime he shows up. he and kunikida meet up for lunch to bitch about dazai.)

tl;dr, imo skk could've been skk for the missing four years with chuuya still being an executive and dazai stiill being a detective if only mister cyclops there chose communication over blowing a car up, because i do believe chuuya would've let everything play out the same as in canon except he and dazai wouldn't be cut off the whole time

#first bsd post waw and it's absurdly long as usual #my post #the sigma show #soukoku #dazai osamu #nakahara chuuya #bungou stray dogs #i fully respect and love the “skk pack up their shit and fuck off to the agency together flipping mori off over their shoulders” but #from what i know about stormbringer as well (which i will read soom hopefully even though i've been spoiled to hell) #chuuya suffered so much and finally found a place for himself in the mafia #even when verlaine tried to take him away and all the friends he lost #feels sort of like a “what was it all for if he just leaves?” kinda deal #maybe my opinion will change if i read stormbringer myself idk maybe he fr doesn't want to be in the mafia #we shall see i suppose #i think he'd rather keep the respect he earned in the mafia and stay loyal to his boss #but also loyal to his partner; just not as obviously #they're double black they'd make it work #ANYWYAY i just love chuuya and want him to be happy #with his fancy wine and clothes and relationship with both koyou and his mackerel

[shitpostingkats]

Mark this down as one of the yugioh lines that I was not expecting to tear me open and chew on my brain. THIS IS IT. This is the line that summarizes everything about their dynamic, while also gently affirming a lot of my personal values and the message of these shows. Yeah, Yusaku and Ai might not get along all the time. Yeah, they might be a little unhealthy and not communicate very well. Yeah, they might not even make sense together. But they both chose. For the simple reason that they like eachothers company. And everyone is asking them why and clamoring for their opinions on a war they want no part in, when this is the only thing they've stated wanting. The chance to both choose the other.

Yusaku states it so simply, like the fact it is, and offers no more explanation. It's not anyone's business as to the why, the only people this matters to is Ai and Yusaku, and they're both on the same page. As a queer person in a nontraditional relationship, this surety with no elaboration is like a balm. I am constantly getting asked why, getting asked to define, am bombarded by an attempt to understand. And even when it comes from a place of compassion, that sort of constant invasiveness grates.

Yusaku says screw that, all that matters is that him and Ai chose. And everyone who wants an explanation can heck right off.

#there's a concept in courtly love called 'love for love's sake' #which says that being in love is enough reason to pursue a relationship no matter the consequences #obviously it's a bit confused but I like the spirit #I propose 'partners for partnership's sake' #so many yugioh shows have nontraditional relationships between the protagonist and their partner #and to see that elevated to the same gravitas as a romantic pairing #while also never really elaborated on and remaining simple #like I said. It's a balm to my asexual soul. #spk watches vrains #yugioh #vrains #yugioh vrains #ygo vrains #yusaku fujiki #ai #ai vrains

[daz4i]

OH I FORGOT TO SAY

🏆 Achievement Unlocked: did my own t shot babyyyyyyy

#it was so fucking scary (<- scared of needles) but it didn't hurt at all which surprised me #my partner does his own shots and he showed me how 🙏 (i also got general guidance from a nurse awhile ago but! this helped more)