#zoe.txt

[obi-wkenobi]

Vader can rip ships apart and bend the Force to his every whim, but do you know what I think is better? that Obi-Wan is still outsmarting Anakin a decade later and showing him why he’s the Master.

#yeah vader is a bamf #but so is obi-wan #its about subtlety #something vader distinctly lacks haha #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #darth vader #star wars #kenobi series #kenobi spoilers #obi wan kenobi spoilers #zoe.txt

[lesbian-kyoru]

something i love so dearly about yuzumako is how the lesbian coding of their relationship is so healing, rather than self-destructive?? by that i mean, so much queer coding is filtered through the lens of, here is this character whose queer identity is so fraught that it often leads them to lashing out and misery, & you always think how much happier they'd be if they could make peace with themselves..... but with yuzuki and makoto, the safety and peace they feel around each other always serves as the anecdote to their struggles, ESPECIALLY with boys.

in ch 20 yuzuki is disappointed with boys endlessly complimenting her painting w/o looking at it—seeing her as a romantic conquest rather than caring abt her as a person. the same chapter, it's makoto who actually cares about her painting & yuzuki's artistry EXACTLY how she hoped. the loneliness & resentment yuzu experiences is directly tied to heteronormativity, with boys assuming that they can disrespect her boundaries since she's a pretty girl to be "won over"—only for makoto's actions to parallel the same set up BUT she always demonstrates a truer understanding of yuzu as a person & friend throughout the process, and every time it brings yuzu such a sense of safety & comfort that she NEVERRRRR feels around boys pursuing her!!

there's such an intense lesbian coding to yuzu's avoidance of male romantic advances as opposed to how she leans into not only female friendship but specifically to makoto's own feelings for her shining through—and again, i love this because it's so positive & warm. rather than queerness being a source of anguish, makoto brings yuzu more joy than heteronormativity ever does.

next, after mako's date that she calls a battle, it's yuzu who says she looks cute & cheers her up! mako ALSO decides she doesn't care about being boyfriendless bc yuzu makes her so happy which is sooooo baby lesbian like are you serious! the same as the scene with yuzu's artwork, makoto's date with a boy that only brought her discomfort & feelings of unworthiness is followed by joy & affirmation found in yuzu's company—again, queerness & female connection shown as the anecdote to comphet/mako forcing herself to present hyperfeminine to fit what's expected.

also of note is makoto's recurring jealousy of yuzu's beauty—even though this is a negative emotion, i love how it's ultimately overpowered by her affection for yuzu. also the lesbian pipeline from i want to be her -> i want to kiss her is alive & well for makoto. so so obviously.

then finally, probably the crowning example of my point is yuzu's arc of being set up on a date w her new classmate against her will! as an aside these chapters depict such a common lesbian experience, where to avoid being socially isolated, we give into comphet & just go along with boys' feelings for us, thinking it's best if we don't cause issues & eventually we can get ourselves to reciprocate, giving them what they want at the expense of our repressed identities—yuzu is taught that her feelings don't matter; her beauty was made for male consumption.

now in high school, yuzu decides to speak up for herself & reject the role she's been placed into, again as a beautiful prize to be won—it's common for closeted lesbians to think they can convince themselves to like men back, but yuzu won't go along with this forced set up again. after she rejects this boy, her classmates make yuzu feel like SHE'S the one who has done something wrong & don't take her discomfort into account—it's hard for them to understand why, as a pretty girl, she isn't willing to just go along with men's attraction. ENTER MAKOTO!!!

sorry makoto is frankly so smooth for this. when yuzu leaves school early & makoto hears about her date, she brings yuzu pudding & tells her that she wants yuzu to be honest with her about when she's feeling down, even though their experiences are different. when reading both characters through a queer lens, it's very interesting to see how they've had different experiences w heteronormativity & gender up to now—yuzu is constantly fighting comphet demons whereas makoto feels less than for not being as feminine or gorgeous as yuzu.

but even though their experiences with lesbianism & girlhood have been different, makoto wants to hear how yuzu truly feels and comfort her. once again, after seeing the horrible pressures & pains yuzu has experienced through heteronormative dating & misogyny, it is her incredibly queer-coded friendship with makoto that makes her feel safe enough to cry openly in front of her!!!!! yuzu's peers, but particularly boys, show a disregard for her emotions, and then we see makoto fill that role of support & care so easily. like the dream boyfriend she is :)

there's a lot more i could say about yuzumako & their individual arcs, but to tie everything up, it is so common in lesbian (or queer coded) media for a character's lesbianism to be something that brings them nothing but pain and suffering, either in its repression or awareness—so i absolutely love how skip & loafer showcases (through yuzumako but also the ENTIRE cast) that embracing your queer identity can be so healing & positive. the story doesn't shy away from presenting a lot of the pain that closeted lesbians go through, like struggles with their gender & how socially ingrained heteronormativity is—but these struggles are always followed up by such intentional examples of yuzumako's connection (+ lesbian yearning) being so comfortable & happy to them! i love angst too but seeing them, time and time again, know exactly what the other needs & be able to be that for each other is soooooo rewarding!!!

happiness in queer media does not need to erase the struggles of our lives, but rather showing authentic queerness not as the problem but as the SOLUTION is unbelievably impactful. long live yuzumako

#skip and loafer #sukirofa #yuzumako #yuzuki murashige #makoto kurume #skip and loafer meta #my meta #from now on my excuse of why i can spend hours writing meta about gay people is because its just brainstorming for my senior capstone LMAO #zoe.txt

[dnfaltstream]

:) my little twinkly

#zoe.txt

[kitnita]

THROUPLE WATCH ………….. instagram explore page is insane

#zoe.txt #100% correct though. we ARE on throuple watch

[amourphousblob]

somebody really just looked wilbur soot in his real actual face and asked him if c!wilbur and c!quackity ever fucked

#dsmp #dream smp #tntduo #wilbur soot #quackity #mcyt #zoe.txt

[z-sauce]

putting down my pronouns on stuff is funny because like. I'm AFAB but I'm also like, schrodinger's gender. You see me as a girl? Okay sure! A guy? Yeah that's cool! Androgynous, genderless blob? Yeah man it's whatever! I do not give a rat's ass bro call me what you want I just wanna grill for gods sake

#agender #gender stuff #pronouns #zoe.txt

[yihzni]

i have been at work for nine hours n i have five hours left on my shift . can i go home. how do i tell my boss i have a hockey game to watch that’s suuuper important to the narrative

#zoe.txt

[agentdumortain]

i 🫶 rico nasty

#that show rocked my shit in the best way #we’ll see if i survive death grips and jpeg in july #someone ripped ass at the beginning of let it out and. #the way me n my friend turned to eachother like it was nasty it had to be a shart #and everyone in the crowd was BEAUTIFUL! #zoe.txt

[mannequinjoints]

ive been seeing so many little bugs out of the corner of my eye that vanish when i look at them that when i saw a bug fly by me and i looked and it was still there i said ''youre real!!'' out loud and i think it would be funny if the bug heard that as a little affirmation before i slapped it so hard it exploded

#insect mention #i dont think i would have an issue with mosquitoes taking my blood if they were more polite about it #zoe.txt

[acernoir]

decided to create a personal blog so that fandom people don't have to look at the random stuff I wanna post. there's probably going to be a lot of nsfw stuff here, as well as me screaming crying blah blah blah about heavy metal and kink related stuff

#zoe.txt

[obi-wkenobi]

The devastation, the pain, on Obi-Wan’s face and in his eyes upon learning that Anakin is still alive has come for my fucking heart, gutted me, and left me broken. This is what I wanna see, the utter despair that these two men have caused each other. I hate them. I love them so much.

#i have no words #distraught #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #star wars #kenobi series #kenobi spoilers #obi wan kenobi spoilers #zoe.txt

[lesbian-kyoru]

skip and loafer chapter 55 thoughts

this chapter was so poignant but one aspect that stood out to me was all it told us about mika & mukai's dynamic so far!

mukai followed along on a whim & subsequently ended up witnessing a lot of vulnerability on mika's end, someone who he still doesn't have a good grasp on yet—after seeing her worst + being surprised by her capacity for kindness, his perception of her is continually being challenged & muddled. we've seen already how mukai is a very logical, cut & dry person in his thinking, so imo mika's Layers are both confusing & intriguing to him.

at the same time i thought it was interesting how mukai realizes that mika ALSO doesn't have a clear perception of him—though their scenes always feel very Intentional, they actually have not interacted a ton within the context of the friend group, esp given their rocky start.

so from there, we get this juxtaposition within mika & mukai's relationship where they are v unsure of each other and yet there's an odd sense of trust there. it's definitely not an ACTIVE trust, but something more peripheral; mika doesn't mind mukai being there while she talks to nao because, in her mind, mukai already knows abt this insecurity so she isn't revealing anything new to him. after opening up to nao, she apologizes to mukai for getting him caught up in her venting; despite this, it really struck me how this felt like such growth for her to simply move on rather than carrying the feeling around shamefully. it's like a weight lifts off mika's shoulders & it's cathartic for this to happen in front of mukai, who was the accidental catalyst for her confession to shima. mukai, in contrast, seems more unsure than ever.

he's puzzled to realize that mika's confession to shima wasn't fueled by a desire for reciprocation but rather the courage it took her to express her feelings openly, instead of always attempting to hide behind a facade & never experience the vulnerability in risking rejection. we know that mukai's experience of romantic confessions is almost entirely filtered through shima, since he's never been confessed to himself—and it's interesting how mika's confession to shima directly flies in the face of how negatively shima feels about being confessed to.

for shima, girls confessing to him has always been a sign of what's expected of him, people wanting something specific FROM him rather than liking him as a person—now that mukai knows how drained that makes shima feel, it's interesting that he learns mika's reasons for confessing & how they're entirely different, motivated by a desire to be brave rather than expecting something of the other person. nevertheless, this leaves mukai with a lot of conflicting thoughts in his head about how a confession should make you feel. again, he's very logical, so the ambiguity is confusing to him! (and all of us honestly)

but then, back at the house, we see mika through mukai's point of view—she shoots him a look!—at which point he decides that he couldn't think of being confessed to as "not that great." i'm just gonna let that sit there :)

so with that!! i loooooved all this chapter gave us to work with in the development of these characters, esp mika & mukai's dynamic!!!! with a character like mukai who spends so much time as an observer, it's so fun to see him start to actually reflect on his own point of view within the story, like he feels himself going from being the background character in everyone's lives to really developing his own outlook—and it's all thanks to girl of all time mika egashira who inspires EVERYONE to think nine million thoughts trying to understand her.

#skip and loafer #sukirofa #mika egashira #mukai tsukasa #mikamukai #tagging for before they get famous #this chapter had such powerful moments w nao chan and mika so ofc i was a mess reading that and then mukai thoughts were my most coherent #my meta #skip and loafer meta #zoe.txt

[dnfaltstream]

i can’t explain it but this image is so karl and quackity

#quackity #karl jacobs #zoe.txt

[bluesrrgents]

2023

WHILE I’M GONE

DREAM ME THE WORLD

SOMETHING NEW FOR EVERY NIGHT

#trc #ronan lynch #gansey #ronsey #zoe.txt

[kitnita]

seeing everyone's ruminations on trevorjamie and tknolan in the past week has been fascinating as someone who has permanently hitched my wagon to the dallas stars because on one hand, for better or for worse, jim nill would rather die himself than break apart any of his soulbonded pairs* but also no one who isn't already a stars fan cares about them, like, even a little bit

* beloved perennial healthy scratch tradebait ty dellandrea is on thin ice given that he's more of a constant third in various throuples but we remain delusionally hopeful about his staying power given that the team runs on throuples

#zoe.txt #rpf talk #there are deep‚ untapped wells of narrative rich romantic tension between whatever combo of otter roope robo miro you wanna make #however. you have to have opened your stars themed third eye to even know who those guys are‚ apparently #when bennguin faded into obscurity so too did dallas texas

[amourphousblob]

Finding out that Ranboo came out via tumblr was so weird because we never get primary sources for these things you get the meme reaction to the reaction and the actual information hits in waves of like

ah yes a ranboo joke,

ah yes a cricket crew token straight joke,

ah yes the man is trending,

ah yes someone making a joke about gay mcyts,

ah yes a ranboo pride flag photo-

wait- is it- no- wait- FUCK OHMYGOODNESS WHAT HAPENDJEBCHEN

#ranboo #mcyt #dream smp #dsmp #lgbt #zoe.txt