[thememedaddy]

[roach-works]

[nellasbookplanet]

The three tiers of queer sff:

Broke: what is worldbuilding? Made in a lab to be as blandly inoffensive as possible. Time to randomly namedrope terms like 'nonbinary' and 'ace' while doing zero work actually incorporating them into the world or characters and have someone give a speech about how valid they are. Lines like 'I'm too ace for this' while never exploring the concept of asexuality or aromanticism and still having very central romance plotlines is common. I hate it here learn how to write realistic dialogue and fully realized characters I'm begging.

Woke: more ore less typical sci-fi and fantasy but It’s Queer Now. Might include in-universe queerphobia to be struggled against or may have queer identities be fully normalized. Can be done bad or well depending on the skill of the writer. A good way to explore our contemporary ideas of gender and sexuality or to have a bit of a power fantasy with lesbian princesses and trans knights. There will probably be a bisexual love triangle.

Bespoke: what is a gender. What is monogamy. What is polyamory. What is romance. What is platonic. Time to show you the most fucked up uncategorizable relationship you’ve ever seen. There may be weird ass metaphorical sex

[wormstrash]

reblogging with the tags for future references

[trashmancer]

Another faux pulp sci-fi novel cover, but for the TV series this time around.

[shoeboxgoblin]

Murderbot is such a neurodivergent power fantasy. It can

- store unlimited media and watch it privately

- turn down sensory organs that are bothering it

- look at stuff without its eyes

- cross reference its data storage when it doesn't know what to say

- program "human-like behavior"

- super duper kill the shit out of anyone that fucks with it

[so-that-was-okay]

"What we’re seeing now isn’t just a wave of online bullying, but an ideological shift toward the same old brand of authoritarian extremism. These kids have learned to sell out their peers, to subject them to mass moral judgment, and to wield accusations like weapons, all while seeing these actions as necessary for the sake of societal good."

From Fandom and Fascism

This is exactly what we've been saying. This article is so accurate. It addresses the state of fandom, not regarding politics (not directly, though the connection is unavoidable) but focuses on fans' behavior, younger fans especially, and how they're pushing an agenda born into fascist ideology. And press outlets are heavily supporting that, not even because they really believe in it, but because they can make money out of it. When fandom's fascism meets fandom's capitalism, we need to resist harder than ever.

[blessicablimpson]

Anastasia Trusova — “Through The Walls”, 2020

Acrylic on linen (70 x 70 cm)

[sketching-fox]

Oh, I´ve been so away - not because I don´t miss all of you here and all the fandom, but due to work plus lots of sessions of physiotherapy and rehabilitation after my surgery!

BUT oh, it´s Pride Month, I can´t go to July without take a pittle pause in the daily rush to celebrate with rainbow wings! And remember, We celebrate in June, but the Pride is for all the year!

Lots of hugs, people!

[jurisffiction]

alright actually. two (?) years on what’s the one unexplained conspiracy breadcrumb about the supernatural finale that still irradiates you the most. personally i know the wrong-side-shove to the ground is most explainable by multiple takes/careless editors but it still drives me up thw fucking wall

[jurisffiction]

okay just over 24 hours later i’d love to do a roundup

• early strong movement for #misha collins contract pointing toward him being in more episodes 🤡, #misha was 100% in vancouver, #why misha in vancouver filming based on his zoom background <3, #misha being in vanvouver in a hotel near filming and related statements, but NOT including #ONION FIELD. FUCKING ONION FIELD which on its own was a major write-in category alongside #and uriel’s actor being on set, as was #spn tape ball ofc
• separate point here for #misha showing his kids the finale as if he expected to be in it #literally Why would misha show his kids the finale. of a show they never watched. if he wasn’t in it.
• next up was #13 [omitted]s. what the fuck is that about #OMMITED OMMITED OMMITED OMMITED OMMITED ??!!!! #OMITTED OMITTED OMITTED . and then the worlds worst montage #the two back to back versions of carry on #the two versions of carry on wayward son #it’s the multiple bizarrely long montages for me #the fact that they got the cover of the carry on like a WEEK before the finale aired. what was that about. #[OMITTED] #[OMITTED] 
• a related moment of silence for #I’m sorry but the way they kept changing the story about the finale and creating new excuses #what was the Jimmy in heaven and dead band Kansas about
• and #not really a conspiracy but the fact that Eileen didn’t come back and then blurry wife and bad costume wig #all the claims of having certain ppl b there for the finale but having the actors say no i was never contacted lol
• major support for #the unaired footage on jackles phone #jensen deciding he NEEDED to record it on his own phone #it’s still the tapes. unfortunately. #what is on the jackles tapes…. its our right to know !!!!!! specifically referencing #it’s the tears in his eyes for me. where do they go #the surreal editing in the confession scene still gets to me #the push. the tapes. the different tears. #tears/no tears is the thing that gets me but yeah literally WHAT was the reason #dean getting shoved to the wrong side of the ground makes me lose my shit everytime i see it #runners-up: the cut between dean looking at the empty and crying and him looking at cas with dry eyes
• most emotional responses were regarding #the night we met song of the day. the explanation for it makes my blood boil and the conspiracy about it makes me ache #the fucking quotes. the songs. i could kill people with my bare hands #the night we met AND. fucking angel with a shotgun as songs of the day #the night we met song of the week sososo evil #FOUR PEOPLE IN THE IMPALA!!!!
• …or #jensen screaming cas in the street. visceral #jensen wailing in the street #people hearing jensen screaming cas from like blocks away…………. WHY
• special mentions to #also things from the plot but i also know spn just sucks 😔 but why ruby asking cas to help her get out. why ‘you made it loud’ #also the funko pops #the finale beat for beat matches becky’s ‘worst ending’ #prev beckys funko pop roadhouse is going to be the death of me
• and #the absolutely worst (that i had forgotten about) is the empty being the s15 title card
• and of course # pizza man montage# anything about the end of s15? sure. whatever. i guess they did that (or not).# but the 15.13 pizza man montage? i need answers #pizza man montage might be the most wtf one
• miscellaneous to: #it’s the why lamp for me, #for me it’s gotta be changing the episode title from The Truth to Despair, #i want to say onions but it’s the el sol why was it fucking el sol, #It’s the Jenny returning, #misha and jackles weren’t even in the farewell video… 
• and my personal #NeverForget favourite, #failed domestic terrorism padalecki plane incident is up there

[emeldiir]

Happy Pride! ~🏳️‍🌈

Here’s a selection of pride flags designed as medieval banners!! Unfortunately due to the massive amount of individual identities we have in the queer community, i could not illustrate all of the flags, so if your flag is not here i am very sorry!

Stay proud this month gays, we’re gonna make it through <33

Flags included:

Bisexual

Lesbian

Gay Men / MLM

Pansexual

Intersex

Asexual

Aromantic

Genderfluid

Polyamorous

Butch

Femme

Transgender

Genderqueer

Nonbinary

Two Spirit

Progress Pride: BIPOC

Progress Pride

[profoundbondfanfic]

between the essence/and the descent

between the essence/and the descent by tothewillofthepeople
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 67.5k

He misplaced his angel. He didn’t hold on hard enough. He got Cas back only to lose him immediately.
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Cas comes back on a Thursday.
And then keeps coming back on Thursdays. He doesn’t seem to have much choice in the matter, actually. For the rest of the week, he’s stuck in the Empty, and Dean is left trying to figure out how to save him, how to talk to him—and how to get him out for good.

I'll be the first to say that I don't read a lot of fix-it fics, but every so often, there's one that will catch my interest. This fic not only caught my interest, but had me waiting eagerly for every single installation. The writing is gorgeous, and it's a great character study of both Dean and Cas, including the truly insane lengths they'll go to in order to be with each other, as well as how desperately they both want the other.

The premise of this fic is impossible to resist: Cas does manage to escape The Empty, but only on Thursdays. For 24 hours, from midnight to midnight, he's able to come back to earth. The rest of the time, he's still banished to The Empty. Dean has to wait a week between visits; meanwhile, for Cas, it's as though no time has passed at all. Understandably, this causes stress and angst for both of them. On top of this, there's still the matter of Cas' confession hanging over them, as well as the fact that neither of them understands how Cas is breaking out of The Empty, or if he'll continue to be able to do so.

The angst in this fic is sublime--Dean has to deal with his feelings for Cas, all the while handling the ups and downs of Cas appearing and disappearing (the abandonment issues are STRONG here), while trying to figure out a way to keep Cas permanently in reality. The yearning between Dean and Cas is so strong in this fic that it deserves to be its own character. I can also appreciate a fic that allows Cas to be absolutely insane in his desire for Dean, and this fic fulfills that niche to the utmost.

Truly one of the best fix-it fics I've ever had the pleasure of reading! And don't worry, the ending makes all that angst worth it. 💖