Captain Stephy

[ID: A drawing of a red kite with white, black and green bows on its tail. The caption says "No amount of propaganda should convince you that some children don't deserve to grow up. End ID]

I'll never understand when critics haters of Heated Rivalry call it "heteronormative pandering slop". A story about two buff jocks who both, for the most part, conform to masculine standards falling in love with each other because they are equals in strength and skill at the most manly sport out there is not heterosexual coded. The main point of Heated Rivalry is overcoming the social pressures of acting manly and dealing with internalized homophobia from years of trying to make yourself fit into a very specific box. Shane almost exclusively liking to bottom doesn't make him "the girl" in the relationship, he could absolutely body Ilya any time, he just doesn't want to because he has specific sexual desires that he had to come to terms with over almost 10 years. It's giving biphobia and misogyny from considering bottoms "weak girls". You guys are perpetuating homophobia! Just admit you don't understand the story and move on.

SO THIS IS THAT FUCKING SHANE HOLLANDER GUY YALL HAVE BEEN TAGGING MY POST WITH????

i have a lot of thoughts on the matter but i will say that fandom moving from semi-private blogs and communities to extremely public and algorithm-driven social media was a huge mistake that has changed fandom culture for the worse

I like to imagine that, partially due to the Hockey Robot stereotyping and partially due to his watertight media training, commentators are constantly going on about "What's going on in Hollander's head? What was Hollander thinking there? Can't help but wonder what the Metros' Captain has on his mind right now." and it's like. Well statistically speaking. Cock.

since there is such an "english speakers who don't even try to pronounce a foreign mame correctly" epidemic, native english speakers often try to overcorrect and end up thinking they have a moral imperative to pronounce every foreign name correctly at all times. so i'm gonna hold your hand and look into your eyss as i say this: you can't. you can't pronounce every sound in a language you don't speak. and that's fine. it happens to the rest of us too. we won't be mad so long as you try your best.

are you okay i noticed you reblogging "a raven with a damaged wing. it can still fly with ease" again

mark, my words. *mark brings me my dictionary* thank you mark

You really think you are shitty at small talk until you go on a dating app, like have these people never heard of "yes and"

Conversation so one-sided that I feel like just saying "are you gonna start being interested in me anytime soon or should I just unmatch" but that would be rude I guess

Like if I wanted to talk to myself my tumblr blog is right there

"what if someone regrets transitioning" if you are 18 or over in free country usa you can walk into any tattoo parlor and ask for a tattoo that will be on your body forever and ever and ever and they will give it to you with the understanding that if you dont like the result or you regret it later that's your fucking problem and not theirs

At any moment when I see a funny post about Ilya or Shane that I disagree with character-wise I immediately think of that one post that's like "I understand character analysis and stuff, sometimes I just like to make jokes" and honestly I owe that person my life. It's so true. And me too. Sometimes I write 1k long meta and sometimes I just like to make jokes.