Francis

First part is them staring at the camera in exasperation. Caption says: "white transmascs appropriating black culture after transitioning because they associate blackness with masculinity." Theres music playing and they mouth along the words "that is not the baby!"

Second part is a response to the first. Slow piano music plays in the background. Caption says: "white queers have a weaponized incompetence problem."

The filmer says the following:

"The other day, I made a video talking about how white transmascs appropriate black culture in order to feel more masculine because they associate blackness with masculinity. And never before in my life, or posting videos about trans discourse, have I gotten so many comment from people acting completely oblivious or confused to the issue, even though the issue is a very simple statement.

I think this reflects the fact that a lot of white queer people are just incapable of thinking about issues if it is not personally affecting them.

And I think this reveals a weaponized incompetence issue in the larger white queer community when it comes to racial issues. When someone brings attention to intercommunal issues not about race, I never get these comments. I never get comments acting confused, or acting like what im talking about is so incomprehensible, or saying things like, 'well, I've never seen this happen,' because people accept 'maybe this has happened, just not to me.'

But the second someone brings up a racial issues, suddenly it's incredibly confusing and complex, and people need to explain to them five million different ways to where they get it. And obviously other people call bullshit to this, and they say, 'This is very clearly just you refusing to understand this, not you being unable to understand.'

And a lot of people in the comment seem to be resorting to the fact they theyre neuro divergent to excuse the fact that theyre not aware of racial dynamics in the queer community. And I think this is a larger problem. People like to flee into marginalized identity and talk about how theyre queer, or theyre neurodivergent, in order to get away from complex critiques about the way they ignore racism in their own community.

There are two possibilities. Either 1: these people are aware of this issue, and are pretending not to know about it because it allows them to escape accountability; or 2: theyre just generally not aware of it. But both of these things reveal a problem, because it means that white queer people either do not notice, or do not care, about the racism happening in their own community. Because the problem identified is not a niche issue, it happens all the time. But the refusal to use critical thinking —or even just look in the comments for other explanations, before jumping to acting confused and acting ignorant of the issue— is a bigger problem that white queer people need to examine in themselves.

Remaining ignorant on issues of race and acting like you've never seen this happen, or you've never heard this before, is a result of you ignoring it, not as a result of it not happening.

The fact that tons of people in the comments who are Black queer people are saying this happens all the time, but white queer people are saying they've never seen it happen, suggests that it's not that it doesn't happen, its that white queer people dont recognize it happening because they dont actually pay attention to racial issues in their community. Which is why when it gets called out, they act so confused about it.

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Smoke (from a little fire in a little pit in a big forest under a massive sky surrounded by little people and their wet sandles sitting close enough to dry but far enough to not melt, and they're wearing little toques and little shoes on the forest floor because that little one over there, the one clutching the quartz from the lake is me and he's a happy camper on nights like these)

Pine (that I can smell because it's in the trees when I look up and under my feet when I look down and the green needles smell a little different than the dark brown ones and even more different than the wood in my parents ' work shop but both so fresh and wide and open and all around and I don't think I could ever not notice it being there. Comfort.)

Lysol wipes (just because of the way it gets up in my nose and gets rid of the bad smells. It replaces them with lemon and the lemon is artificial but good anyways. My dad always cleans the church basement with Lysol.)

Cigarettes (but not just any cigarette from a guy on the street. I like the kind of cigarette smoke that still clings to my grandma's clothes and her house because of how often her sister used to smoke. It smells like her and it smells like home, even if it used to hurt my head to think about cigarettes because I was scared of cancer and death. She's dead now either way and her son lives with her instead, but the smell still makes me happy.)

Ginger (I love to eat little chunks of it before I put it in my water. I was in heaven when we went to Germany and every place we went had ginger and lemon in the water. That was probably the most hydrated week of my life. The smell makes me happy and always has and I don't know why)

Cilantro and chives (they remind me of the garden in the back yard because I used to go out there and pick herbs and eat them when I couldn't find any ripe raspberries because there were always green onions and there were always cilantro leaves and I used to love how the smell would stick to my hands for the whole day and sometimes longer)

tomato (but not the fruit, I mean the smell that lingers on your hands when you touch the stem or the leaves, and you can smell it when you bring the tomato to your lips, and even whiles I'm chewing it I used to keep my fingers up close to my nose because the smell was addictive)

The smell of the little rooms in old buildings with furniture that nobody wanted (I can hole up in there and nobody will follow me except my dad because he's the only other person who knows the room is there, knows I would be in there, and has the keys. I used to ask him to unlock the door and he would smile at me and do it and eventually I was old enough to be trusted to take the keys myself, unlock the room, bring the keys back to him, and scamper down the stairs to my hobbit hole. The furniture was cozy. They kept a drum kit in there because where else would they store it. The mini fridge had snacks because the youth minister kept them in there before she left, and the new one doesn't know or care. Which is fine, he can't have them anyways. I guess there are other people who know it's there, but I'm the regular visitor and I'm the possessive one.)

Fabric stores (my mom took me there sometimes. It's nice and it smells like fabric. [They call me Einstein for a reason] the fabrics are pretty and I like feeling the soft ones. The buttons are boring though, I steal borrow all my buttons from the button boxes in old churches or old craft rooms. I like to think that they're happier in my windowsill in the sun and eventually on my clothes than they would be in a cupboard, but I'll never know for sure.)

12. Alfredo sauce (I don't need to explain)

13. Sunscreen ( I like the smell of sunscreen. It's like medicine. You know, they try to cover up the taste by packing in so much artificial banana flavour that it tastes worse than it would have before? It's like that but with coconut scent and it actually smells alright, not whatever prescription antibiotics have going on.)

14. Petrol (the kind that you can smell in a mechanic's hands and clothes, or in a mechanic shop. Like oil. There's something so addictive about it and I can't help but love it. We got stuck in a mechanic shop for five hours after breaking down four hours away from home in my father's hometown. I had seven mochas in the waiting room; they were free. We stayed so long that the news anchors started to repeat themselves. I watched three ads for heated rivalry with my dad and brother sitting right beside me.)

Happy April 1st everyone, and this isn't an april fools prank, the prompt list is HERE! The prompts were chosen through first a prompt jar that got a total of 40 responses (nearly double what we got last year!) that gave us roughly 350 prompts. From there 70 text and dialogue prompts were chosen and put in for the voting form. The top 31 of each type made it onto the list, one of each for each day of the month!

And, since this is our second year running Fluffy July, we have decided to DOUBLE the amount of alternate prompts as well! Like last year, 10 of them are the mods' favorite prompts that didn't quite make the cut for the list, but this year we also have 10 prompts that were fan-favorites!

Rules:

Works can be in any medium. Fanfictions, original works, podfics, recs, whatever you please, go for it!

Prompts should be responded to in a form of fluff

You don't have to create for all the days to participate in the event

Works only need to include one of the daily prompts or an alternate

Prompts can be used after the event has ended. The AO3 collection will stay open indefinitely and as long as you tag us we will reblog. (although it might take longer than it would during the event)

No AI generated content of any kind.

(regarding completionists)

To be a completionest you must fill all 31 days before August 7th

The completionest form should open on August 1ts and be open until August 7th

(regarding reblogging)

When posting to tumblr please use the tags:

#Fluffy July 2026

The relevant day's tag (e.g. #Fluffyjulyday1, Fluffyjulyday2...)

Nsfw (if relevant) and any possible triggers

You can also tag the blog: @fluffyjuly

Below the cut are a text version of the prompts!

MAIN PROMPTS:

Day 1 - Shooting Stars | "You will be okay”

Day 2 - Candlelight | “You kept this?”

Day 3 - Cuddling | “Come lie down with me”

Day 4 - Fake Dating | “You love me?” "Always have"

Day 5 - Unconditional Love | “I'll never leave you. I promise”

Day 6 - Reading out Loud | “Just one more time”

Day 7 - Happy Tears | “Will you marry me?”

Day 8 - Fireflies/Lightning Bugs | “I looked everywhere for you!”

Day 9 - Blanket Nest | “Stay with me?”

Day 10 - Eating Pancakes Together | “I adore your hands"

Day 11 - Slushie | “Try it”

Day 12 - Oblivious | “Stop staring at me like that or I might fall in love with you”

Day 13 - Childhood Memories | “Pinky promise?”

Day 14 - Accidental Love Confession | “You stayed?”

Day 15 - Sleepy | “Hold still for a moment”

Day 16 - Wings | “You look amazing”

Day 17 - Dancing in the Rain | “Don't worry! It'll be fine”

Day 18 - Beaded Bracelets | “Is it alright if I hold your hand?”

Day 19 - Forehead to Forehead Touch | “I need to see you, now”

Day 20 - Fangs | “Look at me”

Day 21 - Slow Dancing | “You could make me believe in angels”

Day 22 - Meteor Shower | “I bought you flowers”

Day 23 - Fake Hating | “I hate you” "No you don't"

Day 24 - Secret Crush | “You had a crush on me? That's so embarrassing” "...We're married"

Day 25 - Spa Day | “I think I love you”

Day 26 - Rain | “What did I do to deserve you?”

Day 27 - Learning a New Skill | “Let's go home”

Day 28 - Stickers | “That's a stupid nickname”

Day 29 - Touch Starved | “Don't leave me alone again”

Day 30 - Standing up for Them | “We can fix this”

Day 31 - Comfort | “Forever?” "Forever."

ALTERNATE PROMPTS:

(Last year's favorite)

Alt 1: Found Family

Alt 2: Baking

Alt 3: Midnight Snack

Alt 4: Nursing Back to Health

Alt 5: Cuddling for Warmth

Alt 6: "May I have this dance?"

Alt 7: "I really mean it"

Alt 8: "You may be an idiot, but you're MY idiot"

Alt 9: "I can teach you"

Alt 10: "Can I kiss you?"

(Mods' favorite)

Alt 11: Community Garden

Alt 12: Rock Collection

Alt 13: Golden Fields

Alt 14: First Love

Alt 15: Tropical Breeze

Alt 16: "Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?"

Alt 17: "The sky below is beautiful"

Alt 18: "What did you say?" "I said I love you!"

Alt 19: "I've wanted this forever"