Have a tea and relax~

sometimes I’m reminded that there are still people who don’t know ao3 was literally created by incest shippers — and the site’s sole purpose is to 1. be completely against censorship and 2. host all kinds of dark, taboo fics that are banned on other platforms — and the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.

you are in the house that was created by freaks. for freaks (affectionate). every disgusting thing you can think of is rightfully allowed and welcomed on ao3, because they are exactly the reasons why ao3 was created in the first place.

ao3 was created because its creators got tired of censorship, they got tired of dark and taboo fics getting banned on pro-censorship platforms, and they wanted a place that was safe for ALL FICS THAT WERE DARK AND TABOO.

ao3’s main principle is being against censorship and being proship / profic.

there are some things in fiction that make me uncomfortable, but instead of shaming people who are just minding their own business and not harming anyone in real life, I choose to curate my own internet experience by blocking/muting what I don’t want to see. ao3 has excellent tagging system, so instead of being a bitch, use their tagging system properly and you won’t see the things you don’t want to see.

it’s your job to curate what you see. it’s not other people’s jobs or responsibilities to censor themselves for your personal comfort. the world does not revolve around you.

also you cannot censor “only the things you personally hate” without expecting everything else, that isn’t of conservative beliefs, to be censored too. because censorship is a slippery slope and a fascist tool. I promise you there are people who think “why do tags for queer love even exist on ao3? they’re grooming children”.

if you allow the things that you hate to be censored — because someone with enough power gets to control what other people can and cannot create/consume, it will not stop at the things that you hate.

i don't fuck with purity culture bs

please recognize that it's just consverativism in a thinly veiled disguise trying to convince you it's actually about protecting you

it isn't

it's about control

2018 was a challenging year…thank you for all the love&support guys, hope to see you next year!

reunited and it feels so good

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Honestly, I might be wrong but I think there’s a little bit of both going on in that conversation? Just to premise this there’s 3 things I think we need to take into consideration when reading this scene

1) Touka is shit at delicately handling a conversation

2) She’s as subtle as a sledghammer

3) Based on Haise’s behaviour (“it was the same gaze you looked at Rize with”), she went into that conversation thinking Kaneki returned her feelings and wanted to find out if that was true

So re-reading that chapter with those things in mind, this is my interpretation

What Touka said:

What Touka meant:

Are you finding it hard to confront me because you’re inexperienced with dating/girls? It that the reason why you’re pushing me away now? I thought perhaps our relationship had been going somewhere but you keep leaving me behind.

What Touka said:

What Touka meant:

When you’re ready, I want to take that next step in our relationship

So I don’t think she was joking- she really would have sex with Kaneki. But at the same time she was joking, you get me? I don’t think she was saying it to actually try and proposition Kaneki right then and there. She’s just…. not good with words.

Then comes the part where she’s trolling and for this, I agree with @ishida-why​‘s comments and explanation here [x] about this scene:

Paraphrasing from her a bit:

Kaneki misunderstands her and thinks the reason Touka said she’d let him “do it” with her was to stop him from going away.

Touka messes with him and jokes “trying to do what?”

Realising that Kaneki is as oblivious and dense as a brick, she decides to spell it out for him and brings out receipts from Haise’s puppy dog crush

Then she confesses, saying she was happy to be looked at like that

Cue light bulb above Kaneki’s head:

 “why are you crying?”

                                             [              “hmm…well, i wonder why…”                ]