I think one of the sneakier forms of fandom misogyny that I see ALL THE TIME is the Exceptionalism treatment of women characters (be they canon, OC, x reader, whatever) when they’re placed opposite a canon man as a love interest. Like the narrative crafts her as the softest, the most attractive, the best at sex, the most understanding, the most caring, or even the smartest, the most badass, the most perceptive, the most skillful Woman and THAT is why she inspires the love of The Man. THAT is why he’s Different With Her™. And even the fantasy aspect of that is deeply troubling to me? Because there’s an implication that a woman must embody these superlatives to be chosen, to receive the affections of The Man. And people love to claim they enjoy Complex Women, but do they enjoy just…Women?

a single distant, but very loud, yeehaw

Incredibly violent take of mine but I actually don’t think you need to relate to a story in any way to enjoy it. You can enjoy a story even if you can’t point at a character and insert some aspect of your personality or identity into them. In fact I would argue the need for a character like that to be present in every single story you experience is a sign of stunted growth.

The truth of the matter is that if you’re going to seriously pursue writing, not every line can go hard. It can’t be hard 100% of the time, or the hard just becomes soft. Sometimes the line just has to get the writing from point a to point b.

Arthur Morgan’s journal is like “I saw a bird today” then immediately followed by “the world is ending”

@fleurdelucienne and I met Roger, Rob, Peter, Alex, Mick, Kaili and Meena today ask us anything

(first time doing praise kink) you are Useful