Tired. Gay. Emo.

on GOD im TELLING YOU the only reason Chiron and Kevin aren't in the high ranks of mlm romance is because they're 1) Black 2) in an all Black movie and 3) aren't the "palatable" Black gays white folk like!!!

And not that I ever want Moonlight to be consumed by fanfic culture, I actually think it should be left alone, but it really is telling that it never even had a chance. Despite having lines that people yearn for in their fics, ON SCREEN, CANON. Touch starvation, found family, best friends to lovers, yearning, love, soulmates?? It's a five course meal of good writing and acting and characters and and and-

WHY, specifically, is it black peoples' facial expressions that are seen as just so comical or exaggerated? analyze the history of this nation's comedy and tell me why you might be predisposed to thinking of black peoples' faces as just, "more emotive" or exaggeratedly funny than a white or nonblack person's

and throughout those years, 00s-10s, many black bloggers -- victims of the mass staff-led purge (under the cover of them being 'russian' while reichblr still exists) -- they DID tell us it was a problem, DID try to educate people who freak out at the insinuation of 'being racist,' DID argue, DID point out the duplicity and the appropriation and the gross equivalence of african american slang with unintelligence, goofiness, etc. and they were ignored, abused, cancelled, chased off, until being eventually mass deleted by our racist transmisogynistic staff.

we didn't do enough, and the generation after us gen z "kids" didn't stop the trend. using the '-ahh' suffix. rizz. no cap. ate. delulu. it's giving. it's serving. crash out. lock in. aura. tea. main character. bruh. slay. real. keep it 100.

all of the following images are or were popular reaction images! what do they all have in common?

7.1k, E, Shane/Ilya, mean dom ilya, puppy shane, fetch as foreplay

"You trust me?" Ilya asks, once, easy. Shane nods without even thinking. Ilya throws the ball. Shane watches as it flies in an arc across the yard. Cookie isn't even back yet. "Prinesi myach." Shane doesn't recognize the Russian. Just looks at Ilya. "Go on," Ilya says, like Shane's stupid for still standing there. "Go get it." "What?" "Go get me the ball. Myach." ——— Ilya didn't tell Shane that he's watching a dog for the weekend. Shane isn't upset about it, and he definitely isn't jealous.

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He watches a highlight reel of Ilya celebrating with his line and realizes he's just going to have to accept it.

I wish I didn't know it so well - Shane + Magnet