Choking at the Apex

“Riddhi emerges from the Summer Palace. Once used by the Maharajas and visiting Heads of State to relax in between tiger hunts, now this is rightfully the tiger's domain.”

also: homophobic harassment is considered sexual harassment in Australian courts, which apparently is not really the case in the US I guess?

or the concept of a pride flag is considered to be inappropriate for 13 year olds.

happy pride 2026. here's a pride flag for when corporate interests of a site run by dogshit transphobes, handwringing pearlclutchers, and "powerless" "allies" tell you that pride and your gender is no one else's fucking business:

Your perspectives matter. Your representation matters. You are not bothersome for demanding equal treatment in fandom. It is not your responsibility to make fandom more welcoming and inclusive to you. It is not your sole responsibility to create all of the Black-centered content. You are not "ruining" anyone's fun for demanding better for yourself, and anyone who says otherwise can go fuck themselves. Any fandom worth being a part of should have no room for racism in it.

Black people in fandom, you are wanted. You are needed. You are loved and appreciated. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

i was terrified i was going to end up getting hurt but it turns out when you’re having actual sex with an actual person the things that do it for you can be completely different

i have had plenty of great sex that i’m still not going to fantasize about because when it’s just me thinking about it and not an actual person doing it, it’s not hot anymore

there are plenty of things that in real life are actually just uncomfortable and not arousing at all and i will never do them, but even if i’ve tried it and decided it’s not for me it’s still gonna show up in fantasies because it’s still hot to think about

if, while watching porn or reading smut, someone’s gotta get slapped in the face at least once for you to finish. if you can only get off to weird airtight tentacle stuff. if no one’s crying you’re not going to get there. if there’s not a torture chamber in the thumbnail you’re not clicking. that literally means nothing in terms of what you want out of actual sex. i don’t mean morally or criminally or whatever. i just mean on a practical level, in terms of arousal and ability to orgasm.

that was the part that took figuring out. before i actually had experience, that was not intuitive to me at all. even now, if i tried to watch porn where a loving couple made out on the couch while nonviolently fingering each other i would dry up like the fucking sahara. i’m not going anywhere with that. that’s nothing. as a Youth this caused me a lot of concern. but it turns out that in real life, with another person there, that shit’s fun!! it’s great!!! trying to stop myself from finding things hot was never about puritanism, it was about the fear that it was going to be impossible for me to get off with a partner unless i made enough money for elaborate costumes, some kind of sex contraption, and an on-site medic.