A Little Bit Genghis Khan

we're deprived of fiction that caters to my specific niche fetishes

How goated it is to be anything at all

there’s a cultural obsession with labelling all female authors as unintelligent or otherwise only capable of accidentally stumbling into brief moments of genius in their works that we need to start pushing back against

i think one of the reasons i dont vibe with a lot of modern "romantic" writing is that there's a notable lack of sweetness or tenderness written between the characters. the most popular tropes for intimacy negotiation between characters in modern romantic novels seem to be based around overcoming their own disdain, distrust, or resentment of the other character. an increasingly lazy, kneejerk "i hate how much i want them" approach to romantic and physical intimacy. true love requires doubt, they tell us. our desires can only be trusted when we douse them in cold hard rationality. no i'm not trying to come for the enemies rivals irritating workplace acquaintances to lovers trope that's so popular (although i'm also deeply bored by that). rather, i think it demonstrates a general jadedness in a genre that's otherwise supposed to be about "wish fulfillment HEA" yet struggles to conceive characters for whom tenderness and all-consuming desire is not a weakness. the irrationality that love can instill in a person is held at arm's length, a toxic impulse that must be adjusted in order to present a "healthy relationship." the overly-emotional lover has been relegated to "dark romance," or their behaviors channeled into specific genre-approved tropes which fit neatly into hetero-dominant relationship expectations. so much of it ends up reading pathos-less to me. in the hands of a talented writer, unhinged tenderness is the most excruciating possible thing to read. we used to have that, you know. we used to be a society.

look i WISH more horror movies were just the directors thinly disguised fetish. instead we got all these horror movies that are just undisguised reflections of culturally hegemonic values and anxieties. like if we got some weird fetishes up in here it would probably add some variety thats all im saying.

Was trying to make a joke about TV writing to my friend the other day and had to pause and go "...does the phrase 'surf dracula' mean anything to you?"

image description: tweet by @/topherflorence, reading: back in the day if u did a tv show called surf dracula you'd see that fool surfing every week in new adventures but in the streaming era the entire 1st season gotta be a long ass flashback to how he got the surfboard until you finally get to see him surf for 5 min in the finale /end description

challengers was a real as fuck movie tbh if I was Zendaya levels of beautiful id just be psychosexually tormenting beautiful bisexual twinks every day of my life

just in general i think straight men... struggle to imagine what exactly the woman is getting out of a relationship. so they gesture at "he's nice" and "he saves her" and "he's dorky" I DONT CARE IF YOURE STRAIGHT, IMAGINE SOMEONE YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR LIFE WITH!!! also read stories written by women.

does anybody know how to get out of bed. or be a better person

Every day I fight two battles at once: the battle to endure the pain of the shrapnel lodged in my body from the bombing of our house, and the battle to find a way to afford the medication for my anemia, the painkillers to ease my injuries, and the bandages I still desperately need. I feel like I'm breaking down more and more each day. Every single day.

Please don't ignore me ple@se h@lp me by d0nating so I can urgently buy my medication and painkillers. please I don't deserve all this neglect. I'm not asking for miracles, just a chance to live my life without pain or disability. your help or d0nate or share my story today. Your kindness can help protect my future and remind us that we are not alone.

Please, please continue to support my dear friend Fadel!! He needs relief from this pain. He needs treatment.

I'm not asking for miracles, just just a chance to live my life without pain or disability. D0nate or share my st0ry today. Your kindness can h@lp me to buuy my medications and protect us.

I am a huge fan of retiring to my quarters

In this economy you'll be lucky to retire to your nickels

Truly animals are some of the most numerous creatures of earth

Count em

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Nothing wrong with me

very 🥰🥰🥰 when musicians leave bits in songs where they're saying 'is this thing on?' or 'it's still recording y'know.' chairs scraping, retuning guitars, saying 'let's do that bit again', 'was that take any good?'

The fact that Sir Kay sent squire!Arthur to find his sword and Arthur went all Amelia Bedelia and decided to bring him a sword and accidentally became the king of Britain in the process. That is so fucking funny to me. No wonder Kay is pissed off all the time. Most annoying little brother ever.

"i feel besquintled", said no one ever. because that's not a word.