hearing a beloved friend say the words 'can i be mean for a sec' is like watching an angel descend from the heavens and kiss you on the forehead

oh you want a well-written female character in heated rivalry? right this way! would you like sexy childhood best friend who shows up whenever you need sex but never asks for anything more in terms of commitment or emotional support? or how about Baby Machine 5000 whose only defining traits are that she is a wife who loves to cook for others? no? then can i interest you in the unwitting beard who has nothing but sympathy and understanding for the man that strung her along and lied to her? or what about tiger mom? you guys love tiger mom, right??

In cyberwigan, it's a perfect simulacrum of gravy.

wtf your treacherous uncle just bit me

to be honest i think ilya razzes scott hunter even more after he comes out and it’s mostly a joke but some of it comes from a very real place of ohhhh my godddd this other orphan is suchhhh a chicken pussy about being gay and he isn’t even under threat of being disappeared forever to the gulag

got that dog in me and mitski has been showing financial interest in it

ladies and gentlemen of the jury, today i would like to present a bold, feminist reimagining of the evidence you've seen presented against my client

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bitch moment: obviously this is subjective but a lot of modern queer lit (especially YA) has this specific tone that i find really grating. i want to call it "smug" but that's not exactly it. it's more like, that sense that the author is utterly convinced of the correctness of their own worldview and expects everyone else to agree with them on principle

#these things are not opposites on a spectrum#I see these mindsets packaged together more often than not#the author wants you dead because they are scared of you