#anoymous

i think many lesbians still harbor biphobic views whether consciously or unconsciously, and need to stop behaving in ways that imply bi women are less queer, inherently worse at talking to women (LESBIANS SUCK AT THIS TOO!!!!), destined to end up with a man, incapable of possessing a complex understanding of their gender and sexual identities, going through a phase/using lesbians for 'experimentation', never visibly targeted by homophobia, and so on.

also, bi women are isolated from "wlw"/queer woman communities over and over again bc peoples' rightful disdain for shitty men migrates to their girlfriends, many of whom are stuck in abusive situations without a support system. the only way to make this better is to be that support system! if you hate her shitty boyfriend, help her get away from him!! if you want to encourage her to date other genders, you need to stop acting like she's a "second choice"!!!

ALSO also, the stereotype that all bi women haven't dated women/will only have boyfriends is reinforced by lesbians viewing them as less serious in their queerness. it's cyclical - bi women are disbelieved and delegitimized, they don't get involved in communities that hate them, and then the claims that they're less serious come back. if someone comes out as bi and has only ever had boyfriends and is nervous about moving through 'queer spaces' (as it were) you need to actually help them. introduce them to people. affirm that they belong. invite them to things. understand that they might make mistakes.

Oh yeah, absolutely, I love talking about this stuff.

"Fast in Fire" is actually a Shakespeare (mis)quote from Hamlet, and it's not fast as in quick but as in abstain from water and drink (although to be fair, fast-spreading fire is absolutely thematically apt too).

The full quote: I am thy father’s spirit, Doomed for a certain term to walk the night And for the day confined to fast in fires Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away. 

it refers to being caught in purgatory, somewhere between life and death, waiting and suffering for an undetermined time in punishment for the sins he's committed. So that's supposed to parallel Sebastian's situation, racked with guilt over what he feels is a lack of action re: Jim's descent, being denied the thing that gave his life meaning, stuck in a weird inbetween state where he doesn't really want to die but doesn't really know how to continue living either.

I picked Hamlet specifically because some of the themes match. Just like TVD was linked to Romeo and Juliet (an explosive all-effacing love in a setting of violence and conflict which ends in a faked suicide), Hamlet specifically fits because of the central plot of taking revenge for the murder of a loved one and being haunted/ordered to by their ghost, but also because of the existential doubts, the story-within-stories, play-acting as a way to manipulate events and the importance of reputation and seeming.

HIS BIRTHRIGHT 😭😭😭 that’s the perfect way to put it LMFAOOO megumi is sooooo freaking spoiled and he would never ever admit it, but he absolutely does feel entilted to your attention and affection because who else would you be giving it to if not him?? do you hate him?? he’s better than whoever else you’re paying attention to so what gives?? god he is such a spoiled little brat when he wants to be omg