i love that shen qingqiu (shen yuan edition) is so fixated on the fact he’s transmigrated into a stallion novel that he completely misses the extremely early genre shift caused by his presence. it’s a late-game revelation that he’s moved over to the danmei section, and he’s frankly astonished that he’s unlocked a male romance route, wow, what a surprise.
meanwhile this whole time, shen qingqiu is out here collecting handsome men like it’s going out of goddamn fashion. half the country’s Important Figures are madly in love with him. he trips and falls and acquires another male suitor with some tragic link to his past and a complex history.
shen qingqiu is seriously standing around fixating on luo binghe’s theoretical harem of women. meanwhile he’s got the cultivation world’s Hottest Eligible Bachelors in a state of pure chaos. they are orbiting around him like lost sheep. everywhere he goes he acquires a +10 bonus to homoeroticism and manages to unlock whole new romantic dialogue options. he is at the dead centre of this extremely complex and multidimensional love triangle with zero. visibility. about it.
also, it’s extra funny because 14yo luo binghe canonically checks him out and is like “yeah can’t complain, he’s good looking, not supremely beautiful but you wouldn’t kick him out of bed” and then is obsessed with him forever. everyone is obsessed with him forever. turns out that shen qingqiu is a straight up irresistible hottie once he’s no longer radiating shen jiu’s stinky old cat energy. give the man a snickers bar and a cup of tea to calm down and suddenly he’s the world’s most in-demand man-on-man bachelor doing constant psychic damage to his myriad suitors through sheer obliviousness
“online fandom bestie that you once shared intense intimacies with but don’t really talk to anymore simply bc we drifted into new blorbo obsessions” is such a specific type of relationship that has to be impossible to explain to anyone who hasn’t experienced it
I’ve had more dangerous encounters At gas station counters And the Walmart parking lot
But the smaller the man The quicker the plan Goes to somebody’s getting shot
Kevlar and jeans A mask and a gun And a badge for everyone in the mob
You probably don’t need to shoot Someone in the face To do the thing that you’re calling a job
How’s work? They got us shooting women now How’s the pay? Well, there’s a bonus if you’re wanting in How’s the hours? We shoot ‘em in the daylight Then we steal 'em away in the dark of the night
Only the best and the brightest Only the finest Get to put on the sacred mask
If you’ve ever been fired Congrats! You’re hired For this particular task
Now they’ll circle the wagons Drape the man in a flag And say don’t trust what your eyes can see
They’ll say it’s her fault instead For getting shot in the head When we all watched the same damn thing
obsessed with this poor guy who gets dragged away from his takeout menu so his evil bisexual roommate can go have the worst club experience of his life
OKAY WHAT WE’RE GONNA DO HERE IS TALK ABOUT WHO THIS MAN IS. BUCKLE THE FUCK UP.
This is Harrison Browne. He’s a trans man, activist, actor, former pro, and the first openly transgender athlete in professional hockey. He came out in 2016 when he played for the now-defunct NWHL’s Buffalo Beauts. The same season he came out, he went on to win the NWHL’s Isobel Cup championship. A year later, he did it again. When he retired in order to medically transition, he retired as a champion.
In 2025 he and his sister Rachel Browne wrote a book everyone should read called Let Us Play: Winning The Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes. He’s an icon, a trailblazer, and a goddamned delight. Hockey is better for having him anywhere near it.
He’s also written and directed an autobiographical film that premiered last year at TIFF!
People on tumblr are like “I’m handing all my mutuals a bowl of soup we are kissing with tongue we are the bestest of besties I am killing and dying for you” but sometimes me and the mutuals are posting completely different shit existing on the same blogging platform but really we’re just standing in the alley going “ayup” at each other like fucking king of the hill.
Every time some reviewer says Maomao is better than other female anime protags because she’s “not like other girls”, I shrivel up inside.
Maomao is FOR the other girls!!
She cherishes her female friendships and uses her knowledge to HELP and UPLIFT other women. The narrative doesn’t put them down to prop up Maomao either. Instead, the narrative uses her insightful lens to humanise and understand all these different women in their respective positions and why they do the things they do.
You make soup in a big bowl. You serve it in a smaller bowl. And then you convey it, using a spoon, to your mouth. But what is the spoon? Simply a smaller bowl still
wow! your understanding of this character is so… Unique! just wondering by the way but when was the last time you directly interacted with the source media
the really beautiful thing about being alive is that thought crime isn’t real and all that actually truly matters ever is how you treat people in real actual life. the really terrible thing about the current climate and the emergent panopticon fetish is that many people are trying to convince you that the opposite is true all the fucking time
weary and wary are not the same word and have very different meanings and if i see one more person use wearily when they mean warily I’m gonna combust
weary: tired, worn-out, beaten down, exhausted, in need of rest. they were weary after their long journey. wearily, she sat down on the couch and kicked off her shoes. he had grown weary of this conversation.
wary: guarded, cautious, on-edge, careful. they were wary of the approaching stranger. warily, she poked at the dark shape in the corner of her room. he paused, wary, but nodded anyway.
thank you for this reply you get the funny crown today with bonus points for accuracy
