sharing this bunch of essays with whoever may be interested in neuvillette/neville references to this specific theory of shakespeare's authorship and queerness in his sonnets, it's A LOT and there are varying opinions but also very interesting
friendly reminder that fandom writers are not published authors and they share fics merely because of passion and love for the communities they’re in fanfictions are FREE so if you don’t like a fic avoid leaving bullying comments and grow up
you need to be severely chronically online to not realise that m/f ships CANNOT have the same tropes as queer ships because of misogyny and the patriarchy, like yes being a man and a woman changes things actually
the biggest twist in sk8 was making me believe kojiro was some superficial womaniser only to find out later he’s been whipped and pining for his best friend for 10 fucking years
remember that kojiro is a huge fan of ramen/prefers japanese cuisine and when kaoru asked him why he didn’t open a ramen shop instead of an italian restaurant he replied with “and where would you have had your carbonara then?” the fucking devotion of this man
also i’m sorry for not wanting to see shit ass heteronormative dynamics in my fandom spaces where i get to relax/escape reality where i, a queer woman, has to deal with cishet men on a daily basis (and yes i’m bi so i also dated/fucked them so i know what i’m talking about)
i finally got
@minoru_uwutemp
gorgeous keychan and print and they’re absolutely stunning 😭❤️ thank you so much everything was perfect, the bonus cyno’s print too ❤️
this is one of the last drawings a famous mangaka made for his daughter’s birthday, one of sk8 animators commented too so it’s not necessarily official art but clearly a very sweet tribute (and it made me low-key emotional)
me: i hate clichés
author: one of them breaks out of his usually calm facade to laugh uncontrollably in front of his love, leaving the other in awe
me: omg one of them breaks out of his usually calm facade to laugh uncontrollably in front of his love, leaving the other in awe
i respect fandoms like matchablossom so much because people are still out there churning out the mona lisa and shakespeare’s sonnets over pink and green from a 12 episodes anime which came out in 2021
baby matchablossom where kaoru (5) always had a screaming crying fit/tantrum whenever he had to be separated from kojiro (also 5) who started crying too because his new best friend was sad
saying two men shouldn't parent a kid together but forcing the finally free female character into the mother role she doesn't want to have surely is very progressive and something you'll expect to see from young generations on the internet in 2024
to my moots and people reading this: you’re valid for feeling uncomfortable with certain tropes if they’re too close to what you live irl, it’s fiction sure but we’re also in 2023 so it’s valid to be triggered by misogynistic depictions in usually queer spaces, be gay and fujo
the sk8 OVA will have four parts so four different stories, i suppose this first one will be about matchablossom while other will be about the other characters, i wonder if they’re keeping the usual sets so renga, tadaai, shadow + miya
okay so apparently i was right and in the matchablossom spread the comment on the beach scene was really “nanjo was involuntarily excited by sakurayashiki’s beautiful legs”
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sk8 season 2 should really give a little more closure to matchablossom like show me kaoru SMILING at kojiro make him FLUSTERED AND CAREFUL BECAUSE HE IS HIS BEST FRIEND AND HUSBAND and they’re now finally not alone like when they were kids and uuuugh
one of my fave flavour of matchablossom is kojiro thinking kaoru is this untouchable and extremely beautiful creature and waxing poetic about him all the time like a lovesick pup with hearts in his eyes while kaoru probably still thinks he’s straight
my favourite thing about matchablossom is that kaoru is satan’s spawn and kojiro looks at him with hearts in his eyes because kaoru is his babygirl beloved his little meow meow