AnonymousOh my wow *embraces* Thank you so much! That’s so awesome!
Leave your stories in my ask, I’m really curious to know!
i would like to know
Me. Want to Know. THINGS!
Sometimes, I see people going to cons, and they’ll post like Friday afternoon, “On my way now!" And I always think, "What?! Why so late!? OMG YOU SHOULD BE THERE AT LIKE 8 AM!”
Then I realize… not everyone has an artist alley table who needs to pack, get to the con before the sun rises to get registered, get set up, and all that jazz. Some people actually go to cons for like… fun?
“THESE TWO ARE CANON SHIP IT YOU HOMOPHOBE”
Thank you!
I am a gay male. Likely I’m one of the oldest users on tumblr. I’m 74. Yes, young readers seventy four. I have been with my partner Carl for 47 years now.
Please know that while we both know technology very well, we are also trying very hard to remember, and use correctly, the new dialogue that has grown. So, if any words appear here that are not considered correct…it is not because I refuse to use them. It’s because I haven’t heard them. Or seen them. Or am emotional enough while writing this that I simply use “old fart” words.
We have both been through it all. The hiding because it was illegal, the fear and pain of the loss of fifteen different friends and acquaintances from A.I.D.S. The times when you literally (not virtually) could not walk the streets without meeting someone that had a sign, or a pamphlet that declared A.I.D.S was God’s way of “ridding the earth” of homosexuality. We lived through the burning of homes, and clubs, and bars. We lived through the beating deaths. I lived through a beating that nearly lost me my right eye and left me completely deaf in the right ear. Carl lost several jobs because “he must be…” or “we know.” We lived through hatred that was terrifying and sickening and unimaginable to some today.
The hatred is still there. The overt and the subtle. Things are, however better (it’s a terrible word, I know). Carl and I married. We debated making it very public, but decided on a personal ceremony. The photos are filled with our friends who are 90 and…well…have a few pages stuck together, to new friends who are young enough to be our grandchildren.
Carl and I are in a variety of fandoms. Yes, we are trekkies-we bought our first color television just for Star Trek. Now Carl loves Supernatural (and thinks it’s gone so far down the crapper that they’ve actually made Naomi an Alien). I like Teen Wolf and we both watch Sherlock.
The opening statement made by the anon is so, so true. And to us, it is a new form of hatred. I read fanfic and write it. Carl and I both enjoy all forms of fanworks.
Here’s the kicker… Neither of us is a Sherlock/John shipper. We both see Sherlock and John as two men who have a very unique and incredibly strong friendship. Here’s the irony: I have been called a homophobe for not shipping Sherlock and John. I received hate messages in my (now deleted) Sherlock blog when I answered ‘do you ship Johnlock?’ with the single word ‘no’. It was oddly amusing: “Homophobe”, “die cis scum!”, “go kill yourself”, “you must be a lonely, fat, hag”.
When straight people go out of their way to “prove” that John and Sherlock (and other fandom characters) are gay, and do so with the cry of “if you don’t ship it, you hate gays!” It is an ironic form of hatred and, in a way, homophobia: These straight people are so determined to show that they aren’t homophobic, that they fail to see how damaging their fetishization and “look at how accepting I am!” is. That, queers can actually see a friendship between John and Sherlock (and any other fandom characters). That seeing a friendship, and not shipping John and Sherlock is simply that… Seeing a friendship.
When you demand, dear straight people, that others ship Johnlock, and demand that if you don’t “ship” you are homophobic… You are the one that is showing intolerance and hate: Your quest to prove that you’re on “our side” only proves your ignorance, your desperation to been seen as an ally, and the fact that you don’t actually see queer issues, or respect those that are queer.
You only want to see two guys have hot (or painfully bad, and painfu,l considering the how…painfully it is written the majority of the time) sex.
Read it; learn things.
Ok so y’all know by now that I don’t watch TV and barely even know what “shipping” means but I’ve got mad respect for my elders and this guy knows what’s up with gay fetishization by straight folks.
Wish the OP’s URL was on this post. Wanna follow. And give him a great big hug. And a high five for being right.
This man is my fucking hero and I can only hope to be as great and eloquent as him some day.
Absolutely this. If someone doesn’t ship a gay pairing it doesn’t make them homophobic guys. Sometimes, it just means that they aren’t fans of that pairing. Until they’re like, “This pairing is so gay I hate it,” don’t make assumptions. This goes for every single fandom, every single thing out there. There are boy/boy pairings I’m not into, and boy/boy pairings that I am absolutely in love with. Like, I use to love Sasuke and Naruto. Not so much anymore. Not because I’m homophobic (cuz lord people, I love me a bunch of boy on boy action), but because I’m not really into the series anymore and I think Naruto’s obsession with Sasuke is hazardous to his health.
I wrote fics for them all the time, but now its at a point where I just want to shake him and be like, “Stop chasing him, please!" As soon as he had some moment in the manga where he was like, "I don’t care if my arms and legs and eyes are ripped out I’ll still chase him,” I was like, “… no. This ship is dangerous, head to the lifeboats now." Like if Naruto were a girl we’d be like, "Stop being stupid,” but since it’s yaoi fodder it’s like, “Look how dedicated he is!" And I just couldn’t do it anymore.
Does this mean I’m against boy/boy pairings? No. Not at all. So don’t assume things like that. People have different pairings they like and don’t like for different reasons, that’s how fandom works.
Here’s a little peak at part of the first chapter. Now that Alix and his partner, Fagan, have to deal with a demon, they learn that explaining the basics of their world can be annoying and frustrating fun ^^
Warnings: Humorous character interactions
Notes: I think I’m going to stick with posting small little snippets and teasers instead of like, full chapters, just because I want to wet your whistle and make you interested in the story ^^
Wow, thank you very much! That was interesting to write, especially since I’ve never written Adachi before, so I’m glad you liked it!
So that little snippet of a story I posted a little bit ago? We’ve been sending query letters to publishers. Well, “Hunters: Seeking the Storyteller” has officially gotten it’s first positive response, as a publisher has requested more :)
And now…. I am SPAZZING! SPAZ!!!!!!!
Guys this is my fault I take responsibility. So now there’s a pop idol Naoto fic AND rp. Yeah. That’s what’s up.
I hate you
Just think of how fun it’ll be to come up with smexy song lyrics for boy idol Naoto? Fun times, man, fun times.
except my skills when it comes to writing lyrics?
pretty shit man.
It’s fine, together I’m sure we’ll come up with something smooth, silky, and… something. Or we’ll just rely on Naoto’s hips. Either way it’ll be fun!
