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in case you didnt know whats going on in Arizona right now… “We had no idea that gays had money and bought things just like regular people do.”
Dumbasses
You daft motherfuckers
Gays participate in capitalism and in other news water is wet, ya dumb fucks!
Ow. This actually physically hurt my head to read. Just… really, Arizona? Really?
That moment when your mothers hang out with you for a girl’s night out and you realize how close your family really is now <3
Shout out to all the closeted LGBT people who have to return to unsafe family environments this season. Remember that there is nothing wrong with you and that no, you are not a hypocrite for loving the people who raised you despite the things they have done to hurt you. Above all remember that you will always have friends who support you even if your family does not.
To my followers who need it, my inbox is open :)
So my new M/M romance book came out this weekend, and I would love to get some reviews for it, some interviews, and all that jazz. If you’re someone who reviews books and likes the M/M romance genre, send me a message. I have copies I can give out to reviewers :) I would want reviews as many places as possible (Amazon, Goodreads, your blog, Barnes and Noble, ect. ect.)
Here’s a blurb of the book so you know what you’re getting into:
“Maybe he’s right. Maybe I am the cause of this. Maybe you were normal before meeting me.”
When something tragic happens, you want nothing more than to close your eyes and make all of the pain go away. For Gable Peterson it’s a little more complicated than that. When detective Maurice Ashford shows up at his door with news that his boyfriend, Avery Blair, has been found dead, Gable is left devastated. Seeking some sort of comfort, Gable closes his eyes and imagines a world where none of this happened.
Only, when Gable wakes up, he’s surprised to see that Avery is still alive.
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Here is where it’s available at the moment. Paperback copies should be coming in about a month or so:
Eternal Press (need to be registered to get it since it’s adult)
Hey all of you book reviewers, are you interested in my new book? Do you write reviews? Do interviews? Things like that? Then message me <3 If you like m/m romance that is full of weird supernatural “omg why can’t I just write a happy couple why do people have to suffer in strange ways that are out of this world” and “do you always have to have a geeky boy like seriously all the time I mean Kingdom Hearts is awesome but still” elements, then this may be the perfect book for you to review ^^
“Maybe he’s right. Maybe I am the cause of this. Maybe you were normal before meeting me.”
When something tragic happens, you want nothing more than to close your eyes and make all of the pain go away. For Gable Peterson it’s a little more complicated than that. When detective Maurice Ashford shows up at his door with news that his boyfriend, Avery Blair, has been found dead, Gable is left devastated. Seeking some sort of comfort, Gable closes his eyes and imagines a world where none of this happened.
Only, when Gable wakes up, he’s surprised to see that Avery is still alive.
My second book is out now! The physical copy should be about a month away, but now you can get the ebook copy <3 Thanks for your support, everyone :) The third book, “Seeking the Storyteller,” will be available soon!
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Cecil Baldwin (via psychosassic) This speaks to me in so many ways. I remember in college, writing a story about two women getting together, and a lot of the feedback I got was, “Oh wait she’s gay why didn’t you say it in the beginning,” and, “Why didn’t she come out,” and I was like, “… why does it always have to be like that?” Why can’t a gay character just, you know, be gay? Why does it have to be this huge ordeal and, more importantly, why does it have to be the main focus? Granted, my next book “Double Hue” focuses on a serial killer who targets gay men and whatnot, but I’d like to think that my main couple is more than just, you know, “the gay couple.” They’re a couple. They’re in love. One plays video games. He’s a geek. Yeah they’re worried about coming out to their parents, but at the same time its like, “There’s a killer on the loose o.k. and this guy is in danger,” and just… I want people to root for them because they’re a couple in love, not just because they’re gay, if that makes any sense. Like no matter who the couple is, you want them to make it out of this situation. The joint book with my wifey, “Seeking the Storyteller,” we have all sorts of couples. Straight, gay, trans (later), and just… the world is a diverse place. It’s so diverse, and vast and there’s so many different people. That’s what we want to show. The secretary has a female love interest, that’s cool, but there’s more to her then that. There’s more to think about in the book then the lesbian. That’s not the main focus with her. That’s like, 5% of her character. There’s no moment of “omg you’re a lesbian” and things like that, because that doesn’t always need to be there. She’s in a bar, the bartender flirts with her, she likes it, they hook up, yay. But the main focus is, “omg there’s demons to worry about gotta protect the city,” and all that. You know, that boy has a dragon that makes him use ice. That creature has a book that can be written in, and whatever you write comes true. This woman runs an entire group of dragons who can use fire at will. That thing is made of shadows. Just… “lesbian” is the last thing to think about. It’s just like what he’s saying about Night Vale. Cecil and Carlos are great, it’s wonderful, but how can you just focus on that when there’s this town that’s so bizarre? Like yes, there’s two men together, but there’s these hooded figures, and a dog park, and is that a dragon running for mayor, and what’s wrong with the wheat byproducts, and what’s up with the high school football team, and angels, and… yeah, so much more to think about. |
Hi my name is Chibi and I take terrible pictures of me and my wifey and stuff.
No but seriously this is my wifey and she is the best. She makes all of my costumes and is geeky with me. She watches me play video games and I wouldn’t be a huge anime nerd without her introducing me to more than DBZ 12 years ago. We go to conventions together, and we’re writing a book series together (the first one is being published!), and we make crafts together.
Most importantly, she loves me for me :) She loves my size. my writing, and my dorky ways. She’s a big part of why I’m so into cosplay, and when I ever start to feel doubtful she’s there to remind me that I can rock it ^^
Oh and the future Mortal Kombat wedding was her idea. She’s designed dresses and everything *__*
Here’s the geekiest love story ever told. Today marks the 12 year anniversary for me and my wifey. Why am I posting pictures of Gundam Wing? Because this, my dear followers, is how we met.
This story actually starts 14 years ago. When I was 16 I discovered Gundam Wing on Cartoon Network and got hooked pretty quickly. Back then, the internet was still a new thing, but I used it when I could to find whatever information I could on the series. I ended up discovering a page that cited evidence of Heero and Duo’s relationship. Back then, I had no idea what yaoi was, but I learned pretty quickly. I also didn’t know what fandom was, or the difference between “fanon” and “canon,” oh man, it was the late 90s and everything we new and wonderful.
Anyhow, I wrote some pretty terrible fics for these two boys. I wrote terrible, terrible yaoi sex scenes because all of my information came from whatever dirty fics I could find. When I was 17, someone messaged me about joining a Heero and Duo yaoi mailing list, but you had to be 18 so I waited. When I turned 18 I joined the list. A month later, I went off to college, and went full force into the list (I was the youngest member at the time).
Two things happened. Well three things, really.
1. I accidentally started a ship war between Heero and Duo versus Duo and Heero (or 1x2, and 2x1). However, unlike the ship wars we see today, this was super friendly and probably the most fun I’ve had in a fandom, since we all wrote fics and drew art to “fire shots” at each other. There was a girl who preferred 2x1, but she decided to take my side because I was the baby of the list. More on that girl later ^^
2. I got my nickname, Chibi. I was going by “Chibi Shi-Chan” on ff.net, but there was a certain girl who said that that name was too long and that I should just go by Chibi. Which leads me to the most important thing that happened, 12 years ago.
3. I met my wifey, who named me Chibi, and joined my side of the ship war because I was the baby of the list.
Now at the time, I had a boyfriend. But he ended up not talking to me anymore because I wouldn’t sleep with him. I was pretty upset about things and she ended up sending me a white tiger (which I still have). We talked and talked, not just on the list, but on IRC (wow yes I am that old) and everything. We wrote a terrible Resident Evil/Gundam Wing fic together, and just… it was good fun. We sent each other pictures, and even started talking on the phone. I didn’t realize that feelings were developing until she told me about this girl she had a crush on in her class.
Now, back then, the thought of being attracted to a girl never ever crossed my mind. All my friends back at home had boyfriends, and even I had a boyfriend at one point. There’s also the fact that no one really talked about homosexuality, nor did we really know anyone who was gay. The one girl I remember who claimed to be a lesbian also had a boyfriend, or at least, a guy who got her pregnant? We didn’t really know what “bisexual” was at the time, and just called her confused.
But anyhow, when I realized that I was jealous of her liking this girl, I freaked out. I stopped talking to her and everything. I thought, there was no way I could like a girl, no not at all. That’s not something that was done, right? Girls had boyfriends, right? But when I stopped talking to her I started to miss her, and it was really hard not to send an email, or call her, or anything like that.
So finally, on this day 12 years ago, I stood in my college library and sent her an email that told her that I liked her.
The plan had been to take things slow, since we hadn’t met in person. That didn’t work at all, because we both liked each other, so we just went with the flow of things. We met in person at Anime Central 2002, and then at some point she started coming to see me once a month while I was in college. Before I graduated, I told my parents about her (well I told my mom, my dad found out). My mom was cool with it, my dad not so much. We had a pretty big fight, but we talked it out and now he loves her to death.
She told her parents and they pretty much ignored it/didn’t acknowledge it, and we figured that they never would.
Over the years we’ve been through a lot together. Apartments, a new home. Being broken into. Dealing with her parents not acknowledging us. Conventions, writing dreams, hard realities of my job being terrible and me being miserable. Rejection letters for books. Money problems. Losing both of our cats. Just… a lot, and I mean a lot, has happened. But with the bad there’s always something good, or at least, she makes me feel like there is. And so much has improved with our relationship that it’s hard not to be optimistic about the future.
Her parents love me now. They’re supportive of us. For the first time ever her dad introduced me as her partner this year.
The writing dream is coming together, slowly, but surely. Also, so is the costuming convention art dream.
Hell, we can get married in our state now.
After 12 years, I still love this woman more than anything. It’s amazing what she does to me. She can always make me smile no matter how bad I’m feeling, whether it’s me missing my brother, or having writing frustrations, just… she can make me feel so good about things. And she makes me feel good about myself. She makes me feel like I can do anything. She makes me feel beautiful and creative and talented. She makes me feel all of these things. Sometimes, I look at her and can’t believe that I found this woman, and it’s so cool that it’s all, essentially, thanks to anime and the internet.
So thank you Gundam Wing. And the 1x2x1 ML. And fanfiction. And just… all of those things helped create this relationship. It’s been an amazing 12 years and I’m looking forward to 12 more.
Was she going to slap you because you never in any way made him gay in the actual books, taking zero risks/doing absolutely nothing for gay characters in literature, and only announcing your “authorial intent” afterwards for a cheap shot at looking like an ~ally~
^^^
Gay people are just normal people. We are not told about any of the Hogwarts professors love lives, other than Snape, and it would be completely out of character for Dumbledore to walk around telling everyone about his sexuality.
Did you want her to make him dress in glittery platform boots, a crop top, and decorate his office in rainbow flags to make it more obvious for you? Would that be enough of a stereotype to appease you people? Or what? Please tell me. I’d like to know how you think a gay character is supposed to be portrayed.
And did you miss the Grindelwald chapters in the ‘actual books’? Or was that also not obvious enough for you? Did Dumbledore need to whisper “always” wistfully in order for you to connect that he had romantic feelings for Grindelwald? Maybe you are American and need them to gaze longingly into each others eyes with awkward close ups of their fingers almost grazing each other that Hollywood thinks means ‘true love’.
It didn’t fit into his relationship to Harry to ever say “I’m gay”, and so it was not stated explicitly (you might have noticed the book was told from Harry Potter’s perspective).
The point is though, that he is a homosexual, well respected, powerful, and very loved wizard- and his sexuality doesn’t matter because no one else thinks it matters. a.k.a. no one care that he loves men, and that is wonderful.
OMG can I tell you a story?
I once wrote a story in my grad level writing class back in college. And these two women get together. And someone had a critic about it like, “Wait we weren’t told she was a lesbian,” “This came out of nowhere,” “It didn’t say she was a lesbian before this point.” Even my professor said this.
And I looked at him and my class like, “Why does it have to be said?” Honestly, you don’t start a story like, “This is so and so. They’re straight. They like men.” So why is it when it’s a gay character there has to be this big introduction like, “Hey just so you know this person is gay. Just so you’re aware, o.k.? They’re going to talk about liking people the same gender as them. Because that’s what they like. Actually you know what they don’t even have a love interest at all but they may make a comment about someone’s smile or something but just so you’re not surprised they’re gay o.k.?”
I’ll never forget that moment, because the way my class worked people wrote comments on your story and gave it back to you, and one girl wrote me a long message on the back of my story like, “Thank you for saying what you said. Because I get tired of people thinking that if a person is gay it has to be this huge presentation.” Because honestly, why does it have to be? If a character is gay, maybe… they’re just gay. Do they suddenly have to have a love interest? Or talk or act a certain way? How would Dumbledore act any differently with this tidbit of information? He’s gay. Yeah, that’s great. What would you have done differently in the story? Would he have announced it to all of Hogwarts? Why do you think he has to do anything differently at all?
In my upcoming book, “Double Hue,” Gable Peterson has to tell his parents about his boyfriend, Avery Blair. Avery’s parents didn’t take the news so great, so they’re not too thrilled about telling Gable’s parents. Fortunately, they seem to take it well! Now… they just need to adjust to the idea ^^;;;
To all the parents who are supportive of your children, thank you so much, it means the world to us. And for those kids out there who think your parents won’t get it… sometimes, they just need some time. Sometimes, they really are trying. Yes, being gay should be accepted, but we live in a society where it’s not seen as “the norm.” So your parents may need some time :)
Updating the writing blog with things, and stuff! Exciting! Check it out! That’s… the extent of my brain power right now.
