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Mr. Gold: Charming, I need a bit of advice.

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:34:11 -0500

Mr. Gold: Charming, I need a bit of advice.
Charming: You and Belle got in a fight again?
Mr. Gold: It was a very heated discussion, yes.
Charming: Then just apologize the way you usually do.
Mr. Gold: I can't.
Charming: Why not?
Mr. Gold: I'm all out of libraries.

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Fri, 24 May 2013 17:08:59 -0500

omgthatdress: Shoes 1913 Whitaker Auctions

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:43:55 -0500

omgthatdress:

Shoes

1913

Whitaker Auctions

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Fri, 24 May 2013 12:09:45 -0500

Such ancient songs

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:54:34 -0500

Cat nurse: I hear him singing sometimes. In my head. Such ancient songs.
Face of Boe: ALL THE SINGLE LADIES. All the single ladies.

Bisexual Characters: A Primer

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:43:00 -0500

moodymarshmallow:

Dear Bioware Fandoms,

I want to have a word with you.

We all love these games or else we wouldn’t feel so strongly about them, and I’m pretty sure that the great majority of us like that Bioware has been inclusive with the choices of Love Interests in Dragon Age and Mass Effect. Despite this, I keep seeing the same arguments popping up again and again on confession blogs that say to me that some people in these fandoms have really confused perceptions of sexuality.

So here’s a primer:

These are bisexual men:

These are bisexual women:

The reason that these eight characters are bisexual is that they express canonical interest in both men and women. This is the only thing that informs the sexuality of these characters. Kaidan Alenko is bisexual because he is attracted to both a male an female Shepard; Isabela is bisexual because she is attracted to both men and women.

Sexuality cannot be predicted by how masculine or feminine a character is. It cannot be predicted by the color of their hair or eyes, or the length of their ears or legs, or by whether or not their voices are low or high, just like in real life.

The only thing that makes a character bisexual is their interest in men and women (there are arguments that bisexual people are also attracted to non-binary genders, but I am not well informed enough to talk about that, and therefore won’t.) Period. Full Stop.

When people say that they can’t imagine Kaidan with FemShep, or that they can’t imagine Anders with M!Hawke, what they’re saying is that these characters do not meet their preconceived notions of straight or gay. These notions are almost always false, and always informed by some kind of stereotype because you cannot predict sexuality by how someone looks or behaves.

Bioware is unique in that it gives non-straight fans a way to see positive depictions of their own sexual identities reflected in the romantic subplots. However, the tendency of some fans to pigeonhole bisexual characters into neat little boxes labeled “straight” and “gay” is not only factually inaccurate, but hurtful. It says to bisexual fans that their sexuality is invalid, and since bisexual erasure is already a huge problem in the GSM community, it’s extremely disappointing to see it happen in fandom.

We join fandoms because we love things, because we have fun with them. Hurting other people is the last thing that a fandom is for. That’s what the canon is for, right Bioware?

In conclusion: Ship what you want to ship, just stop invalidating character’s sexuality because you can’t “imagine” a character as bisexual.

Thanks,

Mallow.

Adding: Bisexual people can be attracted to people of nonbinary genders. It’s not an argument. This is how the bisexual community defines itself. Period. Full stop.

I don’t want to detract from the message of this post, which is wonderful and I love to bits and want everyone to read, but respecting the way people of a certain identity define said identity is also important. The characters in this post fit the definition of bisexual because they express canonical interest in people of more than one gender. That those genders are male and female is incidental.

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Fri, 24 May 2013 10:17:31 -0500

"It’s literally as basic as she sees through the façade, that it isn’t really who he is. Before..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:08:13 -0500

“It’s literally as basic as she sees through the façade, that it isn’t really who he is. Before everything happened to him, he was a very, very different person. That doesn’t go away from someone. What he says and what he does, is not how he feels. and she’s fallen in love with that, and he’s fallen in love with her when she sees that.”

- Emilie de Ravin (Emilie de Ravin Opens New Chapter in ‘Once Upon A Time’)

walkingdead3000: Modelos con estilo victoriano moderno -...

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:51:56 -0500

walkingdead3000:

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sailaweigh: 32GB USB Heart Pendant by Artype

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:26:00 -0500

sailaweigh:

32GB USB Heart Pendant by Artype

Truth: 35 Statistics About The Working Poor In America That Will Blow Your Mind

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:40:15 -0500

Truth: 35 Statistics About The Working Poor In America That Will Blow Your Mind:

virtualanarchy:

by Michael Snyder

In America tonight, tens of millions of men and women will struggle to get to sleep because they are stressed out about not making enough money even though they are working as hard as they possibly can. They are called “the working poor”, and their…

cookiecarnival: The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Sally Makeup...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:34:47 -0500

cookiecarnival:

The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Sally Makeup Tutorial (x)

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Thu, 23 May 2013 19:54:32 -0500

welcome to the library

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:45:19 -0500

welcome to the library

Puppy Alistair

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:30:35 -0500

Puppy Alistair

sonofsamedi: leechbrain: I wanted to draw an elf with amazing...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:11 -0500

sonofsamedi:

leechbrain:

I wanted to draw an elf with amazing curly hair, so I did that.

*____________* <333

sabrinagrimm: liking a character that’s really controversial and having to constantly explain why...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:10:17 -0500

sabrinagrimm:

liking a character that’s really controversial and having to constantly explain why they’re a good person

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Thu, 23 May 2013 19:06:01 -0500

side effects of being friends with me include gaining extensive knowledge of tv shows you dont...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:41:02 -0500

side effects of being friends with me include gaining extensive knowledge of tv shows you dont watch or care about

btw i HATE my homophobic coworker hate hate hate how the hell does you getting chewed out by the...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:57:00 -0500

btw

i HATE my homophobic coworker

hate hate hate

how the hell does you getting chewed out by the vice principal have anything to do with gays and lesbians

just

STOP

tomorrow is an institute day, and i was going to go in even though i know there is no work for me, but that means being stuck in an office with her for seven hours and just

i am taking the day off just to avoid her