If you don't school you'll end up like me.

msgryz:

I think there’s been a big misunderstanding…

sherlocked-inside-the-tardis:

minstreloffire:

little-black-bear:

Did I ever mention I fucking love visual poetry? Because I fucking love visual poetry.

THIS IS SO COOL

Oh my goodness, this is beautiful.

I NEED MORE VISUAL POETRY IN MY LIFE.

(Source: sheandherdarkness)

toomuchsherlock:

I Don’t Understand Shipping Wars by *Keena53

crystalzelda:

DannyPhantomZone: crystalzelda: ““Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her…

danyphantomzone:

crystalzelda:

““Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”. “Friendzone” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “no”.”

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(via buildingmosaicsoutoflife)

Hello Zelda. Let’s engage in a civil discussion.

I debunk this point here:
…

Well, women get rebuffed very often as well by men in their lives. Like you say, that’s a street that goes two ways. So “friendzoning” can and does happen to women by men.

Here’s why I don’t think that term, for men or women: there’s the implication that it’s almost like a… a game, right? That you befriend someone, you say all the right things, you get close to them as buddies and right when you think you’re going to get what you want, which is a romantic relationship, BAM! Friendzoned, please do not pass go, do not collect $200, wah wah wah. That when you get friendzoned you lose and it’s somehow not fair.

The thing is that it’s not about fair or not - people simply can’t help their feelings, and if they tell you they like you as a friend, then that’s just that. They didn’t string you along, make promises they didn’t keep (which is another matter), they just don’t like you that way, and when it’s couched in terms of “that’s not fair”, then we’re getting into entitlement territory, and that’s a bad way to go.

The problem with that term isn’t just the word but how it’s used, especially when it comes to women, hence the post. Yup, women get friendzoned, but when there’s vitriol about the subject, especially in fandoms for example, it’s often accompanied with anger towards girls who “friendzone”, like it was wrong of that character to “friendzone” a guy. I’m thinking of Korra and Bolin, for example (one of many) - she got a lot of flack for being a bitch/whore, for jerking him along, for “friendzoning” him. But it’s her prerogative to do so - she just doesn’t see him that way.

Again, it’s more an issue of the context of the term and how it’s used against women in a lot (not all, of course) situations. It’s a term that seems to put a lot of blame on the person who rebuffed advances, male or female, and I don’t like that. Almost like it’s funny or nbd.  I personally consider it a gendered term because in my experience, how I’ve seen it used, the majority of the time it’s selectively used to attack women for their decision not to go out with someone. For women it’s just a no win - if you have boyfriends and you sleep with them and express your healthy appetites as a sexual person, you’re a whore. It happens all the time. If you decide not to date anyone, you’re frigid and cruel to the guys that like you (again, not saying that it always happens that way - talking general trends here, from my personal POV). Men’s sexualities get examined and judged on a different level (masculinities has some very corrosive aspects to it that actually do a lot of damage themselves, even if it comes with a position of privilege). So to answer you, I don’t think it’s an inherently misogynistic word per se, but I have seen it accompany and used in many women unfriendly situations, hence my particular distaste for the word. 

This is pretty much exactly how I feel about the term friendzone, except infinitely better than anything I could put together. There’s an increasing level of vitriol surrounding the term and I worry about people’s feeling of entitlement increasing. I braced myself the moment I realized Bolin seriously liked Korra because I knew he’d be rejected, and I knew that an ugly fandom backlash was inevitable

The show itself handled Bolin’s reaction to rejection fairly well could’ve done without that whole ‘woman, haven’t you hurt me enough’ line tbqh.  Although, I kind’ve wish he hadn’t liked her in the first place. Argh, I just did not want to see fans punish Korra for not having feelings for Bolin. 

(Source: angels-and-angles)

askbountyhunterjune:

chaoticrice:

fangirlingforeverz:

adriaticjellyfishsting:

the ship name for Zuko/Mako could be either Zuko or Mako

　

Shipception.

Never in my fandom life have I ever seen this happen.

It’s Zako.

chongthenomad:

i can’t.

I don’t know if any of my followers were aware that I was a hardcore Zukaang shipper when I was younger. I told everyone it was my crackship, but I secretly liked it more than Kataang. CLOSET SLASHING WAT. That reaction is priceless, though.

(Source: zuko-and-aang)

pfefferi:

my voice is what comic sans sounds like

(Source: boxofoctaves)

Only three hundred likes away from 7,000 likes. Tumblr is the best for my lurker heart. The reason I bring this up is because I only had 4,000 likes pre Korradom. Which was a month ago. 

IT’S A MATTER OF DAYS.

some-watertribe-guy:

Korra is just ‘hanging around’, right