Feeling Wistful 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️ For Heterosexuality

me: I ship them

friend: oh like romantically?

me: no. like cursed object passed between hands for centuries, they are cosmically linked, probably bonded by blood ritual, I think they’ve fought in a war together in at least three lifetimes, and their souls make direct eye contact every time they breathe in the same room

friend: so… romantically?

me: yeah. like. with kissing.

THAT LAST LINE GOES WAY TOO HARD NO.

how do you compete with an angel? become one yourself

Tell you what I like the human theory.

But not for Aziraphale and Crowley.

Get the Metatron living the human life, make him earn minimum wage living in a flat with skyrocketing rent per month. Make him learn where he got the AUDACITY

Would actually kill and die for this book, i will commit acts of treason against my own country to read this book, I am dyslexic and adhd is like a possibility at this point but I will put my whole heart and soul into forcing my cant read brain into reading this book please and thank you

I finally got around to starting this wonderful book, what is essentially an encyclopaedia / analysis into moominvalley and all the creatures, characters, themes, and stories therein. The cover and the size strike me the most, this thing is large! It’s beautifully embossed and gilded (although the printing on the back cover is slightly misaligned but I find it gives it more depth)

The inside cover has this intricate bookplate with the latin “Work and Love”. It’s not captioned so that all I can get from it for now.

Past that is a pretty and colourful spread in the style of the magazine covers, there’s a lot of contrast here, not only with the colours but the sun and storm clouds being a page apart.

The foreword by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and author introduction by Phillip Ardagh both tell the same story, of how they discovered moominvalley, and how they now relate to it later in life. Ostensibly the same story, they relate to moominvalley differently, with Frank views his relationships and experiences through it, branding people as “fillyjonks” and himself as a “moominpapa”. Phillip puts the books into context, 1945 being the end of the war, and relating (and extending) the unrelenting good will of the moomin family to events in our own time.

What is consistent with the two though is their adoration and respect for Tove. Frank admiring her ability to connect with people across social classes and countries, and Phillip’s name isn’t on the front or back cover nor even the spine, it is The World of Moominvalley, as created by Tove Jannison.

I’m really excited to get into this book ^_^ the authors seem like people with genuine connections to the stories I love, hearing them talk about how they relate moominvalley to their daily lives reminds me there is a real community around all this!

My comic to @recovery-zine <3 ❤

I drew it two years ago and my style has changed a little but I'm still really proud of this piece, I'm happy I can finally show it ❤!

Chat I know what I’m doing today

My video "A LAWYER'S EVIDENCE that Mike and Will become a romantic pair in Stranger Things" is out!

Many of you have followed me ( @teambyler ) or read my essays analyzing Byler (I've linked some of the most-shared ones below). I am actually also a LAWYER who has a YouTube channel called RONALD OFF THE RECORD, and I just released my big video on Byler! (I also have another YouTube channel with 45K subscribers that I mention in the video)

I'm prepared to put my professional reputation as a lawyer on the line to comment on a piece of science fiction, because goddammit this is important to me! It is not "delusional" to think Will and Mike will become a couple, and there is nothing wrong with you if want it to happen! This is a video essay I've been planning for at least SIX MONTHS, and I put a lot of work into it. Please share, and please leave comments. Enjoy! =D

0:00 Why this video 1:38 Hate for Byler on the internet 10:16 Case for Mileven 15:21 Case for Byler: Starting premises 17:56 If Will were a girl… 25:30 The evidence! 29:05 EXHIBIT A: The Snow Ball 31:34 B: Mike's reactions to El and Will being upset 34:21 C: Season 3 ending montage 39:16 D: Airport reunion 47:51 E: Rink-O-Mania argument 51:28 F: Heteronormativity, audience expectations 58:25 G: Throwing away the letter 59:55 H: 2nd heart-to-heart scene 1:05:43 I: Mike can't say he loves El 1:13:27 J: Platonic reunion 1:15:12 K: Will's role convincing Mike to say "I love you" 1:20:08 L: Effect of the "love confession" on El 1:39:54 M: The Painting Lie 1:43:22 Honorable mentions 1:45:27 Non-diegetic evidence 2:01:23 Actor statements 2:10:34 NOT how you write an unrequited love story 2:16:07 Why Byler SHOULD happen (queerbaiting, etc.) 2:28:21 A more powerful story 2:35:45 A personal note

I'm now making this my new pinned post, so I'll list a few of my posts here for people to check out.

ADDITIONS: -28:00 On "We should normalize same-sex friends being affectionate, they don't have to be gay," I should have been clearer. HOMOPHOBIA is the reason for that stigma. Straight friends feeling like they can be affectionate in our society HAS to include normalizing LGBT+ people. -1:16:55 I should've said this more clearly: Will reminded Mike that who HE is, HIS unique qualities, make him worthy of love and make El love him, not dumb luck. And Will of course could convey that because Will loves the actual nerd MIke and everything he is. -1:17:06 Mike making El "not feel like a mistake" doesn't fit El, because she says that Mike looks at her "like I'm a monster, too". Nor did she "push you away because she was afraid of losing you". That's Will, not El. Mike felt love because Will was describing himself. -1:52:36 I forgot to mention that, in the original Nina opera, Nina's lover is ALIVE and DOES return. The Duffers changed the story so that Nina's lover does NOT return, to further suggest Mike won't return! -2:35:22 I'm kicking myself for not being more specific about Mike and Will being heroes in more than one way: I think the theme of bullying from s1 will return, with Will (and also Mike) having to face bullying for being boyfriends in Hawkins.

EDIT: I hit 1000 subs, only to discover THIS VIDEO CANNOT BE MONETIZED. ='( I think I put over 100 hours of work in this video, and this isn't sustainable for me unless I get support. This also means I can't make public videos with the same quality -- using show clips and music makes a stronger impact. I've considered deleting and reposting an edit, but that would losing all the wonderful comments and CUTTING OUT THE LAST SCENE. ='( ='( ='( NO. FUCKING. WAY.

So this is what'll happen: future videos NOT use clips and music to the same extent, except versions I post on my Patreon. And I need Patrons because I don't make money as a social-justice lawyer, and rely on that plus YouTube ads. Here's the Patreon link! (Any future video will be clipped, with the full version on Patreon) https://www.patreon.com/c/theruleslawyer

Some other @teambyler posts:

Mike was saying "I love you" to Will

Questions to ask if ever you have Byler doubt

How the Duffers have set Will up to have a happy ending in Season 5

The most heartbreaking way Byler can culminate (and how I predict it will) (I know this is less likely than an "escape from Camazotz" possession scenario, but I still want this to happen =D )

How the Duffers likely will make the general audience AWARE of Byler and CHEER for Byler

-teambyler

hi guys! i'm starting a fundraiser for the PCRF! here's how it works:

-> donate $10+ dollars to the PCRF

-> send me a screenshot of your receipt through tumblr's messaging system

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-> you get an awesome custom snoopy and the opportunity to do some good!

some notes: i'm open to drawing your snoopy as any character/in any situation except NSFW (blood/gore is fine). each snoopy with be lined and have flat colors. please allow 1-2 weeks for your snoopy to be drawn. i'm open to drawing additional characters (woodstock, etc) so feel free to reach out and negotiate rates on that! i'll also be posting each snoopy to my blog in order to promote this fundraiser as much as possible!

thank you guys so much!

just to hide outside your door 🐍🍎