roachpatrol:

elfangorwasprettyrad:

danguy96:

superman–thanksforasking:

Tumblr: Not every story needs a romance plot!

Also Tumblr: *adds a gay romance plot to every story*

Tumblr: It’s okay when we do it, because it appeals to our fetishes, even if we say it’s “because progressiveness!”

to be fair a lot of hetero romance feels forced as fuck, and if it wasnt literally everywhere i wouldnt have an issue with it. dont really watch movies  but seeing actually healthy gay relationships is rare the times i do watch tv

a lot of women: we’re really tired of constantly seeing trite heteronormative bullshit romances shoehorned in to every piece of media, no matter how flat the female character or unappealing the male character, that never lets us forget our place as sexual accessories to men. also, a whole bunch of us are queer. also queer men are here too. 

a lot of women: so we’re going to write our own romances that are actually hot and appealing as well as useful for exploring— or escaping— the various traumas and kinks we’ve picked up around living in a world that sees us as sexual accessories. relationships based on equality and friendship, or relationships that specifically foreground inequality and exploitation, are really hot and fun to examine in the context of a couple hundred thousand words of hardcore gay smut— 

inevitable dudes: but this makes us uncomfortable! because you’re sexual accessories, your involvement with sex should be as a passive receiver, a subject, not an active agent, let alone a creator or an instigator. we’re going to make fun of you now until you stop. 

a lot of women: it turns out that once you read a couple hundred thousand words of hardcore gay smut you get a lot harder to shame.