what does “men who adhere to strict gender binary” even mean tho

NO ONE adheres to the gender binary! NO ONE FITS THEIR GENDER ROLE PERFECTLY! THAT’S THE POINT! AARRRGGH! 

NOOOOO OOOOONE…. ADHERES TO THE GENDER BINARY LIKE GASTON!

Originally posted by clarabellecow

when I try to hear this in my head my mental voice is incapable of pronouncing it fast enough to fit the timing of the line “noooo oooone… adjksjfksfjslenry like Gaston!”

and when I try to fit it to one of the longer such lines, my mental voice becomes too confused about conflicting scansion to continue

no one’s droll like gaston no one’s swole like gaston no one fits his assigned gender role like gaston

I’m especially fond of the paaaatriaaarchy My what a guy that gastooon

Bless you for making it scan

NOW I CAN’T READ IT WITHOUT SINGING IN MY HEAD

No one’s droll like Gaston, No one’s swole like Gaston, No one fits his assigned gender role like Gaston! For there’s no one online half as phony, His tinder’s got dick pics to spare, You can ask any neckbeard or brony They’ll show you (no homo) whose trilby they’d wear! No one drawls like Gaston Or catcalls like Gaston, Or manspreads on the train in a sprawl like Gaston! I’m especially fond of the paaaatriaaarchy! My what a guy that Gastooon!

…I’m not sorry.

Baby It’s Cold Outside discourse is the same as Macbeth discourse. 

Explain?

OK, so one of the big debates in Macbeth involves the scene in which Lady Macbeth talks Macbeth into killing King Duncan.  People debate strenuously over whether it’s a scene of Lady M pressuring her reluctant husband into it, or whether it’s a scene of her sensing, due to their emotional intimacy, that this murder is something her husband secretly wants and has partially internally decided to do, and is arguing him into it in order to help him give himself permission to do it, in the same way that people see their loved ones wavering over the dessert menu and jump in with things like, “Go on, get the cheesecake, it’s your birthday!”  Readers and scholars disagree strenuously about this - we even studied an incident in college in which two 18th century illustrators attended the same performance and happened to draw the scene the day after, producing two images that advanced opposite interpretations even though they’d seen the exact same actors do the exact same performance.  It’s a big deal.

In the same way, the Baby, It’s Cold Outside discourse is about whether this is a song about sexual harassment, or whether it’s a woman singing about how she wishes she could spend the night with the guy she just had an excellent date with if only the neighbors wouldn’t talk, and him responding, “Stay, baby, it’s cold out!  No one could expect you to go home in this!”

I really don’t know (baby stab his side) King Duncan’s a bro (baby cut through his hide) I like him a lot (That decrepit old sot?) This plan ain’t so great (But what a king you’d make!)

The guards might worry (Darling, do it in a hurry!) His sons will rush the door (So knock them on the floor.)

I’m not such a knave (Bash his head with a stave) But I’d be a good king (Now you’re starting to think)

The dukes might all talk (But their chatter means naught) Say, love, what do you mean (You’d make such a king)

I simply must go (baby cut through his hide) There’s a war on you know (baby cut through his hide)

But what of his wife? (And what of his life?) It feels like bad luck (But that don’t mean much)

I’ve got a bad premonition (And I’ve got a mission) But that’s just superstition (My love, you’re a vision)

The witches said I’d rule (If they lied they were cruel) So baby let’s stab Stab his siiiiide!

One Day More

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Just so you all know: I read this to the tune of the song from Les Mis.

Well you know, C-SEC requisitions guy does love his musicals.Your comment might have inspired him. (For those who don’t like fliks, the countdown clock is here.) In honor of you, @bardofheartdive: ANDERSON A few hours more! Another hour, another writing spree This never-ending fic will finish me These recipients who want Udina/Barla Von Will surely expect me to keep going on A few hours more! LIARA My recipient asked for smut How do I write about krogan nuts? A few hours more! BARLA VON & UDINA Tomorrow, we’ll still be editing Hopefully the squee will be deafening TALI A few more hours to finish my art! BARLA VON & UDINA Will we ever make word count? TALI One more day to get his anatomy right! BARLA VON & UDINA All I want is to write porn! TALI What does a krogan look like naked? BARLA VON & UDINA And we swear it will be hot! TALI How am I supposed to know? NIHLUS One more day before fic about me is finished! SHEPARD Didn’t you die like two years ago? NIHLUS My fic total is undiminished! SHEPARD But you’re basically a john doe NIHLUS AUs make me turn around before Saren shot me at my fittest! SHEPARD Do I tell him no one has heard of him in Toronto NIHLUS Will you read my fic with me? ALL The time is soon, the hour is nearly here ANDERSON A few hours more! THE ILLUSIVE MAN A few hours to revolution, Cerberus will prove most popular! All the fics will be prove I was right, Humanity will be the most triumphant! ANDERSON A few hours more! WREX and ZAEED Watch ‘em writing fast, Catch ‘em crying as they hit writer’s block, Never finished their first draft Look at our krannt Here a little edit There a little cut Most of their fics are almost finished So they won’t miss lunch! ANDERSON Tomorrow we’ll be finished uploading, Tomorrow our minds will stop imploding ALL Next week we’ll discover What our benevelent gift-givers have in store! A few more hours until dawn Just a bit left in the day! A few hours more!

Is there a way to give this a hundred thousand million likes?

P. S. ~ I vote C-Sec guy and Mordin do a duet.