made a little chart

bonus bc it makes me giggle:

alternatives

I love that the internet saw people comparing women and other alienated groups of people and went, “they’re dating,” and, “they support each other.” We’re improving as a society.

Does anyone know who these artists are?? They’re brilliant and I’d like to credit them!!

THIS IS HOW TO TAKE A TRASH OPINION COMIC AND MAKE IT BETTER. THANK YOU.

The best genre to ever have existed

These improved my day

GAY RIGHTS

these are the only things in the world i find worth crying for becayse it’s so fcking cute and wholesome wtf

I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE OG ARTIST GREW OUT OF THEIR I’M NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS PHASE

AND NOW THE GIRLS ARE CANON

The “guys I respect” artist also came out as non-binary, generally got more accepting. It’s growth.

Love an peace on planet gay

Damnit now I want to make a comic and let y'all edit this. Because. Look at it agaga-

morning grope

man! what a nice popsicle angel is staring at! uncensored version on my twitter https://x.com/splashedwine or bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/splashedwine.bsky.social

The cuteness before the slutness

I’ve finally finished this shitpost!!!

This is how I see their relationship:

Since the colouring fucking sucks here’s the line art:

Plus the sketchy drawing of this

FUCK! I forgot the reference, sorry. This is by mellon_soup on TT, Pinterest and IG.

I’d go for a vampire over Valentino any day tbh

og/ref under the cut

@oversensitiveandoffputting @painfullyprickedandticked

Husk has his priorities in order

The Case for Pharoga as Canon

Pharoga, noun, def. the relationship between Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, and the Daroga of Mazandaran. Friends, enemies, lovers, exes. A relationship that could be platonic or amorous or sexual. I don’t just ship Pharoga, I believe it is canon, right there in the text.

Consider the above excerpt from Chapter XX: The Viscount and the Persian. Raoul himself asks the question we should all be wondering: Why do you, sir, care about Christine Daaé? Raoul himself draws the parallel for us. Raoul is following the Daroga into Erik’s lair to save Christine because he loves her. The Daroga doesn’t love Christine, but he should hate Erik. And yet, just like Christine, although he has every reason to hate Erik, he does not. 

So why is the Daroga leading Raoul down into Erik’s home? To save a girl he does not love or to save his friend, who is making a terrible mistake? 

When in the story is the Daroga not pursuing Erik? He was first sent to Russia to find Erik for the Shah and he never stopped looking. The Daroga chases Erik across continents and down cellar holes - just to save other people from Erik? Or because he is even more of a stalker than Erik himself? 

While the Daroga is often the sanest person in the room and is seen as the heart and moral compass of the story - he is not an innocent! He delivered Erik to the Shah, where he became an executioner. The Daroga was a part of the court and witnessed these events, which he facilitated. He confesses to following Erik out of a sense of guilt, to try to prevent further deaths. But could it be that beneath the guilt, the Daroga is driven by something else? Maybe desire, love, jealousy? Certainly, even after Erik very nearly succeeded in killing the Daroga in both the lake and the torture chamber, he found pity in his heart for Erik: 

What can explain this? After everything Erik did to the Daroga, why would Erik still come to him for his last confession? Why would Daroga hear it? Their relationship runs very deep; a little attempted murder cannot shake the intimacy they share. I tend to see this intimacy as love and even romantic love. The Daroga follows Erik obsessively after Christine is abducted not so much out of a desire to protect her, but out of a lover’s need to know. Out of jealousy. 

What does the Daroga represent to Erik? He says he is Erik’s conscience, reminding him of his promise not to kill any more people. But the Daroga also carries with him all the knowledge and memory of Erik’s time in Mazandaran, while Christine represents the new life that Erik wants to create. Erik does not want the Daroga to follow him, to interfere, to make him feel guilty about abducting Christine or to remind him of his painful past. And still, the Daroga follows him like a shadow. A shadow’s shadow. He is a much more complex character than he seems at first. And that is why I think Erik loved him. 

Oh my god this is SO GOOD

I also like the idea of Daroga having internalized homophobia and feeling guilty about his feelings for Erik. He shouldn't feel desire and romantic affection for a man, and for a man so complicated and morally ambiguous like Erik. UUUUGH THE ANGSTY

what I would not give for a really good film adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray that could fully be about gay love and lust and friendship in a way that would make Oscar Wilde proud. Luca Guadagnino what are you doing next

unfollow me now, this is gonna be the only thing i post about for the next week,

(wip) its ramadan so gotta draw my favorite (headcanon) Muslim

your beauty never ever scared me

EXACTLY!

it pisses you off to see a faggot be so happy

#so correct#similar w straight women hating butch lesbians#you see a woman not shaving not wearing make up wearing comfy clothes and still being loved and desired#and remember you've contorted yourself into the shape of a Real Woman in exchange for soc acceptance & power#and denied yourself the gentle acceptance of doing what is comfortable on this earth#people needa stop taking out their own shit on gender nonconforming & trans people and start LEARNING from us#cause it is very obvious when cishet people are miserable and mad that we aren't (via @closet-keys)