it came to my realization that 99% of my fandom related headaches would be cured if everyone understood this
proud “this type of media fetishizes abuse and shouldn’t exist” antis who are jackfuckers r peak leopards eating faces partygoers. the same people you’re standing beside are the same ones who have or supported doxxing people and calling them p*dos for thinking jack kline is an adult character who can be interacted with as such.
purity and cancel culture make people think artists who write, draw, sing or make things about subjects that are (rightfully) considered disturbing and socially unacceptable — as well as fans who like fictional things that are (rightfully) considered disturbing and socially unacceptable — are “red flags”, “predators”, “deserving of having their hard drives checked”, etc, when in reality people can like or make fictional things about subjects that are (rightfully) considered disturbing and socially unacceptable without condoning these things in real life.
artists who create (fictional) contents about triggering subjects aren’t automatically “predators who condone these terrible things in real life”. artists who create (fictional) contents about triggering subjects are just artists who create (fictional) contents about triggering subjects.
people who like (fictional) contents about triggering subjects aren’t automatically “predators who condone these terrible things in real life”. people who like (fictional) contents about triggering subjects are just normal people who like (fictional) contents about triggering subjects. for reasons that aren’t nobody’s business but their own.
(as long as they don’t act out these things in real life and hurt real people, they’re normal people like you and me, and 99.99% of people who like fucked up fictional things are normal people who don’t hurt anyone in real life.
if someone watched a fucked up movie and acted out the antagonist’s crimes in real life, then it still meant that this individual was already fucked up and a predator, and they would have done terrible things whether or not they watched a fucked up film; the art itself don’t make people do terrible things.)
art has never been restricted to only rainbow and sunshine and unicorns.
art is also about the depiction of macabre, things that are disgusting, unpleasant, violent and unacceptable. (as long as nobody in real life actually gets hurt.)
you can’t claim to “accept art and artists” and then say “but if you write fics about (X) or if you like this movie then you’re a red flag and are disgusting 🤢”
it’s absolutely okay if you personally hate these types of fictional works that revolve around triggering subjects that are (rightfully) disgusting and socially unacceptable, it’s okay because it just means these types of works are not for you (no one forces you to watch, read or listen to them), but it’s not okay if you start harassing artists who create or people who enjoy art you personally hate, just because you hate them and therefore you believe other people must hate them too or else they’re terrible people.
you are a terrible person if you harass anybody in real life over fictional things that aren’t real.
you are the one who aren’t able to separate fiction from reality.
sorry
or fuck someone up tremendously with the worst mommy issues imaginable, permanent grief, a guilt complex about surviving, give them a responsibility they never asked for, suicidal ideation, and horrific identity issues
oh wait yeah that happened with jack
*coughs* anyways
"Being over-involved is no longer parenting." ↳ 11.21 - ALL IN THE FAMILY
Forgive me if this doesn't make sense but
Dean understands himself. He is not drowning in internalized homophobia. He doesn't not know that he's into men. What Dean is, however, is a liar. He lies to everyone, all the time. I think this touches on the queer experience in a way we dont always see in media. We always talk about coming out and coming out scenes but why never talk about why we come out. It's because of how difficult the lying is. But deans lied about everything, all his life. Not just about his sexuality, or things related to hunting. But he lies (directly or by ommission) about the music he likes, the clothes he likes, literally everything, just to fit into this box of what everyone expects him to be. He understands himself, you just don't have the critical thinking skills to see past his lies, you take his word at face value even though the show has told you repeatedly that dean is a liar
Jack: *passes out*
Sam: Oh my goD Jack fainted!
Castiel: Quick! Call 911!
Dean, panicking: What’s their number?!
Jack: *wakes up momentarily* Seriously?
Kidnapper: I kidnapped your kid
Dean: And I assume you want me to pay for ransom?
Kidnapper: No I will pay YOU to take him back
Jack in the background: Tie it tighter I can still feel the bloodflow!
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oh that is an amazing fic i love all of their fics so much
it is and *gazes lovingly into the distance* sameeeeee
completely agree with ur thoughts on sam being 'woman coded' but what do u think about ppl saying dean is. I don't think he's woman coded because he likes to clean or whatever moreso because he's been shoved into a weird position in his childhood where he comes out of it acting like the eldest daughter. Does that make sense
hi, anon! i actually wrote about this on a post that i since deleted. i think his ‘girl coding’ is heavily influenced by john’s parentification and emotional incest. i actually see him more narratively compared to women (if we’re going off of family dynamics on the family is hell show) than sam, but this isn’t me arguing for him being girl coded. idk if that makes sense. it’s more like, if we’re going to talk about that, can we talk about it in a way that doesn’t compare sam and dean’s masculinity? because a lot of those readings don’t take into account dean’s femininity and kind of use him as what a man is, when he’s consistently over performing masculinity as part of his mask.
under the cut are the screenshots of my rb on someone’s post about dean’s typical girl coded readings, which were all the things u mentioned. my views on these types of readings have also evolved since I wrote this, so please keep that in mind.
It's also because Sam x Dean, y'all need someone to be the "woman" in the relationship. It's gross and sexist as fuck.
Gay couples do not need a "woman role" or "male role" in mlm couples. Gay men can be bears together. Not everything has to be stereotypical.
Lesbians can be both girly and sweet. Yes they can be fem x masc but they can also be fem x fem
You people just hate to see Sam as what he is. A man who is kind and caring and vulnerable, a man who actually has feelings, a man who's actually somewhat of a decent person.
i agree with you, anon. albeit less harshly, but i’m not going to tell u to be polite about it because you can say what u want in my inbox haha. in regards to what ur saying, i often see the same dynamic with dean and cas, where cas is coded to be ‘the girl’ in the relationship, and this especially picked up after jack was introduced. it’s quite annoying to me personally because it is steeped in heteronormativity (in my eyes) and stereotypical gender roles. in the case of wincest, this is what it turns into: sam is the woman and dean is the man (and this often turns into dean is the abuser and sam is his victim) and i simply don’t see the point in arguing for that’s how things are in canon when that’s not the case. people can do what they want when it comes to headcanons and meta and allat, but i do think when u break down what people are saying it is ultimately rooted in gender essentialism, misogyny, and a pepper shake of homophobia, because as you said, queer couples don’t have a heteronormative dynamic. that concept is rooted in homophobia. and yeah, i think in that regard, you’re right as well. sam is soft [compared to dean] so he’s the woman. like get me out of here lmao men who are kind, caring, and vulnerable do exist. it’s also not an inherently feminine trait to talk about your feelings.
different person here but also, dean does constantly compare sam to female characters, especially in the early seasons, which is a big part of the reason i (and others) think dean somewhat sees sam as a women/questions his masculinity
i understand that, anon, and i also think supernatural was made in 2005 and the writers were/are misogynistic. this falls away more in the later seasons, especially when dean becomes more comfortable in his own masculinity and femininity and isn’t performing to the degree he is in originally. i don’t take much stake in this as a reading unless it takes into account that dean is the one who is narratively compared to women (he’s named after his grandma, deanna, compared to mary, has baby as a metaphor for his body who he refers to as she/her, is a direct comparison to amara, etc.) and is chastised for being too emotional by sam. it’s not to say that they’re invalid readings, or that headcanons aren’t perfectly okay, but i think when we’re comparing two characters who are written as men (particularly cis men) in canon, discussing who is more girl coded is just odd to me. that’s my personal opinion. i’m a big fan of transnatural as well, so this not a criticism of that by any means. headcanons, fanart, fanfic, etc. do not have to be based in canon. but i stand by my belief that many of the people who say sam is girl coded in canon are particularly focused on the pain and shame of femininity, and i just don’t like to think in that way. i think we could better focus on characters who are written to be women.
ngl you should drop that midam fic link, even tho I've prob already read it
hehe i’m fairly certain it’s no shortage of sordid (no protest from me) <3