Ramblings from Apalapachia...

A somewhat late christmas present for one of my very good friends, @bakuyama! ♡ Here you go, little, Stiles and Derek are being cuddly! ♡

anyone know that reddit post about a girl who’s gf washes her hair and it talks about non sexual intimacy

found it :)

My heart..

This reminds me of this post;

Forgive me guys as I do not remember where the screenshot is from, but I have it here and I wanted to share with you.

It has come to my attention that most people don’t know this about Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and that’s a goddamn crime against humanity.

Back when they were young and poor they had to share a single person bed for six months. As Pegg put it, they started out sleeping head to feet, but after kicking each other in the face one too many times they started sleeping head to head. It wasn’t long after that that they gave up on being macho “no touchy” dudes and just snuggled up during bedtime. In the morning they “couldn’t tell where one began and the other ended”.

That’s why they’re so cuddly today. They’re so physically close that it worried Frost’s fiance at the time and she asked them to never share a bed again after she got married to Frost. The night before the wedding Frost wasn’t allowed to see her anyway, so Pegg dropped by his house so they could share a bed one last time (Frost since got a divorce though). Pegg’s wife has no objections to any of this. If it’s important to her hubby, who is she to judge.

Pegg recommend all male friends to try sharing a bed. If it turns out you want to fuck each other, great, you’re going to have a lot of fun. If you don’t want to fuck each other, well, then nothing happens anyway.

(Side note: That’s also why there’s so many photos of Edgar Wright cuddling up to various guys. He learned that from Pegg and Frost. They created a cuddle monster that can’t be stopped)

The first on-screen kiss between two men.

“Wings”, 1927

This doesn’t show exactly what the caption suggests it shows. 

In this scene, the lower pilot is dying. He had been captured, managed to escape, and stole a German plane to fly back. The upper pilot–his best friend and rival for the love of Clara Bow*–shot him down, believing he was the enemy. This is him kissing his friend goodbye.

“But that’s still slashy!” you can say. Yep, it is. “You can read this as homoerotic!” Yes, you can. “Why are you denying this? Is it because you think being gay or bi is shameful?” A thousand times no. I am pointing this out because I think this is an important piece of evidence about what homophobia has done to our society and to male expressions of emotion. 

In 1927, the obvious reading of this scene, for audiences, was not that this was a romantic kiss. Audiences primarily understood this as an expression of friendship and love, because of course it was perfectly natural for non-romantically involved men to embrace or even kiss, particularly at highly emotional moments. Of course a dying man would want to be held during his last breaths. Of course a guilt- and grief-stricken man would want to kiss his friend goodbye. 

However, not very long after this, the commercialization and commodification of homophobia became a powerful force. The market (including Hollywood) began drawing lines and graphs and boxes, declaring which emotions, expressions, habits, and even colors “belonged” to men and to women. This kind of touch, which would not necessarily have been sexualized during many eras or in many cultures, became forbidden to men in the US, Britain and Canada (and many other places, too) within the decade–and is still lost to them today. This scene–a far more honest expression of grief and affection than anything we’re used to seeing in today’s action films–became gay. 

Now, if you strongly wish to write “Wings” slash, you can still do so–and not entirely by putting on your goggles! University culture of the 1900s-1920s definitely allowed for a far wider range of sexual behavior than frats do now, etc. I don’t want to police what anybody can and does find in “Wings.” But I think we should acknowledge what we lost when capitalism decided that, for men, kisses could only be sexual. 

*You may recognize Clara Bow from that goddamned photo that keeps making the rounds of the internet captioned, “A sex ed class in the 1920s!” so everyone can hoot with derision at the shocked girls in their desks. The photo is actually a still from a movie, and the star, Ms. Bow, is front and center. 

#reblogging for the commentary #i know my blog makes everything gay #but i hope it’s apparent to y’all that what’s important is love #and men were denied lots of forms of it #fuck that (via @classiclitships)

This reminds me of that post where the kid’s family thought he was gay because he cuddled and held hands with his male friend so they thought he was dating. But then he brought home a girlfriend and everyone got confused and found out that he was just friends with the other kid and they were just cuddling because they wanted to

Bring back platonic kisses and cuddles.

oh. ohhhhhhhhh. oh nooooooooooooooo

[A mom and baby otter are floating together. The baby otter is sleeping on his mom’s tummy so he’s still all dry and fluffy.  She keeps giving him little otter kisses.]

Now this is quality content.

my heart feels so warm seeing this

I will always reblog this. OTTERS!!!!

Otter week!! Look at this sweet mama, giving her fluffy beeb some sweet otter kisses while he takes a belly snooze.

helenluvsboo replied to your post “Here to remind you that you are gorgeous. :D”

HUSH YOU.

YOURE BIASED. :P

I most definitely am and I am most definitely not sorry for it

#come cuddle with me sexy  

LIKE YOU NEEDED TO ASK!

helenluvsboo replied to your post: helenluvsboo replied to your post: YOUR THOUGHTS…

*nods*

I’m seeing people at work flirting with other people, and co workers talking about their social lives, and i just

I mean, really. At the very least, someone flirt with me? Make me feel a little better. You don’t have to promise undying love, or that you’ll come home with me. Just…make me feel like im a highlight of your day, even if I’m not really.

essentially, I’m saying lie to me.

Sometimes you're the highlight of MY day.

*wraps you in another blanket and snuggles*

WE'LL JUST CUDDLE EACH OTHER TEA, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO, OKAYS?

And hey, people don't need to lie.

I'd flirt with you. And I'm not just saying that.

Thank you so so much for your kind words. After all my complaining I went to McDonalds with some friends and then went to have some ice-cream (maracuja + dulce de leche YUUUM) and that definetely made me feel better. Then I come back and see your lovely messages and I have no words. Thank you again.

Two seconds of my time on you? Psh, luv, it's a lot more than that! You deserve the world and you're not idiotic... well, not all the time. But aren't we all a bit idiotic sometimes? :)

I am also a lover of McDs and Ice Cream... well, more Ice Cream, but when I get a McD's craving... watch out.

I propose an ice cream date next time one of us feels crappy. :)