Kiss The Boy

They’re on a date :)

modern hua cheng 👀🦋

I don't know anything about the hunter x hunter mobage aside from the art I see people post on tumblr, but it seems like Melody isn't in any of the cute seasonal outfit card sets and it makes me sad

So I scribbled some of my own beach Melodys o/ I think she deserves a beach day

it's very clear why aphobia is one of the gateways to wider queer exclusionism when you have to witness these types like, make up a guy to get mad at. "what if there was a guy that was straight in every way except he was ace/aro/demi/whatever" yeah man what if? who cares? then you realize the real question being asked is "are queer people still valid if I can't tell they're queer by observing them and need to be told directly?" and it's like yeah I see why you also have weird ideas about bi/pan people and anyone else that doesn't fit your mental image of what a queer person should look like. if your basis for queerness is whether someone appears sufficiently queer to others, you cannot construct a meaningful definition of queerness that doesn't exclude some queer people. no wonder you have to keep throwing more and more people overboard to keep your narrow definition of the queer community afloat in your mind. is the next discourse going to be that happily single lesbians with boring gender-conforming taste in fashion aren't really queer? come off it

being an artist is great bc it comes w built in rizz . like i don’t need to know how to flirt bc i can just draw you and you’ll fall madly and hopelessly in love w me 🙄

expressões do astarion

Light answers a tough question

Togashi subverted pretty much every trope in a typical shounen story and it’s amazing.

Gon- an exploration of the young male shounen protagonist in a way that actually explores the inherent selfishness and moral ambiguity that comes with the immaturity of youth. He’s earnest and loving yet so undeniably selfish and neglectful. These negative traits are seen at their absolute worst during the chimera ant arc, which, as I’ve seen people observe before, is another subversion of the trope where a protagonist pushes themselves to the absolute limit to defeat an enemy.

Killua- an exploration of emotional growth and empathy. There is a ton to say for Killua’s character, but most notably to me in the context of trope subversion is his codependency on Gon. This unfaltering, unflinching loyalty at the detriment of his physical and emotional wellbeing is something that doesn’t get explored a lot in shounen with characters of a similar archetype.

Kurapika- in terms of trope subversion, he is the most serious, stoic and calculating of the bunch while also being notably androgynous and at times feminine. He wears earrings, he has long hair, he wears robes that resemble traditionally “feminine” clothing and he crossdresses to achieve his goals. Despite all of this, he is taken seriously by the cis straight males in the fan base and is considered a total badass. I really enjoy that the femininity in his character isn’t demeaning or always played for laughs.

Leorio- the most masculine of the main group and yet also the most emotional/compassionate/empathetic. His main goal is to help others and to be a healer- another traditionally “feminine” aspiration.

I love Hunterxhunter