like blood from a stone | chapter forty-one
(ao3 title: release me)
The United Auto Workers are also negotiating new contracts with the big three US car manufacturers and have announced that they’re prepared to strike if they can’t get a fair deal.
i am so reluctant to share this on here because a.) i can’t find any pansexual representation on here (plenty of bisexual stuff but almost no pansexual, though 👀); b.) tumblr is, among other things, so far past its prime in terms of art and art appreciation (corollary of this: you guys literally seriously honest to fuck don’t help; you do absolutely nothing to make me feel better about myself; arguably, tumblr makes me feel worse about myself because of how it’s always shoved into my face and then constantly shamed rather than letting me move at my own pace); and c.) …look at it. look how negative and heartbreaking and sour this is. i’m hesitant to talk about my history as is but to really describe how it’s shaped me and what i feel is a whole other animal.
but there’s no one else who can tell my story except for me, though. there’s no one who can say “i hate being pansexual and i hate my desires and i hate everything about my sexuality” like how i can say it. if you can figure it out away from the complete brain trust that’s on here, i commend you.
ig + threads (fight me, you spoiled babies): badmotorartist
Never worry about being obsessive. I like obsessive people. Obsessive people make great art.
- Susan Sontag
I hate that character trope where they’re a severely anxious person with a “nervous stutter” and they have a big arc where they gain courage and cure their stutter so shoutout to people who just have a stutter as a feature of their voice regardless of how insecure they are I love you and if anyone ever tells you you just need to gain self-confidence I wish you the self-confidence to bite out their throat beast style
imo it’s fine to ask what the purpose of a sex scene is in a story IN THAT, BEAR WITH ME, it’s valid to ask what the purpose of any scene is, in an exploratory, curious kind of way. what are we learning, what’s being conveyed, what are the vibes, how is the writer using this, etc.
however it is silly to act like the act of putting sex in a story is a dangerous last-resort option that should never be done casually, in the same way that it would be silly to be like “did this story NEED a scene where they wash dishes together, did they HAVE to be washing dishes”. people sometimes wash dishes! and you can use that cooperative activity to convey loads and loads of things about them, or maybe the framework of dishwashing isn’t really relevant but the scene still works because you needed the characters to be alone together after the dinner scene. or maybe it’s just a scene where we take a little breather and enjoy watching these two people being close to each other. you see the comparison I am making here.














