Let’s play guess which of these lyrics is from a musical!
A: I can’t believe Jesus called me a dick.
B: What if she never tortures me anymore?
C: That’d be a miracle of Judaism.
Answer: they all are
Sometimes it can be really hard to live as yourself.
And I do not mean coming out and telling people you are you, and earning problems for the truth.Even when your life and family is great, sometimes it can be so confusing.
You start wondering, questioning yourself.
You might simply sit there and suddenly realise..this is real, this is you.
Something you did not think possible such a short time ago.It might feel different from what you imagined.
Instead of happy and relived you might worry, cry..or be angry.
And you might think your decision, that you, yourself might be wrong.But…change is scary, change is strange.
New things and even new thoughts, allowing them to be, that is scary.It is a new world, wide and undiscovered.
You are allowed to feel whatever you feel.
It might be scary and just because you do not feel as happy and free as you imagined, that does not mean it is wrong or bad.Give yourself time, and be on your way.
My life is just a constant journey to seek warmth. No metaphor. I mean like coats and jackets. Getting under the sheets and standing under heat lamps. Soup.
reblog this if you think harry james potter is literally anything other than a straight white man
The Peel is an offshoot of the Onion but honestly if someone told me this was real slam poetry I wouldn’t even question it
a guide for the questioning aro: a masterlist
there is an exact copy of this masterlist under the “resources” tab on my blog!
finding out your romantic orientation can be a struggle. it’s laborious, intense, and often unrewarding. there’s a dearth of information available to aro and aro spec people, and that’s a shame.
i’ve compiled a list of the links and resources that helped me the most: from the blogs that helped explain what aromanticism was to the positivity blogs that helped me not feel so alone. hopefully this helps someone out, because no one deserves to feel like they’re groping in the dark when it comes to something as vital as your identity.
(if there’s something that helped you out, message me, and i’ll add it to the list!)
definitions: what is aromanticism? (and all the other words associated with it)
AVEN Wiki — fairly basic. kind of clinical, really only for people with zero understanding of aromanticism. good as a tool to help explain to cishets.
About Asexuality and the Ace/Aro Spectrum — goes into the types of attraction that different people can experience. explains the difference between sexual and romantic orientation a little better.
That’s So Aromantic — a psychology today article that is a bit like the last source, but with more attached resources and extra definitions for words like queerplatonic and amatonormativity.
Turtle Analogy — a cute sketchy comic that explains aspec orientations in the easiest possible way.
AACE Club Resources — some definitions about aro spec identities and more resources.
5 Myths About Aromanticism — a buzzfeed article. pretty self-explanatory, but something i had to come to grips with was all the stereotypes about aro people—that we’re cold, unloving, etc. this definitely helped with that.
Meet the Aromantics — stories from actual aros on their experiences with being aro, and what that meant for them. this helped a lot in validating my own feelings and experiences.
Aromantics Just Wanna Be Your Friend — a vice article. combines definition and testimony into one well-written package.
Amatonormativity — a definition, written by the person who coined the word. also includes its own resources that you may find helpful.
am i aromantic?
if you’re here, you’re probably already questioning your romantic orientation, or maybe you’re just trying to learn more about the subject. either way, this list, compiled by anagori, is things they’ve seen in themself and other people. they also have a really good linkspam.
so you’ve realized you’re aromantic. now what?
chances are you’re probably gonna want to read up some more on the subject, whether on aromanticism in general, or queerplatonic relationships, or alterous attraction. here’s a few things to help you do that.
Commitment in Relationships for Celibate Asexuals and Aromantics — this article just resonated with me in a way that i can’t fully explain. in it, the author (of whose pronouns i am unsure of) discusses levels of commitment, and how to attain them in an increasingly amatonormative world.
Experiences of Loving — an analysis on the different types of love and how powerful non-romantic love can be.
related blogs to send asks to/follow any inactive blogs on this list are here purely for the archives.
Arospec Awareness Week — this links straight to their resources page, which was incredibly helpful. the blog itself is inactive.
Hugs and Squishes — a blog that showcases queerplatonic feelings and relationships, as well as intense platonic feelings. no romance involved.
Queerplatonic and Aromantic Advice — somewhat inactive, but the archive is useful.
Aro Support — also inactive.
Asexual and Aromantic Support Group
Positivity and Reassurance Blog for A-Spec People
(my follow page is also public. i follow mostly aro positivity blogs, with a few blogs that post both aro and ace content, and one or two blogs that post generalized LGBT stuff.)
when i grow up i want to be a library goblin. i get paid to wander the shelves and be discovered curled up and reading in unlikely places, perhaps hissing if i am interrupted in the middle of a good part. why would a library pay for this service you ask? because it will add to the ambiance next question
FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR DOG, DONT SCROLL PAST THIS
IMPORTANT! Gravy Train Dog Food was had a recall.
The food was tainted with and contains euthanasia.
Source: (x)
A bunch of dogs, including my own, eat Gravy Train. It’s a very affordable wet canned dog food, so many people buy it. and my dog has to eat it because she’s lost most of her teeth and can’t chew.
Please, SIGNAL BOOST THIS!
Even if you don’t have a dog, your followers probably do, and plenty of them are at risk.
You could save a life.B O O S T !!!!!
Random PotO theory
Okay so I’m really sleep-deprived from travelling all day, but I was thinking about why ALW!Phantom vanishes at the end of the play and my brain was like, “Well, what if the Phantom was a literal poltergeist who had unfinished business and Christine resolved it for him and now he can cross over to the afterlife?!?!?” (My more rational side says they did it because it’s better than showing him die a slow depressing death and it leaves the ending more open-ended while allowing the Phantom one more magic trick for y’all to gawk at)
Dude, when I first saw the OCR as a wee little one….I thought that WAS what happened. Holy shit! XD
OH FUCK… MY HEART….
@15thvullyraptor @crystalshardsofsouls @harklesparkle @thephantomofthebarricadeI’m not joking, when I first learned the plot of the musical my thought was this:
“The Phantom was a deformed guy who was being paraded around at a carnival. He killed his master and escaped, but drowned in the river (I don’t know why I thought this, but I did and I cannot explain why). His ghost started haunting the opera house and causing all the trouble. He fell in love with Christine and when she showed him love for the first time at the end, he felt complete enough to move on. Proving that the rumors were true, the opera house truly was haunted.”
I was a dumb kid, and I later learned I was dead wrong; but it’s interesting to think about.
Maybe because he lives on the lake, which runs outside the Opera into the river? His body could’ve floated into the lake from the river, and that’s what caused him to haunt the Opera. I think that plot would make a great AU! It’s a unique spin on the story.
I wouldn’t complain if a newer adaptation were to come out where that was the case. ^^ Hey, maybe someday you and I can pull a Susan Kay an co-op a book about that!
“The (Literal) Phantom of the Opera”
Maybe! That’d be fun 😀
You know….it would explain a lot. Like why he’s so obsessed with death, how he can create illusions and manipulate objects seemingly with his mind, ect. …… Actually, this makes more logical sense the more I dwell on it.
Oh my God, yeah. It could explain details in a few different versions tbh.
The coffin bed
The fireballs during Wandering Child
How the candles in the lair rise from the water and light on their own
Why he can appear and disappear so fast seemingly with no route to do so on
Why he talks in 3rd person (trying to make sure he doesn’t forget his mortal life)
And most importantly
The threat of blowing up the opera house. it wouldn’t kill him, and would leave her a ghost with him, so Christine’s choice becomes “stay with me, or stay with me as a ghost” without her knowing it. That has so many extra implications and is dark as hell.
I love this AU already.If we apply it to Leroux, he could’ve tried to re-inhabit his mortal husk after he left it, so that’s how he’s capable of physically touching things……as well as explain the smell of death that follows him everywhere. It also gives his wanting a “living bride” a whole new meaning. And the way he constantly calls himself a corpse.
…..oh my god, what have we stumbled across?!
If you go by the “felt of death” side of the “felt vs smelt” translation issue, it also explains why he was as cold as a corpse, because he is a corpse.
And if you go by Kay, it explains why he was so adamant about not killing the spider: because it’s an innocent but ugly creature that doesn’t deserve to die for it’s appearance, and that’s exactly what happened to him.We’ve found a damn good au, my friend.
A damn, damn good au. I’m saving this thread.
GOD BLESS THIS AU POST I WANT MORE!!!!!
@cyrodiil-phantom ~ The people are demanding this, should we give it to them?
I say we absolutely should!
I say let’s do it, then! Let’s start plotting a fic!
I’m going to hound you two on this one. I shall not rest until the deed is done.
I shall see it through. I don’t care what happens I’m going to see this into the world.
Things you need to understand about Phantom of the Opera:
- It actually has a happy ending
- Platonic love is just as valid as romantic love
- I’m serious please for the love of Leroux don’t let alw’s fanfiction teach you that unless you have sex with a person you don’t love them
- Christine loves Raoul very much and your anti-Raoul posts are very likely also anti-Christine.
- I’m serious about this too, stop making anti-Christine posts
- Regardless of who you ship Christine with from a romantic point of view, that shouldn’t invalidate the love she has for other characters and certainly doesn’t mean she takes pleasure in seeing whoever she chose not to marry dead or suffering
- Leroux’s novel is about all the ways in which people can love each other: sibling love, father-daughter love, random strangers ending up as close as family (strange choice of words, but I’m talking about Valerius taking in Papa Daaé and Christine), platonic love, romantic love, all the love. It would be a shame to reduce the whole novel at the “who’s this girl gonna marry?” kind of question.
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