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merlinconfessions: I’m beginning to sense a pattern. Elena, Annis, Isolde, Freya, Nimueh, Morgause, and Morgana are all brilliant characters whose potential was either wasted in one episode or their character was turned into a one dimensional plot prop. Powers that be, can you give us more well developed, strong, independent female role models that don’t turn into black and white villains or wind up dead? Please? What’s Queen I-Used-To-Be-Nothing-But-A-Servant-And-Daughter-To-A-Blacksmith Guinevere then?
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merlinconfessions:

I’m beginning to sense a pattern. Elena, Annis, Isolde, Freya, Nimueh, Morgause, and Morgana are all brilliant characters whose potential was either wasted in one episode or their character was turned into a one dimensional plot prop. Powers that be, can you give us more well developed, strong, independent female role models that don’t turn into black and white villains or wind up dead? Please?

What’s Queen I-Used-To-Be-Nothing-But-A-Servant-And-Daughter-To-A-Blacksmith Guinevere then?

EDWARD CULLEN…

akatriel-rowanborn:

reichenfeels:

lurida-lurida:

Edward Cullen:I want to kill you.

Bella:I trust you.

Edward Cullen:I want to kill you.

Normal Person: 

Edward Cullen:I want to kill you.

Supernatural Fan:

Edward Cullen: I want to kill you.

Doctor Who fan: Brilliant.

Edward Cullen: I want to ki—

Harry Potter Fan: AVADA KEDAVRA!

Edward Cullen: I want to kill you.

Glee Fan: Let’s sing about it

Edward Cullen: I want to kill you

Sherlock Fan: 

Edward Cullen: I want to k-

Once Upon A Time Fan:

Edward Cullen: I want to kill you.

Merlin Fan:

(Source: liiiiivya)

☆ It's only forever ☆: Guys, guys.

anedumacation:

The point of that post wasn’t that homoerotic subtext is meaningless or imagined, its that it isn’t enough.

(And I fucking side-eye anyone who tries to use this discussion to claim that fangirls need to find a better hobby than slash fiction — it completely marginalizes all the queer people who care about gay subtext. Also, its just fucking gross to be THAT angered by people who think two canonically straight characters are fucking.)

Do I believe Kirk and Spock are fucking? Do I believe there’s a huge romance between Dean and Cas? Do I believe John and Sherlock’s romance is so legendary that they were in love in every single iteration of their story?

Yes I do! 

The point of the post was not that shipping same-sex couples is wrong or homophobic or delusional. 

The point is: it matters that the shows and books and writers who provide us with all this glorious subtext don’t ever make it explicit. They never come out and say the “gay” word, unless its in a mocking, fanservicey manner. It matters that we’re never going to see Merlin and Arthur get it on, it matters that we’re NEVER going to see John and Sherlock fall in love. 

Yes, write fics for it, talk about the subtext, fangirl and boy yourselves to death over how amazing these romances are — shit, I do that every night — but it should PISS US ALL OFF that these romances will never make it out of fanon. 

The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves have political power. Its revolutionary, for a queer kid to see a canonically gay relationship on screen — because when we see someone talk about people who are like us, we are validated, to some extent.

I want a world in which fandom doesn’t have to do all the legwork when it comes to portraying gay characters; in which creators have more responsibility than just nudge-nudge-wink-winking at us. Even when they do acknowledge that the gayness might be a little more than subtext, I want them to write it into the show, write it into the story.

For example: I love that J.K. Rowling later-confirmed that Dumbledore was in love with Gellert Grindelwald, and I was also angered that this was never made clear in the actual book. And I’m even more angered by the fact that Dumbledore/Grindelwald is the only canonical gay relationship in the Harry Potter series, and that no one would even know that, unless they read that interview with Jo. 

Keeping the homosexuality forever marginalized in subtext, keeping it forever out of explicit canon — its another way of telling queer people that their voices and their stories are not as important as their straight counterparts. That their lives are not to be brought to the attention of the mainstream, that their presence is acceptable in a narrative only if they keep their sexuality and their relationships under-wraps. 

Subtext is fine and well — fanon and fandom are fucking beautiful things — but I want the canon to acknowledge it, dammit.

Subtext is subtext.

Read into what you will but don’t get up in other people’s faces if they see something different or don’t see anything at all. Don’t play the underdog. If the author means for something to be they will say it, now or later.

Fanfiction is awesome for subtext. I love reading to see what other people see but the fact is it’s fanfiction for a reason. It will never be cannon and that is why it can be so amazing; the possibilities are endless.

If fandom and fanon becomes canon, then the people of that fandom who disagree with the part that gets its way won’t want to watch the show anymore. The broader picture is TV is meant to make us think and feel things that inspire us to be better people or do things that we normally wouldn’t do or just be an escape from reality. If people of a fandom get exactly what they want out of a series they will never be surprised and will lose something from that show; they would become bored and not want to watch anymore.

I’m glad you are so passionate about this. Fans will be fans. That’s why I love being apart of fandoms and talking with different people about them. The perspectives on a show change person to person and I love seeing them out there in the world.

The real thing that I remember, even when I am in full fangirl mode though, is that subtext is subtext is subtext. Whatever it is, it’s ok to believe in what it could be.

(Source: anedumacationisnomore)

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