I see some people saying gender non-conformity doesn't exist because gender doesn't exist.
I disagree. Gender does exist. Gender is a social system that exists, like money on a bank account exists and has very real implications, even though it's just numbers on a screen.
We live in a patriarchal society and gender is a tool patriarchy uses to uphold itself. It's a set of social expectations and ways of moving through the world that accumulates power to males. Deviation from this norm is punished as deviations are a threat to the patriarchy.
I find people who claim gender non-conformity doesn't exist to lack feminist consciousness.
We're all women, yeah. We have a lot in common. Being GNC doesn't make a woman to become non-woman.
GNC is a term that describes the position a person has in relation to her social environment. There are gendered expectations and it has tangible consequences if one doesn't conform into those expectations. We need to be able to talk about that.
[Утро, Большой зал, мародёры не отошли от пьянки]
Регулус: *проходит мимо*
Джеймс: Какой же ты красавчик, Блэк. Просто ВАУ!
Сириус, скрежеща зубами: Я щас надеюсь, он это мне.
Джеймс: Эй, Рейджи!
Регулус: *нехотя оборачивается*
Джеймс: И ебёт же тебя кто-то. Везёт ему.
Регулус, с усмешкой: Тоже хочешь?
Джеймс: Еще спрашиваешь? Конечно!
Регулус: Я попрошу, может и тебя выебет.
Учителя в Большом зале: …
Сириус: *горд, пока не понял, что его маленького братика кто-то ебёт*
Ремус: *не обращает внимание, морально готовясь успокаивать Блэка*
Барти и Эван: *аплодируют стоя*
I had to do this meme with Andreil...it's a good summary of their relationship in book 3 😂
Raven!Neil Au where Andrew and Neil meet for the first time at a banquet.
They sit across from each other and Neil smart-mouth Josten can’t help but go off at Kevin, still angry about being abandoned by him.
To his surprise it’s Andrew who answers him. It’s a bit of a match. Cutting remark after cutting remark, but…. it’s unexpectedly fun.
Both Ravens and Foxes watched in shock as Neil and Andrew somehow moved from insults to genuine conversation.
They lean closer to each other, no longer raising voices. Neil practically showed everything on the table to the side so he can lean almost half of his body across the table just so he and Andrew can talk freely.
Everybody moves subtly closer just to overhear even a snippet of what they are talking…
… they plan an apocalypse plan. Arguing about cons and pros of bunkering in the supermarket.
And they look like they’re having fun… or as much as they would let themselves show any kind of enjoyment in the environment they are in.
They lean close, talking in hushed voices… looking almost like they are flirting.
Or rather they are flirting, thinks NIcky, watching as his usually emotionless cousin lean closer to the redhead rolling his eyes with a shadow of a sarcastic smile on his lips, and he promptly shoves his entire fist into his mouth to muffle a squeal.
I just love to think that it infuriated Riko, that he isn’t the center of attention in the 100%. Riko trying to stop their conversion, to butt it, interrupt, only to be ushered by Neil or Andrew everytime.
Neil remembering how in Ferdinand’s show Andrew played with Riko by pretending to not remember his name and doing the same thing, looking straight into Andrew eyes, ignoring his captain having a furious meltdown at his side.
Andrew watches it all with his eyes burning into Neil.
(All of the foxes and Ravens stimulatingly wondering how the heck the most meddling one from their team suddenly found the most meddling one from the opposing team. What kind of cosmic justice is this?)
In the end Neil just takes a napkin and doodles something quickly on, His eyes smile with a fire that could only promise a disaster (Andrew knows better not to let himself get burned, and yet…) and before Riko has enough and pulls all the Ravens away, he slides it towards Andrew.
All the foxes are gapping.
Did… Did that Raven just propositioned Andrew? Like in the middle of a banquet??? did he just casually give him his number??? What is going on???
Andrew refuses to feed their curiosity in any way.
But when they are safe in the bus, Kevin drunk into oblivion, rest of the foxes bored with his silence…
He lets himself unwind the napkin.
There is a letter inside. Neatly folded multiple times so it doesn’t even look like it was hidden inside the napkin until Andrew could feel it in his hands.
Letter describing how Kevin is the son of Wymack.
And a little note on the napkin….
“Have fun with it.”
And Andrew can’t help but feel his interest stir inside him.
The King's Men - Chapter Nine
Oh this took a while, but I'm glad people stuck with me for this one because I'm really happy with it!
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relationship between kevin and thea only existed to establish and distance andreil from kevin. it’s so unnecessary it’s just there, but it BRINGS NOTHING to the plot. like i see why nora put kevin in a relationship and yeah it might’ve worked if it wasn’t SO FUCKING AUWFUL. i hate kevin/thea with my whole heart and just want my boy kevin to be happy and with someone fucking else.
я столько лет поздравляла всех ровно в 00:00 со всеми праздниками но почему-то меня никто и никогда за редким исключением
AU Stuart raising Neil > all other world
I’m literally suffered when i drew grown man, it’s not my thing. at all
FEMinism is for FEMales
"women can be just bad as men"
nice argument mate, but women still dont rape newborn babies to death 👍
Neil sitting between Kevin's legs while they're watching Exy games
Neil making coffee after his morning run and bringing it to Kevin who is still in bed
Sleepy morning cuddles. Kevin as the little spoon
Kevin looking so infatuated after Neil scores an impossible goal
Inspired by Lex' tweet (https://twitter.com/exy_shmexy/status/1675057500482154498): Neil lovingly calling Kevin "Morgenmuffel" and Kevin getting frustrated trying to figure out what it means (despite the obvious context) and none of the Monsters are willing to tell him ("Morgenmuffel" literally is someone who's grumpy and not in the best mood after waking up; someone who generally doesn't like waking up early)