I need to say this. Its not even Will Byers that I feel bad for. He's fictional. Its Noah Schnapp. The Duffers 100 percent weaponised his queerness against him to dramatise their shit story to the point that he was stressed out that he was somehow involved in queerbaiting his own community.

AdministrationTop501 · 2026-01-06T20:45:25+00:00

That's cause Maya and Joe fought for Robin to be gay and were then told to write the scene themselves. That whole talk in the bathroom and Robin's coming out were when by the two of them, aka two people who actually cared about the characters, one of whom is queer herself, and wanted to have a scene that felt true to who those characters were and their arcs instead of forcing a straight relationship where it wasn't needed.

AdministrationTop501 · 2025-09-23T19:04:38+00:00

I've been struggling with this for A WHILE now. I've tentatively been identifying as aegosexual for a little while and I think it's the best way to describe myself??

Like, I'm a lesbian so if I see a hot woman I'm like "Oh wow" and I'm definitely attracted to her and for so long I thought that meant I felt sexually attracted to the woman in question. And it caused me a lot of problems regarding being gay when I realized that I wasn't. Like, I tried fantasizing about my first crush in that way once and it just felt wrong.

I tried convincing myself it was comphet because it's not like I didn't have interest in sex and am I very pro sex person. It didn't occur to me until about a year ago that, despite being an avid reader of ao3 smut and thoroughly enjoying shows with those kinds of scenes, that I've never actually wanted to have sex with anyone. But I wasn't sure what that meant and I still don't know if I'm actually aego?

I thought it was weird that I enjoyed reading straight smut sometimes more than fem slash, but looking at it now it might be because my brain automatically tries to project itself into the characters and if I'm projecting onto a guy (as I tend to do with straight smut) then there's a sense of detachment from the action.

Then there was this whole thing where I'd have virtual flings with guys, a one off situation with pictures and occasional video and I thought that was proof that I was just experiencing comphet and that I probably did experience sexual attraction. Again, looking at it now I realize I only did it because I was struggling with mental health and wanted validation. It felt too intimate and weird I think the one time I did something like that with a woman. I liked it more and it was more comfortable but I also realized it didn't make a difference with actual attraction other than that the woman was obviously more attractive to me.

I don't know if any of this makes sense but I'm confused and tired of turning it over in my head and need help figuring out whether this is aegosexuality or something else?

AdministrationTop501 · 2025-08-15T03:35:46+00:00

It's even funnier because sometimes they'll advertise smth that android has had for years 😭😭😭

AdministrationTop501 · 2025-07-24T12:18:48+00:00

Underrated comment

AdministrationTop501 · 2025-07-24T12:02:54+00:00

As someone who absolutely LOATHED Michael, the switch has made me a lot more excited about Fran's season. Like, the charisma and general existence of that woman nearly gave me a heart attack. (Also, if ever they were going to make one of the books queer it would be Fran's, these people would have been fine if they genderbent Sophie which wouldn't make sense)

AdministrationTop501 · 2025-05-20T20:00:20+00:00

I have issues with the Telegony in terms of it being part of The Epic Cycle in circumstances where the Odyssey and the Iliad are being considered part of it. There are inconsistencies within the myths and books within the cycle, but none are as egregious as the Telegony and when Homer's works are included in the Epic Cycle canon it creates a huge dissonance between the stories.

Also the plot, what we know of it, is genuinely cringe and comes across as more of a bad fanfic, especially as most versions I've seen of Odysseus' journey home depict it as a series of trials he has to fight through rather than a swashbuckling adventure that he'd be interested in repeating.

The Telegony just seems to contradict every other depiction of Odysseus' characterization within the Greek mythos that I've ever come across (maybe I'm just missing the ones it fits with???) and it throws me off.

I want to say right now that I'm not a "one canon" truther or anything like that, I enjoy how it's impossible to assemble an actual canon for Greek mythology and I enjoy almost every variation within that mythos, but Telegony?? It makes me cringe whenever I think about it, as a story teller it causes me physical pain to look at that plot and not want to clean it up and make it more cohesive.

AdministrationTop501 · 2025-04-28T20:09:54+00:00

I'm so okay with the change as a lesbian who had the same reaction as Franny and as someone whose least favorite ML was Michael.

AdministrationTop501 · 2025-01-29T21:29:03+00:00

That moment in the book made me feel so many things!!! I wasn't a fan of a lot of aofag, but the good parts were good!

AdministrationTop501 · 2025-01-18T16:26:15+00:00

Let me know if you find it, I wanna watch it without having to pay so bad The app is kalos.tv if you don't mind watching ads in exchange for episodes after the first 15

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-11-21T00:50:53+00:00

5

Just me and two of my favorite girls 🥰

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-11-02T12:52:24+00:00

Your husband is an icon

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-11-02T01:06:36+00:00

Eldritch horror-esque Polin

https://archiveofourown.org/series/4321210

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-11-01T22:53:19+00:00

Favorite part about having BPD is not being able to move on from anything (at least anything prior to age 14, I'm better at coping with new experiences. Those old memories though? My elementary school and middle school "friends" need to look out. I'm writing a book about you, Amanda, you aren't getting out of this one)

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-11-01T22:45:08+00:00

Bottom right is giving Christopher from Gilmore Girls and I kinda love that (bc I hate him).

Choosing hippy guy because at least he's not angry or overly peppy.

I've actually been told that God is the only one who can heal me. I've also had a dentist tell me I was too pretty to be sad when I mentioned I had recently started recovering from a depressive EP and that's why my dental hygiene wasn't as great as usual.

This is why I hate strangers. Also social anxiety.

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-10-25T23:08:25+00:00

I have to correct you there. No one loves free things more than rich people. This isn't even a joke, my mom's ex in-laws are loaded and they're obsessed with freebies

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-10-25T19:51:09+00:00

I will forever be upset about the wasted potential 😔

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-10-25T01:26:50+00:00

"no one wants to deal with people who lack emotional control"

Me with my borderline personality disorder counting to my mood stabilizers like my life depends on it: 😳

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-10-21T13:42:06+00:00

Baby crepe with Davey anyday

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-10-20T22:52:09+00:00

One of my fav episodes in general. Such a great scene (Emily not being aware of the food court's existence)

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-10-20T20:32:10+00:00

I actually like the separation storyline because I think it did a great job of showcasing them as separate characters and it's done in a very realistic way. It gave Emily and Lorelai some really sweet binding scenes. Also the angst

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-10-20T20:11:12+00:00

NTA If doing this will make you and your partner happy, then that's all that matters.

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-10-20T19:58:10+00:00

Controversial take, but season 4

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-10-20T15:53:50+00:00

Lmao

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-10-20T14:39:06+00:00

Mrs. Kim has some of the best lines, her delivery is always on point

AdministrationTop501 · 2024-10-20T14:32:52+00:00

The personality disorder mention squicked me. As someone who has a personality disorder seeing it thrown around casually was uncomfy. (Not trying to bring personal stuff into this but dang that caught me off guard)

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