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1. Luc attempts to kiss Oliver w/o consent. He does apologize however it feels ungenuine due to his later actions. During the scene, he villainizes Oliver for not wanting to kiss: 

“Oliver collided with one of the potted plants outside the restaurant, just about managing to grab it before it came crashing down. Which basically meant he’d spent more time voluntarily touching a ficus than he had me,” (Hall, Ch 8). 

We are meant to laugh at Luc’s misfortune at this moment. He has comically bad luck which adds humor to his terrible situation. However, in doing so, he villainizes Oliver by making it seem like he finds Luc gross or untouchable. After this, he proceeds to verbally ridicule Oliver over it: 

“’It was a kiss,’ I [Luc] said, with a nonchalance I was far from feeling. ‘Why? Haven’t you [Oliver] had one before? People sometimes exchange them on dates,’” (Hall, Ch 8).

 He is minimizing Oliver’s reaction by making it seem like his lack of interest in kissing Luc is socially unacceptable and weird. He is literally shaming him. He does this on multiple occasions in THE SAME conversation: 

“’But please don’t kiss me [Oliver] again. Not on the mouth anyway.’ ‘Why? Are you Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman?’ His blush deepened. ‘No. I simply prefer to reserve that intimacy for people I actually like,’ (Hall, Ch 8). 

 He is calling Oliver a prude for not wanting to kiss him and blaming the awkward situation he caused.

2. I realize that Luc is supposed to be a cynical and sarcastic character, which is fine. Flaws like those are important to well-rounded characters. However, in the same conversation directly after the scene above, Luc thinks this: 

“He [Oliver] was never going to call me Lucien again, was he? He was going to respect my wishes like some kind of arsehole,” (Hall, Ch 8). 

 I cannot express how tone-deaf this line is. It’s genuinely disgusting.

3. Luc realizes what he has done is wrong and even explicitly calls it SA: 

“’It was awful. We have nothing in common. I [Luc] think I might have sexually assaulted him [Oliver]. But we are going to pretend we’re both desperate,’” (Hall, Ch 9).

 This excerpt highlights the hopeless situation Luc has found himself in. It is played as humorous as seen in Bridget’s reply: 

“’I knew you’d work it out,’” (Hall, Ch 9). 

The irony is that the situation didn’t really “work out.” Furthermore, the situation is continued to be played as funny and Oliver is blamed and minimalized: 

“’I [Luc] attacked him [Oliver] with my lips and he was so repulsed he jumped into a potted plant.’ ‘Maybe he was surprised.’ ‘I was surprised when you guys threw me a surprise birthday party. [...] But I didn’t pull away in horror, saying I only go to parties with people I like. [...] replace go to parties with kiss.’ [...] She sighed. ‘Oliver, Oliver. What are you doing?’” (Hall Ch 9).

Luc refers to the unsolicited kiss as “attacking him with my lips” which is meant to put a funny light on the situation. The wording is clearly meant to be laughed at. When Luc explains Oliver setting boundaries and telling Luc not to kiss him, Bridget reprimands him. She makes it sound like Oliver is the one who messed the situation up and should have kissed Luc despite being uncomfortable with it.

4. Oliver has physically and verbally rejected any romantic or sexual passes from Luc. However, Luc continues to cross these boundaries that Oliver has set. 

“‘Yeah, you’re [Oliver] supposed to just wear the bottoms, and have them hanging low on your hips, displaying your perfectly chiseled V-cut.’ [...] I [Luc] thought about this for a moment. ‘Are you saying you have a perfectly chiseled V-cut?’ ‘I’m not sure that’s any of your business.’ ‘What if someone asks? I should know for verisimilitude.’ The corners of his mouth twitched slightly. ‘You can say I’m a gentleman and we haven’t gotten that far,’“ (Hall Ch 14).

Luc makes another pass here. He shuts down Luc’s comments by saying it is none of his business. When Luc continues to press, Oliver shuts him down again. The problem here is that they have shared jokes of a sexual nature before. However, this time the tone is very different. Oliver is clearly uninterested in pursuing the conversation. Despite his obvious uncomfortably, Luc continuously brings it up.

“Come evening, he’d [Oliver] check in before and after hitting the gym, and diligently ignore my request for updates on his V-cut,” (Hall Ch 15).

Even after getting shut down, he continues to break boundaries. 

5. Given everything he knows about Oliver and his adverse nature to a sexual relationship with Luc, Luc still decides it’s appropriate to suggest having sex.

“‘Why don’t we have sex?’ His [Oliver] mouth twisted quizzically. ‘I don’t think that would be appropriate at a fundraiser.’ [...] ‘No. I mean, like now.’ ‘I beg your pardon?’“ (Hall 19).

At this point, it is just sexual harassment. Oliver is not interested but Luc just continues to ignore the signs. To make matters worse, he gets defensive and portrays Oliver as the problem in the situation. He makes it seem like Oliver is obliged to take up the offer and is strange for rejecting it.

“‘Jesus, Oliver.’ I [Luc] rolled my eyes. ‘Who responds to a come-on with I beg your pardon?’ ‘That wasn’t a come-on. That was... I don’t even know what it was.’ [...] ‘Okay. Bad idea. You asked how we could be more comfortable touching in public, and I came up with a situation. Excuse me for thinking outside of the box,’ (Hall Ch 19).

Luc becomes snarky and defensive when his pass is shot down like it is a personal offense. Luc doesn’t care about Oliver’s personal boundaries, he is merely interested in serving his own pleasures.

6. Oliver tells Luc that he isn’t interested in one-night stands:

“I [Oliver] realize you [Luc] did not meet me when I was at the pinnacle of my self-esteem, but it still takes more to get me into bed than ‘Why don’t we have sex. I mean, like now’ ‘We had dinner first.’ ‘Dinner at which you freely admit you were a dick to me and to your friends,’ (Hall Ch 19).

 This is a personal opinion he is entirely entitled to have and Luc should respect. However, his response is entirely unwarranted:

“‘Tell you [Oliver] what. Let’s stop talking about how much you don’t want to have sex with me.’ ‘I’m sorry,’“ (Hall Ch 19).

Luc took Oliver pointing out his mistakes personally when Luc was clearly in the wrong. He turned himself into the victim by making the situation about how Luc is not sexually attractive. Oliver ends up apologizing when he shouldn’t feel bad for having sexual boundaries.

7. Luc is a hypersexual character which is entirely fine. However, despite him having a deep sexual interest, he is unable to accept other peoples’ sexual preferences.

“‘I [Oliver] know it’s unfashionable, but I don’t think sex is something you should do just because it’s convenient.’ ‘Why? Is everyone supposed to wait until they’ve got this deep, meaningful connection and can gaze into each other’s eyes while they make tender love by an open fire?’ He visibly unsoftened,” (Hall, Ch 19).

Rather than simply accepting Oliver’s preferences, Luc goes out of his way to insult him about it. And by his body language, Oliver is clearly upset about it. Luc can’t seem to grasp the idea that his every sexual whim can’t be met and people aren’t going to want everything he does. It’s frankly childish.

This book actively made me a hater

i decided to revisit my “mitsuba and sosuke are separate people” post on twitter so here is that ig

spoilers for the entire series obvs, there will not be any images bc i cannot be bothered to cut and paste the needed panels.

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I dont care what anyone says i love them ✨✨

this post was mainly about ford trying to convince himself that he isn't stupid and he used bill as much as bill used him. instead of accepting his feelings or fully admitting what happened, he uses this 'reassurances' as ways to cope. he was the genius who will change the world, and now he became the genius who saved the same world. i imagine him being a little vulnerable around his family and admitting things but mostly he is overly protective about this topic

oh, of course ford might have been naive for believing bill's manipulations but that doesn't exactly mean he is stupid too. sure, bill's intentions were far more different than what he told but regardless, he chose ford. out of every human he could use, he trusted ford's intelligence to build an inter-dimensional portal. and mind you, he succeeded.

"bill was using you" then what? ford was using him too. they were on a deal, actually. that means both parts get something out of it. plus, he was a little too much focused on his feelings, his admiration. if not he would've definitely realized something is off with bill.

would he though?

when bill told a story about how he cut a disrespectful garbage's head and displayed it on a square, a lesson to all, ford murmured. when bill sectioned human kind in two; people like ford & others and talked about how much of a material waste others are, how they will never understand ford and exploit his intelligence, ford thought about certain someone who looks just like him. he nodded in agreement when bill casually kept going on how it would be better if they erase out of existence.

he had similar thoughts after all. bill was just more open and violent about them. but wasn't bill always like that? ford never saw those ideas as cracks in bill's mask or slip-ups from his manipulation. he was just bill.

even now he doesn't think bill lied to him all the time because he didn't have to. ford felt himself shiver. those weren't cues for him to realize. he knew and admired bill regardless. admired him with them. admired him because of them.

Just realized one of my favorite songs works SO WELL for itafushi…

debating sharing…

also debating using my ample free time to do something about it…

…

*sobs* I DID SOME DIGGING AND JUST FOUND A PORN BLOG WITH DAZASS PFP ON IT AND SPIT MY COFFEE OUT WITH MY JAW DROPPED TO THE GROUND???

Patrick Hoffman Director of film archive for new york public library: Seeking the release of Deaf West Spring Awakening Broadway show from NY archive room

Deaf West Spring Awakening began in LA and during its run there it managed to win many awards for their performance; several Ovation awards as well as Broadway World LA awards and they are expected to make a splash at the Tonys for their Broadway run. This production brought a level of diversity and inclusion never before seen on Broadway before. Once on Broadway, the show received unanimous critical reviews from all over the US as well as a British review. New York Times, LA times, Wall street Journal, American Theatre and multiple more publications gave it must see praise. When all was said and done they were listed on 16 publications as a top 10 show of 2015 and had 2 performers listed in the top 10 individual performances of 2015 in the Huffington Post. Throughout the run the positive reviews and awards were seemingly never ending. Historically they brought many firsts to Broadway including the first wheel chair bound broadway performer, the first performer to both sign and voice his role, the first lottery conducted in sign language and english simultaniously. There was much history made with their performance and it was fortunately preserved by the New York Pulbic Library Theatre Archives. While this production won many awards, received much critical acclaim, and made multiple historical Broadway firsts; those amazing accomplishments alone are not enough to seek release of the archived film in my opinion. The run on Broadway coincided with the 25th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act and it is because of that coincidence that i can think of no better way to honor it then to expand on what Deaf West accomplished on Broadway by taking accessibility to a new level never before seen. Any deaf theatre goer on Broadway was able to see a broadway show any night they wanted to without worrying if it was a captioned performance. Now for the hoped for result of this petition. It is my upmost hope that the director of film archives, Patrick Hoffman, will see the importance of this film being accessible to all and not just people that are in New York. I am formally requesting , along with all those that signed this petition and countless others, that copies of this film be given to every deaf school across America as well as every deaf library in America. Additionally, i would ask that for those that would wish to see this historical event that copies of the film would be available for purchase or rent. Think of the students in deaf schools, up to now they can be told that they can do anything they wish, that there are no limits. Imagine, though, how much better it would be to be able to show them the truth to that. Thisis very personal to me as i am the father of a deaf girl. Yes she was in the show but i remember when she was in school and i told her that she could do anything but the idea of being able to show her would have made it so much easier to believe. I sincerely hope you can see the importance of this request.

Sign this petition if you want Deaf West’s ‘Spring Awakening’ video footage that the New York Public Library has in the Archives. 

A releasing of this video, would make this video accessible for everyone on to see. This version of Spring Awakening is so important, more than just telling the story of miscommunication between adult & children, and languages. It’s also important because of the ability for anyone to watch it.

Please Sign.

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someone give me ways to draw noir. I need to ignore my art assignment. of noir

You know you've been working on something too long when either you start seeing colors or colors suddenly appear

i hit my head really hard earlier

im sure he can handle it

reblog to give your headache to elon musk instead

Tim Drake fans who shit on Dick Grayson are just as baffling like that’s his emotional support hyperfixation turned sibling excuse me

dick grayson fans who shit on tim drake are so baffling 2 me like that's his little guy excuse me

I kinda think that y'all are sleeping on the hilarity of Good Omens Gabriel being the angel of the Annunciation.

Mary: How can this be, for I have never known a man?

Gabriel: ????? Not sure how that's relevant.

bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

I came back to this fandom thing in the middle of the year (hi kurahi) and now I'm just a shell waiting for fanfics to be updated

these gl8sses SUCK I cant fucking wear my headphones anymore!!!!!!!!

sorry for last night idk what got into me but its coming back again

be the 2015 fashion you want to see in the world

and then im gonna cry about my skin 🗣️💅

starting an anti-skincare routine where i eat whatever i want and never wash my face and spend at least 3 hours a week picking at my skin in the mirror. join my movement

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ITS HE BIRTHDAY I HOPE HE GROWS TO BE THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BUFF MAN HE WANTS TO BE

What do you mean you put just two slices of deli in my sandwich????? I need my deli with a side of bread(optional) DUDE.

hello there. I love your art. Anyway would you draw any star wars rebels characters like Sabine or chopper.

They may look cute but make no mistake: they are stuck (chopper tied the scarf)

Guts, I had a thought; a Geregis fic inspired by That Unwanted Animal-

DON'T BE TRASH

T - Transphobic

R - Racist

A - Ableist

S - Sexist

H - Homophobic