Rainstormsandreading

*Minor spoilers for Lightyear, don't read if you don't want to be spoiled*
          	
          	
          	
          	
          	
          	
          	
          	Hm, okay, so yesterday I watched Lightyear, the new Pixar film focused on the origin story of Buzz Lightyear. 
          	I have mixed feelings about it--mostly about the villain reveal and some of the pacing--but one thing I did appreciate (and looked forward to, after hearing about it online) was the lesbian kiss. Apparently, Alisha Hawthorne--a named, main character, was going to have a wife and a kid and she and her wife would kiss. And, naturally, I was like, "OMG YES, FINALLY PIXAR IS INCLUDING SOME REPRESENTATION THAT'S NOT JUST IMPLIED OR PRACTICALLY OFFSCREEN!" 
          	And don't worry, it's not queer baiting, there actually is an onscreen kiss. And it is wonderful, and made my little queer heart sing! 
          	But.
          	The part I liked the least about this movie...
          	Was this. 
          	Alisha Hawthorne and her wife... well, they die. Of old age, and peacefully. But also... within the first fifteen-twenty minutes of the movie. 
          	Pixar's first (I think) named lesbian character dies. Like, not even halfway through the movie. And sure, she's not, like, murdered or anything... but still. 
          	I'm pretty sure that they've succeeded in carrying out the infamous "Bury Your Gays" trope that you see so often in media. 
          	Yay.
          	Congratulations, Pixar.
          	I appreciate the rep, and the kiss, and really hate that it is getting a lot of backlash for something that should really be normalized by now, but still. 
          	Did you have to kill them off? 
          	And I mean, maybe this is just me, maybe it doesn't really matter. There was rep, and maybe they died, but there was rep anyways! It's a steps forward! It's progress, and that's good!
          	But they still both died, and I am still annoyed by it.

Rainstormsandreading

*Minor spoilers for Lightyear, don't read if you don't want to be spoiled*
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          Hm, okay, so yesterday I watched Lightyear, the new Pixar film focused on the origin story of Buzz Lightyear. 
          I have mixed feelings about it--mostly about the villain reveal and some of the pacing--but one thing I did appreciate (and looked forward to, after hearing about it online) was the lesbian kiss. Apparently, Alisha Hawthorne--a named, main character, was going to have a wife and a kid and she and her wife would kiss. And, naturally, I was like, "OMG YES, FINALLY PIXAR IS INCLUDING SOME REPRESENTATION THAT'S NOT JUST IMPLIED OR PRACTICALLY OFFSCREEN!" 
          And don't worry, it's not queer baiting, there actually is an onscreen kiss. And it is wonderful, and made my little queer heart sing! 
          But.
          The part I liked the least about this movie...
          Was this. 
          Alisha Hawthorne and her wife... well, they die. Of old age, and peacefully. But also... within the first fifteen-twenty minutes of the movie. 
          Pixar's first (I think) named lesbian character dies. Like, not even halfway through the movie. And sure, she's not, like, murdered or anything... but still. 
          I'm pretty sure that they've succeeded in carrying out the infamous "Bury Your Gays" trope that you see so often in media. 
          Yay.
          Congratulations, Pixar.
          I appreciate the rep, and the kiss, and really hate that it is getting a lot of backlash for something that should really be normalized by now, but still. 
          Did you have to kill them off? 
          And I mean, maybe this is just me, maybe it doesn't really matter. There was rep, and maybe they died, but there was rep anyways! It's a steps forward! It's progress, and that's good!
          But they still both died, and I am still annoyed by it.

Rainstormsandreading

Soo I unpublished both This Story's Not Over Yet and Behind the Mask because I know that I won't get around to finishing the first anytime soon, and have discontinued the second (and that writing's pretty old and bad, so I don't want anyone reading it, heh)... 
          Hoping to start updating Living in a Legacy sometime in the future, but I'm pretty busy working on original writing and real life stuff. However, if I do decide to start up LiaL again, I will likely unpublished most of the chapters and edit them before reposting them, so just a heads up! :)

Rainstormsandreading

Thinking of changing my username to Readingintherain, since RenaeeRed1 is a) super basic, and b) I don't use Renaee as my online name anymore... but idk, I'm worried people will think I left if they don't remember I changed my username heh

xlocke_jigx

yeah you can totally change your user! there still might be a chance ppl might not recognize you for a little bit, jjst post an announcement saying you changed it so ppl aren't confused
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Rainstormsandreading

If you're a fan of Raeda from the Owl House, then you're in luck! I have posted a oneshot of the two of them based off a Raeda week prompt! Feel free to check it out and please leave comments if you enjoy it! Have a great rest of your day :)
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/317344612-while-the-rest-of-the-world-spins

Rainstormsandreading

@xlocke_jigx 
            Oh, thank you! I picked the image for my profile and the banner based on my complete and utter despair once I watched the season 2 finale, hah
            (The profile image is Kingdom Hoots by Naomi Collymore, and the banner is by Dana Terrace)
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Rainstormsandreading

@xlocke_jigx 
            Season two is so good, haha
            But it gets, like, way more intense in the last few episodes, just to prepare you heh
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xlocke_jigx

your pfp is so epic what-
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Rainstormsandreading

Hey, everyone! I just wanted to announce the new story I just published! It is a four-part short story Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children fanfiction. I initially wrote this for a school writing assignment, but seeing as it's fanfiction, I decided to post it here as well. 
          It's a non-canonical story about what happens in between the first book and Hollow city. Also, none of the artwork in it belongs to me. 
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/312745486-the-island
          I hope you check it out! If you haven't read the books, you might like it, though there may be a few spoilers for the first book in it. Enjoy! :)

Rainstormsandreading

@kakashiiwaifu 
            Thanks!!! Yep, I’ve been writing a bunch haha
            And thanks, but I didn’t draw it, heh
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kakashiiwaifu

@RenaeeRed1 THIS LOOKS SO COOOOOOOOOOL so glad ur still writing!! keep up the good work, i love the cover ^^
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Rainstormsandreading

I've also written it all already, so I'll be posting a part a day. :)
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