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Since we’re talking about cartoon lesbians...
Let’s talk about Ever After High, and how it completely re-wrote the narrative of compulsory heteronormativity in maybe the coolest way possible.
Let’s Begin:
Ever After High, although popular, is slightly less mainstream than say Barbie or it’s sister cartoon Monster High, so let’s get a rundown shall we?
The show follows the children of famous fairytale characters, who are split into two factions, the royals and the rebels. The two main characters are Apple White (daughter of Snow White) and Raven Queen (daughter of the evil queen). Raven is having second thoughts about her destiny as teh next big bad, but Apple wants her happily ever after, so she conspires for the two of them to be roommates (oh my god they were roommates) to try to convince her friend to ‘follow her destiny’
Spoiler Alert: Raven doesn’t, and the status quo is broken. The rebel’s realise that maybe they could have happy ending’s too, and the Royals are scared of losing theirs.
We could talk about how the show breaks down privilege and explores deeper societal issues through this narrative, but let’s instead focus on Raven and Apple for now.
Over time, the two develop a real friendship, and Apple becomes less concerned with her own happy ending and more with the safety of her friends, specifically Raven. In addition to this, Apple’s relationship with her boyfriend Daring Charming is tenous at best. They show no real chemistry, she often finds herself exasperated with his vanity, and he even shows interest in other students. Meanwhile, Apple spends more and more time with Raven. As such, many viewers thought that maybe Apple had a thing for her roommate, and I agreed.
BUT, Raven has her own love interest, Dexter, the youngest Charming brother, and their relationship is actually well-built and really sweet. So, Apple’s crush is unrequited, (although many people still thought rapple would be cute, myself included)
Then, we met Darling Charming, Derek’s twin.
Although born a royal, she joins the rebels, since she doesn’t (to her knowledge) have a fixed fairytale, and she wants to be savior like Daring. She takes on the role of the white knight, initially disguised as a guy, but eventually revealing herself to the protagonists.
So, that’s one heteronormative stereotype broken, which was cool enough on it’s own, right? She get’s to be her own Prince Charming, what more could happen?
THEN DRAGON GAMES HAPPENED IS WHAT
If you haven’t seen it, it’s on netflix (and most of the series is available on youtube) but tl;dr Apple accidentally frees the Evil Queen from her prison, they have a big fight with dragon’s, Raven and Apple works as a team, blah blah blah, good times all around.
But something really interestng happens in between.
Apple gets cursed by the Evil Queen, meaning that she falls into an apple induced coma right? Well, Daring comes riding up, ready to kiss the girl, save the day, all that jazz.
Except, it doesn’t work. His ‘true love’s kiss’ fails to save Apple, and so it seems like she’s dead. So Raven and gang throw her a funeral, everyone’s sad, but Apple starts to choke in her sleep, and Darling (cause she’s a REBEL) runs forward to perform CPR and guess fucking what.
that’s right, she brings Apple back to life. WITH TRUE LOVE’S KISS.
Now lil old baby me didn’t really understand teh ramifications of this, but effectively, Apple is now in the Happily Ever After part of her story now, not with Daring, but with Darling, her true love and Princess Charming, WHICH IS FUCKING AMAZING???? like i watched this show growing up, and now there’s the implication of a same sex couple??? And, an extra note, this particular chapter of EAH came out before Disney and Co. jumped on the ‘it’s ok to be gay’ bandwagon, this was the first time I had ever seen a canon wlw pairing in my smol child life!
The series is still ongoing, so we don’t know FOR SURE, if Apple/Darling will be canon, but idk y’all… that is PRETTY gay.
Which is amazing??? I mean, while Disney is fooling around, releasing a new ‘first gay character’ every other week, we have a pretty much canon wlw couple, whose narrative arc would really come full circle in a satisfying way with the ship, and idk about y’all but I think that’s amazing! I mean, they had the perfect set-up for a Prince Charming + Perfect Princess endgame here, heck, we even had a backup Prince Charming who was a huge dork, and could effectivey ‘subvert expectations’ BUT INSTED THEY GAVE US THIS??? WE HAVE TO STAN!
IN CONCLUSION: pls watch Ever After High, because in this house we stan Darling Charming
how much fun are we having in this timeline folks?
Bc I want something new to listen
Lesbian/wlw songs (because they don’t get enough attention):
Girls like girls - Hayley Kiyoko
Honey - Kehlani
Alanis’s interlude - Halsey
Girls - Beatrice Eli
Pussy is God - King Princess
Only a girl - Gia Woods
Girls - girl in red
Holy - King Princess
Sleepover - Hayley Kiyoko
I wanna be your girlfriend - girl in red
Talia - King Princess
Peppermint smiles - tiffi
I wanna be hers - Abbey Glover
PrettyGirlz - WILLOW
Pussy mine - Bella Thorn
Beyond the sea (cover) - Kina Grannis
Slow dance (from Adventure Time) - Olivia Olson
She likes girls - Metro Station
Strangers - Halsey
Cherry wine (cover) - Jasmine Thompson
I kissed a girl - Katy Perry
Girls / girls / boys - Panic! At the disco (bi)
Earned it (cover) - Jasmine Thompson
Feels like home - Bea Miller and Jessie Reyez (this song isn’t super gay but it sounds like it could be)
Different Colors - WALK THE MOON (this is more of a gay rights song but it’s a bop and underrated)
I need a woman to love - Kesha
Night go slow - Catey Shaw
Fast car - Tracy Chapmen
You need to calm down - Taylor Swift (gay rights/support)
Bad at love - Halsey (bi)
Marceline - WILLOW
Girls - Rita Ora, Bebe Rexha, Cardi B, Charli XCX
Same love - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert
She keeps me warm - Mary Lambert
She’s so lovely - The Butchies
Wish you were gay - Claud
Kindergarten - chloe moriondo
Girl crush - Little Big Town (it’s not meant to be gay but it sounds like it)
She - Abbey Glover
What I need - Hayley Kiyoko, Kehlani
Vanilla sundae - Emily Burns, Olivia Nelson
Brooklyn girls - Catey Shaw
bitches - Tove Lo
Girl - Donna Missal
Pretty much ever song by girl in red, King Princess, and Hayley Kiyoko belongs on this list, I just pointed out my favorites by them as well as some other songs. On YouTube, Chloe Moriondo and Abbey Glover also have more wlw songs and covers.
Color coding: orange, soft/acoustic; red, sexual(ish); purple, just has gay vibes/isn’t necessarily gay/is a bisexual song; pink, any other category/just an amazing wlw songs
I fucking love all them
Shipinist’s Top 10 Animated WLW Ships
1) Bumbleby (Blake and Yang: RWBY) - American animation
2) Korrasami (Korra and Asami: Legend of Korra) -American animation
3) Catradora (Catra and Adora: She-Ra) - American animation
4) Lumity (Luz and Amity: The Owl House) - Disney Cartoon
5) Touko x Yuu (Bloom into You {Yagate kimi ni naru}) - Anime
6) Mei x Yuzu (Citrus) - Anime
7) Harlivy (Harley Quinn and Ivy: Harley Quinn) - American animation
8) Haruka x Yuu (Sakura Trick) - Anime
9) Shizuma x Nagisa (Strawberry Panic) - Anime
10) Mari x Hagino (Blue Drop) - Anime {Warning: This one destroyed my soul}
I decided to not put video games on this list because that’s a whole different category.
Not quite all of these are canon yet, though they are heavily leaning toward being there. (So far only one of these does not have a happy ending, and it is labeled with a warning.)
For some reason, these fake accounts with profile pictures of hot women started following me... Are these bots??
Seriously, is important to know this kind of things.
I LOVE THIS GIRLS
mamamoo as vines
Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost
The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.
The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.
The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.
The “get stuff done while you wait” method.
The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.
The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.
The “break the task into smaller steps” method.
The “treat yourself like a pet” method.
The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.
The “put on a persona” method.
The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.
The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.
The “wait for a trigger” method.
The “do it for your future self” method.
The “might as well” method.
The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.
The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.
The “make it easy” method.
The “junebugging” method.
The “just show up” method.
The “accept when you need help” method.
The “make it into a game” method.
The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.
The “trick yourself” method.
The “break it into even smaller steps” method.
The “let go of should” method.
The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.
The “fork theory” method.
The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.
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