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Anonymous asked:

Tbh as a lesbian it's hard because I personally think most people get too caught up in labels and like 'gold star-ism' and act like real life lesbians somehow aren't good enough if they ever had sex with men, which I think having more lesbians in fiction who have had sex with men could,,, idk normalize?

However, like the other anon pointed out, there's also a tendency for men to think they can 'fix us' or that if we just give them a chance we'll enjoy it, and reinforcing that is,,, not good.

You said you can remove the sex she has with the man, which I think is the right call. But I'm curious if there is a way to make it part of their dynamic before she realizes she was a lesbian (so off-screen) or something? Or do they meet over the course of the story/numorous other reasons that wouldn't work

The sex would have happened shortly after he forgiven her for killing someone close to him as he has realized it was an accident and that he was willing to be her friend again, it was supposed to just be a thing that happened once and they decided they didn’t want to do again afterwards. But its a very minor thing and I am now thinking the story would really just flow better without it anyways. And it wouldn’t have the issue of being able to be read in a bad light

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hotcupoteckla asked:

You could change the man to be a woman and display a healthy relationship still?

Or you could have the main character realize being with herself is enough to be happy?

All suggestions, no requirements. I'm curious what constitutes a toxic lesbian relationship aside from bad communication, though.

The point of the sex between the man and lesbian was just to have sex between friends without any romance or desire between them, the issue is there just aren’t many characters in the story to start with so to show that, I had to use those 2 characters.

To the point of what constitutes a toxic lesbian relationship, I am not entirely sure but I think cheating, murder and dating someone to try and get them to resurrect your dead girlfriend would all qualify

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Anonymous asked:

if you try to avoid every possible negative stereotype your story is touching on, you'll never be able to write anything. The purity politics are exhausting and kill creativity. Of course you should think about the implications and ask friends/sensitivity readers, but the Masses of Tumblr aren't owed a story that obeys multiple sets of contradicting rules about queer stories

I get that but I feel like this is a minor enough thing plot wise that removing it probably will make the story flow better anyways

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