#inescapable expectations

[i-m-abett]

heteronormativity should be its own genre of horror tbh

[sainteclectic]

(Sorry if I'm derailing) idk if all the fandom is like this or I just stumbled into a weird corner but I clung so tightly to the siblings hc at first because I noticed that if I didn't people would automatically assume I was okay with romance hc's. probably should've just stood up for myself ig. sorry if I contributed to any of this

oh nono that's okay! honestly, I feel like that's pretty common, considering how many people feel they have to specify they're siblings to get people to not tag as ship. it's the easiest option because most people know not to ship siblings so it's seen as a "valid reason"

it hits aromantic people the hardest I think. aromantics often have to justify why they're uncomfortable with a romantic ship or why they're not okay with their work being seen as romantic. I've had people assume my work is romantic constantly because of my wholesoul content, even when I specify none of my stuff is intended to be romantic. I definitely understand the urge to find some justification for your discomfort that's "acceptable" to the fandom.

it's why I proudly talk about wholesoul the way I do, really. I want to challenge the idea that characters need to be dating to be close. friendships, qprs, undefined relationships - anything else that isn't romance. romance is always seen as the default dynamic, and if I can alleviate some of that pressure for people to justify themselves I'd be very happy ^-^

[tiktaalic]

Funny moment in the plague book I was reading where he spends chapters upon chapters decrying capitalism’s impact on health and how it has directly led to millions of deaths that are easily preventable. And then to touch on China for one chapter and be like. Let me be clear. Do they have dazzling accomplishments in public health no one has come close to matching. Yes. Do I support communism. No.

[asgardian--angels]

....idk in a fandom this gigantic how are people already coalescing onto a handful of popular headcanons and scenarios that just become the baseline now, when the source material gives us literally limitless possibilities to work with

[tethered-heartstrings]

genuinely am not sure how I'm expected to get enough sleep, go to school, do all my assignments, study, exercise, keep up with dishes and laundry, keep my house clean, shower everyday, buy groceries, prepare 3 (healthy) meals a day and eat them, and not explode in the process???

[burinazar]

i love vueko but i need to be slightly less vueko* and more belaf. and i don’t just mean i want to be a confident and dignified and intense looking person of unconventional appearance whose gender isn’t necessarily clear upon initial visual assessment. actually maybe i do

[bright-and-burning]

they should invent a kind of burnout you can get over by changing absolutely nothing about your life

[miniagula]

like. how do i put this Artfully. but amy's crush on sonic does not make her childish, nor do i think it should it be excluded in the movie...she loves and trusts him freely as he is, and that deep empathy for others has always been one of amy's strongest traits

[parasitoidism]

Thisabeau

[byanyan]

ㅤperhaps unsurprisingly, byan doesn't like the holidays — christmas in particular, as it's the most prominent and unavoidable one, and the one they have more experiences with. not growing up consistently celebrating the holiday past the age of four, they don't have any real positive attachment to it, and having it shoved so violently in their face each year, being surrounded by kids in school who are always so excited about it... it's always felt quite alienating. it's a very lonely time of year when everyone and everything around you is going on and on about family and you haven't got one.

although most years the only thing they've had to look forward to is the christmas dinner that the group homes they've been in have tried to provide, they have had a few experiences of what a more traditional celebration is like through foster homes they were living in during that time of year. the first one, when they were five, was... actually pretty okay. it was just them and their foster family, and they still remember having fun playing board games and watching movies, and how good the food at dinner was. they even got a couple of gifts from their foster parents. ...it was only the second christmas that they weren't celebrating with their first family, and they remember crying when those gifts were handed to them. another was when they were ten, with a foster family they hadn't been with for more than a few months. there was a lot of extended family in the house, none of whom they knew, and it was an incredibly overwhelming few days, during which they felt very much out of place. they didn't feel like they belonged and ended up spending most of their time hiding in the bedrooms to avoid the awkward conversations people would try to start with them so they didn't feel so left out. at one point, they remember sneaking out to go buy themself a hot chocolate with a bit of money they stole out of their foster brother's piggy bank to cheer themself up and to have a bit of quiet. no one noticed they were gone, and they weren't sure whether they were glad or disappointed.

at best, the holidays are an annoying time of year highlighted only by the two week break they get from school, and at worst, it's a reminder of all the things they've never had or the things that have been torn from them. even the positive memories they have have been soured by the way the kindness and the families didn't last, making it near impossible to look back on any of it fondly.

[facetsofthecloset]

Opinion on the announcement of a new season of Osomatsu? :0

Casually excited! I had a blast watching the youtube livestream announcement Ichi and Jyushi's voice actors did for it, although it did make me remember that the main reason I like the show as much as I do is because of the VAs. The writing I often have issues with lol

But it always seems like the VAs genuinely get along really well so they have fun recording, and that comes across in the show. That gets me through bits and sketches that I don't otherwise vibe with when that happens

They said they didn't know much about what the new season would be like except that it would be very different to previous versions? Which, I mean, it's not like they had a rigid canon anyway, so sure lol

tbh my main hope is that it motivates me to finish my fics 😂😂😂

[rindemption]

I have a question

Posting my drawing practice and doodles and wips has, in the past, been a pretty effective way to get me to keep drawing. Accountability and all that.

Would there be any interest in seeing those posts here on my main blog, or would people rather I kept it to a side blog?

[death-rebirth-senshi]

I'm not gonna post that -_- too out of pocket

[imperial-nuisance-rudje]

Hate to break it to anyone reading this, including @urmagicalgxrl, but a typically harmless food making you vomit for reasons besides texture or taste can be a sign of anaphylaxis, which is actually an extremely severe allergy. One of my symptoms when I nearly died from eating zucchini was... extreme gastrointestinal distress, including hours of near-constant vomiting.

In conclusion the fact that epipens cost so much should be cause for torches and pitchforks.

Hey real quick PSA: If you have food allergies TELL RESTAURANTS. I know it’s inconvenient and sometimes people are shitty but for real, please, tell waitstaff it’s allergy specific, don’t just order it without the allergy ingredient.

This was brought up in my mind again since my step-MIL would get furious if someone presented her with a food she couldn’t eat with her Crohn’s but she’d never told them in the first place what she couldn’t have or how severe her reactions were.

When I worked at the pizza place a ton of people would order pizzas without cheese for a variety of reasons, but only occasionally would they say it was because of an allergy.

This one day a white lady came in and ordered three pizzas with no cheese. I have no explanation for why I followed up, especially because she was extremely moody and snippy. But I asked, “Is this because of an allergy?”

“Yes,” she snapped.

“If it’s for an allergy you should know we do use a small amount of cheese in the red sauce as well. Is the allergy severe?”

“What? Yes, he’ll literally die, his throat closes up and stuff.”

I stared at her. Someone she was serving pizza to would die on contact with cheese? And she didn’t even bother to tell us that?!!?? Why in gods name was she even in a pizza place???

“Don’t you have anything without cheese?” She demanded.

I ended up doing a garlic rubbed crust with toppings.

I had to scrub down all the counters and surfaces and grab fresh bins for all the toppings to try to avoid any cross contamination and the extra time made her roll her eyes in exasperation. Like I’m sorry safety protocols are inconvenient but I hope this person you’re trying to murder leaves your life.

But anyway. Please be safe. Disclose your allergies.

[goldensakuma]

crying over the sunotans jokingly asking Snow Man if they think all their fans are elementary students bc the newly-revealed bonus goods for 『SERIOUS』 apparently look like kindergarten magazine supplements,,,,, i mean Yeah they do but my smol child braim still absolutely wants all of them tho 😭😭😭

[maddogmp3]

well THAT didnt take very fucking long