#it really really does help
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as an aroace person with limited sexual experience, no interest in watching porn, and poor sex ed as a teen, there IS something simultaneously funny and vaguely tragic about being 28 adult years old and realising how extremely tiny your frame of reference is for genitalia and deciding you should expand this to better understand bodies (yours and others). and then you're just there like "okay so what the fuck do I even google right now, anyway"
#vivid flashbacks to being 19 and going on scarleteen like 'help what's a clitoris'#anyway society (by which i mean repressed evangelical white brits lol) really marked a whole area of anatomy as off limits huh#and the modern advertising friendly internet does not counteract it
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You're just not toxic enough.
#the apothecary diaries#maomao#jinshi#When she loves poison as much as she does...this really isn't as big of an insult as it may seem.#'I'd rather poison myself' from a girl who genuinely wants to eat the poison? Not bad!#This was a thank you gift for a friend who helped me out of a tough situation. I hope you enjoy this!#I am so sorry I still haven't finished season one yet. I promise I'll get to it eventually.#Maomao is a really fun protagonist and as a mystery lover - the detective plots she finds herself in are very enjoyable.#Even if she doesn't want to be part of them. Girl who just wants to mind her own business but keeps getting hired to snoop around.#Jinshi is a great character in his own right. He is also a wet little clown that I want to wring out and leave in the sun to dry.#Man...now I want to finish season one...I miss them...
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I’m not gonna lie, the whole “what if a big, hairy trans man started using the women’s bathroom? what are TERFs gonna do then?” thing kinda pisses me off being used as some checkmate, because it insinuates that passing trans men would have any kind of power in that situation. If a passing trans man is forced to use the women’s bathroom, you know what will happen? Security will be called on him, he’ll be thrown out, and he’ll be forced to out himself as trans in order to avoid punishment, which will put an even bigger target on his back. He’s still going to be harassed. He’s still going to be forced into an uncomfortable and potentially dangerous situation, and he probably won’t avoid punishment anyway because the current laws in place are never going to favour any trans person’s defence over a cis person’s.
It also completely ignores trans men who aren’t “big and hairy” and don’t pass enough to be mistaken for a cis man. Non-passing trans men (or even men who look or sound effeminate enough to be suspected) who are forced to use the women’s bathrooms are still at a huge risk of harassment or even violence, especially young trans boys who are forced into their assigned bathrooms at school. Nex Benedict was literally murdered in a girl’s bathroom. Girls and women aren’t these inherently non-violent, peaceful and submissive beings (for one thing, that’s misogynistic). Trans men and boys get beaten up by them too, because most of us pre-T aren’t considered a threat, and we fucking die.
That’s not even to mention the trouble we already have in men’s bathrooms, because if we don’t pass, cis men will interrogate us on whether or not we’re “real men” and then sexually assault us if they discover we’re trans. Corrective rapes that trans men face is not something to be ignored, and I have trans male friends that it’s happened to who are lucky to be alive right now.
Bathroom laws will affect us just as much. The violence that trans women face is something that trans men can also relate to, and both need to be talked about without people categorising all trans men as “big, hairy, strong men able to beat up anyone who tries to threaten them” when that’s not the case like 90% of the time. Acting like passing trans men are just there to make TERFs look stupid, when TERFs are the ones who are violent towards us no matter how much we pass, is just diminishing our experiences.
#I’m genuinely so tired of making these posts#because I’m scared of being seen as making everything about trans men#but I can’t really help it when everything DOES affect us too#please remember that every anti-trans law effects trans men too#we can’t be fighting this silently and on our own#because if the trans community divides itself even further we literally have no chance#transandrophobia#anti-terf
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still rolling around on the ground over the contrast between Jack and Mal. it's so...🤌🤌🤌
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#sam's new year sale 2025#(sorry if i made any mistakes with the outfits! i did my best but they're SO detailed)#man. i always love these silly events but this one really is just. chef's kiss.#i need an entire shounen anime about kite fighting immediately#i know it's a real thing i just need the big dramatic anime about it#preferably with jack continuing to just be extremely annoyed at floyd about everything all the time#also brb shoving everything out of the way to focus on canon confirmation that malleus does fibercrafting#even if it's only spinning and nothing else i am SO delighted#i'm not sure how much kite-flying is actually similar to spinning but you know if it helps it helps#malleus: though you fought valiantly i have ultimately claimed victory by conquering your kite in battle#malleus: also behold! i have made you a sweater
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Tim and Jason were munching on Batburgers mid-patrol. Entirely out of the blue Tim says: By the way, I'm bi.
Jason pauses, then swallows his burger: Uh, okay?
Tim: I just wanted to tell you. In case, you know, you think no one would accept you.
Jason: ...Huh??
Tim: Yeah, there's a reason why I brought this up. What I'm trying to tell you is that B told me to tell you that you can bring your boyfriend over for dinner whenever you want.
Jason just stares at Tim, wondering if he's experiencing a fever dream because what??
Jason: What boyfriend??
As far as he knows, there is no boyfriend. Why does Bruce think there is a boyfriend??
Tim being understanding but for a completely different context: It's okay, Hood. I'll tell him you said no. No need to deny it.
Jason continues to be baffled: Thanks. But I don't have a boyfriend.
Tim does not believe him: Sure, sure. So, when's the next time Arsenal plans to visit Gotham?
Jason goes back to eating his burger and pretending he's not totally confused by the change in topic: Uh, this Thursday. I'm gonna help him with Lian's birthday cake, and brainstorm gift ideas.
Tim: Uh-huh. Hope you have guys have fun :)
#That time when you come out to your gay brother and invite his boyfriend to dinner on your dad's behalf#Only for your gay brother to say he's not gay and you just assume it's because he doesn't want to come out yet#When in reality he doesn't even know he's gay or that he's basically dating his best friend#He's not really self-aware when it comes to this stuff#Like don't all friends help you bake a cake for your daughter's birthday?#That's just a really bro thing to do honestly#Roy is almost as bad except he eventually figured out this is some boyfriend shit they're doing#He's just waiting for Jay to realize so they could actually make out and stuff#Everyone in the Batfam know they're dating before Jason does#jason todd#tim drake#bisexuals for the win#roy harper#jason todd x roy harper#jayroy#batfamily
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well. it was nice while it lasted.
mass layoffs of probationary employees (employees within their first year) are happening across the federal government. rumor on the forums is that DOI termination emails are getting sent out tomorrow. i don't want to go into work.
#thank you everyone for the kind words#it really really does help#honestly i got very lucky#my boss REALLY wanted to keep me on#and within the space of a few hours he'd convinced our partner organization to hire me on as a volunteer coordinator#with collateral museum management duties#i onboard on tuesday#so i'm not going to be left without a paycheck#which is the most important thing#and he repeatedly said he's going to hire me back the moment he is legally permitted to#so#yeah#i got incredibly lucky#i won't have to move back home#and i have a boss who has repeatedly gone to bat for all of us#but i know people all across the government who have very suddenly found themselves without jobs#my friend was an archivist at a less well-known park#two weeks short of a year#and got canned without warning#they didn't even tell her supervisors#it's cruelty for the sake of cruelty
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Book 2 au: sparring sessions and short hair katara
They like to have sparring sessions in order to keep their bending skills sharp. They allow themselves to go all out and not hold back at all cause they know if anyone got hurt, Katara could just heal them
But anyways, wouldn't it be kinda funny if Zuko accidentally burned Katara's hair tho? Aofkqldkkajfjd
The "I think we can save the hairloops" line is from @linnoya-writes thank you for that!! :>>
#zutara#zuko#katara#atla#book 2 au#my art#i mentioned in my last book 2 au post that i wanted to include short hair katara into it and y'all were so supportive of it!! 😭😭😭#so this is how i think it would go#it would happen as katara is trying to evade one of zuko's fire balls#she manages to avoid it but since her hair is long it still caught on fire#she'd be pissed so she water whips the hell out of zuko#and then promptly forgets about it akfhkakdkakdj#even after the sparring session she still hasn't remembered cause 'oh no zuko's in pain i have to help him!'#it isn't until zuko even mentions it that she remembers#zuko thinks she's more calm than i thought she would be after burning her hair so he mentions it to her#little did he know katara just forgor aldjlakdkaljd#n e ways zuko does feel bad so she offers to help fix it up for her#i think after the haircut katara would find herself looking in mirrors when there are any around cause 'zuko thinks i'm beautiful?? really?#zuko doesn't know this tho and he thinks katara is till sad about the unwanted haircut so he keeps telling her that she looks beautiful#and katara just keeps losing it aldjlakdlald#in conclusion they are idiots your honor
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pmd eos special episode 2 but it's mob pyscho 100
#pmd2#my art#armaldo#guildmaster wigglytuff#igglybuff#special episode 2#se2#uhhh forget how ugly armaldo is and look at igglybuff the prodigy. hes cute#i was surprised when i rewatched se2 and found out that armaldo was basically super nice from the start#i genuinely had mixed it up with mob psycho and thought armaldo started WAAAAY more selfish and uncaring than he actually does#anyways everyone give it up for the pmd eos dad ever#tho tbh eos doesnt have that many dads. theres dugtrio chatot and armaldo. its uh. not a very exciting competition#even armaldo isnt that close to a dad to me. he really feels like a friend. mentor. weird uncle. but i think hes cool enough to get to dad#it probably doesnt help that igglybuff has two loving living parents that we see him interact with lmfao theres not even a gap here to fill#pmd eos#pokemon mystery dungeon
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Also, to be clear, I don't think fanfiction is to blame for the overwhelming amount of meh cosy fiction or romance out there. Fanfiction and the folks who write it aren't doing anything wrong. I think it's due to the publishing industry's desire to sell you something you would otherwise be reading for free.
That's my ultimate hot take.
#also I think the cosy trend stems from an overwhelming amount of unprocessed Covid and other related events trauma#and again that is not the fault of the writer or the reader#but I DO think being sold a fiction where it's easy to run a bookstore and also you are an elf isn't really helping folks mentally#and it does worry me when it overtakes everything else#okay that's it that's my true hot take
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Don't let it in with no intention of keeping it Jesus Christ, don't be kind to it It Will Come Back - Hozier
Hiiii I've been working on this piece for like a week bc I've had this thought abt this song and scene ever since I read it. Fanart for @seriouslycalamitous 's fic Midnight Strangers!
#trafficblr#goodtimeswithscar#art#midnight strangers fanart#oh cool thats its own tag? sick#trafficshipping#<- not explicitly in this art but the fic is. yknow#scarian#hi my handful of normal mutuals following this blog! im normal i promise (lie)#anyways yeah ive had this in my head since chapter 3 and then seeing everyone else's sickass fanart rlly helped motivate me#i learned so much abt ways to shade doing this guys. they were right mcyt really does make you a better artist LMAO#ink does minecraft art tag
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I just want to be happy but rusty quill said no.
Elias' version
Edit: y'all this is Peter Lukas not Martin lmaooo (tho they do look alike, plus I didn't made his white hair strands visible enough so my bad)
#the magnus archives spoilers#tma#peter lukas#tma spoilers#the magnus pod#my art#digital art#tma spoiler#artists on tumblr#the lonely#the magnus archives#mag 159#fanart#i didn't expected to feel so much for this asshole#also i genuinely thought he and Elias were a thing#i got mis-spoiled and thought peter would be the one saying “i really loved you”#listening to hours of sad playlist does not help#it made me draw faster tho#im making an Elias' version of this drawing#perhaps a little comic to go with it#probably not tho lmaoo#but the idea is there
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Megan Thee Stallion going through a ridiculous amount of trauma, then flopping face first onto her bed and saying, "I need to find a new anime. Take my fucking mind off this shit." is, I feel one of the most painfully beautiful things I've ever seen another human being do.
#she's so real for that#and im so sorry she had those kinds of moments#but im glad i can personally say it helps. it really does#thank you anime and thank you#megan thee stallion#megan thee stallion: in her words#megan thee stallion in her words#megan thee stallion documentary#mts in her words
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#i really am never going to be okay again#but looking at them does help#andor spoilers#andor#varada sethu#faye marsay#velcinta#my posts
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my personal fave "luffy holds a mirror up to someone's soul" moments. aka the whole point i think
#guy who is really good at identifying the things you want but are too scared to admit to yourself. hi luffy#its literally the whole point though. i am so charmed by the he wont help until you ask thing. or until you say out loud what you want#ive been ticking them off in my head but i remember getting to sanji's in the anime like HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS#one piece#oh god now i have to tag every girl he did this to and sanji. he does ALSO do it to momonusuke but i didn't screen grab that#in a way. i think he does it to ace too but im not ready for that#monkey d. luffy#cat burglar nami#op nami#nico robin#op rebecca#op sanji#black leg sanji#nefertari vivi#alabasta#dressrosa#whole cake island#enies lobby#arlong park
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learned something about myself lately
#i dont think its even the fact almost all my characters are somewhat beasts in one way or another. i just#really like tails and wish i had one myself#and then my oc designs are a little tame theyre mostly human shaped with animal features. but they always have tails#my eyes have recently been opened to the appeal of long whiplike unicorn tails.. so flowy and curly#something about the tuft at the end being long and swirly just does something for me..#maybe it would make sense to change auggies tail shape so it looks like a meteor. her design is mainly pink with hot pink accent#so it would be cool to use that and orange to make it look like a fire meteor.. maybe itll help complement the blue/green in her design#head full of ocs today so expect a ramble later#if i had a tail i think it would be long with a kink. so it kind of folds over once but not in a curl#when it wags its kind of a swaying motion. i have thought about this a normal amount#yapping
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you always land on all fours
#umineko#umineko spoilers#ikuko hachijo#ikukos turn for a more serious piece... the old man has reigned for too long#now. INCREDIBLY LONG INCOHERENT TAGS RANT INCOMING FAIR WARNING HAS BEEN GIVEN:#it makes me so so sad how little discussion there is about specifically ikuko because imho she fits so neatly into a lot of the more#overarching Big Themes of the game in a way that i have not ever really seen people take notice of or point out in a meaningful way#like even just off of the top of my head. the significance of names and what it means to go by a name that's Not Yours (she has like 4+)#what it Means to be a witch how it represents a person's deepest insecurities and flaws & how its at its core a coping mechanism#the fact that it takes two to create a universe and trying to do it on your own anyways has the capacity to bring you intense misery#^ (how she's shown to be extremely dismissive of her own work and skill until a collaborator comes into her life and helps/encourages her)#and even the family/patriarchy/misogyny stuff that is so prevalent in the rest of the game comes back around to her. even her Only Friend#(young&stupid atp to be fair) remarks that shes Weird for being unmarried + the little she does say about her past invites the question of#to what extent her self-image stems from her family deeming her a freak outcast & effectively disowning her while celebrating her brothers#and i have lot in my mind about the witch thing specifically because i think her particular situation is very reflective of what umineko's#entire magic system and fantasy facet as a whole is meant to represent for an individual. from what little we see of (what is presumably)#her Real personality she is shown to be deeply self conscious in a way that is JARRINGLY diametrically opposed to both 1.) what we see in#featherine and 2.) what we see when she is acting as a Public Figure. because both of the above are very much purposeful acts that she is#putting on in order to obfuscate her true self. and i have always been very resolute & adamant about not totally equating her to featherine#not only because im very firmly in the camp of “featherine is the avatar of the Pen Name & tohya is part of her too” but also very much b/c#i feel very strongly that the stark differences between the two are very centrally relevant to her character & her psyche. as is the case#with most other witches featherine's personality traits serve to reveal/magnify a lot of ikukos inner workings by playing on her#insecurities/reversing them e.g. ikuko being very quick to downplay her skill/achievements becomes featherine being the COMPLETE opposite#to the point where she barely registers even other witches as living beings rather than just fun touys. BUT even though i do champion the#ikuko/featherine separation so hard i ALSO think it is purposefully relevant that at first glance the line between them seems so blurry#her introduction implying a more nebulous separation between her reality/fantasy counterpart is i think is an intentional move on her part#like it is part of the front she is putting up when acting as the Author. as opposed to Ikuko the person who we (in a way ironically very#similar to the way that the Real Battler is presumably only shown during the boatscene) only very briefly get to see take up screentime#which even on a meta level lines up very well with her apparent underlying nature as a like. extremely private largely reserved/shy person#hit tag limit but if by some miracle anyone is still reading this thank you... please see ikuko with the love she deserves... ok ily byeee
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