#this is my weekly rant

[pyxes]

I hate to sound like an obnoxious grandmother, but the amount of people who have no clue how to sew a button is shocking and disappointing.

I could go on a long rant about capitalism and the mass extinction of practical skills. Or even the loss of said skills being viewed as “women’s work” which were demonized by both men and third wave buzzfeed feminists alike but I would never leave this draft. DO NOT get me started on both parties feeling entitled to your labor when they find out you have a semblance of knowledge.

What I’m saying is that I urge everyone to learn simple garment repair. It’s not expensive and it’s not hard no matter what asshole online tells you otherwise. It doesn’t even need to look nice. I am completely self taught and it all started when I wanted a lanyard that would match my greasy, pre-teen, vampirefreaks.com aesthetic. I made that shit out of left over Christmas ribbons, an old keychain, and rotted thread. And guess what, it was so badass that it inspired me to dig deeper into sewing and diy in general.

There is so much pride in taking care of what you own. What you own is meant to get beat up, so beat it up, fix it, then beat it up again. Your body grows, it shrinks, you expand out, you contract in… That’s how your body works. Deal with it you can’t prevent natural function. Instead of consuming on mass learn to adjust your clothing to your needs!!

I wish the world was more resourceful and considerate. Please if you read this consider messing around with a needle and thread. I am open to helping anyone if they have any questions. I have worked as a tailor and alterations specialist. I have worked on everything imaginable; men’s suits, patching jeans, adding gussets in jeans, gun holsters, chaps, wedding dresses, doll dresses, pants with literal shit, and yes, buttons.

Please hear my plea and discover a whole new world of a forgotten form of resistance to capitalism. Fight against mass consumerism. Pick up that pack of needles and tangled thread and sew something awful.

[lotus-lamps]

tysm the weekly light for giving me motivation to draw LMAO

a lil messy but thats ok. it was a lot of fun so thats all that matters haha (I LOVE RENDERING AND DO THE LIGHTING AND ALL THAT SHIT ITS SO FUN) rip mothy gilbert also had too much fun ig lmao

[kayatoastkkat]

OWW. HYDE. HYDE NOOOO

THE SCRATCHES OMG THE LOOK ON HIS FACE THE REALISATION BEHIND THAT LITTLE “no”

THE WIP SKETCH!!!! IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S FINALLY HERE BUT AT WHAT COST

"I didn't mean to" OUCH???? Jekyll you better come back up RIGHT FUCKING NOW PLEASE TELL HYDE THAT WAS ALL /J PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE-

"I'll fix it, I'll put you back together" Hyde says, after shattering all of Jekyll's reputation to pieces, saying he'll fix all the damage he made. also the SYMBOLISM in his face reflected in the glass??? broken in two pieces and still no Jekyll??? ow??

hey guys. uhm. uhm. correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you can. fix a shattered glass once it breaks. what does this mean

this whole scene?????? the moment Hyde realised he hated the silence more than any horrid insult Jekyll could throw at him?? the way he'd give anything, do anything, just to hear his other half's voice again and oh ow. oh. I think i need a moment.

I think it was a favourite taunt of Hyde's to mock Jekyll for being an empty shell, for showing no emotion underneath that shiny facade that is his smile. that underneath his perfect gentlemany suit there is not a heartbeat there.

however I believe Hyde is as much of an empty shell as Jekyll is, albeit one built out of Jekyll's discarded emotions. he's just a pile of unrepressed emotions that grew out flesh and blood. he has nothing that he can call truly his, not his memories, his family, his Identity. it was all built around Jekyll, and without Jekyll he is just a shell of who he once was, so in this essay i will-

[abattre]

You know,, if the story was told from Sasuke's point of view literally nobody would actually expect or want him to return to the village. And like, I get why it's a touchy thing for a lot of Naruto fans. The circumstances for Sasuke's departure and the entire Valley of the End fight were upsetting. Bad time all around, yes, but that doesn't mean leaving Konoha was the wrong choice for Sasuke to make. Avenging the clan was like the only thing keeping him alive at that point, so expecting Sasuke to just sit back and let the Curse Mark slowly kill him without having achieved any sort of justice for his family is ludicrous actually. But besides that, learning the truth about the Uchiha's genocide is like the ultimate determinant that Sasuke has no obligation to the village whatsoever. Like at some point, no matter how much you dislike or resent him as a character, you have to realise that everything Konoha did to Sasuke and the rest of his family was absolutely despicable and he genuinely does not owe that place anything.

[alaskan-wallflower]

fandom things i hate

(probably controversial lmao)

People blaming Ponyboy or Darry for the events of the book. Ponyboy is a 14 year old child who is deep in mourning the loss of his parents and Darry’s a big brother trying his best to keep Ponyboy and Sodapop with him. Darry hitting Pony is inexcusable, but the book isn’t his fault.

Adjacently, when people paint Darry as an abuser. Ponyboy is NOT flinching at Darry if he raises his voice. Darry smacking him isn’t a reoccurring thing—Pony mentions himself that “nobody had ever struck him before”. Again, I’m not excusing what Darry did, but comparing him to say Johnny’s parents is outlandish.

Cherry Valance hate. I know the real reason people hate her is because she’s a morally grey woman. If she was a guy she would probably be absolutely adored in fandom. Either that or she’d be completely ignored like Randy.

Fleshing out only the male characters. There’s nothing wrong with fleshing out the male characters, I just want to see appreciation for the girls sometimes too. There’s so much you can do with them.

Johnny woobification. I don’t know what it is with fandom in general making abuse victims out to be “shy widdle baby who can’t defend himself XD” but like��Johnny isn’t a baby. Johnny can defend himself.

The hypocrisy between subfandoms. I think it’s stupid to shit on people who don’t like Steve and Randy being erased from canon in some medias and then turn around and be all “you guys are horrible people because you say my favorite character who is only canon to this media isn’t canon”. or vice versa. Like dawg nobody cares about what characters you like and don’t want in canon, just shape your own little fanon world. This shits just toxic and hypocritical imo. This isn’t even me being biased because i love Steve at this point this has pissed me off for months.

Similarly. arguing over what’s canon and what isn’t. Nobody cares what you think is canon or isn’t. Post what you want and you’ll find your audience. You have no right to invade other people’s spaces and bitch at them about what’s canon and what isn’t. This is a problem in all the subfandoms tbh and it’s lowkey getting annoying please stop

When people ignore the fact that Johnny would be permanently confined to a wheelchair if he had lived. Blatantly ignoring a character’s disability is ableism, plain and simple. If it doesn’t fit your storyline, change the storyline, not the character.

The Steve/Pony beef exaggeration. I seriously do not think Steve—a fully 17 year old senior in high school—is going to have such extensive beef with a middle schooler to the point where he’s like beating him up or whatever yall have him doing like

Shitting on people for what they do and don’t ship. This is just immature. Grow up. Unless it’s illegal it really shouldn’t be an issue.

Dally being praised for doing horrible things while Sandy, Sylvia and Cherry are shamed for the littlest things. There’s no way you’re going to sit around and be all “Dally only sexually harassed Cherry because he’s just a silly widdle wumpkin!” while saying you’d watch Sandy get executed publicly (real comment i saw on pinterest btw like what the fuck 😭 if you’re hating a fictional character to the point you want to see them get publicly executed i think there’s smth seriously wrong with you)

i’ll make a fandom things i love version soon cause i’ve been bitchy the last few days i promise

(please take all this at face value too, im not trying to spark any controversy, these are just things i wanna rant about lmao)

[kalied0skull]

☹️

[alitgblog]

didn't get the tristan appeal but rewan why he kinda 🫣

[bootlegramdomneess]

Thinking about how every time Jeremy and Ayo talk about Sydney and Carmy's relationship they give us this bland ass explanation of their dynamic. "oh they respect each other. it's all about respect. It's not romantic." Like...sure

The agony between these two. you don't have this much tension and unsaid words unless it is someone you have romantic feelings for. I don't care what anyone says. They're awkward but they didn't have a lot of trouble communicating their thoughts and feelings compared from season 1 to 2 and now..something has shifted from season 2 to now in a short fucking amount of time.

you mean to tell me, the writers created such a beautifully poetic and complex show about love and legacy and connection and romance. it's a show about romance. IT'S A SHOW ABOUT ROMANCE.

YOU CAN'T SIT UP THERE AND TELL ME OTHERWISE. YOU CANNOT SAY THESE TWO SIMPLY RESPECT EACH OTHER. CARMY HAS NOT SAID THIS TO ANYONE ELSE. HE IS NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE KITCHEN, HE IS TALKING ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL BECAUSE THE KITCHEN IS HIS LIFE.

oh yeah she's just his future because they are both passionate about cooking. WHEN THAT IS THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT. IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLISTIC. IT'S MORE THAN BEING PASSIONATE ABOUT THE COOKING. IT'S THE CONNECTION. THE FOOD IS THE CATALYST FOR AN UNSPOKEN LANGUAGE. STOP TRYING TO SIMPLIFY SHIT ON A SHOW THAT IS WHOLLY COMPLEX.

*taking a deep calming breath*

We are being shown something without words. We are being shown what is happening between these two from their pov.

[captainofthedefiant]

acknowledgement: reddit is ass. I shouldnt browse there

but the anti-consumption subreddit was nice and cool but it has turned into r/frugaljerk except everyone is dead fucking serious. no it's not overconsumption to buy a new pair of jeans when you put on some weight. no it's not anticonsumption to try to save a torn up moldy hat you found in a creek and in fact it's probably bad for your health.

i feel like everything is so extreme, it's impossible to use places like reddit and instagram where the content thrives on suggestion and curation and not think you need to be as insane as possible in order to commit yourself casually to just, not buying more than you need.

[referencees]

“Omg how do you get anything done without chatGPT!” I just do it. Like what do you mean. Is your brain genuinely so rotted you can’t remember what it was like to just do shit for yourself? I just….never used it, and at this point I never will just out of principle. That easy. Just stop using it. It might be hard for a week but you’ll adjust again, just like you adjusted to having it around before.

The level of trust people are putting into these models and the companies who make them is just astounding to me. Like have we really not learned our lesson about these evil ass tech bros?

‘No, no these ones are different, these special boys have no agenda’, you say, while lying to yourself.

You’re really just gonna suck Sam Altman’s dick like that right in front of everyone????? Embarrassing. This is what happens when you let the plagiarism machine think for you.

[abilai]

Fem hthm!!!!

[wishmemellon]

Hemiplegic migraines and an endometriosis flare up is the lethal combination the gods gave me to torment me this finals week.

My brain is fogged and I can barely grip a pencil.

[softie-rain]

One of the things that hurt me the most that were cut from the movie is that Sejanus wanted to kill himself. Sejanus had planned his suicide, was ready to go through with it but ultimately didn't because then he got to District 12.

He said, "Being Capitol is gonna kill me." And he meant it. It wasn't a figure of speech, he hated living in the Capitol so much that he wanted to die. The snarky jokes made about him in the movie don't even begin to represent the way he was heavily bullied everyday at school since he was eight.

The thing Sejanus haters whine about the most is that he was reckless and didn't think about the consequences of his actions. Spoiler alert! He did. He knew there was a high chance he was going to die. Did you all just collectively forget that he was expecting the tributes to kill him in the Arena?

"Oh but he was crying for help when they were finally going to kill him!" For once in his life Sejanus, in 12, finally felt like he was doing something good to help the Districts and he had a chance at escaping the Capitol. Yet in the spawn of a week he witnessed the death of two people (which he most likely blamed on himself, especially with the panic attack he was having), he was tortured, Spruce was hanged with him and not only did he die far from his home (District 2), but without being able to say goodbye to his ma' for the last time.

The movie did a terrible job at portraying how depressed he was in the Capitol and how badly he longed to go back do District 2 and I'll never shut up about it.

I'd also like to bring your attention on the "how badly he longed to go back do District 2". What in the movie you see as "oh he wants to help the Districts" comes from the fact Sejanus wants to go back to District 2. After ten years in the Capitol, is home is District 2. In 12, he brings a photo of his classroom in District 2. The movie mentions is twice maybe?

The love-hate relationship I have with this movie istg

[theokusgallery]

i really need people to stop thinking that talking about yourself is a sign of being self-absorbed. if you tell me something and i tell you that it reminds me of something in my life i'm trying to keep the fucking conversation going with whatever crosses my mind. that's how this works

[not-kamenx]

Beyblade X Ep 34: A Rainbow Guest

GES SJACSLSVWJEVEJEVENEBB BC LABJEBWEVD KB VEJEDV WHAT IN THE OMINOUS SPINNING DRAKE IS THIS EPISODE

Okay, first off, I WAS SO DISTRAUGHT AFTER GETTING HIT WITH A FOUND FAMILY EPISODE THEN WE GET HIT WITH JAXON’S TEAMMATE, SIGRID NANAIRO AND HER REALLY BLUNT ATTITUDE TO EVERYTHING EXCEPT SUSHI. Okay I’m gonna be honest, I did get spoiled that she was Multi’s sister BUT LEGITIMATELY I’M STILL SURPRISED

She and Jaxon are similar but not at the same time??? I mean they both love Komaba Sushi (I figured ever since Memories of Sushi ep because the bigger set was given to her while Chrome was too busy focusing on Jaxon and getting fed blah blah blah and yeah) AND THEY’RE PRETTY BLUNT but Jaxon seems to prefer choose his words while she prefers to choose her actions

The way Robin went to grab the mask and practically suffocated Jaxon had me giggling, LIKE DO THEY JUST HAVE IT ON STANDBY???

Like he was so happy to see her and now he’s getting choked by his hair in the mask

Anyways when Robin was surprised she knew him I figured he’d put two and two together, since in the first ep he knew Jaxon was part of Team Pendragon and so was she? Mini plot hole I suppose

BUT YEAH I noticed throughout the episode Robin kept defending Multi from Sigrid even though he keeps getting cut off which, GAHHHHHH AND EARLIER DURING THE VOTES SHE TRIED TO COMFORT HIM they’re adorable honestly

anyways the reactions when Robin and Jaxon find out they’re sisters 😭

THIS IS THE MOST HORRIFIED EXPRESSION IVE SEEN JAXON EXPRESS IM CRYING WHY DOES HE LOOK SO MORTIFIED

and later on we get a look at baby Multi and Sigrid, WHICH OMG I WANNA DRAW MULTI WITH SHORT HAIR NOW

and…. Babadudum…. You guessed it… why I’m immediately posting my reaction to this….

We get a lovely momentary session where Chrome is slowly continuing to lose it over Jaxon in the corner of a room while Sigrid sits there like the bestie who has to hear about her friend’s relationship problems

CHROME YES I WANTED TO SEE YOU BUT NOT LIKE THIS, HAVE A DAMN SLICE OF LIFE MOMENT OR SOMETHING HELP

and thennnn some shady shit just casually breaks into Komaba Sushi and steals the bey plans Multi had. Hello, how does no one spot this THEY HAVE TWO HUGE ASS BUILDINGS SURROUNDING THEM???

[saryasy]

seriously people how fucking hard is it to give people credit for their ideas???