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A fanart for The Untamed's 6th anniversary. "处处吻，忘羡"

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Eye of the Storm, by Harut Danielyan, 2025

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This 28-second video is somehow a full-length novel to me. Astonishing.

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Thank you for introducing me to them they are Fabulous!

I am realizing that I've not see any love for Haute & Freddy on my dash, and it's time to fix that:

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Gigachad ftw

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Magic. Cool cool cool. I'm physically in shock though so

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very vine indeed

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tiktoks with vine energy pt. 3

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Momo – Official Trailer (english) (2025) | Directed by Christian Ditter

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG MOMOMOMOMOMOMOMO OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG MOMOMOMOMOMOMOMO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This one hit lots of the old half-healed spots. "he didn't need to support me or hold me or be kind to me - he had already been kind, at one point, and now that job was over." Job over, minimal effort, one and done, nothing ever consistent or truly invested. Poisonous dreadful entitlement to emotional labor as well as domestic labor and every other kind of daily weekly monthly yearly work. Real life work. I had 1,000 jobs, he had 1.

it became like a point system, i guess.

it wasn't that he never did anything romantic or wonderful. he would do these things for me on occasion almost ritualistically - after i'd exhibited about four or five different breakdowns. he would finally book tickets to the symphony. we would finally spend a weekend in the mountains, drinking wine and listening to audiobooks. we would finally go on some serious expedition somewhere - no longer than a week, but it was felt. and those things would be 500, 700, 9000 points.

(at the time, as you know, i hadn't realized yet that it was always things that pertained to his interests. we did not go to poetry slams, we went to long and weird contemporary music festivals. we did not go to my places or be with my people - it was his places, his people. as ashamed as i am to admit it now: when he did begrudgingly allow me to cart him to my things, it still somehow became a point in his favor. that i brough him to the beautiful, sacred place of Acadia National Park earned him the 500 points - for his patience. for his willingness. for his sanctimony.)

and then he would cash in on those points and do virtually nothing. meanwhile, i'd buy dinner or send a card or call first or send a loving text or bring him little gifts. and these were all small things. they were 100, 200 points. i'd do this stupid, feminine, evil little domestic labor: the socks off the floor or getting groceries or remembering to turn the lights off or putting the seat down or whatever. the small "oopsie" partner things that you are supposed to accept. and those were all valued very low, as if i was in some kind of emotional arcade game. they'd be 5, 10, sometimes (in particularly rough moments) up to 50 points, if i was very generous with my cleaning and/or emotional supporting and/or romantic effort.

but the whole time, like clockwork, he'd call in on the points. remember when we went to new hampshire? or babe i just planned a date for you last month. on one very sweet moment, i remember him saying, without irony - why would i plan your birthday. i got you what you wanted for christmas. i am born in july, on the first. it had been 7 entire months. i had sent him the gift i had wanted - on reflection, had i not wanted him to "claim points" on something he hadn't put effort into? or was i just scared i'd be confronted with that same knowledge we've all had when opening a lackluster, terrible gift - this is fucking nothing. he claimed the points anyway, and i let him.

i don't know why i allowed it. i'm a feminist. i was already actively writing about emotional labor, all of that. but when you are raised in a house that loves anger, your whole body becomes an echo. you can't hear your own pain over the ache of your history. maybe it's just that it did feel - through catholic guilt or though my past or through my own passive and stupid fawning nature - like it made sense. yes, he did take me on a date last month! so what if he said i looked like a sausage in that dress (fully knowing of my eating disorder)? he had taken me on the date, which was kind of him.

i keep remembering how confused he was each time, holding up these little points in front of me. other men do it too sometimes - the men who assume they've earned enough "friendship" points to fuck me - but he was just so earnest about it. he didn't need to support me or hold me or be kind to me - he had already been kind, at one point, and now that job was over.

and i would stand in that little arcade of our lives and see my own score, bright and blazing above me. millions of points ahead of him, somehow, just because i was constantly trying. and i'd try to point it out to him and i would feel sort of dumb and obvious doing it. who can say i do your laundry is equivalent to we went to disney. but there it was, and there we were: him asking to win the biggest prize. the bright green monkey. and me, begging him - i just need you to show up for me consistently.

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glorious

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OMG I would wallpaper my entire house with these. Incredible!

Jo Brown

Biologist and artist

Journals

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Oh lovely

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@mrsevanpetersblog this is the guy I've been meaning to show you. CatDad is awesome.

This is so wholesome

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Locked Tomb Ladies

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so pretty oh my gosh

Lol guess who got carried away with a sharpie tattoo

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Adorable holy smokes!

The Anne Shirley Opening dropped and Naoko Yamada has delivered yet another masterpiece.

Love everything about it, be it the song or the animation itself. It captures her personality so well, as well as the nature of the show. Just the way they captured her body language is perfect.

Some really strong openings this anime spring season, but this is a top contender.

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Minecraft paradise lol