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No one does queer representation quite like One Piece.

Allow me to explain in great detail.

I’m going to talk about the queer rep in Impel Down, and you’d best buckle up cause it’s rant time.

Impel Down is one of my favorite arcs because I love the story line, it’s downright hilarious, and Luffy’s struggle to rescue Ace is incredibly compelling.

But there is another reason why I love Impel Down so much, and that’s the queer rep that utterly knocked me off my feet.

Now, I’ve come to accept that queer representation in anime (not touching on any other media in this rant) is generally nonexistent or extremely rare… if you’re watching anything other than a BL.

On the rare occasion that we do find some LGBT rep it is usually extremely subtle, and shown exclusively in convoluted subtext and minuscule details that are easily overlooked. While this representation is so incredibly meaningful to everyone who’s able to pick it out, the subtly makes it all the more easy for homophobes to argue that it was never in the first place.

Keeping all this in mind, I finally picked up One Piece several months ago after refusing to watch it for a long-assed time (It was too long and I thought the art style was weird. Dear god have I eaten my words.) I’d heard on social media that One Piece was big on trans representation, but I wasn’t prepared at ALL for what I’d find in that department.

I had NOT expected to find One Piece’s treasure trove of LGBT characters in Impel Down of all pleases, and the shock factor made it so much better.

The arc had already been chaotic as fucking hell by the time Luffy reunited with Bon Clay, and their reunion made me tear up. Like dude!

I hadn’t been particularly attached to Bon Clay before but THIS ^ was it. This scene right here, he wormed his way into my heart istfg.

Can we appreciate this scene please?! The sparkles in the background?? The leg lifting?! The REUNION HUG?!?! I love this so dearly not just because it’s fucking ADORABLE but because of what it *says.*

Bon Clay is an outwardly queer character, and Luffy absolutely adores him. Those two are best friends and we treat queer people with respect and they are good people. We can be friends with them and allies with them and they aren’t something to shy away from just because they’re different.

Be fucking for real. The representation is so positive, and it never ceases to blow me away.

If you thought that this representation was enough YOU WERE WRONG because this BARELY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE.

Iva. Emperio Ivankov. The Queen of the Queers. He is a gender fluid ICON and a literal drag queen. His special attack is a wink that blows shit up. His Devil Fruit ability is quite literally hormone therapy.

Do I need to say more?

THATS RIGHT, I FUCKING DONT

Now, this is One Piece we’re talking about, so naturally characters are going to be wildly exaggerated but ARE YOU KIDDING

IVA’S ABILITY IS HORMONE THERAPY. HE CHANGES PEOPLE’S GENDER AS AN ATTACK. HIS POWER WORKS THROUGH SYRINGE NEEDLES THAT POP OUT FROM UNDER HIS ACRYLIC NAILS.

I love Iva so fucking much words cannot describe 😭

Oda didn’t just say “look, I made a queer character” he really said “fuck it, nuclear option it is.” It is literally impossible to ignore the fact that Iva is LGBT, and One Piece’s queer rep is SO IN YOUR FACE, especially in Impel Down. It’s impossible to ignore, which is the stark opposite from the usual business with “implied” queer characters in anime.

Implied? HAH.

There is a kingdom of gay people living INSIDE THE WALLS of the biggest prison in the world. They are led by a gender fluid drag queen and run a strip club bar in the middle of a fucking prison, where they drag new gays through the cracks in the walls to join them.

Dude.

I love One Piece so much.

All joking aside, the introduction of Iva and his kingdom of gays drove me to tears. Like deadass. The representation literally drove me to tears, I was sobbing.

Why? Because it was so positive.

Do you know how meaningful that is?

It made me fucking cry, man.

Iva’s speech introducing his gay kingdom, like goddamn. I can’t even remember exactly what he said because I was crying the whole time.

“We’re here and we’re queer.” That’s a quote from fucking One Piece, dude. I can’t, I can’t.

It wasn’t just the introduction of Iva’s kingdom or the LITERAL LESBIAN COUPLE SITTING AT THE BAR, it was the way the sense of community was presented.

We’re called the LGBTQ Community and I don’t know if Oda’s a member or not but HOT damn if he doesn’t know what it means to be a part of it.

I’m talking about the Luffy situation. He fought the Warden and got his ass handed to him. He was poisoned to all hell and about to die at 17 but Bon picked him up and carried him to Iva’s Kingdom. He’s wanted to meet Iva his whole life but by the time he did he was more worried about Luffy’s condition than anything else.

And then we find out that Luffy had insisted that Bon get medical treatment before he did. What a guy. When Iva got Luffy, he said that it was a lost cause to try and overcome the poison. But he was willing to give it a try anyway.

Let’s discuss.

Iva injected Luffy with hormones to help him beat the poison. Luffy underwent hormone therapy. (I will cling to this tidbit of information forever, YOU CANT TAKE IT FROM ME.) When Bon woke up, he demanded to see Luffy.

Iva warned him about what he would find, but brought Bon to Luffy at his request. When Bon found Luffy, he found his friend chained up and screaming in excruciating pain. We didn’t see Luffy in full at all during this time, but when Bon looked through the door he was horrified.

He got defensive. He started yelling at Iva, saying that the person inside that room was not the Luffy he knew.

Iva was firm, and told Bon that Luffy was going through a tough challenge, and he would be different afterwards, but he was still the same Luffy.

Do you see it? Can you read between the lines? This exchange made me sob all over again. Why? I urge you to think about it, to see the underlying message here.

Bon broke down into tears, realizing that Luffy was fighting for his life. He apologized and took back his harsh words.

Then he spent hours outside Luffy’s cell, screaming till his throat was raw and cheering him on. He couldn’t do anything to help Luffy, Luffy was fighting this battle on his own. But he could be there for him.

I ask you again, do you see it?

As the hours passed, others in Iva’s kingdom trickled out to see what Bon was doing. They told him to stop screaming, that it was useless. They mocked him, told him he was being a fool.

Then Iva stood up for him, and told them to see Bon for what he was doing. He couldn’t help Luffy, but he could cheer him on. He could be there for him.

Within moments, the entire kingdom was outside Luffy’s cell. Cheering him on. Encouraging him. Supporting him. They didn’t know who he was but they saw him fighting and immediately backed him up.

It isn’t just representation, merely the presence of a queer character or even an entire kingdom of gays that makes it meaningful. It’s how those characters are shown, how they behave.

Oda could have thrown in a queer character here and there and left it at that, but he went out of his way to show the incredible support system that this community provided. They jumped to Luffy’s aid. They were so supportive and cheered him on until he beat the poison. They fought alongside him… and you know what else?

When Luffy woke up, he accepted them in a heartbeat. He didn’t question anything, just saw a bunch of people and thought “huh. New friends!”

Oda’s representation is exaggerated as much as it is painstakingly accurate in nature and positive to a tee. Obviously it isn’t perfect. Iva and the squad were still mocked, called “freaks” and “weirdos.”

But it’s about Luffy. How Luffy behaves. How Luffy reacts. Even in the face of how the rest of society views Iva and his kingdom, Luffy sees them as friends and allies and doesn’t give a singular shit if they’re gay or not.

Luffy accepts everyone, and he doesn’t draw the line at queer people. The aroace king himself. You heard it here, Luffy is the ultimate ally.

Of course I’m not even scraping the surface on this topic and Oda’s representation is in no way perfect, but Impel Down remains the greatest example of queer rep that I’ve seen this far.

You gotta give credit where credit is due ✨

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love it when the light flirts with my collar bones so cute of her

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Dash Snow

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Tianmen Mountain by Alex Berger

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The Dining Room after Lunch by Maxime Maufra

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thank you Twitter timeline for conveniently showing me this tweet, proving my point!!!

the Astrology of Naruto (chaotic mode)

I'm not sure if this has been done before and if it has I hope I'm not cramping on your style:

This comes from me being inspired to look up Naruto's son Boruto's birthday and realizing theres a whole list of birthdays for many major main characters from all 3 shows (Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden, & Boruto).

This is my undrafted, copy-pasted-to-be-formatted-and-expanded-upon take from my crazy twitter thread about an hour or two ago. This is a relatively live reaction to seeing how each character is symbolized by their sun sign whether its through small behavioral traits or overarching characters themes. PS spoilers for all of Naruto but none for Boruto, I... HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! I'm a sucker for a main show using its sequel to critique the generational differences of war-torn versus peaceful times.

Those in bold are specifically mentioned-

♑️: guy, gaara, konohamaru, hinata

♒️: minato, the 2nd & 3rd hokage, shino

♓️: tenten, sakura

♈️: sidenote*

♉️: choji, kankuro, killer bee

♊️: iruka, itachi

♋️: neji, kiba

♌️: sasuke, lady tsunade, yamato

♍️: temari, kakashi

♎️: shikamaru, ino, naruto, asuma

♏️: 1st hokage, jiraiya, shizune

♐️: rock lee, sai

lets break it down CARDINALLY folks:

CAPRICORN KING GAARA!! LAND OF WIND'S YOUNGEST KAZEKAGE HAS A CARDINAL SUN?? TRAUMA SPECIFICALLY INDUCED BY HIS FATHER? SATURN I SEE U! ✅

MANSPLAIN MANIPULATE EVIL-SUPREMACY NEJI IS ABSOLUTELY A CANCER SUN! one thing abt me, i praise every sign but ill never forgive the water signs for always finding a way back to being their stereotypes. & some mild joking hate to cancers (especially the evil ones) but neji is a perfect example of family-backed trauma because he was motivated to beat the shit out of his baby cousin and for what... revenge for his dad bc of generational beef? piss off & die to death LOL ✅

I've always known he was a Libra... BUT NARUTO WHO IS OBSESSED WITH HIS FRIENDS SO MUCH THAT HE WANTS TO BE THE GUY WHO PROTECTS THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES? A KING WHO IS A BIGHEARTED CRYBABY WHO WANTS HIS FRIENDS TO SUCCEED AND BECOME BETTER THAN THEY ARE & SHIKAMARU THE OBJECTIVE KING WHO BECOMES THE FIRST IN HIS ERA/GRADUATING CLASS TO BECOME A CHUNIN, YES THEY ARE ABSOLUTE LIBRA LEGENDS ✅

*Naruto's first 2 series has no Aries sun lead! which is so interesting because his fucking child is an Aries! so the sequel show (which leads with his child Boruto instead of him) leads with Naruto's cardinal opposition! so seeing their dynamic as a Libra father & an Aries child? how theyre so alike yet so different? YEAH THATS LITERAL ASTROLOGY 5️⃣/5️⃣ 🏆🥇🎖🏅✨⭐️🌟💫

lets FIXate on how to break this down:

MINATO IS AN AQUARIUS?! THE GUY WHO'S DUMBASS IDEA IT WAS TO SEAL THE BIGGEST BADDEST DEMON IN THE CURRENT WORLD IN A NEWBORN BABY WITHOUT CONSENT, THE GUY WHO NAMES HIS CHILD AFTER THE MC THAT HIS SENSEI WROTE IN A SERIES ABOUT SOFT PORN? BUT ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY: THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE RAASENGAN, A WINDSTYLE NINJUTSU, IS AN AIR SUN?? ✅

Choji & Jiraiya are self explanatory in the most stereotypical of Taurus & Scorpio suns' ways respectively NONETHELESS with Choji's snackabilities and Jiraiya's horniness its too obvious and on the nose that IDK which came first, their birthdates or the general description for these characters. BUT THE FIRST HOKAGE BECOMING THE FIRST LEADER FOR THEIR VILLAGE AFTER THE FIRST GREAT NINJA WAR (? im like unsure abt this, this specifically is an unsourced claim, remembering war details from shippuden feels like eating rocks), BUT HIM BEING A SCORPIO AKA A MARS RULED SUN SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT ✅✅✅

YAMATO: THE ONLY GUY ALIVE WITH WOODSTYLE NINJUTSU?? SASUKE: THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF THE UCHIHA CLAN MASSACRE??? LADY TSUNADE: THE ONLY LADY HOKAGE WITH A GAMBLING ADDICTION AND THE LUCK OF GARBAGE FIRE TO THIS DAY?? LEO SUNS, BECAUSE U GUYS THERE REALLY ISNT ANYONE DOING IT LIKE THEM ✅

AND IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE (mutably):

SAKURA: THE GIRL WHO CRIES WHEN HER CHILDHOOD CRUSH SPEAKS IS A PISCES SUN?? BUT ALSO THE GIRL WITH OTHERWORLDLY (PHYSICAL) STRENGTH? WORKING IN HEALTHCARE?? PISCES ICON ✅

IRUKA SENSEI WHOS BEEN THERE FOR NARUTO SINCE EPISODE ONE AND IS THE FIRST PERSON TO CATCH AND THEREFORE NURTURE NARUTO'S TRUE CHARACTER?? ITACHI THE OLDER BROTHER WHO COMMITTED WAR CRIMES AND TURNED AGAINST A WHOLE VILLAGE AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY TO PROTECT HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, THE SOLE MASSACRE SURVIVOR EVEN SO FAR AS TO PROTECT HIM FROM THE TRUTH OF WHY EVERYTHING WENT DOWN HOW IT DID? GEMINI KINGS ✅

THE METHODICAL KAKASHI AND TACTICAL TEMARI AS FUCKING VIRGO SUNS ABSOLUTELY YES BC TEMARI WAS THE STRONGEST GIRL CHARACTER WITH A SENSE OF SELF (until [redacted]), KAKASHI WAS ALWAYS GIVING OFF MUTABLE ENERGY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HIS NONCHALANT ATTITUDE ABOUT EVERYTHING, EVEN AS THE 6TH HOKAGE. THE ONLY PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE THAT I KNEW GROWING UP WHO WERE 10000% SURE OF WHO THEY WERE BEFORE THEY EVEN BECAME THEIR TRUE SELVES ARE ALL VIRGOS ✅

ROCK LEE LITERALLY OPENS EVERY GATE OF LEAF OR WHATEVER DURING A SCHOOL EXAM?? POINT TO A JUPITER SUN THAT HASNT PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR SOME DUMB SHIT!! THATS MY SAGITTARIUS KING! HE LITERALLY ALWAYS PUTS HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FOR HIS CRUSH TOO HES JUST THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF GO BIG OR GO HOME!! & CROP TOP KING SAI WHO HAS THE BRAIN OF A NEW SPONGE SOAKING IN EVERYTHING FROM EVERY INTERACTION HE HAS BC HE SEES IT ALL AS A LESSON? THATS JUPITER TO THE FUCKING CORE, I SEE YOU KING✅

Sincerely, a Sagittarius stellium ☄️

PS... I stand by this: all Naruto fans need to watch Boruto challenge!

For trackability, I'm linking my shorter-less detailed twitter thread: https://twitter.com/jupiterignited/status/1551498520070303745?s=21&t=R0BYp8qePAz6aM2AWCLprA but please by all means do everything you can to not confuse my twitter account as a space for more astrology content bc its absolutely not LOL

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the Astrology of Naruto (chaotic mode)

I'm not sure if this has been done before and if it has I hope I'm not cramping on your style:

This comes from me being inspired to look up Naruto's son Boruto's birthday and realizing theres a whole list of birthdays for many major main characters from all 3 shows (Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden, & Boruto).

This is my undrafted, copy-pasted-to-be-formatted-and-expanded-upon take from my crazy twitter thread about an hour or two ago. This is a relatively live reaction to seeing how each character is symbolized by their sun sign whether its through small behavioral traits or overarching characters themes. PS spoilers for all of Naruto but none for Boruto, I... HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! I'm a sucker for a main show using its sequel to critique the generational differences of war-torn versus peaceful times.

Those in bold are specifically mentioned-

♑️: guy, gaara, konohamaru, hinata

♒️: minato, the 2nd & 3rd hokage, shino

♓️: tenten, sakura

♈️: sidenote*

♉️: choji, kankuro, killer bee

♊️: iruka, itachi

♋️: neji, kiba

♌️: sasuke, lady tsunade, yamato

♍️: temari, kakashi

♎️: shikamaru, ino, naruto, asuma

♏️: 1st hokage, jiraiya, shizune

♐️: rock lee, sai

lets break it down CARDINALLY folks:

CAPRICORN KING GAARA!! LAND OF WIND'S YOUNGEST KAZEKAGE HAS A CARDINAL SUN?? TRAUMA SPECIFICALLY INDUCED BY HIS FATHER? SATURN I SEE U! ✅

MANSPLAIN MANIPULATE EVIL-SUPREMACY NEJI IS ABSOLUTELY A CANCER SUN! one thing abt me, i praise every sign but ill never forgive the water signs for always finding a way back to being their stereotypes. & some mild joking hate to cancers (especially the evil ones) but neji is a perfect example of family-backed trauma because he was motivated to beat the shit out of his baby cousin and for what... revenge for his dad bc of generational beef? piss off & die to death LOL ✅

I've always known he was a Libra... BUT NARUTO WHO IS OBSESSED WITH HIS FRIENDS SO MUCH THAT HE WANTS TO BE THE GUY WHO PROTECTS THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES? A KING WHO IS A BIGHEARTED CRYBABY WHO WANTS HIS FRIENDS TO SUCCEED AND BECOME BETTER THAN THEY ARE & SHIKAMARU THE OBJECTIVE KING WHO BECOMES THE FIRST IN HIS ERA/GRADUATING CLASS TO BECOME A CHUNIN, YES THEY ARE ABSOLUTE LIBRA LEGENDS ✅

*Naruto's first 2 series has no Aries sun lead! which is so interesting because his fucking child is an Aries! so the sequel show (which leads with his child Boruto instead of him) leads with Naruto's cardinal opposition! so seeing their dynamic as a Libra father & an Aries child? how theyre so alike yet so different? YEAH THATS LITERAL ASTROLOGY 5️⃣/5️⃣ 🏆🥇🎖🏅✨⭐️🌟💫

lets FIXate on how to break this down:

MINATO IS AN AQUARIUS?! THE GUY WHO'S DUMBASS IDEA IT WAS TO SEAL THE BIGGEST BADDEST DEMON IN THE CURRENT WORLD IN A NEWBORN BABY WITHOUT CONSENT, THE GUY WHO NAMES HIS CHILD AFTER THE MC THAT HIS SENSEI WROTE IN A SERIES ABOUT SOFT PORN? BUT ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY: THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE RAASENGAN, A WINDSTYLE NINJUTSU, IS AN AIR SUN?? ✅

Choji & Jiraiya are self explanatory in the most stereotypical of Taurus & Scorpio suns' ways respectively NONETHELESS with Choji's snackabilities and Jiraiya's horniness its too obvious and on the nose that IDK which came first, their birthdates or the general description for these characters. BUT THE FIRST HOKAGE BECOMING THE FIRST LEADER FOR THEIR VILLAGE AFTER THE FIRST GREAT NINJA WAR (? im like unsure abt this, this specifically is an unsourced claim, remembering war details from shippuden feels like eating rocks), BUT HIM BEING A SCORPIO AKA A MARS RULED SUN SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT ✅✅✅

YAMATO: THE ONLY GUY ALIVE WITH WOODSTYLE NINJUTSU?? SASUKE: THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF THE UCHIHA CLAN MASSACRE??? LADY TSUNADE: THE ONLY LADY HOKAGE WITH A GAMBLING ADDICTION AND THE LUCK OF GARBAGE FIRE TO THIS DAY?? LEO SUNS, BECAUSE U GUYS THERE REALLY ISNT ANYONE DOING IT LIKE THEM ✅

AND IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE (mutably):

SAKURA: THE GIRL WHO CRIES WHEN HER CHILDHOOD CRUSH SPEAKS IS A PISCES SUN?? BUT ALSO THE GIRL WITH OTHERWORLDLY (PHYSICAL) STRENGTH? WORKING IN HEALTHCARE?? PISCES ICON ✅

IRUKA SENSEI WHOS BEEN THERE FOR NARUTO SINCE EPISODE ONE AND IS THE FIRST PERSON TO CATCH AND THEREFORE NURTURE NARUTO'S TRUE CHARACTER?? ITACHI THE OLDER BROTHER WHO COMMITTED WAR CRIMES AND TURNED AGAINST A WHOLE VILLAGE AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY TO PROTECT HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, THE SOLE MASSACRE SURVIVOR EVEN SO FAR AS TO PROTECT HIM FROM THE TRUTH OF WHY EVERYTHING WENT DOWN HOW IT DID? GEMINI KINGS ✅

THE METHODICAL KAKASHI AND TACTICAL TEMARI AS FUCKING VIRGO SUNS ABSOLUTELY YES BC TEMARI WAS THE STRONGEST GIRL CHARACTER WITH A SENSE OF SELF (until [redacted]), KAKASHI WAS ALWAYS GIVING OFF MUTABLE ENERGY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HIS NONCHALANT ATTITUDE ABOUT EVERYTHING, EVEN AS THE 6TH HOKAGE. THE ONLY PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE THAT I KNEW GROWING UP WHO WERE 10000% SURE OF WHO THEY WERE BEFORE THEY EVEN BECAME THEIR TRUE SELVES ARE ALL VIRGOS ✅

ROCK LEE LITERALLY OPENS EVERY GATE OF LEAF OR WHATEVER DURING A SCHOOL EXAM?? POINT TO A JUPITER SUN THAT HASNT PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR SOME DUMB SHIT!! THATS MY SAGITTARIUS KING! HE LITERALLY ALWAYS PUTS HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FOR HIS CRUSH TOO HES JUST THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF GO BIG OR GO HOME!! & CROP TOP KING SAI WHO HAS THE BRAIN OF A NEW SPONGE SOAKING IN EVERYTHING FROM EVERY INTERACTION HE HAS BC HE SEES IT ALL AS A LESSON? THATS JUPITER TO THE FUCKING CORE, I SEE YOU KING✅

Sincerely, a Sagittarius stellium ☄️

PS... I stand by this: all Naruto fans need to watch Boruto challenge!

For trackability, I'm linking my shorter-less detailed twitter thread: https://twitter.com/jupiterignited/status/1551498520070303745?s=21&t=R0BYp8qePAz6aM2AWCLprA but please by all means do everything you can to not confuse my twitter account as a space for more astrology content bc its absolutely not LOL

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Happy Birthday, Yun Jin!

Thank you for your support. How was the song? I'd love to hear what you think about it.

It is thanks to everyone's love and support that my opera skills has continued to improve.

As it is my birthday, the audience have come especially to wish me well. I shall respond in kind by putting on the best show I can.

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PSA

avoid conforming to traditional gender norms by avoiding this common palette:

try using these palettes instead!!

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omg im glad i didnt look up genshin on twitter then LOL 😭

i feel like a new old man on the internet sometimes. Why did I look up a character from Genshin Impact on the tumblr tags without context, only to find smut? literally help I just want more info on which banner Ganyu is going to be on for the 2.4 update...

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GENSHIN LEAKS BELOW 👇

bro this new place looks absolutely insane i thought it was photoshopped 😭 Enkanomiya will be amazing to explore I can’t wait for 2.4 already

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Do you know what's going on with the 2.4 banners? I thought Xiao and possibly Ganyu were being run around the same time as Yun Jin and Shenhe, but now people are saying that it's Zhongli instead

Ngl I'll probs be upset if it is Zhongli, I've been saving with Xiao in mind and for all that effort to go to waste will be heart breaking

Xiao, Ganyu and Zhongli are the most likely candidates. Either Xiao or Ganyu 100%, but we’re probably looking more towards Xiao/Zhongli, since the genshin Twitter account made jokes about “Polearm impact” and “geo Polearm impact”. That’s just me throwing ideas out, though :)

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i feel like a new old man on the internet sometimes. Why did I look up a character from Genshin Impact on the tumblr tags without context, only to find smut? literally help I just want more info on which banner Ganyu is going to be on for the 2.4 update...

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Lisbon, Portugal, 1998. Photos by Gueorgui Pinkhassov.

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She Could Have Been a Cowboy, Anja Niemi

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mutable slander for the day: why are we sagittarius so dramatic??? is it because we're ruled by jupiter, the planet of expansion???

anyway, today im reminding everyone that astrology stereotypes are funny but wrong, mutables are the liars not scorpio...

we (sagittarius) are literally the sister sign to gemini, one of the signs ruled by the planet of communication; mercury.

honorable mention for the other mutables---

is it a mutable thing? ive always felt like the gemini stereotype for "two face" was just an ironic symptom to mutables being able to live in and outside of fantasy and reality...

pisces are also my favorite version of this hidden non-truther. as a sag stellium, i can recognize when reality is being altered by a mutable perspective. but my favorite is talking to a pisces, because they literally have the imagination of a world building creator. they can picture and hope and wish for things so far into a distinct future that you're just surprised at how much thought and energy can be put into that version of their reality. i have a few pisces sun friends who feels things and understands things with such vigor and passion that it freaks me out 80% of the time but im always 100% amazed at their intuition when these things come to fruition in some way.

my virgo besties may be earth signs but can easily switch up their perspective of reality.... i knew a virgo sun who was a staunch anti-queer republican in HS (who i knew was closeted) who is now very left, & very out and proud. i have a virgo rising friend who was staunchly anti-religion but is now deeply involved in new age spiritual practices....

my virgo sun friend WITH a sagittarius rising? dont get me started!! i love her so much but it took us a decades worth of friendship to start realizing that we were not being honest with each other! and in the superficial way, where we'd lie about "how happy we are in our relationships" and then when things blew up we'd catch up on the backlog of things we kept from each other. she's a bomb story teller FOR SURE! but my friends and i always know now to take her stories with a little grain of salt KNOWING that the next time she tells this story, there will be an entirely new perspective and meaning behind it.

i know a gemini rising who has no concept of time, they just truly live their best life on their own timeline. they will hop in and out of conversations like time and space does not exist, they will literally be the friend who can be 4 hours late to the function because they "lost track of time" doing their own thing---which do not get me wrong, theyre doing THINGS!!!! like every errand, every house chore, and also somehow talking to every person they want to talk to.

and once again: as a sag stellium, (3 personal planets and one generational) i know im being dramatic. i once called my roommate 20 times because i needed them to go to USPS for me "or else id die". my sag moon bestie sent a string of texts, anxious that they thought they had covid at 8 am... 6 hours later when i wake up to respond, im met with "nah im actually fine i was just being dramatic."

mutables are NOT bound to reality, and therefore the "objective, facts, and truth" is not our thing!!