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The most fun thing about MASH is that all of the things your MASH-watching mutuals say about it, that sound unhinged on the level of Supernatural posts, are actually objectively true about the show

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“Being Spider-Man is so easy! I wake up, skip the workout because I’m naturally buff and I don’t wanna get too big, ya know?”

-Pavitr Prabhakar

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Ok ok ok I'm getting emotional. Lemme be corny for a minute..they had an Indian spiderman. A whole superhero who is INDIAN. Not a sidekick. Not a tech guy. A hero. Who does hero things!!! And is unabashedly, whole heartedly desi. His world is desi without being tragedy porn. Like yes show us Bombay traffic! Show us ads for zomato!!! And aunty ke saath shaam ki chai! Show us people pilled on a scooter with no regard for safety!!! Pavitr Prabhakar is amazing and I love him with my entire little desi heart.

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Ok I get where everyone is coming from when they see the design of Pavitr ‘Pav’ Prabhakar aka Indian SpiderMan as an expression of gender queerness, but let me be frank this is very typical Indian male costuming.

Even the toxic masculine patriarchal men have similar stylistic expressions or to be be more precise this is a traditional/historical/ye olde male aesthetic.

Having said that I love what design elements are being used here. So…

Let's take it from the top.

The FACE MASK

The Three Colors surrounding the eyes are typical spider man colours but they are done to evoke the image the traditional makeup done for the ancient dance art Kathakali. In which the whole face is painted and bold lines are drawn to emphasise/exaggerate the eyes. These eye mask lines are usually thin - bold-thin.

Same with the white lines on the cheek bones which are indicative of tusks or pincers of demons or Animorphs in folklore/myths.

The white dot in the centre of the forehead is the most common Hindu motif, expressed in myriad of ways all over the country .

The ARM/LEG BANDS/CUFFS

The bicep cuff is a part of Indian historic armour - made of malleable metal, its bejewelled ornate counterparts were then worn in day to day life. Here in the north Royals still wear it during big ceremonies. These metal bands are generally worn by warriors.

bangles (metal circles worn at wrists) are an important male accessory and are more daily wear even in present modern times, some religions (Sikh,Jain etc.) require the males to always wear one at all times. The ones on the suit were more in the shape of wrist guards which again were an armour accessory. In Indian male clothing the cuffs are usually emphasised.

Due to traditional male footwear being sandals metal ankle cuffs were employed to guard the shins and were worn during wars while thinner bands - ornamental accessories - were worn in daily wear.

There are so many other things I want to elaborate on like: The PATTERNS/LOGO,The LEG GARMENT (??!)(what’s the collective term for clothes for legs?), The Cat’s Cradle swinging/body animation ; but my ADHD is already acting up so imma leave this here.

SIDE NOTE:

I love how the heel and toes are bare in this design. It makes sense from the spider powers perspective - no barrier in contact allows for better manoeuvring and jump control as is seen in gymnastics. But also because in Hindu culture important tasks including some traditional sports require the removal of footwear and getting feet dirty is not discouraged (of course with an adherence to washing of the feet multiple times in a day)

I also loved how incorporated his wrist guard is in his spider style using it as a toy and a tool. This aspect of making use of something in a completely different way was so desi ‘Jugaad’ I was stunned.

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big round belly hate is unreal it's like "oh I let capitalism dictate my views on what's a good body" my brother the INSTANT you let go of what influencers and weight loss corporations want you to believe you open your third fucking eye and see that big bellies are actually quite probably THE sexiest and most beautiful feature a human can have

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FREE Texture Pack for CSP, Krita, SAI, and more

Something to go with those brushes I released last month: NATURAL MATERIALS V.1 is a small collection of [free!] texture overlays created from scans I made 5 years ago that I finally put to use. Should mostly work in any program that can open .PSD files. :D

Itch.io: https://tombofnull.itch.io/natural-materials-texture-pack

For more fun, Pair this with the STIPPLE BEAST brush pack: https://tombofnull.itch.io/stipple-beast-brush-pack

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every few months rich people start up a new debate about how often you should shower and all of them have the very strict opinion that it's at least once a day despite consistently being told that 2-4 times a week is actually better for your skin unless you're getting downright disgusting every day. they're always absolutely appalled. like every time i see an interview with some random rich person they are DISGUSTED by the idea of not showering every single day. i genuinely can't tell if they're always serious or just embarrassed by their habits but i can say with 100% confidence that these rich people would not survive one day with any poor person i've ever met

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interested in something here

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what's a non-covid reason that you like wearing a mask for? mine is that it hides my mouth-breathing on long flights of stairs

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taylor (lifeline) propaganda!! mild spoilers for lifeline (the whole series)

- they’re a non-binary stem student who won a lottery to go to space and they crashlanded on a distant moon, with only you to guide them to safety.

- they’re constantly being hunted by an alien hive mind known as the greens. they blow up their rescue ship using diy explosives to open a black hole. they encounter their alternate universe self who is occupied by the greens.

- they manage to avoid being occupied too by throwing themself and their other self into the black hole. they survive attempts on their life by a HAL 9000-GLaDOS hybrid computer and watch their alternate self die. they save a bunny.

- they make obscure pop culture references and make bad puns and are so silly even in the face of incomprehensible otherworldly terrors.

- please vote for them they’re my best friend they’re my blorbo in my phone you probably played lifeline when it was the free app of the week.

- they have a scar on their butt.

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