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Knitter's Soliloquy

By Adam Cleevely

Find Mr.C on TikTok under Cleevelyknits

Alas, Horatio, my gage is off.

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True gentleman can rock a skirt

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I think the only thing I don't agree with you on is your dislike for nostalgia, otherwise you're one of my favorite internet critters. Ironically, I think one of the reasons I find so much joy in your posts is because you remind me of how one of my childhood friends was. Why the hatred for nostalgia?

I don't hate reminiscing on old things, I just dislike the usage of Nostalgia as this quick, cheap tool in invoking an emotional response out of someone. I don't like how 99% of the world uses nostalgia - they treat it as a novel, disposable little referential device, or as an aesthetic veneer to mask a poorly-executed creative work.

Your melodies aren't any less shallow just because you learned what tape distortion and pitch warble is. Your TV show isn't any less poorly written just because you've dressed it up in an 80s theme. Your movie isn't good merely because it references an older movie I actually have a fondness for.

And yet it works on people, time and time again, they fall for this cheap party trick. It reaps your sentimentality and leaves you a bloodless husk that can't discern the real feeling from the manufactured. When done so lazily, it becomes akin to emotional manipulation.

Nostalgia has become such a common creative tool, it begs the question how novel the concept truly is anymore and what value it has in our community and culture in general. Nostalgia is a tool that should be used to inspire and iterate upon, not to wallow in.

Our fondness for things shouldn't be anchored to the past, lest we give up on the prospects of a future where something new and beautiful appears before us. I see people trapped in their own memories and it saddens me, because it means they've given up on the concept of experience. It's a false comfort to believe that the ghosts of the past can bring you happiness in your future.

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About the 'Skizz Situation' and why the fan community is not being a good representation of what it wants to claim.

Before I get started, I need y'all to read this with an open mind and an open heart. This is not an attack on you, or at all. It is me pointing out what I see and hoping to bring stuff to your attention. For those who don't know, the 'light' (and ultimately not entirely correct) synopsis going around is that Skizz got a donator asked Skizz to say 'trans rights' and he didn't because it was 'too political'. The reality? Skizz was chilling and vising with his chat having some good times and stuff, didn't vet the dono before starting to read it outloud, and that dono more or less said that they were a 'long time' viewer of Skizz and (the wording almost felt aggressive/accusing) didn't feel he did enough for the community and wanted him to say Trans rights. Skizz in the moment and trying to keep things light said he was just wanting to vibe with his chat and didn't want his channel to address things too 'political' (he clarified later he meant Polarizing) and he has nothing against nobody. He then followed up in the comments that clarification (which, lets be real, it is polarizing) that he didn't want his community to foster hatred in his comment section and its not the forum to have those debates (which is FINE. He is allowed to have boundaries. Those boundaries were set not just for himself but to protect his LGBTQ+ watchers) and of course he supports the LGBTQ+ community and Trans rights. Something else I wish to point out: This donator claimed to be a long time viewer of Skizz. Frankly I don't believe them or anyone who who is listening to any of this. He has been MORE than open about his support of the community in the past, and often. His last stream before all this was even him talking with Gem and Lizzy, two Bi women, about Bi stuff. That dono was made to stir the pot. To either make him say something to cause hatred in his comment space, or make him slip up and get the community to dislike him. So- how is the community a poor representation of what we claim? Well a lot of the claims the LGBTQ+ community makes is wanting people to grow. To want Allies. To support other discriminated groups. So- They see this Man- this DISABLED man (Skizz has MS) who has OPENLY SUPPORTED them in the past, make a slip up of words, and refuse to understand where is is coming from, why he may want to keep things 'good vibes' and just more normalized (because the very much Gay coded jokes and stuff he and Imp and Gem and the others make NORMALIZES the community which is AMAZING), Who himself is straight and comes from a very red state so may not 100% understand how to word what he means correctly, and basically tries to burn him at the stake. To take away his income. People want to Boycott him over this. To basically destroy his life. (Because he quit his Job to be a full time content creator, and he is still a very small one at that.) Tell me, how does that make anyone ever want to support this community? How does that show kindness and understanding? To make people want to grow? How does any of this treatment make you the better person? Because, long story short, it doesn't.

Now some of you are bringing up his mods, how two may be trump supporters. True or not (I haven't seen evidence of this? But I won't dismiss it), you also need to think of a few things in terms of that. They have been his mods for 5+ years. Mods often are close and friends of the streamers, especially small streamers which he is/was. People, can be friends with people of different political parties. You may not want to, but when I tell you that cutting people off because of a political opinion is new, its NEW. And a lot from the older gen wouldn't even dream of it. Furthermore they are (as far as I know) volunteers. He does not pay them (again, small streamer). He needs mods to run his channels and without them he can not do his job safely, especially for his community. And many people will not do this job for Free (at least not well). He can't just replace them overnight. Give him time to have those hard conversations if he chooses to have them. It's not like they have even brought those beliefs into their work or his streams. Long story short, Be good. Not just to each other but to Skizz himself. Have the understanding you would want people to have for you if you slip up with good intentions. Crucifying someone who supports y'all does nothing good for this community.

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Napoleon caring for Illya and coming to her defense and Illya having a minor breakdown over it </3 she’s not sure what to do about her deepening feelings for this brash American woman

(Yayy my first scroll comic ofc it’s UNCLE lol)

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Ren: Great. Um. Cleo: (softly) It's really cute. Ren: And yeah. That was our first--(overlapping Cleo) first group dinner together. Cleo: (overlapping Ren) I am so stressed about meeting you guys. Ren: Nooo, don't be. It'll be fine. Cleo: You just explained to me how stressed you were, Ren. (two seconds of silence) Ren: It was a good stress, though. It was like a, "oh, these are my friends that I've known forever, but now I get to look in their eyes, this is so nice." Kind of stress. Scar: You can touch their hair. (two seconds of silence) I'm just kidding-- Cleo: Oh, I'm-I'm gonna have--(Ren bursts into laughter, and Scar laughs as well) Scar: I'm just being weird, I'm doing-I'm being weird. (they calm down) Ren: I did touch Cub's hair, Cub has a magnificent head of hair. Cleo: He does have like. Hair hair, doesn't he? It's really thick. Ren: Oh, dude, his hair is-his hair is amazing. It's like (he makes an explosion sound with his mouth) It's like a poof, dude, it's so awesome. Scar: And he's also good at everything. Ren: Yep, he is good at-he is good at everything. Cleo: Oh, we knew that-- Ren: --Including dive bombing into lakes. Scar: Talk about "dive bombing into lakes" (Ren laughs) See, the best part about it, Cleo, if you get annoyed with me-- Cleo: (reacting to Pearl's message) Aww, Pearl. Scar: --you can literally just wheel me away. Be like, done with you now. Cleo: I--Scar, I've never managed to do that on this server, how would I start in real life? (Ren and Scar laugh) I can't walk away from anyone. But Pearl's just said, "if it's any consolation, this group is the most comfortable group of people I've come across." Aw.

Ren: Aw. Cleo: "I'm more comfortable being around the hermits than those I've known since high school." That's really sweet. Ren: Awww. Wait, who said that. Cleo: Pearl. Scar: Pearl. Ren: Oh, Pearl! Scar: Pearlie Pop. Ren: Pearlie Pops. Cleo: (softly, sweet) Pearl is with me--Pearl's just listening to us talk about this. Ren: Aww. Cleo: (same soft voice) So, yeah. (normal voice) It's-it's nice, it's nice to hear.

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I found this rotting in my files, and I don't really remember the context , but I felt like it needed to be shared with the world.

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I found this rotting in my files, and I don't really remember the context , but I felt like it needed to be shared with the world.

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Luke and Maya thought they were so funny for this

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this makes me so happy for some reason

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no

i a sick :)

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I absolutely love chibi horny, but its so uncommon to see. Your art is very good, and I love it!

U GET IT

art that is both cute and horny is so peak and a cause i will happily dedicate my life to

also thank u very much!!! 🙏🙏 much appreciated

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OMG OMGO GMGOM OMG OMG

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https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdQuxw52/

I think I found my new favorite rabbit hole. This voice actor does Shakespeare scenes in a southern accent and I need to see the whole damn play. Absolutely beautiful