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see the THING IS I don't feel like I ever worked hard enough to have "earned" the burnout, which is. probably how we got here.

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YIN and YANG, SUN and MOON… Sasuke and Naruto 💕

[ it’s actually a love story ]

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most frustrating thing in the world is when you really like a character who sucks, and you know they suck, so you’re chill with people who dislike or even hate them because… well they suck, you get it. but then a whole bunch of people hate them for things that just aren’t actually accurate or canon to the character and just treat these inaccurate and awful character traits as a given, so then you feel like you gotta be this scumbag’s defense attorney. free my man, he did so much awful shit but he didn’t do that

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Strangers messaging you to donate to their fundraisers are scamming you with very, very few exceptions. Strangers trying to make you feel guilty ("you are killing my family, my pet will die without you, how dare you be happy when I'm suffering", etc) to make you donate to their fundraisers are not only scamming you, they are also manipulating you.

I've made a donation post before. In retrospect, it probably looked scammy because it was about a sick cat and my phone had corrupted some of the photos without me noticing so they looked strange or had black blocks (imagine how much that fucking hurt when I went to look for photos of my recently dead cat and discovered that most of them had been wrecked at some point). But I didn't go around sending anyone asks or DMs for help, I didn't @ anyone, nothing like that. Because that is SCAMMER BEHAVIOR. That is what BOTS do. The vast majority of real people actually asking for help do anything they can to avoid looking like bots.

Don't share fundraisers that random people put in your inbox. Definitely don't click any links in messages. The very slim chance of them being a legit human being who needs help you can provide is not worth the risk of your (or your followers') info getting stolen or your money being used to fund things like human trafficking and terrorist groups (because that is what scam farms are directly linked to).

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video game rocks

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First post on a redraw of Belos. Kinda nervous

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BILLLLFFFOOOORDDD!!!!😫😫😫❤😫❤😫❤😫❤😫❤❤😫❤😭😫😭😫😭😫💕😫💕😫💕😫💕

this is for you my anonymous fella

this is an old sketch lying around, this picture even had a plot!! but unfortunately I don't remember what it was… SO enjoy a weird kiss, I think abgfhgvfjhhahhavjhj

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I keep thinking about how I My Me Strawberry Eggs could've benefited from having the main girl, Kuzuha as physically disabled. Like I'm not trying to discredit the fact that sometimes people are just natural klutzes. I, for one, am indeed a natural klutz myself.

But considering how they had Hibiki try to push her to perform a lot of physical activities the same as her other students, it's just something I look back on and could've been rewritten to enhance the character and her struggles a little and make it a bit more interesting.

The downside is that I don't think people would've taken kindly to the already problematic story of a student developing feelings for her teacher and eventually have them reciprocated. Making her physically disabled might come off as even WORSE in the eyes of a lot of viewers.

To be fair, the series is already rather progressive on its outlook on crossdressing, despite being a 2001 anime and still having, er, issues from that time period.

That said, I'm not sure if I would make Hibiki a trans woman. He seems comfortable in both appearances, if I'm being honest. So I think if I were to explore his character more, I'd like him to either remain just fond of crossdressing and/or be genderfluid.

I also feel like the side characters could've benefited from more character development. Fukae and his relationship with Himejima sort of suffers the worst and I really think I would've fully rewritten the scene where Himejima develops feelings for him.

Fukae, in general, is just such a frustrating character. Because really, I think he could've made for a solid side character. It feels like there was potential there. They just didn't do much with him until we were almost at the end point, so that's a bit irritating as well.

I realize the series is only 13 episodes, so time restraints didn't help this series, but I just have a a strange amount of love for it and just kind of wanted something better.

I also find myself once again frustrated with the equality message. I don't think the set up is terrible by any means. After all, we should also focus on people of power displaying misandry (and misogny) towards boys because that is indeed an issue that has and still is a problem for boys growing up.

But I do feel like the message falls a tad flat when you have the majority of male characters being absolute creeps to your younger girl characters. By all means, keep some of them as that way. But try and have more guys that are like, "Hey, that's really not cool. You need to knock that shit off" to display that hey, not all guys are actually that bad. Or at least have some of the boys learn that message through the series.

I just hate when messages of gender equality never seem to land right because it's kind of a topic I'm passionate about and I hate to see it always land so horribly in media.

Again, this is an old series and I can't exactly fault it too much. Hell, as mentioned before, this series could even be considered somewhat progressive for its time. But boy I sure would love to just do my own take on this series and play with some matters on how to better it a little.

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whats a stereotype for your country that you absolutely do. mine is that i unironically go "eh" and apologize a lot and i often drink maple syrup straight

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jack got boat shenanigans on my mind =_=

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i think this should have just

like

kept happening

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I'm really happy I decided to give "Kiss Him, Not Me" a chance because it exceeded the expectations I had for this series.

First off, I'm not saying it's perfect with how it treats the main character when she's fat, but I do appreciate that at least 3 out of 5 suitors express that she's beautiful regardless of how she looks.

I think the only issue I actually had was that I don't like the voice they use for when she's heavier. It bothers me because it sounds more like a stereotype or a caricature of how a fat person sounds.

But beyond that, it's treatment is better than most, so I'll at least give it that. It's kind of a "setting the bar low" thing, but you sadly have to expect that with most series like this, I'm afraid.

I also want to point out how much I love how the one girl suitor is, in my opinion, treated better and more seriously in this series than most. Like most of the time you get this impression it's just there for bait and nothing more.

Not to mention, the relationship kind of reminds me a little bit of my own romantic relationship. There's this feeling of we're excited about certain pairings and series and it very much has this "soulmate" feeling to it that I appreciated seeing in a series. It's not really something I see in media and I love the rep.

The series has its flaws, but...you know, as someone that grew up in the 90s, this is extreme progress compared to what I once had, so I will gladly take it.

I will happily move on to read the manga sometime. I've heard the ending is expanded on more (even though, truthfully? I thought the anime ended fine). Yeah, the anime is more open ended, but also...it feels more in character for Kae. At least to me, anyway.

Like yes, it'd be nice to see her end up with someone, but...also, a big reason I haven't liked certain endings before is because people get paired up and a lot of times either I'm rather neutral or I hate it and it's not really an ending I can be extremely happy with.

I actually prefer most series sometimes with an open ending because then I can choose how I wanted it to end rather than be told how everyone was paired up in the end. Unless it's a pairing I'm REALLY rooting for that looks like it's going to get together.

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you are coming down with me,

hand in unlovable hand

[prints]

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the thing about disability is it really does sometimes boil down to "wow i wish i could do that" and then you can't. and it sucks.