i was obsessed the first time i saw someone post leon on that stupid panda rocker but i was never able to find raw footage of it lol, so i decided to compile leon with all the playground interactions because i love him <3
for those confused about the boop-o-meter, when you opt in it will give you a little button next to your username that other people will be able to click and send you a notification that says boop! a little cat paw will appear on your screen for a second when you do it to other people
if you opt out for the day, the button wont be there. and if you hover over it for a few seconds, it'll do a little spin and then you can do a super boop!
i'm having thoughts about amatonormativity and why it sucks and they're long-winded and hard to properly express bc it's late at night but i wanted to share them so i summarized them with a meme
this realization brought to you by the realization that a lot of people who say acephobic shit without actively denying asexuality exists just mentally swapped "virgin" for "asexual" and carried on with their lives. this best evidenced by people being "accepting" of asexual women but ignoring/erasing asexual men.
i won't explain myself any further but. y'know. my thesis on love.
[image description: two images, mostly black text on a pale pink background.
the first image is a cycle made of three parts, flowing in both directions. the three parts are labeled "consumption", "confinement", and "codependency" with "co" in parentheses. in the middle of the circle are the words "love as:", so that the viewer will read it as "love as consumption", "love as codependency", and "love as confinement".
the second image has text split into three columns.
the first column is titled "codependency" and subtitled "i need you because:". the points are as follows:
"i can't live without you"
"you have changed me in some vital way"
"you are necessary to my continued survival"
"i am not myself without you"
"we are intrinsically connected"
"you made me what i am / make me what i am".
the second column is titled "confinement" and subtitled "i need you, so:". the points are as follows:
"i need you to be protected -> i need to be the one to protect you -> i can only do that when you're near me"
"don't leave me -> you can't leave".
the third column is titled "consumption" and subtitled "i need you to:". the points are as follows:
I think my role on this earth is to serve as a reminder to really boring people that you can still vocally support people who are wild freaks, and a reminder to wild freaks that some people just like being really boring.
ok because I'm a sucker for this and really curious. if one character of your ship was to die and the surviving character wanted revenge, which one of them would be scarier on their quest for revenge?
Petition for artists to stop calling their art 'sketches' and 'doodles' unless it's actually a sketch (quick, unfinished pencil on paper or the digital equivalent). It probably sounds like I'm kidding but I'm genuinely not; as an artist who used to tag lots of stuff this way, I thought it was a humble way of saying 'eh it's not that great' but then I'd turn around and see some artist whose skill is WAY out of my league saying the same shit about their gorgeous, full color art. And whether or not the intent is self depreciating (which is bad in itself), the takeaway I'd always get is 'this was easy and I didn't spend very much time on it'. Cuz that's what a sketch IS, it's something low effort and unfinished. And not to sound salty but it's a bit of a 'fuck you' to people at lower skill levels who would probably chop off a limb to turn out something that good. It then slowly dawned on me that I must be the 'fuck you'-er to some people, cuz we're all our own worst critics and I know some people really do like my art, regardless of how I might feel about it.
Anyway I highly doubt anyone's intentions are really 'fuck you', I'm sure yr all doing it for similar reasons as mine were, but it's a bit hurtful and disheartening nonetheless. If you put effort into your piece, be proud of it! Otherwise ppl are gonna think 'wow if THIS is just a doodle, what the hell am I even doing?'
Edit: hi hello, idk if anyone's gonna see this edit bc that's not how rbing works on this hellsite but I uh.. don't really agree with this sentiment anymore lol. Like yes, I do find it annoying and I do think artists should take more pride in their work but like. Getting upset everytime you see 'sketch' etc is just a shitty way to live yr life. I've been trying to get over it with mixed results but my point is, don't get mad at artists for tagging their shit a certain way please and thank you😭🙏
This au is so specifically for me but in case there are any other trigun fans who are also tma fans, I present to you: Desolation Vash
More thoughts under the cut
So the desolation in tma "is a manifestation of pain, loss and unthinking or cruel destruction" (TMAwiki). And most of Vash's story is about the destruction caused (unintentionally) by and (more intentionally) around him in some of the most horrifically cruel ways possible despite his best efforts to keep such a thing from happening.
Not all the avatars in tma fully embrace their powers, so I don't think it's out of the question for Vash to continue to resist his own powers and try as hard as he can to keep from causing more destruction. However, just like in canon, how he's used by Knives as an excuse to destroy or as a tool to facilitate that destruction, the desolation now uses him to cause destruction. He has leveled entire cities in a matter of seconds under the control of the desolation, so he tries to avoid others. But unfortunately he's a social creature and inevitably ends up in another town, another city, and the catalyst of yet another life shattering event. His blames burn bright and hot. And his emotions only cause them the burn more intensely.
Charlotte Squad- map of my mutuals based on Blogs Like This One
A connection between two blogs denotes that at least one of the blogs showed up on Blogs Like This One for the other blog
Colors are an algorithm thing that outlines closely clustered areas to help make sense of crowded areas sorta. It means nothing more than that but I think it's helpful and the colors make the map look nicer :)
Happy to answer any questions
List of everyone and how many others they connect to below the cut