#I’m just so super frustrated

[eyenaku]

vent sorta because I don’t understand how like. Humans work and I’m super frustrated and I don’t have anyone to talk to rn but i need to like. say it somewhere if ykwim

I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE CANT JUST? TALK, like. WHy can't people behave in a straightforward way. It’s like there’s all these unwritten unspoken rules of social interaction and nobody tells you if they’re mad they just act different and I can’t tell if they’re mad at me or not or if they’re even acting upset?

It’s like social interaction is this super elaborate dance that I haven’t been taught and I don’t understand how to learn ? Why are there so many things and how come everyone understands it but I can’t?

I understand animals!! It’s so straightforward! I can read body language of animals get along with them easily but with people I just. I don’t understand and it’s so frustrating

I get along well with the elderly and with younger kids because they’re very? Simple? Or straightforward I guess is a better word because they don’t bother with all the extra stuff for the most part I just. Don’t get it. And people often say these demographics are very blunt! And it's like yea! That's easy to understand!! There's not 500 extra things that make no sense that I don't know what to say to keep up with everyone else!!

And it’s not something I can just? Learn either like. I try, I can pick up patterns in behavior and learn what people are feeling when they are behaving a certain way and how to like. Work around it but even then it’s really? Not good like I’m not good at it, it’s really weird feeling and usually ends up with people more upset because nobody SAYS ANYTHING if something is up?!?

I dunno I’m just really frustrated right now I don’t understand? How everything works and it’s really messing with me because Everyone Else Around Me Can Do It! I’m the outlier and it’s so weird because? It’s their behavior that seems irrational to me? Like it’s stuff that makes 0 sense so me because it has a straightforward solution or it’s just. Irrational I dunno? I don’t understand it and I can’t explain it it’s just. It weird

does this make sense to anyone else or am I like genuinely just not understanding something I should??? I don't understand anything and it's just AUHHH

hhdjchdjjd I’m so frustrated

[xxlittle-miss-horrorxx]

So a very minor nitpick on Helluva Boss….

I know I said I should only ramble with a sideblog for Helluva boss and Hazbin hotel to put a lot of u criticisms in (it’s not gonna be like an anti blog or anything, the show is still very much a guilty pleasure for me) but I just feel like getting this out of my system

I recalled seeing a critical post about Helluva boss’s lack of music diversity and how we sadly don’t see much other music genres than generic pop songs and musical numbers… They mentioned how they wish they saw more metal music and all of that and it reminded me why I have a massive issue with the show’s misusage of the word goth.

I don’t think anyone outside of the goth subculture or most people (even critical blogs) know this, but goth isn’t really a fashion aesthetic. Just like with metal, punk, and grunge, it’s a music based subculture that originated from the punk movement during the late 70s and on forward gave birth to goth as we all know.

That being said, it’s why I have a massive issue with the show labeling Loona and Octavia being goth, when they literally don’t even show signs of listening to goth music (like the Bauhaus, The Cure..) and mostly just get emo or pop songs.

Loona to me just comes off more like an emo girl than a goth, not even a mallgoth (since mallgoths are more like metalheads) since she’s shown to like bands like My Chemical Romance and even the song when searching for Octavia gave odd 2000s emo vibe. Why couldn’t y’all just went with calling her emo instead of goth 🙃🙃🙃

Now Octavia to me, could come off as a baby bat exploring the goth subculture but she always plays pop music for her and idk… I get it, most baby bats won’t be familiar with goth music right away but idk it be nice to hear those themes.

That being said, Helluva Boss isn’t the only cartoon guilty of this. Majority of cartoons in general were always made by normie people and they don’t know much about the goth subculture and only relied on stereotypes normal people have about goths.

However, there are adult cartoons that actually did research better when writing goth characters and giving them more accurate music that fits them.

Take the South Park goth kids for an example

In their room, you notice a poster that’s called Skippy Puppy and the Blauhaus, which are spoof bands of real bands called Skinny Puppy and The Bauhaus which are two bands that are very much liked by goths (bauhaus being the first goth band that gave birth to goth, and skinny puppy is more industrial than goth, we consider that goth adjacent since back in the 90s, goth and industries music were very much mashed together in goth clubs )

Even by character designs, Michael and Henrietta were modeled after Robert Smith and Siouxsie Sioux, who were very much the big time iconic goth musicians.

Matt and Trey themselves are huge fans of the Cure and even had a cameo of Robert smith and even hung out with goths before, so you can see why they got a depiction of them to notch. And the whole thing with them and the vamp kids was a real thing that happened with the 90s with goths and mall goths, i suggestion checking out Angela Benedict’s video for that.

Another example is Venture Bros since Triana believe it or not, is very much an accurate depiction of a goth. And they even referenced bands like the Bauhaus, Alien, Nik Fiend, and Deathrock music as some of Triana’s interests.

But the big kicker is Triana herself, is voiced by Lisa friggin Hammer!

For anyone who doesn’t know, Lisa hammer was an iconic goth musician during the 90s and was in two ethereal wave bands known as Mors Siphlitica and Requiem in White. The fact they had her voice their goth character shows me they did their research.

Even Seth McFarlene got this right (yes you heard me) with American Dad with Debbie and her goth peers, not only making her a very down to earth person but they made their main theme “Love will Tear us Apart” from Joy Division

For those that may not know, Joy Division is one of the Big 5 of goth bands along with the the Bauhaus, the Cure, Sioxusie and the Banshees, and Sisters of Mercy. So I was surprised that Seth got this right, since he’s known to stereo things in his shows.

And of course we also have Daria, with having two goth characters and no I don’t mean Daria and Jane. (Having a cynical personality doesn’t make you a goth) But rather do I mean Andrea and Trent

She was so obviously modeled after Robert Smith and Siouxsie Sioux since those two were very iconic with goth fashion back on the day, we sadly don’t see much of her but you can tell they took inspiration.

And you may be thinking, but why Trent? He doesn’t even dress goth and just seems like he likes any music. While he’s that may be true, but I Remeber having this conversation with other goths in Instagram where we had a huge disccuin of goth characters in fiction. And one of my peers mentioned Trent also counts because he’s shown to have an interest in goth music if you look at his bedroom. So I thought I check out and what do you know

There’s a poster of Bauhaus and Sisters of Mercy inside his bedroom :) and honestly guys, there are actual goths like this I knew in real life. Where they don’t dress the part but are still a huge fanatic of the music. Like you don’t need to dress all dark to be goth, that’s optional, you just really need to enjoy goth music to be goth.

And of course we have Serena from Downtown who actually was not only based off of a goth in real life, but she’s shown interests in goth bands like Dead Can Dance and a satire of Sisters of Mercy as shown here.

The Brothers of Creation is basically a parody of sisters of Mercy. But not only that, she even brought up on one episode how she got tired of goths being badly judged and stereotyped by others (even being lumped by Masonites, which we all know how controversial Marilyn Manson was back then and how his fanbase ignited a horrible stereotype about goths. He was never a goth artist, but normies had the assumption that all goths are like him and his fanbase based on how they just dress similar to goths) and her annoyance with neckbeards that thirst over goth women just makes her relatable to me. Since sadly, there are many men that creep on goth women like us and we get tired of it.

Now honestly, it really should not be that hard to add some goth music to give for Loona and Octavia. They do that modern day humor so much with Instagram and tik tok, they literally could had use a parody of Dusty from Vision Video (who’s a very popular goth tik toker and even has his own bad that’s very similar to the cure) and given we have knowledge now, this amount of research to write goth characters SHOULD NOT BE THAT HARD.

But you know, all would be forgiven if they don’t have hints of liking goth music if they just made Loona a lot more likable. My main pet peeve with her is that she comes off as a negative stereotype of goths that a lot of us don’t like. It just gives normies a really bad idea of us that we are all shitty people.

So anyways rant over, Vivziepop REALLY needs to try and branch out different music genres or research alternative subcultures better before making goth characters.

[kyotosummer]

Funny: present!Leo and Donnie hugging and crying with each other with a passion but have no idea why.

Really Funny: They can only sense their future!twin’s stress, not their own, so they’re both just echoing “IM FINE, SERIOUSLY!!!!” At each other and increasingly growing in frustration because they can’t figure out why their synching is off

[wiseatom]

when you work in a theme park and you say “hey what if i made mike and will suffer the way i do every day” this happens. happy wip wednesday!

[silvermizuki]

Whatever bugs have found their way into my home is about to make me turn into my villain arc

[thirsty-4-ghouls]

Do you get more “rarer” potions or whatever the higher you get in alchemy levels? Because I stg it wasn’t this hard to get green or yellow when i was ten levels lower >:\

“You transmuted blue sludge” I don’t fucking need more blue sludge! I’m out of yellow!!! I keep transmuting one and two star items and the last one I did (2 stars) gave me red sludge!!! I like having purple, red, and blue, sure, but I need yellow!!!

[cutieclangen]

Tomorrow’s page may not be posted until late! I’m having a tough time deciding how to finish it. Unfortunately life got a lot more hectic for me and I don’t have nearly as much time to dedicate to this comic as I’d like. I’ll probably need to change up how I draw pages and include a lot less detail in order to still be able to do one moon a week.. so future pages might be a lot simpler for awhile at least.

[deci-doodles]

This was originally a request from a friend but I figured I might as well post here coz I think it’s too funny

Audio: Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique Mvt. 4. March to the Scaffold

Would highly recommend listening to the whole track coz it’s a banger but also it’s literally the composer having an opium-induced fever dream about him getting his head lopped off at the guillotine so

[horseshoemybeloved]

I’m on lexapro which is so exciting to finally have something else to help with my mental shit ( especially cus in the fall my family goes to this campsite every weekend and that always upsets me, and extra scared this year due to the up in anti lgbt rhetoric. So I’m excited to have something to help me get through that. )

But MAN. I am. SLEEPY.

I’ve literally only been on it for three days so ik it’s probably just my body getting used to it but it’s Annoying!!

Hopefully in a few days it will die down and I can get back to fob fanart,,,,

( this fall there will prob be a ton lol I’m gonna be stuck in my camper )

[awsydawnarts]

I hate you weight loss ads I hate you packaging that prominently displays calorie content I hate you menus that don’t show how much something costs but instead show the calories I hate you magazines that blast weight loss strategies in your face I hate you influencers promoting detox teas I hate how the world is so unfriendly to people recovering from EDs who are just trying to get through their everyday life without being reminded about it under the guise of a “fitness girlie” lifestyle

[drowninginthoughts27]

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[wolfstrong]

IGHAHEIWBDIWBSOKAUHHHHHHHGHHHHHH I’m having stupid friend relationship issues and shits for real making me wanna make like a Reddit advice post like I have no idea what to do or if I’m being an asshole or if I’m just letting myself be manipulated or if stuff really isn’t that bad and I’m just overthink things :((((

[imaginarypasta]

literally have been consulting with a surgeon for over five years about this set of procedures and he tells me today he can’t do it at all

[lesbianyosano]

i will never be able to draw dazai the way i actually think he looks like not bc of lack of skill but bc it’d be sooo boring

[thelegendofchocolate]

my number one fandom batfam ick really is the “Jason was Tim’s Robin” thing, ughhhhhhhh. pls stop with the most bizarre Dick Grayson erasure ive ever seen…pls! On my hands and knees!!! Begging!! please!!!

[cas---2y5]

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