#I'm just a hater I don't like that they smoothed it all even though it's necessary for it to be animated like this...

[humanmorph]

I wanna at least watch some fight scenes from the chainsaw man anime sometime. And whenever the anime gets to vol 9.....you know........

[aryxchse]

hiii would you do percy x daughter of zeus hcs? but reader is more like hera’s daughter?? i hope that explains itself like reader has attributes a daughter of hera would have

daughter of the heavens / percy jackson x daughter of zeus! champion of hera! reader.

a / n : ah, my favorite trope. hera adopting zeus' children and being a better parent for them🤭 i know being both child of zeus and champ of hera is hoTTT

warnings : omg i didnt cursed ig??

- he's scared

- you're the children of most feared two gods

- you have your fathers powers and hera's rage

- you weren't the best go to option in becoming friends for the campers

- that's why percy thought he was doomed when he saw you two spared for the sword practice

- but it didn't go the way he planned

- you did fight good and kicked his ass, don't get me wrong

- but you were so kind afterwards

- "you okay? did i accidently zapped you or something?"

- my man was shocked

- "n-no thanks, im okay."

- "your stands are too open by the way."

- normally he would be annoyed

- and overthink

- but right now he wanted to be close to you

- and give a little show to the camp, about two children of the big three is practicing together

- "can you fix me?"

- percy 'smooth' jackson everyone

- and, the sweet and kind you, obviously showed him how to stand good

- you were very outgoing and friendly, so it was easy for you two become close

- thanks to the fates or aphrodite, next day was his turn in the cabin check

- and luckily for him, you were assigned together

- "hey jackson."

- "wassup l/n."

- you both were eachother in different fonts fr

- and people thought you guys would fight already at some point

- but it never happened

- the more percy got close to you, the more he realised you were more like hera

- even though you're just her champion

- you hated zeus and didn't wanted to be his stereotypical child

- and percy definetly sees that

- you had your dads good (suprisingly he has a few) traits thats all

- like how you were a natural leader, and you can get competitive when you need to

- and think fast during attack

- but the other was just hera

- you were so motherly, even to percy

- "the weather will be cold, i can feel it. put a sweater on."

- jason doesn't know how you both become besties this easy but he wasn't complaining

- yeah he joked around and said don't date but like he shipped you guys from the start

- he'd love to have percy as brother in law fr

- percy eventually developed a crush on you because of how your characters matched

- you both loved pegasus riding for example

- and surfing

- you would blow a cold wind towards him when the weather is too hot

- and he'd make the water more warmer if it's too cold for you

- little things like that made you develope (is this how you spell?) a crush too

- after coming back from tartarus, percy didn't liked making things wait and he immediatly started to work on a confession plan

- he wanted to impress you, because you were the daughter of the king of the gods

- also his wife's champion

- you were olympus' princess fr

- no matter how much he tried, he didn't get the chance

- he made blackjack shape the clouds as hearts, but whenever he tried to say something someone appeared

- or you had to go because someone called you

- he tried like this for two weeks

- and then he started to get anxious and tired of it

- so when you both sat on the zeus cabin's roof, percy confessed

- "the stars are reall-"

- "im in love with you"

- your shock appeared in the sky and you accidently struck a lightning

- "wHAT-"

- my boy decided to never suprise you that night

- but you both started dating obvi

- POWER

- COUPLE.

- zeus is a hater but who cares

- hera is too but she is happy as long as you're happy

- and besides, percy's fatal flaw is loyalty so what could possibly go wrong?

- you two always pick eachother during quests

- and you guys fight in harmony

- you're in the wind i'm in the water fr

- katara and aang is that u???

- percy often tries to impress you

- because you're so unintentionally cool

- but you always wave him off by saying 'you can trip and fall but i'd still find you hot'

- and he blushes like a little girl

- your emotions are always mirrors the weather in camp

- so he tries his best to make you happy

- because once you made a rainbow when he gifted you a hand made paper flower

- idk how dont ask

- you often zap percy to remind him that you love him

- like it's your way of saying i love you

- and he splashes you in return

- you both have so much fun together

- long story short

- u guys are the coolest fr

[elysianymph]

🔥 anything about sirius because i am being a little hater towards some characterisations too

i've already talked your ears off about this on discord but i'm happy to talk to about it again bc i fucking HATE new sirius black with a burning passion. i hate him as much as i love my sirius black that marauderstok can pry from my cold dead hands bc i'm not letting him go. i don't know when it happened and why but marauders fans are particularly persistent on taking away any interesting traits sirius had and leaving behind a whimpering pathetic twink that cries when someone looks at him the wrong way. sirius has been scrubbed clean of any morally grey traits he might've had (he's not allowed to care for his family (unless it's regulus) or long for them bc they are bad, he's not allowed to have any prejudices even though he was literally raised with pureblood mentality and taught he was superior to everyone else from the day he was born, he's not allowed to be an asshole bc he's not like his family guys!! and when he is an asshole it's always used to victimize the character he's being an asshole to and sirius is painted as the villain with mommy issues that can only be fixed by getting dicked down apparently)

i cannot stress this enough: LET THIS MAN BE A COMPLEX CHARACTER!! and no, giving him mental illnesses that miraculously disappear when he gets together with remus and making him attempt to kill himself post prank because he feels bad is NOT making him complex! you're just weird. you're just romanticizing mental illnesses and i can't believe you don't see anything wrong with it. giving him bipolar to justify his actions is?? not??? representation??? it's offensive to people who actually have to deal with these issues in their day to day lives and yet here you are using something that will impact their life forever as a plot device for your uwu sadboy mlm fanfic.

and that's what new sirius boils down to. he's a plot device, an accessory to everyone else's story that's never given much depth other than "oh his mom used the cruciatus on him and now he's traumatized". no hate to jegulus but hate to specific jegulus fics that turn sirius into an overdramatic caricature of his former self for the sake of drama and angst.

also, some of these wolfstar shippers... wtf are you guys on?? idk when and why (that's a lie i do but i'm not gonna say it) remus became sirius black in a werewolf costume but here we are. oh sirius was cool and effortlessly smart and handsome and girls wanted him? well guess what? snatches all of those character traits and throws them onto remus they're his character traits now. ignore how it doesn't make any sense for the werewolf child who was isolated from the rest of the world to be a smooth talking alpha casanova who plays basketball actually. while we're at it, ignore how unrealistic it is for a boy who was raised in a family that believed they were superior to everyone else based on blood status, who was raised to be the perfect heir and checked off all the traits needed to be one to be insecure?? and unsure of himself?? and stupid??? and a loser??? i don't understand what the point of flipping the wolfstar dynamic was when you're left with a shallow copy of the original but ok. you do you ig.

to summarize, my sirius is cool and effortlessly smart and egotistical and a complete asshole who thinks he's the best thing ever. is it an act to cover up how damaged he thinks he is because of his family? possibly. but i also fully believe sirius thought he was a god amongst men and everyone should be glad to be in his presence. he talked down to other people because he considered himself smarter, he rolled his eyes when students asked stupid questions and made fun of them when they got an answer wrong. he's a teenage boy let him be a dick with no excuses.

(also i find it funny when people write about sirius getting into a fight with james or remus and crying because they said something mean. as if sirius wouldn't throw hands the moment someone started criticizing him. he's toxic and that's what makes him interesting. that's his purpose! characters exist to make stories interesting, to start drama, not to be your moral guide on how to act. stories become so much more fun once you let go of the need to make every character a good person. also liking a character doesn't equal liking them as a person. i love sirius but i would hate his guts irl)

[mantequillamcwhoremick]

kenny for the ask meme 🧡

Fantastic. Let's get the most important one out of the way🧡🧡 The silliest little booger🫶🫶🫶

Favorite thing about them:

Two things; his unwavering kindness and his immortality.

I love how kind and sweet and charitable he has remained despite, or maybe because of, all the horrors that he's been through. He could've become a cynical asshole and I wouldn't blame him, but instead he dedicated his time caring for his sister, become a symbol of hope for South Park and become a philanthropist once he became rich enough to afford it.

His immortality is just a dope fucking concept and I have so many different AUs and stories in progress where it's the centered topic. It just fascinates me i love it

Least favorite thing about them:

Literally nothing. I love all his ugly ass booger attributes. Even his stupid ass hair dryer side profile. Maybe I hate that he doesn't have enough episodes where he's the main character

Favorite Line:

"Yeah, people don't even care if shit's dumped everywhere. Everyone just loves technology."

"Sometimes, people do stupid things. Sometimes they don't realize what should have come first. Until it's too late."

(Sorry I couldn't pick just one. He's my favorite little guy.)

BrOTP:

Kenny & Kyle >:))) their friendship is SO unexplored even though they have so much canon potential. The fact that Kenny went to Kyle to get his help as Mysterion "because I think you are the smartest kid in class" is so telling for how much he respects Kyle. Then also that Kyle is the one to initiate Kenny's cheesing intervention in the major boobage episode speaks for how Kyle cares for him. And the "I can't die" "It's not pretty cool, Kyle, it fucking hurts!" conversation is so juicy and full of interesting conflict potential. Maybe that's why K2 are the dynamic that receives arguably the most attention in my fic🫶

Also Kenny & Tweek. SO MUCH untapped potential in that dynamic.

And Kenny & Cartman!!! They're such interesting foils in every way, the "fat ugly mean kid and the detached loner poor kid", both the poorest kids at their schools and both with a fascinating dynamic with Butters. They're best friends and rivals, they're each other's biggest haters and somehow have a soft spot for each other too.

OTP:

Kenny and Butters. I'm not gonna elaborate because I'd be sitting here all day but if I could summarize it I'd point you to Mysterion vs Chaos, the fact that Paladin Butters had a canon crush on princess Kenny in TSOT, their canon sugar daddy/baby dynamic in post covid when Butters literally scammed everyone else in his path, and the fact that I love tragic characters finding joy and wonder in each other.

nOTP:

Can't really say any bc Kenny has interesting dynamics with everyone lol but if I have to name popular romantic ships that I just don't see I'd name Crenny and Stenny shjshsk SORRY

Random Headcanon:

He loves food and eats FAST like a starving animal (licking his fingers afterwards and everything) he's not exactly the kid your mom would love for his dinner table manners

Unpopular Opinion:

He isn't suave or handsome. IRKS me when he's a big ladies' man in fics. He's stinky and not an overly smooth flirt; any attention he gets from girls is because he's genuinely kind and sweet

Song I associate with them:

Favorite Picture of Them:

He's such a wannabe mysterious little fucker

[eff-plays]

What do you think about the claims that Astarion fans who are headcanoning him as being soft and romantic with Tav are just stealing this character trait from Wyll? It's been going on in the fandom for a while and it's frankly getting annoying. I know many people (haters and fans alike) likely never played the game beyond Act 1 and/or think Astarion is like that throughout the entire story, that he's evil and incapable of changing as a character, but saying he doesn't have any romantic moments is just...not true?

Ooooh!! Interesting question and I have opinions on it that are, I hope, a bit more nuanced here as a stan of both Astarion and Wyll.

It's gonna be a bit of a mess to explain though so please bear with me as I try to untangle this conundrum.

I think!! That both sides have a point but are just sorta talking past each other a bit.

Does Astarion display a lot of gentleness and softness toward Tav in Act 2 and his Spawn ending? Yes! Absolutely!! People who deny this or argue that him displaying these canonical traits is "stealing" from Wyll are, in my opinion, incorrect, and are letting their somewhat justifiable personal dislike for the guy and the very justified distaste for how the fandom treats him compared to Wyll bleed into their perception of this specific part of his portrayal.

HOWEVER.

A lot of people who enjoy Soft!Astarion do end up stepping into the same cow plops as the Dom Daddy Astarion stans, in that their equivalent of romantic, soft Astarion is the classic gentlemanly, smooth-talking, chivalrous guy who knows how to woo his lover in the traditional, classic ways. I do not think this is, um, faithful to his character. At all. This is the aspect that some fans, in an attempt to express that Astarion can be gentle and romantic, end up either accidentally or purposefully "stealing" from Wyll.

The fact that Astarion can and will be soft and gentle in a romance is conflated with how he would express those feelings, in the typical fandom way of "well I like this guy and I like the idea of these things so I will attribute those things to this guy". Which in this case just ends up taking away from Wyll. Like, if you supposedly "like" the idea of a traditionally romantic and smooth character, why are you then assigning those traits to a guy who is neither of those things, when a guy who IS those things gets a suspicious zero of your attention?

Am I making sense?

Astarion IS capable of being gentle and soft with his lover, but he would not EXPRESS it the way Wyll would. And by making Astarion express something he would feel in a way that's more Wyll-flavored, it does raise some flags. If this is the dynamic you're interested in, why aren't you into Wyll more? If you're interested in Astarion being soft, why don't you like him expressing it how he would express it, aka being awkward, goofy, inexperienced, and saccharine? If you love Astarion so much, why are you assigning to him the traits of a different guy?

Why are you taking Wyll's expressions of love to make Astarion more palatable and suited to your tastes? What is it about Wyll that you don't like if his expressions and characteristics fit your preferences more? Ya feel me?

So when some people say that "Astarion wouldn't be soft and romantic, stop stealing from Wyll!" what they usually mean is "Astarion would not express himself this way, and you taking stuff from a Black character and giving them to a white dude is kinda sus and I'm tired of it."

And what Astarion fans hear is "Your guy is fuck and I hate him. Here's me denying his canonical depth and character growth."

You get me??

On that note, I also have some thots on character-swapping in cutscenes, which is slightly related to this. On the one hand, I think it's like whatever, ya know? I've seen tons of gifs where somebody swapped in Solas and Lavellan into the dance at the ball in DA:I. Make your guys do whatever. I even have a scene planned in my fic where Astarion dances with Hiraeth (though not like that, it's a bit more intimate/awkward cuz Astarion is self-conscious and weird aobut it), so I don't think he wouldn't dance with Tav. I just don't think he'd do it how Wyll would do it.

But when you see Astarion and Gale gifs dancing with Tav over and over and over and over, while seeing Wyll swapped in for someone else happens once upon a dream (I've literally only seen Wyll standing in for Astarion in the forest sex scene ONCE), it does sorta ... Leave a taste in ya mouth, ya know? Like if you want a romance with a cute dance scene ... There is already a guy ... You definitely know about him. And while I don't think every individual person who wants to see their OC dance with their love interest is inherently racist for character-swapping, it becoming a trend in fandom that fails to produce the same amount of content for the Black character whose cutscenes they're using is still, uh, yikes. Ya know? Like the fandom loves the cutscene but Wyll's presence in his own content is rare. For some reason.

[controversial-blorbo-bracket]

Controversial Character Tournament Round 2: Viren from The Dragon Prince vs The Light Fury from How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

(remember that these characters are fictional and your fellow tumblr users are real. i will block you if you harass others in the notes, please consider sending your unhinged harassment to my inbox instead)

Propaganda under the cut, may contain spoilers:

Viren:

LOVE: - "power thirsty weasely advisor that ends up mistreating his kids in pursuit of power. my best friends that i watched the show with HATE him for this and frankly it's understandable. he's my meow meow though."

The Light Fury:

HATE: - "I know many fellow Light Fury haters, especially on Tumblr, but also many passionate defenders, not many neutral or nuanced opinions. But she absolutely deserves to be hated imo because: 1- Her design is full of human gender stereotypes because she's a GIRL dragon so she can't look reptilian and fierce like every other dragon (including every other female dragon in the films like Stormfly and Meatlug) no, she has to be perfectly smooth and have pink fucking glitter on her scales and big blue eyes because she exists for the sole purpose of being Toothless's love interest so she must be as stereotypically feminine as possible. Some people will try to defend this but it's important to understand, she is not real, she did not come into existence naturally or spontaneously, she has no agency... She was purposefully created and designed this way by the (mostly male) filmmakers. Also just because she doesn't have boobs and eyeliner doesn't mean it's not gender roles at all; other characters being worse doesn't make this one above criticism. 2- Somehow, despite looking LESS fierce than literally every other dragon in the film, her alleged purpose for existing is to be "the call of the wild" to lure Toothless away from humankind. She's only on-screen for less than 10 minutes of the entire movie, and she honestly doesn't act particularly respectful or caring to Toothless, and yet he's willing to immediately, permanently abandon Hiccup (his best friend/platonic life partner/platonic soulmate of 5 years) because this girl dragon he JUST met is pretty. (He also forces every other dragon to abandon their human friends too, because he's the "alpha" and can force them to do so.) I'm not anti-romance but I really hate when movies send the message that romance should take priority over all other forms of love, that it's acceptable or even necessary to abandon your friends once you get into a relationship. The Light Fury exists solely to push that idea. 3- The filmmakers didn't even give her name. Allegedly this is to represent how "wild and free" she is, but her offspring all get names despite being just as wild, so... Almost as if she's a completely 1-dimensional plot device rather than an actual character."

[bluravenite]

Hey I know I'm a total stranger but I follow you and I think your art is really cool! I wanted to ask what brush is best on Procreate? New to digital art and I'm trying to make art of my own characters. Taking a lot of inspo from you!!

I am of the firm belief that most basic brushes are real good!! I came from clip studio so i was mainly used to charcoal/pastel feeling pencils, as well as REALLY smooth/textured inking brushes and LOTS of opacity, which i think has changed but you can still see the influence??

I am also an avid hater of procreate brush settings which is why I sorta chose to modify most of my basic brushes!!

Mainly i usually pick two brushes per drawing... Sometimes I'm not feeling the same sketch brush so i tend to switch between script, Sean sketcher, hb pencil, and peppermint!

For inking i tend to do script or gesinski ink but i recently inked zephyr with the marker brush!! It was so fun!! I also sometimes ink/clean up with my sketch brushes, it can be faster.

I started using peppermint and spectra because of @purlty though i have kept spectra as a texture brush rather than for coloring :D i like it a lot

My brushes really aren't special but i have the odd habit of changing EVERY setting until i find one i enjoy so I'm going to link my brush set below!!

Make sure if you want all the brushes in Raven's set, you only download that file, and additionally you will need to download HB pencil block, and Script Sketch, to have all of my brushes, but otherwise you can pick and choose which you want!

There's also some resources on how to modify brushes/import them and some REAL good tips and tricks i have found to make the program more usable, however!! It's a learning curve and it will only get easier with time, I've been using procreate as my main program for a year now and I still sometimes have to go back to clip studio or traditional art to be able to get a grasp haha!!!

↓ ↓ ↓ !!

These videos are A LOT OF INFORMATION but will likely help you get a good grasp of BASIC procreate functions! My suggestion is, don't take everything to heart, because you actually won't use a lot of the things they show, just stick with what you understood and are interested in using!! You don't have to master it right away :D

Most importantly i am very happy to be able to help you with this, even if you are just a stranger, so am I! And when i started with art programs and digital art I had to spend YEARS trying to figure out how to be like the artists i looked up to without being able to buy so many of the cool brushes and expensive software, so anything i can do to help, even if it's just sharing my already modified basic brushes so that you don't have to fidget with all the settings!! I'm more than happy to do!! And i really hope this helps you and anyone else who might need em!

[policemanofprincesspark]

H in his top class look will forever be H in 2019. Maybe it´s because I joined the fandom and I romantise this year in general (because it was the last year before things got sh*t in every possible way) but yeah, H in 2019 was somewhere else for me. I will probably blame O and her shitstorm for those 2 years that made H age much faster and he should and there´s no way back. Like I love him no matter what, because I am aging as well and was shocked when I looked at my photos from like 2014 vs now so at least I´m not the only one. I lowkey wish H will look older and older every time he pops up in public and so those harries who are there only for his fake semi-god of s*x persona will leave/move on to someone younger. And at the end of the day, no matter how old H and Louis look and how much we dislike it, what matters most is if they find each other attractive because they both are aging together. P.S.: Have you seen how much Shawn Mendes aged/how old he looks? That literally horrible if you add the fact he´s not even in his 30´s!

I don't think Olivia had a thing to do with it. Like many others, I think it was his Marvel contract. He needed to get ultra fit for his role in Eternals (which never went anywhere and has presumably been scrapped).

I think Harry really started looking good to me in 2014. Course, that's also when I joined the fandom. But I think his long hairstyle was beautiful before it got too long in 2015 and 2016. By then he was looking like Tarzan. Not a good look.

Then he had it cut in that dashing, almost 50s style.

That looked really nice, made him look younger again, and suited his face. His hairline also wasn't as receded. I mean, look at the difference between these foreheads:

Now that his hairline has receded so far back, he's going to need to adopt a different hairdo. He can't slick it up and back like that anymore. It doesn't look good. There's a reason true haters call him Pennywise.

Though the hair isn't even the big issue to me; it's the face. He's obviously had to put on weight to put on muscle, and I don't know his body fat percentage but it's probably higher than it was in 2017. Putting his face now side-by-side with his 2017 one really shows how wide his face has gotten. Not a good look.

You can see the mandibular angles stick out more, but he already had a good jawline before, so they didn't need to widen. You need balance for a good jawline—just about equal amounts of vertical and horizontal. It looks too square now, which could be a result of not properly mewing (yes, I know that's a funny-haha meme nowadays, but it's real). Case in point:

His jaw is just a little recessed, as most of ours are. Nothing abnormal. But if he adopted proper tongue posture and worked on it, his chin would appear a tad longer, which would really balance out the current width of his jaw.

His skin also just... doesn't look as smooth as it did seven years ago. I think he looks slightly pudgy in the cheeks too. Not significantly, but enough to noticeably change the way he looks overall.

Nothing all that wrong with this, by the way. I am by no means saying that he's ageing horribly. He's just ageing, and with age, if you want to keep up your looks, you have to put in a lot more effort than you did when you were younger. I don't blame musicians; it must be stressful touring. Right now he's on a break, but being exposed to all kinds of good food when you're in Italy and going out to eat a lot will do a number on you.

I know his weight and muscle mass fluctuate as it does with everyone, so don't bring up certain months this year or last when he looked better because that's not the point I'm getting at here. I understand he'll have times he'll look good and times he won't, as is the case for most people.

(As for Shawn Mendes, I think he looks fine. He's nearly 26 and looks his age and doesn't look unkempt or like he's gained weight. Looks good to me!)

[beyondblue2]

To the Dragon Ball Super Haters

So I still to this day see people making the same complaints about Dragon Ball Super, so let me just say this: I don't believe you can dislike Super for the vast majority of complaints made about it and still enjoy DBZ. Allow me to elaborate.

Most criticisms of Super, like inconsistent animation, or power of friendship shenanigans, or half-cooked plot, or powerups that have very little buildup, or hell, even powerups that really only change the user's hair color... are all present in DBZ. I think most people don't want to argue that DBZ doesn't deserve its legendary status because you'd be fighting alone against a horde. But it's much easier to proclaim your hatred of something new and cite a decline in quality.

These people either A) don't like DBZ either and therefore shouldn't be so entrenched in the franchise, B) don't dislike Super for the reasons they give but want to sound like they have good taste, or just dislike it for stupid reasons, or C) were tricked by people who come from points A or B into believing things are worse than they are, because they have the media literacy of a toddler.

It's like this. Say you run into someone while you're talking about how much you love Reese's Cups. And they tell you Reese's are a garbage treat and you're an idiot for liking it. And you get upset, obviously. And eventually you go "okay, explain it to me. Why do you hate them?" And they tell you that peanut butter is objectively terrible. Which, first off, it's not, that's your extremely subjective opinion. But second, didn't I see you eating a PB&J sandwich in the break room earlier? And they're like "yeah, PB&J is delicious, it's the best sandwich ever, nobody's disputing that." And you're just like... it has peanut butter though. And they're like "okay but you're taking it out of context." WHAT CONTEXT, BRO!? Either you think peanut butter is nasty or you don't! So you're either lying about hating Reese's to sound edgy and cool, or you're lying about loving PB&J because you don't want to be ostracized for being a freak.

That's basically what it boils down to. If you don't like Super, I'm not saying you're not valid. But be real. You probably don't like it because you were a kid when DBZ came out and your tastes have changed since then. I'm not going to sit here and act like Super isn't flawed, but let's not pretend that those same flaws didn't exist in Z, either. And don't give me that "Goku should be heroic" shit either, that was something the American dubbing crew did on their own. The same dub where Goku and Chichi had a weird offscreen kiss sound effect also told us Bardock was a brilliant scientist who invented the fake moon. Goku does heroic things from time to time, but he always does it with a kind of selfish basis of reasoning. He loves his friends, but he'll let Vegeta go to get a better fight later. He'll give Frieza some energy, but one more betrayal of trust and Goku will obliterate him.

You're either down with the main character being a flawed and interesting character and therefore will enjoy the Dragon Ball franchise, or you're not. In which case, stop clogging up the Tumblr tags and YouTube comments with your bitching and complaining. You don't see me infiltrating the Attack on Titan community to talk about how much it sucks. You know why? Because I fucking hate that series and I don't WANT to talk about it all the time. So if you watched some essayist trying to recreate the Nostalgia Critic or whatever and he told you Super sucks and you just parrot what he said without a sparking synapse in that smooth soap bar of a brain in your skull, then please, just shut the fuck up. For your own sake as well as mine.

[saint-starflicker]

Spring Awakening Fandom Tag

(By @winter-asleepening )

1. How were you introduced to the show?

2007(?) OBC sountrack on compact disk gift from a friend.

2. Seen a production live?

My honest answer is going to get me in trouble around Question 17, isn't it.

3. Dream role/character you relate to most

Ilse Neumann.

4. Favorite male character

Moritz.

5. Favorite female character

Ilse. Is that redundant with Question 3? Martha, then.

6. Deaf West Revival or Original Broadway Cast?

The OBC soundtrack got me through a very rough time in my life, but as far as the cast goes I'm going to say the Deaf West revival cast. I'm glad it was revived, I'm glad that cast is cast in that cast, and I'm glad they're the introduction for a new generation of Guilty Ones.

7. Favorite song

I love them all equally.

8. Least favorite song

...I don't care for Mirror Blue Night.

9. Favorite quote/line

I'm more of a melody person than a lyrics person.

10. Favorite TV performance

Deaf West Touch Me THEY TURNED INTO A BOAT

11. Favorite cast member(s)

I don't really play favorites with cast members, I just try to find what each new actor brings into the role.

12. Favorite cast member moment

I don't really follow the behind the scenes anecdotes either, but Jonathan Groff forgetting the lyrics to Left Behind except for "all things" is as inspirational as it is horrific to imagine going through. If he can get through that and live to tell the tale, then I can get through a bad day.

Also every time Michael Arden says, "All my best ideas come from [ Andy Mientus ]" is like d'aww they're cute together.

13. Do you write fan fiction?

In this fandom, no, I'm more of a reader.

14. Do you make fan art?

I could.

15. Do you cosplay?

Not really...I don't like the late 19th century fashions? I'm more of a Merveilleuse type (no bra no corset just Spirit Halloween chiton).

16. Don’t do Sadness or Blue Wind?

Those are two halves of a whole song!

17. Word of your body or the Reprise?

OBC I did not like the Reprise because even through the Discman (... that's a Walkman for CD's) I had the sense that it was a "comic relief" moment that relied on the existence of gay boys as the joke.

The Deaf West production kept a sense of respite and relief, and some comedy in the relationship dynamic between Ernst and Hanschen rather than playing on preexisting stereotypes...even though it didn't change a word of the script in that scene, which is amazing on a text analysis level like what happened who used the Captain Planet power ring with the power of heart in this scene, what sorcery is this?

So it depends, because the non-reprise Word of Your Body does a narrative job—Melchior haters can feel free to hate, but I can understand what the musical version was trying to go for with his character, and Word of Your Body was part of that.

Groff's Melchior came off more smarter-and-better-than-you but sort of giving up his pretensions in the process of seduction, and I can understand why that aspect might look appealing.

Doyle's Melchior doesn't have that "he's a ruthless boy but maybe i can change him"—I think he plays Melchior as more sad and desperate, and putting that energy into studying is how his Melchior thinks he gets a handle on his own feelings.

McKenzie's Melchior is an oafish, bookish 14-year-old boy trying to act smooth as he condescends to a Deaf girl. He has as much primal sexual energy as a newborn beagle puppy, which to be clear is none at all. I think that can be endearing, that he doesn't really know what he's blathering about in terms of life experience.

Wendla's a consistent constant performance-wise, all three versions I think balance out to a constant average...so it's really the Reprise that determines which one I like better.

OBC Reprise was very much worse than OBC Word of Your Body...but, Deaf West Reprise was a little better than Deaf West Word of Your Body and a lot better than the OBC Reprise. But I like the OBC Word of Your Body better than the Deaf West Reprise, at the same time that I like the Deaf West Word of Your Body an equal amount as the OBC Word of Your Body, contextualized comparatively being different than the chronological context that defines its vibe in an individual show's run time.

18. Touch Me or My Junk?

My Junk as a tune — but the Deaf West Touch Me did turn everybody into a boat, that was kinda cool.

19. Explain the song of purple summer.

Ilse recovered from her trauma and now owns her sexual identity, despite the history of everyone in her home and community doing their worst to her in ways that directly targeted that very intimate part of her. Her story is not the main plot of the show, but the fact that she survived and found personal definition means she now has her own voice on which to carry the wisdom of her life. That will be what heals and inspires others. Red or pink sunsets plus blue evenings make the sky in summer purple. At the end of the day, there still is beauty in living.

20. Explain the song of purple summer (wrong answers only)

Butterflies scatter ergot fungus while they fly around, so everybody thinks that everything looks purple this summer. The sky is purple. The rain is purple. The corn is purple. The horses are purple. The fungus is eating everybody's brains. They're all going to die.

[dream0fschism]

Hello hello!

🎵You'll be hit by🎵

🎵You'll be struck by🎵

SUPPORT!

I'm currently on a support rampage and unlike smooth criminals, I'll be hitting you with support ❤

No I don't know why my brain insisted on the Michael Jackson reference 😅

Anyways

Support time!

You are a MARVELOUS writer and all your fan fics are *chef's kiss* perfecto!

If anyone tell you otherwise just remember, some people out there want to make others miserable like them, there's also people who will start reading a fic even if it has warnings about what's in it and will still leave an angry comment demanding why you included something in there, and of course some people have different standards about what fics they like to read.

NEVER let anyone like the first two ruin your passion for what you write. There will always be naysayers and haters but what matters is that you enjoy it and others also enjoy the fics you write (though that's not as important as your passion).

Keep up the good work and take your very own gif crown (everyone I'm sending supportive asks gets one that's different than the rest so it's more unique and shows how genuine I am about this)

thank you sososo much sweetie <33333 much love

[sgkjd]

ok i think i can try to be honest. with myself at least. how good are you really? how much do you actually care? how much do you actually like people?

just last therapy session i was talking about how i hate keeping in contact with some people that i deem not entertaining to me. it feels like such a terrible chore that i'd rather die than talk to them. and yeah, it's more true than i had realized. i guess my "friendships" are based on some sort of personal entertainment value. i don't really care about anything but the fact that it's fun for me. this is mean. i feel bad for this. i cannot pretend though. well, for some time i surely can, but in the long-run the facade crumbles anyways and i need to do the explaining part one way or another. sooner or later. can't keep fooling people forever since i run out of mental fuel to mask. that's one thing.

another thing is that my mask of presenting "more human" is fucking annoying and exhausting and i hate how much of an unconscious habit it is. i am a fucking hater of most things, i care only about my own opinions and i do believe them to be more right than other people's. most of the things in life don't make me feel anything special unless i sit down to craft the emotion manually. yes, at this point i've gotten so good at manipulating myself into having feelings. it's become such automation that most of the time i don't even notice i'm doing it. feelings are just responses to events, and if you know your own mind well enough you can just simulate the needed event for the feeling you wish to have. that's all.

i also don't care about most things. things happening in the world. things happening with me or to me, my boundaries. i don't have things i want to do, or maybe i just cannot recognize my needs – but does it make a difference? in the end i'm just meat and bones for others to use. and i'm genuinely content with being just that. it's predictable and clear. would choose a relationship like that over any other.

what i hate the most in life are things i cannot find a meaning for or a reason behind. second to that are things i do see a reason for but that reason isn't convincing enough and/or i find it stupid and useless. (includes social interaction stuff majorly). i know i am annoyingly categorical and i hate it but what i hate more is trying to hide it or smooth it out. i don't like how much effort that takes.

also. feelings piss me off so much. they're not liars in particular but they're also not some guides one must live their life according to. i have only 2 distinct major feelings: anything pleasurable physical sensory-wise and when something scratches my brain/mind. that's why i love music so much – i love how it feels in my ears and sometimes the lyrics do scratch a particular itch in my mind. everything else are just derivatives of these 2. i love putting together outfits because it's like a puzzle matching clothes together and a puzzle is a scratch for a brain. if success: pleasure for my eyes to look at. looking at other's outfits and appreciating them is also a pleasure for my eyes etc...

ok. this was a random and long brain dump. i do feel like i'm not going insane anymore though. so that's good.

[johnsamericano]

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The new manager of dream is nothing like the ones they’d had before, and Jaehyun can't help but follow her around like a magnet.

genre: fluff, crack.

warnings: dumb jaehyun, he tries to be smooth but fails miserably, mentions of sassaengs, this whole fic feels like a fever dream.

☞ taglist: @morningsunandnightsky @soberhani @aaasteroidsky @chenlewifey @piaozhisheng @doeilovr @aedreamzy @multistan30

falling masterlist

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“Jeno, stand behind me.”

“Huh?”

“Just do it.” A fan suddenly crashed against your body, urging to touch Jeno as you shielded him with your body. “Help.” You squeaked.

The bodyguards came as fast as they could, dragging the crazy fan away from the group of boys.

“So cool, noona.” Jaemin gasped, amazed at the bravery his previous managers had lacked.

“Come on, boys, let's get you to the car as soon as possible.” They'd just finished recording a variety show, but as soon as you exited, a horde of fans was already waiting for them. It was barely your first month at your new work, and it was definitely more challenging than you'd ever imagined.

“You should become our bodyguard too, you're much more capable than those bulky men.” Chenle whined from the back seat as you ordered them to put on their seatbelts.

Jeno was sitting beside you, face bright red while he huffed with anger.

“Everything alright, Jen?” You started the engine, setting the navigation to the company building.

“I hate them so much.”

“Don't worry about it, I'll talk to Mr. Lee to see what we can do about it.”

As soon as you arrived at Kwangya, every staff member started clapping at you, some even going as far as hugging you. You gave them a questioning look, to which they showed you the video of you acting as a human wall for Jeno.

“Everyone in this building is swooning over you. A dozen of artists have stormed into Mr. Lee's office to ask him to transfer you to their staff.” Your cheeks burnt with embarrassment as you made your way through the crowd to reach Dream’s practice room.

“Raise your hands all in favor to start a simp club for y/n.” Haechan, as chaotic as ever, proposed, raising his hand firmly as the other 6 followed. “I shall proclaim myself as the president.”

“Stop. Start practicing, I'll go to the big boss's office.”

“But you need to rate our dancing.” Haechan whined, pulling at your knitted cardigan.

“Keep testing me and I’ll switch units.”

(...)

127’s group chat became chaos minutes after Yuta sent the viral video of dream’s manager. Mark was the first one to point out how amazing working with you was, followed by Haechan, who encouraged them to visit them during practice to talk to you. Jaehyun, who usually remained stoic, felt a spark of curiosity for the new manager, so he agreed to visit their practice room with Yuta and Doyoung, who were eager to meet a fellow sassaeng hater.

“Is your manager here?” Yuta’s red-haired head peeped through the half-open door.

“She went to complain about our bodyguards with Mr. Lee.” Jisung answered, smiling proudly at his more than capable noona.

“Do y’all think asking for her hand would be too much for our first encounter?”

“No, I think that's a great idea.” A foreign female voice interrupted the conversation, making them all jolt and tackle down Yuta by accident.

You helped him up, accepting his apologetic smile while a certain someone’s eyes kept trained on your figure, boring wholes into your back.

“Are you here for any particular reason?” They followed you inside, sharing a few hugs with their youngest members.

“Doyoung.” The trio pushed said man in front of them, urging him to explain.

“Uh...we just wanted to, uhm, thank you for taking such good care of them. Though we're jealous not to have you with our unit.” His flirty tone was less than amusing to Jaehyun, who simply scoffed. But that tone could be easily mistaken to be addressed to you, as if you weren't nearly as good as Doyoung described you to be.

“Thank you. I'm y/n.” You shook everyone's hands, only briefly touching Jaehyun’s since he retrieved it quickly after your palms touched.

His hands were sweaty, and he was more than worried you'd notice. He didn't want to give a bad first impression. Though, unknowingly, he'd already achieved just that.

Your first thought of Jung Yoonoh was that he was rude. He was always accompanying the Dreamies, yet, he never even spared you a glance. Or so you thought. He was always secretly glancing at you, be it from the mirror or a mere reflection on the glass.

It became painfully frustrating to have you scooting away every time he'd try to seat by your side. His relationship with you seemed to be the worst amongst all the members, who'd taken the habit of calling you noona (even Taeil, who was older than you).

“I heard you got some bodyguards fired.” Jaehyun tried to start a conversation, his accent a bit more annoyed than he'd intended it to be. Why did he keep visiting if he didn't like you?

“They weren't doing their job correctly and I can't act as a human wall for much longer.” He hummed, eyeing your hands discreetly. They seemed like they could perfectly fit between his.

“Hyung, come here.” Mark called him, interrupting his daily session of daydreaming.

“What’s up?”

“Why do you keep looking at y/n like she has the plague?” His eyebrows knitted together in clear confusion.

“What do you mean by that? I'm flirting, Mark.” Hyuck, who was barely a few feet away, let out the most mocking laugh no one had ever heard. “What's so funny?”

“If that's your way of flirting I'm surprised you haven't thrown a shoe at her face.”

“Look, perhaps you don't see it, but to everyone, it looks like you despise her. Even Jisung noticed it, and he never notices anything.” Mark cut in, trying to avoid hurting his feelings. “Try to stop looking at her like she smells, okay?”

“I don't- fine, I'll try to change my methods.”

You sighed as you saw the big man walking back to you, wondering what insulting tone would he acquire this time. But instead of the severe face he usually kept, he smiled, showing off his dimples and whiskers. Hadn't there been a wall behind you, you would've turned around to see if that gesture was directed to someone else.

“What are you doing?” He sat down again, closer this time, glancing at your laptop screen with an eyebrow raised.

“Putting together Jaemin’s schedule for the month.” He made a big O with his mouth as he scooted uncomfortably closer, his musky scent taking over your senses.

“You work so hard, noona.”

“What?” Your brain shortcutted for a moment before you rose on your feet, overwhelmed by the sudden change in his interaction. “Uhm, I should go to the cafeteria. I'm feeling a bit hungry.”

“I’ll go with you.”

“No, no, you need to get to practice. Taeyong must be waiting for you.”

“But-”

“See you.”

His new approach was no better than the previous one, managing to scare you off even more. Through Chenle, he found out you lived a door away from their apartment. Every time he could, he'd visit the members, just to have an excuse to meet you outside of the company.

“Just confess already. She won't take the hint, especially if you keep acting like you have five different personalities.” Jeno suggested, tired of having his hyung stuck to them all day long.

“Go and ring her doorbell.” Renjun encouraged, busy painting a flower on a canvas.

“What if she doesn't open the door?”

“Just go!” Everyone shouted in unison, forcing the eldest to fulfill their desires.

It didn't even take a minute before you showed yourself through the door, hair wet from taking a shower.

“Jaehyun?”

“Hi.” You wondered whether letting him in was the appropriate thing to do, but closing the door in his face seemed unfit for a manager.

“Come in.” He carefully took his shoes off, perfectly aligning them before stepping into your home. Everything was very clean, matching your organized personality. “Is there any reason for your visit?”

“Oh...how can I say this?” He scratched the back of his neck as you poured water into two cups. “First of all, what do you think of me?” The cups almost fell from your hands at the odd question.

“Why are you asking me this all of the sudden?” All of the sudden? He’d been flirting with you for a month now!

“I like you very much but you don't seem to like me back.” You didn't understand the true meaning of his words at first.

“I like you all too. You're very hardworking people and-”

“Not like that. I like you as in I feel the need to kiss you this very moment.” Jaehyun was an odd human being. Sometimes too straightforward for his own good.

“I’m very flattered, but to be honest, I haven't thought of you like that. Until now, I was sure you hated me.”

“I thought I was being obvious.” His hands covered the expanse of his face, shielding him from the embarrassment your glance implied. “Do I have any chances with you or should I just jump out of the window to avoid any further embarrassment?” You snorted, finally getting a peek of the real Jaehyun. Not the characters he played in front of you.

“If you stop acting constipated around me, I might give you a chance. Secretly, of course, I don't wanna lose my job.”

“Acting constipated? Now I get where the members got their cruelty from.” You laughed, a real laugh. Not like the awkward ones you'd usually offer him.

“I was just going to offer you water so you'd leave faster, but now I'm intrigued. Wanna have a cup of coffee?” His pointy fangs peeked from under his lips.

“That's the least you can do after offending me.”

“Alright, Mr. Resentment. It feels like I'm finally getting to know you better.” You sat on the couch, tapping your side to invite him to do the same.

“Does it, noona?” He leaned in to whisper the pet name, sending shivers down your spine.

“I like this new Jaehyun better.”

“And the best is yet to come.”

[seokwoosmole]

Ranking SF9 Title Tracks (Part 1.)

I'm sad and emotional cause I miss Binseong especially with the comeback around the corner so I'm immersing myself in sepgu in a less sentimental, more critical way. This ranking isn't exactly in order of my personal favorites, but I also factored in which ones I feel are objectively better in terms of song quality, production, mv, overall vibe, enjoyability etc. That being said, I'm can be bad at viewing things objectively, so maybe I failed at doing that. I'm not a music critic, I'm just a fan with opinions. Disclaimer: I enjoy all SF9 title tracks, just some better than others, so don't be sad if I rank your fave low. We don't need that traumaaaaaaa.

13. ROAR – It's good. Like really good. Like a work of art level good. The rap line shines (PRAISE FOR YOUNGBIN'S PART DURING THE BRIDGE!!!), the music video is so cool, love the choreography and driving/car concept; it's all close to perfection in everything except the actual sound of the song – it's very busy and loud, but it's missing that sense of cohesiveness that gives busy songs that sense of smooth finality.

12. Good Guy – It pains me to rank this song so low, especially since it gave them their first 3 wins. And they all killed this era in terms of visuals, the music video is sooo satisfying, and the song has such a clean production. And the choreo is cool; Good Guy fancams are some of my faves to watch. And the rap!!! Rap line is amazing here!! But imo, it doesn’t have as much of a WOW factor as their other songs do that leave me thinking about it long after listening/watching. I do love that Taeyang choreographed part of it; again, the choreo is the highlight. I think personally, I enjoy ROAR more than Good Guy and it's so experimental and takes a lot of musical risks, but Good Guy is objectively a better quality song because it plays things safe.

11. Fanfare – I genuinely want to corner and question the haters that said Fanfare was a flop debut. It’s catchy, the beat is snazzy, and the sound is so unique musically (it has that seamless cohesiveness that ROAR lacks). Line distribution is so whack (why did I never realize how much of the song was occupied by YooTae?! no hate, just an observation) and while I still think the song is amazing, I can't help but wonder how much more dynamic it would have been if they incorporated the other members more. Even though SF9’s concept has evolved and matured as they’ve aged, I feel like this song perfectly fit the concept they were going for at the time.

10. O Sole Mio – Where was O Sole Mio's win?? Every time I find one of those YouTube compilations of "100 songs every bg stan should know", O Sole Mio is almost always on there, and usually it's the only, or if not, one of the only SF9 songs on the list. The love is there so why no win?? While I wish the costumes were better, I think the concept of incorporating capes into the choreography is SO CLEVER!! Also, the song is so catchy, but the Spanish influence in the instrumentals makes it stand out even more so. And even though line distribution is very uneven, I don't find it too bothersome because each member has a very memorable part in the song. O Sole Mio was one of the first SF9 title tracks I fell in love with and even though I didn't hear the song when it first released, it gives me nostalgia to when I first became a Fantasy. Though, it does feel very dated in an isolating kind of way. O Sole Mio (and a lot of the other tracks from the Knights of the Sun album) is unlike any of SF9's other songs, and listening to it, you can tell that it's from early on in their repertoire and definitely during an experimental phase. It feels like a song from the past you love and feel nostalgic about, but if I were to stand it next to one of SF9's song they released after this, there were so many things O Sole Mio lacks that were improved upon: line distribution (*cough cough more Hwiyoung*), a more established group "sound", more dynamic choreography (the cape part and the entire part during the chorus is really cool, but the dancing during the rest of the song isn't that revolutionary).

Part 2 in progress...

[taltos-seidmadr]

Hey love! How's you? Hope you are having a good day/night?

I'm here for the free reading you posted about. Hoping i could get one too.

Can you tell me about my future spouse/ SOULMATE and how our relationship would be?

Birthdate - 14th October 2001

Loads of love and positive energy for you✨💗

- Maggie🦋

This is reading 8 out of 8 (they may be out of order). At the moment of me writing this, there are no slots left, but you can still get a reading in exchange for a small donation.

Thank you so much Maggie, I'm having a very pleasant night enjoying an ice coffee among the company of my guide and favourite tarot deck, honestly it could not be better 😉 I hope you are also having a good time. It's going to be your birthday soon woohoo! So happy birthday in advance as well. Once again thank you for the kind wishes and may all of the positivity uno reverse card right back at ya! 💗

I asked the cards about your future spouse, and they said.... Markedly nothing. 😳 But in the light of what they did say, I think that's actually not only very good but kind of amazing for you. Bear with me, I can explain. The cards are so intentionally quiet that I'm pretty sure this has not been decided yet - which means that you don't have to stick with or wait for a person that fate has decided for you but rather YOU get to make your pick from the catalog. I will elaborate on this at the end but there are two more things I need to talk about first before I can get into it.

eight of cups reversed. three of swords reversed. six of swords reversed

Holy shit who hurt you this bad. I feel like, if you have already had relationship(s), a previous one ended absolutely terribly and maybe you were even cheated on. I hope that's not true, but idk what else to say because these cards clearly indicate that you have been carrying some kind of hurt for some time. I don't know how long, but the cards seem to think "too long". Of course everyone grieves differently and it's okay to take the time you need, but... this row of cards seem like some sort of dark mirror, that you can't seem to stop looking at but it's also the thing that keeps holding you backwards from moving on (and eventually meeting that soulmate!)

I think you are at the point where the healing is just right around the corner for you, all you have to do is just... sort of consciously decide "I'm going to move on" and put the active effort into getting better, like positivity and self care and whatnot. I know that it's scary to move on from the hurt, because it feels as if it never happened. But believe me, by clinging on to this you are doing yourself a disservice. The best revenge you can have is to put the crown back on your head and make your haters froth at the mouth with envy.

If this doesn't apply to you at all, don't worry about it though because if there was any negativity about your path, it's in the past. Maybe this just means that you have to learn some lessons before you set your foot on the road to Soulmateville. Don't worry about it at all, everything will come to you in time, and you will be able to handle it. What I'm seeing is a journey that will last for a long time but will be smooth and uncomplicated as long as you keep moving forward.

seven of wands. the high priestess. page of swords reversed. seven of cups reversed

This might be weirdly specific, but hear me out. Let's say, there's this person who you have a crush on, maybe you already have something going but you know deep down in your soul that this relationship is not how you imagined things. Still in spite of that you dead on insist "I can fix them, they will grow" because you really want this soulmate thing to work out. Do you have someone, a real person, in your mind when I say that? Cause if so... Listen. I don't tell my clients what to do but I will tell you this one thing. Fucking dump this clown. Not only are they extremely immature but I think it's possible that they are playing some kind of mind game or lying to you about something. I mean, they are not a bad person deep down, I get it, and I think that you are correct inasmuch as they will grow out of this clownery eventually, but that will take like, years. Aint nobody got time for that and you deserve way better than this. You are literally wasting your time.

If you haven't encountered this person yet, I think it's very possible that you will, but if you don't have any bad intuition about your current person then it's probably not about them. Maybe some kind of suitor who will appear and try to seduce you, or somebody who will try to start malicious gossip about your relationship. Whatever it is... Don't listen to the lies, you already know the truth. The cards are literally saying "Your intuition is completely correct and you need to protect yourself girl"!

the lovers. the magician

Okay, here comes, FINALLY, the good part. I didn't intend to sweet talk you or anything but the cards are saying it in the most literal way possible that you are a rare catch, 11/10, just amazing in and out and you could have literally ANY person you wanted. I would even go as far as saying that if you believe in that kind of stuff you could try sitting down, thinking about what your dream person is like, and then manifest them or do like a love spell or something. Just be careful what you wish for, cause it WILL come true lol! Not to be ominous or anything, just saying that you should manifest somebody who will be your loyal foundation and treat you with honesty and respect. Not like that page of swords from the circus. We accept the love that we deserve and you deserve nothing but the best, okay sis?

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