(Late) httyd anniversary screencap study pt. 2 <3 + process video! (I never show mine cuz they’re full of chem equations and jumpscares but this one is ok <3)
I think there’s like three things I missed the most about Tumblr:
Nonsense rambly hashtags are the norm here and I can write an essay in the hashtags if I want and literally no one will judge me because everyone else does it too.
No text character limits, so I can ramble as crazily as I want just in general and I don’t have to chop and Frankenstein my posts just to get my thoughts and intentions across.
Ability to actually organize things on your blog because it’s an actual blog.
I can make easy and clean links and I probably don’t have to write P@tr3on and C0mm1ss1ons every time I fear the wrath of the almighty algorithm.
Help I don’t know how to talk to normal people about Good Omens anymore. Got actually legitimately flustered at work trying to convince a non fandom person to watch it.
And then when another colleague had watched it and had a question/complaint, it was such an old issue to me, something people in fandom talked about in the first week and worked out and now never really bother talking about anymore…and I literally didn’t know how to reply. Like…did she want to hear about the ox rib?
folks im doing a pruning spree of my following for the sake of my own sanity (i follow too many people and it is stressing me out) and i apologise in advance if i accidentally unfollow any mutuals with whom i talk less 🫶 feel free to shoot me a msg if that happens
why must all of maryellen’s cutest outfits be retired and expensive secondhand??? 😭😭😭
let’s go over the state of things:
maryellen’s vacation playsuit. a totally adorable summer outfit, leaning into the 50’s trend of a playsuit - a romper with a matching detachable skirt. so darling! naturally, it was retired after only one year, and the cheapest it’s currently being sold for on mercari is ninety dollars (missing the shoes, so it’s not even complete). okay, that’s sad, but every collection has one or two poor gems like this.
maryellen’s strawberry outfit! I love this one - I think the colors are just the right combination of cute and garish, which gives it a really fun retro vibe. This one was out for three years so I’m sure the secondhand prices are more reasonable - oh wait, no. they tend to be listed for around a hundred dollars. 😞
maryellen’s rockin’ roller skating outfit is a *little* better. but the dress on its own is still being listed for about fifty five dollars so it feels weird to celebrate that as an improvement. it was out for two years, so I get it being a *bit* more pricey. but the full outfit is being listed for about a hundred dollars so like. still way too much for me.
maryellen’s flamingo swim set is super cute, but it’s only a swim suit. surely people can’t be asking that much for - oh. the swimsuit alone tends to be listed for about 70 and the whole set I seems to be listed for mostly around 150 at the low end. bro.
maryellen’s play outfit. look, at this point I’m getting a bit desperate. I don’t even really like this one all that much (I think it’s cute but it looks weirdly cheap to me?). but this was out for three years, and looks like the kind of outfit that would have good sales! surely I can find it at a decently low price. oh - no, it looks like that will be $70 without the shoes. okay then.
honestly, i get the prices a bit. clearly people are buying them occasionally at those prices, as the sold listings were in those ballparks. however, I AM annoyed at ag. they rotated her collection so quickly that they burned through a bunch of cute designs super fast.
i wish ag would bring back some of these! I feel like her playsuit especially got the short end of the stick. it’s such a cute design and a really cool bit of fashion history.
Rewatching MCD has me remembering the fanfic I wrote on Quotev when I was 14 and didn’t fully understand what was going on, didn’t know that Aphmau was Irene, and couldn’t choose between Laurmau and Garmau.
Maybe now that I’m getting a feel for how Aphmau’s relationship with both of them is like I can write a better fanfic.
It definitely feels like Aphmau has more chemistry with Laurance since they can always joke with each other but she and Garroth don’t really do that, it’s mostly a strict guard and Lord relationship with them cuz he’s too shy to confess his feelings. Then again, as I’ve said before she is flattered whenever Garroth compliments her but annoyed when Laurance compliments her. Buuutt I’m on episode 99 now and Laurance doesn’t flirt with her as much since he’s her guard now so Aph doesn’t get as annoyed as she used to during the rare times he’ll compliment her or confess his feelings.