#edgy about movies and shows anymore

[nfnfnfnfndnfkfjfndksjsndnxjsojsn]

maybe being a cringe kid online who makes bad jokes is the solution to life

[sirfrogsworth]

These folks watched a whole ass movie not realizing the main character was transgender and it was a 2 second kiss between men that made them lose their ever-loving minds.

It's amazing to me that if it weren't for those 2 seconds, many of these folks would have given this movie a 4 or 5 star review. But two seconds of the most vanilla, non-sexy, yet genuine and loving kiss somehow ruined every moment of enjoyment the previous 90 minutes brought them.

Imagine if they realized the trans allegory. I wish I had a way to tell them. I wish I had a way to make them realize they related to a trans character. That they rooted for them. That they accidentally empathized with a trans story.

This was a beautiful movie. In every sense. I really hope between this and Spider-Verse, we can have a moratorium on every 3D animated movie using this style of character design.

It's time to let go of the rubber toy look.

I love Toy Story, but its success kind of doomed 3D animation to never take any risks. I thought maybe it was just a limitation of the medium, and perhaps it was for a time... but after seeing Love Death + Robots and Arcane...

I realized they can make 3D animation look however the hell they want now.

The rubber people were just risk avoidance.

"That's what people are used to and so we're sticking with it."

But the real beauty of Nimona was the story. I won't spoil it but the plot is pretty much, "If you get to know a trans person, you probably won't hate them anymore."

Not knowing any trans people is one of the biggest factors in anti-trans bigotry. And so this movie uses allegory to let an audience get to know a trans person. And you get to experience someone slowly start to understand what it is to be trans from an outside perspective.

It's sad that will probably be lost on those folks above because all they will remember is the kiss. Seriously, it was such a harmless, mundane, blink-and-you-miss-it kiss. But I'm hoping that others will take the lesson of this movie to heart. That you should get to know people before you judge them.

Part of me does wish we could tell trans stories without allegory. That we could just have overt trans characters. But I think this is the best representation possible right now.

It's crazy that Supergirl was one of the bravest shows as far as modern trans representation. It wasn't an edgy HBO drama trying to push boundaries. It was a family-friendly superhero show and they were just like, "Here is a transgender woman with superpowers and it's fine." And I loved that it was part of the character but it wasn't all the character was. Though I think they just missed the manufactured "moral panic" window where that choice would have been extremely controversial causing boycotts of Warner Bros. and whatnot.

My only complaint about Nimona was a small penis joke. It went by very quickly and many may even miss it. But I was surprised to see it in this movie in particular. Especially since those jokes can have collateral damage toward trans folks. With all of the positive messages, wasting a joke on body shaming was a tad disappointing. I mean, it was a fairly lighthearted "Is it cold in here?" joke. I don't want to make it sound worse than it was. But it still registered on my Richter scale of things that bother me.

Anyway, I wholeheartedly give Nimona a 5 out of 5. It helped me understand my friends on a deeper level and it was warm and funny and entertaining. There was a scene at the end that was so beautiful and heart-wrenching and I was crying my eyes out. The animation and the symbolism and the acting were just so perfect.

It's a shame Disney tried to kill this movie. But I am so glad it was allowed to exist despite that.

[shaampoo]

OMG!?!??! I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS SONG (and AU), RIGHT NOW!!!

(By Lydia the bard

TINKERBELL VILLAIN SONG - Fall Little Wendy Bird Fall | Song by Lydia the Bard and Tony | Animatic

The title^)

First of all the cover art is AMAZING, Tink is SO pretty, the sparkle and lines on the wings, her grin, HER HAIR, HER EARS, HER DRESS,

Also, "Fall Little Wendy Bird Fall" is a great title

Now the video itself and its lyrics, i really REALLY want to just compliment every single frame of this video, its so beautiful, so well done, its like it was blessed by The Muses of greek mythology,

Okay so the lyrics at 0:45

"You dont seem to quite understand what is at stake,

This messed up little family that i had to make"

Not only is this line so beautiful with the way her voice sounds, its pretty much a nod to the fact Tink and her friends kidnapped peter pan and the lost kids to keep her and her friends alive

(0:55) \/

"If i could let them all go home please know that i would

But it'd do more harm than good"

Just Tink expressing her guilt that she and her friends kidnapped the lost boys so that they could keep existing, but like, JWHSEAJKHWED, she ofc doesn't want her or her friends to die, and since people are slowly not believing in fairies anymore, they're slowly going extinct, ALSO, Fawn and Silvermist are DEAD, so yeah, that messes with someones head

AAAALSOOOO, i LOVE their silhouettes, the height and weight differences instead of them all having the same height and weight like in the movies, plus, i LOVE that despite not looking like how they do in the movies, you can probably still tell who is who,

ALSO

Even if it wasnt intentional, i like how in kinda faraway shots, Tink has a more cuter roundish look, while in closer shots shes more edgy and more intimidating(? if that's the right word), kinda showing how others view her (kinda?) as a cute fairy, maybe underestimated, but yknow, close up, shes plotting to kill a child

(1:15)

I love how Tink is gesturing in this scene, cause 1. It conveys to the audience what she wants from the lost boys and 2. Canonically, when fairies talk, people usually just hear jingling of bells, so shes gesturing because shes also conveying what she wants to the lost boys

1:23

"Swear its nothing personal, its a necessary evil"

I just love this line because it is a necessary evil, she needs the lost boys and peter pan in neverland to believe in fairies so that they exist, and Wendy is pretty much a threat, since she makes the lost boys want to grow up with families,

Also, the lost boys look so cute in here, i cant remember their names tho, one is holding a slingshot, aiming at wendy, one is holding rocks , and one has a stick , so Tink just told these children to assassinate Wendy, or at least attack her.

1:35

I love how the kids explain that Tink make them do it, and Peter Pan just glares at Tink, and i love that I'm pretty sure that Peter isn't mad/doesnt blame the lost boys

As seen in this scene where Pete is smiling and stuff at the Lost Boys and/or at Wendy

1:55

I love how Tink refers to Wendy as a "Nasty little spark" because, a spark can turn into a fire, damaging a lot of stuff and people, pretty much saying that Wendy has to be snuffed out before she causes a fire,

"Setting fires inside my house is just not allowed"

Pretty much referring to the fact that Wendy, the spark, is creating a fire, aka, making the lost boys want to grow up and go back to the real world, making them not believe in fairies anymore, thus, making her and her friends die, which is, not allowed.

Also. the fear in Tink's eyes is so fear, her expression is on point, the mix of concern and fear is just, so beautiful, also i love her pointed ears

2:17

First of all, this screenshot does not do justice to the actual design of the mermaid (siren?), cause they are AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL, GORGEUS.

Also, the fact that Tink is persuasive enough to convince someone to kill Wendy in such a short amount of time is impressive, and the fact that the mermaids agreed so quickly is also impressive,

When it failed, the absolute horror and shock on Tink's face? Shes horrified that another plan of hers failed, and shes scared that her friends might die, like, wow

The despair on her face is just so...asdjwoaijdoiwajd

3:38

The fact that Peter Pan (i cant even give him a nickname cause Pete sounds different and P.P. is just wrong and Pan is just A Thing), first at the gust of wind that blows away the pixie dust (which keeps the ship afloat) he covered his eyes, maybe cause the dust or his hair in his eyes, then he looks at Tink in anger and shock and probably some confusion, then looks at Wendy, in concern and fear,

Theory: Pan knows that, since Tink doesnt want the lost boys to leave, and he knows that gust of wind was from the fairies, and Tink's dislike and hatred to WEndy, that Wendy was probably the only one not going to be saved, which is why he only looks at her and tries to save her (that or he's a SIMPPPPPPP /j)

3:50

The fact that you can see Wendy screaming??? Chills,

And the black screen right after, signalling Wendy's death is just amazing

Anyways, overall, what im saying is

THIS SONG IS AMAZING GO CHECK IT OUT, GO CHECK OUT THIS PERSONS CHANNEL, THEY HAVE GOOD VILLAIN SONGS, THEY EVEN HAVE ENCANTO!!!!

[haveyouseenthisskeleton]

Skelly gets called baby girl by s/o

Undertale Sans - He really doesn't mind. Everyone should be a baby girl once in their life. He watched the Barbie movie so he knows everyone can be Barbie if they can. In fact, he wants to be Barbie right now. He takes off his jacket revealing a pretty bright pink dress underneath. He grabs a blond hair wig and sunglasses and he's leaving the house like that to parade in the streets. You're speechless.

Undertale Papyrus - Oh, he doesn't mind either. All he can hear is that you think he's cute and that's enough for him. After all, he is a pretty nice-looking baby girl and everyone should be jealous of the attention you're giving to him.

Underswap Sans - He growls at you to show his displeasure but you can't be fooled. He's blushing, which means he actually likes that even if he's trying really hard to hide it. You didn't know Blue is a tsundere, you learn something new every day.

Underswap Papyrus - His face turns bright orange as he slowly melts into the couch. He doesn't care about the nickname, except when there are people around, like now. He's so embarrassed now, trying to hide as everyone is chuckling. It's going to take some time for him to recover lol.

Underfell Sans - The first few times, he rolled his eyes at you, but now he barely reacts to it like "baby girl" is actually his second name. You even saw him look behind him as a random woman showed off her actual baby girl to some stranger, confused it wasn't you who called him.

Underfell Papyrus - He gasps, offended. He's not baby girl material, how dare you?! He's pouting in a corner and won't stop before you apologize to him. You say you're sorry for calling him baby girl even if you think he's a really pretty baby girl pouting like this in his corner. He gasps even more loudly and leaves the room, arms crossed. Seconds later, you can hear edgy metal music coming from his room as he pouts like a teenager in his bed lol.

Horrortale Sans - You can call him whatever you want as long as you stay in his arms for cuddles. He simply purrs a little louder when you call him a pet name. He really doesn't care. He has quite a list of cute nicknames for you too anyway.

Horrortale Papyrus - He turns bright red, embarrassed, and shy. Stop it. He's not that cute, you're just trying to flatter him. And that's working very well actually. Look at him panicking and not remembering what he was doing because you completely distracted him from whatever he was doing.

Swapfell Sans - He keeps a brave face and completely ignores you. Or try to. His face is bright purple as he's trying all he can to pretend he's reading his damn newspapers and that the nickname had absolutely no effect on him. He thinks he's doing a great job (no, he doesn't).

Swapfell Papyrus - Only if he can call you back sexy fartmaster instead. Rus really doesn't mind and will call you out in front of his brother (who wants to be everywhere but there to listen to this bullshit) or even in front of the Queen both because it embarrasses you and it makes her mad. You started the game, now cry.

Fellswap Gold Sans - Well, he feels more girl than boy today so why the hell not. He can be your baby girl for the day, that's the wonder with him changing his gender when he feels like it. He's a beautiful baby girl after all. Actually, it boosted him to go wear one of his dresses today. It had been too long since he wore one.

Fellswap Gold Papyrus - Here he is, all shy and half-hiding behind the couch because he can't look you in the eyes anymore. He really likes the nickname, but it makes him flush every time and then he can't do anything with his body anymore because he can feel your eyes on him at all time.

[lihhelsing]

Part 5 - Catfish Steddie

You can also read it on AO3!

Eddie isn’t sure how many doubles he pulled in the past week, but he’s not too interested in counting, anyway. He just needs to keep himself busy. Just busy enough. 

He’s also trying to stay out of the house as much as he can because he can’t seem to find it in him to face Gareth. Not right now. 

Not when Gareth was fucking right. 

He didn’t say it to be mean, Edie knows it, but in all the time they’ve known each other, nerdy, weird Eddie was never the one to get the attention of guys built like a Greek god and Gareth had been wary of it from the beginning. 

Eddie couldn’t even get himself to tell him about the catfish because, in the end, he managed to get a date with Steve, and what Gareth didn’t know wouldn’t hurt him, right? 

But the joke’s on Eddie because he’s the one who ended up hurt. 

So yeah, maybe he’s been doing that avoidance thing that annoyed Gareth ever since middle school when Eddie would pretend to not be interested in playing with Max Steel anymore just because he had broken Gareth’s favorite figure and couldn’t find a way to tell him. 

Eddie can be a real piece of work sometimes and he knows that all too well. Gareth knows it too and it is beyond Eddie to understand why does he still put up with his shit after so many years, but after some nasty fights where Gareth had to yell at Eddie to believe he fucking likes him and is definitely sticking around and that Eddie needs to drop that shitty way of acting, Eddie prefers not to say anything.

He’s also aware Gareth can tell something is up and that he’s on borrowed time but that’s for future Eddie to worry about. 

The good thing is that the bar keeps him busy. He's always making a drink or another, cleaning something up and when there are no clients, Eddie can just let the music take over. Let his brain swim in the blissfulness of loud, angry music. 

"Can I get a vodka soda?" Eddie is nodding before he even looks at the person, his body moving with the familiarity of the bar work. 

He grabs the vodka with one hand and twists it around just to show off. His other hand is already filling a glass with ice cubes. Then it's alcohol, measured to be sure, soda, and a half lime wedge at the rim of the glass. 

It's as easy as breathing and it feels good to do something that doesn't involve thinking. 

"Here you go," he slides the glass in front of his customer and it's the first time he looks at her. She has short, brown hair and is looking straight at Eddie, not moving to get her drink. 

"Thanks, Eddie."

He frowns for a second. Doesn't remember telling her his name. Doesn't remember seeing her before, but at the same time, her face looks familiar. 

"Did you need anything else?"

Maybe she asked for another drink and Eddie didn't hear. His mind isn't the most reliable lately, hence why he can't quite place where he knows her from. Maybe she's a regular at the bar and Eddie has just forgotten about it? 

"When's your break?" she asks and oh. Oh, no. Can't she tell Eddie would prefer to suck face with any one of the other patrons that aren't a woman? 

"Sorry. I don't, uh, mess around with paying customers," he says even though he followed a few cute boys out through the back door for sloppy hand-jobs and messy kisses. 

Her frown deepens and Eddie thinks maybe he offended her. He tried letting her down easy but maybe-

"Uh, first of all, gross. Second of all, I just want to talk. Please."

Something isn't adding up. "Do I know you?"

She offers her hand as if she's in an indie movie and she's the edgy main character. Eddie doesn't take it but it doesn't seem to bother her. 

"I thought you knew. I'm Robin Buckley. Steve's roommate."

Oh, fuck. 

x

Eddie feels like he needs a cigarette even though he hasn't smoked in ages. He tends to stay with just weed for most of the time, but this situation right now is so fucked up it calls for one. 

He wonders if he should tell her he's going to 7/11 to get one but he realizes he's just stalling. He doesn't particularly want to hear what she has to say but he couldn't find it in himself to say no. 

Steve tried calling a few times but he gave up once it was clear Eddie wasn't picking up the phone. He wonders if Steve sent her. 

"I have 15 minutes and I was really counting on a nap during my break so make this quick," his voice comes out harsher than usual and Eddie's not mad about it. Maybe if he can put on a hard front she and Steve will leave him alone. 

Eddie's brain has been trying to trick him into believing Steve really didn't have anything to do with the catfish thing, but it just doesn't add up. He spent way too many nights awake thinking about Steve laughing at his expense, at how dumb he was for falling for the thing not once but twice. 

He just wants to move on, forget all about Steve and about how stupid he was to fall for his game. 

"You're bitchier than I remember," she shakes her head as if she can't believe it and Eddie frowns again. He really doesn't remember her. "Guess you're just not that bitchy when it comes to pretty boys, huh."

It takes a second for Eddie's brain to get the message but then…

"You."

She nods and even though she sounds playful as if all of this is nothing more than a joke her face is pinched up. 

"Guilty. Sorry about that, by the way."

Now Eddie is sure Steve sent her and he really doesn't want to hear whatever excuse he has for this. He doesn't even understand what's their goal here. Do they want Eddie to forgive them just so they can feel better about themselves?

"Tell Steve I don't need any apologies. You both can just forget it and leave me alone."

He hopes he doesn't sound too pathetic because he sure feels like it. But Robin doesn't move, she just blinks at him. 

"Steve doesn't know I'm here."

Eddie huffs out a breath. He's getting annoyed at this conversation really fast. 

"Will you just say what it is that you want to say and leave me alone, then? I really need a nap."

"Steve doesn't know I'm here and he didn't know I was, uh, using his face to-"

"Catfish people."

"Is it considered catfishing if I had no intention of dating anyone?"

Eddie frowns. What the fuck is wrong with this girl? 

"Yes."

She closes her eyes and presses her hands to her face. "Shit. I'm fucking this up even more, aren't I? I'm not good at this."

Eddie is honestly so fucking done with her. He's confused and honestly a little angry at this person he doesn't know but thought it was ok to mess with his life for apparently no good reason. 

"Well, I'm gonna go."

Eddie pushes himself off the wall he was leaning on and is walking back to the bar when she calls for him. 

"Wait. Please. I'm sorry… I have this tendency to joke around whenever I'm feeling bad or uncomfortable. It's just a shitty defense mechanism that I kind of can't control."

He honestly wants to tell her to fuck off but at the same time… He gets it. He is the same, after all, and Gareth would probably call him out on his bullshit if he ever complained about it. He can hear what she has to say, at least. 

"Ok. Go on, but I desperately need a Slurpee and you're buying."

Slurpees beat cigarettes every day of the week, no doubt. 

x

Robin's story was… Kind of crazy if Eddie was being honest. He was still confused about some things because how the hell did her professor support that idea? 

"I knew it was a crazy thing I was doing. I thought it would be harmless but once I realized it wasn't it was a little too late to back down and he was all over my case."

Eddie clicks his tongue. "You should report him, you know."

She looks completely terrified. "I thought about it but it's probably going to spill all over me."

Eddie shrugged. "Maybe you deserve it."

Robin worried her lower lip in between her teeth. "Maybe I do."

"I'm not saying that to be an asshole, it's just the way things are. When I fuck up at work I have to deal with the consequences and it fucking sucks so maybe you just need to deal with yours. It's not going to be the end of the world."

Robin sighs loudly. She's clutching her blue Slurpee as if her life depends on it and Eddie wants to warn her that it's going to melt. They are both sitting on a bench outside the store and Eddie is probably already running late to get back to his shift but he thinks he needs to be here right now. 

Robin's explanation was not what he was expecting. She swore Steve had absolutely nothing to do with that and proceeded to tell him Steve wasn't even speaking to her anymore.

He still can't wrap his head around the whys. Robin doesn't seem like a psychopath so it makes no sense that she would do something like this. It's an asshole move, especially given she and Steve weren't even friends. But Eddie had been an asshole before. He has fucked up with people he loves and he doesn't think that makes him a bad person.

He doesn't think it makes Robin a bad person. She at least looks really ashamed. 

"Are you going to throw that Slurpee at me?" Robin asks when the silence gets too long. Eddie looks at her and she's joking. Or at least he thinks she is. 

"Would it make you feel better if I did?"

"Honestly? Maybe. I can deal with screaming and fighting and saying dumb shit to each other. It's harder when all he gives me is silence and blank stares. It's like I'm not even there anymore."

Yeah, Eddie has been there. It fucking sucks. 

"Sorry," she says. "I didn't come here to make you feel bad for me. I know I fucked up and you have no obligation in forgiving me but I thought you should know what happened. Steve…"

Eddie has no idea if he can afford thinking about Steve right now. He misses the hell out of him and if he's being honest he misses Robin, too. 

"I know. He didn't know about any of that but I think maybe… Maybe he won't want to hear from me after I shut him out, you know? Maybe he'll be better off forgetting this whole thing."

Robin finally drinks her Slurpee. It's probably all water now, Eddie thinks. She looks at him and there's a glint in her eyes. 

"I think I've never seen him that happy. When he was talking to you, I mean. He was always glued to his phone, a dumb smile on his face. It was kind of adorable, if you like cute puppies."

Eddie did have a soft spot for puppies. 

"It doesn't matter anyway. Like I said, I don't think he will want to hear from me. I think I offended him, too."

"But would you want to? Talk to him again?"

He thinks for a second but he nods before his brain even registers the question. There's this ache in his chest that tells him he's probably going to miss Steve forever if he never talk to him again. 

"Ok, good. Because I might have a plan."

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[omegansamurai]

I hate that these YouTube videos complain and moan about how the Netflix live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender was a 'failure'...I mean, if that was the case, then why had it been renewed for not one, but TWO seasons, huh?

And like...I doubt the Avatar Studios stuff is gonna be anything groundbreaking. I don't even think Avatar Studios' content will be any good. Really, it's like, why is this even a thing? Just leave the franchise alone, Bryke, and just let people who can write and make your story a lot more enjoyable (Netflix's Avatar).

It just reeks of desperation and Bryke trying to be relevant. Avatar is not the next Star Wars, I'm sorry. It's a Nick cartoon that should've been an epic four-season (maybe five seasons, who knows?) show, but it shrunk to three, to make a failed shitty trilogy movie that the first movie bombed at the box office, thanks to the creators 'SUPER WISE' decision of canceling the fourth season because they want that trilogy movie series, and honestly? That itself was a bad idea. Bryke tries too hard to make their product the next Star Wars(which I think they're fans of, which says a lot), and it painfully shows. They try too hard. REALLY hard.

Like with Legend of Korra, they try to be super edgy with their 'story' and 'characters', but they just miss the mark on what made ATLA great. I mean, they don't even care about how the bending looks anymore in Korra. Really, there's a reason why they put the final season online, and it was just a bad show. Don't deny it, everyone. I'm certain it would've been good...but it was executed poorly and made not only a mockery of the characters in that show but the OG characters of ATLA(especially Katara). Well, maybe Zuko is the only one who's doing alright...but that just reeks of sexism doesn't it? Toph is all alone in the Swamp, and Katara is...not who she is...always sad about Aang's death...like get it together girl, you're mother-effin KATARA. Get with it!

And another thing, what more is there to tell? What is the next series even going to be? The Avatars are cut off after Korra, right? So...what now? And if you put the setting in some lame-ass futuristic steampunk or cyberpunk world and have bending in it, then...well, that's not really Avatar, is it? It's just its own thing at this point. And really, I don't want any new characters...I never wanted Korra's characters either if the writing they have for them was that bad.

I just think this whole Avatar Studios is just...again, desperation. Like why not reboot it or just...tell the same story, but with a different setting?

Sorry, lost track.

What I'm trying to say is, is that people act like the Netflix live-action of Avatar: The Last Airbender supposedly 'failed', which isn't the case. Y'all are just butthurt about how your 'perfect show' got 'tainted' by big corporations, and honestly, that's far from it. The people behind this live-action were very committed, and the actors were very respectful of their roles. The BTS looked like everyone was having a good time. And here you have idiots going on about how the live-action sucks because...what, Aang talks too much? No sexism from Sokka? Katara didn't act all rage-filled or whatever? I can get the criticisms, but still, I enjoyed it. I liked it. I want to see more.

It's just that this stupid fandom likes to put down the live-action because the cartoon is supposed to be this or that and it doesn't have this...when honestly, it's its own thing, but it's still Avatar! Let it be its own thing! You got the cartoon, now look at this NEW Avatar: The Last Airbender by Netflix! Look at the way they portray the characters, look at the direction they're going, look how they world-build, just look at it! It's almost like fanfiction, and really, isn't that what Avatar is? Fanfiction? It may be a cartoon show, but it's still fiction. They're not real people. We can do whatever we want with them. We're just borrowing their characters, story, and world.

This whole thing is an adaptation. So it's not your cartoon...but it's still Avatar.

I know I'm just rambling at this point, but I'm just kind of tired of seeing thumbnails on YouTube of people bringing down the live-action Avatar. I genuinely enjoyed it, and yes, while it may have some things to work on, the people behind the show will listen to their criticisms and work on that. But again, I still liked it.

Just know one thing...Bryke would've made the live-action of Avatar a whole lot worse if they were in control. I really do believe that. And as for Avatar Studios...I give it a year before it goes bankrupt. I know that's a little harsh, but I just know that the animated Avatar movie is going to be disappointing. ^^;

[teabiscs]

here are some of my KaiMax HC's

How i see them getting together

Kai is oblivious to Max’s affection, he thinks it's just Max being Max when the blonde starts clinging to him and touching him. He does think its weird that Max has all of a sudden started touching him so freely. He brushes it off Max isn't scared of him anymore or intimidated by him

Max grows increasingly frustrated by how dense Kai is. And works to find more obvious ways (without straight out saying it) that he has a crush on Kai. Showering a confused Kai in praise ("Oh Kai, you’re so handsome with huge muscles" because he opened a jar) [insert Rei and Hiromi rolling their eyes] and affection (practically sitting in Kai’s lap while they're all on the couch watching a movie. 

(watching their little game is a serious form of entertainment for everyone else. they make bets on it)

Max confiding in Rei, that Kai is actually kind of dumb and he doesnt understand why Kai cant see Max's crush. (And rei being like 'why dont you just tell him outright?' "BECAUSE THATS EMBARASSING")

and THEN Kai confiding in Rei about Max’s odd behavior and them laughing/giggling at him.

Okay so. Kai finally FINALLY puts two and two together when one night it’s just the two of them, everyone else has disappeared at the dojo. Sitting together. Alone. Max says somethings that go over Kai’s head. And Max has had enough and grabs Kai’s cheeks in his hands. His thumb smudging Kai’s painted cheek.Telling him to push him away if he’s not okay with it. And kissu kissu.

When they get together, Kai has to get used to how touchy Max is. He’s not used to it at all. He’s not used to gentle touches or the way Max will smoosh their cheeks together and affectionately rub them up and down. It makes Kai go red and a little embarrassed to be so loved on so openly in front of the others. (He does get used to it.)

They show affection in different ways. Kai’s is more muted, while Max’s is obnoxious and obvious. In your face affection. PDA expert. The first time Kai initiates them holding hands it shocks Max. 

Headcanons

A moon/sun ship

Grump Edgy/sunshine energetic

The grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one

Max is the possessive one

Kai knows that Max is touchy but Kai is the only one who has his heart. It doesn't bother him (initially it did) when Max clings to Rei and Takao. Doesn’t mind when Max cuddles up with Rei on the couch. (Also because as soon as Kai sits down, Max find his way into Kai’s lap)

Max on the other hand? Is kind of insecure (DONT KNOW WHAT FOR). He hates the way people will look at Kai with hungry eyes. He hates that people don;t take him seriously, and continue to flirt with (an oblivious, uninterested) Kai.

Also the idea of Max’s eye twitching over Kai’s obsession with Takao. Is so… funny.

IMO it stems back to Judy, so now that Max has someone who clearly loves him and gives him his attention, he refuses to let go or let anyone take that from him. 

Kai doesn’t think that Max is possessive/jealous and that its him showing affection. 

Idk it’s funny to me if the ONLY ONE that makes Kai a little nervous (read: jealous) is Rick. Like that’s the only person Kai does not like Max getting cozy with. Something about it makes Kai itch. 

Max is always able to get Kai to do things he would NEVER do otherwise. (I picture them wearing matching animal costumes with fluffy hats with ears. Max getting Kai to eat really cute. 

Max pouting is Kai’s biggest weakness. (He cannot say no to Max, in general, but the pouting? Seals the deal. Kai is so weak to it. Max makes him so soft)

[dudepilled]

do you perhaps. have anymore nottemdude headcanons because i am starving to death from lack of content

(First two are low-key gross so heads up)

-Out of the both of them, Dude is actually the edgy one. Yeah Nottem has that whole "I hate humanity" thing going but whos the one that goes onto rotten.com? Who tries to find Lucifer Valentine movies? Dude...FOR FUN. HE DOES IT FOR FUN

-On the same topic, Nottem can be really stoic when he wants to but Dude showed him The Gauntlet once and after Dude left he had to throw up in the toilet. Hes weird about bodily functions

-Uncle Dave and Dude are the only people Nottem is somewhat nice to. Uncle Dave gave Nottem a bleach tie dye metal shirt once for his birthday and it was the first time Nottem truly cracked a smile (Besides the time Dude told him he loved him)

Kinda all I got rn but hope these are good lol

[twsthc]

housewardens favorite movies & series 🎬

⚠��� warnings: mentions of azuls ed

last updated: august 7, 2023

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🌹📽 RIDDLE ROSEHEARTS: Spirited Away, The Office

thinks Spirited Away is really cute and loves ghibli movies in general

is really enchanted w the way chihiro works so hard for her parents (he kins her)

he thinks The Office is the funniest shit ever

its the most explicit media his mom has let him watch ever

probably wasnt allowed to watch spongebob as a kid

🥩🎬 LEONA KINGSCHOLAR: Bullet Train, Family Guy

likes thrillers/movies with complicated plots

i watched Bullet Train like 4 times so maybe im a little biased

got emotional when [certain character] died and [other character] cried over it

Family Guy is the type of show he'd put on then fall asleep to

he giggles at the first 5 episodes then hes out cold

🐙📽 AZUL ASHENGROTTO: The Devil Wears Prada, Shark Tank

we must not forget azuls drag queen roots

likes the business aspect, the drama, the outfits, miranda, etc...

the "one cube of cheese" line hit hard

shark tank is kind of obvious

sometimes he screams at the screen like "50% IS TOO HIGH"

🌞🎬 KALIM AL-ASIM: Big Hero 6, Regular Show

cried during #that scene

inspired by this tweet and this tweet (spoiler warning for the 2 people who havent watched bh6 yet for whatever reason)

gets distracted during thrillers/complicated movies a lot

bh6 has just enough twists that wont confuse him if he wasnt paying attention

regular show is just good idk

👑📽 VIL SCHOENHEIT: Misery, The Bachelor

i would do The Devil Wears Prada but it was taken...

i think shed like horror/thriller anyway

probably listens to stephanie soo's baking a mystery podcast

started the bachelor because rook recommended it

it was a joke at first

its not a joke anymore

☠🎬 IDIA SHROUD: Baron Omatsuri, Blue Exorcist

I LOVE BARON OMATSURI its so good

also the themes of loss probably hit hard for idia

hes 100% caught up with one piece

blue exorcist is the type of animanga thats just edgy/funny/??? enough that makes me think idia would like it the most

also based off of what we know ab his current preferences

the one remaining member of the BE fandom...

🐲📽 MALLEUS DRACONIA: When the Wind Blows, I Love Lucy

likes older movies because all he had in his castle was a super crusty ancient box tv for entertainment

not sure why i think hed like wtwb... im just right

learned everything he knows about humans through old sitcoms

The Golden Girls, The Brady Bunch, I Love Lucy, etc...

uses really old sayings because he thinks theyre still popular

[absolutebl]

Have you seen the trailer of Red White and Royal Blue? Its based on a best selling novel that is my most favourite. Ofcourse the book is better than the movie but you should watch the trailer!!!

Oh fuck me we got another Heartstopper situation.

Just because it's a gay romcom doesn't make it a BL!

I know, I know you wanna share a thing you love.

Putting aside the fact that I don't voluntarily watch anything in English anymore...

I appreciate that you want to share the love. Thank you for thinking of me!

And in order to not hurt your feelings, please know I'm glad you love this book and you maybe should stop reading this post at this juncture....

Because this is a BL blog with no impact on the book industry, so Imma slam that fucking book - not for what it is but for what it did.

Red White and Royal Blue is a perfectly serviceable romance novel if you like that kind of thing.

I don't.

A romance novel has to be different & unique & queer for me to enjoy it these day. RW&RB is none of those things. (Okay, it is kinda queer.)

There are

better romance novels,

better mm romance stories,

better rom coms,

better gay rom coms,

and better gay romances

out there.

And, frankly, there have been WELL before RW&RB came along with its very catchy cover and massive marketing budget to blow all the other books away.

Some of us have been reading mm since LoseID and the early days when it was m/m and we are over this kind of influencer sheep behavior.

From my antiquated perspective?

RW&RB represents what amounts to a traditional publishing corp jumping on a tiny bandwagon at the 11th hour like a massive gorilla, and then making a ton of money off of it, while they sunk that bandwagon into the mud with copycats.

RW&RB reads as a bog standard royal romance that someone decided to overwrite as gay to make it "edgy" and I intensely dislike everything about this.

The book is fine. What happened to the publishing industry around this book is decidedly not fine.

Like Heartstopper (or Bridgerton for that matter) I'm blaming this franchise for industry's mistakes and my own blatant biases, and because neither this book nor this show is gonna need my eyeballs or my platform's help, who tf cares?

So yeah... no I will not be watching it.

Not sorry at all.

(source)

because odds are Imma haffa point people at this for the next few months.

[shamelessler]

Spongebob Headcanons

Spongebob

- Spongebobs parents were rich and didnt have a lot of time for him

- He has adhd, his parents were very upsetted by the news because it messed up their plans for him to be a 'perfect child'

- Spongebob is a nickname, his real name is Robert

- He was born an only child

- Knows how to speak French because it's his mothers native language

- Strangely good at twerking??🤨

- Sings "livin la vida loca" and "living in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight" when drunk

- On the aro/ace spectrum

- Doesn't like people prying on his love life

- Learned ukulele as a kid and wrote songs

- Spongebob owns no pictures of him from his childhood, because he was very uncomfy with how his parents made him dress

- He's pretty masc presenting but he's not opposed to wearing a dress if its his style

- He refuses to curse around children and berrades people for doing so by saying "language"

- Spongebob just started college to become a biologist and works at the Krusty Krab part time but also does random things like garage sales and stuff to get more money

- He's very independant and refuses to use any of his parents money, even if they really want to use the money to get closer to Spongebob (which never worked)

- His parents send him presents and stuff for every occasion but Spongebob always ends up giving it to Patrick or Squidward for free, he'd rather his parents spend quality time with him instead of on money

- Favorite childhood movie will always be Lilo and Stitch💓

- Speaking of, his love language is 100% quality time. he doesnt care what he's doing as long as he gets to spend time with the people he loves while doing it. he also doesnt mind hugs<3

- Refuses to have anyone fix his tooth gap, he's very attached to it

- 27 years old

- Favorite songs are ocean man, la vie en rose, and beautiful boy. <3

- Went to camp with Patrick, Sandy, and Squidward as a kid:)

Squidward

- He used to date Squilliam, but he broke up with him years ago

- Has a twin sister, but they dont talk anymore

- His guilty pleasure show is Dance Moms

- Got made fun of for taking ballet as a kid

- Interested in feminine things but loves when people validate his masculinity

- That one guy everyone just assumes is gay without any explanation needed

- He's had the same clarinet since he was 10 years old and its very much a comfort object for him

- Says hes too mature for cursing, but he swears under his breath all the time

- Has an unlikely bond with Sandy once he starts getting closer to Spongebob, Sandy was the first one to help Squidward talk about how Spongebob makes him feel

- Spongebob goes to every concert of Squidwards that he can and it secretly makes Squidward v happy

- In my world, Squidward basically just started adulting cuz hes in his 20's and he hates it. He's like a kind of edgy teen thats already over the world.

- Works the Krusty Krab part time and does art commisions when he's at home

- His love language is words of affirmation

- He babysat Pearl a lot when he was a teenager to make money and sometimes Spongebob joined in with the babysitting

- A theater kid at heart

- Favorite songs consist of songs from musicals, The Girl From Ipanema, and anything by Billie Eilish cause he's a sensitive soul😭

- 29 years old and he already thinks hes an old man who's wasting away🙄

- Favorite childhood movie was The emperor's new groove cause he had a crush on Pacha lol

Plankton

- That one gay uncle that brings alcohol to a kids birthday party

- Karen and Plankton are gay best friends that look like a straight couple

- Karen is always trying to convince Plankton that he has a crush on Krabs

- Spent his childhood with Krabs

- Definitely has a hyperfixation on Mr. Krabs but he doesn't realize

- Weird sense of humor

- Curses constantly

- Planktons love language is acts of service

- Only opened the Chum Bucket to be closer to Krabs

- 67 years old and he's a fucking dilf😩

- He doesn't really listen to music, but when he does its mostly angsty

- His favorite childhood movie was Peter Pan

Mr. Krabs

- Cursing comes natrually to Mr. Krabs, Spongebob doesnt even try to stop him anymore

- He and Plankton are like the cool cousins at the christmas party smoking pot in the closet

- Mr. Krabs' love language is gifts, or just saving him money😭

- He secretly sees Spongebob and Squidward as the sons he never had, considering the two boys had been doing silly money making schemes with Mr Krabs for as long as they could remember

- Gets worried about Plankton all the time and gets anxious about if he pushed him too hard

- Him and Plankton have a sort of silent agreement to keep up the act of cat and mouse, since neither of them want to admit they truely just miss each other

- He was in the navy as soon as he could be enrolled and dislikes the 4th of July because it gives him flashbacks

- Sees his old navy friends as family

- As a human he 100% has a beer belly😭

- His favorite songs consist of sea shanties and funnily enough, The Electric Skates. Pearl got him into it but he refuses to admit it

- 69 years old and constantly jokes about the certain number🚶‍♀️

- Refuses to admit it, but his favorite childhood movie was Cinderella because he dreamt about his own fairy god mother coming to bless him and his poor family with riches

Patrick

- in my secret dating au, Patrick gets tired of pretending like he doesnt know that Squidward and Spongebob like each other so he says, "Once you both marry, can I be Squidwards best friend in law?"

- Patricks love language is definitely physical touch and receiving gifts

- He met Spongebob when the 5 year olds saw each other outside and the two would make silly gestures at each other from across the street

- He's on tiktok a lot so he listens to songs he found on tiktok lol. so he likes tyler the creator and stuff

- 27 years old

- Has matching pfps with Spongebob on every social media platform

- Became an influencer on accident

- That one kid that vaped in the middle school bathroom

- He went through an emo phase

- Got in a lot of fights as a kid on behalf of Spongebob

- His mom is extremely reminent of Eric Cartman's mom😭 "okey, dear."

- Loved to watch Lilo and Stitch with Spongebob as kids

- Cringe and proud

- Loves buddy movies

- Thinks Teen Titans, Go! is funny af (it is guys i promise it is)

Sandy

- Only curses if she has a really good reason and doesn't use them on others

- Her love language is acts of service:)

- Met Spongebob in camp when she was 11

- Vegan

- Has a gay twin brother named Randy that shes very close to

- Her favorite kinds of songs are folk, country, also she enjoys the music artists bôa, lady lamb, and taylor swift

- She is an activist

- Had a lisp as a kid

- 28 years old

- Favorite childhood movie was Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs since she related to him so much as a kid and still does

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A/N: ok im done with general hcs, agere is next:)

id like to thank my bf for helping me brainstorm a lot of these hcs with me, ty lux for giggling abt spongebob with me.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

> but i think the other big difference is that many more people are aware of bigotry as a distinct thing from “being edgy”

No?

IME, a lot of people explicitly say and act like edgy jokes cause the same damage as sincerely saying the edgy things, even if the joker doesn’t. I’ve seen people go “well, I know X didn’t mean Y, but it could be interpreted that way, and that’s also bad.” 

Even about non-joke stuff.

As if people are inherently, automatically responsible for others getting them wrong.

This wasn’t just some randos either. This was a big, international controversy.

>there are tons of racists on the internet but most of them are aware they are being racist and that this is a thing most people disapprove of,

This seems like a claim that would be extremely difficult to prove. Especially the “they know they are being racist” part.*

Most people don’t like to be factually wrong. Racism is factually wrong. I’ve seen quite a lot of racists build up elaborate structures of rationalization to avoid admitting the truth.

They will often shout from the rooftops that they are clearly, obviously correct, and the people who disagree are in denial.

Sometimes they will call those critics racist.

So what’s the actual difference between being edgy and actually being bigoted? Because you’re acting like there was no difference. 

I don’t think you ever explain the difference at any point.

> of the censoriousness and the compelled public apologies (and the still-extant class of right wing shitheads that haven’t been fully exiled from the public sphere)

TT, how exactly do you think many left-wing people are trying to get (perceived) right-wing people out of the public sphere?

Because it’s often censorship and compelled public apologies. And worse things, like straight up harassment. Rarely, violence.

Also, should left-wing bad people also be “exiled” from the public sphere the same as the right-wingers?

How do you think this exiling will be achieved?

> but at the very least i’m grateful that most of the mainstream content aimed at 13 year olds doesn’t have “women belong in the kitchen” jokes anymore

I’m not sure it ever did. At least not in the teen-targeted media I’ve seen for the past decade. I wonder if there was some sort of popular kids show or movie that was big - especially if it was big on this website - a decade ago. 

Especially ones with feminist-acclaimed Strong Female Characters.

* Also, it’s kind of lol that I found this in my archives;

Anyway, someone who uses Shinigami Eyes and blocks others because of it has no moral high ground to call people out for bigotry.

(Also, TT doesn’t actually know what SE claims to ID. Thought it was just for TERFs.)

It’s also ironic when TT has made racist assumptions themselves.

[thenightling]

We heard you like fantasy so we’re making your fantasy a fantasy within the fantasy

I just saw one of those clickbaity articles with a fan theory about The Chronicles of Narnia that none of it was real even inside the novels.  That what happened is Lucy started making up stories about the wardrobe, Edmond played along except when the older children were around. Then the professor talked the older children into playing too since that’s what he and Polly did when his mother was ill. Okay but... why?  What’s the point?    It’s already a fantasy with obvious allegories about morality and religion.  Why make it a fantasy inside the novel itself? It’s like “We heard you liked fantasy so we put the fantasy inside a fantasy so it’s fantasy within the fantasy.”  ...Why?  It’s overly convoluted and all it does is suck the magick out of it. We have enough stories where the fantasy world is all inside the child’s head like in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz (In the novels it actually was a real place.) To me it’s like the edgy theories that “They’re all secretly dead.” which is such a tired “Fan theory” I don’t know why anyone thinks its clever anymore.  Like with Rugrats “It’s all in Angelica’s head.  The Rugrats are dead and she can’t cope.”  or “Coraline’s parents are dead and she can’t cope.”  There are plenty of stories where it really is all in the character’s head or they were dead to begin with as an actual plot point.  It doesn’t need to be a theory for every kids show or fantasy.

I’m sick of theories that suck the magick out of... well, magick. Like the Harry Potter theory that Harry Potter was so badly abused that his adventures in Hogwarts are what he imagines while he slowly dies from neglect, or he had a psychotic break, or it’s how he copes and he really is still living in the cupboard under the stairs. Stop sucking the fantasy out of fantasy.   Not everything needs to be dark and “grounded in reality.”   It got so bad that when Netflix released The Sandman (based on the stories by Neil Gaiman) I was fully prepared to deal with the fan theories (which probably exist ) that Morpheus is actually still locked in the glass cage from the first episode and this is what he fantasizes about while still imprisoned.  Or perhaps Morpheus isn’t the Lord of Dreams at all.  He’s just some poor bastard who is being held prisoner by occultists who think he’s the king of dreams and his mind broke and he finally believes it, himself.      Maybe one day these Edgelords coming up with these theories will be old enough to appreciate fairy tales again.

[sexycipher]

You ever get mad or just so goddamn baffled that a fandom product/character/story/game/show/movie gets so overpopular, loads of attention and stays prominent everywhere despite it being less than a year old, a cashgrab or bait of some kind and/or a huge fucking ripoff of other properties?

While fandoms products that are a lot more worthy of obsession due to the quality and great character and story crafting and have been around for longer either get too little attention or are forgotten about too quickly. Amazing things like Bendy and the dark revival, the property of hate webcomic, the cuphead show, 101 dalmatian street, league of superpets, raya and the last dragon, monster crown, temtem.

Sick of seeing it happen over the last 3 or 4 years or so. The only explanation is people only care for edgy lore bait or sexualization in fandom now a days. Some of the stupid shit these people say, create and get up to would make the fnaf plus undertale fandom rude asswipes or character lewders blush. I also wish shit that was cheap and soulless stopped getting celebrated.

I can't say what fandoms I'm referring to without getting shot and thrown in a hole...

Do people not care about real art, storytelling, quality characters or game experiences anymore???

Sorry for the rant. So very frustrated. I want my passion fandoms and artists to get the appreciation they deserve so they can keep going or growing. I want fandom spaces to stop getting uglier and uglier every goddamn year.

[bug-the-chicken-nug]

man the netflix skull island show could IMMEDIATELY be so much better if it took itself at least SOMEWHAT more seriously and didn't have everyone almost constantly quipping, bantering, doing whedonisms and just being so... inauthentic. I know this for a fact because all the cool parts that I actually really liked are the parts that DON'T HAVE all the fucking quipping. like it makes sense when just like, a couple of characters specifically do this as like their own bit or their own coping mechanism, or it only happens sometimes but here it just becomes EVERYONE'S thing. It's damn there EVERYONE'S default and it's SO obvious. we're one step away from the fucking dog monster learning to talk so it can deliver a bad one liner. even the girl who had a hugely traumatic experience right before THEN being alone and isolated on an island for like OVER half her fucking life and should NOT still somehow be the quippy quick-talker type, somehow IS and honestly, I could buy that with more of a justification! Like, having it obviously be just her mimicking whatever one of the boys does, because she's excited to have friendly human interaction again but is extremely out of practice. and like, even all of this could be fine if the show didn't have such edgy serious and shocking moments where it wants you to be deeply invested in drama and stakes! you can't expect me to genuinely get invested in that stuff if you won't treat it with the gravitas it actually deserves! at this rate you may as well have made this a wacky action-adventure kids show, that would be better than trying to have your cake and eat it too! god i can't even really blame this on like "mcu-ification of media" or something because like. pretty much any mcu movie, for all their faults, is actually still more bearable than how this show handles it. not to mention this is where fuckin. KING KONG HIMSELF lives and we're fuckin. BARELY EVER showing him until the last two episodes because we have to focus on a bunch of people who barely act like people. despite how anyone genre savvy should know that you're fighting an uphill battle with putting human drama in kaiju media. You have to make that shit COUNT. you have to make the characters COUNT. or else nobody gives a flying fuck and everybody is just there for the monsters and creatures! (see: me coming out of this just wishing this could all be a mockumentary that only involves the wildlife and the native people at most) also they alluded to how Mike's not really into girls like twice. and then not a fucking peep about him being gay. it's 2023. this is a US show. We don't have to be so fucking coy about these things anymore. i held out a tiny sliver of hope and for What? An extremely unsatisfying cliffhanger ending? God. GOD.

[some-unlucky-girl]

I’m new to this whole blogging thing if I’m gonna be frank. I mostly just hopped on here because I’m tired of the Reddit crowd and my usual brand of negativity doesn’t really jive well the in crowds of discord so now so I guess I’m just here now. So let me introduce myself I’m billet and about a year ago I started going to full sail for audio production.

Music has always been one of my passions and I spent my confused and edgy teen years trying to smash together metal licks with my shidiot teenage boy friends to pretty much no real success. Between being broke ass trailer park kids and lack of drummers and bass players. We really didn’t have the what we needed to really record anything really.

Anyway by the time I was 17 after many falling out with my current set of piers. I was depressed and alone as I wanted to be with no one for company besides this white boi rapper drug dealer. My now late mother used to rent out my room at the time to the local dealers for some extra side skrilla and he happened to be one of them.

We just kinda hit it off at the time and would smoke hella gas and watch dragon ball on vhs tapes. He just preferred them to digital formats. So one I were were chilling and I was on abit of a tirade about how I really missed making music how I couldn’t really do it anymore and yadda yadda yadda. When he stopped me and pointed out that the crappy computer my mother had just procured for me. Was fully capable of recording my vocals. He showed me how to boot up garage band and that day I recorded the worst cover of from first to last note to self you’ll ever hear.

From then on I world get random instrumentals I’d find on YouTube and just go to town. I have like a fraction of my old stuff from then on my old sound cloud with run of the mill 2014 edgy and offensive titles on a few which I regret now in hindsight.

After I lost my old laptop and my life fell to pieces during Irma i was 19 at the time. Once I got back on my feet I spent a few years moonlighting as an emo trap artist. As is the usual for metalcore scene washouts who couldn’t hack it within those circles.

Life got in the way again after about 2 years of rough whiny sad boi songs . Me and my partner moved states and we got our own space again but I still didn’t have a good computer or mic to record with. Because we were kinda hurting for cash I used to donate plasma at our local blood bank. Well one day I finished up my usual donation I had one of the other donors offer me a ride. I didn’t really think anything of it so I accepted and the bitch neglected to tell me her car didn’t have breaks until after we were on the road. One near death experience later I decided to go back to school for something I’ve always be interested in.

I’ve always been a fan of horror and I had recently finished a few analog horror series’s. Aswell as plethora of movies and games. A lot of which were very fresh in my mind and I still think about to this day. Being a shoegaze enjoyer and recently at the time having just discovered sigilkore. It’s basically if trap and hyper pop had an edgy bastard child. I figured why don’t I try to take some of the mixing styles I’ve heard in sigilkore and the density of some shoegaze projects I liked. Blend it together and shit fuck it into some horror inspired big cringe. There is this one artist called shedfromthebody she did this project where she was kinda larping as a weird fae creature thing in her music videos. So after I made my first song in years splinter. I figured well I’m a satanist why don’t I right songs in the Kayfabe of me being a demon who feeds on dreams and negative energy thus the reason why my first mixtape that I have embedded here. Is called dream eater. From there I would find free beats remix them and record my vocals over them.

Now I’m pretty done with my schooling. So I’ve trying to focus finishing up so I can work on my beat production skills. Well anyway if you read all of this thanks I always appreciate when anyone gives me the time of day. If I stick around I’ll prob keep posting

End of edgy backstory