#i totally understand though

[tennessoui]

idk if this is gonna be a weird ask but i send in a lot of anonymous asks bc im worried if theyre not anonymous oomfs will see me obikinposting bc i know a bunch of them think its Bad and Problematic but then its like. an ask. on Your acc. like if they see it its like. mf why were YOU at the witches sacrament yk ? anyways idk its something im anxious about a lot and idk IDK thank u love u bye hope the mouse leaves u alone (i would recommend a glue mouse trap and some cheese) (and someone for emotional support)

dude i promise i never ever question my anonymous asks. send as many as you want!!! send one from your account that says 'just message me to respond' and i will! i love getting anons and tbh i love sending anons and i literally do it all the time - tumblr's new rule about having people have to have a tumblr account to send anons sorta sucks tbh cause i always thought of my anons as being a mix of ao3 users/twitter users/tumblr users, but now, alas....

but point is---no reason for sending an anon ask is weird or stupid. and if you ever want to send a non-anon ask but you're worried about people being stupid, just let me know to reply on the side. people can be weird about things, and i know obikin gets a lot of hate.

but you should enjoy what you like anyway. because you like it. and it's cool and metaphoric and like. hot as hell to imagine and what else do you need????

[idanit]

solidarity

[markscherz]

You are everything I aspire to be

If parenting has taught me anything, it is the importance of getting down on your hands and knees and teaching not just facts, but love and enthusiasm for the natural world.

This is my son Q and me. I have dozens of photos like this by now, even though he is just two years old.

Every chance I get, I will kneel down with him and show him the little creatures all around us. Especially when they are frogs. He loves frogs for some reason. No idea why.

It is important that we all see this together. It is beautiful. It is magnificent. We are here. It is improbable to the highest degree. It is fleeting, but it is everything we get. And we can get so, so much of it. If we just get our faces into it and really absorb it.

So that's what l'm trying to do here, I guess. Get all of you to join me in the reeds. And I am so happy to have so many of you along for the journey.

[clouvu]

Offering to you all some sandy doodles in these trying times

[mossy-aro]

ultimately i think my insistence on aro positivity honestly is as much a political stance as a personal one.

when i say aro positivity is crucial and that i dislike doomer-ist posts that express sentiments like 'I hate being aro so much I wish I was dead instead’ it's not because I don’t think there can and should be a space for negativity and acknowledging self-hate, or the many ways being aromantic can really suck sometimes. i find that to be very important!

that being said. there is smth here about how self-hate posts are sometimes just arophobia that we inflict on ourselves. and when we put that out into the ether it (intentionally or not) can become arophobia that we inflict on other members of the community. i think there absolutely needs to be a place for negativity and the expression of anger and frustration and self loathing even - these are all good things to talk about because these are things that we experience. that being said, it can also be genuinely upsetting and triggering to people to have what is essentially arophobia shown to them and then have that be validated by other aspec people. your personal thoughts can affect your wider community on a level you may not anticipate. and i understand it i truly do! it took me so long to be able to recover from accepting being aroace - it threw my entire world off kilter and made me question everything about my place in the world.

but my insistence on aro joy and positivity is because ultimately i do believe that building is at the core essence of it all. that ultimately discussions and the purpose of community should be about construction, not destruction. and this is both a personal and a political stance. talking about how much you hate yourself and cultivating online discussions/spaces where negativity about aspec identity is the main and only theme is destructive - if that’s where we let the conversation end. these thoughts can and should be used as a vehicle to look for a path forward!

joy and positivity create a space where the focus can become on forging a path forward, on construction, on community building instead of tearing ourselves and others down with negative thoughts. it’s not productive or healthy when it stops at a place of negativity - it becomes actively destructive to the essence of community.

and i do think that this is especially poignant considering the fact that being any kind of queer, but especially aromantic (and/or asexual) means forging a path for yourself and making your own happiness where there is no obvious way forward. our communities exist mostly online (right now, anyway), there is little recognition of our existence in the real world, the effects of amatonormativity are both pervasive and actively dehumanising, and there are legal, economic and social structures in place actively making our lives more difficult. yes that all sucks! it’s good to acknowledge that. we need to in order to change it. but more importantly, that’s not the end. we are still here and our happiness, our future is for us to determine. even if we can’t change the laws or society, loving yourself and understanding aromanticism as a political identity (as well as personal), as a radical worldview, and as a protest against amatonormativity is essential for both community and personal well being. the personal is political.

tldr. i guess my point is that as a community, we should focus on building, improving, and nurturing ourselves and each other (construction) as opposed to destruction. we should recognise aromanticism and asexuality as political identities as well as personal ones and rely on community and self-love in the absence of anything else as a form of protest and political power. destruction (the recognition of everything that is wrong) is essential as a starting point - but where do we go from there? we rebuild.

[waterghostype]

i thought this was a beautiful nonbinary lesbian but it’s just morro from ninjago

[hysteriafossil]

guess who finished tlok tonight and immediately had this come to him in a vision!!!!

[chateautae]

hi <3

my lovelies are you still here? i'm thinking of dropping something 🥺

[ingravinoveritas]

Oh my God, Georgia...

[johnbleepingzoidberg]

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Luigi’s been acting weird lately-- and Bowser’s concerned. When Luigi vanishes one day without any warning, Bowser begrudgingly turns to Mario for help, meeting him at a (humorously petite) cafe in Mushroom Kingdom to discuss what’s been going on. Old rivalries die hard.

The cafe has really good liability insurance, don’t worry.

(A/N under the cut)

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bear with me as i try to find my footing with this LOL, i am by no means a professional comic artist. i’m writing (or attempting to, at least) a comic based on my Evil Luigi AU-- read the original post/see the original art my looking thru the #my art tag on my blog! this is a bowuigi AU, so the relationship’s pre-established and Luigi, up until he ran away, had been ruling Koopa Kingdom alongside Bowser and navigating that fun new king life.

i have no idea what to tell yall to expect other than the fact that this will be very inconsistent in literally all senses of the word :’) but hey, im tryin my best-- i havent done any sort of comic in a long time and im having a lot of fun with this so far. if anything it’s good practice. right now i have at least a few pages planned out, but im not sure how quickly ill be able to draw them out, especially since i’ll be working full-time again soon. so see this as a bit of a teaser for things to come/an experiment to measure interest in the idea. :D

[strangegutz]

im sorry asks are losing you follows :( I like to see the people I follow having fun with their characters!!

i have accepted it, that’s the problem with doing vastly different things with my art! i’ll be alienating someone no matter what. here’s a venn diagram of my audience as i understand it:

unfortunately for most, fortunately for some, i love my ocs very much and will keep posting about them, I’m making a comic one day, i swear!

The Heartbreakers are the rent-lowering gunshots of the StrangeGutz neighborhood. maybe if enough people unfollow, i’ll lower the prices of my dolls, haha

[total-drama-brainrot]

father ophelia can you describe aleduncan at pride together

Aleduncan don't go to pride.

Alejandro's too afraid of his parents and/or brother finding out that he's not straight and reacting poorly, so he keeps his sexuality as hidden as possible - it isn't until he's cut off his family and their toxicity that he allows himself the freedom and joy of publically expressing himself, and then he goes to pride with his friends and has a great time.

Duncan's not allowed within the vicinity of a pride event because he's an active arson risk. And homophobic /j.

Alejandro records his time at pride for Duncan to watch. Duncan calls it gay and stupid but secretly appreciates his boyfriend trying to include him in these events. Alejandro catches Duncan watching the recordings "in secret" with the mushiest look on his face, and silently decides not to call him out on it.

[daylighteclipsed]

Y’all ever think about if Sora falls to darkness that inside his heart will look like the Destiny Islands falling again

[ohkelpart]

P!Acho has a type and it’s pretty people who are players

[nerdy-talks]

We have finally learned why Barbatos is so mad at Solomon... and it's not what I was expecting at all

I love how Solomon reacts to this. He seems so nonchalant like "aww come on, don't be like that~" xD

Is anyone else happy that we got to witness this side of Barbatos?!

He always seems so calm, cool, and collected. So for Barbatos to be this upset, offended, and angry over Solomon innocently placing him as number eight on a list... it's a bit shocking lol

It does make sense, though. I think every demon has a serious level of pride within them, in one way or another. Even Levi, in regards to his knowledge of anime and games.

And obviously, being placed as eighth was a jab to Barbatos's pride/self worth.

In Solomon's defense... it was an entirely innocent action/"mistake" on his part. No malicious intent whatsoever.

Though for future reference : very nice compliments and words of high praise should always be written alongside a demon's name. Ya know... to boost their mood and (attempt to) distract them from everything else ^w^

[separatist-apologist]

The trick to writing a smut scene for a het pairing from the mans POV is to make him absolutely wrecked. He needs to be full on simping. It doesn't matter if that's not "realistic"- if that dude is taking himself seriously to an unbearable degree, if he's only thinking about himself and his wants- if he's hung up on things like virginity/proving virginity, and pleasure is wholly centered around him- it's ALWAYS going to come off gross and unsexy.

It's supposed to be fantasy, and if your audience is primarily women, then you're writing for the female gaze.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk