#okay maybe unironically

[fracturedmjrror]

need 🤤

[aroaceleovaldez]

emo Nico x scene Will Solace...

[22degreehalo]

The stereotypical 'harem anime protagonist' revolutionises and disrupts contemporary heterosexual norms in regards to romantic narratives. Rather than envisioning a stereotypically masculine power fantasy, the 'harem anime protagonist' instead cultivates a more realistic perspective, portraying its character as decidedly average in his abilities and looks, if not an outright outsider to normal society. In this way, rather than presenting romance as a quality 'earned' via successful displays of masculine superiority - a one-sided dynamic which all too often relegates women to be nothing more than narrative 'rewards' for the protagonist's achievements, taking the position less of individuals in their own right than of symbolic gatekeepers for hyper-masculine worthiness - it is instead portrayed as the result of burgeoning relationships between persons through quality time spent together.

Instead of expecting said love interests to be 'impressed' by the protagonist's successes (thus putting him on a pedestal above them, and enabling the masculine need to be 'better' than his partner), romantic feelings are nurtured realistically through shared interests and hobbies, and as a result of the protagonist's kindness and interest in helping said women with their life problems. Rather than man as conqueror, and romantic success as signifier of competitive superiority, romantic feelings are naturalised as contextual and mundane - as a normal and everyday fact of life that any person, regardless of social status, may be able to experience through commonplace bonds between relative equals and sincere concern for others' wellbeing.

Likewise, the 'harem anime protagonist' inverts the manic dream girl archetype; rather than existing to kickstart his own character development, the focus is almost entirely on the personalities and circumstances of the female love interest. If the protagonist 'earns' his relationships at all, it is not by displays of dominance or charisma, but through a genuine interest in their lives and willingness to help the women around them achieve their own personal goals. Said goals are often far grander than any the man himself could grasp at, again positioning the men in supportive, even submissive positions; rather than be turned off by this lack of traditional masculinity, the female characters are shown to find these very displays of kindness and supportiveness (typically feminine qualities) attractive, offering a different path for lonely and sensitive young men.

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[raionmimi]

One day I will actively message other symweaver fans so I can beg them to let me share every single one of my WIP doodles and headcanons and about them, so I can save my non-Overwatch friends the pain of me cornering them every single day with a new sketch and headcanon

But today is not that day 😌🌻🪷

[kyouka-supremacy]

Can anyone help word this more formally

[ashorterurl]

Kai and Aoi's tweets 11-14 June

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

me, hyped up about Star Trek Enterprise again after finishing my beloved season 3: I wonder if there are any posts about it on tumblr *searches*

me, twenty minutes later, closing the results: ah. I see. it has suffered from fandomification, where fans threw out canon and replaced it with fanon. one hundred and thirty seven polls asking "what was your first/favorite star trek" and it is at the bottom of every one. this between 14million other posts about every other star trek series. some funny memes thrown in for ~flavor~. great. wonderful. I'll just go back into my happy little corner with my parents who unironically enjoy the show with me then.

[weezerlvr228]

Pinkerton son or blue album daughter

I love Pinkerton and all the songs, but if I ever met a guy who related to ANY of the songs it would be a giant red flag😭 (except for Rivers)

blue album daughter all the way!!!

[cuteniaarts]

Wine stains on porcelain

(Alternatively: @katkastrofa and I have created 5 OCs in 3 days and I suffer from chronic “I wanna draw the little guysssssss” disease)

[br1ghtestlight]

bob's burgers SHOULD have a prequel type spinoff like young sheldon focused on big bob, lily and bob growing up in the restaurant except its kind of sad the entire time bcuz u know one of the main characters is gonna die and the dad is an abusive alcoholic and the kid doesn't have any siblings or friends. but that's also true for young sheldon so it kinda works!!

[witherbythesword]

2, 6, 9, 39, 50 :)

2. Have you ever faked orgasm?

I think a few times when I was not very experienced still and was scared to talk about it with my partner.

6. Why are you no longer together with your ex?

Uff thats a complicated question that involves alot of heavy things I do not think you bargained for so lets just say:

We had been together for a very long time and helped each other through alot of shit that changed us and I think on one hand it was just us growing into very different directions/different people. (we got together when we were 16 an had been together for almost a decade so you know changing is just normal to happen in this frame of time)

But on the other hand we simply overtime fell into dynamics that were making me miserable plus behaviours getting more prominent in them that made me feel very unsafe and also unloved. Which in itself might not have lead to the break up because I am all about wanting to figure out a way to make it work, putting in the energy to change stuff together and so on.

What made me be like "I can't spent the rest of my life with this person, this is ruining me." was the fact that whenever I tried to communicate with them that something happening between us made me unhappy or feel deeply unloved or unsafe, they would never care for it. Sometimes even get anngry and aggressive at me for even just wanting to speak about it.

Me being unhappy was not a thing they cared enough for, to want to work on things. Only once I told them I am breaking up with them (so when their poor treatment of myself had a negative consequence for themself for the first time) did they want to find ways to do better together, which for me was too late.

Like either my happiness is important enough for them to want to work on things when i tell them in the first place or not. In the end their sudden eagerness to do something was just selfserving and i think i deserve more than that.

9. Do you like someone?

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39. What was the last gift you received?

Some really cute flowers made out of bricks and some tasty fuzzy drinks that I loved!!! :33

50. Post a selfie.

best out of 50 I am SO good at taking selfies

[hawkogurl]

Anyways. Once again thinking about how ableist and saneist TASM and TASM2 are.

[eucidianlyendless]

Not quite what I intended to start as my latest art post, but I might as well start off with the most cringiest thing ever.

If you know, you know.

[bidokja]

me doing my damnedest to tell people that kim dokja gets isekai'd literally more times than you can count on one hand, and yet there's still people in the notes going UHMMM HE WASN'T TECHNICALLY ISEKAI'D like. man. they aren't even lying for the bit either, like. at least it'd be funny if they were, but nah they're just Wrong and confident about it sjhdgf

[finex09]

Once again feeling lost and awful and kind wanna d*e but ngl the Justice Coachella set has single-handedly given me a reason to keep going. I’m so happy to be on the same planet as my favorite musicians

[itwoodbeprefect]

inspired by my own 9-1-1 / bad buddy post, here's a bad buddy / starsky & hutch sequel about cutting ties with your past, polluting the ocean, throwing small shiny rectangular objects, etc. 🌊