#oops! i ranted again

[franciskirkland]

Hypermobile François anon here!

I absolutely love your characterization of Arthur in Boy's Don't Cry, by the way! People underutilize Arthur's punk era imo.

I also love Arthur's hatred of the cops because that's so relatable. I remember when he called the holding cell the bacon factory (which had me laughing so damn hard).

hi hun sorry i have had a rough few days and wanted to be able to give this a proper answer. thank you again so much for all this, it really keeps me going.

not gonna lie i am pretty proud of how i write him. some of it is projection like in a superficial way. but i DO NOT trust anyone else with punk arthur. like. hes my special guy. but it's definitely not my only characterization of him and i disagree with 99% of the 'punk england' interpretations out there. unfortunately i dont think its underutilized i think its overdone - poorly.

it is glaringly obvious how little most people know about what it means to be a punk. i am begging you please learn about the music (yes, real punk. from the 70s) and the political ethos.

fair warning i'm kind of a purist and might sound like a gatekeeper here but i feel like the true punk subculture is so misunderstood and also doesn't really exist anymore. like. its so rare to find accurate representation. i could go on about kids these days misappropriating subcultures for a loose 'aesthetic' and then claiming that subculture. but i am trying not to go off on a rant about what is and is not punk... i am trying so hard.

anyway yeah of course he hates cops dude. i believe it was a holding cell at a police station (precinct) which could be called a pig pen. bacon factory. any variation on that. glad it got a laugh bc that was obviously my intention but also the reality here is that he's an addict who's had repeated run ins with law enforcement. he's familiar with the system and very much desensitized towards what might be more traumatic for those who aren't as tough as he is. being scared of cops is normal. he's clearly not. in turn, he does still benefit from white privilege in this aspect. some people wouldn't be so lucky to get away with this behavior.

also this is fiction and i would not suggest acting that way towards a police officer. even though it might be fun and morally correct to antagonize them. probably will not end well.

so on that note. all cops are bastards. they don't exist to protect and serve. never talk to them. arm yourself if its legal where you live. if you see someone stealing food no you didn't. if someone breaks into your house you can rock their shit with a baseball bat. life hack.

[biblically-accurate-dca]

moon n ballora

[sleepanonymous]

What if we're all drastically mischaracterizing II and he's like... the sweetest, smolest, gentlest bean to have ever existed?

What if he's the type of guy to spend an hour trying to shoo a fly out the window instead of killing it?

What if he's the type of guy to jump out of his car to help an old lady cross the street?

What if he's the type of guy who never gets angry, only disappointed?

What if he's always rainbows and sunshine and instantly lights up a room with his presence?

[divine-donna]

guys i love mike faist as much as the next person but please. i need someone to kill these young haymitch rumors. and here is why mike faist as young haymitch wouldn't work:

01. mike faist is currently 32 years old. he looks 32 years old. guess what? that baby fat is gone. even in panic he knew he was stretching suspension of disbelief. that man has renovated his own house. he's lived life.

02. he literally said himself that he can't pass as a teen anymore. challengers makeup and hair really worked some magic to give him the semblance of a fuller face like when he was younger.

03. mike faist playing a young haymitch ruins the whole idea of the hunger games. the idea is that you have children being forced to fight to the death. when you cast an adult man as a child, it inherently messes with that perception. you view the child as a man, not a child. and that's part of the adultification of many marginalized children, especially if those children are black and brown. (mike faist is obviously white but that's the general premise) they become viewed as less innocent. it ruins the political message of the series.

again, i love mike faist. and i love that he's reached the point in his career where he's doing stuff he wants to do. he picks and chooses his projects and i will sit down for each one. but i need people to think for a second why the mike faist young haymitch casting is a bad idea.

hollywood needs to find more people. new people, talented people. there are so many actors who can deliver young haymitch that have yet to be discovered and it's saddening to see that they might just cast the chosen white boy of the month. that's how you prevent opportunity and that's how you prevent the emergence of new talent while mike faist's stardom is on hold.

[angelnumber27]

I dont think some people understand how truly awful and hellish withdrawals from some psych medications are.

[sinimake]

What's with the beef with NRS (no ill intent just a genuine question. I would like to hear you out)

I linked my previous rant but the summary of it is that i hate NRS is doing bare minimum of lgbtq representation with scrubbed clean, barely-there moments and playing safe just to appeal to their heteronormative mass.

This beef is fueled by johnshi (obviously) how NRS is just making offhand straight couples while refusing to canonize one of their most organic pairings. Idk if i explicitly mentioned it on my blog or not, but while i love Ashrah and Syzoth together, i don't like the fact that how easily NRS made them a couple. They literally have one line of direct interaction ("good work, Syzoth") in the story mode but out of nowhere, they're dating? I know some length of time passed between the end of story and intro lines happening, and they had bonded during it, BUT isn't it so frustrating that nobody questioned or resisted them?

No gay ships could do that. I'm just sooo jealous and envious.

[lylahammar]

yknow something that's kinda interesting to me Trolls band together gave us villains that perfectly hit on a few different trendy topics of conversation completely by accident.

first of all they have such appealing designs, super cunty and classically evil in the way everyone has been saying they miss in animated villains. They also have an INCREDIBLE villain song. Perfect contrast to people's disappointment with the villain in Disney's Wish.

But on top of that. THEIR WHOLE THING IS THAT THEY'RE PLAGIARISTS who literally steal other people's talent to get famous and claim that they're working hard for it. This came out a little less than 3 weeks before hbomberguy posted his plagiarism video and turned the current topic of conversation to calling out plagiarism.

IT'S JUST LIKE COMPLETELY ACCIDENTALLY PERFECT TIMING but no one even realizes it bc ppl assume the trolls movies are bad without ever actually having seen them (they're not they're really good give them a chance)

[transgenderprototype]

Ill go onto someone's profile and their pinned post will have like "DNI IF YOU SUPPORT [insert artist] ILL BLOCK YOUR ASS IF YOU REBLOG THEIR ART anyway u can dm me if you want more info on why i have a vitriolic hatred for this person, i pwomise it wont be biased and full of bullshit :3"

Ill be like "okay thats fucking stupid, im not dm'ing them for what'll clearly be a biased response. I should probably look more into it.

I find out why.

"Oh these are lies. These are lies being spread because someone leaked a queer person's nsfw alt and found something they could twist into being "morally wrong" and theyre still continuing as the artist clarifies that what they drew isnt [whatever theyre trying to twist it into]."

[mudstoneabyss]

actually. the specific phrasing that boy Kevin wants to kill older Kevin with "I must disassemble him, piece by piece, so that everything inside of the Old Kevin comes out. Only then can the New Kevin truly begin." is so incredibly the idea that to heal from trauma and "improve" you have to destroy every "wrong" part of yourself, that everything "tainted" by it has to somehow be replaced by something untouched (which isn't possible)

[icyfox17]

911 Elementary fandoms there's gotta be some overlap here, right??

The minute I saw Albert show up at Chimney's door it made me think of Joan's sister popping up... I need Joan and Chimney to bond over their annoying /affec younger siblings

I also think Sherlock would be incredibly done with anyone on the 118 within minutes of meeting them LMFAOFJFJD buuuutt Sherlock would love Athena. He'd be like "omg finally another competent police officer that's not Bell". And I think Athena would respect Sherlock sm too, tho maybe put him in his place too depending on which season Sherlock we're talking LMAOOO

Athena and Hen and Joan together would be too much power 😭😭 the absolute girlbossness of those three would explode the world I think

Bobby and Gregson exchanging dad jokes /j

I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION BOBBY AND SHERLOCKS ADDICTION HOW DID I FORGET TO WRITE THAT LMAOO

Anywaysss I often think about the two of them stumbling into each other at a meeting

911 and Elementary are both shows that have shown incredibly realistic depictions of addiction and recovery and AGRHAGRHGSHDHD I need these two in the same room together... Also Alfredo and Wendall would be unstoppable tgt actually, can u imagine them bonding over stories about Bobby and Sherlock 😭😭😭❤️❤️🫶 (yes. Yes I am still sad about Wendall shush)

Man man man now I can't stop thinking about Bobby and Sherlock 😭😭😭

I just think that'd be neat

[x1702x]

1, 7, and 16 for the violence ask game!

1.The character everyone gets wrong

Now, this is a basic answer, but it's Gehrman. Now I know I know, this has been repeated to utter HELL but let's be fair, if it wasnt this common I wouldn't be talking about it. I just HAATEEE when people water him down to some pervert old guy. He's very complex!! Ughhh ily peepaw,,

7.What character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how the fandom acts about them?

I wouldn't say hate at all, I dont hate any BB chars to be fair, although I am tired of how some people act about Laurence. Its either hatred or woobification 😭 I dont hate him in the slightest, yet he can be vile in my own headcanon.

16.You can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

FINALLY I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OHHHHH.

LAURENCE OVERFEMINIZATION, FETISHIZATION OR TSUNDEREIFICATION. I AM SO TIRED!! SO EXHAUSTED!!

I dont know how popular it is on a broader extent but I've seen it quite a lot myself. Not just in fanart but in fanfiction. Wherever it be making him submissive yet defiant, or anything of the like.

We have to remember what Laurence is, he is the head of a CHURCH, a religious institution. He is a graduate (assuming), a researcher... He is a public figure, someone yharnamites have put their trust and respect on. Im not forcing everyone to be time-period accurate but lets be honest. If Laurence was any of the latter he wouldn't be respected in the slightest.

I am tired of Laurence being the "uwu bottom but angy boi!! Dont touch meh tail!" Kinda mf. Especially when its with a nasty intent. It feels shallow to put this character in specific on such light.

Im not name-dropping yet Ive seen someone with very odd Laurence art, aswell as characterization. He looks rather femenine and childish yet he is supposed to be taken as serious. Ugghhh I dont want to go off on a long rant. But it just bothers me how some people portray him as some "Horny anime girl" just like one of my mutuals mentioned. This man is a VICAR!!

Im NOT saying you cant make him slightly femenine or andorgynous like, have you seen my Laurence? He fits that description and I dont mind! Just dont be nasty and use that feminization as a gateway to fetishize and make nasty stuff.

This is Bloodborne, if you want that, make an oc im begging. You can write as much nasty smut you want with it, just dont use the Bloodborne branding especially if it's going to be so far from canon that if you changed names it could perfectly be oc content.

I also hate the oversexualization of the doll n stuff aswell as other things but my mutuals have taken the words off my mouth fr!!

But yeah thats kinda my whole rant😭😭 ty for asking crow!!

[contagious-watermelon]

so, fellow aspec people, what are y'all's relationship to gay as an umbrella term? I've seen a lot of aroace people call themselves gay despite *technically* not being, and personally I've always been confused by that

(and also— I'd imagine that aroallo or alloace people who are gay for their other orientation would automatically include themselves with that term, but what about the arohets and acehets? how do y'all feel about the use of gay as an umbrella term?)

I'm just curious about other people's experiences bc i as an aromantic person feel rather uncomfortable being grouped in as gay because I've never been attracted to another man before, but anecdotally i seem to be in the minority

[sleepanonymous]

hello fellow worshipper ^^

so from most of II’s drum cams i’ve seen, you can barely hear Vessel’s vocals… like do you think that ever makes him sad? not being able to properly hear his pretty siren voice on stage? :(

ofc feel free to ignore, i’m just a curious dude :)

Heeey, thank you for the ask! And I’d never ignore you or anyone else (on purpose, but my object permanence is as bad as a newborn's, lol) 🖤🖤

So, I have two answers for you. My first answer is that, yes, II probably does feel some type of way about not hearing Vessel’s amazing live singing (or even the Vesselettes, or III and IV). It’s obvious he’s a fan of the music he writes with Vessel, and he gets really into it during certain songs like Atlantic, where pauses between the percussion parts exist. But if it makes you feel better, II absolutely loves what he does and fully kills it every time he goes on stage. I’m sure it’s a sacrifice he willingly makes.

My second answer is much more technical and would apply to any touring drummer/musician, not just Sleep Token, so I’m just gonna shove it under a cut to hide my nerdiness, lol (and also not to shatter anyone's illusion with how much planning and work goes into live performances).

What we hear in II’s live drum playthroughs and what II hears while playing is a lot different. Performing musicians wear unique earplugs/earphones called in-ear monitors (I’ll abbreviate them to IEMs). The IEMs have several purposes, mainly to protect musicians’ hearing and allow them to hear themselves and backtracks while performing over everything else during a concert (because concerts are loud, obviously lol). But the IEMs also enable the musicians to hear other things, like the stagehands/sound techs can speak to them, they’ll more often than not have a metronome going, and they may even have spoken cues like, “Verse Two in 4 3 2 1.”

I can guarantee that II has at least a metronome going during all of Sleep Token’s rituals. Since none of the band really speaks on stage (I don’t count III’s yelling), II also might have either Sam (his drum tech) or an automated voice telling him what song he’s playing next, along with a numbered countdown for the beginning of the song. II might even get in-the-moment verbal queues from Sam, or Sleep Token’s FOH, Thom.

This isn’t Sleep Token, but the video below is an excellent example of what I’m talking about. I don't expect everyone to watch the whole thing but it's great, tempo changes, count-ins, and everything. Flash warning, just in case.

The two screenshots are from the same video and add a bit more information on what a musician might hear in their IEMs during live shows.

I might be alone here, but I really wish Sleep Token would release at least one of the live drum recordings with an in-ear mix like the video above. I’d nerd out so hard over hearing exactly what II or any of the other Eepy guys (especially Vessel during The Summoning, omg) are hearing live in their IEMs.

I know there are people who do mockups on YouTube of Popstar’s supposed IEM mixes and I swear if I had any musical knowledge or video editing skills it would be my self-proclaimed mission to put an in-ear mix into all of Sleep Token's live shows 😅😅

[ibijau]

Finished inking an episode of noodleverse that I was nervous about because, quite frankly, I am still learning to draw animals, and this had a lot of animals in it

I'm not saying those are looking good, but damn, I'm proud of myself for this

[sxfterhearts]

DROPPPP THE JIUNG SMUT FIC 😭💔😭💔😭💔 literally nobody writes for him anymore and it makes me sad idc if it’s fluff, angst, smut, etc. just need me some jiung tbh

OMG ANON!!! this is insane i'm literally SO HAPPY TO RECEIVE YOUR ASK UHM THANK YOU AND UH ALSO I LOVE YOU IG? 💗 sorry is that too dramatic

okay youre so real tho literally nobody writes for my love jiung........... except i USED to write only fluff (i think i have around 3 fluff fics in my masterlist) and im not even joking, i literally have not wrote a single word of smut in 4years. FOUR YEARS. can you imagine???? it took kcon and dfesta and hello82 CHOI JIUNG TO BRING ME OUT OF MY SMUT HIATUS. WHEN I TELL YOU I WAS TRIGGERRED I REALLY MEANT IT COS OHHHHHH MY GOD I FR WAS LIKE FKJEJNFEILJNR RAHHHHHHHHH 👹 haha ha im gonna rant below under the cut sozzz

anyways TL;DR: DW MY FELLOW CHOCOCHIP your girl's gotchu i SEE u and i HEAR u and i will be working on the smut fic in earnest tonight (wish i published it earlier but damn it really is harder than i rmb to write smut) so yes. it will be dropped sometime tonight if all goes well (aka if i dont lose my mind will writing my own smut fic) you have been warned !! get keen !!!!! also feel free to DM me if you would like me to add you to a taglist or notify you when it's published (i'm aussie so time diff wise it will probs drop at a time that is convenient for americans cos LOL tumblr is an american site fr) !!!!

thank you so much for this ask btw it has been received and much appreciated by this little piwon writer living in her own tiny corner of the internet <333333333333 like i say this all the time but anytime anyone interacts with me and reads my fics it legit blows my mind cos im like who?? me??? damn.. //blushes

also ur so right i think its crazy how the popularity of members in terms of fanbase vs which members people actually want to read fics for is like... so different like worlds apart omg JUSTICE FOR HYUNG LINE PLSSSS i need more hyung line writers omfg

[witchydykebitch]

Per my last reblog, having big tits from a young age really fucked with my view of myself because of how overly sexualized they are.

When I was eleven a friend's mom told me I looked like a slut despite the fact the outfit I was wearing was nearly identical to the one her daughter was wearing!

Only difference is I had DD's at that point.

Men used it as an excuse to assume I was older than I was when they'd catcall me at twelve, thirteen, fourteen etc.

I took to wearing the baggiest oversized shirts and hoodies because I was so disgusted with my body and how easy it was for people to sexualize me, a literal child at that point.