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hotvintagepoll · 13 days

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Katharine Hepburn (Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, The African Queen)—(I hope someone else submits real propaganda but just in case they don't:) Cries. Screams. Wails. The woman who singlehandedly made me realize I was bi. A real "do i want to look like her. be her. or be with her.' crisis, where the answer was all three. Holy shit please all three.

Diahann Carroll (Paris Blues, Carmen Jones, Porgy and Bess)— Face of an angel. She had the range. She brought chemistry with every romance she portrayed. She also had a great fashion sense, and was so pretty Mattel made a doll based off of her.

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Diahann Carroll:

Another groundbreaking black actress, although she might be better remembered for her television roles. She was also an activist and worked with charities to support women in need.

here she is hanging out with shadow prince anthony perkins :3

Katharine Hepburn propaganda:

I'm sure one million people will submit her as an iconic Hollywood star but that iconicness might lead people to forget just how insanely hot she was like she had it ALL she was skilled she was funny she was smart she was beautiful AND she was likely bisexual

The single word I would use to explain Katherine Hepburn's appeal is *range*. In her acting career, that meant covering all the ground between lush period dramas and the comedies she did with Carey Grant and Spencer Tracey. In terms of hotness, it meant an uncanny ability to bring anything from a Dietrich-esque androgyny to some of the best Classic Hollywood Glamour you will ever see.

Katharine hep was so cool. The VIBES, the INDEPENDENCE,,, living life on her own terms.

she just had this.... bearing to her, this power. she could be funny, even silly (like in bringing up baby) but also so regal and elegant. she was nobody's fool and dear GOD that's so hot

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She’s not only stunningly gorgeous (those eyes that pierce your soul! a jawline you could cut glass with!) but her delivery and physical presence in roles gives off confidence and authority in such a sexy way (truly the biggest dick energy of Old Hollywood). Her fiery energy in The Philadelphia Story? Unmatched.

God she's. She's so hot y'all. She has the range!!!!! Funny and dramatic and lovely

She IS the transatlantic accent. Classically gorgeous and such a strong personality.

She's literally one of the funniest women to ever live! She goes shot for shot with Cary Grant in Philadelphia Story and we damn well love her for it! She's the most annoying creature to ever live in Bringing Up Baby but she's so insane and funny that we simply cannot help but fall in love with her (and root for her to give Grant an aneurysm!)

i know she's accounted for but i really want to be sure someone has submitted the scene in bringing up baby where she's pretending to be a gangster

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She simply stuns onscreen; you cannot do anything but be captivated by her presence. Also a non-gender-conforming icon and mild tumblr celebrity by virtue of that one picture from The Warrior's Husband (stage play).

Katharine Hepburn was out here casually changing the lives of young butch lesbians with her gender swag! She wore pants even when people said she shouldn’t, she refused to marry or have kids, and she wore menswear in at LEAST one movie!

If I start thinking about her face for too long I will cry she is so so hot. Katherine is so charismatic and charming in everything she appears in - watch her adopt a leopard and fall in love with her. Also she has the biggest dick energy ever (she and her pal Lauren Bacall share that accolade). Also had an incredibly long and varied career from screw ball comedies to serious dramas - she’s a queen of the screen and I adore her.

Someone's got to mention it, but she's won the most Oscars out of any performer and is largely considered one of the greatest actresses ever. She's got an incredible voice, an incredible presence, and she absolutely steals every scene she's in. She was private person and deemed standoffish and unapproachable, but she was also profoundly concerned for people's rights and was an outspoken supporter of abortion access. Finally, the Katharine Hepburn slacks look is just iconic. I mean look at her.

This woman. I have been obsessed with her for years. I know the urban legend is a popular one at this point of her walking around set in her underwear when her pants were stolen and she was left with only a skirt, but the pants thing is honestly enough for her to be the hottest in the room in my book. She refused to wear anything else at a time when the public in general and especially the studios did not like that. She was independent, stubborn, and so so very capable. Competency kink anyone? Also, if you want one final way that Katharine's entire life was saying "fuck you" to the establishment, it started young! Her mother took her to suffrage events, and she never got rid of that attitude of justice. I feel like I have barely scratched the surface of all the ways she was such a badass that I'm turning into a rambling mess instead.

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natsgrave · 6 months

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GRAVES MASTERLIST

from heartwarming tales that tug at your emotions to thrilling adventures that leave you on the edge of your seat, this masterlist offers a diverse range of stories to suit every reader's taste. whether you're a reader looking for your next favorite story or a writer seeking inspiration, this masterlist is designed to connect you with the vibrant storytelling.

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━━━━ ⧗ #grave fic reco's — fic reblogs.

━━━━ ᗢ #graves iq reco's — funny / wholesome quotes that i found.

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━━━━ ᗢ tolerate it | pt. 2 While you were out building other worlds, where was I? You assume I'm fine, but what would you do if I break free and leave us in ruins? ━━━━ ᗢ midnight rain She was sunshine, I was midnight rain. She wanted a bride, I was making my own name, chasing that fame. ━━━━ ᗢ new year's day I want your midnights, but I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's day. Please, don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere. ━━━━ ᗢ to be loved is to be known

I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you. I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you. I've been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night, and now I see daylight, I only see daylight. ━━━━ ᗢ inside my palm She said; the whole world can fit inside my palm. ━━━━ ᗢ cake The role you made me play of the fool, how you laugh when you lie, I got a list of names and yours is in red underlined. Oh, look what you made me do. ━━━━ ᗢ scary witch The stars in your eyes shined brighter in tupelo, and if you're ever tired of being known for who you know, you know, you'll always know me. ━━━━ ᗢ flirting Baby, was it over then? Is it over now? ━━━━ ᗢ boobs There's nothin' like a mad woman, what a shame she went mad. No one likes a mad woman, you made her like that. ━━━━ ᗢ do you want my number? I'm captivated by you, baby, like a fireworks show. I see sparks fly, whenever you smile, get me with those green eyes, baby. ━━━━ ᗢ bus The old lady thinks that you and lizzie make a really good couple. ━━━━ ᗢ mommy I loved you in secret. I could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets, picture of your face in an invisible locket. And darling, you had turned my bed into a sacred oasis. People started talking, putting us through our paces, I knew there was no one in the world who could take it. ━━━━ ᗢ cold And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name. And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away. That's the kind of heartbreak time could never mend ━━━━ ᗢ use me' You're a mansion with a view, do the girls back home touch you like I do? ━━━━ ᗢ kids' And you know that I'd swing with you for the fences, sit with you in the trenches. Give you my wild, give you a child. Give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other. ━━━━ ᗢ distant In a world of boys, she's a gentlewoman. ━━━━ ᗢ she's back Sometimes I wonder; when you sleep, are you ever dreaming of me? Sometimes when I look into your eyes, I pretend you're mine, all the damn time. ━━━━ ᗢ soulmate What a shame, didn't want to be the one that got away. Taking down the pictures and the plans we made. Big mistake, you broke the sweetest promise that you never should have made.

━━━━ ᗢ her villain 'Cause all the boys and their expensive cars with their range rovers and their jaguars never took me quite way you do. ━━━━ ᗢ greatest what if Someday when you leave me, I bet these memories follow you around. ━━━━ ᗢ professor maximoff Why is she just so oblivious? ━━━━ ᗢ heart I knew it from the first old fashioned, we were cursed. Should've known I'd be the first to leave think about the place where you first met me.

━━━━ ᗢ you're losing me How can you say that you love someone you can't tell is dyin'? Do I throw out everything we built or keep it? And you know what they all say, you don't know what you got until it's gone. ━━━━ ᗢ after the fight | pt. 2 Echoes of your name inside my mind, hiding my obsession. I once was poison ivy, but now I'm your daisy. ━━━━ ᗢ last memory If I didn't know better, I'd think you were talking to me now. If I didn't know better, I'd think you were still around. What died didn't stay dead, you're alive, so alive, in my head. ━━━━ ᗢ shadows of the night Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby and I'm a monster on the hill. Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city pierced through the heart, but never killed. I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror, it must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero. ━━━━ ᗢ love A string that pulled me, out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar. Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire, chains around my demons, wool to brave the seasons. One single thread of gold tied me to you. And isn't it just so pretty to think, all along there was some invisible string tying you to me? ━━━━ ᗢ birthday Your wish is my command. ━━━━ ᗢ wedding Sometimes giving up is the strong thing, sometimes to run is the brave thing, sometimes walking out is the one thing, that will find you the right thing. The snaps from the same little breaks in your soul, you know when it's time to go. ━━━━ ᗢ champagne problems I never was ready, so I watch you go. But you'll find the real thing instead, she'll patch up your tapestry that I shred. You won't remember all my champagne problems. ━━━━ ᗢ compliments she deserves it all.

N. ROMANOFF | S. JOHANSSON

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━━━━ ⧗ high school sweetheart You wear the same jewels that I gave you as you bury me. I didn't have it in myself to go with grace and you're the hero flying around, saving face. And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake? ━━━━ ⧗ coffee I've been spending the last eight months, thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end. But on a wednesday, in a cafe, I watched it begin again. ━━━━ ⧗ cold hearted You're so gorgeous, I can't say anything to your face, 'cause look at your face. And I'm so furious at you for making me feel this way. ━━━━ ⧗ it was you' Something's gone terribly wrong, you're all I wanted. Can't turn back now, I'm haunted. ━━━━ ⧗ the photographer and actress Big reputation, you and me, we'd be a big conversation. It's like your eyes are liquor, it's like your body is gold. You've been calling my bluff on all my usual tricks, so here's the truth from my red lips. ━━━━ ⧗ thank you Why'd you have to lead me on? Why'd you have to twist the knife? Walk away and leave me bleedin'. ━━━━ ⧗ the knight All I know is you held the door, you'll be mine and I'll be yours. All I know since yesterday is everything has changed. ━━━━ ⧗ my atlantis To kiss in cars and downtown bars was all we needed. You drew stars around my scars but now I'm bleedin'. I knew you tried to change the ending, peter losing wendy. ━━━━ ⧗ ex I used to say never say never, but we are never getting back together, like ever. ━━━━ ⧗ in the next lifetime But in those photos, I saw us instead and, somehow, I know that you and I would've found each other in another life. You still would've turned my head even if we'd met. You're always gonna be mine, we're gonna be timeless. ━━━━ ⧗ you have flour When you think of all the late nights, lame fights over the phone. Your past and mine are parallel lines, stars all aligned and they intertwined. ━━━━ ⧗ we both had our chance I persist and resist the temptation to ask you if one thing had been different, would everything be different today? ━━━━ ⧗ i miss you Now, I fear I have fallen from grace and I feel like my castle's crumbling down. ━━━━ ⧗ what's the answer? Spending the next few years of my life looking for answers from her. ━━━━ ⧗ short You think she's just being dramatic about it. ━━━━ ⧗ she doesn't love me anymore What the fuck? ━━━━ ⧗ this is your fault Kiss me, try to fix it, could you just try to listen? Hang up, give up, and for the life of us, we can't get back. ━━━━ ⧗ bad temper | pt. 2 | pt. 3 My words shoot to kill when I'm mad, I have a lot of regret about that. ━━━━ ⧗ teddy bear Seems like she don't hate Mr. cuddle that much. ━━━━ ⧗ you forgot your clothes I'm so chill, but you make me jealous, but I got your heart skippin'. You know I'm not a bad girl but I do bad things with you. ━━━━ ⧗ i'm falling again Oh oh, I'm falling inlove again. ━━━━ ⧗ gorgeous specimen I was enchanted to meet you. ━━━━ ⧗ too late words— how little they mean when you're a little too late. ━━━━ ⧗ how to seduce your wife | pt. 2 I would stay forever if you say, don't go. ━━━━ ⧗ threesome' All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting, 'cause I don't want you like a best friend. ━━━━ ⧗ i hate you Remembering her comes in flashbacks and echoes, tell myself it's time now gotta let go. But moving on from her is impossible, when I still see it all in my head, in burning red. ━━━━ ⧗ streamer' Don't worry, you're safe, the stream's off. ━━━━ ⧗ recreating memories I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you. I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you. I once believed love would be black and white but it's golden, like daylight. ━━━━ ⧗ ribbon Found my way back to her. ━━━━ ⧗ you went home early I know that I'm a handful, baby. But one of these things is not like the others, baby doll, when it comes to a lover I promise that you'll never find another like me. ━━━━ ⧗ eight years This is the last time I'm asking you why, you break my heart in the blink of an eye.

If you have any suggestions or recommendations for additions to this masterlist, don't hesitate to reach out and let me know! divider made by @cafekitsune

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sacchiri · 3 months

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[Hellsing] Female Fans' Round-Table Discussion

A 6-page interview from the 2012 Hellsing Official Guidebook, featuring five grown-ass women chatting about Hellsing in a casual discussion format and translated into English for the first time ever by yours truly.

Honestly this was way more entertaining to read than I thought it would be. It’s also really funny seeing this super-casual discussion printed in the book right alongside Hirano's—-oh who am i kidding, this is 10x more professional and less deranged than whatever goes on in Hirano’s interviews.

Anyway, without further ado...

Does Hellsing have little to no female fans? Nay! Assembled before you are five women with an undying love for the series. Let’s see their passion for this work show itself as they butt heads!

Is the female fanbase just hiding itself or what?

Moderator: Now then, everyone, let’s start off with introductions.

Ms. T: I am Ms. T. I’ve been walking the path of an otaku since middle school, and it’s already been ● years since then. How do I put this, all of you seem like fairly normal people…

Everyone: Oh no—rest assured we are all otaku as well. (laughter)

Ms T: Oh, really? (laughs) Anyway, I’ve continued to love manga for all this time. Thank you for having me.

Ms J: I’m Ms J. I was already at a decent age when Hellsing began serialization, but to create something so enticing—as expected of Hirano-sensei! (laughs). This is the kind of manga I’d better buy and collect, I thought.

Ms A: Out of today’s gathering, I’m probably the one who became an otaku at the oldest age. (laughs) My friend told me, “Hellsing is a manga that really crazy people read”, so at first I couldn’t get around to starting it. But around the time volume 8 came out, I binge-read it, and it was so interesting that I couldn’t help but get obsessed.

Ms R: I’m probably the youngster in this group. By the time Hellsing started serialization, I was just entering middle school. [T/N: That makes her 27 at the time of this interview.]

Of course we didn’t really have the term "edgy-teen syndrome" back then, but around me the manga was definitely gaining popularity in that edgy teen fashion. One of my best friends was obsessed with Hellsing and I’d borrow it after they finished reading it, and I got addicted too.

Moderator: I’m under the impression that the female readership for Hellsing is overwhelmingly small, but…

Ms J: Nah, I think they’re just hiding. I mean, it’s not like you’d talk about Hellsing to someone in passing. You wouldn’t suddenly say, “Y’know, Alucard is…”

Everyone: True. (laughs)

Ms J: There isn’t much opportunity to bring it up, or perhaps you could say it’s a hard topic to bring up to the general public.

Ms A: Like how you can’t have a pork-and-rice bowl first thing in the morning or something.

Ms J: Yeah, like that. Actually, among my circle of female otaku friends, everyone has read Hellsing.

Ms T: Among manga fans, Kouta Hirano is well-understood.

Ms J: Any fan of manga who doesn’t know Kouta Hirano is a faker!

Ms T: Disregarding whether you’ve properly sat down and read his works or not, I feel like it’s impossible for a manga enthusiast to not have at least heard of Hirano-sensei. But we are talking about manga fans in general, and the range of tastes is so broad. If someone were to say to me “I’m a fan of Kouta Hirano”, only then would I be like, “Oh, so I can talk comfortably with this person”.

Moderator: It’s a good litmus test to use. (laughs)

Ms A: It’s only when you broach the topic of Kouta Hirano that you can finally talk about Hellsing. You can’t go straight from “So I hear you like manga” to “So, about Hellsing…”, lol.

Ms J: If you met someone for the first time and you go “So I heard you like manga? What about Hellsing?” that’s like coming straight for their throat with a knife. (laughs)

Moderator: Even as a gauge to see how much of an otaku your opponent is, it’s a bit too much to try and break the ice with Hellsing.

The wonders of dialogue

Ms J: Speaking of the good points of Hellsing, I think it’s that it doesn’t get overly preachy. You can see this starting from Cross Fire, but you really get the sense that everyone’s equally crazy here.

Ms A: I can see that. No one is on the side of justice. Like the Major, he’s a nasty little guy. The type of guy who would casually twist off an ant’s legs or something like that.

Ms J: That Major, his beta male levels are literally off the charts.

Everyone: (bursts into laughter)

Ms J: Actually, something that caught my interest about the setting is that only virgins can become vampires. In the first place, I don’t think European vampire lore makes that kind of distinction.

Ms T: Father Anderson is probably a virgin, since he has religious reasons for celibacy. Though it might depend on religious sect. I wonder if there’s a meaning behind this concept of chastity?

Ms J: The idea of chastity is valued in the Hellsing universe as well.

Ms A: Right, since if you aren’t a virgin you become a ghoul, and then it’s game over and there’s nothing you can do about it.

Ms R: Speaking of which, Integra’s a virgin, too.

Ms T: Integra being a virgin is an important part of the story.

Ms J: In my personal opinion, the best couple is definitely Alucard and Integra.

Ms R and Ms A: I was going to say the same!

Ms T: Integra and Alucard call each other “Count”, don’t they? You know, in a previous life it’s possible that Integra was a man. Perhaps Alucard is seeing the Count Hellsing of the past through Integra. Thinking about that possibility makes a girl’s heart flutter. Not to mention Integra’s appearance leans towards that of a man— Ah, it’s just so peak! [T/N: I'm not being facetious, 盛り literally means peak]

Ms A: Those who want to read a male/female romance can enjoy doing so, and for people who like BL, there are plenty of elements that can be enjoyed as BL also. I feel like the reason you can enjoy both things is because the relationships that are depicted are not constrained purely to sexual love.

Ms J: For those who like to read into the BL aspect, there are lots of fight scenes that can’t be ignored, can they? Particularly in the endgame. Like Girlycard and Young Walter, that was...really something.

Moderator: That part was just unfair! I mean, after getting captured by Millennium and going M.I.A., all that anticipation was building and building, and for Walter to be reintroduced like that!

Ms J: When I got to that part I was like, “Man, Hirano-sensei really did his best to keep all that stuff pent-up for so long". For both Walter and Girlycard, I mean.

Moderator: Speaking of Girlycard, I get the feeling that the idea for her was in place since the early stages of story development.

Ms J: I wonder about that… on the other hand it seems like it was a very spontaneous decision. (laughs)

Ms A: Even if the story developments feel spontaneous, I feel like the characters' settings are polished to a high degree from the beginning. Even though a new character suddenly appears out of nowhere, you end up following along without feeling a sense of discomfort. In Hirano-sensei's mind, I'm sure that each character is cultivated with an equal amount of attention. After that it's just a matter of deciding what situations the character will appear in.

Ms J: Each character is excellently molded to their place in the story. Even though normally it should be very challenging to create characters that would fit in this sort of world. (laughs) From the moment of their introduction, they are already dyed in Hirano's unique brand, and you can tell that Hirano understands them well.

Ms R: After all, characters from his past works before Hellsing make appearances in the manga, so you get the feeling that these are ideas that have been stewing in his head for a long time.

Moderator: And within Hellsing too, these characters grow and develop. Like Maxwell—he started out as a mere brat, but then he went full tryhard mode and developed that cunning and pretentious side to him.

Everyone: (leans forward) Yeah, that's right!!

Ms J: —And he had that past with Anderson, didn't he? I was like "Hold on a sec, a flashback scene now, are you kidding me"? Even though I knew that a flashback is basically a death flag, I couldn't help but love it. (laughs)

Ms A: At the final moment, Maxwell called Anderson "Sensei", a reversal of their dynamic thus far. Up until then there were hints of foreshadowing, but nothing definite. But with that single word you could feel the adoration Maxwell had felt for Anderson when he was a child... It's amazing how potent that line was. The timing of delivery was excellent, too.

Ms R: Up until that point Maxwell was portrayed as nothing more than a snob, but the truth is there were reasons why he became that way.

Ms T: Hirano-sensei is very skilled at depicting relationships between men.

The beauty of composition

Ms A: In Hellsing, there aren't any characters that go too far beyond the range of normal anatomy.

Even with regards to enemies and such, there aren't any massively gargantuan or bulky characters. Everyone is more or less normal. And yet, there is so much impact in the poses that it leaves you with a strong impression. Those standout panels just radiate style—so much so that anyone with an eye for art will be impressed by them, I think.

Ms T: The paneling is relatively simple, but the composition sense of each panel is amazing.

Ms R: I love the stuff like Rip Van's silhouette. The balance between her and the musket is super cool. Even though something that size in real life would be impractical to shoot, it looks so cool that it's like, "Who cares!"

Ms A: Fight scenes that should have a lot of movement are instead surprisingly depicted with still frame shots, and they have a beauty to them reminiscent of paintings. It makes me want to stare at the same handful of panels for a long time. Calling it aesthetic beauty might be a bit of an exaggeration, but...

Ms T: Not an exaggeration at all, I think there is a lot of aesthetic beauty. For me, when I look at Hirano-sensei's artwork, I'm reminded of ukiyo-e paintings. And in the movement, I sense a bit of kabuki theater.

Moderator: Each panel is created with beauty in every nook and cranny, so as to work as a standalone illustration.

Ms R: The way shadow and blood is depicted is so good, isn't it? It really makes full use of the monochrome medium.

Ms A: When I was reading the scene in volume 8 when Cromwell Level 0 is released and soldiers are unleashed in hordes, it reminded me of a medieval copperplate engraving. The plot developments in that moment were so interesting, and the density of the illustrations so rich, that simply staring at them was enjoyable.

Ms T: It really draws you in, doesn't it? In other manga that have very detailed art styles, the realism makes it feel similar to a liveaction movie. But Hirano's works are 100% "manga", I would say. In that sense, none of it is realistic at all. But that's why it's possible to achieve poses and compositions that are impossible with photography, and that's why he can portray things I didn't even know I would want to see.

The position of women in Hellsing

Moderator: To all of you, was there a scene where you were like, "This scene right here is where I became obsessed"?

Ms J: So this is my personal taste, but I liked the setup of the handsome lady Master and the handsome male Servant. I like butlers, too. So once those three conditions were satisfied, I was like, "This is a good manga". The part where I was like "This is a really good manga" was when Anderson was introduced. At first, I was thinking this would be a story where Alucard dotes upon Seras and raises her up as a vampire, but then we were introduced to a Catholic priest from the same religion, yet who aims to defeat the protagonists...

Ms A: You can't deny the impact of Anderson. The only thing he wants to do is "exterminate vampires". While characters in Hellsing may undergo sudden changes, they never waver. They race from their introduction to their final chapter with just as much momentum as when they were first introduced. Not only is it satisfying to read, you won't be disappointed. As long as your favorite character appears, you can focus all your attentions on them, and before you know it you'll have binge-read to the last chapter. (laughs)

Ms T: For me, the scene when Integra discovers Alucard in the basement, and Alucard was revived with her blood is when I became hooked. While it is an expected development for vampire stories, that part of the story was very beautiful. And afterwards, I loved the tender portrayal of Seras's growth. Among ero-guro media, there are many works that portray women in a demeaning manner, but Hellsing is not one of them.

Ms A: In Hellsing, there is no distinction in the roles that are assigned to men and women.

Ms J: Indeed, women fight and stand on the front lines. And it feels natural.

Ms R: To tell the truth, when I first started reading Hellsing, I thought Integra was a man. And, for some reason it felt overly pandering [T/N: I assume she means pandering to fujoshi] and I just couldn't get into it. But then I realized Integra was a woman, and I was like "Oh, so it's a female/male master-servant relationship! I'm sorry for making such a weird assumption!" (laughs) I feel like it's important that Integra is a woman.

Ms T: In volume 1 there were moments where Integra was told incredulously, "You're a woman?", but in those moments I always felt that, ironically, being called a "woman" was what made her so much more cool. In Hellsing, you get the feeling that all characters are loved by the creator regardless of being male or female, enemy or ally. There are many standout characters among the villains, for example.

Ms J: Each character showcases their individuality in their fighting style as well.

Ms A: I love that Rip Van is this scrawny girl with long limbs, who wields an old-fashioned musket—it gives off a really fantastic impression. The fact that a girl is given that kind of position, without it feeling offensive. When men draw female characters there tends to be a bit of double standards going on, or it can feel cloying or annoying depending on the scenario, but I don't feel that in Hellsing.

Ms J: Far from being annoying, the depictions of women feel unique and cool in their own way.

Ms A: You're right. Traditionally, female characters are accompaniments to the hero, aren't they? But Integra takes the lead, and while Seras is supported by those around her, she moves according to her own choices. Even among the female villains, they are given important roles that they carry out to the end, so you can read while feeling a sense of satisfaction.

Points you would recommend to other women

Ms T: Doesn't the series in general have a sort of sensuality?

Ms J: It does. As it gets nearer and nearer to the endgame, even the fight scenes show more tenderness. It's like a "They love each other, therefore they trade blows" vibe that feels erotic.

Ms R: When Alucard returned to London in volume 8, it felt pretty romantic.

Ms T: On the other hand, the explanations about weapon specs that pop up everywhere seem very male-oriented. I guess this is what you call the author's hobby.

Ms J: Speaking of the author's hobby, I feel like the fact that Walter is an old man is one of them. If you think about it purely in terms of reader appeal, there should have been no problem if Walter was young from the beginning. I get the impression that he was like, "If you're going to add a butler, it better be an old geezer". Ahh—the more I reread, the more I feel like I discover new things.

Moderator: There is plenty more we weren't able to talk about, but to close us off, please appeal to the women who haven't read Hellsing yet as to why they should read the series.

Ms A: The female characters are so full of life, so why not give it a try mainly for the female characters?

Ms T: You can read it together with your boyfriend! There are lots of battles and weapons that guys would like, and there's no nasty relationship drama, so it might actually be a big hit among couples.

Ms J: "Look at Integra and Alucard, honey, they're just like us!" or something? (laughs)

Ms R: When you think of vampire media, you might be inclined to imagine something campy and whimsical. But even though there's a lot of absurdism at play, the world is based on real historical facts. So I want to recommend it broadly, even to those that don't normally enjoy fantasy.

Ms T: I feel like Hellsing is like a very strong liquor. At first you might feel that the taste is overwhelming, but once you get used to it, it becomes delicious.

Ms J: Please go in with zero expectations and give it a read.

Moderator: Thank you all for your time today!

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Link to the raw scans (which are not mine). Feel free to spread and repost my translation to other sites.

#hellsing #kouta hirano #integra hellsing #seras victoria #alucard #i’ve seen the “AxI as yuri” interpretation before but “AxI as yaoi” is new to me… anon is doing some 10000 iq 4d chess maneuver there #I was debating whether to use Girlycard or “Lolicard” like in the original jp but the former is more popular in the eng speaking fandom #it makes sense but Girlycard/Walter being classified as BL is hilarious to me #j anon is a real mood #my translation

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the-ouma-mansion · 6 months

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Meet The Ouma Family!

We welcome all you guests who traveled through the forest into our hidden mansion halls, where the children of the deceased Machirin Ouma and Kankou Ouma now reside in. A strange bunch of quadruplets, but one we hope you will enjoy greatly. Ranging from oldest to youngest, they'll all be very pleased to make your acquaintance.

Kouchi Ouma

The oldest of only a few minutes, Kouchi Ouma tends to be rather quiet and reserved. Being raised in a church after the sudden and tragic death of their father Kankou months after the death of their mother has taught Kouchi a lot about patience and kindness. Serving as the Ultimate Preacher, Kouchi makes time for everyone and would do anything to protect the innocent. A family person through and through, their biggest concern and care is always the safety of their family.

When not reading or advising others, one can often find Kouchi gazing at the stars, tracing constellations and telling the stories of how the constellations came to be! They also enjoy other hobbies like sewing, knife collecting, and intellectual debate. While they do their best to seem presentable at all times, being a romantic at heart means they cannot help but let that mask slip a bit when around their crush Gundham, easily swayed into games of dramatics. He also takes a lot of night time walks.

Kouchi may seem quiet and responsible if a bit repressed, he's still got that Ouma humor and mischief in him if you give him a tempting enough opening. With a bit of a temper when pushed past his admittedly quite long patience, Kouchi can be a greater force to be reckoned with then one would have ever guessed, though endlessly loyal and perhaps a bit blind to those he manages grow fond of. With so much turmoil in his heart, is he really as unworthy as he thinks he is? (He/They)

"When it is your job to speak, and to speak with fervor, you must learn to press on even if it feels like choking."

Kokichi Ouma

The one everyone knows the best, a clever leader and quick with his tongue. Kokichi after the death of his parents has taken on the role of leader of the house, as he shelters both his family and the many people he's picked up for his organization. With more going on behind the scenes then anyone could ever know, the Ultimate Supreme Leader refuses to let his family suffer like they used to any longer.

With a love of mayhem and a wide protective streak of their youngest brother Kimochi, Kokichi always does what he thinks is best, unless it would be really really funny. The self proclaimed good twin to their youngest brother, Kokichi's strict moral compass keeps the more questionable habits of his siblings in check. Don't let any of that fool you though, he's an evil leader with eyes on big things capable of making the hard choices and you would be wise to not forget it.

Kokichi might be a prankster with his fingers in far more pies then anyone realizes, but he's a good friend and a beloved leader, though his siblings make sure he never gets too big of an ego. Get on his bad side though, and he'll be the only one protecting you from the more protective sides of his family. With such risks around each corner, is really as much of an unreasonable liar as he seems? (He/Him)

"Guess which idiot managed to get himself sick while on a top secret mission! It’s a tough job being such a generous supreme leader. I had to allocate staff to nursing him back to health, how wasteful!"

Koharu Ouma

Having to be the brightest star in any room despite being the smallest Ouma, Koharu is by far the flashiest and most fashionable of the family. Acting sweet and nice to the other reserve course students Koharu has quickly shot up as one of the most popular kids at school as he twists every detail of himself in public to be more palatable and praise worthy. Though he acts warm and sweet, he projects an air of almost godly presence and confidence. If you get blinded by his light and complicated vocabulary, you'll never see into his fiery core. Though peek behind his curtain at one's own risk, Koharu will not take kindly to challengers for his crown.

While one would assume most of his passion would lie in fashion, math, and makeup, his true interest lies in the animals around him that forms his largest obsession. Having a fascination with them since a young age and finding comfort in their simple easy to please natures, Koharu can often be found taking care of the local strays when he has free time. He's wildly protective of animals and hates those who takes advantage of them, seeing it as pointless cruelty, almost demonic in nature, that he cannot abide.

Koharu may see the world differently and less emotionally then most people, but that doesn't mean hes not the most loyal companion you can find if you manage to get his attention, let alone even a smidgen of trust. Is his heart truly as purely analytical as he makes it seem? (He/They)

"Find what you do effortlessly, then put effort into it!"

Kimochi Ouma

The evil twin to Kokichi's good twin, Kimochi is a bit of an odd one. Quiet and almost always smiling an empty smile when he's not pretending to be Kokichi, Kimochi may seem unassuming but a few incidents hard Kokichi pulling him out of formal schooling for safety reasons. As the body double for Kokichi and main protector of the secret organization, there is no line he won't cross or act he won't do if it's to protect those under his hand from any harm as long as Kokichi doesn't order him to stay out of it. Endlessly obedient to his leader, he doesn't often get to protect his brothers best he likes.

Despite this though, he does hold a kind playful side to those that he likes that don't hurt his family. Quick to judge someone, it's hard to change his mind from the more black and white views he quickly forms on people he meet. Despite this colder nature and constant mimicking of his brother, he's actually the clingiest member of the household, craving physical affection constantly when he can get away with it. With a love language of mimicry, Kimochi may be a bit greedier then most would believe.

Kimochi may seem cold and dangerous to outsiders, those who get close to him seem to get incredibly protective of him. Despite this though Kimochi prefers to settle his own problems alone, and to not worry or slow down those around him even to his own detriment. Can he really be summed up as just the evil side to Kokichi's good side? (He/Him?)

"The fight’s over and nothing hurts too badly. I’m okay."

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Muns: Welcome to the mansion! We hope you all enjoy the family we've created for Kokichi, with secrets and truths lying dormant, there's many things to learn, and many things you may wish you never did. With other characters to find in the area, and questions of what's good and what's not, can you discover everything there is to learn?

Asks are open!

#kokichi ouma #dice #ouma #kimochi ouma #koharu ouma #kouchi ouma #character introduction #character summary #character blurbs #danganronpa v3 #ndrv3 #danganronpa oc #family oc #sibling oc #D.I.C.E.#kokichi

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oneinathousand · 6 months

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I'm halfway through Gravedale High and I think I get the gist of it, so here are my random thoughts about it:

Of all the celebrity cartoons, this is one of them. Joking aside, this probably is legitimately one of the better ones from this time period. I am not distracted by Rick Moranis's presence, and I'm glad he's not going full nerd as in his usual typecasting. I keep expecting to see a Ghostbusters or Little Shop of Horrors reference, since this show sure does love its pop culture references, but so far, they've had the restraint not to do it in a direct way except for one of the background characters in one episode looking like a terror dog, but that could be a coincidence. I guess I'll find out eventually if they actually do make a reference.

I can't watch a lot of it in one sitting because if I try, I know I'll be filled with homicidal rage at all the constant catchphrases and verbal tics and schticks that every character has.

Gotta love how the creativity of the main cast ranges from "Personifying the trope of zombies as commentaries for consumerism with a wealth-obsessed, literal mall zombie" to "what if creature from the black lagoon but surfer".

J.P. doesn't seem to be any kind of monster in particular, Peter Lorre parodies are just their own Halloween species lol

Vinnie may be the Fonz as a teenage vampire, but it was very big-brained of whoever the character designer was to give him black nail polish in 1989-90. For all this show's problems, the character design for the most part is not one of them, even with how dated many of them are fashion-wise they're still very charming.

Sure, I ship Vinnie and Reggie. Before I watched this show, I assumed it was just typical shipping of best friend characters, but when I got to the famous ear-scratching scene from episode four, I was like "yeah okay I can see where they're coming from".

Of the main cast, Sid is probably my favorite because everything about him is so hilariously dated above all the rest, which is saying something: The rapping, the baseball cap, the pattern on his shirt, the random impressions... he's so lame that he circles back around to being funny. And apart from the irony, an invisible kid becoming a class clown so people won't ignore him anymore is one of the more genuinely creative concepts here.

Oh, but speaking of Sid, who's voiced by Maurice LaMarche... It was pretty awkward to watch Sid whenever he talked about his dreams to become a stand-up comedian, knowing what I know about what happened with LaMarche's own desire to rise up in the stand-up world on the same month that Gravedale High coincidentally premiered in. I don't know if this is common knowledge, but I won't go into it here because this post is supposed to be about a silly cartoon. If you're curious and can handle emotional matters, go read about it on his Wikipedia page under the Career section and see the events leading up to him becoming a full-time voice actor after September 1990.

Anyway, this is one of those cartoons where you can see a lot of potential, but since this came before or at the same time as other more ground-breaking cartoons like Ren and Stimpy or Tiny Toons, you get the feeling Gravedale is still shackled by 80's cartoon trappings despite its occasional dark jokes and pop culture references. If I were to make a new version, with or without Moranis, I would go for something a little edgy to make it stand out from Monster High and other shows of its ilk, do for horror what Clone High does for teen shows, either in a PG or TV-14 way.

#gravedale high #90's cartoons #rick moranis

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003 for Tsukiyama??

Creature.

How I feel about this character:

Grabs him by the collar and shakes. I need to put him in an empty aquarium and study him like an exotic turtle. No rational thoughts around this guy. The reason I read Tokyo Ghoul, I spotted him in the wild and needed to know everything. I love his pinstripe pants, I hate his early haircut, he deserves the world, kick him in the shins. We both play piano.

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character:

If there is a Shuu ship I can probably get on board. As long as it’s legal, who can I ship with Shuu? The answer is Yes. Still very passive about it because like most characters I value the individual over potential ships for the most part, and some days I don’t want to ship him with anyone at all, but I just want to see him be loved alright. I read a pretty good fic where he bonded with Hide in the wake of the wedding once and that was really sweet. I don’t remember how it went or who wrote it because it was about 4 in the morning but I distinctly remember going “aw” also shuunaki is hilarious to me.

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character:

Chie, Rio, Kanae, or Hinami. Worst older brother of the year award, I’ve made several very interesting scenarios in my mind thinking up what would happen if he recognized shikorae but I’m pretty sure he never actually met Rio in canon. Alas. Also though I think they’ll never fully trust each other, or at the very least it’ll take years and years given the kimi incident (and reasonably so on the ginger’s part) Nishiki and Shuu are a very funny duo to me.

My unpopular opinion about this character:

Everyone should love him. If you were born in a weird upper class family and told that eating people is nice and treated like god on earth for all of your formative years you would be decently overconfident too. He is obsessive over his food, vaguely uncomfortable, probably doesn’t know how to navigate a grocery store because it’s “beneath him” but he’s not NEARLY as much of a creep as people make him out to be.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

Healthy resolution to the obsession. He serves as a call to action for GOAT and admits that he genuinely wants to see Kaneki happy but then immediately takes a really fast turn into “...so I can eat him and his kid!” We were so close. I like obsessive dynamics a lot but he's been through the whole gauntlet at this point I just want to see him happy.

Favorite friendship for this character:

Chie or Kanae. He has about three or maybe four living people (and one of the people here is not them) who genuinely see him as a valued individual and one of them is his dad so it’s not exactly a wide range of choices.

My crossover ship:

Not romantically because Legs should not be in a relationship without literal lifetimes of therapy, and even then please don’t, but Shuu and Legato can bond over being obsessed with someone they serve to the point of allowing them to get away with literal murder despite the fact said person barely cares they exist, weirdly sharp teeth, blue hair and pronouns, unnaturally long tongues, probably hitting their tall heads on door frames, interesting fashion decisions, spikes coming out of their shoulders, eccentricity, instrument appreciation, being incredibly fond of food for one reason or another, and then Shuu mentions he had a relatively normal childhood and Legato says he’ll literally eat anything because he’s still not accustomed to having a choice and it all devolves.

I will never get him out of my head. (small edit because despite thinking of kanae throughout I somehow never wrote their name.)

#tokyo ghoul #tsukiyama shuu #miscellaneous not-art things #zeph answers questions about media/characters/ships

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grendelsmilf · 2 years

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what do you think anne, marcy, sasha and sprig would be like on tumblr

great question adorable question

anne’s blog is basically just her bedroom but more of it. thai things, lesbian things, her favorite music/artists (a lot of kpop), her favorite shows (she reblogs gifsets of suspicion island with tags that are way too fucking long considering the writers themselves definitely did not put that much thought into the show), her favorite athletes (mostly just serena), her favorite movies (ranging from terrible cheesy romcoms to indie cult classics), cute cat pictures, calming aesthetics, fun fashion looks, and posts about how much you should love & cherish your friends. she doesn’t make that many original posts, but her tags are so sweet & funny that she gets a lot of asks anyway. once she disappears her mutuals just assume that she found a steady gf & stopped using tumblr, so they’re all like “aw i miss her but good for her i guess :(“ if only they knew...

(she comes back with little fanfare, just reblogging her usual kinds of posts again, and when she gets asks inquiring about her whereabouts she's just like "oh i was in greenland for five months. there was no wifi lol." she posts a lot more animals (besides cats), especially frogs and bugs this time around, but nobody questions it because. it's tumblr. everybody loves frogs now.)

marcy’s blog is actually rly popular because she is constantly making lengthy original posts about such a wide variety of topics that there’s something there for everyone. there’s a lot of rpg & fantasy & video game stuff, but also a lot of engagement with non-fiction, whether it be history, science, math, or music, and since she’s clearly so knowledgeable about so many things, no one would guess that she’s actually only 13 and not like, a grad student. she has one of those usernames that is long & kinda cheesy but she can’t change it now bc it’s, like, her brand, and people are constantly referring to her by the first word of her url as if that is her name. sometimes she shares her art or music she's working on too, and even though it’s not super polished or anything, it always gets a lot of notes just bc she has so many followers. when she suddenly drops off the face of the earth, her followers won’t stop sending her asks to check if she’s okay, and then a bunch of her other followers get super defensive and are like “she’s probably just focusing on writing her dissertation right now and doesn’t have time for hobbies. leave her alone!!!”

(she's still on tumblr as an adult, but mostly uses it to answer asks every once in a while and promote the new chapters of her webcomic, which has a huge following both from longtime followers of her blog and from new fans who just recognize the inherent awesomeness of it. she now posts her other art, bonus panels from her comic and also some miscellaneous stuff, on her patreon though, so her tumblr is mostly an archive of her teenage self. she doesn't have it in her to be embarrassed though. after all, she was a really smart kid.)

sasha’s blog is so confusing bc half of it is like tender lesbian pics and half of it is like blood & gore & weapons. she also just makes a bunch of personal vent posts that make no sense, and she loves those posts where the op is basically larping as like, an evil mad scientist. her blog is a fucking mess and she has basically no followers because she just uses tumblr as like an anonymous diary and for once doesn’t actually care about how she’s perceived. sasha has seen anne & marcy’s blogs before, but she pretends that she doesn’t really know what tumblr is around them simply because she refuses to let anyone know, even (especially) her closest friends, about this secret abomination.

(the few followers that she does have can steadily track her mental health improving over the years, and they're quietly rooting for her as she posts less and less, even if they do miss her funny textposts about swords and girlbossing. by the time she's 18 the only social media she uses is bandcamp. good for her.)

sprig is 10 and also new to how the internet works in general so when he makes a tumblr after seeing anne scrolling thru it on her phone he has absolutely no idea how to use it and mostly just posts original drawings he does of his friends back in wartwood. everyone thinks these frogs are ocs of his, and don’t really understand why he keeps referring to the little yellow frog character named ivy as his “girlfriend.” he thinks he is just sharing his culture with the good people of the internet. everyone assumes that he’s nonbinary because of his name, but he’s like “no im just a little frog boy!!” which of course only reaffirms to these people that he is like, a white transmasc in his 20s. anne gets worried that he’s gonna expose himself, but then she sees that he only has like 50 followers and she’s like actually ykw i think we’re fine

#sorry for answering this uhhhhhhh 8 months later #i have a lot of asks in this inbox ok #frogshowposting #amphibia #cavehags #ask #anne's url would be thaidyke #it works on multiple levels #(two levels to be exact)#actually now im gonna see if thats a url someone actually uses #missed opportunity if not #anyway #update: this is not a url anyone is using. if any thai lesbians who enjoy puns and tie dye are following me & reading this pls feel free

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hyunsoolgc · 1 year

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( > Hello, it’s Sera ( @lgcseojin ) and I would like to introduce you to aspiring actor, Lee Hyunsoo! With him, I would love to fill in the gaps with people I have not yet gotten the chance to thread/plot with; especially if you think that he could have an interaction with your muse! He’s a bit of an interesting character with quite a few eccentricities, so please feel free to check out the TLDR about him below! I don’t have a twt but you can reach me on discord if you ask for it. If you're interested in plotting, shoot me a message or like ♡ this post and I will get back to you if I can think of something! )

> 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒆 / 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 / 𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔

BACKGROUND !!

Came into this cursed world February 2nd, 2002 (020202).

Born in Seongnam. But they lived in Honolulu for about 5 years until he was 9 or 10 years old before moving back. Mother had a bit of a breakdown and decided their old house was cursed after Hyunsoo fell and broke his arm. She had a mansion commissioned that took years to build.

His mother, Hwang Jiyoon, is a traditional Korean (Pansori) singer, and his father, Lee Minjae, is a renowned piano prodigy and the only member of his family who he feels has been kind to him.

Has an older brother that’s a professional composer and violinist who he's been at odds with since childhood ( mother's doing ) and a younger sister that’s interested in studying fashion.

He often feels like the forgotten middle child.

His parents ( okay, well mostly mom ) pushed him to sing & play piano from a young age and he just ran with it after a while to passively please them.

In middle school he "rebelled" by joining a youth baseball team, despite having no previous interest in sports. Ended up quitting when high school came around but continued to idly go to batting ranges or played soccer with his few friends.

Went to Hanlim out of obligation to his parents but ended up not minding it ( especially since he ended up meeting some friends there! ), and it was a lot better than just being forced to do piano recitals.

However, he was bullied pretty badly by this one group of guys ( specifically one of them ) and kind of hasn't recovered from how traumatic all of it was. It changed him a fair amount and someone who was more meek and generous became closed off and aloof.

To top it off, his mother is a... pretty horrible person. Kids with narcissistic mothers, please stand up.

OTHER STUFF & PERSONALITY !!

Thinks he doesn’t deserve to be an actor because he’s convinced his parents used their money to help him get into the company. ( Despite it not being true. )

As of January 2024 he has repaired his relationship with his brother and gone no contact with his mother after an especially bad fight during chuseok.

Major imposter syndrome alert.

Often buys things for his friends without much question; however, he keeps a very detailed list of those who owe him and how much. ( Does he expect them to pay him back? Nah, but it's funny to pull up randomly. )

Although he puts on more of an act "on stage", he finds value in being sincere in who he is and not changing his personality, even if he comes across as a bit cold and awkward at first.

Has a difficult time making friends and being social but he is trying his best.

Aquarius sun, Libra moon, Pisces rising

Looks like a cinnamon roll, is probably one. He seems warm and approachable because of his appearance but is actually quite composed and polite.

Tends to be more stoic (in a soft way) but the more you get to know him, the more talkative he becomes.

That being said, he has the tendency to "fact attack". He is very honest with his opinions though not necessarily about his feelings or other things.

Pretty noncommittal as in, fickle and not interested in relationships over his career. Has had a few somes than an actual relationship.

When he’s not doing schedules, he’s playing video games, especially on the computer he built and customized himself. Obsessed ( and I mean obsessed ) with video games in general. Good luck trying to get him away from Elden Ring, he's still on that train.

If he wasn’t aiming to be an actor, he would be in a field that deals with computer science and technology.

A notable and open fan of multiple girl groups; especially Twice and Oh My Girl. Crystallis and Fabula, too, obviously. He didn't forget about the boy groups either. He is something of an idol connoisseur.

He did not know how to dance when he was accepted into the company.

Claims he intends to friend-zone his fans. ( And everyone else, probably. )

Still not comfortable with some of the stuff celebs have to do. He doesn’t seem to like acting so close to actual strangers, and the crowding some fans do make him pretty anxious. However, he's good at acting cute.

Believes aliens and ghosts are real.

His favorite fanservice is making finger hearts in creative and strange ways.

His acting idols are Kang Haneul, Do Kyungsoo and Seo Inguk.

Has a panic disorder and will often self-isolate when things are not going well.

Wears glasses and can’t see that well without them. He can technically afford Lasik but he thinks the glasses give him a certain charm.

Afraid of heights; will basically physically shut down and cry if he has to go up somewhere too high.

Certified lover of cats. He wants to adopt a kitten when he gets his own place. UPDATE: He has adopted a 14 year old cat named Cocoa Bean.

#lgc:intro #𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 ( ooc. )

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mango-dolphin · 2 years

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do you want to hear a hc i have about how Melromarcs world works :000 To bad you're hearing it/j

all of the heroes summoned are normally 18 or above. its VERY rare for them to be 17, and 16 is literally unheard of. that's one of the reasons people think Itsuki's the youngest(along with his appearance and how Ren carries himself/hides his age), it's practically impossible for anyone to be younger!!

Ren's party know he's on the younger side, but they think he's just a strange 17-18 year old.

i also think the weapons have age preferences: Shield heroes have the widest range, and are normally the eldest, like 20-28. Spear heroes have a smaller range, 21-24(normally they're 21 tho). Bow heroes are have the smallest, 17-18. idk about sword heroes ;A; im thinking a wide range at 17-22, normally ~18.

Ren is an outlier XD as he deserves/j

yesssssss YESSSSSS YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS if i were a dragon i think i would hoard headcanons. even ones that i don't subscribe to. i love headcanons so much thank you king

this... is a VERY intriguing idea, actually (that the weapons have a preferred age cut-off)... i don't know how much i subscribe to this headcanon, but i feel like if this were the case on any level it'd be incredibly telling of parts of the world—both in an enlightening and a concerning way.

for starters, summoning someone at 18 to early 20s is still pretty dang young to be taking heroes, from a standpoint considering age. they're not so young as to miss out on a majority of common sense, but they'd still be young enough to be generally impressionable. they have a lot of room to grow, and would typically be in a phase of their life where they'd be trying to find out who they are. so grabbing someone around that age range would make it easier to convince them "Hey, what if you were a hero? Our hero?"

(it's a little ominous admittedly, especially in cases like Naofumi's where they aren't quite given the choice, but as someone who's gonna turn 20 later this month it'd be awesome to be given that opportunity imo. like damn alright i wouldn't mind getting isekai'd like that, even though it'd be a very difficult journey. at least i don't have the illusion of accessible healthcare)

GOD DAMMIT IT GOT LONG AGAIN

there is the thing of folktales often having young heroes to begin with, so i wouldn't be surprised if the minimum age was actually 16 myself. i don't remember too much about shit i've read but like. y'know. Y'know. YA literature, young/teenage protagonists off having adventures, the "older kids" (teens) enabling more "edgy" adventures, etc etc. but it'd be really funny if one of the Cardinal Weapons had that similar train of thought: start out your kid hero early as you can help this youth rise to greatness the old-fashioned way. i hope this paragraph made sense LMAO

BUT i think if the weapons had age preferences, i'd generally agree w/your assessment on all of them.

it makes sense that the Shield spirit would prefer older or generally more mature/experienced heroes—they'd need someone reliable, not so fickle. the issue with choosing someone older is that they may already have set down some roots, so they might not be as enthusiastic about the task. however, ideally, they'd someone self-assured and more comfortable in their identity. i bet on average the heroes they've summoned are the oldest out of the four: you put your range at 20 - 28, but i'd personally say that it'd typically start at 23 (absolute limit 20) and have no upper bound for age. just whoever would be the best fit for the role (and growing/learning on the job), and would be in the most favorable position to accept the role.

i think the Spear spirit would be looking for someone willing to act, but not so caught-up with the small stuff. someone with good instincts—and you usually accumulate those instincts and skills the more time you're given to spend on them, so someone a little older is probably the weapon's preference. but not TOO old. gotta catch someone spry. so i agree on typically 21 but ranging towards 24, maybe 25 if someone stands out. probably trying to go as young as they can, but not so young as to make too many stupid decisions.

LAUGHING AT THE BOW SPIRIT HYPOTHETICALLY HAVING A RANGE SO SMALL BTW. i think this might be the "start your kid hero early to help them rise the old-fashioned way" weapon i was musing about earlier. this is so funny. idk the Bow spirit seems like it'd be the most outwardly chivalrous & "knightly" of the Cardinal Weapons, especially considering their second choice for a hero was Itsuki (and not literally anyone else) LMAO. 17 - 18 sounds about right, if not occasionally picking up to 20 years old if the other heroes are all 23+. start your knights off Early!

i feel like the Sword spirit might prefer older heroes as well—someone who'd, at the very least, would be able to come to terms with what their job as a Hero might entail. so, older typically would suggest that. i like the range you gave, but i think the Sword spirit may not particularly have a preference so much as a trend. probably heroes from 19 - 26, but has regularly chosen from the high end, and very very rarely chosen lower.

i bet when the summoning ceremony happened for the weapons, they lost their minds when the oldest hero chosen was the spear hero. like damn, alright! the hero who's usually the second youngest (if not VERY rarely the youngest) is now the adult of the group! we be choosing babies this year!

it'd also call into question why the second choice for the Sword's holder would be someone so young... i'd like to think that the second choices for the Sword, Spear, and Bow weapons were people emotionally close to their first choices, which might explain why the Sword spirit was so comfortable with choosing a baby. their first choice was also a baby, so might as well commit!

REN IS AN OUTLIER, AS HE DESERVES—

bonus: i don't know enough about the Holy Hunting Tool to really suggest anything, but i think it'd be really funny if its spirit preferred hunters/fishers, particularly gentle/humble ones. it took one look at a maybe 13, 14-year old kizuna and was like that's her. that's the person who will defend my world from evil. and then kizuna proceeded to play the fishing minigame nonstop (while also defending her world from evil). (i don't know at what age kizuna was summoned)

#mango japery #answer #small-spark-of-light #headcanon #theory #my writing #mango's writing #OUR writing. (communism)#THIS WAS REALLY FUN TO THINK ABOUT THANK YOU. ok i might actually subsume part of this headcanon anyways #it's like. ooOOOOHHHhhh... it not only suggests that the weapons have Biases #but the weapons might even have Opinions. like. we already get the implication that the weapons think & feel #but this really affirms that the weapons could be considered on some level close to people #if not just being sentient beings in general #which is. INTERESTING.#BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS. ren & naofumi are da Special Boyz.#ALSO!!! JUST REMEMBERED THIS. the notion that the *general public* knows the weapons' preferences also suggests SO MUCH #mmmMMMM I LOVE HEADCANONS WITH WIDER IMPLICATIONS ABOUT THE WORLD.#like. there's enough mythos about the holy weapons' spirits' PERSONALITIES for it to be common knowledge?#for people to have ASSUMPTIONS built off of that common knowledge?#these weapons are A PART OF THEIR WORLDSSSSSSSssss

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On Gender Euphoria, Anime Girls, and Fashion as a Non-Binary Person from South Carolina

When I was around seven or eight I would go swimming in the local pool fully clothed. I remember sitting on the side of the pool, waiting for the life guard to end "adult swim" so that I could get back into the deep end and resume my training to reach the dark depths at the bottom of the pool where all the dead leaves were.

The whistle blew, and I was back in business.

“You still have your clothes on!” another kid pointed out. They must have thought I’d forgotten.

“I know,” I said, comfortable in my own skin, comfortable in my gender presentation.

What was the big deal with that particular outfit? Why did I love it so much that I also wore it swimming? Back then, I didn’t have words. I just knew that a girl’s style bathing suite didn’t feel right and going in just shorts no t-shirt was off limits. And that that outfit was like magic. Wearing that t-shirt and shorts from the boys section made me feel like who I enjoyed being.

WHAT IS GENDER EUPHORIA?

Not until about ten to fifteen years later would I begin to hear the term “gender euphoria” used to reference how certain clothes, haircuts, and even body modifications can make you feel that same thing I felt in my favorite outfit that summer. You feel great. You feel like you. And when you become more yourself, you feel amazing, you feel EUPHORIC!

Why do we feel this? I’m sure someone has a scientific answer. But I’d say it’s because we are being our true selves, the selves we came to this earth to be, the selves that have a place in the great divine dance, the great divine game. We’re no longer fighting the flow of life, and we’re not swimming upstream or forcing ourselves into a role that was never ours to play. Instead, when we honestly become the person our beings and our divine DNA ask us to be, we experience “oneness”. We are one with the universe, god, and the divine. We are divine. We are whole.

Maybe you’ve had that experience through meditation, prayer, plant medicine ceremonies, or psychedelics, and you know what I’m talking about. Being at one with the universe is highly euphoric, and it give the seeker a great depth of peace. Anxiety melts. Everything is right. Everything is in order. And “it” is all unfolding how it is suppose to unfold.

That summer, wearing my favorite outfit felt like magic. I felt like the hero of my story. I felt like my ideal me, and I felt at peace and complete.

It’s funny because recently another gender-non-conforming buddy from my hometown told me they used to do the same thing at the swimming pool. I didn’t know them back then, but knowing them now, it makes a lot of sense.

FASHION AS PROTECTION

In those days, I was lucky to have a lot of freedom from typical societal expectations. We were homeschooled, and my mom wanted to raise us like “free range chickens” she says.

No school meant no dress code and less time studying because you didn’t have to do “busy work” to fill the day or wait on other students to understand a concept before moving on to the next topic.

I could run around without a shirt or shoes, explore the woods around the neighborhood, and spend summer nights outside playing games and spying on the neighbors. My bothers and I got into everything, tried everything we could. Each day was a new adventure and we made the most of each one.

But at some point around seven years old, (which funnily enough is when developmental psychology claims a child can begin to choose their gender presentation), my parents began to place gender limits.

Suddenly I had to wear a shirt and I couldn’t wrestle with the neighbor boys. It just “wasn’t right”, my parents explained. I was still invited to go on hikes, but less and less would I be allowed to go on overnight camping trips. Again, it just wasn’t right, me being the only one in the group socialized as a girl sleeping near all those boys. Not long after, my mom presented me with a bra. Again, I didn’t understand it, but it was “just necessary” for some reason. I cried and cried. I hated it.

Here’s the thing. Before my parents began to socialize me as a separate entity from my brothers, as a girl, we all did the same thing.

We all learned to shave our faces with my dad. We all dressed up in glittering body suites and played ballerinas. We all saved up for camouflage and played army. We all played with my mom’s red lipstick as war paint. And my older brother dressed up as a bride and married a neighbor boy in a ceremony we held while rolling down a hill on skates and rollerblades. Dressing in what I would later come to know as “drag” was no big deal. We were absurdly creative and nothing was off limits.

Until we reached a certain age and social expectations set in.

Back then, my parents were trying to protect me with their ideas of what a girl should look like. Fashion is protection. If you present right, society will treat you right. And if you’re a girl, that means dressing the part so that one day a man will want you bad enough to ask your father to let him have you, and your father will give you over and all that preparation will come to a culmination and the girl will have her means of survival— marriage.

We lived in South Carolina, a placed referred to as the “buckle of the Bible Belt” due to its high concentration of churches and religious communities. And our community had a cult following of a man name Bob Jones with rules like no “interracial dating”, no physical contact between separate sexes, and parents must disown their child if the child came out as gay.

And things like getting a job as a non-conforming person? I doubt it was happening there back then.

So as much as I blamed my parents for the drama of being forced to put on a female costume whenever we went to something social, in retrospect, my parents were doing the only thing they knew how to do to keep me safe in that world— they used fashion as a form of protection.

But those skirts, dresses, and blouses had me feeing vulnerable and frustrated. And only when I could wear my soccer shorts and t-shirts or any of my other favorite outfits did I feel safe and at home.

THE “MIDDLE YEARS”

After eight years old, things got intense. Lots of crying and stress over clothing and gender roles.

This stuff gives me mixed feelings to write about. I still struggle to not feel angry or ashamed and I hate it when my mom sends me pictures from the days when we all had to dress “correctly” for society like the days we went to church. I have smiles in the pictures because we had to smile. And I had longish hair for more time than I wanted to because I was afraid to cut it as short as I wanted to (I would find the courage I later on).

I have shame thinking about my teenage years because I was so often afraid or shamed for my body or just being who I was. I’m ashamed that I “gave in” but being a kid, I didn’t really have a choice. So I fought it sometimes but had to keep quiet until I moved out. I disassociated and survived, disconnected, unable to be my dream self.

Obviously I still made friends and found ways to enjoy myself, but interactions with my parents felt strained and volatile, especially the interactions with my mom who was tasked with enforcing female socialization standards.

My mom doesn’t understand why I still feel hurt over being forced to wear girly clothing. I think I felt humiliated and punished by it. My freedom to be me was taken away and I was criticized for not fitting the female stereotype required in the area I grew up in. That weighs on you when you’re confronted with it multiple times a week for several years. You get scared to be seen because at any time you could be breaking some rule or hidden expectation without knowing it. My body always felt clenched and stressed, and my posture became that of someone hiding. There were moments of escape, but generally I felt a fear of being judged and my body internalized it.

I’m sure I was brave in a lot of ways, but looking back makes me cringe. And here I am looking back. Cringe.

Ok, back to the timeline.

EVERYONE LOVES ANIME GIRLS

Up until the age of eight, I wore whatever my brothers wore. We were a family of hand-me-downs and thrift stores, so I had the same jeans, the same hoodies, the same Umbro soccer shorts as my brothers. There were a few “little girls t shirts” too, but there were simple shirts that literally any body could have worn. Nothing too bad about that. No dysphoria.

My mom did force me to wear some extremely uncomfortable frilly dresses to church and painful sweaters that were too tight for my head, but “beauty is pain” she’d say and rules were rules. Girls had to wear long dressed and skirts to church. It wasn’t a matter of choice.

But if I wasn’t at church, I was learning to read at the kitchen table or playing games outside— all in my “normal clothes”.

But at age eight, it came time to socialize me as a girl and my mom had to look outside the house for female clothes. We went to department stores in looking for two or three female passing outfits. My mom felt pressure to not be judged by her child’s appearance, and the whole experience felt forced and humiliating.

First of all, nothing in the teen girls section was loose fitting enough for the religious rules. And the boy’s section was off-limits. So my mom eventually found the “petites” section which is what they call the “old ladies section”. This demographic was short enough to fit a kid and conservative enough to pass within the groups we belonged. So after lots of frustration and crying, we bought two colors of short kaki pants, and three button down shirts. They were OK…. Not too tight, not too girly, but not really what I wanted either. Just OK. And annoyingly cut for a woman.

Probably a year after that, my sweet grandma took me shopping and apart from the boys section being off-limits, I could pick whatever I wanted. I got some camouflage cargo pants which I wore every day till I outgrew them, and two polo shirts with surf writing on the back of the collars. Much better than the old lady clothes.

When I was thirteen, I began shopping for myself at the Goodwill thrift store. It was easy to get what I wanted at a price a thirteen-year-old could afford. I began picking out my own clothes and no one ever questioned it. My mom was busy with my brothers, so she’d gladly drop me off and let me do my thing. Plus she didn’t have to take me shopping anymore.

There I discovered that my wardrobe fit into three separate categories: “normal clothes” , outfits I saw boys wear, and outfits I’d seen anime girls wear. I also found camisole undershirts that were popular back then and they flattened my chest, it was nice.

No one questioned my “normal clothes” because, well, they looked normal on me. Androgynous and different from popular culture, but normal on me. Plus being homeschooled, well most of us didn’t have cool clothes so it was normal to be abnormal.

The boy outfits I rarely wore out of my house or the woods, only for occasions like hiking trips, the skate park, or my short bout with the Civil Air Patrol (I wanted to join the air force back then lol, free army uniforms, a sense of belonging, adventures, air planes, and travel duh).

And the anime girl? I mean, if you have to present as a girl, that’s the best way to do it. Tight zip-up shirts, flare pants, hair up with little pieces falling around the face. Everyone loves anime girls.

Wearing girl outfits was always far more exhausting than the “normal clothes”. Why? Because being around people is a show, an act in society, and I felt forced to play a girl way too much. It got old fast.

If I didn’t have to be around people, I’d just hang out in my room or in the woods, alone often, away from rules and social codes. I could be whoever I wanted to be.

And the church outfits? Those became an act too. They had to be long skirts, so I found long hippy clothes at head shops and also made some. People complimented them because they’d never seen clothes like that before in those circle in South Carolina.

I also had this really cool pineapple outfit that we had custom made because stores didn't sell clothing that was long and loose for church. It was a long straight “jumper” style dress made from green pineapple fabric, then a white collared shirt underneath, and this hand bag I found that was actually just a pineapple. I kind of wish I still had it for those moments I want to "cross dress", but honestly I'm not sure I'd be ready to wear it again, as I had to to cross dress so often as a kid.

CROSS-DRESSING

Whenever I wear an article of clothing that is “very” gendered, I feel like I’m cross dressing. And back then, I felt like I was cross-dressing a lot. I was cross-dressing in my church clothes, cross-dressing in my “teenage anime girl” clothes, and also cross-dressing when I’d wear two sports bras to flatten my chest under a t-shirt and those cargo shorts the boys would wear back then.

It was weird having to cross-dress so much, and as we didn’t talk about things in the family, my survival technique was mainly centered on dissociation and smiling. Just get through it so you can return home, take off the costume and spend your time on more important stuff like making art and movies, building forts in the woods, and figuring out how to run an electric scooter through the under ground tunnel below our house.

By that point, I knew clothing was costuming. And being a Leo sun, wearing costumes came naturally. But it was also exhausting. I have a Piscis moon, which means that more than anything I crave a deep connection and understanding with the collective. I just wanted to wear something that wasn’t too colorful, not too tight or body focused, and would let me exist without having to pretend to be a “man” or “woman”. I felt tired of the game at times.

Cross-dressing is fun when you get to choose to do it, but it can be exhausting when your survival depends on it.

HIGH SCHOOL RULES

In my high school years, I finally went to school and learned a new set of social codes. It was a religious school run by the same cult entity Bob Jones. And the dress code was very rigid and binary. Girls had to have long hair, long skirts, loose tops, high necklines, and for special occasions, tights and hoes on their legs. All from the women’s section of course.

Boys had to have an extremely short haircut, shave their faces, wear button up shirts, dress slacks, and for special occasions, ties and suite coats. We were not allowed to wear graphics on the clothes, or have references to punk, emo, or rock and roll. And when skinny jeans became a trend, the one boy who wore them was called a fag and the administration quickly outlawed the fashion.

What’s funny is that even in this world of entirely un-cool clothing, there were still social signifiers in that fashion bubble that let people know exactly how cool you were, which group and social class you belonged too, etc. I’m proud to say people started wearing colorful hippy skirts after my first year there. I was so weird people thought I was cool.

Anyway, art, fashion, imagination, and movie nights were my survival.

I focused on good grades and the fun of finally having a live audience. I made crazy outfits, tried public speaking, made friends with other “unsocialized” kids, and sang the Canadian national anthem in the shower with my new bestie after Physical Education class.

There was so much injustice inside that world, it just wasn’t worth fighting openly. I rebelled in secret ways and smiled at the administration.

BOY OR GIRL?

I finished high school in my third year as a hybrid student: half the time homeschooled, half the time in a community college. I could wear whatever I wanted that last year.

Strangers at the community college asked if I was a witch. The neighbor who rode to class with me asked why I had to dress so weird. My mom said I looked like a lesbian so I avoided seeing her in the mornings before class. I dressed really cool, and I know other people thought so and sometimes said so. But annoyingly, people love to point out what's different. I liked fashion. I wanted to be me. And I wanted to fit in… but those things didn’t seem to go together. I would make these awesome outfits but then be afraid of being seen.

Time passed.

In college there was no real dress code and I settled on a mostly black wardrobe influenced by what I’d seen Europeans wear in the fashion blogs I followed. Easy enough.

I discovered H&M and got myself a cool fake leather jacket there. I had black skinny jeans and a collection of simple t-shirts under which I wore flattening sports bras. All good.

One time I wore a skirt to class and everyone said it was like the kilt Kanye West had worn on tour. This time, my peers understood I was cross-dressing.

As college was ending, I sold my things and bought a one-way ticket to Europe. I would leave South Carolina for good and travel until I found a place that felt like home. There I could develop into my true self away from the eyes of former friends and family.

Of course, moving locations didn’t really fix anything.

But something did happen pretty early on into my travels that changed my trajectory. I “fell in love” with a queer man who would later tell me he was born with three chromosomes, XXY, meaning he was actually both male and female. Intersex. And that as a teenager he was forced to choose between becoming a male or female, as being neither was not a choice back then.

People have always asked me if I was a boy or girl, and I would usually say, “I don’t know”. In this case, when he asked me and I said “I don’t know”, he then asked me if I was trans. I didn’t know what that was. I just thought that some people changed their bodies to become one of two genders and that was called trans. I panicked.

No, that isn’t me! I’m not currently changing my body.

Later, I would become curious and go to Reddit to learn all about top surgery, hormone replacement therapy, and the experience of transitioning to a different gender. I felt called to it and read everything I could. I did my best to pass as a boy for the next several years, or at least, not pass as a girl, and I did want top surgery, but I didn’t feel comfortable fully transition to a man. I just wanted to be less woman.

INTUITION

I changed my name a year or two later upon returning to the US because I wanted something less gendered. I would later change it two more times trying to settle on what felt right, doubting myself, and then trying again.

I eventually began to understand that being Non-Binary is also a gender, and that some people just don’t identify as male or female. And that yes, this is trans too. I read that trans just means you don’t identify with the gender assigned at birth. It doesn’t mean you have to become a man or a women. My experience began to make a little more sense.

I learned there were more people out there like me. That you could choose a new name that felt better, and choose clothes that made you feel good, and that neither identifying as what society calls male nor female is actually pretty cool. Gender euphoria is a good thing, not a guilty pleasure. And feeling at home in and embracing your experience connects you to the divine, despite everything I’d been raised to believe.

I learned that I was normal, and that there was a long history of non-binary, trans, and queer people holding honored roles in society before the Catholic Church tried to wipe them out (this happened around the same time they went killing the powerful women known as witches, and during the colonization of America and other continents).

I’m becoming braver. I’m still scared of people seeing me but I also enjoy having an audience, so, I force myself to be seen and heard and to make steady eye contact. I am becoming braver and happier and more myself. It’s scary but the changes make my life better so I keep going, finding oneness with the world. Finding allies helps and I can’t wait till interactions with my family aren’t so uncomfortable. I’m trying to be good about explaining to them what they need to know and being patient while they digest something they’ve never heard of.

Despite everything I’d been brain washed to believe, I have always known who I am. And lead by my intuition, I’m on an adventure to become more and more that person. Not only do I owe this to myself, but I owe it to the world as a whole. This is my contribution and the universe is on my side.

I know who I am, at least on a basic level. And that knowledge grows as I keep going. I’m not an outsider, I’m actually an integral part of It All and I can become one with the world by being me, not who I think they want me to be.

My gender non-confirming buddy tells me they’ve always known me as someone living outside the gender binary. Which tells me that I am my own harshest critic, as I still struggle with judging my past self for not being “myself” enough. And I still struggle with feeling proud of myself. It’s scary to leave behind the comfortable confines of shame and guilt. But I’ve always been brave and I’m becoming braver. I’m learning to become proud of myself for being me, and this whole process is slow but they say you gotta enjoy the process because it actually never ends. There is no “final result” until we die. So I try to let go of my grip on the outcome and instead find fulfillment knowing that I’m on the right track.

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ilikereadingactually · 1 month

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Picturebook roundup - used book finds!

i accumulate books in all kinds of ways and they tend to pile up in my apartment. i did a little reorganizing recently and found some picturebooks i clearly acquired used somewhere but have no memory of! but now i have read them, cataloged them for my home library, and shall review them for funsies.

Speedboat by James Marshall

starting off swell with a book that is not in fact a picturebook, it's an early reader! but that's ok, i'm lumping it in because it can work for the same general age range as a picturebook.

James Marshall was a beloved and prolific writer and illustrator, and (like many beloved children's authors of his era) was gay. i mention this because it's so charmingly clear in this book about two "pals," Jasper Raisintoast and Jack Tweedy-Jones, who have different adventures in the book but start and end the day together in the same bed. it's a fun story, marked by wacky humor, unexpected twists, and emotions expressed simply and sincerely as it follows the two protagonists through their surprising days. and Marshall's art is so cartoony and delightful! but what makes me happiest about it is feeling this gentle connection with a fellow queer, basing his story in life as he knew it, as straightforwardly as he was able in 1976 when this book was published.

age rec: story-wise, i think this would go over well in the 4-8 range. since it's an early reader, it's specifically meant for kids who are starting to read on their own, which is different ages for different kids! this is somewhere in the middle as far as level goes, for a kid who is already comfy reading super simple books and is expanding their vocabulary.

a bit i really liked: i adore these two "pals."

Just Me by Marie Hall Ets

what a little gem! i see why it was a Caldecott Honor book. a child narrates their day learning how to move like different animals on and around the family farm, before running "like nobody else at all. JUST ME," to catch up with their father for a boat outing on the lake. it's peaceful and simple and very sweet to me.

the art is lovely too, black and white vignettes that look maybe like charcoal? it has an old-fashioned look (because it is old, first published in 1965) that makes me very nostalgic. and i ADORE the little smiles on all the animals as they walk, or flap, or wallow, or hop, and the child mimics them!

age rec: it's pretty simple, so maybe 2-4! or picturebook enthusiast adults like me, who are charmed by simple books done well.

a bit i really liked: just look at the grin on this horse!

Kinki the Cheeky Colt by Margaret Greig

you know, sometimes you pick up a book because you're a horse girl and the book has a funny name, not expecting much from it, and those expectations are met. this is the kind of book that is clearly inspired by the real antics of one or several real horses, without any actual story arc, and the prose is somewhat clunky. but! i learned from the author bio that Greig was quadriplegic and wrote and painted with her mouth, which is wicked cool. i like the dreamy pastoral painting style of the art, and how the texture of the canvas comes through.

age rec: it's a little wordy for a picturebook, so maybe a 4-7 range?

a bit i really liked: this page has a Marguerite Henry vibe that i'm into.

#books and reading #picturebook roundup #booklr #bookblr #book reviews #picturebooks #children's literature

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the-firebird69 · 3 months

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This would be the more or less the largest pinewood derby replica car race car and the tires would start getting bigger like this and this will be 2,000 watt range and this is for the straightaway or track and it would be there's a class for this and he said to try and there's a his assistant to use for go-karts but he what he was saying is pinewood and then you call it C2 so it's a pinewood C2 race car and you can buy it for entertainment but it really that's what it's for and people love it already

Thor Freya

We can use the classifications for the pinewood races and I'm going to start setting it up and people can start their designs we mostly like open class but we get this different size ones for different size kids and we have age groupings

1. ages 4 to 6

2. Ages 7 to 9:00

3. Ages 9 to 11:00

4. Ages 11 to 12 and that's it they'd be too big even 12 is kind of questionable then you're getting into something besides the car and we will have electric for these races we're not going to use gas it's too obnoxious people don't like the noise you can get up early in the morning and all you hear is people's voices and people start getting used to hearing people

Mac daddy

Thank you very much Mac when we appreciate it

Thor Freya

Olympus

We have books that officiate the stuff and it's for pinewood derby and we're going to modify it a little bit to do the flat track straightaways or the flat track and you can race around your neighborhood and we'll have a certain distance and he says how do you do it if it's not the distance you need to go twice and you have a finish line and a start line in different places and he gets that so this is going to be great it is so much fun what he's saying I can't believe it cuz he would be building it by scratch and people would love it and you can also have kids that are pre-cut and you assemble it's RTA included the battery and the drivetrain in the motor or engine they call it but really this is so much fun and maybe made out of wood this is supposed to be wood and it it makes it so you don't have to do any registering of anything if you make out of metal frame and metal it just start looking at you funny

Ben Arnold

Olympus it is a loophole and we looked at it and he's right and he also said you can start with the old fashioned wooden go-kart where you move the steering with your feet

We're going to do that class cuz they have where you lay down and it's kids and they do it and you'd have it like so you're kind of reclining and it'll be electric and you move it with your feet and they go real fast and you do it in a track too

Mac daddy

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bestshirtcanbuy · 7 months

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Bobs Burgers I Love You But Youre All Terrible Ugly Sweater Christmas Party

If you're a fan of the hit animated series "Bob's Burgers," you're likely familiar with its lovable and quirky characters, hilarious storylines, and heartwarming family moments. Among the show's many memorable episodes, "I Love You But You're All Terrible" stands out as a fan-favorite, and what better way to celebrate the holiday season than with a Bob's Burgers-inspired Ugly Sweater Christmas Party? An Ugly Sweater Christmas Party is a classic and fun way to celebrate the holidays, and with the added bonus of a Bob's Burgers theme, it's sure to be an unforgettable event. This type of party is suitable for both men and women, as it allows everyone to unleash their creativity and showcase their individual style. When it comes to the dress code for the Bob's Burgers Ugly Sweater Christmas Party, the uglier, the better! Encourage your guests to wear the most outrageous, tacky, and hilarious sweaters they can find. Whether it's a sweater adorned with cartoon versions of Bob, Linda, and the Belcher kids or one featuring funny quotes from the show, the possibilities are endless. This will create a light-hearted and festive atmosphere, and everyone can bond over their shared love for the show. To make the party even more entertaining, consider organizing a contest for the ugliest sweater. Have a panel of judges vote on the most hideous creation, and award the winner with a Bob's Burgers-themed prize. This could be anything from a set of Bob's Burgers shot glasses or a cookbook inspired by the show's famous burger recipes. By incorporating prizes, you create a sense of friendly competition and provide an extra incentive for guests to go all out with their sweater choices. Furthermore, don't forget to decorate the party venue in true Bob's Burgers fashion. Hang up colorful string lights, Bob's Burgers posters, and balloons featuring the show's characters. You can also set up a DIY photo booth area with props like cardboard cutouts of the Belcher family and iconic symbols from the show. This will offer guests an opportunity to capture memorable and Instagram-worthy moments throughout the evening. Additionally, when it comes to gift-giving, Bob's Burgers offers a wide range of merchandise suitable for everyone. Consider purchasing character-themed T-shirts, mugs, or even Funko Pop! figures as party favors. These gifts serve as a token of appreciation for attending the event and will undoubtedly be loved by any Bob's Burgers fan. In conclusion, a Bob's Burgers Ugly Sweater Christmas Party is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday season with friends and family. The event provides an opportunity for fans of the show to come together, showcase their love for the Belcher family, and have a great time. So, put on your ugliest sweater, grab a burger, and get ready to party with Bob, Linda, and the gang!

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