#bush years

[arctic-hands]

I also don't mind the aesthetics of the early new millennium coming back (it's literally only been three years since I was finally able to get my hair to part down the center in a straight line and not the zigzag I had since I was ten, and that was only because I buzzed my hair off) but like goddamn the most important thing young people need to know about those years after:

post-Nine Eleven hysteria and the rampant Islamophobia that bled into general xenophobia for anyone not a white immigrant from non-France western Europe

on that note, "freedom fries"

the begining of a twenty year war and bush enacting the "Invade The Hague" Act to cover his ass weeks before the unlawful invasion of Iraq

the designated "free speech zones" that to my knowledge the adults at the time didn't protest against and just let happen

The avoidable deaths by neglect during Katrina and the flat out eugenics at Memorial Hospital that went unpunished (this was mentioned by @penis-keeper before me, but it needs to be repeated and the knowledge spread around)

Queerphobia so normalized that PSA's had to go out to stop people from saying "that's gay" at every inconvenience or bad things that happened to them

is that bush's vice president dick cheney (sp? I've completely forgotten how to spell his last name) while in office once shot a guy in the face and then the guy he shot in the face apologized to dick for it and dick went unpenalized

#2000s nostalgia #bush years #i genuinely like the music i grew up with but goddamn i was 8 when 9/11 happened and even i saw the rise of fascism that came after it #dick cheney

[andisupreme]

I moved recently to start a new job and part of my commute now involves one of those high capacity toll booths where a two lane road suddenly flares out into 5-7 lanes of total anarchy with no lines anywhere, and then narrows back down to two lanes again, and we're just supposed to sort ourselves out? Who designed this

anyway I dreamed up this helpful anatomical guide on the drive home

#thought of flipping it upside down for it to read correctly but then it didn't feel like the driver pov #oh also yeah aside from generally pulling back from online spaces for the most part I've started a FAST-PACED full-time job #after on and off contract/part time work since 2020 #I am WIPED #all the time #exhausted #I'm told I will adjust and I am trusting these people but holy shit I'm capital B Bushed #you will not see me frequently anymore but do not mourn for me #I am adjusting to my new fish tank... #I will be thriving #by the time I turn 30 next year I will be able to hit my 30s at a run #I'm feeling it mr krabs

[loopnoid]

my piece for the second edition of the annual Star Trek Swimsuit Special! <3

and some alternate versions because i couldn't pick:

#affectionately titled 'uhura and her bitches' by boost #nyota uhura #star trek #star trek tos #star trek the original series #uhura star trek #pinup art #sorry for no bush this year... i swear i wanted to draw more bush but this pose just called to me... #ill make it up to yall next time 🫡 #my art #fuck it we posting. reasonable hours? don't know her!

[torturedpoetemotions]

No wait it's hitting me all over again. A team of television creators not only didn't chop an important queer love scene up to no homo it as much as possible. They did the opposite. They wrote a beautiful scene about queer love being restorative ON PURPOSE. They planned and carried out a technically and physically demanding scene underwater to make it as romantic and fantastical as possible ON PURPOSE. They crafted symbolic costumes to withstand those conditions and fretted over whether each necessary element would work. They lovingly chose music and fought to defend the choice of music to further bolster the emotional impact of the scene. They made something beautiful and poignant and lovingly, loudly queer ON PURPOSE. SO INTENTIONALLY. And proudly said HERE IT IS LOOK WHAT WE MADE FOR YOU.

#i genuinely think years of queerbaiting did something irreparable to my pysche but #but this might actually have healed some of it #ofmd #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #stedeward #i hope kate bush is enjoying the sudden spike

[sleepinglionhearts]

Oh, it’s gonna be the way you always thought it would be

but it’s gonna be no illusion

Oh, it’s gonna be the way you always dreamt about it

but it’s gonna be really happenin’ to ya

#doodles #fe art tag #fe3h #fire emblem three houses #claude von riegan #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #edelgard von hresvelg #oh yes here we go again it's kai putting characters to kate bush lyrics that barely fit #look look look i've been obsessed with the line the cross and the curve for a long time #and many many months ago was like WAIT HOLD ON A SECOND i'm gonna APPLY THAT TO MY FIRE EMBLEM NONSENSE #and what do you know!! there's three characters perfect for it!!! #so i have actually had this in mind for well over a year and only recently put it to paper #the concept went through many changes #did all the florals and the characters on paper and the filling in the background digitally #i might eventually revisit this perhaps with color or a new rendering to make it look more dramatic #but for now i am just happy to have completed something that has been on my mind for so long #and during a time at which i have been making so little art #anyway please enjoy the art as usual i worked a lot on this one jshdsjdhgs

[mettywiththenotes]

I like to imagine Kudou "Got together with Yoichi in less than 2 months" is infuriated with Izuku "Miscommunication with Kacchan for 10+ years" Midoriya

He is tapping his foot waiting for those kids to talk and kiss already

#he wasn't even there all those years but he sees the way izuku acts around bakugou and wants to rip his hair out #kudou: back in my day we didn't beat around the bush like this. we didn't have time to. #kudou: we just confessed and kissed because the world was in chaos and you didn't know whether it would be your last day on earth or not! #izuku looking at yoichi: First... please help #it would probably be like that #or maybe #izuku: its hard to explain but me and kacchan... we've only just started talking normally again and i can't mess that up #izuku annoyed: it's a lot more complicated than what you think it is #smthg like that idk lol #i feel like izuku would overthink whether the crush is mutual or not because of their history #and kudou's 2 seconds away from grabbing him by the shirt (?) and telling him to confess already #for their (the vestiges) sakes #bnha #bnha manga spoilers #kudoichi #bakudeku #mettys posts #metty posts #bnha spoilers #kudou #izuku midoriya

[mondaymelon]

me n who ?!?!?!? ME N WHO GUYS ...

picrews: 1 2 3 4

mking silly girlfailure picrews are the only thing saving my sanity which took quite a number of blows today ( its hanging on by the measliest thread but i think its better to consider it go n e )

anyways i wanna make a silly tag game so we are going to make a silly tag game because in the wise words of martin luther king i think wait it was probably gandhi "be the change you wish to see in the world" arent i so cool guys im taking like the first step forward and :stareyes: ahahah

(no pressure) tags !! 🏷️ : @cienxpidity, @ilyuu, @anonbinaryweirdo, @suntoru, @tuesdayberries, @lume-nosity, @mrcrazyvillainvillainn, @ceneid, @amalythea, @xianyoon, @aeon-yao, @ryuryuryuyurboat, @auroratumbles, @snobwaffles, @the-white-void + everyone i probably forgot to tag (SPS IM SORRY) n anyone else whod like to join !!

#💬 ⌗ 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭'𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 . . . ✧ #i was in a very silly mood ( mental breakdown ish ) i cried like 16 times in the past hour and that's probably not a good thing but HEY #its fine #im so fine #im so #im so... #*perishes* #begone negativity #its time for me and my delusions #speaking of delusions i actually had the WILDEST Dream last night #and its so crazy because its like the first dream I've had in the past year that's not about a fictional character #yes im pathtetic #carrying on #and i was like escaping from t h e. m a. n i n t he. h a l l w a y #and i was like runnning away yk and then shrek comes over and helps me out by defenestrating me and so i land in some bushes and then start #like putting candy into a bag??? and im like HURRY UP SHREK HES GONNA COME AFTER US #and then i got to this like cult area #where it splits into two paths and i remember it so vividly because there was this gate security and i had to type in my student id to get #and so it opens up to this room and there's two pathways #the one to the right has this giant ass shrine golden statue surrounded by a bunch of children #and the one i go to has little cube spaces caved into the walls for like little decorations and a stair for like a lower other half of the #room #and theres a bunch of children and my irls #and so we break outta there yk #we escape #we get out #and we run into like osme shopping place #and my friend is planning to abandon me with her other friend and they're running away to china #but they refuse to take me with them (ultimate betrayal) #HELP edit but the tags didnt show up cause there were too many...

[vlasdygoth]

anniversaries

#ocelhira #mgs #metal gear solid #revolver ocelot #kazuhira miller #id in alt text #deep breath . #i've been working on this all week. it's a weird time of year for me so understandably i'm going a bit crazy #this comic has been brought to you by take me to the river by the talking heads and babooshka by kate bush #the whole back half of my ocelhira playlist really but mostly those two #second panel of the second page is my fav ocelot drawing i've ever done i think #also every time i draw kaz he becomes more and more of a bear so i'm leaning into it #but anyways do you ever think about how technically kaz worked with ocelot way longer than he did with bb. fucked up imo

[marisatomay]

Pretty funny actually that, as far as I’ve been able to tell, the origin of “it’s over” // “we are so back” is the 1996 romcom sports drama Jerry Maguire

#people think it’s a Jeb bush tweet from the 2016 election cycle but you’ll find that Jerry predates that by 20+ years

[gingerteaonthetardis]

the year is 2000. 13 million people are tuning into the x-files. the title sequence changed two weeks ago, which was a little stressful. this week, it changes again. david duchovny has been removed from the bill. society crumbles. the streets run red with blood. there are riots in the capitol. i can picture it even now... they're sending in the national guard

#in the year 2000 i was still like learning basic addition and subtraction and i got stung by a bee so i don't remember much #but i assume this is what happened?? did president bush have to declare martial law?? were there crisis lines???? #i can't even imagine. #abbey.txt #txf

[kierthurs]

he is my little lab rat for testing art ideas

#ibispaint filter function i love you #i think me like three years ago would be proud #me today though? not sure yet #rdr2 #art #digital art #kieran duffy #fanart #kate bush reference (i wept to this song several times)

[robinsteve]

i didn't want to let them see me weep i didn't want to let them see me weak but i know i have shown that i stand at the gates alone — ALL THE LOVE, KATE BUSH [happy hellfire holidays viv @amsterdamhotelroom! hope you enjoy your gift 💖]

#happy new year viv!! #i tried to do a mix of warm colors and earth tones and ended up with this strange (hah) mishmash of raspberry and beige #so then i thought 'what would make this better?' and the answer was kate bush because. well. yknow<3 #if any of the gifs glitch out/pixelate/briefly look Wrong i'm really sorry- my photoshop has been acting up lately :/ #** #mygifs #gifs #st 3 #st 4 #stranger things #el hopper #max mayfield #elmax #elhopperedit #maxmayfieldedit #elmaxedit #hhe2022 #strangerthingsedit #tvstrangerthings #dailystrangerthings #stwomendaily #hellfireholidayexchange

[babsvibes]

You’re laughing? This beloved baby boy wants to crawl in a hole and die after his mom revealed to the whole crowd that he’s a single virgin loser, and you’re laughing??

#babsbles #bob’s burgers #logan bush #logan barry bush #logan berry bush #I love him so goddamn much #so ready to drop it in a louigan fic that Louise remembers this instance years later and WILL be making fun of him for it #he tries to flirt and she’s like :/ idk Logan are you sure Cynthia thinks you’re ready for a girlfriend? #stolen from Caroline btw she’s been my rock since the promo photos for this fantastic episode #a couple of people are surprised by how young Logan seems to be but you know who been known? me I knew he was a baby boy this whole time #comfortable flats SENSIBLE flats

[formalmess]

happy anniversary to them!

#superstar saga #sss32 #luisley #mario fanart #prince peasley #peasley #luigi #please notice the bean sprinkles (brinkles) #and the bean berries #which i like to think grow on the same bush with bean fruit #i really should have drawn in wedding bands... next time next time #but they have been married for twenty wonderful years #i love them #pxl #gay little green beans... #my art

[strawberryteabunny]

a collection of various Forest Lolita Shenanigans™️

#it’s me I’m the prev tags #I realize the IW Renoir dress features in like half of these #I swear they’re across several years I just really like that dress #it’s cotton + chiffon so it’s great for warm weather but also keeps the sun/bugs/spiky bushes off #anyway yeah love crawling into bushes and wading into random rivers in the woods #unrestrained summer fun #I’ve almost definitely weirded some people out over the years #idk I hope this inspires people to have fun and be the Victorian weirdo in *your* local park! :D #mine

[evilkitten3]

naruto crack au where kakashi manages to successfully drill the "never abandon your comrades" thing into team seven's heads

so when sasuke deserts naruto and sakura immediately desert with him. like he gets to the village gates and they're just waiting for him bags packed like "what took u so long we doing this or what"

he tries to get them to go back bc of course he does. "no you losers this is about me i'm going to kill my brother. also i'll have to kill my best friend for the super sharingan and you two are like the only people i talk to". but they do not listen. teamwork sasuke we will defeat your brother (OUR brother #communism) with the power of teamwork. just like kakashi-sensei said

suddenly orochimaru has to deal with three horrible little goblins with an even more codependent relationship than his old team

#naruto #team seven #orochimaru's favorite is sakura bc she's smart and respectful and gives kabuto headaches #kabuto's favorite is naruto bc he thinks he's funny #nobody's favorite is sasuke. he's fine with that tho #also sakura can still summon slugs she made a bet with tsunade ahead of time for the right to make the contract #kakashi keeps trying to get his team back but keeps approaching them one on one #which always ends in whoever he's talking to going ''i can't abandon my teammates sensei wtf'' #obito is watching all of this from the bushes and laughing his ass off #the sound five live bc. nobody bothered to tell tsunade team seven had left until it was way too late #orochimaru keeps her updated tho #every time kakashi tries to sneak in and steal his kids back oro sends him back with pictures of how they're doing #''little sakura-chan is making excellent progress with chakra scalpels! you must be so proud! oh wait'' #she hopes he dies #oro tells naruto who his parents are to spite jiraiya #unfortunately he does this when they're all still annoying little thirteen-year-old shitheads #so sakura and sasuke are both furious and don't talk to either of them for a day #they don't even know what they're mad about they're just Mad #meanwhile sakura's parents are happy to hear she's doing well and hope she writes soon #they don't. they don't really get the treason thing #team hebi/taka still forms ofc #it's an absolute disaster #sakura's a little sad when they finally ditch orochimaru bc she'd actually really enjoyed learning from him #like yeah he was an absolutely horrible human being but. she learned a lot! #he comes back later ofc #there's sorta an awkward moment when naruto finds out gaara got abducted and demands to go after him #sasuke: ok have fun #sakura: we're going too #sasuke: fuck #orochimaru: tell sasori i said hiiiii~ <3