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little-pondhead · 18 days

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Last weekend I was at work and I didn’t have much to do, so I hung out with my boss’ kids and just kept an eye on them.

The eldest son saw my shirt-he’s about twelve and claims his favorite movie is the original Godzilla-looked me in the eyes, and said, “I didn’t know you watched Fairly Odd Parents!”

I was wearing my Danny Phantom shirt from Hot Topic.

#pondhead rambles #I told my boss and he just got a pained look in his eyes #‘yeah Danny Phantom is next on the list. I’m just trying to find it on a service I don’t have to pay more for’#<- his exact words #apparently he’s making sure his kids are well educated

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aalghul · 2 months

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Remember when Duke referred to himself as Robin while talking to Batman and then everyone spent the next 8 years saying it's illegal to expect him to be included as a Robin in anything, ever.

#and batman called him his partner.....and gordon asked if he should call him robin bc that's obviously the role he has.....#and batman said not to bc he's trying something new because duke's version of robin has been so distinct from everyone else from the start #in that he started without a batman and eventually became batman's partner #not because duke isnt and has never been robin???#exact same energy as saying steph “wasnt really robin” despite her dying words being about how glad she is that she got to be robin #even if only for a little bit. FUCK #duke thomas

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inkskinned · 2 years

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it is hard to explain without sounding vain or stupid - but the more attractive others find you, the more you're allowed to do. the easier your life is.

i have been on both sides of this. i am queer and cuban. i grew up poor. for a long time i didn't know "how" to dress - and i still don't. i make my sister pick out any important outfits. i have adhd in spades: i was never "cool and quiet", i was the weird kid who didn't understand how "normal" people behave. i was bullied so hard that the "social outcasts" wouldn't even talk to me.

i got my teeth straightened. i cut my hair and learned how to style it. i got into makeup. it didn't matter, at first, if i actually liked what i was doing - it mattered how people responded to it. like a magic trick; the right dress and winged eyeliner and suddenly i was no longer too weird for all of it. i could wear the ugly pokemon shirt and it was just "ironic" or a "cute interest."

when i am seen as pretty, people listen. they laugh at my jokes. they allow me to be weird and a little spacey. i can trust that if i need something, people will generally help me. privilege suddenly rushes in: pretty does buy things. pretty people get treated more gently.

i am the same ugly little girl, is the thing. still odd. still not-quite-fitting-in. still scrambling. still angry and afraid and full of bad things. of course it became my obsession. of course i stopped eating. i had seen, in real time, the exact way it could change my life - simply always be perfect, and things can be easy. people will "overlook" all the other things. i used to have panic attacks at the idea others would see me without makeup - what would they think? even for a simple friend hangout, i'd spend a few hours getting ready. after all, it seemed so obvious to me: these people liked me because i was pretty.

i worry about how much i'm being a bad activist: i understand that "pretty" is determined by white, het, cis, able-bodied hegemonies. if i was really an ally, wouldn't i rally against all of this? recently there's been a "clean girl" trend which copies latinx aesthetics: dark slicked-back hair, hoop earrings. i almost never wear my hair like that; i can hear the middle school guidance counsellor advising me that i might fare better if i toned it down on the culture.

the problem is that i can take pretty on and off. that i have seen how different my life is on a day where i try and a day where i don't. i told my therapist i want to believe the difference is confidence, but it's not. and when you have seen it, you can't unsee it. it lives inside your brain. it rots there; taunting. i get rewarded for following the rules. i am punished for breaking them. end of story.

pretty people can get what they want. pretty people can feel confident without others asking where they got their nerve from. pretty people can be weird and different. pretty people get to have emotions; it's different when they get aggressive, it's pretty when they cry with frustration.

of course people care about this. of course it has crawled into you. of course you want to be seen as attractive. it's not vanity: it's self-preservation.

#pretty in this post is a stand in for . literally all forms of normativity #warm up #tbd maybe idk #ps! hi!! i'm queer!!!!!!!!! it is how i identify! if you tag this 'q slur' i will fight you!!!#i am using it here in the EXACT way it is NOT a slur !! i am identifying as a queer person!#this is EXACTLY how people reclaim it !!!#it's like practically ACADEMIC in this usage!!#please do any reading into what the fuck the history of the word ''queer'' is before telling me #as someone identifying as queer #that i'm a slur. that the place i find comfort in is a slur #''well it makes me uncomfortable if people use it for me''#im sorry to hear that dude. that sucks. i hope things get easier for you soon #but you don't get to take it from ME #in case you can't tell by the REST of this piece #i DID hear queer used as slur against me. i DID get bullied with it. i DID hear a lot of shit said #i also heard it about lesbians #about ''being gay''#about pretty much any fucking term that could describe me.#i like queer. i like how it feels. and it's mine.#you don't get to undo the work i've done personally because it makes u uncomfortable #it's ahistoric to pretend like there are ''safe'' ways to identitfy if ur queer.#none exist. it has never been safe to be like this.

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attackoneyebrows · 1 year

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Didn't he take another man's life to save yours? He was defending himself. He was defending you.

#the last of us #tlouedit #tlouhboedit #bella ramsey #pedro pascal #ellie williams #joel miller #tlou spoilers #the mirroring of the violence #davids words echoing joel and ellies exact dynamic #and joel hauling his dead ass around to save ellie #man everything was just perfect

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clairedaring · 11 days

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Yes, P'Tong? I was fired from the project by the director. And he will replace me with Joe. What? I think this is Wut's plan for sure. He wants to push his people to be famous. Before this, he pushed Sol to get a supporting role. And now, with Joe as a leading role, they can have a 'ship couple' like they intended. Sol? Yes.

MY STAND-IN (2024) | 1.04

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tunamayojazz · 8 months

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saw that fav ship trope: chronic sleeper x chronic insomniac tweet and guess what! it's them

#inuokko #ottoge #inumaki toge #yuuta #okkotsu yuta #inumaki #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #art #okkotsu yuuta #its canon that toge is not a morning person btw #gege says hes sure toge has low blood pressure too plsss #ik it would backfire on him badly if toge used cursed speech on yuta but i like to think that commands like “sleep” don't count #its yuta who asks him to do it ofc and while toge is reluctant he sees how badly yuta needs and wants to sleep #toge still gets freaked out when yuta falls asleep after the command so he just huddles closely right next to his chest #just to make sure his heart is still beating #hes not used to his commands not harming the target so he needs the reassurance #yuta sleeps like the dead tho just dont tell toge with those exact words

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1000sunnygo · 1 month

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Probably the most powerful expression Oda drew on Law because how many times have we seen him so broken and desperate. That's a boy who lost everyone within a single night along with his faith in humanity - spilling out his heart in front of a total stranger just so he can somehow evade re-experiencing this pain: