#I think that is the best way to tag it

[inkskinned]

in internet posts it is easy to cut them out of your life. they are hurting you! they aren't listening to you!

they held your hair back. they lent you lipstick. they held your hand at the train station and got you home safe. they rounded on your bully, got loud, said get fucked, spitting-mad in your defense.

they also cut the hair off again. told you that you should really think twice before wearing something like that. took you for granted. took your insecurities and threw them in your face again.

you know logically it should be easy. all the internet advice comments always read it will feel better. like an equation - if a person is rotten, you just remove them. you pull the tooth that's hurting.

but it was never a big flare-up moment. you don't live in a sitcom. they never tried to take your boyfriend or steal from your apartment. they showed up to birthdays and they wrote songs about you and bring you water without you asking. once you found out they carry an emergency inhaler for you, even though you haven't had an asthma attack in years - just in case.

where is the line? people fuck up. sometimes they fuck up badly. sometimes people have raw personalities, like a powerline, and being around them is dangerous. addicting. sometimes they can't help themselves, but you know they're trying. sometimes they are just rough-around-the-edges. sometimes they don't even realize how they sounded when they said that. sometimes it's just - you've both loved each other for so long now, the way this thing hurts goes back to the root.

and that's the fucked up part. you have pushed your fingers against the sweetheart of memory. things these days are electric, tense, harrowing. they didn't used to be. there were a lot of good days in there. sometimes you want to just close your eyes and say can this be over yet? do we still need to be fighting?

doing that would give up any chance you get of getting an apology, but you don't always know that you need an apology, you love them. once they flaked on your birthday party. once they told you to get over it, people are always dying. they also let you crash on their couch for a week after the breakup, handfeeding you when you were so sad you couldn't eat. they are also judgmental about everything, occasionally react to banal statements with an attitude that is weird and fiery. they also love you like a lighthouse sometimes, so strong they cut the storm like lightning.

but the problem is that you might be storm. you might be the thing that needs breaking. what if you are two forces who are desperately, horribly drawn to each other, shaped by the other person's passions, and both good for each other and bad in equal measure.

what if you're both just people, and you're no saint neither.

just cut them off! swallowing the saltwater, you catch yourself in the mirror. you've been shaking more than usual. there's an ache in you that is oblique, loud, impossible to soothe. is this what it looks like? when life is "easier"?

your mouth will always have a hole, is the thing, if you remove the tooth.

#spilled ink #warm up #writeblr #this is about someone specific but feel free to blorbo on main. #tbh this is familial for me so that is an element but it's also about childhood best friends #and probably about ur enemies to lovers blorbo #(but i want to specifically say if ur partner is like this. not necessarily a good partnership lol.) #(the dynamics at play in familial/friend relationships feel equally important and in some ways are HARDER to escape. #bc we can see that this is a potentially toxic romantic foundation. #but in family ? ...... it's toxic and it doesn't stop u from loving them. bc u always have. #and i think that makes it harder. by a lot. which is what this is referencing). #but genuinely and really truly forever feel free to tag ur potentially toxic enemies to lovers on this and all my poetry #here i'll do one for u - adora & catra :x

[gumdefense]

We have moved past Maya and Franziska wingmanning narumitsu as a society. They would not fucking do that. We need to realise the truth which is that Larry and Gumshoe would try to wingman them and only succeed through failure

#ace attorney #narumitsu #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #maya fey #franziska von karma #dick gumshoe #larry butz #general my post tag #i do think maya would endlessly tease poor phoenix about it based on how she acted in 3-5 about iris #but she didn’t do anything to set them up she just made fun of phoenix #franziska would sooner choose death and run to another country herself than get anywhere near whatever’s going on between the two #larry however. #larry would be way too invested #once he actually realises his best friends are into each other he would never drop it #gumshoe wants to make edgeworth happy any way possible #and based on the “wright wright wright” scene #and that one moment in the anime where he cries bc the two were working together even countries apart during the train bomb case #i think he’d be very invested too #also a Larry and Gumshoe wingman duo would be absolutely disastrous. and hilarious #do you see my vision

[harasharaved]

The fact that Judaism is trending because of both the wave of bomb threats on synagogues and Bradley Cooper's Antisemitism Adventure (his huge fake prosthetic nose, and him basically stealing the story from a Jewish man) is so infuriating and so exhaustingly typical.

The fact that I see Judaism trending on Tumblr and immediately think "oh no. Something Bad is happening to us." We're never trending cause it's fucking good. I never get to be excited, it's just cold dread.

The fact that Antisemitism is getting worse everyday and the only ones who ever talk about it are other Jews. The fact that no one else fucking cares. The only ones who support us are other Jews. Even when gentiles talk about Nazis or white supremacists they don't want to help us. We're just their prop, the canary in the coal mine and the perfect victim.

The fact that everyone's uncomfortable with Jews still being here. Reminding them of things they'd rather forget.

The fact that it'd be easier for them if we were all dead. Then they could tell stories about our people, dressed in offensive caricatures, without us making a fuss.

#im so fucking pissed right now #jew tag #judaism #jumblr #when will we be able to catch a fucking break man #i keep thinking about dara horn man #she said it best #a hundred times #Sarah's bullshit #I'll probably delete this later i just AUGH #g-d im angry i just wanted to rant #me and every jewish person ever who went to hebrew school or shul or anything #we have armed security guards as some flimsy protection so we dont get hate crimed #so no one comes in and shoots our kids #by the way. its not normal. its been all ive ever known though #g-d forbid one of those bomb threats is real will gentiles slap on a fake nose and make a movie about it twenty years later

[tubbytarchia]

@mcyt-yuri-week Day 5, Rose/Thorns I never stop thinking about SL episode 8 never ever

#gempearl #pearlgem #shinyduo #shiny duo #trafficshipping #I tried to word it a few different ways but I feel like its still so easy to interpret this as negative but noo its positive #because the thorns here are referencing the scarlet persona that Pearl's embraced. being left with nothing but it - the thorns #But it's not that Gem likes her just for her scarlet persona. She likes her for her. Pearl's not just thorns #Gem doesnt really care about the “thorns” or the petalless rose stem. she cares about Pearl. She thinks Pearl's cool (thumbs up emoji) #Pearl changes into her scarlet fit like she has many times before with the purpose of scaring people & leaning into her feared witch thing #but Gem's just like “omg slayyy” and its the best. And to Pearl it's like whoag #Gem never saw how she changed. Never saw her be ostracized and the aftermath #But she thought that the Pearl she did see in SL was cool and so easily accepted her when Pearl herself though herself so unacceptable #she got love from the Mounders and BigB and that warms my heart but Gem being a newcomer immediately embracing Pearl is just #it hits different #whoa jimbo way too many tags hghghgh #mcytyuriweekvalentines #at first I thought about smth like “where the others saw thorns you saw a rose” but I thought it was more fitting this way #I guess you guys be the judge of that haha idk what Im saying #tubby art

[theladyyavilee]

you all know the drill, corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures 🤣🤣🤣

#9-1-1 #911 spoilers #eddie diaz #buddie #(yes this goes in the tag because I am OBSESSED with the way eddie's entire body language changes at the revelation that buck is single #again like HELLO AND WHAT THE FUCK I know everyone has been freaking out over it but I am very much still stuck in this single frame) #because funstuff #I'm sorry this is not my best work but I couldn't stop thinking about this every since I first saw eddie's face like that last night and #this meme immediately popped into my head #I just had to wait until now to actually grab screenshots xD

[musubiki]

danmarch 🐉💎

#honkai star rail #dan heng #march 7th #danmarch #fanart #hsr #what else do i tag. i have no idea #anyway. im breaking my VERY LONG oc art streak to post my one(1) contribution to star rail #i care them very much #ive been playing this game so religiously and they have not left my team #tragic past(emo) vs tragic past(girly pop) #theres NO WAY with marchs very teenage girl mind that she does not have a crush on the hot cool mysterious yet caring dragon guy #who stays in the room right next to her #and the fact that he teases her so much........ #the whole ass belabog quest he throws in little harmless march roasts every so often #he fucking CARE her #i bets shes like a filipino mom with that camera. every oppertunity (picture!!!!) #and dan heng gets dragged into it #he is honing his photography skills against his will #any nice place? shes like (lemme pose can you get a photo of me?) #dan heng just sighs #they bond over silently judging stelle rummaging through the garbage #cast each other that best friend glance as half her body is sticking out of a trash bin #i like to think you see them hanging out on the train together #with dan heng reading some obscure 8th century book on civilization pattern and development #and march is humming and putting stickers and aesthetic shit in her scrapbook #taping a piece of antimatter legion loot in the middle of a page #and with bubbly handwriting (we beat some bad guys today!!! <333 so fun!!)

[hellspawnmotel]

i had an odd dream about ralsei

(edit): more context has been requested! it was a dream about chapter 3 and i dont remember much other than ralsei splitting in two, or budding off? and the original ralsei stayed with kris while the new ralsei went elsewhere with susie. at one point a cutscene played where ralsei 2 slowly approached susie from behind, a furious expression on his face, and as he reached her the screen went black....

#deltarune #ralsei #art tag #to be clear the slime was not part of the dream #it was just the best way i could think of to show how ralsei 2 emerged. he like budded off of og ralsei or something #but the second one was definitely mean and evil and wanted to Get susie

[quotidianish]

Mom-mercs! Ma, mama, maw, and mum.

#crawling my way out of art block. Rahhhhh #old women 🥶🥶😳 #nobody knows if ma is a good mom or not in canon since it’s never confirmed #But I like to think she did her best and believes that she gave them a happy childhood #however she’s yet to come to terms with how said childhood wasn’t perfect despite how hard she tried because of the absence of their father #(among other things out of her control) #maw’s in a grey area of good parent v bad parent #mama and mum have been canonically confirmed to be good parents. Massive w #tf2 #art #how do I even TAG these characters #whatever #tf2 scout #tf2 heavy #tf2 sniper #tf2 demoman #quotidianish #tf2 fanart #team fortress 2 #HOLY SHIT 1K NOTES?? WHAT #mom mercs #tf2 au

[almea]

"Maybe it's... saying things we've never said... to each other."

#RWBY #Blake Belladonna #Yang Xiao Long #Bumbleby #rwby spoilers #Look at me making three gifs out of one shot #Because all of Blake's expressions were too cute to leave out #I really think the best thing in the world is the way Blake's love for Yang is so sincere that it inspires so much wonder in Yang #JUST LOOK AT HER EYES #LOOK AT THE WAY THEY SHINE FOR BLAKE #otp: bumblebee #For my own tagging purposes

[ministarfruit]

"my oshis graduated" outfit swap

#yeah this one was for me #tsukumo sana #magni dezmond #vtuber #holofateswap #hololive #holostars #holocouncil #holotempus #it's funny bc after they graduated I was like #oh I won't draw them anymore out of respect ^_^ #but unfortunately I missed them too much so here I am. drawing them still #I should reiterate that I'm happy that they're taking care of themselves #and that they're happier now! #I just cherish the memories we made together also #I think that's the best way to put it #BLOWS THEM A BIG CHEESY KISS #vespy is also my oshi but I cannot draw big buff men in tight outfits for the life of me. NEXT TIME MAYBE #I already struggle with axel and he's like. not even that bulked up #I'M TRYING MEN </3 #oh that tag sounds fucking weird out of context #i'm leaving it though

[army-of-bee-assassins]

it's been said before and i'll say it again: image descriptions are not meant to be added later by other people. they are meant to be written by op and included within the op.

#when people add descriptions in a reblog - that's just a stopgap measure #it's not the goal to do it that way forever #the goal is for as many people as possible to write their own image descriptions #accessibility #glad we're all feeling angry about ids today together #accessibility has to be promoted by everyone - not just a tiny minority #this is also why we are constantly asking people to edit ids into the original post #if you rb my id to say thanks i assume you're unintentionally ignorant at best (i am hoping you will read my blog description) #and at worst i assume you know and you are just too ableist to edit the id in #(sorry i keep editing the tags i just keep thinking of more things i wanna say)

[ozzieinspacetime]

Trevor Hills being Pathetic Blorbo #1 and your enjoyment of him being said Pathetic Blorbo #1 just adding on to the games pre-existing meta commentary is,, so good. They made him as miserable as possible and god it really worked.

#i <3 when dystopia scenarios like American Arcadia appeal to the real life audience #like. you fall in love with the character in the exact same way that the in universe audience does #and i think it provides a really interesting perspective and commentary on like. consumption and entertainment #its one of the reasons the first hunger games appeals to me so much actually because it explores that sort of. audience side #which imo is one of the best parts of 1984/truman show esque dystopia media like that #amyway. go play American Arcadia its really fucking good #american arcadia #trevor hills #we're pioneering tags here tonight ladies #teamtrevor #<- brilliant tag idea

[ofswordsandpens]

"so you think that a society that functions around a child military instead of the entire city of literal adults might be indicative that their attitudes and ideals are a bit off ? and that by moving to New Rome Percy is not actually escaping his life as a demigod but instead is just giving himself a whole new set of problems to deal with? "

#the comments and tags on my other posts are making me realize that people dont view New Rome like the nightmare that I do lmao #look I know its because Riordan didn't think it through #but the implications of New Rome are so fucked up #children being branded children DYING #while the adults are just chilling?? #listen the best way I can describe it #is it feels as if you took 12 year old annabeth's wide eyed romanticized view of the gods and quests from book 1 #and created an entire society with it #they're not jaded #they're not disillusioned #at least not as an entirety #idk idk just SOMETHING sinister is in the water there #pjo #mine #new rome

[beeteal]

a tragedy, that’s what we’re meant to be!

alt versions under the cut fr fun

#transformers #maccadam #doop #dinoprimal #optimus primal #dinobot ii #dinobot bw #fanart #2024 #digital #im not tagging bw megs but hes there. you know #some parts are still rough but ive got things to do so. here it is #anyway inspired by a bunch of batik illustrations i came across #i dont think any bw design esp the later transmetal designs were designed to be painted by hand let alone stylised but we find a way #i hope i never have to draw transmetal 2 primal again btw. hes cool but refs fr him r so hard to find #dinobot ii was also rough. but i like how i did him here so i forgive him #this piece caters specifically fr my fellow SEAsian doop fans i think theres maybe 3 at best

[knittedbond]

friends at the table fans are absolutely the most insufferable type of fan. no question about it. we KNOW we're insufferable too, and very loud about it. the niche we have carved ourselves is too great. a PODCAST (hard media for people to get into) about playing ROLEPLAYING GAMES (weirdo nerd interest to get into) and not even the mainstream ttrpgs but the indie ones that 75% of the already niche weirdo subculture don't know about, and every season is about insane gay people and grappling with huge philosophical concepts and the world changing and also freaky weird shit like a guy who is all bees and mechs that keep you alive for a hundred years. and yet its the best media you could ever consume and you desperately need other people to talk to about it otherwise the little bugs in your brain will DIE. of course we'll fight a war with the shrek cats and be fucking insane about it. of course we will

#semicolon #one of the best and worst things you can do to yourself is become a friends at the table fan #edit: the annoyance goes both ways tbf. i think fatt community is very fun but also sometimes very white #idk i made this post on a break from work + i'm still at work. so this isnt fully fleshed out #i think it's fun to be here and hang out but also criticisms etc etc #who's gonna read these tags idk! #but i wanted 2 add that on

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Bestie Deficiency

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #a-qing #xue yang #xiao xingchen #Xue yang is cold because cold blooded creatures can't generate their own body heat #I am skipping over drawing the stories they tell due to the fact this arc is already really dragging #but I think they are very key in understanding the yi-city characters #Even if they are stories that really bring down the slumber party vibes A-Qing was hoping for. #I mentioned some of my thoughts in the tags of no. 76 but to continue on a bit more #I think xxc and xue yangs stories inversely mirror each other on the meaning of sacrifice and what it means to 'deserve' something #to xue yang he has only ever sacrificed - therefore he is in his right to 'deserve' what he wants. And he wants everything. #xxc leaves song lan thinking its the best course of action to atone but my god. No it wasn't. Poor communication crown actually goes to xxc #but it's what xxc he feels he deserves - continued sacrifice to atone. He wants to want nothing. #both are very stuck in the past in ways that are not actually accounting for their actions #It's easy to look at xue yang and go 'dang you need to get over your childhood trauma' #but that very much ignores that fact that we - real human beings - define so much by our childhood pains. #Growth is having to come to terms with it and trying to move past it...and not everyone is ready for that. #I have a lot of thoughts on that matter but I'll let it be for now. #Anyways. Amiguito appears to be one of those words whos meaning change depending on speaker and contextual factors #So as far as I can tell it slides around on the scale on romantic and platonic. Which works for this dynamic. I think. #Native Spanish speakers I am so sorry.