#IT MUST BE TRUE LOVE

[klickklackwack]

soooo been struggling for a year with wanting to buy myself steering wheel and pedals for sim racing and casual cruising.

my partner came today very shyly to tell me that they’ve ordered me a set for a christmas present. they know i pour all my money into our life and that i’m really bad at allowing myself to buy something for just me.

it made me cry, not only because they remembered that i’ve been dreaming about it for a while but also because they know that i get really anxious about suprises. so now i have time to get excited about it and also i can weave myself into acceptance.

#it must be true love #makes me weepy #but also happy #neurodiverse stuff

[time-to-write-and-suffer]

I love how on Tumblr, "media literacy" has become "Um, just because someone writes about this doesn't mean they're endorsing this. I hate all these media puritans ruining everything."

I'm sad to inform you that knowing when and whether an author is endorsing something, implying something, saying something, is also part of media literacy. Knowing when they are doing this and when they're not is part of media literacy. Assuming that no author has ever endorsed a bad thing is how you fall for proper gander. It's not media literacy to always assume that nobody ever has agreed with the morally reprehensible ideas in their work.

Sometimes, authors are endorsing something, and you need to be aware when that happens, and you also need to be aware when you're doing it as an author. All media isn't horny dubcon fanfic where you and the author know it's problematic IRL but you get off to it in the privacy of your brain. Sometimes very smart people can convince you of something that'll hurt others in the real world. Sometimes very dumb people will romanticize something without realizing they're doing it and you'll be caught up in it without realizing that you are.

Being aware of this is also media literacy. Being aware of the narrative tools used to affect your thinking is media literacy. Deciding on your own whether you agree with an author or not is media literacy. Enjoying characters doing bad things and allowing authors to create flawed or cruel characters for the sake of a story is perfectly fine, but it is not the same as being media literate. Being smug about how you never think an author has bad intentions tells me you're edgy, not that you're media literate. You can't use one rule to apply to all media. That's not how media literacy works. Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Aheem heem. Anyway.

#anyway this is just more of that lefty shit where 'well i can't be racist because i'm gay!' #'well i can't be media illiterate because i love villains!' #not how that works babes #'well I KNOW bad from good so i can't be affected by media!' #'everyone else also knows bad from good and defines it the exact way i do!' #'so if i think this is bad then the author must also think this is bad!' #i have bad news .... #also how do you know bad from good? who taught you that? hmm? #did you fall out of the womb knowing? or did you pick up some things on the way here? #'i just know' no you don't! that's what i'm saying! #assuming one thing is always true is the opposite of being a conscious consumer of media soz #assuming someone thinks and knows the exact same shit you think and know is not media literacy!!

[haydardotjpg]

Blood sticks, sweat drips Break the lock if it don't fit A kick in the teeth is good for some A kiss with a fist is better than none

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wait what do you mean a red string of fate ties us together but all we do is strangle each other with it. what do you mean this string can only stretch and tangle but never break and yet we keep biting and gnawing on it to try to free ourselves from it anyway.

#taimizu #mizu x taigen #taigen x mizu #taizu #blue eye samurai #mizu #taigen #there was an attempt #i love that my last art of them is super soft and warm and tender and this one is them at their most toxic #i must stress that both of these are important to their dynamic <3 #early taimizu = toxic crazy insane #late-game taimizu = soft yearning tender sweet growing together etc #at least that's how it is in my delusional mind bcs lbr taimizu are NOTTT capable of tenderness YET #but their scene together in the forge is proof that they do have potential to be soft and playful and happy together <33 #but anyway this post is not about that. this post about them both being feral murderous bitches who get turned on by violence <3 #lol i keep saying it but it's TRUE so i'll say it again—they HAVE the range honey!!!!! #ok i'm done

[shirecorn]

Gay horse man looks like a princess

Gay horse man learns to respect trans butch lesbians and various other people who won't date him

#zephyr breeze #zephyr breeze redesign #rainbow dash #rainbow dash and zephyr breeze #mlp fanart #mlp redesign #skyscraper gods #shire draws mlp #listen he was clearly gay #shire draws #but kept hitting on rainbow dash and insisting she was in love with him #so therefore there must be some mistake #He seems the self absorbed type to decide he knows exactly who everyone is on sight if it suits his vanity #I dont see him as intentionally doing it to be phobbic #it just doesnt occur to him that people might be different from his headcanons #When it finally does get through his head he will respect it while pining about what could have been #he will never fully apologize but he will stop hitting on her at least #also rainbow likes men fine just not romantically #all of these headcanons are new as of this post and are just true because its funny

[suntails]

(mild gore)

fealty

#i. i dont know if there's a better way to content warn on tumblr. im not gonna lie ive never posted something that could need one #like this gore seems v v mild to me so i wasnt sure if it needed it at all? but like idk i wanna try to be respectful i wanna TRY #this was my main page piece for the horror zine!! jokes on u the lettie collab was a SIDE commitment. this was my main deal #i saw this so clearly like a vision in my head. its what made me want to apply in the first place ouughghh #its the service. its the undying loyalty. its the devotion and commitment to serving the throne. im WEAK im a SUCKER #i rly do just think something abt royalty settings invoke so much in me. its immediately intriguing and diasom has it BAD (positive) #i do what i must for my people. the silver fans. when he is suffering the content is tasty like im sorry but its true </3 i love him #twst #twisted wonderland #twst silver #malleus draconia #lilia vanrouge #suntails #mild gore #gore

[rooolt]

the funniest part about Grace Chasity is her silly little backpack. It’s so tiny what does she keep in there

#Well actually I know what she keeps in there it’s a cursed book #Or in some timelines an axe #No but seriously I love all the backpack choices they’re so true to character #Sorry for grace posting continuously she is unfortunately the love of my life #Npmd #nerdy prudes must die

[hotdrinks]

[ID: A grayscale drawing of Jon and Martin from Strange Manner -a Vampire Jon au- lying in a bed facing each other. Jon is depicted as a thin, tired-looking Indian man with long curly hair. His mouth is mid vampiric transformation, his jaw unhinged and many jagged fangs protruding. His eyes reflect light and glow slightly. Martin is depicted as a Vietnamese-Polish man with shaggy dark hair and freckles. He has a scar on his cheek close to his mouth. Jon and Martin's noses brush and Martin looks softly at Jon, his lips very close to Jon's protruding fangs. A speech bubble over Martin's head says "It's okay". End ID]

@babyyodablackwood commissioned me to do a lil sketch of @crit20art 's fic so I drew a scene that made me so crazy insane I want to demolish a building (positive)

PLEASE go read Strange Manner if you want to experience the holy matrimony of viscera and romance brought to you by two extremely anxious men!!!

#my art #jonmartin #strange manner #jmart #tma #body horror #forreal dude i must fanboy #martin kissing jons big old teeth means everything to me that's true love baby thats romance #true 'monster' kisser martin blackwood

[yourfavehaskenergy]

Kyle from Nerdy Prudes Must Die by Starkid has kenergy

Kyle from Nerdy Prudes Must Die has Kenergy!

#so fucking true #i love npmd #i was Max Jägerman for Halloween #starkid npmd #npmd #curt mega #nerdy prudes must die #starkid #barbie #barbie movie #kenergy #barbie 2023 #barbie and ken #and ken #yourfavehaskenergy #ken #ryan gosling #btw this was queued up WEEKS before Curt came out with ‘im just Kyle’ #I like to stick to a schedule

[homoeroticgrappling]

#just looking at the dates/travel distances for Danhausen's toy signing tour makes me feel tired #I have no idea how he does it because he never seems to stop working even when he's injured #but I've heard literally nothing but good things about people's experiences with him #not just from fans either! #he was one of the first names mentioned as being above and beyond nice when I was chatting with someone who works wrestling events in the US #plus if RJ is saying something genuine about danhausen it must be true. RJ would never risk journalistic integrity by lying like that #anyway love that danhausen #AEW #RJ City #Danhausen

[milogoestogreendale]

over a year later but. THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED

#love how somehow that message predates my autism diagnosis?! #i wanna say i was diagnosed like a month later #since i was diagnosed before my actual birthday #also shoutout to my mom for getting me the cake i wanted she’s a real one <3 #also tomorrow’s my birthday! #WAIT I JUST REMEMBERED #last year my birthday wish was for the community movie to happen #and then it got announced #that same day #i must use this power for good once more #i can’t say it out loud cause then it won’t come true #but u guys know my wish ;)

[luck-of-the-drawings]

[<==PREV PAGES] [NEXT PAGE==>(not out yet.wait a year.or maybe more.imagine.]

saw alot of comments on prev pages; saying 'i HATE that mean teacher! im gonna FIGHT HIM!!' & i LOVE the energy!! it WOULD be nice. to have that catharsis. but the story of young tidestrider is Not one of catharsis. it is a story of being so small and so special and sucking so bad.

#jrwi fanart #jrwi show #jrwi riptide #gillion tidestrider #GONNA START FORMATTING MY COMICS BETTER. W THE PROPER 'PREV' 'NEXT' LINKS #REALLY DIDNT EXPECT TO CONTINUE THIS SERIES BUT AAAUUUHH MY BRRAAAIN MY BRAIN IS SO IDEASSS. I HAVE 3 OTHER PAGES SKETCHED OUT #NO PROMISES ILL FINISH EM ANY TIME SOON OR EVER. MY WHIMS ARE THEIR OWN BEAST AND I ONLY DRAW ON MY WHIMS #THAT BEING SAID IF U COMMISSIONED ME ILL GEEETT TO YOUUU IM SORRYYYY. ART IS AN EMOTIONAL RELEASE FOR ME N BABY I HAVE EMOTIONS. #ESPECIALLY ABOUT GILLION TIDESTRIDER CHAMPION OF THE UNDERSEA HERO OF THE DEEP.for the desc here i put smth that i typed up in the tags of #another thing i made. i gotta make a proper Baby Gillion tag or smth. eventually.. eventually...I LOVE DRAWIN THIS LIL BABY GUY.. #i also LOVE depicting the teachers as just being so fuckin mean. ofc theres variation in that. just like in all things.like the teacher her #idk if itll be mentioned but the octo lady is named Ms Octburn.an octopus pun based off the name of an actual councilor i had #when i was in elementary school i got bullied alot but teachers never did anything. i hated adults and didnt trust them. #but this councilor o mine was so genuinely sweet. i remember spending alot of time w her. she doesnt work there anymore. #but that one school adult that actually earns ur trust and is there for you when they can be.its SO important for a child i think #i hope she knows how much she helped me.youll see in the next page that ms octburn isnt perfect either.but she tries. they all try.somehow. #ALL these comics are gonna be inspired by somesorta experience o mine in the school system. school is so fucked up u ever thing abt that #AND GILLIOOOOONNN IN THE MOST FUCKED UP LITTLE SCHOOL OF ALL. MAINTAINED BY A CULT. CENTERED AROUND HIM. OUR CHOSEN ONE #I IMAGINE ALOT BANKS ON HIS SUCCESS. THIS IS THE WORLD. THE WHOLE WORLD. THE PROPHECY IS GOING TO COME TRUE N UR TELLIN ME #THAT ITS THIS LITTLE IDIOT THATS GONNA BE SAVING US? WHAT IF HE FAILS. IF HE CANT GET THIS RIGHT THEN HE WILL FAIL AND WE WILL DIE #WE NEED TO TRAIN HIM. WE NEED HIM TO LEARN. AND TO SUCCEED. OR ELSE WE'RE DEAD. WE'RE ALL FUCKING DEAD. I IMAGINE THAT MUST BE STRESSFUL #in other news i hope ppl actually giggle when they read these. they ARE intended to be comical. dark humor or whatever. like its also sad #this is intended to be a sad comic series. but a funny one too. does that make sense? god i hope so.saw some1 say they had flashbacks- #-reading this. like YES!! THE INTENDED EFFECT!! YOU GET ME!! i love seeing ppl get upset on this lil baby boys behalf. i LOVE seeing ppl- #-wail n weep n cry in the comments. i LOOOVE seeing ppl RELATE to baby gillion. and i love letting u all know that this wont be a happycomi #gillion gets his happiness arc in the actual show. this series is one of unfortunate events. teehehehe. do u guys remember that show #i keep listening to the lil songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events for inspiration. GOOD STUFF!! #anyway uuhh uhh thats all i got in my brain. for now. feed me ur comments give me ur input i NNEEEEEDD THHEEEMMMM

[sketching-shark]

Been a couple of years, but I still think fondly of Grace Monroe from Infinity Train for achieving that very rare redemption arc narrative of "the people you hurt are allowed to sever all ties, and you can still become a better, happier person."

#grace monroe #grace infinity train #infinity train #in a sea of demands that you must always forgive the people who hurt you no matter what #it was nice to see a plot that gave good weight to feelings and motivations on both side of the equation #hm. #come to think of it #it seems a lot of redemption arcs usually go the route #of redemption through death #or very quick if not immediate acceptance into team the people you traumatized #much more rare to see a redemption arc #where the one on the journey to redemption has to accept that at least some people they've hurt can't or won't forgive them #but that this doesn't automatically mean they can't become a kinder person #hell in grace's case it was pretty shocking/refreshing to see that it was precisely because someone set a hard no-contact boundary with her #that she lost someone she loved but still hurt #which really forced her to reconsider what she was doing #it was a true 'oh no not the quencies' kind of story #but also a 'you will accept the quencies and go forward with your life & hard gained knowledge' narrative #redemption arcs

[divorcedwife]

i wish wyll had more fairytale prince traits, like if mizora was any fun she would have made his curse breakable by true love's kiss. come on. grow up, this is very basic

#this is evil curse 101. must be broken by true love's kiss!

[magpie-trove]

I just don’t think the truth divides. I think the lie does

#no but there’s sooo many people I’m encountering recently that are like no no we just gotta look at this issue or question and go #well we can’t really know #that’s the only way to keep the peace and be loving #if we take a stance it becomes divisive and we don’t want to do that #so we are just going to be United by ignoring all the differences #and. I don’t think that’s right!! I think that’s fake unity!!! that’s putting on a happy face and throwing a rug over all the cracks in the #foundation instead of going hm why are those there what should be there #what is true and what is a lie #and of course a lie is something you don’t want to be believing in #I just think the lie is divisive. the division is already there #the truth must be found out. and that’s the thing we should agree upon #and I do think if you are willing and open and seeking and putting all the things together #you will find the thing that ties all the things together and that’s the truth #and that will be unitive

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Worry not for the Nameless Red Disciple, they just went down to the river to chill with the river turtles!

#poorly drawn mdzs #nameless red disciple #tulu xuanwu #Not calling this mdzs as it *barely* counts #I will have this character appear in the story again but for now they are going on a personal journey to find themselves #and also hang with turtles #are they spiritual turtles? no they are just the normal variety of wise and beautiful semi-aquatic creatures #LSZ really just found one off to the side and picked it up. Once again I must bring up the consequences of disturbing wildlife #In this fictional setting its fun but don't actually pick wild animals up and hide them in your sleeves. #but it does hold true that girls LOVE turtles. Boys too. People who aren't either also love turtles #turtle is a universally loved entity #and now NRD is learning their secrets! They will be unstoppable! #meta note: This is part of my slow plan to dig myself out of my deep pit of inbox backlog. #I love all the messages but oh man I have been in survival mode for 2 months

[pixlokita]

And as always I forget to post my memes

#pix habla #fnaf #michael afton #sister location #five nights at freddy's #body horror #-w- yall im losing it at the people who think the first one is hot like… how are you gonna kiss him? he has no lips? #like aight then that must be true love because idk what else it is #and at this point #I’m to afraid to ask