#OKAY STORY TIME

[wouldvecouldveshouldve]

i feel like a fake fan sometimes 😭

#okay story time #before covid i knew every word to every taylor song biggest fan you know??? #but then covid hit and i stopped listening to taylor fulltime bc i fell into my kpop phase #and so i come back to taylor after redtv comes out and suddenly im good with everything #but then i go and listen to her earlier songs again and even albums like evermore and even SOME songs from my top album folklore #and i cant remember the lyrics 😭 #rip

[ditch-lily]

explains why/how you found his shiny heels 😂 (i love you)

i only use my power for good i promise.....

#okay story time #waaaay back when i was like BOC who IS SHE #and i found a bunch of company incorporated info etc and IT HAD THEIR ADDRESS (BOC) AND I FREAKED #and i was like fuck fuck i need to PROTECT THIS NEVER TELL A SOUL #then 3 days later boc tweeted it out #literally #and was like here's our address if you want to give the actors gifts #lmao what a fucking time

[personinthepalace]

Timeship - Future Favorite

Once upon a time, someone asked me to make a timeship video set to this song. Coincidentally, I became obsessed with the song yesterday haha. Happy birthday @incendiaglacies!!! Hope you had a great day!! 💜

#happy birthday incendiaglacies! #timeship #timeship video #gideon x rip #gideon #rip hunter #amy pemberton #arthur darvill #future favorite #legends of tomorrow #timeship parallels #edits in the palace #videos in the palace #apologies for the coloring I tried to get rid of the green but I think I made it worst?? #also I wanted to add one more parallel of rip and gideon fixing the wire of the ship but I couldn’t find rip’s scene #I combed all through season 1 for like an hour or two haha #if anyone knows where that is please let me know!! it’s been bugging me haha #okay story time #I for some reason thought your birthday was on the 23rd #I was working on another video that I was hoping would be your bday present #and then yesterday I randomly remembered this song #and thought maybe I’ll start editing it and see which one I finish first #cut to this morning when someone pointed out it was shields’s and bry’s bday #making me realize that it was also your bday #so yeah had to finish this asap hahaha #hope you enjoy it :) #Youtube

[loveofastarvingdog]

tim don't even worry abt watching scoobynatural its not worth it ❤️

WHAT

#NOOOOOO #okay STORY time #i was like. 14. right? and i was in the spn fandom (having seen NONE of the show at all at that point) #and i got my best friend at the time into it #because she had access to watching things #and then she binge watched the whole thing and got hyper fixated (my fault. as you do) (i also got her hyper fixated on sherlock bbc) (oops) #and she was like DUDE you HAVE TO SEE these episodes #and it was the pilot and scoobynatural #so like. i haven’t seen scoobynatural yet but i am obligated to one day see it #ask and ye shall receive / knock and the door shall be opened #timgate

[admiringlove]

men (affectionately) <3

#OKAY STORY TIME #THERE WAS A THING AT SCHOOL TODAY I FORGOT TO DRESS UO FOR #AND LITERALLY EVERYONE WAS MAKING ME PANIC BECAUSE I'M A RAGING BISEXUAL #GIRLS? HOT #GUYS? HOT #BUT THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR THAT CAUGHT MY EYE AND I CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT THEM HOLY SHIT FUCK STICKS #LIKE?? #why are men allowed to be this pretty this is not fair #how dare you bump into me whe wearing a black button up and dress pants and apologize while picking up my novel from the floor #HOW DARE YOU #and also why is it that every time I have a crush their name either starts with j or d or a #sam simping hours 🌚

[sezja]

DEMON BRICK EARRING.

#okay story time #jay and i once did an unsynced spam of amdapor keep #specifically to get this minion #somewhere in the upper level 50s; maybe 60 (it was pre-stormblood) #just incredibly ill-advised silliness where one of us would draw all the aggro so the other could dash for the chest #and hope the minion would drop #over and over. #and it's one of the first times i remember having FUN in the game #because it was the sort of thing our (my.) old group of friends would've given us shit about #but we were having a blast #it's still one of my favorite minions to this day #i don't know that i'd ever USE the earring but i might get it anyway

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies” #serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited... #i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest. #it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!' #'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members... #..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)' #anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language? #maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value” #and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs) #happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills) #and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on... #...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works? #beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

[elexuscal]

Danny Phantom, The Show:

geeky kid gets super powers from his parents' weird inventions! now he has to fight a rogue gallery of ghosts... but uh-oh! he still has to keep his grades up, deal with his embarrassing parents, and navigate girl troubles! rap theme song!

Danny Phantom, the Fandom, After 19 Years of Fermentation:

a child dies. but not quite. the inherent tension between life and death. the obsession of the dead for faded remnants of the living. warped green shadows on the walls of a dark laboratory. having to hide your true nature from those who should be your greatest allies. the fear of the monster you could become if you let yourself. being a ghost as a metaphor for the trans experience. a cold breath on the back of your neck in the dead of the night. rap theme song!

#also wes is there #danny phantom #okay okay i'm exagerrating on both points obviously #it's been a LONG time since i watched the original tv show #but of course it had elements of these deeper themes and that's why the fandom's lasted so long #but it was a mid 2000s cartoon when serialised storytelling in western animation was still in its infancy #the fandom has spent a long time leaning into the story lines and themes that never would have flown then

[egophiliac]

(almost) four years in, and I finally had time to draw something for the anniversary! woo! 🎉🎉🎉

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #because i need to talk for a minute about how the plot of the anniversary story so far is literally just #crowley jumpscares us in our living room to demand we make him lunch and yuu is just like 'i need to start locking the door' #oh twst you always know just how to get me #the qol updates though! CONVERTING SINGLE KEYS INTO 10-SETS YES THANK YOU OH MY GOD #SKIP LESSON TICKETS!!!! #3X BATTLE SPEED!!!!!!!!!!!! #SAVE TEAM BUILDS AND SUPPORT CARDS FINALLY AHHHHH #oh and some other stuff too but look i NEEDED these things #also master chef grim! he's so precious! #though he's not going to get a little sporty uniform after all? #grim canonically flies in the nude i guess #no it's okay chef grim is ADORABLE #if you zoom in on his card you can see little smoodges from his inexpert cake decoration 😭 #which on the one hand is cute but on the other hand i'd been convinced he'd just slapped some frosting and candles on an actual can of tuna #anyway happy (a few days until the) fourth anniversary everybody! #i've been here since the beginning (preregistered during the dorm reveals babyyyy) and it REALLY doesn't feel like it's been four years #you know what they say: time flies when you're watching anime characters have emotional problems

[whimsicalsesquipedalian]

Y’all I’m literally never going to be okay about Simon and Betty.

Simon realising that their whole relationship he hadn’t been examining why Betty always followed him because he was too focused on his love for her and not what she really needed. Not what they both really needed.

The devastating parallel of Betty being so blindly in love with Simon that she willingly and unthinkingly always put him first. And Simon being so blindingly in love with Betty that he saw her being happy and so never thought to fucking question whether those were the right decisions to make. Enabling them every time because they were in love and that was what she wanted, right? She wanted to be with him. She loved him. She was happy. So why would he think it should be any different?

And Betty reassuring Simon that she made her own choices. That he didn’t hold her anywhere. That he never forced her to be with him, or put him first. That she made those decisions and that she didn’t have any regrets. But that they both had to let this go because as long as they were focused on each other neither of them were ever going to be able to have the life they needed.

That they had both been trapped for so long carving pieces of themselves out for other people. Betty in her blind devotion when it came to Simon. Simon in his belief that his crimes as the Ice King, and that all the ways he had let down Betty, meant the only purpose and worth he could have was in sacrificing himself for others.

That they both deserved self-possession and the ability to find autonomy and actualisation as individuals. That they deserved to make their own choices, the good and the bad, and just live without the blind devotion, and guilt, and sacrifice that was going to trap them in this loop forever.

That they meant everything to each other, but that now they needed to mean everything to themselves. That the only way forward was on different paths, but that they both deserved that. That they were able to show each other that they deserved that.

That Simon gets to live now.

I will never be okay about this show. Or these two.

#fionna and cake #fionna and cake spoilers #simon petrikov #betty grof #simon and betty #i am not okay #but I’m also fucking so happy that this is how the story ended for them #that they got to break the cycle and just fucking live for once #that there wasn’t a blame game or resentment or hatred #just an understanding that they loved each other #but that they way they both loved each other wasn’t what they needed #that letting go was the only way forward #but that they had no regrets #that the time they had was so fucking meaningful #but that it was time to move on #it was time to live

[snowyfrostshadows]

So.

We went from this for Starclan Cats:

To.

This:

Biggest downgrade of my life.

#warriors #warrior cats #this is almost worse than the disney live action remakes to me #like. i used to stare and study wayne mcloughlin's art in the code of the clans book for ages before moving on to the actual story #it was so good and pretty #richardsons's... #i feel nothing except mild disappointment and concern for his well being from harpercollins #cuz uh. #what kind of time crunch does the wc team/divisionshave him /on/????? #like. the star patterns for reedwhisker are....okay and look like stars #but mistystar..... she looks like she got dunked in the lake first #or like she could be mistaken for ferncloud...cuz man....those are absolutely 100% not stars on her pelt #props to reedshisker for being the first cat in ??? book covers for having a different expression (even if it's a lil wonky) though #star's cover gets one point #a starless clan

[starbuck]

reading and watching “classic” books and films is such an interesting experience because, before you get into them, when you only know them by name and maybe the vaguest plot outline, they’re intimidating and stuffy and up on a pedestal, but then you finally take the leap and check them out and realize that almost every story that’s achieved such a legendary level of popularity did so because something in its emotional core reached out and grabbed a lot of people by the throat and you are NOT immune.

#not that anyone but me probably needs to hear this but… #it’s OKAY to have Big Feelings about popular things #they’re popular for a reason - it makes sense to have a big reaction #but yeah - i should really know by now but i’m STILL floored every time i read or watch a classic and it Gets Me #like. this story has been Getting people for decades or centuries or MILLENNIA and yet STILL i’m surprised #‘i didn’t think the story would Get me’ says man about story that’s Gotten everyone who’s ever heard it

[shwarmadillo]

literally how that conversation went down

#okay this is my last meme for tonight I think. time to go insane in my room for a bit #good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens s2 #story time is boring time

[artofalassa]

The Lightning

Wolfwood lives. I said so. Here's part one of the AU.

Part TWO

#trigun #vashwood #nicholas d. wolfwood #vash the stampede #trigun maximum #wolfwood lives au #las!art #hi i'm las and i'm drawing a doujin i guess #this time we're grayscale mostly #because I want to tell the story without spending a week on just one page #gonna be hard because i love colours #but i hope it won't disappoint you ;; #i just want to see the bois happy together okay #trimax setting with some aspects of tristamp

[tapakah0]

Eh, almost forgot ;~;; Commission for sweet @celestialrose3 ;;~;;; Thank you so much *bows*

#rottmnt #I am always very nervous when I draw commissions that are related to someone's story... how to explain it... #No matter how many times you might tell me that it's okay #I can't put it in the words because it sounds stupid and silly #but #you see #It's CAS #cass fanart tag #and it is commission #I ALWAYS FEEL NERVOUS TO POST COMMISSIONS YES I DID THEM FOR SOMEONE BUT they might be related to someone's story or comic and I sit and #think “Can I show it? Isn't it irritating? Am I even allowed to take commission related to it??” I“M SORRY I'M FIGHTING WITH THIS FEELING #ALL MY LIFE #okay no I can't explain it it's just my stupid brain that feels very nervous about such a topic and wants to hide everything related to it #You saw nothing but I just needed to put it into words to feel a little better about it #*hides*

[gojos-nightmare-box]

Say what you will about starbucks being a capitalistic venture but in my greatest times of thirst for free iced water and need for wifi it has Never let me down

#okay story time #so I have a FIGHTING moment snd decide no girl u Can get that bus pass and new sim card and open a bank account and get food #YOU CAN DO IT!! #so i leave outside and immediately once I'm far enough from home to be Lost #my roaming data just decides it wants that nap I can't have #it said: if ur not gonna sleep i am #so yay I am now Stranded in SF #fortunately starbucks is right there #plans change I am not hail marying it to the nearest phone store and asking for a prepaid sim #using starbucks as an anchor I just load up google maps #it all works out #i now have Data locally #and then i made a bank appt and also got my bus pass #also there was one point where i whipped out my phone and the guy went oooooh (bad) #and i was like yea that's the forbidden phone (huawei) #and got really panicky that I'd have to buy a new phone altogether