#Without a Word You Lead Me

[airenyah]

Your essay on Joong's underrated acting skills deepened my Joong appreciation so much, that I watched Mafia the Series, I'm watching Ploy's Yearbook (even though there is a serious lack of Joong so far), and I'm planning on watching The Warp Effect too. I haven't watched het shows in over ten years, so this is a big deal! 😂 I really liked him with Dunk in their shows, but MTS gave me another facet of him, because he's so timid in it, unlike in SIMM and HA, where he's (seemingly) very cool and in control. So thank you for making me a full time Joong (and Dunk) girl 💜

i saw this message first thing in the morning when i woke up yesterday and it instantly put me in a good mood!!! <3

YESSSSSS I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT

mafia the series might actually be my absolute fave thai het-show, it's just SO funny!!!! and the entire cast is so great, like, not just joong but the entire cast plays off each other SO well. and don't even get me started on gina virahya and her portrayal of anna kondra!!!!

you know, when i went into mafia the series i saw the poster and was like "ughh i really am gonna have to sit through this standard (overly) dramatic mafia show just for joong, huh. the things i do for my boy..." and then. AND THEN. you can imagine my surprise. i was crying tears of laughter throughout the show and i was actually laughing so hard that my mom made a comment about how she could hear my laugh in my room

beam is my loser boy and joong portrays him in such an adorably awkward way, i love it <333

and yes there IS a serious lack of joong in ploy's yearbook so far :((((

it was quite funny tho bc in the one scene where joong does show up i immediately recognized him by the back of his head, like!! i saw this:

and instantly went "OH there's my boy!!!!!" 😂😂😂

and i can't wait to see him with film bc film did extremely well with gun in not me and i feel like film and joong will also work together really well

you know, i'm always happy to turn people into full time joong (and dunk) girls!!!!!!

i've adored them ever since simm which i watched live from ep2 onwards. fun fact, actually: when i started simm i actually had no idea who they were (even though technically i'd seen dunk in bad buddy already, except i wasn't paying attention to the random high school bandmates and so i didn't actually recognize dunk and only realized later on ahahah)

aaaanyway, i had no idea who they were, right? and so in 2022 my mom and i spent two nights in prague during easter and in the evening we were in our hotel room and we were kinda looking for something to watch. and i was like "hey look, gmmtv has a new bl out and it looks kinda cute and fluffy judging by the thumbnails?? and like something that doesn't require too much brain power?? plus, there's also only two eps out so far, so we'll be caught up right away" and so we watched the first two episodes and then the two of us ended up watching every new ep together every week hahaha

i actually didn't really talk about it on tumblr back then and when you go back on my blog you'll see that there are hardly any simm post. but really, with every new simm episode that aired i liked joongdunk more and more. and especially once the characters started dating i was actually so in awe about just how comfortable joong and dunk were with each other and how they absolutely weren't afraid to touch? like, their physical affection was just so casual, like it was the most natural thing in the world to them in an "i'm-not-even-thinking-about-it-bc-it's-so-normal" kind of way and that was just soooo refreshing to watch?? i was (and still am) truly amazed

and when just a couple of months later, at the end of 2022 gmmtv announced joongdunk were gonna get another show together i got SO excited!! and also when it was revealed that simm was included in our skyy 2!!!!

and then hidden agenda started airing and then i was tagged in that tag game and then i went to watch joong's entire filmography and then i ended up falling into a joongdunk rabbit hole and here we are...

anyway, i have multiple agendas and one of them is turning people into joong fans and dunk fans and joongdunk fans sllksdfd

and my other agenda is getting people to watch mafia the series, bc it's truly a gem of a show!!!!

(speaking of agendas: the only thing that's missing in your message is you telling me that you approve of my fight for a sexy joongdunk vampire bl, like... that would have made the message and the influence of my joong/dunk/joongdunk blogging complete 😂😂😂)

#you know when i saw your message first thing in the morning my immediate thought was #''ok nothing that happens today can top this like. my day is ALREADY made and i only just woke up'' #your message set the bar very very high for me tbh #but then in the afternoon my crush unexpectedly called me after we barely talked the past 3 or so months and we spent 1.5h on the phone #and well i'm really sorry but THAT was the actual no.1 highlight of my day yesterday dfjkkjdfkfdg #i swear your message is a close second tho!!! 😂😂 #asks #anon #joong archen #adrm #no but every time someone tells me i turned them into a joong fan/dunk fan/joongdunk fan i get such a rush of satisfaction lmao #i'm desperately waiting for summer night #i might just go off about dunk's acting after that #we'll see #bc i REALLY wanna see what dunk can do without joong and if he'll be as good #my money is on ''yes'' but i also don't wanna say anything to avoid eating my own words kdfkdf #but in reality i see many qualities to him as an actor that i think he should be able to do keep even without being opposite joong #besides he's now done two series as a lead character so now he has a lot more acting experience than he did going into simm #his acting was already so much stronger in hidden agenda then it was in simm (hello?? yank-kiss-yeet?? ep9?? ep11??) #and i trust that he's not just gonna lose it all in summer night all of a sudden #god i'm immensely excited to see him act in summer night you don't even know

[mcybree]

Random limlife Scott rant, GO!

I got this ask and decided that I’d give it my best shot but got so mad on my skim through some of the moments I remembered that I gave up.

#Okay im half joking #I got angry enough for me to decide that writing a post without careful consideration would probably lead to an inaccurate little ramble #I need to like. actually sit down and watch limlife and do a full overall analysis #because the context for how scott acts each season is so important. a skim just wont do #The reason I dont have notes on him to share with the class already is because when it was coming out I was pretending that— #Scott grew as a person after 3l and I wanted to believe that so badly I started making stuff up about memory erasure and limlife being— #dubiously real so that I could look the other way when scott started being weird about jimmy again #I was like yeah they barely remember it thats why scotts being uncomfortably weird about jimmy this season #not because scott doesnt think about jimmy like a person and just wants to hear him say words that make him feel better about his— #rough relationship history #not because the idea of jimmy gaining independence from him makes him feel insecure or anything #sighs. sorry im just saying things. again its been a while since ive watched it so I need to actually. Yknow. Watch it before making posts #Its just crazy how he treats it like proving a point more than actually caring #“I mightve given you the 30 minutes last week if youd said love you” he wouldnt have. he was already leaving when he said it #he’s literally just trying to get him to feel bad about not saying it #pretty sure he kills jimmy in the same episode he lets jimmy kill him. Like. He doesnt really care like that #He just likes to pretend that he does. He is going through the motions of caring #Its like he needs to believe jimmy still needs him. in like a possessive way. Its really weird man #I will say though since I see this a lot: I dont think him singling out tango in the 30 seconds scene was intentional #because if im being honest. I dont think he sees the ranchers as anything serious #He assumes tango was just putting up with jimmy bc he had to. He doesnt think tango actually cares about jimmy #in his mind no one actually cares about jimmy. because if scott struggled to care about jimmy and Scott is known for being an amazing ally #that must mean everyone else struggles to care about jimmy. If that makes sense #rant over I think. tldr limlife scott analysis postponed until I get my life together enough to be able to sit down and watch forthree hour #bree barks so fucking loud #asks

[vvanessaives]

no but thinking of violante's manic state following her murder of ruven and that sick game of association-replacement played by gortash where he acts just like ruven did, picks up some of his behaviours and mannerisms and speech patterns he specifically used with violante and that he knows of well bc he observed and studied them interact, so that he can fill up the now empty spot left by ruven's death.

#rena.txt #LIKE THE LAYERS. vio is visibly not. alright. it's all about 'i'm alone without him' so he plays a role. takes advantage of the weakness so #to devote her to him like she was devoted to ruven. vio could've killed for ruven and now more than ever she's a powerful asset to have on #your side. plus she showed she can and will kill. she took out the only person she cared for (in their twisted ways) in the world so she's #useful but dangerous. a double edged blade. no better moment than now that vio is so unstable and lacks purpose and a sense of community #to lure her on his side for his future plans. there's smth about the manipulation in it that makes me lose it like #i know this is what you desperately need rn and i know you know you will never have it back so what if i showed you i can be that thing #you're missing? that sense of loneliness is what he's pressing on the most. and the loss too. and vio notices ofc she recognises when he #speaks or acts in a certain way. she's aware but willingly letting his plan work bc god. she does miss ruven so sickly much and the comfort #in a lie is preferable to what's going on in her mind in that moment. #there's exploitation and there's a lil touch of loneliness on his side too and it's bitter to pretend to be someone else to convince her to #stay but he won't ever admit it. genuinely think that if vio didn't leave without saying a word his plan would've worked. she'd willingly #pretend he could replace ruven. it would hurt less probably #that devotion that could lead her to do great horrors...both her weakness and strength 👍 the illusion of free choice 👍 #it's past 3am if i could elaborate better i would but i feel like i'm having visions at this point.hit me with a giant hammer so i can slee #i 🫶 toxicity in my characters dynamics btw

[shenyaanigans]

the journey of a writer is you begin writing just for the sake of writing and often hand wave details that aren't that important to you to get to the fun bits. then you decide you want to improve and you go through a rigorous process of thinking about lots of mechanics and abiding by sense and rationality, because the most damning insult to a piece of fiction is testing the reader's suspension of disbelief too much. this level of self criticism then colors the interpretation of other texts as well, where they are held to a particular standard where every detail must be perfectly logical, well researched, and contain no contradictions (cinema sins, if you will). nirvana is when you realize that doesn't matter and you go back to hand waving details that aren't that important to you.

#kat chats #i know i complained on my priv twitter abt smth like this but i just saw ANOTHER post of this caliber #i'm SO close to doing a deep dive on the suspension of disbelief and its merit as a method of literary criticism #spoiler alert i feel very strongly that if your criticism could be easily suspended through narrative buy in its not a valid critique #or at the very least the buck Does Not Stop at you not believing the author. you have to answer the question why #'it's not compelling because i'm not immersed' ok. why. what's broken the immersion #like. idk. sometimes there are interesting discussions to be had wrt narrative risk vs narrative payoff vs suspension of disbelief #and the fact of the matter is some narrative risk on the part of the author can lead to MUCH greater pay off #can lead to truly affecting art #and sometimes the narrative risk does not have a high enough reward to justify itself #sometimes this happens for only some people and other times this happens for large swathes of the population #shaping what literature we societally say is Good vs Bad #it's a good discussion to have in craft circles and to be aware of #but ultimately stories without narrative risk are almost meaningless. if they're even stories at all #and also sometimes your issue with suspension of disbelief comes down to pedantry #and forgive me but being a pedant does not make for good literary criticism #actually it makes you incredibly bad at it #you can't see the forest for the trees. you cant see the story for the extremely niche nitpicks that do nothing but buff your own ego #remind yourself that reading is not just a self indulgent exercise. you are entering a conversation where you have to listen for a long tim #and you must make meaning of all those words #you are not required to continue going through something that doesn't speak to you #anyways...

[craycraybluejay]

schizo lizard stare + 'piercingly colored' + deeply disinterested to way too interested eyes = people will openly and deliberately move to the other side to not be near you and you never know whether to find this amusing or somewhat irritating

#schizo problems #i know my eyes are beautiful and creepy but can any of you pls like approach me i am so bored and humanless #relationships are difficult enough as is without the hurdle of first impressions leading to someone either looking like they want to run or #hanging onto your every word like a groupie #can we interact like somewhat regular individuals. #stop asking me why i'm looking at you like that and start asking yourself why you look at me like that #im not going to kill you if you ask me for directions to the store. man #like on the one hand it's adorable and amusing at times how easy it is to unnerve someone #on the other hand i want to meet more people and find people i vibe with #idk even when i try to make myself small and agreeable i am so conscious of my face and the fact that i struggle to change it without feeli #feeling like i'm playing a character #and i can feel every time i try to make polite 'eye contact' which varies between actual eye contact and just staring sort of around someon #someones eyes-- that they will turn away or sort of give me a weird look #i made my eyes big and endearing and cute what is your problem NOW? >.> #humans are so.. ergh

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

I will be like “he’s just like me fr” about the most fucked up little guy and when asked how I’m like “idk actually. Maybe I should talk to my therapist about this”

#emma posts #my therapist is always so vague about this stuff though #I’ll go in like ‘woah! i just learned this thing is a symptom and have a word for it now!’ #and he’s like ‘I thought you knew’ when he didn’t tell me or ‘I didn’t think you knowing the word was that important’ #I very much want to know the words actually #just going like ‘we should work on that’ isn’t really much of an explanation #in general he’s a good therapist though #can’t talk about global warming without it getting weird tho #but I’ve seen the guy since I was 13 so the idea of switching is weird #this post is about being funny with myself though! so no more of that rambling #character tries to kill themself or is bullied. me: damn. just like me #they’ll be having these big problems and I’m like ‘he’s so real for this’ #sure. we are supposed to find the lead characters… ya know. but maybe the just like me isn’t the best response #I know when a character has been through worse. don’t get me wrong. but I still find it relatable in what should probably be a concerning #way to relate to them #no more tag rambling though!

[ayakashibackstreet]

You know things are bad when your mum comes back after a week and she's so concerned with your physical and mental health that she starts waxing poetic about how lovely the weather is and how gorgeous of an autumn we're having, all in an attempt to get you to go outside

#that of course came after cries of 'you're so pale? why are you so pale? you look exhausted?' #for the record my mum does -not- like autumn and she hardly ever waxes poetic about anything #she also offered me money so that I can go to the teahouse without feeling guilty #but honestly we've once again entered the sort of mindset where I feel guilty over literally everything #besides the last time I went on a walk it only made my mood way worse and I'm in no physical condition go to very far anyways #I don't really know what to do with myself #then again I'm in pain so for now maybe I should just stay in bed #I did a bit of the next chapter of the kanji book for class #but I only got discouraged by how many words I didn't know #and now my mood is even worse #I wanted to work on my thesis but I'm halfway sure if I do it now it's only going to lead to me writing a sentence #and editing that single sentence for a hour #before giving up #either that or hating everything anyways #I don't know I don't know I don't know

[phoenixcatch7]

Having been on several fanfic sites for several years, I can hands down GUARANTEE you that anything 'classic media' has done, fanfic has done better.

#This is not hyperbole I am 100% serious #“I wish there was a book or show where *insert thing that happened in a fanfic I read at midnight*” #Anything. Anything from weird puns to comprehensive and in depth analyses of the human condition #I see people gushing about the 'groundbreaking ideas' and 'awesome concepts' they read about and I'm just like #Do you want that with a dash of gay found family hurt/comfort or a heaping of misogyny #Once I read some shmancy prim article discussing the use of themes in some famous classical text I'd read and like. #Off the top of my head I listed three fics that had done it without the unexpected and unappreciated assault scene partway through the book #At least fic authors TAG #Ao3s filter system and the increasing lack of blurbs on books has ruined me for normal reading activities #I get a book for Christmas or something and I look at it and there are no archive warnings or desc or additional tags #No word count chapter count nothing #Anyway this is about how fanfic is a superior media to the competitive publishing industry of today and if a fic makes enough readers cry #It should get automatically added to the literary canon #Makes one feel more emotion than I did with the school assigned reading and there's SIGNIFICANTLY LESS chance of untagged 18+ stuff #ao3 #Long tags #I did my final project of the concept of the literary Canon and its requirements and LET ME TELL YOU #Fanfic absolutely counts the higher ups are just cowards #'this book is a literary masterpiece it breaks down the human understanding of the future and our capabilities of distinguishing reality #From fiction and how one might develop detrimental coping mechanisms to handle it that leads to almost self destructive behaviour due to a #Self enforced blindness that renders one an outsider in their own life and by the way its all a metaphor for the oversaturation of media #Accessible at a young age leading to Youths Of Today absorbing negative traits unrelated to their environment through escapism ' #Great I can list ten self insert fanfics with that exact premise I can just read them for free #And I can guarantee no racism or Victorian era style sexism

[nostalgia-tblr]

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#the sylki-versus-the-grandmaster fic that i started in february has just passed 5000 words HOW THE FUCK???? #this is the 'oh it's too fucked up to actually finish' thing that i add a bit to whenever things are getting too wholesome elsewhere #and it's not even THAT fucked up aside from the erm constant threat of death and the very-very-dubcon stuff #i started out with the thought 'actually i don't think sylvie would do at all well on sakaar she's too blunt and no good at flattery' #don't ask me how this logically leads to increasingly disturbing frostmaster dubcon it just does okay #but it seems like this might be something i could actually finish now which is maybe good as it's had a title for several months already #(“Love Is A Danger Of A Different Kind” if you were wondering which you probably weren't especially) #it's not effed-up enough to be posted Anon but it might be effed-up enough that nobody's going to want to click on it if posted #or maybe i should just tell myself that last part in case it's actually terrible and i just haven't realised that yet #but that cannot be as the first line is “So why haven’t you two fucked yet?” which is definitely a 100% solid classic opener right there!!! #i think the grandmaster might be the actual worst person from the thor movies he has no sympathetic story he's just a massive bastard #that's why i keep putting him in things. last year's sylki dubcon fic would have floundered without him! #i wouldn't say grandmaster/loki is something i 'ship' as such - it's more something i stare at in horrified fascination #so anywho i just wanted to share my shock that it's somehow got to that many words #i have no idea how long the finished fic would/will be other than 'longer than it perhaps should be'

[semercury]

The con of liking more than one anime thing is that all the voice actors are the same and you're constantly like "this voice is familiar where do I know this from"

#stuff sarah says #forever dying at komaeda and adrien sharing a va #apparently dr reuses the same va's all the time and i #im like YOURE SO FAMILIAR WHO ARE YOU and its a guy from the last game #also getting vibes of a totally dif anime from a dude leading me to favoring him over others #and i find out they share a va and im like shut up #tho that was the english version. i only ever watched the sub of the anime #and i played the bits with the chatacter in question in japanese bc i prefer the japanese voices #but i cant handle the words in this trial being all over the screen without hearing them in english #and ive replayed the other two in english bc im playing them with a friend and i need breaks for my voice gjjfhd

[agp]

i get so annoyed whenever i see "donation posts" for the person who designed the lesbian flag cause its always other people complaining specifically about the bourgeois injustice that they arent compensated for profit made elsewhere using their design. their design being the one that caught on doesnt make them any less deserving of poverty. but for that specific "achievement" youll get tumblr users with a parasocial relation to you repeatedly promoting your call for funds as a means to express bourgeois rage in a politically acceptable manner.

#i put dontation posts in quotation marks #sometimes itll be a screenshot of an actual donation post by that person #with a bunch of commentary and a link at the bottom sometimes its just commentary and a link #idk if ive seen one without any links yet #i assume theyre just on twitter and not on here #and honestly i dont really care how you word your own donation posts #i dont think they share that bourgeois outrage #but i wouldnt put it against them personally for mentioning factors in your call for funds #that might lead to outrage for reasons that arent shared with the person asking for money #like mention of mental illness or addiction or other stigmatized forms of existence #this is just me being annoyed at the wording of other people #who use all of this as a means to express outrage at a particularly bourgeois injustice #which is why i put donation post in quotation marks

[buddydolly]

I don't mean to offend any cishet people when I say this, because I have cishet friends myself who are very dear to me, but for the love of god if you are gay, you need gay friends. you need friends who understand that the trajectory of your life is just going to look different than theirs. you need people who get this and can genuinely gas you up and encourage you to keep going, to tell you that it's okay, because some days you're going to want to not keep going. some days you're going to want to give up and go back into the closet because life would be easier if you could just blend in. even if you think you never faced adversity because of your queerness, being any part of the lgbt+ community can be incredibly isolating when you don't actually feel that sense of community. when you're queer and your entire support system is cishet people, even allies with the best of intentions, you are alone. they will never understand you, not fully. if you don't have to take off the lenses of what society expects of you, why would you? it is nearly impossible for cishet people to see the lives of their gay friends any way other than the same image they were raised on: birth, childhood, teenage rebellion, experimentation, young adulthood, job, marriage, children, house, taxes, weddings and funerals, death. gay people often have wildly different timelines. deviation from the expected timeline is not bad, just different, but most straight people I know don't realize that even "I just want you to be happy" has an undertone of "I want you to be happy in the way people like me are happy, by doing what was expected of me." it's horseshit and it's a trap. do what feels right. be kind. love deeply (even your cishet friends). enjoy the grass. forgive. live.

#happy pride #once again #I tried to word this as sensitively as I could without sounding too robotic #but in case it isn't obvious I'm using ''gay'' very generally here #to mean anyone under the lgbtqia+ umbrella #cishet is firm though that was purpose because I've been yelled at before about being specific about that #goes without saying this absolutely includes trans and intersex people #queer people in general I feel like have much more complex relationships with our bodies and identities #and that naturally leads to variance from the ''norm'' in terms of behavior #sex. I'm talking about sex #wherever you're at with it is absolutely fine #mostly talking to myself here #but anyway. some thoughts. I think my ask is open if you have any questions as to why I felt the need to post this #thanks for letting me talk #it's 6am and I haven't slept #goodnight

[virtual-minotaur]

guy that gets all up in arms about using the word retard but who uses a slur against natives in the same breath

#this is not a new type of guy this is twitter leftist infighting. #and somehow happens often enough for me to have seen it twice albeit in different circumstances. #i think the other one was also against using a slur but then used other really ableist language. so like ok. #theres a lot of ppl who are hyper vigilant as to certain types of language and words but then dont examine WHY certain language is ableist #or racist. theyll just repeat the 'dont say that word' and not understand WHY you shouldnt say it. or why you shouldnt say it in certain #circumstances. which leads them to just use other language without realizing how bad it is. #ask to tag #r slur #< jic #angel.txt

[noxtivagus]

i want to. write

#🌙.rambles #words whether they be written or voiced r just so special to me #they. they're also like this pathway to different worlds. to so much thoughts and emotions and memories #and they connect us as human persons. they relate with our identity and selves #i want to write of different worlds. maybe reflections of my reality #so much things i can't say but there's always some truth in those stories full of secrets #i wonder what they say. what you read from them. and how it differs between us. our brings us closer #aaaa n that's the thing. theres so much in life to feel and think about and dream and take in that #it gets overwhelming. all things in moderation / even good things can lose their meaning #but it's hard when there's so much to life #ways we express ourselves; through words. poems. letters. stories #music. melodies and harmonies. with or without lyrics #voice. tone. pitch. the way words itself are said. and shared #the way we communicate through actions. in silence there is a sense of peace #in touch is a reminder that the world is alive and real #in a desire to communicate better i think i end up overwhelming myself n getting lost n confused #n then words in relation to both reality n fiction. n how's there's so much about them #in ignorance and knowledge. the way perception changes and other aspects of life are influenced by all these n our own individuality #satisfaction is hard when you focus on what is not there instead of being grateful of whaf you have #of course it'll never be enough. but chasing perfection only leads to pain #life and love is proof that there is meaning in it all. #there's sm in my head and in my heart n in the messy notes i have that i. can't say #so much pain and ache and self-hatred. but it's worse to be afraid of living than to die #n so hold on what you can. let that be enough for you. allow that kindness and acceptance #so even if it's lacking. you can keep that kindness. and let it remind you of the meaning in life #it actuallt hurts bcs there's really so much i want to do but there's so little time #but even though it hurts. even w all the pain i'm still alive. n that fact is a promise and a letter for the future #for all the endless possibilities and i'll endeavor to accept at the very least myself #so i can say in the end that i truly lived. #aaa so much i want to say but maybe i'm still afraid. so i'll write it all in my notes

[gavis-bettel]

ok but i have never seen a google docs receipts/c4ll0ut that wasnt at least 30% the stupidest god damn shit ive ever seen someone make up

#yes this is about the current... fiasco. #like yeah supporting h. p in this day and age when it is extremely common knowledge just how bad The Author is can lead you to a pretty #solid conclusion. thats valid in this case. #maybe not calling them a full on t3rf but they are at least apathetic towards tr ans ppl enough that it doesnt bother them #not that thats excusable either and it absolutely might be related to the way that t/er/fs can get away with as much as they do on this site #but i wouldnt go slapping that label on someone without knowing their exact po/litics slash opinions you know? #the um. Historical References in a.ot are not quite so widely known so i think that ones a stretch on the other hand #i think its not too hard to believe that someone whos in that fandom and doesnt see much from people who are in the venn diagram of both #anime and social just1c3/act1v1sm might have that stuff go over their head especially if theyre not that far into the story #disclaimer i do not know if the person in question is this is purely hypothetical but basically im saying its probably a bit of a stretch #to call this person a full on fucking n*zi for being a fan of this One Thing that was at one point the biggest anime on tumblr #however the thing that made me make this post was the zero brain cell take of calling someone a p*******e for drawing ag3d u p child #characters for sh1p art. i saw it. it was two characters standing next to each other. calling someone a literal fucking p3d0 for that is #completely fucking insane. a 100% nonsexual drawing of two characters Just Standing There. #especially when one character canonically has a crush on the other like? am i getting this right? #it makes you a P3D0PH1L3 to see a ch1ld character with a crush on a classmate and think #oh thats cute what if they were a little older and she liked him back? ill draw them standing together blushing #like the first two accusations were already blowing things way out of proportion in my opinion but that last one turns this from #'okay its a little bit of a stretch but i can see your thought process' to 'you straight up made this up based on absolutely nothing #bc you wanted to make them seem like an even worse person than the stuff they actually did do implies so you pulled out the p word card' #this is like. rabid twitter teen behavior lmao and i dont think ive seen the post that got all this started #but if they made those same three accusations then yes that is absolutely h4ra55ment and should be grounds for deletion imo #if it wasnt then it was definitely an overreaction by 5t4ff but given the years of hatred theyve gotten and the fact that tu/mb/lr users do #tend to just believe c4ll0uts like this without looking into it themselves and forming their own opinions and also dogpiling on ppl #i think that regardless of how much of it was true and how much was jumping to conclusions or straight up untrue #a c4ll0ut is generally seen as an invitation to h4r4ss the person in question so. its kind of tough to say what the right call might have #been esp since any attempt at addressing it would be seen as defending the aforementioned ideologies/actions regardless of #whether or not theyre actually not true #from the Zero Brain Cell crowd at least and those are the ones who are dogpiling regardless #star emoji

[e-laing-arts246-03]

This was the first story and graphic I created for the six-word story assignment where we were tasked with picking six words as well as images and font that conveyed a story. I chose a quote from one of Sylvia Plath's poems since to me it seemed interesting in a way that I could play with not only the conceptual elements of the poem and words but with the overall aesthetic and visual relations, I felt fit with the poem. When searching for images I came across this image of an empty plastic glove holding a bouquet and felt that it related nicely with the words bodily, flesh, and organs that I had in my word map. It encapsulates this absence of the body while still implying the body in the empty glove referencing death in a way relating to the theme of mortality reflected in the poem. I felt that the flowers were also significant in this way as flowers are symbolic of life changes commonly used in weddings, birthdays, and funerals. Flowers are symbols of mourning and represent the immortal nature of the human body as reflected in this poem. I chose to fade the picture to make it look more like an illustration to give it a vintage and old feel as relates to the almost creepy diction used in the poem. The illustrated quality of the flowers then lent itself to a rounder more organic typeface that again connected with the organic nature of bodily forms. When I set out to do this project I originally wanted to include some imagery of bones or skeletal structures, however, I felt that adding too much more to my graphic would compromise the simplicity that I was striving for, do you agree or not?

For my second story and graphic for the same assignment, I went with a short story that I had found online that to me had this interesting ominous feel that I wanted to play with in relation to images and font. In my word map, I started with words like fire and destruction and transitioned to exploring the connotations of the word haystack leading to farmhouses. Because of this, I used an old polaroid picture I found of an old farmhouse that has this very ominous, lost-in-time feel. In the background, I used a photo of fire adding that destructive element of the story in the graphic without actually showing the house burning down or any destruction taking place. I instead only imply destruction leaving the viewer questioning hitting home the ominous and mysterious feeling that this story encapsulates. I faded the image of the fire in the background to match the polaroid on top to blend the images as well as centered the polaroid giving it the main focus and drawing your eye to the sad-looking white house in the picture rather than the bright flames that surround it. When choosing the font for this graphic I wanted something haphazard and human in the story. After all, the person in the story burns down the haystack in order to find something lost. The handwritten font in this way introduces the human within the story who is performing the action. The messy scrawled handwriting font I felt fit nicely as it looks as if someone quickly left a note, something may be left on the fridge with a magnet, reminiscent of a clue of some sort to the mystery this graphic creates. I had a hard time deciding on believable handwritten fonts and was considering making my own. Do you think the font fits well with the images and that it looks natural and human not too computer generated?