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Artists on Twitter are drawing their favorite shipping dynamics for this new meme

Once you've binge-watched enough Netflix shows, you start to see a pattern in the characters you get invested in. You might even notice that certain types of romances have you hitting the "Next Episode" button faster than you can say "I ship it."

Even if you don't actually read fanfiction in which romantic tropes are clearly defined and amped up to 11 (just check any of the tags on AO3.org or Fanfiction.net), there's at least one fictional dynamic that hits ya right in the feels, every time.

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Enter the latest meme going around Twitter, which has artists drawing visual depictions of their favorite ships. Would you like a scoop of some unspoken mutual pining? How about a helping of rivals who actually admire each other? Or, my personal favorite, a cup of punlord versus someone who pretends to hate their puns but secretly loves them?

don't even read fanfiction much anymore but oh boy howdy do I know what dynamics I like pic.twitter.com/OoRc9SVVVi

— Molly Knox Ostertag (@MollyOstertag) April 17, 2019

GUH,,,,god help me if it’s all three at once pic.twitter.com/UgvSSj3IZT

— ✨🐸💖its greer💖🐸✨ (@grakkerss) April 17, 2019

more favorite ship dynamics... and to those wondering, ‘dumbass + dumbass’ isn’t its own category since that’s the foundation of every relationship pic.twitter.com/S6lcCmlNE0

— sang 🤠 (@SangledHere) April 18, 2019

These dynamic memes are like all the best parts of going down a TV Tropes page rabbit hole, with the added benefit of expressive, artistic hot takes. Also, most of the pairs have been drawn genderless, so you can imagine any number of your favorite characters!

fave shipping dynamics..... im soft okay pic.twitter.com/HQiJBwuPLT

— #1 OC smoocher ✨Commissions: Open ✨ (@Idolomantises) April 16, 2019

I love seeing people's fav ship dynamics so I offer my favourite one for girls pic.twitter.com/ET96ISfxTN

— Chelsey ✨🌻 (@Cheriiart) April 17, 2019

okay, i couldn't resist, here are some of my favorite ship tropes. pic.twitter.com/e7mgxCya0W

— shelby cragg 👽 (@shelbycragg) April 18, 2019

May not be surprising, but my fave ship dynamic is the “unconventionally attractive comic relief with a big personality + the hot, pure of heart guy who is irrationally devoted to them” 💖 pic.twitter.com/cLI22TNDL1

— Nick Sumida (@nsumida) April 17, 2019

i had food poisoning and cant leave my bed pic.twitter.com/MXrlzXIe5H

— Mari🌹Costa (@marinscos) April 17, 2019

oh and a bonus. I don't even know what this is from but I love it pic.twitter.com/VquiZFIGVl

— Molly Knox Ostertag (@MollyOstertag) April 17, 2019

In all seriousness, 90% of my favorite ship dynamics can be summed up by this scene from Night in the Woods pic.twitter.com/9LLlqtgegN

— cryptid (@loopnoid) April 17, 2019

DID SOMEONE SAY FAVOURITE SHIP DYNAMICS?????????? yeah like....all my fav ships fit into these pic.twitter.com/CJZX852DrK

— ( harriet ) (@hattersarts) April 17, 2019

In the cheeky spirit of the original posts, people's favorite "dynamics" seem to get progressively more goofy. Some artists even admitted that their favorite dynamics were just thinly veiled variations of "me + this character who I think is hot."

But others felt like not everything was such harmless fun, with posts celebrating abusive relationship dynamics right alongside lighthearted ones. Not cute.

Some couple dinamic memes around here are just straight up toxic and abusive and im just THAT NOT CUTE. RUN pic.twitter.com/1PyBrku6Cj

— Moon🌛 (@DestinytoMoon) April 17, 2019

yall are goin too far with the couple dynamic shit just saw one that was a 4-hit combo of abusive relationships with people eating it up

— Alex's Snugglekitty 💫 (@essiecatter) April 17, 2019

I just saw one that was 'I will kill everybody here and then myself for you😳❤❤❤' 'awww' and i just HELLO 911????

— Moon🌛 (@DestinytoMoon) April 17, 2019

You’re really gonna group Bubbline with Reylo huh pic.twitter.com/YIgl6bKzsW

— #1 spy kids 2 fan (@LemonyDickpunch) April 17, 2019

Overall though, we love these these dynamics for a reason — even if the reason why we love them is because they're so overdone.

10 minutes ago: People are posting their fave ship-dynamics! That's fun, let me pull up pictures of the myriad of diverse, very different ship dynamics I lo— Now: ALL THE SAME THEY'RE ALL THE EXACT SAME I'VE SEEN MYSELF AND THEY'RE ALL THE SAME pic.twitter.com/fTSQwG3h4W

— Josie Campbell (@CozyJamble) April 17, 2019

And also because no one can help but run away with "ship" puns.

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Barbie may not be out of the closet yet, but her fans sure are

Has there ever really been a gay doll?

Well, yes and no. In 1977, "Gay Bob," marketed as the world's first gay doll, was sold through mail-order ads in gay magazines. And I'm sure that Mattel still thinks about the "Earring Magic Ken" fiasco of 1993, and his "necklace."

But there's nothing inherently gay about dolls themselves – they're toys, pieces of plastic after all. In the same vein, there's nothing inherently gay about doll collecting as a hobby, as a passion, as an art form.

Dolls are cultural reflections of the times, for better or worse. But doll brands like Barbie that are symbols of hyper-heteronormative, old-school femininity are being reclaimed and reinterpreted by adult LGBTQ collectors in a new way. And don't think the toy companies are unaware — they’re not, and they are absolutely involved.

More recently the main way collectors are expressing this kind of love and solidarity, and where community can be found, is through the internet and social media. This is a space where the toys' brand narrative has usually been out of corporate hands. But companies like Mattel are in it now, noticing these LGBTQ fan communities, and vying for their digital eyes.

Now THIS is what the Dreamhouse should look like.

Image: THE SIMPSONS/ Fox

Coming out of the (doll) closet

Many adult collectors choose dolls because of the nostalgia associated with collecting toys from their childhood. Younger LGBTQ collectors aren’t connecting as much over the nostalgic dolls themselves, as much as they are using social media to connect with other gay fans.

Tumblr user @dolljunk, who used to collect Barbies as a young boy, got into it again as a young adult through online fandoms. “Internet groups were a great way of connecting to other collectors. I had never even heard of [doll-related social media], let alone other collectors and when I went to my local library, I found a multitude of forums and fan sites that detailed how people collected dolls such as customizing, photography, and numerous guides for doll releases. It really opened my eyes to another side of playing with and seeing dolls.”

LGBTQ collectors are also identifying with the messages of newer doll franchises, and the potential for what the dolls can represent. Monster High collectors in particular are mostly Millennials who never grew up playing with the dolls themselves, but with whom the brand's identity has resonated.

Dott, a doll collector active on social media, introduced her collection, saying “I mostly collect Monster High, but there's some Barbies, Ever After Highs, and Descendants strewn in there." For reference, all of these brands were created after 2009. "Monster High's my main focus because...well, I think I connect with the lore the most. Unlike a lot of doll collectors, I love the lore aspect as much as, if not more, than the actual dolls. And there's something about the MH media that I just adored.”

In an article from the University of Connecticut titled "Valuing queer identity in Monster High doll fandom," author Sara Mariel Austin wrote that "Monster High's recent ad campaign claims, 'We are monsters. We are proud.' Race, ethnicity, and disability are coded into the dolls as selling points. The allure of Monster High is, in part, that political identity and the celebration of difference..."

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The #Goochella monsters couldn’t get enough of the #FierceRocker’s freaky-fab cover of @LadyGaga’s song, Born This Way! 🙌💁🙌 Thanks for showing us that any dream is possible if you are brave enough to put yourself out there! 💪❤️ #KindMonsters #MonsterHigh

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If the messages intrinsic to these brand identities are like this, it's no wonder that LGBTQ doll collectors connect with these dolls on an emotional level. Social media doll communities like "Dollblr" and "Dollstagram" have also inspired other ways for a group that's traditionally marginalized to express themselves.

A passion for fashion: doll artistry and expression

Doll collecting is, inherently, at least somewhat escapist. There’s something that feels revolutionary about being constantly bombarded with the idolized bodies and lives of cisgender heterosexuals on social media, and then going “screw that! I’m gonna take this toy, make it a representation of me, and imagine a new world with it.”

Utilizing dolls as an art form – through mediums like photography, clothes-making, customization/modification, and fanart – allow for LGBTQ collectors to envision a world free of toxic masculinity. Creating doll art in and for an online world allows a safe space for folks to literally “play” with their own femininity and subvert gender roles as they see fit.

“It's something that's a nice escape from real life? We aren't worrying about gay stuff if we're rerooting a doll head, cause we keep pricking our fingers on accident, and our wrists and palms are sore from using pliers. In all seriousness, I think it's a form of self-expression,” Dott told Mashable about the physical art of doll modification and customization.

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The way that @dolljunk connects to his collection emotionally through art is similar. “Dolls and toy collecting [are] a great creative outlet...and can encompass fashion design, hair styling and face painting/makeup while also offering a way of creating new items,” he said.

"It resulted in me becoming more secure in my identity and interests because Barbie, for better or for worse, is a symbol of hyper femininity that doesn't allow any room for toxic masculinity in her world. Being able to get in touch with my feminine side and interests was a big contributor to accepting my sexuality as being an intrinsic aspect of myself that didn't need to be changed,” @dolljunk said.

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And for many LGBTQ folks, especially gay boys and trans girls, that's incredibly important. Even Carlyle Nuera, who is now the lead designer for Barbie Signature at Mattel, sees the growth in these social media communities as being rooted in collective childhood experiences.

“I think for a lot of us, in different ways, for different reasons, we feel repressed growing up," Nuera said. "Depending on our homes, our family situation, we might not feel safe expressing ourselves. I think a lot of people when they start to have expendable income, they kinda create this fantasy world, this beauty that they never really had access to as a kid. They can see it — and I think they can sort of create it with their own dolls, by customizing their own dolls, or with photography. And then also to share with other people, cause you can connect with other people [on social media].”

Dolls are humanoid, so it’s easy to project our wants, desires, and dreams onto them. And if we alter their resemblance enough, they can mirror us back in ways we hope society will someday.

Does life in the Dreamhouse have to be so straight?

Toy companies, though, are already creating their own miniature worlds with their own identities for the dolls through tie-in media. With various outlets and extensions of their brand, they impose their own meanings onto the products. Mattel and Hasbro, for example, have their own TV shows and movies. Barbie has the Netflix series Life in the Dreamhouse; Monster High and Ever After High had their own movies and webisodes, and Hasbro has the massively successful My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic series.

They also have flashy social media accounts with good fashion photography and witty interactions. Barbie is now an Instagram influencer, as well as a vlogger with her own popular YouTube series. Mattel once ran an entire in-universe Monster High school newspaper through their Tumblr account.

The presence of toy companies on social media is intriguing though, given that the minimum age for Instagram, Tumblr, and Facebook is 13. So who really is the audience for these branded doll accounts?

While these companies likely don’t want to risk alienating the parents who buy dolls as toys for their kids, it's also seems fair to say they want to capture this LGBTQ adult interest in their products. There have been brand partnerships like with Crayola, meant to solely market towards kids. But when you have Mattel partnering with Lady Gaga’s Born this Way Foundation for Monster High, it’s obvious that they spend at least some time thinking about their messaging that can be subtly aimed at the LGBTQ community.

Especially since in a lot of their media franchises, there's a heavy focus on messages about being yourself, accepting others, and celebrating our differences — great lessons for kids of course, but all of which resonate deeply with LGBTQ doll fans.

Milissa C. is a big fan of the Monster High and Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse series, alongside collecting the dolls themselves. She believes that the connection between the brands and the fans is deliberate. "[We] members of the LGBT+ community are oftentimes made to feel like we are not normal because of our feelings and our identities. Monster High encourages people to celebrate what makes them unique, 'freaky flaws' [as the main character Frankie Stein says] and all. LGBT+ doll collecting communities will certainly imagine more of their dolls to represent themselves. Every time I see a post from the official Barbie Instagram accounts where Barbie is obviously having a date night with a lady friend, I think — bi queen!"

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It’s a museum date! Taking in the @mickalenethomas exhibit today at @mocalosangeles. See more from the galleries in Stories. 💙 #MickaleneThomas #barbie #barbiestyle

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Connecting to the storylines as much or more than to the dolls themselves is a celebration of LGBTQ identity, in Dott’s case. “Mostly because Monster High's entire concept is centered around embracing who you are. Plus, it was my special interest when I realized I was a lesbian. Mattel never gave us any canon gay characters in that franchise, but I find it profoundly moving that lots of lesbians/bi girls see themselves in characters like Clawdeen [daughter of the Wolf Man] and Twyla [daughter of the Boogyman]."

Yet, she's right — the representation so far hasn’t been that explicit. There’s a line between using broad metaphors to illustrate big concepts (mainly for kids), and allowing the diversity of the real world to exist and be seen on the small screen.

Despite knowing that he is far outside the target demographic, @dolljunk says that toy brand media “influences or recontextualizes the designs of the dolls I collect. A good piece of toy tie in media often encourages its audience to invest in the universe they have created, and I've seen it result from kids to adult collectors to go on to create their own fanart or fan characters. That being said, in the future I really do hope they are able to innovate and modernize for an ever changing audience in a world with changing attitudes and values.”

From the Ever After High episode, "Dragon Games." This was supposed to be "CPR". Yeah, right.

Image: NETFLIX / MATTEL

Dott says she always hopes for more explicit inclusivity. “Put some canon LGBT characters in your doll and toy franchises. Show kids that it's okay to be gay or bi or trans! It hasn't got to be something big; maybe a boy character has a schoolyard crush on another boy, you know? Just something small like that to get the ball rolling. Companies still have to do better.”

Not having canon LGBTQ representation is not unique to doll media, but because the companies have opened the door by putting these messages front and center, doll collectors engage with the media as a way of reclaiming identity, and then push the representation further than canon allows for. Toy companies arguably owe it to both children and adults, LGBTQ and not, to step up with better depictions of diversity because they're already toeing the line.

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Progress is being made, slowly but surely. There are new dolls and action figures coming out of prominent IRL figures and fictional characters who are LGBTQ. Last year on Instagram, Barbie wore a shirt that said "Love Wins." Even in doll-related media, companies are beginning to test to waters — in 2016, Mattel's movie series based on the doll line for Ever After High featured an on-screen kiss between two princesses.

For many collectors, it's not enough anymore to simply admire and collect these fashion figures. They want to see themselves in the dolls that they've been projecting onto for decades.

So while we wait for the brands' next move, gay culture will keep claiming dolls because we know in our hearts that they're ours as much as anyone's. Barbie? More like Bar-bi.

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The best 'Due to personal reasons' memes to get you through the day

Everyone needs to take a personal day sometimes.

But we're sure that every HR department in the world is probably sick of the phrase "due to personal reasons" when someone requests the day off. After all, it could mean anything from "my great-aunt died" to "my nails need a fresh coat of polish and I don't want to finish this expense report today."

The internet, of course, has taken this a step further to take a self-deprecating laugh at our best avoidant tendencies.

SEE ALSO: The 'who gon' check me, boo?' meme is a modern masterpiece

According to Know Your Meme, Twitter user @samelpan kicked off the round of over-the-top excuses, with this gem of a tweet.

due to personal reasons i will be passing away

— pig (@samelpan) February 6, 2019

It escalated with people expressing that they would be taking a day to engage in some questionable coping mechanisms and maybe not-so-healthy behaviors.

Due to personal reasons i just took a shot of tequila

— Kendra Leigh (@kendraaaleighh) February 15, 2019

due to personal reasons, i am going to get hit by a car

— eric curtin (@dubstep4dads) February 14, 2019

due to personal reasons i will be isolating myself and bottling up all of my feelings

— ahm (@uwua7mad) February 14, 2019

due to personal reasons I will not be holding myself accountable for my actions

— sarah schauer 🦂 (@SJSchauer) February 15, 2019

due to personal reasons i will continue being a dumb bitch

— Char Cherette (@CharCherette) February 14, 2019

due to personal reasons I will be spending my entire paycheck in one day

— bell (@anabellquinn) February 15, 2019

Some let us know that they would be taking some personal time to express their more... carnal emotions.

Due to personal reasons AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

— Brian: also known as Brian (@RexTestarossa) February 17, 2019

due to personal reasons i will be shedding my skin and traveling as a disembodied spirit

— madison (@motheromance) February 16, 2019

due to personal reasons i will be going completely off the fucking rails

— asia (@sadlilthingx) February 13, 2019

due to personal reasons i will b hurling myself into space

— ✰ samflower ✰ (@milkygoddess) February 14, 2019

Others said they would be spending their hard-earned free time in more unique and uh, interesting ways.

Due to personal reasons, I'm eating a lasagna in my shower.

— Roxi Horror 💀🌸 (@roxiqt) February 16, 2019

due to personal reasons i will be going to applebees

— gary from teen mom (@garyfromteenmom) February 15, 2019

https://joulejay.tumblr.com/post/182918793702/due-to-personal-reasons-im-suing-the-entire-human

due to personal reasons I will be stealing the Declaration of Independence

— brown anna kendrick (@meeracleshappen) February 17, 2019

due to personal reasons i will be selling skin care products to people from high school on facebook

— chuuch (@ch000ch) February 16, 2019

Due to personal reasons, I will be letting my cats grade my students’ exams this semester.

— Brian Cooper (@BrianCooperGeo) February 15, 2019

Due to personal reasons I will be putting myself in rice.

— Sαmeerαh. (@Amla_Sameerah) February 19, 2019

Due to personal reasons I will be naming my first born son Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramirez

— Briano (@byebriano) February 12, 2019

due to personal reasons that totally have nothing to do with bts tickets, i will be a stripper for a couple of days

— adela 🐸 (@BABYB0YTAEHYUNG) February 20, 2019

Of course, we all need to take a break from the monotony of daily life and practice self-care — but let's get real here for a second. Everyone is guilty of using unhealthy methods like excessive drinking, shopping sprees, and eating poorly to cope with pressure of adult responsibilities.

So let's switch the script and say that due to personal reasons we will be taking time to check in with a friend. To make art. To eat a vegetable.

And eventually, probably, finish that expense report.

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Grad attempts a backflip during graduation ceremony, and it doesn't go well

After slogging through four (or more) years of all-nighters, unforgiving professors, and incomprehensible readings, college grads deserve to jump for joy.

Or perhaps, backflip for joy?

Twitter user @viridianna_g captured a moment of pure graduation elation at the El Paso Community College ceremony — that is, until their hype came tumbling down.

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Walking across the stage, the stereotypical scene plays out. Names are read, hands are shook, and useless pieces of paper worth thousands of dollars in debt are given out. Nothing seems to be out of the ordinary, save one administrator attempting to be hip with the kids and fist bump the grads.

That is, until one grad goes for it, the perfect physical representation of years of being released from the confines of higher education. A backflip. What could go wrong?

Well, just about everything. And Twitter absolutely lost it.

“Yea that’s me in the air. You’re probably wondering how I got here” pic.twitter.com/SDGX7pEABY

— Ahmed☜ (@maulid_80) May 19, 2019

It was at this moment the “Demetrius” realized that he done f*&$ed up.

— Damu K. Bobb (@DamuBobb) May 19, 2019

His parents when he get home 😂 pic.twitter.com/oRspZIb6Uz

— 👑† (@Taj_Uub) May 19, 2019

I was looking at the dude giving everyone a "pound"🤜🏿 instead of a handshake then I saw some dude flying in the air 😭😭

— please say sike (@fatherrs) May 18, 2019

Mans said: pic.twitter.com/MFmvdMRwJA

— Ivin Setnomarim 🌌 (@IvinSetnomarim) May 18, 2019

I'm.worried about this guy's knee.

— jonoski (@jonoski7) May 18, 2019

He almost had it. Whyyyy? pic.twitter.com/1UWnAHLVoI

— Padrino 💭 (@wagush) May 18, 2019

reaction* and I wasn’t even expecting that...I thought one of the girls would trip over their heels or something. 💀

— Nyawira (@GraceJustBeing) May 18, 2019

I was watching the whole thing wondering when something was gonna happen. pic.twitter.com/ueJsDw03V0

— Padrino 💭 (@wagush) May 18, 2019

What's hilarious is the fact he said "wait" to the dean only for that!

— Mzee Edd 🇰🇪 (@005e5n) May 18, 2019

Boutta be in his seat like this afterwards😂😂 pic.twitter.com/amMFbSEfe0

— Damian Ruvalcaba (@cashmoneydame) May 18, 2019

His family in the crowd like pic.twitter.com/4zZzuchSua

— Blu’ P.R.I.N.T (@richthanfamous5) May 19, 2019

In an attempt at sticking it to the system, he only stuck it to himself. So for anyone about to graduate, let this be a reminder to save the theatrics for when you're not in front of thousands of people who can clown you about it later.

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Get your buzz on with this electric toothbrush cover of 'Wannabe' by the Spice Girls

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If you have a guitar, chuck it in the garbage right now. Take a sledgehammer to that old grand piano. The only instrument you'll ever need is an electric toothbrush.

Device Orchestra is a YouTube channel that's taken on the impossible (yet entertaining) task of turning everyday appliances and inanimate objects into his own personal orchestra.

Just like frogs taught to sing in Meet the Robinsons, Device Orchestra is tapping into the hidden musical potential of everything from credit card machines, to toasters, and now, electric toothbrushes.

He uses five brushes to create a flawless rendition of the "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, including the rap parts. This sort of stripped down, whimsically hilarious energy is also reminiscent of a lot of YouTube otamatone covers.

Now if only he could compose an alarm clock to wake me up with something nicer than harsh noise.

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24 of the spiciest emoji for when you definitely mean masturbation

May is National Masturbation Month, and we're celebrating with Feeling Yourself, a series exploring the finer points of self-pleasure.

There's something inherently a little silly about using tiny cartoon images to simulate sexual acts.

But we all know the usual sexting suspects by now — eggplant emoji, peach emoji, pointing finger at OK hand symbol emoji. Yawn. Where are the quality masturbation emoji?

The world's most recognizably phallic veggie may still reign supreme, but it's time to retire the ol' eggplant for a while. It's time to use other elongated food items — may we suggest the banana? Or maybe a bit of meat?

And there are also so many options for vaginal masturbation! All you need to do is get a little creative.

To help you out, we've compiled some emoji that are perfect for subtly sexting your date, having a laugh amongst friends, or quickly alerting your roommate to steer clear of your room for the next hour.

1. Hand + food combo