#aesthetics and genres

[la-nightraine]

I Like a Lot of Aesthetics,

I wrote this on June 13, 2023 at around 23:41 my local time. For some reason, it stayed in Keep and never got posted, even though I say I like how I wrote it every time. So here you go now, enjoy!

Right now, I like cool-colored neon and synthwave. It's so dreamy and reminds me of "Lavender Haze" by Taylor Swift, and everything else from her album Midnights. It reminds me of stars and the dark and a much needed silence in the world at 2am. They sound like sparkly, twinkling ideas and I feel like strutting amongst them like spotlights on a big concert stage, and I feel like flying up.

Sometimes, I do feel like lofi and rainy days. Not necessarily warm colors, but low-saturated ones that put me to sleep kinda does the thing. It's all about sitting by a window bobbing your head up and down and getting lost in daydreams underneath the blanket you carried over on your shoulders. Maybe it screams lazy energy or that of a slow, calm day---not necessarily productive, but why not try to be while everything's paced nicely.

Other times, I feel pastel and dream pop---pink cloudy skies and Blue Neighbourhood by Troye Sivan. They are days spent playfully in a world of melted cotton candy and never-ending sunsets. Everything feels light and in flight, including me except, well, I've never been high. And it's when you feel so fluffy you could lay on a giant powdery fur and stay there forever.

This doesn't mean I never feel glittery, though. Of course I still do! Sometimes, pop makes you feel like the prettiest girl in the room and when that happens to me, I make sure my gestures show that I'm the prettiest girl to walk down this street today. I may look a little shy from time to time, but that's part of acting like a cutie. Deep down, I'm confident I look nice and that confidence will take a verbal criticism to put down. It doesn't have to be an actual fit of glitters, you just have to feel like you're glimmering under the sun like the winks of an idol.

On select occassions, I'd also feel hot. And by hot, I mean all eyes on me kinda thing. It makes me uncomfortable most of the times, I'm not gonna lie, but for times when it doesn't I do kinda feel like I'm dressed up for revenge. It's all about black and electronic music with a hint of trap, hiphop, or dance, which reminds me a lot of All Out by K/DA. It's like badass neon and powerful but teasing movements, the exact opposite of miss lazy lofi.

Another favorite vibe I have is guitar heavy and good hair days. Is it acoustic swaying with the wind to teach it how to dance? Or is it electric trying at the top of my lungs? I haven't played guitar in ages but I will never forget how it made me feel that one time I played my song onstage and feeling it while also nervous. And it's not like I don't know what it must feel like when I see people enjoy it on their own stages. It can be so alive that it physically tires me, but it can also be just sitting on a chair feeling the feels. I just love it.

The rarest of them all is ethereal and theatrical, because this is something I'm not usually fond of. But when it does happen, it's attempting to act like an angel. I say attempting because, why would I be cast as an angel with a voice like... this? Anyway, it feels more divine than royal, more white than gold, more cherry blossoms falling than freshly bloomed lavender bushes. The feeling of flying is because you have wings, not because the wind is taking you. It's trying really hard to act like you're on top of the world when in reality, you're just a smol bean among 8 billion more beans.

I must admit, there are moments that I can't associate with colors or aesthetic. Just the warmth of the feeling along with the smile that escaped. A little like warm, creamy coffee that makes you melt on your seat. Although sometimes it's more like a push of a button, that of a sudden flush of serotonin, that automatically raises both sides of my lips, narrows my eyes like the happiest kid in town, and commands me to twirl and skip around like a princess in a musical movie--a little like title track Fearless by Taylor Swift, which is by far the sole song of hers that makes me feel this way.

I like a lot of aesthetics and genres. I am not a master nor a jack of all trades; I'm just a mosaic of all the things that I chose and allowed to define me. To most people, it's a bunch of belief systems and physical evidences. To me, it's what paints everyone's eyes colorful and everyone's ears harmonious.

#my writing #aesthetics and genres #in this essay i will #cool neon and synthwave #2am stars and silence #low saturation and lofi #lofi and rain #pastel and dream pop #pink clouds and sunsets #glitter and pop #the prettiest girl in the room #black and EDM #dressing for revenge #guitar and good hair day #ethereal and theatrical #divine and white #melting to creamy coffee #sudden serotonin #mosaic of everything i chose to define me #taylor swift #troye sivan blue neighbourhood #kda all out #lavender haze #fearless

[castielsprostate]

i hate you "influencers", i hate you tiktok, i hate you "content creators", i hate you "unalive" and "s€x" and "dr/ügs", i hate you instagram, i hate you consumerism, i hate you family friendly, i hate you puritans, i hate you facebook, i hate you family vloggers, i hate you violating other people's privacy, i hate you modern day social media

#sjonnie.text #i just saw someone make a 50 SECONDS reel about combining movie genres and movies and it was scream and romance and it was 50 SECONDS and #they said “i'm sorry i unalived all those people” go actually fuck yourself. #IF YOU CAN'T SAY THE WORD MURDER KILL DRUGS SEX ETC YOU ARE NOT READY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE TOPICS #AND SHOULD NOT PRODUCE CONTENT OF IT #i hate this “family friendly” aesthetic jesus fucking christ #text post #anti instagram #anti tiktok #anti influencers #anti capitalism #20k

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres: lovecraftian/cosmic

#disclaimer i don't agree with or like the person of hp lovecraft but to make it easier to categorize the sub-genre #but it does also go by cosmic horror as well #horror #horror movies #lovecraftian horror #cosmic horror #horroredit #moviesedit #filmedit #cinema #horror cinema #horror aesthetic #i used ones that have inspiration or are direct stories #a cure for wellness #the beyond #event horizon #alien #evil dead #dagon #annihilation #re-animator #call of cthulhu #color out of space #the dunwich horror #from beyond #the haunted palace #edgar allan poe title but hp lovecraft story #in the mouth of madness #necronomicon #the resurrected

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Joseph-Marius Avy (1871-1939) "Bal Blanc"

#paintings #art #artwork #genre painting #genre scene #joseph marius avy #fine art #french artist #ball #ballroom #dance #dancing #clothing #clothes #piano #musical instruments #couple #couples #aesthetic #aesthetics #a queue work of art #1k

[abnormes]

Lovers in the Small Boat, Maximilian Pirner (1884)

#painting #art #artwork #vintage #aesthetic #dark academia #genre painting #vintage aesthetic #classics #fine art #artist #1800s art #1800s #love #boat #impressionism #canvas #old art #old paintings #classic art #lovers #romantic #romantic academia #18th century #18th century art #classical art #old aesthetic #maximilian pirner

[tk-sketches]

Sharing some footage from my little robot murder mystery game - there’s been a MURDER and YOU gotta solve it!! Gather clues! Compare witnesses! Yell at people!! That’s right - we’ve got it all! 

(gonna try to get a demo out when i can!)

#artists on tumblr #indie games #robot oc #robots #pc games #mystery games #mystery genre #concept art #scifi art #cyberpunk aesthetic #illustration #oc #character design #gif art #gif warning #robot murder mystery game

[vintagecandy]

Page full of paint study doodles that i spent way too long on ❤️ going to turn them into stickers too :)

#Following me must be so funny because #you have no idea what genre of art i'm going to post lmao #digital paint study #pink #lovecore #cute #aesthetic #aesthetic art #cake #sweets #milkshake #betty boop #felix the cat #koko the clown #red hot riding hood #retro #vintage #toons #artists on tumblr

[la-belle-histoire]

Before the Wedding, Firs Zhuravlyov. 1870s.

#aesthetic #art #art history #fashion #historical fashion #historical art #women in art #women #victorian #victorian aesthetic #1870s #1870s aesthetic #genre painting #Russian art #Russian history #imperial Russia #wedding #genre #wedding art #red #red aesthetic #1870s wedding #1870s dress #1870s gown

[intermundia]

imho the best part of the odyssey of star wars is the chapter art

#the poetry has flashes of brilliance and amusing allusions to the genre of epic but the art fucks #sw x classics my beloved #aesthetic honestly #sw #star wars

[milkbloodguts-png]

𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐲

#gothic aesthetic #gothic horror #classic horror #vintage horror #horrorblr #horror genre #80s horror #creepycore #creepy #oddcore #goth pngs #pngs #horror transparents #transparent png #transparents #grunge #dark grunge #aesthetic pngs #aesthetic #horrorcore #emocore #strangecore #stickers

[horror-aesthete]

Dawn of the Dead, 1978, dir. George A. Romero

#welcome peter and roger to the highly specific club of genre/horror couples who are not technically couples but who sure do have a lot #of tension and refer to each other as baby a suspicious amount #lookin at you. reanimator actors commentary track #horror aesthetic #horror movies #horror quotes #queer fear #dawn of the dead

[frenchiepal]

-> study date at the library with a friend

-> went to the movies to treat ourselves

-> found out my ba advisor works part-time as a dj and only plays german rap so now i'll have to consider if my degree is really worth it

#you bet german rap is suddenly my favourite music genre next time i met him 💀 #studyblr #langblr #aesthetic #study aesthetic #study inspiration #studying english literature #studying linguistics #studyspo #academia #jaystudies

[a-total-and-complete-nerd]

Brandon Sanderson: Fantasy vs. Sci-Fi

Almost all of BrandoSando's books straddle the line between the two genres, and after seeing @approximateknowledge's post here, I wondered how they would lay out on that chart. I was also inspired by this fascinating WOB about Skyward's genre. These are just my opinions, so let me know if you agree or what you think you'd change!

#i'm aware they're not all on here these are only the books I've read #and fyi whole series are represented by their first book #i'm quite pleased with my font choices #brandon sanderson #cosmere #cfsbf #stormlight archive #the stormlight archive #mistborn #elantris #skyward #cytoverse #i'm not tagging them all lol #i think its actually a fascinating question: #what makes a story *narratively* sf/f vs *aesthetically* sf/f #personally I chose to base the aesthetic scale on characteristics of the world/story; or 'genre trappings' as brandon puts it #technology level prevalence of magic etc #but the narrative more on themes plot structures and tropes; 'plot archetypes' #my friend and I actually went back and forth on frugal wizard's placement a lot; its a very nice blend #i've read legion but i don't think it fits on this chart at all so i didn't include it lol #i originally had elantris much further left but put it where i had stormlight #i changed it bc i think it represents that quadrant well #but honestly I could swap them back

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres: werewolf

#horror sub-genres #horror #horror movies #horroredit #moviesedit #filmedit #cinema #horror cinema #horror aesthetic #an american werewolf in london #the wolf man #the howling #ginger snaps #the beast must die #trick 'r treat #wolfen #the wolfman #wolfcop #the curse of the werewolf #american werewolf in paris #the company of wolves #silver bullet #the wolf of snow hollow #dog soldiers #late phases #teddy #bad moon #when animals dream #howl #the monster squad

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Thomas Edwin Mostyn (1864-1930) "The Green Gown"

#paintings #art #artwork #genre painting #female portrait #thomas edwin mostyn #fine art #english artist #british artist #portrait of a woman #green dress #dresses #clothing #clothes #aesthetic #aesthetics #side eye #1k

[soldier-poet-king]

Thinking abt body horror as romantic. Body horror as intimate recognition of the self and the other and the other as the self. Body horror as an encounter with the divine.

#franposting #uhhhh sorry to all my homies who dont like horror but i am going thru it #and coming to some realizations about the grotesque and the bone deep body horror of the world. and its beauty and trust #is it a byproduct of an Overmanicured aesthetic obsessed culture or i am just Like That. maybe both #anyway. viktor arcane augmentation machine herald as both wonderful horror and terrible grace #smthn smthn the presger and translation state anne leckie #smthn smthn im from THE weekly divine cannibalism religion and we honestly don't talk enough about that and its implications #in a literal physical not vaguely spiritual allegory sense #honestly tlt gets at this too but it doesnt hit as much #anyway. read a trans persons thoughts on body horror and its like. fuck. you get it. #maybe not for the same reasons I get it. #but there is this. this core here. #anyway anyone have good body horror recs but like NOT visual. text. im weak stomached unfortunately to visuals #and like not in a gratuitous way. its gotta be philosophical body horror. the existential exploration of it all #horror as a genre of genuine art and contemplation. babygirl im so sorry i overlooked you for so long #not that the examples ive listed are horror #but are tapping into that thread im seeking #perhaps its not truly horror. it sure is smthn tho. and as always remains beyond my grasp #smthn smthn see in a mirror dimly etc etc