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starrystevie · 8 months

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tagged by @yournowheregirl and @judasofsuburbia to show 6 characters I relate to!

here i give you the "if they can relate to mirrorball, the archer, and you're on your own kid by ms. taylor swift then they are a reflection of me" list

steve harrington (stranger things): listen if there was one character that i think truly is a perfect reflection of me, it would be steve. i don't want to bore you all with the thesis i could write about him so here are the cliffs notes: protective, people pleaser, romantic at heart, sarcastic, gifted child burnout, specifically this line from mirrorball "shimmering beautiful, and when i break it's in a million pieces"

steve rogers (marvel): ahh yes, and then the other steve that is the other side of the mirror. loyal to a fault where i would start a civil war for those i love, a leader, compassionate, stubborn, wants to dance the night away in a jazz club with my baby on my arm as we sway to the crooners, living in an idealized version of the past, not very good at taking compliments, specifically this line from the archer "i wake in the night, i pace like a ghost, the room is on fire, invisible smoke, and all of my heroes die all alone, help me hold on to you"

lorelai gilmore (gilmore girls): i knew that watching gilmore girls from such a young age would have a lasting effect on me. we both hold grudges from things in the past. both like to go back to those things thinking things will be different only to realize we still want to run away. witty, uses too many media quotes for our own good, lives off junk food and spite, crave the small town life and the smell of snow, specifically this line from you're on your own kid "from sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes, i gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this. i hosted parties and starved my body like i'd be saved by a perfect kiss" (this whole song is lorelai coded btw choosing just one line was hard)

jo march (little women): oh man, where to start. writing as an escape from a world that feels to small, wanting to explore and see the world and the beauty that hides in it, craving love but not knowing how to give it away freely, on the other hand craving attention and soaking it in, fierce, loyal, would do anything for those she cares about no matter the consequences, specifically this line from you're on your own kid "i didn't choose this town, i dream of getting out, there's just one who could make me stay"

dean winchester (supernatural): hi hello daddy issues! but also never being able to live up to you father's expectations and dealing with the fact that your sibling is the favorite no matter how hard you try, covers everything up with a smile and joke or anger and a clenched fist, hopelessly obsessed with women but confused over sexuality because of a pretty men, loves road trips with the windows down playing classic rock, would fight god bare handed if it meant that the people i love got to live (i'll refrain from going into religious trauma but if y'all want the full essay on how much i love dean winchester, please let me know), specifically this line from the archer "combat, i'm ready for combat, i say i don't want that, but what if i do? cause cruelty wins in the movies, i've got a hundred thrown out speeches i almost said to you" (this song is so dean coded i didn't know how to just choose one line)

oikawa tooru (haikyuu): tries so hard to be perfect only to have someone more naturally gifted best you, serving cunt with a smirk, whiny baby who wants their way, kind of weird but hides it as best as they can, showing their full deck of cards to people who deserve it, specifically this line from mirrorball "i'm still on that trapeze, i'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me"

i'm not sure who all has done this so feel free to use this as me tagging you if you'd like to along with these no pressure tags!: @scoops-stevie @thefreakandthehair @buckleydiaz @vecnuthy @stevethehairington @riality-check

#bee coded #tag meme #i could literally go into all of these in way more depth but i figured i should stop it there #shoutout to all my mirrorball/the archer/yoyok trifecta girlies!!

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epic-song-lyrics-showdown · 4 months

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Epic Song Lyrics Round 1, Wave 2, Poll 8

“I'm standing on a chair because I earn my life”

-I Earn My Life, Lemon Demon

“Two queens in a king-sized bed / There's no mistletoe above our heads / But I'll kiss you anyway on Christmas day / Yeah, I'll kiss you anyway on Christmas Day / I don't have a lot to give / But I would give you everything / All my time is yours to spend / Let me wrap you in with my skin / With my skin”

-two queens in a king sized bed, girl in red

I Earn My Life-Lemon Demon

Time Stamp: 0:39-0:42

Propaganda:

(tw for suicide mention)

I personally see it as a song about burnout and the idea that society tells people, men in particular, to 'just man up' and 'tough it out' to the point the protagonist can't take it anymore and contemplates giving up entirely. In the chorus there's the line "I learned it from my father and I tell it to my wife" implying that help is available, but the protagonist feels like he doesn't deserve it.

Not a middle aged man myself, but still oddly relatable to my own gifted kid syndrome. I've never had suicidal ideations, but I have felt like any success I have needs to be earned. And during burnout, this song speaks to the idea that if I don't keep working, I won't deserve to rest.

Juxtapose this with a goofy ahh recorder solo in the middle

Note from the mods: this was originally like four individual lines that we then split up, so that’s why the propaganda is a bit off.

two queens in a king sized bed-girl in red

Time Stamp: 0:17-1:14

Propaganda:

I just love the music in this especially. Also just the lowness of the second section is so pretty. It’s just very delicate and idk I just love the vibe.

Check out the other polls in this wave here.

#music #poll #polls #song lyrics #lemon demon #girl in red

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superhoeva · 4 months

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also for the ask game!

nature is healing 🍃 stargazer 🔭 cute 🎀

the gifted kid burnout is SO REAL ahh. for you, i'd definitely say cute, sunrise, and then cute again bc you're magic x2 ;)

ask bait <3

#mutuals #thea ily

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thegoldenavenger · 1 year

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part three of the Swiftening where i listen to all of Taylor’s albums so i can better connect with my swifty friends and also because i just spent like 7 days sick and would now like to not remember that

We are still on Taylor Swift’s self titlet album from 2006. Last time we listened to A Place in this World, Cold as You, and The Outside. I really liked A Place in this World and The Outside as songs that aren’t necessarily romantic! Even if The Outside was a little confusing with some of the phrases used as lyrics.

The next song up to bat is Tied Together With A Smile

oh the violin intro is back that’s nice!

Ahh it’s a 2nd person pov that’s so cool! My good friend sapphicscience let me know she interpreted The Outside as a kind of Not-Fitting-In-With-Others(girls) kind of song, which, in retrospect makes a lot of sense. luckily i fit in with my eclectic friend group so i didn’t relate much to that reading BUT i like that the theme is carried on here because this feels like a classic kind of “you don’t know you’re beautiful” kind of song except instead of an unattainable boy telling you that it’s taylor swift! that’s fun!

okay not a second person pov but still cool because she’s doing that like, uh, this is an incredibly niche example but chara-as-narrator-theory where taylor is narrating your experience but is still a character in the narrative. it’s actually really fitting with Teardrops on my Guitar, where she is pining from afar and not really noticed AND the previous track The Outside where she is set (physically?) a part from being able to reach out and communicate. She is separate from the subject of the songs narratively and here she is separate from the subject of the song through her choice of POV. it’s a nice theme and reflection on the album!

so because sappicscience let me in on the highschool-ness-of-it-all i’m gonna go ahead and say this is, like, either taylor talking about herself but removing the perceived closeness of personal pronouns by singing in a semi-2nd person pov, OR she is dedicating this to the other Weird Girls by commiserating with these experiences?

i said before but high school and teenagerdom is a liminal space where everything feels super intense all the time probably, so it makes sense using language like “jumping into [high water]” and it be a metaphor for, like, diving head first into experiences you’re unsure about. (retroactively, those lines about ‘not caring if she’d died for you’ and ‘you should’ve noticed now it’s too late’ does make sense in a dramatic teenage feelings way? it was just jarring at the time) it definitely isn’t my first instinct to interpret it this way because i think Taylor Swift’s high school experience was very unlike my own but that’s okay.

i think she might be just singing about herself but from a removed perspective creating a narrative that can be projected on if you’re so inclined. I could definitely see this being about stress about her first album and singles and be worried about her performance, but it could also easily be about that quote unquote gifted kid burnout and such

where elementary school and/or middle school you’re doing great (and it doesn’t have to be academically, it could be socially or physically) and then graduating to higher grades starts stress testing your ability to continue being good at things. gifted kids can burn out academically, jocks grow out of their sports, social cliques start rearranging, etc. so “the golden one” could be a metaphor for anything when your a teenager, honestly, so anyone could theoretically relate to this song, especially because feeling unseen and like you’re showing a brave face but feel badly enough that other should be able to see that you need help is a really relatable feeling. OH that’s what The Outside meant, okay I see it now.

ooooh i love this line. It couples nicely with A Place in this World’s “I’m wearing my heart on my sleeve” but adding a more jaded angle. giving away love like extra change is an awesome metaphor. like, the images it implies. giving away love as charity? throwing away this major piece of yourself like it’s insignificant. sharing a part of yourself in a way that’s not detrimental to your own life to help someone else in an impactful way. from the context i think it’s more like, tossing a coin in a wishing fountain hoping to attract more (love) as opposed to like, giving your change to someone begging or busking as an act of charity or appreciation, because i... wouldnt want the almost disparaging tone to reflect on her views about giving as charity?

the way it’s phrased is like, “you’re naive to think you would get back what you’ve given” which isn’t the point of charity so i hope that’s not the metaphor.

ohhhh so yes most definitely like throwing change in a wishing well, or blowing on dandelion fuzz.

okay, lyrically, i really LOVE this extended metaphor. “it’s not his price to pay, it’s not his price to pay” is so good. this really gives off, again, that investment in a relationship where both parties are not getting the same that they put into it. IE taylor is giving and is not receiving enough, if anything, back. penny in the rain is a good way to phrase it, and it ties that weather theme from previous songs back into this one.

the outro is repeated chorus

i do like a lot of the world play in this one, not just the change metaphor but “you’re tied together with a smile” is extremely good. it’s a four minute song but i wish we got another verse instead of two choruses. i think it’s some of the best writing so far in the album. definitely a sleeper favorite.

that’s a way to end the song.

Now onto Stay Beautiful!

Cory! who’s cory? i’m so glad i don’t know a cory or this would be a Teardrops on my Guitar song all over again.

so normally I would say, i don’t understand how you can compare a smile to a radio but since we’ve established in A Place In This World that radios (and blue jeans) are comfort items for Taylor we can appreciate these lines!

Cory’s eyes may or may not be green but they’re definitely wild and enticing possibly hot and his smile is nostalgic and comforting like turning the radio on in your own beat up truck (about to take the road less traveled by)

this isn’t fair because i’ve listened to Our Song already (of course) but my first thought was the “tappin’ on your window” as a thematic couple with this. i think Our Song is near the end of the album or the end of the album so i wonder if there’s continued window-themes in the intervening songs? The Outside has windows as an implied theme, i think. Outside-looking-in often evokes window images even if they aren’t in the lyrics explicitly.

this is interesting! i wonder if it’s another “you better cherish him because i would if i had him” song like Teardrops on my Guitar but from a slightly different perspective? it looks like taylor is already with Cory, because he’s whispering songs into her window and the other pretty girls are jealous.

oh no, that’s really cute? so the pretty girls on every corner are telling Taylor that she’s beautiful and she’s gonna be someone?

wait, so azlyrics has the quote around “does he know?” end quote and then it leaps into what i’m assuming is the chorus so is, taylor telling the pretty girls they’re beautiful and gonna be someone and that she wants them to come back to her?

she bounces back to cory now, so maybe the chorus was about cory? i guess she was meaning it that way because she goes back to the chorus without any other characters intervening in the story. that’s totally fine but a pretty interesting way to phrase it, since it really gives off pining vibes instead of together vibes. which, i thought taylor and cory were together since he is, once again, whispering songs into her window.

oh it is a pining song, they aren’t together i guess. ahhhh the potentiality of it all. potentiality / potential energy is my FAVORITE trope in relationships. i love that pause before the actual moment. the suspense, the build up. the spaces between my fingers could be filled with yours, but we don’t know if they will be! it’s just a possibility!! nice

so i guess she’s waiting for him to live his life and everything before realising that what he was looking for was right there all along. another very classic country vibe. i do like the positivity of it all. there’s so much well-wishing here, it’s very wholesome content. less melancholic than Teardrops on my Guitar. again, the same theme of not speaking up and telling him she likes him. at least with drew it was understandable because he was already dating someone, but cory seems like he’s unattached?

interesting the communication barriers in taylor’s music.

i do want to say that this bit in the chorus is healing after the change metaphor last track. having so much love is beautiful! it’s not naive or childish. :>

Should’ve Said No

the title is concerning, i’m concerned

The opening is familiar, but i think it’s the country instruments being played in a country song instead of subverted or replaced or remixed is pinging my nostalgia cortex

oooh break up song! i really liked the relatively hopeful streak of songs we had about commiserating and well-wishing, but this sounds like it’ll be cathartic! still concerned about the song title.

this is NOT helping my amount of concerned with the song title...

obviously datemate has done something terrible and shouldn’t have so what is it. nothing done (directly) to taylor since she had to find out about it.

it’s about cheating! okay. much less concerned about the title. and i was right! this is a bop of a chorus!! very, like, carrie underwood-esque i’m about to tear up your nice car. can definitely imagine this on a karaoke roster. i hope she gets a little vengeful about it!!! one of my favorite country genres is the woman-scorned-revenge song!!

good to see she is carrying on the theme of sticking to her guns from Cold as You. do not let him back! good job! back into the chorus and i will say

this flows so nicely. rhyming word with her’d is hilarious but work and it feels very “i heard through the grapevine” i really like how punchy it is too. really gels with the tone and mood of the song.

oh NO

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

im ending this here im having EMOTIONS

#the swiftening #long post #taylor swift live blog #taylor swift 2006 #im very sorry for the ending my url is the goldenavenger what did you expect #i cant believe im going to be doing a st/ony edit to taylor swift music in 2022

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transmascnaotoshirogane · 2 years

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Do you have the kind of cloth elastic bandages people usually use on sprained ankles? It might help to keep your wrist braced, and as long as it isn't too tightly bound, it could help to stop any possible swelling or inflammation that could be occurring as a result of it.

As for the writing thing... I think that maybe you're just a little too afraid of letting people down, because it seems like a lot of your life you've been held to lofty expectations, and it was always expected of you to fulfill them even at a detriment to yourself. I know that kind of people-pleaser trauma doesn't go away very easily, but just know that no one holds it against you if you're having issues trying to do something. You might feel frustrated because you think you aren't doing what everyone wants you to, and you're putting that pressure very heavily on yourself to the point you're risking your own well being. I think, just maybe, you might benefit from taking some time for yourself to recuperate. Gifted kid burnout shows up in a lot of forms, and I think you and I both know that it'll make it worse if you push yourself too hard during times like these.

Take care of yourself before all else, okay? There's a lot of people who care what happens to you, and I don't know what your brain is yelling at you about for sure this time, but your wellbeing is worth a lot more than you're taking it for.

- J (aka Caring Anon)

ahh, i dont think i have any of those left, think i used the last one a few months ago (the last time i sprained my wrist. my god i do this a lot dont i?)

as for the rest...MAN no need to call me out like that /lh

#twinks ask box #caring anon

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rrxnjun · 1 year

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if i could i would fight the school system just so u would have the time and mood to write >:T but i'm glad u could write a bit and waiting for ur next fic!!!🥳🥳 (your post about a fic u are writing seems pretty fun :o and love jihoon as a side character!!!) AAA IM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT I WOULD LOVE TO READ TREASURE FICS FROM U ESPECIALLY THE JIHOON ONES HIHI!!! I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR UR FRIEND WHO CONVINCED U!!!!

hmmmm idk if its reveal vibe or not but my fav ep from them is the thrill ride ep (probably has a special place in my heart cuz that was my first cb with them lmao but that era was so well done and i really love the songs!!) i think their new ep is really great my favs are especially awake and savior aaanndd their breaking dawn album slaps as a whole i love it so muchhh and for my last recommendation from them would be survive the night which is a song that was fully written by sunwoo and it's definitely one of my favs (there is also a song from giuk featuring sunwoo that just dropped and u might like it if u are interested) and i really hope u will like some cuz idk if any of these would be the type of songs u would listen to;-; the last longer content i watched from them was come on the boyz but eric isn't in it cuz he was on a hiatus at the time:( but it's really fun! i also started to watch back the boyz timeout (and had to stop cuz school >:T) and that is also really good and everyone is there:D so i would recommend those if u want like a series (?) type of thing with them but for "shorter" contents their mafia games are very fun to watch!!! their idol human theater videos are great as well!!! and the last one i would say is they just made a video with the fo squad and that seemed very funny although i didn't have the time to watch it yet;-; (IM VERY SORRY ABOUT JUST RECOMMENDING SO MANY THINGS AND FOR THIS LONG ASS LIST I WENT A BIT OVERBOARD D: )

KEVIN IS SUCH A LOVELY GUY his bubble messages are usually either very funny or just very meaningful and his posts are always top tier🤌 i think he would just solidify his place in ur heart lmao and eric is just such a bestie material!!! well u know i just came in here in the middle of ur treasure era being like 🧍the boyz🧍and i don't want to interrupt u with just randomly talking about them 🧍(which i deff did so im sorry and sorry again for the long ass list of recs)

ooo god gifted kid burnouts suck so much;-; but tbh yeah the grade doesn't really matter just pass and get the paper in the end cuz that's the most important ig and u would get it with even just passing (although im just🤡 cuz i will never think like this sadly so) i don't think my experience will be different ngl;-; so im trying to get myself ready to just not be sad about it cuz it's bound to happen lmao

AHH UR REPLIES JUST MAKE ME SO HAPPY LIKE U READ MY LONG ASS RAMBLINGS AND U ARE ALWAYS SO LOVELY SO I JUST🥹🥹 I APPRECIATE U VERY MUCH!!!!!! (liebestraum anon💗💕💕 sorry for disappearing again☹️)

SJSJSJ its okay because the motivation is that once its over i have the whole summer to write is making me go through this more easily 😙😌 also im handling things a lot better than last semester LMAO so im good over here 🤞 DJSJ glad u liked the posts abt the fic so far, jihoon is kind of the main character unfortunatelt (he is in the fic more than mark i-) but the brainrot cant be helped. IM GRATEFUL FOR MY FRIEND TOO she's a real one 😙 i'll let u know abt the blog if i manage to set one up after all hihi

first comebacks with a group are always the most special istg i thought about this the other day. like for me rock with you, hot sauce and can't you see me? are really special too😭 i havent had time to listen to these but i promise that by the time we talk again i will and i'll have my reviews ready!! 😌😌 also i love how u can kinda get my music taste w western artists (like when u recommended me hungarian songs and were spot on) but w kpop u rlly cant tell😭😭😭 i love me some kpop group variety shows tbh so i will definitely watch all of these later !! DONT BE SORRY ABT RECOMMENDING SO MUCH I GET U IF I WAS ASKED FOR RECS FOR ANY OF MY FAV GROUPS I WOULDVE DONE THE SAME THING. i saw kevin's weverse (?) replies on tiktok today and i- 😭 my man is a comedian i love him. the same w eric. icons. SJSJS dont worry about interrupting my treasure era i can handle it (im also suddenly into cix as well so i can handle everyone atp)

and u get it u get it !!! like it does feel good to get academic validation from time to time (i got a 45/50 on my essay today❤❤❤) but as long as its not an F i do not feel disappointed. esp when i get reminded of the fact that im studying on one of the best unis in my country and that my major is actually kind of hard 💀💀 get ready for the terrors of university i mean u can expect it but actually experiencing it will be just as shitty so i just pray u dont take it as badly as i did for a lil while🤞 im here for u if that happens tho!!

always appreciating u and smiling at your asks, mwah mwah ‼

#💌ask #liebestraum anon

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a-real-chicxulub-vibe · 2 years

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i love the four knights of gwyn because absolutely none of them will be functional in modern society (except for Gough who would totally kill it), and hahahaha why does that resonate that shouldn't resonate hahahahahaha

#ok i'll give artorias some credit #even if he never speaks we all know he's a people pleaser #but ornstein and just well everything about ciaran?#well #maybe they and artorias could make a pretty sweet band together #they're couch crashing burnt-out college dropouts for sure #ahh. the gifted kid burnout.#someone shut me up about my dumbass headcanons #dark souls #ornstein #ciaran #artorias #gough

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skylestially · 3 years

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capturing the essence of my worst fear - forgetting.

some emotions are so raw, inexplicable and truely, utterly the definition of what is it to live. i want to capture them in a bottle, relive them and their moments forever, relish them, think about them, preserve them and keep them unchanged but sometimes that won’t happen.

we’ve learnt about flashbulb memories, right ?? these memories dramatically alter and we don’t even realise it later. we can’t verify what’s true or false in our memories and that’s why i often wonder why it’s worth it - having memories. i just want to write them down accurately, and relive them from what i’ve described - not what i’ve remembered.

i always feel great pain in this knowledge - the knowledge that we are all susceptible to false memories and that our memory will fade over time and that it can alter and i’ve realised that my greatest fear is that i’ll forget. that i’ll forget my true motivations and my passions and my love for nature and writing and live. that i’ll forget what it was like to be happy and live so innocently, so naively in my own world.

and i’ve tried writing all my memories down but it never works. i can’t draw them either - that won’t work. it’s like drawing a song as dictated by my synesthesia. but with every memory of a time. yeah.

i wandered through my primary school in my memory yesterday - surprisingly i could remember my second-grade classroom from eight years ago. the way the building was facing south and had blue slabs of metal facing downwards near the veranda and had three levels. and details about the tables and the sink and the whiteboard. i know these were real and i guess it’s okay to just believe that they are real for the sake of it. i mean, i won’t have a way to verify it but if i just believe it’s that way and trust myself, it will be okay. i can relive it anyways. and i’ll be happy.

if i can keep my intentions pure and keep focused towards my goals, i’ll just trust that my memory will not fail me and my moral compass will keep me going. despite the voice screaming at me - the voice that tells me i’m afraid to forget. shut up. i won’t forget and i will relive these happy, innocent, naive memories of myself forever and ever and i will be happy even if it’s not real.

fuck off, voice.

i’m going to keep all my memories and trust them.

and i’m going to listen to all the songs i listened to in the past and think about the times i sang them and cried to them and sat in silence with music streaming in my earbuds. i won’t forget these emotions, ever.

#dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #gifted kid burnout #forgetting #forget #fears #memories #memory #ahh i want to go back in time #thoughts

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lynxgriffin · 3 years

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I want to thank you for writing Paper Trail. As someone with a potent mix of imposter syndrome and gifted kid burnout that often leaves me feeling like the traumatized aftermath of a kid hero show (SU Future anyone?) l, this latest installment had a big impact. I actually teared up around the same time Kris did because I found their situation so relatable. Kudos to you for writing something so strong!

Ahh thanks very much anon, that means a lot to hear! I’m glad it was able to resonate with you and left an impact! (And hope that means improvements in your own life, too!!)

#PT ask #ask lynx stuff #Anonymous

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hiya-itsamber · 3 years

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Okayyyy hiii the ask list thing for Brianna from flower shops hehe

omg yes! i love that you chose brianna, she's fun to write so this should be fun too!

favorite thing about them

her fashion taste because girlie knows how to dress-

least favorite thing about them

everything else? jkjkjk no, least favourite thing abt Bree is her possessiveness and controlling nature

favorite line

from what i've poster already, my favourite bree line is actually “I'll leave, but trust me Corbyn, I’m about to make your life a fucking living hell.” because trust me, she meant it

brOTP

gjrkfme i dont wanna say anything without spoiling but honestly she gets a pretty good friendship with someone-

OTP

again, this'd just be spoilers ahh-

nOTP

brianna and corbyn, i'm sorry but no-

random headcanon

brianna is actually super smart and honestly just suffers from gifted kid burnout syndrome, she's just touch starved and doesn't know how to love properly, she's getting there though

unpopular opinion

honestly i need to post more chapters and write more because i do truly wanna know how yall feel about brianna, but personally i dont hate her too much she has her reasons and you'll find out abt them soon enough :)

song i associate with them

'everybody wants you' by johnny orlando, from brianna's pov abt what she sees when others are around corbyn

favorite picture of them

my face claim for brianna is actually sabrina carpenter so:

again, thank you for asking randy!!! this was heaps of fun and definitely gave me a bit of extra motivation to keep going with the series, peep a face claims list coming soon

#randy <3 #amber answers #flower shops #brianna flower shops #💐

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zukkaoru · 2 years

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cherry expert!!! you're the only other person who i'm like "yeah, their opinions on cherry are actually facts" but also i would say maki, jinora (i saw corey said them and i just wanna second it because it's TRUE, you have such good jinora opinions and have made me like their character more)...maybe more but those are the only ones i can think of right now!!

AHH THANK YOU!! i'm so honored that i made you like jinora more omg🥺 as the Smart Kid™ i knew they were gonna be one of my favorites the moment i first saw them,, like. she's just very much Me when i was that age. and she deserved so much more in tlok like..... the eldest sibling syndrome combined with being the second oldest airbender for the first twelve years combined with the gifted kid burnout that i know is headed her way when she gets older.. oof i love her

anyway yes thank you thank you, i appreciate it <3 i love all of those characters very much

#eli tag #ask game

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cassahina · 3 years

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Heya! Can i request a matchup for danganronpa goodbye despair?

(i'm questioning my gender rn but i'm either non-binary or demigirl/demigender) but what I'm sure about is that I'm bisexual (leaning towards men) also an infp-t capricorn

I'm a little shy (when it comes to emotions) and sometimes clumsy (I can't fucking see where I'm going most of the time because i'm near blind/hj) but i'm also very bold with what I want to say and i'm sometimes sarcastic, I'm pretty sure i'm not as intelligent as others say but haha gifted-child burnout go brrr,so yeah i pretty much excel at school and anything i face? Except for sports and playing instruments (i'm really bad with that stuff),i thought that could be relevant because that's a reason for me to want to be seen as a normal teenager instead of an intelligent/talented entity who has to be perfect,I tend to overthink things a lot and self-deprecate but I'm pretty chill most of the time,my hobbies are drawing (traditionally and digitally), editing and listening to music (this is something that often catches people off guard because at first i'm often seen as the small innocent child that i'm not and then they find out I listen to hard rock and metal)

Physically i'm like 5'2,I have black hair in a block haircut with some blue dyed strokes,I wear glasses because as said before I can't see shit without them,I have a lot of curves? slim thick?(Idk I have a big chest, REALLY big thights and big uh...behind?) I wear a lot of baggy clothes to hide it though but when i'm feeling confident I wear skirts or things that accentuate it,I also wear mostly black and white clothes,I really like chockers too so I wear them all the time

And that's pretty much it! Thanks <3

Sure thing anon, and sorry that your request had to wait until after my little break. Still, I hope you enjoy this!

I match you with....

Hajime Hinata and Ibuki Mioda!

I chose Hajime because out of all the guys, I feel like he would vibe with you the best. He is more on the normal side which would help you with the image you want to reach, but is also a bit snarky and sarcastic, but chill at the same time which really matches well with your bold and sarcastic side. However, as someone who played the Sonia FTE route, I can say that Hajime is also a great guy to go to if you have gifted kid burn out / overthink yourself and just want to get away from the pressure and be seen as something other than the "ideal student who is perfect." Although sarcastic and blunt and a bit judgy, Hajime is very considerate and perceptive, and he wouldn't care as much about you being a gifted kid. He would comfort you during the stressful times and not judge you for them, which is very sweet. He also would be hella supportive and amazed at whatever you do, which is the kind of positivity and understanding that can make the relationship special.

I chose Ibuki because super supportive and fun times girlfriend is what she would be for you. Again, like Hajime, Ibuki wouldn't care so much about the gifted kid image as long as you guys can have fun with each other and grow closer. She could deffo help destress and just have fun doing whatever you want. You want to draw? She'll watch you and "ooh" and "ahh" at the small details you add. Want to listen to hard rock and metal music? Why not a live show as she jams it up for you! Did you fall? Well don't worry, she's running after you to pick her sweetie up. Self depreciating? Not on her watch, its cuddles and kisses time (if you are okay with it, she respects boundaries.) Genuinely her free spirit would help balance you out I think.

#cassierole the ultimate writing prodigy #request 0w0 #matchup #romantic matchups #danganronpa matchups #hajime hinata #ibuki mioda

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violexides · 3 years

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Also T and W for funsies!

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

ahh aaah hh ahhhh fuck

um. hinata isn’t overall dumb, he’s actually really smart, but his brain focuses a bit more big picture and he tends to fuck up some small things. same sort of gifted kid burnout shit you see in people-- really smart, cannot do basic geometry. definitely have talked about this here before, but

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

OOOh this is an interesting one. hm. to be honest, i’m not... super into fake dating tropes. i feel like i should be, but they always make me anxious. so, across the board, i am pretty hesitant there

#ask

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artandhuddle · 5 years

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Artist Interview with Daphne Hutcheson

Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Daphne Hutcheson, an artist I’ve admired for quite some time. Her work and knowledge in the arts has helped me, along with many other artists in the online community.

Daphne Hutcheson, also known as @paperwick on social media, has been creating artwork from a very young age, with works in both traditional and digital media. Her work covers a broad range of fandoms, original content, and client based works along with some very useful and resourceful tutorials.

K: I wanted to first ask about your experience attending SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design)?

D: My experience at SCAD was tepid at best. The teachers were good, but I mean very specifically the professors who were teaching in my major, which was sequential art. SCAD is really not a great institute for anyone who isn't rich enough for their parents' to cover the cost. That's my biggest issue with it, they will cripple you with debt, so if anyone is lower-income, I would highly suggest learning via some of great online courses or using a state college's art program to sort of direct you if you need direction and deadlines. I know I need them. SCAD's loans are no joke. The college itself was very good my first year, they do a lot to make sure incoming students feel heard and welcomed, and then after that they really don't try for you. As soon as you're a sophomore, they could care less about how you feel to be there. Their class attendance requirements are grueling and there's no room for accidents--you miss four class sessions and you fail the course. It's wild, and even if you're in the hospital, those absences will not be forgiven. If you're late, it counts as an absence.I don't recommend it. At all. All the learning I garnered there is online accessible these days, one just has to hunker down, find it, and put it to practice. My professors were great, but no education is worth that price tag. Depending on your major there, you will be treated differently by the school. For example, their fashion and fibers majors are doted on, whereas a major like animation is ground hard into the dirt. There were unrealisitc deadlines to meet for class projects and kids would be in the school buildings overnight trying to meet them. Some fell asleep in their chairs and Paula Wallace (the owner) saw that one day and had them replace the chairs with far less comfortable chairs. Some kids had heart attacks from staying up to meet deadlines. Such a bad work culture of "all-nighters". In part the students' fault, but none of the faculty really stopped it or discouraged it, save one teacher in a different major, and that being said, that teacher still gave ridiculous deadlines so we'd "be prepared for the industry". That's not at all what the industry is like (discluding the game industry right now). It is truly a hard place to thrive and everyone I've known who has graduated had months to years of burnout after finishing, including myself. I'd hazard real caution when choosing to go to a private art college, art institutes included.No education is worth that amount of debt.

K: Wow, that’s unfortunate to hear. I wonder if students are having similar experiences at colleges such as CAD or RISD?

D: I have heard very similar things about places like RISD and CAD where it’s all about the money, but I can’t point you towards any of the specifics. I really just want people to go into it with a clear head and know it’s going to be hard exiting. They really don’t prepare you for business.

K: What would you have done differently? Would you have signed up for online courses?

D: If I was to do it over, I would have liked to dive straight into developing personal projects, just making the work. Watching and reading free youtube videos and blog posts by artists. That would not have flown with my parents, they’re very by the book “go to college or get a job” type people. With than in mind, I would’ve gone to the local college I was within biking distance of as a sort of clean, and done fairly half assed studies by full assed my artwork.

K: That sounds like what a lot of artists, particularly those interested in digital art are doing. But, have you ever considered going back to school, or enrolling in a program or an atelier that you think would be beneficial to your art career?

D: Not genuinely. If I had time, I wouldn't mind enrolling in something that would teach me puppet animation, but between freelance and my day job, it's hard to find time to produce personal work and then also learn. I am pro-learning, always learning because that keeps your work fresh, keeps your mind sharp and ready to switch up on a dime. But course work is something I'm not super fond of, to be honest.

K: I understand. So, you've graduated and are currently doing freelance work along with your other day job. In your freelance work, what kind of work are you taking from clients?

D: Mostly I do storyboard animatics for a few advertising agencies, but I do some card art for games here and there, like Companion's Tale. I just signed on to do some tarot card artwork for a company called Legacy: Fables. I'll take anything that sounds interesting and that I have time for. It's all digital; traditional art is way more personal for me so I almost exclusively make traditional artwork as gifts for friends.

K: Are there any particular fandoms or genres that you tend to work more in?

D: As far as fandom work and commissions, it's Dragon Age all the way BABY! It's a good community and I owe a lot to them. I'm planning on reopening my tarot commissions here soon once I finish up a few of my freelance projects. I am an old hat with fantasy stuff and most comfortable there, but I really want to start working on robots and mechanics and cities. All that sci-fi goodness.

K: Wow, that's great to hear you've got very steady work, and they’re with industries and agencies! I hope you'll get to share that work once it's gone down the production pipeline. Have you ever considered applying for work with a company like EA/Bioware?

D: Yeah! I've lucked out a lot, it feels like all of this sort of dumped itself in my lap. My biggest resistance to applying to Bioware or any gaming industry position right is rooted in how they treat their workers. Bioware, specifically back when Anthem was released, had a nasty report come out on how management had run their workers to the point of many having mental breakdowns, and several just leaving and never coming back. They refer to those who have breakdowns while working during their months and months of crunch as "stress casualties", and I'm honestly quite disgusted by what I hear. I think once the gaming industry unionizes I'll consider applying, but the things I hear, not just about Bioware and EA... It's horrifying. Riot, Blizzard, Activision, Treyarch, Rockstar... the list could go on. Not to like tank the conversation into a dark place, I just have such strong feelings about it.

K: That's ok! It's good to hear different perspectives, especially when talking about the industry. Alright, on to the next question. Looking at your work, from sequential narrative to tarot artwork, I’m really impressed by your storytelling. When you’re creating stories and characters, do you pull a lot from your own experiences and emotions, or more from other sources such as music, film, or literature?

D: Ahh that's a hard one. I think I pull far more from outside of me than inside of me.The way things are shaped comes from my own experience, but I think a lot of my content comes from outside influences, like movies, books, music, and art.Howls Moving Castle, the book not the film, had a huge affect on me and how light I want the stories I tell to be, but I think I have a long way to go when putting stories together.I am super empathetic so it's easy to take outside influences and really feel them, but also it's hard to tell where I start and those influences ends.

K: Very well said, and the comment about the novel, I can really feel that in your personal work, especially your recent animated landscape piece.

D: Thanks!

K: The first time I came across your work was one of your Dragon Age tarot works, but also the tutorial on how you created them. It was incredibly helpful to me and I know to lots more artists. Your tutorials and words of advice have proven very successful, but have you ever received any advice or tutorials that really switched gears or level upped your techniques?

D: The answer is yes, absolutely. Let me see, I don't seek out tutorials anymore, but there was something I saw recently that was good. Sinix's head from any angle is a great approach to drawing faces at crazy angles. Also, check out Bunabi on Tumblr. Bunabi is so fast and her work is beautiful, and has great tutorials also, just incredible.

I unfortunately can’t link to any specifics, but tutorials like this one do me a lot of good.

People can just screenshot process stuff that reminds me that there are a million ways to approach art, like sketch up, grids, freehanding. I think I benefit from understanding that there are a million approaches more than following the tutorials super hard.

K: Great,thank you! I wanted to ask a few more questions, one about your Patreon. It seems like the next big wave for digital artists. How has it been creating one and keeping on top of the awards, and is there anything you would want to do differently with yours?

D: So Patreon is kind of a basket you can fill with prizes, maybe some of the prizes for money (probably prizes for money), and that works for a lot of people. I have a more of a "here's content I don't put elsewhere if you'd like it" approach to it cause I'm inconsistent with patron pay-outs. Patreon for artists with chronic mental illness is a struggle. Hands down. I started one hoping it would iron out my discipline issues a year or two back, and it didn't. It made me feel hella guilty cause I could not keep up with what I said I'd keep up with, and then I felt worse. It was disastrous. I refunded most of the pledges I got during the three months I had it open. Then I closed it for a year and brought it back online recently. Now all my content is free, it's still inconsistent, but if people want to support me I welcome it. I think Patreon is a good platform, but I will never be able to use it is intended. I respect the people who can keep up with it all, that kind of discipline takes a crazy amount of strength of character, but I don't motivate with money very well. In the end, I motivate through helping others as best I can, so it'll always be free content. I have very few plans for it, other than I want to put together a brush pack and share it there with brushes I made. I just need a moment to sit down and make that happen. I've got a tutorial for using photos to make quick painted backgrounds too, and I just have to organize that sucker.

K: Thank you for being so open about it. I think what you're doing is so insightful and helpful in what you're offering to your followers, especially those who may also be struggling with anxiety and depression.

K: Can you share what your process is like from a sketch to a finished piece? Do you thumbnail a lot before, use references to build from, and so on?

D: I like to do throw away thumbnails on notepaper.

And then I take those thumbnails and do a more thought out version digitally.

K: Wow, these are both beautiful. If you don't share these with patrons already, I would! I also like that you've given each one their own color, a good way to organize!

D: Thank you! I'll make sure to share these, I forget about them genuinely. I'll diverge in two directions from here depending on need. If what I'm working on is simple, I hop straight into color. If it's going to be complicated, ie crazy armor, specific architecture, I will do a line pass first and then launch into color. Either way, this is where most of my references come into play. Once that is solid I add detail work.

K: Reference can be so important in art; it really can bring work to a new level if used properly!

D: Yeah reference is king. I use it constantly, even when doing the most stylized thing, cause there's always stuff you forget. The waves I did for my last card, I had reference of barrel waves up constantly, and it helps a ton.

K: My last question is where do you see yourself in five years? I know this can be a challenging question, but if you had any goals or plans you’d like to see come into fruition, what would they be?

D: Five years? These questions are always a struggle for me. I try not to look past a week at a time because it's all so BIG. And my life has undergone so many huge changes in such a short period of time SO MANY times that it's hard to make long term plans. Especially when dealing with mental illness. So I try to think less about where I'll be in any amount of time, and more about what I want to progress towards achieving, it's a little easier and sets up less expectation. So this is not necessarily a five year plan, and more an eventual future plan. I want to have enough tutorial work to put together an art resources book/pdf online. I want to develop my freelance work further and create my own studio, ideally for illustrative style work, smaller animations, and maybe some classes for people interested in color and storytelling. I want to put together a small guide of sorts also for artists and people who need healing, since there's so many of us. That one is harder because it's an amorphous subject, but I think there's a lot of room for commentary there and a lot of people wanting to hear it, and I think it'll have to come from all those hurting. It's just a matter of how we'll organize that.I am a huge sap. That's my way. So in 5 years I'm hoping I'll be a better and more helpful sap.

K: Well, I hope you're able to make a lot of this happen, we need more empathy and help in the world. Thank you again Daphne for your time, this was really informative and an honest interview which I know others will appreciate.

D: Thank you, Kallie!

You can find more of Daphne’s beautiful works (and tutorials) here:

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