#am i a boomer for wanting to feel the paper and shit when i draw and color and shade đ
i don't even know. emil got stabbed i guess. why? who knows. whoever stabbed him should probably run though, i doubt the pipe through the abdomen's going to deter him for long
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I rewrite Sky High
okay so, disclaimer: sky high was actually pretty damn good for itâs time and a lot of the plot twists/tropes used in it were still just starting out and not as commonplace as they are today. so 10/10 really good movie.
Also as i was writing this, it turned into half analysis of whatâs already in the movie and half things I would change about the movie so,,, yeah. enjoy!
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So the point about Sky High is that and the way the school and hero society as a whole works, is that you, as the audience, are supposed to look at it and know that itâs a flawed system. Weâre supposed to see it as an injustice that kids are sorted into hero or sidekick- Sorry, I mean âHero Support,â on your first day of school based on something you canât even control.
(This movie was my hero academia-ing it up before it was cool.)
Anyway, the movie calls a lot of attention to it in the beginning, but then doesn't actually give it the resolution it deserves in the end. Which, not cool guys.
The Hero/Sidekick debacle is, on the whole, a very thinly veiled metaphor for the problems minorities face. Specifically, those of the alphabet mafia, or LGBTQ, as weâre more commonly known.
There are a lot of examples for this so Iâll speed through the big ones real quick:
Willâs nerves regarding not having attraction to girls superpowers?
The way he tries to fake having an attraction to girls superpowers to get approval from his dad?
Being literally outed in front of his whole class (by someone named Boomer no less) and then immediately trying to hide it from his parents as long as possible?
The constant references to being a âlate bloomerâ. Doesnât it remind you of the common phrases: âitâs just a phaseâ or âdonât worry. Youâll start liking [opposite gender] eventually.â ?
The scene in the kitchen, right after Will introduces the Sidekick Squad (and yes, that is what Iâll be referring to them as for the rest of this essay tumblr post). Will is so obviously trying to gauge how his dad is going to take his friends being sidekicks and also him being a sidekick. I just, this is so blatantly a coming out scene? How does anybody not see it as that?
(also the dad talking so offhandedly about bigotry and the hatred his own father had for sidekicks??? Who else has been there?)
Will telling his dad that he doesnât care, that heâs proud of being gay to be a sidekick is just,,, *chefâs kiss*
With all of this backing behind Will and him growing into not being ashamed of his lack of powers, My first change would be that Will does not, in fact receive his fatherâs super strength. Itâs just such a cop out! The movie had all this amazing build up, and this brilliant metaphor it could have used and, instead, they threw it all away.
The sudden acquisition of powers and immediate acceptance by his peers, feels too close to someone being âfixedâ. That Will wasnât good enough the way he was and had to be better, had to be his father in order to be good enough.
So, no. Will remains powerless.
Instead of the revelation of âheâs strongâ, we get to let the Sidekick Squad shine.
Lash and Speed still cause a fight between Warren and Will, but when Will is under the table, the sidekicks actually do something.
Will knocks the table over (not, like, lifting Warren up but something closer to pushing him off. I mean, even I could push upwards from underneath a table fast enough that if someone is standing on it, theyâd lose their balance and fall to the ground) and that starts things.
The Sidekick Squad all grab forgotten lunch trays or cartons of milk or something and throw it at Warren. It isnât long then that the whole scene devolves into a food fight (Zach, at least, does not have good aim and probably hits a bystander accidentally, drawing more people in, until the whole cafeteria is involved.) The fight turns into something more playful, but still with that bit of an undertone of trying to actually hurt each other.
Ethan melts at one point and (accidentally) causes Warren to slip and land on his back, Magenta probably punches someone (not Warren) and Zach is just mouthing off to anybody who gets close enough. Near the end, right before Principal Powers shows up, Layla finally gets the right idea and just fire extinguishes the shit out of Warren.
(Side note here: I am very much also nixing the Layla crushes on Will plotline. I love best friends to lovers just as much as the next person but⊠no. Let kids see boy/girl friendships!Â
Instead, I will be inserting a Layla/Warren love story and you can consider this the first scene on the road for that.)
Anyway, the whole Sidekick Squad plus Warren ends up in the detention room and all of them are covered in food. Right after Principal Powers leaves, the Sidekick Squad is immediately talking excitedly to each other about how cool they just were and what they did. Basically itâs very wholesome and theyâre all hyping each other up and then one of them, Layla or Will, excitedly turns to Warren and goes, âand that thing you did with the fireballs? God! I donât think Lash is going to have any eyebrows for a monthâ and the tension between them all but drops.
Warren, of course, tries to push them away and not get involved with their ridiculousness, but the Sidekick Squad is stubborn and by the end of detention, everyone but Warren is in agreement that heâs a part of the Squad now. They will not leave him alone. They also start hanging out at the Paper Lantern all the time just to annoy/make fun of him in that loving way friends do.
(I just want Warren to be a part of the Squad guys. Will calls him his best friend at the end but what did the movie actually do to show they were friends? Nothing, thatâs what. I want that fixed.)
So the cafeteria fight boosts the whole Squadâs reputation, right? People think those sidekicks are pretty cool, and they get their fifteen minutes of fame. Only⊠Will gets a little hooked on the feeling of being popular. He doesnât want to be a capital-h Hero or anything! But, well⊠heâd be lying if he didnât like people thinking he was cool.
The others donât really care all that much about being cool, but Will does. He hates that he does but what is he supposed to do? He canât change how he feels. So he starts trying to make himself more popular and sometimes tries dragging his friends into stupid schemes.
And then enter stage right, one Gwen Grayson.
I prefer Gwen being Royal Painâs daughter, actually. A girl who wouldâve had no stock in this fight but her mother, who is sickly and weak and survives mostly because her daughter takes care of her, practically brainwashes Gwen to do her bidding.
Gwen is a minion here, and also, perhaps, a victim.
At first, she follows her momâs orders and charms Will into dating her. She also feeds into his desire to gain popularity but canât, in this world, break him from his friends. Actually, Will brings Gwen along to the Sidekick Squad hangouts and, slowly, she becomes a part of the group too.
She starts to doubt her mother. Starts to care for Will and the Squad.
She throws the party, and the Squad is all invited (trying to break them up isnât conducive to the Plan her mother has anyway and wouldnât work besides) but she lures Will away to make out and⊠other things, and he brings her to the Sanctum for privacy just like before. She still steals the pacifier (or whatever death ray equivalent you want idk) but she and Will donât break up at the end of the night.
Itâs not actually until two days later, right before the dance is going to start, does Gwen decide she canât stand back and let this happen anymore. She spills the whole plot and her betrayal to Will when he comes to pick her up for the dance. Sheâs crying and apologizing and basically expecting to be hated forever by the only people she thinks ever actually liked her.
And, well. Will is furious at her for lying but thereâs more important things to deal with at the moment. Theyâll talk more about this and heâll be angry, but thatâs all going to be later. Right now they have a school to save so he grabs her hand and starts running to warn the rest of their friends.
Things happen mostly as canon from that point with minor changes.
Itâs Warren who pulls Layla into a kiss before they all split off into groups, telling her to kick ass and stay safe before sprinting off after Speed. There have been scenes throughout the movie where the two are very obviously getting closer and are into each other. And then, before the dance, while Gwen and Will weâre technically going as a couple, the whole Squad was going as a group.
When Warren and Layla saw each other all dolled up, itâs very clichĂ©. Warren says she looks nice and Layla visibly gulps at his outfit of a button down and suit pants, sleeves rolled up to his elbows (because homeboy does not wear a full tux you can fight me on this).
And also, Will doesnât fight Royal Pain by himself. Instead, Gwen is there with him and they donât fight with super strength. Gwenâs been helping Will build an arsenal of gadgets a la Batman and the two face off against her mom together, Gwen with her powers, and Will acting as half support and half as a watered-down Batman who still needs some more training before heâs totally polished.
The school falls from the sky, but Gwen buys them time by keeping the anti gravs working through sheer force of will, while Will holds off her mom from attacking her while sheâs vulnerable and concentrating. Magenta eventually kills the EMP or whatever it was, and the day is saved.
Gwen passes out, cause ~drama~ but she ends up okay so donât worry. Sheâs just exhausted.Â
The sidekicks get their recognition and then immediately bounce because dances suck and they all agree that they should go to the Paper Lantern instead to celebrate cause theyâre tired, alright? Saving the day is hard.
So itâs all of them, a little battered and bruised and exhausted, crowded into this corner booth and laughing and being kids. The camera does itâs fade to comic book page thing, and the narration is something more along the lines of:
âRoyal Pain and her cronies got locked away. Gwen and I talked things out, and sheâs getting help for all the stuff her mom did to her. Weâre taking things slow in the meantime.
The school is undergoing a lot of changes to the curriculum and getting rid of the whole âhero/sidekickâ divisions. (Mostly at the urging of my parents⊠and Layla). Next year is going to look a lot different, I think.
But itâll be a good different, just like we are. None of us were what we were expected to be, and, I think, weâre going to keep defying expectations. Thereâs a whole world out there that needs changing.
And I canât think of a better group of friends to do it with.â
THE END
(just give me found family saves the day by being themselves rather than somebody else, give me them saving the day because they care about each other, give me them fighting for whatâs right and fixing things. please i am b e g g i n g.)
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Additional nitpicks that are small but Very Important to Me
Coach Boomer is still called coach Boomer because there is no way I am missing out on the âokay, boomerâ jokes
Layla stays like Layla, but iâd like for the movie to stop trying to make her seem annoying for her beliefs or like sheâs wrong to be so vocal about them. Her caring about things that are wrong ends up as the butt of too many jokes and i⊠do not like that.
Why so many dad/son scenes? Why this janky imbalance parenting dynamic between the Strongholds. Knock that shit off. I want happy functional family thank you very much
Mr Boy and the mad scientist are very obviously in a relationship
Wait, actually: mr boy, mad scientist and Boomer are al in a poly relationship and are ridiculous about it
Iâd like to see more of the sidekick classes going over like, âthe boringâ parts of the job, and teaching the kids how to deal with the aftermath of the heroes heroics, just to hammer in the fact that the system is fucked up and that itâs messed up that the heroes get all the recognition while the sidekicks are left to clean up the mess
Use actual 14 year old actors? These kids look like seniors.
Or, if you want more âmatureâ characters make it so sky high is like,,, a finishing school or smth. Something kids 16 and over go to.
(What the fuck kind of parent thinks that their freshman child dating a senior is a good idea?? An almost adult coming onto a fourteen year old??? Are you trying to make Willâs parents (particularly the dad) seem like irresponsible assholes??)
Gwen is, at most, a year above Will in this rewrite, kay?
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a message.
This whole post is full of things Iâve wanted to say for a very long time. So yes, this is going to be very long.
Before I begin, I just wanted to say Iâm sorry to the innocent people who had nothing to do with this. Iâve never ever been involved with online/fandom drama before, I hate being in this position so fucking much with all my heart and soul, and I never thought in my whole life that Iâd be in this position, either.
Secondly, this is about the DEF LEPPARD FANDOM ON TUMBLR. If youâre not part of this fandom, kindly fuck off :^) This is not about you.
This post explains why I feel this way. And to those innocent people who arenât involved with this, Iâm sincerely sorry if any of this has changed your opinions of me.
Iâm in a mood and a half, so Iâll do my best to effectively tell everything from my perspective. Read if you want, but this is just what Iâm thinking.
Iâve been running this blog for almost three years now. When I first joined this fandom on tumblr at the beginning of 2018, there wasnât really a âfandomâ per se; all the main blogs were dead, no one ever really posted, and there wasnât much content. I decided to start a DL blog of my own to vent my love into it and not spam my main account.Â
Within a month, I could quickly see that some sort of renaissance was happening in this fandom; more blogs were popping up, more people were posting, and more people were just participating in general. There were memes now, there were conversations now- it was great! There was a real community; it was all about sharing information, spewing our love, getting creative, and interacting!Â
There was integrity, and there was respect for the band as well as one another.
I, as part of this community, wanted to do everything in my physical power to contribute in any way I could. I was insanely active and hyper-productive and could not be stopped. I still havenât stopped, but I certainly have slowed down significantly (due to lack of new activity from the band and increased mental health issues I wonât get into). I donât want to be self-centered and say that I was ârunningâ this branch of the fandom for the past 2.7 years, but I was certainly a big player in it, and I feel everyone agreed (and some still agree) with that as well.
There were some times where disagreements happened. There were times where many of us knew that someone else was crossing a line in a post. We knew what qualified as ânot okayâ in terms of being perverted and such. Weâd solve this by not blaming, not hounding, not sending anon hate, not calling out, but by presenting facts, talking maturely, and trying to right the wrongs as maturely as we could.
Yes, it was possible. Was.
I donât think you guys realize just how much content Iâve contributed to this fandom. I have spent basically every single day of the past 3-ish years trying to spread information/content/photos/videos/links/etc. to everyone who follows me (and everyone who doesnât). This fandom was (and I cannot stress this enough), literally my entire life for the past 3 odd years, and I really wanted to spend the rest of my life contributing to it the way Iâve been.
I don't think anyone on here realizes everything that I have done for this community. Because of me:
this fandom has access to Animal Instinct for free
this fandom has access to the rare picture disc interview
this fandom has numerous scans of photos that may have not ended up online otherwise (I also paid $70 to have access to some of these. You're welcome.)
we have Fabulist Icons content
we have a decent amount of fanfiction that doesn't only focus on the boys banging each other/sex in general (seriously, this simply didnât exist on here before I started posting my shit)
we have a little more fan art
we have content from Phil's and Ross's books
we have hundreds (yes, literally, HUNDREDS) of edits/moodboards/memes/etc. that I made myself
we have gifsets of things that no one else would have made
we have achieved justice a lot of the time when content was stolen because I have defended everyone without question/rallied up armies the second I heard it happened
some of you have gotten updates on news/facts/history/details/etc. that youâve never even heard of
probably a shit ton more things, but thatâs all I can think of for now. You get the point.
But thatâs only half the story. This band and fandom has given me so much to cherish over the past few years.
Because of this fandom and the people (that were once)Â in it, I have:
met Rick in person
met, quite honestly, my two best friends ever, @ballistic-lipstick-dream-machine (my true Terror Twin) and @paper-sxn (adopted little sister/cousin)
became in contact with Phil's guitar tech from the mid-80s (Mike)
gained creative ambition to play guitar, create art, write stories, make edits/gifs, travel, and basically just better myself
began a record collection that is now in the hundreds and gained a lot of knowledge from it
discovered a whole new genre of music
found a community/culture where, for the very very first time in my life, I felt like I BELONGED.
fallen in love with something and someone for the first time
felt like I actually mattered to people, like I was actually important (because people would always come to me for information or help if they needed it)
basically impacted every corner of my life
just about a million other things, too, but I will be here all night if I try to list them all.
To put it delicately: Def Leppard and this fandom on tumblr absolutely changed my life, and was the greatest thing thatâs ever happened to me.
I have spread so much information around, you newer people wouldn't imagine. I have gathered and seen so much information, you wouldn't believe how much I know and how much I've learned. I have bounced back and forth between formats time after time again that I feel like Iâm stuck in a time warp. I have edited so many things on non-professional programs that I am an MS paint expert. I have been here so long, that Iâve seen 98% of the people in this branch of the fandom rotate in and out at least two or three times.Â
That being said, all of the toxic people in this fandom will most likely be gone within the next 6 months.Â
Def Leppard has taught me so much, but a big thing was love and loyalty. It's clear that the majority of people in this fandom (read my lips- I am N O TÂ saying anyoneâs names. I mean that.) do not know the meanings of either of these words. I've been practically running this fandom on Tumblr for nearly three years now, youâve seen all that Iâve done for you, and what have I gotten in return?
Slander, cyberbullying, disrespect, consistently stolen content, etc. Thatâs what Iâve gotten. Iâve never attacked anyone on here, and that is still something I wonât do.
Yes, I am against slash fic, and I canât believe that THATâS the only reason why Iâm being torn down like this. Something so dumb and immature as that has torn my beloved community in half. I have never attacked ANYONE for writing slash fic, yet Iâve been getting attacked since August (it is November now) for simply believing it is wrong to openly admit you want the boys to fuck each other.
(Iâd also like to point out that someone from the KISS fandom ((god knows why)) had the balls to call me âhomophobicâ for hating slashfic. I canât even begin to explain how much I laughed at that.)
I just wanna say that these are REAL people youâre writing about, you know. Donât you think THEY would be against it? I know I cannot stop anyone from writing slash (Iâve said that before, but no one seems to remember it). I donât think any of you realize that there is a certain line you shouldnât cross when it comes to the internet, and being perverted in such an explicit and disrespectful way is one of them. We always had integrity in this fandom, and slash was never part of something we stood for. We knew when to stop, and we kept the slash on rockfic.com (where it belongs imo. Thatâs like their element).
I was very confused when more slash fics started appearing on tumblr this year. Now, it seems like thatâs all there is, and Iâm disgusted.
Whenever something close to that happened in 2018, everyone would be totally against it, and weâd talk it out and explain. While we all had our fair share of horny (and maybe then some) in this fandom, but we always knew where to draw the line. That was the line. That line doesnât exist anymore, apparently, and nobody knows how to be mature and respectful to the band, to each other, and just for fuckâs sake. Now, Iâm being slammed that being perverted for them fucking their best friends is âjust fandom, bitchâ and âthe normâ and that itâs done âout of respectâ, which I will never understand. You canât use âslashâ and ârespectfulâ in the same sentence, and you canât change my mind, but I know I canât change yours, either.Â
Slash is not, nor will it ever be, respectful. This fandom has become toxic.
Fanfiction is an outlet for creativity to be used for fun, not to be used as an excuse to project your sexually perverted sexuality headcannons/fetishes onto innocent, REAL, LIVE people. If all you write/read is them having sex with each other, then it really makes you wonder if itâs about ârespectâ anymore, doesnât it?
In my opinion itâs fucked up that itâs ânormalâ and âjust part of fandomâ to create sexualities for- again- REAL, LIVE PEOPLE, and itâs everyoneâs first instinct to argue that itâs fine, apparently? If you ârespectâ your idols so much like you claim you do, then why donât you maybe respect their actual orientations instead of creating masturbation material for random 12 year olds and boomers, perhaps?
I donât know what I did that was so fucking wrong in your eyes, as Iâve always tried to keep integrity in this area of tumblr.Â
I'm very deeply hurt, more than I've ever been by this. It physically hurts me to admit that this fandom has become as toxic as it currently is. I donât feel welcome here anymore at all, despite practically running things on here for so long.
I donât know how I could ever live without this fandom, but now it looks like Iâm going to have to try, or at least try and rebuild it on my own (again). I donât think Iâll ever be able to stop posting about Def Leppard, and after all, I only started posting about them for myself to begin with.
We were supposed to be the good fandom, the happy fandom, the fandom with no drama. I am ashamed to be associated with you now. I tried to stop it as best as I could, and hoped people would back me up, but Iâve received nothing but hate for simply trying to preserve some dignity.
You guys have been immature to say the least, and I find it very hard to believe that some of you are legal adults (but letâs be honest; most of you toxic people are probably too young to even be behind a computer, anyway).Â
Iâve had to block some people that I really didnât want to, but the deed is done. Keep your slash to yourself, tag it, do a read more, post it somewhere else, even- thatâs how you co-exist. Just donât come after me because I think itâs wrong. I never came after anyone specifically like that.
This isnât goodbye, but I certainly am leaving for a while. I hope I got my point, my history, and my perspective across.
And I hope youâre fucking happy, because youâve destroyed something I loved.
-Rachel
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Marvel Gender Headcanons
because i doubt some of these people are cis
Peter:Â
i claim this man for the trans community
he realised he was trans at around present time (15-16 years old)
he knows his family and friends will accept him
heâs still N E R V O U S
but he still wants to be true to his identity
so he wears the trans flag colours!!
Ned obvs catches on, but doesnât say anything
Tonyâs the first one Peter comes out to, bc iâm soft and irondad owns my heart
Tony gets him a spider suit with a binder built in
Peter is absolutely the kind of trans guy who forgets to take off his binder (iâm not projecting what do you mean)
he comes out to his aunt May next, and she breaks out the scissors
the other eventually figure it out, and they accept him immediately
Peter: Hey Clint?
Clint: Yo
Peter: Iâm trans
Clint: *takes a gulp of his soda* wig
Peter: ???
they love him though letâs be real
Natasha Punches A Transphobe
someone calls Peter a tr*nnyÂ
Natasha sends them on a one way trip to space :)
Peter absolutely decides to go on T
and he is a handsome!! boy!!
he eventually tells Ned and MJ, and they accept him too
Ned buys him a trans flag
NED BUYS HIM A TRANS FLAG
by the time theyâre graduating high school, Peter passes as cis very well
Tony:
iâm claiming Tony as trans too
i promise thereâs other gender identities here jdsfhkhsdfkjh
Tony came out in the 80s of all times
we know Howard
it didnât go over well
Maria didnât say much about it, but Howard was actively against it
Tony didnât care at all
he literally snuck out and got a fake ID so he could start on T
Tony was almost 18 at that point, but he still used Howardâs money
just to piss him off
well Howard ended up dying like 3 years later
Maria survived because fuck you
but Tony never ended up getting any surgeries because he ended up getting busy with the company
he just didnât have time, with all the recovery that goes into it
heâs still on T though!!
mans has tiddies and a beard, the boomers get confused
he tends to keep it more private though
Pepper knows, how could she not?
Pepper is the sole reason Tony survived to adulthood lbr
Peter found out accidentally
Tony got oil on a shirt while fixing one of his machines, and Peter walked in while he had it off
he saw the binder and boyyy was that a surprise
but it totally explained how Tony already knew so much about supporting Peter in his transition
the problem with being an ADHD workaholic??Â
hyperfocusing
when Tony hyperfocuses, he forgets to take off his binder
Jarvis: Sir, you need to take off your binder
Tony: Gimme like five more minutes, I need to finish this
Jarvis: Sir, itâs been 38 hours??
Tony: *already moving onto the next task* Whatâs your point?
his ribs are so fucked
Pepper and Peter remind him too
my boy is a mess
Thor:
this is solely because my nb loml claimed thor as nb and itâs super fucking valid
i love you babe đ„ș
so Thor learned about different genders from Loki
and also from Peter tbh
but Thor LOVED the idea of being in between
it just made him really happy!!
he started using those labels a lot, even though he didnât know much about what they meant
being on Earth more, he started to learn more about them
mostly because they replaced cops at pride (Peterâs idea)
so Thor decided to learn more
he knew he liked boys, that wasnât uncommon on Asgard
gender expression was very open, but that blurred the lines a lot for him
when he got to non-binary, it clicked
âoh that sounds like meâ
âTHATS MEâ
he was excited heâd figured it out
his immediate instinct?
he went to tell Loki
the only problem was Loki was asleep
âLOKI LOKI LOKI-â
âwhat do you wANT-â
âIâM NON-LIBRARY!!â
âWHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN-â
it took like ten minutes for Loki to figure out what he meant
Loki was tired give him a break
he just kinda pushed Thorâs face away and went back to sleep
they talked about it again in the morning
after Loki got some coffee he was more receptive
âI accept you, just please stop waking me up at 2 amâ
Thorâs just trying his best
he doesnât know how to be non-binary though
(there is no right way to be enby though)
so Loki tried a few example sentences using they/them pronouns
Thor LOVED it
so now Thor wanted to use they/them pronouns
Loki isnât a brain cell by any means
but he sure feels like one sometimes
and heâs tired of it
ANYWAYS
Thor announced it to everyone they saw
some people heard it multiple times
âGUYS IâM NON-BINARY!! :Dâ
they were happy for their thude
and Thor wore an enby flag to their first pride!!
now the protector of the lesbians says non-library rights
Loki:
Loki basically always knew he was genderfluid
it just seemed really obvious to him?
he realised he wasnât cis when he was 7
he transformed into a girl for funÂ
and she was like âoh i like this-â
so she experimented with that
and she fucking loved all of them
so she turned back into a boy and went to Frigga
thatâs how he found out about the word genderfluid
so he basically just grew up shapeshifting as much as he wanted
when they eventually went to earth, Loki couldnât shapeshift as much
after he was redeemed, he still needed to be recognisable so they wouldnât think he was to pull a fast one on them
he was uncomfyÂ
Loki stays in his room a lot
he just really doesnât wanna deal with it
he still shapeshifts in private!
Thor ends up being the one to catch on
but he kinda knows that Loki wonât talk to him
so he sends in the spider child!
Loki and Peter have a pretty close bond
so on one of the nights they hang out, itâs a she/her day
and Loki just kinda snapped and went on a bit of a rant
and she ended up coming out to Peter
Loki totally didnât end up crying what do you mean
she just needs a hug
obvs Peter was accepting
he gave her that hug donât worry
this was all on a rooftop eating bad street food jhshkfhjfkhkd
he did ask if he could tell the others, and Loki reluctantly agreed
yeah, the others felt kinda bad
so they ended up compromising!!
Loki could shapeshift, but not into other peopleÂ
and she could wear whatever she wanted
they also gave her bracelets so she could express her pronouns
its a long road
and it takes a long time to build trust
but Loki really does appreciate Thor and Peterâs efforts
Bucky:
trans enby rights. send tweet
letâs jump back to 1930s
Bucky was transitioning before the war
he had the surgeries and was on T
Steve was the only one who really knewÂ
it was right when HRT was starting to become a thing
he was one of the first people to try it
and it worked pretty well!
Bucky passed easily after ~2 years on T
but then he died
RIP Bucky :(
when he comes back as a Hydra agent, they use T supplements to make his body stronger
âJokes on you, I like that shitâ
yeah no the others end up rescuing him from there
but Bucky still takes T
everyone is a bit worried about it
they think heâs still under Hydraâs control
Steve has to explain it (with Buckyâs permission)
but Bucky really starts feeling a disconnect with being a male
itâs mostly due to the trauma from Hydra
he knows heâs not a girl anymore
but he hates the idea of being a boy now
so he has no idea what he is
he ends up drawing the parallel between himself and Thor
but Bucky still sees some masculinity in Thor, which confuses him a LOT
Buckyâs always confused lbr
so he ends up finding the term Agender
and he understands it!! and likes it!!
heâs too nervous to tell the others, so he writes sentences using they/them pronouns
âTheir name is Bucky Barnesâ
âBucky is tired, they need a napâ
âBuckyâs best friend is Steve. Theyâve known Steve since the beginningâ
Bucky is WAY happier with they/them pronouns
the problem is they donât know how to communicate that
even to Steve, theyâre just nervous
Steve ends up finding the paper, which now has over 100 sentences
so the next time theyâre alone, Steve brings it up, and after a little bit of avoiding answering, Bucky tells him about it
Steve is super accepting đ„ș
âDo you want me to tell the others for you?â
âYes please, I have no idea what Iâm doing-â
âI donât think any of us doâ
so Steve lets the others know, and they start using they/them pronouns
Buckyâs IMMEDIATELY so much happier
i just think theyâre neat-
MJ:
MJ isnât cis, fuck you
MJ is a demigirl
and no one even figured it out for the longest time
she kinda groups herself on the more non-binary side
Peter finds out because someone calls her by they/them pronouns
âMJ?? Are you?? Non-binary??â
âNopeâ
âAre you still a girl??âÂ
âNopeâ
after like 20 mins Peter figures it out
and boy is he confused
âWhy didnât you just say it?â
âI couldnât. Gotta keep âem on their toesâ
âWho??â
â:)â
the M in MJ stands for mystery
anyways!!
she switches from lesbian to the term Trixic (NBLW)
MJ goes to pride with Peter and Ned that year
MJ gets a girlfriend there!!
she comes out to her girlfriend upfront. she doesnât feel like waiting
yeah she gets intense
she gets it from her moms
who can blame her
MJ sometimes wears a binder
she wore one on the first day of school, because Peter was nervous about being out (heâd come out over the summer)
MJ will punch transphobes and homophobes
even just for fun tbh
but she wonât do it immediately
she heard someone make a comment about Ned and his boyfriend and waited a few days
and then came out of nowhere
B O N K
the douchebag kinda knew why thoughÂ
in conclusion, MJ is elite
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Dance For Me
Chapter 1
âFinally we are here today to seek and to receive comfort. We would be less than honest if we said that our hearts have not ached over this situation. We are not too proud to acknowledge-
You couldnât take it anymore, just by standing here listening to that preach addressed his departure. Your knees feel weak and your eyes burn, but you refuse to make a scene, taking deep breaths while clenching your fists is helping you calm down.
Still, itâs not enough.
You want to scream again just as you did when you saw his body limp against yours, scratch your arms in attempts of making the pain and hurt go away. To drift your mind from these ugly feelings.
A sick way of coping indeed, teensy bit of self-harm ain't going to kill you. It helps you somehow, preventing yourself from breaking even further in a public place like the cemetery.
Finally, you regain control of yourself and shift back to the preacher. Unfortunately, he concluded, now you have to prepare for the worse. Â
Henry, who is your most precious friend, is dead. His body was being carried away in the concealment of a coffin; he said his last farewell to you early in the morning when you ate breakfast with him, offering your company so he wouldn't feel alone, regain some strength by appreciation itself.
Something was up that morning; the old fart was more talkative than usual and flashed a smile here and there. You are at fault for not noticing from the start. You should have been more perceptive and observant; you are keen on people after all, especially when he gave you that look as if he was parting ways with you. He didnât fight death, accepted it as embracing a hug from an old friend. That thought alone fills your head with doubt.
Was he even happy when he left?
 Did he feel satisfied with the life he lived?
 Were you enough?
 Fuck, you never would've imagined his passing will affect you this much.
<<You old geezer, why were you so kind to me? Why did we let ourselves get attached?>>
The time is near, you will eventually have to confront him with all of these people staring at you, but you need to be strong for sake. You are whatâs left of his loved ones. Linda died long ago. They never had a chance to procreate and bring a new life, Joey went mad or something along those lines.
Just like the rest of the crew, and he didnât make any friends while he was on service for the military. If he did, they were dead. He didnât like to talk about it.
<<I tried to make you happy, make you feel at ease as you did for me>>
Yet he kept secrets from you, of course, you respected his wishes and didnât pry any further.
However, it stung.
<<Now itâs not time to reminisce, thereâs nothing to reminisce for me at the moment>>
They called your name to the front; you ran out of time. Itâs your turn. Is your first time burying someone, yes, you have assisted other burials besides this one, but now you are whoâs lost a loved one. Those past times were favors people close to you had asked a long time ago; they said it felt nice to have somebody there when someone else is missing in their lives. In other words, you were there as comfort. A shoulder they could use to cry and lean on.
Hesitant, you take away from the burierâs grasp his shovel and with a gulp. You start shoveling some dirt into the hole were Henryâs coffin lies.
<<Shit, I canât stop trembling! Come on, stop being a pussy and get over with this!>>
Despite that, your body wouldnât obey, it made you look clumsy. No matter how much you lied to yourself.
You are scared.
After burying Henry, your vision goes black.
Waking up tomorrow morning at home without a clue of how you got there made your mind fuzzy.
How fun.
You try to get up, but end up failing.
âFuuuuuck! Why do I feel like absolute shit! Everything hurts!â These feel just like a hangover. Why does it feel like one? Did you go to a bar once Henryâs funeral ended? How much did you drink?
âEnough to blackout it appears,â You say under your breath. Of course, your dumb ass would go to a bar and get drunk to cope with the pain! An upcoming headache awaits you for being arbitrary, instead of showing apprehension towards the situation and mourn, as you should, your voice of reason zonked out. âI reek of booze. Agh, it stinksâ.
No more addressing what happened yesterday; feeling like trash isn't doing you any good. Henry would have called you out on your bullshit.
"Stop whining like a whore and man up, chum! I'll buy you a drink. Later we can relax and cut you some slack, nothing a magsman like myself can't do".
âOk boomer,â You said in a humdrum tone, at least it made you laugh internally. âlo and behold, this will be a shitty morning-err afternoon, itâs 1 PM, I thought it was too early to be awakeâ.
That means itâs time for brunch.
Must compel your stomach desires, eat a lot little of food. Therefore, you'll have to leave the bed, go downstairs where the kitchen is; you force yourself out of the comfiness that are your covers. So you walk out of the room barefoot towards the kitchen. You open the fridge faking interest with whatever is inside and close it, then repeat, only that this time you pay a little more of attention.
You grab the water pitcher and pour some in a glass, then look for oatmeal and toss three spoonfuls of it at the water, after that you chuck a spoonful of sugar and mix it. A simple drink full of roughage. Itâll suffice for now.
*Clink clink*
Metal hitting porcelain serves you as a white noise to rearrange your thoughts. Yesterday was hectic and had your mind high wire, you were thinking about the old man; how long have you two been friends? Five or six years more or less, you met each other by autumn at a hospital. On that occasion, you were merely an intern in the middle of their practice and had to change sheets, deliver meals, give them their meds and reassure they took them at the time the doctors had said. Like a nurse or carer (the difference itâs you possess more knowledge than one and can prescribe medication, it was also part of your duty as a trainee assisting the doctors with whatever you could). Thatâs how both of you came face to face with.
Mr. Stein was sick and injured. He needed to tend some wounds since they required special treatment. Battle scars, you didnât know at the time, however, as days passed, you became close to him, he told you how he got them; the biggest can be found on his back. Â
Unfortunately, a sharp pain arose, preventing you from wandering further in the past. You had forgotten about your headache, which itâs more noticeable now, you are sure there arenât any pills left.
âI ainât leaving being this crappy, besides I donât feel like moving right nowâŠâ Your eyelids are heavy and keeping them open, itâs such a pain, so you shut âem in hopes of relaxing for a little bit. Leaning your back on the kitchen island while drinking your beverage, its coldness helping you somehow with the throb.
Once again, your mind wanders.
Thanks to it, you know where to find some ibuprofen.
âAre these the ones?â You asked while holding a box for him to see, squinting Henry finally recognized the packet.
âWhatâs it called again?â He questioned, rubbing his head to ease the ache a bit. His voice raspy because of a dry throat. His normal soft tone replaced by a croaky. Heâs clearly suffering. Â
âIbuprofen.â You read aloud as youâve been asked and turn back to look at him.
âYup, thatâs the one, lass. I know Iâve bothered you enough, but could you serve me a glass of water?â
âYou old coot, not a bother at all. Iâll be back with your water in a jiffyâ.
The pills are somewhere inside Henryâs studio. You can do that, going upstairs isnât as demanding as buying them, cuz leaving home means changing clothes that look presentable and arenât dirty. Henceforth, you donât feel in the mood for seeing the outside.
âI should stop thinking of how lazy I am and look for those medsâŠâ Talking to yourself itâs quite common, so you ainât no stranger to these situations.
Therefore, you took a break from your bullshit and went upstairs where Henry Stein used to draw; he passed most of his time in there, secluded from the outside world, before military service, he worked at an animation studio owned by the man he once considered his best friend, Joey Drew was his name if your memory doesnât fail you.
Your friend called him a bastard, never explained why only responded by saying: âHe lost his mind.â
Nevertheless, Henry kept drawing cartoons, and sometimes, he would let you watch him sketch and answered your questions. He carried on with his old comics he left unfinished long ago. The same he had drawn back thirty years ago. The main characters are three little fellas: Bendy, Alice Angel, and Boris. Henry said they animated their adventures and later on, added side characters. The Butcher Gang, if you recall, also consists of a trio: Charley, Barley, and Edgar.
When Henry started storytelling, you felt like a kid back again, he couldâve marked your childhood just as the rest of animators who made those toons while you were a child. Oh, how you treasured these memories, youâll never forget the time you spent together.
Evoking past times has helped to soothe your headache an itty-bitty, yet you still need to find the ibuprofen.
âWhere could it beâŠâ You asked to no one, hoping the walls may respond, even though itâll never happen.
Seeking everywhere you soon turned the room upside down, papers on the floor resembling a carpet, art supplies rolling across the table (pencils, colors, pens, paintbrushes, blending stumps, etc.) and some books based on anatomy and animation were disorganized on their bookshelves. It all ended after you opened a drawer (this one didnât need your touch, it was already a disorder) and found what you were looking for, and because of your rashness, more papers fell on the floor.
âDamn, what a messâŠâ You muttered under your breath a little irritated with yourself for being so careless while searching. You collected the papers and put them in order back again one by one, because of it you grew curious and read some of them, a letter grabbed your attention.
It was one of those fancy letters with a seal and all (what does it say? Seems of importance).
You donât consider yourself nosy, just interested in its contents.
<<From Joey Drew? Huh, looks like your old buddy send you his salutations after all this time>>
Oh, you had no idea.
Henry knew about the letter, he already read it and did as they told him. The old studio where they used to make dreams come true transformed into a living hell.
âDEAR HENRY
IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME AGO SINCE WE WORKED ON CARTOONS TOGETHER.
30 YEARS REALLY SLIPS AWAY, DOESNâT IT?
IF YOU ARE BACK IN TOWN, COME VISIT THE OLD WORKSHOP.
THEREâS SOMETHING I NEED TO SHOW YOU.
YOUR BEST PAL, JOEY DREWâ.
You finished reading the letter.
*Snrk*
Well shit.
Did you just read a confession or a love letter? Why not both? You donât know why, but it feels like one.
âOkay, letâs stop right there. I canât make jokes on circumstances as these onesâ.
What could be so urgent for Joey to write a letter after thirty years of silence?
Should you investigate?
<<The letter couldâve been sent years ago! Henry surely read it; otherwise, it wouldnât be inside a drawer of his studio, though thereâs a possibility he didnât, I doubt it. He must have seen his friend has written message>>
Okay, sure. Letâs suppose he didnât pay any mind to the damn thing, you can pretend, now the real issue itâs the location. Joey Drew Studios must be closed (or broken down into pieces, you didnât know if they decided to demolish the whole building).
âWake up ___! Face reality, you shouldnât be fantasizing, this ainât some silly story with you as a heroineâŠinstead of wasting my time, I shall swallow that damn pill and take some zzzâsâ.
You left Henryâs solace and went to bed once again after you swallowed the pill with some water. A dreamless sleep greeted you.
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Bendyâs POV
âăäč'äž ă ăźćäčâ.
Even though he should be celebrating, the Inkarnate canât seem to find any joy in his being, no emotion tried to overtake him. Why? He doesnât feel anything. True, he may not possess all the emotions a human has, but anger, joy, sadness, and hysteria werenât unbeknownst him. Thereâs no satisfaction nor sorrow towards his creatorâs death, not even an ounce of regret. Ok no, he wonât sense any guilt for what happened to Henry, he deserved to die just as much as Joey, but he was grasping straws in here!
Howâs it possible to not perceive the slightest of emotion within himself?
The Ink Demon was turning apathetic in regards to the subject; he didnât have an answer as to why. One thing heâs sure of, his world turned dull no longer exciting as he thought.
It was as if the little dancing demon had opened his eyes for the first time, after all those years blinded by the dripping ink, before that, he only saw what his mind showed him. He finally realized how monochromatic his world truly is.
All is black and white for the demonâs eyes.
A wave of indifference invades his mind and his mind is fuzzy, he dissolves into his inky form and rests.
However, not for much.
â-aHahaHAhahaHahaHAhaha!â
Alice.
That bitch.
He despises her nearly as much as those liars, yet the little devil darling couldnât give a damn about her right now. Let her laugh all she wants as the malady sheâs. The Angel probably got the word, celebrating, unlike him.
Immersing himself even more inside the ink, he foundâŠpeace. He can work with that, serenity aids his jumbled thoughts; darkness envelopes him and swallows his body whole.
<<In the endâŠI feel empty. Is this how revenge itâs supposed to be like?>>
He canât respond to that, how could he? He doesnât even know whatâs life supposed to feel like.
<<Their imagination cursed us all with life, they couldnât take responsibility for their actions and show us how to drive through it>>
Back when he was the small little imp everybody loved, there were all kind of colors, unlike now. The studio felt warm in contrast to all the ink that surrounds it now.
The remains of those old days lurk inside the deep abyss as ink creatures, husks who replaced the humans that worked here.
Thinking about it got him tired, Bendy finds himself drifting from consciousness, heâs falling asleep.
âWas it worth it?â
<<Again that cunt>> Despite his thoughts, the Inkarnate didnât feel irascible towards the narcissist woman. Actually, there isnât much for him to perceive.
Sheâs not in here, she wouldnât dare to step a foot on his domain. The wench had the nerve of placing her cutouts and posters; he destroyed a few just as she did the same. She is communicating with him using a damaged poster with her face.
âI know you can hear me, demon, donât fake pretend.â
âWăïŸ ăăź ïŸăźăČ áïŸć°șäč?â He hopes to scare her, even though he knows it wonât work while using his beast form for some reason his speech turns nightmarish. Yet he doesnât wield it often because of how difficult is controlling his instincts. Thoughts become more primal, talking itâs hard after a few hours transformed in it gets tiring, and he canât measure his own force. He favors his inky form best: practical and gets the job done.
âI donâtâ. So sheâs just shitting with him, insufferable.
âThen why ask?â
âSpirit of inquiry. Your relationship intrigues me, up there in Heaven, we get curious as to why you didnât kill him yourself. And donât even try to justify your actions. You had many opportunities. The little errand boy nearly ends up killing you, he tried the same with meâ.
After listening to what the Angel had to said, his permanent smile turned slowly into a frown. Itâs never a good thing when the Lord ainât wearing one.
ââŠâ
âWell?â
The fallen angel is laughing at him.
âNot even you know the reason behind your acts of mercy!â He remains silent, itâs not like sheâs wrong, the little devil does not why he was so resilient with Henry.
After that fiasco, she left him be.
Thanks to Aliceâs short visit, Bendy finds questioning why she dropped by. They hate one another, true. She has eyes here and there, but itâs to keep him in line, so he wonât cross an inky limb on her domain. Unlike the female cartoon, he does not have any cutouts, posters, plushies, or ink servants near her place. He wants nothing to do with her. Thatâs why he finds it so unusual, itâs not like her.
UnlessâŠ
She fancies something he has.
<<If that bitch knows whatâs good for her, she wonât be picking her nose in my business>>
Later heâll do his rounds throughout the studio, maybe, the imp will find what sheâs searching before she does, whatever it may be, he wonât let her have it.
Heâll make sure of it.
Who knows what her deranged mind has planned; heâs tired of the gruesome scenery this place is in, corpses all around, clones of his olâ friend bring back unsavory images from the past. Oh, Lawrence, heâs a madman, made satanic circles as a way of showing his devotion towards the black devil. Thanks to Sammy, he has eyes in nearly the entire place.
Yes, heâs aware the musician itâs alive, but Sammy Lawrence continues being of use for him.
<<Iâll take care of him when I wake upâŠ>>
Heâs exhausted. However, he stays on his beast form sunken in ink.
The demonâs slumber itâs a peaceful oneâŠ
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   Until you enter his kingdom.
 An animalistic rumble shakes the tinted walls.
 Heâs coming for you.
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Three days.
You paced on the issue for three days, until you finally had an answer.
âIâm gonna pay a visit to your olâ pal, maybe heâs still aliveâŠor notâŠâ You lowered your voice in the last part; Henry called Joey a bastard and accused him of being mentally unstable, you trust his word, but what ifâŠwhat if he changed? Thereâs a possibility he redeemed himself and went through a rehabilitation process to help him with his instability.
<<I need to look for the address and from there Iâll see what can be done>>
You googled âJoey Drew Studiosâ on your phone and within seconds Google Maps showed up, you were going to click at it, but then something catches your eye.
An article and itâs quite old.
âJoey Drew Studios, also known as the workshop. Is an American corporation and an animation studio of the Bendy franchise, established in 1929.
Founded by Joey Drew and Henry Stein in an unknown full date other than the year of 1929, Joey Drew Studios is located at Broadway, Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
In 1946, Joey Drew Studios was under investigation after reports of hazardous work environments, missing employees, harassment, and excessive back pay, as well the company's danger of being bankrupt, all of which are a result of Joey's mismanagement of the studio. Anonymous employees threatened to make labor unions over the poor conditions, which included unpermitted buildings, hazardous electrical wiring, and a plumbing system prone to bursting. In addition, there were excessive work hours, most of which were unpaid and several animators were unable to see their families in weeks, after being threatened with disciplinary action and termination if they were unable to finish animations on tight schedules.
There were reports of barricaded offices, employees locked up in work spaces, and complaints of crazy malfunctioning machinery. Despite the evidence against the company, Joey Drew remained firm that the studio has done nothing wrong, calling the accusations "preposterous" and "ridiculous", dismissing them as either complaint from menial employees, or feeble attempts by competing studios to discredit Joey.
On August 16, 1959, the law firm known as Snooks, Spitner and Snooks sued Joey Drew, having heard the rumors of Joey's mismanaging of his own workers. 12 days later, the studio was closed down in accordance to legal regulation 11 U.S Code § 1125 (which forbids the misrepresentation of legally established companies) as evident by the bankruptcy report found in Joey's apartment, as well as health and safety concerns directly by the mention of a health and safety board meeting schedule found in the appointment lobby.â
Oof.
<<Thatâs a lot to take in>>
Why the fuck would Henryâs friend would want to meet at that nightmare show? Has he learned nothing after all this years? And not only that, the sucker itÂŽs/was an abusive prick with his employees!
<<Man, you werenât joking>>
You fear a screw lose isnât Joeyâs only problem.
<<He sounds like an asshole, I donât want to put up with his shit...Iâve got enough dealing with people like him on a daily basis. Sure, not everyone itâs an ass and thereâs some decent/kind people out there, but handling jerks as the likes of him tires me out>>
Sometimes you arenât the most patient person, it all depends. But this whole ordeal itâs too much for you.
<<The studio is in the big city, New York itâs fucking expensive. I donât have the money for travelling that far, Iâll have to bid on my savings and package supplies for the journey>>
Crap. Three days and you didnât think all of this through! How can you be so stupid?!
Now this looks like one of those impulsive decisions you take for being careless and inattentive.
<<How could Henry put up with me when not even I can stand myself?!>>
You need an adult, thatâs what you ought to have beside you.
Your life is such a mess sometimesâŠ
âBefore spending money on my idiocy I should read more and prepare myself.â You mutter angrily to yourself.
Thatâs exactly what you did the next two days, finally you are ready for departing.
You grab your backpack and the carâs keys. âCellphone in the front pocket, all thatâs left is open the door, lock it and call Abby, easy.â
During those two days you made a few calls and went up for gas, it was going to be a long trip from Miami to New York. Sure, it ainât that extensive, but youâll be driving by yourself for approximately 20 hours. A place to stay, money, gasoline and food are big girlâs problems. Not counting the money youâll spend on a cheap motel to rest your head.
âThat or make a few stops on gas stationsâŠmaybe sleeping in the car wonât be that badâŠâ The good thing is you have options; you arenât tied solely to one alternative. Â
<<Abby wonât charge me for doing me this favor, another plus>>
Sheâll guard the house in your absence and will call if any emergency transpires.
Now, you are free to go.
<<I hope I made a good decision doing this>>
The first 8 hours were a torment, bored and your ass felt numb of sitting for that long, the last time you remained that still was in high school, since you made your schedule. Your feet hurt just as your arms did. You made a stop for eating and going to the bathroom, after that another 8 hours.
Overall, the journey was relaxing, while driving you admired the views offered to you, savoring each sight. It helped you keeping away some melancholy.
You miss Henry, no matter how much you tried to distract yourself with this excursion of yours, the emptiness stays in the back of your mind.
Your wounds are still fresh, you havenât mourned properly, because you donât want to. Thatâs why you are doing this, to keep yourself busy so you wonât think about it. You need it, you ainât prepared for it yet.
Soon youâll be.
After a short nap (before that you made many stops, âcuz youâre a whining bitch who ainât strong enough to control her fucking bladder), you started driving again. You have three or four hours left on the road.
Time to listen some music, you activate Bluetooth and connect your phone to the carâs stereo, finally you found a song of your liking in Spotify and play it. You spent the rest of the trip singing along; sometimes youâll speed up a little bit on the spur of the moment.
Soon you got to your destination, didnât waste time changing clothes, you collapsed on the bed in the motel and slept for an hour. After that, you washed yourself and got ready for visiting Joey Drew.
âHere goes nothingâŠâ
You regret already coming here, silly you just ruined a change of clothes! Why is there so much ink? Youâll never get out the ink of your shoes, fuck! You have been here for less than ten minutes and all went to shit for you! It doesnât help this place keeps giving you the heebies-jeebies! Every time you take a step on the creaky wooden floor it feels as if someone is following you, like a slithering sound. The ink splashes keep creeping you out, if it wasnât black you would think itâs blood, Jesus Christ.
<<Thank God, the lights still work; it would make this place spookier if they didnât>>
As you venture further deeper into the studio, a beast rumbles, shaking everything around you, more ink drops fall.
At that momentâŠ
âŠyou knew you fucked up.
So you hide.
Your mind provides you one last thought before going high drive
âWHY ARE YOU RUNNING?! WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?!â
<<FUUU-
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when to shutcho bitchass up.
so i had this long ass reply as i was about to reblog a haikyuu writerâs response to a hate ask but i had to eat lunch, and my wifiâs acting up so it all got deleted. but anyway, after lurking in the shadows for god knows how long, i decided to speak up about this on-going issue of hate being poorly masked as âconstructive criticismâ.Â
it doesnât just happen on haikyuu blogs, like, every fandom has it. and it saddens me because iâve seen the greatest blogs out here just vanish into thin air (or has gone on hiatus and never returned/archived the blog/deactivated) for getting hate that they absolutely do not deserve. nobody does. nobody needs that hate; not now not ever. most often than not, there are people who hide behind the anon feature in asks. but i guess some people lately have now learned how to own up to their own mistakes; and yes, everyoneâs opinion is valid, is welcome to be entertained; however the way you word these things out also matters. itâs just like when someone writes something, you know? why do you get to complain, âyour writing suckxzâ when you canât even write down why you think so? lol gtfo. people can interpret your words in however way they want, and thatâs the one thing you cannot control. so at least, when you attempt to apologize for something you âdidnât mean toâ or âwas just a jokeâ, at least make it sound like you mean it. if you want your opinion to be taken seriously, learn how to say it with manners.
anyway, this post will be terribly long, probably longer than the shit iâve ever written anywhere lmao. some of the things iâll say here might come off as redundant but because the same thing happens over and over again, what else would you expect?
Exhibit A:Â âconstructive criticismâ does not mean, or shall never be equated to âhateâ
if you go around tumblr, there are tons of posts which educate people how to properly write a critique, how to decently and reasonably critic someoneâs work, whether it be in the form of writing, or digital art, etc. even if you type âconstructive criticismâ on that google search bar, tons of websites are going to tell you how to do it, so it really is unacceptable to use âitâs constructive criticismâ as an excuse when all youâve said is âyour writing sucksâ. literally, how can âconstructive criticismâ go from âyouâre not even a good writer, why the hype?â to âyouâre too positive, too fake, if youâre sad, show that youâre sad.â that ainât it chief. constructive criticism is given to the works of a content creator, not directed at the content creator itself.
ever heard of the sandwich method? yeah, yummy and easy, right? basically it means, you start it off with the positive things about the content creator, then the negative ones in the middle, then reinforce them at the end. okay, iâll repeat that here, let me break it down if that isnât enough for cute little noggins to understand:
tell the content creator what made you hooked on their works in the first place. what made you indulge in all that deliciously free content, that has brought you to tears, to laughs, to orgasm. you donât necessarily have to praise them, but acknowledge that youâre aware of what theyâre doing and how it is, or how their progress is so far.
now here comes the critique part. this where the âhoweverâ and the âbutâ words come in, to transition from (for example) âyour way with words is breathtakingâ to âsometimes i feel theyâre too much to digest all at onceâ. get it? pinpoint to the content creator just exactly what aspects in their current state do you wish they could improve on, or areas do you think they are lacking or weak, so to speak. be concise, be comprehensive, be nice.
lastly, my favorite part, is you give them tips or advice or just a fucking hint how you think they can achieve the things you said from #2. even if you know or assume that theyâd understand your point, or âitâs their job to find it out by themselvesâ... well, a little input or jumpstart wouldnât hurt, would it? so from the example, âyour way with words is breathtakingâ to â(however) sometimes i feel theyâre too much to digest all at onceâ you end it with a, âi think or why donât you try doing so, and this, and that,â
lemme go back to the âitâs their job to find it out by themselvesâ aha, news flash honey: this isnât their job. itâs their way of enjoyment, their leisure, their free time that they use up just to bring out free content for lots of people like you to indulge in. most people come here, or on ao3, or basically anywhere where you can post your work, just for fun. you cannot be demanding, thatâs why they have their rules and all, but i digress. content creators feed on feedback, and feedback alone. i hope you have an idea how something as simple as âasdflkjshdlsâ in the tags can bring a phat smile to a content creatorâs face, what more, if itâs something coherent. just fucking keyboard smash is a boost to their confidence (trust me, itâs very fun knowing that how âasdfgjklâ i was when writing something, is the same as the âasdfgjklâ the readers had when reading)
this sandwich method thing doesnât only apply to this certain situation. in fact, this is an effective means of communicating your point across to people in school, at work, and even in the comforts of your home. right?Â
didnât you feel bad when your teacher returned your paper to you and just said, âi gave you that grade just becauseâ and nothing more? or when that classmate of yours said, âno, i donât like this idea. think up of something elseâ for a project? didnât you ever question them, âwhy, and on what basis?âÂ
how about, when your boss returned your report, only saying, ârevise thisâ but what is âthisâ? sure, there are bosses who do this to try to teach their employees to find things out and find solutions on their own, but you cannot deny that some are just being disgustingly rude about it.Â
how about at home you say? well... remember that time when your parents compared you to their friendsâ children, or even compared you among your own siblings? or that time you were lashed out on? actually, you know, what, iâm sorry for bringing this up, as light as this was worded out, some people might get triggered simply from those two phrases i put out. however, i will address this issue next.
Exhibit B: you donât know the people you are talking to, therefore you do not know what they are going through
you canât say, âoh, youâre all just so sensitiveâ or âitâs just an opinionâ when clearly, this (tw: depression, suicide, family issues, gender and sexuality, body positivity, etc) topics is/are sensitive to most content creators, to most people. some brush it off fine, and take a while to reach their boiling point, but not everyoneâs like that. you canât tell people how they should react to your random spewing of hate. each person has their own level of tolerance, so donât go off and assume that everybody online is the same and grew from the same fucking tree.Â
some or most people use writing/drawing/etc. as a means to cope with what shit life has thrown at them; and then you, being so stupidly ignorant, just waltz in and drop that bomb on what possibly, could be the only ray of sunlight they have in their life, especially now in this bleak year.Â
receiving anon-hate or hate-asks should not be the norm. it is not and never will be okay. i thought you were here to critic their work, why even joke about something that could have been personal to someone? why even joke about these kinds of things in the first place? why even bring up something that might have been a personal issue when all you had to do was critic their work?Â
my god, stop acting like a boomer already. tbh the audacity of some people here, idk. if youâre not going through anything at all, then may god/brahma/allah/whichever supreme being you believe in or whatever good karma it is, bless you.Â
itâs not that one should sympathize, or, it isnât also expected of people to full on empathize, but a little respect goes a long way. why donât we try to put ourselves in the shoes of the person weâre about to send that hate-ask to. if not us, how about that close friend whoâs easy to bring to tears, or mom, or cousin? wouldnât it be aggravating? wouldnât it be painful?
well... who am i to assume, i donât even know you. get it?
just please, acknowledge that everyone here is human. they have emotions, they have their own thoughts, they have their own lives outside of the screen. how they choose to portray themselves here has nothing to do with you. how they choose to react to that hate ask doesnât have to do with anything you should concern yourself with.Â
LET PEOPLE ENJOY THINGS. LET PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIFE THEIR OWN WAY, both virtual and in reality.Â
i know this post wonât get too far, but i have had enough of seeing the nicest people, who just wanted to express their creativity and share the happiness and the fun, be put down just because of unnecessary hate. i hope those people who send those in never get to experience that, or if they have, i hope they understand that doing so to others isnât going to change anything about themselves.
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More Than Human: Chapter 6 Liveblog!
ITâS THE BEACH CHAPTER ASKHDFGHJKL!!!!!!!!!
The Professor going all overprotective!Dad IâM CACKLING. IF ONLY YOU KNEW PROFESSOR HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. This is a running gag throughout the story AND I LOVE IT!
What the hell is beach blanket bingo? O.o
Awww Bubbles is still waving back that cutie
....and then jumping right into bikini mode BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Be more obvious Blossom. I dare you.
Butch snorted. âNaw, heâs here. Wandering around the beach, all âdark and lonely as a cloud,â or some shit like that.â
BUTCH QUOTING A WILLIAM WORDSWORTH POEM LIKE W H A T HOW THO
A small part of me wants to know what the Greens were drawing in the sand. A very small part.
The wind whipped Brickâs open shirt around him as he walked.
LMFAO you can totally tell how much fun SBJ had writing this chapter hehehehe.
Flirting face? That was flirting?? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAÂ Â Â Â
Warning: A polite Butch makes another appearance.   Â
Oh my god stay away from the food Blossom no one needs food poisoning or the fire department.
Poor Boomer drooling all over the burgers hahahaha
Brick issued her a weird look. She rolled her eyes and stood up, and in a blur of blue Brick was at the grill with the tongs in his hand.
He blinked. âWhat the-â
âGet grillinâ,â Bubbles chirped, guiding his hand to flip over the patties.
Boomer looked distraught at the physical contact. âHey! First you take my burger duties and now you take my girl?â
"I didnât think I was anybodyâs girl,â Bubbles said innocently.
âYou can have her,â Brick muttered under his breath. All the same, he didnât bat her hand away.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I love how Bubbles just does not care what Brick thinks or wants she just takes control and forces him to follow suit. Bubbles/Brick 5ever <3Â Â Â Â Â
All the little Bubbles/Brick moments *_* MY HEART IS SINGINGÂ Â Â Â Â
âOf course you have a choice,â Brick scoffed. âYou choose to be a dirty hippie and not eat meat.â
Bubbles pouted. âIâm not dirty.â
âWouldnât object to it,â Boomer said under his breath.
"Was that a sex joke?â Blossom asked, narrowing her eyes at him. âDid you just make a sex joke at my sister?â
Iâm lmfao @ Bubbles being bothered because of the dirty part and not caring about the rest xD Also, protective!Blossom yayyyy :D
All the guys waiting for the moment    Â
Even BRICK is ogling Buttercup like HAH!Â
âDude.â He gasped. âButtercup, your arms are so cut Iâm not even staring at your tits.â
BEST. PICKUP. LINE. IN. THE. HISTORY. OF. EVER.Â
Blossom having to literally get banned from home ec tho xDÂ Â Â Â
I will always always always LOVE how expertly SBJ combines humor with well-placed exaggeration. Itâs so fucking hard to get comedy right on paper but this whole story is COMEDY GOLDâŠespecially this chapter.  Â
A bit O.o and not totally convinced Blossom could ever beat Buttercup in a sport tbh. Â
And the tables have turned AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAÂ Â Â
A SHIRTLESS BRICK FINALLY APPEARS HALLELUJAH PRAISE THE LORDÂ Â Â Â
âHey!â Boomer cried. âI donât have a shirt on, either!â
âGood for you.â Bubbles said cheerfully. Boomer didnât seem comforted by this.
Poor Boomer xDÂ
Brick gaped at her. âYou owe me a new shirt!â
âWe can go get one now.â Buttercup said without skipping a beat. âWant to?â
So Buttercup and Butch have more in common than youâd think xD Â Â
Buttercup perked up. âYes, volleyball. Some hot, sweaty volleyball. Doesnât that sound refreshing?â
Something clicked in Butchâs brain. âHey! Cut that out!â
âWhat? Iâm just saying-â
âYouâre not allowed to find my brother hot!â
"Excuse me?â Blossom lowered her hat and glared. âWho are you to cast stones?â
Very valid point, Blossom. Also, LOL @ that âsomethingâ that suddenly clicked in Butchâs brain.
âButtercup!â Butch snapped. âHis fucking face is up here!â
âYeah, thatâs cool.â she said distractedly, not staring at his face at all. âFaces are cool. Iâve got one of those.â
LMFAO YEA FACES ARE COOL BUT ABS ARE BEAUTIFUL SO SHHHH. And Butch being so obviously pissed off the second Buttercup started showing her blatant lust over Brick is everythinggggg :D
Holy shit Brickâs gonna blow a fuse after this fightâs over
I know Brick wants the fighter destroyed because of the data it could collect on him and his brothers but is he also trying to...protect the girls?
Blossomâs suspicious
....or not
âButch, fire,â he said, and in a blast of green there was nothing but ash between Blossomâs hands.
Butch is Brickâs to-go-to guy.
So Brick can basically do anything and everything right? Sure...
Damn that was...harsh. Who the fuck is Darius? And why do I already miss the previous JS even though he was never really physically introduced in the story?
Leave it to Brick to be the only one whoâs miserable that theyâre staying xD
Bubbles/Buttercup sisterly moment awwww <3
Dâawww @ Buttercup and Bubbles already missing the boys.
He took her to fucking Hawaii. To talk. On their surfboards. In the middle of the ocean. AT FUCKING SUNSET. BE STILL MY BEATING HEART BECAUSE THIS SCENE IS EVERYTHING.
LOL @ the total inner PANIC!! mode Buttercup goes into when she thinks Butch wants to tell her he likes her. Been there girl. I feel ya.
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate how Butch is the first of the boys to tell their counterpart that they work for Evil Corp? THATâS how much he trusts her. BABIES.
âSo what are you going to do about it?â he asked, his gaze as dark as the night sky. Now there was light in them, though. Funny how his eyes wouldnât reflect sunlight, but moonlight lit them up something fierce.
Funny how you keep noticing his eyes, Buttercup :â) *whistles innocently*
Blues are too cute walking on the beach holding hands *_*
âThatâs really cool.â
âYeah?â Butchâs voice drifted along the water, gentler than the waves that rocked them. Their hands floated close enough to touch, but neither reached for the other.
GENTLER THAN THE WAVES AND CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH I AM SCREAMING OH MY GODDDDD!!!!!!
"Hey, you canât tell anybody else,â he suddenly said.
"What do you think I am, stupid?â she scoffed. âDonât worry about it. I got you.â
He raised himself up on his elbows to stare at her. She kept her eyes on the sky, and, after a while, he laid back down.
A second later he kicked her board over, sending her rolling into the water, and he laughed as she sputtered and snarled and dragged him in after her.
Her âI got youâ is so genuine and trusting that it actually makes Butch stop and stare. STOP AND STARE. And the next thing he does? In typical Butch fashion, he ruins the moment by doing something dumb. Thatâs not because heâs Butch and thatâs what he does but itâs because itâs Butch and heâs shocked that she isnât beating his ass or flying off to tell her sisters and she actually just gets him and itâs nice. Thatâs why he ruins the moment. Because itâs nice and heâs not used to having nice things or nice moments or normal (kinda) functioning relationships with anyone. I AM EATING THIS UP LIKE CANDY OKAY.
Yup, Blossom is definitely suspicious.
GO RUIN YOUR LIFE AND READ THIS FLAWLESS FIC ASAP. You wonât regret it!
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other generations angry about millennials killing industries.
but seriously, those industries often deserve to be killed.
lets look at the list, shall we?
(i am drawing from this list right here: http://mashable.com/2017/07/31/things-millennials-have-killed/#hwO45tc0RZqb )
1. Beer: well, i guess the prohibitionists would be happy with us
2. J. Crew: (i didnât even know the brand existed. i buy everything from salvation army, because i canât afford new or expensive clothing)
3. Department stores: seriously, why would i go there? the entire point of such a place is to bombard you with so may advertisements and options that you feel compelled to buy what you canât afford. I can get what i need from the internet, thank you.
4. Motorcycles: They are unsafe and impractical. i know this will rub motorcycle users the wrong way, but the fact of the matter is, they have very little in terms of safety features, cars donât tend to see you in the road (the gorilla effect), and they donât have enough carrying capacity to justify their use. also, the particular article it linked to said Harley-Davidson is complaining, and i say screw you, none of your stupid motorcycles have mufflers i donât want to hear you from half way across the planet.
5. Diamonds: literally just pretty rocks, made out of one of the most common elements on the planet. their price is vastly inflated artificially by those who sell them. if i want to impress or attract a girl, i am most certainly NOT going to waste my cash on something useless to her. itâs hard enough to earn money as it is without spending it on freaking diamonds.
6. Golf: WHO THE HELL CARES ABOUT GOLF!?! itâs not even really that fun. Miniature golf can be fun on occasion, but mostly because of the set pieces. but regular golf? also, if you wanted anyone to actually pity the golf industry, maybe you shouldnât keep TAKING LAND FROM PEOPLE WHO COULD USE IT MUCH BETTER
7. Bar Soap: meh. itâs just easier to use other kinds of soap. no hard feelings
8. college football: i am not wasting my money to watch a bunch of idiots throw a poor excuse for a âballâ and repeatedly smack into each other.
9. Lunch (?): ok, i donât actually know what this one is about, or even how one would go about measuring this. and the article seemed to be broken, so i couldnât find out. Do they mean less people are attending restaurants for lunch? because if that is the case, my parents literally told me to do exactly that, because making lunches at home is cheaper, and not much is added to the experience having lunch elsewhere. so yeah, i donât think the problem is millennials here.
10. McDonalds: Ew. Next
11. Vacations: ok, so apparently this is about how millennials donât take as many vacations because they are spending to much time working, making baby boomers and other generations feel guilty about vacationing? ok, for one thing, if you are feeling guilty about vacationing because some guys in their 20s arenât doing it, maybe the guilt is actually coming from a different source. secondly, WE. ARE. NOT. RETIRED. heck, many of us were only recently able to get a job because the previous generations SCREWED UP THE ECONOMY. so no, we arenât taking vacations as much as you, because WE CANâT FREAKING AFFORD TO FALL INTO DEBT, IDIOTS
12. Paper Napkins: shouldnât this be a good thing? like, yay we arenât wasting paper needlessly any more? yay save the trees? i dunno
13. cars: expensive. Expensive to buy. expensive to rent. expensive gas. if i live in a place with public transportation (which i do), you can be sure as hell i am using THAT (which i am) rather than a car (which i am not)
14. crowdfunding: um, i may be wrong, but didnât we start that? i think we have a right to destroy what we created.
15. wine: no, wine is always going to be around. as long as there are Catholics, there will be wine.
16. Wine corks: those things are freaking deadly. look it up.
17. toyota scion: never heard of it. next
18. fabric softener: i heard it ruins clothes, and my clothes are plenty soft already. also, my mom never used it, so why should i?
19: marriage: OK NOW IF YOU WANT MILLENNIALS TO LIKE MARRY EACH OTHER MAYBE YOU SHOULD MODEL HEALTHY MARRIAGES YOURSELVES. seriously. basically every friend i have has had at least one either abusive or neglectful parent, and many of their parents are divorced. if you wanted us to value marriage, maybe you should have gotten your FUCKING SHIT TOGETHER BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED. my mom married a guy because âhe made me laughâ, only to find out he was an evangelical atheist who kept trying to convert her from Catholicism for the next 20 years. it ended up screwing up literrally everything. because of him, my mom banned freaking Harry Potter from the household because they had a year and a half long fight over it. I even gave my dad a solution that would allow it into the house (i would âproofreadâ every book before giving it to my sisters), but NOOOO he had to WIN the STUPID ARGUMENT. he could NOT JUST LET IT GO. so yeah, i am not surprised that my generation doesnât want to get fucking married. the only reason why i am still considering it is because part of me just wants to prove i can be a better husband and father than my dad.
20. McWrap: again, ew. next
21. Handshakes: i donât know about everyone else, but as an autistic touching people is FUCKING WEIRD.
22. Canadian tourism industry: what. i didnât realize that was a thing.
23. light yogurt: just because we canât afford it doesnât mean we donât like it. i personally like light yogurt. it is just too expensive.
24. gambling: we are not idiots. we know we arenât going to win anything. we never do
25. hotels. well, given that most of us canât afford to travel, this is not surprising at all.
26. relationships: see 19
27: marmalade: such an unpleasant word. iâm not eating that
28. running: i live in southern california. i am not running around outside, thank you.
29. cereal: i donât eat breakfast. itâs enough work to just roll out of bed and stubble to the bus stop.
30. anti-aging industry: anyone who is complaining about this clearly needs to read Tuck Everlasting, or The Forests of Silence, or Tolkien's story of the Fall of Numenor, or The Farthest Shore. Immortality sucks, man. i donât want it.
31. Buffalo wild wings: yeah, i totally want to fill my stomach with THAT greasy mess.
32. focus groups: ???how???
33. travel marketing: still canât afford to travel, man.
34. working: nah, you just wonât hire us
35. credit: we arenât idiots, we know banks will try to screw us over
36. trees: so apparently this is because we wonât give up books for a kindle. WELL EXCUSE US FOR NOT KILLING THE BOOK INDUSTRY>
37. The American Dream: i think by now it has become clear who did that.
38. America: *hint* itâs not us, itâs those idiots who bought houses they couldnât afford, and then through a tantrum when the banks charged interest on their loans, causing an economic collapse. also wallstreet. fuck those guys
39. Democracy: so, this is about how we donât protest any more. you know why we donât? because we have found that every single time we do, somebody goes âdamn millennials and their radical ideas. it was ok when we did it in the 60s, but not nowâ. you want us to rally and protest, but only for the things YOU want to see.
40. Home Depot: meh. lowes is better.
41. Self-Pity: well, this is a gross misinterpretation of statistics. we feel bad for ourselves because YOU ALL FUCKING SCREWED US OVER
42. the 2016 election: that was not our fault. who did you give us to choose from? lets see, most of them were either highly intelligent but under-qualified, or extremely qualified but also untrustworthy, or downright insane. in the end, it was down to three candidates: a misogynist clown, a snake, and a guy who wanted to give everyone free college education. Yâall chose the snake and the clown. just saying.
43. consumerism: duh
44. suits: who cares
45. dinner dates: my experience working at a bakery might indicate otherwise.
46. movies: so we canât afford to attend. sue us
47. sex: we are having less sex because we arenât idiots and we know what sex does and we have better things to do than to drop everything to raise a family while we are still going to college. by now there are enough stories floating around of condoms that just failed to work, and frankly i do not want to be responsible for any girlfriend i might have getting an abortion because we both know we canât afford to have a child. so guess what? abstinence
48. gyms: why would you pay to go to a place and sweat? you can walk outside to do that.
49. serendipity: nah, you killed it. see 19
50. loyalty programs: dude, if another hotel is cheaper or better, iâm using that one
51. loyalty in general: ok, false. we just want to survive, ok? also, loyalty must be earned. if my company is treating me poorly, or is treating my customers poorly, than yeah, iâm not going to be loyal to it.
52. taking risks: *sigh* so, this is false, clearly false. i can barely make my self say the cursed acronym, but *inhale* YOLO
53. patriotism: no, we just arenât fanatics. we are loyal to our country so long as it continues to serve our interests. and if you dare tell me that that is not patriotic, read the gosh dang declaration of independence.
54. cruises: MONEY. also, itâs literally just a casino on a boat.
55. applebeeâs: money. the article even admits it. so how is it our fault?
56. fashion: fuck fashion. give girls fucking pant pockets you perverts
57. hangout sitcoms: i canât imagine anything more boring to watch
58. the big mac: itâs not even that big
59. stiletto: i donât know what that is
60. romance: see 19
61. 9-to-5 workday: again, JUST FREAKING HIRE US (i actually have a job now, and am enjoying it immensely, and would work more hours if there were more available, but my employers, being the nice people that they are, have actually maxed out the number of people they can employ affordably. there are so many people who need a job in my city, and my employers are trying to employ as many as they can, particularly millennials and recent immigrants. itâs the other businesses around that are making it hard for us to get jobs.)
62. the NFL: see 8
63. gen X retirement: *sigh* IF YOU WANTED YOUR RETIREMENT MONEY MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE MADE SURE YOU COULD AFFORD THE INTEREST FOR THE LOAN ON THAT FUCKING HOUSE
64. the Olympics: how?
65: brunch: are we supposed to be hobbits now? you want us to have second breakfast?
66. the EU: i donât really understand this one. it seems to say that millennials ruined the EU by liking it too much?
67. baby names: IâM NAMING MY KIDS ALBERTUS MAGNUS AND URIEL ANGELO AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
68. banks: this article actually gets it right, you can read it in the title. we are ruining banks, and it is the fault of the banks. REVENGE!!!
69. Oil: i canât afford it. next
70. everything: this article actually sums up just about everything i just said
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