#and i just... automatically said yes

[quiteriana]

Magnolia blossoms in the park by my campus

#eating lunch beneath them and the petals keep falling on me #there are some evergreen magnolia trees on the other side that i usually sit beneath #but these are at their most beautiful now #I'm not the only one who thinks so #there are a lot of bugs here too #i already found three spiders near me #one was crawling on my knee #one was already making a web on my bag #i don't really mind tbh #i just hope nothing got in my hair #i was listening to music on my way here #and a homeless man asked me if i had any extra food #this is the first time that happened #and i just... automatically said yes #and i gave him what i could that wouldn't make a mess #but it's strange.... it's also the first time i listen to music walking around here #you'd think it would be opposite right? that no one would approach you if you seem preoccupied? #well i didn't mind #not at all

[the-somwthing]

Thinking of making one of those life series askblogs with all the dead characters in some form of afterlife. They’re really fun and things like that have been in my head since Last Life started so if anyone’s gonna jump on that you know it’s me (especially since I’ve run 3… successful enough ask series in the past).

#YES I’m talking about. uh. I forgot their url but I’ve been following for a long time 😭 #life series winners blog you know. that’s all over the tag. #and then someone made a school one? I gotta look into that one more seems fun #so yeah I’m really tempted to do one myself cuz like I said since LL started I’ve loved the idea of these guys hanging out after death #I just need to refine some lore for it. and something to set it apart from the others #of course they’re already different. life series winners one is about the winners reacting to the seasons + it’s like a mega crossover #and then the school one. bro I’m calling it the school one. it CLEARLY has a thing lol. and I’m not copying that idea. #so automatically it’s different but what will make mine interesting? aside from the fact that I want to actually draw them #no offense to the other ones I think it’s great that they don’t need to draw. I just want to. #maybe while refining the lore I’ll come up with something. it’ll be based on my headcanons so there’s already some potential lmao

[utilitycaster]

Queueing to make it clear this isn't a one-time thing or vagueing a specific person and more an irritating trend, but: if you have speculation or a personal wish for a story, that is always totally cool and you can and should post about it to your heart's content but it is pretty irritating to post it on other people's theory posts unless you can construct a logical argument and relate it back to their theory.

You want to see a guest character return? Okay, pitch me how this is related to my post, and why it would make particular sense within the story. You think a ship is going to happen? Great, say something other than "Um, I have eyes" on my post if you want to reply to me. You think this campaign is going to go on until level 20? Do you have an argument other than "I want it to?" Then give it, otherwise this would really be better suited to you making your own post.

You don't need an argument in your own post! I think it's wise to have one if you have any interest in convincing other people (and indeed, I tend to find that if there's a lot of MAN WOULDN'T IT BE COOL evidence- and argument-free posts in the tag for something I wasn't already inclined to like, it will make me feel more unfavorable towards it), but if you're posting for yourself and not to make a point you can and should just say what you want! You do need one when you're shoving it onto mine though because now I'm going to get all the people responding to you and I don't want them. Also when people do this and I don't care for their theory I tend to hide the reblog, or I just make the post nonrebloggable if it takes off and I'm sufficiently annoyed, and now no one can see or respond to the theory because they didn't write your own post and I'm in control! Writing your own posts is great! Please, if you are not directly responding to the content of an original post but rather going off on your own tangent, make your own post instead of getting on theirs.

#If you sit on my lap on the bus (what is tumblr but a giant bus) and thrust your headphones in my ear unannounced you're getting pushed off! #queue #i think some people doing this are like. trying to be friendly and have a conversation but here's the problem #if you respond with like. hey. i disagree. a lot of them get REAL pissy so it's like ah you don't want a conversation you want a yes-man #and also like. the way you have a conversation is by responding directly to other people's points not just saying your own thing. #i mean. i recognize i'm saying this on a website where people act AFFRONTED if you write a post that actually contains an argument #instead of shrieking and florid prose that makes rupi kaur look like langston hughes #but like. learn to write a good argument and to respond to people based on what they said not what you already thought. #and learn to accept that writing a convincing argument =/= people will automatically agree with you #either bc of multiple valid interpretations bc there is a subjective dimension or bc one or both of you are stupid

[brookheimer]

my boss: write an 800-1000 word piece on the truman show’s 25th anniversary

me: *currently 5000 words into dissecting the history of a subgenre i coined mid-article*

#yes it’s about the truman show. yes it’s about gaslight media which flourished from 2003-2005 had a failed revival in 2014-2015 and is has #been coming back with a vengeance the past few years due to our widespread fascination with gaslighting as a concept and newfound cultural #familiarity with it in day to day life allowing us to take comfort even from shows using machinations of manipulation as their entire format #in a way we couldn’t in the early 2000s when said format was almost solely used for the humiliation of unsuspecting citizens #now though we’ve come to see it as a bad but almost ubiquitous aspect of life so we find more comfort in witnessing it occur in a ‘positive’ #way than not witnessing it occur at all because we automatically assume it is anyways and we’re the targets #sorry if this didn’t make sense. it does if you’re me #aka if you spent the entire day frantically researching every reality tv hoax to ever air with rabid fascination #and also the truman show. also that #i don’t understand how people in theory heavy fields are able to suddenly shift to write pithy simple cultural commentary on slate #how do you pivot like that. how do you not say all the things you want to say #like…. maybe i am not cut out for this. maybe i’m only cut out for academia. except also FUCK that i don’t want to be a professor #in other words: i am fucked #why can’t i just write giant analyses of everything and get money for them. wdym that’s not how the world works #lol not like i’m getting money for this either. getting paid in experience baby #(read: i am incredibly broke and in desperate search for a second job. fuuuuuck unpaid labor i love capitalism love it)

[anarchopuppy]

After all these years, the Zelda series has reached its full potential

#just beat it #no spoilers upcoming #but it's incredible how they took everything that people said was lacking in BotW #dungeons story music enemy variety the final boss etc etc etc #and did everything we could've wanted #while adding a mindboggling amount of mechanical depth and polish #and increasing the scale of the map 1 and a half times over #yes obviously it has flaws #the dungeons are great but don't quite reach the peak of past zelda dungeons #there are FAR too many separate currencies and upgrade systems #making it feel like you have to stop playing zelda to warp around and run some errands every so often #(there is literally only 1 thing you can do with crystalized charges why do i have to go to a separate place just do it automatically) #and other such tiny nitpicks #but it still feels like the final realization of everything zelda always could've been #for the first time since march 2017 my favorite game and my pick for the best game of all time are the same #pops talks zelda

[pepprs]

hi update as of an hour ago i have a THERAPIST!!! an actual licensed therapist!!!! we have our first session on monday 😭💗

#purrs #she’s super nice and like.. Grounded in a way i wasn’t expecting from the website lol but i rly can’t wait for our first session 🥹💕 im a #little nervous bc i was trying to shop around for therapists and do consultation calls w a bunch of them and she’s the first one i reached #out to bc i just liked her vibe a lot (and her practice’s name is super cute omg.. hint -> 🍇) but the other counselors i reached out to #turned me down bc of my schedule not being during regular work hours and meanwhile she was like yeah my hours are flexible specifically to a #accommodate ppl in ur situation! which was so good to hear 😭 and she kinda automatically assumed we’re working together from the call but im #not mad abt it at all and i went with it. im rly hopeful abt it and kinda nervous but she said my issues are like a perfect fit for her #and that just in hearing me talk she can tell how thoughtful / introspective / whatever i am abt it and that her approach is to balance the #introspection and the emotion.. and SHE interpreted (CORRECTLY! and i forgot to even name it!) that constantly hoppping between clinical #interns waa probably very disruptive and plays into all my stress abt transitions and i was like YES thank you 😭 and she said she’s #committed to like long stable rs with clients so they can rly heal and get all the benefits out of it. and she also gave this whole big #speech abt how she doesn’t want $ to be a barrier to access for healthcare and i was like patrick voice i love you. lolllll 🥹 im excitedddd #i want her to send the intake forms RIGHT now i can’t wait to fill them out! hehe :’~D

[fairybonesandstardust]

istg non lesbians need to back tf out of lesbian conversations and lesbians need to get their shit together

a small edit for a little more context: this post is inspired by a tiktok of a girl talking about another girl (their both lesbians) said she slept with men as a form of self harm after breakups. everyone in the comments immediately started claiming that she was as actually bisexual. i want my community to be a safe space

#yes. surprise i am in fact a lesbian #lesbian #its about community issues and how “gold star“ have affected the community #why is it that when a lesbian sleeps or has slept with man we automatically shun them #or claim it’s internalized biphobia? #i’m literally straight4pay #i’m a sw for context #idk who told u that you can only fuck people ur sexually or romantically attracted to but their WRONG #you can CONSENTUALLY fuck someone you’re not attracted to…. #we are just reinforcing gold star ideals in out community when we claim someones not realy a lesbian bc they don’t fit this hyper specific #idea #i think this probably goes much deeper and def has more nuance and etc to be said #but i’m not the smartest and im tired #lgbtq #lgbtq community #trans lesbian #lgbtqia

[singsweetmelodies]

Hii <3

7. Please ? Who is your fav TP ?

hiiii love <3333 ooooh, what a fabulous question - thanks so much for asking!!

so i think... currently, my favourite TP is probably fred vasseur. i like the way that he's businesslike and no-nonsense (and doesn't try to say "EVERYTHING IS FINE IN THE STATE OF FERRARI" like certain other TPs 💀) and i like how he seems to be managing the team/drivers - yes, it's only been one year and we can't know much yet, of course, but the gist i get from articles and interviews seems really positive overall. he also hasn't made any absurd claims to the media or started any really controversial feuds, and on the whole he just seems... nice? nice, and fair. and that's all one could ask for, tbqh.

also? i just really, really like the way he seems to love charles <3333 🫶

(get to know me: f1 edition)

#asks & answers #get to know me: f1 edition #fred 🥰 #i really did like him quite a lot last year!! #on the whole i don't care much about the TPs (except for Ferrari's; because on race day i only really care about Ferrari) #and like i said - fred's been very fair; and also very no-nonsense; which i appreciate a lot #(am i still a little scarred after binotto? PERHAPS 💀) #(either way; fred seems nice and genuinely quite good at what he does. it's a yes from me! :D) #ALSO. the way charles ran up the stairs to hug him in baku lives rent free in my mind; just a little #anyone who CHARLES likes that much is automatically in my good books <3333

[crowcryptid]

my toxic trait is that every few months I will check in on games I don’t care about to see if they added any characters that fit my type

#the games in question are valor@nt. league of Ls. rainbow six sleeve. and pawadins #sorry I spelled them like that I don’t want Fans in my replies #usually this doesn’t result in anything but today was a win #pawadins has some guy named VII #only like his default appearance though the other ones are kinda whatever but pwadins is just an ugly looking game anyway lol #whenever I check on league I get scared. there’s so many. those guys are like pokemon. how do they have so many characters #mordekaiser is still the only one worth anything to me everyone else who Could Fit into the type has something wrong #it’s a very scientific process. I assure you. I take a look and decide yes or no. #many have the potential but a mask does not equal an automatic pass #it’s just the bare minimum requirement for me to even consider wasting time looking #as I said very scientific process but it cannot be explained #I’m going to bed now snorkmimimim snorkmimimi

[gendiebrainrotreceipts]

Look, I'm a radfem, but there absolutely is antisemitism in Harry Potter. That doesn't necessarily mean JKR meant for it to be there, but it also doesn't mean we can't criticize it. Snape is written like a full-on Jewish caricature in his looks, the goblins are... goblins, and the half-baked holocaust metaphor is inappropriate. I don't think JKR sat there and thought of ways to insert antisemitism into her children book series, but it is still there, and we should be able to talk about it without being compared to tras. Of course, talking about it and criticizing JKR does not equal being violent towards her or misogynistic - that goes without saying. I'm not claiming the tras in the screenshots are in any way normal about it. But please don't dismiss any criticism.

As a Jewish radfem, I get extremely uncomfortable whenever the topic of HP comes up and radfems start praising the books on and on. It's possible to support JKR and her commitment to radical feminism without praising the books non-critically.

Apologies I should have specified my issue is when people act like jkr added antisemitism intentionally(when in reality it was because it was part of the European folklore on which most of her universe is based on) or like HP is the only piece of media to have goblins or bad guys w hooked noses. Especially when it was written and published when the general public was a lot less conscious of these things. But yes we should be critical of antisemitic tropes wherever they appear, and there are definitely issues of representation, antisemitic and otherwise, in HP

#like it’s *everywhere* in Disney movies #even recent ones like tangled #a Jewish person was saying mother gothel looked like their mother #and it doesn’t help rapunzel looks practically aryan #yes the representation in HP is not great and we should acknowledge that but it was also pretty average for it’s time and people forget that #it’s not unique and there’s no malice #just ignorance #as I said my issue is mainly when people act like HP is unique in its poor representation and that it’s automatically a reflection on jkr #now #and yes it would probably help if jkr acknowledged there would be things she’d do differently had she written it today #but idk if she’s grown that much in that respect lmao

[bravevolunteer]

niche idea i want to draw: something something fnaf time travel something teenage michael & scooped/pizza sim era michael something foxy mask vs bear mask something i bet on losing dogs/isle of dogs audio. do you see the vision

#:((( #if you think scooped michael would see his younger self and be angry at him DNI !!!!! #like yes theres a lot of Nuance to unpack there and he IS angry at his younger self internally he always will be #but. i think. after YEARS of time passing and following this long grueling mission to free everyone. actually seeing his younger self #would be a very sobering realization that. he was just a kid who was hurting. he did and said awful things. but he was also just a kid. #and no that doesn't automatically mean he forgives himself! it's complicated! #this isn't a concept i'd necessarily Write on here but oh it would make a banger of a piece/video #if i only had the motivation DFLSKJHDK #⁂ ･ﾟ: i was looking for a job‚ and then i found a job‚ and heaven knows i’m miserable now ➛ ooc

[youreaclownnow]

Ppl: you don't seem autistic

Me, who has a highly specific every month routine revolving around 1 particular movie:

#i have a meter in my brain that measures CCA levels. when it gets low the routine kicks in automatically #this occurs every 3-5 weeks like clockwork ever since i first watched it #and my specific routine is this: go out for smoke or eat an edible ahead of time #make a comfort food of sorts it has to be a Safe Food i did it once with regular food and it just felt Wrong #get a massive helping of said food we eat like kings when we watch CCA #sit down and press play #proceed to eat lots of scrumptious food and watch the best movie ever #then afterwards #once the movie is done and yes we sit through the entirety of beyond the time #then go sit on the porch (yes it has to be the porch not the deck) #and have a smoke and think about the movie #and usually end up tweeting or blogging about it also #its so funny to me that i do this but i cannot seem to stop and its great entertainment so i will keep doing it

[hecksupremechips]

The conundrum of young Sheldon is that making this character the cutest kid in the world makes him actually pretty enjoyable, but on the flip side it makes all the characters look so much shittier cuz they’re constantly just like. “UGH Sheldon is soooo crazy and annoying oh my godddd” and they are talking about a tiny little autistic boy

#the klock keeps ticking #yes my family is watching this show again and im hunched over watching it like a caveman #its a lot more bearable cuz like i said sheldon is the cutest kid ive ever seen i wanna boop his nose #and howard isnt in it so thats an automatic bonus #but this kid is just out here being so delightful in the most autistic way and all these adults are so mean #at least his mom and meemaw are nice most of the time

[performing-personhood]

Unpopular Opinion:

Ponytails on grown cismen are - I'm so sorry - a little bit gross and give off very strong "I learned all my spiritual beliefs from pithy instagram quotes that nobody fact-checked, and philosophy books I don't realize I didn't fully comprehend."

If you're just some average cisguy with a long ponytail I'm going to assume it's greasy, that you smell a little (either of weed or armpit or both), you're maybe in the early stages of some kind of midlife crisis, and are the kind of guy who will ask your date zero questions. Stop it. Get a haircut.

I'M SORRY OKAY.

#none of this applies to transfolx and Eggs™️ #i am sorry if thats the wrong term for babytrans #look okay #yes i did have an ex with a long greasy ponytail who smelled and waa generally awful #but also #my spouse had long hair for our wedding and that was fine and lovely #he said he might grow it out again #and i had to hide my weirdly strong visceral Please God No reaction #i know so many grownass men growing ponytails now #none of yall are jason momoa okay #he is a professional hot person for a living #long hair looks good on professional hot people #it will not automatically make you hot #now i will go try to continue convincing myself that lots of tattoos will not instantly make me SuicideGirl-hot #same same #these things are the same #but wtf do i know #i am just a hater #hater life #you do you #if you feel hot then you are hot #the end

[gender-euphowrya]

saying that as someone who once stood for it but the way the phrase "not all men" has been demonized has done irreparable damage to feminism

#actually Yes not all men. #you're never gonne live a healthy life and get society anywhere if you automatically distrust people for what gender they are #you can point out tendencies amongst groups and expected norms within these groups without acting like every person in that group is evil #besides you KNOW the pipeline goes men are bad -> males are bad -> all AMABs are bad #that's just a sentiment that leads to transphobia no matter how you twist it or insist that you're only targeting cis ppl with it #not all fucking men. nobody's part of a monolith. there is no community where all members are identical. #the problem was never the phrase 'not all men' the problem was the intent with which it was being said #as in often by antifeminists to try and dismiss feminist rhetoric or attempt to make it sound unreasonable #the phrase itself is fucking fine #don't give me the ol' ''some people say yes all men to cope'' 'scuse #i don't believe any therapist would encourage hating and being weary of an entire subset of people as a coping mechanism #hate patriarchy. fuck patriarchy. give everything you've got to dismantle it #but acting like every single man is inherently some kind of irredeemable demon one should stay away from is just #how the fuck do you live your daily life even. #it's so counterproductive. it gives shitty men a pass to be cunts because hey. ain't that just how all men are ? #don't 'all men are bad' do 'all men are capable of good which is why those who do bad should be scrutinized or punished' #'yes all men' is basically rephrased 'boys will be boys'. it's giving excuses to shitty men by framing shittiness as inherent to manhood. #stop it lmao idk what to tell you

[noxtivagus]

good morning i am just very slightly worried about prom <3

#🌙.rambles #no classes today 🥺 gna do my hw for next week tho n then. yes. #I'M WORRIED THOUGH YEAH BCS. hfdsksdjf most of the other ppl r friends or r in the same class #kinda worried i might not enjoy as much bcs. who knows if i'll be able to talk properly or if i might just get nervous instead #n maybe at one point i cld go to one of my other friends too but she's going w a guy n i don't want to intrude ig #n she has her other friends too. my friend at our table yeah has other friends too #i'm worried i might just. not enjoy at all bcs of anxiety or maybe i'll just feel lonely or smth hdkfajsdlf nothing i can do abt that thoug #maybe when i'm anxious i'll just cope by dissociating n just thinking of noctis or claude or smth 😭😭 or artem n write a story in my head #n i'll go out of my comfort zone n use up all my social energy #recently they just announced in our batch gc that we can have yk same couples. wasn't in the ltp or smth tho 🥹 #wish i had at least another friend or smth. so maybe it wld've been possible to bring one of my friends from another school ^^ #platonically bcs she's like. bi. 🫣 i'm still rather amused at how she. mentioned she was bi when like #i had my arm around her shoulder n she said smth along the lines that it was kinda weird for her bcs she wasn't used to it?? IDK 😭😭 #didn't quite catch the rest of her words but sorry girl i'm just naturally affectionate w my friends #n idk why but if you're like. biologically female or actually even just like. yk your gender is female n you identify along those lines #i'm just automatically more comfy w you n physically affectionate. #nyways she told me she doesn't have prom tho when we were talking abt sch we were like talking abt school events n :<< #hmm. yk it's not like i need. someone for prom like. yk i just need myself. but i guess it's a bit of a childish old wish of mine #that said though i'm fine just still rather worried bcs in social situations i just. end up feeling rlly lonely haha #like i was doing well i rmb friday of the fair but then i was bottling my emotions n pretending i was completely okay 👍 #definitely wasn't crying when everyone was away <3 n then my anxiety just. god i don't want to think about it #until the end i was just. hanging on to a piece of thread. sorry you saw me cry a bit. sorry i lied that i was fine #sorry i let myself. go through that. twin n friend laying their heads on my shoulder as they were falling asleep n i was just. crying #n then later that night i just ended up crying even more. painful memories. #just have to accept that my social energy's just shit n ppl will always have another that they'd prefer talking with. #i have. apollo at least yh? n i guess to each person i mean at least. something. i think #sorry i'm not usually like this but it's just. smth i just can't help but be anxious about. one of my biggest insecurities #i'm so used to being alone though i've realized. last year wasn't real goddamn. n. 2020 was.. i don't know #ah i'll be productive now. i. move forward from the past n i never forget in a way that it. helps spur me onwards but #sometimes the past haunts me. sometimes is.. perhaps a big understatement bcs i think too much but. uh. yh that's enough i'm fine.