#because its fucking 2020

[curioscurio]

Got up early (for me), ate a light and healthy breakfast, applied to some jobs, took a long mental health walk with the dogs, gave one of them a bath, and even did some phone calls and messaging regarding my medication and pharmacy problems and managed to sort it out without breaking down!!! And! Showered!! Kicking ASS at mental health today

#im studying myself like a bug. with no judgement or compulsive self hate when i see the results. and then doing something different based on #those results #and its working #ive noticed that im much more productive when i have someone else to help or listen to. its a little uh sad because im not easily able to #to take care of myself and do things for MYSELF. but if its for someone else then its like i gain momentum #going out to clean out MY car? well i dont care how gross it is im not worth the effort. #cleaning out my car for my brother who i drive to therapy every other week? fuck yes its going to be nice and clean because therapy is impo #rtant and i want to help you stick with it and so we make it not a chore but lighthearted sibling time #like do you get it #anyway slow progress is still progress #the number of good days are slowly catching up to the number of bad days #post beginning of the pandemic 2020 was so brutal on me. moving back in with my parents especially #but i have a plan now . a real one. and friends to help me as well ! #oops rambling in the tags haha #long tags

[destielwarmsthecocklesofmyheart]

please excuse me while i go die k thnx bye

#i cannot believe its been 3 fucking years #how did we get here #how am i supposed to be normal about this #i love you #why does this sound like a goodbye #because it is #fuck the homophobic network #its the 5th again #nov 5 2020 #destiel #cockles #dean winchester #jensen ackles #deancas #jenmish #castiel #misha collins #supernatural #spn

[fuckingstupidbracket]

like a regular bin, not even recycled or anything

#poll #okay so uh #dont read the tags ahead unless you care about my little vent #my mom got me a hoodie in December from shein #even tho i had two very similar hoodies already both from better brands #still fast fashion but not as fast #and one of them was modded by me #but the hoodie was fucking soft and comfy and good length so it quickly became my favourite hoodie #according to my mother tho after a month she started complaining that it's ugly. #it had those little balls idk what they're called but #1 i don't fucking care #2 they're removable #so anyway fot the past week or two shes been complaining every time i wore the hoodie and today she screamed at me and threw it in the trash #she also kicked me but thats unrelated #and like even if she bought me a new identical one that wouldn't help at all cause she still threw my stuff in the trasg #and bought from a company that goes against my values #and she keeps excusing it like “its cheaper” #im sorry but buying one good thing and wearing it too death is cheaper than buying a hundred things you throw away after less than 3 months #so fucking sick of this!!!!!!!! #i have more than enough clothes too and am currently trying to get rid of some #BUT NOT LIKE THAT WHAT THE FUCK #btw my vinted is dupiarz it's mostly stuff from 2017-2020 so not really trendy but maybe youd like something #the pnly clothing i dont bother repairing and just throw out is underwear #but i do fix socks because good socks are good socks

[pangyham]

been thinking about the liyue gang and how id draw their physical builds so here are some thoughts i had for xy cy and gm in particular

- xingqiu, unsurprisingly, would be quite lanky. i like to think he has broad-ish shoulders, like a thin athlete's build? hes a long boy to me haha, long face, neck, limbs, fingers etc, so naturally hes stands (comparatively) tall at 5'6" or 5'7"

i like to think hes most physically attractive one and has that handsome princely and boyish charm to him because it adds a lot to his fuckass duality LOL

- chongyun is a lot like xiao imo! short stature but with muscular arms. he seems nimble and flexible because of his normal attack animations (which bears a lot of similarities to xiao's actually! this + the fact that chongyun's normal attacks create gusts of wind further reinforces my hc that xiao trains him). sometimes i watch high energy choreography vids on youtube and some dancers look incredibly light on their feet, almost like their body is inherently bouncy? and i imagine chongyun to have that agility to him. chongyun has a delicate face and aura and i let that bleed into my hcs for his fighting style and physical capabilities hahaha. hes kind of like a cat who's deceptively strong. as for height.. just a few inches taller than xiao, so perceptibly short at 5'4"

- ga ming my new beloved. pretty much similar to chongyun but more muscular and stronger just because he wields his claymore with ease. theres a noticeable weight different between cy and his claymore the way he lugs it up after he swings (or even other claymore users like razor who, on his last hit, bounces from impact). meanwhile ga ming literally slams his to the ground LOL. i love his movements though hes very swift and expressive and radiant.. if cy has delicate movements then ga ming's is fierce and (charmingly!) assertive

ga ming is wonderfully charismatic though, i know hes not well known in liyue harbor yet, but he seems like the type to gain a reputation from his friendliness. how could no one adore him hahaha. 5'5" for height! just between xy and xq

#tangy talks genshin #chongyun gets analyzed most my bad #this was super fun though #while thoughtful ; genshin chara designs will always look distinctly gacha and flashy so a lot of the designs kinda blur together in my hea #this is why i really like looking into their animations particuarly their normal attacks #i think it conveys their personalities really well! it's always something to look forward to when new characters release #i gravitate towards swords polearms and claymores most though because i like the act of swinging and slashing hah. it also requires a lot o #body movement and reflects a lot of irl martial arts fencing and other combat techniques #sword users are always really fun to watch because theyre inherently graceful hahah. i will admit it gets kinda repetitive #i think my favorite NA animation has to be albedo's.. very simple clean and refined. he stands elegantly and puts his arm behind his back o #his 2nd attack which ive been transfixed by since be first came out in 2020 LOL. i love albebo #wow these tags are long as hell #but anyway i actually have more thoughts on xq's physical appearance but its just me rambling about how i think hes funny as fuck #im a proponent of dashingly pretty princely xingqiu not necessarily because i want to bestow upon him desirable traits #but because i think its funny knowing hes just a bit of a loser under all that #hes well known (mr worldwide one might say) and the heir to a prestigious guild and chivalrous talented and prolific #but he writes self insert novels hates carrots had bad handwriting sings really bad #hes just a teenage boy #as always i will 100% have more to say about chongyun but ill save that for another post #ga ming on the other hand.. i dont have anything substantial to say but hes super fun to think about #hes such a likable character #wow these tags are LONG as fuck ill stop now.

[itstheheebiejeebies]

Tappert from Ghosts of War Icons

free to use, credit appreciated but not necessary. if you have a request or want to be tagged for any of my edits send me an ask. don’t repost, reblogs appreciated. all of my edits can be found here

@caffeinated-fan

#ghosts of war #ghosts of war 2020 #tappert #tappert ghosts of war #icons #dana's edits #as good as kyle gallner is in this i cannot in good conscience recommend watching it #because its solid for the first 1hr15 the last 20 minutes are so fucking bad you shouldn't watch it

[mrs-luigi-vargas]

Shopping Trip Detour

[AO3 Link]

It was a beautiful day in Toad Town, and Mario and Luigi had just finished their grocery shopping.

Bags loaded into the back of Luigi’s kart, the two of them had decided to wander around town for a little while longer before going home; it had been a while since the last time they’d visited. And the Toads made sure they knew it, too, waving at them and calling out to them and roping them into enough small talk to make their heads spin.

In a lull in socialization, Luigi examined the surrounding shopfronts. “That one looks new,” he remarked, gesturing to the colorful sign of what looked to be some sort of toy shop. He changed course towards it, and Mario followed behind him.

Peering through the window, Luigi contemplated the thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle and the little robot with its remote resting in its arms, and whether he could convince his brother to buy either of them for him. He glanced at Mario, considering. Mario was also looking through the window, but his focus was further inside, where the presumed shopkeeper was arguing with a person in a hooded cloak. The person was leaning over the shopkeeper threateningly; the shopkeeper was gesticulating wildly, face dark.

Mario pushed the door open. The sound of the little bell connected to it drew the attention of the squabbling pair. From where Luigi still stood outside, he saw the hooded figure turn for one last parting insult before pushing past Mario to exit the store. The shopkeeper yelled something unintelligible but no less angry after them.

While Mario dithered in the doorway, staring after that mysterious figure thoughtfully, Luigi squeezed past him to enter the store himself. The interior was quite modest — and mostly full of toys for much littler kids — but the sprawling active toy railway network hanging suspended by the ceiling was particularly impressive. Getting all of those toy trains up there to begin with must have been quite the ordeal!

As Luigi ruminated over the existence of extremely tall ladders, Mario went up to the shopkeeper to ask what that earlier patron was arguing with him about. The shopkeeper huffed, pointing at a figurine sitting in an unassuming display near the back of the store. “That uncultured idiot was talking about her like she’s some common doll he could buy for cheap!” he spat. “As if! She’s the rarest item of the series and the highest quality! Show her some respect!”

Luigi walked over to the figurine. A little plastic woman wearing a semi-elaborate gown stared dourly back at him through her glasses as she posed with a wizard’s staff, her hat barely fitting over her puffy hair. She was very pretty, but Luigi wasn't really sure she was worth the shopkeeper’s continued rambling about “scales” or “articulation” or whatever. There were certainly other things in the store he would rather spend his money on, at any rate. But when Luigi turned to whisper as much to Mario, he found his brother reaching into his pocket for his wallet.

“Eh?” Luigi goggled at him. “You wanna buy that?”

The shopkeeper crossed his arms. “Oh, yeah?” he said, going for an air of nonchalance and mostly failing. “That’s cool. But you’re not getting a discount just because you’re a celebrity.”

“How much is it, anyway?” Luigi asked, and then regretted asking because then the most absurd price for a vaguely fancy-looking toy left the shopkeeper’s mouth.

Mario rocked on his heels in shock. “But it’s just an action figure!” Luigi exclaimed.

“She’s not an action figure!” the shopkeeper shouted over Luigi’s immediate apologies for setting him off. “She’s priceless! I’m doing y’all a favor!”

Hesitantly, Mario began counting his coins. Luigi watched with bated breath. With a frown, Mario emptied his wallet. He didn't have enough.

“Too bad,” the shopkeeper said, not looking all that sorry. “Guess she’s not going home with you!”

Mario’s frown deepened. It tugged a frown onto Luigi’s face as well, and after a moment of watching his brother sulk, he sighed. “Alright,” he said, pulling out his own wallet.

Luigi counted his coins. Mario watched him with bated breath. While he didn't have nearly as much money on hand as Mario did, on account of being the one to pay for the groceries earlier, it was somehow enough to make up the difference. Mario beamed at him.

---

Sale made, the bros exited the toy store, their purchase dangling from Mario’s arm, both politely ignoring the shopkeeper’s tears about the loss of his “Darling Dami” — the name of the character the figurine was modeled after, apparently.

As they walked, Luigi asked Mario, “So why did you really buy that?” because Luigi knew full well that Mario had no idea of the show the figurine-lady was from, let alone anything about her specifically.

Mario only winked. With purposeful steps, he made his way towards the outskirts of town. Luigi followed behind him, full of questions but nonetheless letting his brother lead him to a clearing just outside of town, where that hooded figure that had been in the shop before them was grumbling about stupid Toad stores and their ridiculous owners. They reached into some hammerspace and pulled a broomstick longer than they were tall, and the motion of doing so knocked their hood off their head, revealing —

“Kamek?!”

Kamek started, whirling around to face them. “Wha — you?!”

Out of all of them, Mario was the only one who didn't look surprised. How in the world had he known?

Kamek was the first to recover, schooling his expression into something sardonic. “Two against one?” he drawled, brow raised. “That’s hardly fair.”

Mario shook his head. He reached into the bag on his arm and pulled out the box containing the figurine they’d bought.

Kamek’s face soured. “Oh, of course it was sold to you. Here to rub it in my face, then?”

Mario shook his head again. He put the figurine back into the bag and held it out to Kamek. Kamek regarded it warily.

“We bought it for you,” Luigi added, finally catching on to what Mario was trying to do. “No need to thank us!”

“I wasn't going to.” With a harsh wave of his wand, the bag was ripped out of Mario’s grip and settled on the end of Kamek’s broomstick. With one hand securing it, he gave the bros a long, considering look and then flew off, kicking up an unnecessary amount of dust that had the bros coughing and shielding their faces. They watched him shrink to a speck in the sky in silence.

“...You're doing my laundry for the next month.”

Mario made a face.

“That was all of my pocket money!”

Mario sighed.

#dont mind me this wip is from 2020 lmaooo i just wanted to get it off my plate #also i couldnt decide what the figurine was gonna look like so i was like 'fuck it its me but a magical girl' #because i'm a writer and i can do whatever i want #anyway #mlv.fic #smb #super mario

[lunityviruz]

If you wanna see a loser bitch get mad as hell tell a fanfic writer to PROPERLY tag their fic as rape. Not just write "noncon" in the post but go into the notes and actually tag it as "tw rape" because they get mad asf when you call them out on it. How the fuck am I supposed to find good smut fics when each and everyone of yall are sexualizing and romanticizing rape and using the excuse that it's "dark content" no nigga you're fucking weird. You're a weirdo with a rape fetish and you're projecting it through a fictional character who has nothing to do with that and you refuse to tag it because you want notes and interactions with more people who say shit like "Omg X character nonconning his darling is sooo hot 🥺💗🎀🌸".

Don't get mad at me for calling you out on it because if you didn't write it in the first place, and if you actually tagged it I wouldn't have to see it at all.

#rants n rambles #it's so fucking pathetic #this shit has been going on for YEARS #like since 2020 I literally saw the rise in it #I've heard so many excuses for it #“it's just fiction” PLEASE DEVELOP A FUCKING BRAIN PLEASE REALIZE THAT FICTION CAN AFFECT REALITY and that when you constantly put it in a #good light you'll end up becoming numb to IRL and thinking its okay #“it's my coping mechanism” based on your a/n its not and second just cuz you're “coping #doesn't mean we have to be exposed to it. buy a journal hoe or keep that shit in the notes app. #“dont like it don't read it 🤬🤬🤬🤬” dont like criticism? gouge your eyes out. or dont post it. OR TAG IT PROPERLY. #this exact reason is why I dont read smut of a certain mha character #because yall are potential rapists projecting onto him #yes fiction doesnt affect reality but there is a difference between fictional murder and fictional rape #neigh #i shall not tag him #mha smut #cod smut #<- seen it here a few times #shigaraki tomura #<- tagged it #shigaraki smut #<- #tagged it again 😔

[give-grian-rights]

you uh. listened to the dream album? god i knew you were a secret dream stan freak wtf

man fucking sees the word "dream" in a conversation about how his music is fucking bad and goes apeshit

#no i did not. i dont have good taste but im also not a 9 year old #you're fucking stupid and illiterate. btw. if what you got out of me calling dream not a youtuber and let alone a singer. is that i like hi #and even then if you think i was at ever a 'dream stan freak' literally look in my archive ? yeah. yeah i was a dream fan for 10 months . #IN FUCKING 2020. #i dropped him sometime around the mathematician video to 'debunk' his speed running cheating scandal #only engaging with this because i dont think its bait i think its an idiot. #mika-posts #dream discourse

[bodiesinourcellar]

HALLOWEEN PREPARATIONS ARE COMING TOHETHERRE

#john ward #faith the unholy trinity #im gonna put yellow glowsticks on the cross so it glows too! #Im so fucking excited for this because john has been one of my favorite cyaracyers since like 2020 #i speak #kinda hard to make out in the image a little bit but the outfit IS dark blue . Its perfect im so glad

[lesbian-of-nine]

this is the first march 22nd where ive felt normal

#2018-2019: sad cuz mcr is broken up #2020-2022: happy mcr is back but sad they havent started tour yet #2023: emotional as hell because of the 'its been 10 fucking years since ive been seeing your face round here' lyric #2024: literally forgot but now im gonna listen to mcr all day #mcr #jasper screams

[dailylaurajane]

the final fucking stay alive puzzle. oh my god.

#CONTEXT: when stay alive came out (2020) ljg had like a 1k or 5k (idr) fucking puzzles made for fun as part of the original merch launch #theyve taken fucking forever to sell though. i love the puzzles but i doubt it will happen again because its been how many years now jeez #would die for a himh puzzle though IT WOULD BE SO CUTE. and way easier. why she chose to do it with the worst album imaginable is beyond me #anyways if i remember what interview she talked about the stay alive puzzles in ill post it #via instagram stories (paris campbell grace) #stay alive #hole in my head #laura jane grace #ljg #not the daily #merch

[mcybree]

"if you happen to fall in the subcategory of people who are really into third life and also rain world lets talk. please. i have an au come back"

i am staring at u with my artificer plushy in my hands

*walks onto the stage. taps mic.* um. Jimmy sliver of straw incident. *jumps off the apron breaking all of my bones immediately upon contact with the floor*

#hello hi there um. twirls hair. Lets talk hey man lets talk #ok actually full disclaimer I dont interact with the rw fandom much at all and got into the game mid 2020 so Im #one of those guys who get kind of obnoxious about downpour’s canoninity and get kind of nitpicky about the lore #but if the people can look past that I am all for discussion on 3l rw au. Personally I think scott would fuck it up as an iterator #. probably because he literally is just an iterator to me already im gonna be honest. #emotional dissonance likes to pretend he’s above everyone else needs to be good at everything etc etc. not saying iterators have these- #traits usually im just saying all of these traits of his would make perfect sense if he was an iterator. trust #i have this whole thing written out in my head about rw fh and their citizens colloquially calling their political arrangements a marriage— #between their iterators and how that means very different things to them and I um. Yeah. There’s a plot too sorry im just the fh guy #bree barks so fucking loud #3l but its all sad giant calculator groupchat drama is just really funny to me conceptually imma be honest #Iterator gria n made a death code out of boredom and just to see if he could its fucking awesome #asks

[bumblingbabooshka]

Fred Jones - All American Rich Boy!

#I do NOT like modern interpretations of Fred as the 'dumb jock' archetype #I /know/ that Daphne is canonically the richest but I don't like that either - maybe its my 2020 vision but Fred LOOKS the preppiest/richest #Daphne does not read as rich to me #Fred has money to buy materials for all his traps and to get very into something so obscure #his dad thought maybe it'd make him get into hunting but no....no hunting for Freddy boy - just catching no-gooders #Fred is the leader and he's not cool at all (Daphne is cool) #but he CARES!! #Fred is the only member of the gang who'd never say fuck and he pretends he doesn't think its shocking when they do but he does #Fred's personality has no modern equivalent to me he is firmly just what 50's adults thought a Good Kid was like and people think he is VERY #weird and don't like him because of it (except for adults and old ladies and stray animals and babies) #He's not bragging in that speech bubble btw he's explaining why it's fine that the mystery machine broke down (bc Velma's freaking out about #how to pay him back for it and what his dad's gonna think) #Fred: Dad can I borrow that old van? #His Dad: Sure son! Sooo...you got anyone in particular you're taking for a ride~? #Fred: (not picking up on the machoman vibes but thinks he is) A few someones in fact~! #His Dad: THAT'S my boy! -thumps his back- #Fred Jones #Fred Jones art #scooby doo #scooby doo art #little known fact about me is that I love the original scooby doo and that's all #I love you bad animation I love you muted color palette I love you disconcerting laugh track #Also out of all of them Shaggy is the jock - he's a runner he's a track star

[bonetrousledbones]

actually coolest thing about ebony is that not only are his eyelights solid white but they are also extremely teeny tiny which means if i dont color them & just leave them bone color i dont think a single person would actually notice

#trousled rambles #its such a small thing but yall have no idea how much work this saves me actually #do u have any idea how much extra steps it takes to color in eyelights in character portraits when they constantly move around #i have to color the entire eye socket shape just to not have 25 eye layers #and then also have different versions for half-lidded expressions of varying degrees #and thank god i can color in the eye sockets in the lineart itself because if they have real eyes its a fucking nightmare #but with this one i can just . erase a little dot. and then im done. what bliss #now that i think about it i dont think ive ever actually talked about all the little annoying stuff that goes into making talk sprites huh #um. it takes a lot of layer tricks #the most recent one for russ from like 2020 has 96 layers for about 9 poses if that puts anything into perspective lol #i dont even think i used all of em 😔

[devilfruitdyke]

the she/theys vs he/theys and wlw vs mlm posts are symptoms of a larger problem within the queer community 👍

#1. lack of consciousness of beauty standards 2. no grasp of intersectionality 3. focus on online discourse and not queer theory #'discourse' used very literally there. this is not a sick dunk on Minors These Days #anyway we as lgbtq people are very focused on ourselves as oppressed that we dont realize how we are perpetuating/internalizing... #... oppressive beliefs #see how all 'g ender envy' is almost exclusively skinny *white* conventionally attractive cis people #i saw someone say something like 'dont tag as gender envy be yr own person' the other day #and that really opened my eyes ? #we can be so caught up in the politics of being trans (usually as yr only minority group) #that it basically turns into 'skinny white cis men are the ideal of manhood dont ask me why though idk' #its deeply internalized #same goes with the 2 posts i mentioned #ps. i KNOW gender envy is what you personally find enviable and you shouldnt forced to change yr attraction for political reasons #but its the same shit that cishet beauty standards have been for centuries #very similar to how the only models in magazines are skinny white cis women #they dont say that fat people/trans women/woc arent worth their pages. its implied. #we just need to think about what we're implying every day as a community. #also i have a personal thing against gender envy culture because you guys forced me to see FUCKING V OMITBOYX EVERY DAY IN LIKE 2020 #/JOKE I SWAER. unless i get told one more time that im not really trans because i dont want short hair over my eyes. then i snap #<3

[24062]

anyone else in a deadend job and has no idea what theyre doing with their life. no? just me? okay great

#i dont know what to do. #how do you go from working customer service > to an office job or something IT #you have to go fucking study it and i dont want to go even more into debt than i already fucking am #i dont want to be in debt in the first place but i cant do anything about that #i wish i had just. not done lvl5 hospitality why did i do it? im so stupid like i fucking dropped out so its fucking useless to me anyways #i dropped it cause my fucking life went fucking down hill and it hasnt stopped #going downhill since then #ever since 2020 everything that could go wrong for someone it has happened to me #i just wish i had something nice going for me but i have nothing and i dont know how to get out of this situation because i am just stuck #speaking #im venting here and on twitter god i cant even afford a fucking therapist either to help with this situation