#can you recognise everyone

[thatoneweirdo14]

this isn't a revelation or anything but i just wanna say as a person with extremely shit vision, meaning that objects too far away are literally just blobs without my glasses, people with terrible eyesight can still recognise people/objects from far away as long as they are familiar enough. The same way you can recognise a close friend or smth from the back of their head. Like if my sister was standing halfway across the street she'd look like a brown blob but id still be able to tell it was her even if she was surrounded by a dozen other brown blobs of people.

I like to think that in the same way, at the end of his performance when he's looking directly at Victor, even though Yuuri can't see shit without his glasses and Victor is surrounded by a million other people, he can still pinpoint exactly where Victor is because he's such a familiar person, the only blob Yuuri can fully tell apart. He is Yuuri's blob.

#does this make sense #i know its not exactly shocking #bc OFC you can recognise familiar ppl #but seriously #without glasses everyone and everything just look like the same blob #sometimes different blobs get smushed together so its really hard to tell how many people there are when looking from a distance #the crowd probably looks like one giant fuzzy blob to him when hes on the ice #and victor gets mixed up in that' #but bc hes so used to victor #even though he technically shouldnt be able to recognise him amongst the haze #hes still able to #which would require a PRETTY GOOD knowledge of what the other person looks like #i just thought it was worth mentioning #blob #victuuri #yoi #yuri on ice #yuuri katsuki #victor nikiforov #my headcanons #headcanon

[sciderman]

I swear I have read your big post regarding Peter Parker's neurodivergence and why it is best to avoid labelling him, but he definitely has a weird brain

Can't find it and feel kinda sad about it cuz I deeply related to it

i know exactly which post you're talking about and i can't find it either! i've raked through my archive, and it's just - nowhere to be seen. i think tumblr eated it (it happens.)

really, tumblr's search functionality is so so useless, i don't know what to tell you. there are plenty of keywords i can search to find it that post, but the search functionality actually just does not work!

undiagnosed audhd-addled peter parker, my darling, my light, my life, my everything.

i think peter parker's such an interesting creature to write, because a lot of people will point to a certain behaviour about him and say "this is an autistic thing, right?" but a lot of those behaviours are actually, in my head, tied to certain traumas in peter's life too.

people say "oh, the food thing, peter's a picky eater because he's autistic" and yes, absolutely. but also it's tied to his trauma with his parents.

peter gets overstimulated, and yes, it's an autism thing, but also he was bitten by a radioactive spider and his senses are dialled to 11.

it's a similar case i've found for myself, too – where a lot of friends i have kind of diagnose me because i have autistic traits, but actually - i'm hesitant to claim the label or pursue diagnosis because, actually, i know where these certain behaviours come from, and they come from certain traumas. there are events i can pinpoint in my life and say "yep. that's where this behaviour comes from."

so - i think there's a lot of overlap between trauma and autistic traits. the brain is very complex! i think the reason for that overlap is maybe as simple as the fact that people with autism and people with trauma are both doing the same thing - developing behaviours to protect themselves or soothe themselves. so - i think it's nice to be able to see a character like peter parker, who may or may not be autistic, but recognise behaviours in him and see yourself in him.

people who go undiagnosed for whatever reason - people who are really good at masking - so good, in fact, that they have no idea they might be on the spectrum - everyone and anyone at all can look at peter parker and recognise themselves. because i think we discredit the thought that every single brain does the same thing! develops certain behaviours in order to survive. every brain has that same software - we've just all been faced with different hardships that we need to overcome, and that's were all the differences come in.

autism is a spectrum, i guess - everyone falls into it to some degree. and i think events in your life probably push you along on it. but i don't know, i didn't study brain science. probably what i'm saying is very stupid and uninformed. of course there's brain chemistry involved. but i know people in my life living with autism and certain events in their life have exacerbated certain behaviours or made coping with it a lot more difficult. so maybe trauma is a catalyst.

#a lot of my traits have been exacerbated lately and i remember it was much easier for me before #and some of my friends have said “oh it's because you've been masking too long and now you're facing autistic burnout.” #and that made sense to me i think. #but then i found out about the stress thing. me overproducing stress hormone. and that's a very physical thing. #and that explains why i've been overstimulated more than usual lately. and why everything feels like too much. #and i wonder how many of these traits of mine are going to subside once i have lamar removed #and it makes me wonder a lot of things. and it's so weird how much your brain is tied to your biology. #i wonder how much i'll change. i wonder how i'll feel. i wonder if i'll still feel like me. i wonder how much me is me right now. #and how much of me is being altered by weird freaky hormones. who am i?? who will i be?? #i'm almost looking at this as like. a superhero origin story of some sort. like this is my spider-bite moment. maybe. #will i be different? will i cope with things differently?? now that my body isn't fighting something anymore?? #maybe i'll be normal. i don't know. i don't know. #i don't know what it'll mean for me. #but all of these things mean i relate to peter parker in a certain kind of way #i don't think you have to be diagnosed with autism to recognise and empathise with those traits i think #i think everyone can see themselves in peter. and i think that's the benefit of having characters that aren't diagnosed. #because there's so much overlap in the human experience. and certain feelings aren't exclusive to just one group of people. #peter has such a rich identity actually. it's an autistic thing. it's a queer thing. it's a jewish thing. it's a trauma thing. #there are so many overlapping parts of peter's identity that inform who he is and how he behaves and it's never just one thing. #it's a product of all of his things. #just like me! just like everyone. #so me? i guess i can be a million things. you can explain what i am in a million different ways. #a hundred different psychologists can all come up with different ways to explain why i be the way i be. #i don't think it's something that can be simplified. #sorry wow. i'm really going off here in the tags. #i hope people don't think i'm stupid. i don't know brain science. i'm just philosophising as usual. #sci speaks

[buglaur]

i'm making a character page

#i just want something where you can click the sim and it shows a link to their gameplay and character tag #and i'll make everyone a pinterest board too #the macmahons aren't here yet because i have a dilemma #do i put them all as young adults #or as their most recognisable era #like elder gael and teen rox #or just all as young adults #someone make this decision for me i can't do it #need to make a new pose for virgil i don't like this one #and tweak sawyers a bit #also need to change someone's pants. they can't all wear jeans 😭 #this is queued i'm gonna try and code it today when i wake up :) #daithí so small....

[awholelotofsad]

four ways to draw the same guy

#javert #les mis #les miserables #doodle #featuring my friend @paindemiserables' way of drawing This Guy #one of my favourite things about les mis is that you can draw the same character in so many different ways #and yet everyone kinda just. knows who they are at a glance #how tf is this guy recognisable with and without a ponytail? it's insane i love it (this is about both javert and enjolras) #also to close off this ramble this was inspired by a character in the game punch out who had a very brickvert-like face

[help-im-a-gay-fish]

Of course!

You're awesome

Also the phantom of the opera crossover?

Perfection/srs /gen

I love them too

Original Dream and Nightmare by jokublog

#undertale au #my art #undertale multiverse #dreammare #sansest #sancest #the phantom of the opera #the phantom of the oprea au #pk ok ok ok #past the point of no return might be the scene that the movie fudged the hardest #because originally the phantom comes in dressed in a cloak and vail and christen realises part way through who he #and uses seductive methods to keep him on stage #in the movie hes wearing a back mask #like hellooooo did she seriously not recognise him #if she didnt then wow #but if she did then wowwwwww because everyone lets him get up and touchy with Christien #like you can argue that she was horned up for eric but the whole point of the scene is its a trap for him #is this why people dont like her fiancé 😒 #because hes a huge sweetie realllyyy #also i adore the dress she wears in the play its so prettyyyyy and lacey and prettyyyy #i love them so much #cross over #phantom of the opera cross over #ask #shipping #nightmare x dream #dream x nightmare

[meandmy100blanketsagainstheworld]

i wish mythic quest wasnt on apple tv

#mythic quest #dont get me wrong i love knowing people and recognising everyone when they post its great #but like also can you imagine how many fanfics and art and headcanons and gifs we'd have if mq wasnt on the dumbest streaming service ever #anyway im going to bed that was all i had to say

[cruelsister-moved2]

i feel with lesbians, and im allowed to say this because im a lesbian, but honestly the punishment of individual lesbians is almost incidental compared to the fact its literally about making an example out of us. its like theres a potential lesbian in every woman and thats really who is being punished. straight women’s fear of acquiring that status VASTLY outweighs my actual lived discomfort as a lesbian. so much of the homophobia i experience stems from the perceived impossibility of my existence and the need to present me as repulsive, not directly to punish ME but to make other women afraid of being like me. so arguing like who would specifically be perceived as a lesbian in what situation feels so shallow when literally every woman is on some level perceived as like. a threat of hypothetical lesbian possibility

#because people will be like you HAVE to wear makeup as a woman or youll be PUNISHED #and its like. you absolutely can live a happy fulfilling life as a woman who doesnt wear makeup #the goal is not to stop the small percentage of women who dont wear makeup and shave #its to make sure the majority of women are so terrified of that punishment that you dont even need to actually dole out the punishment #straight women in particular are SO self-punishing its like the patriarchy doesnt even need to lift a finger anymore #and its a bit apples and oranges to me like personally id rather be crazy but free than safe and imprisoned but like #an understanding of lesbophobia that doesnt get this is pointless #the suffering that comes with being the one everyone points to n goes 'at least youre not THAT' is only half of the story #and personally recognising this has kind of freed me because its like actually so much of the punishment i experience is actually a threat #that doesnt actually come if you like. dont gaf what straight people and men think of you

[deeva-arud]

Boo!

I'm the paranormal activity on your dash :]

#Udi posting in 2023? truly a christmas miracle #Now it'd be pretty funny if everyone seeing this collectively thought 'who the hell is this person?' I mean. UNDERSTANDABLE- #I've been gone for so long I don't even recognise this dash layout help?? #Excuse me while I have a grandma moment trying to figure out where things are #Anyway I don't have much to post since I've barely drawn in all these months. So many art blocks stacked on top of more art blocks #(among other things) #BUT I still have some drawings here and there. Not the best I've ever produced but hey it's something #and you know what happens when Udi has an art block? Exactly. Cateeva content (and silly drawings) (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧ #Now it's time for me to fill my room with sticky notes reminding me to take things easy #you'll have to bear with my slowness for a little bit longer. Life hit me hard recently and everything feels so heavy to me #but I just didn't want to let this year pass without saying anything... #I actually missed being on here. If I see art or an oc from any of my moots I'll probably cry on the spot #Moot reading this you've been warned (🫶) #I'll shut up now. I really hope everyone's doing as good as they can. This is such an awful world #Udi talks

[sysig]

You’ve caught my Wandering Eye ♥ (Patreon)

#My art #Wander Over Yonder #Wander #Commander Peepers #Wandering Eye #I love them... #Two little guys in love #As is clearly evident from Peepers body language lol #Kinda deeply thinking about a series of Peepers ship/dynamics as maybe an excuse to draw him a lot lol #You'll recognise this one as the completed vector from a previous doodle set! :D Look what not-editing can accomplish! Lol #Honestly it was mostly running out of room for Wander's left shoe that even made me want to start this project in the first place #Who'd have thought something that small would make me want to completely redo it lol - but it did! I want a complete Wander hug! #Peepers is less convinced lol #I think their dynamic can be very sweet <3 Peepers is underappreciated! Wander is very appreciative of everyone haha #And he clearly cares about Peepers enough to know what would make him happy - again same as everyone lol #I mean I don't think Wander would be monogamous in the first place but I think he'd bluster in and make C. Peeps happy for a while #Who would of course be resistant lol - but just like Hater how much can you actually hold against honest affection #Wander is also a good choice to ship with everyone and I already do with Peepers - they fit together that way hehe #Plus they're adorable so there's that lol - I love that Peepers is shorter than than basically everyone including Wander #Wander is very tiny! But C. Peeps is tinier! Short King <3 #Wander was incredibly correct when he called C. Peeps too cute to stand - same with Awesome even if he was doing it derogatorily #Peepers is cute! He's very cute! #His silhouette is also still the funnest <3 He's so easy to express with I love his proportions <3 <3 #Cutest lads

[nostalgia-tblr]

so anyway my bff visited earlier and we watched Salvage Hunters: The Restorers and one of the items in this episode was a sofa that had been in Doctor Who so obviously this caught my attention [ETA: I realise on re-reading that THIS is the point where the story headed into Sad Nerd Territory by most people's standards, not later on] and they went to a Dr Who shop in London(?) and they were trying to build up to this obviously exciting reveal and the shop guy said it was from the 70s and I went "Oh is it from Robots of Death?" and then yes it was from Robot of Death, I had correctly guessed which 1970s Dr Who seating was remarkable enough to make it onto fucking Salvage Hunters and I am sharing this because it left me both proud and ashamed and that's quite a confusing mix of emotions to have.

#tho this might be LESS sad that the time I recognised the BBC Radiophonics Workshop's noises in Quatermass and the Pit? #because that one starts with me watching Quatermass and the Pit (and it wasn't even the Hammer version!!! GASP!!) #i don't count “knowing actors solely from their dr who appearances” as that's just a normal part of everyday life for everyone #(you can call me uncultured if you like but i refuse to consider it 'uncultured' to recognise Count Scarlioni in a Hollywood movie) #(EVERYONE ON EARTH'S HEARD OF COUNT SCARLIONI) #dw

[firstofficerkittycat]

when the doctor asked emma grayling who clara is and she was like "she's a perfectly ordinary girl shes very clever and she's more scared than she lets on is that not enough" literally me to moffat

#clara oswald #doctor who #the fucking loss i experienced in bells of st john #couldnt even allow her to be good at hacking on her own da spoon men had to boost her iq<3 #that was the beginning of the end #she was such an interesting and derranged character she deserved more and by more i mean less #so so much less #she was interesting in her own right she did not need that other shit #like she literally had her own time lord victorious moment she saw the universe from birth to death in hide and it changed her #she kept doing increasingly more reckless shit because she went to space to fill a hole she was not trying or expecting to live that long #and she hates it when the doctor tries to be responsible for her #shes always like i never asked you to protect me!!! which is a wild take she refuses to recognise him as the one who can keep her alive in #environments she has never experienced before #she went with him to have some wacky fun and then she saw horrors beyond comprehension and went oh. ok. i can be god too #she looked at the doctor and went oh it's not that you're special it's that your circumstances give you power. and now i have power too #and i have power over you i can make you do things for me #that shit was so good #and like to be clear im not saying she cant have her whole orphan black thing going on #but like what did it actually do for her as a character? it couldve done a lot but she wasnt the focus of any of it #also p much everyone on this show has sacrificed themselves for the doctor it is not a defining trait #what defines her as a character is not that she was Born To Save The Doctor its that she thinks like this #nobodys ever safe!!!!! ive never asked you for that ever!!!

[quasi-normalcy]

Hot Take: the moral panic over transgenderism is but the merest foretaste of the out-and-out mass hysteria that will grip much of the world once we finally get transhumanism up and running.

#you can kill me and everyone like me but your grandchildren still aren't going to be a human in a way you'll recognise #sorry

[fiendishartist2]

*thinks about paul and care a bit too hard* i think im gonna be sick

#GUYS #HEY #do you ever think. do yuo ever think about how paul knows everyone in the game except care #belle is gamily. jill had the game and discovery pages. he knew rainer as a kid. he visited the family even tho he wasnt seeing them much #but he doesnt remember this girl at all. he doesnt even remember anyone going missing. he wasn't visiting the family much at the time #do you think he remembers marvin? do you tuink he knows he did anything wrong? do you think he lies awake at night trying to fit- #-his life and the game together #what do you think he was thinking during the counselor's section? i wonder if he remembered that. i wonder how far back he can- #-even remember. or maybe its selective like anything related to care is just gone #he knows they share a birthday and that the look alike. he knows the game places care in his family despite himself not being there #the game looks at him and asks him to retrace care's steps. rainer performs a spell to change his past. but can a game do that? #you are carrie mark. you are carrie mark you are carrie mark you are carrie mark you are carrie mark #do you think he knows after that. i wonder if looks in the mirror and recognises those eyes. that nose. if he avoids it entirely #doors are always open for him. the floor will continue under his feet and when he reaches for a door it will be open #it was closed for care but always open for paul #care is dizzy and uncoordinated and blind. paul cant tell his lefts from his rights #.............. #petscop #paul leskowitz #carrie mark

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

Have determined via extensive research that the best way to tell a story that will Do Numbers on Tumblr is to:

A) Make a Nest of Little Guys

B) Put them through The Horrors

C) Give none of them therapy

D) Also some of them are gay

#prove me wrong #no like generally tho #ppl are always asking 'why don't these characters TALK to each other' #when their very inability to do so is EXACTLY the reason everyone likes putting them in a scrumbled up paper bag and shaking it #and on a serious note #that's actually something worth remembering for writers #because it can be super tempting to just spill all your characters' secrets #because you're so proud to have come up with them #and you want that work recognised #but less CAN be more when it comes to this kind of thing #a few well-placed hints will often get your readers more rabid about your oc #than one major confession scene #however gratifying it may feel in the moment #writing #creative writing #fandom #tumblr

[hella1975]

the closest ill ever get to being a pick me girl is the joy that fills me when the chefs at work so clearly favouritise me. like im there nicely cleaned up in my smart-casual uniform just a 20 year old waitress smiling my customer service smile and behind me spawns Scary Dog Privilege 10x in the form of several burly middle-aged chefs at least three of which have criminal records and would all stick a bread knife in someone for bothering me

#like it's really funny bc i worked HARD with back of house bc i knew my job would be significantly easier if they liked me #(it speeds your orders through. you can ask for things without being told to fuck off during a rush. they'll get you food on shift etc) #and also there's a stereotype especially in fancier places where floor staff look down on kitchen staff and i think that's shitty #so i was always going to be try with them and be nice but ALSO when i first started my job it was in a peak era so while these days #we're struggling a lot and have had to employ a lot of college kids that dont know what they're doing #when i joined it was all private school girls that would swan about the place very snootily. so the divide between front and back of hosue #was INTENSE when i joined. and there i was a little state school girlie and the chefs immediately recognised that #and took me under their wing. so even though the class angle doesnt exist so much anymore and theres majority state schoolers #im still very much in with the chefs in a way not many of the other floor staff are. and there's also the fact im not scared of them #like chefs ARE rude and a lot of them DONT like or even respect floor staff but i will GLADLY tell them to fuck off if i think it necessary #and that's a language they understand like ironically there's one chef that doesnt get on with ANY of the waitresses #(i talked about him on another post he's the soup one) but he likes me bc when he tried that rude dismissive act i told him to shove it #and now the other waitresses literally SEND ME TO TALK TO HIM when they have questions/want something bc they know he'll listen to me #and me and the head chef are besties and the one kp will talk OVER THE OTHER WAITRESSES' heads and completely blank them #so she can talk to me and it's all just really funny bc the kitchen staff LOVE me and that's not even me being arrogant #it's like a known thing at work that they love me and im just. a 20 year old 5'2 waitress with my little pearl necklace and blouse #and some tattooed ginger mohawked 6ft chef is there getting angry for me when i come in complaining about a table #or the kp that is literally on probation will give me a sticky toffee pudding and tell everyone to leave me the fuck alone LMAO #hella slaves to capitalism

[touchlikethesun]

so much of what's said about jason relies on downplaying him and his character: he's not as strong as percy (or any of the seven, some say), he wasn't good enough for piper, he's a bit useless, he's boring. for one, it's not my larger point but i think the constant comparisons are really not fair, he is objectively talented as a leader and powerful as a demigod etc. however, more importantly, especially when it comes to the power thing, even if the critics are all right, so what?? is he inherently lesser if percy is stronger than him??? is he not deserving of love and friendship and support, just because he doesn't have the best snippy comebacks??? our value isn't defined strictly by how we numerically measure up to others. jason grace is the perfect example of someone struggling but trying their best, but gets absolutely pointless disrespect, it's not fair. cards down i really love jason grace and ik i can't just expect everyone else too, but i wish more people found him as endearing as i do.

#i was having jason feels and went to look for edits and it just made me upset #jason grace #pjo hoo toa #this is incoherent but i'm like #i feel like part of the hate to jason could be a projection of self hatred #or a feeling of protectiveness towards percy #which i can understand to an extent but like... #jason does not deserve his reputation in the fandom #like you can hype percy w/o bringing jason down #ALSO not everyone needs to reach levels of success where they're getting offered godhood for their work to be recognised #like jesus #okay i'll calm down now #also if there are any jason fans out there #i want to find you #because i need more jason positivity rn #until then i'll go reread a kingburu fic #they treat jason sooooo right