#i can see this with a couple of pairings

[natsmagi]

femstars hiyojun doodle 💥💥💥💥💥💥

#THEY LOOK. almost the same #but in my defense whenever i look at these two in canon all i can think is #thats literally a lesbian couple #like if i went to a lesbian bar i would deadass see a pair that looks exactly like them #femstars #genderbend #hiyojun #hiyori tomoe #jun sazanami #enstars #ensemble stars #my art

[aziraphaledefensesquad]

Er…

Have the people talking about Hozier’s Too Sweet representing aziraphale/crowley actually LISTENED to the lyrics?

#I swear lit comprehension is fading #you want a song couple clearly not suited for each other to represent your fav pairing #can you not see he doesn’t want to be with the other person unless they change themselves #why #good omens #hozier #too sweet

[thistledropkick]

"Before the tequila event, I went to an exhibition at Rolling Cradle, who I owe a lot to

If you're not careful, you might end up wearing matching couples outfits with Hiromu while you're on tour, so choose your clothes carefully"

#njpw #el desperado #my translation #the word he uses that I translated to 'matching couples outfits' is ペアルック “pair look” #which is like when romantic couples intentionally wear matching or complimentary outfits as cute PDA #You can image search it if you want to see some examples #Rolling Cradle is a small independent clothing store and the guy who runs it is friends with Despe and Hiromu #RC has done merch designs for both of them and also sponsored the most recent Despe vs Kasai singles match

[sea-me-now]

taking this international asexual day to say that crowley and aziraphale from good omens are asexual and would never have sex thank you and goodnight

#yes i know it’s never said in exact words that they are asexual but don’t make me tap the sign #the angels (fallen ones as well) have no biological sex unless they make and effort to #they have no need nor means to reproduce therefore they likely would have no desire to have sex #people can think whatever they want about characters wah wah wah but i desperately just want my one asexual couple who are still romantic #they are the only asexual couple in media i’ve seen that i actually relate to please they are all i have #there are so many other actual mlm pairings you can make have sex with each other please leave them alone #they aren’t even men! many of you forget that and just see them as men and it’s disappointing #anyway sorry but i’ve been saying this for years and i will type it today and never talk about it ever again #asexual #asexuality #international asexuality day

[theladyrebecca2]

It's human nature to gain or lose hope when you see Netflix socials promoting Byler or Midleven, but we've gotta pull back the curtain to see the full picture.

First, always remind yourself that the Stranger Things team and Netflix are completely separate entities. Netflix is the vehicle the ST team are driving their story on, but they're not the same people who actually create it. They get little to no say in what the ST writers write.

I say 'little' because the bones of each season will have been greenlit by select Netflix higher-ups (with NDA's signed). But if the Stranger Things team want Storyline A, and Netflix were to say no, what about Storyline B? Then the ST team are absolutely capable of standing their ground and not moving. Perhaps some compromises can be made, but the final say will be down to how stubborn the ST writers can be. This was made apparent by the Duffer Brothers’ open stance on the writing and acting strikes, which directly opposed Netflix. It mattered to them that in the future, writers will continue to have control over their work. That Netflix can't just weasel out of their contracts with shows and write their own endings with AI. Right now, Netflix provide funding, connections, and a platform to host stories on. The ST team provide their content, the original idea, the heart and soul. It's a mutually beneficial relationship.

When it comes to promoting stuff on social media, we have several teams working separately. This leads to exchanges like this from the Netflix Tudum event:

This is two completely different social media teams interacting with each other. Most important to remember though - right now, the Netflix social media team won't know anything about Season 5. The earliest they may be told anything important will be at the start of the Season 5 promotional campaigns, but even then, it's not a given. NDA's will be in effect at Netflix right up until the bitter end. The social media people will be working in tandem with the marketing team, all of them given set content or working under guidelines when told what they can promote/ talk about.

Secondly, they're just ordinary people doing their job. When it comes to liking comments or replying to them, it will all differ depending on which person happens to be logged into the Netflix account at that time.

For ST5, it looks like Dana and Chris are two Senior Social Media Managers at Netflix US:

But look at all the related connections, and you begin to realise just how many people make up these social media teams (and marketing, which is related). And remember, this is just Netflix US - not the ST team.

So just think about how each person has their own opinions, has their own views on the show. How many of these people might ship Byler? How many ship Midleven? I bet they have their own interpersonal work politics behind the scenes, hoping their idealised ending is the right one.

My point is, there's no point freaking out about this occuring underneath Netflix US's recent post about ST S5:

All this shows is that we have a Midleven shipper in the social media team. After Season 4, a lot of people got excited at this:

But again, all this indicates is that we also have a potential Byler shipper in the Netflix UK team. It's just as pointless getting happy and excited about pro-Byler stuff on there, as it is to get worried or upset about pro-Midleven stuff.

#the Netflix marketing content such as the couples costume thing is almost as pointless #I say almost because I DO think active marketing outside of social media means the content they're being given to promote includes #the will and mike pairing #so that definitely strays into queerbait territory #but for S5 endgames the only social media accounts we should pay any attention to is the strangerthingswriters account #and accounts connected to the ST team NOT the Netflix team #it's just about audience engagement for them #the only thing we can do is continue liking/supporting pro-Byler comments on there when we see them #byler #< target audience

[kosmiccarma]

I'll add myself to the pool of ppl who (might delusionally) believe gojo ain't dead dead

#karma.talks #jjk manga spoilers #jjk 236 leaks #listen. I was cackling in the work parking lot this morning looking at the server leaks #1. narratively his death would serve nothing for the plot. and the whole fight wouldn't have moved anything forward #2. head ain't cut off. eyes aren't destroyed. shoko and angel literally still on the same continent. body could be healed easy peasy #3. gojo was saying bye to his dead friends instead of them welcoming him? so he could be goin' off to limbo #or have his second enlightenment hit within the next couple chapters to off sukuna once and for all. and get to kenny #and 4. uhh kenny??? he still exists gege. can't have a fight with him paired with anyone else tbh just wouldn't thematically fit #best of both worlds scenario: kids kill sukuna with gojo's resurrection #gojo goes on to fight kenny. kenny dies by the six eyes and/or infinity once and for all and gojo sacrifices the six eyes and/or infinity #so kenny can no longer body swap and will end the tale of his terror. geto comes back into consciousness for a couple more moments #OR his body is at peace once and for all and THEN gojo dies from wounds / overexertion of his cursed energy #OR gojo lives but remains a normal human w/o the six eyes or limitless. and this is bc he cheated death twice and that's the toll #gege make some of this happen or you've given a good side character a nonsensical death (within the scope of the story and character arc) #give it 10 chapters to see where this goes. if he's dead dead that's a fumble of an ending to their fight and a death scene #btw if anyone wants to talk abt this more just DM me I ain't fighting the tag system over more spoilers

[deus-ex-mona]

honeypre walked so meoto could run

#still need to listen to meoto at least once a day to function thank you lxl #you just k n o w the meoto event story would’ve been c r a z y if honeypre didn’t eos #let’s face it honeypre was obsessed with shoving lxl into couple-y situations so. #imagine what they could’ve cooked up when presented with a song where they were *actually* lovers #and imagine the beatmap lmaoooo you know they would’ve made yujiro’s ‘anata’ in the choruses a sliding hold note with a flick at the end #i can see aizo’s ‘omae’ being 3 pairs of double flick notes though bc that’s always a pain to play #and that last part of the song would’ve been a few pairs of double taps with a final pair of flicks right as the song ends… #hm. i think i need to do something better with my life than think about a beatmap that doesn’t exist #anyways pls come back honeypre i miss kohachi </3 #just honeypre things #LXL MEOTO CRISIS 2K24

[rawliverandgoronspice]

one thing you must understand about me extremely fast is that the only pairings that make any sense to me are those where it's the worst idea you've ever heard and both participants are getting out of there in tatters

#thoughts #ganondorf and saeruk are actually the healthiest pairing I've ever written #and it's fucking saying something!!!!!!! #because it's Absolutely Not Healthy!!! #but it's still my best attempt u___u I know and I'm sorry #(that does include all my halfway home pairings btw for those in the know) #weirdly enough maddsen and gwynevir are not the worst either they do make it work for the time it lasts them #but yeah I have #“I can see people have healthy relationships in real life and that romantic love is objectively real. seems fake but ok" syndrome #so it's pretty hard to project myself re: healthy attraction and desire and couples as something that isn't a trap #this does impact my writing! in ways that are not super ideal honestly! #but oh well!!

[kelocitta]

I love your RW art month tiles. What art program do you use and how do you get those really clean textures and shapes?

I use PaintToolSai, both 1 and 2- but most of the drawing gets done in SAI1 since I couldn't get my brushes to import right for 2. Its an extremely bare bones program all things considered (Sai2 less so, it has a bit more tool-wise, but I only draw in it if i *have* too or for minor stuff) so its nothing really fancy being employed, everything geometric I do just by using a self made grid to measure out shapes like you would a piece of paper.

Literally its just a measured out grid of like... 50 by 50 px squares with cross sections? I just paste it as needed and draw the lines around it and since the measurements are consistent it just works.

my default pen is already "crunchy" so being perfectly matched isnt a huge deal, and you can general paste and rotate to make it look a little cleaner. Honestly I've used this same grid for forever (and it was off by like one pixel at one point lol) its just really useful for quick matching things for a program that doesn't have stuff built in for lining things up As for the textures, those are all default to SAI (I think?). The brush I use lightly uses of fabri (which mostly just makes the edges of the brush grainier) and then I usually also put some various level of a layer texture overlay thats just one of SAI's default 'watercolor' textures. It mostly just adds a little bit of a noise/grain effect. Heres that on max

For ArtMonth itself I just draw out a tile canvas using the grid with all the layers broken up- then I just reuse it over and over as needed. There's probably smarter ways to do it, but eh it works

And yeah, theres just two borders. One for the bottom and one for the top, makes it easy to make something that goes 'in and out' of the tiles without having to think to much. Just snip as needed

#ask #i feel so bad trying to explain how i draw because not only do i suck at explaining it everything is SO sloppy compared to like #fancier artists. Idk man im basically out here with a pair of scissors a ruler and some paper. I can make a new layer and nothing else #i guess i should also note that i draw on fairly tiny canvases most of the time which means texture stuff can get a little more... strong? #than what i tend to see with huge canvases. Like most of my brush sizes run anywhere from like size 6 to 16 at max and that can be a decent #difference in look. I wouldn't say ones better or worse than the other just that there is a little bit of a different in feel there #artmonth canvases are sub 900 so that twitter keeps them transparent #in particular #ALSO SORRY IF THIS IS LIKE BADLY WRITTEN ITS 4AM #OH YEAH EXTRA NOTE: i have been playing with clip studio. not for like #serious use because i think it has too many things (lol) but i had to grab it for conversion stuff. I have played with a couple of layer #stuff there (the lizards i did recently. not the last one) i have no clue how to use that program or what any of the buttons do but i guess #if you wanna do what ive did with the lizards thats 'hitting random buttons in clip studio' and not SAI

[tryndei]

i suddenly became so angry when i thougt about henri/augustin as a pairing because i feel like there was no actual romance between them in game not a single hint(just like between daniel and alexander in tdd however people still managed to find it) but the fandom talks about it as if they was a canon couple

#i am not homophobic i just dont understand why people ship all the male characters #but now they just dont call it yaoi))) #or another name for this kind of pairings that exist because people see romantic love everywhere #or just ship two male characters because they are two male characters #because they can have a strong bond without being a gay couple #amnesia the bunker

[a-wins-a-win]

unpopular opinion?? maybe?

Matt & Ivy have a really interesting dynamic!! both pre- and post-canon!! with or without romantic undertones!! either reciprocal or one-sided!!

and obviously it has to be handled with a particular level of care/respect BUT I think if we allowed them enough grace there is space to explore a really interesting possibility for that relationship.

#obviously Matt is not ENTITLED to Ivy - im absolutely not saying that at all #and he definitely did a lot of things extremely wrong and Ivy doesn’t HAVE to forgive him - she doesn't even have to *like* him #and in many stagings she actually doesn’t at all! even pre-canon she isn't into him on a *platonic* level - which i love for her #but I also think that - misguided & clumsy about it though he was - Matt is genuinely trying his best to see her as a person. #an idealized version of a person yes. but a person nonetheless. #which is what Ivy wants from Jason (and tbf he sees her as a person also but it’s an obviously different situation) #and while you can't force romantic compatibility (that was like. the whole point.) in some versions of the show they're not-quite-dating #- in varying types of “situationship” with varying levels of commitment. so it's not insane to me to say hey #maybe they need time to stabilize themselves and figure out who they are again after the events of the show. but maybe a couple years - #- down the line they reconnect and they're both in a better place & maybe this time it can all work out. #idk I think I just see a lot of people write it off entirely - and they’re well within their rights to do so don’t get me wrong #but I don’t think it’s fair necessarily to put them in the ‘doomed to fail’ category #wow okay I care about them as a pair more than I realised #tldr; give Matt & Ivy and their relationship dynamic the grace + complexity they deserve #mouse talks bapo #bare a pop opera #Ivy Robinson #Matt Lloyd #[as a side note - sometimes I think about queer Matt & transmasc Ivy & the interesting concept of their potential boyfriendism]

[chat-dank]

If you’re not into Angbang for the "In a world where I hate everyone and everything, against all odds, I found acceptance / love in you” dynamic and the ancient, poetic intimacy of order and chaos, of creation and destruction, I’m not really sure what you’re here for.

#angbang #every time I see people try to abusify this ship it BAFFLES me #there are horrible ships all over the place in Tolkien's work! #the FUN of Angbang is that they're probably aware their side is living on borrowed time but they fight together for their cause regardless #at some point they aren't even afraid of the war to come they just enjoy finally being reunited in the same fortress under one roof again #They will destroy the entire world and lay its corpse at each other's feet as a token of affection because they know it'll be appreciated! #What makes two people a couple isn't the approval of God/Eru or lack thereof. It's the people's compatibility #And there's something so beautiful and powerful and intimate and all-consuming in its magnitude #about primordial forces like Order and Chaos working together to find a balance that allows them to thrive #Fun fact - Norse mythology (which was an inspiration for Tolkien btw) is based precisely on this. The delicate balance of Order and Chaos. #...Do I need to keep going or can we ship and let ship now and NOT mock people for having a different take on a FICTIONAL pairing? #because I can keep going

[captorations]

The summoning dark? That is a niche awesome choice

i don't think that's meant to be sarcasm but it's funny because i am like the millionth person to do it. i will say that i am proud of having it modeled after the scrawled version rather than the cleaner edit i know a bunch of other people get

#the scrawl just looks better #real edgy bitch hours #also lol you can see the tan line #i've been wearing a pair of bangles for a couple years now #and uh. i live in the desert #so. hilariously vivid tan lines on both arms where the bangles rest #it's not as dramatic on the underside but. from the outside i just appear to have stripes #kinda tempted to get a bunch and just have full raccoon arms #discworld

[thevalleyisjolly]

I’m definitely not saying that the old Star Wars Legends books were all good, and I’ll be the first to criticize them for all the interesting creative decisions and sometimes questionable writing quality, but there will always be a little part of me that’s salty about how they got almost completely discarded in favour of the Mouse’s new canon hegemony.  Was Legends really that good?  Eh, not really.  So often, it was a case of ‘Cool concept, completely dropped the ball on the execution.’  Are there a lot of good things about the new canon that we wouldn’t be able to have with Legends?  Absolutely.  Is it still a shitty thing to overwrite decades worth of creative effort and collaboration for the sake of corporate marketing?  Generally, yeah.

#the valley is posting #'cool concept; completely dropped the ball on the execution' is pretty much the default mode of legends #i think i'm in the minority that actually thought the idea of the yuuzhan vong was really interesting #but the arc dragged out way too long and stopped making sense a couple books in #the whole hapan confederacy could have been really innovative but just reads like a clumsy attempt at girlpower #i can kind of see the concept behind the lost tribe of the sith but nothing about it was well done #pair that with the abeloth arc which was just. uh. i get what they were going for but the constant switching between authors in that series #just meant that character motivations were all over the place and there was no consistent characterization #one thing that does amuse me about legends is every writer taking one line spoken by mothma in the ot #'many bothans died to get this information' #and deciding that meant that the entire species were intelligence operatives

[ofallthingsnasty]

As someone who has a very 'laissez-faire' style when it comes to clothing, there is something so special about a yandere dressing you up, molding your appearance so that there is no doubt you're the perfect fit. I barely throw my outfits together, even when I go out for the night, how exciting would it be to have it all match? From the underwear to jewelry, daywear to sleepwear- if they care enough, you’ll have a special outfit for every single outing they could take you to (if you aren’t stuck in the basement until further notice, that is). Doesn't matter if they're more on the stylish side like Mirko and Hawks or prim and proper like Nighteye or Overhaul. Especially with someone who has the means to splurge on you and will do so with glee. Sure, some hold it over your head that you need a new coat - but some will find nothing but utter delight in treating you like their little dress-up doll. After all, there is the matter of you trying on every single garment and them being able to either ogle you shamelessly- or downright grope you, obviously finding faults with how the fabric fits around your shoulders, ass, legs.

One might just enjoy seeing you squirm around while you’re ordered to twirl and twist, another genuinely gushes over how good you look. One takes pride in having everything match with them, the other might try to veer your style into something entirely unexpected, might try to turn you into their perfect fantasy. And then you have the ones who either don’t care for getting you clothes or simply can’t afford a huge wardrobe. For them, keeping you naked or minimally clothed is an option as well, one that might be just perfect.

#omg please tell me what your fave yan would do/what type they are!! i really wanna hear it #yandere bnha #tw.yandere #tw.kidnapping #at least a mention #sooooo... can we talk about all might would dress you to the nines? man's SO the type to do that. also sir gets you everything to match #*how #you'd be the kinda creepy couple... if anyone gets to see you that is haha. but seriously. if you wear glasses he 100% gets you a yellow #pair as well lmao. at least yellow accents. you have to match MATCH #and dabi. doesn't care. gets you new underwear if you beg right. but other than that. the clothes you got on you or his shirts. and if those #don't fit. he miiiight just buy you a couple that do. but you better be more than grateful hehe. makes a big deal out of it for sure #mirko though. loves to dress you. matching - but in themes and outfits not in the twinning sense #i don't peg her as a kidnapping yan so i think she'd show you off on her insta #she'd absolutely burn your old wardrobe and redress you from the ground up. even the socks you wear will be fcking gucci #you're gonna look so expensive and cute together... too bad your girlfriend is a manipulative lovesick celebrity #who isn't afraid to hurt you sometimes.... whoop #licherally you know what i do when i go out? throw on a braless top and some platforms some hoops and a cute purse #sir would be so.... disappointed 😂