#i know it really is as simple as

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

sorry to be on this again. but. without weighing in on the corset question specifically. this logic is bad. i it’s like documented at this point that wearing high heels constantly can cause permanent damage to your body and this has not yet so much as dented their market share, purchased regularly by the vast majority of women. i need everyone on earth who thinks like this to do some reflecting on why they think it is so easy for women to just think their way out of patriarchy, why they think it is so obvious for women to just decide to stop doing the things their entire society is communicate indicate Woman Behaviors, why they assume the calculation of personal safety vs. following social mores is so easy and obvious. maybe also reflect on whether being legally a second class citizen in a myriad of ways might have any impact on the day to day decision-making part of your psyche. also idk maybe consider why you see “women historically have been socially and materially punished for not following social mores [like to be fair most people but also the gender of it all DOES matter]” and hear “women are dumb(?) tools(???) of the patriarchy.” like i actually don’t look at a woman who is a second-class citizen if the word citizen is even worth applying here whose opportunities for any kind of independence are severely curtailed to nonexistent who is doing what women do as they get by as a dumb tool of the patriarchy. do you?

#i know it really is as simple as #no one wants to admit they cannot cleanly separate some inner ‘self’ from things internalized from a toxic milieu #and many people react to the discomfort of this #by getting mad about any idea suggests they are not free autonomous agents following their pure needs and desires #but it’s true of me and it’s true of you yes you person reading this now and it’s true of everyone on earth #no one is capable of fully discerning for a fact what they want because they really want it #vs. what they’ve been trained to want #this is less and less about corsets the more i type and it was never really about corsets

[hansama]

KEEP RESISTING!! KEEP FIGHTING!!! DON'T STOP UNTIL PALESTINE IS FREE! 📢📢📢📢

#Palestine #FREE PALESTINE #CEASEFIRE NOW #global strike #I know this is a really simple drawing... I wanted to make smth better... But... #/something/ is better than nothing at all

[egophiliac]

Hi it's just to let you know that the official romanization of Revaan's name is Raverne ! Also they have romanized Baul's name to Baur !

Twst coming back at us again with the least expected romanization! thank you everybody (oh god my inbox) (no it's great, I literally asked for this and the reactions have been INCREDIBLE, thank you all!)

I do like Raverne though, I think it's got a nice fancy sound to it! (I had kinda suspected it was going to be an R instead of an L, so the fact that it's SO close to Laverne except for that is hilarious to me personally.) and Dragoneye Duke is honestly probably the best translation for his title, I wasn't envying the localizers that one. :') Baur instead of Baul I was NOT expecting, but in retrospect I think his name's supposed to be a reference to the Bauru crocodile, so that actually makes way more sense!

someone else also said Meleanor has become Maleanor, which is the REALLY weird one to me, because I was so surprised it was written as Mel instead of Mal in the first place?! oh god no I can't decide which one I like better. 😭 (I wonder if they might change it to Mal...they have made romanization changes before) (like I remember House of Distraction being corrected to House of Destruction in Playful Land) (I did check and she's still Mel for now, but I dunno, they might Mal her up and some point and save me from having to make a decision about which one to use) (HECK I CAN'T DECIDE)

uhhhh thank you for letting me ramble about anime names, let's just say MONOGRAMMED SWEATERS FOR EVERYONE

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 part 4 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 part 4 spoilers #mel is so cute but mal fits with the rest of the draconias better #eng version no you were supposed to save me not make things MORE confusing #anyway raverne huh #that uh. that sure feels like it's supposed to evoke raven doesn't it. #what does it mean WHAT DOES IT MEAN #hold on i'm going to flail around embarrassingly about anime character theories now #(okay first a disclaimer: i do think we need to sit down as a fandom at some point) #(and have a discussion about exactly what is actual canon versus meta speculation versus jokes) #(because i think there has been. some confusion. over that re:crowley and raverne specifically) #(but i do feel justified in being like THEY ARE PROBABLY CONNECTED SOMEHOW RIGHT?! right now) #like i really don't think it's as simple as crowley being raverne but with memory loss or something #(and if they pull that on us i'm going to need an EXTREMELY good explanation to go with it to justify that) #they've gone out of their way several times now to make a point about them acting and sounding different and it feels very intentional to m #(and once again: i super 100% absolutely do not believe that lilia wouldn't recognize him with the top half of his face covered) #i just think the contradictions are a lot stronger than the connections right now but there ARE some connections and i'm 👀ing at them #to be fair the connections are mostly meta like crowley being diablo/raverne being evocative of raven #also the general 'raverne mysteriously disappeared and apparently had distinctive eyes' thing #versus 'crowley's past is unknown and he never shows his eyes' #(i will argue that crowley DOES seem to have some kind of canon connection to briar valley) #(since he is clearly some sort of fae and the masks are a briar valley thing) #and that is kinda it right now isn't it #okay hold on i had to delete some tags because i used too many (thanks tumblr for letting me know and not just vanishing them OH WAIT) #so tl;dr: i'm in the 'crowley is connected to raverne somehow but it's more complicated than just him being in disguise' camp personally #but that will probably change as we get more info and also don't take this as an anti-speculation thing because i love theories HOORAY

[goblins-riddles-or-frocks]

forever obsessed with dynamics between vampires, specifically that of a maker and fledgling, as a way to explore abuse. the creation of a vampire itself can so easily be a literalization of the lasting impacts of trauma and also much more simply the ways a perpetrator might shape their victim’s very identity. the extremes of isolation in the way that the new vampire, in most narratives, must cut all ties to their mortal life, or else go through an elaborate charade to maintain the facade of humanity, while forever still being removed from it. and the sheer dependence and vulnerability of being in an entirely new state of being, wholly uncertain of what it entails, and relying on another person to define… everything.

#or just the moral dilemmas #rewatching amc interview is kind of making me insane #that moment in episode two when louis is looking for a sort of assurance in the fact that lestat may actually have some good in him #look at how he cares about music look at the simple wondrous things that can bring him joy #and then the immediate dread when the opera performance turns out to be imperfect because he knows how lestat will react to *that* #I think there’s also something really interesting in the highlighting of lestat upbraids the less skilled singer before killing him #(slowly) #but also I will wait to watch more before I articulate my thoughts #vampires #interview with the vampire #amc interview with the vampire #i ramble sometimes #I do still find the lestat and claudia film and novel dynamic by far the most compelling for how she tries to usurp him but almost to be him #but I’m enjoying this #I’m very curious if I will like show claudia more on rewatch #the movie always resonated most with me (sue me lol) because there seemed to be more simultaneous fondness and attachment even at the end

[turtleblogatlast]

I’ve remembered that colors exist

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rise leo #back to black and white for me #just wanted to play with colors and Leo got to be my guinea pig #genuinely I just kept putting layers on top of each other until I was like hm okay #this is why I stick with greyscale 😭 #too indecisive for color #turtle art tag #the trans implication was for once accidental but my subconscious is RIGHT actually- #he wears the colors well what can I say #anyway you know it’s not me without tags so here we go #the bros represent the four different times of day SO well #Mikey is Dawn Leo is Day Raph is Dusk and Donnie is Night #you can also argue switching Mikey and Leo around too but I like Leo as day simple bc his blue and stripes work with it #blue for clear blue skies #red stripes for dusk yellow for dawn #‘where are his swords’ in the void #man I wanna draw Leo in blue pink and white more often those really are his colors tbh #not JUST for my trans leo agenda either #on that note Mikey would rock fuchsia #and splash colors like that kickass jacket he had in CDMtT #Donnie would do great in lilacs or silvers #and Raph would kill it in gold #tan too would be so pretty on him and paired with gold? 👌👌👌 #not me wanting to draw fashion for them 😭 #on a further note April in emerald greennnnn #midnight blue or marigold for her too would be gorgeous #I could go on all day tbh

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I want it back / I drag its dead weight forward.

#Better drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #digital art #This was a style experimentation doodle that took on a life of its own. #In a way it is a great example of 'beautiful failure'. The original goal was to try a pure black and white contrast piece. #Which I very much failed at doing. Not quite ready for that! However what this turned into is something I like a lot! #Different but in a way that really pushed me as an artist. A little less simple; a little more proportional. #I was also recently thinking about LWJ's grieving that we only catch glimpses of. #LWJ grieved his first love for 13 years. His love that was never reciprocated. #He chose to dedicate his heart to that mourning and most painfully of all - he did so knowing there was no end to that grief. #Wei Wuxian comes back to life in MDZS but that is an exception. Not the expectation. #He was dead. Not missing. Not 'maybe in hiding'. He was dead and his spirit unreachable. #Jiang Cheng went forwards with denial but LWJ takes that grief on. He copes by continuing to carry the weight with him. #Let me be clear. Neither are healthy approaches. It is a way to cope but it does not mean that is healing or healthy. #Grief is loved transformed but it is also about endurance and letting go. Grief can change you. You can also change your grief. #It isn't a good or evil thing to experience. It is just an experience.

[ineed-to-sleep]

Blacked out in front of my tablet and woke up with sketches of my Touchstarved mc + Kuras my beloved. woops

#I found out dr. kuras is 6'6 I said hold on lemme get a stool so I can climb this man #touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarved kuras #kuras #sleepyscribble #oc.emma #my mc is meant to be a self insert but also like. I wanted to come up w a design and character arc and everything jkvkvk #so I ended up basing her on my personality/looks but taking her into a direction that would fit the game #she's like. me but 'characterized' and a bit exaggerated for the sake of being a character yk #the way she turned out is that she's basically a friendly happy go lucky mage who laughs at her own misery but hides #a deep layer of self loathing underneath all that bc of her curse #having been cursed all her life she believes she's a monster and the sunny personality is a way for her to 'make up for it' #but at the same time she feels like a farse. like she's only luring ppl in to an inevitable demise #and she thinks she's selfish bc despite knowing the danger she poses she still goes out there and puts herself among ppl #bc she craves human connection. even tho she feels guilty for 'indulging' in it #anyway I love the cursed mc concept in this game <3 it's been really interesting to think abt how that would affect someone #also I kept her physical features looking pretty much like mine #bc I wanted to draw myself in a cute way. teehee #but the clothing I was basically thinking like. early game simple clothing that she didn't rlly pick for herself #and maybe later I can have an updated design w something she would actually pick for herself

[thewhizzyhead]

looking at the npmd tumblr posts I'm kinda glad that we seem to be all on the same page when it comes to npmd's portrayal of bullying and that putting a stop to it isn't as easy as simply having the victims stand up to them - examples being Max still beating the shit up out of Pete, Richie, and Ruth even when they make a stand in their own way. Standing up to them directly and telling them "i'm not a loser" or "you're just a bully" or something along those lines in order to take away their power is simply a disproven cliche because bullies don't care if their victims retaliate. They only care about the power they hold and when such power is taken away from them by force - so kudos to Starkid for having bullying portrayed as not just a regular schoolboy nuisance but as genuinely life-threatening shit that needs to be taken seriously because if it isn't nipped in the bud, once that bully gains more power, they will grow crazy with it.

#i dunno i just really like how max is a real fucking villain in this show #like he's funny as fuck but he is genuinely murderous and someone to look out for #and i know that he alMOST couldve turned around and be kinder to the nerds when he actually liked the prank they pulled #but he still fucking haunted them in the afterlife right? and he wanted to go for sycamore and clivesdale too #so yea bullying narratives isnt as simple as simply telling the bully 'no' #because who the fuck gives a shit about a no when you can deliver an uppercut #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #npmd spoilers #starkid #max jagerman

[softer-ua]

I just realized that Bakugo’s house has at least 2 fucking balconies and is legit 3 stories

I could literally get fucking lost in there, why does no one mention that he lives in an actual McMansion???

Knowing that he grew up in that kinda of wealth(in the same neighborhood as Izuku-King of the paupers??) really kinda repaints the fact that he’s naturally gifted at everything he does too

He’s such a fucking ✨it girl✨

I hate him

#kacchan #bnha bakugo katsuki #bakugou katsuki #my hero academia #mha #bnha #boku no hero #No wonder he flipped shit at Izuku offering him help #lil miss priss had literally never experienced adversity in his entire life #You know that we are living in a material world And I am a material girl- Bakugo Katsuki #I don't really need the D(eku) I need the Money- Katsuki Bakugo #Classic expensive you don't get to touch ow!- Katsuki Bakugo #Primadonna girl yeah all I ever wanted was the world- Katsuki Bakugo #I want fabulous that is my simple request All things fabulous bigger and better and best- Katsuki Bakugo

[fjordline]

#my art #galvatron #cyclonus #every time someone says something like this i get a little bit meaner to t*ilgate #i really dont Want to be a hater but some of you... make it difficult #especially that stupid ass vague post i saw a while ago lmfaoo it gave me a laugh at least but dear lord. #sitting my autistic ass down and listening to the ableism allegations levied against me #its a hatecrime to mischaracterize tg now #i Know tgs personality. i think his personality is immensely annoying #simple as #and i dont care enough abt him to portray it accurately in what is a 5 panel joke comic #like bro im a galvatrongirl u really think i care about failgate?? #and anon i hope for your sake and everyone elses that this was said ironically/with the purpose of making mtmtepeople look worse cus if not #transformers

[dootznbootz]

I currently have writer's block and fucked around and made Iliad and Odyssey memes :'D Some look like "repeats" but aren't. Just different scenarios/people. Enjoy!

There's... A LOT. I don't care if you pick out your favorites! I put this all in one post as I don't want to spam the tags! :D

#I hope people get the Proteus one😅It's simple but I really fucking love it. #I'm sorry if ugly but I literally made most of these in google presentation as all I have is a shitty chromebook. #I want to make more Penelope and Helen ones but those are mostly headcanons🥺 so probably something later on #I wanted to have more Agamemnon and Achilles ones too but I don't think I understand their characters enough to do them justice... #I know enough for basics but yea #the circe/calypso is a bit dark but...bleh. #I think “my wife has a migraine” one kind of fits Menelaus more (If he were in a band today? He'd probably be the drummer) but eh! #I'm not an artist and I don't want to use others art without giving credit. (the one art one that's from tumblr DOES have the creator on #the bottom! “c-rowlesdraws” on tumblr! also there's moomin) SO I MAKE DO WITH FUCKING JPEGS LIKE A PEASANT! :D #odysseus #odyssey #the odyssey #odypen #penelope #diomedes #menelaus #helen of sparta #achilles #thetis #agamemnon #circe #calypso #tagamemnon #greek mythology #iliad #the iliad

[stil-lindigo]

bedside bouquet.

--

a sapphic comic about a village girl and the fae she fell in love with.

creative notes:

#i didnt really have to struggle that much with my sexuality since once i realised it was an option i jumped the comphet ship immediately #but i wouldnt have reached this conclusion without the help of the queer women in my life #so. shoutout to them. i adore you #and i know the queer community is rife with infighting a lot of the time #but we shouldn't forget the simple joys of being known and acknowledged and empowered by people like you #those are just my thoughts #also #this comic has girls kissing in it #shock!! horror!! etc!! #im returning to my brand which is queer comics about relationships that are dubiously healthy #a romance has to be the slightest bit obsessive for me to really get into it unfortunately <3 #fae #sapphic #lgbt #lesbian #comics #stillindigo art #stillindigo comics #hearteaters

[sebfreak]

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #kuroshitsujiedit #kuroshitsuji: kishuku gakkou hen #fireworks #fyanimegifs #allanimanga #dailyanime #anisource #scenery #anime scenery #anime #gifset #gifs #anime gif #shounenedit #animangascenery #sebfreaks gif #tempted to write a new years joke lol #nah it´s a simple festival #uhhh #forget it i don´t know the name cricket something festival boat #but damn these fireworks are really romantic <3

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Yue Qingyuan and Tianlang Jun having tea together ☕

[Commission for @absolmon!]

#poorly drawn svsss #svsss #better drawn mdzs #yue qingyuan #tianlang jun #Do not hold the teapot like TLJ is holding it. He is actively burning his hand and *also* putting the teapot at risk. #He is (at least) using the right type of teapot (lighter coloured) to have a lighter tea. #The world of tea is extremely deep and I will probably do a comic about how to pick the right teapot / how to do a simple ceremony #You do *not* know tea until you have someone who knows tea make a cup for you. #Even if it is just a 'frathouse style' tea ceremony with random utensils to get the job done - it is so tasty. #Anyways; I think these two deserve to have a nice tea break. I like to think they are having jasmine tea. #TLJ is very much based off of my Luo Binghe design so if you wonder why he is so soft looking - that's why! #Thanks again to Absolmon for the commission! I really did love working on this B*) #EDIT: Thank you to Livingmeatloaf for helping out with the alt text! I added a few notes but it was really helpful to have a base!

[boiled-dennis]

i just hate cutting cucumbers

#iasip #iasip art #my art #mac mcdonald #charlie kelly #this may be incoherent. i dont know #it looks simple. but the file says it took 13 hours to draw. i struggled #i think it is funny to draw mac as an amalgamation of his eras #also i have never drawn with this style in my LIFE i have no idea where it came from. desperation maybe ... simple really is better ....

[kittyandco]

i hate that "what do you do when you share a f/o with someone" poll not being made by a self shipper and just being on the apolladay blog where any sort of poll can go. it didn't even break containment, it was made without our space in mind. it seems like bait to me. moreover, and the reason i'm making this post: blocking someone is not negative, mean, or rude. it is a neutral action and we shouldn't assign morality to blocking or curating your own space. if you think someone blocking someone that they don't want to interact with is any of those things, including "weird," then you aren't mature enough to be on tumblr. it is their prerogative whether or not you agree. and anyone who's calling self shippers abnormal, weird, delusional (or my personal beloathed "delulu"), or any other derogatory term, you're similarly immature for being unable to even perceive those who are different from you without stooping to insults and i wish you all the best.

#we really should stop seeing blocking as a bad thing. stop insulting people you don't know who aren't doing anything wrong #i don't normally make posts like this but i feel like this one's pretty simple #self ship