#i see and want to consume them

[watchingwisteria]

listen there really was just something about how in the book, snow’s 3-page descent from hesitant lover boy to deluded psychopath happens entirely in his mind. lucy gray gives him no indication whatsoever that she suspects him, that she’s going to leave or betray him. he’s just sitting quietly in the cabin waiting for her to return when that seed of calculated suspicion, which he has needed to survive the capitol, takes a hold of him and chokes the life out of any goodness left inside him. it really drives home your terror as a reader that “oh my god did he kill her? did she escape? what happened to her? why would he even think that?” in a way that when the movie had to adjust for visualization it lost some of that holy shit this guy has lost it emphasis.

#seeing some discourse and im not saying lucy grey didnt know #im saying she never dropped the kind of hints that she knew like she did in the movie #or if she did snow isnt worried about them until he very suddenly is consumed by them #snow is not concerned about whether or not she believed him. of course she did! hes snow! #but then shes gone…. for a while…… #and its the sudden immediate drastic unravelling that comes across so clearly in the book #that i knew wouldn’t translate to screen yet still cant help but miss #the hunger games #coriolanus snow #tbosas #lucy gray baird #not a crime or anything just a note that i cannot stop thinking about #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #this is all from memory of reading it quite a while ago. so maybe 3 pages is an exaggeration #but i remember it happening VERY quickly and without much external cause #like we as the reader have no indication as to whether shes nearby or not. #snow has no idea either. he just SUSPECTS. and his suspicion breeds the hatred that has been bubbling inside him all this time #he hates how she undoes him. he hates that he WOULD run away with her if shed let him keep his secrets #and he HATES more than anything that she makes him WANT to tell his secrets #he wants to be vulnerable and reveal the ugly nasty parts about himself and still be loved #but he does not let himself and it is everyone’s downfall #he chooses cruelty bc it is easy and familiar and makes him feel more powerful than the vulnerable give and take that real love requires

[devilfruitdyke]

we need to destroy the idea that girls should wear makeup. normalize bare faces on prom queens and flower girls and cheerleaders. no products at all instead of '7 product simple makeup routine.' no more 10 step skincare and regular facials and dermablading and gua sha just to be comfortable with yr natural face. i want to see eye bags on the funny librarian and acne on the swim coach and wrinkles on all our adult role models. i want to see a 16 year old girl that has never tried putting on eyeshadow. i want to see a 7 year old girl who doesn't have to go out and buy powder for her dance recital. i want to see trans women and girls everywhere to never have to wear makeup, regardless of how well they 'pass.' no more 'contouring to look masc' either. a post-beauty industry world is possible

reblogs are on but if you bring up the stage makeup point that i have addressed three times yr blocked on sight ☹️

#this is me warding myself against the b arbie m ovie shitstorm. </3 #too many teenage girls have had 'bimbo feminist' thrust upon them by the attention economy + consumer-feminist culture #its ok to just be fucking lame. like you can still be fem/me and stuff while doing it #there is a world where you can feel comfortable in yrself even if you arent Aesthetic #the makeup industry is trying to hinder this tho #plus i saw that post thats like. 'the reason we see a lot of casual pseudo-gender-essentialist and choice feminism rhetoric... #... is because we have fewer posts now that have basic feminist messages' #that resonated so i am the change i want to see in the world #i wanna try and make a r iot g rrrl masterpost for anyone getting into that side of things later so lmk if you want to see it

[kagoutiss]

pelican town, ‘72

#stardew valley #stardew valley spoilers #sdv #sdv spoilers #grandpa #mister qi #mr. qi #idk how dates work in stardew universe im just bullshittin #i love qi’s huge fucking eyebrows you dont notice them at first but theyre there #(gives our collective grandpa a ponytail) i think he had one. whatever #’why isnt mister qi blue’ my hc is he is blue from long-term iridium supplementation #and was originally just a regular person #but also it’s nice to see ur fav be like a normal human color #if u read tag essays tho consider this: #qi discovers secret to immortality (consuming iridium in a specific manner) #wants to share discovery with his farmer (player’s grandpa) and in that way. they will have all the time in the world to build #a perfect farming/business empire whose legacy will last forever and ever and theyll be 2gether forever #but it turns out. like a lot of normal people would. his farmer does not want to live forever #and obv he doesn’t #in an attempt to try not to ever lose the thing that means more to him than anything else in the world. qi inadvertantly ensures he will #because his farmer is dead. and he’s going to live forever #but. it’s kind of ok. because he has infinite money and was able to figure out how to talk to his dead bf #and now YOU help them fulfill their joint goal of making the farm’s legacy last forever #smile. heart #sobbing

[doydoune]

maybe we were never meant to be older than nine

caption from there is time to kill today legit one of the best aa fics out there please please go read it

version with text + close up

#them as kids. that's it that's the post #i will never stop crying about kids narumitsu #if you want to see von karma being yelled at and horrible elevator foreshadowing in a time loop this fic is for you #ace attorney #aa #ace attorney fanart #narumitsu #narumitsu fanart #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #benjamin hunter #for my fellow croissants #wrightworth #gyakuten saiban #art #fanart #sketch #doodle #help girl they're consuming my soul #dounart

[barksbog]

if anyone wants to learn color theory i will teach you

are you ready?

make things look edible. invoke the desire for your art to be shoved in someone's mouth. it just works.

#i'm only like 10% joking #the biggest compliment is when people tell me my art looks edible #thank you i tried to invoke you looking at this little frog and think it looks like fruit gumby #i guess if you want unappealing colors make it inedible looking? idk why you would #edible doesn't mean like food to be clear i mean when you see absolutely inedible objects and desire to consume them #like dirt/moss/green/brown can be the most edible color if it's the kind of moss you want to shove in your mouth #okay maybe this is me being autistic but i swear that's a science fact #my study is asaaaaghghghgg my friends agreed get wrecked

[u3pxx]

yknow what, i am feeling impulsive so i am proposing a silly little doodle trade bc im so tired and busy and I CANT DRAW THE CHARACTER WHEN I WANNA DRAW THE CHARACTER!!!!! ASKSKS anywasy , if u doodle me my bad omens sillies i'll doodle smth small back when i can <3

#i just want to see them hyperfixating is so time consuming and ive no time to consume DFGHJD #I JUST WANNA SEE THEM!!! #sunnysiderambles

[rollercoasterwords]

hey guys btw there is actually never a good reason to loudly and publicly talk about how much u dislike a fanfic!! Like. let's break this down for a sec:

i don't like it

ok, understandable. i've dnf'd lots of fics because i didn't like them. but the people writing fanfiction are doing it for free and for fun, and you don't know anything about their lives. they could be a young writer just starting out! they could be an older writer getting back into writing after years of being unable to! they could be someone going through a rough patch whose only source of joy right now is writing their silly little stories! talking about how much you dislike a fanfic literally does nothing except hurt the person writing it. that's it. it is not productive, it is not necessary. even strangers on the internet deserve basic human empathy.

ok but i really don't like it

babe, i feel u! i'm a hater too. rant about it privately. shit on it in private messages or group chats with friends. u can dislike something without dragging its creator into the town square to throw tomatoes at them, yknow?

ok but i really don't like it AND it's popular

ok? shouting about that on the internet doesn't make you cool or special or unique. it just makes you kind of mean and, honestly, bitter. like i said before, this is fanfiction. nobody is paying for it. nobody is profiting. there is no standard that these writers are obligated to meet. clearly, other people like the work. why not let them enjoy it in peace?

no u don't understand it doesn't deserve to be popular there are better fics that deserve it more!!!

talk about those fics then!! post about how much u love them!! uplift those writers!! ur tweet or tiktok or tumblr post is not going to suddenly make a popular fic lose all popularity, no matter how undeserving u perceive it to be. if this is actually coming from a place of frustration because you feel like there are other fics that deserve more attention, then just give those fics attention.

no but it's problematic

mmm ok. let's sit with this one for a second. i want you to ask yourself--is it really, really problematic? is it perpetuating harm against a marginalized group? remember, this is fanfic; it is outside the consumer economy, and the stories it tells will almost never make it to a mainstream audience. so is the story actually hurting people, or is the author just exploring something that you're uncomfortable with? because if you're just uncomfortable, then assuming the work is tagged properly, the best course of action is to just click away. as uncomfortable as it may be, people are allowed to write stories that you might find upsetting or gross or weird, and those stories existing is not inherently harmful in and of itself.

it is actively reinforcing harmful stereotypes/rhetoric/etc

okay! ok. if you are deeply concerned because you feel that this fic is genuinely harmful, then go to the writer. leave a comment. send them a message on tumblr or twitter or tiktok or wherever. explain your situation and see what they say! nine times out of ten, i'd bet that an ao3 writer means no harm and would be willing to listen and address your concerns. in fact, they might even be grateful to you for being kind enough to make them aware of a problem and educate them on it. every ao3 writer i've ever spoken to is an incredibly kind and thoughtful person; you don't need to immediately go on the attack

the writer is unreachable/nonresponsive/not willing to address or change the problematic thing

alright. if you truly feel that this fanfiction is actively harmful and can't reach any kind of conclusion with the writer, and you want to warn others who might read the fic, then do that. do that. make a post that says hey guys btw, x thing in this fic is not a good representation/perpetuates a harmful stereotype/whatever the problem is. and leave it at that! you don't need to go further and insult the writing or the person who wrote it. that is helpful to exactly no one, and if your goal is actually to make the world a better place, then you should learn how to draw attention to an issue in a way that encourages actual dialogue instead of dog-piling and personal attacks.

anyway the next time you feel the desire to post about how bad you think a fic is, feel free to use this as a guide before u do! xoxo

#like i genuinely don't understand u guys sometimes #why do i keep seeing posts w hundreds or sometimes even thousands of likes #that are literally saying nothing except #i think this fic is bad and i don't like it #if someone was making cookies and handing them out for free and u didn't like them #would u go stand next to that person and shout about how shitty their baking skills are?? #or would u just move tf on!! #bc they are doing something nice for free!! #and if u don't want to eat it u don't have to!! #like if u post abt disliking fics u are literally just mean #im sorry but u are just mean #and not even in a fun way #i love talking shit i love hating on things!! #i do it in PRIVATE #in PRIVATE!!! #where it's fun for me but i know it won't hurt anyone's feelings unnecessarily!! #some of u guys treat fanfiction like a product to consume and it's NOT #it's a gift! #it's a piece of art that someone is giving u! #so for the love of god stop thinking like a fucking little capitalist consumer for a moment and think like a human being w empathy!! #ranting and raving #txt

[mwagneto]

why is everyone suddenly jackdoctor posting. like i'm not complaining i've just been indescribably sick over that entire storyline for years so it's funny to see it picking up steam again

#UTOPIA IS UP NEXT IN MY REWATCH BRO I WILL LITERALLY DIE 😅 #and i keep seeing that utopia clip someone posted that i still can't hit play on like oh my GODD you want me to die #the way it's like. already batshit crazy if you just watch dr who but then here i am having #consumed literally hundreds of hours of extra content and soso deeply ill #YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT.... HHNNHNYJTNJFHFHFHFHDHB #so glad i get to force THREE of my friends to watch t.orchwood with me coz I #never got to talk abt it before and now I'll finally be unleashed. lordddddd #like ohhmy god it's not even like... like i dont SHIP them i dont think i ship anything in dw #but what an incredible story especially after you get All of jack's side of it. hough #i should whip up a list or a watching/listening order or something the catalogue of dweu in #my head has to be of SOME use other than making 3 specific ppl sit through it with me.... #doctor who #jackdoctor #jack harkness #trying to start a tagging system for dw after 7 years on tumblr is gonna bite me in the ass

[sixosix]

bro im back<3(u aint grtting rid of me soon)

in celebration ofmthe life changing news of Thawed update this sundya

(new height perfetc for forehead kissies)(i swear to god if tumblr fucks up the layout again)

can u tell where i gave up HAHKSKSJSHSKAKKAKSJS

i hc mc was taller back when they were younger thats why she commented abt how much lyney changed that time they sparred hahahhsndnmks

lil lyney tiptoeing when being photographed with mc is sending me

god forbidd i get normal when it comes to lyney😔😔😔

(have a nice fay muah ur amazing🩷)

WHY WOULD I EVER GET RID OF YOUUU i wouldmt even dare to think about that 😡😡😡 youre THE thawed artist

YES DEFINITELY mc was definitely taller! U could say lyney looked up to you.. haha..anyway yeah men’s growth spurts are no joke this happens WAY too often irl ofc it would also happen to lyney

#THISIS SO CUTTEEEEEEIMSQUEALINGHFVHKD #i want to Eat them consume them devour yhem #your thawedmc is so precious i melt every time i see her #606: THAWED #<3 #606: akagi0021

[emily-mooon]

You know when I hear people say they want more messy relationships in ST, I’m tempted to point my finger to the corner where Stonathan sits.

#to me they have toxic boyfriendism energy #why do you think I made them the way they are in my st bbc ghosts au #I will admit that I’m not really into messy relationships myself but stonathan is a special case where I will consume it #like look at it this way #the ex of Nancy caught kissing her boyfriend who once beat him up in an alley back in 83’ #there is drama there and I hope next season I get some good ‘stonathan shenanigans in stupidity’ moments #and have Steve and Nancy be snarky exes that gifts me back s1 stoncy friendship dynamic #and then Jonathan has a boyfriend and a girlfriend who fight for the right to wear the yellow sweater and the black denim jacket #it’s the fine wine of ST enemies to lovers stories #and it’s sad to see that barely anybody wants to drink it cause it’s sooooo good #note that I will be using the saying ‘stonathan shenanigans in stupidity’ whenever I can after s5 comes out cause it rolls off the tongue #amazingly #stranger things #stonathan

[gncrezan]

some old @chrysanthemumgames hermes-seph sketches!!! some of it is established-relationship daydreaming but also a peek at my dark and twisted mind (sprawling intricate spidey au)

#colored that top left one for my sidebar. lol. #a/tsv release made me so sick about spider-man you had to be there. im still on my bullshit but its a little more maintained #mostly bc a/tsv actually came out and i was attacked by every terrible take ever. some of u should not consume media #i know its rich coming from the IF player who enjoys romance but not everything is about romance or self insertion or ocs #miguel tag was UNUSABLE. IM TRYING TO BLOG ABOUT HIS HYPOCRISY AND SEE FANART. NOT SEE FANFICTION!!!!!! #also coming out as the biggest raimispidey2 mj speech enjoyer. im sorry. raimi trilogy is a bit messy to me BUT #if u take the mj speech at the end of 2 then it is. SO SO SO CUTE TO ME. (ignore the context its in pls) #also how her first comic appearance was IN HIS DOORWAY TOO!!!! #of course it was quite easy to project that onto sephmes from my brain so. here we are #talking mostly about raimipetermj rn. but hermes is simply not a Nerd like maguire's pete. so some insp from 616 #but comics p/etermj is its own can of worms. i am taking bits and pieces of spideymedia i like and making my own sandcastle ok #sorry for spidey meta in the foa post i will shut up nyeow #fields of asphodel #foa #hermes #seph #and also i think hermes would make a crazy mj (the association with red and how intensely similar they are with how they present themselves #but the fact is . i really really love drop dead gorgeous seph who is wanted by everyone. its true. im one of them #<- i say this like the s in seph doesn't stand for s/pider-man. i have plenty of spideyseph doodles in the archive

[twilight-deviant]

Telling content creators it's wrong to explore artistic freedom and be independently funded by fans, and they should instead continue taking advertisement revenue from google* is

NOT

the anti-capitalism stance actually.

*(Yes, google owns youtube.)

#Watcher #This post is specifically and exclusively about the people who seem to have the capitalism bit wrong #It's almost fascinating how no one is hearing themselves speak #I feel like some of you don't understand WHY we support small businesses and are anti-monopoly #I've seen multiple posts saying “Shane is so anti-capitalism there's no way this was his idea.” #So... you think it's pro-capitalism to start your own business instead of relying on pennies from the exploitative mega-corporation? #Guys... we support small businesses KNOWING it will cost the consumer more #Stop thinking you're entitled to someone's product #That's what got us in this mess #I understand $6 is a lot for many many people but that is what makes certain things a luxury #Nothing used to be this way #Nothing used to be “free” so you can be monitored for your viewing habits and sold to advertisers #If you see a little guy trying to leave youtube/google and you paint them as the capitalist??? You. have. taken. a. wrong. turn. #I don't know how many more ways I can say it #It is better to support someone (if you can) than to pressure them into taking money from the trillion-dollar corporation #so that you can have what they put all their blood/sweat/tears into for free #If you want something badly enough you're going to have to pay for it #Them's the breaks #If you don't want it that badly then maybe it didn't mean enough to you personally #Thinking otherwise is how corporations like youtube take over and squeeze out small competitors #btw on monopolies: having almost every single video content creator (outside of tiktoks and video game streams) on youtube is BAD #You understand that's bad yes? #How tf are we going to diversify unless SOME CREATORS leave youtube??? #It's almost the responsibility of larger creators to do so #Ironically what I said is backwards #In its ideal state‚ capitalism is supposed to inspire innovation and new business‚ giving every person a chance to succeed #But I think we all know that's not the reality we're experiencing #I just went with what everyone means when they say it

[midwestscreamo]

I think a lot of people don’t recognize how intentional the parallels between Ranma and Akane are and how that factors into their relationship.

Akane is a tomboy (but I’d probably say more futch because she’s shown wearing feminine clothing often, but it’s up to interpretation how much of that is performative or personal.) As a child, she was often mistaken for a boy and this really didn’t seem to bother her until people (her family, bless them) seemed to react to it badly. Learning she was “wrong.” Akane is stubborn, headstrong, has a temper, and also speaks her mind. While she can be a kind and gentle person, Akane is often shown with masculine traits. Fighting, clumsy, aggressive, etc. (and I love her for that.)

On the other hand, Ranma is great when it comes to performing femininity. He cares about his appearance, cleaning, is good at cooking, and most “feminine” aspects that Akane fails at he succeeds in naturally.

I think this plays in part to their relationship because Akane likes Ranma whether he’s being feminine (actually a female or performing feminine traits) or not. She is often shown comforting Ranma whenever he’s being “too soft” or “doing something wrong.”

And Ranma likes Akane whether she’s performing femininity or not. He teases her for it because he thinks that’s what a guy is supposed to do, but he likes that she’s strong. He likes that she speaks her mind and is smart. He thinks it’s hot that she can totally destroy concrete with her thighs.

It’s often said as a joke, but Ranma and Akane are a “matching set.” I just wish this aspect of their relationship was explored more in fandom. Especially for Akane, because they both have a lot of internalized sexism and homophobia to work through with their partners. Also, I love masculine Akane with girl Ranma, (it’s hot, I love to see the girls winning) but I think it’s really important to show masculine Akane with male Ranma, too. It’s equally hot for him!

#might delete later #I don’t know if I’m saying this right #but I just want more butch Akane in fandom #especially to see her more with Ranma in both forms #I feel like I rarely see masculine Akane with male Ranma #i just want them to be happy #might edit later #it’s early morning and my thoughts are consumed #ranma 1/2 #ranma saotome #akane tendo

[borinhoran]

i keep seeing people say they think shauna is going to start feeding jackie to everyone else and i absolutely 100% disagree with that theory and here’s why: shauna eating jackie’s ear isn’t about sustenance. it’s about jackie being hers. it’s about her keeping jackie as her own, bringing her into herself. shauna feeding jackie to the others would go against the whole point of it all. it would mean sharing jackie. it’s less meaningful if everyone has a jackie snack. i don’t think there’s another person out there who shauna would think is worthy of having a bite of jackie.

#the writers said the next step was consumption #‘i literally want to consume this person because i love them so much’ #‘i also want to keep them a part of me for my entire existence’ #it feels out of character and like it would be the easy thing to do #the obvious thing #i’m just not seeing the vision of everyone getting to dine on jackie #shauna shipman #jackie taylor #yellowjackets #yellowjackets spoilers

[silenthillbunni]

i wnna die bc i'll always be alone. no one will ever be able to understand me or love me for who i truly am etc etc. like there is always smth that makes me unloveable and makes them just leave me bc oh that thing was too much or oh this thing they didnt like. the more i show myself to someone ans the more they know... the less they'll like me. im impossible to know completely and still love

#and they might say they like me now but im just waiting for the one thing to xome up that will make them unlike me skksksks #this is why i am so tired #i am so tired of talking to ppl and trying to make friends or connections #i have to hide so much of myself #i just dont see how anyone could ever see it all but still want me or love me #i dont know... i feel so lonely and alienated all the time it's consuming every atom of my being #📓💭

[carpisuns]

gaining a new interest/joining a new fandom is always kind of intimidating it feels like there’s so much you’ve missed out on by not enjoying this thing before so you’re like GRAHHHH got to catch up so I can have peak enjoyment like all the Enjoying This Thing experts around here! which is so silly bc if you enjoy a thing you’re already there but. yknow

#like when I got into hockey I was like studying all the rules and terms and players and team history and stuff #so I could be able to talk with other fans and understand everything #and like when I got into ml and owl house it was like ooh gotta binge watch all the eps #gotta see what the fandom vibes are and read the good kush fics and find a group of friends to brainrot with #and now w zelda it’s like #woof #there are so many games spanning decades!!! and I only have a switch so I can’t even play most of them lol #and the lore is fascinating but sometimes convoluted and confusing lol #bro the timeline. help #it’s just a lot of info and stuff to consume djdjdk #and im brainrotting so hard so part of me wants to find a loz discord server or soemthing l #but I feel like i would not be able to be on equal footing discussion wise bc I have only played a few of the games #it’s cool tho i have one irl friend who’s very excited abt me getting into her fav series haha #and I’m enjoying seeing people’s art and stuff #and making my little doodles #ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ <- me having a good little time being bad at gaming and obsessed with a tragic blond boy yet AGAIN #mine