#investing really

[catmask]

the 'all marriage is gay as far as im concerned' except its me watching a man and woman character in a show i like and accidentally saying 'theyre so gay' because i literally forget thats not the word for romance because to me all romance is gay

#normally i find the way m/f pairings are written to be really frustrating #not because its like 'i hate straight people' or whatever i literally just want them to actually like each other and communicate #or have an interesting enough dynamic i can stay invested #also i am bisexual and m/f pairings can be nice. but liek they actually have to Be Nice and like eachother or be funny at the very least #txt #scratchpost

[kitconnor]

for a little bit of research !! if you're unsure, all you need to really gage is whether your use of the like button is something that is necessary in your tumblr experience, or whether you believe it's unnecessary and not essential to your tumblr experience.

#polls #pls rb for a larger sample size im really invested in this question #i want to see if the site could function without a like button #lucie.txt.

[the-meme-monarch]

is this a ship that exists. (toy)cat and laptop. sorry

(original under the cut)

#the art gallery #deltarune #idk if seam and queen is a ship prior to this so i don’t have a ship name tag to potentially put on it . give suggestions #EDIT: @rook-specter SUGGESGED PATCHWORK SOFTWARE AND I REALLY LIKE THAT #patchwork software #idk how Invested in this i’ll become in this ship but I like having a name for it regardless

[likecassandra]

Death of the Tortured Poet

Taylor Swift and other poets in conversation with Roland Barthes's "The Death of the Author" (1967) and Michel Foucault's "What is an Author?" (1969)

I want to say thank you to @ttpds @youmeetyourself and @ohdorothea. This post would not exist were it not for your musings on the topic, our conversations, and your encouragement. Seriously, thank y'all.

Sources:

Unless otherwise noted, lyrics are from Genius and screenshots/scans/etc are from taylorpictures.net

Barthes, Roland. "The Death of the Author"

"delicate" music video

"Dear Reader" lyrics

Foucault, Michel. "What is an Author?"

"Style" music video

"mirrorball" lyrics

Barthes

Taylor Swift before singing "betty" on the Eras Tour in Glendale, AZ on March 17, 2023 (text from @cages-boxes-hunters-foxes)

Siken, Richard. "The Torn-up Road" in The Iowa Review

Promotional image for The Tortured Poets Department from Swift's social media

Savage, Mark "Midnights: What we know about Taylor Swift's songwriting" for BBC.com

Foucault

reputation prologue

Barthes

Promotional image for The Tortured Poets Department

Barthes

Halsey. "Gasoline" lyrics

"mirrorball" lyrics

Barthes

Florence & the Machine. "King" lyrics

"Dear Reader" lyrics

Foucault

"22" lyrics

Foucault

"Out of the Woods" music video

"...ready for it?" music video

"Anti-Hero" music video

"look what you made me do" music video

"if you're anything like me" from the reputation magazines

Foucault

Album covers for the Taylor's Versions of Fearless, Red, Speak Now, and 1989

Taylor Swift in Musicians on Musicians: Taylor Swift & Paul McCartney for Rolling Stone

"look what you made me do" music video

"the lakes" lyrics

Foucault

"look what you made me do" handwritten lyrics from the reputation magazines

"my tears ricochet" lyrics

Foucault

"my tears ricochet" lyrics

"look what you made me do" music video

Foucault

"hoax" lyrics

"why she disappeared" from the reputation magazines

Barthes

1989 prologue

Foucault

#alternate title: what if you got so invested in fandom discourse that you read literary theory and got really weird about it #alternate alternate title: oh michel we're really in it now #taylor swift #the tortured poets department #sydposting

[sunburstsandmoonshadows]

it remains extremely funny to me that freddie wong accidentally (?) made Dan Fucks, embodiment of pleasure, so distinctly ace-coded. like, Dan talks a big game about sex and seems to view it as interesting and desirable, but when presented with such an obvious in for it he completely ignored Avaricci's come-ons to just talk about non-sexual pleasures like goddamn cold pillows. he's not paying attention to sex at all when it's not personally convenient or expected of him to do so.

100% Elias is ace and just doesn't realize people genuinely crave sex and it's not a metaphor or exaggeration like it is for him yet. bless him.

#mentopolis #and thats that from a local ace #i say ''accidentally'' since ofc i dont know freddie's thought process #most likely he was just trying to avoid getting too outright crude on the show #or thought going on about pillows and haircuts would be the funnier option than playing the horniness straight #but in-universe it paints him as only vaguely invested in actually achieving the goal of having sex #which means elias doesnt really care that much about sex #outside of cultural pressure to have it and its status as an easy in-road to physical contact #which he does desperately crave #plus its known that ace people are the most willing to make a joke out of sex lmao

[nothatsmi]

You are light...

I'm at the chimera ant arc and every episode my heart crushes a bit more tightly. I suspect it will soon explode.

I really want to do more fanart, hope I will find the time (I wanna draw Kurapika sm). I actually have several complete HxH animatics in my head that I cannot do, it's frustrating af (literally the only free time I have I spend it watching this shit, i'm doomed).

Anyway this anime has occupied my entire brain lately. Or maybe 80%, the 20 other being a random book I'm reading (that I will soon do fanart of hopefully).

#hunter x hunter #hxh #killua zoldyck #gon freecss #killugon #you are light #man these scenes in watercolor where killua rambles about gon being his reason for living #this shit manages to make me laugh and then bam the most tragical thing happens #they made me CRY jesus fuck #i really am invested in this #everything #from every characters to each storyline #immaculate truly

[bigboobshaunt]

I know it's largely a waste of time because the people I've seen peddling this idea don't really care and are just doing it to add pointless discourse, but I am bored at work so at least I'm getting paid!

The idea that, although Kabru cares about Laios, Laios doesn't care about Kabru is wrong, even before he becomes his royal advisor and the new interactions they got post-canon, and insisting otherwise shows a lack of understanding of the dynamic.

I think it's clear to everyone that the confession scene mattered to Kabru, so the camp pushing this lately isn't even arguing that, but I don't think they're thinking from Laios' side.

The entire scene is meant to be a parallel to Laios and Shuro's fight way earlier in the manga. Laios hasn't known Kabru for nearly as long, but he was still someone who was ultimately lying to him (a façade in Kabru's case, wrapped up in his own trauma) and someone that Laios built up an ideal version of in his head... so why is his reaction to Kabru coming clean so starkly different? Simply put, it's his character development.

Instead of angry and betrayed, he doesn't even initially believe anyone would go through the trouble of braving the Dungeon to be his friend. Such a ridiculous idea!

But Kabru IS sincere. He is sincere in his desire to get to truly know Laios. He has his own wrong ideas about what makes Laios tick, but differently from many, many people in his life (especially with his childhood and his complex feelings towards his village and his parents who ostracized him and Falin) Kabru is willing to make an effort to understand him. That's huge.

#Laios Touden #Kabru #Dungeon Meshi #I've been ruminating on this post since I saw that shit start popping up and it made my eyelids twitch #anyways he immediately asked Kabru out on a restaurant date after that #no really. that happened in canon in case you don't remember #Labru #it works platonically too! you don't have to be invested in them romantically #but denying the bond is just... dumb

[bottombaron]

just me thinking abt the insidiousness of the Familiar Clinic

a place where every familiar is recommended to be put down

not because of any injury or disease

but because their vampire cared about them enough to take them there in the first place

#what we do in the shadows #wwdits #wwdits spoilers #wwdits s5 #THINK ABOUT IT #ITS NOT ABT THE FAMILIAR #ITS ABT THE VAMPIRE #'oh your familiar has a cold and you went out of your way to bring them here and wait in a waiting room with crappy magazines and sadness?' #'yeah you care too much abt this one. you've grown too attached. you're invested in its well being at the expense of your own comfort' #'the best course of action is to put them down' #have you ever been to urgent care??? its the WORST #have you ever had to take someone there #its somehow wORsErEr #like the Familiar Lore in this ep was wild they really do think so low of familiars bjt also attachment to them is so dangerous?? #just...fucking wild man #im never going to get over this episode

[gnarlystarships]

CECIL SWEEP

#this was created by my beloved friend Clur #she does not really use tumblr anymore but is also invested in this race #she asked me to post this for her 🫡 #tumblr sexyman poll #cecilsweep #wtnv #welcome to nightvale #ograt

[jeeaark]

Shirtless Disaster Pt. 1

So. pretty sure the emperor cusses. just. never had the reason to say out loud. or has a filter on when they talk. Until Greygold happened. You ever try and look with the emperor's perspective when Tav makes decisions and go, 'H-how are you not ceaselessly cussing like a sailor at Tav?'

ANYWAY- HERE'S THE THING. TRULY. Always had my squinty-eyed caution on Emps. Trying to ascertain if they were for real with their words/actions/intentions or not. but. Squid buddy sharing their feelings of caring was the uh snowball that started this avalanche. Can't fake feelings huah, GREYGOLD FINALLY FOUND THOSE MUSHY BITS HUAH.

I ain't gonna let y'all wonder what Greygold's answer was, so uh. Bonus!

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 #the emperor bg3 #greygold #bg3 fanart #bg3 comic #-snorts up delusional cocaine- okay so HERE'S HOW WE CAN STILL MAKE PINA COLADA FRIENDSHIP WORK #We turn it into a pina colada -more-than-friends-ship \ o / #WAS I AWARE THAT ALL ODDS WERE STACKED AGAINST GREYGOLD? YOU BETCHA #BUT I PUT TOO MUCH EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT IN THIS SQUID YOU THINK I WAS GONNA SAY NO????? ///HA/// #You think I didn't think I couldn't make the impossible happen????????????? #the ending to this game was either gonna be -really- fucking good or really really REALLLY FUCKING //TRAGIC// #and I was all here for it #WHO NEEDS TO PLAY AS DURGE TO SUFFER WHEN YOU CAN JUST MAKE REALLY RISKY LOVE LIFE CHOICES WHILE HAVING THE HUBRIS OF THE GODS THEMSELVES

[mroddmod]

happy belated broppy day :3

#this drawing is the bane of my existence and i don't really want to share it but i also don't want it to go to waste bc i invested time #in it. so. #here 😁😁😁 valentine's day 😁😁😁 #ANYWAY BROPPY!!!!! #ITS THEIR DAY!!!!! #broppy #dreamworks #dreamworks animation #dreamworks trolls #trolls #trolls band together #trolls poppy #poppy trolls #queen poppy #trolls branch #branch trolls #mods art #mods draws #my art

[aeroplaneblues]

As pure as snow❄️✨

The chilumi drought ending in fontaine is really funny to me but I’ve been loving the feast! This is my first genshin ship with my first 5 star so the love i have for them is vast🥰

The fact we learn what happens to people who loose their vision and Childe just gives it to Lumine just like that?? The level of trust and the promise to see each other again is just🥹💙

#chilumi #childe x lumine #fontaine spoilers #spoilers #i still hate drawing childe fatui outfit give him a new skin #genshin impact #idraw #ngl i’d be most 🤷🏻‍♀️ about fontaine if it werent for childe #its taking me a while to warm up to these characters #except for the siblings #and the posibility i will like rizzley #im not super invested yet #i really miss sumeru🥲

[uncanny-tranny]

Whenever people who are entrenched in diet culture talk about how terrible chemicals are, I just want to whip out this:

#diet culture #diet culture tw #described images #image description in alt #'it's got CHEMICALS in it' and so do you! and me too! IT'S ALL CHEMICALS ALL THE WAY DOWN #instead of running from this world we must learn to embrace it #i'm not particularly angry at people who say this because it makes me think that they're incredibly invested in diet culture... #...i just don't want the whole 'food = bad' or 'bodies = bad' to go unchallenged... #...part of the reason why diet culture seems just as prevalent now (if not moreso) is partially because it isn't really... #...challenged or questioned without provocation. it's just assumed to be correct because it makes you 'feel in control' #when chemicals are bad you can control what chemicals you consume. it's individualistic and places the blame onto you for 'being good' #it places responsibility onto the person in such a way that it becomes impossible to fulfill #it isn't that i'm upset that people want to treat their bodies in a way they think is responsible... #...moreso that the *way* they go about it ensures that they're stuck in a cycle of self-blame and even self-hatred #because the METHOD is ineffective. not the desire to treat your body well #also the state of ohio looks stupid and i do Not respect it #it looks like a ball that is simultaneously deflated and over-inflated #also their state flag looks silly to me #it looks like the person who was making it fell asleep making it #i'm just clowning on ohio at this point. have never been to ohio but. are you guys okay

[kyouka-supremacy]

Okay I'm going to be honest for two seconds. I miss Akutagawa

#Update: getting invested in s/kk isn't working if I don't get new ss/kk content now I will explode 😔 Which isn't optimal #The thing is I don't even think we're going to see them soon because a change of pov isn't really on sight. #Not when the action in all other circumstances is over. Fukuzawa will be crying over Fukuchi for the next ten hours or so #I just :((( God what am I going to do in the next five months... #random rambles #I just don't care about s/kk... Let's get this done with........

[muffinlance]

That moment when you have to completely stop using Google docs for your writing because the AI spellchecker is actively, insistently wrong, when it catches things at all

Anyway here's me crawling back to LibreOffice and Scrivener like the disloyal hussy I am

#I was getting sick of Firefox's spell checker being my primary source for reliable edits #Google your AI really needs to have a basic dictionary check built in #or just a dictionary check with no AI that was significantly better can we go back to that #old people were right technology really is getting worse #do I need to invest in a cane to shake at tech firms? #so HELP me if my cane tries to connect to wifi

[aurorasandsad-prose]

I really do fail to understand how people are able to justify this genocide at all even after 'claiming' to know the narratives of both the sides?

How can you remain neutral in face of mass murder?

All that privilege must be real nice. Getting to sleep in your beds, safe from this living hell, while justifying genocide must be real nice. Shame on you! Shame on you! Shame on you!

And I'm sorry to the Palestinians. I'm sorry the world's humanity is conditional. I'm sorry that we have failed you.

#palestine #free palestine #genocide #someone literally argued with me about being blinded by Palestine's side of the story because I'm too emotionally invested #and I provided verified resources to support whatever I had posted #I literally did math and supported it with verified data to prove the quarter of a nuclear bomb claim #and I was enfuriated by the lack of empathy #I really am sorry that we have failed you #I am sorry that you have to prove everything even when you are the victim here #I'm sorry I cannot do more #auroras thoughts #free gaza #gaza strip #gazaunderattack #save gaza