#is not the flex you think it is

[lemonhemlock]

the barbie backlash is so supremely uninteresting is2g

#people screaming 'toy commercial' with their entire chest as if the entirety of hollywood weren't an ultracapitalist consumerist machine #that rewards conformity and almost universally caters to the whims of white men #obsessed with box office profit to the detriment of their workers whom they treat appallingly #acting as if the oscars weren't a reflection of that exact same culture #rewarding dad movies and cliche film making #as if oppenheimer isn't embarrassing oscar bait !!! #incoherent; self-important; just presenting the perspective of the white man yet again #reacting against ~white feminism by pretending oppenheimer is A Serious Movie that Serious Women would be more interested in #is not the flex you think it is #(i know it's not the only movie nominated but i've read enough comments bringing that up directly as a counterargument) #i beg you to think an original thought for once #barbie

[beancalzone]

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#the monkeys paw of the kendrick vs drake feud satisfying my inner chismoso but also making me see the most rancid music takes online #not preferring rap does not make you racist but if you hate it because youre treating it as a monolith then yes you are being racist #reducing rap down to 'fuck bitches get money' and then turning around and acting quirky because you only listen to silly white boy rappers #IS NOT THE FLEX YOU THINK IT IS #like. think critically for a second. i am begging you #imagine if I went up to you and said 'oh I hate rock its all angry satanist music. but I listen to imagine dragons does that count 🤪` #THAT IS LITERALLY HOW YOU SOUND. #i wouldnt say i dont listen to rap its just not the primary thing I gravitate towards #and when I do listen to it its mostly 90s/00s artists. because thats what I gravitate towards IN GENERAL with my music taste #like ill listen to NWA which people consider FBGM rap (which. they ARENT. but for the sake of argument) #but if youre disregarding that entire era of tupac and biggie and dr dre as one type of rap you are flat out disrespecting these artists #begging you to listen to a tupac song. any tupac song. and then say that again with your chest. i dare you. #i have extremely strong feelings about music. as you can tell. on account of the tism. #anyway tumblr users broaden your horizons challenge probably failed #cal.txt

[shit-people-probably-didnt-say]

Jesper: I am not a ‘former gifted kid’, I am still gifted. Put me in a fourth grade class and I’ll annihilate them all like I did the first time just watch

#kaz: thats not the flex you think it is #jesper fahey #soc incorrect quotes #soc #six of crows incorrect quotes #six of crows

[bvshboy]

actually the way I see it it's more like this

trans men: I am afraid of cis people, I am continually made to feel lesser in the presence of cis women, cis men, and other trans people, I feel unsafe, I feel uncomfortable, I constantly experience systemic misogyny and transphobia that not only limits me in my career - it makes me fear for my bodily autonomy and my rights in my country

this fucking guy: I can't believe you don't like that people hate you -you should hear the way I shit talk you lol

can we please stop pretending that women can never hurt men? can we stop pretending women are always more oppressed than men? because that assumption is cisnormative.

actually I find it really interesting that bodily autonomy was brought up here, since you would assume that a good little progressive tumblr user would be aware of how little control trans men have over our own bodies. the term bodily autonomy comes up a lot nowadays with row v wade being overturned. did you know trans men could be denied abortions and other "women's healthcare" even before the overturning? did you know that testosterone is a level III controlled substance? did you know that, like all trans people, trans men have to get a shrink to verify that they're not hysterical self hating autistic little girls just to make our own decisions about our bodies (decisions that cis people -including cis women- are allowed to make at a whim) but yeah no totally we're complaining about nothing we're not oppressed like women are

#yeah i probably would throw up i cant believe you think thats a flex #attictictic #transmisandry #transandrophobia

[bronzeagepizzeria]

if you claim to ship ninerose but dislike rose in s2 because she was "a whiny jealous bitch" fun fact the ninth doctor would kill you actually

#like that's his wife! #also news flash you might just hate women! #and hating on tenrose is not the flex you think it is. sorry you hate fun ig. youre missing out big time #rose tyler #ninerose

[guinevereslancelot]

the sluttiest thing a man can do is touch your ungloved hand whilst helping you into a carriage

#it's hand touch tuesdsay ladies #i am once again thinking abt it #p&p 2005 hand flex scene you did so much for us as a society #pride and prejudice #humor #this has been a shitpost #the sluttiest thing a man can do!! #1k

[katsigian]

Personally, I don't subscribe to that "create things only for yourself" and "don't make things for others" ideology. Mainly because it's been co-opted by people who think that asking for acknowledgement and reassurance = you're a whiny attention-seeker. I do not agree with those people who believe that wanting those things are "problematic"

It's okay to seek reassurance and acknowledgement for things you create

You are not a whiny attention-seeker if you want what you create to be seen

Humans are social creatures and when we create things we love, we want to share that love with others. It's normal, it's a good thing, and you're valid to want acknowledgement for your creations

#if you seek out reassurance and acknowledgement and someone tries to say it's a bad thing #tell them to take a hike and kick rocks #'learn to make things just for yourself!' is code word for 'shut up and stop wanting validation' #surprise - humans need validation to function properly and being an ass about it isn't the flex some people think it is #katsi.txt

[rithmeres]

on a mountain of their corpses i stand.

#ERWIN SMITH THE MAN THAT YOU ARE #erwin smith #snk #aot #attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #'people who celebrate fictional character birthdays are annoyi-' STFU AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY 13TH SURVEY CORPS COMMANDER ERWIN SMITH #wherefore art thou #blood tw #me when im the only mf in the world who can draw hands so i put 16 hands in 1 painting just to flex on people who can't #but i'm allergic to good lineart and coloring inside the lines and also rendering #i think they should hang this one in the louvre btw #if tumblr hasn’t compressed this png to h e double hockeysticks and back you should zoom in and appreciate the brushwork #just take your time with it and really look at it. i would appreciate it i think it’s not the cleanest piece but it looks so good up close #this one's for you fran thanks for making me insane again #by the time this posts maybe you will have made it to perfect game or midnight sun in your rewatch

[lamuliz]

Brothers' love <33

#they turned off the light and left the door open btw #loak occasionally flexes in front of kiris mirror because her room has the best lighting #his “biceps” look like tumors bro #put those AWAY #neteyam shit himself #neteyam #loak #kiri #avatar neteyam #avatar loak #avatar kiri #avatar the way of water #comic #comedy #funny #im funny i think #fart jokes are so good #dont pretend you didnt laugh #im funny #i know i am #crying

[synthshenanigans]

new jash twitter photo :0

[photo for ones who do not have the app]

#cant believe bro is flexing the he's going into 2024 before most of us smh/j #also i love the lil smiley #just a :) #jokes aside this has been a wild year for me both positively & negatively but these songs have help so so much on both ends #an I'm glad dudes having fun still makin em #cant believe he blinked for the photo tho like wow. NO effort into this[/j ofc] #this is how i compliment people okay #if im confident enough to “insult” you that means i think you're a neat swell person :} #chonny jash #moss post #im far into the tags now so like #again i mean this in the MOST aroace way possible but man he's so pretty dude #also gender envious a bit #bro is very pretty & i wanna look that pretty #okay im shush now but #wild year for me & music is very helpful for mental stuff #i say this knowing his minecraft sheesh cover exists but like #it was a very emotional piece okay ❤/j

[moeblob]

So it occurs to me that I posted most of their lore on my OC blog (though a few posts on here have the story info) and honestly I think it's very important to note that the entire reason a guy from Florida is recruited to help defeat the demon lord isn't him as the hero. His younger brother (by about ten years younger) is the Chosen Hero and... not very good at it. So the goddess (Solei) who had selected the hero has to begrudgingly go back to earth and convince his older brother to help save her world.

(Also Reynold admits to Solei that "Sascha could never be a bad influence. He's the best impulse control I've ever had" and she really doesn't like to hear it. That's terrifying.)

#my characters #sascha is The demon lord and there is truly only one at a time #solei however is simply a goddess - not the only one of divinity #i dont actually know if thats been mentioned on either art blog lmao #also its not pictured here but reynold is recruited and only asks for one favor when in the other world (from solei) #he wants to be a woman while he helps his brother #she thinks its a weird flex but ok whatever buddy you can be a woman #and the logic is not him actually wanting to be one its just you see his younger brother finds it weird #to have a guy cling to him and dote on him like reynold does and said One Time WHY COULDNT YOU BE A SISTER THIS IS WEIRD #and so reynold is briefly rey for about a month before being held hostage by sascha and hes like... super polite #and asks her if she was cursed and so shes like uhhh what and he mentions looking at her gives him a headache #because the core and the outer appearance arent the same and he can revert her back to her original form if she wants #and she does so rey goes back to reynold which is very nice and reynold appreciates it #because honestly looking at rey in a mirror gives HIM a headache cause solei designed his appearance #and it was so bright thank you demon lord for giving the florida man his natural boring look back #also reynold will always carry sunglasses because solei can just appear and she is way too bright to deal with without eye protection #solei is not amused and thinks its basically slander against her godly appearance and reynold just smiles at her and tells her tough luck #he wants his vision for his new hot husband she can deal with a little insubordination #florida man begs for torture bc he can handle that and he knows it #is instead handed courtesy and manners and doesnt know what to do with it - quickly developing what he claims is NOT stockholm syndrome #solei and sascha quietly muttering about what that could possibly mean cause they dont know what this guy is talking about

[cashandprizes]

Happy Black History Month

Never forget the same man with Black Lives Matter on his early videos is the same guy who made an entire audio roleplay where people use the magical police to take away someone's rights

#i don't fuck with quinn. don't get me wrong. but saying a person doesn't deserve rights... #it's not the flex you think it is. #look. we could have worse. people who listen to escaped. thoughts and prayers you are delivered from walter soon #but like... sir. this is not very black/poc ally behavior... #speed run #redactedasmr #redacted

[mewkwota]

“Under the light of the moon...” “We shall...” “Destroy you!!”

Call me crazy, but RoB's opening gives me the same beat as Sailor Moon's-- it’s probably the key and end note. Well that's 90's anime for you (as is our darling little 90′s anime vampire hunters)... This is the same vampire-hunting anime we're talking about, right?

. . . Because I'm not talking about Knock Turn, I don't like that thing.

Deviantart Upload Here

#Hello. I'm reuploading this because I kept getting-- uhh-- unwanted attention from certain fans of a certain show. #I normally don't do this but I reeeeally didn't like that #yeah I like the anime for this series-- the one with this boy with the sweet smiling face who's fighting evil by moonlight #that's the one right? yeah :) #please don't ever associate any of my art of those two with that other flexing-net thing thank you I am not interested #back on the subject: RoB has G o o d M u s i c #and you can say I'm reaching or whatever but I think it's a cute comparison with the music (it's just... ~90's anime~) #Mew's Art #akumajou dracula

[earlgodwin]

the irony of cesare slutshaming juan for sleeping in brothels had me with tears in my eyes considering his very first scene in the show is him rawdogging a prostitute like his life depended on it...like babygirl we see you!!!

#like they're such whores i'm screaming!! but also so on brand when you think of it. since the real ones both were fucking sancia byeee #i believe the scene where cesare fucks that girl is just a glimpse of the show adapting the Real cesare's General Manwhorishness™ though! #if you're the borgia family enthusiast you already know that cesare has sired 7 illegitimate kids because of his romantic exploits lmao #cesare borgia i love your hypocritical ass fr like yessss #also love their rivalry so much because there's cesare who always wanna one-up juan in every aspect and be seen as the serious and driven #which is true about the hypercompetent and ambitious part!! but he fulfills his duty in the family in ways that are not conventional #meanwhile with juan...he fully embraces his hedonism and isn't ashamed of it. while he's aware that cesare outdo him in everything... #the only thing he has over cesare is his position as a gonfaloniere!! so he winds cesare up with flexing it!!! #the difference is cesare is as much as he hollers about doing everything for the family...he pretty much does it mostly for selfish reasons #his desperation for juan's position and rodrigo's attention made him sabotage the family more than persevering it etc #while juan is genuine but is reckless and incompetent but he Really tries yk? he really does! but he spiraled bc he feels weak and insecure #oh well both brothers are idiots in their own ways #i miss them fr #cesare borgia #juan borgia #the borgias #juan and cesare #text post

[wild-magic-oops]

Not to pull a dudebro l2p moment here but if you can't keep Gale alive and he barely does any damage/is barely useful in a fight, particularly later in the game, then that's on you. You made shitty choices in the level up screen, and then you're making shitty choices in combat. Learn to use him well instead of coming online and shouting with your whole chest how inept you are at playing a certain class while shitting on a character in their tag

#nobody cares that you think character X is shit bc you're terrible at playing them #I couldn't play a warlock the first time so I just learned for my second playthrough and used Wyll #but most importantly - I wasn't shitting on him in his tag #and this is coming from someone who thinks that rpg games specifically can benefit from having a mode where you can skip combat entirely #so it's not some flex about skills #but rather about being tired of seeing posts shitting on characters for the dumbest reasons #and the player's ineptitude is high on the lists #gale #my posts

[madspeed]

more keykid things!!!!!!!!!!!! The design's based on my original player character avatar i used when i was active on khux with a few swaps (mainly cause i had no idea there was a moogle headband lol)

#she's around 15 during khux #when i first made her she was a deliverygirl for the moogle shop hence the sack on her back haha #man i cant believe shes almost 8 years old now that's really weird to think about #also im an oldhead on khux i always thought the colosseum ranking outfits were so good but they stopped doing that on the first year i thin #so a lot of people missed out on so many good outfits and it made me sad #but they let you use any avatar part now in the offline ver so actually its fine lol #i had an alternate outfit i used that was just the ursus regalia armor bc i rly liked the lux particles #but thats not really a flex bc ursus was the lowest ranking union for the entirety of the game's lifecycle rip #i was in vulpes for the first few years but i switched over to ursus to get better ranking prizes bc i could be in a top 5 ranking union lo #anyways #im rambling in my tags oops #talking #ig #kingdom hearts #khux #keykid #oc