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mtkay13 · 1 year

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Qi Ye cast poster!!

This had started as a sketch, waaay back as I was still reading Qi Ye. The original is pretty different from this (I considered adding it in the post but I actually don't like it anymore haha), but the plan was already to make this big spread with most of the -more or less- important cast.

I will add here some thoughts about the whole piece, and I guess, Qi Ye itself. My main goal was probably to express my deep and intense feelings for Qi Ye, its grandness, and its awesome cast-- and along with that, flesh out my mental image of each of them, their personality, their style. Here is a table with the names, so we know who is whom, and so I can add some details about my perspective on them and their design.

Jing Beiyuan has always come quite naturally. I just go for the "prettiest face" I ever came with in terms of : my own taste, and the features I find the most delicate. I'd argue he's the easiest character to draw for me across both QY and TYK. On this image, he's probably around 16 or 17. I find his expressions to be very fun to work on in general.

Ping An is also quite an easy character to draw, just for how specific Priest is when describing him.

Wu Xi's design is mainly inspired by a discussion with my friend Hanya, who talked about how, in SHL, Wu Xi more resembled a northern shaman than a southern shaman. It made me want to explore the designs and characteristics a bit more, and come up with more colourful fabrics, patterns, and darker skin color. Same goes for Ashinlae and Nuahar, to have them matching Wu Xi's aesthetic.

Ming Hua was included in this just because of the mess the mention of his name caused in the story. The two jealousy tantrums are just so delightful!!

Su Qingluan was made to resemble Jing Beiyuan, of course. What I wanted to reflect in her face was her frustration, mainly.

Ji Xiang and Hua Yue... Well. Nothing particular about their design either, but they had to be there. Of course, of course they had to be there.

Finally, an opportunity to draw Zishu with his fan and henchmen! Not mad that he kinda looks like a villain, here.

Lu Yu!! I drew him with an Ashinlae mask, since he disguises himself as Ashinlae. I included him because he matters a lot in my headcanons about Siji Manor. (it isn't specified, in Qi Ye, whether or not he's actually part of the manor, but I like to consider that he is for various reason that I may detail if I ever make a Siji Manor post)

I'll skip Jiang Xue and Liang Jiuxiao because their designs are steady for me, now.

I hesitated a lot for Helian Pei's pose, but ended up going for this one (looking bored, out of his depth, lost in the distance with his birds around him). I considered showing him with a bird in his hands, but I guess that's not the main vibe I get from him. And then, well, golden, flashy clothing, suited for an emperor.

Helian Zhao had to be in a showy armor, and I hated making it because it's so much work, haha. I took inspiration from an armor in NiF. I'm quite happy with how he came out in terms of both vibe and showiness.

I tried going full out on Helian Qi. Making him the villain that Qi Ye deserved. Dark, showy, elegant and horrible.

Helian Yi is also pretty solid for me, by now.

About the illustration itself, the main challenge was definitely to make a nice colour palette while still differenciating all the characters. I wanted to go with something intense, eerie, that could also complement the main tones I would go for (= red, purple, blue and green). I'm quite happy with how the golden tones, along with the green and reddish lights, make the whole thing come together. I struggled a little bit with the composition at first, but once I got the flow and the main figures down, it just happened quite easily. Anyway, I'm quite proud of this, and hope it conveys the love and admiration I have for Qi Ye well.

#qi ye #lord seventh #cast #meta #talk about art #七爷

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captainmera · 8 months

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Uhhhhhhhh

Do you happen to have a tut on how you draw your little poses? Like when you draw you? This is like a very weird question but I am in dire need of help with poses and I absolutely adore all the ways you draw them (and just in general)

Totally fine if not though,😭🫶

STEP.1: draw head.

STEP.2: choose an expression and then draw what you want the hands to be doing/gesturing. (think body language and emotion)

STEP.3: draw body as quick and flimsily as you can using lines in the shape of only C's S's and I's.

if you look at most of my quick sketches or doodles, a lot of the lines are just wonky CSI's, it's called the CSI-method. As a comic artist you just wanna communicate a pose as best as possible without lingering too much. At least if you do full colour + background + character designs + camera work + storytelling + and + and + lots of things... You don't have the time, you just wanna get to next page, tell the story.

And, like...... Allow yourself to draw crappy once in awhile and post it anyway. Idk if you've read my webcomic but there are very obvious pages where it's like WOAH MAMA THAT'S EFFORT and then there are pages where they all look like muppets. But it also makes the cool pages look even more BAMF thanks to it, it gives everything a nice melody and bounce from page to page.

I am inconsistent and I use that to my benefit by leaning into it and letting it punch emotion home more.

it's about communicating a feeling, I think, rather than always being accurate.

I am actually-- really, really, bad at dynamic poses and camera work. Like, legit super bad at it. I bullshit everything, lmao;;; I encourage anyone to also bullshit, and use references if you want! Like go! Whatever makes it fun and less stressful.

see? it's all nonsense but it looked nice anyway haha!

I didn't really consider perspective or anything, I'm trying to teach myself to draw from different angles and it's hard because I like my face-forward-camera lol. But I was focusing more on framing:

so that colours and shadows highlight the scene, so I can say more with one panel than I could with words. It's about the CINEMA~~!

Or, if you close your eyes and then open them. Where does your eyes go? That's the flow of your art. Sometimes it goes in different directions, but there will be key areas your eyes are drawn to. In this image, Hunter will most likely be first, Good! And then secondly Camila, also good! ... Sometimes it's the pizza as second, less good but it still works.

MY POINT IS

THE POINT IIISSSSSS---!!

As long as you have fun playing around with it, you'll learn from it. Don't hate the process, learn from it. If you just relax it'll definitely look better anyway.

My fanart looks better than my serious stuff sometimes lmao, because I put too much pressure on a perfect finish and that just works against the grain of what I'm actually, like, good at doing.

I AM JUST SAYING WHAT WORKS FOR ME.

You should absolutely study backgrounds and perspective and anatomy!

I'm just saying that, like...... It's okay if it isn't perfect. You wont die, people will like it, you'll like it. It's OKAY.

idk if this is what you asked for but I hope it helped.

#ask #asks #art reply #art #comic tut #tuts #tutorial

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herzeliebes-waltherlin · 3 months

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For the bookish asks: 9, 11 and 14?

thanks for the ask ! <3

9. great book with a bad cover: feuerreiter das buch zum hölderlin film by haase // lolita by nabokov // die philosophie des als ob by vaihinger

this one was actually pretty hard because whenever it's possible i get the historico-critical edition or a second hand one and those usually have plain or ornamental covers (or i get the reclam edition which i used to find ugly but now that i've gotten used to it i actually think it looks good haha). so then i went through all of my books but the one's with bad covers weren't good books or i just thought they were camp -- like the one about feuerreiter on the left. amazing graphic design. the filter. the stillframe they picked. the black bars with text and the black text without a bar. the hölderlin pictures at the bottom that makes it look like hölderlin is slowly appearing to judge them or judge me or just watch the movie who knows. i'm obsessed and i also don't know if it counts cause it's not really a book but rather a book for a movie ? so i got out my other copy of lolita that i just find incredibly tasteless. whoever made the cover didn't get what this book was about. also i'm pretty sure i read a quote somewhere that nabokov hated covers like that for the same reason i don't like it. but is that really the ugliest cover ? the one on the right should be the rightful winner: the font, the colour, the way the text is stretched in weird ways, really, i think a four year old could make a better cover. but then again: it's a very cheap re-edition of a rare book so what is there to expect.

11. book you've read the most times: answered here ! <3

14. a book you love but wouldn’t really recommend to others: der schüler alcibiades by ferrante pallavicino

this one was a pretty hard question, too, because if i like a book i will recommend it to everyone who will listen. even the ludwig II manga you can see in the background on the right. but then i remembered i own this. it says "erotik" on the cover which i don't really get. maybe it would be considered erotical at the time ? it was written in the 17th century and it's a satirical and/or obscene story about "socratic love" (as they call pederastic love) and while it does talk about pederastic sex (in the less enjoyable parts) it also talks a lot about biblical and philosophical themes and it wasn't badly written. i bought it because i'm obsessed with alkibiades and expected to read it as a joke but parts of it were genuinely interesting -- although i would not just recommend this to others. for obvious reasons.

#thank you !!#ask thingy

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gray-skiess · 2 years

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Hiya!! I'd love a general matchup pls <3

My prefered fandoms are bnha and marvel 😊 I go by she/her pronouns and identify as bisexual with a slight male lean lmao

I'm 5'7 (literally only just by like less than 1cm) with brown eyes and long blonde hair that is dip-dyed a rose gold-y pink halfway down. In terms of body type I'm reasonably slim and, with no real way of wording this without it sounding weird (as if this is any better), shaped like the letter P. Haha ok ANYWAYS I tend to wear clothes that fit the "soft girl" aesthetic and have a huge love of cardigains and fake fur coats (I recently bought a massive fake fur leopard print coat and I would die for it in a HEARTBEAT).

My absolute fave things in the world are cats, the colour pink, nature and cosplaying. I have taken most of my friends on picnics with them and enjoy making rly flimsy daisy chains and also making the food to eat there because cooking/baking is one of my main hobbies and I make sure to make something every weekend (latest creations being flapjacks & coconut chicken with rice just not both together at th same time that would be such a cursed combo ew). Pink and cats are p self explanitory but cosplay holds such a huge place in my heart as a former drama kid it gives me a way to express myself and also combine my other loves of sewing and makeup into a final product 💗💗💗. OH I ALSO ADORE FASHION AND PUTTING OUTFITS TOGETHER IN A DIGITAL STYLIST WAY WHILE I SLOWLY GROW MY OWN WARDROBE HEHE.

Overall (as this is getting long soz) I am an extroverted bundle of joy and chaos who is incredibly feminine despite growing up a massive tomboy and I love nothing more than being able to interact with others and putting a smile on their faces 🥰 OH WAIT ALSO FOR SOME REASON I VERY MUCH FIT THE OPPOSITES ATTRACT VIBE WITH MOST MY FRIENDS AS ALMOST ALL OF THEM R INTROVERTED AND NEED ME TO DRAG THEM PLACES LMAO but they also come across a lot tougher than me so they always try and "protect" me from everything like i am a littol baby (which i am very much not and i have the martial arts training to show for it but it's sweet how muxh they care <3 RIGHT THIS HAS JUST BECOME ME LOVEMAILING MY FRIENDS I WILL ACTUALLY STOP NOW FR HAVE A GREAT DAY/NIGHT/WHATEVER TIMEZONE YR IN MWAH

hi my dear ! thank you so much for the request ! i hope you enjoy ! (also you sound really cool and while i was reading this i was like ‘omfg i really wanna be friends)

from my hero academia i match you with;

denki kaminari !

such a sweet guy <3 would love to see y’all together

- absolutely crack relationship ngl. loves to do stupid but sweet shit like dressing up for a gala and then just going to mcdonald’s, or getting on the subway just so you can hop train car to train car

- absolutely mind blown the first time you show him your martial arts training- he thinks it’s so attractive omfg he’s crazy about you

- most dedicated partner ever award goes to him 👍🏻 takes you on picnics, rollerskating dates, study dates (even if there isn’t much studying) like seriously would jump in front of a bullet for you

from marvel i match you with;

mcu! peter parker !

peter my love <3

- totally joins you in martial arts practice, and isn’t too worried about you guys when it comes to defending yourself

- let’s you in on the spidey secret a couple months into the relationship because he hates the idea of lying to his partner.

- thinks you’re the most adorable being ever- like seriously can’t get enough of you ever. takes you ice skating at rockefeller center, or musicals on broadway- whatever you want he’s going to try his best to make it happen

#gray-skiess #gray's blog #matchup #matchup request #marvel #mcu #mha #bnha #my hero academia #peter parker #spider-man #denki kaminari #chargebolt #x reader #headcanons #moodboards #imagines

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purplesurveys · 6 months

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1766

Would you rather visit The Eiffel Tower or the Egyptian Pyramids? I'd love to go see the pyramids, even though Reddit has heavily implied to me that Egypt isn't the most tourist-friendly place on Earth. Would be a cool thing to tick off my checklist though.

Would you be surprised if your most recent ex called you tonight? Yup, that will never happen so it would be extremely surprising.

Do you need to lose or gain weight? I think I'm at more or less the ideal range now, but for the most part I've needed to gain as I'm often underweight.

Do you think you have a disorder but haven’t been properly diagnosed yet? I'm almost certain there's at least one mental disorder hanging around in there - most likely ADHD.

What is the population of the city you live in? A little under 900,000.

How many pairs of jeans do you own? Somewhere over 10, which is already too many for me tbh haha. I like having choices.

When did you last vacuum your room? Couple of weeks ago.

Have you ever put on or lost a significant amount of weight? The last time either one of these happened was when I lost a lot of weight post-breakup. I've deleted all photos of myself that were managed to be taken at the time because I could hardly recognize my own face and body.

On a scale of 1-5, how often do you curse? Probably a 4 because while I do it frequently, I'm also watchful of the situations I do it in. I wouldn't curse at work or in super public places.

What is the worst thing you’ve ever smelled? Rotten eggs or that infection I got on my foot when I was 11. What’s your favorite social media platform? Reddit.

Name someone with brown eyes. Almost everyone I know has dark brown eyes because, well, that's just how Filipino genes roll.

Do you know what your next injection will be? Most likely just another round of Covid boosters if it comes down to it. I have nothing lined up any time soon though.

Does anyone call you darling? If so who? Nope. That's not a common term of endearment where I live.

If you had to have a cartoon character tattooed to you what would it be? I could go with Pluto so that it can be dog-related.

You have to dye your hair two colours, what do you choose? Pink and orange, just like Hayley Williams in 2013. I've *ALWAYS* wanted to try out that half-and-half style that she did but I'm just way too cowardly to actually push through with it hahaha.

If you could would you look at your future self? Yes. I hate uncertainty and being able to see how my future self would be doing can fix that for me.

Who was your first serious relationship? My first and probably last ex.

If you had to cut a parent out of your life who would you cut out? I hate this question.

If you had to get a piercing right now what would you get done? I would get a nose or lip ring.

Who is the #1 person/thing in your life? I'd put myself at the top of my priorities, honestly.

What are two things you wish you never did? 1) Stop talking to Sofie in college and 2) be an ass of a teenager.

Would you rather have three personal wishes or world peace? I'd get the wishes; I'm a bit pessimistic when it comes to the concept of world peace in that I don't think it will ever be achievable.

What were/is your high school colors? Gold, white, blue.

When someone sneezes, do you say “Bless you,” or “God Bless you?” Just bless you, if I do catch myself greeting someone post-sneeze. I usually just ignore.

Do you ever look at someone cute, and automatically make a move? No.

What are two things you are excited to do in the near future? Get my year-end bonus and use said bonus to go Christmas shopping, hehehe.

Do you live in a house, apartment, or another type of arrangement? I live in a house with my family.

Are you one of those people who like to spell out numbers? Not because I like it but because that's the rule that journalism sets, lol. It's why I spell out one to ten, but use numbers for the rest.

Who was the last person (if anyone) you said Happy Birthday to? Kleo and Leigh, who have consecutive birthdays.

Do you have Photoshop? If so, how often a day do you use it? I don't have Photoshop; I never learned how to use it lmao.

Do you watch any shows that you know your parents wouldn’t approve of? I know they never understood why I like wrestling so much so maybe that, yeah.

Leggings with denim shorts; yes or no? Let's leave those in the past.

Do you plan your meals in any way? No tbh I just eat whatever I want. I've never been watchful which I know isn't the healthiest thing to do.

Were you in the scouts when you were young? No.

How many people could sleep in your home? (Not counting floor space; beds and couches only) I would say 7 is the maximum before it starts feeling crowded/not comforable.

Have you ever made a hole-in-one at mini-golf? I've never even played any sort of golf besides on Wii Sports.

What genre was the last song you listened to? Who provided the vocals? K-pop. It was a song by Seventeen.

Truthfully, is there someone you used to date that you miss? No.

If you could go forward in time and see your life 5 years from now, what would you hope to see? I'd start simple and just hope I see myself still alive by then.

Are you more comfortable with men or women? Women.

Who came over last? A friend of my sister.

Has one of your friends ever tried to “hook you up?” No, they know better than that.

What is your card game of choice? I don't have one. Cards confuse me lol

What is your favourite books series? I never really had one.

If you eat oatmeal, do you add water or milk to it and what’s your favorite flavor? Oatmeal is so gross. I had to eat it everyday at a certain point as a kid that I just want to avoid that lumpy bland mess now.

Was the last video you watched on YouTube a music video and if not, what was it of? No. It was a compilation of Friends scenes because Matty Perry.

Has anyone you know personally ever won the lottery and if so, how much did they win and would you or have you ever played the lottery? I don't know anyone who has and I personally never would. Better safe than sorry.

What was the last thing someone has sincerely thanked you for? The second to the last Grab delivery staff who came to our house had seemed genuinely surprised and thankful for the tip I gave.

What band, celebrity, etc. do you know the most information about and who would you like to learn more about? Probably Audrey Hepburn. I'm not interested in knowing more about anyone else's life.

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i-want-to-talk-about-it · 9 months

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Barbie

🔺Spoiler Alert

What an absolutely delightful movie.

Before I present you with my take away from the film, I would like to mention one small but significant aspect of Barbie that made me so happy. I really really LOVE how it has become a movement. No one asked anyone to wear pink to the movie, it was just a naturally decided fact that we all have to show up in pink. I for one, love pink and barbie both hehe so it was so wholesome and lovely to see a crowd of people dressed up in the said colour. My friend said that this is one step foward towards world peace haha.

Now onto the movie,

Greta Gerwig did not point out anything new about feminism, I don’t think so. In today’s time, almost all of us have heard of the concepts of feminism, patriarchy and toxic masculinity and most of us understand the meaning.

However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that all of us acknowledge the need of feminism and the existence of patriarchy. What Gerwig did with this movie, in my opinion, was that she made this idea more accessible. She presented it in the form of fun and giggles and a LOT of pink and I think her attempt was more or less successful. Yes, it might not be in the sense that some people are still going to throw comments like “Oh you’re going to watch Barbie? Please don’t come out hating men lol.” (taken from real life happenings). But I think in the movie, for those who keep an open mind and actually try to watch it for what it is, Greta successfully managed to talk about gender roles and how they impact BOTH men and women.

And I think it is a very tricky thing to pull off heavy topics like these in a lighthearted manner but Barbie made it happen. I was laughing through out the film but at the same time, I had this heavy feeling inside me. The heavy feeling was the acknowledgment I felt that “yes I do go through these things. I am treated like this.” as well as the sadness relating to the fact that I can’t live in Barbie Land where everything is perfect haha.

If we talk about casting, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling CHEFS KISS. Both of them did such a good job playing Barbie and Ken. Specially Ryan Gosling, I imagine it’s not easy to play a symbol of Patriarchy, not knowing of it at all to learning of it and how it can give you power and make you an asshole lmao and to have it crumble in front of you and then realising that you don’t actually need it because along with it, it brings things like toxic masculinity.

Gender roles and norms were the central theme of this movie and their portrayal was fun and beautiful.

If you think Barbie is going to be a light hearted watch after Oppenheimer, then you’re wrong definitely haha. Trust me I had the same misconception. But it’s definitely worth a watch.

I have saying this since yesterday, everyone in the world should watch Barbie 100%!!!

#barbie #film #movie #barbie movie #ryan gosling #margot robbie #greta gerwig #review #film review #pink

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sjwilli4ms · 1 year

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Writing Initiative #4 (week 6)

for week 6 I hit burnout. This wasn’t good. I needed a vacation and STAT. At least now I KNOW im doing a 3d textured puzzle

*a few days later*

I’m starting to realize that I have something that might simultaneously be my kryptonite and my blackrock… I’m a perfectionist. I feel like the puzzle isn’t coming out the way I wanted it to come out.

I’ve decided to change some things up and just do a series of sculptures that have to do with emotion! Here are the sculptures, what they represent and why:

Sculptures (I accidentally forgot to take pictures before the final critique so the pieces are slightly damaged as I had to carry them across the city in a bag)

Red one - rage

As I was sculpting, I saw rage as a feeling that kinda juts out. It takes a lot to make me angry so when it happens its pretty…edgy. There’s something that has stuck with me for a very long while and I don’t remember if I saw it in a book or a heard it in a podcast, but the thing said was “rage is a protective manifestation of sadness”. I found that to be so beautiful so I ended up making the ends look a little bit curved. When I was done sculpting, it kinda looked like the inside of a pomegranate and I think that was a perfect way of depicting everything. I chose to use red and yellow, but something more prominently red with yellow tips.

Yellow one - joy

I chose to make this a physical manifestation of joy by poking lots of holes in this one (sorry to all my people with trypophobia LOOOOL) I chose to do this because I feel that to me, joy is something that comes inwards and can be given from the inside. Think of someone that fills you up with joy. Chances are they are filled with joy themselves haha. I also made this piece a little bit smaller because to me its the little things that really give me joy. it doesn’t have to be something so grand or luxurious to make me feel that feeling so its almost like a little “nugget” of joy. I chose to make it yellow because that is the first thing I think of when the word joy comes to mind… I think of the colour yellow!

Black one- hate |||| Pink one - love

I chose to merge the two into one because I feel that there’s a fine line between love and hate, and with the black piece, I made it hate because I feel that this is what “hate” represents to me. It reminds me of an annoying zit that appears on your face that you want gone(which is also why it merges with the love in a weird way). I chose the love to look the way it did (similar to hate but bigger) because I feel that love should always overpower hate. I know it sounds a little corny ahah but really and truly this is my philosophy. I decided to make the love physically replicate open arms and a real cozy embrace in the most abstract way possible, and facilitated the black within it. I also chose to make love two separate shades of pink.

Blue one - sadness

This one is blue because of the whole concept of “feeling blue”. Its also very lumpy because I associate sadness as an invasive feeling that just comes out of nowhere.

Purple one - envy

I associate envy and purple together and I really don’t know why. If I close my eyes really hard thats just what happens to come to my mind. It also juts out and because because I feel like the feeling of envy is like the feeling of getting stabbed to me.

Spiky blue and green - grounded

Just looking at the piece makes me feel so grounded honestly. I also painted it to look a painting of the earth

Brown ones - confusion

I made these two different pieces that join into one just because I feel like confusion involves having to eliminate that confusion. A puzzle more or less has to be put together and in spite of the fact that puzzle sometimes cause me physical stress, they’re actually very grounding, and that’s why I made it brown.

Yellow green - lust

I feel like this one would be unexpected to viewers if I told them that this was lust to me. I feel like lust is a radiating feeling, almost similar to how people say that they’re “in heat”. It also looks the way it does silhouette wise because it reminds me of squeezing. I associate the metaphorical feeling of lust with the physical feeling of being squeezed. There’s this one song by teyana Taylor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aAb2H2IVbA) that has the lyric “and Squeeeeeeeze me” and that really resonated with me for lust.

I also chose to not label the sculptures because I feel that each sculpture could represent a completely different feeling for somebody else, and I wanted it to be open to interpretation of their own chronosynchronicity.

Also here's a Timelapse of me actually making the sculptures before painting

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infinite-variations-of-stuff · 2 years

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Stole this from @instantnochu

KPOP QUESTIONS:

The first song that got you into kpop?

EXO - Monster

The first band you starting stanning in kpop?

EXO

Your first bias?

Sehun - Exo

Your first bias wrecker?

Chanyeol - Exo

Your favorite boy group?

Stray Kids

Your favorite girl group?

Itzy

Your ultimate bias?

BangChan - Stray Kids....need I say more haha

The main fandom your apart of?

Stay - Stray Kids

Your ultimate band?

Stray Kids

Your favorite era of your ultimate band?

Hmm...im still a baby stay so probably Oddinary era

Your opinion, black haired idols or dyed hair?

I personally like making my hair fun colours so probably that

Your favorite maknae

Jungkook...golden maknae

The group you could see yourself becoming best friends with?

Honestly Stray Kids

Your favorite kpop song boys?

Currently loving "Run BTS" and "Miroh"

Your favorite kpop song girls?

"Money" Lisa Blackpink

Are you more into girl groups or boy groups?

Slightly more boy groups

Favorite kpop girl dance?

Not Shy Itzy

Favorite kpop boy dance?

Idol BTS

If you were stuck in a horror movie you’d want which group with you?

Stray Kids since 2 of them are fluent in English and I hate horror so I would be less freaked if i could actually communicate with them

Favorite fandom glow stick?

BTS

Favorite fandom name?

Stay, because of the meaning behind it

Visual king?

For me...Bangchan honestly

Visual queen?

Yeji Itzy or Jennie Blackpink

Dance queen?

Yeji Itzy

Dance king?

Hyunjin/Lee Know from Stray Kids or Jungkook BTS

Rap king?

Changbin or JHope

Rap queen?

JESSI (girl slays)

A group you’d really like to get into?

Hmm im not sure

Your favorite ship?

Non romantically - Felix and Chan SKZ...they're friendship is beautiful

Romantically - Dawn and Hyuna

Your favorite intergroup friendship?

Tae and Lisa hanging ilout has made me happy recently!

Ballads or upbeat songs?

Upbeat definitely

Have you ever met any of your idols?

No but I wish...

Do you prefer cute themes or sexy themes?

Depends on the song vibes

How long have you been a kpop fan?

Around 5 years?

Your favorite comeback song?

EXO - Monster...got me into kpop...shit slaps

Do you have any kpop company you tend to prefer?

Not particularly

Barefaced idols or make up?

I dont care both is great

Is you bias list as out of control as mine?

Yes...simply yes i have bias in every corner

How many groups do you actually keep tabs on?

About 3 ( I like a lot but only actively follow about 3)

Your current favorite kpop song?

La Di Da - Everglow

First kpop dance you’ve attempted to learn?

Baepsae BTS

When I hear kpop songs in public I….?

Smile to myself..heard BTS on the radio a couple times at work and it fills me with joy

If I knew someone irl who had the same bias as me I would…?

Congratulate them on having great taste haha

Kpop idol I would most like to meet?

Bangchan SKZ or Yoongi BTS

Kpop idol who is like a role model to me?

Yoongi or Bangchan

Favorite kpop lyrics?

BTS Magic Shop...i cry everytime

If I had a whole day with my bias I would….”

Just talk to them maybe get lunch and just enjoy their company

#bts #exo #kpop #questions #stray kids #hyunjin #changbin #i.n #bang chan #felix #bias #jessi #itzy

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shivada-jade · 3 years

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magical mischief (2)

hogwarts!au

character(s): diluc ➡ mentions: kaeya, sucrose, childe, venti, baal, diona warning(s): swearing <3

notes: it was supposed to be diluc, zhongli, and thoma but diluc's unexpectedly got longer than i hoped oOPS so i made a separate one for zhongli and thoma

part 1: kaeya, childe, albedo

gryffindor!

diluc

everyone knows of the gryffindor prefect. some people would mistake him as ravenclaw for being so studious; some people would mistake him for slytherin for being so closed off. in his first year of hogwarts, people often mistook him as hufflepuff for being friendly, overly polite, and outgoing. the hufflepuff mistake changed when he turned sixteen.

no one knows what happened to his sudden change of personality. no one but kaeya and a strange, childhood, ravenclaw friend that works with another even stranger ravenclaw.

sucrose pushes her glasses up, watching you create another explosion in her room.

you cough, wiping off the ashes from your face. the black smudges on your face don't go away. sucrose hands you a handkerchief and you gratefully accept it, finally getting the grime off.

"project sixty-two oh-eight is unsuccessful." the mint haired girl notes in a journal. "moving on to..."

you tilt your head, giving her a nod to go on but she stares at the space behind you. you turn and see kaeya, cracking open the door with a quiet knock. you frown, his uncharacteristic actions feel so weird. he usually just blasts open the door with a flick of his wand and sashays inside.

"kaeya?" you ask after apologizing to sucrose for interrupting her. "what's up?"

the slytherin clears his throat, opening the door more widely. "may i have a moment of your time? preferably not here, though."

he's so... formal. unlike himself.

you wave goodbye to sucrose and promise her to do another experiment next time then direct your attention back to the boy in front of you. "sure, outside?"

he nods. with a swish of his robes, he walks out. you note his posture is so unlike him. his strides are more rigid, less carefree. it's like a comparison from a beauty model to an uptight CEO.

he leads you right in a place where you can see the black lake. it's awfully farther than you expected. you thought he was going to lead to to the court yard, or at least the slytherin common room.

"kaeya, you're not acting like yourself." you comment.

"haha!" an airy laugh escapes from someone. you jolt, surprised from the unexpected guest. you feel two hands clamp your shoulders. "you're absolutely right, my dear."

you knit your brows, walking away from kaeya and... diluc. you slap a hand over your mouth. "wait, diluc- did you just laugh?!" did he just call you 'my dear' with a peppy tone

kaeya grumbles in displeasure. his arms cross while his brother leans on him with a carefree attitude.

you make an 'o' shape with your lips, piecing the clues together. "oh.. oh." you try to remain stoic and serious about the situation, seeing how uncomfy kaeya- no- how uncomfy diluc is.

you gasp out laughing, clutching your stomach. you crouch on the ground unable to control your laughs and look up to the brothers with tears in your eyes, "oh- please! you've switched bodies! how?!"

no wonder the slytherin had been acting all curt and polite. diluc in kaeya's body pinches the bridge of his nose. "the new first year did this," he starts to explain. "took one look at me and said, 'i will destroy the wine industry!' i don't even know how the kid knows of my family's business in the muggle world."

"placed a spell on us with weird words while having a quidditch practice match," kaeya finishes. "but really, who doesn't know of the winery? even the purest of purebloods know of it."

kaeya (still in diluc's body) looks at the red portion of his robes with a scrunched up nose. you're unable to tell if he hates how the robe feels on him. or if he hates wearing gryffindor's colours.

you hum, scratching your head. "you want me to undo the spell, right?"

"if it isn't a problem," diluc presses his lips together. with one glance at your unsure face, his shoulders droop. "you don't know how, do you..."

you smile sympathetically. "i'll try my best to undo it, but just in case, we need to find that first year, to the source itself"

kaeya raises his arms behind his now red hair, "great! it feels so weird to be seeing with both my eyes. or well, with both diluc eyes. the kid's name is diona. she's also in slytherin like me. diluc will lead you to her."

"what? why me," diluc asks.

"because you're the one who looks like me, duh! i cant go in the slytherin common room if i look like gryffindor prefect. just bring [y/n] with you. childe can also help-"

diluc glowers, "you still hang around that scum?"

"you still keep that vase?" kaeya throws sweet poison to diluc.

you chuckle nervously when you see them bring their wands out. "so, diona? let's find her."

kaeya raises a brow, and smirks. "toodles~! i dont want to spend another minute in this grump's body. that donna girl keeps trying to give me a pie- i dont want seven different pies." he wriggles his fingers to show his goodbye.

you shiver. it's so weird to see diluc- when you know diluc isn't actually diluc in his body. but his face keeps smiling and showing emotions with kaeya's soul inside. it's weird to not see only little quirks of his mouth or his typical sighs.

but really though, you could stare at kaeya's new face. it's strange seeing diluc with a scheming face: the one kaeya typically wears

"please at least try to not get into any trouble..." diluc purses his lips. "i'll try to act like you- you try to act like me."

you stare at diluc with owlish eyes. diluc? acting like kaeya?

it seems kaeya has the same reaction, because he freezes. luckily for him, he's quick witted, "oh? act like you?" he musters the grouchiest face and crosses his arms. "hello, i am diluc ragnvindr. i am a grouchy gryffindor. i hate kaeya. i hate lots of slytherins, especially the beautiful, gorgeous asshole named kaeya," he praises himself.

diluc fights the urge to throw him into the black lake. you laugh, dragging diluc away and leading him to where the slytherin common room is.

"i've only been here once, but i am acquainted with childe, so he can show us around." you bump his side playfully and stand outside the slytherin common room.

"CHILDE." you yell with your hands amplifying the noise.

"WHADDUP SHAWTY," you hear a shout from behind you.

you nod to diluc, encouraging him to somehow find a way to get the slytherin password from childe. you know he hates him, but you want to see dilucs words come true. you want to see how he acts as kaeya.

he lets out a shaky sigh and smiles so casually. the smile is so pretty, it hurts. it's a shame he doesn't do that with his own face.

childe beams seeing the two of you, "hey comrades! what are you all standing around for?" he prods around, eying diluc then snaps his fingers as if realizing something.

you wait a bit for diluc to say something, or act more, but it seems he's done his acting gig and goes straight to the point. "what's the password?"

you deadpan. childe's gonna question him now and he'd have to say he's actually dilu-

"yeah sure no problem! it's 'reckoning'"

diluc says the word to a blank wall and enters through the door. you squint your eyes and make a face at childe. "you're up to something, i know."

he shrugs and pushes you in after diluc. "tell diona i said hi."

...

you sit at the lounge, waiting for diluc to show up with diona. your brows crease, because diluc is right. childe knows something others don't. you don't recall telling childe you were trying to find diona.

you doubletake, seeing a hufflepuff drinking an absurd amount of butterbeer from who knows where. they hang their arms around a slender, purple haired slytherin who tries to push him off with disgust.

what is venti doing hanging out with the slytherin queen. he'll die-

"venti," you hiss, reaching out to try and let him live a bit longer.

he hiccups and waves you over. he 'whispers' to the slytherin next to him. oh he's in trouble now. "psst, baal. is that the one all the slytherins are talking about?" his whispers are shouts at this point.

the slytherins at the lounge freeze, hoping you havent caught on yet.

baal hits venti's head with a hand, "shut up. you're ruining the plan."

you snort seeing venti spill his drink on his clothes.

"but baal," venti downs what's left in his mug. "if that grumpy gryffindor wont confess to [y/n] then how on earth is the plan even going to work? he barely even talks to [y/n] these days because hee likes [y/n] too much." he says as if you're not in the room. he continues babbling even after baal kicks his shins, "kaeya's plan won't work if diona-"

oh shit so it's kaeya's plan and every slytherin is on it

baal drags venti out of the common room and throws him out and all the other slytherins hastily leave to their own rooms.

diluc coughs from behind you, now transformed to his normal self and with who you assume is diona. pink peppers his face while he tried to cover his face with his fiery hair. "um, i found diona. she swapped me back."

diona sticks her tongue out. "that ugly kaeya made a deal with me on something and i had to oblige! it's honestly so pathetic how you can't confess so deal or no deal: i had to do it, but the uglier bard ruined the whole plan so i turned you back."

diluc dusts imaginary dust off his cloak and grasps your hands. he looks down to his feet, still unsure of whether to do this or not. "well, you heard it all. it's a shame it couldn't be from me but-" he rambles. with other's he's confident, but with you he's a mess. "i hope you can accept my feelings. if not i understand, i'll go on with my day and you'll never have to see me."

he holds his breath, silently quivering with the lack of response you give. a hand lifts his chin up and he stares at your eyes, nervous.

you didn't say anything, but you smile and give his the warmest hug.

he knows the answer now.

he wraps his arms back, silently thanking kaeya for his idiotic plan. it's stupid, but it worked in the end.

BONUS!:

"KAEYA I WILL FUCKING MURDER YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS"

kaeya swirls a gold goblet with sparkling grape juice inside. he wolfishly grins and holds his cup up with a hand. "a toast for master diluc! for finally confessing, if people can even call it that."

he lowers it, placing it on his lips but never drinking it. he grins under the cup seeing diluc's wand in his hand flaming red.

"it's not even my fault." kaeya starts to explain his bullshit to diluc, "you can blame yourself. honestly, it gets tiring seeing you pine for so long and avoiding them like you weren't childhood friends with them."

the tips of diluc's ears turn red, not wanting to agree with his brother, but it was true. he was hopeless in the romantic department by himself. he can reject thousands and millions of people. he can have who ever he wants, but you aren't "whoever." you're the most special someone to him and that made him scared.

kaeya hands his drink to diluc, "do i get a thank you?"

diluc scoffs, yet accepts the drink. "thank you," he quietly mutters.

part 3: thoma, zhongli

#genshin impact x reader #genshin x reader #diluc x reader #diluc ragnivindr x reader

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bansheeoftheforest · 3 years

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I Am Once Again Giving You London Gang!Jekyll Content

Okay but AU where Jekyll accidentally starts a gang though. He just helped people on the street way too often and then one day someone who opposes the Society just.. gets absolutely destroyed by a carriage out of nowhere. Jekyll gets a box with money and a note that refers to him as 'boss'. There are three routes this could then go.

Route 1: Jekyll is HORRIFIED, he did not want to start a GANG, he does not want to be a gang BOSS, but he can't tell them off because firstly, he doesn't know how he'd even do that, and secondly, they just KILLED SOMEONE, who's to say they won't kill him, too?? Jekyll must now try and figure out a way to solve this problem while Hyde has way too much fun (until he realizes the gang wants him dead for lighting their boss's building on fire).

Route 2: Jekyll is the most oblivious man on earth. He thinks one of the Lodgers gave him money as an apology. People who oppose the Society keep dropping dead and Jekyll keeps patching up the same people over and over who really like him for some reason, it is business as usual with how weird everything in his life already is. Someone (maybe your Crawford guy??) keeps trying to point out all the murders and link them to Jekyll but life hates this man specifically and nothing ever gets looked into because of the most ungodly amount of coincidences ever.

Route 3: Fuck it, he needs the money. He'll just wear a mask whenever he's duking it out in gang fights. He is surprisingly good at fighting, or maybe this could tie into the idea of Jekyll having been in a Scottish gang as a kid, but either way he mops the cobblestone streets with his opponents. He becomes one of the most feared and notorious gang leaders in London, and has a habit of targeting aristocracy that he knows are corrupt and abusive from meeting them as Dr. Jekyll at fancy events. Everything is all fine and well until Brokenshire approaches him saying they need to protect the doctor because clearly those in his social circles are being targeted. Sitcom level hijinks ensue.

(Bonus because I know you love your crackships: Jekyll gets challenged to a gang fight and meets a man in a tophat. He struggles a bit more than usual, but ultimately beats him. He is then held at gunpoint by this guy's sister demanding to know how he bested a trained assassin and whoa wait despite this guy having a bruised face now courtesy of himself he is actually very handsome haha ummm wait a minute did he just say that out loud and maybe invited him to get drinks as an apology for nearly kicking his teeth in uMMM- (bi disaster Dr. Jekyll strikes again!!))

Jeks. Jeks, my guy, thank you for making me laugh so hard, this is just... glorious. I love it all. Oh my god.

I don't know that route is best-- I honestly love the oblivious route bc of all the hijinx and Crawford wanting to rip his hair out in frustration and especially if it is a Syndicate au and it's the Crawford Starrick I based him off (which would make a lil less sense since he is gang leader tycoon and probably could have Jekyll killed but sssuuusshhhh) but I also love Henry just... Getting a goddamn Phantom Of The Opera-esque mask, deciding to go absolutely bonkers, painting entire alleyways red with the blood of his enemies, etc etc, and I absolutely love the idea of Brokenshire directly or indirectly approaching him asking him to protect himself, like they know that Jekyll's persona is well feared and a gang leader but they don't know that it is his gang that is targeting people so now Jekyll is the one sending assassins after abusive and corrupt aristocrats but also has a mission to protect himself from himself. Nice. I absolutely love it. I love it all. And I just... Hyde being do giddy until he realises that the gang wants him dead??? Fuck yes. Give me it all. I just love it so fucking much jfc i cant put it inTO WORDS.

Ok. Ok can we please combine the oblivious route with the masked gangleader phantom being the terror of london route??? Henry at first being completely oblivious, not realising why everyone that has ever insulted him and his work are suddenly disappearing one by one, Crawford wanting to rip his hair out in frustration bc "GUYS IT'S FUCKING JEKYLL HOW IS NO ONE SEEING IT" And jekyll just goes "ahah don't be silly Ricky, I'm not a gangleader lol". Henry being completely oblivious as the Lodgers suddenly get stalked by the gang members, only to be protected by them from other gangs or anti-sciences dudes, the Lodgers retelling the story to Jekyll who just goes like "oh wow man. Huh aren't those the people I have been patching up a lot lately. Strange. What a strange coincidence :)" but then a gang member gets really injured and Henry saves them from death and the gangmember is just... going like "wow, you are the best gang leader I have ever had, you are so much better than everyone else." and henry is just like "ahaha i'm a WHAT NOW"

Cue Henry deciding that, fuck it, if they already think of him as a gangleader why not take advantage of it. He has already been in gangs as a kid so he knows how they work. Quickly becomes a gangleader Tycoon, the lodgers/Rachel/Robert are all confused as to why people suddenly have stopped targeting them for robberies and shit and as to why Henry suddenly has a lot of money he spends on the Society and the bills. Henry telling them not to worry about it. He hears about a dude who suddenly has been swiping through all the ot her London gangs like a hot knife through butter, suddenly his gang is targeted so they are challenged to a gangfight. Henry beats the absolute shit out of him, he has him pinned to the ground when he hears a gun loading and he feels the hilt against his back. He is too busy staring into the beaten up guy's eyes to really care, wow he is so hot, the gangleaders demand that he takes off his mask or he gets shot. He instead lets go of the guy and just... Stands up, brushes himself off, tells them "ahaahh thanks but no thanks. also please stop destorying my gang we literally have not done anything provoking to you."

Anyways they agree to have their gangs work together (oh my god what would Henry's gang be called??? I imagine them wearing the colour blue bc the Rooks are green and the Blighters are red (since it's a specifically a syndicate au lol) but they probably would wear red if it's just tgs anyways off topic hehe). Henry invites them to a drink, his tab, they agree, they find out about all the accidental bullshit that Henry accidentally started and just... Yes pls. Also Jacob and Henry getting drunk and flirting like nobody's business, maybe Henry asking if Jacob likes guys and if he doesn't, is his sister single? Evie almost kicking his teeth in, Jacob laughing his ass off. Yes please.

ALso almost completely forgot the absolute scooby doo mystery of the twins trying to figure out who Henry is since he wears a mask and disguises his identity. Imagine them just being like... Who’s that pokemon? It’s dr. henry jekyll-- WAIT IT’S DR. HENRY JEKYLL????

#Gimme the twins giving Henry a hidden blade. Gimme them giving him a cane sword.#Gimme Henry's and the twins' gang beating the shit out of blighters #Man I really want to know about all the sitcom hijinx in all of this #since the twins work with Sergeant Abberline i can imagine abberline and Brokenshire being pals and colleagues #Brokenshire secretly working with Henry (who he doesn't know is Henry) to eradicate corrupt nobles #Abberline working with the twins to break up gangs and to bounty hunt and shit #so much sitcom hijinx with abberline and brokenshire trying to hide that they are working with their respective gangs #until they are going to meet the twins/Henry respectively. All five ends up being at the same place at teh same time #its the pointing spiderman meme. Henry and the twins are laughing their asses off #banshees faves #banshees au #ask #thejeksburyguy #syndicate crossover au #gang au

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daisyachain · 3 years

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hi!! i've been reading through your ao no flag liveblogs lately and they're really interesting! i enjoy seeing someone so passionate about this manga and it makes me want to reread it .... i'm really interested in hearing what you have to say about masumi's ending though!! part of me thinks it makes sense but i'm mostly conflicted on it and would love to see it from your perspective ^^

haha well thank you! ah yes, the arc that created as much controversy as you can get in an active readership of like 10 people...

Blue Flag is an imperfect story, but it also gets a lot of flack for things that a) didn't...actually...happen, b) didn't happen in the way people think they did.

Part 1: Is it actually straightwashing?

The most common criticism I see of Masumi's ending is that she was written as a lesbian character and straightwashed at the end. Marrying off a female character as a way to 'fix' her issues is a common and harmful trope, and saying that lesbian women just need to get a man is a widespread homophobic trope and talking point. So, it's not a good look. To have a character angst over interest in a woman and end up happily married to a guy reads like a '50s pulp novel that just uses f/f attraction for marketing.

But, if the intention of the ending was to show that Masumi should give up on women and force herself to date men, then it doesn't. Mitsuyuki's description of her is 'look at my bisexual wife who has dated both women and men and could also have married a woman', which is an odd choice if the intention was straightwashing. It feels more like a clumsy way to make sure that, in a series full of ambiguity, there could be no argument that Masumi was queer. That isn't to say that cisstraight people don't view bisexuality as less/better than/straighter than her being lesbian and that making a previously gay character bisexual isn't still straightwashing (increasing the appearance of straightness).

Part 2: Was it actually a retcon?

So: Masumi's ending reaffirms that she's a WLW. One question is, was she always meant to be bisexual, or was she originally written as lesbian?

Blue Flag doesn't have a lot of straight (no pun intended) answers. Taichi never expresses any explicit attraction to guys, but there is enough subtext to suggest he's attracted to Touma well before the finale. Futaba believes she is attracted to Touma at first and is shown to be attracted to him using the visual shorthand of manga (blushing, etc.), but she later says that it was just misinterpreted admiration. Mami doesn't want to date Touma or any man, but she implies that she is attracted to Touma when she says around him she was 'glad to be a woman.' Within the main romance, Futaba says that it was specifically because Taichi was a friend to her that she grew to like-like him. The lines between friendship and romance are blurred in Blue Flag, and sometimes romance can only grow out of friendship.

Masumi has a tense conversation with Taichi in the first half after she breaks up with her boyfriend that most people (me included) read as her saying that she tried guys and she just isn't and can't be attracted to them. However, it's Blue Flag, so the conversation is unfocused and doesn't paint a complete picture.

"Even if I get a boyfriend, I can never make it work"/"I don't know why [I don't like him anymore]" seem to imply that Masumi realized that she was feeling compulsory heterosexuality and that she will never like men. "[I don't know] why he like someone like me"/"You can be friends with potential sexual partners? With both guys and girls?"/"I just wanted to hear how you men feel about [a girl liking other girls]" seem to imply that Masumi is bisexual and is afraid to date because someone might find out. Maybe she's written as questioning--she knows she likes Futaba, but she's feeling out other possibilities. It's Blue Flag, so it's unclear.

Part 3: How does it work with Masumi's arc?

Diving further into Masumi's story, she acts as a foil to Touma (and Futaba, see later). Touma feels free to show his affection for Taichi as a friend as well as a love interest and almost confesses to him of his own free will, well before he's forced to. Touma tells her that he intends to try and set Taichi up with Futaba (because they would be good for each other), and also that he intends to pursue Taichi in some way. He tells her he's "not like [her]."

For Masumi's part, she tells Touma that she wants to express more affection for Futaba--not necessarily in a romantic way, just to participate more fully in that relationship--but she's afraid to, she doesn't feel confident enough to try, and that she's "the worst" because of it. We see this theme repeated, that Masumi is pessimistic, is afraid to trust people and hates herself for being afraid. Her conversations with Aki and Mami explore this; Aki tells her that it's not bad to be insecure or unready and that it's fine to keep a secret/stay closeted until she's ready, Mami tells her that she does have people she can trust, who care about her and who will do their best to understand her and help out. Why am I typing all this out? Because Masumi is a bitter, insecure wlw and that is an Established Trope, but her twist on it is that her negativity or bitterness isn't over her attraction to women/to Futaba or even over the reaction she might get from others (as Touma's is), it's over her own insecurity. Like Futaba, she's hesitant to act on her feelings, and like Futaba, she gets frustrated and hates herself for her own inaction.

All that is to say--Masumi is never shown to have a problem with her attraction to women. Her angst isn't gayngst, she's not ashamed of her feelings for Futaba bur rather her inability to express them. Her problems are with social attitudes and more with her own personal feelings--she and Touma face similar problems, but Touma is simply aware of the consequences (being roughed up and ostracised by a certain group of people) while Masumi feels a more generalized and ambiguous fear.

If Masumi were shown to have mixed feelings about her queerness/were shown to be in denial/were shown to be trying to move on from Futaba, then her ending would read more as straightwashing. As it is, there's nothing in her character and arc to say that she'd ever want to erase that part of herself or get rid of it, rather, she wishes she could embrace it but she just doesn't feel confident in doing it. Her ending shows her as an openly bisexual woman who is out to her friends and husband at the very least, which is a completion of her arc in the manga (of learning to trust other people and express her feelings honestly).

Part 4: What context clues does the rest of the series give us?

This is branching off a little from the strict text of Parts 1-3. As I've said, as we know, Blue Flag is 50% subtext and interpretation. Characters speak, but they don't say what they mean, characters think, but they're not always honest with themselves or in tune with reality. Mami is an ominous and antagonistic figure in the first half, but then it just turns out that Taichi was jumping to conclusions. Taichi is the main character and narrator, but we get radio silence from him for like 7 chapters after the climax. Taichi is bisexual, but the reader has to guess that from the way the art style shifts between PoVs, the similar panelling between Futaba and Touma's confessions, the things he does and does not think about Touma and how he feels about them. It's safe to say that there is room for speculation.

First, there is no explicit evidence that Taichi could be bisexual before ch 54. It's easy to tell that he is, but again, there's nothing specific. Some people reading Blue Flag have said that him marrying Touma was out of character, unforeshadowed, bizarre, inexplicable, etc. because their experienced is coloured by their own heterosexuality. Masumi is shown to have dated a guy and in saying she didn't like him "anymore," implied that she did like him. Her conflicted feelings over her bf could well have been foreshadowing her liking men as well, and my reading that as comphet could have just been my own experience colouring the text. Who knows! Taichi's bisexuality was intentional from the start but could be read as a last-minute twist, so why not Masumi's?

Second, Mitsuyuki is Futaba 2.0. Same colouring, same personality. This could feel like a way of saying "Masumi just needs to like guys instead," but to me it reads deeper with some of the trans subtext around Futaba. One of my issues with Blue Flag is that it doesn't go further into Futaba's admiration/envy for masculinity and her uncomfortable relationship with femininity. As a cis woman who wants to be buff and mildly masculine, I can understand why she's a cis girl throughout and I don't necessarily think that she was supposed to be a trans guy. However, her relationship with masculinity draws a parallel to Mitsuyuki. Reading Mitsuyuki as a cis man, he is the combination of Futaba's personality and looks with her 'ideal form.' So, Masumi marrying Mitsuyuki can read as Masumi marring Ascended FutabaTM.

Third, Futaba having a faceless prop husband is interesting in the context of Mitsuyuki getting a name and personality. Mitsuyuki = Futaba and Mr. Kuze is a blank space, so the reader is prompted to reduce the scenario and slot Masumi into that blank space. Given Masumi and Touma's history as foils, I'm inclined to think that Mitsuyuki exists to show the road not taken. Back at the fireworks, Touma tells Masumi that he hasn't given up on Taichi, and Masumi says she doesn't intend to pursue Futaba even though the pining is making her miserable. Given that Futaba reacts a lot better to the idea of Masumi liking her than Taichi reacts to the idea of Touma liking him, given that we see Masumi has successfully wooed male!Futaba, I think that Masumi's ending shows that she could have ended up with Futaba if she chose to pursue her. She didn't and she still got a happy ending where she is confident in her sexuality and unafraid to trust, but she could have also had a happy ending where she married Futaba. Mitsuyuki is a man because desire-for-masculinity is a key aspect of Futaba's character, and Mitsuyuki is a named character with a personality because KAITO wanted the reader to know that Masumi could have ended up with Futaba (as Touma ended up with Taichi).

Fourth, KAITO's notes on volume give us a few hints. He comments that there was remarkably little interference with his story and that he was able to tell it as he wanted, and that the ending was meant to be a "question" to the reader. The way I see it, Masumi's ending wasn't meant to say "maybe you'll be fixed if you get a man" but rather was meant to complement Taichi's ending and say "things happen in ways you might not expect, but that doesn't mean they're bad."

Fifth, Touma/Taichi ending up together shows us that the series is willing and able to show queerness as a good thing and a happy ending, so it's unlikely that Masumi was meant to come off as "actually she just needed a man" and more as "life can be unpredictable but you can always find happiness"

Summary

It's unclear whether Masumi was written as a bisexual woman or a lesbian woman or a questioning wlw

I personally read her as a lesbian and I wish that part of her character had gotten more exploration

Masumi's ending wraps up her arc (struggling to trust other people with her feelings in general and her queerness in particular) in a satisfying and logical way

Masumi being bisexual does not in any way negate or lessen her identity and experienes as a wlw, bisexual people still face external and internalized homophobia and all the associated issues

Masumi's bisexuality may well have been foreshadowed, but the execution makes it easier to read her as a lesbian, which makes her ending seem like a homophobic cop-out in the style of the Hays Code

Masumi's ending doesn't straightwash her and goes to unusual lengths to affirm her attraction to women

Masumi's ending seems to be written to contrast Touma's ending, showing that getting or not getting the love interest depends entirely on whether you choose to pursue them

It's unlikely that authorial intent was to straightwash Masumi

#ao no flag #blue flag #itachi masumi #masumi itachi #kelsey liveblogs ao no flag #that 8 volumes of a manga where nothing happens could be so complicated...

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piratewithvigor · 3 years

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My first thought in regard to every band that gets played on my radio station

ACDC: Every dad’s favourite band

Adams, Bryan: Every mom’s favourite singer until Michael Buble came along

Aerosmith: haha they thought Vince Neil was a lady

Alice Cooper: he’s a Game Of Thrones fanboy and I have proof

Alice In Chains: my sister doesn’t like them because she decided AC were Alice Cooper’s initials ONLY

Allman Brothers Band: good music for dropping acid to

Allman, Gregg: That’s too many Gs for one name

Animals: House Of The Rising Sun, or who even cares

Argent: Sometimes Hold Your Head Up is really catchy

Asia: Tuesdays

Autograph: one of the members went on to be a pharmacist

Bachman-Turner Overdrive: There are just so many pop culture jokes about Taking Care Of Business that whatever I say won’t be as funny

Bad Company: with their song; Bad Company, off their album; Bad Company

Benatar, Pat: Always getting her confused with Patti Smith

Black Crowes: I like them for Lickin, but it doesn’t seem to exist outside of one shoddy video on youtube and my old CD

Blackfoot: this band name feels kind of racy

Black Sabbath: Dio was not better or worse than Ozzy; just different

Blondie: I like Call Me, but Blondie confuses me stylistically

Blue Oyster Cult: MORE COWBELL

Bon Jovi: Hello, childhood trauma, I missed you

Boston: ONE GUY. ONE GUY DID IT ALL AND NO ONE KNOWS

Bowie, David: Don’t let your children watch The Man Who Fell To Earth, or David Bowie’s will end up being the third penis they see in life

Browne, Jackson: Another musician ruined by Supernatural

Buffalo Springfield: Jack Nicholson was at the riot they sing about

Burdon, Eric: no ideas, brain empty

Bush: ditto

Candlebox: ditto once more. Who are these people?

Cars: This band feels so gay and so straight at the same time, I can only assume they’re the poster children of bisexual panic

Cheap Trick: I played Dream Police on Guitar Hero so fucking much because it was the only song anyone who played with me could keep up with

Chicago: Chicago 30 exists, but they do not have 30 albums. Fucking riddle me that

Clapton, Eric: 6 discs in one Greatest Hits is too many. That’s called “re releasing your discography”

Cochrane, Tom: For some reason, everyone thinks Rascal Flats did it better

Cocker, Joe: Belushi did it right

Collective Soul: who?

Collins, Phil: If his biggest hits were done by MCR, they would be emo anthems, but because he’s 5′6″ and from the 80s, they’re not

Cream: *Vietnam flashbacks on the hippie side*

CCR: *Vietnam flashbacks on the war side*

CSNY: David Crosby; meh

Deep Purple: THEY’RE SO MUCH MORE THAN SMOKE ON THE WATER

Def Leppard: the only music for when you’re a heartbroken bitch but also a sexy one

Derek And The Dominos: Clapton and ‘Layla’ broke up

Derringer, Rick: Tom Petty if he was from the midwest

Dio: You thought it was an anime reference, but it was me, Dio

Dire Straits: You can tell how bigoted a radio station is based on how much of Money For Nothing they censor

Doobie Brothers: I have yet to smoke weed, but I listen to the Doobies, and I think that’s pretty close

Dylan, Bob: I take back everything I said about him in my youth

Eagles: Hotel California isn’t their best song, but the memes that come from it are second to none

Edgar Winter Group: @the--blackdahlia

Electric Light Orchestra: Actually an orchestra and sound a fuckton like George Harrison

ELO: I really hesitate to ask what happens with the 7 virgins and a mule

Essex, David: no prominent memories of him

Fabulous Thunderbirds: cannot spell

Faces: Who on earth thought that was a good album name?

Faith No More: I got nothing

Fixx: One Thing Leads To Another is a damn bop

Fleetwood Mac: I ain’t straight, but I’m simply not enough of a witch to enjoy them to full potential

Fogerty, John: He got sued cause he sounded like himself

Foghat: Slow Ride slowly becoming less coherent feels like a drug trip

Foo Fighters: He was just excited to buy a grill

Ford, Lita: deserved better

Foreigner: dramatically overplayed

Frampton, Peter: a masterful user of the talk box

Free: dramatically underplayed

Gabriel, Peter: leaving Genesis changed him a lot

Genesis: if someone likes Genesis, clarify the era, because yes, it does matter

Georgia Satellites: sing like you have a cactus in your ass

Golden Earring: Twilight Zone slaps, but it doesn’t slap as hard as this station thinks it does

Grand Funk Railroad: Funk

Grateful Dead: I like their aesthetic more than their music

Great White: there are so many fucking shark jokes

Greenbaum, Norman: makes me think of Subway for some reason

Green Day: the first of the emo revolution

Greg Kihn Band: RocKihnRoll is literally the most clever album name I’ve ever seen

Guns N Roses: They have more than three good songs, but radio stations never recognize that

Hagar, Sammy: I’m still trying to figure out where he lived to take 16 hours to get to LA driving 55 and how fucking fast was he driving beforehand?

Harrison, George: He went from religious to rock, and if he had continued rocking, he would have gotten too cool

Head East: I respect people who use breakfast foods as album names

Heart: Magic Man and Barracuda are played at least once every goddamn day. They’re not even the best songs!

Hendrix, Jimi: I have both a cousin and a sibling named after Hendrix references

Henley, Don: Dirty Laundry gives me too much inspiration

Hollies: Somehow sound like they’re both from the 60s and the 80s at the same time

Idol, Billy: he’s doing well for himself

INXS: Terminator vibes

Iris, Donnie: knockoff Roy Orbison

James Gang: too many funks

Jane’s Addiction: if TMNT had a grunge band representative

Jefferson Airplane: *assorted cheers*

Jefferson Starship: *assorted boos*

Jethro Tull: The only band to make you feel not cool enough to play the flute

Jett, Joan: icon

J. Geils Band: I requested them on the radio once and it got played

Joel, Billy: he really did just air everybody’s business like that

John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band: literally wtf is that name

John, Elton: yarn Elton sits in my basement, unstaring. Please someone take him from me

Joplin, Janis: Queen

Journey: Stop overplaying Don’t Stop Believing. It takes away from the rest of the repetoire

Judas Priest: literally started the gay leather aesthetic

Kansas: another fucking band Supernatural stole

Kenny Wayne Shepherd: the man confuses me to the point where he isn’t in the right place alphabetically

Kiss: Mick Mars and I will simply have to disagree on the subject

Kravitz, Lenny: runaway vibes

Led Zeppelin: Fucking fight me if you don’t think they’re the most talented band (maybe not the most talented individually, but collectively, no one comes close)

Lennon, John: My least favourite Beatle for reasons

Live: I got nothin

Living Colour: slap a decent amount

Loverboy: do you not get TURNT the fuck up to the big Loverboy hits? Who hurt you??

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Sweet Home Alabama is a Neil Young diss track

Marshall Tucker Band: no opinion

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band: VERY STRONG OPINIONS THAT THEY AREN’T GOOD

McCartney, Paul/Wings: Power couple

Meatloaf: I have nothing but respect for a man who willingly named himself Meatloaf

Mellencamp, John: voted cutest lesbian of 1987

Metallica: I liked their appearance on Jimmy Fallon

Midnight Oil: I get them confused for Talking Heads a lot

Modern English: who?

Molly Hatchet: Hollies vibes, but also Georgia Satellites vibes

Money, Eddie: DAN AVIDAN, IF YOU SEE THIS, COVER TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT

Motley Crue: Stan Mick Mars and John Corabi. They’re the only ones who deserve it

Mott The Hoople: no one loves them except for David Bowie

Mountain: props for naming an album ‘Climbing’

Nazareth: I want to make a John Mulaney joke here, but I can never come up with one

Nicks, Stevie: witch queen

Night Ranger: I get them confused with Urge Overkill

Nirvana: Kurt Cobain was the ally grunge needed

Nova, Aldo: he’s Canadian, at least

Nugent, Ted: *serves a ghost as jerky*

Offspring: nothing here

Osbourne, Ozzy: this bitch crazy

Outfield: Your Love is kind of a sketchy song, but it slaps hard

Palmer, Robert: low quality Eddie Money

Pearl Jam: *grunts in Eddie Vedder*

Petty, Tom: I have so many feelings about Tom Petty and they are all good

Pink Floyd: which one is Pink?

Plant, Robert: solo career is a crapshoot, but his voice is unparalleled

Poison: I want them to write a song called ‘Alice Cooper’

Pretenders: I want to say good things, but I have nothing to say

Queen: A doctor of astrophysics, a screaming girl, a disco queen and a diva walk into a bar. It’s Queen; they’re there to play a gig

Queensryche: neutral opinion

Quiet Riot: they got big because of a song they hated. I love that

Rafferty, Gerry: the second-sexiest sax opening in all of music

Rainbow: Ritchie Blackmore created something very magnificent

Ram Jam: one good song and they didn’t even write it

Ratt: I’m sure they have more than Round And Round, but I don’t know it

RHCP: funky, but if you have paid money to hear them, you’re going to The Bad Place (I don’t make the rules)

Red Rider: basically Golden Earring

Reed, Lou: Walk On The Wild Side would be such a cool song if it wasn’t so dull

REM: American Tragically Hip

REO Speedwagon: Props for having a dad joke as an album title

Rolling Stones: Never in my life could I imagine the drummer being named anything but Charlie

Rush: How to make being uncool the coolest fucking shit

Santana: The world needs more Santana

Scandal: There’s something really funny about The Warrior being my brother’s “song” with his girlfriend

Scorpions: Was Wind Of Change written by the CIA? Only the spotify podcast I got an ad for once could say

Seger, Bob: A different variety of Eric Clapton (frankly a better variety, but that’s just me)

Simple Minds: we ALL forgot about you

Skid Row: Sebastian Bach is prettier than all of us

Soundgarden: music that makes you feel like you dunked your head underwater

Springsteen, Bruce: my arch-nemesis. Maybe someday, he’ll find out about it

Squeeze: according to my friends, the stupidest band name ever, but they’re theatre kids, so you know

Squier, Billy: If he can make it through 1984 alive, you can make it through whatever bad day you’re having

Stealers Wheel: Yet another band who I always mistake for George Harrison

Steely Dan: my house’s nickname for the Robber in Settlers Of Catan

Steppenwolf: Either makes me think of Jay & Silent Bob, Jack Nicholson, or that time I had to cut 6lbs of onions

Steve Miller Band: when you’re in the right mood, they slap hard

Stewart, Rod: my soundtrack to summer 2015

Stills, Stephen: Love The One You’re With Is Catchy, but the lyrics are questionable

Stone Temple Pilots: the only band to write a song about goo you smear on yourself

Stray Cats: an obscene amount of merch is available for them

Styx: Supernatural would have ruined them for me too if I hadn’t been into them previously.

Supertramp: I hunted for Breakfast In America for two years and it was worth every hunt

Sweet: I will never understand my two-month obsession with Ballroom Blitz when I was 15, but it was legit all I listened to

Talking Heads: you may find yourself in a pizza hut. And you may find yourself in a taco bell. And you may find yourself at the combination pizza hut and taco bell. And you may ask yourself; ‘how did I get here?’

Temple Of The Dog: I keep confusing them for Nazareth

Ten Years After: somehow still relevant

Tesla: not the car or the dude

The Beatles: Evokes a lot of opinions from people. Mine is that I love them

The Clash: I showed my sister the ‘Lock The Taskbar’ vine ONCE and it still kills her

The Doors: evokes teenage terror from deep within my soul

The Guess Who: Canada’s answer to confusing question-themed band names

The Kinks: kinky

The Police: wrote the theme of 2020 and everyone somehow forgot it was about a teacher resisting becoming a pedophile

The Ramones: playing all of their songs in a row wouldn’t take more than 2 hours

The Romantics: you don’t think you know them, but if you’ve seen Shrek 2, you have

The Who: If someone can explain Tommy to me, I’d be glad to hear it

The Zombies: I think they happened because of the 60s

Thin Lizzy: Could the boys maybe leave town?

Thorogood, George: blues, but make it modern

Toto: the most memed song behind All Star

Townshend, Pete: just makes me think of the end of Mr. Deeds

T-Rex: Mark Bolan is an icon

Triumph: The no-name brand of Rush

Tubes: like the yogurt

Twisted Sister: they did a christmas album and my mom does NOT hate it

U2: U2 Movers; we move in mysterious ways

Van Halen: RIP Eddie

Van Morrison: honestly, who’s named Van?

Vaughn, Stevie Ray: Steamy Ray Vaughn

Walsh, Joe: The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get

War: Foghat, but even groovier

Whitesnake: the most successful band to be named after a penis

Wright, Gary: the 90s thanks him for writing the song every movie used for the “guy sees cute girl and it’s love at first sight” scene

Yes: To Be Continued

Young, Neil: The best part of CSNY

Zevon, Warren: the album cover of Excitable Boy makes me deeply uncomfortable for reasons I don’t understand

ZZ Top: has been the same three guys since 1969. Lineup unchanged.

3 Doors Down: They feel a little modern to be on a classic rock station, but whatever

38 Special: Why 38?

#I made this instead of doing homework #Classic Rock #Meme

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andthebubbles · 2 years

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time for the cat memorial post aka try to write out everything i remember

her name’s spicy, we adopted her in 2007 after our previous cat ginie died. now THAT was sad for me, she died during the night so i missed it and i only saw her when my dad put her on the table for me to say goodbye. and i was an emotionally constipated nut back then so i went back upstairs to sleep iirc?? even though it was morning? i guess i was already nocturnal back then. anyway, went back upstairs to sleep and never saw her get buried. and then i didn’t tell anyone for ages she was dead. i still miss her loads cause she was my first cat and she was born on nov 1 1989 (and me, in jan 1990 so it’s like she’s my older sister) and i can’t remember when in 2007 she died exactly but yeah.

anyway so i had all this unresolved stuff over ginie, i guess. enter spicy, who we got from the RSPCA. she yowled the whole drive home, as is typical of most cats in a car lol, the place was at ingleside which is the northern beaches so yeahhh a bit of a drive.

soooo at first i wasn’t too keen on her because my mum wanted a replacement cat so she picked a cat that looked A LOT like ginie, in fact they look super similar in terms of the coat/colours. only their faces are a fair bit different. anyway so i was a bit meh towards her at first because of the similarities...

she came with anxiety! idk why, i guess it was a thing from her previous owner, but she’d get super nervous at being yelled at, so we didn’t. and she was our first indoor cat so that was, well, new for me. oddly, i don’t remember much from the 2010s, idk why. she hated music though lol, and when i started playing piano again she’d start YOWLING and yelling at me, i guess because she didn’t understand why i was suddenly making so much noise and wtf was that noise?! (fyi it’s a grand piano and apparently my neighbours can hear it from FOUR doors away akjnfkgjnfkgjn)

she also hated violin. obviously. but a bit less than piano because it wasn’t as loud. ya she hates music haha

over the lockdown in 2020 we suddenly started spending a lot more time with her because we were at home all the time, and then she started getting BOSSY and spoilt and it was really really cute. she’d yell at us all in the morning because she was HUNGRY and then she wanted (a2) MILK. also, she had a hatefest with the neighbour’s cat, tiger, and on the occasion when they would fight with the glass door/flyscreen door separating them (or once, when the door was opened momentarily) she would always apparently win because she’s actually kinda surprise!ferocious, and we were standing around as backup looool whereas tiger knows he’s gotta be good or else he won’t get food off us. but i’m pretty sure if they were alone and having a catfight, tiger would’ve won. he’s a lot younger... and he’s a very chunky boy now because he loooves food. i’m pretty sure he goes round to multiple houses on our street and just begs for food. (but now mostly he spends time in our garden...)

ETA: my cat really liked sunning herself on the balcony, like any cat, and sniffing the air, and at this point we would’ve totally liked to have let her explore the garden but tiger was on the scene now and that’s his territory and it absolutely would’ve been a cat fight if we’d let her out. plus, you don’t know where he is, so you can’t just let her out.

anyway, then sometime this year my cat just went weird, like her personality changed, i guess it was old age. she used to like softtttttt beds, the softest available--she also used to be very vocal and would talk a lot and demand me to pat her all the time, ALL THE TIME. and she liked trying human food. (but then she would start pulling out her hair because human food is salty, so we had to really limit her human food intake and eventually stop it altogether.) anyway, she used to like soft beds but suddenly she’d only sleep on hard things, like the floor. and she stopped asking me for pats so often, and then she was only interested in food. and in the last month or so she peed on the kitchen floor quite a bit, not always the litterbox, and yeah. and she seemed to only want pats when she was meowing for food. and then she just wanted food.

but she always liked bathrooms and water looool, every time it was raining outside she was like, MEOW LET ME OUT. and she liked watching the rain. and bathrooms, i guess she liked the water, and also how cold the tiles were, probably? she liked bathrooms until the end

anyway. i oddly feel like this has no ending. i have loads of memories and i’m certain i’ve forgotten heaps. but that’s okay, i can always come back and add to this if i want to

honestly the hardest thing to deal with now probably is the fact that she’s gone and all those little things you’re used to, they’re just not there anymore. like how we greet her, we’re gonna maybe still think of greeting her for quite a while but she’s not gonna be there anymore. things like that.

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AAAH already forgot to mention: a few days ago we got the kitchen area tiled downstairs, during which they had to take down one of the back doors, and then when they were done they put it back. and then my dad accidentally didn’t pull it tight. so sometime that night it evidently swung open... and i was on the computer here and i heard my cat walking around a bit in the kitchen, and then i heard some other stuff, and then i got out of my room to go to the toilet. there’s a litterbox outside the door of this room and there was a cat that night in front of the litterbox, and i looked at this cat and i thought ‘that’s not my cat--omG TIGER???’ cause yeah evidently he’d just wandered through the door when it opened and came upstairs. and i yelled really loudly lol and he ran down the stairs and all the way back outside, and i was like ~omg paniccc cause i didn’t know if my cat had noticed (she’d been getting really stressed lately about tiny things, about every small change, even if we mention the name ‘tiger’) and also i was worried if maybe tiger had noticed her and went and attacked her. but i don’t think she even saw him, i think she was asleep, though i think she would’ve smelled him a little bit afterwards even though my mum mopped the floor where he had walked to get rid of his smell. (yeah, she got stressed when she could smell him so we kept the back doors shut the whole time.) (and tiger probably could smell her from the litterbox/the floor in general, but i don’t think he saw her yet, or else. so uh i guess i was lucky to come out just in time!! aaaah) (btw you wouldn’t quite know it but it’s kinda freaky to see a cat that isn’t yours in your house :P i do like tiger though, he’s a cute boy. at least it was a CAT, not, you know, something/someone else...)

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10:16am just came upstairs from burying her.

tiger came over and sniffed and then he watched from afar. he knows, i think. when my cat stopped going downstairs he started wondering where she was, cause they always used to glare at each other through the kitchen door. (well, my cat did the glaring, tiger did the innocent act.)

#nobody has to read this #i'm not even sure how coherent it is #or how structured #or how many typos there are #or badly constructed sentences #but it's not meant to be perfect is it #i'm just writing my feelings out #spicy #me.txt #we called her mao mao a lot for the past couple of years though #cause she'd always be like MAOOOO #and so we'd go 'mao mao!'#and then sometimes she would also say 'mao mao' and that was cute #text

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fishylife · 3 years

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IT’S FINALLY DONE OTL

My office is making us use up our vacation days because no one took vacation last year during covid so I took today off and I was feeling restless so I finished this.

I have a love-hate relationship with this. I tried to step outside of the box a bit and come up with some of my own ideas instead of following the manual so much, and as a result, I made a lot of mistakes, but I also learned a lot. Despite this being a smaller kit than usual, I took a long time with it because I had to do a lot of thinking.

Here is the original kit from Rolife/Robotime. I really recommend their diorama craft kits. Their manuals are very detailed so even though their kits look really daunting, they are actually great for beginners.

Things that made me mad while working on this project >:(

- Instead of using a cut out of a pattern, I used popsicle sticks to lay out the flooring. But because popsicle sticks are thicker than a normal piece of paper, it caused a lot of other problems with regards to my walls, and I had to do a lot of ungluing and regluing to accommodate for the fact that my floor was now a bit higher than what’s in the manual.

- I also zoned out a lot and glued the wrong sides of things, which is totally my fault, sigh. This happened a lot with the black parts of the porch. I tried going over my mistakes with a sharpie, but the shade of the sharpie doesn’t match the shade of the wooden pieces in the kit So if you look closely some of the black pieces are slightly different shades v.v

- My bottle of glue was also drying up so I had to work with a lot of REALLY CLUMPY GLUE which was less than ideal >:(

- The space is a tad bit sparse. The manual had a lot more miscellaneous stuff lying here and there but I just didn’t really like some of the pieces and opted not to use them.

Things I liked/learned :3

- Despite all the problems the popsicle stick flooring gave me, I liked how it turned out! I actually saw a Youtuber lay out some flooring in a diorama similarly with skewers/some sort of wood parts and so I was kind of copying them. Despite the problems, I’m still glad I tried it because I learned a lot about having to plan ahead lol.

- I’d like to think I am getting better at doing the wiring for the light bulbs. The first step to doing the wiring is that you need to strip the wires so that a bit of the wire peeks out of the rubber. I used to be really clumsy and I’d always rip the wires instead, but I think my hands are getting nimbler lol. The problem with the wires that come with the kit is that they only have a single wire within, whereas wires that you may see in your typical household items will have several wires within the coating (I only know this because the first time I did wiring I kept messing up so my dad took apart some old electronics he had lying around and gave me the wires). So the wires were very delicate and if I bent them even a little, they would lose their place and the light wouldn’t turn on. I got very frustrated and was going to give up, but I tried to flatten and “tighten” the wires at the light bulb a bit with my pliers and it did in fact stabilize the current! :D I am so pleased with myself haha.

- I tried mixing and matching some colours instead of following what was in the manual to a tee. I had to mix paints for the orange wall and I actually stressed a lot about it because I know nothing about colour theory lol. But I think the way it came it looked kind of cute. Maybe not as striking as the original green that came with the kit, but eh, I can live with it.

- For the blue flowers inside the porch and the pink flowers in the planter outside, I’d originally made them but didn’t like how they turned out, so I took them all out and redid them, and I REALLY like how they came out the second time.

I just remembered that when I started this kit I was thinking of making ivies to go across the roof, but I guess I just forgot about it oops. This porch shall remain ivy-less v.v

Okay, I’m done rambling. Like I said, I have a love-hate relationship with this project because I learned a lot, but I can see ALL of the flaws staring back at me in the face haha.

#thinking out loud #crafts #dioramas #rolife

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futurewriter2000 · 3 years

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why's virgo the best sign ever?

You had opened the door that shall never close again.

There are many reasons why Virgos are one of the best people to have in your life and here are the fabulous reasons:

A Virgo is the realest friend you will ever have. If you cannot take truth, then you can’t have a Virgo for a friend. You see Virgos have this need to tell people the truth. I mean, they will lie to protect your secret, no doubt about that- Virgos can keep their mouth shut. They are extremely loyal to people they care about. They are the kind of friend that will tell you that (this is an example) that coloured shirt doesn’t suit you because it makes your hips look wider and then they will tell you that you would look so good in a idk purple, daring shirt but they wouldn’t want to offend you so if you really love the shirt that makes your hips wider (example) then they will hype you up because they never want to tell a person what to do and what to wear, they just express their opinion because they can’t keep their mouth shut.

Virgos are little assholes that love you to death. We will love you so much- like the amount of love in our hearts for you is just so big and nobody can see it because we put on this face on that says: you don’t know shit about how I feel about you but in reality we just want to throw ourselves onto you and hug you and cuddle with you and love you forever and ever and we will literally go to the store and see something and be reminded of you and buy you this stuff and sometimes you would tell us this little thing about you and we will rememeber it and one day, we will just go like: “They said they like art. Imma buy them a sketchbook.” on a random day because we just love to shower people with gifts and our love. Like literally, we remember everything and we probably give you the most meaningful gifts and we would put effort into it like OUR LIFE COUNTS ON IT BECAUSE IT DOES- because we are little perfectionists and even though we are critical, we take critisism pretty offensive (the irony in that- lmao). But we will always thrive to give you the best freaking gift in the world (if we truly care about you. If you’re like some random person, we’re just gonna buy you a toilette set)

We are funny and crazy, if you get to know us well. A lot of people believe that Virgos are boring but that’s just how we appear to people who do not know us. We are like the middle of extrovert and introvert because we CAN be impulsive and we CAN do the craziest shit and have the craziest ideas. We’re overthinkers and we analyze and think ahead in the future and we just go: “Me and (your name) should go bungee jumping next month and then shit out pants.”- at like 2am in the morning because we are insomniacs, who love sleep.

We are so interesting. Like we know random stuff about everything. Like did you know that Elephants can smell water from 20km away? LIKE WTF? I can’t even smell water if I put a glass of it in front of my face. Appereantly they wave their trunk in the air and smell the water particles and THEY KNOW IN WHICH DIRECTION TO GO! - ELEPHANTS ARE SO SMART!

We are nerds. Such adorable nerds, who will literally push you to talk about what you love. If we see that there is something that you love, and we see that little twinkle in your eyes and how you smile when you talk about it and how you hold your hands or your posture, or how your nose crinkles and your skin glows- we see everything. We will motivate you to chase your wildest dreams- as an astronout or to chase a donkey. We don’t care. We will always be your support for everything. We are the rock here and we will never give up being the rock because we love being the rock because we rock at being the rock! And also we rock in general.

We find everything interesting. Literally. You could start talking about math and we would be like “How the fuck do you like math?” and you would start telling how everything makes sense and this and that and we would just look at you in awe because wow... you know math...

We give you the best advice because we always look at the most logical sides of things but also consider your emotions and we mash those two together and make a plan and find a resolution.

We are service people BUT BEFORE YOU GO ALL up in my shit just know that we do this out of our own will. We are helpers, we like to help, help is our turn on and when somebody asks us for help, (even though we don’t show it) WE LOVE IT! LIKE YEEES!!!!!!!!! ASK ME FOR HELP!!!! LET ME FEEL SMART AND USEFULL!!!!!!! Literally the best fucking feeling. We really don’t mind helping people. But like I said before, we are service people but in a way where we serve people who need service, not who want service.

We are independent. Don’t fuck with a Virgo AND ESPECIALLY do not fuck with Virgo’s friends and family. We will make you the most uncomfortable you will ever be in your life. Now Virgos aren’t much about physical fights but if there is a need of one, then hold my fucking earrings. We can destroy a person verbally and physically but verbally is more pleasing because we’ve got all the vocabulary in the world and are not afraid to use it. Like I mentioned before, we tell the truth and truth only.

We are soft people- We may look hardcore (and we are) but when we are comfortable with you, we will flutter our eyelashes at you, hug you, hold you, smell you, rub your back, run out fingers through your hair, be so affectionate because WE LOVE YOU!

We will point out things about you. Compliments, I mean. Like if we see something pretty, we will say it and we mean it. Like I like those earrings, I like your hair today, it suits you, I like your bracelet... On men and women. We are not ashamed. We will compliment you, tell you you are beautiful because you are beautiful to us. Virgos don’t fall for the looks, they fall for the brain and when they see your perfect brain, they will love you for it. A lot of people believe that Virgos hate flaws but Virgos find flaws one of the most unique thing about another person and they can grow to love them and they do. (You see, I hate cigarettes and smokers who constantly smoke but I fell for a smoker and that doesn’t make me love him any less. Actually, I find him very attractive when he smokes, the way he holds his cigar between his long, vein hands and how he blows the smoke out of his lungs by pursing his lips together into a smal u shape-)

Anyways- haha- we are understandable. A lot of people find us critical and that is why they avoid us but come on dude. We won’t judge you if you tell us that you- idk- slept with your ex’s twin sister. We will be like “OH MY GOD NOOOOO” but if you are our best friend, who we love and adore, then we will also go “It izz what it izz but be careful tho. I know you can be dumb but if you really love her, then you should go for it.”

Support, lmao.

I mean there are a lot of things Virgos are and they do love. When they love you, they LOVE you. It takes time to see it with us but we do love you- we just need to find the way to show you and sometimes it takes a lot of time but we do love you.

If you have any other questions or comments or opinions about any other signs, slide into my askbox ;)

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