#it's such an earnest joke actually

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

world's most annoying man is not allowed outside due to his inability to shut up

#AYYYY LIGHTS OUT IS BACK BABEY LETS GO #howdy is Suffering in this au ive come to realize #more so than i previously thought! #he's cooped up in a slightly too small shell of a building #rarely allowed outside bc hes too noisy </3 #mans is desperately Understimmed #wally isnt trying to be harsh hes just asking an honest & earnest question <3 #i have another scribble floating around somewhere of wally putting his hand over howdy's mouth and saying Hush #i think its a funny running joke. everyone is constantly like 'howdy please for the love of fuck. shut up' #he strikes me as the type to talk when nervous. and bored. and excited. hes a talker tell me im wrong #scribble salad #wh lights out au #welcome home au #hes BORED hes with the (objectively) Unfunniest neighbors hes BORED did i mention hes BORED #howdy: *stuffing pouring out of him after getting maimed* this is actually much better than being in the post office #frank: we're going to put you on a leash i swear to fucking god

[transboykirito]

god i could write a whole essay about sao abridged and why it became such a cultural phenomenon and why it’s held its relevancy compared to other abridged parodies from the same time and also why the shift in internet culture has completely warped what sao abridged originally was and

#sao abridged #my friend and i are rewatching it and we finished aincrad last night #and i want on a ramble for like an hour about how sao abridged has been such a victim of cringe culture ‘you can’t enjoy things in earnest’ #like. does it have jokes that haven’t aged well. yes. does it have things in poor taste. yes. #but also it started eleven years ago and those jokes haven’t been repeated in recent years. #there’s things in actual sao that have aged poorly (from more recently too) and yet.

[crimeronan]

i'm a little sorry for character assassinating amity so often in the princess AU bc i know a lot of people care Deeply about how kind and loving and good amity is.

it's just that . it's really really Really funny to make her worse.

#hopefully her three-dimensionality counters her unceasing use of unreclaimable fantasy slurs. my favorite girl who makes choices #mainly going in i knew she and hunter would have a rivalry and i knew hunter would get nasty about it. and i thought #if hunter's gonna be nasty then amity needs to be a little nasty too. because i don't want to write her as a constantly sad anxious victim #bc it's not fun. amity being the worst person alive though. that is So Much More Fun. #i make jokes about her here that wouldnt end up in earnest fic bc she does in the actual serious AU fics have a significantly #stronger set of principles and empathy and guilt (despite believing she doesn't). #but she is at least somewhat terrible in the earnest fic. if i only let hunter be interesting that'd be self-criming. by making me so bored #toh #princess luz au #amity blight

[todayisafridaynight]

still obsessed with how whenever you look up nakai you just get adachi front and center instead of arakawa or like. anyone he's actually played

#snap chats #im never mad about seeing adachi tho.... hello old man... #this isnt even to talk about the gorgeous cover picture they use for him. why the fuck is he on a horse looking like shakespeare #anyways i just got done watching a nakai movie- 'Hit Me Anyone One More Time'- i started a month back but forgot to resume #i was actually gonna post a cap from the movie since nakai was in a cute frilly apron and i was bouta make an arakawa joke #BUT let's just wait for me to draw it lbr LMAO #movie was cute if you were wondering... nakai plays as japan's prime minister Keisuke Kuroda who used to be a major dickwad #but after getting hit in the head with a rock he has a real Phineas Gage moment and does a whole 180 #it was lowkey real cute cause like. kuroda's just Confused 70% of the time but he's also really earnest and trying to be good #and he loves his wife. a lot. i mean his wife hated him for most of the movie but its ok they're cute at the end #this movies cute. weird to say about a movie about a politician but its true #since im weening off my tsutsumi binge im legally allowed to say its funny how they both played men named keisuke #it's really not common that i see names repeated- like in american films its common to run into 'bills' and 'toms' and that sort of thing #but its rare that i see a name pop up more than once in jp media. i mean unless it's sega and 'makoto' then jesus fucking christ ENOUGH #THATS ENOUGH MAKOTOS #anyway im going to bed. bye

[gen-is-gone]

oh my GOD renfield is maybe officially my new favorite movie

#not even joking #renfield #it has everything #Awkwafina nic cage in his singular best performance an mcr song a tumblr namedrop in 2023 practical effects everything #like it's actually fucking amazing it's so goddamn stupid but honestly very earnest #and the premise is REALLY FUCKING COOL ACTUALLY?? #anyway happy Hot Vampire Summer 2 everyone #megan whines into the empty abyss of cyberspace

[chimeric-art]

the hanged man

#the thing about silky is that he's actually fairly threatening as a shadowy predator #his silk is No Joke. if he wants it can be as strong as steel cables #normally with ame it's very wispy and soft unless he's triggered by something #he wouldn't use his silk against her in earnest. even though he wants to snare her and keep her by his side Very Badly #the only thing he wants more is for her to want to ensnare him back #so when she Does return his feelings it's like a strong binding holding him above the abyss #and he would trust his life with it #ALSO I JUST REALLY LIKE SHIBARI OKAY #there is tranquility in letting go #anyway enough blah blah in the tags #silky the spider #my characters #my art #the shadows

[craycraybluejay]

Boy blocked me for being mad bc he was rude fr

#i mean its probably for the best but jeez way to show ur face #mutuals to blocked bc i wouldnt take a little 'friendly' fire sitting down #weird shit #TIL don't be earnest on the world wide web and don't tell ppl to not be rude to you #i was like 'were cool if u stop doing that' and got a block in response #so i presume he's gonna do that to other ppl now #i guess i cant do anything ab it but its sad that ppl cant just own up to being mean and make an actual apology and move on #instead of going 'i didnt mean it like that' and then expecting that to suffice #and if u call ppl on their shit when they said iTs a JoKe then ur a buzzkill #weird coincidence that conservatives use this when they make attack helicopter 'jokes' or racist 'jokes' #almost like its a way of deflecting rather than reflecting #some ppl only deflect not reflect #working on coming to accept that and let it pass over me #i can't change how ppl act only how i deal w their behaviour

[orkpup]

want them to beat the shit out of me honestly

#howls #long tags teehee #they pretended to punch my face earlier and ive been thinking about that since #i mentioned that aside from hickeys and being bitten and i rarely ever bruise #and any scars i get fade very quickly #the look on their face was like that was a challenge to them #maybe it is #i joked that i was the perfect victim expecting them to not like that joke #but they thought it was funny and now im sitting here like. please make me victim to you #i wanna Fight them i want them to beat me and i wanna try my hardest to fight back in earnest #and i want them to overpower me and win and make me their victim #i want them to keep track of the things that i mention trigger me and eventually use them against me #i want them to force me into fight or fawn #and they can do all their cute and sweet aftercare things after the fact #but i want to feel scared of them #i want to create a fake safeword to use when i normally would want to safeword but dont want them to stop just yet #and i want them to laugh at me and make me cry and use me until theyre too tired to continue #which i can only imagine would feel like fucking forever for me #the stamina on that mf.. when he picked me up to fuck me better i actually screamed #creating a habit of fucking me fully awake when he sees me waking up.. #and im meant to not get obsessed with him.. ok #also intentional aftercare in name isnt foreign to me but its definitely something to get used to because just something as simple as him- #holding me and telling me i did good after violent sex meant the world to me #crazy

[time-is-restored]

i have literally nowhere else to put this i apologise for the spam. the absolute best thing to come out of s3 trent is without a doubt the fucking earnestness... like in s1-2 he always came across as a very self-assured kind of guy, who knew how he came off (ie: intimidating) and enjoyed it. but seeing that paired with him being silly + completely relaxing in certain company??? pulling ridiculous faces at vodka + scrunching up his nose when he smiles @ colin + making the most ABSURD 'i really wanna say something right now but i feel like im interrupting' noises ive ever heard in my fucking LIFE??? its like. he is cool as shit and he is self assured AND he can make dumb fucking sherlock holmes jokes and dance ridiculously. its like!!!! he's lame but he's also not bc he's exactly as confident in being lame as he is being cool. do u see the vision. he has killed the part of him that cringes!!!! its just.. that unshakeable self confidence that u see in his fucking swaggers into frame includes all of himself + his different moods and eccentricities and that's just so based to me idk. unironically live ur best life wear the loudest combination of prints and patterns and primary colours uve ever seen in ur life while espousing the virtues of extended museum hours!!! contain multitudes! get silly with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#ted lasso spoilers #combined with james lance's hc abt trent's past its just. like!! #the growth from 'i can't be what you want me to be so im going to be Better than them + tear them down' #-> 'i know my reputation so im going to lean into that + be ruthless + intimidating' -> #'actually fuck this? fuck this! im just gonna be me and if anyone has a problem w then L To Them I'm Actually Living' #also this is just my hcs at this point but like. i do think ted helped a lot w the latter part of this process in so much as. ted embodied #someone who was Visibly weak + vulnerable and had no armour/no sense of self preservation #(the opposite of trent's persona) and made no effort to change anything abt himself to prevent attack. obviously ted has a lot of social + #class advantages that make that less risky for him than it would be for others but like. u get the drift #and i THINK. seeing how without that armour/facade ted was able to be rlly direct + earnest w connecting w ppl #like asking an interviewer 'what do u love?' and rlly genuinely wanting to know the answer #and bc TRENT was specifically in the position of 'i could fucking destroy u rn and u wouldn't put up a fight' #that kind of. shifted his perspective a bit? like. damn what would that say abt me if i wrote a hit piece on this guy rn #i disagree VERY strongly w the idea that trent's more positive character development moments happened ONLY bc of ted (i don't think that's #true for anyone in the show tbh) BUT i think ted's presence at a pivotal point in his life was what helped him confront the fact that #at this stage in his life all his intellectual armour was doing was making him into someone Mean rather than just incisive #like. 'is this a fucking joke' is not cutting journalism. u get me?? #and arguably that's a fine and even safe choice to make when ur younger and have no support/reputation backing u up #but after decades? its like man wtf are we doign here if were literally just living preventatively #smth smth i hope i am not just a tumblr blog to u but a blog who is inventing the brain chemistry of a sitcom side character #w each new episode they watch. trent crimm is my best friend irl i know he would have scorching hot takes abt each new season of survivor #and would earnestly heckle the jury and final 3 alike

[leng-m]

I really want to read more cozy fantasy... but I'm getting really tired of quirky narration. Give me narration that's earnest and genuine and honestly believes in the message of kindness and friendship and community within the story. Don't give me narrators who wink-wink-nudge-nudge the readers like we both ought to know that the story is actually silly. Don't give me protagonists who are apathetic to the darker things in their world because it's a funny attitude to have. I promise, Cozy Books, you don't have to make fun of yourself for me to have a good time.

#where is the earnestness? #where is the honesty? #please stop breaking the 4th wall for a moment #yes this is me wanting more tge #and less vssoirw or tcwb #this is not a jab at ppl who like quirky narration #i actually even enjoy whimsical narration from time to time #styles like dwj and frances hardinge have such good whimsy to them #but i can't help feeling like quirky narration these days is all about being in on some inside joke #and not actually about supporting the story

[victory-cookies]

the only irl friend I have that I feel comfortable actually talking about the things I enjoy with just insulted me for gushing about smth to her over snap last night and now I want to cry

#this is going in the tags bc it’s stupid but it’s making me sad so #the only irl friend I have that I actually felt comfortable sharing my interests with just made fun of me #for gushing to her about smth over snap last night #and I’m at work rn so I can’t even cry bc in a few minutes I’m back out on the floor #but just like. I think I have rsd (especially around my interests and then my intelligence but that’s not pertinent here) #so I’ve never really been super open about what things interest me bc when I get made fun of for it or those things get insulted #It really hurts #the only people I’ve really felt comfortable opening up to are like. Sid obv and then this one friend of mine #bc the two of us found out we shared some interests and started like. telling each other about other things we like #I’d tell her about my silly little tv shows and podcasts and she’d tell me about the movies and books she was into #and I’ve explained to her before how I’ve never really been comfortable enough to talk about that shit and how I appreciated her being kind #and not insulting me like other people have in the past #but today I’m sitting on break and watching the replies she sent me and one of them is just a clip in response to my video from last night #where she just goes ‘girl I literally don’t care’ (and this was not in a joking way like that was her response #and it was in a tone that implied ‘so shut up about it’) #and like I get it! I am often not interested in the things that people tell me about! but I try to be earnest and engaged #and I can understand loving smth and wanting to share it with others! and how it sucks when people are then mean about it! #like when she tells me about a teen drama romance book or sends me instagram reels of cake decorating I try to respond with enthusiasm! #bc while the content may not interest me I like hearing about the things she enjoys and I’m glad she feels open to telling me about stuff! #but now I don’t want to share shit with her anymore bc this has given me a huge spike in anxiety and I feel like shit #idk. it’s stupid but it sucks #vent #ig

[leonardleonardchurch]

Just wondering, what are some movies you miss watching?

Tell you the truth? I’m not actually much of a movie guy. Was only really enjoyable to watch stuff with people, anyway. But I can basically just rewatch any of them in my head? Perk of being an AI, I guess.

Huh? Oh, no, god no.

Tell you what movie I don’t miss watching. Fucking Reservoir Dogs. Could be happy the rest of my afterlife never thinking of that shit again.

#church transmits #rubykgrant #{ooc: hi ruby hiii. sorry i don’t watch movies any lol i could not answer this question in earnest} #{i was gonna make a goncharov joke but we’ve blocked the tag so i don’t actually. know a goncharov joke. anyway.}

[catboy-dysphoria]

Balancing that drag is an art and culture worthy of study with the fact that almost every person I've met who studied drag on a professional level (by which I mean, college) has been really fucking bad at it LMAO.

Which isn't to say they're bad at makeup or costuming or anything like that - they're usually really good at that. But they're bad at drag. They don't have the je ne sais quoi.

#ofc this could be clouded by #1. almost all the ppl ive met who studied drag are White and Middle+ Class #2. the drag i am around now that i encounter those ppl is diff from the kind i encountered back in my hooker days #but anyway. speaking of i think you should either have to have been a hooker (HOOKER not onlyfans girlie) or pass the approval test of #a council of hookers to do it slash half joking #my earnest feeling is actually that it's much like service dog law in that its good that there are so few restrictions so anyone #can do it but also goddamn that makes it so theres a lot of shit service dogs #which is fine and better than fhe alternative but still disappointing to see #also ofc there's something to be said about what kind of drag is considered acceptable enough to wind up in a college course also

[aftout]

Shout out to everyone who’s ever appreciated any of my Jekyll985 posts I hope you know that we are the funniest people in the fandom

#he’s a symbol of peace actually did you know. #I’m not even joking when I say this: Jerma is the one who spoiled the reveal in DJMH for me. I’m being earnest and transparent here.

[tacit-semantics]

Head in hands trying to figure out the exact sort of mlp fic dirk might write so I can finish this joke fic I started that’s got a solid 10% chance of being finished

#honest thoughts are semi ironic sbahj inspired fic heavily referential with a bizarrely earnest emotional core somewhere past all the piss #jokes. multimedia. impossible to read because he assumes everyone is picking up on his nonsense motifs. but see all that’s well and good but #the only thing I actually need is a fucking name #writing tag

[lottieurl]

people need to stop comparing all ~bad~ gay media to d.e.b.s. d.e.b.s. isn't bad it's a parody and it does a great job of being one

#like. i call it that occasionally as a joke but like its not actually bad? everything in it is Very purposeful #its a well done fun parody thats also an earnest romcom jsnsnznznd its special