#seriously where the fuck ARE these dudes

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

To be fair a slap could probably knock someone over if they're off guard so it's actually a good way to get them in a position to do spores and stuff- I also feel like Oliver would hunt primarily at night to add another veil of confusion onto the victim (where I'm from a lot of streetlights are orange so he'd look less like a Flower) -🌟

true true...

(ik what ur talkin abt orange streetlights... 😭😭 not the same place probably but im.. waugh.. nostalgic for me)

BUT ANYWAYS that is very smart tbh of him... and oli already i feel like he'd naturally be up at night he's a feral lil kid like that

but also

#ask #flower hivemind au #queueing this answer so if it posts at a weird time sorry lolol #i wanted to do smthn w/ flower like that 'me when i fuckign GET YOU' meme but i couldn't find any good pictures #for some reason now that im just thinking like. ik it WOULD make sense that theres day and night cycles b/c like DUH PLANTS NEED SUNLIGHT #BUT MY EDGY EMO ASS HAS JUST BEEN LIKE IMAGINING EVERYTHING HAPPENING AT NIGHT. OR IG IN A REALLY DARK FUCKING BUILDING OR SOME SHIT??? #idk where these bitches are at even. helppp. IDK DRAMATIC MOOD LIGHTING LMAO it could be sunny as hell outside but this is horror so #gotta have that shitty barely visible interior lighting lolollll... abandoned building vibes is what i was getting but not sure #seriously where the fuck ARE these dudes #ollie the star anon

[buggbuzz]

my gender is like meat leaf i think. boy materials in the structure of girl. like im a girl made out of boy things but not in a transman way like i like being female im just. a girl-leaning boygirl. maybe??

#u dont understand ive been insisting to all of my friends for like 6 years that im NOT a trans man #i cannot be proven wrong at this point i'll lose it #and anyways im not actually a guy #im definitely a girl just like. a type of girl that scientists haven't discovered yet #and that sounds like a joke but im soooo fucking serious #im a fucking student geneticist dude #i think theres some autosomal gene (or probably multiple) that regulate gender in convoluted ways #probably linked and i think there's probably multiple types of fem and masc genders not to mention non fem OR masc genders #codominant? incomplete dominance? is it different on different scales? #its a completely possible and furthermore plausible concept like from my perspective it'd be really weird if gender genetics weren't a thing #i think theyve already lowkey been proven to be a thing cause of that paper comparing trans brains to cis brains #& finding a link where trans men had a certain section that was the same as cis men #and that same section in trans women was the same in cis women #its an OLD study too #anyways i want to research this one day but i also dont because i dont trust humanity with that information #but if i found proof that it exists maybe it could seriously back trans people with scientific evidence #not that they should fucking NEED it testimony should be fucking good enough #ive been bio obsessed since i was born and im a natural skeptic #but when i was 11 i asked a trans person i knew like 2 fucking questions and they answered me and i was like 'yeah this makes sense' #figured anything that didnt make sense was just something i didnt understand yet #and now that im older and in college level biology and genetics classes i know i was right #it would be really really weird if trans people didnt exist did you know that? all the kinds too like nb genderfluid agender genderq demi #i dont fucking care it makes SENSE #'nonbinary' was a good term to adopt because it really just fits perfectly #nothing in biology is ever ever ever truly binary especially not a neurological and psychological phenomenon #especially not in a species with a brain so overly complex and tangled up like HOMO SAPIENS?? #are you kidding?? the fact that we even have a concept of art and music let alone have talents and passions for them is proof alone dude #that shit doesn't help us survive its a modified version of pattern recognition and uncanny valley #combine that shit with the fact that intersex people exist?? like #nonbinary gender is literally the combination of intersexuality and human neurology

[chuckyray]

jelix gets so much hate and people act like it's truly problematic. It's so funny to me. you can hate its fans and not have to justify it with acting as if the ship itself is somehow offensive.

sorry y'all can't see the beauty in 70s repressed homosexual adultery and the consequences of it being tragedy. i forgot the kids these days haven't even seen brokeback mountain.

#also its just fiction guys this isnt real life men cheating on their wives lmfao these are some fictional dudes in an analog yt series #theyre like wahhhhhh he killed his kids and jack hates him now !!! yeah. now. are we disregarding the 20 years of friendship #where they built their dream company together? no ones saying that jack would fuck him post accident lmfao yall are just reaching #blah blah jack would NEVER do that to rose!!! first of all you dont actually know anything about him. #second of all people do shit you'd never expect all the time. even if they do love someone and are happy #also that one take where someone says the concept of jelix is inherently racist because jack is latino and felix is white so #that means jack is giving in to a white mans desires is insaneeee do yall hear yalls selves. like seriously listen to yourself. just once. #and its weird for you to tack actual racial issues onto a fictional ship that has NOTHING to do with that. #literally saw someone say that its perpetuating the white man desires and exotic latino stereotype and im sitting here like what. #what does that have to do with twf. yall just reaching. just say you dont like jelix and go. simple. #the walten files fandom is a joke atp. none of you should be watching this series yall arent mature enough yall cant even handle a ship #let alone a story centering around actual serious topics like childhood trauma and addiction and morally grey characters #rant over #twf #the walten files

[chirpsythismorning]

I just remembered they devoted a whole scene to Mike and Will burying a dead body for no reason other than to poke fun at—

#byler #they said cliche gay tropes #we raise you mocking those tropes subtly through the plot #like did they really need to devote a whole scene to burying a dead body? #they could have left dude laying anywhere #could’ve just stored him in one of the trunks in the junkyard #it wouldn’t have made any difference #fucking argyle joked about just writing their names on the makeshift gravestone #the scene was treated like a joke instead of them seriously needing to bury the body for safety reasons #it was a way to joke about how many viewers think Will is going to die #and follow the same trope every gay main character in mainstream media has before #where YAY they give us a gay character and get some brownie points from queer fans #only to kill the character off to appease the homophobes who make up the majority and would rather not have to actually watch a queer story #and the duffers are essentially saying #lmaooooo fuck that #and having it be both Mike and Will most prominently in this scene… #another fuck you to those saying that this love story is unrequited like every other story before it #they’re laughing at y’all!!! #y’all as in ppl that are predicting the most cliche ending to the story #like do you think they would poke fun at a trope that favors straight characters over gay ones… #only have a storyline that does just that? #the correct answer is no

[5hrignold]

smiling friends season 1 finale is SO insane it absolutely ruins me every time i rewatch it. it mostly retains the lighthearted goofy feeling of the rest of the show and it’s barely heavy at all but it feels like it has so much weight to me regardless like it feels like it has such an impact as an episode. like in general. for the whole show up until this one charlie, especially when compared to pim, seems so stable and confident in himself, he doesn’t really rely on others thinking highly of him at all, he isn’t nervous to please others, he just focuses on what he needs to do for himself but in this episode the second PIM criticises him on something it completely drags him down to arguing with him and later getting himself killed just so he can. prove himself to pim????? that he’s wrong about his criticisms of him???? that’s all i can see that as. and i dont know if the show is going to do like actual development or What but to me this episode was like a turning point for charlie and pims friendship because it reminded both of them how much they matter to eachother. charlie died and didn’t want to leave his life on a bad note, he was forced into a situation where he was acting from pim’s point of view for once, and now instead of just respecting him, he really understands him more. the first thing pim did once he kind of collected himself after charlie got resurrected was apologise. he just wanted him to know sorry he is and how much he just wants to be friends forever and that’s it

#charlie truly gives So Many Fucks about pim himself and also what he has to say and his opinion of him and almost nobody realises it #if everyone could just watch the show from my eyes where i psychoanalyse every move and expression they make to eachother #itd be a whole other world #just. dude. there’s something so wild about the fact that pim is pretty much The Only or at least one of the only people that charlie is- #-eager to impress to the point where it’s a hazard for himself. he seriously respects and values his little friend so much im going t #o turn my self into an oyster #smiling friends #💝 #also that thing i said near the end… anyone else normal about the fact that during the whole wife dream sequence charlie was there close to- #-pim the Whole time. he literally wants to be charlies best friend forever. so sick

[chaoscheebs]

A thought:

I've heard speculations about, since it didn't look like Anzu and Grandpa Muto were familiar with each other in recent years (Anzu being surprised he's alive, Sugoroku commenting on how much she's grown), that Anzu moved away and only recently-ish returned to the area and reconnected with Yugi.

But. Consider.

Yugi is, honestly, one lonely kid at the start of the series. Anzu is stated to be his only friend, more or less. He gets bullied A Lot, especially in the pre-Cardgamepocalypse era. Plus, y'know, you gotta test into Japanese high schools.

So maybe Yugi originally got into a different school, had the same being bullied issues there, and transferred to Domino High later on in hopes that'd resolve the problem (ahahahahaha.... ha... :c), and then he and Anzu reconnected from there.

If nothing else, this theory would make it look like his parent(s)* actually did something to help the kid and that would ease my heart a little more. :c

(* - Yes, I know Sugoroku did his best to help but he's not the legal guardian here OK)

#yugioh #yugi muto #chibi rambles #* - also seriously tho' where the fuck is yugi's dad #i still think 'working overseas' as word of god is a euphemism #this IS 'shitty dads and fucked-up games: the series' after all #also remember that yugi is smart!!!! dsod had him as fucking valedictorian! #he could have done well on the tests then the bullying caused his grades to tank to where the were in early manga afterward #and didn't gx like say there was footage of buzzsaw murder clown duel #if the bullies saw how fucking hardcore this lil' dude is then maybe the bullying died down (and they found a weaker target because bullies #and his grades went back up #hello i am perfectly normal about my tiny blorbo from my mangashow

[designernishiki]

brings me great joy to remember the fact that (aside from serena) the main bar kiryu frequents is a queer bar hosted by drag queens and run by a trans lady. like legit that fact sounds too good to be canon but it literally is

#the main one he frequents by personal choice anyway as opposed to serena (and sometimes shellac) where he’s usually there because someone #else frequents it or needed to meet him somewhere or someone working there is connected to him etc #earth angel initially doesnt really have any predisposed big plot reasons for him to go there let alone recurrently for decades #he just. likes it. and likes ako’s company. and they never really explain anything further than that #honestly it screams repressed gay guy seeking community without knowing it to me. like as in: he’s more comfortable there than most bars and #knows that probably but doesn’t know why or doesn’t try to think too deeply into exactly why #I mean… he says to goromi he feels more comfortable talking to her/him than most women #so I mean. that tracks doesn’t it. #you could argue it’s has to do with him being incessantly hit on by straight women to an uncomfortable degree but I don’t really think #that explains it becuase he’s hit on/flirted with by queer folks as well- ako herself outwardly flirts with him #but of course never to that uncomfortable a degree in my opinion (especially considering he already knows her and whatnot most of the time) #but yeah so I think it’s a little deeper than that. #anyway gshgdshfh rambling. this is just. god I seriously wonder sometimes what the studio is thinking when they do these things #the combination of this + what he says/does with goromi??? ghagghgsggh how do you NOT read him as queer/mlm what the fuck dude #kiryu #yakuza #rambling

[pbnmj]

actually you know what the mcu was absolutely evil for introducing spider-man and immediately making him follow iron man around and then ALSO using him as a prop to make iron man look cooler meanwhile peter barely gets a faithful story of his own IN HIS OWN MOVIES

#sorry that it takes like. one textpost to get me writing a paragraph wall #THE FACT. IRON MAN . IS A MASSIVE PLOT POINT IN HOCO AND ALSO IN FFH. BROTHER I DO NOT FUCKING CARE ABOUT THIS GUY #DO NOT GET ME FUCKING STARTED ON THE SONY MOVIES . I AM SO . FUCKING . INSANE RN #I MISS HARRY SOOOOOOOO BAD I WANT PARKSBORN CODEPENDENCY NOWWWWWWWWWW #PERSONAL #THE FACT THAT HOCO IS 'peter is so young and naive he keeps making mistakes' #AND THEN FFH IS 'peter is so young and naive he keeps making mistakes' #AND THEN NWH IS 'peter is so young and naive he keeps making mistakes' #DUDE WHEN DOES HE LEARN. WHEN DOES HE GET CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT #ALSO THE FACT HE JUST . EVERY MOVIE HE FINDS OUT TONY IS ACTUALLY AN EVEN WORSE PERSON THAT HE PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED AND #NOOOOTTTTHINGGGGGG IS DONE ABOUT IT #the fact it took 3 movies of fucking around and it ended up with the mcu implying he's going to be more comics accurate. or at least less .. #like that.... #like you have a trilogy to do something with spidey and also an EXTENDED UNIVERSE and nothing happens #the nymcu (new york marvel cinematic universe) where its just daredevil and spider man and some select avengers that i like is very real to #me. VERY real to ME #we also seriously have to lower the stakes i'd love for him to be a friendly neighborhood spider-man #im not joking. why was he even in england. like just write any semblance of plot so peter feels responsible and FOLLOWS beck to england #because he literally cannot leave it alone. because it is his responsibility. because he cant help but think this is his fault #mostly a joke cause i dont love england but still. #SOMEHTING LIKE THIS PLEASE. PLEASE PPPPLLLLLEEEAAAAASE (the sniper on the opposing rooftop takes the shot and kills me) #edit: excuse me everybody i am not hating on tasm i love andrew garfield so much i can look over its issues #i AM hating on the weird little fucking spiderman universe theyre making without a spiderman. LMFAO #like what is sony thinking . WHAT. #morbius and also the kraven movie i have so little hopes for you its insane #and i very much enjoyed the venom movies but theyre also soooo fun as a standalone #where eddie is just going a widdle batshit

[aerodaltonimperial]

#he's just so tired fam #what is even going on anymore #he just wanted to adopt this child #and now he's stuck in never-ending feuds #and his enemies have teamed up with each other #and his mentor is retiring #and this dilf with daddy issues is trying to steal his new son #and the one dude who's got fingerprints all over the whole thing #isn't even fucking HERE #and like at least darby could be getting laid out of this whole situation #but no now he's got to deal with a fucking dinosaur #to get his championship belt back #and keep his son from being human trafficked #and his old friend betrayed him but now he's back so it's okay #but seriously where is the one guy darby is pretty sure started this #why is he taking photos on the beach with his belt #christ he's just so tired #get the fucking coffins out

[x-crowmancer-x]

then they Morbed all over each other. the end.

#ah yes the Morbius phase #i watched morbius like 5 times in a week cuz i got a copy of the whole movie that could be sent on discord #it was so crunchy lmao #unfortunately lost that when the computer died by virus #and i cant find it where i thought i passed it around so #rip pirated morbius copy that could be sent through discord #maybe we'll meet again someday #i cant believe morbius exists like fr #i love it so much ironically like dude he morbed and punched his best friend with the force of bats #like fuck jared leto tho he like actually runs a cult and i feel like no one talks about it? #no seriously look it up its so super sketchy and preys on younger female fans its crazy this guy can still get roles #also hes just not a very good person #hes stepped on a good amount of people's boundaries while on set and it was just really weird and bleggh #david tennant #david tennant is the only good part of morbius #every scene with that guy was like 10x better #crowmancerx #digital drawing #doodles out of context #morbius #its morbin time

[heartbrake-hotel]

I just want BDE to hold me; cradle me in his lap like a baby while he reads to me as I lay my head on his chest. Is that too much to ask for?

nonnie.. NONNIE.!! i wish you could hear the wistful sigh i let out reading this. i'm kicking my heels and twirling my hair about Big Daddy every chance i get 💌

just wanna curl up with him anywhere - in bed, on the couch, in the backseat of the car - wherever he is, wherever he's already comfortable, that's exactly where i wanna be.. 💓

[also i was just rambling i didn't mean for this to turn into any aCTUAL writing but.. uH 👉👈 yah sure whatever it's a blurb now ig]

wanna sneak up and slip into his lap while he's got that pretty nose of his buried in a book, disrupting his focus for only a second as he holds his book away to make room for you while you get comfy. his arms wrap securely around you once he's sure you're done moving, holding you tight, keeping your bodies flush as he reopens the paperback in his hand.

what follows is a kiss on the cheek and a murmur of sorry, didn't mean to bother you, just wanted to sit with you a little. go back to your book, and he hums a little absentmindedly in response as he keeps reading. you're pressed so close you can feel the rumble of it deep in his chest.

you busy yourself with nothing in particular, playing with the tuck in his shirt sleeve or the fringe on his jacket, occasionally running your fingers over some of your favorite parts of him: the plush swell of his belly or thighs, warm and strong underneath you; the soft slope of his shoulders, the curve of his neck, sometimes even reaching up to trace the ridge of his brow or the line of his nose. never for an extended period, just long enough for him to register and relish in the gentle touch. you wouldn't think he even noticed, too absorbed in his reading, except for how he squeezes your waist every time.

eventually, you sigh and wriggle in his arms, and he immediately drops them and clears his throat, faking that he's unaffected at the thought of you getting bored and leaving... but you're just sitting up a little higher in his lap to adjust your reach. you pout a little in discontent at the loss of his sturdy closeness so tight around you and pull his arms back where you want them. the barest hint of a smile on his face is given away only by the slight blush that colors his cheeks as he chides himself for bein' foolish, but it immediately widens to a cheshire grin as you begin running your fingers softly through his hair instead.

you don't know how much time passes like that, both of you content just to soak in the others' presence, before he speaks. wan' me to read out loud to ya, baby? his voice is quiet and sweet - not shy, per se, but like he's savoring the moment, like he worries you might get up anytime now and he wants to appreciate you here, snug and lovely in his arms, while he's still got it. you just nod in response, knowing he can feel it. he nods once, too, throat working as you watch his pillowy lips begin to form the words.

he thinks he's being surreptitious, but you're not so distracted that you don't notice how he flipped back to the very beginning of the book - a ploy to spend more time with you, but you don't mind one little bit. you hide your answering grin in his shoulder, sealed w a kiss pressed there, into the warmth of his body underneath the silky fabric of his shirt.

his voice is a little hoarse, at first, from slight disuse, but the longer he reads, the smoother it gets, the rich ebb and flow characteristic of his extensive vocal range becoming apparent. his cadence is lilting and musical in and of itself, so much so that you almost aren't listening to the words in favor of focusing on the sound.

the more he reads, the more comfortable you get, your fingers moving down to twirl in the fluffy curls at the nape of his neck as you rest your head on his shoulder. soon you find yourself sliding back down into his lap even further, to settle more firmly against the breadth of his chest. you can feel more so than hear the steady thump-thump of his heartbeat under your cheek. you've never felt so safe and loved as you do right here with him, and you know he knows it.

before long, lulled by that feeling, you find your blinks growing slower and your head growing heavier. you lost the plot of the book long ago, too distracted by his delicious closeness to keep track of the host of details, but now even the white noise of his voice is blurring in your ears as you drowse in his arms. not gonna fall asleep on me, are ya, little? he chuckles, his fond amusement audible. you grin a little but don't open your eyes, playfully slapping his shoulder as you settle more firmly against him. that, mr. presley, is for me to know and you to find out. now keep reading!

anythin' you say, honey.

#blurb #wHAT THE FUUUUCK.. THIS GOT AWAY FROM ME like . most comforting fantasy ever ohh my godd #i didnt actually mean to write anything for this..????? but also.. how could i resist Him 🥺💗 #see THIS is where the universe normalizes after that last ask 🥰🥰 #on a personal level ill say this: #its been a loong time baby (a LONG time) since i could be #reasonably described as petite or little or what the fuck ever #which doesnt bother me !!!! to clarify lmao like i Enioy it #but sometimes u just want someone to make you feel Small !! #to wrap u up in arms stronger than yours and squeeze tight #ill tell you what i would never EVER be too aware of #'hm can i sit on this dudes lap or will i Actually crush him lmao' #if the dude in question was big daddy 🤤🤤🤤 #also picking a pov here was so hard and for what reason?? #i write all my fics for this fandom in second person but answer all my asks in first #and as this is somehow both And neither i struggled enormously w unconsciously switching back and forth between sentences sfghj 😅 #anyway yall should be grateful for this bc i seriously doubt #any of the other 21 (21!!!!!!) wips i have in the works for this fandom will ever see the light of day #been writing fic for over a decade and not oNCE have i ever deemed myself Done Enough w a project to publish it lol #had one epistolary twitter thread that got away from me and one writing exercise/songfic i shared in a gc #for my last fandom (clowntown bitches rise uPPPP ✊🎈) and otherwise N A D A #my google drive is neatly organized to store my actual hundreds of fic fragments AND THATS HOW I LIKE IT.!

[rozaceous]

argh im filled with rage itachis such an asshole i love it

isn't he just the worst? ৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻)

this ch was 'oh this HAS to be itachi pov' and then me going 'WAIT NO I DON"T WANNA BE IN THIS GUY"S HEAD'

and then i did it anyway but god. this dude.

#i mean he HAS to have something seriously wrong w him right? #i know part of this is kishi backtracking SO fucking hard in canon to make him a good guy #but my exercise as ff author is to make his character coherent not necessarily good #and the combo of canon events w his approximate narrative arc requires SO much mental convolution #and the dude is just straight an ass #hate him so much ♡ #idk he's also the most versatile character in naruto bc of this? #you can take him basically any kind of way #i've def read and loved fic where he's a sort of ambiguous good guy #internet user demands answers #tcba

[sapphire-weapon]

very concerned at the state of discourse in RE fandom whenever i see someone really timidly state that they think that leon's not a natural blonde and hope they don't get attacked

especially considering

they're right

#i see it on twitter a lot #but i just saw one here on tumblr too and it's like #dude what the fuck is happening out there #this is seriously the most backwards ass fandom i've ever seen #where if you state canon facts #GIANT SWATHS OF THE FANDOM just rise up and gaslight you #because what's wrong is right and what's right is wrong #leon is a blonde italian shut the fuck up even!!!!!! #like no homie #he's not #he's neither of those things

[stanger-things]

I’m on a wank roll today.

Why should we ship Will with some random possible potential love interest that doesn’t exist as opposed to shipping him with the person that he is in love with right now? Like if there is another love interest for Will , we know nothing about them. We don’t know who they could be or what they could be like but it doesn’t matter as long as they aren’t Mike? Who cares right? Just bring any ol’ gay in, who cares? As long as Will gets over Mike?

#fucking IMAGINE if people said that about El #the thing is no one does #all people say is that they think El shouldn’t be in a rel right now #but no one is like HEY HOOK EL UP WITH THIS PERSON #byler #stranger things #Seriously though the amount of dismissiveness toward Will as a gay boy in the 80s is insane to me #The fact that people are seeing a show in 2022 and think that a modern show should shove their gay boy character with anyone #I cant even #like don’t queer people deserve better than that?? #and especially given that the duffer brothers said there will be no new people in s5 #it means byler or will alone like what?? the one gay dude the only one to be alone? yeah great message to send to queer youth #unless they like tack some random future Harry Potter scene at the end where we see will happily married to a dude with no lines #ugh it makes me sick #will byers

[bluewinnerangel]

top 9 albums you listened to this year? totally random question 🤪

Unlike last year I did listen to a lot of new music this year so 2022 albums this time weee it was even hard to pick a top 9 but in order of release (probably):

Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS

ROSALÍA - MOTOMAMI

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

Harry Styles - Harry's House

Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights

Joost - Fryslân

The Snuts - Burn The Empire

Louis Tomlinson - Faith In The Future

Little Simz - NO THANK YOU

ramble in the tags

#yeah i totally did not basically beg to be asked this thank you for taking the bait askldlsakjskl #albums of 2022 #Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS only discovered recently and it sent me into a zone a Z O N E do get in there do it #ROSALÍA - MOTOMAMI when that one came out it was blasting in the house like this only for a good while #Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers I feel like I'm listening to something not intended for me but i should be hearing ? #like it just wrecks me from a place that was never there just unknown and i cant begin to imagine what it can do for people where its known #Harry Styles - Harry's House I THINK IVE SAID QUITE A LOT ABOUT THIS ONE ON HERE #Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights what in the masterpiece is this ??? like????? seriously? SERIOUSLY WHAT IS PUT IN HERE #Joost - Fryslân THIS IS MY BABY he makes this variant of dutch white trash music that is horrid in the most delicious way #unserious but THEN he comes in hard with extremely painful honest lyrics in between utter crap LIKE #love it when music doesnt take itself seriously and still has a huge heart and soul and this is that #this dude is making me cry singing about the grief of losing both parents and minutes later interpolating crazy frog. #The Snuts - Burn The Empire obviously introduced by Louis. I didnt really take them in properly till we saw them at #Lokeren. I did listen to some songs here and there.. Glasgow was a fav. and that was kinda it. but then they came with this album #i always feel regret when i start listening to an artist bc they impressed me live like i should have known before.. which is weird. #that happens. but hearing burn the empire live i was like FUCK and then i was hooked #Louis Tomlinson - Faith In The Future I MEAN YOU KNOW WE KNOW I KNOW EVERYBODY KNOW WE ALL LIVE IN A FITF #Little Simz - NO THANK YOU this one was released this week! still taking it in but like? FUCK? HELLO? fav: No Merci #honorable mentions (sorry): #Björk - Fossora how the fuck you make an entire album sound like a heavily distressed mycelium network beats me but call me a shroom (idk) #Taylor Swift - Midnights had a bit of a meltdown over this (understatement) #IDLES - Five Years Of Brutalism okay okay it's a rerelease but THERE ARE LIVE VERSIONS

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

[personal stuff, abuse apologia, abuse and child abuse mention]

i know people probably roll their eyes sometimes when they see me talk Very Passionately(tm) about how Goofy Mascot Characters are handled in fiction, because 'it's a kid's show moogle it's not that deep, find real media to criticize 🙄'

and like. it'd be worth talking about this even if i didn't feel strongly about it thanks to personal experience. but man, let me tell you, as a little kid going through what was happening to me back then, disney villain minions and the like in the media i was watching at the time fucked me up.

#SDMItag #whosebaby talks #cws in post #i ended up getting really attached to characters like that both individually and a whole; and rewatching movies over and over just for them #and i know that to some degree that kind of sentiment is pushback against the pattern of people who go absolutely rabid over kids' media #in particular; and refuse to engage with anything else #but damn dude this kind of thing is still worth analyzing and it's important to do so #both by itself; and as a part of the puzzle re: larger trends in media #a huge huge part of that being how often kids' media is used as *cover* for commentary about issues the creators know they'd face more #criticism for; if they published it in the sphere of media where things are allowed to have Weight and be Taken Seriously #it is both critical and really fascinating to talk about the ways that functions; why people might do it #and the artistic language and techniques used to do so #and sometimes that is important for the larger conversation about media trends and related social issues #and sometimes that is important for the little kids being beaten every other day watching utter fucking sadism toward victims like them.