#stargazer rambles

[silver-stargazing]

Everyone is rightfully celebrating the appearances of Barbies using mobility aids and prosthetics in the Barbie film but I've got to say: I really love that the movie can be read as a woman having a later-in-life disability and ultimately embracing the changes that come with having a disability.

As the film progresses, Stereotypical Barbie loses control over her legs and feet, develops cellulite (a common sign of aging, something which, under some models of disability, is considered a disability), and begins to experience intrusive thoughts as well as anxiety and depression, all common invisible disabilities.

When consulting Doctor Barbie and her friends, they all say she's malfunctioning and encourage her to get help which, speaking as someone with epilepsy, I can't count the number of times professional medical doctors have called my body "malfunctioning". Like a worn down piece of computer hardware.

When seeking outside help, she finds a tight-knit commune of other "malfunctioning" Barbies which includes:

Weird Barbie, who has a leg-control disability and constantly has to find places to lean against for support

Video Girl Barbie, whose physical appearance is considered unsettling to the other Barbies

Teen Talk Barbie, probably the most famous Barbie doll with a voice but almost completely mute during the film

Weird Barbie also encourages her to get help but not for the societal conformity reasons that the other Barbies had. She wants Stereotypical Barbie to get help because having intrusive thoughts of death is not healthy and she genuinely cares about her well-being (even though she previously called her "weird" both behind her back and to her face). 

While the starting point of her journey may have been to find a cure to her disabilities, by the end of the film, Stereotypical Barbie is able to accept the changes to her body by rejecting the perfect plastic body and fully committing to an inherently flawed human body.

I just dig the heck out of her storyline and how it shows how other disabled people can support each other on their paths of self-discovery.

#actually disabled #barbie #barbie movie #barbie 2023 #barbie spoilers #fan thoughts #guess what i got to see again #and seriously there are so many ways to view this film. i just always tend to see things through a disability lens #and there has been so little discussion of the disability rep here but it is there #stargazer rambles #barbara

[stargazeraldroth]

Thinking about my Honkai Impact 3rd AU for the UTMV again. Right before going to bed, too. And it got me thinking of the hypothetical idea where, in the timeline Ink dies, Error sees him in his dreams.

It's not the real Ink, he knows this, but he feels and sounds and acts too real to be anything else. Since Error spends the majority of each timeline asleep (with the exception of the canon timeline, where he doesn't destroy everything), all he can do is dream. It gets to the point where he never wants to stop dreaming because it's the only way he can be with Ink now- his other half, his soulmate, the only other person/entity who can understand him. Whenever he's woken up to destroy a timeline, he does it quickly so he can get back to that blissful dream of ignorance, where he and Ink are the only ones who exist and the timeline is beautiful. Perfect. Deserving of his presence. Because wherever Ink exists, he exists.

Ngl this whole timeline is just- packed full of Errorink angst potential. And I love that for it

#utmv honkaiverse au #stargazer rambles #i should probably go to bed now #if i want any hope to listen to music and daydream in the morning #but my BABIES #honestly aside from errorink angst #this timeline can be summed up as “ink dies and all goes to shit”

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

The way I get into horror is drawing something I'm really scared of. (Like the fear of spiders or clowns) I feel like if you turn your fear into art it doesn't seem so scary anymore....and since have the fear of the one ocean half of my drawings are based around water it helps somewhat to get into the horror mindset. (To me anyway!)

i would Love to do that, however my fear of spiders is like. they scare me to the point of tears <3 i Cannot look at them much less draw them <3

#because this is good advice! and i try! #but the only other things that actually scare me are like... things ive never drawn #so its Exhausting to have to learn an entire new thing yk? #and also my brain is tired in a way where the creativity is so fuckin low </3 #thinking of Anything takes concentration that i often lack #also im... not really scared by a lot? not Genuinely? #i go out alone into the pitch black woods at night to stargaze. like. lmao #the only thing i have a genuine fear of is spiders! #rambles from the bog #i mean... bogs creep me out. and i guess im scared of drowning. especially drowning in a bog. #but. eh.

[sir-buddy]

Gay people stargazing because yes.

I imagine Octavius is talking about some Roman mythology stuff and pointing out constellations or smth

#art #my art #night at the museum #natm #jedtavius #jedediah and octavius #jedediah smith #gaius octavius #stargazing #gay #i love them so much #art block go whee #fellas is it gay to hold your “best friend's” hand while laying the grass next to him and listening to him ramble?

[nervocat]

Guys I'm in a mood rn where I just wanna like. Go out into this stereotypical ethereal comforting forest and just walk around and collect rocks and stuff.. bring some binoculars for birdwatching perhaps as well!!

#💭 — ⌗nervo rambles . ★ #Ik this is also probably a post that should be on my personal blog #as it rlly has nothing to do with here #but like #It's actually my dream to live in a forested area far enough away from ppl and towns so that the light pollution is low #I wanna stargaze :(( #like get a telescope and put it on a balcony JUST to do that #anyways um #rambles are probably over for the night guys #kinda tired ngl #was a pretty good day guys #(is still happy abt earlier) #also I feel like I get too excited when I'm referred to with masculine prns and stuff like #It's probably bc I almost never get called that bc like #my family and stuff #but like guys pls #I WILL be thinking abt it all day and beyond if you just say like uhhh he/him directed towards me #If that even makes sense #but yeah #I got rlly off topic there #but! #that's beside the point #um #gonna do my dailies and stuff in my games before bed #It's almost 9:30 pm but I'll be fiiinneee #It's a Friday anyways so :pp #I yap too much pls 😭😭

[reineyday]

me, perusing movies on netflix, finding happiness for beginners, and squinting at the camp guide: RACETRACK HIGGINS???

#rei rambles #newsies #ben tyler cook #ben cook #racetrack higgins #yo good for him tho #im gonna watch it now of only to concoct a sprace au in my mind that i will never write #i can picture it now: spot going on an appalachian trail hike to get away from everything only to find another new yorker leading the trip #and being like the fuck???? what are u doing in the WOODS #and then they go stargazing and race finds himself in the unfortunate predicament that is wondering how ethical it is #to hook up with a client lmao #mb also featuring some of the other newsies in the camp group lol #anyways im gonna watch it for him and ellie kemper

[killerpancakeburger]

If you talk to Dammon at night in the Last Light Inn he says he can’t sleep so he might as well work... He's a workaholic... would be A SHAME if someone was there to help him busy himself in other ways... or help him fall alseep... just saying...

#👀 #the second he said that to me i was like ❗ #interesting!! #rambling into the void #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 dammon #dammon #fic idea #this doesnt even need to be about sex btw. talking all night? stargazing? idk

[heliosphere-underthesky]

Sirius A, the Wolf Prince! He is a main sequence star in the Canis Major constellation. Also known as the Dog Star.

Art made: (November 2023, April 2019, March 2015)

About Sirius: Space.com article | ESA image

#art #space #space gijinka #gijinka #personification #stars #sirius #sirius a #dog star #art improvement #heliosphere: under the sky #my favourite star!!! i can't wait to stargaze and look up at him again. he's usually brightest around this time of the year where i'm from #i still think 2019 has that charm i could not duplicate hhhhhh #it's probably the eyes. 2019 feels more pretty boy. more ikemen. but 2023 feels more doggo or wolfy. it's what i'm aiming for anyway #i do feel a lot more confident with my overall art skills lately. a wonderful feeling #sirius b will be posted alongside him someday. his designs still need to be reworked and i need to read more about stars #i wanted to make the sirius stars look a lot more fantasy inspired. thanks botw and genshin #tag rambles

[llumimoon]

btw if ur reading this i love you :]

#cal rambles #was just in one of those moods yk #not a great day or night lol but that happens sometimes #imagine me offering my hand so we can go stargaze and hold hands ok? <3

[silver-stargazing]

Epilepticon Movie Marathon Anniversary

This is technically the 5th Anniversary of me going through and reviewing epilepsy media and, having accumulated 35 different films, I wanted to highlight 5 favorite films that I've covered. Cheers and here's to more marathons and for better rep overall!

The Sacred Disease (2016)

[Image ID: Angie from The Sacred Disease. She is a young woman with short blonde hair. She has several electrodes attached to her head and is staring off with a vacant expression. /end ID]

A phenomenal short film detailing a young woman going off her epilepsy meds and the horrors that she witnesses. The final shot still gives me chills.

The film is also free to watch on Vimeo here.

2. Silas Marner (1985)

[Image ID: Silas Marner as played by Ben Kingsley in Silas Marner (1985). He has dark hair down to his shoulders and is wearing a brown-grey suit and jacket with a grey neckerchief. /end ID]

A solid retelling of George Eliot's classic novel, this film follows Silas Marner, a cataleptic weaver, after he is banished from his church. Catalepsy, a potential symptom of epilepsy, is so rarely discussed and Kingsley sells the heck out of the scenes where he has seizures (without indulging in over-the-top dramatics) and the scenes where he's just a guy trying to survive after being abandoned by his religion.

3. One Day at a Time (1975) (Episode: Ann's Secretary)

[Image ID: Leslie, a young red-haired woman, sits at a secretarial desk, answering the phone. /end ID]

An episode from the show One Day at a Time (1975) where main character Ann needs to hire a secretary but fears that her new employee may have a drug abuse problem.

I loved this episode because it ended up subverting several of the clichés of "Very Special Episodes". Leslie is plucky and has a good amount of positive self-worth but also she would rather people think of her as a "pill popper" rather than as someone with epilepsy due to the negative stigma of being epileptic. Ann has to confront her unconscious ableism towards people with epilepsy and ultimately concedes that she can't get past it without a lot of effort on her part.

The episode felt more honest about how things really are, that a lot of people with epilepsy will struggle with and even deny being associated with the label of "epileptic" and that even people who are allies will similarly struggle with their own ableism.

4. Control (2007)

[Image ID: A silhouette of Ian Curtis (as played by Sam Riley) on stage. He's holding a microphone. /end ID]

A biopic on the life and death of Ian Curtis, lead singer for Joy Division. This film shows up on a lot of epilepsy media recommendations lists and rightfully so. Of all the epilepsy-related biopics I've seen so far, this film had the most mature handling of the subject matter, tackling difficult issues such as drug resistant epilepsy and how people can be negatively impacted by the side effects of medication.

5. Fast Color (2018)

[Image ID: Ruth as played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Fast Color. She has short brown hair and is wearing heavily worn clothes, with several tears in her blue jeans. She's walking alone down a dirt farm road while carrying a canister. /end ID]

Following Ruth, a woman with an unspecified seizure disorder that is negatively impacting her super powers, I just love that there's a superhero film out there with a main character that has seizures. That's not even representation you can find in actual superhero comic books!

Also: shout out to Electricity (2014). I've rambled about that film in the past but it always deserves more attention. A truly amazing film.

#actually epileptic #epilepsy #epilepticon #epilepticon movie marathon #stargazer rambles #the sacred disease #silas marner #odaat 1975 #control #fast color #long post

[natimiles]

I wish we had those in Ikevamp too...

In Ikesen we can get His POV for free. We can get it when we play the route for the second time (those aren't saved, but we can all record or screenshot, right?) and we can get it playing the gacha (those are saved).

They're not so hard to get and they're all precious! And what's even better: ✨they free✨

#queue: i'm stargazing with isaac 🔭✨ #ikesen #ikesen rambles #ikemen sengoku #ikesen screenshots

[queerofthedagger]

I met a cis bi guy recently who is so fervently and adorably in love with his trans girlfriend that it made me question my whole sexuality and develop a crush-turned-squish toward him, because he made me realise that cis men truly can love and cherish their trans partners fully for who they are. I hadn't had a crush on a guy since I was 12, but my trans heart couldn't survive such raw adoration from a cis man for a fellow trans person.

oh I adore this SO much that's such a good reminder/experience 😭💖 it also made me think of the "I love the way men love" post and I did actually manage to find it and just went and cried a little about it again 🥺

#answered asks #stargazing-enby #mona rambles #queer joy

[monpalace]

Heyyyyyyy maj :3

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GET LOVED!!

not me abt to get jumped by wars and The Brown One 😭😭

tytytyty trippy 🫶🏽🫶🏽

#the palace answers #stargazing in the palace #im so glad i remember the difference between hyrule and legend now bc i would always mix them up #and sometimes other people mixed them up so it wasnt any help 😭🗿 #i would always call them the brown one and the homosexual #anyways im rambling again so let me shut up 😭

[daprosy]

i forgot i set my avatar to stargazer rocket last night idr if i ever shared it so i'm doing it now :3

#radley rambles #roblox #phighting! #rocket phighting #stargazer rocket

[razzberrysupernova]

#ramblings of stargazers #supernova art #jschlatt #sighhhh schlatt fanart

[lies-of-ray]

AW HECK YEA I GOT TO VENIGNI!

Now... how does one fight a giant furnace? Asking for a friend

#i still gotta figure out stats n weapons n controls n stuff.. #considering switching to a controller cuz the keyboard controls are a wee bit clunky if u wanna pop open the extra bag? or mby that's just- #-intentional and I'm just bad at the game BUT HEY got through.. chapter 3? is the stargazer locations how chapters work? #lies of p #ray's ramblings #well... not through i still gotta beat fuoco heh #giant walking stove