#sure cool great why not

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

[cws: psychiatric abuse, torture, homophobia, ableism, sanism, racism, pictures of taxidermy. boy this show is a lot sometimes lmfao]

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so something @thecottageinthedark noticed recently that i'm still fucked up about is that pericles' cage in the asylum isn't actually a bird cage.

it's a bell jar.

for those who don't know what a bell jar is, it's a type of taxidermy display for preserving delicate specimens, most often birds. it's easy for their feathers to get dusty or disintegrate over time if they're left out in the open; a bell jar not only keeps off dirt and keeps people from touching them, but it's made to create a vacuum inside to keep everything where it is.

another layer to this reference is that the book The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath, is a retelling of her own experiences with mental illness and the attempts made to treat it at the time. notably, one of the major themes of the book is psychiatric abuse.

pericles is also not only a gay man forcefully committed to an asylum in what is most likely intended to be the 70s, but a very obvious and already horribly handled fantasy metaphor for both physically disabled people and POC. (in particular the talking animals' role in the worldbuilding heavily mirrors Black americans irl, which holy shit there is so much to unpack there all by itself. there is So Much)

(fun little bonus on the side: he's kept in a cell with extremely bright blue/white light 24/7, at an angle where it'd be even more difficult to block it out than if it were overhead. this would make it impossible to get any decent fucking sleep, which is widely recognized as one of the worst forms of torture to exist. they did this to him for 20 years straight.)

so, to recap: gay man and analogue for disabled people/POC, who is also portrayed as an ~evil crazy malicious psychopath,~ is kept in not only a display case for scientific specimens, but one specifically made--in-universe and out--to recreate something that is done to his demographic as a metaphorical disabled person/POC.

and not only that, and not only do people talk about him--in front of him, like he's not even there--as a specimen while gawking at him in this position, but he is being displayed like the stuffed and mounted corpse of a disabled person/POC.

he is said to belong on that display for 'the rest of his miserable [disabled/POC] life.' no one disagrees with this. he's painted as smugly bullying the violent abusive guard. in general he's portrayed as Scary and Evil Now for having been in this situation. and when he escapes, it kicks off what end up being the most heavy-duty problems for the protagonists, which result in the Bad Ending for the nibiru timeline; if he had stayed there, continued to be objectified and tortured with homophobic/racist/ableist violence for the rest of his life, the timeline almost certainly wouldn't have been doomed.

and they used a real person's autobiography about their experiences with psychiatric abuse for this. and to position them in the role of someone it should have not only happened to, but been even more horrifically dehumanizing and cruel.

yeah. i..... yeah.

the creators of this show are genuinely really good at putting together layered references like this, some more obscure than others, which are rewarding to discover and add depth when you do, and it is a crying fucking shame that they like to use it for shit like this. god damn lmao

#sdmi #scooby doo: mystery incorporated #professor pericles #cws in post #SDMItag #this is also why i very firmly believe that Other Parrot Behaviors of his were completely intentional #and i will be linking back to this post in future as evidence for that lmfao #anyway yeah jesus fucking christ i am defensive of pericles for A Few Reasons if You Can't Tell #do nooootttt get me started on the racism #uppity runaway slave who objects to being considered subordinate; inferior; an animal; and someone else's property #will get violent revenge on his oppressors the moment he embraces that objection and escapes imprisonment #and is only unhappy with being property because he's been driven crazy with Doesn't Want to Be Owned by Other People Syndrome #in the Good Timeline he does not have this syndrome; and he actively embraces exactly the degrading dehumanizing role he hated #and refused to accept and dedicated his life to breaking out of in the Bad Timeline where he's evil and crazy #this is used by other people to publicly humiliate him for profit; which he's Totally Not Humiliated by He's Happy Like This You Guys #sure cool great why not #love it #SDMIcrit tag #the crit files #thecottageinthedark

[blankieisablankie]

Definitely didn’t watermark this last minute in my phone very poorly anyways PHONE

#wow he’s so cool I hope nothing bad happenOH GREAT HEAVENS #art #inanimate insanity #ii #ii mephone4 #inanimate insanity mephone4 #this was drawn before s3e18 came out that’s why he’s actually happy #BecauSE HE SURE AS HELL ISNT HAPPY AFTER THAT

[profounddefendorcrusade-blog]

I feel bad for Starlo. (pt. 6)

I think the main thing we were supposed to see as Star's character flaw wasn't that he was acting proud/arrogant/reckless/badass (I mentioned that it's fine for him to act that way because he deserved it after everything good he did and obviously I still mean it 110%), but how that proud, charming guy was never the real him. He literally lost himself trying to feel worthy and please everyone in town. For years he's been acting the role (for a noble cause) but the price was him losing touch with the nerd he is.

Yet STILL, if only everyone had been a bit more gentle with him, I bet he'd have toned it down during the WE section, and even before that. But they all decided to let him know the truth at the worst possible time, right when he was supposed to make Clover his deputy. Right after they attacked the kid because they were jealous. It was supposed to be the PEAK of Starlo's day and they randomly threw the "we never liked any of this" bomb at him instead of trying to talk it out BEFORE things escalated. I'd be pissed too.

Oh yeah...

... his brother doesn't take him seriously apparently and doesn't realize that staying positive and strong 24/7 is tougher than it looks, especially with Starlo's insecurities (and yeah being a farmer is hard work, but so is being in Star's position; on the contrary, it's even TOUGHER) ...

Orion should try being an entertainer for a day and see what it's like, let alone doing it for years

...Solomon says how Star thought him and Crestina didn't support his life choices...

... and how he rarely talks to his family...

...and it suddenly came to me: in all these years, they didn't ever bother telling him that they did support him? They didn't bother trying to reach out to him more? Understand his passion (Ceroba doesn't get it either; once again, I don't blame Starlo for caring about Clover so much, that kid understood)? Have an honest talk?

No wonder Star stopped interacting with them for the most part. Maybe him feeling worthless came from his family? Who knows (or he was bullied as a kid for being a nerd). In any case, he clearly had to deal with these feelings by himself.

This man's been through some stuff.

P.S. I know he has flaws like everyone, but you've gotta ask yourself the important question: WHY? where did all this come from? But clearly nobody in his life ever asked themselves this. So it all kept building up till he almost killed his deputy for... status. He was SO desperate to feel valued and get his friends back (who made him feel less alone.. but ultimately just left when he needed someone the most, at least ONE person) that he was ready to go all the way to achieve what he'd been lacking his entire life: *feeling like he MATTERED.*

I wonder If he'll ever go 100% back to being his true self. Slim chances :'( this is him now. Half farmer half sheriff

#undertale yellow #uty #starlo uty #uty starlo #why is this character so tragic #without being tragic #i mean the “Ceroba” type of tragic #I'm no psychologist but I sure know feelings like this stem from childhood/adolescence #I'm talking bout the fact starlo literally decided that his life purpose would be pretending to be a sheriff. I repeat. PRETENDING #aka someone important #bc he never felt important #he tried lying to everybody and especially himself #that he was 'great' and 'cool' #bc nobody ever made him feel that way #plus ceroba ditched him for someone more 'serious' she had just met #I have to write about the sentence above soon #like I'm not saying Solomon & crestina are terrible people #But parents..? #Wellll... #I kinda sometimes imagine Star being made fun of by his peers and so he'd always retreat to his room and cry alone #That is #Until he found those western cassettes (I imagine it happened when he was a teen) #So instead of crying #He'd just distract himself for hours and hours #And pretend he was someone with more value who everyone respected #That's how the persona came to be #And so he began to lose touch with his real self more and more #As well as his feelings and problems #Until he just snapped #I can't anymore

[meraus]

Step 1) meet a guy who likes you

Step 2) be driven insane by him

Step 3) kill him to become him

Step 4) forever share an intertwining psyche with the guy who likes you, therefore liking yourself

Guide to self love formed by observingJung-woo, king of being the mental healthiest

#he went thru hell but at least he got a cool bracelet for it #I adore this guy actually I wish I could keep observing him for a second season #but tbh the one season is pretty perfect for this show like that was a great somewhat open ending #only thing I didn’t get was why moon-jo was in the crowd of people watching the crime scene when hes dead and Jung-woo was in the ambulance #im pretty sure ​he was in the elevator because jung-wa confused jung-woo for him #but in the crowd because??? maybe it was some other random person who’s the same as him and it’s a callback to him sayingyou can’t kill him #because there’s too many of him out there. so it’s just a random person who’s part of the ‘him’ he was talking about? #and I want to know whose teeth are all on the bracelet bc there’s implications depending on the answer #strangers from hell #is a great fucking show #strangers from hell spoiler

[turtletoria]

inspired by the viral videos of Professor Tatiana Erukhimova doing physics demos for kids :-D

#turtlearts #wordgirl #wg #dr two brains #steven boxleitner #i loved those demo vids #shes got a fantastic stage presence. her energy is so fun and great #in that same vein do u think boxleitner wouldve done some science demo kids for the local schools? #i think so ;_; so cute #also the first two panels are supposed to be like. boxleitner is waving confusedly at this little girl who is so excited to see him #he doesnt know becky's secret identity at this point so hes not sure why shes so happy to see him but hes waving back to be nice #also tobey trying so hard to seem aloof and cool (and maybe thinking hes too smart to be interested in this baby science) but then he #still gets wrapped up in the excitement #also i think the thing of becky not being as good at non-reading type things is kinda funy. like shes got the spirit but is very lost

[ssreeder]

A while ago you said you wanted to your update pattern, so here it is lmao.

03/26/22

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It starts when I started reading so it’s crazy to look back on how long I’ve been following this fanfiction! I’ve never been this dedicated before lol. Keep up the awesome work!

*casually mentions curiosity about update schedule*

*gets ask with update schedule*

#haha I love you anon this is funny #I don’t remember asking for this but it’s actually really cool to see #idk why I feel like when I write in the tags people read them #don’t read them*** #I’m sure I would have asked for this in the tag casually #but seeing it in front of me like this it’s crazy to see how frequently I would update #my next question would be each of these updates how many word count were they?? #haha I mean I know the newest ones #were BIG word count #idk I just remember the first chapter of liab was 7k #I was like “wow this is a great chapter length! #I was so stupid haha #anywayyyyy thanks for this anon #liab #ria #itf #ask

[moregraceful]

i see a lot of posts about how to leave quick and easy comments if you are shy abt leaving comments which is great!! but if you want to leave a more substantial comment than a couple emojis (which are great don't get me wrong!!) here is my formula for leaving a substantial comment that generally helps me hit all the parts of the fic i want to comment on:

start with a couple sentences of my general feelings about the fic, usually pulling out plot points or character beats that got me in my feelings. "i love this fic so much, here are the feelings i felt about the characters/plot! these plot points really got me good! i felt this way bc this part nailed me in the chest!"

pulling out my favorite thing the author did and explaining why it was my favorite. often this is more over-aching -- for example, maybe i really loved the tension in the fic or i loved the author's attention to detail. just something very specific about the fic that i really enjoyed and wanted to call attention to as something the author did really well

pulling out a specific line i really enjoyed and talking about why i enjoyed it. maybe it made me laugh, maybe i had to go lie down on the floor after reading it, maybe it got me in my feelings. "but!!" you say, "i enjoyed so many lines, i couldn't possibly choose just one!!!" you can do all those lines if you have energy and are moved to do so! or you can (as i often do), scroll around until you find a line you have something to say about! often there are fics in which i loved many lines, but i only have so much time and energy in my life and i personally(!!) try to leave commentary that isn't just keysmashes, so i look for a line that i have something to say about clearly, even if it's just, "it made me laugh for this reason."

finish by thanking the author for writing and posting. this isn't for everyone! it's just something i like to do bc i think it takes a lot of courage to post your fic when you're never really guaranteed the response you want! obvs most writers are writing TO post, but for me i always like to say thanks for being brave enough to post so i can enjoy the author's hard work

that's my formula! of course there are always variations in each comment, but i try to hit all four of these points when i want to leave a substantial comment. this is again, strictly what i developed for myself and is by no means me telling you that this is how to leave a good comment!! all comments are great and as a writer, i'm glad for all of them, every single one. but i see a lot of posts on this site about how to leave "easy" comments, but not a lot about how to leave more substantial comments. so i thought i would share. hope this helps :D

#all my friends are going to read this post and suddenly understand why my comments are the way they are lmfao #but hey it works for me and it makes leaving substantial comments less stressful #having a formula to follow (while not being formulaic about comments!! very important) helps keep me on track and make sure i'm leaving #the kind of comment that i want to leave #again this is just what i do for myself!! all comments are great!! #cool stories with kasper #fanfic #ao3

[stealingyourbones]

Short DPXDC Prompts #177

Danny and Billy having a mind link b/c they’re both champions of various realms of power.

#dp x dc #danny phantom #dc comics #writing prompts #dp x dc prompt #like this mind link can be anything u want it to be #they see eachother in their dreams? sure why not that’s cool #they can telepathically talk to eachother? sweet that’s neat #they can feel eachothers emotions through a strong mental bond? that’s dope as hell let’s go #they can summon eachother to their location if under great distress? oooo that’s sick nasty dude let’s do it #anything bro the sky is the limit #bones prompts

[two-calicos-in-a-trenchcoat]

Every bookbinding tutorial i found online: "DO NOT TRY THE COPTIC STITCH AS A BEGINNER ITS TOO ADVANCED"

Me who has only bound one book before and used a completely different method: "ehh it can't be that hard"

2 hours later

.....I was right. Its not that hard.

#its technically slightly wrong cuz i dont have signatures #im just doing one folded piece of paper at a time #which does take longer #but i was expecting that #doing actual signatures would have a. been way too thick cuz im using watercolor paper and getting them to lay flat wouldve been annoying #and also i wouldve had to pay a lot more attention to how the pages were actually laid out #and this project was already kinda overwhelming without that added in #im also combining methods a bit cuz im also gonna glue the spine with wood glue for extra support #and i also dont want the stitching to be visible #every tutorial was also like ''coptic stitch is great for exposed stitching!!!'' like cool story. not why im using it. gonna cover that shit #also finding one that wasnt in video form AND actually showed everything i needed to know was completely impossible apparently #i needed to know how to attach a fresh string when i run out cuz i always struggle with that in any sewing project #and generally need a refresher each time #and all the written ones were just like ''just make sure your string is long enough before hand!!! but not so much that it becomes #tangled!!!'' bitch im making a much thicker book than you. i cannot just use ONE string. it b #absolutely WILL become tangled if i make it long enough to finish the binding in one go. #yall are WEAK #my book is 3 times thicker than yours #i need to know how to attach a fresh string #the video tutorials cover that but i had to fast forward through most of it #im running out of steam for tonight (hence why im here and not working on it) so ill be finishing this tomorrow #was hoping to get this part done over the weekend but i ended up not getting a lot of the writing done on friday as i intended #cuz i ended up having to play tech support for my friend so she could update her sims mods

[local-idiot0]

1 more day…

#bowser x luigi #bowuigi #bowuigi ship #forgive me father for i have sinned #luigi x bowser #mario movie #super mario bros #mario would hate Bowuigi #bowuigi is actually really great of but i feel like i’m constantly committing a crime against humanity but idc cus bowuigi cool #im gonna take a nap #please send good vibes #It’s the final countdown #gay love #enemies to lovers #im dum lol #im sorry #i haven’t slept #I’ve drank 50 Red Bulls but I’m sure it will be FINE #This is why I have therapy #this is a cry for help #i love this #every day we stray further from god #Bowuigi is love Bowuigi is life #the internet is a hellscape #and i am suffering #please lord have mercy

[theriu]

Random late-night revalation: a superhero whose superpower is growing mushrooms, any kind, very fast and in huge quantities. Think about it. If you need to get into a building, grow a mass of mushrooms that instantly decay the wood of the door. Be a travelling herbal potion supplier, making your own super-fresh ingredients. Grow a cool giant mushroom umbrella cap on top of your head. Undercut the truffle market. The possibilities are endless.

#river nightblogs #mushroom powers #superpowers #story prompts #I want this now #and also now I’m hungry. #btw Im sure someone out there is gonna be all haha DRUGS and HORRIBLE MURDER OF ENEMIES #And I would like you to please calm down now and not ruin my great cottagecore superhero concept #Theyd probably be immune to negstive mushroom effects anyway #river writes #also I know why truffles are so expensive #but I refuse to believe they are really That Good until I’ve tried them #suspicious of any food thats popular for being rare #anyhoo thats enough rambling #if you read this far thanks youre a cool dude #dude is gender neutral btw

[bluesidedown]

hnggghhggg

#just realized a little too hard that im packing my entire life up into a single suitcse and hitting the road for a month. in a month. #im also turning 24 in a month #both of these things perturb me in some direction or another. #its also 1030pm but i am Vibrating unfortunately #also realized vividly today that ill be attending my college graduation less than 48hrs after landing back in canada #and that will be after 30+ hours in transit coming directly from a 12 hour time difference #so that'll be fun #not really how i imagined graduating when i started my freshman year? #actually dear lord i could not have fathomed Being Here when i was 19 and starying college #i remember hearing about the program im currently doing and thinking 'wow that's incredibly cool but im just not the kind of person #who can do that sort of thing' #i still periodically have moments where i just look around and have to be like Yes I Really Am Here #and yeah turning 24. in a month. that's far too grown up of an age for how i feel inside. #and yeah trvaelljng to 5 vountires in a month again? wild. #didnt think anything could top seeing the great pyramids for out of body wild experiences And Yet. we sure are gonna be going some places. #also being in a serious relationship huh. didnt think this was going to happen until i was 35 if ever. #skmeone needs to tell me why my brain decided to watch wedding dress youtube shorts today with a vague expectation that might be relevant #to my life within a decade. #so yeah all that to say my life feels fucking insane to me. #I Am Not Qualified For This Experience Help #(this is not entirely negative im just ??????)

[symbioticsimplicity]

That ace vibe of "I know this person is incredibly attractive, but they're also saying something interesting could you please stop screaming I want to hear what they're saying."

#this is about kpop #like yeah i know hes hot and shirtless #but i wanted to hear the story hes telling about why he got that tattoo shut UP #or like when people put music edits over someone being hot but i remember the context of what they were saying #and that was more interesting than the edit now is #like yeah cool great muscles and pretty skin #this fucking nerd is also trying to give a really detailed breakdown of their thought process and I really want to know how they did that #I'll get back around to them being pretty once I'm done listening to what theyre actually saying #I'm pretty sure I'm gray ace #like i know theyre hot dont get me wrong it'll fluster me eventually #but only once i like them as a person and even then it only hit SOMETIMES #this is specifically about Christian Yu #hes gorgeous yeah but like I'm really a lot more fascinated by his creative process #it sounds similar to mine and thats not something I see often #asexual #ace tag #kpop #sam speaks

[lobotomyladylives]

hey can you Kill your self for me. lol

#look the fact that there are no female main characters isnt great but to say the female side characters are trash is. demented #melody? bisky? komugi? canary? pitou? (counts bc female va & female appearence). the troupe girls? cheadle? amane? tsubome? palm? alluka? #ALL TRASH TO YOU?? literally die your opinion is nothing to me you are nothing #thats not even to mention the new characters we have in the dark continent arc either #like sure they dont get as much development as the main 4 but no side characters do lol. and considering this is a shounen manga the fact #that there are so many completely non sexualized female characters is actually a rare & cool thing. btw #anyways you're nothing #EDIT WHY AM I JUST NOTICING 99 HISOKAS BARE ASS IN THE BG #WHY DID YOU ADD YHAT #LX3 op

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads / storygraph

The Poisons We Drink

YA urban fantasy

a girl who brews powerful potions is coerced into making potions to interfere with D.C.’s most influential politicians in an attempt to stop a dangerous Witcher Registration Act from passing, and will do anything to protect her sister after their mother is killed

bi MC, nonbinary love interest

arc from netgalley

#The Poisons We Drink #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #this is…….a lot of cool ideas but also so many elements and high stakes that i kinda lost track of them #the pacing is weird. the worldbuilding is random? #why is brewing SO overpowered & risky for her but the other powers seem to have pretty normal low-scale risks? #it’s definitely ambitious and has some cool ideas and also some great characters just. didn’t execute as well as I’d like #as much as we’re told the main threat is the government trying to put through a Registration Act #most of the actual antagonism we see is from other Witchers? #like the systemic discrimination got a bit lost in the witcher family drama and murder politics #important things to say about oppression and police violence but like....idk #she has this ‘deviation’- essentially evil sentient magic inside her head (and you KNOW I love that trope) #but it’s barely explained and very underutilised? other than helping her get out of bad situations you could take it out & would barely #change anything #also it’s explained at the start that she’s an empath but other than the very occasional mention I kept forgetting #will also note that I bumped this up my tbr because I saw the author talking/promoting it as the MCs sister being aroace but no mention #maybe it’ll come up in a sequel (there weren’t really any places where it would have made sense to bring it up here) but idk #(just the way the author was asking for advice on how to write an ace character and stuff you’d assume that they’d….put that in the book?) #not really a critique of the book itself but anyway. I really wanted to like this but the way it was put together just did not vibe with me #edit: I saw the author say on twitter that the version used for ARCs was before ace stuff was added and that there's other signif changes? #so perhaps that will be there! i'm not sure if I want to read it again but might skim just to see what that's about

[justcallmeumi]

me and my fren ernest! he’d never had thai food before so i showed him what that’s all about :)

annnd a selfie i took at the end of the night! tell me im pretty 💅🏻💁🏻‍♀️

{{Ocean (she/her) mid-20’s}}

#also that’s his hat which is why it’s not a great color for my outfit #me #mine #trans girl #recovery #girlslikeus #personal #transgender #recovering addict #lgbtq+ #selfie #would’ve loved if i’d taken a selfie w ani but i’ll make sure we get one next time #ani is my new fren and they’re v cool and cute