#that era in general really

[rubylioness]

mariah is so fine in the honey remix mv 😍

#that era in general really #mariah carey #honey #1997 #butterfly era #mimi #hot girl mimi

[hiddenmoonbeam]

After a year of admiring amazing art and fics, I finally started drawing them too. So why not share, yeah? :')

#wolfstar #r/s #I’m more drawn to Hogwarts era and canon divergence #but this is the origin after all #and it felt only right to start here #also I really wanted to draw Sirius’ looong hair #…tbh his hair in general is a big reason I started drawing them at all lmao #anyway HI HELLO #also I need this tag too: #my art #hmb #art

[skrunksthatwunk]

say what you will about that era's character models but y3/4/dead souls majima's crows' feet are top notch and they should be brought back

like here's him age 45(ish)

vs 55

they fucking ironed him out. he's got smoothed

#only included y7 models bc the earlier games could be excuses as him being younger but all the kiwamis and such smoothed him out :( #rgg #ryu ga gotoku #yakuza #majima goro #he's old let him be wrinkly. i think theyre so cute #if you see kiryu and majima side by side in y3 (<- saw the gifset comparing their yk2/y3 arena fights again) kiryu barely has any #i think it's a cute contrast between them is all #especially for majima who barely ages at all #i should note that i actually really like this era of models in general. they scratch an itch for me fr

[tismperson]

Star Trek: The Next Generation "All Good Things..." (1994) - Star Trek: Picard "The Last Generation" (2023)

#star trek #star trek picard #picard #the next generation #tng #jean luc picard #beverly crusher #deanna troi #william t riker #geordi laforge #data #worf #damn this is really the end of an era

[brw]

Goodbye Krakoa. Stay dead bitch. No more mutant islands.

Can we stop making ethnostates now like can we stop doing that in comics. Can we not keep saying "minorities are safe nowhere but in their own country that doesn't let certain people and also they might not even be safe because Evil People might get jealous and kill them". Ultimately this era has done nothing to explore why ethnostates are bad in any real way. It has done nothing to actually explore how being complicit in the creation of an ethnostate is a Bad Thing. We had some events but we didn't explore anything because we were too scared of making some of our faves look bad. I just actually hate the statements this era has ended up saying and I hate the fact that heroic characters are mourning over the loss of an ethnostate founded by eugenicists. These politics are ugly. And worse yet I see people mourning the loss of the fictional ethnostate like have we all lost our minds.

#brieuc.txt #further rant below #krakoa #xmen #negativity #i suppose..... #I'm tired so apologies if this isnt articulated #I just really feel frustrated with everything in this era #And I hope it stays gone frankly #this was simply too ambitious a project to be shared by that many creatives #this is something that needs to be written by one person I think and its been proven by how messy this wrapping up is #my feelings towards the clear 90s nostalgia are complex and generally negative but fuck dude. I'm glad the ethnostate is gone #because having heroic characters be sympathetic and loyal to an ethnostate is bad. It's fucking bad.

[milfygerard]

but fr outside of my contracted madness i absolutely refuse to give joe alwyn gold rush like how is that song at all related to their relationship the lyrics clearly spell out a relationship that either never existed or only existed in implication and fantasies and maybe-maybe nots and its so bitter and yet desperately soft in the bridge where it almost projects a sense of envy, of wanting to be them as much as you want them. It continues an interesting oft ignored lyrical trend of taylor wanting just as much to be her lover as to have them, envying their easy charisma (you were flush with the currency of cool/i was always turning out my pockets) or quiet dignity (your integrity makes me seem small) dating back to her earliest songs (the kind of flawless i wish i could be). Theres a projected self hatred and yearning to be better that twists itself into both romantic and sexual lust for her partners thats so fascinating and speaks to how all of her songs regardless of who theyre about are also an act of self reflection on who she is and who she wishes to be.

#barry.txt #taylor swift #putting this in the tags as a form of self protection but make no mistake this is a gay thing to do especially in gold rush #which through simple context clues is Obviously About A Woman or maybe even women in general #whivh is a totally seperate post on how taylor constructs and uses gender identity in her music #her girlhood and femininity are earnest but also so carefully constructed and so high effort and kind of desperate #shes a deeply self concious and obsessive person who never looks comfortable in anything ever unless shes #onstage or like. by herself in loose jeans and a tshirt #i think thats one of the things that subconsciously irritate ppl when it comes to her shes constantly and clearly putting in effort #to appear As The Celebrity Taylor Swift and struggles not to self censor or overperform in interviews (when she gives them) #especially present in pre 1989 interviews where the interviewers really didnt have to respect her or worry abt how they frame her #if they didnt want to. Like the fearless era rolling stone interview where she almost has a meltdown over her mom buying eggnog instead of #milk. That whole interview is strange looking back not just bc of the weird misogyny but also because of what it does share #taylor is....weird. She has a strange and desperate vibe and always reacts slightly too much and uses slang poorly #shes media trained and has learned how to socialize but you can feel her discomfort whenever she doesnt have a guitar in her hand #idk these tags have once again gotten so unweildy. i just find it interesting that she finally feels some level of comfortable #in sharing that construction w us in songs like mirrorball and mastermind and imo gold rush #and scene #should i write this up and put it in the swiftieism zine #i should write something and put it in the swiftieism zine

[icarusbetide]

mayhaps i have dug too far into history but i noticed a lot of posts from around a decade ago had the tag "the history peeps" or "thp"? anyone have any insight into what this means? i'm on my archeology shit.

#i'm guessing it's like the friendship group name which is super cute #but i was curious because i might be really wrong #also the amount of deactivated blogs about hamilton and amrev in general makes me so sad #let me see the art! read the fanfic! let me in!! #damn i should've been born earlier so i was around for that era of tumblr #amrev #amrev fandom

[enbysiriusblack]

Sirius' opinions on his family:

Walburga- loves her so much. and also hates her equally as much. thinks of her as an evil monster but also as an irrevocable part of him and just wants her to pay attention to him and to love him

Orion- loves him and also hates him and wants to see him miserable. thinks he is an irrevocable part of him and will always have a metaphorical broken chain around his neck from Orion's leash that he freed himself from

Regulus- loves him but would never admit that. thinks that he will never be able to free himself from the family and that he is an idiot for not wanting to free himself from the family. wants him to escape so they can be brothers again more than anything, but knows regulus will never want that

Bellatrix: Got on with her as kids, but hates her as he got older. Thinks she is completely unstable and insane. Knows they have a lot of similarities and hates that about himself, which only makes him hate her more.

Andromeda: His favourite cousin. Loves her. Doesn't particularly like meeting up with her as they just remind each other of all the past trauma, so they don't see each other often, but Ted does write to him a lot with updates on their lives, and Sirius writes back.

Narcissa: Thinks she's a priss. Finds her the most amusing family member to irritate. They are complete opposite people that have never once agreed on anything other than that Frank and Alice are good people.

Alphard: Loves him so much. Imagine Zuko and Iroh's relationship. This is that. Thinks he's very wise and has a terrible sense of humour but learnt a lot from him and felt like he had no more family left when he died (until James comforted him)

#i didn't do druella and cygnus just cause i haven;t thought about it much but i also think sirius wouldn't really talk to them much anyway #like at family gatherings he sticks more by alphard or the other kids (his cousins. a bit older but i mean the same generation) #sirius black #the black family #walburga black #orion black #regulus black #bellatrix black #andromeda black #narcissa black #alphard black #marauders era

[hetaletmego]

To be a fly on the wall when France found out that Prussia's new son little brother that he's so proud of even though as with many of the old empires replacement means death to nations is actually the revived corpse of the dude he just killed and dismembered with his own hands

#and it's not an easy feat to kill a nation for good he was JUST bragging about it too #HWS France #HWS Prussia #HWS Germany #HWS Holy Roman Empire idk the HRE in general makes me feel weird #I guess I like thinking that many of the local POWERS *were* the HRE at some point in its history #France himself early on and then Austria and Spain and the various German states #and at one point it should have been Prussia's turn by right of conquest (regular Tuesday for nations) and that fucker went YOU KNOW WHAT #let's completely wreck the fragile balance of how we think our existence as entities works #he really was in his Frankenstein era 🖤🤍🖤 #Hetalia

[a-lilypad]

hmmmm how depressing can i make the start of a smut fic…..

#writing smut is still new for me #i have one singular oneshot to my name #so i’m interested to experiment with different ways of writing it #and different tropes and circumstances #i really want to write bartylus but im much more comfy with jeggy #and kind of want to like #stay in my comfort zone as much as i can #writing generally is still rather anxiety inducing for me #hopefully i can become more comfortable soon #jegulus #regulus black #james potter #starchaser #marauders #marauders era #james x regulus

[azarinka21]

Another Laurence, hehe. I'm actually getting somewhere, aside from my general inability to draw people, hah. Anyway, I feel like I'm making his hair too fluffy 🤔 I just can't help it, I love voluminous hair even in real life, plus it's sooo fun to draw 🙏

(Each face looks a little different and it drives me crazy because it looks incredibly inconsistent, although it makes sense because I'm still learning and finding a style)

#temeraire #temeraire series #william laurence #art #fanart #digital art #the sad laurence one is definitely his VoE era #but actually he's not really happy man just generally so i guess it doesn't matter

[moongothic]

Just a quick thought but.

Considdering the WG created the Shichibukai System with the idea of having them be "pirates who crush other pirates"...

Okay so we unfortunately don't know when Moria joined the Shichibukai, if that was pre-Kaidou Clash or post-Kaidou Clash, info which would be very useful here but 🤷‍♂️. However we do know that Crocodile joined the Shichibukai before his clash with Whitebeard-- which is interesting, because Crocodile proceeded to get his ass kicked, but still retained his position. Keep in mind, the only reason the Government didn't get rid of Moria the second he lost to Luffy (a menace but still a rookie) was because they knew they needed every man they had available for the incoming war with Whitebeard. Had it not been for that they would've replaced Moria immidiately, and hey, they then did proceed to do that right after the war was over. So the fact they not only kept Crocodile despite getting his ass kicked, but kept him around for like 20~ish years is a bit wild

And that just makes me wonder... Is it possible the World Government could've ordered some of their newly recruited Shichibukai back in the day to go and try to take down the Yonkou on the WG's behalf?

Again, if we knew more about Moria here this would actually be easier to speculate about but since we don't know about his timeline, there's no way to fully tell for sure (btw yes his Wiki page claims he became a Shichibukai after fighting Kaidou, but since that was "revealed" in a trivia book, I would take it with a massive grain of salt)

But if the Yonkou Dethroning Attempts were orders from the WG, it'd actually explain the general attitude amongst the Shichibukai to not actually follow orders from the Government, since there'd be two whole survivors to tell the tale why you don't follow the Government's orders. (Which would also reframe why the Government Really Wanted Kuma to follow every single order given to him) It'd also reframe Crocodile's anger at the Government a little (since I'm sure the WG didn't give a shit about what had actually happened to him), as well as Moria's fury when Kuma showed up at Thriller Bark and Moria learned that the WG was assuming he was going to lose to the Strawhats, requiring back-up

It would also explain why Crocodile got to keep his position despite his defeat, because while Crocodile might've failed, they could still see him as useful as he had survived a clash against The Most Powerful Man In The World (same for Moria if he did go fight Kaidou under the Government's orders)

And man... Like the Shichibukai were framed as "Government bootlicking losers who had abandoned their pirating spirit" when they were first introduced, but as time has gone we have seen that some people took the position for protection. Hancock for to protect her people, Jinbei for the Sun Pirates to get pardoned... And with Kuma, it's just blackmail. It really would be sad if Crocodile (and maybe Moria too) got essentially groomed into the position as young pirates, given all these promises of things they'd be allowed to do/given if they follow orders, only to realize the Government sees them as nothing more than tools

#Moon posting #OP Meta #Sir Crocodile #Gecko Moria #Also. Man. I really do wanna know who the first seven Warlords actually were if the WG only came up with them after Roger's death #'Cause Crocodile could very well be one of the ''first generation'' #Since we know he essentially held the record for keeping his position for the longest (22+ years) #(Aside from maybe Moria and Mihawk since. We don't know when they joined either) #(Like sure they were of the same Pirating Generation since they were also at Roger's execution etc) #(But we know Doflamingo didn't join the Shichibukai until like 10 years ago DESPITE being of that same generation too) #(So like. Moria and Mihawk could also be one of the OG 7. Or they might've been replacements too. Who knows) #(But hey if we do ever get a Crocodile flashback I am fucking sure we're gonna get to see the first gen of Shichibukai) #(If the WG *only* came up with them during the dawn of the Great Pirate Era) (If the Shichibukai had been around longer then nah)

[icewindandboringhorror]

recent lounging babey images

#he's so floppy recently and I hope it's just the heat. I think wamr weather makes everyone floppy and loungy #a beauntifulle boye... #cats #STILL working on posting some drafts. finishing new poll adventure.. other things... It's just hard with the weather and other things going #on. I've had a few more doctors appointments and other things to do recently that have to be done in a time limit #so I hvae to use my extremely limited energy working on that instead of doing the things I'd really rather do. :T #Main focuses though are keeping up better with doing and posting costumes + sculptures as main creative things. at least finishing the #main poll adventure story. Reworking the game I kind of abandoned for a few years. keeping up with game videos and a few other side things. #Especially the game though. I've been in a really worldbuildy mood recently. I just wish that was easier to manifest into something. I've #now put the worldbuilding slideshow reading video on pause for a while because it's SOOO long to do #and I think I should prioritize making games and stuff instead. but still other things. IT's just kind of like.. I have a whole world and #everything very built and planned out but now.. what do I do with it? what's the best way to share that? factual slideshows just going over #the information like a dictionary? make it into a game? write short stories? do art attached to the world? etc. etc. ?? There are so many #potential avenues I end up kind of flip flopping between them a lot because none really seem more beneficial than the others and they all #seem equally enjoyable and also equally hard so. It's like?? I guess just do what the hell ever and hope I made the right choice in terms o #cost benefit and reward for my time lol. ANYWAY.. Also why I'm in my 'trying to make friends' era still because I think having other creat #ive friends can help you find direction like.. people will meet each other and then go 'hey lol just for fun lets start a project together! #and then like 5 years later it's genuinely become something. etc. having other people to help weed out ideas and start small creative teams #together and etc. I feel is a very beneficial part of networking or whatever but also I have the social capacity of a stale bread roll and #am also inherently unrelatable to seemingly a majority of people due to my hermit wizard swag (detachment from general society and hyper #focus on fantasy worlds in my head gjhghj) so trying to meet people as a grown adult with social issues is Very easy and fun (it is not) #even very basic things like my core communication style is so incompatible with a lot of people it's like.. hhhh... People in this modern #age have GOT to stop being afraid of phone calls and/or text that is longer than 6 paragraphs. Work with me here. I WANT to talk to you. bu #I do not know what your emojis mean and it's physically impossible for me to type less than 85 sentences. please.. hhjgjgb #AAANYWAY!! I am working on things when I can given the circumstances (SUMMER).. hopefully some costume pictures and stuff soon. :'3 #I've not forgotten about my art and etc. - as usual I just am bad at social media and also functioning if it's above 65F lol

[chainedspectre]

do you ever just sit and mourn what the 13th doctor could have been

#the writing has made the words ‘female doctor’ associated with ‘bad tv’ #and i hate that #if not for the generally cringe and unrealistic writing #and if jodie got something good to work with #it would have been really good #and like i like some of chibnall’s writing #i like 42 better than the devil done #and torchwood is nothing but bangers #but babe what did you do to 13… #did like the dalek storage unit new years special tho #(which was a great use of the new years special having the solution be fireworks) #tee-writing doctor who #doctor who #dw #13th doctor #chibnall #chibnall era #chris chibnall #tee is tumblring

[rongzhi]

The closer to the end the show it gets, the more cheesy the dumb “crackdown on crime” shit, the farther away from my screen I watch the show (I am across the room)

#they lay it on soooooooo thick 🙄 #if there’s no swelling strings and mournful trumpets we wont remember that crime is bad #apparently. #the rewrites in the modern era stuff really show :/ #like they don’t care as much in the past bc it’s like yeah back when there was corruption and no one cared… #not like now!!!! [orchestral score blasting] #text #狂飙 #booooooo get off the stage #this is why all modern setting Chinese media can’t help but slightly suck ass #you are treating your audience like big dumb babies and you look stupid #💀 this happened with double tap too #the last episode sucked SOOOOOO bad #and everyone knew it #we live in a society nobody is deluded enough to think the cops are actually that competent #so just let them lose sometimes in movies!!!!! #< my general rant about Chinese crime movies #like take a fat ponder about why you are stifling your own country’s artistic development #what’s it for?? babying the citizens??? #me @ film/tv regulators #I’m getting so salty I might Actually have to push my reading abilities #and read the novel #just to get more nuance #also bc a lot was cut out of the show as usual 🙄 #ughhhhhhhhhhhh #last two episodes has been too much of the special task force (booooo) and not even with an xin…… #just those boring old guys they brought in to do patriotic voice overs #enough a enough. where is baby boy.

[revasserium]

scorpio rising

elbert; 1,087 words; elbert takes you dancing. i blame @aquagirl1978 for showing me his teaser pv. this one's for u.

he has always been hungry.

from the first day he meets you, he has hungered for your touch, for your smile, for a sliver of your forever — it is not promised. but he does not care. and there’s beauty in this madness — he has always known it — beauty in the mortified longing threatening to grind his bones to dust.

i want…

it’s a selfish thing, he knows, to want like this, to want so hard that it threatens to consume his very soul. he wants — he wants.

“stay close,” he says, because the night is dark and full of terrors but to him the darkness has always been kind.

he feels your presence at his back, emanating warmth like a hearthstone pulled from the dancing flames. he wants.

“el…bert? where are you taking me?”

your curiosity is cool and crisp, slicing through the heat of his own internal frenzy. he wills the tension from his shoulders as he tries to cast you a small, reassuring smile.

“you’ll see.”

at this hour, vauxhall is a cynosure of bacchic revelry, with fireworks and masked dancers, jugglers and magicians and drunken vendors hawking their wares to laughing, unwitting attendees. a hundred thousand tiny lamps glitter among the branches of trees like so many fallen stars, and the raucous sound of street musicians plays backdrop to it all — the air itself thrums with life and vitality, the earth beneath your feet soaked with the remnants.

“wh-what is going on?”

elbert almost laughs at your clear confusion, but he tugs a pair of masks from the inside of his jacket and offers it to you.

“come… dance with me.”

you slip on the mask, still too bewildered to refuse, and feel elbert slip his fingers between yours, tugging you gently towards him and into a pool of flickering lamplight. the music swells and the world spins around you.

there is beauty in this madness — elbert has always known it — beauty in the way a body might tremble and shake when faced with something it cannot control, but this at least, elbert knows. this at least, he can take into the palms of his own hands and hold it close.

this dance — you.

he watches as a brilliant smile blossoms across your lips, your cheeks flushing high with color. it is beautiful, watching you as you fall into a peel of unexpected laughter as he spins you out and pulls you back in, you chest heaving with the exertion of the song.

he wonders if he’s holding onto your hands too tight and then he knows that he is.

but you’re clutching back at him just as tightly as the music ends and everyone around you cheers. he feels the weight of a million pairs of eyes on him and yet still, he only has eyes for you. when you pull up from your curtsey and meet his eyes, he finds himself transfixed by your gaze so warm and soft and full of an unbridled happiness the likes of which he has never tasted himself.

but with you — he thinks he just might.

the mask affords him the brief veil of anonymity, but even with it, he can feel people’s eyes lingering, their heads turning for a second look, a third. he doesn’t have much time.

“elbert, that was so much fun!”

he allows himself a soft laugh as he pulls you into one of the many shaded promenades, pressing himself back into the thickly cut foliage. you stumble into his chest, letting out a squeak as you pull back but he lifts up a hand to stop you.

“please… let me have one more minute…” he says, and he feels you go still in his arms.

he threads his fingers through your spidersilk hair, letting the tangle carelessly against his skin. like this, he smells the soft, fresh fragrance of your bathing soap, and he leans in ever so slightly to take in another breath. your skin is warm and soft, your lashes a darkened frame to the night sky of your eyes.

“elbert…?”

he purses his lips. he lets you go.

“sorry… i just… wanted a moment…”

you smile, shaking your head. several strands of your hair get caught in his fingers and he has to force himself to let them go.

“i had… a really good time tonight, elbert… thanks for taking me here.”

you walk next to him as the pair of you exit the gardens, you tugging off your mask but he hesitates in taking off his own. he traces the edge with a delicate finger as you watch.

“if… it makes you feel better, you can keep it on while we walk back,” you say, letting your fingers lace behind your back.

elbert smiles as he nods, letting the silence stretch thin and smooth between you. in the distance, big ben tolls in midnight, and the pair of you make your leisurely way back to the castle beneath the full blood-moon. you exchange few words and even fewer glances, but elbert find himself willfully lingering half a step behind you just to watch the way your hair sways, to see the glint of moonlight in your eyes as you turn to grace him with a smile.

“thanks again for taking me out…”

elbert slips off his mask as the castle doors close behind you.

“i thought you might’ve wanted… a chance of pace…”

“yeah, it was really fun!”

you smile up at him, radiant and flushed with joy and he briefly wonders if this might be what ellis is always going on about — the happiest moment in a person’s life. seeing you smile like that, he wonders then if this is his.

at least, it would be a worthy candidate.

“good… we should… do it again sometime.”

you nod, enthusiasm pouring from you like milk from a spilling jug.

elbert licks his lips.

“yes! it’ll be a date!” you say.

he can only nod, letting the sound of your voice ring in his mind like the tolling of bells.

a date.

he wants, he wants, he wants.

“a date… yes, certainly, it will be… if that’s what you wish.”

he feels his heart stuttering his chest as you bob your head once more.

“yep, it’s a date then.”

he feels his lips tug into smile, tastes the familiar greed on this tongue.

he wants. he wants. he wants.

“it’s a date.”

#elbert greetia #ikemen villains #ikevil elbert #ikevil #ikevil x reader #ikevil x you #elbert greetia x reader #elbert greetia x you #ikemen series #cybird ikemen #floofy floof floof #uH. didn't mean for it to get a lil dark there at the end but i think i left it open enough to still be uh -- lighthearted. right? right. #i read some of his bonding stories and god if this man doesn't talk super fucking slow LOL #also for those of you who don't know vauxhall is a really famous 'pleasure garden' in london that was active during ???? #victorian??? era???? god im so bad at timelines but yeah the general ??? that area of history LOL #tfw i only know about vauxhall from lovestruck but now i get to apply that knowledge here HEHEHEHEHEHEH #anyway i hope you like this aqua !