#the vanished people

[homuncvlus]

HELP ME! NO, DROWN ME! OH I JUST CAN'T DECIDE AM I TRULY HOLDING THE REINS OF MY MIND? HERE IN THIS DEEP ENDLESS RIVER I'M JUST A CASTAWAY BUT IF I COULD CHANGE IT I'D KEEP LIVING THIS WAY

#i will proceed to listen to the same song for the foreseeable future #it's very much jpop inspired and that's is like one of my favourite genres #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #lasar being incoherent #spotify sending me GOLD recently #PLEASE LISTEN TO THE VANISHED PEOPLE #THEIR FIRST EP SLAPS SO HARD #the vanished people #/jrock* #musicposting

[saltineenthusiast]

I am very normal and enjoy The Vanished People and the Guilty Gear soundtrack to a normal degree, trust me, I definitely wouldn’t lie about this

#the vanished people #guilty gear strive #guilty gear #guilty gear soundtrack #the only non-vanished people / guilty gear songs in my playlist are Mo Bamba and Punk Tactics #help please

[fascher]

I miss flipnote hatena <3

#animation #my art #castaway #the vanished people #music video #animatic #pixel animation #pixel art #was deliberately making something aesthetic here #all the colour schemes #everything #it will be every vibe at once #Youtube

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

going through my old journals as part of therapy homework and i'm reading a section written in the emotional wreckage of a full-on breakdown when i get hit with this line:

There is never a satisfying answer to ‘Why didn’t they love me?’

like wow babe. good fucking point

#like you were on the ground biting the carpet and dry sobbing while you wrote that and still. good fucking point #not a shitpost #cptsd #and it's true. there's never a satisfying answer #the truth is i know why i wasn't loved #i analyzed my parent's traumas and abuse to death. i understand why i alienated and was alienated from my siblings #i know why my mom was too overwhelmed to be capable of nurturing #i know why my dad vanished into addiction and avoidance #the details of our cycles of trauma and cptsd and family history i have a phd in all of it #i understood perfectly. i spent years studying and now i knew the answer #and guess what? IT WAS NOT SATISFYING!!! #because they still didn't love me! and i still couldn't change that! #it was still a completely unsatisfying state of affairs! #so like. when the people who are supposed to love you...don't. #when the people who are supposed to take care of you...fail to #you can look for answers and reasons and explanations #but that's not actually going to FIX your situation. #and it's probably not within your ability TO fix the situation. (and definitely not your job) #because you don't need answers--you need a new situation #*inserts Just Walk Out. You Can Leave!!! (Running Skeleton) Meme* #and yes. walking out isn't always possible. #but for you i hope it will be one day soon. and i hope you build the courage to take that leap. #stepping away from the people who failed to love you...it feels like being untethered but also like being lighter than air #new and scary. immensely relieving. the future opens up. empty but empty like a canvas. blindingly bright until your eyes adjust #like climbing out of a pit you called home and for the first time realizing how bright the light of day can truly be #when you aren't just getting glimpses from the bottom of a hole

[greencarnation]

eleven is fascinating to me because he came right off the back of tens horrible traumatic breakdown after he lost everything and he immediately tried to establish himself as the opposite of that. he is funny and goofy and almost childlike, and he bulldozes on in his adventures with amy like nothing happened at all. but then something happens and his masks slips and it's like oh! the core of this man is still anger. he is so so angry all of the time and this façade is the only thing stopping him from being consumed by it. he isn't over any of it and he hasn't moved on. he is wearing a fez and laughing but under that all that exists is age old anger and grief and it is going to consume him

#i do think that this pit of anger was eventually covered and soothed by the ponds #but he didn't adress it and he couldn't even look at it until he was twelve #when he stopped pushing back and repressing everything and finally allowed himself to exist as he was #but ok listen #its all layed out in the first 3 episodes of season 5 and in the way amy sees him #episode 1. here is the new doctor he is energetic and reeling and fun #episode 2. the space whale comparison. here is the new doctor. he is unthinkably ancient and almost godlike but he is so so kind #and patient and good. he is ancient and lonely but he can't stand to see children cry. so the doctor helps people #episode 3. daleks. the doctor is a soldier. these are his age old enemies. he wants them dead and he will stop at nothing #all logic and reason vanish. he is hitting the dalek with a pipe and yelling his head off while amy watches in horror #like obviously we know why but amy didnt #this is not a sane or rational man he is unstable and angry #and in that episode he was stripped back to what he largely is: hate #you would make a good dalek ect ect ect #anyway 3 episodes with 3 very distinct and equally definitely traits layed out like: here you go #i don't like elevens era much but those first 3 episodes were great #doctor who #eleven #amy #eleventh doctor #matt smith #dr who #dw #i mean idk this is what river literally had to spell out for him #eleven was careening completely out of control #how long til doctor means warrior indeed? #mine

[inkskinned]

i. about 2 weeks ago, i was told there's a good chance that in 5 or so years, i'll need a wheelchair.

ii. okay. i loved harry potter as a kid. i have a hypothesis about this to be honest - why people still kind of like it. it's that she got very lucky. she managed to make a cross-generational hit. it was something shared for both parents and kids. it was right at the start of a huge cultural shift from pre to post-internet. i genuinely think many people were just seeking community; not her writing. it was a nice shorthand to create connection. which is a long way of saying - she didn't build this legacy, we built it for her. she got lucky, just once. that's all.

iii. to be real with you, i still struggle with identifying as someone with a disability, which is wild, especially given the ways my life has changed. i always come up against internalized ableism and shame - convinced even right now that i'm faking it for attention. i passed out in a grocery store recently. i hit my head on the shelves while i went down.

iv. he raises his eyebrows while he sends me a look. her most recent new book has POTS featured in it. okay, i say. i already don't like where this is going. we both take another bite of ramen. it is a trait of the villain, he says. we both roll our eyes about it.

v. so one of the things about being nonbinary but previously super into harry potter is that i super hate jk rowling. but it is also not good for my mental health to regret any form of joy i engaged with as a kid. i can't punish my young self for being so into the books - it was a passion, and it was how i made most of my friends. everyone knew about it. i felt like everyone had my same joy, my same fixation. as a "weird kid", this sense of belonging resonated with me so loudly that i would have done anything to protect it.

vi. as a present, my parents once took me out of school to go see the second movie. it is an incredibly precious memory: my mom straight-up lying about a dentist appointment. us snickering and sneaking into the weekday matinee. within seven years of this experience, the internet would be a necessity to get my homework finished. the world had permanently changed. harry potter was a relic, a way any of us could hold onto something of the analog.

vii. by sheer luck, the year that i started figuring out the whole gender fluid thing was also the first year people started to point out that she might have some internalized biases. i remember tumblr before that; how often her name was treated as godhood. how harry potter was kind of a word synonymous for "nerdy but cool." i would walk out of that year tasting he/him and they/them; she would walk out snarling and snapping about it.

viii. when i teach older kids creative writing, i usually tell them - so, she did change the face of young adult fiction, there's no denying that. she had a lot more opportunities than many of us will - there were more publishing houses, less push for "virally" popular content creators. but beyond reading another book, we need to write more books. we need to uplift the voices of those who remain unrepresented. we need to push for an exposure to the bigotry baked into the publishing system. and i promise you: you can write better than she ever did. nothing she did was what was magical - it was the way that the community responded to it.

ix. i get home from ramen. three other people have screenshotted the POTS thing and sent it to me. can you fucking believe we're still hearing this shit from her when it's almost twenty-fucking-twenty-three. the villain is notably also popular on tumblr. i just think that's funny. this woman is a billionaire and she's mad that she can't control the opinions of some people on a dying blue site that makes no money. lady, and i mean this - get a fucking life.

x. i am sorry to the kid i was. maybe the kid you were too. none of us deserved to see something like this ruined. that thing used to be precious to me. and now - all those good times; measured into dust.

/// 9.6.2022 // FUCKING AGAIN, JK? Are you fucking kidding me?

#witches and wizards #kids need to be able to play games without knowing the extended universe #playing was easy #i knew i wasn't gonna be able to explain chronicles of christomancy #but we could pick up a stick and run around #nd say we were magic that would be enough backstory #and i think the last time i felt that sense of community #was the summer of pokemon go #it's about cross-generational connectivity bro #yes there are insular communtities but EVERYONE had fucking read harry potter #which is me saying - i think maybe people don't miss HER or the ACTUAL BOOK tbh #they miss... feeling connected #think about how so many people felt so weirdly ashamed and lost after Game of Thrones ended - #they did SUCH a bad job that the entire community just... vanished. #where beforehand people would have GoT weddings #we are just animals who love stories and love feeling like we speak the same language #btw i am not on twitter so i hadn't seen some of the shit she was doing #and then when i was 19 she published the ''american school'' hogwarts stuff #and was reading it casually bc again a huge nerd #and in it shes like ''the british taught the natives their more civilized magics'' #and that was like..................... oh okay. okay. so.....

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

hot garbage 👇

#making Lori the main character was a mistake there are 0 fun clips of her. she just vanishes after the intro don't worry about it #''journey doesn't quite go as planned'' yeah ya girl fucking died lmao #the context for where the hell all these other people came from is nonexistent #but there's 11 seasons of this shit and I can't find the clips I'm thinking of so #fuck it #I have more important deadlines rn lmao #there's a few clips I had that I'm sad about leaving out but this shit is already too long #I rly wanted the one of Rick putting in that CD and Daryl being like ''please don't-'' #also Daryl being horrendous at driving stick with Rosita and Denise #wanted to have everybody bopping to that song drawing the walkers away from the movie theatre... #Carl crashing the car in front of Enid... #the rollerskates... #but alas #twd

[mezucore]

help me, no, drown me, oh, i just can't decide

#if i draw danbert on top of unrelated poses i'm definitely for sure going to become an art god one day right #right???? (sweats heavily) #line is from the song castaway by the vanished people #a very dan-coded song if i may #danbert #daniel cain #dan cain #herbert west #re-animator #my art

[gojos-thot-patrol]

Uhhhh.....Hi?

God, this feels like such a weird post to make cause I've been gone for like, 3 months. Honestly, I didn't expect to come back to anything, so seeing all your messages and well wishes really warmed my heart. I promise, I plan to reach out to you all individually at some point!

I guess you're all kinda owed an explanation. Well- a lot happened. My job had me working close to 60 hours a week! Between that and college, I kinda never had any time ever.

So I did the rational thing! I lost my mind and in a manic episode I quit my job and dropped out! Then spent a solid week playing baldurs gate 3 non-stop.

But fear not dear reader! Things have gotten better for you your beloved(?) Narrator. I got a chill job working at a theater, I got my meds adjusted, and started reading again lmao.

I have some fics in the drafts I plan on posting soon, so please be patient! I know that's a lot to ask (i did vanish for like 2 months) but it takes time to get the creative juices flowing after capitalism makes you it's bitch lmao.

Seriously. Thank you all for your kind words and support. I'm gonna try and be more active. I missed y'all 💙

#it was really weird when i realized yall might be worried about me ngl #im kinda not used to people realizing when i vanish #so i got really comfortable with just...vanishing #guess i gotta work on that now lmao #the thot speaks #shut up aiden youre scarein the hoes

[lunehowls]

more people should be my friend i say after not talking to anyone ever

#rambles #i mean to talk to people but then Anxiety #so i just post art then vanish

[homuncvlus]

I am once again advocating for you to listen to SCHOOL TRIP by The Vanished People

#great EP #the vanished people #lasar being incoherent #musicposting

[rat-rosemary]

AAAAAAAA fuck, of course Apple struggles to see her fate as a bad thing, other then being groomed to love it, he villain is fucking RAVEN!

Briars villan is literally time, but Apple? Apple knows Raven, and all Raven has ever been is reliable and trustworthy and handworking and kind. Why would Apple ever be scared? Her villain is her friend who every single day chooses to the the most kind and gentle version of herself.

To Apple, she isn't getting tragically poisoned by an evil person, she's trusting her life and the start of her future to a dear friend who she knows won't make this painful

In Apple's eyes, this is a incredibly vulnerable moment that Raven is helping her through

#ever after high #I mean thats how she thinks at first #after she learns shes not going to vanish if Raven doesn't sign the book #as the series progress I know apple (very) slowly starts to understand other's people's perspective #but yeah #do you think thats why apple gets so mad as well? #because by signing her destiny she is loudly showing how much she trusts Raven #and she doesn't understand why Raven doesn't reciprocate/ why cant she help with this moment #(girl did not think about the consequences) #also thats gay #(/pos)

[hellsite-detective]

MS. DETECTIVE! MS. DETECTIVE! I-*gets smited by god*

OH GOD—

oh no… it’s happening again…

#people are vanishing in my office again wtf #ask #hellsite detective #not a post case #the detective responds

[ask-claus-and-ninten]

They've been in couples' therapy for the last 3 years.

#clausten #ninten #claus #mother 3 #earthbound beginnings #mother 1 #mother series #WOW IM ALIVE! #recedes back into my hole of never drawing and always complaining #the tag is active with like 2 new people since i vanished and wanted to contribute ;_;

[bonefall]

Do Nightcloud and Leafpool ever talk after the gathering? Or will it be a case of forever misunderstanding?

I think I want to add a moment in Nightcloud's Pannage. I got fixated on it last night and made a pretty rough outline; but a BIG snag I hit is that I don't have a fantastic ending in mind.

I have these little scenes linked together by Nightcloud encountering each humbug, ending with her being injured, saved by Marge, and then spending a week or so recovering with Pickle. But something isn't clicking enough yet. I might get all my ideas together and then release it so I can get feedback.

But anyway-- to answer the question, I think I should have Night and Leaf just chat at a Gathering. SUPER briefly. They'll never be friends, but I think it'll benefit Nightcloud to realize that Leafpool caught SO much more shit than she did. They're both victims of Crowf in different ways, and it was never fair to hate Leafpool for her awful husband's actions.

After a life of hating Leafpool, thinking she was a pawn of Firestar in "finding" the Moonpool, furious of how Crowfeather seemed to be awfully fond of her, going absolutely ballistic when she found out she BIRTHED Crowf's other children; I think it's good for Nightcloud to slow down and realize demonizing her was easy. And Leaf is still dealing with that fallout; even though she's reinstated as a Cleric.

#for the record. queen's rights protects cats and you're ABLE to leave your clan for a while as a normal warrior. #So there were cats who figured out the parentage of the three before it was revealed. but you still dont question it. #and i think i made it obvious that nightcloud was too busy fighting fires to give a damn about where Crow vanished to for a week #so no she was not one of those astute cats who deduced that the three are Crow's. She had other things on her mind #People will notice you're gone but like. BB Clans aren't police states #In fact that little tidbit in canon is like. super restrictive and bad. The way that no one can Leave for a few days without the Clan- #-becoming an angry mob and openly clamoring for exile #better bones au #Nightcloud's Pannage

[sparvverius]

aristocrassique.....

#from the peter mcphee bio #frev #robespierre #its so strange to remember that people dead for hundreds of years had accents. maybe accents that have vanished forever.....