#this summer was so awful

[sweetgrimm]

Third year starts in three days and I’m terrified

#sophomore year scarred me so bad #gotta have the dreaded ‘imma change my major’ talks with my advisor #this summer was so awful #I am not ready to go back to academia #vent #college talk #I just want to sleep

[horrorgay]

the kind of shit i'm on

#I NEED summer i need to be outdoors again i need my back to stop being so awful #lotr

[variousqueerthings]

like they'll literally in this episode have the main gang worrying about buffy, sure, but they're also doing their schoolwork and hanging out with one another and overall doing fine

and then it cuts to buffy totally isolated in a miserable flat, being sexually harassed at her minimum wage waitress job, surrounded by people even more hopeless than her

and they have the audacity to act like she should feel even worse for thinking this was the only option open to her, after her mother told her to not come home, getting expelled, and having to kill the love of her life

(no I'm not over it yet!!!)

#btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy summers #i actually havent had time to watch the episodes yet so im gonna be not over it for awhile #buffy *support network what support network* summers #aw man and then later on in the show we know she's going to put even more of her life on hold to be the guardian for her younger sister #ouch ouch ouch

[canisalbus]

Your art is so poignant and skillfully executed. I'm always excited to see what you create, and all the various influences that are revealed(or hidden) in each art piece.

That being said, I was not prepared for the sudden influx of Sad Dog x Bright Dog art you've been sharing recently! Machete having the potential of being loved and enjoying tenderness despite himself is one of The Best reveals of 2023. I enjoy how you express his relationship and struggles just as much as i enjoyed the stand alone pieces you've shared.

Thank you much for sharing the broader stories and pictures of your characters 💓

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#aw dangit you're making me all emotional #thank you! that was such a lovely comment #sad dog x bright dog art has been the theme of this summer that's for sure #and I'm really moved by the overwhelmingly positive response my dogs have gotten #people genuinely seem to root for them and wish them good things #not to sound too sentimental but Machete has functioned as a misery sink for me for so long #I've spent years putting him through the meat grinder over and over again and while it has been cathartic in itself #it feels almost like a healing moment to give him some hope and happiness and someone to be with #and it's very rewarding to notice that this hasn't gone unnoticed by people who have been following my art and characters for a while #character growth #answered #anonymous #“having the potential of being loved” broke me just a little bit #like yeah who knew

[lovedeltaa]

snap out of it

#oc arte #vile coke #oc; michael duvall #oc; dani summers #they‘re toxic in a healthy way. to me #or healthy in a toxic way #I guess u just gotta look at it different ways #been feeling awful the past week theyre the only thing giving me joy icl #my 30 panel comic is of dani figuring out he is a vampire but I‘m so embarrassed to post it omg #give me like 10 more days #luc arte

[itsclydebitches]

Let's tally things up, folks!

Ruby's entire depression arc is "resolved" by a one sentence exchange wherein she just... decides she's better now? 'Is this the message?' Ruby asks, on her knees in front of a not at all subtle broken piece of glass. 'That I'm just supposed to give up?' and then literally the next moment she sees Crescent Rose, the weapon she's been flinching from because it represents all the failures she hasn't actually grappled with this season, and decides that depression and suicidal ideation are for losers. Let's go fight a randomly evolved cat!

The group still doesn't care about Ruby's Volume-long struggle. What are you talking about, evil kitty? Ruby's never been confused, or weak, or feeling like she's broken. We're oblivious to all that. That's why we follow her, because we can easily ignore everything that's going on in her life and instead just focus on ourselves. Didn't she have a breakdown a couple of hours ago about having to lead all the time? Should we really be announcing the moment she steps out of the tree that we expect her to be in charge again? ... nah, it's fine!

I guess the overall message is that any and every horrific act is excusable because you're just being yourself? Sorry we doomed a Kingdom and have actively helped Salem in trying to take over the world. The horrors we've enacted are good things though because it means we're being ourselves.

Ruby is conveniently the only Ascended who retains all her memories. Can't have the protagonist undergoing any kind of actual change, after all.

Neo throws herself into the tree despite that going against every iota of her characterization. Will we ever see her again? Who knows.

Is the blacksmith lady Alyx? I still have no idea.

Jaune is made young again, because of course he is. Love that they act like this is some curse he's suffered from - "It's been so long..." - and not an actual life lived across several decades. If I got stuck somewhere for twenty-ish years and then someone tried to magic me back to my 18 year old self I'd be like wtf? No? I'm not a teenager??? Will the show ever acknowledge that Jaune is actually an old man in a de-aged body now? I doubt it, considering this plot-line had no impact on his personality, skill, or outlook.

Also love that the brothers' story is treated like this wonderful tale of growth and exploration. The blacksmith is going on about how amazing it is that you don't know what you'll get when you create something, tone all fond for the demi-gods that have left her world to toy with new ones, and I just wanted one of the characters to start screaming about all the horrors they've caused. They killed an entire population in one fell swoop and have cursed two individuals for funsies, with the entirety of Remanent permanently under threat of annihilation if they don't meet the Gods' ambiguous standards of unity. Oscar didn't fall into the void because if Ozpin had been there he would have gone feral and attacked the blacksmith with his bare hands.

We're heading back to Remnant and Ruby still doesn't know that Jaune killed Penny! Ruby didn't even get her sword back. Or consider her in the tree therapy session. Why was killing her off necessary again? Oh yeah, Jaune angst🙃

We got a "when you're needed" from the blacksmith, so expect that time-skip in Volume 10. Can't wait to see how much important stuff the story skips over...

Also, this is so minor in the grand scheme of everything else, but I YELLED when Summer admitted that she'd lied about the mission. For nine Volumes these characters have been dragging Ozpin for every problem under the sun including, in Volume 7, for the mysterious disappearance of Summer, only for it to turn out that she LIED about where she was going and on whose orders, setting him up to take the fall when she doesn't come back. Who's going to have Qrow apologize to Ozpin for blaming him for years? Who's going to have Ruby unpack that her whole family is made up of liars and she was foolish to think that anyone, including Ozpin, could survive this war with a completely clean record? Hell, who's going to have Ruby simply tell anyone - including her sister - what she now knows about her mother's death? Not the RT writers, I'd wager.

Especially when they gave us a scene of Summer leaving on what she recognizes may be a suicide mission and leaves a token of affection for one daughter but not the other. Summer is Yang's mom too! Yeeeeeaaah the story is really bad about actually writing that.

Overall this Volume just feels like a colossal waste to me. The story ignored most of what was set up in Volume 8, introduced a world it didn't have time to flesh out, threw in an unnecessarily shocking story line about the hero trying to kill herself, 100% dismissed the ramifications of that, reset everyone so that none of the characters have to actually grow or change, and has now implied that all the plot important stuff - the Atlesians' survival in the desert, trying to ally with Theodore, Salem's next attack on Remnant, the development of most of our B Team, etc. - has occurred off screen.

The only thing this Volume accomplished was getting the bees together, which was something we should have had years ago. That admission hasn't changed their dynamic in any way, or introduced new conflicts (remember, no one cares about Ruby's breakdown, including her correct accusation that Yang has cared more about her girlfriend than her struggling little sister). It's just... there, not queerbaiting anymore, thankfully, but that feels like a very low bar to meet.

2+ months later and all I'm feeling is

#rwde #rwby #mymetas #suicide tw #also also a lot of the dialogue was just AWFUL #not Ruby's with the Blacksmith so much #but the Cat's? #Weiss'? #Jaune's? #god I was cringing through so much of that fight #'Nooooo these FEELINGS!' #like putting aside that none of Jaune's plan makes sense #(why is this hallucinatory Alyx suddenly helpful instead of ~evil~ like what the girls saw?) #(why would the smoke impact Neo if she supposedly has not connection to Remnant anymore - the reason the Cat can't leave?) #(why would feeling things fix possession when it's clear that the Cat feels SO MUCH via that broken heart?) #it was just awful to listen to #honestly highlights of the episode were Ruby looking cool going after Crescent Rose #and the newly introduced mystery of what Summer and Raven were up to #that's it #that's all I've got

[violetscanfly]

He's been caught doing some mischief

#did this back in the summer but I only had this really awful brush that was hard to control and I initially didn't like the end result #but now looking back I'm actually really vibing this so you guys get to see it :D #loki #loki fanart #child loki #kid loki #young loki #loki laufeyson #loki friggason #loki marvel #marvel fanart #violetscanfly #edit: also tumblr destroying the quality once again so click if you want to see it not all blurred up

[lilybug-02]

You know it's bad when the TEXAS legislative agrees to ban "displays of inclusivity" in higher education.

I have to edit my emails to not include the word "inclusive" for my Art Club so that our University accepts it. Apparently one of our Women Organizations on campus was disbanned for this specific reason???

I am pissed.

#been busy with school but that doesnt stop me from complaining on the internet #I am very sure no one understands the qualifications of this bill. #If it were actually in effect every Christian Org and Men/Women Org would be disbanded. Im so mad rn. #this past summer's legislative decision-making was awful. I dont understand how Texas is still functioning rn. #sometimes I seriously question if our governmental officials have Lead poisoning... they probably do based off historical statistics

[dandelioneffect]

He is so precious and lovely and bundle of sunshine ☀️ I love how soft spoken he gets, 100% would listen to his podcasts if he had his own series.

We love you too Jere 🥺💚💚

#Eurovision era Käärijä is another level of adorable #im embarrassingly soft rn #it hurts i wanna see him live so badly #got me through this awful summer and the awful may #käärijä #jere pöyhönen

[kingbuffy]

Will never get over how in the post-canon comics when Buffy was realizing she liked women too, liked having sex with women, and all of her fucking friends told her to get back in the closet.

#this is part of why the post canon comics are unsalvagable #i like the domestic spuffy stuff but there's so much awfulness in the comics id suggest only reading the snippets of spuffy stuff #unless you don't like spuffy #then i think you're out of luck #btvs #buffy comics #buffy summers #satsu btvs

[shima-draws]

Really wish I could fight the schmuck who invented allergies with my bare hands

#Seasonal allergies suck ASS. #Usually it's not too bad but like. Our air conditioning has been out for like 3 days now #And it's not getting fixed til Monday #So I've had to sleep with my windows open bc otherwise I'd ROAST like a pig in my room #(Which is upstairs. Where ALLLL the heat in the house travels to) #But bc I've had to sleep with my windows open. ALL the pollen keeps blowing in #So I'll wake up with my eyes streaming and my nose streaming and EVERYTHING just. Awful #I could close the window. But then I'd cook. But my allergies are SO bad. But it's hot. But I literally cannot breathe through my own snot. #HATE IT HERE #I hate summer. I HAAAATE summer so much #I can't wait for fall and winter.....snow please come back..... #Shima speaks #I'm so angry bc I've been stuffy and congested all day. And I've taken at least 3 allergy pills #Still dying btw! Still dying. Very much suffering rn

[send-me-a-puffalope]

Elizabeth Lail appreciation post to parallel my other post about her being covered in blood <3

Up until the last three eps, I’ve never seen a girl so pathetic and sopping wet cat coded. Amy has such a resting 🥺 face and the Anxiety Pose™️

#dead of summer #elizabeth lail #amy hughes #she went from sopping wet cat to feral dog in the last few eps NFKSNFK #GIRL JUMPED THROUGH A WINDOW FNAF JUMPSCARE STYLE AND CRAWLED ON THE GROUND TRYING TO BITE GARRETT #GIRL WAS TRYING TO COMMIT THE BITE OF 87 #the first half of this series is god awful but lorddd the last few episodes are so ridiculously worth it #amy is such an iconic twist villain #like i need her carnally

[dirty-bear-rick-sanchez]

Rick Sanchez peak autism moment in episode 3x02: when he’s having dinner with Beth and the robot kids and he keeps telling them things like ‘dial it back Summer… by 15% and increase dynamic movement by 3%’ and then when Beth starts crying he tries to console her and then tells her ‘try crying 15% less’

#rick and morty #rnm #rick sanchez #beth smith #beth sanchez #autistic rick #autistic rick sanchez #honestly what a mood #i have literally no idea what to do when people are upset #or like i just can’t get the words out? #also this episode is actually pretty good #there’s just something about the vibe of it i’m not that keen on for some reason #i think the romance between summer and haemorrhage? #so i rarely rewatch it unless i’m doing a complete rewatch #but i always crack up at ‘aw geez my sister died in the spaghetti’

[alpharossi]

gotye, somebody that i used to know // olivia rodrigo, enough for you // taylor swift, cruel summer // lana del rey, ultraviolence // unknown source // lana del rey, hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have // richard silken, crush

#gotye #olivia rodrigo #enough for you #taylor swift #cruel summer #lana del rey #ultraviolence #hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have but i have it #love #web weaving #parallels #tw violence #ask to tag as always :))) #ive had this floating around in my head for a while now and finally decided to put it together for real #some of yall on here are poets and have the mind for this but i dont plus i have no knowledge abt the deeper lesser known quotes and stuff #so enjoy my awful attempt at making one too <3 #also if u know who wrote the one or i credited someone wrong just let me know some of these ive had sitting around forever and i forgot !! #richard silken #crush #i made this months ago and im so much happier now so im gonna post it i love yall <3 #edit two finally posting this two years later #being in love at 16 is wild

[babygirlgiles]

Re-watching Dead Man’s Party and Snyder telling Buffy that someone with her “talents and abilities” should work at Hot Dog on a Stick and saying she’d look cute in the little hat, and now knowing that in s6 she works at Doublemeat Palace, essentially the same thing, where she has to wear a stupid little hat, because of how limited her life is due to the responsibilities she has because of her “talents and abilities”. Wow. Wow wow wow. I am clinically unwell about this. I’m gonna gnaw through a brick.

#btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #Buffy summers #btvs meta #like imagining a whole new layer where she must have felt like she really was everyone’s worst assumptions about het #that the messaging she’d been getting all through high school that she was never gonna amount to anything had been right the whole time #that’s she’s proven them all right by being a flunkie drop out working a dead end job #and ofc none of that is true but that’s not how she feels at the time bc her mindset is just so… she’s struggling #and in the conversation with Snyder how her mom is there to defend her and stand up for her #and how her mom pushes back against the idea that she’s a delinquent who doesn’t deserve a chance #but when she’s living out what Snyder foreshadowed her mom isn’t there anymore #and same with giles who’d defended buffy against her moms worst assumptions about her before Joyce even knew she was the slayer #and he’s not there anymore either so she’s just left to believe all these awful things #WOW!!!! #wow. #dead man’s party #buffy season 3 episode 2 #buffy season 6

[lycanthian]

gonna be 19 in less than a week. its hitting me. girl what tha fuck.

#i dont even know if this is a bad thing its just scary #ive gotten a couple goals in for the year? getting a boyfriend and opening commissions being the main two #but it feels like ive spent most of the past year struggling with depression and debilitating anxiety and. ueagh #ive spentnso much time feeling awful and hating myself and not enough time enjoying myself. #i still struggle with doing basic tasks both hobbywise and selfcare wise and just. ueaagh. #i feel gross and annoying and difficult to get along with and awkward and lazy and. uaaaghhhggh #itsso bad rn i cant even put into words how im feeling properly #ive been teetering back and forth on the edge of a depressive spiral a la december 2023 for the past month #and imscared im gonna hit that again. and not have a way to cope and rest through it this time #because i have finals and portfolio stuff and im moving #and i have to help my friend make sure that shes going to have a place to live over the summer #and i have to get my drivers license and i have to get working on community service hours and i have so so so so so much to do and. weh #im scared i wont be able to do any of it #lycan howls