#where your interest connect to people

[assasinationbycarscoveredinhamrs]

#tumblr #meme #where your interest connect to people #pikachu #pikachu man #tumblr ad #what is this #pikaman #tumblr ad meme #tumblr advertising #weird ads #pikachu guy #pikachu man ad #pikachu ad #tumblr ads

[taz-writes]

here's a hot take for today

the narrative function of sex is the same as the narrative function of fight scenes is the same as the narrative function of songs in a musical

no i will not explain

#taz talks #writing #actually i WILL explain but i'll do it in the tags #these each serve the same function within their respective appropriate genres #each one is a kind of revelation #they heighten the connection between 2+ characters and highlight relationships and feelings and needs #they are out of place in genres where they do not belong and/or as curveballs when the narrative did not provoke them from the start #but they have the same sort of emotional/dramatic build-up #talk -> sing -> dance (talk -> yell -> stab) ((talk -> flirt -> You Know)) #and they are all expressions of intense physicality and intimacy through physical gesture and interaction #they are fundamentally empty and boring if there is not a deeper purpose or drive behind them #although they can still occasionally be entertaining on their own if your audience is specifically seeking that experience out #people who do not like them will be very unhappy to encounter one where it isn't supposed to be #it is very easy to ruin the mood with poor word choice #many people have an inherent sense for terrible ones but it's often difficult or complicated to explain precisely why a bad one fails #when executed properly they are a very raw and intimate expression of a character's most fundamental needs and desires #the fluff is stripped away and there is nothing left but a series of needs. conflicting or cooperating. #and even when you're lying during one it's still a form of truth #none of these things are remotely necessary to tell a powerful or compelling story but if you're going to use them you need to do it right #also all 3 of these things are difficult if not impossible to write if you are not both interested in them and personally invested #this post brought to you by me trying to write smut about my dnd characters and failing because i generally hate /reading/ smut #so i have none of the vocabulary or instinct for it that i do for. say. graphic violence (or lyrical poetry)

[bumblingbabooshka]

Thinking about Vulcans prizing “calm” over “happiness”. 

Like how humans look back on their childhood and remember how happy it was - joyful days spent running around in the sun, getting into a bit of trouble, laughing with peers and family - that’s how they know it was a good one. Meanwhile Vulcans might look back on their childhood and remember how peaceful it was. Quiet days spent studying, the warm glow of candlelit lessons in caves, getting along smoothly with ones peers - that’s how they know it was a good one. Humans typically chose their friends and romantic partners based on if this person makes them feel happy above all. The question of “Do you like being with them?” is interpreted to mean “Does being with them make you feel happy?” But since Vulcans don’t experience (or strive for) happiness there would have to be some other parameter. So I was thinking about like, what is a good relationship to a Vulcan? There’s obviously a big emphasis on ‘togetherness’ in Vulcan unions. The Pon Farr ritual Tuvok does with his [hologram] wife involves them committing to becoming “Two bodies one mind” and it’s stated that they give and receive from each other all that they are. There’s also of course the iconic “Never and always touching and touched”. This is all (as was said during T’Pol & Koss’ wedding) “The Vulcan heart, the Vulcan soul, this is our way.” Vulcans are also (ENT) expected to live together for at least a year after being married - I imagine so that they can bond with and get to know one another. In SNW T’Pring wants for Spock to honor the commitments he makes to her so in that case T’Pring values Spock keeping his word to her and placing her above other things. I see a bit of Tuvok in that, where he prizes his commitment to T’Pel over anything else to the point where he’d nearly rather die than break it: (Even though he eventually agrees to having sex with a hologram it MUST be of his wife and he lets Tom/The Audience know that he will NOT be making a habit of it. There’s no ironclad logical reason for him to react this way as a hologram is not a person but his commitment to T’Pel seems to take precedence and I believe that’s his reasoning. His bond with T’Pel is logical, sustaining and important to him and he’s loath to break it over some bodily need. some desire that will pass even if it kills him.) <- By this way of thinking, betraying T’Pel would be the emotional choice while remaining loyal to her is remaining loyal to his logical self. A strong emphasis on loyalty to one’s mate seems to be a common Vulcan trait. In the beginning this seems to be rooted in tradition but later on its probably assumed that the couple will be loyal to one another out of some sort of actual connection between two people as opposed to pure obligation. In ENT T’Pol says that a certain degree of “affection” is eventually expected to happen within a marriage (though the way she says it makes me think this doesn’t always occur and isn’t necessarily The Goal) and her mother says that she and her husband developed a “deep connection” to one another. All this makes me think that a connection and a sense of ‘togetherness’ or ‘compatibility’ would also be prized over more emotional things like a passion for one another. It’s a partnership above all and that would be prized over a romantic union.  It makes me think of Vulcans’ roots in violence and war. Maybe this commitment to a steady togetherness, two people who don’t know each other being able to work together so seamlessly they nearly become one, is a way to show they’ve moved beyond that despite the pon farr remaining. Vulcans are a naturally very emotional species. Someone who incites that would probably not be seen as someone you should spend your time with. Someone who makes your heart pound, sets you ablaze, fills you with passion - that sounds like a bad Vulcan time v_v  Tuvok says as much when he talks about how he was struck with “shon-ha’lock”. Humans wouldn’t see anything wrong with having a crush on someone (and indeed in that episode Tom only comes to the conclusion that it’s a shame Tuvok couldn’t act on these emotions) but it’s obvious that even a teenaged crush when uncontrolled can become a very big problem to a Vulcan. In one of the Star Trek Novels Tuvok even stops being friends with and talking to a girl because she tearfully admits she has feelings for him and he sees that her feelings for him cause her pain.  Instead of thinking “Oh, she really likes me, good! We’re close friends so maybe we can make this work.” or even “I don’t like her romantically but since we’re close friends we can work through it.”  Tuvok thinks “Oh, she really likes me. That must be causing her to become very emotional and I can see she’s clearly upset. I’ll remove myself from her life so my presence doesn’t incite those emotions anymore.” And while him flat out just cutting himself out of her life might seem weird and kind of cruel and a frankly hilarious reaction to someone confessing their love to you - I also think it’s something he thought of as a kindness. If his presence harms her (stirs up emotions in her) then he will remove himself to keep from harming her. Along that vein, calmness or the absence of strong emotions would be a good relationship and one worth staying in. Not that there can’t be any emotions (Tuvok and T’Les obviously care[d] deeply for their respective spouses) but that they must be controllable and able to be cast aside in the face of logic.  I also think that “knowing” the other person would be considered very important (after marriage of course). If you’re to operate as a partnership, a team, and especially if you’re both telepaths you should be able to know your spouse pretty damn well. I see T’Pring attempt to do this in SNW where she is constantly fighting to get to know Spock which Spock self-consciously discourages since he’s been told/shown that his human side is unappealing to Vulcans.  But yeah man idk...just picturing a Vulcan and a human talking for hours...walking along the beach...sleeping side by side...getting to know one another...and at the end of it all one says “You make me feel happy” and the other says “Your presence calms me” and it means, essentially, the same thing.

#star trek #vulcans #Flipside to humans seeing Vulcan relationships as frighteningly cold and formal: where's the choice? the autonomy? the love! #Vulcans seeing Human relationships as exhaustingly turbulent meandering and estranged: where's the union? the commitment? the connection! #In the star trek universe my only contribution is that I write a book titled 'Vulcan-Human Relationships: Peace & Love' #and it's never important to any story it's just a background gag #Vulcan: Is that your husband? / Human: HUSBAND?? Haha we've only been dating like a year or two. / Vulcan: I can't with this. I have to go. #I don't ever know what to call these things #ummmmmmmmmmm I hope I'm making any sense #alien affections and value systems my beloved.... #people who earnestly 100% do NOT desire human concepts of 'love' or 'happiness' - INTERESTING!!!!! #I like Tuvok a lot when i think about this bc he has a Vulcan spouse whom he cherishes while every other main Vulcan has either: #A human love interest and/or A vulcan spouse they don't want to marry #WHICH IS WHY I WISH. THEY HAD EXPLORED TUVOK'S RELATIONSHIP W ITH HIS WIFE. EVEN A ///LITTLE//// BIT. #-chewing at the walls- BUT ITS FINE. IT'S FINE THAT THEY DIDN'T AT ALL. /lie

[strikerjoshy]

now we know whats under Mimikyus costume....and its horrible

#Pikachu man #tumblr #pokemon #pokémon #meowth #mimikyu #tumblr ads #ads #meet people #funny #creepy #meme #spooky #horrible #dash things #the pikachu man #gif #my edit #where your interests connect you tomyour people #pikachuman

[hexjulia]

ugh reading a book of poetry based on really liking a single poem and then the rest is just sort of mid navelgazing with extra space is really depressing for some reason

#also makes me think well. why am i beating myself with hammers all the time and refusing to send anything in. if this gets published #when i know exactly why this got published; did a supposedly relevant MA about it at a place where they formed the relevant connections #which would just be good planning if it led to good poetry!!! but half the time. bad. #of course this is entirely subjective. might be fairer to say i just often don't like the output produced by that kind of career path #i think this is maybe because well. what are you writing poetry about. you don't seem very interested in anything beyond your own emotions #vague ideas about 'nature' might have developed into original ideas if you had studied something related to nature instead #writing poetry about trees without knowing anything about trees usually just ends up as particularly boring poetry about people #not even good poems about people because the only people you seem to socialise with are in creative writing MA programs. oof.

[winepresswrath]

exorcist rules of social engagement seem pretty janky, but then you've got natori who (understandably) doesn't want to play by those rules and has (somewhat less understandably) resorted to reinventing "how to make friends" from first principles.

#press says nbf #look at me tagging! i've come so far #anyway i also think their relationship is extra interesting in terms of where it comes in the story #natsume starts out really alienated from both yokai and humans #he was obviously a sweetheart the whole time #but for the first few issues he's constantly citing the kindness he's recently been shown #as the reason he's started to like people and wants to protect them #it's also when he starts opening up to the idea of actually being friends with yokai #natori shows up and instantly showers him with attention #affection #understanding and connection #and yes he's a creepy weirdo about it lmao i sent a giant paper man into your bedroom to test you and showed up at your school #let's be besties #but if natsume didn't see him as a threat to the other relationships he's already invested in i think he'd feel very differently about him #in some ways natori is too late! #otoh a natsume who believes in friendship has also in some ways been softened up #i'm sure everyone has already had these thoughts i'm just spitballing

[marinerainbow]

WHY HAS THIS BEEN HAUNTING ME FOR FOUR DAYS!?

#everytime i come on Tumblr... Humaniid pharmecy clerk Pikachu is waiting to get me #and its paired with 'where your interests connect you to people' #like WHY THAT IMAGE!? #WHY!? #i wasn't going to make a post about this but Tumblr pushed me #you pushed me Tumblr #Pikachu #Pokémon #my own post

[linoguy]

-.-

#i shouldn't make a post on this but as someone who's into a group that is also compared to nct i feel a sort of interesting defensiveness #after hearing shinee's latest single and knowing that its being compared to nct becase of mutuals n all #like ana wantbytaemin said like.. if you think that sounds like nct you just legit don't listen to anything except kpop #the part that they're probably comparing to nct is this trend of a somewhat isolation of vocals in the chorus where the chorus is more #spoken than it is sung + with like one layer of instrumentals in the back #i've noticed this among other hit kpop songs so it seems like it's really just a thing right now. im not a fan of it either but what's #happening in shinee's hard song is /not/ the same as that #what's happening in hard is legit just a hip hop thing. if you're finding an out right repulsion to it you should probably question #your prejudices. anyways KJSDH #again i dont really have much jurisdiction to be making this post but its kinda baffling to me that people would make that connection

[readymades2002]

i do love analysing media and art and unfortunately this is where i am most confident talking and i am very bad at stuff like: talking normally and like a person fostering relationships in the world with other people

#it is easy for me to go on and on about media and art and themes and i love doing it #and ive had a lot of discussions that live in my head months if not years after the fact because of it #but it is also easy for me to hide behind because anything actually personal and friendly means #i have to be myself if i want it to mean anything and i want to do it but well i do not like myself #and i dont know how to interact with people as a person and not as a thought process. and it is both lonely (for me) #and DEEPLY annoying and offputting (for the other parties) #attempted to start a conversation with a friend id like to know better the other day and im pretty sure #i immediately scared him off by going on about the mechanics of a game and how they tie into the narrative and its good #for paragraphs. its so. UGH!!! UGH!!!!! #i want to connect with people i want to talk to people i want to engage in conversations with people so badly #but this is the only way i know how to do it. im fun if you want a quick and lively discussion about something niche youre interested in #but as soon as thats over...whats left? i dont know where to go after that #after that i am just some guy who is tired and in pain and doesnt draw much these days. looks at birds sometimes. BORING #annoying background character

[xxswagcorexx]

thinking about that ashswag testrun ep......

#listen 2 me. as someone who has a passive interest in the youtube algorithm #and likes to hear people talk about 'optimizing' it sometimes #and Also as someone whos very involved in fandom culture #its so!! fascinating to listen someone who has a fandom talk about the meta of their work! #like #when i think of 'ashswag' i automatically think of the fandom. i think about the thousands of words and dozens of art about spite and rage #but. ashswag (the guy) refering to 'ashswag' as a brand that can be optimized #its. a Really jarring disconnect as someone who thinks of the fandom First #esp when parrot and ash talking about the longevity of their channels #and talking about other creators and eventually going #'yeah i wish my content will grow with me as a person so i wont beat youtube like a dead horse and not enjoy it :/' #is. so interesting. #esp bc later they talk about off sourcing their editing to dedicated editors so they can be consistent #and trying to find the motivation to keep on going for like #5 years #and about how their goals are numbers based but also 'i wanna make meaningful content' #like. bud. yall already are #as someone whos talked with lots of members of the lifesteal fandom: yall are making art that inspires you! #it isn't just content that can be optimized. your videos inspire other people to create and connect #and be. human with each other. #and i Do think thats where fandom shines best #artists celebrating other artists #and ive been trying to go into this mindset myself: but youtubers are artists man! #theyre just using a new medium!! #and it sucks that youtube sees them as profit machines!! and punishes you for taking breaks bc youre human!!!! #but. listen man. when i think of ls s3 #yes i do think of the traps and pvps #but i also think about something else #i think about the trust. i think about how in a server that punishes you for being bad at the game

[cavsthighs]

BTW today at work i met a a guy whos autistic (he immediately revealed to me gleefully) and we get along really well and can i just say talking to autistic people >>>>>>>>>>> yearning to be understood by allistics. 3 seconds in his presence has me feeling like this

#work school and uni will have you thinking there is something innately and deeply Wrong about you that connecting with anyone is literally #not possible. and then you go to like a specific interest event or club where the people are weirder and autisticer and youre like ohhhhhhhh #it isnt me its the people im Around. theyre not Me People. which is fine. but damaging if exposed for too long #spending too much time around dudes who stare right through me and grumble at me for being too serious deals psychic damage #ANYWAYYYY #i hope i bump into this dude more often esp when were not working orz #its really really hard for me to work And talk at the same time but its really nice to know someone i Can get along with 😭

[brother-emperors]

I ADORE your art. I love how you use color and just your style is SO jgpgdgdjldfjtuzifs

Anyways, I'm curious if you went to school to learn art or you taught yourself!

I did go to art school, but it wasn't to learn art! I went to art school to learn how to. uh. make comics. specifically, the technical, production, and business aspects of it! (also thank you!)

#fully recommend no one ever goes to art school if they're in america bc it sucks here. the loan debt is NOT worth it #and very rarely do people actually care abt ur art school degree. its about your portfolio. art school is only good for connections #and you can make those in other ways without the crushing weight of student loan debt and interest #HEUGHGHH NOT TO GO ON A SOAP BOX TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE STATE OF ART SCHOOL. anyway #art school had very little impact on my style tbqh #the biggest impacts style wise that school had on my were the figure drawing and painting classes #but that's because i didn't have access to live figure drawing where i was living before #and painting was an eye opener bc i couldn't afford to take a chance on oil painting until it was a class requirement #i think artists at heart are self taught bc art is a dialogue with thousands of years of history #all art school can do is speed up or condense that conversation #everything is already out there in the world so all that's left is to pick up a pencil and see what happens #more specifically ive been drawing since i was 5 (crayons baby) but i started to take it more seriously in highschool bc it was #the only thing i was good at so i started looking up the old masters and studying their techniques #and reading art history books at the public library to find out what's been going on in art for the last thousand years #ask tag

[neverendingford]

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#so I have officially been to a club/bar now #tag talk #it was a country bar which was actually cool cause they played like. actual old country none of the post-9/11 shit #except everything else about it was ugh awful. music too loud drinks FUCKING EXPENSIVE holy shit stay home and drink instead pleaseeee #it was a work thing but none of my coworkers I'm friends with actually knew what they were doing so while I wasn't actual awkward they were #and the thing about social interaction is that if no one knows what they're doing it's not very fun #I grabbed someone and started a pool game because the table was open and both of us were absolute garbage at the game #but I was laughing about it and they were like... apologetic about being bad?? d #I did have the classic experience though where your friends disappear and you end up alone because you don't know where they went #all in all an interesting experience but not one I'm eager to repeat. #I did get invited to someone's Christmas Eve Party though which is cool and they gave me their number to make sure I have the info #so probably worth going just for that I think. got their phone number so we can communicate so that's like. successful social connection. #we're already friendly at work but easier to talk to someone when you're both not busy on the opposite side of the store with customers #anyway. who tf out going to clubs. awful environment. #I was like.. twenty percent of the way to being comfortable going out and dancing but hard to just swallow your hesitation #and a) alcohol as liquid courage is hmm not ideal and b) it was expensive anyway #oh well. it'll take more time to come out of my shell and I'd literally never been to a bar/club before in my life. #so I'll have some patience with myself and not be annoyed with how I could have done better or been more confident. #literally totally new environment. also... country music was nice but not a group of people I could really be comfortable around yaknow? #Lotta old white straight couples dancing the country two-step so I didn't really feel like I fit in. #anyway. interesting experience. neat to have. if I ever have a reason to go to a bar again I'll know more about what to expect #also... no one carded me. no one asked for ID? aren't they supposed to #oh wait. comment about the yodeling cause it was actual old country but they didn't do the voice register changes for it #I was like WAIT ARE THEY GONNA YODEL FOR REAL??? but then he didn't he just jumped intervals without shifting voice. #was a little disappointing but maybe a lot to expect from a random stage show at a bar. #wait wait I'm also proud of myself because the bartender asked open or closed and my mind scrambled for half a second to figure it out #but then I realized it meant open tab or closed tab like ordering more drinks and then paying at the end and so obviously closed #cause I ain't buying more than the one drink holy fuck it was so expensive also they mix them way stronger than I like #I like my drink weak ass and pathetic. alcohol is like spice I like a little to taste but not a lot. complimentary not overpowering #I drank it and then remembered I never ate lunch so I was like fuck and immediately went and ate something (work party so free food)

[appleonjust-ice]

uhhhhh

i should probably actually make a Profile and not . this .

#fun fact apparently the line where you interests connect you to your people contains an inappropriate word #pikachu man #project sekai

[capricornsicle]

something something the villain of the season (the one about how fear can give way to extremism if you're not careful and how easy it is for many, many people to become radicalized by one person's radical hate and how genocide is a bad thing actually regardless of whether individuals of the targeted group have themselves done terrible things) being a black woman who survived an incident of indiscriminate mass murder is perhaps. not the best idea considering the themes involved

#teen wolf #tamora monroe #hollywood racism #if I could change one thing about this season it would be to cast anyone else in the role of monroe OR to not make her like that #if you want a woc who gets involved in a radical hate group yeah that can happen but not like that #it's a very tone deaf season overall which reminds me of the line from douglas in 6a where he says scott would be a good nazi youth #when a minority joins a hate group it is to double down on hating who they are because they're afraid of what it means to accept it #i.e. mixed kids being super racist because they are led to believe their non-white heritage is bad and they should try to be whiter #monroe doesn't have that. she has no connection to the supernatural. she is just afraid of the other which she refuses to understand #which would be actually interesting if monroe was a white woman who thinks she's immune to radical hate and extremism #but as a black woman who's a victim of circumstance in a random act of mass murder just for the sake of killing people #that doesn't radicalize you against where that person is from. that radicalizes you against murder. #the setup of her story is that she is essentially the survivor of a hate crime or random killing spree. which is so very relevant #that's not how it explicitly happens on the show but that is the metaphor they walked into with that one #you can't have themes where it's convenient and ignore the other implications and connotations of the rest of your work #and the implication is that they used a black woman as a primary villain (and unredeemable which is interesting bc peter exists) #as the face of the radical hate/genocide group which targets a group of mostly children simply because someone like them was bad #they're using a woc in the role of the aggressor who hates all poc because of one person from one group who did something bad #diversity win the woman of color is racist. the word of the day is 'tone deaf' #tw writers/casting department be like I don't see race and then is racist in a new and unique way

[icewindandboringhorror]

*screenshots the highlights of my youtube to mp3 downloads folder as if it were some fancy aesthetic spotify wrapped image or whatever* 

#I don't know how spotify works I'm not sure how the images people share are actually generated but you know what I mean lol #Though I do wish the native windows music player thing kept track of like.. how many times you listened to a song or something #merely because I think it would be really funny for me since I'm very much a like 'listen to the same 3 songs on rotation for literally #4 months at a time. then eventually rotate in another few songs to replace those. never revisit any of them again' type person #And like most media I have a lot of trouble connecting with music or ascribing it the same deep meaning that most other people seem to get o #ut of it like. I think maybe it has something to do with my emotional range in general being very shallow (I am neutral 90% of the #time and even when I'm not I just don't feel things very strongly. when I do feel antyhing it's weak fleeting emotions usuually that #I don't even remember a few days from then. You know how babies don't have object permanence? It's like I don't have emotional permanence lo #l. Which is probably standard for like. severe childhood neglect situations where nobody was around for you to mirror their #emotions in early childhood or whatever usually happens when people are being raised. Like if nobody was there to encourage the development #of emotions and show what those look like then maybe your brain just doesn't develop them properly or etc. etc. ANYWAY gjhjhb) #I think maybe that has somehting to do with why it's just really hard for me to care about media of all kinds - and even when I do it's not #very deep. Also probably why I've never really been in a fandom or gone to a concert or been really into anything like that. Because people #form deep emotional connections and memories and attachments to their favorite media and I just like... don't #I can still like things!! But it's always in a more like.. intellectual kind of cognitive way if that makes sense? Like if I liked a TV show #it would never be becaise I find the message heartwarming or the characters relatable or because it made me FEEL something. It would be bec #ause the lore is cool and I like to analyze it. Or I think there's an interesting social dynamic going on which is fun to kind of pick #at the innerworkings of. And if I like a song like.. it's not because This Music Got Me Through A Hard time In My Life or because #I relate deeply to the lyrics or it makes me feel a certain way - it's usually because the overlapping of instruments or thetones that are #used interests me or there's something intruguing or cool about it to hear. Part of why I like classical or choir music is that there's oft #en so many instruments playing over each other it's like a little puzzle to try and hear each part seperately or etc. etc. #Which isn't to say that I can NEVER relate to or feel some sort of attachement or idea related to a piece of media. but just that it's not #ever very strong. like not powerful enough to be some significant motivator or pivotal aspect of my personality or etc. #BUT ANYWAY. I still can like things to a degree probably not just the same exact way as others lol. #So I rarely even listen to music that often (maybe once a week or so? I'll listen to like one song or two. but I'm not like a 'have music on #in the background playing in the house all the time' or 'listen to music while I get ready' type) but when I do it's very repetitive. I do #think it would be interesting to see the statistics then lol. I thought windows media player used to track statistics so I wonder why the #'updated' version of that on windows 10 doesnt??? Maybe bc they assume everyone is using streaming services instead? stinky #I don;t think the built in music player on my phone tracks anything either. It's more of just a file accessor or something. hmmgbb #That alone will never convince me to actually use some service to get music though lol. I don't need the statistics. yttmp3 for life babey