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More of this concept because you guys really seemed to like it. Who's submissive and agreeable now, bitch

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people who write fics. how do you feel about comments on super old ones you wrote like 2+ years ago

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#this is why I feel bad about joining fandom long after the hype is over#I’m also embarrassed if old fans see my newer art and hate it

Don't be, I've been in a fan for a show since it came out 12 years ago and recently a wave of people who were 5 when the show first came out who are now old enough to be on the internet, have come in wave, sharing their fanarts and it's been incredible to see. I'm still excited to see new fanart, and see new people's interpretations, even the same interpretations I made during the piece's initial release (seeing them go through the same phases I did, over ten years ago when first watching it) has been so nice to see! I'm happy to see people enjoying it again after all these years, and hope people continue to find and enjoy it for many more! I can't speak for everyone but I get the feeling a lot of fans who've been fans for something for years and years feel the same way.

We continue to enjoy Starry Night generations after Van Gogh's paints dried.

"Imagine still posting fanart a whole year after the game came out" brother what are you talking about

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I love Ragatha and Pomni’s flat chests.

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Here on tumblr we “bookmark” things by using tags! If you want to find something in the future you can reblog it and add a tag! The tag will let you find it again in the future by using the search function on a blog, merely clicking the tag on the blog, or typing (username).tumblr.com/tagged/(tagged words) in the url.

Sharing work by reblogging and even “bookmarking” it via tags is encouraged!

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…I want to just draw a fashion zine of just Miss Piggy, oh my god. she is so underrated and underutilized, where is my succession-like muppets satire thing LOL I want it so bad. let me do it disney call me pls

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"Imagine still posting fanart a whole year after the game came out" brother what are you talking about

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Seiko Ayase you will always be old and hot to me <3

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One sided beef in every universe

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And they say brunettes with dimples can’t stabilize the reactor core 😏

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Reminder that today at noon PST, me & the rest of The Amazing Digital Circus ep 4 crew will be streaming Fast Food Simulator to raise money for World Central Kitchen, feeding first responders and residents displaced by the LA wildfires. Stop by and donate if you can!

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Bitterness and hatred (with a bouquet of flowers to decorate)

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Here on tumblr we “bookmark” things by using tags! If you want to find something in the future you can reblog it and add a tag! The tag will let you find it again in the future by using the search function on a blog, merely clicking the tag on the blog, or typing (username).tumblr.com/tagged/(tagged words) in the url.

Sharing work by reblogging and even “bookmarking” it via tags is encouraged!

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i think “video games aren’t really the violent child-corrupting threat some parents worry they are” and “certain circles of gamer culture are incredibly toxic and can lead people down dangerous/hateful ideological rabbit holes” are ideas that can absolutely coexist

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"oh i really love xyz character-" really? outside the context of shipping?

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tbh when i hear some people talk about 'breaking cycles of abuse', it becomes clear pretty quickly who has come to understand that phrase to mean 'since i was a victim of abuse/neglect by my parents/caretaker/s i will do everything to be nothing like them' and that is all. its not a completely flawed way of thinking either - something that hurt you would very likely hurt someone else; through empathy we learn to understand not to hurt others the way we were hurt too.

but what 'breaking cycles' looks like is more complicated than just not being your parents/caretakers - it's about recognizing how the things that happened to you changed you and how you can heal so you don't hurt someone else in turn. the survival skills you learned in an unhealthy enviroment often translate to poor if not unhealthy interpersonal skills in an enviroment where things ARE safe.

its a difficult pill to swallow for a lot of survivors of abuse (trust me, i know) because we have a tendency to simply want our pain to be recognized. by painting yourself as "absolutely nothing like my abuser" you can abstain from recognizing your own harmful tendencies and live comfortably in the role of victim hood for the rest of your life. it can be tempting to do this especially when so many people will do their best to deny what you experienced - almost like leaning into a stuck door that just won't budge.

the problem with this is if you never recognize that being mistreated made it so you LACK a lot of what other people learned from a loving enviroment, you can hurt people pretty badly even when doing your best just not to replicate what your parents/caretakers got wrong.

this also hurts for victims because, when it comes down to it - it's not FAIR. you were hurt for no reason, and most of us will never hear an apology or even admittance from the person who did it - so why do YOU have to change? why do YOU, the person hurt unjustly, have to put in the work?

and i mean. that's what breaking a cycle is. it means pushing against what's fair and comfortable deliberately so that you can stop something that's been repeating. it's work. its not just recognition of pain, it's the purposeful healing and treatment of it. but thats scary, and it's not fun, so a lot of people fall right back into it. its a lot easier said than done.

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Damn dude

I've been playing Cris Tales.