#'why is he puerto rican?' dont worry about it

[vampirerite]

ok ill show my izou icons so you can get an idea at exactly how insane i get. sometimes.

[elliot-orion]

Writing Update 3/15/19

Word Count: 4943

Favorite Line: not really a line but i want to share some of my favorite inside jokes i put into the first draft section titles of my WIPs - “Part One: Shit starts to hit the fan” “Part Two:Where shit really hits the fan” “Luka wakes up and immediately regrets it” “Coming out of my cage and i’ve been doing just BAD” “Part Three: Shit has exploded big time” also my fav from a different version of MHTH “Campfire, campfire, this fire in my skin” if you get the reference i’ll give you a cookie.

Update: If you think above is bad wait till i share my notes highlights lmaoooo

Today i did just. a bunch of writing i guess. Shit hit the fan and went crazy in MHTH, so that’s cool. Realized an underlying message i didn’t know i was putting into it, but am pretty happy i put into it. Also dealt with some of that underlying fears that always exist in someone who’s been abused when they are trying to trust someone. I was seriously struggling with how to make the distinction of, specifically if you’ve been abused by a guy, and/or are a girl in todays society, a woman occasionally getting into fights is nowhere near as scary as big muscular guy getting into fights on occasion. Mostly i was struggling with how to word it so that any cis male readers don’t get on my ass about it and what not bc that’s just how they be. I eventually just gave up, because there is no way in hell i’m not including how Silas getting in a fight, even if it’s to protect Luka and even if it’s like, the one fight he’s ever been in, is still terrifying to Luka and going to put that seed of mistrust in him. it’s a big part of being an abuse survivor (speaking as an abuse survivor) how any little red flag, no matter how small, is big and terrifying and makes it super hard to trust someone bc you know what it could lead to. So it was going in the damn book, and if people have a problem with it, i  don’t even care bc it is 100% accurate and totally in character. end rant. But other than that it was all good (and don’t worry Luka still trusts Silas, he works through it and is like considering Silas has a very good reason to not be a Bad Dude and to works very hard to not be a Bad Dude, i can probably trust him. And he’s right bc Silas would never hurt him and if he didn’t he’d destroy himself inside for it) But yea. That’s about it. 

[diversemymedia]

I'm writing a detective and assistant "Sherlock Holmes-style" gay couple short story/book mystery series set in Chicago which means I have to write diversely and that's getting too much for me. I'm trying to look up and read things from Mexican-Americans, Puerto Rican-Americans, Italian-Americans, Irish-Americans, Indian-Americans, Chinese-Americans, African-Americans, etc to make my stories more realistic. It's just so hard and making my head swirl to think about how many beta and sensitivity readers I'll need to make these stories turn out right and authentic to the point it'll cost too much to do. There are so many tropes to avoid and "don't do" lists that it feels exhausting reading on writing-with-color. Can I just not give characters races in my short stories and books or is that too much of a cop-out? Why is this so hard for a writer who is a poc?

firstly, I just wanna say that no one's perfect and all of our journeys are different. and honestly, I don't know if you want to hear this but i would probably recommend taking it easy a bit. if you're becoming too anxious about making mistakes that might offend people, it's probably just best to stick to your guns and stick with what you know.

i would ask the time period in which your story takes place because if it were set in earlier times, I could understand why you might be so inclined to look up things related to said groups, culturally. but at the same time, i just want to say that it's okay to write characters just like you would any other. I was told by a user once that "not all tropes are bad tropes" and ever since then, I started writing a lot more freely because I was just like you--terrified to make mistakes and i thought all tropes were inherently bad, but that's not always the case. For instance, most white women might hate the damsel in distress trope, but i've seen some black women sort of like the idea of having to be protected and rescued by characters who adore them because it's a refreshing take. but that being said, there's also nothing wrong with black women being badasses who know hand-to-hand combat. i have female characters (3 black, 1 east asian, 1 mena, all diff age groups) who I wanted to write them so perfectly to avoid them from coming off unlikeable but it's set in an apocalypse, and realistically, people will change, people will kill, people will get angry, people will be cowards, and bad things will happen to them. now, i do try to handle those types of things delicately and try not to go overboard (for instance i cannot kill off the only character of said race. something about that just seems wrong to me) but it's all about learning, and sometimes, it really is best to stick with what you know and follow your gut. if something feels wrong to you, redact it. im black so clearly, the majority of my characters are black. i also have some nonblack poc but there is also the option of just characters be "poc-coded" (dunno if that term is offensive, if it is, forgive me) such as physical traits and/or dialects. that tends to work for me because a lot people are standoffish and many of my characters are on the go and it doesn't involve a lot of getting familiar with people. so try using the "show, dont tell" method. maybe your characters can be overheard communicating a different language to someone else and that's literally good enough.

I think its also great that you're doing research, but im worried that relying on too much on information might make your characters lack three-dimensionality. For instance, lets say you're writing a character who was born in alabama and you're so afraid of making them come across as violent or poor (i.e. tropes that are often associated with black/brown people) that you avoid any sort of confrontation with this character so you build them up to be this perfect person. they attended an HBCU, were raised in an extremely wealthy family with two parents, they dress really dapper, speak extremely proper, and he's super nice to everyone...and that's it. i mean, there's nothing wrong with it--you avoided the negative tropes and they're a nice character, but there's not really much gradation to them and it makes them less interesting. again, that's just my personal take and some people are okay with that. everyone's different and you cant please everyone. im more than with characters being messy and not so perfect.

you can make mistakes and writing is essentially just writing what you think would make a good story. some things might work, some things might not and i that's okay. i understand that we're also in an extremely critical generation right now but don't let it stop you from making mistakes because it's how we learn. if there happens to be an issue with that you've written just take a mental note of it and avoid it.

not much of a tip, but just some advice. happy writing!

[bow-wow-wark-wark]

26. About your favorite Division - why do you love them?

Dhjdjd jejeje ok so I'm going to do all 3 again bc I like rambling.

I had mentioned matenro a bit before so hopefully this will be short. Well I like how nice they're, lol they all just want a good life and to chill and hang out and have fun, that's sweet. I find the religious motifs super interesting and that weird idea they seem to have with like repenting and owing people a lot of things. Lol is a little unhealthy so I find it super interesting. I like how supportive hifumi and jakurai are of doppo and how encouraging they are with each other. They have a lot of trust and I like how on board hifumi is about murdering doppos boss lol.

I love mtc bc I just love all of them, their personalities are all so funny, I like how their all so like fighty, like even if jyuto and rio seem more tame they're always down for the brawl, they're just really similar while being super different. I like how they just seem to understand each other well, their motivations and the values they carry, they respect that. How good friends they are and how much they value that friendship and each others happiness, they are very willing to take that L for each other. They are so caring and worry for the other so much!!! Even if it's on that subtle off hand way you can very much tell. Their songs are good, they're silly and I like how they're like "oooooh were so tough" I find it super funny, and it's also really cool. Yes you are so tough ooooo. I like how since samatoki and rio are more similar they bring way more trouble to jyuto lol, and I like how despite how much jyuto complains he really loves mtc and sticks with them anyways. Good friends over all.

Bat: they mean so much to me!! I like how strong willed they all are. They're so willing to get over grudges just like matenro lol, and like bettering themselves and being stronger. Also how they're just a tight knit family :) they're the epitome of found family for reals. I like how hitoya is like tsk pesky kids but would do anything for them!! Their songs are all bomb and they have some of the nicest voices in all of hypmic.

27. Drop a headcanon for your favorite Division.

Would anyone mind if I dropped a headcanon for each divi, no? No? Ok, 1st every single hypmic characther is neurodivergent, I'm saying this now so it doesnt get repetitive lol I'm also not specifying bc theres some I'm not that sure about and yeah.

BB: we all know I headcanon BB as Puerto Rican so another one is that they're all nonbinary!! I think it would be hilarious if ichiro was like a huge kuuko stan and bought like merch of him just like how people say other charas would do, like jiro and saburo would own ichiro merch. I'm aware it's not a Puerto Rican food but since BB likes curry so much I think they would like hilachas (rice with tomato sauce, meat and some vegetables) last I think they would all run like a Yahoo answers forum type of thing: ichiro probs about like anime, like giving recks and over all discussion , jiro anime too but he could also do music or football, saburo would go into any forum he has any knowledge of and school people that say shit wrong.

Mtc: they have like a designated person for each task that the others cant do, jyuto drives and rio and samatoki cook. Jyuto tries to get into a cook off with samatoki (just so they can impress rio) and he cooks so badly they get food poisoning. They're all transmasc. Samatoki doesnt like fish.

I dont have any fp headcanos pls dont kill me!! Except they're all nonbinary and use neo pronouns but after that not really lol.... soz

Matenro: jakurai doesnt like fish (something he shares with samatoki), hifumis sister had a raccoon tail haircut and bc doppo probably loved her and looked up to her he also got a raccoon tail haircut. I think I didnt say it when I talked about hifumi headcanos but he's also latino. Jakurai has a photo of hifumi and doppo on his office and some people confuse them for his sons. The real matenro icon is the virgencita plis.

Bat: since both kuuko and jyushi have painted nails I think it would be fun if they also painted hitoyas. I know it makes no sense with canon timeline but I like the idea that kuuko and hitoya somehow kept in contact after the trial thing bc how else would kuuko now about his whole jakurai shtick? Also since they keep in contact (could also be in canon timeline) for Ichiros bday he asks hitoya to buy him an exclusive pokemon card to give it to him. (If it's on canon timeline is their make up gift) jyushi is also in those Yahoo forum things and that's where he meets jiro and they become friends!!

Dotsuhon: sasara is my latino icon!!! Rei is also puerto rican since hes is bbs father and all that, so then when all of dotsuhon go out drinking rei and sasara have this bad tendency of speaking only in spanish to each other and rosho gets very pissed bc he doesnt understand anything. With that and the fact that I said dotsuhon matenro line up would be fun, but hifumi sasara and rei all talk in spanish while jakurai, doppo and rosho sit there like 😶😐🧍🏽‍♂️(I'm sorry for side lining them but this is so funny)The real reason why dotsuhon lost is bc they do a pelea de canchinflines fight to decide the winner and since Rosho has never done that it doesnt go too well. Rei banda song when? Sasara does one of those queres ser mi novio? Mariachi and sign things on roshos. Sasara has comedy skits in Spanish that he does with Rei. (They can actually be a comedic trio now)

28. Do you follow any of the seiyuu outside of HypMic?

No lol.... I do know that some of them voice other charas of stuff I've watched or want to watch but actually follow no, I barely know their names lol 😅

29. Did you pay attention during the livestreams/radio shows? Have you learned anything about (J)hiphop culture?

I've never seen any 😭😭😭 so no not really lmao...

This got super long so here's that

[theoutcastsjournal-blog]

1000 words a day 3

1000 words a day 3

Section 1

So today is the day my mom has to drive my brother to school/college/whatever.

24 years old and he finally decided to learn how to drive because had a mini seizure episode because of severe stress.

My mom has severe stress everyday. She worries about EVERYTHING!!! I feel bad sometimes.

I always think to myself “I have to do something to make her stress free. Maybe help with dept.” but because I have LD it is hard to do any of those things.

I won’t be able to get a job or learn how to drive.

I try really hard to learn the drivers manual, but it is so confusing.

That is one of my goals in life.

If I ever get rich I would hire a driver. Someone I trust. I don’t like uber. So much bad history with them.

Section 2

I use to want to be a game developer, but it finally hit me. Coding is a pain in the neck.

I know so much yet so little about it. I will understand it then I would forget everything I learned.

So I would go back to square one. That is how bad my LD is.

So instead I got fascinated with Picture Books. I like to draw and write which is why I am doing this.

I would like to make an adult picture book like “A Die Hard Christmas” book.

Animating is fun too, but lately I have been feeling nothing for it. Just like being a video game developer.

My feelings have changed a lot throughout the years.

Section 3

I use get offended a lot, but then the day Trump became president and everyone was having a tantrum, that was the day I realized “People need to chill.” I don’t like him either, but come on. really?

You don’t need to throw stuff at windows and break stuff over it. Seriously.

I became more calm after that and now when someone says something stupid. I am just like

“Ok. Whatever you say bruh.” People need to just grow up. Jeez.

Don’t get me wrong I do get mad. Just not over stupid things.

Section 4

My Life is pretty boring, but I am ok with that. All I do all day is chill on my bed and learn stuff.

Look at “how to”s and stuff. Maybe read comics on the internet. Hopefully I have enough knowllege to help my mom.

I use to wanna make stuff and sell it on etsy, but that is not what I wanna do my whole life.

I would rather write a book and publish it. Or a comic.

Have you heard of webtoons they are korean webcomics.

When you read them it keeps going when you scroll down on the internet. It is mobile friendly too.

Section 5

It is almost valentines day and I don’t have a boyfriend. That holiday shouldn’t be a thing.

For the couples it should be just anniversury and cherish there loved ones everyday.

Not make us singles feel like crap every once a year.

No man is gonna want me anyway. I have the shortest hair. Like buzzed cut. My boobs sag because they are so big. I am chubby too. Oh well. Whatever.

Section 6

I am out right now and getting tired and I am only half done.

I am gonna have coffee and a coffee roll.

So there was no more coffee and now I’m sad. But I had my coffee roll so that was good.

I love coffee. It is good and yes it does actually wake you up. I don’t believe them when they say it doesn’t. I always feel dead before I drink it then after I drink it I feel refreshed.

Section 7

I like food. FOOD!!! Yeah. doesn’t matter what food. I like food. I even like selery and my mom gags every time I tell her that.

Section 8

My dad is a hard working man. He is good at what he does and no it is not because he is my dad.

I am serious. I mean he is not the perfect dad. He can be selfish at times. Not only that he doesn’t listen and has selective hearing. Now he is getting senile. Which is super annoying, but there are times where he is funny.

He always has the funniest stories to tell. My dad keeps calm when he needs to. Smart.

I love him because he is my dad.

My mom is the complete opposite of my dad.

She is not calm at all. There is always something she is yelling about. Even things that didn’t even happen. TRUE STORY!!! I love my mom, but she is going nuts. My mom will be mad for me posting this.

But she knows what is right for us even though she overreacts about it.

And She seriously cares and worries about us and makes sure that we are okay and I appreciate that.

She is puerto rican so that will explain a lot.

There are moms who don’t even want there kids around and like it when they are at school.

My mom homeschooled me and my brother most of our lives. I am ok with that. So is my brother.

We had horrible lives outside of the house so that was fine.

Going to church was a mess. My depression started with a stupid church. I always got to take medication for it or I will cry and cry and cry.  It doesn’t make me groggy at all because I found the right meds.

I would go on forever about my parents because they have told stories throughout the years.

Section 9

I dont want kids. Ever. I will die from heart attack if I found out I was pregnant.

Especially since I never had sex.

Being a virgin makes me feel good about myself. I am waiting till after I am married too.

Shut up. I know what your thinking.

That went over a thousand.

[coolthetruth]

Candid Conversation with tsprincessdiva AKA Rachel

Hey guys this is a little interview I did with Rachel. She is very cool and down to earth like I said earlier. Thanks again. Sorry if the text looks weird. First time doing this. Enjoy.

coolthetruth

So where are you from?

tsprincessdiva

Well I was born in caguas , Puerto Rico and now I live in Lyons , il

coolthetruth

When did you come stateside?

tsprincessdiva

I moved to Florida which I was raised in Florida since I was 4 years old , I moved from Puerto Rico to Florida at the age of 4

coolthetruth

Why did you come to Chicago?

tsprincessdiva

I came to Chicago to start my new life. When I was younger I was very confused on who I was , so I left my family and started exploring live here in Chicago which started my transition

Life

coolthetruth

When did you realize that you were a woman?

tsprincessdiva

When I was born and saw my moms pussy I was done lol. Well I knew something was different about me since I can remember. I was a very feminine young child and my family used to beat me. Especially my father he wasn't having it

Can u see how femine I was lol

Even had booty shorts on in this pic lol

coolthetruth

lol no I cant tell

I don't think most young boys are really displaying overt masculinity at that age

tsprincessdiva

I was very feminine

coolthetruth

I don't remember a lot of 4 year olds gripping their nuts and screaming where the hos at that age lol

tsprincessdiva

Growing up I was a big feminist

Lmao I was sucking dick at 2 years old Hun lol

First time ever putting a penis on my mouth

I remember like it was yesterday

coolthetruth

2 years old?

you can remember that far?

tsprincessdiva

Yea my cousin and i

Yes I was like maybe 2 or 3

But yes that was something dramatic in my life so I do remember

coolthetruth

you didn't get caught did you?

tsprincessdiva

Perfectly

Nope

One time I did when I was 14

I got caught sucking my best friend dick

I was grounded for months

And I was not allowed to hang out with him anymore after we got caught and when I was 14 that was my first puppy love

 tsprincessdiva

We would sneak in the woods and see each other and talk

And then we would have to walk out different times so no one would see us together

coolthetruth

So your family never accepted you?

tsprincessdiva

Eventually he hated me all this time til this day

Nope they still don't accept me

My mom kinda

But she still uses male pro nouns

coolthetruth

So you started transitioning when you left from your family in FL?

tsprincessdiva

Yes , I started my transition over two years ago

And I'm not really 24 in actually 29

coolthetruth

Now I remember the CL ads and I thought to myself for someone starting out you look pretty good and natural

But it was obviously difficult transitioning

tsprincessdiva

Yup that was me I used to go my Raquel or Rachel on cl

Very

coolthetruth

mind sharing those stuggles?

 tsprincessdiva

Well my struggles where I had a lot, fitting into society was the biggest struggle I had. And feeling comfortable with myself. Another struggle with man no one wanted to love me, they all jus used me for sex

tsprincessdiva

A lot of guys don't understand that the reason why we escort is because we don't feel like men treat us with respect or treat us like women. They treat us like animals

Another struggle I'm going through right now is loneliness. Transsexuals are evil and they want to destroy you as much as they can. All trannys want to be better than others so friendships between transsexuals is very dangerous

They can

And no man wants to date a transexual escort unlesss he's old and ugly lol

coolthetruth

You'd be surprised lol

tsprincessdiva

Another struggle was finding a place to stay my family would not except me in their home no more once I started my transition to this day I still have a struggle especially cause I have bad credit

coolthetruth

So what do you look for in a guy? What are your turn ons? Turn offs?

tsprincessdiva

Well I kno a lot of guys are Guna call me racist after this

Cause that all they kno how to do

I really like Latin man, I perfer Latinos only because

I'm Latina and I want to be with another Latino I really love dark hair and dark eyes

A clean man who's not only smart but accepts me for who I am

I've dated a black man before as white Guy's and Asian guy and all types of men

But with I seem to have a good connect more with Latin men only because we both have a lot in common

And mostly because all I kno is too cook Puerto Rican food so lol

coolthetruth

Most people go with people of shared cultures, backgrounds, etc

  coolthetruth

So escorting

whats been your best and worst/craziest experiences?

tsprincessdiva

Ok

tsprincessdiva

With ?? Escorting

coolthetruth

yes

tsprincessdiva

Ur my best experience silly

Lol

Actually one time I had an outcall and I only asked for 400 I walked out with $1500 and we never had sex he was an amazing person. I talk to him till this day and this man has been nothing but amazing to me and in my life

My worse

tsprincessdiva

Was not so long ago I had this guy he's a Sissy Boy and he put on nylons fishnets glasses and he gone off for hours and he made me fucking with a whole bunch of different dildos and then I fucked him he was snorting Coke and smoking cigarettes and then like you keep on fighting and leg shake up on coming out his ass it was the worst

He has shit coming out his ass

Had

He told he it was Guna be messy

coolthetruth

lol

at least he warned you

tsprincessdiva

Lmao

Yea

Was horrible

coolthetruth

so whats the best thing about escorting?

tsprincessdiva

Nothing only the money good

coolthetruth

whats the worst?

tsprincessdiva

And now it's even worse

Worse people making up rumors and telling me I need to lose weight I'm too fat

People saying I'm positive when I kno I'm not

And that ter review some tranny "Galen " wrote about me

Saying I shitted on someone's hand bullshit

coolthetruth

lol

so obviously you aren't an escort all day

what do you on your free time?

tsprincessdiva

Obviously

Lol

coolthetruth

Whats you hobbies?Interest?

tsprincessdiva

Usually I'm out clubbing cooking cleaning relaxing pampering myself getting my hair done and my nails done and just running errands

But I'm about to start school soon

coolthetruth

what are you going to school for?

tsprincessdiva

Cosmetology that's all I'm good at really

coolthetruth

lol you say that so negatively

coolthetruth

So what are your long term goals? Where do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years?

tsprincessdiva

Lol

tsprincessdiva

Well my long-term goal is to get out of the industry either get into some porn and stay in school and get a career

Or just quit and just to school and just do me

10 years from now I'm hoping to be in love with a career in a home and fully transitioned to a woman

tsprincessdiva

I will also like to win a transsexual beauty pageant which they have a lot here in Chicago which is one of my goals

coolthetruth

You want to be a porn star?

tsprincessdiva

I do if it happens it happens if it doesn't it It doesn't

coolthetruth

and by fully transition you mean reassignment surgery/

tsprincessdiva

Yes

coolthetruth

Well hopefully you achieve those goals

Now lastly

tsprincessdiva

Thank u

Finally lol

Jk

coolthetruth

for all your blog admirers, thirsty tricks (me lol), chasers, jealous trannys, etc

any thing you want to say or let them know?

tsprincessdiva

Never give up on yourself because at the end of the day you only have yourself, and you only live once. For all my haters sucked his dick get the fuck off my business and worry about urself, and for all my tricks Y'all dont know what you have been missing still for the ones I have not met me yet . And to my regular clientele I love you guys so much you guys know how personal we are together I always try to give you an amazing time always something different and always try to keep myself clean and always make sure I use condoms with every client I have doesn't matter what I want my clients to go home to the wife and kids clean, and discrete .and I cannot stress this enough always use condoms always. And to my special clients regulars that I've been seeing for over a year ,that have seen me transition in the last two years , that You've been there for me . those guys are amazing man those men have been nothing but a gold to me in my life I really do love you guys and really do care for u

.

coolthetruth

Yes guys be safe

Thanks for talking with me

tsprincessdiva

Thank u @coolthetruth can't wait too see u again Hun

[bitterdrake]

Big Boy Rant

guilty pleasures shouldn't exist. u should be able to love whatever u want without feeling guilty about it. however that doesnt mean u shouldnt call out the bullshit that comes along with it. for example i LOVE the vampire diaries. yet i can still acknowledge its unoriginality, mary/gary sue characters, repetitive plots, and how it jumped the shark by like the third episode without getting all butthurt. i know it has little to no real quality. i hardly gain anything from watching it. but bitch i still like it! YET IM AWARE! what i'm really sick of is the glorification of all these mediocre and bland shows that get off the charts ratings just because people are so obsessive with so obnoxiously fake characters. i'm talking about shows like pretty little liars (great plot at the beginning but do not try to tell me it didnt go downhill after the second season), riverdale (i love this show but there is not one even slightly original thing about it), thirteen reasons why (great actors, horrible everything else), orange is the new black (amazing characters, amazing plot, but the writers absolutely slaughtered everything that was good about it by the end of the third season), etc. etc. etc. then you have, like, second tier shows that are written brilliantly like shameless (hyper realistic dialogue, imperfect, relatable, original characters, representation of a ton of communities, call-outs on gentrification and aristocracy), SKAM (realistic representation of modern youth, somewhat typical yet interesting characters, pretty good representation of the gay community also im norwegian so im biased), game of thrones (aint even gonna explain its very well done) that are new and classic but with primarily white characters (before u come at me: shameless has two black main characters, one of which has like two lines total in seven seasons. skam has one muslim actress. everybody is white in game of thrones except for the tribe of people known to be savages and the other kingdom of people made out to be "middle eastern"). while thats pretty typical of western television, it lacks the ambition and fails to demand critical thought from its massive audience. all of the shows mentioned above flourish because of plot twists and like able characters. not strictly unworthy of watching, but not incredibly impressive nor thought-provoking, either. but they're super successful so they don't need to worry about shit that won't make them money. then you have god-tier shows that are cancelled after the second season. lemme just talk up the get down real fast. it's directed by baz fucking lurhmann. love him or hate him, he's super artistic and completely revolutionizes the way certain scenes are filmed. you have actors like jaden smith, justice smith (up and coming actor who was in paper towns and is hot ASF), herizen guardiola (first time actress who is just as amazing acting as she is at singing), jimmy smits (from the west wing, sons of anarchy, and dexter), and giancarlo esposito (gustavo from breaking bad!!). all of the main characters are refreshingly people of color representing both the ghetto and the middle class of the bronx in the 1970s. the plot line is super complex yet easy to follow. the dialogue is equally hilarious as it is heartbreaking. BROTHER U GOT FUCKING MUSIC! this show centers around disco and the very start of rap and hip hop. jaden smith is a closeted gay poet/artist whose story line does not revolve around being gay(!!!!). justice smith plays a young teen named zeke who is a mf good will hunting genius in the making who unapologetically writes honest poetry. the love interest mylene cruz is gorgeous, talented, yet painfully imperfect. her story does not revolved around zeke at all- she focuses on her career as an up and coming disco star and the struggle between fulfilling her dreams and pleasing her abusive, uber christian father. the "mentor", shaolin fantastic, is a drug dealing DJ and graffiti poet who recruits a bunch of high school sophomores (zeke and company) to be word smiths (rappers) for his spinning (DJing, otherwise know as The Get Down!!!). shaolin, peppered in hilariously cheesy bruce lee references, struggles with living authentically and obtaining money via coke dealers. the writing is fresh. its funny. its heart wrenching. its relevant, even though the show takes place in the 70s. just from watching this show i know who tf edward koch is who was actually a huge part of the history of new york and a big reason why racism is pressed into the art of graffiti, thus emphasizing the importance of expression within the black community. that being said, this show isn't anti-white or whatever the fuck u "reverse racists" try to pin it as. there are white graffiti artists, white businessmen who play a huge part in zeke's life, and white helpers of the puerto rican uncle trying to make a difference in the bronx. the issues of classism, racism, censorship, and familial struggles are addressed without being one-sided. this show educates you. it makes you laugh, cry, and most importantly makes you think. and it got cancelled cause yall motherfuckers are too busy losing ur shit over stupid drama and okay looking white actors (cole sprouse aint got shit on justice smith and thats the mf tea on that!) don't get me wrong: like whatever u wanna like. but u simply cannot deny the blandness of popular television when there are a variety of amazing, less popular shows that you can actually get something out of. with great power comes great responsibility !! when your audience is that huge, you have the opportunity to spread deep and worthwhile messages to the masses. i'm not saying make all shows political or whatever. i feel like the main message (that is often took for the opposite due to its romanticization of gossip) of pretty little liars is to not be a fake bitch!! idk what the FUCK riverdale is trying to say, and dont u dare come to me saying 13 reasons why is trying to bring awareness to depression bc that is some neurotypical bullshit, and yes not all shows need to have some higher meaning but isnt that the appeal of story telling? the bible? cant stop yall from having bad taste and like you do you but i want you to know that im fucking pissed the get down got cancelled and thirteen fuckers why is getting a second season that is all goodbye