#Also I couldn't wear those clothes but I really like the aesthetic but I think I like emo more 💔

[rootspiral]

Agatha All Along deep dive: episode 5 part 2

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I was so looking forward to brighten this particular scene, it's the darkest yet and it's such a beautiful one it's a pity to miss even one detail

oh no lilia stop being so cute????

have you ever seen jen with a bigger smile? and she's quiet as usual, it's almost like more than the ride she's enjoying how much fun her friends are having. especially lilia, those two have been forming a bond that is equal parts bickering and a growing respect

I'm just glad alice had this moment of pure unadulterated joy before it came all crashing down

agatha is very, very quiet. despite never letting herself feel anything freely, she takes a moment to close her eyes and enjoy the beauty of it all

she looks back at rio, so sensual and confident

how can kathryn hahn convey so much with so little time? her breath catches at her sight. and then worry and fear take hold and she gives the tiniest shake of her head, as if she's forbidding herself to entertain any kind of thought about rio. she looks away. the blood moon behind her spells disaster

meanwhile billy is that kid who has the time of his life hanging out with the teachers during a field trip

I want to personally thank aubrey plaza for every acting choice she made as rio, but ESPECIALLY for this witchy laugh

(I just brightened the salem seven witch vomiting bees and it's actually pretty impressive! but I don't want to trigger any insect haters around here) (I love insects though so please talk to me about spiders if you want)

they couldn't get a good look at the cabin before rushing in and I couldn't either until now, do we know if it's something from Agatha's past? did she use to live there?

I'm salty that alice had to die in these stupid clothes

So. I think this trial is the most fucked up and humiliating yet. Billy knew nothing about jen except superficial facts, so he put her in a scenario that matched her work aesthetic, more of a personal insult than a wake up call (compare it with the broom lilia just made for her: roots and flowers, something that speaks about jen's work, beliefs and traditions.)

Alice's trial was entirely based on lorna, we know billy is a big fan so he ran with that concept creating something that really shook alice, and not in a good way. she was forced to sit in her dead mom's house and wear her clothes for god's sake. she took it as the Road wanting to teach her a lesson, when it was just a teenager with the grace and subtlety of a newborn puppy.

Now, agatha. billy doesn't know a thing about her because she's private to the point of paranoia. he has gathered that there's something in her past about a dead child and that's probably what makes her grumpy, so he... tried to make her talk to nicky. with a fuking oujia board. Despite having had his share of shock and trauma billy inevitably has a kid's point of view re: death, and even more so because he's functionally immortal. death is something that happens to other people, or far far away in the future. he thinks he's giving agatha much needed therapy, when he actually put a grown woman in child's clothes and made her relive her traumas for everyone to see.

btw I'm not in any way saying that the trials are bad writing. they are brilliant writing. they're just tragic and fucked up behind the funny exterior, just like agatha herself. sorry for the rant.

I mean I wouldn't be opposed to that. we could put billy back in a closet for a little while and get down and dirty with it. and ooh there's a little leaf on rio's shirt, I hadn't noticed it!

jen's retainer always SENDS me

agatha's face when she realizes it's her trial

agatha is irrevocably, eternally linked with death in all its forms

looks like rio is playing along and setting the scene, but she's also doing something more subtle that only agatha understands: she's provoking her, and it's becoming more personal and hurtful. she's testing and punishing more than she used to. she is growing angrier.

agatha wants to tell rio to fuck off but knows she deserves it. agatha is NOT happy to be in this trial for reasons that go beyond what everyone present (except rio) assumes, but she'll bite the inside of her cheeks until they bleed before she shows any of it

the way he says it with a straight face too (again, NO PUN INTENDED. forgive me joe, I would never)

oh great alice has only thirty minutes to live

everyone looks worried and on their guard, rio has her whole knife out, playing along. agatha is STILL trying to look cool and casual, it's painful to watch. girl is panicking, hard

meanwhile billy is always bringing a whole different energy, he's playing and having fun! think back to the second episode when they met lilia and then jen and alice for the first time. billy had no clue about the tension, the fear and hate between them and agatha. right now he's still more excited than scared. he's about to have a rude awakening.

do not taunt the spirits, AGATHA.

lmaooo. this motherfucker.

another moment when billy sounds chillingly cruel. being jigsaw without realizing it

I'm not pointing it out every time but whenever agatha does this with her arms she's really, really really nervous

what does agatha do when she's scared or overwhelmed? she puts on a show. like clockwork. and rio has already guessed what's about to happen

I really want to continue this so there will be more later today, stay tuned!

go to episode 5 part 3

[minty-bubblegum]

So it's based from the emo subculture BUT IT'S DIFFERENT IM ALREADY KINDA EMO SCENE IS LIKE LEVEL 2. So it's like emo, but with that pop of 🎉

HERESM A NEXAMPLE AN EDOT OF THE HIT CHARACTER KYLE BROFLOVSKI SFROMN SOUTH PARK !!

🤏

This close to succumbing to the urges and becoming a scene kid. I like the music so I might. Idk.

what in the world is a scene kid

[hearts4golbach]

Get the Angles Right!

chapter 3.

pairing:

Johnnie Guilbert x Fem!Reader.

warnings:

none

"Well, good morning, Johnnie." You locked your apartment door. "How was the meeting?"

"long and really fucking boring, obviously." he smiled at you. "How'd you sleep?"

you pressed the button on the elevator. "I couldn't. my mind was flooded with ideas for you. it was crazy. I filled up a third of my notebook."

"I can't tell if that's a good or a bad thing." Johnnie laughed.

"I think it's good. who need sleep, anyway?" You smirked, shooting him a wink before stepping out of the elevator. "The first place I wanna show you is right up the street."

"Okay," he hummed as he walked next to you. "Despite all of the nasty shit, New York is really pretty."

"Yeah," you agreed. "I like the aesthetic of it all. it makes me feel more professional, like I'm in a movie. it's good motivation, sometimes."

"I'll have to come back and visit again."

in all honesty, you had forgotten he didn't live here in the first place. your heart ached. you looked away from him as you recollected yourself. "Yeah, you should." You shot him a fake smile and turned your head back towards the path.

you paused before speaking again. "My dream is to open my own store, some day." You looked at the vacant building across the street. "I mean, I'd make less singled out designs. some shit that anyone can walk in and buy, you know?"

he followed your gaze to the building across the street. "What would you name it?"

"probably something a lot cooler than L/n Designs, but you know. I may be creative with fabrics, but not with names." You sighed and laughed at yourself. "Maybe my boring name is why my clothes don't catch people's attention."

he shrugged. "I mean, I don't know jack shit about fashion or the fashion industry, but I'm sure it just takes time like everything else."

"You're right. It does." You took a step closer to him. "You're pretty fashionable for someone who apparently knows nothing about it."

"I kind of just throw together whatever is in my closet." he laughed. "I've been dressing like this since middle school, y/n."

"Me too! I mean, whenever I go out I'm dressed up but 90% of the clothes I wear are pajamas." You pointed towards the shop coming up. "This is it."

"Wait, what even is it? you never told me where we're going." Johnnie squinted in an attempt to read the sign.

"Wow, you put a lot of trust into me. it's a record store. not one of those big corporate shits that only sell today's top pop record vinyls, but you'll see." You cut yourself off, not wanting to spoil it.

he opened the door for you. you thanked him and walked in. "The quote unquote emo section is my favorite. whenever I actually want to buy a record, I always find one of my favorite albums. I'm not sure if everything in this section is actually emo, but, yeah."

you flicked through the selection, finding the 'Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge' album that comes with a red record.

"Oh, shit." Johnnie mumbled as you pulled it out of the selection.

"i know! I'd blast this shit whenever I was younger. to be fair, I still do." you laughed. "I'll have to come back and snag this one in my free time. I don't want to carry it around all day."

Johnnie began looking through the next part of that section. "damn, I really fucking underestimated this place." he pulled out the album 'Pretty. Odd.' by Panic! at the Disco. it was just a normal, black record.

"I love panic! I've never seen pretty odd here before." he handed it to you, and you flipped it towards the back.

he looked at you with a soft smile. he admired your excited facial expression. "yeah, me too." he said softly.

you looked back at him. the eye contact lasted what felt like hours, and it was electric. you shook your head softly. "Uh, yeah. they also have shit like vintage concert posters and tee shirts. of course, they're all expensive as fuck so I've never gone out of my way to get them. they're cool to look at, though."

Johnnie followed you to the back of the store. his eyes were wide as he looked over the countless posters that were hanging on the wall, each one overlapping another. "how does someone even get all of this shit?"

"I don't know, donations or people sell them, I guess." you shrugged.

the twi of you walked around towards the alternative pop section. you and Johnnie reached at the same time. your hand fell on top of his. you hesitated before pulling it away. "God, how many times are we going to do that?" You joked.

he shrugged, his face red. "it's whatever, I don't really mind."

you tried to hide your smile. "Me, either." You flipped through the first few. "Look, melanie martinez. do you know her?" You asked, handing him the 'Cry Baby' album with a baby pink and blue record.

"I've heard of her, yeah. I've never really listened to her, though." he looked at the back. "these song names are sick as fuck, though."

"you should check her out," you mention, putting the record back in its place.

you two left the store. "There's this small cafe across the street. if you're interested, we can stop and get coffee or something. it's on me this time, by the way."

"Yeah, let's go." he smiled

you pressed the button for the crosswalk. the light changed, signaling you to go. you began to step forward before Johnnie grabbed your arm and pulled you back. you watched in shock as a car whipped past you.

"fuck, don't scare me like that, y/n. i can't have you getting hit by a car right in fucking front of me." his hand stayed rested on your arm.

you turned around to look at him. "im sorry. maybe I should pay more attention." You laughed nervously.

"Don't worry about it, just glad you're okay." his hand slid down your arm and gripped your hand. he shook it gently before dropping it.

you carefully crossed the street with Johnnie glued to your side.

whenever you reached the cafe, he held the door open for you. "Thank you. apparently, this place is family owned and shit. it's really good, I go here all the time. I usually get a mocha frappuccino and a croissant. what do you want?"

he walked up to stand beside you and scanned over the menu. "Hot chocolate?"

you hummed, "I've never had it here before. Do you want a croissant, too?"

he nodded. "Yeah, sure."

you instructed him to go pick a seat, and you would order. he walked off, and you walked up to the counter.

"Hi! what can I get started for you?" The woman had a cheerful smile. she was older, probably in her late 50s.

"Can I get two croissants, a hot chocolate, and a mocha frap? both medium, please." You smiled back as you pulled out your card.

"Yes, ma'am. your total is on the screen, swipe whenever you're ready."

you paid the bill. she took your name for the order, and you went back to sit with Johnnie.

"everyone seems really fucking nice here." he mentioned. he looked away from the window to make eye contact with you.

you shrugged. "more or less. it depends where you go. that's why I have my signature spots." You smiled and sat at the seat across from him. "Is everyone a dick in LA or something?"

he shrugged. "People don't really interact with each other, to be honest. but not everyone is like that. it just feels like it's rare to find someone who is actually nice."

"Maybe you're just looking at it the wrong way. everyone is nice in their own way of showing it, or at least that's what my mother used to tell me." you explained. "I always try to see the good in people."

his bright blue eyes were excentuated by the sun. "that's actually a really fucking good way to look at it. damn, I never thought about that."

you shrugged. the woman called your name, and you went to go grab your order. it was on a small tray, which made it easier to carry everything.

you passed Johnnie his hot chocolate and croissant, then took your own. he took a sip of his hot chocolate. the taste made him raise his eyebrows. "this is actually really good. wanna try?"

"yeah, wanna try mine?"

you traded drink and took a sip of eachothers. the hot chocolate was really good.

[py-dreamer]

me: i'm gonna work on one of my already existing aus!

This mofo: psst pssst hey...

Me: what...?

This mofo: what if...there was a corpse bride spicynoodles au...?

Me: I swear one of those already exists

This MOFO: Yea...but what about using the chinese wedding aesthetic?

Me: tempting but....

Life: Hey! Here's some brushes that utilises patterns traditionally used in decoration for chinese festivals!

Me:......f*ck it.

here's a version sans the veil so you can see mk's beautiful deteriorating face! <3

Yea so I made a corpse bride au....

I WAS going to work on another shenanigans in space piece but then i found those brushes and an old sketch and decided to just wing it.

So Mk=Emily and Red Son=Victor

In all honesty, the brushes were an absolute joy to work with and I really look forward to using them in future!

I know technically speaking, it was the wedding rehearsal so RS shouldn't be in his wedding outfit but I couldn't resist

No glasses for this lad. Not on his wedding. I refuse.

The little letter on both their outfits is a character that means togetherness I believe, commonly used in weddings.

Patterns on the bottom for mountains and such since his family has always kinda lived on mountains (heck, they had one of their very on in jttw)

TINY FLOWERS IN HAIR AND DELICATE JEWELLERY ON EARS! YES!!!

Not much else to say about the guy, I am really pleased with his design :)

MK! Ooo boy...

His color pallette was difficult to work with, I ended up color picking from lbd, possessed wukong and Emily herself

I wanted to go for more of a clouds theme and stars (flowers of course cause, wedding. Duh) and had to resist bringing him out cause it is a plot point that all of mk's jewels were stolen.

Also no headband. I don't know if he'd wear it to his wedding but in this au, he doesn't for the time being.

Cultural references!

If anyone remembers that tumblr thread bout mulan's drag name 'hua ping' being slang for a twink this is similar.

Another slang for gayness is cut sleeve (there's a whole ass story bout a gay emperor and his boyfriend) but anyways since Emily's arm was rotting away there, I thought it appropriate. (Tied in with that rip up to his thigh in the robe, I think you get the picture lol)

For anyone drawing a hanfu or traditional Chinese clothing in general, it's meant to be folded right over left (see red son for reference),the other way round is for the dead. And I thought that be a fun detail as well as the white robe being used for the dead as opposed to the red one for celebration

anyway that's all I can think of for now, I'm going to bed before I get yelled at :D

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[jiraisupportgroup]

Hii I'm new to jirai kei n recently I joined a group where there's a lot o jirai / landmine ppl! I was asking some questions abt how to go for the fashion part of the subculture and one of my main questions was "is there any thrift store I can go to? Can I customize some clothing to make it look jirai?" And what I got as an answer was "No. Jirai ppl only use branded clothing, you can buy it second hand but you cannot customize in any way".

Tbh I'm not in a good place economically rn and I don't have a job either, so I'm not sure what I should do. Importing clothing costs 6 times more cause of where I live.

Is it really a rule that jirai / landmine can only wear branded clothes? (Liz liza, honey wardrobe, dear my love, etc)

I know I fit in the jirai lifestyle but I wanted to fit in the fashion too T--T

Thank you for your time♡♡ asking anon cause it's for me and a frien ^^"

I would once again like to preface this (as I preface all things) with the fact that I could entirely be talking out of my ass - this is just my opinion - and I am not a spokesperson for Jirai Kei or other mentioned subcultures / fashion styles as a whole.

I wholeheartedly disagree with that but also I will caveat that with the fact that I spent most of my teenage years in menhera / goth / emo / grunge spaces and those are very DIY-heavy subcultures. I'm also super relaxed about how people choose to label themselves (to the point where I barely claim to be in any subculture because I just don't want to bother with labels so I'm probably not the best person to ask haha~)

To me personally, this feels like an argument that someone coming from Lolita would make? I kind of see a link here in the sense that the two main reasons I think people say these things about Lolita are because it is really hard to make Lolita clothing and buying lolita knock-offs is generally bad for a whole slew of reasons. Similar arguments for both subcultures I think.

Girly kei / dark girly clothing can be really hard to make or DIY. I think it is certainly very possible to do, but it might take some trial and error. Mostly because being a bit over the top is kind of the aesthetic; there are a lot of ruffles and bows and lace and ribbons and buttons and cute little accessories and cut-outs and the neckline is typically very specific with decorated collars. At its base, it is just a blouse, but it's got a LOT of aspects that go into it, and if it's "too basic" then you're not really hitting that girly kei style. The skirts too (I personally think the skirts would be a little easier to DIY but I also have experience sewing with lace / grommets & making corset ribbon designs which is mostly what stands out from them to me?) You also run into a lot of the actual hardware being specific with hearts being a really common theme for belt loops or buttons, and decorated suspenders.

I think it would be difficult to DIY girly kei or dark girly pieces but it's certainly doable. One issue is that depending on where you're getting the materials for that DIY, it might be about the same cost (or more) as just buying a blouse (although this depends on shipping cost).

The other aspect of it is the argument against fast fashion which is a little more nuanced in Jirai Kei but I see where they're coming from? I mean, to be frank, ryousangata is literally "massed produced" fashion (& to be fair the aesthetics that are labeled as “ryousangata” have varied a lot over the years - it’s not just frilly blouses & stuff that’s just kind of what it happens to be right now). It's pretty much just fast fashion. MA*RS, Liz Lisa, & DearMyLove from what I can tell are mostly produced in Japan, although they do source materials from China, like most companies do (not automatically or necessarily a bad thing imo - but I will spare you that side rant bc it’s kind of not related). I couldn't find a lot of information about their production practices? So I'm unsure about worker environments for them? Generally, the big-name brands are going to be more ethically sourced & produced than random AliExpress sellers but by how much is kind of questionable (or at least I could not find a lot of information about the production processes so I'm not sure by how much - if anyone has additional information on this I would love love love to hear).

Now am I saying "Go buy a bunch of fast fashion off of AliExpress because it's cheaper and no one cares"? No. (It's also honestly not much cheaper.) But the reality is that it generally is fast fashion, so it's a weird balancing game. I think one of the main reasons people say "only buy Liz Lisa / MA*RS / DearMyLove" is because they want to avoid fast fashion as much as possible while participating in a fashion with a LOT of fast fashion sellers, and since it can be difficult to find production information they go for the big names because they're easier to trust in that aspect. (I also have fallen into this trap & have sworn my life to DearMyLove because they're the only big-name brand that is even slightly 6-foot-tall-bitch friendly T-T)

All of that being said, if you want to attach some bows and lace to a frilly blouse and call it girly kei I am absolutely not going to stop you (or honestly even judge you, but again that's just me). The shipping costs are part of the reason why I say the clothes are secondary to the jirai kei subculture especially as a foreigner because once you consider that the clothing is significantly more expensive and difficult to obtain in foreign circles it becomes directly contradictory to some of the reasons why those same clothes are so popular in the Japanese subculture: I don't think the cultural context of the fashion translates over to foreign markets (economically or socially, but I'll spare you that entire rant lol).

ALSO! Jirai Kei Subcul is awesome and has a much more obtainable aesthetic for foreign markets. It leans more into punk and you can use a lot of different pieces for it that are more easily obtainable, so I highly recommend looking into it. It might be a good medium for being able to feel fully like you belong, but not breaking the bank for an outfit.

[angelsanarchy]

One Long Weekend: - Clyde/YN One-Shot Series CH 01

"I'm not like trying to stalk you." "That's a relief.."

FRIDAY, 9PM

Clyde couldn't help but stare at her. She was like a ghost he ran into every weekend that hid behind a camera, snapping shots of the bands and crowds but never actually let herself be distracted with those around her. She was absolutely enjoying herself and the music but it was like she was in another world. He's been caught staring on more than one occasion but she never seems to want to hang around long enough to actually talk to anyone.

"Dude you've got to give it up. Either talk to the girl or move on. The whole creeping thing is starting to make the bartender nervous." Johnny clapped a hand on Clyde's shoulder startling him out of his gaze.

"What do you mean? I'm not even doing anything. The bartender just has it out for me because they lifted the ban from last time." Clyde bragged.

"Well it's still gives off serial killer vibes so chill." Clyde blew off Johnny's concern and turned back to where y/n was standing only to be disappointed she had disappeared.

Maybe Johnny was right. It was time to give up the cute ghost girl with the camera. He's been lucky she hasn't tried to kick his ass for the amount of times she's met his gaze with a concerned look. He should consider that a win.

He felt around in his pocket and walked towards the door to have a smoke, making sure to give the grumpy bartender and snarky wave before exiting. He took a drag from the cigarette and turned to walk to the smoking section when he noticed the girl.

Clyde immediately started choking embarrassingly loud causing a stir in all those who were also standing outside waiting for a ride or having a smoke. He leaned on one of the parking meters until a bottle of water was shoved into his face. He turned to see who was offering the relief, and was surprised to see she actually approached him.

"I don't think you're supposed to inhale that hard..." Clyde chugged the water to catch his breath before chuckling and gaining his composure.

"I will make a note of that." y/n nodded at him before turning away.

"Um thanks by the way. I'm Clyde." He gave a deflated wave.

"Y/n..." Clyde had finally gotten a name to put with the face.

"I guess this was kind of fate. Apparently I've been creeping everyone out by staring at you." Y/n's face froze in confusion.

"Is this the part that's not supposed to be creepy?" Y/n asks taking a step back.

"After saying it outloud, it sounds so much more creepy than I predicted. I promise I'm not some serial killer. I'm not trying to stalk you." Clyde explained himself.

"That's a relief. I was kind of hoping to try out my taser at some point but I guess I'll have to wait." Y/n wasn't afraid of him and it made Clyde smile.

"I mean I'm down to give it a shot but if I'm taking a jolt you'll have to owe me one." Y/n laughed. God she had a sexy laugh Clyde thought.

"Owe you one? Didn't I just save you from trying to suck the soul out of a cigarette?" She reminded making Clyde put his hands up in defeat.

"Semantics." Clyde smirked.

"So if you aren't trying to wear my skin as a meat suit, why do you keep gawking at me? I mean you're kind of ruining my whole blending in aesthetic." She gestured to the plain clothes she was wearing and Clyde shrugged.

"I don't know, you just have a really familiar face. I can't figure out where I've seen you before." Clyde explained.

"Well I spend most weekends photographing the bands at these clubs-" Clyde cut her off.

"No that's not it. I can't put my finger on it but when I first saw you at a show, I could have sworn I knew who you were. Now it's just kind of driving me crazy." Clyde raked his hand through his hair.

"Do you watch porn?" Y/n asked with a serious look making Clyde's eyebrows practically disappear into his hairline.

"W-ha" Clyde was speechless.

"I'm fucking with you! I promise you haven't seen me in your sweaty dreams." She gave him a shove and he felt the back of his neck warm up.

"CLYDE! We're out!" Johnny and the rest of the band stumbled out of the club, noticing the mystery girl standing in front of him.

"Oh wow you sacked up." Johnny gripped his shoulder and Clyde shook his head.

"Yeah we were just talking about her having my babies, you're kind of blowing the mood here." Clyde tried to get Johnny to give him some space but he swung his arm around Clyde's neck.

"My boy is a sweetheart in the streets and a freak in the sheets. You're in for the night of your life, just talk into his good ear!" Clyde shoved Johnny off of him laughing.

"Wow that's a helluva pitch." Y/n laughed.

"Yeah he's stupider than he looks. Did you need a ride or-" Clyde offered.

"As much as I'd love to be a statistic and get into a strangers van, I still have a lot of things to shoot before I call it a night." Clyde smiled a bit disappointed but amused by her humor.

"Ah but we aren't strangers anymore. Some might even call us best friends at this point." Clyde joked. Y/n laughed before pulling out her phone and holding her hand up.

"Hey Baby...yeah no I'm...I'm sorry I got held up...okay don't be an asshole. I'll be there soon." Clyde listened to y/n call someone baby on the phone and felt kicked in the gut.

"Clyde it's been strangely enjoyable meeting you but I've got to go. Try not to swallow anymore cigarettes or get arrested before I see you again." Y/n zipped her bag up and gave his arm a squeeze.

"No promises." Clyde called out to her as she jogged in the opposite direction. He watched her hop into a car with a guy behind the wheel and a girl in the backseat, giving him a small wave. Clyde didn't want his disappointment to show but a series of heckling from the peanut gallery leaning against his van brought him back to reality.

"You kind blew that one man." Johnny laughed.

"Did I? Or could it have been she just wasn't ready for all this?" Clyde waved his hands down his torso making the boys howl. Clyde jumped into the van and silently hoped he would see y/n again, if only just to stare at her a little longer.

[luchicm04]

If I were a Pokémon gym leader...

-SPECIALTY: Water Type💦

-OUTFIT: It may not have much to do with my element, but these clothes are similar to the ones I usually wear. Not all gym leaders wear outfits that are related to their types. Plus, they have blue all over them. If anything, you can imagine I'm wearing a swimming suit underneath.

-AESTHETIC (MY VIBES): I may be a water type specialist, but that doesn't mean I spend all day doind activities related to it. I actually prefer to stay at home and chill. However, I do enjoy swimming and it helps that I live next to the sea.

-BATTLEFIELD: Since I couldn't come up with my favorite field, you can look at these examples I found on the Internet and picture it in your mind. All in all, there would be a huge inner pool with different depth levels, with also some space to fight out of the water.

-TEAM:

Draco, the Gyarados. Having one always does you good. The name speaks for itself.

Georgina, the Araquanid. I really like it and wanted some Alola representation. I once had an araquanic in one of my lockes in Pokemon Indigo, so I wanted to honor her here.

Angel, the Lapras. I was gonna pick Milotic but this one can gigantamax so... The name has no explanation. A pretty name for a pretty creature.

Babosa, the Gastrodon. Same. Swampert was going to be in this spot, but I already had chosen one starter. For those who don't know, 'babosa' literally translates into slug.

Pancho, the Ludicolo. The 'lightning rod' pokemon. I think his name needs not a translation.

Alejandro, the Quaquaval. My starter because I like the design and I'm Spanish, and the name because I love Lady Gaga.

-BADGE: Yeah, I know what you're thinking. I had no imagination left at this point.

Well, that was it! What do you think? If you were a pokemon gym leader, what element would you pick? What team would you use? Doing this was so much fun, so I encourage you to do it yourselves. Make up your own team and background.

[butch-reidentified]

Did top surgery really help with your dysphoria? How do you feel about comparisons between dysphoric people undergoing surgery to feel better about their bodies vs anorexic or other dysmorphic people opting for surgery to relieve their discomfort? Do you think some or even most dysphoric people could be eventually reach body neutrality or acceptance with nonmedical support or treatment? Asking with total respect as your posts are so thoughtful & I'm interested in your views

Hi! Thank you for this ask, it gives me a chance to consolidate some of my previous posts/reblogs about this topic. I'll include some links at the bottom to my previous content on this 😊

1. Did top surgery really help with your dysphoria?

Yes, it helped me immensely, but I had created a rigorous, multi-year-long gatekeeping process for myself prior to following through with it. I wasn't a TRA, I didn't have a gender identity and had zero desire to distance myself from womanhood (honestly I never have), I was very much conscious of and at peace with my material reality, had been seeing a non-affirming therapist and gotten a second therapeutic opinion, had read numerous detrans regret stories to compare my reasons, thought process, & experiences to the ones that resulted in regret/dissatisfaction, and much more. 50 layers of caution and redundancy has always been how I work, and this was no different.

2. How do you feel about comparisons between dysphoric people undergoing surgery to feel better about their bodies vs anorexic or other dysmorphic people opting for surgery to relieve their discomfort?

I think the term "dysphoria" has been watered down and is as extremely subjective as one's sense of humor. Many trans-identified people say they experience an exacerbation ("trigger") of dysphoria in response to gendered things like wearing certain clothing, makeup, or being called "sir" or "miss" or whatever. Some even claim to "feel dysphoric" about enjoying hobbies stereotypically associated with their sex. These examples are to my experience of dysphoria what boomer humor is to my sense of humor: I simply don't get it and can't relate.

You asked a question about "dysphoric people undergoing surgery to feel better about their bodies," but to be clear, that's not what I did. I didn't feel bad about my body in the slightest; in fact, I loved my body. I really loved my breasts - they were genuinely uniquely remarkable breasts. They were wonderful, and a joyful signifier to me of my femaleness and connection to nature and the goddesses - something I've always taken great pride in, and I knew part of me would miss them. But dysphoria, for me (and the dysphoric people I tend to associate with irl), was/is a literal physical feeling in the same way that pain, itchiness, pressure, numbness, and tingling are physical sensations. It has nothing to do with my feelings about my appearance or my psychological relationship to my body. No matter how intense that sensation could be, I never loved my breasts any less.

As I expected, a part of me did and does miss them from time to time, but honestly it's a pretty superficial part - sometimes I miss their appearance and almost unnatural symmetry, or my nipple piercings, or the aesthetic of breasts on butch women, or goofing around with female friends about/with them. I do miss the bra pocket the most. Truthfully though, I never think about those things unless some specific relevant context prompts me to, and it's a totally cognitive "feeling" rather than an emotional one. It's also very mild and brief, and has never led to feeling regret.

I had body dysmorphia and anorexia for a fairly short time as a teen, but recovered quickly and very fully (I couldn't relapse if I tried, and being a good scientist, I did test that), and was totally mentally at peace with my body for years before even permitting myself to truly consider pursuing surgery. It was crucial to me that I be fully at peace with my body psychologically before doing so to minimize potential confounds. The sensation of relief I experienced post-op was more like the feeling I get after my pain management doctor injects lidocaine & steroids into my sacroiliac joints than the feeling I got at 17 when I could see my bones sticking out - in fact it was nothing at all like the latter. The mental space/energy it freed up for me was not at all emotional distress, but more akin to the mental space/energy freed up when I finally was put on the right medication for my POTS, reducing my fatigue and uncomfortable cardiac sensations immensely.

I never bothered with binding or anything because how others perceived me/how I looked in the mirror was never a factor in the slightest. Actually, if anything, binding would've made me hyperfocus on the sensation. The only relevant thing was the physical sensation and the fact that every other treatment I tried did absolutely nothing to alleviate it. I was able to heal cPTSD from multifaceted childhood abuse entirely on my own. A few years of EMDR had me far subclinical for PTSD after surviving the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting in Orlando in 2016. 4 weeks of PHP cured me permanently from severe anorexia. But nothing ever made a difference when it came to my dysphoria.

At the same time, I don't think most other people who call themselves dysphoric experience the same thing that I do. I think many - likely most - people who say they have dysphoria are gnc and struggling with stereotypes and expectations, have body image issues in general and think transition will help because of the rhetoric around it treating it as a silver bullet, are struggling to accept themselves for any number of potential reasons we often discuss here on radblr, are aroused by "cross-dressing" or cross-sex fantasies, or other things I'm definitely forgetting in my current half-asleep state.

3. Do you think some or even most dysphoric people could eventually reach body neutrality or acceptance with nonmedical support or treatment?

I know I'm reiterating here, but just to be very clear - I did reach a high level of body acceptance prior to my surgery, and total acceptance below the neck. My face (particularly being babyfaced & my nose) were the only things I was still a little self-conscious about, but not dysmorphic or anything severe. That's been resolved for a while now, too.

Absolutely 100% yes. I think the vast, vast majority of people who call themselves dysphoric or are diagnosed with "gender dysphoria" have zero business being approved for medical intervention, particularly surgery. The intense urgency to go under the knife that so many trans-identifying people express is a massive red flag for mental illness and non-intractible dysphoria, yet that urgency is often used to "prove" the medical "necessity" of such "treatments." The way so many people "come out" as trans and instantly want surgery as soon as humanly possible with as little preparation or gatekeeping as possible is extremely concerning, and in my eyes very much a sign that person is anything but a good candidate for medical intervention. Throwing a tantrum on Twitter because you have to wait a few years to get a major surgery is not a mentally healthy behavior... obviously. Those people need psychiatric intervention first and foremost, and goddesses we need more research.

The people I know who experience dysphoria as a physical sensation like I described are anecdotally far more cautious and thorough in considering medical intervention, much less likely to subscribe to gender ideology, and much more likely to attempt every possible alternative before deciding on surgery - an oddly parallel approach to that of most patients with chronic pain: try everything other than surgery/experimental medical intervention first.

Dysphoria means a hundred different things to different people these days. Maybe it always did, idk. I firmly believe we need to start separating these "types" of dysphoria, or ideally even separate them in name and concept altogether (stop calling all these different issues/symptoms/experiences by the same name). What do I have in common with a man who steals his sister's undergarments for a sexual thrill? What do I have in common with a teenage girl who thinks she must not be female because she hates skirts and loves cargo shorts? My experience is one of neurological dissonance, not emotional distress. This presents a major issue when it comes to research, though... if we aren't differentiating these drastically different varieties of "trans" and definitions of dysphoria, how can any research on dysphoric populations be remotely meaningful? The treatment plan for the man stealing his sister's undergarments and the treatment plan for the gnc teen girl and the treatment plan for me shouldn't all look the same. That seems glaringly obvious, and yet nobody seems willing to admit it.

My original I Don't Regret My Top Surgery post

"Radfems Misunderstanding Dysphoria" meme post discussion

Response to an ask about alternative ways to treat dysphoria

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We really need research to identify which patients are most likely to benefit from medical intervention (and which are most likely to be harmed by it)

Response to an ask: sex dysphoria vs gender dysphoria, and rare dysphoria as neurological with possible genetic/epigenetic components

Response to an ask: neurological dysphoria vs brain sex, part 1

Response to an ask: neurological dysphoria vs brain sex, part 2

[kitkatopinions]

Nitpick November Day Five! Let's talk about the Happy Huntress uniforms.

So, I don't remember exactly where I heard it, but I'm pretty confident it's true; The Happy Huntresses introduced in V7 were meant to parallel but be contrasts to the Ace Ops also introduced in V7. I could make an entire post about the ways that I think that failed that are a little more important than their uniforms like Robyn being a politician and them stealing from government works projects rather than like them stealing from Jacques Schnee and how I would've done the Robin Hood allusion differently etcetera etcetera, but those aren't nitpicks.

But specifically with the uniforms, I'm gonna nitpick the hell out of that. Because one of the ways that the Happy Huntresses could've so easily been used to contrast the Ace Ops is their clothes. We as the audience are meant to see the Ace Ops as stiff, order followers who act within the confines of Atlas and Ironwood, and we're meant to view the Happy Huntresses instead as the cool, rebellious non-conforming good badge carrying law enforcement officers that only follow their own rules (which again is an entirely different problem that's much bigger than a nitpick.) But if we're going to see the Ace Ops as stiff and confined and the Happy Huntresses instead represent freedom and expression... Why are their outfits so matchy? The Happy Huntresses should dress however they want, wield cool creative weapons, express themselves through their clothes and emblems if they even have emblems! Even though the Ace Ops all keep to an Atlas color scheme, their outfits are otherwise just as personalized if not more personalized than the Happy Huntress outfits are. Apparently Ironwood is like "No, it doesn't matter if Marrow is wearing a long sleeved coat, Harriet, of course you should wear a tank-top shirt and white shorts with dark blue chaps if you want to," but the Happy Huntresses were like "If our jackets aren't almost the exact same except in different dulled down colors, we won't look like a team." I'll also point out that making the Ace Ops a group of five (something that goes against the norm of teams as we've seen in RWBY) and only making four important HH members (though there is one more member named Crimson that's offscreen according to the Wiki,) is also slightly weird to me. Like, shouldn't Robyn's team be the one not adhering to strict arbitrary unnecessary rules like how many people are usually put on a team, while the Ace Ops are the ones who are adhering to those guidelines? I read on the wiki once that the Ace Ops being comprised of five people was 'a clue' that Ironwood wasn't good because he wasn't adhering to the four-person team thing, and I'm just like...

It's a nitpick, but really, why do the Happy Huntresses have any sort of uniform? If I was trying to play the Ace Ops as stiff and controlled and the Happy Huntresses as contrasting that, I'd start by giving the Ace Ops all one unchanging across the board uniform and making the Happy Huntresses an explosion of different styles and cool color schemes with no set aesthetic or uniforms at all. It seems obvious! Why couldn't one of them be more subdued and grayscale and one of them is like colorful punk and one of them is more cutesy vintage and one of them dresses in like... Idk, seventies inspired glam, or vampire looking goth stuff, or grunge or biker or anything interesting and not conforming?

This might just be me personally too, but I have an easier time getting attached to and caring about side characters when they look like they have a lot of personality. Like don't get me wrong, May specifically has a great personality that shines through even without some kind of iconic look. But compare this

To this

There's a reason people loved Neo from her very first appearance before we even knew anything about her, and it's because we could get so much character from just this shot

Not to mention

So much character can be gleaned by style (and attitude.) I do not understand the choice to make characters that are meant to be significant and thematic like the Happy Huntresses and then putting them all in dulled down samey uniforms with all the same weapon.

[radiocity]

why do i keep thinking dana's hair looked better b4 the makeover lol (like it lowkey framed her face better/ hid it less) am i crazy tho ,,

HI,. HELLO. no you're right, we are talking about shane cutting her hair in 1x10 right? well the problem with shane is she's shit at her job but that's another issue

this got long and turned into more of a dana analysis (1573 words...) so i put it under the cut ->

i'm the worst ever because i honestly prefer dana's sporty look with hair that can be completely tied back when she plays tennis, but generally i kinda had no clue what they were going for with her bc in the feminine women agenda the l word was held prisoner to they wanted her to not be too masculine anyway, which kind of cut her off from having more stereotypically lesbian haircuts that we associate with... lesbians who have played tennis professionally - martina navratilova, billie jean king - like this

but yeah idk... i prefer the long hair that frames her face if only because it sort of inadvertently makes her jaw look squarer (which i like) and makes her look more intentional with her actions (which she is), so there's genuinely nothing to hide... in a more holistic sense i appreciated her original looks as a sort of reminder of how inescapable her lesbianism to her, the same way her face is more or less thrust outwards and taken in whole every single time. hiding behind the bangs pushes her back and - maybe works in line with her plotline within s2 MAYBE - hides her in a strange way i thought antithetical to her whole story being Transforming into the lesbian sports icon and taking hold of her destiny despite the pushback from her family and society at large

i think you could sorta make the argument of the middle parting no bang look being a sort of straight girl situation, but to me what read as her attempting to appear 'straight' (or, at least, not disruptively 'queer') was always always always those little stud earrings she wears like this assuredly feminine touch throughout, so no matter how many sweaty games of tennis she plays or muscle tees she wears, the jewellery on her is basically acting to say, no! reminder! i'm your straight conservative wifey. especially when jenny throughout is really characterised through her big bold thick bangs that hide her from the world (and work in the narrative), giving dana these strange feather cut bangs was always just a strange decision to me idk. one big issue throughout the show was that shane was the only one really allowed to be androgynous (hard to say she's butch when she doesn't really take up any of the roles or senses of being butch) - beyond a couple of random side characters - so that the other main ensemble had a line in the sand drawn for how far they could stray from conventional femininity, and most of them don't move far from it

the famous "do you have to dress like that" scene between her and shane always made me laugh because her hair is in this slick ponytail and she's wearing this tanktop, clearly coming or going from practice, muscles out, etc... like i would not be seen on the street with u if i was also desperately and fruitlessly trying to hide being a lesbian dana

though as a sidenote they really couldn't decide what they wanted with her because while she sort of toed a line between masculine and feminine aesthetics, and erin daniels is obviously gorgeous, they end up pushing her towards feminine when it felt like her character... wanted the other thing,.. (this is me projecting and making shit up though)

her strange gay beard who was convincing no one at the welcoming party

when alice and shade are probing dana on her gaydar and asks "would you wear high heeled sandals with tapered jeans" and it's like the first time she's heard of either of those items of clothing

actually on clothes later in that episode look at this... like are they not aligning dana more with shane than they are alice with those dark jackets ... dana's in jean shane's in leather like

in a way i think a lot of her attraction to lara and circling around this impressively pretty and very feminine woman brings out this awkwardness in dana where she wants the strength to reach out and/or take charge in a way she just can't, one outfit that really sticks out to me is the tight polo she's wearing trying to compliment her in the same episode here

tbh in a way i almost get the sense they they're playing on dana as forced feminine and lara as accepted 'masculine' or rather is comfortable wearing this very blocky unflattering chef's uniform while dana is just so uncomfortably forwards with her face/body (uncomfortable in person not in sports yes it is sports uniform yes)

anyway when dana and lara are breaking up in episode...7? 8? this scene dana is like nervously looking around at all the straight couples and this shot always interested me because she is... looking at the man . the woman is in the centre but dana herself is positioned to the left side of the screen as the man is, and obviously lara is there so dolled up ( i love her entire look this episode) so - IMO - it just read like dana is trying to.. do something akin to him

only after lara starts coming on to her does her gaze like actually and meaningfully shift to the woman which to me just read as her being concerned with, specifically, how other women are seeing her. to take on the role of the "man" for the purpose of the "woman", or to try within your limited capacity to do so

and dana has to do this apologetic speech to lara about how she just can't be gay and "when she hides it she hides the best part of her. but you don't understand what it means to be me" and then "i'm not like you" ugh i just think the whole thing reads as her lesbianism not being as simple as 'being gay' but rather 'BEING' looking, sounding, acting gay, this total containment of herself that needs total release, this very profound lesbianism that demands to be so... brazen, idk....

LIKE THIS PERHAPS

ok this is getting so insanely long for no reason so let me end on one note: THE THING I CANNOT GET OVER. IN GENERAL. IS HOW ON JENNY AND DANA'S DATE SHE... LOOKS... HELP

before this when they were in the bar together i was just thinking so endlessly about dana's move to make jenny comfortable - "i've never done this before" dana: "you've never been to a bar before?" "no, a women's bar, by myself" "oh. me neither"

then jenny says "this is something out of the 1950s its so butch and femme" and dana starts telling her about the history of it and how it "probably hasn';t changed since the fifties" and just keeps talking and talking, trying to comfort jenny on how it's no different to any other club and ETC, in a way it really reminds me of how she interacts with lara when she was giving her a compliment (trying to say she always looks nice. like not dirty. when i . see you.") in that really stilted fashion that, to me, reads as this overly anxious probing into desire but caution, always taking a step back lest you took too many forwards, a delicate tapping around her own attraction and her role in these entanglements

anyway the outfit, and this happens at the end of the haircut episode in the first place, so this is her hot off shane's awful hairdressing chair:

like i'm sorry they are in the same outfit virtually but they dolled dana up so strangely with makeup here (and earlier in the episode) that this was so baffling, because she is in butch uniform right now with those insane leather? metal? cuffs around her wrists, i had no idea what was going on here. in the same outfit more or less but fashioned and functioning so differently, jenny's accentuating her shyness and uncertainty, arguably her hair covering up more than her vest does, sharp angles of the v pointing down, sat in the light, on the edge of becoming ephemeral . dana positioned more in the shadow, planted firm, the thick arms of her vest and the round neck keeping your attention straight across her shoulders and thus leading to her arms . ignore the godawful belt here again i think that the jeans being 'high' waisted and the strange brown belt was just another attempt by the evil costume designers to try and create some sort of 'chapstick' lesbian aesthetic, but really imo these attempts just give way to dana's own desire to lean more masculine but trapped within her almost innate inability to do so meaningfully

SIDENOTE: i realise this is supposed to be some hilarious comedy scene to be like omg hahaha lool jenny and dana? lmaooo but i kinda think they should have gotten together for real and this should have been danas true butch awakening like look at her . now imagine this without the stupid bangs and with her comfort slick back ponytail

she even tries to awkwardly lean back to show off her muscles like...?????????????????

lol but rewatching this when she lifts her leg up she';s wearing... stiletto boots

it's the L word you can't talk about butches and butchism because they exist so far pushed to the peripheries of the show but my god ilene chaiken i hate you forever but yeah her haircut sucked shane should be a barista or something

[jennablackmorebooks]

@kvr0ii if you don't mind, I'm going to answer on this blog, since I want to keep it somewhat separate from my main blog so I can remain uh. employable. extremely dystopian world isn't it

(Context: I made a post on my secret personal blog something about how it's totally cool for my friends to message me at 1 AM to ask about what textiles my characters wear; I considered doing the same thing to some of my friends before getting nervous about it.)

Mae turns 20 just before mid-2016, though the year is never quite stated in the text because every year we move farther and farther away from 2016. She's 19 when she gets her wings at the start of Rainbow. She's not at the point of developing a professional wardrobe for a workplace, she's still able to afford the clothes she wants, and because of the year she's relatively uninfluenced by microtrends and tiktok aesthetics (in fact, if you asked her about Tik Tok, she'd probably think of the song). At this point, business casual was on the back end of having its moment, narrower pants were in style, and while people were talking about sustainable fashion, it wasn't as prevalent casually as discussion of it is now.

There are a few styles that are pretty popular around this time, which she probably gets at the shops. Specifically, we see her with items such as a blazer, a couple of dresses (including one full of glitter), a hoodie, and knit leggings. The blazer is never really something that the origin is revealed of, though it is something Mae hadn't seen in a few months at one point but was familiar enough with to recognise, so we can't be entirely sure if it's perhaps an old wool blazer, or one of the new polyester blazers that were so easy to find in just about any mall clothing store in the mid-2010s. She cut a hole in the arm of it, so it couldn't have been too expensive. She does wear it to go flying over a lake, which wouldn't be the ideal thing to do with wool. Still, I'm going to suggest this might not be completely a win for polyester, since Mae complains of the heat quite a lot, and wool would be more breathable than polyester would be. I'll suggest perhaps this is a secondhand wool blazer. It still holds its structure after being owned a while and also cut in the sleeve, which , having personally owned some of those 2010s mall blazers, I know they wouldn't really have done all that well. The blazer is long, so it might have been a vintage oversized.

Her glitter-covered periwinkle dress, however, is all polyester and plastic, and her knit leggings are probably acrylic and elastane. I think her white dress might be linen, because of its pairing with the azalea crown as a sort of counter to the deeply unnatural Deirdre and Mae's change since acquiring the wings. But, it would have to be quite fitted at the top, since it's strapless. She describes it as a flowing dress, so the bottom is probably quite loose; it's great for the weather since it's an excellent material for hot days, and it flows quite well when there's enough fabric. The sequins on her concert suit are plastic, and the velvet of her boots probably acetate or polyester. The shirt she wears with it is silver, which suggests a non-natural fibre to get that really shiny look, and it wouldn't be silk since she's buying it in a random mall store for one specific event.

(As an aside, when she borrows Kaio's clothes, those are cotton. He's a flannel and jeans and t-shirts sort of lad for his everyday outfits.)

Mae, for the safety of her wings, can get away with wearing whatever she feels like; she never really has scale troubles. Perhaps due to the engineered nature of her wings, physical limitations such as the permanence of scales or the weight of her bones for flight never really matter that much. She notices that the small wing she activates her own wings with is not subject to the whims of physics that regular butterfly wings would be:

And I imagine the same is mostly true for the wings she develops. She never mentions taking precaution (despite her nervous nature) to keep her scales from falling off, and perhaps they do not. As butterfly scales do not grow back, perhaps the solution was for Kaio to engineer the wings in such a way that the loss of scales would not be a factor in the first place. This lets Mae wear whatever she feels like, and she seems to prioritize cut and colour over fibre content, recognising articles of her own and other people's clothing by these features instead of by their fibre content, excepting Keiko's silk dress, something that others Keiko due to its anachronistic nature to the time they live in, and the leathers of Feris who is still apart from Mae and Kaio in the sense of how she gained her wings and her connection with Tornin, and Iron Filings for concert outfits, which are deviations from what she's used to seeing them wear. So, textiles are mostly important to Mae when they serve to mark the wearer as different.

Thank you so much for asking, this was so fun to answer! :D

[struggle-but-its-all-ocean-floor]

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Hi! I do think the set was New York themed, but I’m not so sure if the flowers represent the restaurant. It could just be for love or something like that since the song is a love song. Jungkook did have a very similar outfit to Jimin though.

But I have a question. Do you have any thoughts on jungkook having a very similar concept to Jimin and his clothes/photos being either the same or similar to jimins during face? Jungkook did pick out his clothes for the photoshoot. He may have specifically wanted jeans with mud on the bottom of them and I’ve seen people connect that to face because of the mud. But I don’t know what they could be trying to say if they are hinting at something (relationship wise).

I know matching is a bigger thing between couples in Korea, but I’m not sure if jungkook would try to match every little thing to Jimin. And it seems like he’s the only one doing it (but I have seen people say this has been planned between the both of them since even before face was released. I don’t think jungkook has had the song since before face though, I’m pretty sure he got it after face was released. So would they have been planning to match the concepts for whenever jungkook did have a song? I’m not so sure 🤷‍♀️).

What are your thoughts? Thanks!!

Here’s a post I found that mentions jungkook picking what he wanted for the photoshoot. 💜

I didn't read the post but I did read the interview that worker gave. She said Jungkook mentioned the brands he liked, but she also said they offered suggestions (and one of her ideas was even approved by Jungkook) to which Jungkook said something along the lines of "of course, we have to leave it to the professionals". To me, that interview isn't proof that Jungkook picked every little thing himself - quite the opposite, he made some suggestions, took some ideas, but together he and the team chose the styling. Approving an outfit similar to one Jimin wore because his team suggested it is quite different from suggesting such outfit himself. Jungkook may not have even been aware of the similarities in their outfits. Since he's a fellow member, not a fan, he may or may not remember Jimin's outfits with that much detail - even if they are boyfriends lmao.

I've said it before that I can't explain these similarities because we can't know for sure why Jikook wore the same pieces. There are unique pieces that they seem to share, but there are also brands the whole group has been wearing lately, on and off stage, so in those situations it's more about opportunity than intent. I also find it hard to believe that Jungkook would be that focused on matching with Jimin. Its important to remember that Jikook have similar tastes on many things and are both interested in a sexier, more mature image for themselves. And yeah, Seven didn't exist before Face so they couldn't have been planning Face and Seven to match aesthetically since before Face lmao.

My thoughts are kind of that I have no thoughts. I usually don't have opinions on these type of things since they are very speculative and hard to prove or disprove. I just read what other people say and keep it in mind.

Thanks for the ask!

[savannahsdrabbles]

1, 2, 7, 10, 16, 20, 25, 26, 32, 33, 37, 40, 42, 45

Putting these under the cut since there's a lot of them!

1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?

Typically just in whatever position I last left it in - it was open last night.

2. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotels?

Occasionally? I have really long hair though, so those teeny bottles are enough for like... one strip of hair lol

7. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?

Definitely a bear. Bees are aesthetically very pleasing, but also terrifying. I feel like a bear is big enough that if needed I could get into a car or hide under something where it couldn't fit to reach me. Bees can just get in your clothes and hair.

10. What is your biggest pet peeve?

I'm actually not sure about this one? I'll have to think about it.

16. Is it OK for guys to wear pink?

Sure!

20. Were you ever a boy/girl scout?

Nope, but my brother was one

25. What’s your favorite kind of sandwich?

Anything with tomato is usually super good - but just a simple peanut butter sandwich can be super satisfying too <3

26. Best thing to eat for breakfast?

I don't think I have a set answer? Sometimes I don't eat breakfast.

32. Are you afraid of heights?

Just a teeny bit? Like dropping off of a rock climbing wall is always scary.

33. Do you sing in the car?

Heck yeah

37. Occupations you wanted to be when you were younger?

I went through a phase where I wanted to be a pirate, and then transitioned into wanting to be a veterinarian.

40. Walmart or Target?

Walmart is cheaper, but Target feels fancy

42. Cheetos or Fritos?

Already answered! :D

45. Own any record albums?

Nope - I also don't have a record player.

[the-invisible-queer]

Thoughts on the Jonas Brothers and their spouses' met gala looks?

In the past? I doubt any of them are showing up this year because Nick has the flu, Pri is still in Europe shooting and Joe is going through his life changes

Has Kev and Dani ever gone? I couldn't find any pics and I feel like I've only seen Prick and Jophie in the past

But yeah I'll share my thoughts on their looks

Idk what year these looks are from and don't feel like looking it up out of laziness and idk if I got every year they've gone but I tried.

Jophie trigger warning for those who need it

Joe & Sophie

So THIS is what I think of when I think of Joe at the MET Gala because the image of him with his hand on Sophie's pregnant belly gets me every time. 🥺

Despite how things ended their love was still beautiful while it lasted and their love gave us two beautiful girls

Their fits are good. I LOVE his cape(?!?) or the tail of his jacket. Could do with more chest hair but that's just ME

His hairrrr 😩 and the facial hairrrr he could get me pregnant if he wants

Sophie's dress is simple but still pretty. I know I kept reading about her wearing flats - hence why they're almost the same height for once. But I mean who expects a pregnant woman to be in heels all night?

Her hair and makeup is giving AU Morticia Addams - which they did do Morticia and Gomez for Halloween one year and it lives rent free in my head

Then we have what might have been their first MET Gala together? Maybe. Like I said I'm not sure.

Joe is wearing my favorite color which looks *chef's kiss* on him. Always love seeing my guys

Sophie's dress is gorgeous and looks so fucking good on her

And then we have whatever the fuck this was:

They both look incredible as expected. I mean they're both hot as fuck.

I like her bodysuit more than his turtleneck.

Can't not mention how short my guy is next to her in those heels I'm lowkey obsessed with it

Nick & Priyanka

Nick wasn't with Pri yet.

I believe this was the year they got married but they had a very quick and short romance. Like they went on one date and then he proposed and they got married a few months later ALLEGEDLY

I love this fit. Simple, elegant and it looks good on him. Though I don't like the shoes.

I wish his hair was better so I could use this for Lip but Lip would NEVER cut his hair that short.

Was this the religious theme year? The one when Chadwick and Rihanna won the whole night

I don't know what was going on. What the hell was the theme?

But hi bald 👋

I really love his jacket. It's giving me Baz Luhrman Gatsby aesthetic.

I have a love/hate relationship with her trench coat dress with a train. Like she obviously looks incredible. But also why? I'm not mad at it. Just confused.

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This is one of my least favorite Nick looks and I cannot pinpoint WHY!

It's not the stache because we learned I'm like the only person besides Pri who didn't mind the Bruno stache. Could be the eyeliner which I usually find hot on men but I guess he's the exception. Sorry, Nick. 😔

She's giving the White Queen in Alice in Wonderland. Reminiscent of Iracebeth in Burton's Alice in Wonderland with the hair.

I love her fit. I hate his.

NOW

The photo of them looking at each other makes me want to throw up in a good way. I love how in love and obsessed with each other they are. It's one of my favorite photos of them.

Probably my least favorite look of Pri's for the gala. The dress is gorgeous and I love the gloves, but the outer layer looks like a giant sleeping bag with drapes.

Not a fan of her hair either. HOWEVER she still looks hot as fuck. Like there is no possible way she could ever look bad.

Nick looks good. Like the leather jacket and the tie with the broach(?) shaped like a dragon(?). Simple but it works for it.

I'll be the first to ADMIT Nick doesn't need much to look good because he looks good in most fits. He's handsome and most clothes look good on his form.

[s4kasaki]

Hello~, may I request Rei and/or Rinne hcs with an s/o who dresses/like lolita fashion. Both goth lolita & pastel (cute) lolita; thank you in advance

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is.. does this mean.. the . The KEY. did I just get an anon.... (HAHA SORRY FOR SUCH AN EXAGGERATING REACTION) but yes, you may

♡︎ — rei & rinne | a s/o who likes and dresses in loilta fashion!

‣ tws/cws: none;

‣ reader: gender netural - they/them

‣ authors note: this was that request I was excited to write. this might be a little short but I hope I reached the goal I was tryna write and also what you wanted!

☆ — SAKUMA.

He is intrigued by the style you have going on! And your fixation on it. You look so beautiful with all of those frills and ruffles, fine lace, and embroidered edges... He might have to eat you up!

Light-pastel lolita isn’t exactly to his tastes if you asked him, Rei can’t deny he’s drawn to Gothic lolita. If you ever ask him for outfit advice he points you to the dark ribbons and tights, always recommending mainly black, red, and white colors

He loves how cute you are in any style nonetheless; it only gets worse when you’re all dressed up and adorable in your lolita outfits. He’s continuously staring softly, wondering what he ever did to deserve someone so perfectly lovely as you. He reminds you of it hourly that you are beyond gorgeous, especially in public cause he doesn't care! You're drop-dead beautiful and the world should see and know it

He's mentioned a few times how he wouldn't mind trying some of your clothing on to see how it would look like on him, he knows he has a good figure and he also knows he would rock gothic Lolita. He has had no prior interests in cross-dressing or drag, but those big puffy frilly dresses just look too adorable and soft! When you do manage to get him in a dress he’s very cooperative, letting you apply makeup as he smiles and giggles all the while~ though you must admit, he looks pretty good in a dress!

Would be knocked out cold if you, got/made a cute lolita style dress based the undead outfit.

Just adores you and your fashion to an extent, and never fails to compliment you like crazy ꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡

☆ — RINNE.

the embodiment of beautiful, is that you? He thinks you're super cute!! He seriously thinks you're trying to kill him at this rate! Because you look truly look like a doll and he is all down. Lots of flirting!!

He's a big fan of the pastel, sweet and cutesie Lolita — it truly makes you look adorable! but he never lets your dresses and aesthetic fool him, he never knows when you might just attack him! Playfully of course... hopefully. The first time he saw you wearing cute Lolita he was shocked it was even you.

He will talk about your fashion non-stop to his unitmates and his fans, about how cute you look and talking about: "that's my partner! I'm so fuckin lucky!!! I bet you guys are jealous >:)"

He'll buy you pretty much anything, all you need to do is ask! He really can't help but say yes to you… even when you tell him he doesn't have to say yes all the time.

Will make you model all of them for him. And it ends up turning into a photoshoot damn near which you tease him relentlessly about. He's blushing the whole time he takes photos of you, and if you let him: He most definitely will post those photos on Instagram and flaunt you off to all his fans.

One thing that makes him incredibly weak is when you come to one of his performances in a soft lolita dress. He doesn't know exactly why you have this effect on him while he's up on stage singing, maybe because you being the crowd pushes him to do his absolute best to make you swoon over him!

He has probably tried on one of your dresses before while you weren't around and you had suddenly walked in on him posing and taking photos or himself and he was so embarased about it, he couldn't ever let it go. Unfortunately... (• ▽ •;)

He can't keep his hands to himself when he sees you in those fancy clothing, so you'll have to fix up some things in your outfit cause he will DEFINITELY ruin some of it. he feels kinda bad afterwards

[tobi-smp]

i think some wilburian grievances arent simply “tommy has the white streak in fanart even when its not canon,” i think its the general dislike of fandom attributing traits that are unique to or most prevalent in c!wilbur to other characters and ignoring or demonizing their same presence in him. i’ve seen people also get annoyed about ghost stuff (making every ghost a slightly aesthetically recolored ghostbur when the way ghostbur is specifically is a manifestation of c!wilbur’s trauma), the pogtopia coat, friend’s wool, etc. i think its more a feeling of “cant we have one thing?” than a “THE INNITERS CANT HAVE THIS,” though some people are certainly like that. i know most inniters do this out of love for the character, but sometimes that message isnt conveyed to wilburians, a group which are already on edge due to the wider fandom. fr a fandom-sibling type beat issue imo

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if I'm gonna be honest, I don't think the examples you used really illustrate your point, because most of those come off as either silly or missing the context behind headcanons or why they happened. they're also just, completely missing the demonization aspect entirely.

when I think about the fandom taking traits from wilbur and then demonizing wilbur himself, I'm reminded of the fact that the fake version of c!dream that dream apologists have created in their mind is, essentially, wilbur's character and wilbur's arc stole and repurposed to make wilbur the viillain in dream's story.

with the pogtopia coat or friend's wool, the connection to wilbur is entirely the point.

there's first, the mourning aspect. wilbur was one of if not the most important and influential person in tommy's life, and wilbur was dead. with no grave to grieve at and nothing left of wilbur's l'manberg (or even new l'manberg) tommy didn't Have anything of wilbur left to clutch onto. and having Things to connect to People, to signify those relationships you had with them, is something that's integral to tommy's character.

having tommy wear wilbur's coat in exile not only Gives him that object to mourn with, to Hold Onto wilbur from a sentimental perspective. but it also was a visible metaphor for wilbur's influence on him (both through laying the foundations of tommy's beliefs And through ghostbur's presence and support through the beginning of exile) holding him together when he had nothing else.

tommy's own clothes are ripped and dirty and bloody, but wilbur's coat keeps him warm and dry. wilbur may be gone now but bond between them still keeps tommy going.

the coat is the compass, it's important Because Of it's inherent connection to wilbur and what it says about tommy's connection to him.

likewise, having these two visibly match each other with the white streak Reinforces that character connection. this idea that no matter how strained their relationship may be, no matter how angry or scared or upset they may make each other, they will always be connected. they will Always matter to each other. that bond will always be there, and as long as they're able to they will be drawn to each other.

and it's the same with tommy holding onto friend (in canon) and making a sweater out of friend's wool (in fanon). tommy was, Canonically, the only character to mourn ghostbur. tommy made ghostbur a grave even while tubbo and ranboo insisted that he didn't need one because wilbur was revived. likewise, tommy's voice reaches ghostbur in his limbo, with tommy being the Only thing grounding him.

and this is pretty consistent with their relationship being close! ghostbur followed tommy into exile because he wanted to be there for him, even when he couldn't understand the severity of what was happening. he built logstedshire because he wanted to make a Home for tommy and Remembered how upset it made him to see it was blown up during doomsday. he made the compasses because he wanted tommy to still be connected to his friends (to his family, to his home) (and it's no coincidence that many of the headcanons with tommy wearing wilbur's pogtopia jacket include ghostbur giving it to him). he poked holes in dream's manipulation, he lied to dream to try to protect tommy from him even though that was something he found difficult, he stood up for tommy to his dad during doomsday and Mourned what phil had taken away from Them (because wilbur had always wanted to build a home For Them. for his family)

when ghostbur came back after his failed resurrection he implied that his unfinished business was taking care of tommy, and it's implied again that ghostbur watched over tommy's ghost in that brief time that tommy had died.

tommy wanting to keep a piece of ghostbur with him, to have Physical Evidence that someone mourns him, that someone cares about him, that someone Remembers Him is about Celebrating ghostbur and his relationship with tommy, not erasing him.

and like, none of this means that anybody has to Like these headcanons. you don't, and that's fine. but framing it as if these traits are being Stolen and Erased is silly on the face of it and sorely misses the point. the connection to wilbur Is The Point. carrying wilbur (and ghostbur's) memory on after he's gone Is The Point. the fact that this is a character that's had a massive impact on the people around him and will Always be a presence in their lives (will always Matter) is the point.

as for the other point ! I fully agree that it's frustrating when people don't understand that ghostbur's memory issues come from Trauma (Especially in how people use them to infantilize or outright dehumanize him), but the situation with other ghosts happened because of a lack of information.

when ghostbur first appeared we didn't know how ghosts worked, he was our only standard. so when people imagined what ghosts looked like he was the template we had to work off of. (and even then, back when exile was still going on many people started making ghost designs for tommy because well, There Was A Real Concern He Wasn't Gonna Make It. these designs were quite variable, with the most popular probably being the lava themed one considering, You Know)

it was only when we got other ghosts To Compare To that it became 100% apparent that 1: they are all quite different and function in different ways and 2: that ghostbur's memory issues are Unique To Him and not tied to the nature of him Being a ghost.

this is really obvious with ghostboo designs now, which were made entirely with this understanding. the creativity is frankly off the charts, even now that a general consensus has been met for a standard ghostboo design.

it wasn't trying to Steal traits from wilbur, it was just a lack of understanding about how ghosts Worked that we later got more context on.

in a similar vein, while I Do very strongly believe that the white streak being shared between wilbur and tommy Has thematic significance, it's also true that these were just convergent evolution. people have gone back to try to dig for where this design decision came from and it was legitimately just that "white streak after coming back from the dead" is a really common trope that dates back decades that wilburians and inniters Separately thought would be neat. and then when they both became popular enough in their inner circles they started being inspired by each other.

the first post that used this design was about wilbur (because wilbur's potential revival was dropped the same time we learned about the revival book), but it exploded in popularity after tommy was Actually revived months before wilbur. it was through this popularity that cc!wilbur was exposed to it and decided to canonize it.

there was no theft in this situation and there is no real ownership of it. it came from fandom spaces looooong before ours, simple as that.

which all of this gets at the bigger issue that makes me feel the need to comment on this situation at all:

both innocuous fandom decisions And genuinely thought out headcanons and meta (and such) involving wilbur's relationship with other characters are treated the Same as genuine character assassination from certain parts of the fandom because malice is always assumed first. which leads to totally innocuous things being demonized when it's not particularly conductive to the actual conversation that wilburians are trying to have.

we shouldn't be fighting over hair or clothes, we should be unifying against the Real enemy (c!dream apologists that think wilbur and tommy are the devil and steal their character traits to make the fake version of c!dream they made in their head more interesting and more innocent)