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listen I’m a girl in love with fictional men twice my age who loves Twilight and Taylor Swift. what exactly do you expect from me?
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Lily Gladstone as Jax Fancy Dance (2023), directed by Erica Tremblay
#lily gladstone#fancy dance#lgladstoneedit#filmedit#filmgifs#filmtv#directed by women#*#thank you erica you are my god#please support this movie in theaters or on apple tv+!#it's really good!#my mom gave it two thumbs up
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"Body hair is so gross" KILL YOURSELF
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the thing about art is that it was always supposed to be about us, about the human-ness of us, the impossible and beautiful reality that we (for centuries) have stood still, transfixed by music. that we can close our eyes and cry about the same book passage; the events of which aren't real and never happened. theatre in shakespeare's time was as real as it is now; we all laugh at the same cue (pursued by bear), separated hundreds of years apart.
three years ago my housemates were jamming outdoors, just messing around with their instruments, mostly just making noise. our neighbors - shy, cautious, a little sheepish - sat down and started playing. i don't really know how it happened; i was somehow in charge of dancing, barefoot and laughing - but i looked up, and our yard was full of people. kids stacked on the shoulders of parents. old couples holding hands. someone had brought sidewalk chalk; our front walk became a riot of color. someone ran in with a flute and played the most astounding solo i've ever heard in my life, upright and wiggling, skipping as she did so. she only paused because the violin player was kicking his heels up and she was laughing too hard to continue.
two weeks ago my friend and i met in the basement of her apartment complex so she could work out a piece of choreography. we have a language barrier - i'm not as good at ASL as i'd like to be (i'm still learning!) so we communicate mostly through the notes app and this strange secret language of dancers - we have the same movement vocabulary. the two of us cracking jokes at each other, giggling. there were kids in the basement too, who had been playing soccer until we took up the far corner of the room. one by one they made their slow way over like feral cats - they laid down, belly-flat against the floor, just watching. my friend and i were not in tutus - we were in slouchy shirts and leggings and socks. nothing fancy. but when i asked the kids would you like to dance too? they were immediately on their feet and spinning. i love when people dance with abandon, the wild and leggy fervor of childhood. i think it is gorgeous.
their adults showed up eventually, and a few of them said hey, let's not bother the nice ladies. but they weren't bothering us, they were just having fun - so. a few of the adults started dancing awkwardly along, and then most of the adults. someone brought down a better sound system. someone opened a watermelon and started handing out slices. it was 8 PM on a tuesday and nothing about that day was particularly special; we might as well party.
one time i hosted a free "paint along party" and about 20 adults worked quietly while i taught them how to paint nessie. one time i taught community dance classes and so many people showed up we had to move the whole thing outside. we used chairs and coatracks to balance. one time i showed up to a random band playing in a random location, and the whole thing got packed so quickly we had to open every door and window in the place.
i don't think i can tell you how much people want to be making art and engaging with art. they want to, desperately. so many people would be stunning artists, but they are lied to and told from a very young age that art only matters if it is planned, purposeful, beautiful. that if you have an idea, you need to be able to express it perfectly. this is not true. you don't get only 1 chance to communicate. you can spend a lifetime trying to display exactly 1 thing you can never quite language. you can just express the "!!??!!!"-ing-ness of being alive; that is something none of us really have a full grasp on creating. and even when we can't make what we want - god, it feels fucking good to try. and even just enjoying other artists - art inherently rewards the act of participating.
i wasn't raised wealthy. whenever i make a post about art, someone inevitably says something along the lines of well some of us aren't that lucky. i am not lucky; i am dedicated. i have a chronic condition, my hands are constantly in pain. i am not neurotypical, nor was i raised safe. i worked 5-7 jobs while some of these memories happened. i chose art because it mattered to me more than anything on this fucking planet - i would work 80 hours a week just so i could afford to write in 3 of them.
and i am still telling you - if you are called to make art, you are called to the part of you that is human. you do not have to be good at it. you do not have to have enormous amounts of privilege. you can just... give yourself permission. you can just say i'm going to make something now and then - go out and make it. raquel it won't be good though that is okay, i don't make good things every time either. besides. who decides what good even is?
you weren't called to make something because you wanted it to be good, you were called to make something because it is a basic instinct. you were taught to judge its worth and over-value perfection. you are doing something impossible. a god's ability: from nothing springs creation.
a few months ago i found a piece of sidewalk chalk and started drawing. within an hour i had somehow collected a small classroom of young children. their adults often brought their own chalk. i looked up and about fifteen families had joined me from around the block. we drew scrangly unicorns and messed up flowers and one girl asked me to draw charizard. i am not good at drawing. i basically drew an orb with wings. you would have thought i drew her the mona lisa. she dragged her mother over and pointed and said look! look what she drew for me and, in the moment, i admit i flinched (sorry, i don't -). but the mother just grinned at me. he's beautiful. and then she sat down and started drawing.
someone took a picture of it. it was in the local newspaper. the summary underneath said joyful and spontaneous artwork from local artists springs up in public gallery. in the picture, a little girl covered in chalk dust has her head thrown back, delighted. laughing.
#writeblr#warm up#this is longer than i wanted i really considered removing that part about myself and what i went thru#but i think it really fucking bothers me that EVERY time i talk about being an artist#ppl assume i just like. had the skill and ability to drop everything and pay for grad school.#like sir i grew up poor. my house wasn't a safe space. i gave up a FREE RIDE TO LAW SCHOOL. for THIS. bc i chose it.#was it fucking hard? was i choosing the hard thing?? yes.#but we need to stop seeing artists as lazy layabouts that can ''afford'' to just ''sit around and create''#when MANY - if not MOST - of us are NOT like that. we have to work our fucking ASSES off. hard work. long and hard work#part of valuing artists is recognizing the amount we sacrifice to make our art. bc it doesn't just#like HAPPEN to us. also btw it rarely has anything to do with true talent.#speaking as someone with a chronic condition i hate when ppl are like u have it easy. like actively as i'm writing this my hands r#ACTIVELY hurting me. i haven't been posting bc my left hand was curled in a claw for the last week#this isn't fucking luck. after a certain point it's not even TALENT. it's dedication & sacrifice.#''u get to flounce around and do nothing with ur life'' is a narrative that is a direct result of capitalism#imagine if we said that about literally any other profession.#''oh so u give up 10 yrs of ur life to be a doctor? u sacrifice having a social life and u get SUPER in debt?#u need to work countless hours and it will often be thankless? well i wish i was that lucky''#we should be applying that logic to landlords ONLY#''oh ur mom and dad gave u the money to buy a house? and all u did was paint it white and rent it? huh.''
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【TIMESKIP】
I think the Princess of Hell and her devoted knight make a great powerhouse couple
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#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel fanart#charlie morningstar#vaggie#chaggie#charlie x vaggie#I can see Charlie in the future growing into a devestatingly devilish beauty like her mom Lilith and the beautiful Lucifer Morningstar#phoenixtakaramono#my art#featured#essentially the idea in my head is that a Sinner lands in Hell & a spear is pointed in their direction & Vaggie declares protectively#V: “You are holding audience with the Princess of Hell. Kneel.”#C: Oh you. Such a fierce fiancée/ wife. I'm so lucky. *turns* Hiya! Welcome to Hell. Lemme introduce you to my rehabilitation project :)#all and all they’re both drop dead gorgeous lesbians in love and wifey material & a powerhouse couple
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happy pride month. i did not make this up for th ememe
#knight rider#kr#michael knight#kitt#art#doodles#comic#gay#knight rider fanart#mk2000#this has happened in at least.... 2 or 3 episodes i think#that's kinda gay michael#kitt was either going to say he's not an infant or something about how that's a word he only hears directed at attractive women#and michael is not. going to deal with one of those answers. doesn't even wanna know which he was going to ask#im going downtown tonight if i die and this was the last post on my blog it would be so so so so so funny#anyway my mom and my aunt both follow my instagram and watched knight rider in the 80s. so. i embrace whatever happens ;;#im still thinking about ''why dont You ever get me flowers'' or however that line went.#likE YEAH MICHAEL YOUR CAR HAS SAVED YOUR LIFE *NUMEROUS* TIMES. GET HIM SOME FLOWERS.#SCREAMS. why is this show so fruity i feel insane#gio if you see this when you build your kitt you need to take him to pride parades with little rainbow flags stuck off the windows#FLAG is only one letter away from F-
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sorry if this is a weird question, but i was wondering if you knew respectful words in arabic when talking to older women? ive been talking with Palestinian women in Gaza, and it always feels wrong or rude to call them by first name esp since im young. maybe its just the east asian in me but was curious if theres any cultural respect norm that i should know here since its hard to find online
OHH this is tough bc the Iraqi in me grew up referring to older women by “khala” or “ama” which is literally just the Arabic word for aunt …….. and most times it goes well but sometimes women take offense to it bc they’re like I’m NOT that old lmao I love Arab women
#But also Arabs express their affection by familyfying everyone so that’s on me#Like I truly cannot explain the intricacies of our language bc my grandma’s brother would always refer to me by “amo”#And amo means uncle in Arabic#Bc I also refer to him by amo#But coming from him directed at ME it’s supposed to be affectionate#Anyways I’ll ask my mom / gma and report back to u#They probably have a more grown up way to do it#My way is very Arab child coded
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the summer before Hogwarts🫶
in my mind, Sebastian is a huge planner & he always insisted on bringing too much along whenever he and Anne went on adventures. It’s always better to be prepared than to realize you forgot something at home😤
the next drawing will be Anne so you can compare the two😂💓
#I love thinking about their childhood so much🤧#this is a scene from my fic 🥹💓#hogwarts legacy#hogwarts legacy fanart#hphl#sebastian sallow#anne sallow#today I was walking to work and an old woman asked me where the library was and I had time so I walked with her there#I can’t give directions to save my life#turns out we have the same favorite book 🥹#then she told me ‘qué bien te parió tu madre’ jajajajajaja (my mom did a good job giving birth to me)#god I love old women & they give the funniest compliments#anyways hope you’re all having an amazing day too💓
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Wanna get a little puppy on its knees and gently shove my fingers in its mouth and play with its tongue. Making it drool and whimper, making it make eye contact with me the whole time. If it looks away, the play stops. If it bites, it gets slapped. It gets praised the whoooooole time of course, me telling it what a gooood little dog it is for me, being so messy and drooly and obedient.
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adrift
#FORGOT TO POST HERE. yes ill post a science experiment of an art piece w a dramatic caption. who do u think i am this is my BRAND#i am nothing if not consistent. and dramatic. and this boy's mom. i love him#i do stuff like this sometimes to go 110% in the loose direction to remind my hands they can do that#my art style leans stiffer and exercises like squiggles are good for muscle memory and exploring new expression its fun#i can draw a million different art styles if i must but i want the default to have a lil more flow yaknow. (that rhymes <3)#ill never get over how fun the imagery potential of his little miserable depression map moment is. the white hexagons of woe#tastee#twst#twisted wonderland#twst silver#suntails
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Trudy Trout you are so important to me. For a show that's been specifically about the trails and tribulations of parenthood from the perspective of father figures and viewed from the lense of said fathers only, it's so refreshing to have a main MOTHER character who is as painstakingly tragic as Trudy. Because yes, her character is a commentary on the negativity of tradwife values - but being a "tradwife" doesn't exclusively mean being a perfect lover for her husband, but being a perfect mother to her children as well - and I feel like a lot of people are forgetting that and not acknowledging it nearly enough. Women, especially in that time, had to pretty much carry the entire burden of shaping and properly raising their children into functioning human beings, being their singular caretakers. Trudy (or the husk of the person who is Trudy now) having to properly shape and form the minds of her children when she herself is not properly shaped and formed. Raising them to be ready to face the great wide world out there, the same world that she struggles to face herself, the world that kicks her down everytime she gets up. There's so much potential to explore, so many poignant points to be made. Like look, I'm as fascinated by her relationship with Tucker as literally everyone else, but I do hope that at one point in the narrative the focus shifts to her relationship with Tuck, Tina and Timmy. Make Trudy realize how much her motherhood is intertwined with her personhood, and let us watch her grapple that.
#struggled phrasing this SOO much but I hope I got my point across?#if they genuinely go in the direction of killing Tucker off I really hope Trudy ends up with an arc like this it would be on brand#please dndads... we had dad angst it's time for mom angst....#dungeons and daddies#dndads#dndaddies#dungeons and daddies podcast#the peachyville horror#peachyville horror#tpvh#dndads season 3#dndads s2#trudy trout#trudy trout dndads#tucker trout#hon rambles lol
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I'm devastated...
#pls .. ...#i thought i was over one direction and not a fan anymore and moved on#but every two seconds my tears start rolling... i cant stop crying....#this is awful#what do you mean theyre only four now#what do you mean.....#a nightmare... and i can't take it#reminds me when my mom passed... and i kept hoping she would walk thru the door again and it all would be not real#i just keep saying he will come back and post and it all wont be real....#i know he wasn't the best... but it didnt have to be like this...#liam payne#one direction#louis tomlinson#....
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inspired by some happenings on m dashboard from a couple of days ago
#thranto#eli vanto#grand admiral thrawn#thrawn 2017#sw#star wars#star wars art#my art#damn why does thrawn look kinda a la mom i threw up in that first pic..#its ok eli thrawn wont fire u#not until u finger h-#ignore the light direction i was literally drunk while coloring this (it was p fun)#anyways enjoy#boop#also for all the shit eli gets u have to kill me before convincing me thrawn doesnt blush just as furiously
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Okay because I got into fruit basket recently I feel like the funnier alternative of “oh the twst boys all have a crush on Mc” is “all twst boys view Mc as their mom and trying so hard to compensate because in their mind it’s so weird and unheard of to think of someone their age/younger than them to be their mom” just like Yuki did with Tohru
Like consider where some of these mfs trauma stem from I would not be surprised if they accidentally called Mc mom or dad
#tbh tho this work with most media#just— instead of it being a harem it’s just traumatized people going#‘wow they’re so nice and caring and sweet…… they’re my mom now’#also yes this is a direct attack on;#riddle rosehearts#leona kingscholar#jamil viper#kalim al asim#maybe#malleus draconia#twst grim#and#silver vanrouge#devilg04#twisted wonderland#disney twisted wonderland#twst#headcanon collection#twst headcannon#twisted wonderland headcanon
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I headcannon that after 3rd Kinslaying, and especially after Elrond and Elros left them in whatever fashion, Maedhros was a total dick to Maglor.
You know how sometimes old or sick people are nice to neighbours/nurses/strangers, but are horrible to their primal caretakers? That's them.
People aren't dicks to their caretakers just to be dicks - it's because they are often frustrated with themselves or their situation and don't know how else to deal with it or they can't deal with it the usual way. It also happens because, paradoxally, they feel safe around their caretakers - you can be a dick because you know they won't leave just because of that.
And boy, did Maglor cast himself in a role of caretaker (let's not kid ourselves, he wasn't qualified, and with his own problems to boot), and BOY, did Maedhros resent him for it. He did not NEED help, he did not DESERVE help, he's not another kidnapped child MAGLOR, I'M the older brother, I should take care of YOU YOU WRECK, WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO BABYSIT YOU GROW UP ALREADY and leave me Nothing is EVER your fault, even when you left me to Angband as you should Why would you care now, it amounted to NOTHING before, it's WORTHLESS
And about half the time Maglor just takes it, actually likes it even. Mostly because of his guilt complex about how he deserves it, but also because Maedhros is only like this with him - he's trying his best to pretend to be fine and be a leader to few followers they have left, because they deserve better and that's the only thing he can give them now, and their brothers are all dead and would always be Too Little to act like that around them anyway. Maedhros would behave himself even around Fingon, to make him think rescuing him was worth something. So by being a dick to Maglor, Meadhros sees him as an equal, a safe haven. Maglor basks in that.
But obviously no one could just take such abuse like it's nothing, and Maglor is a Feanorian too, is prideful and stubborn, with his own laundry list of complains about Maedhros, and also unwell, and also thought of a new insult while lying awake at night and just wants to yell too. So half the time Maglor yells back and their yelling matches would bring orcs to tears, with hate and blame dripping from every word. I don't have enough imagination to picture it realistically, and actually I don't want to, it's too heartbreaking.
And sometimes, one or the other just starts crying. They don't talk about these times.
After some time, their arguments and insults are just a noise, something to repeat endlessly to the point of boredom.
By then, what actually hurts are the words that were not meant to harm.
Example 1:
Maedhros: 'did an all-night inspection of their stores cause he couldn't sleep' I found a herb you always liked to wash your hair with.
Maglor: 'doesn't remember last time he washed his hair, no less scented them'
Maglor: 'choked up' Appreciated.
Example 2:
Maedhros: 'feels like he's dragging Maglor to damnation with him' You could go with the twins, you know.
Maglor: 'doesn't want to upset Maedhros today so decides to pretend as if that was actually an option' Vanyar would probably like my singing but you know they would get mad at you for having better battle plans than them.
Maedhros: 'now KNOWS he's dragging Maglor to damnation with him'
Maedhros: 'dying inside' Of course they would.
When love hurts, it's easier to be a dick.
#maedhros#maglor#silmarillion#silm#barely related but it plays into my headcannon that when nerdanel didn't went with them and feanor died#maglor and maedhros became New Mom and Dad for the rest of Feanorians#not even with any creepy context from them it was an automatic process#oh Mom left Dad Maglor is similiar to her guess Maglor is New Mom#oh Dad's dead? Maedhros is New Dad#boom problem solved#when Maedhros was unwell after Tears Celegorm got to be Dad for some time#it's so unhealthy when you look from the outside#it's unrelated to anything except Maglor as New Mom resents any mentions of abandoning the others#Maglor is NOTHING like Nerdanel#THIS mom won't leave anyone thank you very much#and then Maedhros stays in Angband for 30 years lmao#so unhealthy#angst I guess#I feel it went in different direction than it started but eh
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thank you tumblr for playing cringe video ads out loud while i am on the phone with my doctor's surgery
#it started playing every ad i've scrolled past in the past half hour out loud including the weird heteroxual omegaverse web series ones#now my doctors receptionist knows that this girl's mom sold her to werewolf one direction
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