#HSS

[ryp3004]

Day 4) picnic date 💛

[highlysuspiciousstew]

[raziiyah]

hey! this is actually something i've thought about quite a lot before so here's how i see it:

since monsters are so diverse in the monster world, there are a vast amount of factors that are considered beautiful. some monsters may like 1 eye, some like 3 eyes and some like 8. some like feathers, scales, or fur. it just comes down to preference. but for monsters, generally, scary = beautiful

firstly, for the teeth thing, i imagined that just like human beauty standards, monster beauty standards can change. perhaps yellow teeth used to be the standard, but then it was discovered that whiter teeth made them more visible and gave them a scarier appearance. also, maybe they discovered that poor dental health caused monsters to lose their teeth sooner, which is a problem if you rely on them for scaring. proper dental care allowed you to stay healthy and kept your teeth in good condition, keeping you in the scaring career for longer. like when sulley is brushing his teeth in mi, mike really emphasizes getting rid of plaque

this change could also be why randall's teeth in mi are visibly whiter than they were in mu

as for female monsters, i see it sorta like how jessica rabbit from who framed roger rabbit is in toon town. she's regarded as very beautiful, but not as desireable or successful (to other toons) as roger rabbit, someone more cartoony and goofy looking

so though the more humanoid looking monsters could be considered beautiful, since being a scarer is known as the biggest achievement a monster could have, if you're scary, you're considered beautiful on a whole other level.

another idea i had is that scaring could be considered as a male dominated career, so the scary/beauty standards for female monsters aren't as scrutinized as much as male monsters. this could be why there are more female monsters that aren't necessarily as "scary looking"

this could also play a role into why the pnk's are so cutthroat- with a more conventionally beautiful appearance, they might not be considered the most successful in monster society. sure they could be models and movie stars

(though i can still see """scary/conventionally unattractive""" monsters being just as viable as models and moviestars in the monster world, maybe even more so),

but since scarers are the creme de la creme, "prettier" monsters could sometimes be seen as beautiful but maybe not typically the image of someone "successful" or "desireable" (my oc lia is a scarer and has a body type similar to the pnks so i made this an insecurity of hers hehe)

but monsters can combat this by showing their scariness through their glowing eyes, teeth, claws, etc. this could be valuable as well as there's a scary/surprising factor to appearing "innocent" at first, which could be advantageous in scaring, if you know how to use it (like the pnk's in the toxicity challenge or terri and terry in the scare simulator)

also considering the movie poster seen in maw; it's about monsters in space, likely referring to aliens. humans could be considered aliens/alien-looking to monsters because they come from another world, and heather has a more humanoid appearance

on the other hand, hss is more favored as "one of the most powerful, scary monsters in campus, and they have a more traditionally "scary" appearance. and in monsters at work, of the female monsters in the mu sororities, rosie levin was the one who made it to the same scare/(laugh) floor that sulley/(mike) are/(were) on, at monsters inc.

so really i think beauty is subjective in the monster world since everyone is so different. conventionally beautiful monsters are still beautiful, maybe even some monster's preference, but scary monsters are generally favored most, because of how much monster society is centered around scaring. after all, "scariness is the true measure of a monster."

@moonlight-monster @randall-simp-nadt88

[sapphoschoices]

How it feels every time I play High School Story...

[triciabeloved]

checkmate!

[playchoicesconfessions]

Sent by anonymous

‘The only time PB handled a larger cast of characters and treating them equally regardless of whether they are an LI or not was in OG:HSS, It Lives in the woods, and endless summer.’

POST/CONFESSIONS DO NOT REFLECT THE MOD’S PERSONAL OPINIONS!

[somerandomjewelleryonthefloor]

Also how are they gonna do this yet make us the main character for the musical. Babe.

I'm rewriting HSS:CA to attune to what would be more right because BRUV this book is really itching me.

This spinoff is like a tag at the back of your shirt that's itchy in the sides but smooth on the front.

It isn't the worst thing, but it rubs it's sides on your skin sometimes and itches and it hurts yet it only does it every so often and not constantly, so you can deal with it but MAN is it hard to not rip it off in public and look crazy.

[moonamite]

It’s done YIPPEE

Close ups under the cut

[hsslilly-blog]

my manic pixelberry dream girls.

ive never properly introduced them. so here i am three years later: ms. claire swanson from hollywood u (movie star, she/her, 24) and mx. blair stewart from high school story (nerd, they/she, 16). they’ve been my mcs since the dawn of time. whatever you liked at age thirteen stays with you forever etc etc

[ryp3004]

Day 2) Sharing a milkshake 🩷

[highlysuspiciousstew]

If I can't have you, no one can then I'm backflipping off the Empire State Building.

[ih8harley]

a rebel, a cheerleader, and a prep walk into a tumblr post

[cadybear420]

Just finished Texts from HSS. I quite enjoyed it, but uh... I need to get something off my chest, real quick...

WHERE THE FUCK WAS AIDEN!!!!!!! HE DOESNT APPEAR ONCE EVEN THOUGH HE'S ON THE FREAKING COVER!!!! LITERALLY EVERY OTHER LI GETS TO APPEAR IN THIS STORY EVEN FOR A LITTLE BIT BUT AIDEN DOESN'T AT ALL!?!?!?!?!?! PB HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO US

[pridebicons]

choices pride icons

decided to make bi icons of my fav love interests from various choices books. in order: ethan ramsey (open heart), michael harrison (high school story), beckett harrington (the elementalists), trystan thorne (crimes of passion), kieran (the cursed heart), channing lowe (alpha), garrett (dirty little secrets), chris (america’s most eligible), & james (hot shot)

like/rb if using + credit

[triciabeloved]

rock and roll or something idk

[gaiuskamilah]

aiden and @zhoumeyourlove's xavier for @aidenzhouappreciationweek ; day 1: music & day 7: pride

when @/choicesfandomappreciation hosted summer secret pal earlier this year, i looked at the entries and saw @zhoumeyourlove's ideas for xavier and aiden, which included xavier getting aiden into loona. the two of them as chuu and yves from heart attack has been on my mind since, even though i didn't get them as my giftee for the event (and i haven't played choices' hss since 2021, and can't remember anything about it lol). with the appreciation week, i thought, might as well draw it!