#I think they’re promoting less and less and it makes me sad

[emeraldbabygirl]

There’s like no promotions for E’last this comeback? I’ve noticed I have found less and less love stages for idols? And idk why cause that’s weird to just not promote? Like E’last are back to busking or something? And it makes me sad cause I feel like people are turning their backs on E’last cause of what happened and it’s not even their fault and they deserve love rn and attention and I just honestly feel like ‘Kiss me baby’ was their last comeback cause with Seungyeop in the military and Choi In gone idk where he went I just feel like there’s not much hope for them and I feel the same with VAV and it just sucks like my two fav groups tbh and same with great guys ugh I hate when things happen to good groups and then that just cause them to disband or lose members or whatever and you see them less and less until you find out they disbanded like to1 I feel like after what chanhyuk did that everyone got mad at they just turned away from them which isn’t fair, to1 went through a lot and like wake one is shit for letting them just flop. But ANYWAY UM I REALLY HOPE THIS AIN’T THE END FOR E’LAST and I hope Choi In and Seungyeop can have a group to come home to I really miss them all :(

[awh-bowie]

⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪21 things i’ve learned since becoming an adult

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ three years is not a terribly long time, but, i feel like regular metrics of time simply cannot be applied to girlhood and the transition to womanhood. my childhood felt like a single moment and being a teenager felt more like a century. but i digress, what have i learned in the three years since i became a legal adult?

୨୧ fostering meaningful friendships is far more important than any romantic relationship ୨୧

♡ the thing about romantic and physical relationships, especially when you’re young, is that they are not a reliable constant. all i can say about this is that close, trusted friends will benefit you better than any “situationship”.

୨୧ think of yourself like a plant, just a little bit more complex ୨୧

♡ what i mean by this is simple: if you feel awful for seemingly no reason, get some water, eat some fruit and go outside. more often than not, the mysterious specter making you sad is just yourself forgetting fundamental self-care!

୨୧ the best product for glowing skin is free! ୨୧

♡ drinking enough water is one of the easiest and most effective ways to maintain healthy skin. hydration helps flush out toxins, keeps your skin cells plump, and improves elasticity. scientifically speaking, staying hydrated supports your body’s natural detoxification processes!

୨୧ cry, cry, cry! ୨୧

♡ crying is a wonderful and natural way to release negative emotions, not something that is weak or embarrassing. we go into this life screaming and wailing, why stop now?

୨୧ invest in blue light glasses ୨୧

♡ blue light is the enemy of your eyes, especially looking at it in the dark. getting yellow-tinted glasses is a game changer, especially if you prefer low light! i never turn on my big light.

୨୧ you have boundaries, period. ୨୧

♡ there’s no such thing as not having boundaries. you can go through life without experiencing things you’d rather not experience again, these experiences create boundaries. if you genuinely can’t think of any boundaries, i suggest doing some journaling! here are some prompts i made for myself that really helped me.

୨୧ balance is good, but extremes aren’t evil ୨୧

♡ it’s okay to indulge, to be hedonistic! as long as you’re honoring yourself and the people in your life, go crazy every once and a while. that’s what life is about, diving into the things you love.

୨୧ use lighter concealer under your eyes ୨୧

♡ a lighter shade of concealer under your eyes helps brighten your face and hide dark circles!

୨୧ diet affects your skin and hair ୨୧

♡ proper nutrition plays a critical role in skin and hair health. consuming foods rich in vitamins and antioxidants, like fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins, can help prevent acne, improve hair growth, and promote a radiant complexion. see my post here to learn more ;3

୨୧ no one is looking at you, seriously, it’s biological ୨୧

♡ let me get a little sciency here. humans tend to overestimate how much people actually notice us, and this is something called the spotlight effect. it happens because our brains are wired to be super focused on ourselves, making us think everyone else is just as tuned in to us as we are. spoiler alert: they’re not. studies have shown that people pay way less attention to you than you think. realizing this is so freeing because once you know that your little slip-ups or bad hair days go unnoticed, you can start living with a lot less self-consciousness. embrace the freedom—no one is watching as closely as you imagine.

୨୧ independence isn’t loneliness ୨୧

♡ being independent doesn't mean you can’t ask for help or rely on others. sometimes the strongest thing you can do is reach out for support when you need it. true independence comes from knowing when to lean on others and when to stand on your own!

୨୧ dedicate time in your day to unplug ୨୧

♡ taking regular breaks from technology allows your brain to rest and recharge. studies indicate that unplugging can improve focus, reduce stress, and enhance well-being. scheduling time each day for a digital detox is beneficial for your mental health and productivity.

୨୧ you don’t have to justify the things you love ୨୧

♡ “i know it’s dumb but i really love [media] because it has my favorite actor in it!” STOP!! if you find yourself preemptively insulting your interest or explaining why you like it, stop and think. ask yourself what about the situation made you feel like you needed to do that.

୨୧ it’s okay to outgrow things ୨୧

♡ i wish i could stay a kid forever, but being an adult is kinda sick. drifting away from people, hobbies, media, etc… is a natural, unavoidable part of growing.

୨୧ it’s okay to not outgrow things ୨୧

♡ that being said, there’s nothing wrong with hanging onto the things that make you happy! if something you have from when you were a kid still brings joy to your life, it would be silly to give outgrowing it another thought. the fact that it still brings you joy means it cannot be outgrown.

୨୧ vitamin C for bright and even skin ୨୧

♡ vitamin C is a powerhouse for your skin!! it helps brighten your complexion, fade dark spots, and even out your skin tone by reducing melanin production. dermatologists recommend incorporating a vitamin C serum into your skincare routine to fight off free radicals and promote collagen production.

୨୧ being “busy” doesn’t equal being productive ୨୧

♡ it’s easy to confuse busyness with productivity. but being constantly busy doesn't mean you're getting more done. true productivity is about working smarter, not harder, and taking time to rest when needed.

୨୧ taking breaks IS productive ୨୧

♡ like i said, taking time to rest is key. studies show that regular breaks throughout the day, especially short ones, can improve concentration, reduce mental fatigue, and enhance performance!

୨୧ cold water rinse for shiny hair ୨୧

♡ a cold water rinse at the end of your shower can help seal your hair cuticles, resulting in shinier, smoother hair. cold water also helps reduce frizz and preserve hair’s natural oils.

୨୧ celebrate every victory ୨୧

♡ no win is too small! celebrating your successes, big or small, reinforces positive habits and boosts motivation. you deserve it, every day you exist is a victory in the eyes of others. according to psychologists, taking the time to acknowledge achievements can increase your sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

୨୧ they say “trust your gut” for a reason! ୨୧

♡ your gut feeling, also known as intuition, is your brain’s way of quickly processing information based on past experiences and instincts. neuroscientists have found that gut instincts often come from subconscious pattern recognition, and trusting them can lead to better decision-making in situations where logic might not offer clear answers.

-Beau

[bleedingcoffee42]

Little Speirton drabble I wrote after reading one of those 'Don't write out accents' writing advice posts and saying 'challenge accepted'. Then Lipton's Holland file mentioned Smokey's accent so...

And forgive my tense shifts, I have not slept much this week and past/present/future is one and all when you wake up at 2:30 am every day for no fucking reason.

Captain Ron ‘Killer’ Speirs came back to the billet drunk.   Carwood paid no mind to that, soldiers drinking off duty was hardly notable, and he was not going to say a damned thing to a superior officer about it either.   He thought Speirs a different kind of officer, more disciplined with himself, but he didn’t really know the man that well.  Besides, even if he wasn’t a man who liked to drink, taking Lewis Nixon up on an offer to ‘celebrate his promotion’ would undoubtedly lead to this inebriated mess staggering into the room. 

Then Speirs landed on his bed, fell really, and hiccupped.   His face was flushed and it almost looked like tears were streaming down his face.   Ron Speirs, the man, the killer, the legend, was sitting on Carwood’s bed and crying.   He put his book away and sat up, “Sir, are you alright?”

“No, suh.”  Ron said and wiped his eyes.  Fuck.  He’s in hell.  He’s crying and a goddamned mess and he can see on Lipton’s face how bad he looks and sounds. 

“Can I help?”  Lip has no idea what he’s signing up for.   He doesn’t know Speirs, even though they’ve both been hinting they want to know each other a little better.   Or as Luz would put it, ‘Just fuck him already, it would be less embarrassing than how you two look at each other every second of the god damned day.’   That moment could have been tonight, but Nixon and Welsh….

Oh no.  Nixon and Welsh gave him a push.  Shit!   

Lip grabbed a pile of fresh handkerchiefs he found in a home they cleared and handed one to Speirs.  He looks back at him like he just gave him the world.

After an attempt to stop the water from coming out of his eyes and blowing his nose, Ron attempted to form a coherent sentence without crying.  “After suppah…”

Lip raised his eyebrows and can’t help but crack a smile.   The captain looked so soft, so sad, so majestically beautiful and absolutely wasted.   Wasted enough to let his Boston accent surface and it’s adorable.

Ron gave up, just gets mad at himself, and finally words come out like they should with more force and bite than intended.  “I have taken care of myself all my life. They say when they make you a captain they ruin you.  I haven taken care of myself all my life and I’m drunk.  I think they’re right, when they make you a captain, they ruin you.”   

Carwood stood up and put his hands on Speirs, no, Ron’s shoulders- because he can not look at his CO right now as anything but a friend who has come to him in his time of need.  Despite years of intense training, surviving D-Day, Holland and Bastogne, Ron has been defeated by the bottle.   “How about you sleep it off?   Your secret is safe with me.”

“Yah huh.” He put his head on Lip’s chest and sniffled.   

“ Nobody will remember this in the morning.” Lip assured him and rubbed his back in an effort to  console him.

“Life is ruined.”

“I wouldn’t go that far.”  Lip figured he might as well run a hand through that majestic hair of his and not have any regrets.  It prompts Ron to wrap his arms around his waist and pull him closer.   

“Cah…Cahwood?���

Lip has to admit he likes the accent. A lot. “Yeah, Ron?

He giggles.  “You called me Ron.”

“Under the circumstances,” Lip said as the man lifts his head and looked up at him with glassy, red eyes, and the most soft and adoring look. “I feel we’re solidly into the casual here.”

Ron grinned, his head is swimming and he’s not sure if it’s the booze or the way Carwood’s hand is still on his head and is now brushing some hair from his eyes.  He melts into the touch.   

Carwood has a hard time rationalizing the drunken man rubbing his head against his hand like a kitten with the man he is in combat.   Or the beautiful man in the convent that made him have a good dream for the first time in a year. The man currently running a hand down his back and squeezing his ass cheek.

“They did it….”  Ron said. “Lickah did this.”

“Lick what?”  Carwood asked and sounded out that last one only to realize he said liquor and not suggest he put his tongue on something.  It’s Carwood’s turn to have his cheeks turn red.  

“Nix. Welsh.”  Ron said and licked his lips.  “Cause me and you in church.   In front of Easy.  Nuns.  Gahd.”

Lip sighed.   “Yeah, I figured.”

“Not when I’m drunk.” Ron said firmly.

Lip felt a tingle of excitement at that, like Ron has already made the decision for both of them to advance this thing of theirs.  He’s not really sure this is part of his life he wants controlled by his CO, but he wants to know and define exactly what is crackling between them.  Find out why he’s drawn to Ron, how naturally he gravitates to being by his side, and closer in proximity than he has been to anyone outside of a foxhole the entire war.   Plus there is the fact Ron touches him so much, as pointed out by Luz on every occasion.  He’s not sure how to balance the military protocol, the professionalism with the personal and…Ron’s squeezing his ass again.

“I’m going to bed.”

“Okay.”  Lip said and Ron let go, and he felt the absence of that embrace immediately.  He watched Ron rub his eyes and look at his own bed which is farther away than he must want to go.  “Just use my bed, sir.”

“Suh.”  Ron snorts.  “Cahwood, I…”

“Use my bed, Ron.”  Lip says as he moves to get the pillows adjusted and take his book.  It’s all of five minutes before the man more than half the 506 feared is passed out on his pillow.

Xxxxx

Ron felt awful.   His eyelids were heavy, his head was pounding and there was an unfamiliar smell on his pillow that was making his morning wood throb.   Reluctantly he opened his eyes and was thankful the room was dark.

“There is water on the floor next to your bed and some aspirin.  Don’t worry about your morning duties, I took care of them all.  Welsh and Nixon were still up, drinking, asking if you want to come back for a breakfast cocktail of some kind or Irish coffee.”

Ron groaned as he tried to move.   So his pillow smelled like Lipton.  Because he had come in last night, crying and falling into his bed and hugged him and grabbed his ass.   “Pass.”

“Good to hear.”  Lip said and smiled to himself.  “Also good to hear I don’t need to find a translator for Bostonian in case you want to address the men this morning.”

Yeah, where the fuck did that come from?   Ron tried so damned hard the entire war to cultivate an image of the perfect soldier, a fearless leader, a trigger happy war criminal who didn’t come to bed crying about a few drinks too many.   “I..”

“It’s fine, suh.”  Lipton chimes in trying his best at replicating his C.O. 's accent.

Ron hums. He remembered Lipton talking about his friend,the machine gunner that got shot up in Bastogne.   He was giving the boys an update on his condition, which wasn’t great.   So, of course, kind Sergeant Lipton chimed in with a more upbeat story about Smokey, that was his name,  from Holland when they found each other at the replacement depot.  Because his southern friend said ‘hyeh’ in his southern accent instead of ‘here’.   Noted.  Carwood had a thing for accents.  Perhaps he could let a few things slide every now and again for his amusement.

Lipton squatted down beside the bed and he is sure Ron can see him in the darkened room.  He pulled the curtains closed to give him something less horrible to wake up to.  “Anything I can get for you?”

“A quick death.”

“You’ll survive.” Carwood said and resisted the temptation to ruffle up his COs hair, then stood up.   “You’ll survive or I’ll come find you and drag you back.   We waited long enough for you as a CO, you’re not getting away that easy.”

Ron wasn’t expecting to wake up to the kindness of Carwood Lipton this morning any more than he was expecting to wake up hungover.

“You should stay in bed, though.  The men will appreciate not dealing with you with a hangover and you deserve a day off.  So, not to abuse my new power as a Lieutenant, but you need to take the bed this time, suh.”

Ron smiles and he knows Carwood can probably see it.  

[loverofstufflof]

Airing out my LMK trailer/S5 thoughts cause u gotta do this somehow

Most glaring, animation. It’s not bad, by any means. I’d certainly be proud of myself if I were able to come up with it.

However, I think it’s important to consider the context of the show’s style, and how it’s been improving significantly over instalments. Also, it’s Flying Bark. Flying Bark is just gonna make banger animation.

Am I a bit disappointed when comparing it to Emperor’s Wrath? Yeah. Especially when we’ve been waiting a full year for this—twice as long as usual.

But I’m not saying I won’t be watching the show because of it. I still love this story. Fuck, my favourite series is Epithet Erased. The show that’s best described as JPEGs wiggling around your screen for 2 hours. I can handle less than expected animation if it’s made up for by good writing.

I’ve been seeing a lot of people attacking invisible fans that claim they’re going to boycott the show because of this. Respectfully, source? The most aggressive criticism I’ve seen is “man that’s disappointing ig, still excited tho”. Who are you guys even fighting lmao. (Unless this is something happening on other platforms and you’re just venting on here which, valid)

Nevertheless, as I’ve said before, it’s not bad animation, just not up to the standard we’re used to. People are allowed to be disappointed. Let them be. This show isn’t flawless.

It’s looking to be real, all things considered. We’ve never gotten a fan leak this elaborate before, and it contains a lot of elements that were just recently revealed. Unless they’ve been getting announcements much earlier than we have (considering this fanbase’s sleuth skills, I’d doubt it) then there’s no other explanation other than it being official.

Official, however, doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to look that way the whole time. The animation is being done by another studio, yes, but only partially. Flying Bark is still here for the fun. This other studio also isn’t incompetent, they’re behind things like Carmen Sandiego. They know what they’re doing.

They’re also primarily handling additional material, means promotions, meaning trailers. Listen, it’s a bit of a stretch considering the fact that all trailers so far have been taken directly from the show, but also it’s industry standard to make a trailer before you’re even done, meaning you gotta cut some corners for the scenes you’re showing until you polish them up in post.

We know LEGO has a habit of keeping LMK things in their vault until they need to, this may be something they had lying around from early prod and released to maintain hype.

Any which way, this development is very much temporary, only applying because the team is currently working on a movie and need to momentarily lessen their workload. Even if the odds are against us and S5 looks like a PowerPoint presentation, it’ll likely go back to normal later.

Biiig animation rant aside, I am a tad bit sad about the direction the story is going in (namely the abandonment of Red Son) and the fan service is a bit much, but honestly what else are we expecting from JTTW fanfic.

I’m stoked to see more Macaque though—he’s looking to be becoming a proper protagonist, which is great for angst! Yippee!

One thing I haven’t seen anyone talk about is the complete lack of Nüwa. You know, the character they’ve been teasing this whole time? Where is she? Not in the trailer. Not in the posters.

Makes me wondering if this is a part of the new season, teasing the next one, the one Nüwa’s in, later.

[bookishtheaterlover7]

She’s in way over her head and when she sees the true colors of how this industry treats you when you aren’t marketable especially after trying to fund this shitshow…..it’ll hit her very hard.

She might want to work on her actual talent. She is in a stacked age bracket. How many 20 something’s are in the business right now? And they’re doing movies based on talent. They have skincare/makeup brands. They have multiple franchises. Zendaya is a triple threat! She needs to work on her talent if she wants to even be considered in the league with those women. //

I don't see a person remotely interested in continuing being a 'working' actress instead I see a young woman who with the strong coaching of her mama has done what she had to do to 'snag' a man wealthy enough for her to be 'kept' so she can live without having to scratch about for an existence, its almost 'transactional'. She hasnt landed any substantial roles, only WN so in terms of her career it's pretty much remained stagnant and she's not promoted any of her recent bit part work since they've been 'together'. Now, just look at that miserable face; it's almost like she resents having to rock up to an event to 'promote' herself. Newlywed glow? I dont think so, that's the face of a person with a facade to maintain long enough for the transaction to reap the rewards she hoped for.

Honestly, and this might turn over some shade, but I don't think that whatever this "transaction" is, An🫶n, she won't reap as much as she thinks.

Hear me out. She's "married" to a well-known actor with a lot of potential, and a fan base that will stand by, and support him. Even hate support 😆 But the guy can barely spend 15 minutes (or however long) holding her hand through a crowded park in New York, much less in his own home. And another thing, he won't say her name.

A lot of online news and sites will say he "confirmed" his marriage by wearing a ring, and saying his wife is from Portugal. But bro, are you really married if you don't mention your spouse by name?

Chris is literally avoiding saying her name directly. It's sad.

Aside from Chris, we the people who see through the bullshit. Continuously call her and her friends out. Every move she makes will be scrutinized and met with judgement, and in our eyes she's never going to be anything but the girl that destroyed the fandom. The girl who continues to troll, and bait to try and gain attention. The girl with obvious racism, and the slut who stripped to distract from that.

Need I go on?

All I can say is that there are no rewards for her at the end of all of this. She will be that one cringey memory we can't shake, but will glad to live without.

[skitskatdacat63]

Educate me about vettonso homoer- i mean rivarly please. Seems like these two rivarly often forgotten by newer fans because of mark/seb and fer/lewis rivarly

Whoops sorry anon, this took a bit! But, yes, they do 😞 but I am also a self aware stannie, so I do understand why they aren't often a topic of conversation. Doesn't mean I'm going to ever stop promoting/loving them! Just that I feel like you have to be pretty committed to get into them. The reason why is honestly down to the fact that there were so many ships during their time as rivals(and since then.) Since they tended to be much more distant rivals than all those other pairings, they thus tend to get overshadowed. Maybe if the WDC had just been down to them, and less competitive overall, they'd be more popular? But that era had, just to name a few: Martian, Webbonso, Sebson, Simi, Ferwis, etc. So...both a competitive field in terms of racing AND shipping. However. They are the best 😌

Also, preface. I get weirdly nervous even writing a post like this cause I’m scared someone will come out of the woodwork and accuse me of being ooc sksjhka. So don’t take me as the arbiter of vettonso or anything(even though I am in my own head), this is just how I personally interpret them!!! <3

There's been fics of them across the years, but they seemed to get their day in the sun moreso around the time after Fernando came back from retirement, and they started being a lot more buddy-buddy. It's one of those ships where I feel like it took over a decade to really come to fruition 😭 Their relationship is characterized by bitterness and jealousy, but also it’s very important to keep in mind: they are mirrors. In my opinion, Fernando is always going to have this inherent jealousy of Seb and subsequent bitterness over having jealousy of someone he considers to be less talented than him. Jealous over Seb’s achievements, his records, the fact he had a good, dominant car for so long, the fact he has a family, etc. That’s why there’s so many occurrences of him being seemingly nice and happy with Seb one minute, and then rude the next. For example, when he was super sad at Seb’s last race, grasping his hands, saying he’ll protect him; and then cue him getting podiums in 2023, and suddenly he’s snarky in the press, saying how he doesn’t think Seb could achieve what he has. I think most people see them as distant, less passionate rivals, but to me, it’s the complete opposite. To me, Seb makes Fernando deeply question his own life and self, and because of that, their rivalry isn’t something that can soften easily like others. Seb himself reflected and said something along the lines of how his rivalries with other drivers were more lighthearted, but his with Fernando was extremely tense and made them both anxious, so it was tough to develop outside of that. HOWEVER, it’s very funny to me how he says in the same interview that they’re very different people, because in my wholehearted opinion…THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE NOT!

In my opinion, they’re so similar it’s like they are living in the same skin. Because they are living in the same skin, it’s so difficult to step outside that, and actually be capable of recognizing it and begin to bridge that gap. Maybe if they were teammates, they could've, or maybe it would have gotten even worse, who’s to say? I say they’re mirrors because I think they share a lot of similar traits, and they have a lot of parallels in their career. They’re so similar that they end up feeling threatened by each other’s presence, and struggle to look past that to be able to actually try to appreciate those similarities. I mean, imagine being Fernando, and seeing this new, impressive rookie rising up the ranks in F1 just as he himself is getting into a more struggling part of his career. At first he’s impressed, impressed enough to be the first to physically congratulate Seb after his very first win(omg) But then after that point, I feel like he started to become bitter, seeing this new kid break all the records, ones that Fernando had held and ones that he hadn’t. And then they become rivals!!! What I said about “questioning his own life and self” has to do with this too. Seb is just as vicious, hungry for victory, ruthless, competitive, etc. And NOW he’s even winning more than Fernando! That’s seriously gotta raise some insecurities. After that point, you don’t ever really see them, or Fernando more specifically, wholeheartedly congratulate the other. Particularly, after Seb won his first WDC, he complained in the press about Fernando not thanking him LOL. So incredibly bratty of Seb considering how upset Fernando was after that loss. 

A really interesting development is how Fernando changed how he spoke about Seb at Ferrari. I can’t remember exactly what he said, but I feel like in the early years just as Seb was about to and then replacing him, Fernando was basically implying Seb was going to fail because he wouldn’t be able to handle not having the de facto best car. Yet when Seb did in fact fail, in the press around the time Fernando was coming back, he instead said things like how Ferrari couldn’t handle drivers of their caliber, that it wasn’t Seb’s fault, that Seb had to struggle with more than he had. I feel like maybe he had seen parallels between them, and realized, ah hey, it actually isn’t as satisfying as I thought it’d be to see my rival fail, it just reminds me…OF ME! I mean consider the fact that journalists were literally calling it the “Fernandofication” of Seb 😭 So that’s why I feel that 2021 is when they actually started coming into fruition. After all this time, they’re finally kicked down to the same level, finally at the same part of their career(what comes after ultimate failure? What do I do now?) Now if only they became teammates…We got a glimpse of what that might’ve been like when they reunited at Suzuka 2023(aka my 9/11) Where there were these soft pictures of them smiling over the car that was the result of their dual effort(Seb “building up” Aston to that point, and Fernando getting to benefit from it.) Agai, maybe if they had been teammates and actually forced into closer proximity for once, they would start to realize how similar they actually are(care for the environment, bicycling, paddle probably, same hunger for winning and hatred of losing, same insanity, family men, etc etc etc.)

Lol hope that was enough explanation! I could go a lot into actual events, but for this, I decided to explain I guess, the psychology behind why I personally ship them.

[namtanlovesfilm]

Why do you think cooking crush kinda flopped? OG are still pretty popular no? Or is it that the show is kinda basic, like something we’ve seen before? I also don’t remember seeing too much promotion but maybe I just missed it.

Also did u see off and gun saying they want to be doing what they’re doing now 10 years from now? I think that’s a good indicator that a “break up” isn’t on the way :)

I'm actually thinking of making a video on the topic on my channel lol, but to summarize I think there's so many elements:

1) cooking crush is a more basic show, and those tend to gather success only if they have a new ship attached to them that gathered attention (ex: 2gether, msp, etc.) also I think the trailers & promos did a bad job hooking people onto it.

2) the bl genre is now saturated. if cooking crush was released in 2019 or 2020 it would've been huge simply for having offgun's name attached to it. but now there's 100+ bl shows released every year, and statistically only like 5-10% will be a huge success.

3) offgun were never a "viral" ship. off mentioned it himself in an interview, and it's definitely what has kept them together for 8+ years, but it also means they've never had the kind of hype attached to them brightwin, fourthgemini or even kristsingto have had.

4) offgun are the oldest thai bl ship still together, so in this highly saturated bl market where there's a new ship popping up quite literally every week, they're likely seen as old & has-been by many. bc of their age they're also unlikely to touch new younger audiences of bl, which are the most outspoken & passionate types of fans. 14 years old are more likely to stan the 18/19 years old at gmmtv instead of the 30+ grown ass men for sure. also, even if that seems sad & mean to say, in this current bl economy, I feel like fans get tired of seeing the same faces for so long, which is why now the lasting of ships is shorter & shorter and just used to launch a solo career.

5) the marketing. imo the biggest issue is the show in itself that doesn't meet the demands of the bl fandom at the moment (either innovative or at least hypersexual shows, apart for the new ships having basic shows exception that I talked about (and that works only at gmmtv too)), but the marketing could've definitely helped. imo they should've added a lot more fanservice in the trailer to hook the fetishizing fans in if they wanted more viewers. the social media marketing was also quite poor but not the actual worst.

however, even though cooking crush "flopped" in terms of being a gmmtv show & an offgun show, imo it was successful in its own way. it still trended number 1 on X every week if that still means anything, and it was also a very good show. like... not every show can be life-changing, in fact romcoms very rarely are. the show did what it set out to do & was well executed until the end, which for me is a success in itself. so flop? maybe not. success? maybe not either lol.

and yes, off has been talking about babiis sticking with him for 30 more years back in 2019, so we still have a good few decades ahead :) what I do really want to see from offgun is a new innovative show from them bc atp this is the only thing that will be a success (and their age & experience will still likely be a baggage in our hyperconsumerist bl market). I'm even less confident that the trainee will even get as much attention as cooking crush did, so what I want to see is a show where offgun are dads navigating being queer parents, or as I said before a dark psychological thriller. not only could they pull it off, but they would absolutely BODY a more heavy show with more innovative aspects. bc atm cooking crush & the trainee are only catering to their fanbase, gmmtv's & the rare ones who enjoy more basic romcoms. they need something so uncommon & original it will rally the bl fandom behind them, bc sadly atp their name alone will not do it. however, I'm not confident in gmmtv at all, especially since they have 15 other ships they gotta give shows to. the dad show, though? if it ever happens, it NEEDS to be offgun 100000%!!!

xxx

[heybaetae]

i have no one to talk about it and you're always so open, so i'm just really getting this out of my chest, you don't need to answer if you don't want to

I'm so sad, i've been crying a lot every day since the announcement came. this was so unexpected (at least for me) and there was no time to emotionally prepare too... there were articles coming out before saying that all of them would have enlisted by december, but it was never confirmed by the members themselves, so i still had my doubts. then, out of nowhere, "hello, 4 members are enlisting at once"

they are working so much and you couldn't tell if this or that was gonna be released in 2024 or still this year. and then i thought "well, i have to prepare myself for the end of december", since there are usually between 40 or 50 days with them after the notice by bighit. if what kmedia said is true, they are leaving in less than two weeks

i feel broken and so empty, i'm so scared of my future, next year i'll go through so many changes and i never take changes easily, i always suffer so much untill i get used to something, and now... not having the only constant i've been used to have in my life..there is no time to process. it was different with jin because he was here for more than a month before he left, it was also obvious that yoongi was leaving after his tour and hobi... :/ i'm devasted

i'm gonna cry so much with this upcoming documentary, i thought that the ptd DVD would cheer me up, but i've just been feeling more weird and sad :( i laugh in the funny scenes, but there's this sadness behind it. and my bias is jungkook... his lives :( i've been asking myself if he would do a "goodbye live".. if he decides to do it, i really really really don't wanna lose it :( i already miss him so much and he's not even gone yet

i’m sorry hun. i think everyone is in the same boat emotionally about the shorter notice compared to the previous enlistments. i’m not really gonna acknowledge what is being spread around by the media rn because the same thing happened with jin and he wasn’t thrilled about that information being made public, but i’ll say it’s okay and valid to feel everything you’re feeling and to have hoped we’d have a little more time than what the reality seems to be.

i really hope next year goes smoothly for you and that you adjust as comfortably as you can to whatever your new normal is going to be in your personal life and your life alongside bts during their absence.

luckily, it‘s quite clear that they’ve each prepared things for us to release after they’re gone and while i value their safety and well-being so much more than having any content during this, it’s extremely generous of them. not only for three of those members to have seemingly held off on their enlistments until the youngest released his album and was done promoting it so they could all go at once, but for them all to have used that time to work on things to keep us entertained once they did. i don’t think it’ll feel like your constant will be completely gone, they’ve made sure of it. we’re so lucky they care about us enough to plan ahead, create new stuff to enjoy in the meantime, and to time it perfectly so they’re back on the literal day before their anniversary in 2025. you really don’t get sappier than that lol.

also on the topic of whatever content that comes out in the coming months/year (i’m sure they’ll spread it out), if you think it’ll make you too sad to watch, it’s not going anywhere and it’ll be ready for you whenever you need it. weverse posts and occasional instagram posts will be a thing. it will absolutely suck losing jungkook’s lives, but i know he’ll make the most of his social media time in other ways at every opportunity he gets and those moments of communication will feel all the more special.

feel all your feelings, let them out however you need. but remember that you’re not alone in your emotions too and you can reach out to any of us here at any time. if you need to log off on the actual day, definitely to. focus on you, do something fun, find something that’ll take your mind off of it. all of this is temporary and it’ll go by fast. we just have to take it day by day. 💜

[animentality]

I haven’t read your books yet, you know how it is, money~, but I bet they’re pretty good and I am planning to buy and read them, they’re on The List, and I hold you in high regards as a person I kinda vaguely barely know. I say this first to preface, because, from the kindest most adoring place of my heart okay, this reminded me of you, no offense: https://www.tumblr.com/pjackk/721300009283420160/whats-up-tunblr-basically-i-just-wrote-this-book

Ouch.

Glad you preceded this with a compliment...

But brutal.

For what it's worth, I also hate having to reduce my books to tropes...and I try not to, with any of my promotional posts...

But uh...good to know this is how I come across :S

But in my defense...and in defense of other authors... it's super easy for people to make fun of how we have to promote our books, but in this terrible digital economy...I mean.

It's hard to keep people's attention, and it's hard to sell books.

It's not like selling art, doing commissions, making animations, or well-edited videos. Books are inherently harder to sell and market and build an audience for, because they're an investment of time and focus.

They aren't as easy to dive into and enjoy. A webcomic chapter you could read in twenty minutes. A pretty picture you can reblog, and you can commission the artist if you love the style. A Youtube video can be ten minutes of investment. Maybe an hour, tops.

But a book?

Books will always struggle more than shows or animations, because it takes a certain kind of person to read books, and in this day and age, attention spans are shorter than ever.

You spend fucking years writing your books, and you edit, and you revise, and write some more, and edit some more, and revise some more, and then you have to promote.

All the time, in every way you can imagine. Using whatever tools you have... all the time, every way.

Otherwise, you don't see any sales at all, and then it's like you wasted three years of your life fiddling around, while everyone you know is making bank on crypto or whatever the fuck.

If I was good at fucking BookTok? I wouldn't be fucking here promoting at all.

I could leave my blog as the little meme machine it's always been.

But I'm bad at fucking TikTok.

And I mildly resent being compared to a TikTok author, because if I was any good at that, I WOULD NOT BE HERE promoting my books at all.

Tumblr is the worst place to promote anything, ever.

That's part of why I like it...but at the same time, that's why it's such a torturous practice, trying to promote my novels here.

No one here gives a fuck. And I'm fine with that.

I'm ok with that.

But I can't throw away hard work without at least trying.

I don't really get the criticisms of authors in those comments anyway.

What have those people tried to put out into the world?

You think self published authors are just jokes, or that they aren't marketing themselves well?

Maybe both are true, but someone who makes something, no matter how shit, has still MADE something.

It's easy to tear others down. It's not easy to make something that you care about, and put out into the world for others to see and judge.

And for those people in the comments too, I have to ask.

Is a book only good, if it's published by a company?

Because books that are self published are actually a LOT LESS likely to be made up of tropes and cliches.

People who self publish tend to write weirder and more out of the box things. They RESORT to tropes because they feel you won't pay attention to their books without them.

they feel you won't give their concept a try, unless they dumb it down for everyone.

They pretend the book is something it's not, out of sheer desperation.

I market 7 Deadly Habits like it's a fucking adventure action romance comedy...?

It's actually pretty fucking dark and grim and sad.

the main character is fucked up, and so are all his exes. So is the entire world they live in.

It's really not a funny book. It has dark humor, but it's hinged on an unhinged concept, one that I find darkly interesting.

But I lie and say it's a funny adventurous romp of sex and violence.

Because that's how I have to market it.

I try other things, of course, but I have found most people would rather read a romance than an anti-romance, which is more of what it is.

People don't want to try new things. They want more of the shit they already have.

to make something new, or different, or non-conventional, is to accept that you will have to water it down when you're trying to offer it to people.

So yeah.

I get it. Authors who blaze their book promotions are desperate losers and weirdo freaks with very bizarre interests and isn't it funny, how hard they're trying?

But you know.

What else can we be?

Leigh Bardugo?

Trust me. I wish I was a good writer. I wish I wrote straight YA fantasy books that kids and adults and everyone can enjoy. I wish I had a literary agent and five star publishing houses giving me 20 million dollars for my next book.

I wish I was a multi millionaire white woman, in an industry of rich white women, who write sexy murder mysteries and cozy thrillers and steamy vampire eroticas.

But I am what I am, and that's a queer self published POC author, who has no one in my corner, but me. Whose only means of promotion is my own efforts.

So no, I don't really look at other self published authors with disdain or wry detachment.

I know how they feel.

I know how much it sucks.

[russilton]

I really really think this whole Daniel situation is more like a warning to checo than anything. They said Daniels test today at Silverstone with RB19 would be able to get a front row at the Grand Prix, while checo can’t even go past q1. I think it’s more like a “okay checo now you perform or your out”

But truly it makes me kinda sad cause I really like Daniel but he doesn’t have a bigger future in RB. Like okay, he can get promoted just to be a second driver again… Not the best of scenarios

(As much as I love mick I can’t get over that rumors that Daniel would be Mercs test driver, wonder what happen in that multiverse

I too saw that will Buxton tweet lol. But no honestly, I could swear on my leg right now that I said this exact thing the second dan got the reserve seat on this blog. I know I said it on discord, that has ALWAYS been what this is. Dan makes Redbull look good, makes Max look good, and scares Checo into the reminder they’ll replace him with a smarter PR choice if he doesn’t preform. They don’t really need Checo honestly, not even as a comment on his driving just the RB hierarchy, they’ll always favour Max and have no interest in any competition other than to make it look like their domination is interesting, and Checo isn’t doing that. If the second seat is purely aesthetic they want someone that makes Max look less like a miserable cunt, or someone to train up for when he finally stops whining about retiring and actually does it.

As for Dan to Merc, I don’t really think it would have ever happened. Dan is too… messy, for Merc. Their image is too carefully groomed which Dan doesn’t stick too, I think as soon as that Podcast came out last year his chances were gone. Merc is elitist and aloof, Mick is kinda the perfect fit for them. He’s polite, humble, well loved and famous, plus they get to sell the idea that they’re training him and providing an unfairly deserted driver with a shot back at the grid. Mick is the perfect package for Merc, especially now hes providing helpful Sim work and he getting on well with Lewis and George without making waves Merc have to handle. They couldn’t have done half of that with Dan rlly, maybe handed socials over to him but they already do that with Mick.

[mithliya]

I think a lot of those “ex gays” that are just bi genuinely believe they are “cured” homosexuals. I’m don’t think they accept bisexuality or fluid sexuality as a thing, and instead view themselves as heterosexuals with a homosexual infliction that they have “overcome”. I’m not saying that makes it okay, but a lot of it sounds to me like they assumed attraction to the same sex meant they were gay and didn’t believe in bisexuality, and then later think that they have been “cured” because they are now in a straight relationship and able to “handle” their ssa. A lot of the time it seems gay people who have gone through conversation therapy and gone along with getting an opposite sex partner desist very quickly and can’t go through with the relationship, but the bi people who went through it can because they think their ssa is now just a symptom of an illness that flares up sometimes but actually they’re het because they can be with their partners, ignoring the possibility of bisexuality all together. I guess that’s a result of the straight = good, gay = bad worldview probably emphasised in conversation therapy. I wonder if these “ex gays” saw sexuality as a morality neutral thing, that they would just accurately identify themselves as bisexuals

a lot of homophobic bisexuals do indeed think that way. some will even acknowledge that theyre well-aware bisexuality is a thing but theyre against using terms like bisexual. they even hate the term gay, they might argue they were never actually gay either (bc theres no such thing to them) just 'lost' and in need of jesus. they prefer terms like homosexual (bc it was so medicalised and deemed a mental illness) or even better just "same sex attraction" bc to them gay or bisexual is like accepting that these things are neutral. acknowledging theyre bi would also destroy their entire goal of spreading the "i was gay but saw the light and now im straight!" propaganda. bc saying theyre bi would just make it clear that they used to act on their same sex attraction and now they think its evil so they only act on their opposite sex attraction, which is far less sensationalist than validating conversion therapy by saying its possible to stop being gay, if u want to badly enough.

and the other thing is, many of these people didnt even undergo conversion therapy! if u watch the videos i linked, many of them talk about having some magical dream or bad moment that made them stop being "gay" all while talking about how theyve always liked the opposite sex. they view their same sex attraction as a result of some kind of moral problem and their opposite sex attraction as natural and they bring this into their pro-conversion therapy rhetoric to argue homosexuals can be changed and homosexuals have this internal desire for the opposite sex as well. they are literally used as tools to further conversion therapy, corrective rape, and homophobic rhetoric. a part of it is sad bc obviously theyre rejecting a part of themselves too (their bisexuality) but i dont feel that sorry for them when they allow themselves to be tools to spread homophobia and promote conversion therapy

[lilyblackdrawside]

IS2 Squad reviews

As the title says. This is from the perspective of normal mode. I have played hard mode a bunch, but didn’t have much fun with it. Enemies getting more defense across the board makes my snipers sad. In normal mode, I’ve cleared every boss with every squad, except for Playwright with Spearhead, but I think that’s fine, so let’s go.

This one is quite solid. It's a good pick for whenever a new patch comes around, introducing new stages and such so you can have some leeway in your approach. But even outside of that, getting an extra 4 shields (5 total with Caliginous Insights) should be seen as a resource more than a safety net. Being able to just leak 5 enemies can substitute for a lack of Vanguards or allow you to just ignore entire lanes (Red Mist right lane) or a whole event stage (The one with the four named knights).

This one will either do nothing (usually) or save your run (rarely). Collectibles that increase squad size are fairly common, ones that increase deployment limit a little less so, but you can make do without any of them if need be. Though if you get the Cautious stage effect without any DL increases it does get a bit annoying. You can play into this squad by going more for picking extra operators instead of promoting them, which makes the early game more stable. More than anything, this squad has shown me that you can be fine without any actual squad benefits. It's fine. This is one of the squads that's just fine.

This one's good. 2 extra hope lets you get way with some risky 6-star picks like an early Skalter (who is always tempting but will absolutely do nothing for you when all you have is Skalter, a Reserve Vanguard and Steward. Not even Steward will save you at that point.) and 20 extra ingots make the guaranteed first shop even better. The shop is always good, if you have the money for it, since it's the main source of the Hands and Contract-type collectibles, which can be very swingy. You'll be happy about picking this one when the shop has Spinach, Hand of Diffusion, a Caster Voucher and the Caster promotion book waiting for you.

I like the idea of this one. It should be right up my alley. Sacrificing life to be stronger, what's better than that? In reality, there are a lot of events where I like to give up life points for other things and outside of events that force lifepoints onto you or randomly gained collectibles that give them, I will never put resources into increasing my total. On top of that, a 15% increase to hp and atk turns out to not necessarilly be significant in this mode, where there are countless other ways to increase both.

Going to pass over the Tactical X Operative squads for now.

Research Squad does nothing. Next.

...

Okay, so this one probably has some potential. I never bothered charting out a Command Exp curve or something and doing so could potentially give an idea of how this squad can pull the level-ups ahead a bit, but at the end of the day I don't think this one does anything that other squads do better. It gives you Squad Size and Hope earlier, you might get one extra level in total, but by the end of a run you usually have well enough Hope and have already reached all the levels that give extra Squad Size so the final few aren't meaningful.

Getting Squad Size earlier also tends to not be meaningful, since you won't have enough operators to even fill those slots.

2 Life points are nice.

I think it's alright. There are a lot of good 4-stars, but also just as many duds. For every Haze you'll get a Pudding, that's just life.

But I also always go for the rightmost option in the initial recruitment plan, where you get 3 random tickets, one of which will always give you a random, free 4-star operator. With this you get 2 and you can get through the first couple stages with that, so you're free to go for some risky picks, like the aforementioned early Skalter. I've generally had good experiences with it.

Okay now we'll do the promotion squads. They're easily the most consistent ones overall, by giving you a big boost to consistency and early power and they're very easy picks.

Somehow, I find Guards or Vanguards to be only very specifically useful. Neither of them are a type that I'll pick many of, usually only one each, depending on the route. (or none for Vanguards).

If I go for the regular ending with just Lucian, then the only Guard I'll pick will be La Pluma, with any extra Guard Vouchers either going into 0-costs if I want to save on hope or whatever Guard may be fun with the collectibles I have. BSL I also grab Mousse, for Playwright I pick Cutter and that's it. Vanguards I'll take either Elysium or Myrtle and be done with it. This might just be entirely on me, but I don't find these classes worth massing to the point that this squad pays for itself, particularly since I don't use any of their 6-stars in this mode.

But even so, it's probably a good pick because getting an immediate E2 La Pluma just carries the first two floors.

There are a lot of good Defenders that I don't regularly pick and there are a couple of good Supporters that I always pick.

I only don't get Skalter if the game won't let me, I want to have Pramanix on any run that goes through Lucian, Gnosis is amazing with the introduction of the cc-duration collectibles, Deepcolor  can carry you through the first floor (though she does that at E1 too).

Ashlock really makes the absurd Defender-offense collectibles work, Mudrock is amazing in this mode in every aspect, Liskarm has some applications, but I tend to just not get them. Out of these, Ashlock is the one I pick the most, because she's not a 6-star and is a pseudo-ranged unit on a melee tile.

Long story short, this one gets you a lot of value.

Snipers are so good, that they didn't get paired with another class in their auto-promote squad.

Unless you're going for BSL you can just stuff your squad with them, they'll always be good, a lot of them work really well with generic collectibles and the Sniper-spefic ones are amazing.

If you are going for BSL then you can easily get by with none or just May. May is really good. Always pick May.

Apparently there's a secret class called "Medic", of which you may or may not want one for BSL, heard her name is Ptilopsis. I wouldn't know anything about that, since I'm subscribed to Skalter's radio station and get my sustain that way. That, or through certain collectibles and the operators that mainly take damage for me just have self-sustain anyway.

Now this one I like a lot. Not for practicality, not at all, but because Specialists and Casters just have the most funny tools, with a lot of them locked behind being E2.

This one really is absolutely up to preference. I think it brings the most numerical value, since the operators I pick for it tend to be 6-stars, but both classes are actually really strong in IS2.

The Merchants are extremely powerful and them being at E2 and having their module to not totally kill passive DP-generation is great, Shifters are generally handy for their flexibility and there are a bunch of stages that reward you having some, Trapmasters are really good, Frost can enable kills on Duck Lord and Gopnik all by herself, Stalkers also work well since they benefit from some funny collectibles, and so on.

I like to pick these classes because they’re funny.

[causesciencethatswhy]

As long as they’re respectful, people are allowed to share their opinion without being called names or lectured about their psychological state.

Yes and I agree, if you'd have read my post you can see that I'm clearly not talking about people who've been either respectful or understanding. And calling someone a koreaboo because their primarily complaint with a korean artists music is that it's in English, when they would have eaten up the same music if it was in korean is not lecturing them about their psychological states or name calling to me if that's what you're referring too. Asking people to reflect more on the source of their disappointment does not directly invalidate their feelings, it's only urging them to introspect. Like I said you're allowed to feel disappointment but ask yourself where exactly is that stemming from? Is it just because you wanted to hear more personal anecdotes from jungkooks life and are sad you won't get that? Cool, I get that, my post wasn’t for you.

But is it because you feel uncomfortable in your kpop bubble mixing up with the western pop bubble? Is it because you think bts's music is more real to you because it's not being sung in a language you're familiar with or because of their lyrics? Because bts have sung about solely wanting to fuck/pursue romantic relationships/break ups in their korean lyrics before but that didn’t make them feel any less of an artist to people before?

It's odd that people have already made up their minds on how golden is going to sound before we've even heard a single preview. It's odd that people have already dismissed jungkook's artistry and efforts before his promotions have even begun. And I don't think its odd to ask army's to reflect on that.

[lavenderlemonrose]

here, have a late night rambling post, courtesy of my college-anxiety-induced insomnia. thoughts on the legacy of jkr and harry potter below.

I just saw a post that said gen z ppl are pretending they never had a harry potter phase, and it made me deeply sad. obviously I’m no longer supporting the author - I will be damned if she gets another cent of my money, and I’ve severely cut down on how active I am in the fandom. I only occasionally interact with hp posts (mostly marauders, which seem less tainted than the rest), and I haven’t reread the books in at least a year. and I’m happy to do it! this is, quite literally, the least I can do, and as a mostly cis woman I think it’s incredibly important to stand in solidarity with trans people.

but it makes me so terribly sad. these books and these characters and this world were such a formative part of my youth. I was very young and I felt so very alone and they soothed me in a time when few other things did. they were the first real bit of media that I fell in love with in the way I do now, the first I was truly a fangirl for. and the magic of it was that I was at an age when I thought it was all real - that Harry and Hermione and Ron could be waiting at my house for me when I got home. in my darkest moments, I *still* think of these characters, among others, to give me the strength to get up and keep going.

but now they’re tainted. irrevocably. I could even use the word “ruined”. I will never experience them in the same way, and not just because I’m an adult now and I know Harry isn’t going to be waiting around the corner from me. this one hateful woman has the incredible, awful power to give us this magical world and then quite literally rip it from our hands. and I’m still able to think about it in some marginally untarnished way, but I know there are people who can’t, who can’t interact with it at all. and that, to me, is all the more tragic.

so I don’t agree with those posts making fun of people for having a harry potter stage, or scoffing at people who have a hard time letting it go, or saying “you know there are other series out there, right?” yeah, I do know. yeah, I have other favorites. but this was my first favorite. there is an intrinsic part of my girlhood, my childhood, tied up in this that is now lost to me forever, because of one person.

of course you should boycott her and her stupid cashgrab new movies and shows and video games. of course you should prioritize promoting other, more inclusive books. but no one should have to hide that they ever had a harry potter phase. most of us who are here today did. instead, I think this should be something we can bond over. a shared pain, a shared tragedy, that we all feel the effects from in different ways. it’s an experience we all had, and I don’t think we should be made to minimize it.

*bows awkwardly and leaves soapbox*

[jedibongrip]

I posted 3,495 times in 2022

That's 3,495 more posts than 2021!

341 posts created (10%)

3,154 posts reblogged (90%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@bladling

@anakincito

@gffa

@saint-mateusz

@alderaanakins

I tagged 2,648 of my posts in 2022

Only 24% of my posts had no tags

#anakin - 1,027 posts

#obi wan - 948 posts

#m - 245 posts

#ahsoka - 180 posts

#luke - 153 posts

#padme - 77 posts

#leia - 67 posts

#bongrip answers - 67 posts

#maul - 57 posts

#obikin - 38 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

luke, contacting Force Ghost obi-wan: hey obi-wan do you know where my dad is? i've been trying to talk to him for a few days now and i cant get a hold of him :(

obi-wan: oh you dont know? this is awkward...

luke: what it is? is he okay? where is he?

obi-wan:

luke: O_O WHAT?

obi wan: yes. its all very sad and tragic. sent to space hell

luke, close to tears:...

obi-wan: just kidding, i think he's trying to get corporeal enough that he can knock jars off ahsoka's shelf and annoy her. i'll tell him to talk to you soon

221 notes - Posted September 24, 2022

#4

idk something cute about obikin, when characterized that anakin has loved obi-wan since he was a kid, is just that. anakin gets to fall in love again and again and again. every new phase of life he sees obi-wan differently and he loves him differently. obi-wan treats him differently as they both grow up and anakin finds new things about him to love, new jokes that he understands now, new corners of his personality that were previously hidden, and finds all of them so entrancing. whereas obi-wan's love for anakin shifts and changes over their time together, until romance is all tangled up with i took care of you and will always take care of you and i used to teach you and i always want to be able to teach you and you used to come to me when you were scared, i never want you to be afraid again, anakin just finds new ways to love, always different and exciting, until all his past loves are still obi-wan

245 notes - Posted September 5, 2022

#3

au where obi-wan and anakin are both employees of their respective (state?? planet?? take this au anywhere you want) departments of tourism and part of their jobs is doing the whole social media thing. anakin (who high tailed it out of the desert as soon as he could) is very happy promoting the wonderful lakes, forests, markets, and temperate weather of naboo. obi-wan, after a slight 1/3rd life crisis, is having a blast promoting the beautiful dunes, rock formations, sand boarding, hiking, and tanning opportunities of tatooine.

once anakin finds out that fucking tatooine of all places has a department of tourism, and that theyre trying to make his hometown seem nice, decides that he has enough job security to start ripping this social media account a new one, from the official naboo account. obi-wan, of course, has to retaliate. in between normal, expected posts, about cultural events, true accounts, and cross promotion of different departments, it’s common to see an absolutely scathing review of tatooine canyon or a less than stellar photo of a hot spring from naboo (with the caption you guys really hike 4 hours, spend thousands of credits, just to see a hole with less pressure than my showerhead 🤨🤨 alright then #VisitTatooine #AtLeastOurSunsDontDecideNotToComeOut). onlookers think this is just a funny ‘haha the accounts are trying to personifiy themselves and have a little rivalry’ but no, their coworkers are begging them to stop. please anakin, we know you hate sand, but NABOO cant say that. obi-wan please we cant have people think that everyone on tatooine likes fighting our department is supposed to change that.

they end up meeting at some large conference and they hit it off and when they find out WHERE they work, WHAT department, and WHICH media account they’re in charge of, they’re like the spiderman meme except with more sexual tension.

long story short, they split the difference and end up moving to coruscant when they get married

294 notes - Posted August 26, 2022

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should have been a bit more specific padme....

486 notes - Posted October 6, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

au where anakin is a habitual sugar baby but he doesnt like to do much sexual stuff so he usually dips when his daddies start asking about more than dates. he’s making his way through grad school and doesnt have a lot of time for a ‘normal job’, between TAing and doing research labs, so this works for him, despite his limitations. obi-wan is a hot shot accountant that was conned by his friends into using a sugaring app, since he refused to be endearing on dating apps and hated everyone that his friends tried to set him up with. the goal is just to get him used to ‘putting himself out there’ and no one actually expects him to become a sugar daddy.

anyway he and anakin start chatting, anakin asks obi-wan to take him out to dinner and obi-wan is like “uhh sure” and takes him to a nice, but not overly expensive restaurant, an anakin is like HUH? they start talking and anakin offhandedly mentions some of his spending habits and obi-wan is like “you spend HOW MUCH a month on toys?” (”Gunpla aren’t toys, they’re model kits, and it takes a lot of patience to put them together”) and instead of a normal session, they spend the rest of the evening arguing about anakin’s monthly budget. he almost forgets to ask obi-wan to pay him his usual fee, and when obi-wan hands over the money he’s like, “this better not be going to those ‘gunpla’s when you havent paid your cell phone bill yet”

usually after such a confrontational meeting anakin would NOT be setting up another one. but obi-wan is handsome and funny and he actually had some good advice of how to reshuffle money so he meets with him again and again and soon he has a budget that saves him more money and he can just stay afloat with his pay from TAing and with just one sugar daddy.

and obi-wan, who expected nothing out of this and instead found this sugar baby who he’s kinda obsessed with, certainly isn’t going to argue. and hey, you know, an even better way to save money is by finding a cheaper place to live, anakin, for example, my house, where i don’t charge rent at all. anyway, anakin transitions from a sugar baby to a trophy husband in under a year and obi-wan still side eyes him everytime he buys mecha kits

784 notes - Posted August 22, 2022

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[khizuo]

I think there’s a lot more nuance to your f1nn5ter take that’s missing simply because it doesn’t really take into account… how and why people use tumblr?

most people don’t use tumblr to try and advance queer liberation or promote social justice and mutual aid…. they use it for entertainment first and foremost. they want to post/see things that they enjoy, instead of focusing solely on real life issues. hell, tumblr can also be an ‘escape’ of sorts from the shitty reality around them (or that they personally experience)

so they just… don’t want to make their entire feed about those real life struggles, and doom posts about those trying to kill and erase them, and people asking for help to escape their shitty lives. it’s distressing and sad and not what they come to tumblr for. instead they focus on things that are more simple and lighthearted and positive, like a popular gnc streamer.

the point I’m trying to make here is that…. I don’t think you can accurately judge someone’s moral beliefs or actions based on their posting/reblogging habits, because for them this isn’t the moral beliefs website— that’s not what they’re here for. It might be for you, and that’s okay! but that’s not how it is for, id argue, the majority of users. they want a safe space away from that and i don’t think pressuring or shaming bloggers for doing that (/for not posting about [X] issue) is going to help anyone.

hi anon! if anyone out there following me uses tumblr as an escapism site™, then good for you. i'm commenting less on the moral character of individual people as i am on a general culture i've observed on the site as a whole. and the fact is: posts about how "revolutionary" f1nnster are get tens of thousands of notes while trans crowdfund posts struggle to get to a thousand.

the thing is — very few people on tumblr are completely removed from the reality of queer oppression. posts on the topic are frequently reblogged, because such a large part of the userbase is lgbtq. this is why f1nn is so popular on tumblr rn — people are upholding him as a shining example of gender-noncomformity. the problem comes when people (mostly tme queer people) start legitimately calling him more "revolutionary" than trans women because he's "challenging gender norms" or something. this completely ignores context — f1nnster is a popular wealthy white streamer, while transfemme folks often face disproportionate levels of violence and poverty, often as a direct result of coming out.

a lot of tumblr activism is performative. i'm not saying this in a "this makes xyz a bad person" kind of way, what i mean is that posts about social justice and hating capitalism and shit will blow up with the people reblogging them doing nothing to actually build material solidarity, which, yes, involves mutual aid and uplifting marginalized voices. now, i don't know everyone on tumblr, so I'm sure there are people who do mutual aid/organizing work offline and then come on here to exclusively fandompost. but i'm also sure there are people who don't do any mutual aid/organizing work and who then come on here to reblog a few social justice-y posts and then never think about concrete actions to take to actually live up to that which they say they care about. and these are very often the same people who will reblog a post about how "revolutionary" f1nnster is.

I know of plenty of people on tumblr who could participate in mutual aid but don't. this popular tumblr idea that crowdfunding posts are evil or whatever needs to die. it screams of liberalism and a "not my problem" attitude that is actively harmful towards goals of liberation. my complaints are about the performative leftism that I observe a lot on here, and how this culture of performative leftism has chosen f1nnster to uplift as its newest hero. and honestly, I'm more worried about trans poc and multi-marginalized folks who are struggling to get their basic needs met than i am of white and/or class-privileged queer people feeling bad about their escapism site™.