#I want them unironically

[moodyvoid]

who did this to you

[uncanny-tranny]

I think so many people are so deeply alienated from themselves that they have no clue how to exercise their free will and autonomy. For some, this alienation runs so deep that they are afraid of their own autonomy and humanity. It is completely understandable why one would have those feelings, but it can be worrisome.

I want to help others who feel this way, so here are small things I have done to exercise my free will:

Add "guilty pleasure" songs to playlists and actually listen to them (I have a ton of late 1990s-early 2000s music I listen to now proudly that I never listened to in the past out of shame)

Getting the décor item, bath set, bed spread, ect. in the patterns you like, even if it's "childish" (I got a dinosaur-themed wastebasket from the kids' décor section and I adore it)

Taking a new route to get to a place you go to often

Eat dessert first

Celebrate well, and often

Collect things that are "odd" or don't seem like an "acceptable" thing to collect (somebody on my "for you" page collects dandelion crayola crayons and it was so cool!!!!!!)

Incorporate one new piece in an outfit you wear frequently (e.g., a new chain, a necklace, ribbons, bracelets, ect.). Challenge yourself to add onto the outfits if you feel up for it.

Sing along to songs without worrying that you sound "good" or your intonation is completely accurate

Read a book from a genre you weren't allowed to read as a kid (comics, thrillers, mysteries, anything!)

Walk without having a specific destination or goal

Pick up a new craft without expecting yourself to master it or to ever be "good" enough. Get your hands messy.

I don't want to shame anybody for not feeling as though they have free will or that they are exempt from exercising it. However, I wanted to give ideas so that you might read this list and find your own ways to express your intrinsic autonomy and will. You deserve to be a person, to feel alive, not just living. That is what our lives are for.

[chalkrub]

pwyw com from last month ! these are closed now but i will open again at the end of feb maybe

[bubblybloob]

The moment I realized Scarlet Hollow had romance options after thinking the flirting stuff was just for shits and giggles and I had flirted with everyone at least once without realizing it could lead to something more until Stella invited me into her house on day four, that was the funniest shit ever and I’m a colossal dumbass.

[hulloitsdani]

Everyone congratulate The Order on the adoption! Look at their new son!!!

[ooliecat]

Did you know that it is very fun to draw the campers while listening to music they would never listen to? I drew some of my favorite pictures of Bobby while listening to Rihanna. I recommend it too.

i always struggle to find background music when drawing certain characters. maybe i Should just listen to shakira when drawing mikhail. LOL.

[sammorallee]

radioapple from my human!au fanfic i'm currently writing!!!

and i'll probably post the first chapter soon!!! in two languages!!! yay!!!

my ao3

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

Serendipity should be required viewing material before anyone tries to analyze Homestuck; not only is John Cusack a universal constant, but the themes and vibes of Serendipity are so fundamentally woven into Homestuck's DNA that several of Serendipity's thesises and conversations could be lifted directly from one to the other.

In particular, the way Serendipity utilizes coincidence and circumstantially simultaneous events in order to suggest - nay, decree - that the two leads belong together, is highly reminiscent of the way Hussie uses foreshadowing, and not just for romantic couples. It's also a major window into the ultimate stance Homestuck takes with regard to romance, fate, and destiny, and also more specifically, a really good look at Karkat's own personal philosophies of romance. There's a running theme in his movies of meeting someone that perfectly matches your freak, someone you don't ever need to compromise yourself around, who brings out the best in you.

Also, some of yall need to watch a shitty romcom every once in a while and develop some emotions

[assortedvillainvault]

It's implied in dreamlight valley - rift of time, that Jafar is watching you pretty intently (for all he pretends otherwise) as you fumble about trying to fix his shit.

Which means that he's seen me absolutely fucking scour the desert for hours at a time to feed the cobras.

I've ignored pretty much every other companion animal in the game, mostly because I can't be arsed figuring out what treats the little bastards want me to feed them (and some won't fucking stay put RABBITS-)

But I want me the damn snakey.

And I can't figure out if he's stood there absurdly thinking I'm either trying to flatter him or flirt audaciously via reptilian companionship.

By the time I reach that palace I want to be draped in so many cobras they resemble a tassel jacket. I want to be so ridiculously affectionate with the venomous noodles that he's off kilter for the rest of the game.

[smartzelda]

Sorry guys I gotta speak my truth on this one

I'm not kidding when I say that I think that blaming shit media literacy from fans on shipping/shippers avoids the actual root of the problem to throw people you can easily throw under the bus (simply because it's not unpopular to consider people who post about ships or ship characters in media as having lesser or derivative tastes by default)

And here's why.

I think when you blame people who are "shippers" or "consume media through shipping lenses", the true root of it all is a mindset problem.

In actually, putting on shipping lenses can be helpful when trying to analyze a piece of media. When analyzing media you're supposed to approach it through a number of mindsets and put on different lenses (both to deepen your personal understanding of the media, and to pick it apart and see what you can find there (whether intentional or not on the author's part)), and different ships can be some of those lenses

When it comes to ships between main characters (for those who are genuinely willing to see what the narrative is showing with their relationship and what it's doing), there are times when analyzing it from a shipping lens may be helpful. As someone from KH fandom, I have seen people come to deeper understandings and pick canon apart in the process of analyzing a relationship that is genuinely integral to the story (platonic or not). I've also seen people get into rarepairs of characters who barely interact or who just suffer little screen time, and I've seen them come to better understandings of those side characters and how they potentially fit into the world of the media simply because people are now focusing on these characters and how they fit into the narrative.

Frankly, I resent the idea that the only way to truly objectively analyze a piece of media is by turning off the part of your brain that gets excited over relationships and individual characters. Don't get me wrong, that is a way to approach a piece of media and a valid one at that, but the truth is that we cannot be free of bias.

For instance, I was watching House MD with my parents circa last year. At some point I started heavily tuning into what was going on with House and Wilson's relationship. My parents, on the other hand, were largely watching casually. They're not thinking of character relationships or getting heavily invested in most characters, they're watching because they like watching. One of them in particular did try to analyze things that were happening in the show as they happened. However, when it came to the scene late in the series where House threw out Dominika's letter approving her American citizenship, my parents could understand that he was doing that because he didn't want her to leave, but not much beyond that. I ended up explaining to them that House's fake marriage for Dominika was an explicit parallel to when Wilson was living with House in the early seasons. Both situations started with House being none too happy about it but ultimately letting them stay, spending a considerable amount of effort getting them to leave/getting this situation to be finally over so he didn't have to deal with it anymore, and then by the time a piece of news comes through that would mean the person in question actually leaves, House hides this news as long as he can. Because he doesn't actually want them to leave and has grown attached. And by doing this he became a self fulfilling prophecy. By reacting to the truth of Wilson and Dominika leaving him the way he does, he seals his fate and they ultimately leave anyways. Maybe I ship Hilson, but becoming open to how their relationship was handled allowed me to transition to doing character studies and recognizing patterns/parallels that I wouldn't have noticed if I didn't particularly care about the characters or their relationship.

Likewise, I've seen mutuals complain about how people who don't like or don't care about certain characters often overlook these characters (what they're actually like and their place in the narrative), while the mutuals in question (by default) are able to come to deeper understanding of what the writers/story is trying to do because they care about this funky guy

You can't eradicate bias when you're engaging in media analysis, but you can consciously put on a range of lenses and observe the media through different povs with the goal of understanding the media better or bolstering your reading of it. And those lenses/povs can include focusing on specific relationships or the perpective of certain characters

And this is why I say it's actually a mindset problem. Shippers and people who have this one blorbo they like a lot aren't inherently terrible "fandom brained individuals" who are the root of media analysis problems. The problem only arises when people's readings/analysis of a piece of media are inherently restrictive/narrow and self centered. Your problem is with people who view a piece of media through a ship they like but don't keep an open mind about it, and whose "media analysis"/views on canon cannot be split from fanon and their comfortability levels. These are the people whose "media analysis" starts and ends with justifying their fanon as canon, whose views on media revolve around sorting characters and relationships into categories they personally enjoy rather than trying to understand what's going on.

Here's another example.

Here we have a fictional ship we'll call uhhhh...Blanebin. this fictional ship I made up on the spot for characters that don't exist named Blane and Corbin

Person A is super into Blanebin. They're part of the main cast of characters and canonically childhood best friends, so person A (as much as they enjoy fanart and fic) is also enjoying analyzing how narratively important to each other they are. Recently, Corbin started dating another character in canon, but Person A is enjoying watching how Blane is reacting to this. "Is this potentially a tell that Blane is jealous or is having complicated feelings about this? What if he was, how would that contextualize his behavior this season? Here's what I think based on how Blane dealt with explicit jealousy last season in a different situation". It's not impossible that person A is still missing further understanding due to their obsession with Blanebin, but at the end of the day this obsession has allowed them to start picking through the characters both in and outside this relationship. It has allowed them to see potential subtext and theorize on what might happen next with these characters' relationship. Not to mention that with addition of Corbin dating someone else, instead of trying to erase this fact or state that Corbin canonically isn't into that person, Person A is trying to factor in how Corbin's current dating life affects his relationship with Blane (irregardless on personal views on the nature of Corbin's relationship with the person he's dating).

Person B is also super into Blanebin. They really enjoy fanart and fic of the characters, love obsessing over their moments together, and just feel like there's really something between the characters. To person B, every moment between them is just further proof that the writers are ship teasing them. But Corbin getting together with someone else this season? Oh that pissed person B off. They cannot believe that even though Corbin and Blane are CLEARLY gay for each other the writers had Corbin get with someone else this season. Perhaps, they think, it was even a decision specifically made to spite fans. How evil of the writers to tease a perfectly good ship and then have them not get together first? They must have been just doing those teases to get views from Blanebin shippers those scoundrels. To Person B, since Corbin started dating someone when he obviously has some chemistry with Blane (even though the series is far from over) means that Blanebin can never get together now and Corbin x person he's dating is ruining Blanebin by existing. In fact, they think, this is terrible writing for Corbin to be dating someone else because they don't like that relationship and don't see the point. Obviously if the writers were good then Corbin would have started dating Blane instead because this was supposed to be the Blanebin show.

Person C despises Blanebin. Don't get them wrong, they've always enjoyed the character's childhood friendship, but they actually have always thought Blane would have been better off with Victoria. They have a lot of moments too! But they're tired of seeing people ship Blanebin. Corbin just got together with someone else, so obviously that's not gonna work out. Plus Corbin and Blane totally has always given person C bro vibes. In fact, person C thinks, sure Corbin and Blane have a close friendship, but people shouldn't be shipping them. Person C likes Blanetoria and Blanetoria can't be canon if Corbin is in the way of it. So Person C likes to read Blanebin as siblings anyways. Sure they're canonically friends, but obviously their friendship turned into brotherhood. This means that nothing can be in the way of Blanetoria and Corbin can keep dating the person he's already canonically dating. Actually, now Blanebin just straight up makes Person C uncomfortable. Don't the pesky shippers understand that Blanebin are sibling coded because they're childhood best friends and that they're important to each other because they're brothers? It's obvious to anyone with eyes.

Sure, ships are involved here, but is the root of this problem shipping? Character A isn't as knowledgeable of other characters in the plot due to this lens they're using, but at the end of the day they're dedicated to analysis. Their love of the characters is pushing them beyond what they like or dislike to try to understand what might be happening through their lens. Not perfect, but they are slowly broadening their horizons. But Person B and C's problems here are their restrictiveness. What is or should be canon to them is tantamount to what they personally like or find comfortable. Is person C actually analyzing the this fake show when they decide to "read" Blanebin as basically canonically siblings (and this all of their moments are totally a bro thing) just because they don't like Blanebin and the idea of them getting together over Blanetoria makes them uncomfortable? Is person B actually analyzing this fake show when their "analysis" of Blanebin goes only as far as asserting it's being ship teased and deciding anything short of canonizing Blanebin is a targeted attack or "bad writing" because it's not what they wanted personally to happen?

This is what I'm talking about. This is the mindset. Shipping isn't the problem. The problem is when people marry fanon and canon to the point where they have a vested interest in superimposing their fanon over canon as "a reading" and trying to make "collective decisions" on what is canon (or what canon is trying to say) based on what does or doesn't make them uncomfortable. The problem is people being restrictive and centering their own likes and dislikes in the conversation, so they can only interact with canon "analysis" wise by deciding what is canon or should be canon "as obviously agreed on by everyone". You can't simply claim you like media analysis. To be able to analyze media and bolster your views on any given canon, you must be open to looking at it through multiple povs, to studying characters without trying to pretend things you don't like don't exist or do like do exist. There is a balance that must be kept between trying to keep objectivity and putting on specific focus/bias based upon the lenses you're putting on. You have to be willing to try to figure out what a media is doing or saying, not saying you're trying to figure out what it's saying while in actuality trying to define the narrative around what people believe it's saying in ways that suit you.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[tea-cat-arts]

I just think beefleaf kissing and making up would be the biggest fuck you to everyone that's ever hurt them

[aroaceleovaldez]

emo Nico x scene Will Solace...

[dalniente]

It's really bizarre watching people I've followed for years start to go down what looks like a weird...idk, cryptotransphobic rabbit hole? I think if a post appears to be cautioning against an overarchingly reasonable concern but includes shit to the effect of "ummmm don't take this in bad faith but also it's going to be mostly the transmascs who paint the rest of us as groomers, so like, just be careful about organizing with them," that's a little bit of an odd thing to say, let alone reblog. That is fake psyop levels of community-splitting weird, and somehow I've seen this post on my dash more than once now.

Saying "please don't take this out of context or in bad faith, disclaimer disclaimer (you're not allowed to be upset with my very good words uwu), anybody can be shitty about detransitioning and I'm not saying Be Paranoid Of The Tee Em Ees, but maybe just be careful, like the same way you'd be careful of letting someone you don't know drive you home after a first date :3" doesn't change the fact that you're singling out an oppressed group as Less Oppressed and therefore (?wtf) Categorically More Of A Threat and not to be trusted if they try to fight at your side. What the fuck are you doing?

Like, I am not saying this doesn't happen. But happening on the kind of scale that would warrant a warning about, again, AN ENTIRE CATEGORY OF TRANS PEOPLE as untrustworthy? Not worth organizing with or trusting? That is fucking weird. That is a fucking weird, transphobic thing to find yourself agreeing with. There is actually no good-faith way to take "don't trust this category of people if they are trying to organize with you."

[davidzochi]

bill has been consuming my life

[eyesteeth]

loved the severance ending. i'm a massive fan of deeply fucked up endings framed as good ones, and by god did this not disappoint.

like. what even was mark s' fucking plan. there is no reality where he exists and mark scout doesn't. and with the stunt they just pulled, lumon has no qualms about killing them both. both marks fucked up cold harbor, lumon's crowning jewel, and they murdered drummond, a key lumon employee. lumon has every reason to kill them and cover it up as a freak accident, and because gemma's safety was not secured, devon and cobel on the outside have no way to prove it.

and speaking of, cobel was right. it was stated as such in the beginning of the season - mark s would not work without helly r, so they 'gave her to him'. as we know, this was actually helena, but that was because lumon genuinely did not want helly down there - and for good reason, she tried to kill the lumon heiress. if irving hadn't found her out, helena would have stayed down there, pushing mark to complete the file. helly's only purpose in this season was to make mark finish cold harbor, and now that it's completed, they don't need her anymore. jame can easily access helly and her spark of kier from one of his birthing cabins. if someone activates the glasgow block again, that's it, no more helly.

and to make matters worse, gemma is now at risk. there's practically no chance she can make it out of the building without detection. everyone's looking for her, alarms are blaring, and she's not familiar with the layout. the stairwell mark s leaves her at is not on the ground floor. and even if she does miraculously manage to get out of the building, she'll have to find her way to safety from there on foot.

to me, the most likely scenario is this: mark s and helly r are found together. mark, covered in blood, is easily identified as a murderer and the one responsible for gemma escaping. with no more reason to keep him on staff, he is either killed or kept alive to undergo a fate worse than death. helly never wakes up on the severed floor again. if she does wake up, it's to jame eagan leering over her in a birthing cabin. helena is told a lie about mark in the hopes that she'll get over him. if she's pregnant with his child, too fucking bad for her. dylan g is fired, and dylan george has to see if he can truly become the man gretchen fell in love with. irving bailiff finds whatever secret burt sent him to see on that long train ride. gemma is either captured and dragged back to cold harbor, or is forced to play against the odds in an attempt to make it to safety. devon and cobel are left to do what they can to take lumon down. milchick digs a deeper hole for himself or leaves. if any move is made to take lumon down, it happens without mark and helly, and in spite of their choices together.

but hey, at least they got to skip down the hallway together, holding hands. truly, they deserve each other in their selfishness.

[pertaretart]

The Eepies are now made into acrylic charms :3c

Of course Kitty Vessel has a Kitty clasp and Bunn II has a bunny clasp hehe (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

I also am absolutely in love with the red acrylic board 😳

Gonna have them with me for LBM/MCC!! And after that leftovers will be available online :3