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The sexual/sensual coding in Aaravos and Viren's interactions: The Sequel
Also known as "Why I don't like the revelation in s5."
Trigger warning--This discussion is going to mention manipulation/coercion, homophobic stereotypes, and sexually-charged abusive/invasive behavior under the read more so please proceed with caution.
Alrighty so before I start talking about tdp s5's major reveal in the Viren + Aaravos relationship I'd like to discuss the interactions they had with each other before and after the reveal and my thoughts on them. Here we go:
First thing I'd like to note is that Aaravos is still showing the creepy, invasive behavior that concerned me in my original post. Throughout the scene he and Viren share he:
Touches Viren
Invades Viren's space
And manipulates/controls Viren's body
And in addition to controlling Viren's body, we've also find out that Aaravos can straight up move Viren's very soul if he wants.
And like I addressed in my previous post, he does all of this without asking for Viren's permission and/or showing any care for Viren's wishes--hell, he explicitly ignores Viren when the latter says he doesn't want to be in the prison with him.
That being said, these actions alone aren't the most concerning issue for me; that isn't to say that they're not concerning to me all, but it's nothing that hasn't been done before in their relationship--it's nothing new is what I'm trying to say.
However, the revelation about Sir Sparklepuff being their child is new--and imo it adds a whole new level of creepiness to the relationship.
Allow me to rehash what went down a bit:
Aaravos reveals to Viren that in order for his resurrection to be permanent, he needs to preform a spell that requires the "blood of his child"--Viren protests and claims that he'd never sacrifice his children.
Aaravos responds that he never expected him to hurt Claudia or Soren and reveals that he has a third child he can use--
Viren is confused and claims he doesn't have any other children--then Aaravos reveals that Sir Sparklepuff is his and Aaravos' child
He tells Viren that Sir Sparklepuff is there for him to use for the spell and that he will teach Viren how to use his "living essence" to reclaim both his life and his "future."
There's a lot (and I mean A LOT) of things about this scene/reveal that worry me; I'll try to sum it up neatly, but it's probably going to be pretty lengthy regardless. Here we go:
Concern 1) Viren had no idea that Sir Sparklepuff with his child, but Aaravos did
No matter how many angles I try to see it from, this feels violating to me; considering how Viren didn't know what the spell would do and how desperate he was at the time, his willingness to perform the original spell is dubious enough already--to then have it revealed that the spell produced a child that's biologically his really disturbs me. It might just be my opinion, but I feel that it adds a level of predatory to Aaravos that's unnecessary at best and horrifying at worst.
Concern 2) The lengths Aaravos has gone to keep Viren alive (and presumedly on his side).
This includes:
a) Telling Claudia the spell that would resurrect Viren.
b) Preserving Viren's body for 2 years while Claudia gathered everything necessary
c) When they first met, he chose a spell that would create a being that would not only allow them to communicate, but could also be used to resurrect Viren if the need arose.
Now assuming the writers planned this all from the beginning (I have my doubts, ngl) this shows a great deal of effort and premeditation on Aaravos's part to make sure Viren sticks around--whatever his plans may be, Viren must play a pretty big role in them or else he would have just moved on when Viren died the first time. (It's either that or he has some strange sort of fondness for Viren, which leads me to Concern # 3)
Concern 3) As of now, we have absolutely no info about how their relationship is going to be portrayed going forward
While Viren's fate is a bit ambiguous at the end of s5, I'm 90% confident that he's going to live through s6 in one way or another and assuming I'm right and that happens, there are a few paths the writers could take in how they depict the relationship
Option A) They sweep everything under the rug and pretend the sexual coding in the relationship never existed.
Option B) They portray Aaravos as a complete monster who was just using Viren for one thing or another and has now discarded him since he got what he wanted from him.
Option C) They portray Aaravos as having some dark sort of attachment to Viren--one that won't allow him to let Viren "leave him"
All these possibilities are iffy imho, but I'm honestly not sure which would be worse.
Going with Option A feels lazy--like the writers don't want to deal with the dark themes they chose to put in and decided to take the easy out.
(Granted, it wouldn't be the first time the show has dropped important plot points/developments--no one seems to have found out that Viren and Aaravos sent the assassins at the end of s2, for example--but it would still feel cowardly to me)
Going with Options B or C both feel gross--with Option B it feels like Aaravos would be the epitome of the Predatory Queer-Coded Villain--he would have effectively used and abused Viren in a violating way (i.e coerced/forced him to bear their child) and abandoned him once he was done with him. It would be pretty hard to make a case for him having a "kind side" after that.
That being said, Option C isn't really any better--Aarvos would still be following the "Predatory Villain" stereotype, the only difference would be that he'd fall more into the role of an abusive partner than the "pure evil" role that some older queer-coded villains were placed in.
TLDR: I don't like the revelation of Sir Sparklepuff being Viren and Aaravos' child because I feel it follows the reoccurring theme of possessive/violating actions from Aaravos toward Viren that I've worried about all the way back in s3.
#tdp critical#manipulation tw#coercion tw#like I said in my first post on this subject I know their relationship was never healthy#but they didn't have to go this route#to be clear this isn't me judging anybody who likes this twist or anything#I'm just giving my 2 cents#TNC analyzes cartoons#TNC theorizes#Writing this felt like being in The Twilight Zone#I started remembering all the emotions I felt after s3 was released/when I wrote Part One#It was weird but also kind of nostalgic#upcoming tags added after I mulled over my thoughts some more#if I'm honest I'm not worried ONLY about what's going to happen to Viren's character in future seasons#I'm also worried about AARAVOS'S character too--namely that he doesn't HAVE much of character outside of this relationship#we know next to nothing about him#and what we DO know feels 2-dimensional (and pretty iffy)#I'm honestly not terribly confident that they'll be able to change that and develop him too much in the 2 remaining seasons
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the THING about Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes is that, #1, it is one of the most melodically satisfying songs I've ever heard and that's why it was one of the first FOB songs I actually listened to of my own free choice, and #2, it makes people crazy insane bc so many of the lyrics simply make zero sense on a surface level EXCEPT "I'm half doomed and you're semi sweet" which IMMEDIATELY gets across its point and acts as a thesis statement to the song, thus allowing an understanding of the rest of the lyrics to fall into place
#especially the second verse I still have to think about a lot bc it sounds like nonsense until you really dig into it#but I tend to interpret it as actually somewhat literal#a lot of truck stops have fancy painted porcelain or glass doll displays or souvenirs (which is how I read the lizard scales line#which is also funny bc usamerican truck stop gift shops often make zero sense in most ways skskskdkdn)#and it's kind of like this weird futility. like it's pretty on the surface it's nostalgic but it's also SO out of place#and probably cheap and veneered as well#which is.... absolutely fascinating in the wider context of folie and its creation#something something music industry something something the band itself at certain points in their history (especially#right before the hiatus)#idk man. all I know is that disloyal order is insane and also insanely fun to sing. the melody is just OUGH I wanna drink it#she speaks!#m#fob#fall out boy#folie a deux
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another WIP!
anyways, when I was going into Part 2, I was not expecting a bunch of generic-model NPCs (albeit very pretty ones) to end up being some of my favorite characters of the story
I'd do anything to protect these silly little goobers!!!!
THEY'RE SO ADORABLE!!!!
#honkai impact 3rd#honkai 3rd#hi3rd#honkai part 2#hi3rd part 2#Honkai dreamseeker#honkai Sweet#honkai Darren#honkai Ahlam#honkai Yewei#idk how else to tag this lol#between these little fellas and Siobhan (extremely hot bartender lady in hsr) i am very satisfied with life rn#also i adore the setting of the Sweet Tooth diner - it's such a sweet place and it feels so homely#funnily enough I've actually had decent-ish experience with part-time food service so this event is actually really nostalgic in a weird wa#business was slow & it was a small community so it wasn't a lot of pressure#so it was great to chill and bond w/ the coworkers and make small talk with the guests#and i say this as someone who literally explodes if they have to do small talk in any other kind of situation#i don't need a world-changing professional career y'all please just let me work at a small comfy local cafe/diner#this is all i want in life T_T
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It’s wild running into a mutual again after you’ve changed your name & became a completely different person. I’ve been through entire character arcs since the pandemic started basically! Like hey yes you may or may not remember me but it’s wonderful to see you again! 😸💜
#I’m vague posting#in a nice way of course <3#it’s so cool running into old names & faces#kind of nostalgic#also weird to feel like wow you knew me when I wasn’t how I am now??#it’s just a silly feeling but it’s kinda cool#mine#op
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"why do I feel so weird and awful" says man who already made a post half an hour ago that included the reasons he feels weird and awful
#personal#thoughts#🍬 post#vent post#I'm trying to work out if I need a fun distraction or if I need to do something cathartic instead#I feel strange in a way I can't quite place. I think I might be having emotional flashbacks#and I'm not like... upset at the moment? but I feel like in a couple of hours I'm gonna be hit with emotions I don't want to deal with#there's a very specific feeling that I can't seem to describe in any normal way which might mean I need to write poetry about it instead#something about summer evenings seems to fuck us up sometimes and it's just occurred to me that I think we write more poems in summer#and I only just noticed this pattern because I think we got to the start of summer last year#and started writing poems about how much the summer fucks us up#the thing is I like summer and I've been looking forward to it but it also comes with this kind of weird nostalgic feeling#and it ends up being really bittersweet#it's like that quote or post or whatever about August giving you some of the most beautiful but bittersweet moments of your life#every so often I'm like ''okay I say we get summer depression and winter depression but we're depressed all the time#so are we really getting special kinds of depression in summer and winter?'' and then I get to like June and November#and I'm like ''oh okay yeah no this is a different feeling to the background level of depression we have''#this fucks us up in new and exciting ways that I don't want to fucking deal with but will do anyway because I don't have a choice
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godzilla nes is the only creepypasta i unironically think is cool like fr. the ending is very cheesy and out of place but overall i love how surreal the whole thing is and how it slowly escalates from pretty minor and even fun changes into progressively more bizarre territory, not to mention how amazing the spritework for it is
#face from this story was even a direct inspiration for flowey on undertale! that's cool#i also like how it's about a kind of niche game instead of a big nostalgic title like those pastas usually are about#and the way the weirdness manifests in the story is pretty unique. it's not random gore it's just weird unexplained shit for the most part#the ending does suck though lol can't have it all
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since i've gone on T i sweat more and i stink more and that's all expected yeah. but what i DID NOT expect was for my new Guy Stink™ to smell EXACTLY LIKE THE GUY I HAD SOME KIND OF SITUATIONSHIP WITH IN COLLEGE
#god is doing experiments on me i KNOW#atlas.txt#also bonus i never REALLY got over him so its a very weird sort of nostalgic/horny/heartbroken kind of vibe every time im done at the gym
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winx club number 1 comfort media to me when I was a weird preteen and was ugly and was acting strange and all my peers hated me and bullied me and shunned me and my friends dropped me because of signs of mental illness and no one knew how to handle me, least of all myself ✌
#feeling very nostalgic tonight. but the weird inbetween kind that makes me fucking sad but also makes me feel like a little kid#idk i feel..... way too young for this adult body..... idk idk idk#feeling 12 again and like i just need a hug because all the bad things from back then are hitting me full force idk idk idk.....
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rereading old fics can be so personal
#mimi chats#felt nostalgic and went thru old comments on some of my favourite pieces#and i just#miss having that presence and interaction i guess#but also so happy that i got that opportunity#and also to express myself in that kind of way that was different from what a lot of other writers were doing#like till forever falls apart and i bless the rains#both so special to me#and to think one came from a weird itch to write some th ont based off africa by tot#and it endinf up beinf so poetic and thematic??#yeah anyways i’m just getting sentimental#and i kinda miss being in slightly bigger fandoms
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it’s officially “you will be exhausted and have to shower again if you go out” season
#ran a bunch of errands today and guess what. :)#is it weird though that this kind of heat is also a bit nostalgic
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Parkour civilisation is a thing that I have now watched.
And the cuts to summary always feel like... When you were watching TV as a kid and the adverts came on, then you got a recap when you got back to the show.
I usually hate adverts, but it feels weird that parkour civilisation doesn't have them.
#also like. when am i meant to go get a snack?#its kind of nostalgic#weird blended with this rather new short content style of narration
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The nonbinary struggle for me is not wanting to be femme because it's physically and emotionally uncomfortable for me but also kinda wanting to be femme at the same time cuz it feels like I'm missing out on something really great and fun and that maybe I'm just rejecting it cuz I'm afraid I can't pull it off
#just nonbinary things#like i see other people being femme and I'm like “wow that looks like fun!”#but then i try to imagine my current self in a skirt or makeup and already i can imagine the ick I'd get from it#and i haven't worn makeup in a long time but i distinctly remember it feeling sticky and heavy in my face after a while#cuz this is also very much an autistic struggle#i just think about this a lot cuz i have interests in stuff like fashion and dolls and just cute nostalgic girly stuff#but it just feels weird because i don't look or act like the kind of person who'd like that stuff#maybe I'm just overthinking it
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No but like genuinely seeing httyd1 era Hiccup next to rtte or httyd2-3 Hiccup I know it's the same character but it like won't connect in my brain. Who is that man. What.
Ngl Hiccup's 'glow up' was a tragedy. KEEP HIM SMALL AND UGLY!!!
#the difference in behavior rlly doesnt help either 😭#like ig you could attribute his lack of sass to maturity but its weird bc it seemed like its what rtte was going for but they just#made him look like an asshole thats mean to his friends for not reason. not the previously endearing snarkiness#also. httyd1 hiccup is more competent than any other version of him. thinking abt a few months back when i watched all the movies back to#back and im nostalgic for httyd2 so i can just kind of turn my brain off and enjoy it but#the moment the end credits roll the inconsistencies and other issues haunt me but i digress#httyd#moth.txt#deyas dragons
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I love watching early episodes of Futurama; the year 3000, and people still have VHS tapes and floppy disks. Because like, the world at the time only had barely a hint of of the digital tech around today, just 24 years later. So even when the people working on the futuristic sci-fi show were coming up with wacky nonsense, they also used what they were familiar with. Which was VHS tapes and floppy disks. There is some kind of irony in there, and maybe also a weird metaphor too, because I'm nostalgic for a show about a fictional future which also contained many retro references to media that came before it, and as I watched the show over the years, I saw it slowly include more and more "modern" facts of the real future, that was actually the present
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Tumblr crashed and killed my post and I'm too lazy to go find what I was reblogging, but:
You need to understand that there is a type of right-wing person who is (relatively) sex positive.
You need to understand this because it explains some "contradictions" but more importantly so that you won't assume someone isn't wildly right wing just because they're sex-positive. These people still have horribly opinions on a lot of things, including sexual ones. They just don't think it's Inherently Wrong to do "weird stuff" in the bedroom.
I always describe this viewpoint as "it's okay to get freaky, but don't be a freak".
They're making a distinction between things you DO and things you ARE. They hate the latter, and think the former is fine.
This is a big part of why you get "confusing" things like right-wingers who are against trans people but those same people might enjoy crossdressing during sex. They're fine with wearing girls clothes while they get pegged, but don't think you should be allowed to go by she/her in the workplace if you're AMAB. Crossdressing is a thing you do. Being trans is something you are.
And the post I was trying to reply to was about swingers disliking polyamorous people: it's the same thing. Swinging is a thing you do: they're having freaky sex. What's wrong with that?
But polyamory? Having multiple partners at the same time, even when you're not fucking at the moment? That sounds like something you are.
Basically it seems to be the worldview of people who are sex-positive (to an extent! I don't want to overstate their positivity) in their personal life, but are against "the decay of society".
They're basically conservatives nostalgic for an imagined world where everyone has 1950s social roles in public, but can get up to whatever weird sex stuff they want behind closed doors.
I don't know how much this kind of few point is due to libertarian influence on these kinds of right wingers (where they've internalized the "the government shouldn't tell me what to do" part of the ideology, but still think "the government should tell those weirdos to get cut it out" is fine), or how much this is because of the rise of 4chan as an alt-right meeting spot, and that site was (and still is) partially a porn site.
It's slightly hard to argue that all sex besides married missionary for procreation is immoral when you're one click away from threads full of anal-toy-howtos and pregnant "dickgirl" hentai. (Not that they don't try, sometimes)
Just keep the fact that these people exist in mind: it'll better explain some of the strange opinions you sometimes see online.
It's probably also a major driving force behind Bidoof's law. They can easily argue against something innocuous like polyamory or trans people while filling their own timeline to with images of trans orgies, because they think Doing Sex Stuff is morally neutral, but Being Stuff is inherently wrong. You can cross dress or swing, that's fine, whatever gets your rocks off. But you can't be trans or be poly. That's wrong, apparently.
(This is probably also South Park's fault but I'm not an expert on that show so I'll not try to explain)
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so i’m curious about your enjoyment of pain as someone who also enjoys it. do you like all types of pain? what’s the like. intensity cut off? do you have favorite and least favorite pain sensations? for me personally i sort of like getting zapped, and also getting lightly burned, but not enough to actually leave a burn if that makes sense? like the sensation of having something slightly too warm pressed against my skin for too long is nice but i can’t stand actually healing from a burn wound (there was one time i literally couldn’t sleep due to a burn on my thumb). also bruises are nice. like pressing on them. but i absolutely can’t do cramps of any kind. anywayyyyy i curious about your opinions <3
JAMES CEMETERYTHING PAIN ASSESSMENT (or: i am asking you to get weird with it):
DISCLAIMER: this is a subjective account of my personal experiences with pain, and not intended in any way to dismiss other people's perfectly valid personal experiences, or to promote self-harm or violence towards oneself or others. obviously your body is yours to do with as you wish, but i accept no responsibility for those choices you make. please be kind to yourselves and each other.
- bruises: friendly short-term companions that occasionally stiffen, ache and throb in response to movement and touch. they have pretty privilege but fortunately i like that in a wound.
- scratches: zingy, sharp, and refreshing. like biting into a ripe but still sour berry. sometimes they swell up a little while they're healing. these are the best kind of scratches because they have tenderness and texture that's fun to touch.
- cuts (ie: anything deeper than a scratch, but not puncture/impaling wounds): the pain has a more intoxicating, overwhelming effect than scratches, which can be a good or bad thing. temptingly slippery and reactive to touch, but the risk of infection is a looming threat that takes some of the fun out of the act. cleaning them out can be an enjoyable compromise.
- incisions, stitches, and other consensually inflicted forms of wound (eg: tattoos): the choice and intention you have in the matter makes them more satisfying to experience, and your body's reactions (tensing, gritting your teeth, and breathing sharply through the waves of pain running through your body from the focal point of entry) can be exciting to bear witness to if you allow yourself. please engage in this one responsibly and safely.
- broken bones: immediately nauseating, but the dull ache of a healing bone after it's fractured has an almost comfortingly omnipresent quality to it that i find myself nostalgic for when it's gone. the occasional shooting pains you get when you move wrong, however, are too fleeting and sharp to really enjoy.
- muscle/joint injuries and pains: sickening and hateful. they burrow too deep to easily root out, but remain close enough to the surface to make you feel clumsy and unwelcome in your own body; a throbbing tumour ejecting waves of pain into the world. demanding and ungrateful, relieving them is the only thing they're good for. a notable exception is muscle aches from pleasurable/satisfying experiences, which carry that muscle memory and can redeem themselves in the process.
- headaches: really depends on where and how intense they are. i kind of enjoy the headaches that build behind my eyes, and will roll them and blink exaggeratedly to send little starbursts of pressure-release shooting through my skull. headaches that gather around my temples or build at the bridge of my nose, on the other hand, are unwelcome intrusions.
- impaling/puncturing wounds: perhaps a controversial opinion, but the penetrative aspect is probably the least interesting part to me. the aftermath - having a foreign object lodged inside you, surrounded by shrieking nerves declaring their resentment at the intruder, or a vacant hole of emptiness and strange new sensation where once was untouched flesh - is when things really start to get exciting.
- burns/debridement: generally considered the worst kind of pain, and i'm somewhat inclined to agree. it's hard to find much of a silver lining in having your skin flayed from your body layer by agonising layer. i think it's down to a similar issue to the one muscle cramps present - you're too trapped in the mundane misery of having a body, with no adequate distraction or fascination to make up for it. i do find the way that they heal to be interesting, though. the itching and oozing and peeling is by no means pleasant, but it is a disgustingly welcome relief from what came before. and the shiny new or scarred skin left behind feels like a kind of victory medal. a badge of endurance.
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