#Plus emo twink

[edgyblackcats]

what do you even call this ship

[jellogram]

Disney ruined Star Wars so bad that it's embarrassing to say you're a Star Wars fan. I know every frame of the original trilogy but if you say you like Star Wars people are like "Did you see that new show on Disney plus??? It fills in the gaps between the Glup Shitto's appointment as general and the battle of Pandatar" and I'm like actually I don't give a fuck about Glup Shitto, the guy who appeared in one scene and had no lines. I liked that little twink and his hag sister and their emo dad. I would back over baby Yoda with my car.

[justyourtypicalwriter]

very excited for your ravenstan halloween costume ( he would cry i mean it, like it would be his life's greatest achievement he would say he is a just a lame 25/8 hween costume of you ) BUT TALK ABOUT YOUR SP BRAIN CHILDREN AND THE DOGS PRETTY PLEASE <3

HI NINA!!!

No because I’m literally rapid switching between Pinterest and Amazon like nobodies business as I look for costume pieces (I’m so delusional, it’s a problem😔) Plus let’s face it, I already dress like an emo twink so it’s not that difficult

And you know what? I was gonna keep this a secret, but just for you I’m gonna yap and spill a little about the Style engagement-

So a lot of the au in general revolves around a “do it now because you never know what could happen later” dynamic. Everyone is unwell and health is a very fragile thing.

The actual engagement happens when they’re 24. I wrote their entire relationship to be built heavily on puppy love (ahaha get it? I’m so funny). Both boys would literally do anything for each other. Stan is the one to propose and it’s at this really fancy restaurant which is kinda awkward since it’s during a period where eating as a concept is just fucking Kyle over. This is not that big of an issue for Stan though, he’s just freaking out over purposing in general.

I should also mention that this takes place during round two of dogs. Stan’s SDiT is a Rottweiler and her name is Saffi, Kyle’s is an Australian Shepherd named Pallas (Greek/Greek mythology themed names bc I’m insane and can’t stop😔)

Stanley, oml this boy really almost has a panic attack over this as if he doesn’t know that they’d both die rather than not be with each other. He is just completely shocked when he pops the question and Kyle says yes.

They are so giddy and stupid in love on the car ride back to their apartment. Kyle keeps looking at the ring (their initials are engraved on it and he’s about to sob). Stan is over the moon, he’s so excited about getting to marry Kyle. And they kiss-

then they crash.

[scalproie]

With recent stuff happening Ive been thinking about V returning in future dmc games bc of how popular he is (and how much i would NOT like that fanservice for what it is bc like it or not he fullfilled his (and urizen's) narrative role) and Ive been thinking of ways it could happen without it pissing me off.

First thing, if V makes a return in any way, urizen NEEDS to also make an appearance. That's why I have such grip with world of V bc like, where the fuck is urizen in that? Is he the blue human-shaped blob on the floor? V may get playable-emo-twink privilege but I will be one of the 5 people that wont stand for it bc you cant have your character split himself in two and be like "oh this half is more important" when it goes against the very message you conveyed in your damn game. You cant say "Oh vergil wrongly thinks his powerful demon side is all he needs when in fact he needs all to be whole but actually its his human side thats more important" you cant do that id be mad. Anyway.

So option one would be, vergil can keep world of V but urizen becomes the "canon beowulf" to keep vergil's classic moveset. Plus it works bc in urizen's last boss fight he was literally punching and kicking dante up.

Option two would be urizen joining in in world of V aka be part of the attack but I guess it would be a bit too similar to nightmare but also he can do a banger finisher like hell on earth.

Final option would be vergil splitting himself into V and urizen just cause but the more i think about it... V wanted to merge with urizen to live and be powerful, urizen realized (according to vov) that he needs V to be powerful. Theyre the strongest they can be as vergil so why would they (vergil) want to separate again unless youre getting really close to the "theyre actually their own characters and not vergil (wrong)" thing

So anyway I just circled back to "V (and urizen) dont need to come back and I'd be mad if V does (and bc obv urizen wont as well)"

[vertin-is-the-frog-guys]

this isn't a re 19 post feel free to ignore i'll be back to my daily schedule soon ( gives you 18 posts in a row then disappears for a month)

man natlan sucksssss

the story is mid at best

i get that it's supposed to become darker and such but it just feels like filler

the spacing is wack, plus there's the va problem ( no hate to them it's just unfortunate )

and the whole basically white washed pov of the places it's based on

it's just such a let down cause i've always liked capitono and xiloen is so cool but there like

the only ones?? mualani is a half baked hydro girl who is a colonized version of Polynesian people and is mischaracterized by the game itself, knich is just more bait for people who simp over his character type to make everyone shut up about how bad natlan is, and kachina, i love you, but your loli bait just like every other small girl character.

the game heavily popped off with fontaine and natlan just feels so empty after it

it feels like replaying the mondstat with how awkward it is

plus the whole problem of how hoyo wants to show natlan in the light "woahhh look how advanced this society is!! see everyone we're not racist!!" but ends up ruining the atmosphere of their game with not using its fantasy setting it worked so hard to achieve

natlan is such a flop, like

chasca is just fucking hideous

she would look so much better if her skin wasn't so pale, hear me out. the contrast of the dark colors is too big so it doesn't work, using a light or medium brown would fix it so much

that guy who the emo twink (idk remember how to spell his name sorry 😞) is also just ugly and he's based on a god? ugh.... hoyo wtf man

mauvika is also so hideous i'm sorry ik people like her but she's basically for the "wafiu impact lololo" people, she'll be turned into an Ei and hoyo wants that, it gets them money

natlan is such a flop man

[jesterjaxx]

Wierd question but what do u think would realistically happen in juvie with Duncan and Mal? Ik Mal's made out to be this skinny emo who can beat up everyone in cannon but cmon bro is a twink its so funny

In my head he had clout cuz be got put away for something bad that he intentionally spread around as a rumor and alot of people in td act like Mal has extremely bad vibes and is creepy to be around so im sure that helped build up a reputation.

I think his power is mostly built around his observed power around people and even though hes built like a stickbug hes pretty athletic so he has at least a little physical power over people as well.

In my headcannon the first time Duncan really went to juvie was when his Dad arrested him, which i think would also give him enough of a reputation to make him at least interesting to Mal. (I know in canon they were supposed to not know eachother well back in juvie but like. What if we were fun) This plus Duncans flaw of doing things for attention and apparent fear of Mal kinda kept him as a non-threat. I might write a drabble about them later.

[regaliasonata]

Also character ask ZIGGY

Character Ask: Ziggy Grover

First Impression

-Definitely falling under the average green ranger stereotype of being the silly but less engaged member of the team, though that is quite alright cause he'll probably give some positivity to the team due to the state they are in via the season

How I Feel About The Character/Impression Now

-.....I love this twink and honestly me and everyone else should love him, the fact that he was in a mafia, managed to escape, gave medicine and supplies from said group to orphans in needed AND GOT OFF SCOT FREE WITH HIS TOASTER BOYFRIEND speaks volumes.

Favorite Moment

-So far has to be that scene between him and the cartel where he's got that serious face, I'll have to go back and fully complete RPM but seeing Ziggy look so cold is amazing.

Idea For A Story

-okay think of this....Ziggy as a Peter Pan type character who was reborn in another world that raises orphans or children who've passed early and they live in this alternate world with magic, at the same time he's an assassin that's teaming up with Dillon and Tenaya(who also have powers based on fairy tales) to steal ancient treasure from a tyrant king in order to rule the rule, Once Upon A Time walked so this can run.

Relationships

OTPs

-Ziggy/Dillon....obviously, can't have a happy twig without his grumpy muscular emo boyfriend.

-Ziggy/Scott, Ziggy/Flynn. Both these work really well in my opinion.

-Crackship idea if this crossover was ever a thing...Ziggy/Jarrod/Dillon/Casey, imagine all that chaos together with those four like(I'd pay to see a one shot of this tbh). Heck not even a crossover needed because JKP exists in the RPMverse and assuming the entire team is alive then this could fly, crazy twinks and the emo duo.

BROTPs

-Ziggy/Dr.K, honestly feel like he understands Dr.K and they are really close when it comes to hearing each other out, plus Ziggy might actually get her to enjoy some hobbies.

-Ziggy/Casey...seriously Disney fucked us over from ever getting this interaction, be happy with marvel I guess but imagine the send off you could've had.

-Ziggy/Tenaya, she needs earplugs every time he talks about Dillon...

Unpopular Opinion

-Kinda wish we got even more of a backstory for him or seen Ziggy encountering other green rangers. I feel like both him and Trip would get along quite well to be honest.

One thing I wish would/had happened in the show

-....We serious? That Jungle Fury/RPM crossover obviously because ALL THOSE INTERACTIONS AND SUCH WOULD'VE BE LEGENDARY.

-Even if he didn't end up with Dillon we should've had Ziggy kissing some guy.

-Imagine a scene of Ziggy hacking Venjix down with his axe after he found out the program's intention for Dillon, or if Venjix succeeded and Dillon died...it would've been brutal like Ziggy would be shown Venjix why the cartel kept him around🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡

Headcanons

-The RPM team technically has sentient zords because in reality they hold secret Engine Souls like their Go-Onger counterparts. This is actually a result of humanity evolving and without the vitality from Earth's nature so their animal spirits evolved into Engine Souls, thing is the team hasn't unlocked them but when they do the zords will be able to talk(a little fib of my JFAU movie arc idea with RPM cause we deserve that crossover).

-Ziggy's fingernails can turn dark green because of Venjix exposure, some humans after being exposed to the virus during their apocalypse developed small traits via their survival(Scott having sharper canines, Summer being able to detect metals for tools, Flynn when growing out his hair has white highlights and can absorb radiation, Gem and Gemma can see people's dreams and Dillon can purify dirty food and water).

-Ziggy sleeps with a huge dolphin as a pillow or just something to hold whenever he's sad. If he can't morph then he'll fill it with rocks and beat down venjix monsters with it.

-Sometimes when he would leave the dome(before the world began to return to normal) he'd walk miles until making it to the ocean since it wasn't fully destroyed and enjoyed watching the waves. Plus that spot is the only one in the world where the stars in the sky are still viewable.

-After RPM Dillon, Tenaya and Ziggy ventured out into the world to see what needed to be fixed, they built a railroad and it oddly began to glow with energy. This led to the team getting powers via trains and soul power with imagination, humanity's will to keep going(ToQger adaption), villains born from the deceased malice of humanity aim to take advantage of this world and others leading to the team having bigger stakes than last time.

[milkbath69]

Heyy

You read To Kill a Mockingbird! Man, I read that in school too! But?? You had a thing for ATTICUS?? I'm very surprised because he looks a lot like Max from tlb. Dark haired and better looking, yes, but the vibes are super intense. Which is, again, surprising because I know how much you hate Max.

It's funny that you mention the white haired twink from Metal Gear because there's a guy at my brother's school who looks EERILY like him (except more lanky and andrognous) and he has a crush on my brother. And I'm just obscenely jealous.

I like your style. I like the layering of dark fabrics and the abundance of pins. I always appreciate alt style.

I don't think I like horror? I know the Lost Boys is technically horror, but it doesn't feel like it to me? It's kind of goofy and riidiculous yet serious and mysterious and threatening?? Idk it doesn't feel like a traditional horror flick. I like coralline, I love The Craft. I like spooky things, I guess.

Yeah, I don't have the patience for TV shows either. They are just being pumped out at such a fast rate that I can't keep up with, and I dont even want to. I just find a lot of modern media uninspired and stupid. I barely go to the cinema, with the most recent exceptions being Nosferatu, Beetlejuice² and Deadpool 3.

I've never had instagram, so I don't personally understand, but you should do whatever eases your mind.

Yeah, it's been ages since I've read a "proper book." The steep price of books and difficulty to find something I like has lead to an abundance of fanfiction consumption. It's just easier to fall into because I'm already attached with the characters.

I'm curious, what type of people are you attracted to? I know you like Michael and Dwayne ( so tall, pretty brunettes. Emotionally, there are no similarities because one is a fucking brat and the other... has no personality. But Dwayne is still cool and mysterious!) Oh speaking of, if you could date one of the guys from tlb, which one? And why? Also, If the first question is invasive, then I apologize.

Yeah, It would be interesting to see what you paint. If you sketch it would be cool to see that as well. But whatever you'd like to show.

NO MAX AND ATTICUS FINCH ARE SOO DIFFERENT DO NOTTT EVEN IMPLY WHAT I THINK YOU ARE 👎👎👎

i never really considered myself or my outfits alternative because i just dont really care about labels although i did one time get called emo while i was wearing a purple tie dye doors shirt??? like what??? what are you talking about?? purple tie dye doors shirt = emo apparently...

i consider the lost boys more of a horror comedy than straight up horror yk? unlike other vampire horror movies that i cannot name because i havent watched them....the lost boys doesnt really focus on the horror of it all. it spends a lot of the run time with sam and the frog brothers who are fucking ridiculous.

i actually kind of hate coraline... i have to see it everywhere and the more im forced to see a product, or media the more i start to hate it. plus i dont really consider coraline horror? its more of childrens horror i guess?? but even when i watched it as a kid i thought "thats it?? thats what my classmate was hyping up??" another movie that's TECHNICALLY horror but i never saw it that way was Gremlins like. i watched that movie when i was 5 it felt more like a muppet movie to me than horror. when i found out it was horror i was genuinely shocked because for like most of my life i saw it in the same vein i saw muppet movies.

I LOVE THE CRAFT!! oh my god its such a good movie. i hope to own it on dvd or blu ray one day. i remember nancy being my favorite character when i watched it. i need to rewatch because last time i saw it was when i wass fourteen i think? its hard to remember

EXACTLY!! a lot of tv now is just straight up boring like why would i spend 8 hours of my life on a melodramatic one season dark lit show. i actually went to the movie theatre today!! i saw gladiator 2 (did not see the first on) the last two times i went to the movies were for rereleases of movies. i was able to see both cheistine and alien in theatres. and whenever the first muppet gets rereleased for an anniversary me and my mom go to see it together i think ive seen that one twice in theatres?

well i mainly use instagram to message people (the messaging system on tumbler is so terrible) i cant really explain why it feels different to post my face on here than on instagram without sounding stupid. it just is trust me bro.

i dont really know who im attracted to tbh.. i mean most of my fictional crushes (i hate that word sm) tend to be men but my like actual real life ones tend to be women and girls. so even if i did have a like type i wouldnt be really able to tell you what it is because what i like in fictional characters doesnt really transfer to real people yk??

oh god if i could date one of them.. star. i would date star. i know you said guys but i refuse to touch those dirty mfs w a ten foot pole (you cannot tell me david and the rest of them had actually good hygiene in that damn cave) and michael while i think is gorgeous. hes a fucking dumbass. especially with how his personality shifts i am NOT dealing w half blood asshole michael fuck no. so star would be my choice.

here are some of the physical pieces ive done that im pretty proud of :D. i use acrylic paint because oil paint is the actual fucking worst thing in the world to use idc what anyone says it's awful. i woodburned the heart at the end it took me like 3 hours to do and i kept burning the shit out of my fingers but i think it was worth it. i really enjoy painting people like melting i guess?? i dont know something about it is just so much fun.

these are the two most recent digital pieces i've done. its of my fallout oc :p based basically entirely off the america rising 2 mod for fallout 4. ik you don't really know much about fallout. bur in the mod you the player are like the sole reason the enclave rises to power again and so i thought it would make sense if they like used my character for like propaganda posters. because like shes the whole reason they're even there yk? i mainly use procreate to make really stupid edits.. that last like actual piece of art i did digitally that wasn't fallout oc fanart was this

NOW i know what you may be thinking "why the fuck did you make veggietales fanart" i was compelled too genuinely i had this URGE to just make veggietales fanart and it wouldn't go away until i did it...

[ladyroza-18]

Okay so this is something that I made around 7 or 8 tweets about on Twitter (crazy i know so I thought why don't i just continue the craziness by bringing it to Tumblr 🙃) . So when Hwei was released lots of people were saying that he looked identical to aphelios . Obviously that isn't the case the only thing they have in common physically is that they have part of their hair on their face but hwei's is longer and curler while aphelios 's is straight and their stories are entirely different as well

But the thing that bothered me is that people were saying that they are similar because they are both "twinks" UHM THIS AGAIN? WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP CALLING APHELIOS A TWINK? Just because he isn't a ripped beefcake doesn't mean he has no muscle or meat on his bones in his biography it is said that he is physically gefted and that since he childhood he trained hard to the point of bleeding to fight the solari soldiers and if you've seen how the solari looks in LOR these guys are built like walls , like i feel like calling aphelios a twink is ignoring how actually skilled and strong he is my dude runs around mount targon killing solari tanks using multiple moonstone weapons (i don't know how heavy moonstones are but still) and he's doing all that while being in constant pain from the noctem flower poison like that's insane plus if you focus in his design you'll see that he has wide shoulders and seems to have a triangler shaped body but many people insist it's just Bec of he's clouk

However even in the heartsteel universe when standing next to ezreal whose pretty thin he's clearly wider than him so again NOT A TWINK and again just because he's not a ripped beefcake with big muscular arms doesn't mean that he must be so skinny to the point of being a twink anyway this something that has been kinda bothering me every time it happens aphelios is one of my favourite league boys and he's lore is one of my favourite and i feel like people tend to dump him down or forget how tough he actually is because of people collectively thinking of him as only a "emo twink"

[robinsnest2111]

this is apparently what my ideal room as a young teen looked like in my dreams, plus me being a skinny twink emo catboy???

still kinda goals 14 years later ngl

[voxofthevoid]

JJK 224: Battle of the Brats (Affectionate)

They're both such little shits, sweet fuck. Forget their destructive attacks, the sheer ego is going to obliterate the city. I love it.

I was really curious how the much-anticipated Satoru vs. Sukuna fight would be like. The flashy techniques are expected, but it's the ✨ vibe ✨ they'd bring to it that I really wanted to see, especially since neither of them has been shown to fight an opponent who could keep up with them. Sure, there was Toji, but that was teen!Satoru.

I love what we've seen so far—the very clear warm-up ft. banter. Can't even begin to predict where it'll go from here. It's difficult to picture this being a decisive battle in any sense given the plot threads still hanging. Plus, Kenjaku's off to kill people and fuck shit up, and with the number of students who are Culling Games players, that's got to become relevant sooner than later. As long as it's fun and satisfying, I don't care how it all progresses and comes together. And so far, it's been both. I'm still not over Utahime's CT and the full ritual for Purple from 223.

Following the leaks for this chapter, I saw a lot of comments on the Satoru–Megumi angle, mostly about how Satoru doesn't much seem to care about him. Not sure if the translations (fan and official both) have changed things on that end, but it looks to me like Satoru's using the fact that Sukuna can stay alive in and heal his vessel even if the body quite literally dies. The plan seems to be to kill Sukuna and then figure shit out from there regarding Megumi. I'm assuming whatever ideas Yuuji and Yuuta had for saving him will also play a role. But then, hurting Sukuna bad enough to keep him down without completely obliterating Megumi's body seems like it'll be tricky—the difficulties of restraining versus killing, especially of an opponent so powerful. And this is on top of the fact that Satoru can also end up on the losing end. Looking forward to how all that's going to work out.

I remain curious about what Sukuna assuming his true form would mean for Megumi. I've been laboring under the impression that there's a link between the appearance of the body and the state of the original soul, even in cases where the incarnated sorcerers can control the appearance. But this chapter at least, Satoru acted like Sukuna keeping Megumi's appearance was relevant only in terms of potentially making him hesitate. Then again, nothing he says to Sukuna can be fully trusted. It could also be that Sukuna needs to maintain Megumi's soul/body to access the Ten Shadows technique. That makes more sense than him keeping it for the face, though Sukuna having a taste for emo twinks is pretty amusing all on its own.

[thefandommind]

Friends have me thinking about genderbent Eli Monpress characters,

So far, Josef would be very buff butch lady, v hot, Nico would be a di Angelo rip off, Eli is a quote "lady twink", and Miranda is not allowed to be a man because "I don't like ginger men." -my friend who proposed this main idea.

Benehime is also not allowed to be a man, because he'd be too much like the Zeus of the old myths, and thus this au is really just the Isle of Lesbos, plus small emo boy Nico.

[clopeh-sekka]

Okay, just finished episode 25 and I put the wrong pieces together to make the right puzzle if that makes sense? I remembered that a few episodes ago I saw emo jester using screws or smth to stab a guy in the hand and then the eye. Then a couple of episodes later mathless was eating soup and the spoon disappeared for a bit right? So I message the gc and say 'omg does the emo jester have metal powers' and then I get a 'Wtf what episode are you on?!?!?' And I say ep 22 and they ask how I put that together so I said what I thought plus the fact that emo jester was the only member of the hitman team that team boob window 2 hadn't dealt with and then I got a 'lol that's not him' but then I asked if he had metal powers and I got confirmation. I also apparently figured out one of his special moves? And it has something to do with blood control. Keep in mid that I've seen about 5 minutes total of this dude and I've apparently figured this out. So I am certifiably a genius.

In other news, here are the next couple of nicknames:

18. Valentines day but yandere - Boss

19. Squidward - Squalo

20. Femboy - Tiziano

Trish's stand is fucking awesome and so is boob twink 1's. I will also begrudgingly admit that piss kink twink has a cool stand as well.

Last things: I am deeply in love with Buccerati, I'm annoyed at Swiss cheese for not going with everyone, mathless is my son, and pesci is baby.

At the behest of a few friends, I have started watching JJBA. I was told I am able to watch it whatever order I want, so I've started with part 5 and I am currently on episode 10. Here are my nicknames for these dudes so far with the actual character names courtesy of said friends:

1. Boob window twink 1 - Giorno

2. Boob window twink 2 - Buccerati

3. Piss kink twink - Abbacchio

4. American flag boi - Mista

5. Swiss cheese - Fugo

6. Mathless - Narancia

7. Yogurt cheese bowl - Fromaggio

8. Pickle Rick - Pesci

9. Mafia daddy - Prociutto

10. Mellon boy - Melone

11. Emo jester - Risotto

12. Devil fruit - Ghiacchio

13. Italian ice cream - Gelato

14. Rich people ice cream - Sorbet

15. Nylons - Trish

16. Pigtails - Illuso

17. Torao 2.0 - Jotaro

[iguessihaveawrestlingblog]

seth and finn teaming together is like .. trying to out-thot each other

[soft-potatoe]

okay but what would happen if the Corinthian and Kaz met? Like both are nightmares to some degree, children haunting, eyes removing.

And like who would win the surely ensuing fight? Like on the one hand the corinthian was made to be a killer, it's like his whole thing, he probably has a knife in his boot and is very proud of that.

But then you got Kaz.

Would the Cofinthian also try to seduce him and be immediately hit in the groin with a cane the second he flirty touches Kaz (" if you do that again your brain lies on the floor") Brekker (maybe that would be the first time someone ever rejected him, imagine the mental damage alone the corinthian would take from that)?

Plus I have the hunch that the corinthian isn't a very skilled killer really. Bc he kills people by first seducing them, thus distracting them, he literally never has to stab someone that is expecting to get stabbed or hurt. But like Kaz is always expecting the worst anyway so I think the second he sees this twink with weird glasses reaching into his jacket he would just like, directly cane him in the head.

I think the humiliation of that interaction (a centuries old flaming hot killer machine loses against some emo teenager with a bad haircut and a fucking crow cane) alone would have been enough for the corinthian to just give up and fuck off back to the dreaming.

In conclusion: Dream was really dumb for not just pulling Kaz from the nightmares of Pekka Rollins and like dropping him of at the cereal convention with a few gold bars as a down payment.

[anatthema-art]

Mrs. Tumblr Men Academic, do you have any opinion on the reason top hats, canes and sometimes overcoats and/or suits are such obvious ways to spot a Tumblr Man or a Tumblr Man in potential? Why do these specific clothing items seem to always be associated with these characters?

first off holy shit i cant believe ive been diagnosed a tumblr man academic by random tumblr dot com anon this is my legacy i'm SO proud

second: i actually think it's a mix of a lot of things! it's the intersection between a lot of different reasons tumblr sexymen are appealing to a lot of different people

like i said in the original post, i think the main appeal of tumblr sexymen is the perceived humanity within a character, whether that be apparent in canon or explorations of an alternate universe where they could be redeemed because of the small spark of potential gleamed by fans. this lens TSMs to being villains, though it's not always the case (see sans or jack frost! those ones don't have suits in their designs!) and suits are just generally a super common thing used in character design language to convey someone who's snappy, smart, and sure of themselves, which explains why there's just a lot of villains who wear suits in general! suits lend themselves towards that, especially if the character wears one in canon!

there's a huge part of more mainstream TSM coverage that conveys the narrative that it was a bunch of straight girls obsessed with these twink men but i think that misses a pretty important part that... NOWADAYS most of those people have realized that y'know.. they're very very queer. back in the day, the obsession with these characters led to a lot of exploration with sexuality and gender, i've seen a LOT of people (myself included) who found a LOT of solace in these masc characters in snazzy suits and definitely look up to their styles in a gender sense! plus: a lot of them are very much queer-coded, which is a villain staple in gender but with their tendency to be flamboyant and such, it also lends itself to that approach for a lot!

finally...? they just look GOOD? like, i think with the rise of emo/steampunk aesthetics alongside TSMs people just? really got attached to the aesthetic and a lot of neat characters existed that shared that and so people wanted to explore a cool style? i'm a genuine unironic lover of the style and considering the time period i'm not at all shocked it was popular even if people DIDN'T have deeper reasons for it in fact i am... such a fan of the aesthetic i was dragged into doing an animatic for a webshow i watched (if you've been poking around my blog, you've probably heard of discord murder party before, if not, it's a very big rabbit hole that i wont go into now BUT the animatic on its own is a good standalone!) that absolutely REVELS in the 2000's emo aesthetic and the main antagonist is VERY MUCH leaning FULL into the tumblr man aesthetic and i unironically love all of it. my art starts halfway through but it's a real fun watch if you just wanna be extremely self indulgent in hot topic tumblr sexyman nonsense! There's a Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey [Animatic]