#StandUp for Kids

[3-aem]

i dont wanna draw gojo back again bc it feels like such a cop out for me even tho i know yall like it

that being said i really fumbled the art ball this weekend by getting distracted by every possible side quest….and i still wanna draw smth

[markantonys]

are WOT characters interested in seeing pictures of your kids?

rand: ABSOLUTELY. in fact, whenever he sees you, he will beg to see every single new picture you've taken of your kids since the last time you saw him, before you can even offer to show them. you end up having to create an online shared photo album for him because it's just too exhausting to keep up with his in-person demands to be shown pictures of your kids. every time you upload a new picture to the album, he'll text you within minutes gushing about how cute it is.

egwene: not interested, but too polite to say so, but will make sanctimonious little comments about how she's so glad SHE doesn't have kids and it's so nice to have the time and money to have a life of her own, etc.

nynaeve: very interested, but you stop showing her any because all she does is try to backseat parent your kids and criticize your parenting skills using inane details in the photos as evidence that you've committed a grievous parenting error and your kids might die if you don't take all her advice

perrin: not particularly interested in pictures of your kids (although he will be very polite about humoring you), but is the best audience for pictures of your dog

mat: complains that you won't stop showing him pictures of your kids, but then, when you do stop, he gets upset because he wants to be kept up to date on how the little guys are doing

elayne: LOVES to see pictures of your kids, and will request it if you don't offer first. but if she sees them repeat outfits, she'll worry that you're impoverished and next thing you know a truckful of haute couture children's clothing is being delivered to your house.

aviendha: doesn't request to see pictures of your kids but won't mind if you offer to show her some. however, you quickly learn that it's not worth it because she'll see a picture of them playing with toys and will scold you to high hell for coddling them too much and raising them to be soft and weak.

min: not interested and not too polite to say so. she's trying to run a bar here, she hasn't got time to fake enthusiasm over pictures of a baby that looks like any other baby.

moiraine: enjoys seeing pictures of her nieces and nephews (lan's kids) and her grandchildren (rand's kids), but does not care to see pictures of any other children and will use her best aes sedai evasion tactics to wriggle out of being obligated to do so

lan: genuinely does like being shown pictures of your kids, but gives absolutely 0 exterior indication of it, so you assume he's not interested

siuan: not interested and not too polite to say so, unless it's a picture of you taking your kids fishing, in which case she'll gush over it for 10 minutes and offer to join your next family fishing trip so that the kids can be taught by an expert

[but-the-library-of-alexandria]

I'm starting a new tumblr trend called Standup

it's where you write a standup set but instead of performing it irl (the hard part) you just post it on tumblr in text format and the audience (your followers) respond by reblogging it with gifs of people laughing

[magentagalaxies]

oh my god i've reached new heights of being a comedy nerd lmao. my sketch comedy class let us leave early today but instead i ended up just chatting with my sketch comedy professor for like at least a full hour about kids in the hall/aubrey aubergine/queer comedy history/courses we wish the college offered/etc. and by the time we were done it was a full hour after the class would've ended normally

[inthedarkbeforethedawn]

Saw Oklahoma matinee today, Phil was a delight. Maybe he doesn't have the vocal power of a musical theatre pro but (with nothing to compare it to having not seen the show before) I think his softness worked for his version of Curly. Certainly didn't make Pore Jud any less dark. I would definitely go see him in something else.

The true star of the show, however, was Jordan Shaw as Will Parker: one of his tap shoes broke as he walked onstage for Kansas City, so he took them both off and danced the whole thing in socks with a smile on his face. Amazing.

[cleaningbones]

jerry seinfeld would've done numbers if tiktok existed in the late 80s and early 90s

[fappellmoan]

had the nerve to say ‘we shared a stage so now we gotta share a picture’ to an snl writer last night. and then we did

[tropicalfreckles]

Highkey wishing and trying to manifest Janelle James to get kicked off Abbott Elementary please.

[neep-neep-neep]

friends who have kids are always like "UGH sorry I had to bring my kid I hope that's OK" meanwhile the child literally makes you have hope and faith in humanity again

[mechawolfie]

why is eighth grade rated r that was the most relatable movie abt being a teen I'd ever seen. like.. teens should be able to watch this

[kaelor0409]

Also neurodivergent people in history:

"That woman is strange and odd. She is clearly in league with the devil. Let us throw stones at her until she dies."

"That boy will not sit still for his lessons. Let us whip him until he shows proper respect."

"That toddler has begun acting different from before and is not like their siblings. They have been replaced by a changeling. Let us drown them in a river."

"That man is simple. Let us give him the worst jobs, steal his wages, and mock him throughout his life since he will not know better."

ADHD :(

[magentagalaxies]

(btw if anyone who's been keeping up with my aubrey stuff wants the uncle reg backstory lore feel free to dm me lmao)

[awesomecooperlove]

⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️IF YOU ARE PARENT AND HAVE YOUNG KIDS … THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

👿👿👿

[sweetslemon]

I forgot she existed but why are people hating on Iily singh, did she do something? literally any video about comedies and theres someone talking about how shes unfunny tokenizing hates men and sjw but like...what pushes peoples buttons

[closetedenjoyer]

Oooh, this might be one of my most favorite movie things to debate - how to theoretically classify the genre of horror. You probably won’t find two people with the same exact criteria, it’s like a damn cursed hellhole for a theoretician, because you literally cannot exactly define it

I think it might be the best example of a theoretical problem of genre - who defines a genre? Film makers? Production? The viewers? Who?

If you are deciding the quality of a horror movie based on “did I get very scared” that is a complete you problem. Horror covers many feelings and shrinking the entire genre to one emotion is so reductive.

[bugflies00]

i have so many thoughts about the tommy song/video and theyre a jumbled mess. i wouldnt call this an analysis this is just. most of my thoughts surrounding the video and what it shows about tommy

one of the things that stuck out to me (outside of how depressing and just like. is this guy okay) is something that ive always respected tommy for because he's always stuck with it and its his like. fervent conviction in people doing things theyre passionate about. thats always been one of the things he talks about all the time!!!

when AI started appearing he was talking about death of creativity, with the internet he's always talking about how the real tragedy is the algorithm killing people's passion by driving them with views and money, and even when he talks about youtube itself, and nowadays standup, its so full of passion.

and i think thats really important because it would be extremely easy for someone like tommy, who's in the process of maturing his online image from a very loud, immature and PASSIONATE persona, to make fun of it. it would be so easy to do like so many other creators and laugh at how "cringe" it was and make a quick cash/attention grab with a funny clip of him laughing at himself. but he never has. well don't get me wrong he's laughed at himself or old videos but it's always just. good natured taking the piss out of himself, it's never this like. mocking your younger self who was so excited to do what they did only because now its "cringe".

not only is he constantly giving that advice to other people (its been years of him replying, to any kid in his chat or donations asking advice on how to be a creator etc, "just go and do it if you love it!!"), he's coherent with how he applies it to himself. he realised he was making cash grab tiktok react vids and hated it so much he just stopped uploading for a while.

i dont know i just think there's something admirable about being able to still be sincere in a time where everything especially online has to be processed through a layer of irony. and its even funnier because he's more sincere THROUGH the irony i mean he's literally going into standup.

letting yourself create something that "means" something is fucking hard especially when half the internet still sees you as a kid who screams around. except the thing is that kid DID make stuff that mattered and that meant something because he was, in his own words, having fun.

i think thats what the format of the video was about too. i mean i think it was pretty clearly not a song thats meant to be streamed, its not purely music, its also a video because tommy is also first and foremost an editor who went to film college. its also not a "comedy" song like he's made some before, because those were all intentionally created to land as many jokes and make a big buzz— which doesnt mean they were bad! im philza is a contemporary lyrical masterpiece. but they had a specific purpose and it was to make people laugh and i think this video was completely like. opposite of what peoples expectations are of tommy. the "wow hes not a child anymore hes being mature🤓" reactions are the most obvious aspect of this (which, like, its been a while, get with the program).

i think the point of this was to make something that genuinely meant something but that was also like. as unpalatable to the algorithm and to the TommyInnit Viewer as possible. even now that he's gone into making quieter, more reflective videos, we've never had the flashing texts and the projector images and just all of that. hes always talking about how he hates the way the "youtube formula" has dictated the course of content and stolen all creativity for youtubers. its not meant to be a YouTube Video tm. its just meant to mean something to someone, and obviously process some sort of personal emotions, and i just think thats. yeah. yeah

i mean he even says so outright. "this needless, self indulgent spiral of self gratification" is pretty damn explicit. its not meant to be funny content its really a cry for help or for just. anything at all really

it was also a lot about perception, yknow the "entertainer" dilemma, "its all attention porn"... theres a layer of this point thats universal, everyone struggles with how they're perceived and i think any "artist" or "entertainer" figure can see themselves in it, but there's also a layer thats completely impermeable to most of us because it touches upon the sheer absurdity of a "youtuber". especially one of tommy's popularity. especially one who blew up so so fast so young. i honestly think its IMPOSSIBLE to process that. its about the ethics of having millions of people's time so readily available to you if you just press the right buttons to make the algorithm happy and then you've got them. im like 75% sure i remember him saying this on stream once, something like "your time is valuable" and if a fan didnt value him as an entertainer they should drop him.

and even here^ thats the saddest "lmao" ive seen in my life SORRY LOL but its really just. yeah im not gonna repeat myself it speaks for itself. perception and internet expectations and all that

one of the other images that stuck out to me was also this:

"yeah i know its too much like bo burnham but it wont be in a year though. in a year it will be like tom simons. just let me figure out what that means, ok?"

a lot of the video is about. influences and inspirations. the bo burnham references are so obvious he's poking at them, but i think he's raising a good point about the creativity that he's constantly praising. its never something that springs up on its own, its all about looking at others work and making it your own and feeding yourself with all those experiences and slowly, surely building your own way of doing things (tommyinnit "minecraft talent show" and "a tribute to dream smp" serial quackity + schlatt impersonator would know all about that) ->

and its daunting! its fucking scary to move away from that! which is also the main vibe i got from the video which, outside of his own issues with how he's perceived online, was the sort of existential dread that comes with actually creating. its one thing to preach you need to be passionate and create, its another to sit down and create something thats BY you. its a part of growing up! and we're literally seeing him do it live (well the bits that he chooses to show obviously)! thats also part of why i think tommy's so relatable to so many people is that he's so like. honest and real about what it's like to grow up, simple as that, and growing into yourself.

"this was everything to me" and using the picture of his younger self... man. theres obviously so much sadness underlying the whole thing but i think the nostalgia and melancholy in mourning being someone who was only inspired/excited by your interests and role models is universal. and obviously for tommy a lot of those influences turned out. well i think it was pretty damn clear who/what he was referring to here. ->

i don't think i need to go too in detail about that, especially cause a lot of the video was clearly a way to process his own personal emotions. especially with those next few images. i just hope he's okay and that god doubles his pain and gives it to mr beast to quote my friend bronzetomatoes. man.

of course he had to end with a funny clip about a hot anime girl and i think that kinda. sums it all up in a way. if that makes sense. at the end of the day its about the fact that he has to use humour to make the thing work when its out in the open, even when he tries not to and to be actually honest, but theres also the fact that hes literally a comedian and creating something "honest" IS through humor. its kindof a double edged sword

right well that was my jumbled mess of psychoanalysing tommyinnit i hope he is alright and all that because well that was. something