#YES! IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR A HOT

[15hopes]

best guess video rant

okay so like

there absolutely could have been a more diverse cast for the video, and it is disappointing that there wasn't more variation in terms of body size, skin color (ESPECIALLY during BHM), and visible disabilities. im not arguing that at all.

but like im beginning to think half the people complaining didn't even watch the video. absolutely there should have been MORE diversity but there were multiple transmasc people (including people with top surgery!! SO SO COOL) and a variety of religions, ethnicities, races, and immigration statuses. also there WAS body diversity. i saw someone say no one over 120lbs (54 kg) was in the video and that's just blatantly, laughably false. i can guarantee you many people in the video weighed over 120lbs, simply because that's what the vast majority of humans weigh.

also, whyyy are people acting like the open call was a PR stunt when they took multiple people from the social media call? there were celebrities and influencers yes but (at least to my knowledge) there was never a statement "this music video will be entirely comprised of unknown hot people" she has friends! would that have been cool sure yeah but also art is self-expression. and it's not evil that lucy would have wanted her friends there.

and this is more personal but idk there's just something really disheartening as a person with multiple invisible disabilities about seeing people saying there were no disabled people in the best guess video when Zee is so openly hard of hearing. it would have been wonderful to have visible disabilities in the video, but i'm seeing a lot of people act like because it isnt easily seen it doesn't exist or "count" as representation. people are not diversity markers. diversity is not always "we have one of every single type of person" and reducing it to that is dehumanizing for everyone involved. you can advocate for more people to be included without wanting to replace people with more Diverse(tm) people

i am NOT denying the fact that there could have been more of an effort to have a less homogenous group, because there could and frankly should have been. but ive seen a lot of people (on tiktok, go figure) bashing lucy and bashing other marginalized people for being cast in a video. you can bring up issues without tearing other people down and without catastrophizing. you only hurt your own credibility when you claim untrue things, whether out of ignorance or hyperbole. if you disregard the identities of the people who WERE there just because you can't immediately see them (nottt talking about race before someone tries it), that's profiling, which i hope we can agree is generally frowned upon

the glaring issue with the video is the lack of dark-skinned people. can we call that out without generalizing "there should have been more dark-skinned people in this video" to "the video was completely white, skinny, able-bodied people" please?? because one of those is a valid critique and one of those is categorically false.

basically just: you can want more representation without diminishing the people who are already there. there can be nuance (forever saying this) "I'm happy for the people who got a chance to be part of the video and the people who got to see themselves represented" and "i would have loved to see a wider variety of skin tones(!!!), body types, abilities, etc. in the video" are statements that can coexist. and ever-importantly, you can criticize without being cruel or dramatizing your point to absurdity.

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

if time was a religion i would be its most devoted follower 🕰️ 🙏🧎

;3 extras +

full design sorta + original sketches with CW's hadonkabadonks that i sadly had to cover with his clockface 😔

also here is the inspiration - Doha the priest from 'I thought my time was up' on webtoon 😳😰😰

[storytellering]

Oh Lord, have mercy on this sinner's soul.

[screechingfromthevoid]

"maybe you're just the first beautiful, kind face that I have ever seen."

Not to be gay on main but ohmigod holy shit oh my fucking God

[gorespawn]

also while we're here i would like to share the two iterations of tumblr user gorespawn that have existed since i abandoned this blog back in like early 2021. Who wants me

[solarpunkani]

On the one hand I know the whole reason greenhouse work is because Translucent Glass Lets In Sun And Warmth For Plants Inside

On the other hand…. I think stained glass greenhouses would be neat. Or at least mostly clear with a few panels in different colors?

Idk the vibes of sitting in a greenhouse with green and yellow patches shining through the stained glass and onto a sunny floor on a nice spring day is extremely potent to me raise your hand if you agree

[pup-pee]

needed my fix

[mvalentine]

castles crumbling by taylor swift & haley williams is so trystan thorne post exile!! like look:

then THIS:

the way maggie & im sure some other people in trystan’s life tried to help them but they were completely ignored until they all eventually gave up on them. except mags she’s always there for them despite how much a nuisance they are <3

HELLOO!! the way all the siblings like bas & vasili (i don’t trust that mf) were the foes that watched trystan’s reign end….. something trystan never thought would happen.

and then THIS!!! :

going insane thanks for asking :)

and then FINALLY this cute little nail in the coffin that is my heart:

the way this could 100% be directed at the mc because as much the mc is the one who appears and acts closed off, trystan is the same way. except they just cover it up in a veneer of nonchalance & charming attitude. they’re truly scared of letting people in….. of seeing the real them. until…….

[just-spacetrash]

😖

[quietwingsinthesky]

maybe i should just put proship in my bio already

[loverboybrightsideghost]

i think i understand dating now. you find a person that seems cool and you become their friend but in a romantic way until you. actually love them. yes?

[irrigos]

bored of motr talk. hows everyones ocs? anyone rotating any interesting oc thoughts?

[solaaresque]

day 874392857 of ??? where i am so fucking tired of this house and the people inside it that killing myself is looking better and better each day :/

[floralovebot]

just got done studying now to reward myself with Blorbo Brain Time

[teagoblin]

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[zhxngii]

maids! anyone up for a post about maids today?! diluc's maid, kaeya's maid, AYATO'S maid!