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[uncannytimecandy]

"The most beautiful, intelligent, successful, and popular girl in school.

Shiori Fujisaki

Look at her

Do you love her?

Do you… want to love her?

Do you ACTUALLY want to love her or do you just WANT to want to want to love her?

Do you just want to be the sort of person, who wants to love her?"

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Happy Valentines Day!

I haven't played Tokimeki Memorial (i dont want to fiddle around with translation patch -_-) but I've wanted to for a long time. Firstly out of respect for the dating sim genre and second because Action Button Reviews makes a great sales pitch on it. I've watched his video three times in the past month (one of them specifically for Valentine's Day)

Though it's not the first time I've felt that pull towards dating sims, the invisible link of why there's so many of them tagged 'psychological horror' these days lol, but he communicates that idea FANTASTICALLY!

Something something that I don't have the right words for about the cognitive dissonance in something so close to human and yet clearly synthetic. Emotional storytelling that reeks with the artificial taste of bubblegum. The further they push the illusion of something real the further the veil of illusion is forced into view.

This 'pull' is in a lot of other things I enjoy, (dating sims, magical girls, love nikki, etc.) I don't consider myself traditionally feminine and distance myself further from the idea of being a girl everyday. The sparkly pink fiction of ideals fighting the substance of reality of being.

This is an observation made of genuine love and respect for these works and yet I write this in the same prose I write my horror.

I'm my own 'post cyberpunk digital idol'

[lazylittledragon]

so uhhhhhhhh. not to be cryptic and bitchy on main but congratulations to everyone in my messages for like 5 months on being right i guess

[2isted-chocol8-art]

They meditated until next loop

-> More Outer Wilds Art!

[cherriesforheaven]

elle n vlad 2025

[the-sslimmest-shady]

THIS IS A MESSAGE TO THE MALEVOLENT FANDOM: WHY DOES YOUR GUY LOOK LIKE JON FROM THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES. I CANT KEEP MALEVOLENT OFF MY DASH BECAUSE I KEEP ACCIDENTALLY INTERACTING WITH MALEVOLENT FANART THINKING ITS JONATHAN SIMS. I DONT KNOW WHAT MALEVOLENT IS. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT. I DONT WANT TO. THE FANART IVE SEEN IS BEAUTIFUL SO PROPS TO YOU FOR THAT BUT IM JUST VERY CONFUSED. IS THERE SOME KIND OF FANDOM OVERLAP?? IDK HIS NAME BUT HE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE JON. SLIGHTLY DARK SKINNED DUDE WITH MESSY MID-LENGTH HAIR AND A LOOK OF FEAR IN HIS EYES. YOU KNOW THE ONE. WHO IS HE

[angryaromantics]

@mossy-aro made an excellent post, that can be found HERE, on the subversive nature of aromantic positivity, and how negativity can damage the community and “we should focus on building, improving, and nurturing ourselves and each other (construction) as opposed to destruction.” 

I wholeheartedly agree, but I wanted to talk about ‘negative’ feelings a bit more. The type of negativity Mossy was largely discussing seemed to be the ones that stemmed from self-hatred. “I hate being aro.” “This is so hard, I wish I was normal,” etc., etc. This negativity, no matter what personal place it comes from, can and does damage the aromantic community. 

Negativity spreads, we’ve seen it in online spaces before, and we’re seeing it now. Being aromantic can be hard, so it’s frankly easy and understandable, that the bombardment of negativity would harm individual aromantic people and the community as a whole. Being an online community, we’re pretty insular, which can make the negativity feel particularly inescapable. 

I would argue, however, that the negative feelings themselves aren’t an issue that needs to be corrected. There’s a reason you feel that way, and it’s likely rooted in some real-life issues either on a personal level or on a societal way. It’s not your fault, and you shouldn’t feel bad about it. 

The  issue arises when you share those feelings without examining the root cause of the feeling. You hate being aro. Okay, but why? Is it a sense of isolation from your peers? Is it the cost of living for a single person in your area? What is it about being aro that you find difficult enough that you hate it?

A post that reads “I hate being aro” is always going to have a negative impact, whereas a post like, “I find being an aromantic person isolating,” opens up the start of a conversation. You’ve made progress, but even going from Point A to Point B, I think Point C would be an even more useful place to be. 

You find being an aromantic person isolating, but why? What specific thing do you find isolating? Is it the lack of real-life connections you have with aromantic people? With Point C, the conversation becomes the start of an interrogation with an intra-community issue. 

We have now gone from “I hate being aro,” to, “I find the lack of aromantic community outside of online spaces isolating.” Besides the harm reduction that interrogating these negative thoughts clearly performs, the biggest difference between Point A and Point C is that Point C is actionable. You can take real, actionable steps in forming in-person communities, both on a personal level, and as a community. 

“I hate being aro,” gives you no actionable steps, even in the figurative sense. It only serves to spread your negative feelings. Negative feelings, sadness, fear, rage, all have their place both internally and within your community. But, you need to think critically about what you’re putting into the community, and interrogate where that feeling is coming from in the first place. 

All aromantic feelings have the potential to be fulfilling on a personal level and even, as Mossy said, be harnessed “as a form of protest and political power.” We can use these negative feelings to improve ourselves, and our communities. They can be just as fruitful building blocks as aromantic joy.

You’ve just got to interrogate your own feelings or you risk doing detrimental harm to the aro community, and none of us want that. This is where we live. 

[once-in-a-blood-moon]

Okay, so we all collectively agree that Solomon has pact marks. And there are some fanarts where his pact marks glow when used, but I love the idea that they're also sort of "living."

Those stamped-on impressions will not be in the same places in the evening as they were when he woke in the morning. They're constantly shifting throughout the day, skittering along his body until they find a new home if for no other reason than just because they can. Few will even completely disappear off his body just to reappear later in a different spot. Solomon has learned that just as magic is a fluid being, so too, could the imagery of powerful, otherworldly creatures be. At one time he might've hunted for the new hiding places of every pact mark in fascination, but now he has little time or care to invest in playing hide and seek with something he's only meant to be the funhouse.

The only moments the pact marks still is when he dips into his magic. Even for the smaller sectors of the practice, something as simple as potion-brewing can cause this to happen. If his shirt sleeves are rolled up quarter-length, you'll see the pact marks on his forearms flickering dimly like an old neon sign in a window, prepared and ready to coax fully to life should his brewing turn into spell work.

You'll really witness them in action when he's summoning or spell-casting. That's when the inky black lines fire up, splitting into a constant stream of white light as the marks from the demons he calls upon lend him their aid -- forcing the circular marks to burst forward and suspend in the air like mini projections. The pact marks shine freely regardless of clothing through tight, fine seams as if unobstructed. Although depending on the location of the marks that are invoked, you may catch the light from beneath his shirt peeking out along his neck or hands. Several at once slowly spin in place, though not in uniformity as the air charges with static electricity, becoming thick and heavy and creates thin currents of light that twist around his body in an upward motion, pushing the silvery tendrils of his hair around like a spring breeze. It's a display of sorcery that's dazzling to watch.

Once the magic is complete, the projections fade away, dissolving before your very eyes while Solomon simply turns to you with that warm smile of his as if nothing had happened. Acting as if it were a figment of your imagination. He's grown so used to the company of his markings that he no longer pays any mind to them. In fact, if you ask him, he'd tell you that they're really quite bothersome and can be distracting when he's trying to focus. But seeing the awe in your eyes when his pact marks spark to life or shuffle around is beginning to make him rethink how he feels about them.

[knightkaito1412]

Don't expect much interaction from this, lol, but look what I did! A whole page of doodles dedicated to this silly man from Kaiju No.8!

I loved drawing Kafka's different expressions both in human and kaiju form. It was a fun challenge!

Kafka is definitely my favorite from the series. His personality, motivations, and interactions with the other characters are such a breath of fresh air compared to usual shonen protags. It's probably because he's older... And I love that! 🩵

[majachee]

TMNT 2012 heights make me go crazy because how can you say "Leo is only 1 inch taller than Raph" and yet have shots like THIS

Raph isnt even like. Bending his knees or anything. Why'd he shrink.

[jq37]

Having just rewatched it, one of my favorite subtle bits in Disenchanted is when Giselle gets the idea to make the cupcakes to campaign for Morgan to win princess so she'll be popular and have friends because, in the background, the "That's How You Know" motif from the first movie plays and the clear implication is that her thought process is, "How can I make sure that Morgan knows that I really really love her? Oh, duh, grand gesture!" She's keeping the same energy for all her close relationships, romantic or not, which I love. And it really shows how differently their trains of thought are running pre-wish because while Morgan is angsting over whether she counts as Giselle's real daughter at all, Giselle's personal score is literally playing the platonic version of first movie's catchiest love song.

[peachviz]

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart

[mysticalcats]

ok fellas this post is really different from my other stuff so i'm putting it under the cut for people who don't care and also because i'm slightly embarrassed

ok so. is it unusual for a girl to want to have a deep voice and a flat chest and a more square face and also feel slightly jealous of men and want to sound like them and look like them

and also is it unusual to want to be all that, but also simultaneously not be very bothered very much by how you look right now or by being referred to with she/her except for sometimes when you think about it too much. because i usually don't think about it except for sometimes where i suddenly just get really sad about being a girl or i'll always have this faint feeling that i am just unhappy about it

and also is it unusual to try to ignore it and go about your life being unbothered by it even though deep down it does kinda bother you but you can't really. like. say anything to anyone because your family won't react well and neither will your friends because they'll think it's weird and uncomfortable. i feel afraid to ever feel this way because i know the people in my life won't react well to it

so like. genuine question please lmk wtf is goin on because i'm unsure if it's normal and i've felt like this for a long time and it's confusing me and i don't even know what i'm going to do with the information once i know i'm just sort of lost LMAO

[chickensauras]

Vinland saga anime was so bad i think it actually fully killed my fixation -_-

[biborispavlikovsky]

not to see patterns in everything but i found a shirt last week that i lost when i moved last fall and when i wore it out last week a barista gave me a free drink in addition to the one i ordered bc he thought i would like it based on my order and was like "now u can compare". today i wore it again today and a few items i ordered ahead at the bakery weren't available so the girl gave me 3 extra pastries for free and was offering more (literally said i could have whatever i wanted she was so sweet) so anyway, the shirt is not blessed but people have been exceptionally kind in the past few weeks and the shirt has witnessed it with me

[taylortruther]

can i just say that thinking her speaking up about palestine would make any difference is pretty naive. it would be nice, of course, but thinking that if a pop star says "please stop" the conflict will end is incredibly dumb and divorced from reality

i do not think any reasonable person believes taylor has the power to singlehandedly end a genocide. they are simply pointing out that public pressure is a tremendous resource, and when more people speak out, the stronger it becomes.

and it's not dumb for people to care and want more people to loudly care. this is a genocide! people want it to end! it boggles the mind that so many people can stay silent when you hear or see the suffering that has gone on.

edit: i do not choose to go after celebrities - but i've talked a lot about how people feel angry and search for outlets. it is a very ugly symptom of the world we live in that people feel more power over a celebrity than an elected official. but it is also an ugly reality that our elected officials are not listening to protests.

[hannahhasafact]

I didn’t realize how much of a trip it would be to describe anything from the show The Great North because it’s just like

“Yeah that actually reminds me of a moment from the show The Great North where this one character- his name’s Ham”

“Wait his name is Ham?”

“Yeah the family has a lot of weird names there’s Ham, his dad’s name is Beef, his brother’s name is Moon-“

“BEEF???? MOON??”

“Yeah and there’s Will Forte’s character who is his other brother but I’m blanking on his name but his wife’s name is Honey Bee-“

“Beef, Ham, Moon, Honey Bee? Well okay I guess”

“Oh and the other sibling’s name is Judy”

“JUDY???? Is she at least the youngest sibling????”

“No Moon is-“

“NO!!!”