#also idk if i'm late to these news but yeah

[bengal-tigers-on-petunias]

Man I remember when I made this post 😭

Cant believe it's been over a year since I made this post... man

So much has changed

Im graduating from my school this year, I've been there since kindergarten and now I'm in 8th grade so it's really hitting me hard that this is my last year at my school

Ive been there for 9 years

I know all the teachers

I know my classmates like the back of my hand

We've been through so much together

And

I

Just

Dont want to leave that

Heheh idk when this turned into a ramble but yeah wow never thought I'd make it to 8th grade

Also sorry I'm not as active on here as I used to be

I remember when I first found tumblr

When i was so happy to see groups and communities of all types of people interested in different things living together-

I found somewhere where there were people who i could relate to, and people who were interested in the same things as me.

Ive been on here for 2 years (different account)

Now I'm on discord

I might send people my discord if you ask but don't be surprised if I don't respond after a while

Bye and happy late new year (or early?)!

As we say goodbye to 2023 we also say our farewells to 25 years of Ash Ketchum (ass_ketchup)

Goodbye N, the W character of the seris

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TEAM ROCKET

THEY WERE MY GAY AWAKENING IM NOT READY😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

And hello liko and roy... but more importantly, amethio, a fictional character finally close to my age that im hyperfixating on rn besides hunter from the owl house

[saamaton]

lewis hamilton co-chairman for the 2025 met gala? unique gorgeous groundbreaking earth shattering life changing

[failyaoi]

Johnshi/Kencageblade/Swordblade kid oc just dropped (read tags for more info)

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

and happy pride to these assholes. it's still june so i can technially still make that joke right

[jade-of-mourning]

support your brother / sport brother

[seaofreverie]

Sparkstember Day 25: Hippopotamus (What The Hell Is It This Time?)

My Hippopotamus rant is here. I love Hippo and I think this was one of the best examples of how putting something off for later can be a very good idea sometimes. So I didn't hear most of it until this summer, and hearing the whole album then was one of the biggest highlights of that time. Thank you modern era Sparks for always bringing us the awesomest music ever.

[doodlingwren]

Ok, back to girlblogging eheh (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

[nervocat]

man.

[watery-melon-baller]

Lads i have Fucked Up Big Time

[muninnhuginn]

kinda neat how media can be used as a jumping off point to learn about new things. there are the obvious things like documentaries, but then there are all sorts of other things. when 'hamilton' first got big, you ended up with people learning about aaron burr and the new york water system and various trivia from usa history around that era which wasn't even featured in the musical itself.

when 'mr bates vs the post office' came out recently over here (UK), a whole lot of people were able to appreciate the impact the whole horizon/post office affair had on its victims. sure, the story has been in the news for a few years now, but it's the first time it's been a story actively discussed in daily life. and people learning more about it has actively pushed the government to consider speeding up compensation or mass exonerations.

and even aside from these obvious instances, there are a lot that don't tell you up front and you realise as you're watching. when shows and films and books reference real life events through the veneer of fiction. suzume, referencing the tohoku earthquake of 2011 (something I imagine pretty much every japanese citizen is aware of - suzume's own age is very deliberate in how she lost her mother to the quake. she was very young at the time it happened, but it still had a huge impact on her and many others). link click, referencing the 2008 sichuan earthquake (and deliberately having the arc revolve around school-age children in a run-down old building when irl one of the reasons the casualties were so high was because of poor construction of school buildings). various kdramas referencing generational SK disasters: imf financial crisis (explored in 'reborn rich', but I imagine many other shows), sampoong department store collapse (referenced in 'move to heaven', but again, once I knew the history, it made a lot of sense why so many corrupt villains in kdramas were specifically involved in construction).

it's a mix of how, if you know the events being referenced, they'll impact you more. but if you don't know the events, then it gives you a reason to learn. I personally had very very vague memories of the 2008 earthquake, just in terms of some clips on the news at the time. I had no idea about the various factors that made the disaster so much worse until I realised what was being referenced when watching the show and decided to read up on it.

I have somewhat conflicted feelings on how fictional (or dramatised in the case of mr bates) media approaches specifically *disasters*, as opposed to other historical events, but I think the shows I've mentioned here at least take a victim-first approach.

[storfulsten]

hey uh sorry for disappearing yet again for a couple months. don't have much of an excuse, though things have been more stressful than usual, offline life having involved family and hospitals and stuff, but not gonna go into any details, things are better now either way so ye. my way of coping with things have been mostly to just play games (ffxiv mainly, leveling alts and other grinding can be a good distraction sometimes) and nothing else to keep my mind off things, so haven't been able to focus enough to do much of any art at all. I am hoping to get back into the swing of things, I am back on my meds that I skipped out on for like a year due to various reasons, but they seem to be helping again so yeah, fingers crossed that things will work out and such ha

[astrxealis]

i am so obnoxious over bg3 but like. privately. bcs i'm still urgehafsjsh over how astarion is literally everything to me now and i really adore him but hi: i haven't played bg3. anyway. half-elf + bard maybe!

[falling-hand-in-unlovable-hand]

*guy stressed out of their mind from not doing their schoolwork voice* i bet i'd feel better if i ignored my work more

[ridiculously-over-obsessed]

Sick of being tired sad and overwhelmed all the time 😔

[cactusdodes]

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[kyunsies]

story time :)