#also this is why the people who are like 'have fun finding people to work for you if capitalism is abolished🫵🏻🤪' are funny like

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Sorry this took so long, I had to read the articles and then find their sources because they don’t cite them, and then read those, and then remember that none of that is even the point of our argument. But fine, I’ll bite. Going to tackle this point by point. 1. “The deleted scenes are important because they give the context that the photos were part of a larger message and were absolutely just left in because the director thought it was funny.” - That’s not how any of this works. No filmmaker, certainly none of Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois’ caliber, would make a movie that presupposes that deleted scenes will be released to audiences to “give context” to anything that is important to the story. Please look up Chris Sanders’ resume, the films he’s worked on. Please at least look at the interview he did, I linked to it in the comments below, where he specifically talks about his “boomerang phrase” in storytelling: he believes in cutting anything that specifically does not tell the story he’s trying to tell. That’s why he makes cuts. If a deleted scene has anything in it that he wants to keep in the movie, he finds a way to communicate it in the scenes that stay.

Chris Sanders is not the kind of director that only leaves in an element which might be “funny” if it also makes no sense in the story. And because there are no scenes in the movie where tourists are treating Lilo like a safari animal, supporting the one where Lilo takes a picture of a tourist, you have to deduce that that’s not what the scene is about. Because that’s not the kind of storyteller he is. It’s fundamentally against how he does things. I’m not saying he doesn’t tell jokes in the movie. (And by the way that’s a weird scene to call a “joke” when it’s the one you’re claiming is also the leftovers of a statement the movie was supposedly making about the insensitivity of tourists. Which is it? Because it’s not funny or ironic if the tourists were making fun of her—and the joke falls flat when the audience isn’t shown examples of that.) I’m saying that this particular joke killed two birds with one stone; one, it was weird and quirky, (which sets off a chain reaction of Lilo being an appealing character AND a lonely one) and two, if you really look at the WHOLE of who Lilo is, it shows how she views the world after losing her parents. Just like taking Pudge a peanut-butter sandwich and explaining he controls the weather— you think that’s a joke, a quirk of her personality, until you look at it for five seconds next to ANOTHER bit of information about her character: her parents died in a storm. It is a joke, it just also communicates something about her character that adds to the main point of the story. The scene where she snaps a picture of the icecream tourist, and the scene where she points out her wall of “beautiful” tourist photos, has nothing to do with how tourists treat her. It has everything to do with her weirdness-appeal/loneliness-instigator, and her deeper characterization of having a problem with people who leave. (I don’t take Lilo & Stitch: The Series to truly have anything to do with the original movie because it was produced way after and by different storytellers, but if it helps, there’s actually a scene where Lilo explains that she can’t make friends with tourists because they leave, too. But you can disregard that if you want, and that would be fair.)

2. I am not going to argue with you about whether or not discrimination and biases exist, or whether or not Hawaii’s colonization was bad. Not going to touch those topics. I’m making sure this is very clear: we are only talking about whether or not the filmmakers of the original Lilo & Stitch intended to leave a message in there about tourists objectifying Hawaiian people/the supposed fear Nani feels stemming from family-separation as a direct result of historical colonization.

I’m not claiming colonization didn’t happen. I’m not claiming it doesn’t affect any indigenous people today. What I am claiming is there’s nothing about that in Lilo & Stitch. Not from what’s in the movie.

So. With that reiterated:

Your first article is dated April 7th, with data coming from 2019 and 2010. The point of the article is that it’s hidden data. Meaning they’re revealing it, in the article, and before April 7th, it was not widespread knowledge. …and Lilo & Stitch began production in 1999, and wrapped production in 2002. Even if the data in this article confirmed, for sure, that the reason there are more half-Hawaiian and Hawaiian kids in the Hawaiian foster care numbers is disproportionately because of bias—even if they confirmed that for sure—the article itself states that it’s only doing that now, 18 years after Lilo & Stitch’s storytellers said what they had to say. IF this article confirms for sure that this is a prevalent fear for indigenous Hawaiians as a result of biases from racism, not as a result of failure to care for a child? Even THEN the article itself claims that people like Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois would not have known about it or known its prevalence enough to intentionally address it in their movie.

Your second article is from the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School, which has a Digital Resource Center, but it does not cite it’s source for the one line which you highlighted at the beginning of the article claiming Hawaiians were part of the Indian Civilization Act of 1819 (which had funding and reach extended into 1961.) I don’t know how the Foundation that wrote this article came up with including Hawaiians in that first line (it doesn’t mention them at all anywhere else in the article.) But it makes no sense to do so. Here’s why: The Indian Civilization Act and its continued funding’s stated purpose was to “civilize” native children—and it only applied to continental tribes that were federally recognized. Hawaii didn’t get overthrown until 1893, and it didn’t get annexed until 1898. By that time, the funding for the Indian Civilization Act was under the Bureau of Indian Affairs. And this is the important part: Native Hawaiians have never been classified as Native Americans by the U.S. Government, so they didn’t fall under that jurisdiction. They wouldn’t have needed that “civilizing” step the colonists were taking (using as justification for their forced-boarding schools) because at that time, the public schools on Hawaii were already transformed into what colonists wanted them to be. So all of that to say; your second article doesn’t cite its source for lumping Hawaiians in with Native Americans in one sentence alone, and it got that wrong.

Your third article is written by one reporter who does not cite sources for the evidences of her claims that these seven schools targeted Hawaiians with the goal of separation for control: all she says is “my research into the state report has revealed.” So I checked out the state report. Here it is. One part specifically says: “This report does not make final determinations about each site’s operations or legal status in relation to tribal or Indigenous identity; rather, it identifies institutions that may meet the working definition based on available data.” The report itself is still figuring out if these seven institutions even meet the definition of a boarding school, let alone had anything to do with colonizing-separation attempts. So: 1) The schools she’s referring to aren’t conclusively linked to colonization-attempts to separate families for control and oppression; they were part of a correctional movement made by missionaries before annexation but 2) they were never anywhere close to as systematic or targeted as the BOIA things I mentioned above, and 3) most importantly to the point of what we’re talking about, there were only 7 of them, nobody is sure what exactly they were for or what went on, and REALLY MOST IMPORTANTLY—again, this article states that May 11, 2022, the government And most Native Hawaiians were just THEN finding out about the schools’ existence. So between the years of 1999 and 2002 during a research trip to Hawaii and then years of storytelling work in Florida, you think somehow Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois heard about these seven specific schools that Native Hawaiians themselves didn’t have widespread knowledge of, and they made that niche topic that the jury is still out on as a tool of oppression the whole point of their movie’s theme of separation? That’s a ridiculous claim. Like I said with the first point; not even Native Hawaiians would have claimed that according to this very article you cited.

I could go point-by-point through your other three articles, but honestly that’s the main thrust. That even Hawaii didn’t have a deep-rooted fear of separation from their children as a result of colonialism, because it wasn’t a main part of their culture’s history with colonialism, …UNTIL around 2022, when one specific state report started retroactively convincing some people that it was. And even—listen to me—even if it was a part of the history—which it is not, not based on the historical evidence we HAVE rather than the investigations we’re currently guessing about—even if it was a part of history, that doesn’t change the fact that everything you’ve sent me has said Hawaiians are just now realizing it.

Meaning it wasn’t a widespread cultural deep-rooted fear. Because if it happened, they weren’t all that aware of it across generations. (Including the generation that had Tia Carrere and Jason Scott Lee, before you give me that) And if it wasn’t a widespread deep-rooted cultural fear, then how did you expect Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, white American directors, to pick up on it enough to infuse it into their movie between the years of 1999 and 2002?

How?

Answer: they didn’t. Because it wasn’t. That’s not the point of their movie.

And when we talk about the foster system, and how “the state separated Hawaiian children from their families,” you’re using that connotation as if it’s unjust separation. And okay, maybe it is. Maybe there’s an unjust element there.

But how does the movie argue for or against the foster care system taking Lilo?

I said:

The movie does not show the foster care system to be evil. It does not show that Nani is afraid of losing Lilo unjustly as a result of latent colonization-fears. Because Cobra Bubbles is a good guy. He is represented, in the movie, as a quirky character but an ultimately good character looking to do the right thing. And Nani undeniably needs help caring for Lilo, she is unable to do it on her own. You can tell, because she gets Lilo a pet dog that destroys their house and nearly drowns her. I mean, those are the cold hard facts. Stitch is a monster. Nani’s first instinct, to take him back, was, in the sense of protecting Lilo, correct. She should have done that, for LILO’s safety, if we were looking at this through a real-world lens.

But the movie’s not about “is the foster care system right to remove this child? Is the 18 year-old woman right to choose to keep the deadly creature?” It has those elements IN IT. But it is not about those elements. Just like it has peanut butter in it but nobody in their right mind would say it is a movie about peanut butter.

It is about “Family chooses to love and commit to one another selflessly, no matter what the other person can do for them or how hard they make it.”

That is not a uniquely Hawaiian value. It is a universal truth. For all people, living everywhere.

There are other movies that are definitely about colonization, the foster care system and its morality, the challenges minorities face, and ethnicities or races. There are other movies that are about those things.

This movie is just not one of them. It has Native Hawaiians in it, and that is good and has a purpose in the film. But it is not about, it’s main point and focus is NOT, “Native Hawaiians.”

Now that you’ve come to my post and tagged on a laundry list of articles about things that just “came to light” in the last 5 years as if they have impact on the intentions of movie that was made over 20 years ago, even though I specifically asked for evidence from the movie itself:

I’m just going to ask again. What evidence do you have—what in-text observations from the material—do you have to back up the claim that Lilo’s picture safari was about the dehumanization-actions of the tourists she interacted with?

That’s It.

I’m tired of seeing everyone repeat the same four points: “1) Nani gives Lilo to the state! 2) Hawaii has a better marine biology program than San Fransisco! 3) Jumba doesn’t get redeemed! 4) Pleakley’s not wearing a dress!”

Those are not the only things that were bad about this remake. You could easily tell it was going to be all that and more beforehand, but most people’s reaction to the trailer was “it’s surprisingly good!” and now they’re acting all surprised. If you didn’t see this coming, enough to purchase a ticket, you’re part of the problem and you don’t get the original movie any more than the people who made this remake did.

So I’m done being quiet, this is the Lilo & Stitch 2025 Takedown Post.

And as usual the only good thing about an attempted-remake is that it gives people a reason to think about what made the original so good.

Let’s go in order. But just scroll down to the Heading you Care About if you don’t want to read all this.

1. Cobra Bubbles

In this movie, Cobra Bubbles is a secret agent hunting for aliens and they have a new character take his place as the state social worker.

The Problem They Were Trying to Solve With this Change: “We shouldn’t have a black man or a government worker feel like an insensitive antagonist to Lilo’s family.”

That’s a stupid surface-level one-dimensional misread of the character from the original…and it wouldn’t have been hard, at all, for a child to explain to the 2025 filmmakers that Cobra is not an insensitive antagonist in the original.

Cobra Bubbles is not insensitive and he is not in any way portrayed as a bad guy in the original. Nani sees him that way, Nani sees him as antagonistic, because he’s the representation of Lilo being taken away.

But Nani is wrong about him and learns that she is wrong about him by the end of the movie.

Can we please make a list?

Cobra’s first interaction with the caretaker of the child he was being sent to protect was that she ran out into the road, yelled at a complete stranger, and dented his car.

Then he found her locked out of the home and threatening the child inside with a hammer in her hand.

Then he found out the stove was on while she was out, and she’d left a 7 year-old alone.

The 7 year-old made comments about being disciplined with bricks and a pillow case.

The 7 year-old looks like she might be more than a little emotionally unbalanced because she’s figuring out how to put voodoo spells on her friends to punish them.

He still gave that pair of sisters three days to straighten the ship. When in actuality, in 2002, under HRS §587-73, (don’t play with me) the social worker would’ve been well within his rights to remove the child from the home right then. But instead he gives her three days to fix it. THEN

The 18 year-old loses her job.

The family gets a “dog” who he is implied to know is an alien, right off the bat.

The alien is violent and wreaks havoc across town.

The 7 year-old almost drowns while they surf instead of find a job.

He lets the child and caretaker have one more night together to say goodbye, but when he’s on the way to get her he gets a call that she’s being attacked by aliens, hears a chainsaw, and finds the house on fire.

Do you understand what I’m saying.

Cobra Bubbles had NO BUSINESS being as BIG A SOFTIE AS HE WAS for all of the original movie. He was not only well within his legal rights to take Lilo away from Nani immediately, but he was actually required by law, it was his DUTY, to remove her immediately. But he didn’t do that. Why?

Now listen to me very carefully.

Lilo and Stitch is a movie about how “Family chooses to love and commit to one another selflessly, no matter what the other person can do for them or how hard they make it.” The fancy way they say it is just “Ohana means family: family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.”

Did you catch that? “No matter how hard they make it.”

Cobra Bubbles was a CIA agent before this. A CIA agent who saved the planet, by doing what? Convincing an alien race to leave them alone. Oh, he didn’t fight them off? No. How? He “convinced” them? He talked it out? Sounds like a pretty compassionate guy, for all his tough exterior. How did he do that?

He could’ve picked any animal that’s actually endangered. The filmmakers chose to make him the guy who convinced aliens to value mosquitos.

MOSQUITOS. Creatures that give nothing, only take. Ugly little bloodsucking monsters. That’s the creature he convinced them to care about enough to save the planet.

NOW do you have any trouble understanding why this is the specific social worker who would give an alien-infested dumpster fire of a dangerous home a chance when two sisters are about to be torn apart?

Do you see that Cobra is just another example of the grace that the movie is always talking about? The love that transforms someone from bad to good simply because it refuses to give up even when it gets nothing out of it? I’m repeating myself because I want you to see why he was a well-done character who NEEDED NO CHANGE.

Cobra Bubbles’ character is not an insensitive monster who doesn’t care who his actions hurt as long as he gets the job done. But you know who that does sound like?

2. Gantu

Gantu is not in the remake at all.

The Problem They Were Trying to Solve With This Change: “It’s going to cost us upwards of 1.5 millions of dollars to design, sculpt, rig, animate, and render a character this big in addition to finding a suitable voice actor to play the part.”

This is a really dumb choice for several reasons. A. Without Gantu, there is no “stakes-raiser” to Lilo and Nani’s story. The movie has no climax without him. For the first and second acts of the movie, it’s about a grieving pair of girls trying to prove themselves to a social worker while the story-equivalent of Beethoven the Destructive St. Bernard wacky Jumba & Pleakley antics get in their way. But when a 40-foot tall alien stomps into their lives and abducts Lilo & Stitch in a spaceship that careens around the island during an explosive sky-chase scene, now you have a high-octane, somebody-could-die climax.

B. Without Gantu, Stitch looks weaker. The climax gave Stitch a reason to come out of the wackadoo puppy he’s been posing as and suddenly remind everybody that he’s a lethal weapon who can survive thousand-foot drops, lava, and astronomic explosions—and a giant alien’s Thanos-dwarfing fist. Take him out and who do we have as a match for Stitch to go up against, even for a moment, and prove how much he’s changed to be willing to risk his freedom and fight?

C. Without Gantu you have no villain to reflect that STITCH is no longer a villain. (So they substituted Jumba.)

But the reason this character is really worth millions is, again, the theme.

I told you Cobra Bubbles was a character who did not put “duty” or even “convenience” or “position” over the real lives of Lilo and Nani. He saw that there was love there, and in his own way, he gave it a chance. And even when he chose to take Lilo away, he did it carefully; he gave them time to say goodbye.

GANTU IS THE OPPOSITE OF COBRA BUBBLES.

Gantu is the insensitive, uncaring, unyielding Captain whose commitment to duty turns into rage and cruelty. Not Cobra.

Nani thinks Cobra is walking in a threatening to tear apart their family in a display of government judgement. But that’s what Gantu literally does.

His first reaction to Stitch is to call for his destruction. Without even waiting to see if “it can be reasoned with” like the Grand Councilwoman suggests. He’s merciless. He mocks Stitch when Stitch is captive. And he knows that he caught Lilo, a human, along with him. He doesn’t care. He even suggests that Stitch eat her as a snack.

There are only two other characters who laugh at others’ misfortune in the movie. One is Stitch, the original villain. Then love changes him. The other is Jumba, who made Stitch. Then love changes him. But Gantu never gets changed. He’s only concerned with his job, and with personally annihilating the flaws he sees in Stitch.

Gantu is unyielding, ungracious, and cruel. And he’s big and powerful enough to be a test for Stitch to prove he’s changed. For the benefits he brings to the story, he’s worth 1.5 million and more. But they cut him anyway.

3. Jumba

In the new movie, Jumba is a villain through-and-through with designs on overthrowing the Galactic Council using Stitch, and instead of being redeemed, he’s sentenced to prison.

The Problem They Were Trying to Solve With This Change: “We can’t spend money on our real villain so we’ll just keep Jumba evil.”

The reason this is dumb is obvious. They created their own problem, and the ‘fix’ makes the movie weaker, not stronger. But here’s how.

In the original, Jumba is introduced as trying to self-protect. He’s on trial, and he lies. But when Stitch is revealed, he’s genuinely passionate about the thing he’s created. And he cares about image. He prefers to be called “evil genius,” and he hates the headlines labelling him “idiot scientist.”

You have to remember he’s part of “Galaxy Defense Industries.” They had him making weapons of destruction anyway. He just got too into it with his genetic Experiments, went a little insane.

I’m not downplaying the fact that Jumba is evil at the start of the movie. He is. It is evil to be outcasted from society and then respond to that with, “well, if they’re going to treat me like an idiot, I’LL SHOW THEM, I won’t care about anything except my passion for mad science!” That’s evil.

But it also explains a lot.

I said it in another post. Jumba’s whole utility as a character is that he knows who and what Stitch really is, better than anyone. He made him to be a monster who can’t belong and wreaks havoc on everybody else’s ‘place of belonging.’ Jumba is the audience’s insider’s perspective on what is going on in Stitch’s head, at first.

But when he’s redeemed, it happens fast. And why? Because that’s how plain and simple Stitch is, as a character. Jumba knows Stitch is a disgusting little monster with nothing inherently loveable about him, and no “greater purpose.” So when his disgusting monster is loved by someone? When his disgusting monster is willing to ask him, Jumba, for help? Something totally outside his programming, totally not what Jumba thought he’d ever be capable of?

That proves to Jumba, in an instant, that there’s love out there that transforms. And creates a place of belonging.

There were already germs of that, a desire to belong, a compassion, in Jumba after he reached earth.

He doesn’t try to get Nani fired, he offers an explanation for Pleakley’s swollen head.

He claims he won’t hit Lilo (why would he care about collateral damage?)

He sounds sorry for Nani when she’s upset about losing Lilo, and tries to keep Stitch from bothering her.

My point is, Jumba’s redemption isn’t important because it’s cute or because we need to set up the big happy found-family trope everybody loves.

Jumba’s redemption is important because it is just one more PROOF that what’s happened to Stitch is so incredible. The love Jumba finds transforming his monster is enough to transform Jumba, too.

But sure, fine, whatever, make him a soulless one-dimensional talking head. Whatever.

4. Stitch’s Design

In this movie, Stitch is cuter than he is ugly, and he’s half Lilo’s size.

The Problem They Were Trying to Solve With This Change: “Ugly-cute doesn’t come across as well in ‘live action’ animation. And all the Wal-Mart moms remember Stitch as ‘cute.’ Plus we’ll save about 15% in rendering the animation.”

This is crippling to the characterization of Stitch.

Stitch is supposed to be an echo of who Lilo could become now that she’s lost her parents and may be losing Nani. This scene:

Where Jumba points out that Stitch has nothing, and destruction is his only purpose, is the evidence for that. But Chris Sanders, who made this whole story, also point-blank said it. Stitch is a future Lilo, if she loses her family.

So that’s reason number 1 that he should be her same height. But also, practically, no iconic pair of best friends, yin and yang, have visuals where one is smaller than the other. Especially not if one of them is supposed to be disguised as a pet.

The point is, Stitch is not LILO’s pet. He is her best friend, her other half. But between the muzzle-muscles they worked into his upper lip and the darkened dog nose and the butt-scooting across the floor, the remake is trying to make him more pet-like in relation to Lilo.

That’s not what he is.

I said this in another post. But Stitch is supposed to throw food to the back of his head like a gator—his lips are not designed for forming words. His gums and teeth are supposed to look like a shark’s. His nose is supposed to be too big, stamped into his face. His ears are supposed to be like bat ears, not bunny ears. He hunches forward, instead of bending at the waist like a toddler. His eyes can narrow to lizard slits.

He has to look like he can believably be a disgusting monster. Yes, he can also be cute. But he has to first look like a monster. Because that’s what he really is, in the story. If he isn’t, then LILO’s love for him doesn’t look as powerful.

It is easy to love a cat even if it scratches you, because it’s cute. It’s harder to love a life-sized spider that keeps knocking you down and eating your prized possessions and laughing when you get hurt. Stitch is supposed to be closer to the second one, so that Lilo’s love shines brighter.

But also, practically:

She can’t look him in the eye for emotional shots when he’s that short. He’ll always have to awkwardly be standing on a box or a chair or a bed.

How is he going to scoop her up, hero-style, and leap off of an exploding spaceship with her in his arms, when he’s half her size? He could do it: it’ll look stupid, though. So they just don’t have that part in the movie.

She can pick him up. That alone is demeaning and again, the visuals are silly. Not what we’re going for.

5. Lilo’s Personality

In this movie, Lilo doesn’t like weird stuff, and she screams when she first meets Stitch. There’s no problem that this solves. It’s just laziness and a lack of care about the characters.

I would like to remind you that the original Lilo:

Made her own doll that looks like a shrunken head and pretended a bug laid eggs in her ears.

Makes up stories about a fish that controls the weather and actively deep-sea dives to bring it peanut butter sandwiches.

Has a knee-jerk reaction of using practical voodoo spells on friends who wrong her.

Listens exclusively to Elvis Presley.

Fills baby bottles with coffee.

Believes Nani’s manager is a vampire.

Has fishing nets and seashells in her room for decoration.

takes safari pictures of overweight bleached tourists.

meets a social worker and her first impulse is to ask if he’s killed someone.

Nails the door shut when she’s mad at her big sister.

She’s not friends with pound dogs in that original movie; when they first get there she acts like she’s never been in the kennel before, and originally wants a pet lobster.

I know that we all love that little girl they got to play Lilo, but if you were really being objective, you’d acknowledge that she’s a little girl. She’s not Lilo. She’s a cute little girl.

They did not write Lilo into the 2025 movie. They wrote any old little girl.

You should have known, from the moment she first sees Stitch and her reaction is to scream in the trailer, that THAT IS NOT LILO.

Lilo had a very specific set of characterizations. She was a character with a personality that exploded out of the screen. Every other character in the movie meets Stitch and reacts with disgust.

But not. LILO. She’s the only one to react to him like THIS:

She is literally not like anyone else. She’s doesn’t care that he’s ugly. Or weird. Or blue. Or even bat an eye when he can talk with all those shark teeth.

From Moment One, Lilo chooses Stitch. She chooses to love him. Regardless of what he can do for her. Regardless of how many times he pushes her over or rips up her house or makes her relationship with Nani harder. That is the number one thing about Lilo.

She is desperate for people to stay, but she chooses to love Stitch even though he’s a monster. And she tries to make him better. And her love succeeds in transforming him when nothing else could.

Lilo’s personality traits all mean something in the story. (I.e. she likes Elvis because she’s clinging to the past, she snaps pictures of tourists like they’re safari animals because they’re inherently people who LEAVE and she has issues with LEAVING, etc.) But the thing I think that was so obvious that the moviemakers missed for 2025 is she has to be weird. If she’s not weird, there’s no reason for her not to have friends. And if she has friends, what does she need Stitch for?

But also, Lilo’s personality in the new movie is just boring. Cute. But boring. Cute’s not that great of an accomplishment; any 7 year-old is cute.

6. Nani

I don’t think you guys need to know this. It’s not just that Nani leaves. It’s that “take care of yourself” is the exact opposite of the selfless message of the movie.

In the beginning, Lilo literally argues with Nani after being told she’s “such a pain,” and goes, “why don’t you SELL ME and buy a RABBIT INSTEAD?”

And then breaks down and cries at the thought of Nani wishing she had a rabbit instead of Lilo, later.

Because Lilo is afraid of people leaving. But Nani won’t leave her. Nani loses her job, her own life, because of Lilo. But she’s desperate to keep Lilo anyway, because she loves her. Don’t you understand? The message of the movie was about self-sacrificial love. A love that doesn't care what I get out of the relationship.

Nani starts it. But you know what, David loves her like that, too. And then Lilo transfers it to Stitch, who shows it off to Jumba. It’s a chain reaction, but Nani is spearheading it.

You realize that when their parents died, Nani already would’ve been in high school? With a whole life of her own? Her own friends, her own potential boyfriend, a job she went to, surf competitions (the trophies are in her room.) Lilo would’ve been well aware that that was the status-quo: Nani has her own life. And even a seven year-old can see that that life is being put on hold, but maybe the big sister wants to go back to it, at every turn.

The fact that Nani never does that, never expresses a desire for that, only ever expresses a desire to keep Lilo with her, is huge. It’s the core of the movie.

I don’t think that needs any more explaining.

We could talk more. Like about how Lilo needs to see that Stitch is an alien, because that’s the ultimate test: he’s one of the monsters who destroyed her house, he’s been lying to her and using her as a human shield, he’s a criminal—but she still winds up giving everything up to protect him.

Anyway. My neck hurts and I don’t want to type anymore. But we could talk about the music, the social worker, the grand councilwoman—it just doesn’t matter.

Ya’ll had more than enough details in the trailer to be able to not go see this movie because it was obviously going to ruin everything. But instead you chose to make this twisted corpse “the highest-grossing movie of any Memorial Day.” You bought tickets because they ruined a perfect movie and slapped together an uglier package for you.

Whatever. It was my favorite movie today, it’ll be your Treasure Planet or Tangled tomorrow. Keep riiiight on giving them your money, and keep letting influencers regurgitate the same four obvious facts to you over and over, because they paid Disney to make a talking-point for their content benefit. Whatever.

[kiththecat]

this is going to sound so ubnoxious, but i saw a lifesteal confession and immediately realised that im probably guilty of the exact thing it was talking about (people mostly caring about branzy when it comes to lifesteal and clownzy). but after a minute of thinking (🤔<- like this) i could kiiiinda pinpoint why and i thought it'd be interesting enough to vocalise, at least.

in my head, there's a very clear line between "the guy whose vidoes i watch while eating lunch" and "the guy i make fanworks of." even though its technically the same guy. i love watching branzy's videos. he's extremely entertaining and talented. but i also have a separate version of him that's based on the character he plays. the guy who in many cases has a story that ends up being very tied to clowns. being the most important person to the deadliest guy is a compelling character and i find that very fun to explore in writing. admittedly the bit they've got going on where they flirt unprompted is still kinda peak and that is definitely something i'd want to see more of.  very chill about it though. *wink*

however, and this is where i wholeheartedly agree with everything in the confession. i really dislike it when the comment section on branzy's videos mention clown in a video clown's barely in. cc!branzy could spend five hundred hours working on a minecraft project and if clownpierce happens to be eluded to, then that's what a lot of the comments will be about. now i LOVE clownzy crumbs because i'm a pathetic individual, but there are so many other things to talk about in branzy's non-lifesteal content than the gay bit he did two years ago. 

anyway here are some elements of branzy's character that i really appriciate bout him

he is like a jack of all trades. sure he's not the very very best in any field, but he's a great builder, great redstoner, great at survival things, great at the game in general. i think his strongest trait is just how dedicated he is to whatever he decides to do. he loves a challenge, he loves overkill and theatrics, he needs mental stimulation and work or else he dies.

in after hours smp he commited so many crimes... so many. one thing i loved is that for that video he had to research these crimes and come up with a minecraft equivalent. he's extremely creative and his brain works in weird, sort of morbid and somehow also cutesy ways.

or in the video where he's building a computer in minecraft with rek. one moment he doesn't get what's happening and he asks rek to "explain it to me like im a puppy" or something. and it's such a silly little moment but i like that he just found no shame in asking. in general he's just very down to earth and shameless.

he is not in any way morally upstanding. if he saw a big read button that said "press this to kill one hundred random children" he'd not hesitate. if the button was protected with top security measures he'd do whatever it takes to get past them. he does not care about good and bad. please never give him morals.

his love language is killing his friends for fun

okay here's a personal preference but he needs to have some wacky job. if you're writing this man he needs to be money laundering. or running a pyramid scheme. why would anyone put him in a school, or a cafe. he's a palm reader who sucks but takes money before readings and runs away. he's running a sweatshop and all the worker uniforms are weird costumes. he's a janitor but he uses special access to steal things. he has one hundred different identities. why am i describing stanley pines.

moving on.

there is so much love in him. he loves the craft (insert trademark mark here), he loves the people around him, he finds joy in pretty flowers, he finds joy in setting pretty flowers on fire.

many more things to say but the gist is. bramzycraft....

he's a dad now and i think that's beautiful. buuuuuuuuut the baby doesnt have anything to do with toxic yaoi (that we know of... 👁️👁️) so how important is it REALLY.

clownzy jesus out.

[cherrystaineddoll]

𝓙ournaling tips 🧁☆

don't let social media be your only archive

first off, why should you start a journal?

not only is journaling a fun hobby that will keep you away from your phone for a while, it also helps you with getting to know yourself more, understanding your feelings and working on them. it is a way to keep your thoughts and memories written on paper forever for you to reread once you're older, and maybe you'll laugh at what seemed so important back then. personally, i have kept journals and diaries ever since i knew how to write, and trust me, it's worth it.

there isn't a specific way in which you should or shouldn't journal: after all, it is your space, and you get to choose how to organize it. but if you're feeling lost and don't know how to start, i can give you some ideas.

first off, pick out a journal and decorate it. you can paint it, cover it with stickers or fun colored paper, mark it with lip stains, or whatever you want. just have fun with it, and make it cute, that way you'll be even more inspired to write in it.

and now.. what do you write?

✩ the basics.

���︎ " about me" page. who are you? what are your favourite traits in yourself, and what do you want to change? what do you like doing? what are your favourite things? your fav movies, books, shows, songs, etc. what makes you you?

❥︎ bucket lists. places you want to visit, things you want to do this summer, things you want to accomplish in a specific time, a to do list for each month and year, things you want to do with your friends, books to read, movies/ tv shows to watch, experiences you want to have, etc.

❥︎ wishlists. whether it's products, clothes, or non material things.

❥︎ quotes. things that speak to you, that motivate you or that you think resonate with you, who you are and who you want to be. scraps of some of your favourite books, poetry, a movie, or maybe just something you found on pinterest.

❥︎ goals and dreams. write down everything you want to achieve, even your wildest dreams that you think are unrealistic. plan out your dream life, you dream house, the person you want to be, and start to think of it as something that is not so impossible after all.

❥︎ affirmations. little daily reminders to keep you positive and motivated.

❥︎ letters. a letter to your future self, to your younger self, to your future kids, or to people in your life (friends, family, or even people you despise) to whom you can't say these things directly. maybe one day you'll send them.

❥︎ your playlists. your favourite artists, favourite songs of the moment, favourite lyrics, or your receiptify.

❥︎ movie & book ratings. after you watch or read anything, try to write a very detailed and in depth review of why you liked or disliked that specific thing, give it stars, etc.

❥︎ people you care about. a little intro to all your favourite people: friends, family, or even your pet. why you like them, how you met, your favourite traits about them.

❥︎ dreams. as in the dreams you have when you're sleeping. writing them down helps remembering more dreams in the long run, and you can also try to analyze them to find out your fears and ambitions through your subconscious.

❥︎ compliments. things that people said to you that warmed your heart, positive things you think about some people that you haven't said to them yet and compliments you wish to receive more.

❥︎ things that make you happy. every day, or week, try to find some things that made your day a bit better, even if it's small or "meaningless" things, try to practice gratitude and appreciate more the little joys in life.

❥︎ the people you look up to. whether it's someone you know in real life or a celebrity, write down what you admire about them, what aspects of their life or personality you want to include more in yours, and why they inspire you. or if you're jealous of someone, try to understand what is it that they have and you don't, to know what you really want.

❥︎ questions to your future self. it can be a couple months from now, or 10 years. just imagine how fun it will be to answer them once it's time, and look back on what the past version of yourself wanted to achieve and how they imagined you.

❥︎ habits. things that you wanna let go of, and others that you want to implement more into your life.

other than doing all the fun little pages, another thing that you should try doing is just writing down all your feelings. it doesn't necessary need to be a daily thing, i mean sure, you can do daily reports of things that happened, drama etc., but mostly just write when you need it, even if it's repetitive. especially when you're upset, writing down what made you sad and how you feel in that moment really helps you to feel better. whenever i'm anxious, or sad, i take out my little bedazzled journal and i start writing until my hand hurts about everything that's going wrong in that moment, and once i'm done i usually feel much more relieved. things that are left unsaid or unwritten only create a burden on yourself that becomes really hard to get rid of after a while, so it's important to let it all out when you need it. it helps you to organize all the messy thoughts in your head and remember how you felt in the past, so you can find patterns and connections that lead to the same feelings, to understand better their roots and meaning and start a healing journey.

other than just writing down everything you're feeling whenever you need it, to do a deeper analysis on yourself, especially those parts that you keep hidden and refuse to acknowledge, you can try doing shadow work. by answering some questions, you can bring out the truths that maybe you've ignored all this time because it felt easier to do so than facing them, and once you do, you can begin to understand yourself to a deeper level

some prompts☆

❥︎ who are you when no one is watching?

❥︎ what parts of yourself are you afraid to show others, and afraid that they will discover them? why?

❥︎ what are your biggest fears?

❥︎ what is the biggest lie you have told yourself? and the biggest lie you've told someone else?

❥︎ what are you ashamed of in yourself?

❥︎ what are you avoiding?

❥︎ how do you deal with your emotions?

❥︎ what do you need to let go of?

❥︎ what makes you feel jealous?

❥︎ what are your best and worst qualities?

❥︎ what are your core values?

❥︎ what makes you feel good?

❥︎ what is your definition of success? and failure?

❥︎ how do you define love?

❥︎ what would you do and who would you be if you weren't afraid or anxious? if there wasn't anything holding you back?

❥︎ what traits do you judge in others? why? do you think some of those traits reflect something within yourself?

❥︎ what patterns and behaviours from your parents/caregivers do you replicate in your own life?

❥︎ how do you respond when you make a mistake or fail at something?

a reminder: write for yourself, and not as if someone else was going to read. i promise that your journal won't think you're a loser if you talk about you emotions freely. i struggle with that too sometimes, but it's important that you remain honest with yourself, or the whole thing loses its purpose.

i hope that this helped with starting out your healing journey through journaling, but remember that ultimately it is up to you to decide how to organize it and go through with it!! after all, it is your personal journey

[theyanderespecialist]

Base Yandere Lakan Headcanons: Winning His Darling (The Apothecary Diaries)

[Hello, My Sexy Muffins! I am back with a new chapter! This one is an early Father's Day special! With Base Yandere Lakan X Gender Neutral Reader! I hope that you all enjoy, and there will be another one of Lakan with a trans person. That is later, though! I hope you all enjoy this chapter here!] 

(Disclaimer: Lakan is Not Yandere in canon! This is just for fun and not to be taken seriously at all! Simping for fictional characters and yanderes is fine! Just do not be illegal or gross about it! You know who you are! You Dirty, Flaky, Biscuits! Yandere are not ideal partners to have in real life! Also, remember to separate fiction from reality and headcanon from canon! Thank you!) 

-Base Yandere Headcanons With Yandere Lakan X Gender Neutral Reader From The Apothecary Diaries- 

.Lakan, just like a lot of others from his clan, is infamously eccentric, and he never married or, to the knowledge of most people, had children. 

.He did have a daughter, but Maomao refuses to accept him as her father; he adopted his nephew to be his heir. 

.He loved one woman in his life, and that was Maomao's mother, but then after he lost her, he thought he would never love again. 

.That was until he met you. Right away, he could see your face, and it stunned him. He did not know how or why he could see your face, and he was certain that he had never met you before in any way, shape, or form. 

.But being able to see your face right away made him believe this was true love and that he had fallen in love with you and wanted you in his life. 

.He was always coming to see you and spend time with you. 

.It did not matter what job you had, you somehow met him and he became a constant in your life. 

.He was almost always there it seemed like and you could not shake him no matter what you did, this man was almost like a damn leech. 

.He would love to spoil you with courtship gifts, the gifts that you tried to turn down many times. 

.He would not mind whatever gender you have, he was going to be with you regardless of that, and wanted to have life with you. 

.He is a yandere who once again loves to spoil you and wants you to be treated like the deity you are. 

.To him, you are the most enchanting person that he has ever met, and he wants a life with you as his partner. 

.He would be the type of yandere that comes sniffing around your home, your work, anywhere he could find you, and you really were getting a bit uneasy around him. 

.He came on way too strong sometimes with you, and he does not realize that would scare the heck out of you and make you run away from him. 

.He is determined to make you see he is a good man and will be a good partner. 

.He is a yandere who has planned everything he can to make sure you become his. 

.If you had a brother or father or even uncles or male cousins, he would have the shipped off to war. 

.Where he would put them in dangerous spots. So you would have to agree to be with him and accept courtship gifts and outings. 

.He really has you between a rock and a hard place, and now you have no choice but to be nice to him and let him fawn over you. 

.Your parents are very pleased you caught the interest of someone as powerful as Lakan. So they are encouraging you to accept the man's feelings and to be with him. 

.At this point, it did not matter what you wanted because Lakan had all the pieces under his control, and it was only a matter of time before you were officially his. 

.Although he does his best to make a connection with you, he is not very good at that. 

.He uses his rank and power to manipulate you into spending time with him. 

.And how he is just kind of a weird guy. 

.Not to mention, he makes wagers with you, such as stealing your first kiss from you, and even getting to cop a feel. 

.He is not outwardly perveted, but you spark a passion in him he cannot stop, and he wants to be able to use these wagers to get closer to you. 

.As I said before, he is very manipulative and has done everything in his power to manipulate you so that you will become his partner and never be allowed to leave him. 

.He is a very protective and possessive yandere and would not tolerate anyone putting their hands on you. 

.If someone were to raise a hand or weapon at you, they would make sure that they are executed for this, and it would be public. 

.He would have you attend it, with you right by his side as it happens. 

.He is showing you that you are his and that he will protect you at all costs, and no one would ever get away with harming what is his. 

.He is devoted to you and would wish to spend every night with you; he also loves to just hold you close. 

.He is the type of yandere who enjoys intimate times reading with you and holding you close, as well as taking care of you. 

.With rivals, he is so going to use his rank to get rid of them; he does not care who they are. They were unworthy of you, and he was going to make sure that anyone and everyone knew not to get close to you, if they valued their lives and their careers. 

.He would not kill anyone himself, but he uses his power and rank to have other men kill them, or to have them publicly executed. 

.Each time they were publicly executed, you would attend with him and he would make you watch. 

.Soon, you would learn that you were his, and you would be better off if you accepted this fate. 

.When he finally does confess his love to you, it is with a proposal that you either become his spouse or his lover. (This depends on your gender, of course.) 

.If you accept his love, he is elated and would pull you into a deep kiss, you were finally his, and all his plans paid off! 

.If you do not accept his love, he will remind you of your family and friends and other loved ones who are on the battlefield, and how terrible it would be if something bad happened to them. 

.Your hands would be tied, and you would be forced to accept his love. 

.Either way, you are quickly moved into him and become a part of his clan, you are never allowed to leave his estate unless it is with him. 

.You would also have bodyguards that are there to protect you, but at the same time are there to keep you from running away. 

.Bonus if you were assigned female at birth, you would be made his wife, and he would expect you to give him children as well. 

.But if you were a man, he would just want to adopt a child with you and have a family that way. 

.Either way, you are his,  and he is going to keep you his prize, because he won and you are forever his! 

[YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS another chapter is done! I hope you all enjoyed this, and stay sexy, all of my sexy muffins!] 

[jimpagne]

theories about jikook in japan, jungkook's chest piece, and matching tattoos?

I always see theories about what Jimin and Jungkook could've done in Japan in such a short time or why they decided to take an international trip on the tail end of their enlistment. A lot of the theories are unserious at best, and for the most part, it wasn't really a vacation we were supposed to know about anyway (also FUCK the person who followed Jimin through the parking lot, like what the hell is wrong with you!).

But alas, here we are, talking about it.

For the most part, I personally don't have any real theories about why they went, and if I'm being honest, I don't need them. I can just accept that they probably just wanted to go, maybe breathe some fresh air that wasn't surrounding a military base.

However... Jungkook's new tattoo had me thinking...

I am one of those people who does not believe that just a day or two after being discharged, he went and got some fresh ink. It doesn't really make that much sense, given that the tattoo didn't appear to have any second-skin on it, or fresh irritation that a tattoo that new would probably have. Also, if he did have a second skin, it would've been bleeding with ink during his performance because of the amount of sweat/moisture on his body.

So, he must've gotten it earlier. Maybe weeks earlier.

How does this link back to Japan? Well, in Asia, laws around tattooing are quite strict, some people needing a medical license in order to practice tattooing. This has created an interesting tattoo industry, and it is common for artists and clients to travel countries to get ink done. There's a very popular Korean tattoo artist by the name of Bidan who does traditional Korean tattoos. I'm not saying Jungkook's work was from Bidan, but what I am trying to say is Bidan would travel around Asia and the United States to tattoo clients (though, these days I think he only works in NYC) and some people would cross borders just to get work done from him.

So, it might be possible that he got the work done in Japan from a Japanese artist, as the tattoo on his chest looks like it's in a Suminagashi style. I'm not sure if Jungkook is loyal to POLYC and only POLYC, so it is possible for him to have gotten work from someone else. The only issue with this theory is trying to find out how big the piece is, because that could determine the amount of time he had to get it done (maybe multiple sessions?) and the amount of time he would've had to have worn a second skin. But he would've had over 2-ish weeks to heal the tattoo before being discharged!

But then that leaves Jimin... why did Jimin go to Japan too?

Well, here are my theories:

Jikook probably just planned joint holidays because it felt most comfortable to be with one another most of the time.

Sounded like fun. Why not.

... Maybe he got a tattoo as well? Matching tattoos?

I think that might just be delusion on my part, but I don't have be completely delusional to make speculations that I recognize to be faulty. I mean, both Jimin and Jungkook are tattoo enthusiasts, and they both went through the most difficult time of their lives together. Matching tattoos are not inherently romantic, so this isn't really the 'shipper' in me wanting this to happen, but rather seeing it as a favorable outcome given their past actions. They have matching tattoos with the other members, and Jungkook has matching tattoos with some other idols as well, so it's completely plausible that him and Jimin could sport some matching ink in the future.

I'm not sure if Jimin would get a full sleeve or big chest piece done like Jungkook, but Suminagashi and traditional east Asian inking would suit him very well!

But, this was what I was thinking. Suminagashi is not a style exclusive to Japan, as it's a popular style in China and Korea too, but I was just putting together loose theories and seeing what stuck.

[follow-your-heartstone]

Lanfear reads thirst tweets

Lanfear: Hello, I am Lanfear, daughter of the night, of the forsaken... and I am here with LADBible to read... thirst tweets

*intro plays*

Lanfear: "Lanfear could torture me every single night in my dreams and I would still be saying please and thank you ma'am"

Lanfear: OK, if this is about that dirty skank al'Vere... I wasn't torturing her, we were just... hanging out. Gals being gals, you know? You don't have to take everything so seriously

Muffled voice off screen: She seemed to be pretty, uhm... deeply traumatized by it?

Lanfear: *ominous stare*

Muffled voice off screen: I mean... deeply traumatized... by how much fun she was having ha ha

Lanfear: Right? This guy gets it

Lanfear: "I want Lanfear and Moiraine to step on me"

Lanfear: Ok why Moiraine? What does she add to this? You will squirm gratefully under my heel and to even think to ask for more would be a deranged folly. Would you wish for the sun and then a single hearth also? Riddiculous! Completely ridiculous

Lanfear: "Ishamael, Moghedien, Ravhin, Lanfear... some people would call this 'the terrible and fearsome forsaken' I call it 'list of people that I would like for to rail me' "

Lanfear: I'm not so sure you want that honey. Moggy is freaky in ways you can't even begin to imagine in the short span of your insignificant lifetime. It will be an experience... that's for sure, but... you won't survive, most likely. But maybe that is what you want, all you mortals seem to want to do is throw your useless lives away, so maybe that works out for you

Lanfear: "The way Lanfear acts around Moiraine is so cute, she is really just a small bean"

Lanfear: Small bean? What is this... insanity? Clever with words are you? Why don't we see how clever you are in person! Find this... *looks down* find this 'moiraineswhore69' and bring them to me!

Muffled voice off screen: We uhm... we don't actually know who these people are, we just have their usernames

Lanfear: All you mortals ever have to offer is excuses! Did you write this?!

Muffled voice off screen: No! I... I didn't write this, I swear! I don't even watch the show

Lanfear: What?

Muffled voice off screen: I mean... doesn't seem worth getting into... you know, after it got cancelled

Lanfear: I think you will find your life canc

*sharp cut*

Lanfear, blood splatter on face: Thank you... LADbible, for having me. I am Lanfear, daughter of the night, and this has been thirst tweets

[strike-another-match]

Thank you for the tag @birdmenmanga I love these games!!! Tagging @just-some-random-blogger @disinherited-dornishman @deadonyouraccount and anyone else who wants to do it!!

answers under cut bc i know i'll ramble lmao. edit from the future: this was so much fun to writeeee

coffee shop or florist

hmm i tend not to like either for it's own sake like there has to be something else going on to catch my interest, but if i were to write one of these i'd pick florist because the vibes are more relaxed and it ties in very nicely with the kind of poirot-style murder mystery plots i tend to enjoy

au or fix-it

i'm "my country right or wrong" when it comes to canon, if it came from the same writers' pen i just cannot unsee it once i have seen it, if i really hate the direction something takes i would rather drop it, and if i'm too attached or too involved in the fandom to drop it i'll just find a way to work with it in fic

enemies to lovers or childhood friends

i really never understood childhood friends, maybe because i feel like i was barely sentinent as a child lmao like i just don't associate any childhood memory with anything remotely related to romance or even friendship? idk i was literally playing with mud and catching frogs i was just not thinking about feelings... i do get enemies to lovers though because i tend to grow a soft spot for the people i butt heads with suuuuper quickly like hey that's blorbo from my rants <3 blorbo from my headache

angst or fluff

for me one needs the other... fluff doesn't really hit without angst but angst doesn't really hit without fluff either... they exist in balance

love at first sight or pining

i dont have the systems to understand love at first sight like i cannot comprehend that kind of thought... after a brief meeting perhaps but not at first sight??? i don't like it when it draws out forever either though unless there's like a very good reason

modern au or historical au

hmmm no strong preference, though its fun to talk about putting the characters in different settings i normally see characters as belonging to their setting for a reason so i normally operate within the setting. that being said modern aus for period or scifantasy settings come a lot more easily to me than historical aus for modern settings so modern au wins

break up & make up or proposal & wedding

break up and make up is a repeat offender in shows i've watched, you know when writers don't know what to do with an established couple so it's just break up and make up over and over again? i do love proposals (when they're used to like, really drive home the point of how much a character has grown maybe) but i like them even better if they're not in the context of marriage... something that might bind the characters together more than marriage ever could... let's do a heist together, let's kill someone together, etc.

get together or established relationship

i am a huge fan of get together but that being my favourite tv romance i've ever witnessed with my eyes is tomshiv so i guess i prefer writing get together but i prefer watching established relationship if 👆 it's falling apart. my absolute favourite though is the combination of both, a marriage that's falling apart right as they meet a new third person that's either going to finally implode it or be the one thing that can fix it like i will slurp that up and be praying at the altar iykyk (i just realised actually this is also tomshiv + greg... but obviously i was thinking of jim jade and tabitha)

soulmates or unrequited

i am unfortunately battle trained in the ways of haterism for the soulmate aus, i cannot stand the idea of it being decided for you who you will like or who you are supposed to get with, it sounds like my worst nightmare in every possible way, but i can understand why other people with different life experiences might like it. unrequited makes me sad though im a weak bitchhhh but i will write it for sideplots because i am also evil

fake dating or secret dating

once again kinda neither omfg how picky can i be? maybe i don't see the appeal of fake dating because my comphet relationships kinda felt like fake dating so secret dating wins? then again i pretty much avoid fake dating so maybe if i read some i would see the angle/appeal, i might just be hating it for the idea i made up in my head of what i thought it'd be

obvious pining or domestic fluff

both can work for me but it has to be in specific contexts for example i love the idea of characters who don't feel at home in their own homes making a home of their own in some unconventional situation (specially if they both know it can't last yk but the moment they're hit with the feeling of oh so this is what having a home feels like while also knowing they're about to lose it is like a drug to me) but if its just like ikea catalogue middle class stable life then idc like i need my characters to be suffering at a significant level at all times or i disengage

hurt/comfort or crack

i am literally the hurt/comfort bitch like literally everything i write and read is hurt/comfort if nothing is happening im like someone should drop a door on these ppl make them bleed a little idk like this is pretty much synonymous with fic for me i just exist within the bounds of hurt/comfort i cannot deny my nature like if no one is getting physically hurt and/or emotionally devastated i am just not clicking that link. all my characters will be half conscious and delirious in their lover's arms at least once

meet the parents or meet cute

meet the parents but like predictably only if they're abusive, it has to go horribly wrong like shit has to go down or at least give the partner/future partner character an "oh shit" moment to explain why the other character is the way they are. like it can't be "i want you to meet my parents <3" it has to be more like "oh shit my dad's here". i love subverted meet cutes where there's a terrible first impression too though... i love meet uglies

tagged by @starlightweave thank you ^___^

bold for what I love!

coffee shop or florist (hit me up with flowers language) | au or fix-it (I mean. Both can be true. And by "fix-it-" it also mean "i do not want to see this happening in canon but in fanon it's interesting) | enemies to lovers or childhood friends (I'M A BITCH FOR THIS) | angst or fluff (WHY NOT BOTH) | love at first sight or pining | modern au or historical au (look. I already do alternate-world thing in my original stories and it's taking enough researches like this, the rest I'm making things up) | break up & make up or proposal & wedding (hayyyy what do you mean this is a logic suite of events) | get together or established relationship (gestures wildly at Jahan x Scarlett IN YOUR OPINION) | soulmates or unrequited (unrequited that turn requited) | fake dating or secret dating (i'll admit that, i wrote fake dating for work, and I absolutely do not get it) | obvious pining or domestic fluff (shit the idea of your OTP just taking a coffee together and both standing by the railroad and looking at the sun rise...idzahioja) | hurt/comfort or crack (BOTH. AND SOMETIMES ONE CAN TURN INTO THE OTHER.) | meet the parents or meet cute (no i'm sorry have you seen the look of most parents in fiction, i prefer meet cute)

tagging : @tynithia @desfraisespartout @heyhopperart (I CHALLENGE YOU TO MULAN/SY) @revoleotion @gemmababbler

[elodieunderglass]

Eggs for Killie is over!

I award myself the 150th egg for all of the little bits of art. Thank you so much for inspiring me to make them! It’s been really amazing to see all the hard work and to truly appreciate the wide range of crafts and activities everyone can do. Bobbin lace? Shoemaking? Knife forging? Translating Irish? It’s genuinely incredible.

I also really appreciated the people who were taking a rest, too. Thank you for that as well.

And I SUPER, SUPER appreciate everyone who was going through saying encouraging words, leaving replies/reblogging with comments, or liking all these posts. That was also a huge outpouring of kindness and time. I saw you doing it (and tried to make sure OPs did too) and any credit for people feeling empowered? That’s for YOU.

I know for a fact that people were following each other simply because they spotted one of their people through doing this. Thank you for being here - and being brave enough to find each other! 

If you have a project you were working on specifically for this, and missed the inbox, drop me a message - I don’t want to miss you.

150 eggs x 60g (weight of medium-large chicken egg) is 9000g of eggs.

That’s 16.8% of Killie’s body weight in eggs.

I am planning to write a book about Killie and I think it will be very VERY funny to acknowledge every single username who contributed in the acknowledgements…

…. Because I am planning to throw them back at you.

Now rest up, everyone. April Fools tomorrow, we gotta make the REST of the website unusable.

[bleue-flora]

"He has friends, Tommy. I'm right here. I'm his friend... What are you gonna say about that? You think I'm not his friend?" — Punz —

Thought it was only fair that I do c!Punz after doing c!Dream, so here he is, ready to fight anyone who messes with his friend. And yes, just like with c!Dream all of his Minecraft skin elements and colors are apart of the design in one way or another.

[wu-does-art]

grabs onto you

ough its so great to see another sally face fan in 2025.....and a little nightmares one as well.... /vpos

GOD FORBID INDIE GAMES GET ATTENTION </33 WHERE ARE MY SF AND LNS FANS IM FREAKING CRAZY

[icewindandboringhorror]

indeed my exact process once every 8 months or so

[undistortedworld]

last time i went to con as a-yao someone told me that "at least hes not as bad as xue yang who committed genocide because he didnt get sweets once" but this time someone told me jgy and xy did nothing wrong and they support their crimes and they shouldve done more tbh and that jgy and xy are actually the main characters THE WORLD IS HEALING whoever you are i love you lol

[hellohoihey]

Like I feel kinda shit for it but I truly do not have the energy to figure out based on fcking posts of someone's Instagram likes and like. The fucking actions of people they support to figure out whether it's "okay" to like them like I just can't

[uncanny-tranny]

Another thing that I've learned as I have undertaken my craft is just how satisfying it is to use what you make - to have known that you made it. Even now as I make my big project, the fabric is big enough that it's warming my lap up as I make it - even that is satisfying.

People want to make an effort - even small ones. What people don't like is pseudowork - bullshit jobs. Honestly, it's partly tragic to think about, partly infuriating.

[orcelito]

I do find it so funny that I will graduate college days away from my birthday. Like my birthday is literally in between the end of the semester ("graduation") and commencement

It really will be like a joint graduation & birthday party for me lmao

[prentissluvr]

tw long rant and swearing!

hey!! if you don't like something i wrote! shut the fuck up and move on!! thanks bye!! no hate is tolerated on this blog :)))

i don't care if you don't like the way i characterized someone in my story!! shut up and get a better hobby than hating on something someone has spent hours creating and pouring love into and accusing them of hating one of their favorite characters because you think that the fic they wrote FOR FUN and NOT FOR YOU is bad characterization/makes the character flawed in a way that you don't like because you have a poor understanding of what makes fanfiction fanfiction (and also humans human tbh lol). sure, they're maybe more flawed than in the actual show, but THATS THE FUCKING POINT OF FANFICTION!!! IS THAT ITS NOT A REAL PART OF THE SHOW!!! AND ITS WRITTEN!!! FOR FUNNNNN!!!!! AND NOT FUCKING FOR YOU AND YOUR FUCK ASS OPINIONS SPECIFICALLY!!!!!!!! and if you think it sucks, i don't care!! you are entitled to your opinion!!!! hate it so so so much but get the fuck over yourself if you think that telling me it's horrible and unrealistic and somehow creating a bad wrap FOR MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IN THIS SHOW is somehow a meaningful usage of your time or gonna get me to delete the fic or stop liking it or stop promoting my own hard work !!!! i'm proud of the things i write and nothing will ever change that. i hope you know what a shitty shitty shitty (and embarrassing) thing it is to do to leave a whole paragraph of hate under someone's hard work just because they interpret a fictional fucking character in a way that you don't like. genuinely genuinely get the fuck over yourself and find a better way to spend your time than caring more about fictional characters than real life people.