#and didnt read asoue when you were 10

[ourdreamsareneon]

it's crazy the level of discourse there is about antis/pros and how teenagers just devolve into purity culture so quick. I'm sure I used to be like that, but somewhere between dating gang members and reading copious amounts of philosophy the world became a lot more gray to me when I entered my twenties and I've realised three things that I think are important for teenagers to know:

To quote my favourite childhood book series: "People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict." Sure, going to car meets, selling drugs, drunk driving, stealing cars, playing chicken with cops are all examples of bad things that you shouldn't do but am I going to sit in my lovers bed and tell him that this life he was born into that saw all his friends die in drive bys and that saw his own dad pull a gun on him when he was a kid makes him a shitty person? Even though I can see all of the good in him, and can tell he doesn't want to do this, I should ignore it and focus on the negatitives? We have all done bad things, we all do bad things, and we all will do bad things. It doesn't make you a bad person.

Purity culture hurts everyone. There's a great book about this called the History of Sexuality that delves into how purity culture and the censorship of sex is at its essence the capitalist authority controlling the means of reproduction. At large scale 'pray the gay away' and 'contraception is a sin' make it so that men and women couple up more (instead of same sex coupling) and have unprotected sex. On a smaller scale 'AO3 is evil because it has pedos' and 'watersports is the grossest thing ever' do the job of the capitalist authority on a more digestible level. Us vs Them no longer is 'alt right vs communism' they use your words to make it 'pure good hobest people vs pedos who like piss play.' you are making bullets for your enemy and handing them your own damn gun. I promised I wouldn't make this whole post this one point tee hee sorry if you want me to elaborate just ask lol

Fetish ≠ real world experience. I'll build my own pyre as an example: I love me some good CNC (consensual non-consent) in my fanfics but in real life sex I have a praise kink so bad I have cried during sex multiple times. I am into tooth rotting sweet stuff and the kindest people in the world in real life. The media you consume 1000% has an effect on you, I'm not arguing that. I am however arguing that if you have media literacy and know what media is and is not harmful to you, it shouldn't effect your real life drastically unless you have other shit going on. I know this is rich coming from the "I have dated people in gangs" guy because that may show what kinda guy I'm into but prommy that's not a sexual attraction thing, it's 100% a lifestyle thing that again I will elaborate on if you want. Point being, porn ≠ reality and what gets that blood flowing isn't necessarily a reflection of how good or bad you are (ofc there are kinds of porn that are bad but that's beside the point and a very complicated thing for me to type while I'm this sleepy)

thank you for coming to my ted talk. pls I am begging on my knees for people to stop having black and white world views but i also know that's just a product of being a teen so if you are a teen pls! go out there and! consume media from different cultures and people with different lives to you! the world is at its best when it is wide!!! and full of love <3

[sillysnack]

does anyone want to hear my top 10 ASOUE moments (from the books and netflix adaptation)? "no" well HERE IT IS

spoiler: most of them are going to involve klaus

NUMBER 10!

(The Ersatz Elevator, Netflix) Klaus keeps screaming even though their little basket thing is stable and floating again

NUMBER 9

(The Penultimate Peril, Books) Klaus says that he and his sisters arent noble but Dewey Denouement reassures him that they are noble enough and they hug

NUMBER 8

(The End, Netflix) klaus reads The Incomplete History then he and violet find out if she were a boy, she'd be named "Lemony". klaus then says, "I wonder why that name's so important."

NUMBER 7

(The Bad Beginning) Fernald (the Hook-Handed Man, an adult) loses to Sunny Baudelaire (a baby) in a game of POKER 😭😭

NUMBER 6!

(The Bad Beginning) Klaus talks about nuptial laws (its a good scene, okay? i love it when people know stuff)

NUMBER 5

Isadora, wearing fake bangs: how do i look?

Klaus: different. which is good! not that you didnt look good before but-

4 (typing the word number now seems wrong to me)

(The Penultimate Peril, Netflix) Esme tells Olaf that being constantly undermined by her significant other (Olaf) is "Out" and that being outsmarted by three children time and time again is "out" (basically Esme just rants to Olaf and then he breaks up with her)

TOP 3

(The End) the Baudelaires celebrate Beatrice II's 1st birthday!

TOP 2:

(Netflix, shown in The Penultimate Peril (I think?)) "Beatrice, I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship and as the passengers love the lifeboat, as the battlefield loves young men and as peppermints love your allergies. I will love you as we grow older, which just happened, and happened again, and will continue to happen. I will love you until every fire has been extinguished and every home rebuilt, and every code and heart has been broken. I will love you if you marry someone else, and I will love you if you have a child, or two children, or three, which seems like a good number. I love you Beatrice, I always will."

alright! before I get to Top 1 here are Honorable Mentions:

- any Klaus Baudelaire scene

- Klaus says "nice girls can do all sorts of things" in response to Mr. Poe going "violet you are a nice girl you shouldnt know how to do that" because she managed to construct the broken apart murder tool olaf used on Uncle Monty

- Klaus says "some boys like dolls" (that's how I remember the line) becuase violet gave the doll gifted to her by Aunt Josephine to him

- every Fernald & Sunny scene in The Slippery Slope, especially where he playfully calls her Chabo.

- the snow scouts recite their pledge (I'll memorize this) and klaus says "How can anyone by Xylophone?" because thats part of the pledge

- (The Penultimate Peril, Netflix) count olaf dumps esme so Carmelita asks: is countie not my daddy anymore? Esme answers: hes not mine either pet

- (OKAY LAST HONORABLE MENTION 🙏🙏) Klaus talks about firetrucks and ends it with "and thats.. a lot of power" (he meant all of it as a threat) then he asks violet "how was that?" and she answers, "comprehensive"

OKAY NOW TOP 1 (sorry if this isnt what you expected)

MY TOP 1 ASOUE MOMENT IS..!

(The Slippery Slope) "Maybe they didn't want us to find out about such a dangerous place," Violet said, peering off the ledge, "although if you have to hide a headquarters, it's a beautiful place to do it, this is a very lovely view."

"Very lovely indeed," Quigley said, but he was not looking at the view beneath him. He was looking beside him, where Violet Baudelaire was sitting.

—

yeahh😍‼🙏

[scige-archive]

welcome 2 my twisted mind ex dee ?

PREFERRED NAME — james uwu

PRONOUNS — she/they

AGE — 20

TIMEZONE — est

HOW OFTEN ARE YOU ONLINE? — everyday all day usually hjfdnkmg

HOW DID YOU HEAR OF WATERSHED? — i actually first found lockwood while going through the recommended blogs on mobile when you search up things via it (i think it was ‘new rp’ tht i searched) n then the next i checked they’d gone ovr to watershed n then there were Other Things bt i didnt end up joining until a few weeks or like a month later impulsively n now its been many months n im still here BJDNSKFMG love u guys

DISCORD — sniff #3644 where im also always online

OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE — musing @svrgcnts​ n my pinterest is ‘big tid’ or offbrandsodapop uuuhh i dont think theres anything else!

MYER-BRIGGS — infp turned istp we call tht character growth

HP HOUSE — i honestly dont know anymore ive gotten all of the houses before bt ive just taken a test n i got slytherin so like :///

ZODIAC — aquarius!

DO YOU BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY? — not to the point where it dictates who i like / dislike

DO YOU ENJOY ASTROLOGY? — ya im a slut for when things tell me what im supposed to be like bc i dont have a sense of identity

HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED RPING ON TUMBLR — uh like 19 bt ive been rping since i was 10

WHAT YEAR WAS IT? — early 2018 so actually i might’ve been 18 for a lil bit DJNKFLG

NAME A RANDOM ROLEPLAY THAT STICKS OUT IN YOUR MEMORY — listen i’ve had many, many good experiences bt for some reason what came to mind first was a weird owner/slave smut rp tht i stumbled across (never joined bc im ... not like that) n i was just rly baffled by the concept even tho ik its a Thing bc i thought smut rps died out like in 2017 BJDNFKMG

WHAT WEIRD ANIMAL WOULD YOU HAVE AS A PET IF IT WAS REALISTIC — i want a fucking capybara

WHAT PET DO YOU GENUINELY CONSIDER GETTING SOMEDAY? — i want a cat even though im rly allergic to them

NAME THE FIRST SONG ON YOUR DISCOVER WEEKLY ON SPOTIFY OR THE FIRST SONG THAT COMES ON APPLE MUSIC / ITUNES SHUFFLE — the apocalypse made me brave by girlfriends

NAME A BOOK THAT YOU READ IN SCHOOL THAT YOU SURPRISINGLY LIKED — um probably like ,,, the crucible ,,,

NAME A BOOK YOU HATED THAT MOST PEOPLE LIKED — god i dont know i’m not hard to please bt i wont lie i also like ... didn’t finish half the books i was supposed to read in high school. of mice & men maybe ... i hated books that didn’t do much n just wrote a whole bunch of nothing even tho i like those books now ... i think bc they were for school ... outside of school i hated the hazelwood n i think that the grisha trilogy is a bit. weak. bt i love six of crows. n also the um. theres this one YA series tht i never read bt i can tell i dont like NJKSMDFFDG

WHAT TV SHOW DID YOU RECENTLY BINGE? WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IT? — schitt’s creek DSJKNFDGF um i’ve also been watching gossip girl a lot & also asoue & also also i just started watching um end of the f***ing world n its very good so ?? i watched the first episode of his dark materials n i liked it n i havent finished looking for alaska bt its also very good

WHAT FILM DID YOU LAST WATCH? DID YOU LIKE IT? — uuuhh i think it was scream tbh ??? and ya it was p swell

FAVOURITE QUOTE — im a slut for anne carson bt i cant name any quotes directly rn i have rocks for brains

LINK TO A VINE / TIK TOK / VIDEO THAT EXUDES YOUR ‘ENERGY’ — this immediately came to mind

DO YOU WRITE OUTSIDE OF RP? WHAT DO YOU WRITE? — i used to write outside of rp bt i havent in ages bt when i do its usually like modern magic / urban fantasy / whatevr those kinda elements n abt faeries bc i like faeries

THREE YOUTUBERS YOU STILL LOVE & TRUST — jenna marbles, micarah tewers, and uh ,,, claire frm bon apetit

A CELEBRITY CRUSH THAT JUST WON’T QUIT — cary elwes ... andrew scott ... anne hathaway ... first three tht came to mind

EVER MEET A CELEBRITY? SHARE YOUR STORY — no bt david dobrik was in miami and i was NOT and im UPSET bc i want his MONEY

WHAT’S YOUR PICTURE-PERFECT NIGHT? — i am not in pain. thats it thats all

A CONSPIRACY THEORY YOU KINDA BELIEVE IN — jeffrey epstein was murdered haha jk thats not a conspiracy theory thats FACTS

ARE ALIENS REAL? — ya sure why not

PLAY ANY PHONE GAMES? WHICH ONES? — lily’s garden please play im level 1241

PLAY ANY OTHER GAMES? WHICH ONES? — i played all the bioshock games n rly enjoyed them ... deponia the entire series which is still my favorite video game 2 this day

WHAT’S A FILM YOU LOVED WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG AND RECENTLY WATCHED, ONLY TO FIND OUT YOU DON’T ANYMORE — i never finished my rewatch of the golden compass bt thats just bc i didnt feel like finishing it uuuh ... i dont know i enjoy things too easily

DO YOU COLLECT ANYTHING? — buttons n seashells and rocks and flowers until theyre dead and then i collect dead flowers and then empty glass bottles that look kinda cool and jewelry boxes or tin containers and i used to kiss an index card every time i wore lipstick and kept it, i had over 100 filed away for no reason at all bt i lost them & then i also collect condoms :/

WHAT’S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BUT YOU’RE TOO LAZY? — i wna learn how 2 make jewelry n like ,,, embroidery bt i know how to embroider i just wanna get back into it n i wna learn like. knowledge. academic stuff too bt im also too lazy and im just a dumb old horse so :/

THREE LANGUAGES YOU DON’T SPEAK, BUT WISH YOU COULD — italian n french n ig spanish too

MOVIE YOU’VE WATCHED MORE THAN 5 TIMES — shrek ? austin powers ? princess diaries / elle enchanted ?? halloweentown n all the sequels ??

NAME A FICTIONAL CHARACTER FROM TV/FILM/MOVIE/GAME/BOOK THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF PROJECTING ON / YOU RELATE TO — shawn spencer frm psych, veronica mars, penelope garcia frm criminal minds, mike myers’ cat in the hat, dr. evil frm austin powers bt also his son scott evil, scooby doo probably, daria ??? i relate to my dog bodhi :/ puddles the clown

IS THERE ANY MEDIA (BOOK/MOVIE/GAME/TV SHOW) YOU FEEL CHANGED YOU IN SOME WAY? — six of crows / fleabag / deponia theyve all made me cry before bt like. continuously cry.

DO YOU FOLLOW ANY SPORTS? WHO DO YOU ROOT FOR? — no.

HOBBIES BESIDES WASTING AWAY HERE? — um. redacted

PLUG A TV SHOW / MOVIE / BOOK / VIDEO GAME / ETC… YOU WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD CHECK OUT — big fish directed by tim burton go stare at danny devito’s bare ass do it do it do it i never even finished the movie i dont think BJNSKDMLFG

TEAM EDWARD OR JACOB? (IF NOT APPLICABLE, WHO DO YOU LIKE MOST IN THE TWILIGHT SERIES) — edward

LAST MOVIE SEEN IN THEATRE — um thts rly hard bc i dont know bt i have a ticket so let me just check ,,, the joker i went n saw the joker

DO YOU STILL READ FOR FUN? — occasionally bt i dont have motivation so

IF SO, WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING? — n/a BDKFJ

ON A SCALE OF 1-10, HOW MUCH DID YOU HATE FILLING THIS OUT? – 5 bt thats just bc im not feeling gr8 today

[temperamentalaquarius]

I was tagged by @youandthemountains!  thank you so much- i wanted to do it yesterday but i wasn’t home and was running out of data lol

Rules: Tag 10 people you would like to know better

Relationship Status: Single and nervous

Favorite colors: Bright yellows and deep/bright reds.  

Pets: im counting my aloe plant Aloeha, because it is alive and i love it.  other than that, no, unfortunately.  

last song i listened to:  Sound in Color by the Alabama Shakes.  I keep listening to it even though the visuals and the music makes me want to cry.  It’s just so beautiful.  

favorite tv show:  yikes. TGD.  3% was really good- also star wars:the clone wars.  Adventure time and Samurai Jack (I’m an artist I watch a lot of cartoons) Also, Star trek voyager for sure(even though i havent watched all of it lol) and probably a ton of other things im forgetting.  

First fandom:  Powerpuff girls!  i was a true connoisseur of all blossom centric stuff. Doctor Who was a big first for me as well (but i stopped because of the way people kept treating Martha, who surprise surprise, was my fave) and of course Young Jusice(Roy/Kaldur 4 life)

Hobbies:  Drawing!  Writing badly.  Making stupid comics. Designing tattoos i want to get.  using really bad & inconsistent grammar on the internet.

Favorite Book:  asoue.  Easily.  I read them in elementary school/middle, and got really well versed in the lore of it.  It was an experience.  I also really liked the Count of Monty Cristo for some reason

Worst thing I ever tasted/ate:  I had some eggs literally this morning that got me super sick, so probably that.  Also that time i drank 2 cups of straight vinegar because i thought it was orange juice.  to this day i don’t know why i was so convinced it was orange juice and didnt just stop when it clearly wasnt. 

Favorite place: This is tough, i have a lot of favorite places.  I once went to cape cod during this huge rainstorm, and there was this indoor pool in the hotel I was staying at with this huge window that I could see all the rain and stuff while i was swimming.  I also really liked the tunnels underneath this university i went to for a year(you were supposed to walk through them, i wasn’t just being weird).  The Caribbean is alsoreally nice and the water is so clear and blue.  The library in the town where I grew up is definitely a fav because the librarians would let me take out as many books as I wanted with no limits.  Also the ice cream shop across from my old project where my grandma used to take me.  There’s so much more, but im gonna stop here lol

I’m tagging the following wonderful people: 

@borednschooled @genderyikes @autisticjedis @antimana@dahlingplease @wonhai @honestly-how-do-you-art @fuckedupandsleepy @merrywetherweather @knightdragon713