#and most of y’all are in the country of the united states of america

[hamilstuck99]

hello everyone it is currently too late to be texting my irls bc they deserve their good honk shoo mimimi so here i am. that being said

[canichangemyblogname]

Woah, woah, woah, woah. Let’s not start pointing the finger at any demographic besides white people, and especially white men, for the US election results. Trump saw no meaningful increase in support among marginalized communities. He was predicting that Black men would come out in force for him. That did not happen. Let’s not be blaming anyone other than the whites in a majority-white country for electing a racist. Let’s not blame anyone other than the whites for a campaign—and now presidential administration—fueled by racial animus.

He wins because he says the quiet part out loud. He wins because he “refuses to be PC” about the “Mexicans taking over the country” and “Black crime in the cities.” (Put in quotations because these aren’t my ideas; I do not own them or hold them.) Don’t forget what country you live in: The United States, a country more than happy to shove Japanese Americans into concentration camps, mass deport Latino American citizens, enslave and impoverish Black people through plantations and sharecropping and the prison industrial complex, genocide Indigenous groups, and lie to bomb Arabs in South West Asia. This is the country that inspired Fascism.

Trump *is* representative of the soul of America: an unstable racist, misogynist, cheat, grifter, and liar. Blame gerrymandering. Blame vote suppression. Blame Harris’ short election cycle because a white man’s ego got in the way. Blame inflation. Blame the Billionaire class and the money they POURED into Trump’s reelection. Blame housing prices. Blame corporate greed and the way it has driven a cost of living crisis. Blame the fact that most Americans think tariffs are taxes on foreign countries. Blame a lack of class consciousness and the fact that most Americans believe that poor people should be taxed and rich people not because of “wealth paternalism,” the feudal-inspired idea that the wealthy “take care” of the poor and give them jobs. Blame the fact the US culture hates women and other gender minorities more than it loves an economy in recovery. Blame the lack of jobs in traditional blue collar fields due to an ongoing technological revolution; companies are investing in different technology, and someone’s uncle Joe got lost behind when the ol’ plant closed and DJT is the only one who promised to bring those traditional jobs back (he won’t, he can’t). Blame celebrity culture and the fact Americans love a showman. Blame the fact that DJT is a reaction against the social progresses in this country that make every white boy and his white mother “uncomfy,” from voting rights for non-whites to marriage equality. Blame ableism and COVID resentment, as Americans hate being told what to do (unless that law targets a specific minority group), and many believe the weak must be culled. Blame the fact that most Americans are Christian Zionists who believe that Israel must exist to usher in the second coming of Jesus, and DJT has been dubbed “America’s first Zionist President.” Blame unsound Democratic political strategy that long alienated the core of their traditional base: blue collar whites. Blame hyper-individualism and the “fuck you, I got mine” mentality. But for the love of fuck, I better not see y’all Tumblr libs blaming Black people and trans women for this shit (I have, that’s why I made this post).

[bugzyyybabes]

HAPPY PRIDE!!!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

I am POLYSEXUAL, ASEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER (FTM)!! 💞

Definitions for each (to my basic little understanding and what each means to me sort of lmao):

POLYSEXUAL: Romantic attraction to three or more genders, but not necessarily all of them.

ASEXUAL: Little to no sexual attraction.

TRANSGENDER: Identifying as a gender that is different than the one you were assigned at birth.

HOW YOU CAN BE SUPPORTIVE:

Most y’all can do for me personally is just use my pronouns (it/its preferred, he/him is also okay!) and call me Theodore or any nicknames that you want. Don’t use my deadname or she/her to refer to me and we’ll be chill. :D

Also just don’t be a dickhead about any of these. I am my own person and my identity does not harm anyone in any way so if you have a problem with it you can suck my cock from behind.

HOW YOU CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF OTHERS:

Ask for their pronouns and preferred name! I don’t care if you just met or have known each other since time itself was made, this is one of the best ways to show someone hey, I see you, I care, and I want to be respectful towards you.

Stand up to jackasses like TERFs, Homophobes, Transphobes, the whole nine yards. If they want to be assholes, that’s on them, but if you see them being assholes to someone, DO NOT BE A BYSTANDER!! This is also an excellent way to show your friends and family and peers that you care!!

If you can, donate to LGBT+ charities! You don’t have to, and I completely understand if you can’t, but you can also spread info! It helps just as much!!

LGBT+ SUPPORT GROUPS AND OTHER RESOURCES:

988 - Suicide Hotline

1-800-273-8255 - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (United States of America) www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

1-866-584-3578 - 24 Crisis Line

www.imalive.org - Online Crisis chat

Text “home” to 741-741 - Crisis Text Line

1-866-488-7386 - Trevor Project Crisis Line

Text “start” to 678-678 - Trevor Project Crisis Line (Text Line) www.thetrevorproject.org

1-866-833-6546 - Teen Link Crisis Line (6-10pm) www.866teenlink.org

360-675-2232 / 1-800-215-5669 - CADA Crisis Line (Citizens Against Domestic Violence and Abuse) www.cadacanhelp.com

NOTE: I live in the USA, so I am unsure if any of these work outside of the USA besides the links. If you are not sure of any resources in your country or town, it is always a good idea to ask around or do some research!

Stay safe everyone, and have a wonderful Pride month!! ❤️🏳️‍🌈

[mrsbsmooth]

U need to stop talking about US politics. Ur so unintelligent and ignorant about it, it’s crazy. Ur spreading misinformation and it’s gonna get us in danger. The wrong person is gonna see this and vote for him. Stop. Ur not special just cause people kiss ur ass. U don’t get to do shit like this. Stop.

Vote for who? Biden?

GOOD.

Yeah he’s a piece of shit and doesn’t care about Palestine but you know who actively supports Israel and is trying to cement himself as the MOST pro-Israel candidate because it appeals to his evangelical voter base?

Ding ding ding it’s ya boy, Donny T.

You know what’s gonna get you in danger? Voting for someone whose sole agenda is to get back into the Whitehouse so they can seize control and NEVER LEAVE AGAIN.

It is beyond me that y’all could support someone who literally supported and invited domestic terrorism and almost started a full blown civil war. It is beyond me that he could split your country in two, encourage his followers to start an insurrection, to storm the capitol building and demand the execution of world leaders and American citizens— And you still call him a PATRIOT.

The rest of the world are HORRIFIED. And look, I know American media and education doesn’t expose you to the history and context behind fascism and dictatorships. The shit y’all get on TV is often extremely biased one way or another, because having an agenda sells far better than objectivity. I’m not saying the Australian system is much better but seriously, if you aren’t absolutely terrified by the idea of Donald Trump getting back into power, then I don’t know what to tell you. If you’re not convinced at this point— well, friend, I hate to tell you, but there isn’t much I can do for you. I won’t speculate as to the possibilities as to why you might like him but I’ve got a pretty good idea.

That man has proven time and time again that he HATES America. He hates its laws, he doesn’t respect its constitution, and he thinks it would be a better country if he and he alone ran it without any other forms of government. As a dictatorship. And I know the word is massively over use these days because I don’t think a lot of people actually understand what it means to be in a dictatorship.

Call me uninformed all you want. Call me ignorant. I am neither of those things. I don’t need to explain my qualifications to you. The entire point is that you go and do some research that involves more than reading tumblr posts. Even the information on here is biased. I have an inherent bias that I can’t escape either.

All I’m saying is the rest of the world were willing to stick up for you guys once, saying you made a mistake and you didn’t know what you were doing when you elected him- you couldn’t have possibly known that he would do what he did to your country.

But if you put that man back in the White House, and he makes good on his promises and destroys the very foundation on which the United States was built?

I hope to God our countries aren’t stupid enough to come to your rescue. 

[statecryptids]

Doing another book review, yo!

I recently had the pleasure of discovering poetry (or rather, rediscovering poetry, since I used to enjoy reading it as a kid) thanks to a class on children’s literature genres that I took for my Library Science degree. While working on an assignment to survey part of the children’s section at my local library and found a bunch of great kid’s poetry books and thought I’d share a few of them. Hopefully y’all might find some that interest you too.

YES! WE ARE LATINOS

By Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy, with drawings by David Diaz

This collection of free-verse poems is about the experiences of Latino children in the United States,  showcasing a great diversity of characters who are Black, Indigenous, white, and of mixed Hispanic heritage. The book also includes groups who may not be as widely known, such Latinos of Japanese and Chinese descent, and Sephardic Jews who fled Spain in the Middle Ages. Each poem is accompanied by background history on topics such as the Spanish Civil War, migrant farmworkers and African heritage. These notes especially appealed to me because they gave each poem more context and really helped build an appreciation for the history and experiences of Latino culture.

The poem titles follow the same formula: “My Name is ___” followed by the ethnicity and cultural relationship of the narrator. For example: “My Name is Monica. I Am From El Salvador. I Live in Houston. I am Texan. I am Latina.”  Each is a short vignette in the life of a Latino child. There is a girl questioning what she wants in life as she prepares for her quinceañera; a migrant worker boy catching a ride in his father’s truck and thinking about the life he left behind in Mexico; A boy dreaming about becoming a painter; and more. Though the stories differ, there is a strong theme running through them about dreams for the future and building a better life.

Poems are written in a free verse style which mimics prose speech. This may bother those used to more traditional rhyming couplet poetry. But for other readers the natural flow of the sentence may make it easier to follow the stories.  

Each poem is accompanied by Diaz’ black-and-white illustrations which resemble wall murals, Mexican papel picado banners, and even shadow puppets.

Oddly, despite trying to encompass the breadth of Latinx people, the book glaringly does not feature any characters of Brazilian ancestry, even though this country is the largest and one of the most diverse in Latin America. The book also lacks characters from other countries where Spanish is not the dominant language, such as Suriname where Dutch is the official language, French Guiana where French is mainly spoken; or Guyana and Belize where a sizeable portion of the population speak English.  Indeed, the book seems to be focused mainly on Hispanic identities with a few exceptions such as the Sephardic Jewish family in “My Name is Sultana, o Susana”, and the white Spanish family in “My Name is Rocio” who fled to Mexico, then the US during the Spanish Civil War. While these omissions do knock the book down a little in my rating, the collection does a good job of highlighting the diverse Latino identities of people living in the United States. And as Ada states in the Introduction: “Whatever your background, this book is an invitation to look inside yourself.”

 Yes! We Are Latinos is available on Amazon or though Bookshop.org

[cupofchangeling]

But please, don’t start a vote-swapping campaign. One or two people doing this doesn’t upset the balance, but we can’t rely only on blue states. They’re blue because the people in them vote blue. When the people in them vote red, they’re not going to stay blue. Do you think the electoral college needs a real, good reason to go red? In 2016, we heard members of it say they’d vote for Trump no matter what.

It’s all well and good to hold out hope for swing states, and you should. But that’s only because blue states already exist. They’re not permanent—nothing is. Asking friends in blue states to protest vote for you in a swing state—en masse—is not going to be a safe protest gamble. It’s going to help push those states red. There are so many states that we’ve talked about this year flipping—going from blue to red, or vice versa. That alone should tell us that no state is permanently blue. We need all the help we can get this election. Trump’s policies are disastrous. Disastrous for any remaining Palestinian hope, disastrous for your friends and family.

I’m not going to shame you or guilt you, because I know that doesn’t work. I’m just going to beg, and to try to rally y’all by reminding everyone of what’s at stake. I’m going to ask that for once we all do the hard work of actively making a morally grey choice instead of a morally tar-covered one. Vote for someone you dislike rather than who you hate. And don’t rely on the NPR liberals of the world to get it done. Go out and do it, too. Push those swing states blue. BUT, more importantly, KEEP THOSE BLUE STATES BLUE.

Vote for the more progressive candidates, and you will slowly move our needle of normal towards where it should be—where Trump’s pundits are truly fringe radicals screaming into AM radio microphones while Trump himself is the most D-list of all celebrities struggling to reboot The Apprentice on no budget for the fifth time. Let him succumb to a death of natural causes in the four years voting for Harris will buy us. Show the Trumpers that republicans and democrats, and even internet leftists, are more than willing to unite to drive them back. Show them that their petulant cries that promise freedom while openly offering oppression will no longer work. Force the Republican Party to pander and pander even more liberally—to avoid to actually change their policies to fit a new and more progressive America. Reward the Democratic Party’s mild strides towards less centrist policies by enshrining those policies into law with your vote. It really is as simple as telling the government what you want. Not just by writing a letter in protest, but by actually promising to give or withhold power from those who seek it.

So give your power to the lesser evil. I don’t care what our teachers and political-ranting uncles told us—voting is not about choosing who you think is best for the job, it’s choosing who is less awful. Because we don’t live in a country where we get any other real choice besides two. And if you want that to change, you’re going to have to unify for the Democratic presidential candidates so you can properly block Trump from office. Because he and his party stand against ranked-choice voting.

They stand against bodily autonomy—for women, men, enbies—trans and cis folks alike. They stand against Social Security—the one thing keeping some of our parents and grandparents (or ourselves) from having to give up any hope of retirement. They stand against children’s welfare. They stand against the American middle and lower class.

The republicans stand for Christo-fascist white supremacy that functions for the wealthy and those deemed manly enough. They stand for American neo-colonialism. They stand for Netanyahu.

If that ain’t enough reason, just think about whether someone else could survive another Trump presidency. Think of someone who does because Doctor’s can’t legally perform an abortion on them. Think of someone who gets sent to conversion camp because their dad thinks they’re a little too effeminate. Think of someone whose place of worship is defiled with racist graffiti because the Trump Party has made that acceptable. And think of you. Can you really survive the country Trump wants to make?

I may be white, but I’m queer. I have a uterus. I’m going to selfishly vote for my own interests this year, and I’m going to selfishly vote for the interests of my cousins, who are already growing up in a household where I fear what their dad may do if either of them show even a hint of queerness, or desire to leave home. I don’t want them to be unable to escape. I don’t want for myself to be unable to get an abortion or a hysterectomy because someone feels entitled to my ovaries. I don’t want medically and socially transitioning to be even harder than it is. I don’t want my other cousins and friends and my aunt to be subjugated into an America where the only thing they can be is dead and beaten, or chained up as baby-makers.

I don’t want more lynchings. I don’t want a more militarised police force. I don’t want the Handmaid’s Tale, I don’t want to go to a mega church, I don’t want a world where Palestine is destroyed even beyond being razed to the ground. What else can I do but vote so deeply against him that there is no chance of him winning? What can I do but ask you to do the same?

John Oliver platforms Palestinian voices as he advocates for voting for Harris.

If you live in a swing state, please properly consider your role in this election. Remember to distrust the polls, the projections - the presidential election will be infuriatingly close. Nothing is set in stone.

Please think about your queer friends and family, your community that includes people of colour, disabled people, poor people, immigrants. Evaluate the true historical value of what a protest vote does - compare it to the two candidates, one of which will be the president at the end of this final stretch.

Your vote matters. Please, treat it like it does.

[lunalikestowriteanddraw]

Welcome to the United States of America, where we claim to be the land of freedom, but that only counts if you’re a straight white Christian male 🙃

Seriously though, everything is so fucked up, especially now. I mean, I decided that I wanted to move out of this country as soon as I could once I grew old enough to get a vague understanding of the politics and shit nowadays.

“You need to vote!” “Your voice matters!” Not when the people running for president are about the same level of badness. I get the whole “pick the lesser of two evils” shit, but I’m sorry, if your two options are to either kill yourself with a sword or kill yourself with a gun, then what’s the point? Both options aren’t great, and in the end they have the same result.

America in general is fucked, man. And not just with a discrimination against race, gender, sexuality and religion, but with a bunch of other stuff too. They teach us practically nothing while also expecting us to be the next Einsteins (y’all wonder why most Americans have shitty grammar and can’t spell for shit? Guess what, they don’t teach us grammar aside from the basics when we’re learning to read/write), AND are constantly deleting and hiding things about history because they’re “distasteful”.

I mean, we’re right on the cusp of another Great Depression because prices are raising but paychecks are not. I mean, I haven’t been able to get a job (and trust me, I’ve TRIED), and my mom (who works full time) doesn’t make enough money for groceries and bills. I’ve had to help her pay for groceries (and the only reason why I’ve had the money to do so is because it was a college refund bc of financial aid)

Whoever says that “nobody wants to work anymore” is a fucking liar. It’s not that we don’t want to work (I mean, we don’t, but we still have to), it’s that people won’t fucking hire anyone, even if they have a giant neon sign flashing “WE ARE HIRING”

It’s just…I’m so sick of this country, I wanna leave so badly.

[beaniehasapoliticalviewpoint]

An Opening Statement:

When impressing myself into the world of politics as a kid, I always thought I’d be the cool motherfucker that’d band people together to fight against an oppressive government and liberate the minority. And then, I realized that

1. People don’t like to listen to other people

2. It’s really hard to get America to stop being lazy

3. There’s more countries than America out there

That third one is a big one, I’d say, and it defines a lot of what makes the world what it is.

“American Exceptionalism is the belief that the United States is either distinctive, unique, or exemplary compared to other nations.” - Donald E. Pease (I think, that’s what Wikipedia said they got the quote from)

You see, I live in a country that loves to suck it’s own dick, and pass around the fruits of that labour by spreading its seeds of “democracy” and “freedom” onto other countries that did not ask. Now, I love my country, I think US propaganda does a great job of making even the most US hating individual feel proud to love this country, and I do in fact feel wonderful every single day knowing I’m a citizen of the country that loves to spout off how free it is. I’m also not blind, it’s also a damn shame what the country looks like now. Shit, let’s be honest, the American government is an absolute cesspool of old dudes jerking each other off and making fuck tons of money doing it, which, by the way, could very easily be cut to go into our economy, but I digress, the American government is at core the fault of our country, and by god thank you for letting us see that, and giving us the option to vote them out- except we don’t. Because no one votes. And when they do, it’s always “vote blue no matter who” or “trump is the best”, stupid shit like that. The solution? Simple. Hell, let’s cut this whole chapter down to two simple words. “Start. Reading.”. It’s that simple. I mean, we literally have the biggest goddamn treasure trove of information ever held accessible to the common man, and y’all motherfuckers use it to argue whether or not trans people should get rights. They should by the way. Because they’re people. Expanding off that, I’m not saying I’m not guilty of the same stupid shit. My heart strings soar when I see some dumb shit confederate get clowned on online. But none of it means anything. I can talk smack all I want on this earth but it’s not gonna make it any greener. We’re members of a generation capable of making the most change, and we have been given the greatest informative platform to do it on. Stop staring at the next controversy when they made Ariel black; who the fuck cares if they removed a gay character from a show. While y’all weren’t looking, they let Florida allow first responders to legally deny medical care at their own whim, based on their beliefs. Imagine if you pissed some motherfucker off in 8th grade when you snitched on him for passing notes in class, and then 10 years later you go to a specialist, the same guy, and he denies you care because he’s a salty motherfucker, and you DIE. Who let this law pass? Certainly not the citizens of Florida, you guys are fucking awesome, but can’t see the obvious issues here.

We, as citizens of the United States, are held victim by our own beliefs and emotions. We impose our own restrictions on ourselves, by acting like the differences in the world is because one side lives a different kind of life. We draw so much attention to the smallest of differences, the pigment of our skin, who we love, who we want to be, and we miss the big picture. It’s not republicans Vs. democrats, the gays Vs the church or the north Vs the south (god forbid that shit happens again), it’s the fucking people Vs the goddamn government, and it always has been. Every distraction from our common goal of uniting against corruption gives more power to the corrupt, and they fucking LOVE it. And no, this isn’t me saying if you think gay people are inherently evil or some shit that’s ok. It’s not. You’re weird. Weirdo. This is me saying theirs a far larger issue at hand that could kill us all, and both of y’all need to shut the fuck up and look around you.

So yeah. I’m trying to be the cool motherfucker that bands the oppressed together against a common enemy. I wish I could. I’d be lying to myself, and you, if I said something like, “I’ve grown”. I haven’t. I’m no better than the person next to me, no greater than the young child behind me or the older folk in front. We’re all equal in a struggle against power. (And NO this isn’t some Marx shit, the economy is a joke and I’ll get to that later) All I’m saying is, we could do with a lot more loving in this world, because shit, that would make me feel a helluva lot better, and I’m sure you would too.

Remember when I said that thing about American Exceptionalism? Promise I didn’t forget about it while I ranted about America. Because it’s wrong. We aren’t special. We’re one empire in the long line of many, not the first nor the last. The entire world is out there, billions of people, millions of cultures, thousands more being made. Many suffering a helluva lot more than my upper middle class in college ass. Many living a lot more luxurious than I am too. Despite us all being the same species we manage to become so different, global divisions of “countries” and “nations”. I can’t speak of the minds of everyone, because I’m not everyone. I can’t say that every single person should act some way, because I didn’t grow up in their shoes, in their home. Everyone lives different lives, everyone lives differently. So why the hell should my country pretend to know what’s best for them. American “global security” is an authoritarian grip on the less fortunate, for our benefit. And only the people can fix that.

[insomniac-jay]

Tips For Writing Black Characters

Since some of y’all don’t know how to write Black characters, I decided to give you some tips. My fellow Black people can add onto this if they’d like.

Not all Black people are from the United States. The U.S. just has the largest population of Black people in the world due to slavery. There are Black people from Europe, Asia, South America, the Caribbean, and the motherland Africa. We aren’t limited to one country or continent. 

PLEASE DO NOT WRITE DARK SKIN BLACK WOMEN AS RATCHET. The stereotype is rooted in both racism and colorism as the “strong Black woman” trope has been used to defeminize dark skin Black woman and even deny them healthcare. Make feminine dark skin Black women!

People mixed with Black ARE Black People. I shouldn’t have to explain this.

Lightskin =/=  Mixed race. There are light skin people with fully Black parents and they still come out like that. Yes you can have mixed race characters that have light skin but most light skins come from fully Black parents.

Don’t make most of us athletes, singers, or rappers. Some Black people want to do writing, some Black people want to make video games. Just because we dominate a few things doesn’t mean that most of us want to do said things.

Don’t be afraid to make queer, disabled, or neurodivergent Black characters. Most Black people aren’t represented in those communities, so making Black characters apart of said communities would be really great to see.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT MAKE JOKES ABOUT OUR RACE. Your watermelon jokes aren’t funny. Your fried chicken jokes aren’t funny. Racism isn’t comedy.

DO NOT REDUCE US TO THE BEST FRIEND/M*MMY TROPE. Do not make your Black characters dependent on the white protag or make them their “parent”. Black characters’ only personality traits shouldn’t be the shoulder for the protag to cry on.

Put Black people in subcultures were Black people aren’t prevalent. I wanna see Black punks. I wanna see Black lolitas. I wanna see Black indie girls and boys. Black people aren’t always hood. We can still like rap music but still be apart of different subcultures.

DO NOT FETISHIZE US. DO NOT. Don’t make Black women’s bodies a fetish. Don’t make Black men’s bodies a fetish. We are not a fetish.

Please look up common Black hairstyles and the history of them. Treat Black hair with care. Do not put non Black characters in box braids or cornrolls because those are protective styles for Black women.

Please look up Black hair types. Not all Black people have the same hair type.

DO NOT WRITE NON-BLACK CHARACTERS SPEAKING IN EBONICS. JUST DON’T.

I hope this guide on how to write Black characters. Reblogs > Likes

[canichangemyblogname]

I’m sorry. Am I seeing y’all on here now claim that TRUMP would NOT also send bombs to Israel for the slaughter of Palestinians? Y’all are claiming that THEE Christian Nationalist dubbed “America’s first Zionist President” DOESN’T support Israel?

YOU 🫵 are also not immune to the propaganda.

Here’s Trump’s words on the issue—

July 2022:

March 2024:

May 2024:

July 2024:

September 2024:

And here is an actual research paper that analyzes Trump’s policies toward Israel when he was president:

I made sure to include a wealth of sources from across different perspectives so that no one could accuse me of being a Hamasnik propagandist fake-blog who secretly works for and has a double loyalty to Asad’s MID, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and “Islamists.”

But I know that *none* of this will get read because it doesn’t fit this popular narrative that Trump is going to be the most benevolent and peaceful option for Palestinian rights. But don’t just take my word for it, listen to people like Asmaa:

“Trump would be the worst,” Asmaa Nimilaat, 50, said from a hospital where thousands of people are sheltering in Deir el-Balah, an area in central Gaza. “But any candidate that becomes president will not support Palestinians.”

^^ If that’s not the approach you take to analyzing which candidate would be “better” for Palestinians (spoiler: there’s no such thing), then I have no option but to assume you are arguing in bad faith and without being fully informed of Trump’s historic and current position on peace and a Palestinian state.

[fromthefishbowl]

I’m seeing bullshit posts about TOG2 already circulating, so let me write it here, clear and strong:

ITALIANS ARE NOT WHITE AND YOUR IDEA OF “RACE” DEVELOPED DURING ANTEBELLUM UNITED STATES.

We are NOT WASPs, we are not Anglos, Italo-American immigrants were getting lynched in the US because they were “racially ambiguous”, Nazis during the Fascist Era would refuse to rape Italian women because they were seen as unworthy, beneath the members of the Aryan race, and raping them would have meant doing them a favor.

The bullshit idea of race the United States has built during the Antebellum period has nothing to do with us, and even less with Medieval Europe and North Africa.

Stop talking like fucking Nazis who think about blood quantum all the goddamn time, especially when you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about, and maybe, instead of writing about this bullshit, start thinking about why you reduce people to the sole idea of “race”.

Notice how the only other person who would keep yapping about how brown she is and claimed to have been raised in a MENA country turned out to be a Northern European, borderline Neo Nazi, racist, antisemitic moron who would literally make up stories and theory not even she could explain, and whose skin is lighter and pinker than mine.

And not only that, but you know how I know that Italians aren’t white and even the people who write this bullshit about “Nicky is akshually white and has never seen a man like Joe even if the story is set in the twenty-first century” don’t believe in it? Because we are constantly othered, in this fandom. Constantly.

Y’all have no problems slobbering over Chris Evans and Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Holland and Adam Driver, claiming that they’re the most beautiful, spiritual, educated men you have ever seen, but somehow, the moment it comes to Luca Marinelli, he’s ignorant because he speaks with an accent and sometimes has to think about how to word a sentence - despite him being fluent in at least three languages - and he’s an awful person because when he received a prize he thanked his children too and they aren’t his biological children.

Captain America is the most interesting characters ever, and when you need to spice him up, you give him ethnicities and religions the actor doesn’t belong to, but the moment a character is actually not a white, Protestant born, Anglo, you go rabid at the idea that he’s actually racist, and dirty, and ignorant.

And you do the same with the rest of the fandom that actually is Italian: our words about ethnicity and religion and race are constantly put into doubt, but you all have no problems listening to the Finnish and the Australian and the American cretins whose closest contact with the Med has been watching a few seconds of a documentary while flipping channels.

When it’s something applied by you, it’s interesting and incredible, but the moment the fantasy you seem to be getting wet over is actually represented by a character played by an actor of the right ethnicity, then it’s bad and awful and oh my godddddd! What French, overprivileged racefaker will save us todayyyy by telling us absolute bullshit that makes no sense????

Y’all need to get the fuck out of the United States, but something tells me you’d end up in a group of Neo Nazis without even noticing because they use the spicy adjectives you guys like to refer to people.

[docholligay]

NOW WE ARE TO THE “MORE ON THIS LATER”

So I did not realize until I was talking to verb about her wedding that the UK* is SO INCREDIBLY AUTOCRATIC about weddings. Holy shit, oh my god.

So in America, it varies based on what state you’re in because the states all have a lot of individual power--it’s actually not terribly UNLIKE how countries work in the UK but I digress--but by and large you have a fair amount of freedom. In, I think every state in the union, an ordained person can marry you, a judge can marry you, and in some getting ordained is like..sending a letter. It’s basically a test to see if you can fill out paperwork. I am ordained in Colorado and Montana because I’ve done weddings for people. In my state, you can even self-solemnize, which means if you have witnesses you do not NEED a fucking officiant (this buckwild rural take is v uncommon even in the US. Only I think...three western states allow it?)

Anyway, even in the most serious state, there doesn’t have to be a script. I mean, an individual religious institution can make a script that someone has to follow if they want to be married in that specific religious institution, and I suppose a venue could say something like, “If you use the fucking Corinthians quote there is an automatic $2,000 upcharge” (It’s me. I am this venue.) All of the Americans in the audience are currently going, “Why the fuck are you rehashing all this?”

Because I discovered that TIS NOT SO IN THE KINGDOM THAT IS AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT UNITED.

So Verb got married, and it is when we are chatting about this that I discover that apparently there is a whole fucking PROCEDURE in the UK, with SO MANY RULES, which I will not bore you with but caused my jaw to drop open, and still to this day, sometimes I think about and it smacks me in the face like a dead mackerel. This includes a very serious attitude toward the vows, including the fact that if you aren’t going to have a fully religious ceremony, YOU CANNOT MENTION GOD AT ALL. It is an actual honest to God The Royal Kingdom rule. I would have to look up her email in order to get more details from it, but basically personalization** has to be kept to a very much minimum, and short.

All this to say, other than to share my shock and horror as a person used to the “YOLO” approach to ceremonies, that...I mean, the ceremonies aren’t that different. I guess I’m assuming this is Church of England, so I could be massively incorrect here. But PRESUMABLY at some point along the way, you read the required verbiage. If it’s that common y’all must have it quasi-memorized by now. I’m not saying you can’t have an opposition to this I’m saying a few months before the wedding is a real ROUGH time to be doing it.

As it turns out, my other objection is solved by them just doing it in the registrar’s office, which is that in England at least the venue has to be WEDDING APPROVED by the government. I have no fucking idea how an officiant could be defrocked, shall we say, by the mere impropriety of someone’s backyard, but it is England after all, we’ve been doing it this way for 352 years why stop now. But I DO have a solution: Just...get married legally first, alone, and then have your religious wedding***.  I guess this requires the priest/pastor whatever to be cool and okay with just not signing the papers but like, who the fuck cares. And then I remember that I come from a country that has, AT LEAST PRESENTLY, separation of church and state, and I recall verb and cockatiel signed in front of everyone where that’s not a very common thing here, so, maybe this won’t work as flawlessly as I’m imagining.

ANYWAY MY POINT IS: YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS SO MUCH SOONER.

*Based on cursory curiosity-based searches, Scotland appears to be more freewheeling than England and Wales, but less freewheeling than every state in the US.

**You mention the UK ONCE, and the autocheck tries to get cute with the letter s. I have never realiSed a thing in my life, computer

*** this is what my wife and I did, not for religious reasons but for the fact that the law against same sex marriage was struck down and we didn’t want a challenge to it to stop us. We were actually the first couple married in our county.

[joaniam]

Um, it’s actually against the american religion to think like that actually? The individual is the beginning and end of any unit of existence, actually?

But for real, the US culture works its ass off to ensure every single person thinks in individualism only. The largest acceptable social unit is The Immediate Family - parents and kids and SOMETIMES grandparents. Maybe - and if you’re really good you add your place of work in here too.

Every American is America, and America is every American. To criticize the actions of USA The Country, you are directly attacking the person receiving this argument/statement/opinion/fact as an individual, and thus it reflects on them, specifically.

Many people are probably very aware of the USA mindset and most of y’all probably already know this, but sometimes I feel like reiterating just how individualistic the USA culture is. Our heroes MUST be underdogs who worked their (his) way up through their own hard work and NO OTHERS TO HELP. (Unless the story is about a black person, then we need a white savior moment tm)

It really struck me when I was sitting through my first sociology class in college (most high schools in america only offer sociology as an optional course) where my professor spent the first six weeks showing again and again and again proof that the individual is, indeed, shaped by their surrounding culture.

That’s why social issues discussions in america get so personal. Because it IS, because you’re not discussing amorphous policies, you are specifically targeting those individuals who are enacting the policies for the american mind.

So when you discuss US imperialism, the average american thinks more on the level of the tourists trying to have a nice time, or people who went overseas to work jobs. Not thinking on a national, state finance, or international political legacy level.

Many Usamericans still concieve imperialism as individual relationships and privilege instead of system that encompass entire countries and the global economy.

When we talk about imperialism, at least as I understand it, we talk about the interactions between entire countries and peoples, which might (and do) have priviliged and oppressed people within them, but those people are part of bigger systems. An individual Usamerican isn't an oppressor. The United States, meanwhile, is an imperial power. Third World countries can and do have priviliged people and oppressed peoples, but in the global scale, they are all defined by their unequal relationships to imperial powers.

Racism, xenophobia, homophobia, all sorts of prejudices and hatred are done and perpetuated by individuals, many of them not even aware of where they come from (if they are even aware they are prejudiced) but overall, those attitudes are tools (or trash) of imperial and capitalist systems, they are part of a wider system that supports certain people at the top and others at the bottom.

Even those oppressed, anywher can and do participate in those systems, and this isn't because they want to or they're evil, it's because they and encompass mostly every aspect of society. The idea should be identifying those systems and work towards their replacement, not trying to rank who's the most oppressed.

This isn't so hard to understand, I think?

[justzawe]

Y’all consider yourselves white/Caucasian? Interesting. To me, even if you’re pale in South America, y’all still have a whole different culture than the white people I’m talking about.

Depends who you ask. Most are Spanish/Italian descendants. Some are half white, half black or half indigenous, depends the area/country you are talking about. In Peru for example you'll find more indigenous descendant people.

But yeah, genetically speaking it would be considered Caucasian if you look white. I am fair skin myself yet i relate more to the term latina since my culture is different from Caucasians in the northern hemisphere. However, i look more like a white italian than a white woman from UK or United States.

Thanks for the insight! I have relatives in Mexico that are pale af, and even though I know they’re not brown, I don’t seem as white in my head because they have indigenous features and only speak Spanish like the rest of my brown family.

[rhetorical-ink]

Haikyuu!! SPOILERS: Chapter 401, How We Connect the Dots.

**PENULTIMATE SPOILERS BELOW**

I just posted a video with my live reactions to the chapter, but here are my highlights, because FURUDATE YOU MADMAN GENIUS. This chapter connected so much together. So, let’s do:

My Top 10 Thoughts on Haikyuu!! Chapter 401:

10. Of course. In true Furudate fashion, he has Kageyama block the spike from Hinata, BUT, what Kageyama doesn’t realize is all the training on the beach Shoyo has done to prepare for such a moment. And that heel kick! *swoons* Also, someone reacting to Season 4, Episode 9 of the anime, where Hinata kicks the ball back to himself called this happening all those months ago...Furudate is next level at foreshadowing. Not that we didn’t already know that.

9. Hey, remember how in the VERY FIRST chapter of Haikyuu!! Shoyo did this crazy run across the court to score? Yeah, Furudate knows we remember. And he pulls this -- and Kageyama’s beautiful reaction, only for --

-- Only for it to all be a DECOY. Kageyama, you made this monster, you know. I love that Shoyo has come all this way from wanting to score all the points to accepting that the decoy DOES have a vital role to play, and in this instance, it’s allowing Bokuto to score the winning point for the MSBY Black Jackals. Just look at that smile! And of course, Tanaka and Asahi KNOW the power of Hinata as a Decoy...because they’ve been in Bokuto’s shoes before. 

8. UGH, the aftermath of that moment is glorious, which will detail down below -- but I love Shoyo and Kageyama’s interaction, though. How they’re still keeping track of each other’s wins and losses, exhausting Miya, hilariously, and showing that they’re on equal footing now, after all these years. This chapter is just cementing the last several chapters’ worth of character development. 

7. ARE YOU SHIPPERS READY FOR YOUR FOOD?!

Because these next few pages were healing my shipper heart. I mean, yes, the Kagehina fanbase is raving right now, but let’s talk about THESE ships below, starting with:

Tsukishima x Yamaguchi:

So, Tsukishima, of course, is not sappy about any of this and just points out how the season’s just getting started (ready the fanfics, y’all). 

And of course, Yamaguchi wants to watch Tsuki play! Yachi says she’ll come too! I LOVE how just like he was with Akiteru, he doesn’t want them to come watch (even though we all know he’ll love it when they’re there). Now, some people have commented that Yamaguchi could be with Yachi, but y’all...Yachi is in Tokyo. Yamaguchi and Tsuki both live in Miyagi. I can’t wait for all the Sendai Frog/TsukiYama fanfics!

If you’re looking for an extra Kagehina crumble, just look at the end of this adorable exchange between Romero, smol adorable Rubens, and Shoyo (who perfectly crouches down to talk to him MY HEART I CAN’T), to see Kageyama notice that Shoyo can speak multiple languages...oh, honey! If only you know about Hinata and Pedro’s marathons of DBZ in Portugese and English! ^^

Also, Furudate WE SEE YOU. We see you being meta and implying that now Haikyuu!! is over, he’s moving on...Akaashi’s line about going forward hit me hard...it’s like he’s telling us, the fandom, that going on to start something new isn’t so bad. SO YOU SAY. 

BOKUAKA NATION -- WE CANON NOW, RIGHT?!

I love that Akaashi gets to interview Bokuto (IS HE GOING TO BE THE STAR of the Volleyball manga Tenma Udai is writing?! He would be PERFECT for it!) and how happy Akaashi looks, even if he and Bokuto realize how differently they view the term “normal.” 

ALSO, it’s implied above that Akaashi, Bokuto, and Tenma were going out for drinks...which now....we know that it’s just Bokuto and Akaashi, since Tenma was going home. Uhm, FAN FIC WRITERS ASSEMBLE!

I also love that Udai joins the club, along with Fukurodani’s coach and manager, of people who realize that Bokuto and Akaashi are weirdos but they are weirdos together, so it’s fine. 

Keeping the “Ship Train” going, we get little bits of Shimizu x Yachi from the bathhouse before the Inarizaki Match, where Kiyoko finally acknowledges she is okay showing her legs...thanks to Yachi’s words. I also find Suga wanting to know “the tea” on the situation to be adorable. 

AND FINALLY, YES, Y’ALL:

I was spoiled with Kuroo’s return, but seriously, Furudate, you saved him for the end here so INTENTIONALLY. 

Because OF COURSE Kuroo would work for the JVA. As a promoter. CONNECTING people...with Volleyball...because that’s the Nekoma way.

And FURUDATE ARE YOU SUGGESTING TO US THAT KUROO AND KENMA ARE BUSINESS PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS BECAUSE MY KUROKEN HEART IS SOARING -- 

-- and let it be known Atsumu Miya rightfully doesn’t trust Kuroo, and neither does Sakusa. A nice SakuAtsu crumb where we actually see Sakusa agree with Miya without sacrasm or question! Poor Shoyo is a salesman’s dream, though. I mean, Kuroo does look a little sketchy in some of those shots...BUT....

6. Kuroo’s speech about sports was SO fitting. Seriously, everything he says here is BASICALLY what makes Haikyuu!! such a great series. I DID laugh out loud at the line about “hardly anybody dies.” 

*Flashbacks to “Dead Daichi” meme*

5. It’s taken us the ENTIRE series, but Kageyama finally talks to Kindaichi and Kunimi. This was so heartwarming, seeing Kageyama wanting to play WITH THEM. AS A TEAM. This made my heart expand three sizes. The character development on Kageyama, and Kindaichi, is through the roof.

I also LOVE Kunimi the most in these panels. Kunimi is a MOOD. 

Y’ALL. I’VE WAITED 400 CHAPTERS FOR THIS PANEL OF THESE THREE HAPPY AND BECOMING FRIENDS AGAIN.

4. I love that Hoshiumi doesn’t see Hinata as a Rival, but as someone that is going to help him show the rest of the world the strength of someone who doesn’t have height. I also find it interesting that we see the Japanese Olympic Coach walking out just as Hoshiumi gives us that beautiful gaze. So...does Hoshiumi know he’s going to be on the Olympic team, with Hinata, maybe? Foreshadowing, perhaps?

3. Okay, okay, I held it together until this page. 

It wasn’t Ushijima’s panel with Washijo that got me.

It wasn’t Saeko and Akane reuniting, though that was sweet. 

It wasn’t the three “Pure Captains” reuniting, though it made my heart happy.

It honestly wasn’t the five first years together, either. They’re all so happy and having a laugh at Kageyama’s expense, and as beautiful as that panel is.

SUGAWARA IN LINE TO GET KAGEYAMA’S AUTOGRAPH.

That is what got me. 

Him in line, so meekly, to get the autograph of his kouhai, the man Suga joked would have to tell about how much he learned from HIM when he was giving out interviews and autographs...I just...Sugawara made me cry. That is all. 

2. Then there’s this last page. 2021. 

"We overcame difficulties and stand here.”

Furudate really said “screw you” to Covid messing up the timeline.

Yes, seeing Kageyama and Hinata in their original jersey numbers was amazing, but I think we all saw that coming if these two happened to get on the Olympic team. 

What I want to focus on are the two countries we see included in the bottom corner here. We see: 

Brazil -- and some fluffy haired man carrying the flag for the team.

And we see the United States -- there’s several American Flags and stars and stripes on the shirts of the crowd, there.

SO, HEADCANON TIME: 

* Oikawa was on the Argentinean League, so could he play for Brazil? It’s not likely, but not impossible....BUT, I don’t think that’s it.

I don’t think Oikawa is on Japan’s National Team for the Olympics.

If he is on the Olympic Team, I think he’ll be on America’s. 

Why? Because, and this could be because I’m the biggest IwaOi shipper, but Iwaizumi was still in the United States with Ushijima’s father at the end of Chapter 395. And if he’s still there, there is no reason why Iwaizumi couldn’t be a physical trainer alongside Ushijima’s father for the U.S. Olympic team. And why wouldn’t Oikawa trek over to the States to be on the same team as Iwa-Chan’s working with? I’m probably wrong, BUT -- 

We also still need to see Seijoh’s banner, and as others have theorized, how fitting would it be to see Hinata, Kageyama, and (probably) Ushijima on the team facing Oikawa? I just....I’m betting money that Oikawa shows up in 402. I hope we at least see him on the Olympic Stage. OIKAWA DESERVES IT. 

1. So, who are we missing that hasn’t been shown yet?

We still need to see the rest of Nekoma (Lev, Yaku, Yamamoto, Kai....could they be in the stands or on the Japan team? I guess we’ll find out!)

We haven’t seen Daishou and Mika -- I would love to see them watching or narrating in the audience during the Olympic game.

And finally, yes, we’ve seen Tendo in the Chapter 395 flashback, but we’ve never seen what he’s DOING. Furudate has shown us with every character what they’ve been doing since the timeskip....EXCEPT TENDO. I’m calling it that he’ll appear one more time next chapter, too.

So....guys....I’m staying off of Social Media from Wednesday to Sunday next week, to prep for the last chapter and not be spoiled. I’m going to do a live reaction for YouTube, and I’ll post it here. You can see the one I did for 401 now. 

Furudate, this series has been immaculate. Time for one more round.

Let’s all cry together next week.

[yourlocalshittywriter]

Class 1A Music Headcanons

Author’s Note: Howdy y’all! I’m back with some more headcanons, specifically headcanons involving Class 1A’s music tastes! Please go easy on me, I don’t listen to country or Broadway showtunes, so I did the best I could when it came to talking about those. Enjoy and feel free to send requests!

Also, until an offical hero name is confirmed, I will be making Hitoshi Shinso’s hero name “Mind Fuck.”

🥦Izuku Midoriya - Deku🥦

Who does he sound like? I personally think that he would sound like Ian McCulloch from Echo & the Bunnymen

What is he like at karaoke? He’d be a total nerd and sing Heroes by David Bowie. He’s too good for this world.

What song does he play for his S/O? I Melt With You by Modern English, he’s a sucker for cheesy indie rock love songs.

What are some songs on his playlist?

Laughing by R.E.M.

This Charming Man by The Smiths

Bring on The Dancing Horses by Echo & the Bunnymen

Forever Now by The Psychedelic Furs

We Close Our Eyes by Oingo Boingo

Guilty pleasure song? Everywhere I Go by Hollywood Undead

💥Katsuki Bakugou - DynaMight💥

Who does he sound like? Katsuki most definitely sounds like Oli Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon. 

What is he like at karaoke? Just imagine him at karaoke night doing a cover of Chelsea Smile by Bring Me The Horizon because Denki and Kirishima made him get up there and sing so he decided to pick one of his favorite metalcore songs just to piss them off.  However, it turned out that a lot of people actually thought that it was really fucking cool.

What song does he play for his S/O? This Love by Pantera because it is the only song that talks about love that he actually likes.

What are some songs on his playlist? 

Gasoline by I Prevail

B.Y.O.B. by System of a Down

I Am Going To Kill The President Of The United States Of America by LeATHERMOUTH

Spit It Out by Slipknot

Disciple by Slayer

Guilty pleasure song? Crawling by Linkin Park. He loves Linkin Park, but since Crawling has been memed all to hell, he doesn’t listen to it unless he is positive that everyone who could possibly joke him is out of earshot.

❄️Shoto Todoroki - Shoto🔥

Who does he sound like? Todoroki with the singing voice of Frank Iero? That would be so rad.

What is he like at karaoke? I personally think that Todoroki listens to a lot of angsty shit and punk rock (halfway just to piss off Endeavor), so it would not be out of the question for him to sing My Dad Sucks by Descendents.

What song does he play for his S/O? tragician by frnkiero andthe cellabration

What are some songs on his playlist? 

Richer Than You by Frenzal Rhomb

Last Caress by The Misfits

Give Me The Cure  by Fugazi

No Feelings by Sex Pistols

Everything's Your Fault by Face to Face

Guilty pleasure song? Hot N Cold by Katy Perry

🦈Eijiro Kirishima - Red Riot🦈

Who does he sound like? I have no clue as to why I headcanon this, but I can picture Kirishima sounding like Caleb Followill from Kings of Leon.

What is he like at karaoke? I feel like he would sing Sex on Fire  by Kings of Leon just because he thinks it’s a fun song. Homeboy would not care about the song being about sex.

What song does he play for his S/O? Walking After You by Foo Fighters

What are some songs on his playlist? 

Porch by Pearl Jam

Sex Type Thing by Stone Temple Pilots

Sleep Now in the Fire by Rage Against The Machine

Cochise by Audioslave

Would? by Alice in Chains

Guilty pleasure song? Bang Bang by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj

⚡️Denki Kaminari - Chargebolt⚡️

Who does he sound like? Denki Kaminari sounds like Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day. No reason, I can just picture it.

What is he like at karaoke? This motherfucker sings Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye just for the memes. It pisses everyone off.

What song does he play for his S/O? Electric Love by BORNS because of his quirk.

What are some songs on his playlist? 

Gives You Hell by The All-American Rejects

Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus

Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne

Scotty Doesn't Know by Lustra

Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard

Guilty pleasure song? Into the Unknown from Frozen 2 

🧻Hanta Sero - Cellophane🧻

Who does he sound like? I can sort of imagine Sero sounding like Post Malone.

What is he like at karaoke? I have a feeling that he would sing Santeria by Sublime and somehow get most of the class to sing along. It would be great.

What song does he play for his S/O? Sunflower by Post Malone and Swae Lee

What are some songs on his playlist? 

ZIPLOC by Tyler, the Creator

The Brightside by Lil Peep

Still D.R.E. by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg

Mask Off by Future

My Name Is by Eminem

Guilty pleasure song? Como La Flor by Selena, or anything by Selena for that matter!

💞Mina Ashido - Pinky💞

Who does she sound like? Okay, I’m not saying that Mina sounds like Ravyn Lenae, buuuuuut I’m not saying that she doesn’t sound like Ravyn Lenae.

What is she like at karaoke? I just know that she’s going to be singing something sassy, so I think she’d be singing Material Girl by Madonna!

What song does she play for her S/O? Cuz I Love You by Lizzo

What are some songs on her playlist? 

telepatía by Kali Uchis

Freak by Doja Cat

Sorry Not Sorry by Demi Lovato

thank u, next by Ariana Grande

Heart of Glass by Miley Cyrus

Guilty pleasure song? Maria by Hwa Sa. It’s a guilty pleasure because she doesn’t speak a word of Korean, but she still tries to sing along.

🐸Tsuyu Asui - Froppy🐸

Who does she sound like? Billie Eilish? Billie Eilish.

What is she like at karaoke? She’d sing something cute like Cloud 9 by Beach Bunny.

What song does she play for her S/O? Ma Chérie by Palaye Royale

What are some songs on her playlist?

Everybody Talks by Neon Trees

Sweater Weather by The Neighborhood

i wanna be your girlfriend by girl in red

505 by Arctic Monkeys

Out Of My League by Fitz and The Tantrums

Guilty pleasure song? Fancy by Iggy Azalea

💸Ochako Uraraka - Uravity💸

Who does she sound like? She’d probably sound like Natalie Merchant from 10,000 Maniacs!

What is she like at karaoke? She’d sing Soak Up The Sun by Sheryl Crow and it would be pretty swell!

What song does she play for her S/O? She’d play something that’s really sweet and really beautiful, like Fade Into You by Mazzy Star.

What are some songs on her playlist? 

Barracuda by Heart

One Way Or Another by Blondie

Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks

Somebody to Love by Jefferson Airplane

Like the Weather by 10,000 Maniacs

Guilty pleasure song? Dragula by Rob Zombie, I feel like she’s secretly a huge Rob Zombie fan!

🔊Kyoka Jiro - Earphone Jack🔊

Who does she sound like? She sounds like WILLOW. It just fits her so well!

What is she like at karaoke? She’d probably sing Take Me Down by The Pretty Reckless and she’d look damn good doing it!

What song does she play for her S/O? Still Into You by Paramore, I will not be accepting criticism.

What are some songs on her playlist? 

Still in Hollywood by Concrete Blonde

Cherry Bomb by The Runaways

She's Kerosene by The Interrupters

t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l by WILLOW

Ready to Go by Republica

Guilty pleasure song? Shake It Off by Taylor Swift

💰Momo Yaoyorozu - Creati💰

Who does she sound like? I can imagine Momo sounding like Lana Del Rey. I just feel it!

What is she like at karaoke? I think she likes old jazz along with some newer pop music, so I feel like she’d sing Primadonnna by Marina and the Diamonds!

What song does she play for her S/O? Never Let Me Go by Florence + the Machine would be her go to song to play for her S/O. It would be beautiful.

What are some songs on her playlist? 

Criminal by Fiona Apple 

Lilac Wine by Nina Simone

Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald

Royals by Lorde

I'll Be Seeing You by Billie Holiday

Guilty pleasure song? You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette. Nobody has a clue as to why Momo likes that song, and neither does she.

🏍Tenya Iida - Ingenium🏍

Who does he sound like? Okay, so say Iida sounded like Elvis? That is all.

What is he like at karaoke? He would want to do a classic song that he likes, but he’d also kind of want the class to sing along with him, so he sings Stuck In The Middle With You by Stealers Wheel. Everyone knows the song but is cringing while singing it because they only know it thanks to that one scene from Reservoir Dogs. P.S. Don’t watch it if you’re sensitive to gore, it’s a Tarantino movie.

What song does he play for his S/O? I have a feeling that he’s into older music (some of it’s kind of cheesy), so I think that he would play Put Your Head On My Shoulder by Paul Anka. Aww, how sweet!

What are some songs on his playlist? 

I Wanna Be With You by The Raspberries

I'm a Believer by The Monkees

Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations

Happy Together by The Turtles

A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles

Guilty pleasure song? These Boots Are Made For Walkin' by Nancy Sinatra

🌑Fumikage Tokoyami - Tsukuyomi🌑

Who does he sound like? I firmly believe that he sounds like Peter Steele from Type O Negative. I just feel it, man.

What is he like at karaoke? He’d probably sing a song that is not exactly meant for karaoke, like Black No. 1 by Type O Negative, but he’d obviously be having fun, so nobody would say anything and just sort of cheer him on.

What song does he play for his S/O? Lovesong by The Cure is most definately something that he plays for his S/O. Yes, it’s because he loves his S/O, but it’s also kind of because of his raging obessesion with The Cure and Robert Smith.

What are some songs on his playlist? 

Gallowdance by Lebanon Hanover

New Dawn Fades by Joy Division

Судно (Борис Рыжий) by Мо��чат Дома

A Forest by The Cure

The Man With X-Ray Eyes by Bauhaus

Guilty pleasure song? Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood

🦑Mezo Shoji - Tentacole🦑

Who does he sound like? He sounds like Axl Rose for no fucking reason at all.

What is he like at karaoke? He gets the entire class and most of the teachers singing with Welcome To The Jungle by Guns N’ Roses. He’s actually amazing.

What song does he play for his S/O? I Remember You by Skid Row

What are some songs on his playlist? 

Wanted Dead Or Alive by Bon Jovi

Kickstart My Heart by Mötley Crüe

Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard

Cherry Pie by Warrant

We're Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister

Guilty pleasure song? Girls Just Want To Have Fun  by Cyndi Lauper

🍰Rikido Sato - Sugarman🍰

Who does he sound like? He sounds like your stereotypical country singer.

What is he like at karaoke? He sings Your Man by Josh Turner and Denki winds up laughing his ass off.

What song does he play for his S/O? I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton

What are some songs on his playlist? 

A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash

Walkin' After Midnight by Patsy Cline

In the Pines by Lead Belly

I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow by Sawyer Fredericks

Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver

Guilty pleasure song? I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow. Is it because of his quirk? Yes, yes it is.

🐿Koji Koda - Anima🐿

Who does he sound like? He sounds like Geddy Lee from Rush. If you’ve heard his speaking voice, then y’all know why I picked him.

What is he like at karaoke? He doesn’t sing, he’s way too shy.

What song does he play for his S/O? He would play something really cute like Count on Me by Bruno Mars.

What are some songs on his playlist? 

In a Week by Hozier & Karen Crowley

Runaway by AURORA

rises the moon by Liana Flores

Lemon Boy by Cavetown

YKWIM? by Yot Club

Guilty pleasure song? Girls On Film by Duran Duran

🥋Mashirao Ojiro - Tailman🥋

Who does he sound like? I can imagine him sounding like Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac!

What is he like at karaoke? Will Ojiro sing a classic rock song at karaoke? Yes, and it would be Another Brick In The Wall by Pink Floyd.

What song does he play for his S/O? You Really Got Me by The Kinks! I imagine Ojiro listening to a lot of classic rock, so playing a song like this for his S/O just seemed to make sense.

What are some songs on his playlist? 

Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival

House of The Rising Sun by The Animals

Break on Through (To the Other Side) by The Doors

Bring It On Home by Led Zeppelin

Move Over by Janis Joplin

Guilty pleasure song? Hey Lover by The Daughters of Eve

🌫Toru Hagakure - Invisible Girl🌫

Who does she sound like? She has a dramatic Broadway-esque voice.

What is she like at karaoke? She’s going to be dramatic and pick Memory by Barbra Streisand. Aoyama cries because he’s a dramatic bitch.

What song does she play for her S/O? So This Is Love from Cinderella

What are some songs on her playlist? 

Showtunes.

Just.

Nothing.

But.

Showtunes.

Guilty pleasure song? She has none, if she likes a song, she’s going to sing it until her lungs give out. She has zero shame.

✨Yuuga Aoyama - Can’t Stop Twinkling✨

Who does he sound like? Tim Curry, specifically as Dr. Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I will not elaborate.

What is he like at karaoke? He most definitely gets up there and sings Single Ladies by Beyonce. It pisses everyone off, even moreso that it was actually pretty good.

What song does he play for his S/O? Lovefool by The Cardigans. Once again, I will not elaborate.

What are some songs on his playlist? 

Tiny Dancer by Elton John

Voulez-Vous by ABBA

Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen

Let's Dance by David Bowie

Born This Way by Lady Gaga

Guilty pleasure song? Sweet Trans******* from The Rocky Horror Picture Show

🧠Hitoshi Shinsou - Mind Fuck🧠

Who does he sound like? This mf right here sounds like Maynard James Keenan.

What is he like at karaoke? I can just imagine him screaming his heart out to Judith by A Perfect Circle and absolutely killing it!

What song does he play for his S/O? His taste in music can be a bit dark at times, but that doesn’t stop him from being adorable, so he plays By Starlight by Smashing Pumpkins for his S/O.

What are some songs on his playlist? 

The Day I Tried To Live by Soundgarden

Ground Zero by BAM BAM

You Know You're Right by Nirvana

Jealous by Eyedress

Wake Up by Mad Season

Guilty pleasure song? MONTERO by Lil Nas X