#and now I'm going to sleep lmao

[cookinguptales]

Though... I guess I am trying to counterbalance things that make me unhappy with things that make me happy... So if the Barbie thing is irritating me (and if Barbie wasn't even a movie that I thought reached its full potential) then let me rec a women-led media project that I really, really enjoyed instead.

*rubs temples* Um... I'm going through the women-led media projects I've enjoyed over the past few years in my head. Fewer than I would hope, but I've also admittedly been watching fewer movies the last few years since I moved out of Center City.

Honestly, the one that comes to mind immediately is the first season of Russian Doll, which is one of my favorite tv shows that I've seen in the past five years. Natasha Lyonne was, as ever, incredible, and it was probably my favorite take on a time loop that I've ever seen.

(I was asked a lot if Groundhog Day was influential when I was writing my nandermo time loop story, but if I had to pick any piece of media that actually influenced it, it was probably Russian Doll and its emphasis on time loop as metaphor for trauma and coping mechanisms.)

The thing about time loops is that I feel like you really have to use the idea of time when you're using them. Russian Doll wasn't just about living the same day over and over again. It was about the cycle of abuse and an overall inability to escape from the past. It was about the dangers of becoming too solitary, and how becoming dislodged from the world isn't that different from becoming dislodged from time. It was about how genuine connections are what can pull us out of these horrible, damaging cycles, whether they be time loops or harmful coping mechanisms.

I loved it because it was a show about time loops, but it was also a show about humans and what makes them tick. I thought that Nadia and Alan were both super interesting protagonists, and I thought them growing and learning together was beautiful. I thought that the increasingly literal depictions of Nadia's trauma were haunting and horrifying and beautiful.

I think people often say that they don't like tropes and cliches when they really mean that they don't like them when they're handled lazily. I think that Russian Doll is one of the best examples I've seen of a piece of media utilizing the actual physical form of a trope in order to further what it wants to say rather than twisting the writing of the piece to better suit a trope. It used the time loop to talk about the time loops that humans place themselves in every day, and it used the time loop to explore how many ways a person might try to gnaw their own leg off if caught in a trap.

The time loop was literal but also a metaphor and I honestly just thought it was incredible. Fully recommend.

[yhwcomeback]

I miss him, this one comes with a small speedpaint so enjoy idk

[numbbface]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWEEK! 🎂🙌🎉

hehehe I had fun drawing the cake roll ^^

cake made by :"3💗

[k9effect]

Bradley "Boyfriend" Bradshaw

Messy hair, hickies and soft clothes <3

[sleep-deprived-luka]

Gog au niigo for tonights doodle

[tervaneula]

Aaaaaaa gosh @spacemimz and @wraenata THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I have never opened up a new canvas as fast as I did when I saw your butterfly suggestions ououghfgh

Old man Mikey so happy and in peace ;-;

We also get an extra because obviously I'm going to take this chance to doodle the wife Draxum:

[franky-y]

i'm gonna give him all the boops!!

[chaggiehearts]

Do people still use this kind of templates?

Anyway, my Chaggie headcanons :) disclaimer that this is just the way I interpret them, it’s 100% okay to disagree lol

[niuxita21]

No one:

Absolutely no one:

Meiji: Why would I sit on a chair/the couch when my girlfriend's lap is literally RIGHT THERE

[displacedbias]

penny from @ask-all-the-kindergarteners hands you a tulip!

[Felix]: Teddy seems to be... erm, preoccupied at the moment.

[Felix]: --But I promise I'll show him the tulip once he gets back! Thank you again. How sweet of you.

[zhongrin]

hello sweeties! i'm going back home today to take a whole two-weeks++ break from everything, which will probably include actively posting in general.

i might still pop in to ramble and scrumble sometimes, but i want to try harder to be present at the moment so i can spend lots of quality time with my family and recharge! meanwhile, my queue will run as per usual. if you leave any asks/replies/mentions, i may see it, but i might only reply once my mini-holiday concludes.

thank you always for your support and i hope to see you again all refreshed and de-stressed ✨🩷

[wavebiders]

Cloud's girlfriends have unionized

[crenna]

once upon a time…

౨ৎ - hi, i’m 𝓵ili !

꒰ 22, she/her, bi, infp ꒱ 𓈒⋆🩰⑅˚₊୨୧.

˚˖𓍢ִ໋🍓˚ i love ... ꒰ my friends, writing fanfiction novels, romantasy & dystopian books, flowers, arts and crafts, singing, taylor swift's music, dance (especially ballet), sparkly things, fairy lights, sunsets, peppermint tea, aesthetics, lakes, baking, fashion, making jewelry, handwritten letters, journaling, daydreaming ! ꒱

𝓼ide blogs: @onceuponaneverafter ✧ @seeyouinthestars

𝓬araval rp blogs: @legendarydante ✧ @the-maidendeath

˚˖𓍢ִ໋💋˚ my fandoms include ... ꒰ ouabh & caraval, powerless, tfota, shatter me, divine rivals, the aurora cycle, star wars, grishaverse, the hunger games, the lunar chronicles, acotar (the fandom scares me but i've read the books), gilmore girls, mcu, the selection, sorcery of thorns, mcsm & mystreet (old fandoms) + more! ꒱

𝓭iscord gang: @his-littlefox ✧ @xoxo-vee ✧ @meangirlsbway ✧ @thebirdhivemind ✧ @highladyofterrasen7 ✧

@lxvebelle ✧ @feerique ✧ @rizzgoddessans

𝓵inks: to be added !

˚˖𓍢ִ໋🦢˚ q & a ... ꒰ want to be mutuals/friends? yes, i'd love to! | can i tag you in tag games? yes please! | do you roleplay your fandoms? sometimes, ask! | what does your url mean? it's a pretty name i chose years ago and i've stuck with it. ꒱

– 13.8.2024.

[rogueddie]

So Noah is openly being a zionist online... AGAIN. I'm seeing a lot of people wanting to leave the fandom- which I support, if you can drop this then you should. But if you're like me and it's not that simple, here are a couple rough tips that might help;

Pro-tip; instead of paying for Netflix and helping support genocide and the zionists in the cast/crew, cancel your subscription and send that money to charities that are bringing aid and resources into Gaza!

Pro-tip 2; buy fan content and nothing liscenced! Fan works are often better quality than the show- from drawings, to writing, to pins... it's worth the money and you aren't sending money to people openly supporting genocide and the murder of children!

Pro-tip 3; if you are going to continue taking part in fandom, like myself, do not do so in silence. Palestinians are being murdered and we can't pretend that it isn't happening simply because we have hyperfixations that we can't get rid of.

Pro-tip 4; join boycotts! Not only the monetary boycott of Netflix and Stranger Things, but- at least- the three main boycotts; McDonalds, Disney+ and Starbucks! There are many others, from Puma to Barclays to Booking.com to Pizza Hut to Burger King... None of these things are necessities and you can easily go without! Other options are probably cheaper and better quality too! It's a win-win!

Pro-tip 5; Go to protests if you can! Make your voice heard not only online but in person too! We have strength in numbers and we cannot lose the momentum we've barely started to build! Take direct action!

P.S. biggest fuck you to Noah Schnapp but also; Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy and Brett Gelman can suck the shit right out my ass <3

[zelkam]

— the untamed (2019), episode 7

[franky-y]

finally managed to finish this