#and there are so many ppl like me and all we want to do is write and just!!!!

[isaosoichiro2]

I did the thing

1. I am TERRIBLE at watching shows/movies, but I really want to try Love of Kill. I heard it's yandere x yandere. I've been told to try a lot of different ones, though lol

2. My friend bought me some pusheen socks years ago. They make me smile

3. I do like smoothies lol

4. The same black top and pants every time. *body dysmorphia intensifies* i hate dressing up and don't really go out much anyway

5. Eggs a la suisse, but realistically I just make over easy and throw it on toast

6. Any small paper scrap will do, but I prefer digital

7. Black

8. Not anymore, but I used to collect rubber ducks. I still love them. They make me so happy(I want a sleeve tattoo of colored ones!)

9. The smell and sound of rain

10. Not sure how to answer that... color?

11. Glasses, the hipster looking ones lol

12. My best friend is super understanding, accepting, and just hilarious. She's such a great person.

13. Pen

14. Most places outside of home make me uncomfortable

15. Nooooo I'm bad with plants

16. I don't have it anymore, but I used to have a slipknot hoodie from 2009 to like 2015. I wore it so much that it had holes and finally had to toss it. I bought a similar one, but eh. I don't really even listen to slipknot anymore lol

17. Scum Villain shirt

18. I want to see some sort of big natural disaster but, like, in a safe pod thing. Is that possible? XD

19. Pikachu!

20. Trigonometry or algebra. Math and science are my jam! (I kinda sucked at calculus, not gonna lie xD)

21. Not a history person, but I prefer more stylized art in general. Super realistic stuff looks cool but isn't as fun to me. Also I guess that 2000s shoujo anime style is nice. Oh pixel art too! Idk i love so many different ones!

22. Iced!!

23. I would never do that to my gf xD

24. I'd give myself a C. I follow rules but also get anxious easily

25. Ah, the rubber duck one! but yes I have one tattoo. It's on my forearm and literally just says "Death Note" in Japanese. I dont have piercings but love them so much. Gauges! I want those.

26. I make stir fry a lot

27. No, i have bad luck with them falling off :(

28. I swim alright. I love swimming, but the body dysmorphia kinda ruins it haha (I want top surgery but will probably never do it)

29. We just had the plain blocks, not any of the themed ones

30. Lol!!! I mean, kinda. It's all black T shirts and jeans with the exception of like 2 sweaters. Good luck.

31. This one

32. Reeeeaaallllly dark blue. Like so dark it's almost black. ... I miss my black hair days

33. Head phones

34. This confused me, but I guess you don't really see them much anymore. It does make sense that some people may not know how to now. But yeah, I can.

35. As a kid, I had an arctic fox plushie. It looked nothing like Tails from sonic the hedgehog, but that's what I named it. I would spin its tail around so much to make them "fly" that it fell off twice.

36. Ooo, I love air hockey! I think I'm better at foosball though

37. I actually get anxious about it lol!

38. Does Kaito count? XD

39. Saw a lot of fun art today. That made me happy!

40. Weeping willow. They look awesome

41. Fragrance free lol

42. Pjsk. I haven't played it much. I love it, but I just have been on other hobbies lately

43. Huh? 0.0

44. Toss it in a jar that I never use. I pretty much only use my card.

45. No

46. Ethoslab. I don't play Minecraft, but him and his buddies interacting made me smile

47. Love walking, but it involves being around other ppl, so no. I used to go on hikes alone in the woods growing up

48. Nope

49. Sit on the back patio and watch it

50. Semi dark, cold, blanket, rain, doggie and girlfriend nearby. Oooo nice.

50 Questions Just Because

What are three shows in your watchlist that you’ve been meaning to get to?

Describe your favorite pair of socks

Do you like smoothies?

What do you wear when you have to dress nicely?

How do you like your eggs?

What do you use to keep your place when you’re reading a book?

What color dominates your closet?

Do you collect anything? If so, what?

What sounds or scents calm you down?

What’s your favorite kind of uquiz question? (Lyric, color, aesthetic, etc)

Do you wear glasses or contacts?

What’s something about your best friend that you love?

Do you prefer to write in pen or pencil?

What are some places where you feel most at home?

Do you have any houseplants? Do any of them have names?

Describe your favorite hoodie. How long have you had it? What makes it unique?

What’s the last thing you ordered online?

What’s one historical event that you would have liked to have witnessed?

What’s your favorite Halloween costume from when you were a kid?

What kind of math are you best at?

What’s your favorite period in art history, your favorite famous work and/or your favorite style of art? If you don’t know any that’s ok!

Iced or hot drinks?

Which songs do you like to sing in the shower?

Are you a good driver?

Do you have any piercings or tattoos? Are there any that you want?

Can you cook or bake? If so, what are some of your specialties?

Do you have any keychains on your home or car keys? Describe them!

Can you swim very well? Do you like swimming?

Did you play with Legos as a kid? What was your favorite set?

Is your closet organized? If so, how?

What’s the last music video you watched?

If you could dye your hair any color, regardless of how you think it would look, what color would you choose?

Headphones or earbuds?

Can you read analog clocks?

Describe your favorite stuffed animal, either now or from when you were a kid.

What’s an arcade or table game (air hockey, ping pong, etc) that you’re really good at?

Do you mind if others are in the kitchen when you’re cooking or baking?

What’s one show you watch or musician you listen to that your friends know nothing about?

What was the best part of your day today?

What’s your favorite kind of tree?

What scent is your deodorant?

Do you have any games on your phone? If so, which one(s) is/are your favorite?

Do you shower with the lights on or off?

What do you do with spare change?

Do you have good handwriting?

What’s the last thing a friend recommended to you that you looked into and actually liked?

Do you like to go on walks?

Do you have a favorite plate or bowl?

What’s your favorite thing to do when it’s raining?

Describe your perfect sleeping conditions

[sugar-petals]

a taemin-appreciating loveletter on XLOV going viral with “1&only” right now as a genderless concept group which i absolutely love! have you seen how incredible they are? at a first glance i could already feel that they can shake things up, make a difference and enter a new, exciting cultural trajectory. and that was just the first watch. it gets even better from there! XLOV just leaves you wanting more immediately: the outfits, the dance, the sets, the beat, and so many killing choreo parts it’s ridiculous. what - or who - led to this beautiful culmination of art, kpop history-wise? i think we all know. 

i wish i could thank taemin and shinee every day as due to their pervasive influence, kpop (think hyunjin, jimin, chungha, kai, haechan and more mentioning taemin’s impact on them) is so ahead of the curve and a female or neutral gaze on things is pretty much established, breaking the mold is celebrated, both a rarity. a group like this, then, is long overdue. to me, someone as courageous as XLOV (as a group comprised of otherwise often conflicting nations on top of that, uniting japanese, chinese, korean and taiwanese members as a statement) is what we’ve been waiting for. XLOV says, why not, what’s stopping everyone else? utopia is possible! they simply came to drop jaws without any compromise and delivered.

XLOV doesn’t have a “shinee” signature nor do they need it (nor can shinee be truly, fully copied ever), nevertheless i see what inspired them to go all out. taemin has never tried to pander to an existing status quo, much less emulating a stereotype-laden ‘straight’ or ‘gay’ pre-made mainstream formula, which i think is astounding at his scale of impact, in this politically challenging age. i think that art directors showcase an increasing feel for it, and we can slowly create a safe space where idols can come out or break free from oppressive standards like XLOV, even against the escalating odds of korean society and whatever backlash is there. taemin shows: you can prevail. 

he has always taken an androgynous, bi-friendly, fluid, whatever you want to call it aesthetic for granted. that’s how ‘idols from the future’ like seonghwa, g-dragon or felix are created and i love it - it proves how the radicalizing shift in masculine norms over the last decade is not a thing of absolutes (think about CL vice versa, who has always had a successful alpha woman concept) and encourages everyone to do their thing outright. so i was giddily happy to see ppl discussing and protecting XLOV everywhere with their amazing sensual visuals and THAT incredible choreo. it’s a must-watch for pride month and beyond if you love unisex as a concept in kpop.

[nso-csi]

250614 Taemin bbl live

I've dong long hair but i wanted to try a new style so i'm growing hair my hair is curly this n this part it gets curled when i sweat even after straightened cr.

I saw shagyehan you saw my unintended silly side :) cr.

It’s nice to call like this after a while right? You guys have been asking me when is my comeback.. I’ll try not to comeback too late About fanmeeting, I’ll look into it since booking venues is a little difficult but my birthday.. which will come in a month.. I’ll try to do something special. cr.

he also talks about how mics nowadays are really great Taemin then explain more about sound reflections and Difference and said him and the members had many meetings to discuss these technical aspects (sounds, in ears etc) Ah! Even everone has different in-ear preferences. talks about spatial sense from the voices in the in ear and outside the inear and one preference settings Oh did I talk too much of such uninteresting things? cr.

Taemin talks how the sounds on his in ears can differ (eg. He talks about when he perform and when he goes and greets fans during SHINee concert.. like the drum sound can sound loud on his in ears or that the beats can sound slightly slower etc. and those things can differ Depends on the situation hence he will need to set it during rehearsal, the setting is different every time. The staffs are awesome, the members who did the rehearsal are awesome too! more sensitive fans can sometimes feel like ‘oh why do the artists dance slightly faster?’ It’s because the beats in and out of our in ear are different (in-ear is slightly faster) so when there are lots of people up on stage (group alignment) or with the dancers, we mostly takes off our in-ears. The timing for the artists to wear back their inears are different too During the concert (swcvii), there are times when I told the staffs to raise the volume in my in-ear.. it’s because we have lots of tracks and let’s say.. during live band session.. if I point my fingers up, it means I want them to raise the drum sound control so I can match it Easier, if i touch my lips and point upwards it means Increase the my sound monitor sound control. The orignal sounddata is somewhat removed for the live band to fill in eg. For View, it isn’t 100% instrumental only, we’ll remove the drums~ the accompaniment~ the bass etc. cr.

I wasn’t being mad though but even I agree I looked sensitive (mad). I may have been sensitive as well.. since I focus only on the sound on my in ear, if i can’t hear it since the start.. a lot of problem may arises (if he goes out of beat it can lower his overall performance condition) And if I can’t hear well, I will use my throat a lot and it will hurt faster, we sing a lot of songs on our concert and so we need to control our voices (throat usage) so we use just enough and not over exert. gives a brief explanation how it differs than using his voice/throat on karaoke cr.

Taemin talks about the sound problem he had at shinee concert: i wasn't angry even though i looked so ;) oh the heart hit 1 mil~! cr.

You want me to talk about the company dinner? There are actually lots of time we had companies dinner after having been active for so long, completing album promotions, finishing our concerts etc., back then I felt ‘ah, how tiring, I just want to rest’, I didn’t know the importance of it but recently…. Together with the people who worked alongside us, the stories only we know.. the company dinner (after party) is actually the only setting we can talk about it together Like saying ‘the sessions are really great and it gives me strength, thankyou’ etc. (We can also discuss) the minor mistakes only we know etc. Talking about those are all so fun. There’s this sense of bonding. These after parties are all so meaningful cr.

He talks abt the after-party Taemin: i don't drink much usually as i'm the type who has hangovers i stayed there to the end like i left when ppl were starting to come to work cr.

[the-six-that-thrive-if]

I've been reading through the first six chapters over and over, wanted to say how interesting and enjoyable it is! The variations are probably hellish to write, but it makes everything feel alive. Not just MC options, but the fact that the cast takes a long time to appear unlike usually in interactive fiction and the big possibility of poly options and exploration. I'm not sure if I'm correct but so far it seems that romance is not the usual flirting, but intimacy like in any friendship/close relationship. Very excited to see what horrors await the MC, but also the bonds they can build along that.

So far the whole cast feel like full fledged people, with complex pasts and emotions. The differences of plot dynamics with them and the MC is great. Dante and the bond, Warden and the father. It makes me as the reader much more motivated to learn about the characters and I'm excited to see all their arcs.

As for the MC variations I need to express how freeing it is to have options for both mental and physical disability, plus all the trans options! I talk about a lot how we should have more stories where the characters just happen to have disabilities and not have them be the main point. I play an MC that has autism and ocd, is deaf and has lost both an arm and leg and uses a crutch. It's amazing that the plot acknowledges those things while also not holding them back. Plus the way that the other characters interact with the disabilities is great, both with the main cast, side characters and antagonists.

I think it's also a fun dynamic with someone like Dante (who is full of scars and has gone through much physical injury) to bond with someone who also has many scars and has lost limbs. While we haven't yet met most of the cast I love Dante's character a lot and hope the MC and him will one day, if only for a moment, get to experience domestic happiness despite all of the pain.

There's one question that came to mind when it comes to the romance system so far: do you need to choose all the actively crushing options and sexual acts atm or can it be more slow burn for the MC?

This just means so much to me I'm low-key getting emotional but it was really important for me while writing for it the main character to simply exist with those traits and that be apart of who they are but not everything they are!

And I want ppl to know and feel like those and or having those traits makes you just as desirable as anyone else. Which is personally why I steered away from those traits being tied solely to trauma.

It is always nice to hear from people who chose those functions, because I was not 100% certain how proper show autism, adhd, ocd, and I'm always always doing research about it and making sure it doesn't come off as insensitive and or just this blatant stereotype of people who actually face those things.

Now to your question, you can have a slow burn romance. Choosing to have a crush on Dante doesn't change or limit your interactions with him later on, you definitely to more scenes, but if you want it to be a slow burn and decide later on you like you you can. You don't even have to confess anything within the first book.

This is goes for all the ROs, because you'll get many moments to decide if you like them, if you want to date them, and even reject them and end relationships.

You could go through the entirety of TSTT without having anything romantic, that won't stop certain characters from liking you romantically thou.

[scorpiafanclub]

plopping my tag block here and adding more bc of course i am but i remember seeing a tiktok where someone was like "cant believe i went thru all that pain watching those 5 seasons and all i got was a kiss at the end" WHAT. U PEOPLE ARE SO FUCKING UNGRATEFUL !!!!!!! and also how can u talk as if it was always only about the romance. i had to get off the app after seeing that one bc i was getting too mad at a random person on the internet over a television show but like. it rlly put into place for me how many ppl are only watching it for the romance. and they go in having some sort of expectation of the way itll go and then it doesnt do that and is instead just a tragedy to watch for like 51 and a half episodes they get mad that it wasnt what they started watching the show for (romance). when again their love is shown very clearly though messily and unhealthily throughout the entire show. its what the whole goddamn show is about. if u watch them kiss once at the end and go "thats it?" u missed the fucking point u missed the entire show what were u even watching for. AGAIN it just makes me so sad how much complexity in these characters is lost by ppl just not having the ability to dig deeper and look closer at them and view the story outside the box of what they expect from it and want to see from it.

plussss i feel like this show was on the tail end of like ppl still being shocked abt getting queer rep in shows? like this is one of the last shows i remember at least personally being truly not sure whether we were going to get an on screen kiss or not. it was obviously something nd "all my characters are queer unless stated otherwise" stevenson wanted to do but i just wasnt sure if it was going to be a reality until it happened. in the last bunch of years i see a lot more ppl being ungrateful for the rep that came before the more recent ones, and thats seen in the aforementioned tiktok of "a kiss? thats it?" i rlly think its super important to appreciate the way these two were written to show their deep undeniable love for each other even if they hadnt gotten an on screen kiss. they were written in a way that we all knew what the intention was (except that one guy who wrote an article in s1 abt how its gross to ship them bc they were raised together and thats like incest or smth and then deleted the article when s5 dropped) and the kiss was just a cherry on top to what we already knew and understood and everything that was already solidified in the show for anyone who has any ounce of media literacy. their love is just so much more than that kiss scene idk. i wish their characters and their writing got the credit it deserves. ok i think im done fr now

so annoying how people ignore that adora’s “protectiveness” is not just a sweet quality and that she has like, a martyr complex because of abuse. like that is literally part of her character arc, learning to let herself be taken care of and to stop throwing herself on the chopping block.

same with people seeing catra as someone adora protects through a solely shipping dynamic lense or this damsel in distress almost and portraying it as this romantic thing (usually to make them fall into an opposites masculine and feminine dichotomy (not that masc and fem couples are bad but this misses the point) when catra actively hates it. the climax in their relationship is catra as the protector, adora’s knight in shining armor (paralleling utena) for a reason.

[faaun]

last night i got home kind of tipsy and very much in tears and my mother told me the force you exert to keep someone in your life is proportional to the force with which they will leave your life. if you have to fight tooth and claw to keep them, their leaving will be just as hard, just as harsh, and just as definite.

[pronouncingitwang]

adam scott says in the "inside the episode" of 2.07 that it allows the audience to "see the magic of gemma and why she immediately took over [mark's] life and his heart" and dichen lachman describes the ep in the severance podcast as "the audience getting to know [gemma] and everyone seeing what mark had that he lost." well, what about gemma? how much do we really get to know her? what did she lose? why did mark take over her heart?

they had 50 minutes for a Gemma Episode and they spent half of it on dead wife tropes and her smiling at mark with come-hither eyes while not giving us a single new fact* about her or a relationship outside of mark and mark's family. a subversion of the dead wife trope is not just scenes later showing they had an imperfect marriage bc mark (or nobody) is the problem in all of those scenes; you need to disrupt the idea that she was the perfect wife, and i don't think we get that. so much of it is explicitly presented through mark's pov. she doesn't hurt him at any point. she's just there being lovely or victimized as he loves or neglects her. everything we learned about her past gives more depth to his current grief but contributes little to our understanding of her current suffering or motivations. that could change with time, but for a first try, i think it's an abysmally bad showing

* that wasn't in mark's 1.07 monologue, his conversations with devon and alexa, or the the you you are pdf, all of which i think did a better job than this episode

[welcometogrouchland]

Noticing that TV and film will often have a character either have had an abortion in the past that isn't showcased on screen (and just used as part of the character's ~fucked up and twisted backstory~) OR contemplate getting an abortion in the present day but not to through with it. Just once I want to see someone delete that fetus within the events of the plot and not be like. Extremely majorly punished for it and/or be in the wrong

[beclight]

im known for being THE bec light fan of the fandom, so i feel like im in the right place to say this: YOU DO NOT OWN FANDOM CHARACTERS AND CANNOT PREVENT OTHER PEOPLE FROM LIKING THEM JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO, and if that makes you uncomfortable (which is fine, and for any reason), THE THING TO DO IS BLOCK NOT HARASS THEM!!!!!!! ive seen too many ppl in this fandom disrespect others over DARING to say, even as a joke, that they're the number one fan of X character. If someone having the same favorite group of pixels as you genuinely angers you, to the point of feeling the need to insult them and having concerning thoughts about them, then maybe it is time to log off

[skrunksthatwunk]

did my first ever used car browsing online and there's a car that's like really good on basically every aspect but the color is fucking NASTY. but ive been evolving a bit around it. and so now im like thinking "okay the bit's funny now but would it be funny in like seven years" kinda stuff

[satoruxx]

someone remind me to stop going on twt because for the last 3 days i’ve opened the app and ended up being in a horrible mood for the rest of the day ..

[littlemeanings]

I really do not blame students for using AI within a capitalist education system that prioritizes efficiency, productivity, and short term memorization of profitable skills over genuine critical engagement. some skills are obviously crucial (i.e., writing for building critical thinking) but can and are still being built with minor adjustments like proctoring. the research shows cheating rates have not changed and have remained high since AI has become available. with the students that do cheat, it's due to deeper systemic issues. many high school and college students are working multiple jobs, caretaking for family members, have health issues, etc. and they will use whatever is available to give themselves some relief.

I get complaining about AI in passing. like I love to hate on it. but most people aren't really offering real ways to protest it other than just telling individuals they are evil for using it... which in any other area of politics we would think flawed and inadequate (re veganism, eco friendly lifestyle changes, etc).

sooo many AI-critical takes are liberal/idealist/individualist and not materialist. once again, we see individuals blamed for the profit-maximizing decisions of corporations (who are the ones responsible for the most harmful aspects of Al). instead of viewing the problems of AI as a symptom of structural issues requiring collective action, they would rather frame it as a personal character flaw of workers and students. and this individualizing of political issues closes off potential for a deeper critique, coalition building, and more opportunities for action. it's a way to both feel superior to other people and subscribe to inaction.

AI does not defy the capitalist historical pattern of labor-saving technology creation, monopolization, dependency enforcement, and exploitation. new technology increases productivity/profit expectations. these increased productivity expectations translate into pedagogy that also expects increased productivity. medical schools actively encourage regular AI use because they know doctors will now be expected to be faster and see more patients because of it - despite the fact most AI tools are not accurate enough to trust for medical information. however, this does not matter in the real capitalist world. what matters is how many patients you can see and how much money you can make for the shareholders and insurance companies.

just like all new labor-saving technology, AI decreases the bargaining power of workers and heightens capitalist contradictions: if you cant stay competitive and keep up with the pace as a worker you risk your job and livelihood.

I am not advocating for doctors, students, and other workers to continue uncritically using AI, but to understand their part in the class war and act accordingly. under capitalism, all productivity gains from new technology will always go straight to the company owners, who would rather expect double/triple the productivity of workers rather than give the time saved back to workers or god forbid give the workers ownership over the new technology.

AI will not save us from capitalism - capitalism develops the productive forces for its replacement. we must radically organize and self-educate. activism isn't about being perfect but doing the best you can consistently without burning yourself out and this will look different for everyone.

[clumsypuppy]

i wrote this as a joke because I wanted to strangle a guy watching tiktoks without headphones on the bus, but im genuinely disturbed that we've gotten to a point where convenience comes first. and it depresses me even more that its used to justify and monetize greed

[luniviravosshipper]

Man things have been depressing in my personal life lately

Idk why I had to fall for the most fucked over by the narrative characters ever that I’m completely unable to take comfort in when I need a form of escapism the most

[jamiethebee]

You know what irks me the most about the mha ending. (Sorry I'm still on it.)

Like the early parts of the manga, there were so many grown up hero AUs in fandom (like storylines that took place when they're adults and heroes) and they're fun! A little silly!

And then we had the war arc and cities are being destroyed and everything's torn up and for over a hundred chapters, it's been oh huh I guess every AU like that will just be canon divergence lmao

And then Horikoshi basically wipes the slate clean so I guess all those AUs could technically canon compliant. There's not even much in the way of lasting physical damage! Because it's dealt with???? Immediately???? Within months?????

Which is fine! Nothing wrong with it! The AUs are fun! But, it just irks me that you could throw out half the manga because it didn't matter. Nothing majorly changed. Silly adult hero AUs for everyone I guess because the League may as well have been 2 bit villains for all the effect they had at large was. Idk. Maybe I'm bitter? Maybe my brain still trying to process the ending and the change in how AUs relate to canon? I guess - what was all the constant sprinkling in of "society has let people down" that we see from chapter 1? It meant nothing? I guess????? I mean A WAR HAPPENED. But whatever I guess heehee wasn't that soooooo silly???? That people's take on early story can be the same as post story?????

[march32nd]

me when the girl i've been dating for two months tells me that she doesn't find me at all attractive and isn't attracted to me and doesn't know if she ever will be !!!!!