#anon is on which is useful for this meme in particular

[ruija]

Well I really love your art, may I ask how do u color? I struggle with coloring turtles and I wasn't to know how do u do that?

Hi anon! That's a very broad question, so you've given me a great excuse to ramble anything I want about my coloring, eehehehee~! This will be in two parts and I'll start with talking about my simpler coloring style.

As in, when I color characters on a white background, with a limited or light palette.

The driving force behind this style is me being lazy. My time, energy, and attention span are pretty limited, so if I want to finish anything, I gotta do it fast. And with fanart, I'm usually just doing it for fun and relaxation, so there's no need to push myself to polish it too much.

Despite that, I rarely post just black and white sketches or line arts. I always try to add at least a little bit of toning or shading, because that makes the image easier to read. The characters and their shapes pop out and catch the eye of the viewer better.

However, in this particular example, just the couple toning colors don't quite do the job. The way Don and Leo are entangled makes the center area of this illustration very busy and hard to read.

As a comparison; this pic has only one tone + mask colors, and it works. This is because all the characters are standing separately and their poses are very stationary and simple.

So for the Don + Leo pic, adding some shadows helps in bringing out shapes and depths. Also in general, if you don't feel like drawing BGs, it's good to at least add a shadow below the characters. It grounds them and makes them feel like they exist within a space.

Sometimes if the posing looks too complex and busy, it might just be best to color in the characters fully.

However, even if I do full flat colors, I tend to use a lighter palette. Putting characters in their neutral/default color on a white BG can look a bit jarring as if they're floating in a void. It feels less immersive and like the picture is unfinished.

Using lighter colors makes the image more cohesive, and fits the characters into the white environment a bit more naturally.

If I'm too lazy to draw a BG, I prefer using stylized and limited colors. It feels deliberate and that the whiteness is just part of the palette, whereas the character-accurate colors on white don't match as well, even if they're more pastel.

That being said, there's nothing wrong with just slapping the flat-colored characters on a white background. As you know, I do it too. I'm just exposing my 'fancy coloring style' for what it is; me being lazy, hah!

Limited and monochromatic palettes are a nice shortcut even when you do actual backgrounds. It's faster and you don't have to worry about clashing colors. And you can still convey atmosphere and mood.

Also, on the topic of conserving your time and efforts; I think it's very common among younger/less experienced artists to think that the amount of time you spend on your art piece = how good and well received that piece will be.

Which has some merit to it of course, but it can lead to putting too much effort into areas where it's not necessary. E.g. filling the piece with tons of details and clutter that don't serve an actual purpose, but rather make the image hard to read. Or doing really complicated shading for a meme/comic, where simplicity would deliver the joke better.

So whenever I'm drawing something I intend to publish, whether it's a quick doodle or a more polished piece, I try to follow these two principles: Make it easily readable and do the bare minimum that needs to be done to convey what I want to convey.

Putting time into practice is important, but if you draw for work, it's also crucial that you know how to prioritize and use your time efficiently!

Anyway, thanks for reading! In the next part I'll go into how I do my fully colored pieces, so stay tuned for that!

[erensonly]

You know how ghost always has his mask on, what would be reader reaction seeing ghosts face for the first time but in a way she doesn't know its him and she goes like "who the fuck is that??? 🤨🤨🤨🤨"

🍒anon

butcher shop buddies (simon riley x reader)

i dont know why i laughed so hard at this. thanks for the ask!! oh can i call you cherry-berry anon?

warnings: fluff, ooc ghost, not proofread sorry, use of 'pretty' and 'cute', no use of pronouns but i may use them in future parts, dad joke, probably incorrect butcher information, i was hungry writing this.

please feel free to message me and let me know if i missed any warnings

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maybe reader is a civvie and she frequents this one particular butcher shop so you can get meat packages for cheap. this is the first time you see ghost. he's standing in front of the case of meats trying to determine which cut of steak he wanted, while you were there seeing if the people on tiktok were serious about meat packages being cheap. groceries are getting too expensive and you wanted to try your hand at birria tacos.

while taking a look around, you didn't notice the larger man inching closer to you. "d'ya know which cut you're looking for?" naturally, you flinch an take a step back. what is this mammoth of a man doing bending down to your level to help you look for meat? but his accent is silly but pleasing to listen to, so you give him a vague answer. "kinda," you say with a shrug.

"i heard they do these packages of meats that can last me a while. and i've been craving birria tacos, so i need beef for that as well." he silently just leads you to the other side of the case and starts talking to the man standing there. it's like they've known each other for a while. you tune them out to make sure you have everything else checked off of your mental grocery list. when you tune back in, the butcher is slicing some meats up and the man was still standing there.

"thank you so much for your help." this was directed at both men, but only the butcher responded with a "you're welcome" while the other man just nodded at you, before taking his purchase and leaving the store. what a strange man.

this is how you guys started to see each other at least once a month at the same butcher shop/supermarket. he had introduced himself to you as ghost before telling you that you could call him simon. he was actually a kinda funny guy. easy to misunderstand his jokes if you dwell on it too long, but also easy to laugh at if you share the same sense of dry humor. he didn't have much to say at first, cracking jokes at the wrong times, but other than that, there was nothing else for him to say.

i feel like ghost doesn't stop yapping around people that he's comfortable with. like he talks about everything and nothing at the same time. this is how you came to find out that he was in the military, he has family but they're the men from his task force, he travels for work often, and knows every dad joke to ever exist. he's a simple man.

he thrives on routine and familiarity. he makes it a habit to meet you once or twice a month at the shops, go grab a coffee -tea for him- and have a good conversation before going about his day. you ask for his number so you can communicate with him outside of your mini meet-ups and he agrees. now you send whatever meme made you laugh that day and a picture of what you were doing, and he sends you a joke of the day and picture of what he was doing.

he liked getting your cute selfies showing your outfit of the day, or the puzzle you finally completed after losing a piece a month ago, or his personal favorite pictures of you cuddled up with your cat pawl.

i feel like simon is a dog person outwardly, but he didn't realize how much he actually liked cats because he never had one growing up. so seeing you all cozy and pretty with your cat trying to escape your kiss, simon felt like he finally had something to look forward to. now he wanted you to see him for him.

when you walk into the shop, you're expecting simon to be waiting at the counter like he always did, chatting it up with his butcher friend. but instead, you see a blonde man with a black medical mask on talking to the butcher. maybe he's just late.

you walk to your normal spot to wait when the man turns to you and speaks. "how ya doin' today, love?" it startled you. who is this man and why is his voice familiar and why is he so attractive. "who the hell are you?" you couldn't help the confusion on your face; why is he talking to you. he just laughs and laughs, obviously finding your confusion hilarious.

"what did baby corn say to mama corn?" you were more confused. who's baby and mama corn? "go on," you encourage.

"where's pop corn?" this set you off. laughing louder than you probably should. "simon, how are you, darling?" you both had endearing names for each other even though you were just friends. it just came naturally.

"hungry. wanna stop at this one diner i know? they have amazing burgers."

that's how you find yourself eating a cheeseburger with simon who has taken his mask off by now. he was a very attractive man, not that you doubted it before. sharp square shaped jawline, crooked nose from being broken too many times, beautiful honey brown eyes contrasted by his long blonde lashes. he had a mole on the side of his nose, and scars on his face but they only added to his ruggedness; his attractiveness.. it didn't help that he was 6"4 with big strong arms, nice sized pecs, and on the rare occasion he would send you a mirror selfie without a hoodie on, you could see through his shirt that he had a nice soft belly. (my personal favorite build)

you were glad he was comfortable enough with you to be willingly vulnerable with you. maybe this relationship could escalate so much more.

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should i make more parts to this? i already have a few ideas.

[seaweedbraens]

What was education like for the demigods? With Percy on the run since he was 12, how did he go to school? Did Annabeth arrange for online school for the kids in the Bunkers?

LMFAOOOO they all got on zoom every day and learned their abcs and 123s

anyway the way i see it, most of them can read and write but that's about it - dyslexia fucks shit up anyway and they dont need to read english for anything more important than signboards and food labels when theyre on a quest or supply run.

HOWEVERRR since theyre bascially quite literate in greek/latin, they are still smart, you know? bunker six is basically a library full of all kinds of books hoarded over the years in book greek and english, and older demigods made it a point to teach the younger ones, tell them stories of their own history. every demigod knows their own lore, because in their world, who knows which myth might come true next?

with almost everyone on shift for supply runs, they catch glimpses of current events but they're obviously not well-versed, other than leo, who stole phones just to keep up with memes, and a bunch of aphrodite kids, who would grab those trashy magazines from supermarkets for a dose of some celebrity gossip.

basically, it's like they've been homeschooled but only in specific subjects, if that makes sense. any kind of greek/roman history? they're like experts. greek literature? they've read the iliad. but shakespeare? nada. geography? veery specific. they know a lot of it because they've traversed it firsthand, and they're good at directions, they know to use a compass. children of demeter know a lot about crops and soil and farming techniques, but that's about it.

economics? zero. civics? worse. they can do basic maths - leo in particular is incredible at it, but most of the rest would balk at a quadratic equation. bunker 9 and 6 know physics the best, bunker 10 (aphrodite) knows their chemistry, and bunker 5 (ares) is surprisingly the best at biology - but that's mostly anatomy. they need to know every part of the body so that they can learn what hurts it, what part of an enemy to go for to immobilize them, what weak points people might have. most demigods also have a base understanding of zoology, though, since theyve got a lot of ancient aristotle-y books.

i didnt expect to have so much fun with this question - honestly the last part of this is me just popping off and saying what makes sense to me, but i'd love to know if anyone else has thoughts!!!

ty for the great question, anon!!!

[toraawa]

ive been a fan of yours for a while and i gotta say, i think you have the best grasp of yurisere/predatorshipping in the fandom. you actually take their characters into consideration and acknowledge their complexity as two stunted individuals who are very different but similar instead of diminishing them to memey single-trait characters. its amazing how many other other fans reduce serena to only "edgey mean girlboss" and yuri to only "nasty psycho" and then call any other version of the ship than constant hate fucking, backhanded affection and beating each other to a pulp "wrong". very tiring how only a handful of us dont like that to be the only thing they ever do

btw, your fics on ao3 are a godsend. judging by your stats im definitely not alone in loving how you write yurisere. thank you for doing the lords work. cant wait to see more updates

First of all, thank you for the high praise! It's the second time this week I've been told something similar, lol!

Though I will say anon, the rest sounds pretty charged towards something or someone particular in the fandom, so at the risk of aggravating some current stuff I don't know about...

Yeah. I agree. A lot. You pretty much summed up my thoughts perfectly.

"Edgy mean girlboss" and "nasty psycho" for Serena and Yuri respectively is... extremely accurate, lol, to the point where I kinda have to laugh bitterly for how pervasive it is. Like, I know they both got shafted hard by canon, but it's a bit annoying when so many people override Serena's multifacetedness to fit the girlboss mold and accuse Yuri of being one-dimensional. I'vs seen some even get strangely angry at the prospect of him not just being the sadistic plant guy. I just don't think him only being that is true. Then again, I'm a staunch defender of the assessment that most of Yuri's character is shown, not told.

Unfortunately, the fanon interpretation of characters overriding canon is something that happens in pretty much any fandom, so there's not much we can do but ignore it and find like-minded people. It's super annoying, but it can't be helped. There's also a broader phenomenon of prioritizing tropes and meme-y dynamics over actually appealing characters, so there's that too.

Since we're all waiting for more canon interaction, I'm definitely in the minority in that I don't think Yuri and Serena's interactions in Duel Links will be a pure hostility fest the entire time. I've also gotten accusations over the years that my Yurisere writing is objectively "wrong" for a plethora of reasons, many of which you stated above, so... there's THAT, too.

At the same time though, that isn't to say Yuri and Serena would never fight or bicker or even be mean to each other — I never expect them to be completely nice and friendly to each other right off the bat. And people are free to write and draw whatever they want — I want to express my disagreement and only that here — so if I don't like it, I ignore it. The people who don't fall into fanon have a much more appealing, deep, and romance-forgiving interpretation of yurisere to me, so I just focus on that!

Anyway, thank you once again for being a fan of my writing! I'm honestly surprised at the following for my current fics on ao3. The Arc-V tag doesn't get much engagement despite being updated every day. It's always great to know there are others who enjoy and share my idea of Yurisere, so to anyone lurking: don't be afraid to reach out!

[sweet-hibiscus-mouthwash]

“ Useless ray of goddamn sunshine ”

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I use he/him pronouns. I’m not from any particular canon divergence from what I know. I’m literally just some guy!

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[lemonhemlock]

so, i'm going through your anti team black tag and living my best life, but one post in particular that you made got me thinking.

“george made damn sure rhaenyra’s bloodline sat on the throne at the end bc, if the hightowers won, house targaryen would have been reformed, and he couldn’t kill them all off at the end of the main series”

i'm pretty sure this might've just been a joke, but it makes me curious. do you think something like a targaryen reformation would be possible, hypothetically speaking? i certainly wouldn't mind it in a "greens win" AU scenario, but that's just me. i wanna know if anyone else sees potential in this. 💚💚💚

Hello, yes, this was mostly a joke, as it happens. 😅 (anon is referring to this post) To introduce another lengthy parenthesis, I remember at the time that some of the reactions to that post were in the range for "why doesn't anyone understand that the Hightowers are also feudal lords vying for their own interests and not some great reformists out to save Westeros", which... Listen. 😄 To put equitably, this fandom has a considerable issue with knowing when to level criticism and when to just treat banter as lighthearted horsing around and not take it too seriously. Something which even I'm not exempt from, I don't think. 🤷‍♀️

So, in the interest of making a meme, that post was kind of half-true in that it simplified a more nuanced concept (that was never an avenue that the author decided to explore anyway) for the sake of humour. I have, in the past, detailed my thoughts on House Hightower and what I think is their role in the wider narrative. This is based on the information we have on them presently. If I'm wrong, then I'm wrong. Who knows, maybe Lord Leyton and Melara plan on blowing Oldtown up for shits and giggles. We don't have to guess everything correctly - another aspect this community struggles with in their fandom wars and obsession with having the most correct, morally pure take.

Regardless, yes, the Hightowers obviously are a privileged family at the top of the social food chain, benefitting from the exploitation awarded by feudalism - a political-economic system based on vast inequality. Therefore, any type of reform they might be willing to undertake will be limited and not really something that significantly changes the status-quo. Just like the beloved, fan-favourite, and mostly confirmed "winners" - the Starks. A third element that our fandom has trouble accepting is the concept of incremental change. I feel like it would basically be a truism to point out that incremental change has been the most reliable vector of socio-economic evolution throughout human history. So, bad news for them, I suppose, but any superficial study of history will reveal that feudalism hardly collapsed overnight. Which leads us back to the idea that any small change, no matter how limited, does matter in the long run, because, as time passes, it will be compounded with another small change and so on.

Anyway, coming back to the question. Would Targaryen reformation be possible? Certainly! GRRM could have made up any story he wanted. Anything is possible if you plan for it and it makes sense within your worldbuilding. As it stands, the Targaryens are foreigners with a questionable culture, hailing from a land that used to engage in practices that even the feudal Westerosi found backwards, distasteful, barbaric or immoral: slavery, human sacrifice, incest, great feats of violence such as pillaging and conquering neighbouring lands for the sake of feeding their population to their volcano gods etc. The Targaryens also have fire-breathing monsters that, while not exactly enough all the time to prevent any rebellions from happening, are weapons that no one else has access to and that can cause a great deal of damage that no one else can replicate.

So, in order to "reform" and integrate, they would need to renounce all that. They would need to do it the traditional way. They do some of the work, but never go all the way. They accept the main religion of the land, but they don't let go of inter-marrying, because they don't want to lose their access to dragons. There are attempts to integrate, but, by the time of the events of the main series, they have returned to incest. Funnily enough, Aegon V plays a role in both - he marries outside of the family and has no dragons left, but his succeeding son and daughter marry each other and, eventually, Aegon decides that bringing back dragons is not such a bad idea after all. I do think that the symbolic weight of Daenerys having both her parents and her grandparents as brother-sister sets is laying the "dragon blood" metaphor thick - and that it holds more magical weight than any mathematical calculation of her actual watered-down Targaryen DNA.

In any such scenario where GRRM decided to go down a Targaryen reformation path, IMO it would have been thematically-relevant to ease into it via a marriage alliance with one of the oldest families in Westeros - a well-respected, rich house that also has close links to both the only centre of higher education and the main religious organization in the land. Hence the meme. :) But it doesn't last and the Targaryens go back to their dastardly ways eventually, that's the point of them in the story, because the author chose it to be the point.

[emelinstriker]

I love how all the asks just blew up with Azure's release, this is funny to me. Meanwhile, I'm still planning my wedding to Wukong and Macaque-

Now, because you're focusing so much on Azure, I don't expect a response to this right away, but here's more brain dump about the wedding details.

So I looked more into polyamorous weddings and found out that they are not legal. It's not legal in many places! Of course, not legal in many places does not mean all places, and therefore I discovered that a man can marry multiple women but a woman can't marry multiple men. However, with further research, I discovered that Africa and Asia are both places where it is legal to marry any type of polyamory and given Wukong and Macaque are technically Chinese, it works! Therefore, if we aren't already in China, We need to jump on the Mink Express and yes, I will have Mink turn into a train for this. Why Mink and why a train, you ask? ... ... Anyways, if we go to China then everything's legal and right and such. But what if we want to marry somewhere specific? That would mean we can only legally marry one with works anyways and I would marry Macaque first so he would legally be our husband. The marriage with Wukong would not be legal and would just be a ceremony announcing the next step of our relationship.

But after all that research, I remembered that the Champions and by extent the Readers care not for the legalities so ignore literally everything I just said. Let's get to the fun stuff, little situations I imagined!:

The cake wouldn't be a normal wedding cake, but fruit cake to better appease to the monkeys taste buds! I imagine it would look like a normal cake but have, like chunks of peach in it or even slices of peach on each layer. I feel like Nezha would convince Red Son to add certain designs and just overall help with the design of the cake. Still don't know how to epxplain my thought process there though......

With the release of Azure, I decided that he would try to take most of the planning off of our shoulders, orchestrating the whole thing according to whatever we wanted. If there was something we wanted and couldn't have for some reason, never fear! He'll fix that up with a stern talking to which might result in him bringing home lunch for the other Champions, if you know what I mean. He would also definitely walk the Reader down the aisle with his little bottom fanged smile!

For you, #1 Oracle Fan Anon, we'll invite the Oracle to the wedding and they'll chill in the back with his colleagues/friends. (sorry if I got any of the wrong, I haven't looked to deep into the Oracle's lore) The Oracle would probably leave as soon as possible unless convinced otherwise by this colleagues/friends.

We would also invite the Wukong, Macaque, and MK (and Red Son?) from the neighboring AU, "The King and his Cub" by theweepingegg. TKC Macaque would be bitter about the whole thing, but I think TKC Wukong would also be another man of honor with ESAU MK. And TKC MK would pull some wacky hijinks with TKC Red Son.

And Mink, how could I have almost forgotten him?! (I think it's because I secretly hold a grudge against him for being too Jax-core. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I don't really like Jax for being Sans-core so this is all giving me major deja-vu) Mink would do the minimal amount of effort into helping but he would get us a gift. A colander in particular. Nothing else. When we open it, he would hold up a finger, signalling to give him a moment, sit in the colander for a brief period of time, then melt out of it and disappear of the rest of the night. Again, I can't explain my thought process here.

The fact that this meme works in not just in a literal, but also a metaphorical sense tho-

But yasss I love those ideas fhgnfhgffghfngh I find it funny though how you did research on poly marriages and just threw it right out the window cuz we ain't goin' with standard weddings up in here fhgnfhgnhfg

[notoriouseliterp]

Hello, lovely members!

This is going to be quite a long admin note as there are a few points we’d like to touch on. But before we dive into that, I’d like to start by saying how amazing you all are in so many ways. The group has been open for a little over a month now and we couldn’t be happier about how things are going and how smoothly everything is running. There have been no major issues and we can’t thank you all enough for continuing to show up and write together. Thank you. We admins truly appreciate you all.

With that said, there are a few things that we must enforce right now for the sake of the group.

Please remember that trigger tags are important and are not mandatory! It’s understandable that we might forget from time to time and that’s okay. However, we kindly invite everyone to visit the trigger page here and ensure that you are tagging your posts appropriately when necessary.

Don’t be afraid to reach out to muns you haven’t talked to before, especially if you have an idea you’d like to explore. We understand that this can be tricky, especially for those who are shy or anxious about initiating contact. However, remember that we are all part of a group because we want to be part of a group, of a community where we can create new connections and write with more than one person. I assure you, everyone here is more than happy to plot and develop their muses further So take the leap and give it a try. If you ever feel ignored or uncomfortable with a particular mun, don't hesitate to message us on the main. We’re always here to listen and help in any way we can. This a general reminder for everyone to also be proactive in coming up with ideas for plotting/connections and to at least provide each other with something to work with. Which leads me to the next point...

Replies: Make sure to give the other person something to work with. Ask yourself if your reply is something you would find easy to respond to; if not, develop it a bit more, ask questions, find common ground between the two muses interacting. This isn't an issue per se, as everyone has their own writing style, but it's a good reminder to always put effort into your replies, even if the muses aren’t directly connected in any way. We’re not saying long replies are the only way—absolutely not—that’s not the point at all. But everybody need to give the other person something to respond to, or else the conversation will die early on.

Last but not least, memes. we’ve had three memes so far and have encountered the same issue each time: not everyone is sending asks to others. While Tumblr can sometimes eat asks, it’s unlikely that more than half of them are getting lost. We know it can be a lot of work to send asks to 30+ celebs, but everyone is here to have fun, and it’s not fair to those who put in the effort to not receive as many as they expect and deserve. The rules are simple: if you reblog a meme with multiple muses, you must send an ask for each muse you’ve reblogged with. Make sure to go back and send asks to those who reblogged after you, every day until the meme ends. If you can’t be around right in that moment to do the meme, wait to reply until you’re actually available, or at least make sure you have enough time to send in questions before reblogging. We hate to do this, but this is an issue we can’t ignore. For the next meme, we’ll do a test and ask everyone to send asks off-anon. In the meantime, the current meme is still on-going, so we kindly ask those who didn’t send questions to everybody, to do so.

I’ll wrap up this note by saying once again that we love you all. If you have any doubts or questions, please don’t hesitate to ask, and we’ll be happy to clarify.

[misswoozi]

ASK GAMES 🌺

Wanna get some discourse up and running but don't know where to start? Let's play a game! Choose an anon emoji/nickname and come talk to me! (please check my pinned post for rules and idols I write for!)

🍊 send me 5-7 idols + a NSFW parameter and I’ll rank them (ex. “biggest dick” or “loudest in bed”)

🍇 pick a kink, AU, topic, random word, etc. and ask me which idols I associate with it (ex. beach sex or Fairy Type Pokémon or arcade dates)

🍉 give me a headcanon + a group and I'll tell you which ship it fits best (ex. "Twice + Person A/Person B are dating secretly and only Person C knows about it")

🍋 send me a group + a superlative and I’ll tell you which ship it fits (ex. “ATEEZ + loudest ship” or “Day6 + most likely to hook up in a dressing room”)

🍏 send me a 'would you rather' but about a particular idol (ex. "would Umji rather have a long-term girlfriend or a FWB situation?" or "would Seungcheol rather have a dominant male partner or a subby male partner?")

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[psychewritesbs]

Food for thought but here's an interesting video about the psychology of the trinity and I'm curious as to what your thoughts on this and how Gege might be applying this in JJK considering the concept of threes is arguably prevalent in the series.

https://youtu.be/LAR6FPBPbmA?si=61IoNkA2M7w8dPIb

ohoho anon. I even made a little diagram about it that I just absolutely have to share because the brainrot was so good.

This is the thing, maybe this amounts to something, maybe it doesn't, but these are the things my nerdy brain lives for in jjk. ESPECIALLY because they show Gege's level of metaphorical thinking.

I remember this one time this jjk anti told me "I am sure Gege does his research, but jjk is not that deep". Bro... this isn't research, this is deep understanding of the dynamics of the psyche.

Anyways, Analytical Psychology in jjk under the cut'o.

In fact... MBTI anon, this one might be for you... I'd be curious to read your thoughts.

God I missed using that meme.

First things first. Max Derrat! YES. I've only seen a few of his videos, but what I've seen has always been very, very interesting stuff. Guess how I found him?

Dun dun dun...

Jacob's Ladder.

I WILL NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT THIS MOVIE.

So, anyone reading this, go watch the movie and the yt video shared by anon if interested. The movie is a mindfuck, my favorite kind.

About the video...

TLDW; Max basically talks about why the number 3 is considered a sacred number in numerology. For example, Max argues that we often see Gods that come in triads (i.e. Zeus and his brothers Neptune and Hades), but argues that 4 is actually a number of wholeness.

I had rambled about numerology and the significance of 3 and 4 before here. But here's the text again (context: mind = body = soul in jjk as representing the 3 major clans):

Thing is, we are ideally meant to think of it as if this holy trinity (3) makes up one whole together (4). This "whole" is called the Self in Jungian terms, and it is thought to be the entirety of our existence (mind (includes the shadow) + body + soul). Also, from a numerology and esoteric standpoint, you also want to consider that four (the Self) symbolizes stability and order, where three (mind + body + soul) is harmonious but not balanced.

But I really like that Max brought up the Kabbalistic tree of life for his example of why 4 = wholeness. I'm not going to go into all that tho. Suffice it to say he brings up Jung's Answer to Job, which I have not finished reading, but I understand the book is basically Jung rambling about why God is basically an asshole.

Don't quote me on this.

Part of the conclusion that Jung came to is that if God (1) represents "good" then he is not omnipotent because there is an opposite energy to "good", and that is "evil", or Satan (2).

Now, Max talks about how the Holy Trinity (3) represents aspects of God (or something like that), but that Satan, who is on an equal level as God (because good vs evil are opposing energies), got pushed into the shadow (4).

Again, Max does a much better job at explaining how this works, but the whole thing totally reminded me of Jungian typology.

Excuse the chicken scratch.

In the diagram above, you can replace mind (spirit), body (the son), soul (the Father) and (?) with one of the functions from the MBTI.

Mind you, I haven't studied Jungian typology in depth, and I am totally not well-versed on MBTI typology. But the gist of it is that there's 4 functions thinking, feeling, sensation, and intuition. For one reason or another, one becomes dominant, two support the dominant one, and a 4th one is underdeveloped or pushed into the shadow.

You see the pattern?

This is where we come to jjk and the one who might "emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness. [And] purify that which is impure."

Jujutsu Kaisen

Now. I don't have the most coherent thoughts on the topic tbh. Everything is kind of a bunch of ideas floating around that I'm having a hard time grounding.

But I think of particular interest is the idea of the bath's goal being "being near evil."

But in the original Japanese text, the kanji Ura Ume uses is the kanji for devil/demon, not evil. You know, the function that got pushed into the shadow.

魔

So there's defo something here pointing at the need for wholeness and for bringing the contents of the shadow into consciousness in order to achieve said wholeness.

And what is in the deepest depths of the shadow? The devil himself. Your own worst enemy.

If you haven't already, I recommend you read Ant's meta of Megumi's character (hi Ant). Of particular interest to this whole ramble, is the idea that at the core of individuation, Megumi is being tasked with merging with his shadow and how that has greater implications...

God I love Jujutsu Kaisen...

Anon. THANKS for this ask. I am spoiled with brainrot inducing asks and I am very grateful for it.

[inkforhumanhands]

Hi! Okay, this is a really, really stupid-ass question, but I see people doing it a lot and I'm actually curious, but I'm too embarrassed to come off anon (sorry, rip me). I saw your comment on OTNF and it started with like, "HELLOOOO??" and I wanted to ask: is that based on a meme? (Yes, I'm actually asking, I'm clueless and have no idea). Or is just some kinda nice internet verbiage that just osmosed into the greater internet over time? Or do you not really know where it started?

I swear this is a serious question.

Well, anon, somehow you have actually come to (somewhat) the right place, as I am a sociolinguist lmao. That said, I haven't ever researched or thought about this particular usage before (also my specialty is in Japanese and second language interaction, not English, though I do have a paper on "welp" used in face-to-face talk coming...), so a lot of this is going to be an informed guess. But anyway, I don't think this usage of hello came from a meme, and I don't actually think it originated on the internet either, though I think certain criteria for its usage are more likely to be met in online spaces, for reasons I'll get into below.

I don't know if you're a first or second+ speaker of English, but a very similar usage of hello can be found in face-to-face interaction as well. This is a made-up example so take that with a grain of salt, but I've definitely heard it used/used it myself this way before. Let's say you're in a situation where you think your opinion is obvious, but some other people (who are not privy to the current conversation) hold an opposing opinion. You might say something like: "Are you kidding me? Like, hello, her dress was amazing!" (In this case, everyone else would have been making fun of this imaginary woman's fashion choices.) As you might be able to infer, this usage of hello exploits its usual "greeting" meaning to give off the sense that a bunch of people are missing something so obvious that you need to bring their attention to it (i.e. you get their attention with a greeting, which demands a response).

So now if we look at my usage of "Hello???" we'll actually find the same principles at work. Here it's used as a marker of surprise. As in "Hello, is anyone else seeing this? Am I alone here?" Just as in the "like hello" example, it's used to rhetorically grab attention to something, in this case something that you've just seen/learned, and treats that something as something that others have not yet gotten on the same page with you about, or is otherwise so surprising it demands (or invites) a response from others so they can join you in your surprise.

Anyway, I think the reason you might be more likely to stumble upon this second usage of hello on the internet is because often when we make posts on social media, we are (1) not actually currently in a conversation, which makes attention grabbing that also serves as in invitation to talk somewhat more of a priority, and (2) often a lot of what we do in online spaces is react to news (in the general sense of knowledge new to us).

I hope that helps!

[hero-israel]

It’s really a shame so many of us come onto this account as anons because we don’t want to get cancelled. There’s so many interesting people talking here and I really wish I could talk with and get to know them.

I wasn't gonna be the one to say that, but, yeah, for the past month or so I've been getting a ton of anon asks per day (which I'm fine with, obv) and the voices seem distinct. I sometimes wonder what things would have been like if I hadn't kept this a purely Jewish-issues blog, if it had focused from the start on broader politics / social justice / science / memes. If you try to cover everything, what gets overlooked? It is understandable that if someone has built their online persona around a specific fandom or discourse, maybe for years, and then wants to call out antisemitism when it spreads there, they could face more pushback and harassment than they are used to or should ever have to deal with.

On a related note, I am truly moved by the replies and reblog notes on this post in particular, with the sense that so many Israelis and Jews just want to be heard and not pre-condemned on yet another social network. If anything I write has given anyone else comfort or food for thought, it was worth it.

[systorytimes]

If okay, 🪻🪡 can be our anon tag.

We're a system who has experiences that may be out of the 'norm due to many things'. Even our discovery of our system (or at least accepting it) was different compared to others.

Our system discovery started due to blackouts happening and occurring more instead of the grayouts we experienced, the blackouts as you can can guess occurring due to a traumatic and stressful situation.

During the blackouts I the host at the time would vent and talk to my closest friend as Sonic the Hedgehog. As you can guess, that wasn't actually me. It was an Introject of the hedgehog. Though I would to my friend go, "Aha, it's my Sonic kin, memory problems exist as a kin. :D" multiple times.

This would lead to that Introject being like, "Hey, stop that" and even talked to my friend about us being multiple.

Which lead to an awkward conversation between my friend and I whenever i fronted again.

And an even more awkward situation whenever I was claiming it was just fictionkin stuff WHILE he was in front with my friend going, "Yeeeah." as the samw time I was in a way panicking when HE STRIAGHT UP SEND MEMES ABOUT CDD HOSTS BEING IN DENIAL.

So as you can guess, the start was rather messy, though we thankfully had me basically chill out. Though that isn't to say that I didn't had more panicking moments due to realizing and learning more things.

So uh. Thank you Sonic the Hedgehog.

- 🪻🪡

That's a very interesting discovery experience

I don't think there's a "norm" for how accepting and discovery of your system should be as everybody experience different, and also because I've never heard of "a norm" for certain kind of experiences within your CDD

Fictionkin and in general otherkinity being confused with the CDD experience is something that I have seen very frequently, including with me, that's why better information of both sides can be very helpful for systems who claim they're otherkin but really are systems

But I'm happy you managed to accept it and come to terms, tho it was from a very particular way, thx Sonic :D

[miasanmuller]

How different was liveblogging back then from now? i thought it was a largely unmodified activity ie ranting about a match/player, memes etc.. ? gen question !

Oh my sweet sweet anon... I don't think I can accurately describe what being part of footyblr in the immediate aftermath of the 2014 WC was like. Liveblogging hasn't changed much in these 10 years, that's true, but there's a distinct atmosphere nowadays, at least for me.

I may be wrong, but I do have the impression the average fanbase was a bit younger back then (I was 20 and I remember feeling a bit 'old'), which in turns means we all felt a bit more... free to be silly, and stupid, and post nonsense. You also have to understand how tumblr worked in the early 2010s, and if you don't, just look up for a classic SuperWhoLock shitpost from that time and you'll get the feeling. Footyblr in 2013-15 was an amalgam of the usual tumblr experience from the time with football banter. I remember people creating fan slides like "Introduction to Bayern München" with each slide dedicated to explaining a particular player through stupid catchphrases and memes, fanfiction floating around everywhere, people taking silly meme formats from that time and mashing them together with football slander. Everything we did and wrote and shared would be deemed "cringe" by nowadays standards.

And yet we were much more free to truly express ourselves. Back then we understood unconciously that football fandom is just... fandom. We understood we weren't better than TV Shows fandoms or band fandoms. We didn't take it that serious and even though we definetely had our hated players and teams (and that part we took very, very serious) I do have the feeling it was... funnier. And lighter. And less important. Not to say everything was rainbows and butterflies because some people used to be unbearable, but in the end we were just all a bunch of teenagers and YAs talking shit on the internet and nobody took it like it was rocket science as some people do nowadays.

Also it was way crowded. There used to fandoms of virtually every single team. Though there still may be - It's likely that I just don't follow enough people anymore.

[grusinskayas]

sorry to be nosey but I wasn't on old hollywood tumblr in 2013 what happened 👀

aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh i mean it was 2013 tumblr lol filled with Very Enthusiastic borderline obnoxious teenagers but who happened to love old hollywood films very much. it was a very very active community back then where everyone had their Faves and stuff lol and shit went down hilariously sometimes, people would get anon hate for liking an actor or whatever, i have clear memories of people with james dean icons getting loaaaaaaaaads of anon hate bashing james dean because "he only made 3 films, he sucks" lmaoo and another person getting hate calling them a traitor because "they used to love doris day but now they only care about carole lombard". i remember one particular incident where people started making edits and memes of male actors in swimsuits, so like they'd get a picture of a model in a swimsuit or a bikini and then put fred astaire's and cary grant's and etc face in it and it became such a huge thing involving so many people of the community that it became an actual Event that had a Name (which i obviously don't remember anymore) for it. but then the next day i remember some people made a HUGE deal out of it because the Swimsuit Event had taken place on vivien's death anniversary and apparently that was very disrespectful (???????????) so they'd be like "yeah no i didn't participate because of vivien 💅💅". so anyway. nothing major happened you know just the epic highs and lows of high school football. it was definitely A Time to be here tho lmao and i remember making a lot of friends and it helped establish my love for old hollywood films but yeah i wouldn't go back to it especially not now that i'm not 13 anymore lol

[snifekinner]

pls do amecan bros for the siblings memee ?

i actually already did here! so im gonna go rogue and do swenor because i want to.

if you would like to request another anon then please do!

who hogs the game consoles?

sweden hogs every electronic device. nor doesn't care that much, there's literally no point going against swe when he's in video game mode. unless you're denmark (stupid) or finland (only person who can beat swe in a 1v1, by a mile and to the point it's humiliating.)

who usually causes the fights?

this is a tricky one. norway thinks sweden starts them by being controlling. sweden thinks norway starts them by being petty. nor is absolutely petty, he loves to get one up on swe whenever he can. sometimes that's because swe is kinda anal and demands everything be done a particular way. when those parts of their personalities clash, there's fights.

who steals the others' clothes?

repeating myself: norway steals everyone's clothes. probably he steals sweden's a lot especially because they're always reliably clean. i think nor steals swe's clothes second only to denmark's, who uses a nicer laundry detergent but is less likely to have washed his stuff.

who eats all the good snacks before the other can get any?

sweden is the youngest child and he is the snack eater. he always says he's going to replace it but he never does.

which one gets the top bunk or bottom bunk?

sweden goes bottom bunk because he's Large and wont really survive on a top bunk. ideally though they don't share a room because they will kill each other.

who speaks up when the other asked for no pickles?

neither of them. they just eat the pickles in silence, making eye contact and acknowledging how pathetic they both are.

which one likes to go into the other's room, fart, and immediately leave?

lmao swe. im not explaining this one it's just funny.

which one bails the other out of jail?

ngl they're both too smart to end up in jail. they don't have that impulsive gene. they both get together to bail out denmark.

which one won't stop repeating an embarrassing story about their sibling as a child?

norway. sweden was an obnoxious child and nor loves bringing it up. sweden definitely has a few tales he could tell but he's such a crap storyteller he knows he could never make it work.

who do they each think the favourite child is?

they both know its denmark

thanks for the ask and please feel free to send me another since i didnt actually write anything for you <3