#because it happens again and again

[ihateliterature]

Being an aromantic shipper is so weird because on one side I enjoy shipping in the way that I like porn, fanart and crack but because I am aro I don't get particularly attached to any of them (I've always described myself as a shipping racoon, I'll literally take everything I am given). What I get attached to tho, are my queerplatonic ships, which means that not only do I have much less content then alloro shippers (as in, ppl who ship characters as alloro) but I also have to carefully isolate myself from the rest of the fandom because depending on the people you are finding you can get death threats either for being homophobic (read: not interpreting a popular ship as gay) or for pushing the gay agenda (read: not interpreting a popular ship as straight). So you just have to stay in a limbo, making stuff for yourself and the other 5 aros you know in the fandom and praying none of the camps find you

You end up in situations where you have to unfollow people you really like and admire because as soon as the opportunity arises they will throw people like you under the bus just to promote their ship. They disregard and downright insult people who revel in some ambiguity, in characters being close with no romantic labels attached to them, because more representation for us means less shipping opportunity for them. And it hurts a bit, especially looking at the limited range of canon aspec characters, to see people very consciously insulting and throwing you away just so they can draw two characters kissing each other with no moral complications. But there is nothing you can do, because you understand them partially, their insatiable hunger for representation, you just wished they understood and honored yours too

[mroddmod]

they are like puppies. 2 me

[wishfulsketching]

Ambessa would make Vander more protective over the Lanes and she would also not shut about crushing Piltover with her help, how could Silco resist that?? Giant, muscular people arguing about revolution/kicking Pilties in the face? Oof, Silco, you are done for.

[noodles-and-tea]

Returning home

[blueskittlesart]

i hope everyone in nintendo’s management department dies and goes to hell no matter what and i’m not kidding

[pangur-and-grim]

alright…….not to be the constant announcer of bad news………but a second FIP cat may have hit the towers.

it’s not contagious, but the virus that causes it is. the feline coronavirus has to independently mutate in every cat in enters in order to become FIP, and there’s a low chance of that happening. but low chances are my speciality this year! they’re shaving Grim’s belly and tapping it now to see if it’s straw-coloured fluid making it so round and tight, or whether shes just a gassy granny again. if they can’t find fluid, the next step is a blood test to see if her globulin values indicate FIP. if that’s negative then……we all just chill and take a deep breath, and no cats ever get sick again!

[xandrikart]

[trek-tracks]

Me when a new Star Trek series makes a reference to Kirk and Spock but leaves out Bones

[arcanegifs]

Arcanegifs' Arcane Season 2 (2024) Character Poll 2nd Place: Caitlyn Kiramman ↳ "I am a decorated officer. Leader of House Kiramman. Address me with respect, or keep your mouth shut."

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

[mischieviem]

More ouaw stuff because I am 50 episodes in and losing sleep

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Donna Noble really got in the TARDIS and on trip number ONE like ONLY the FIRST trip she was like we are going to change history to save a single family because that is how it should work so that is how it does and then on trip number TWO on the SECOND trip she was like we are going to destroy an entire culture of slavery because it is right I don't care if we're two people and then on the THIRD trip she was like I am going to be unbelievably brave to save my home and everyone I love and then on the FOURTH trip she was like no living breathing thinking creature is less than a person and how dare you try to dehumanise someone like that how dare you not give her a name and the list GOES ON this woman NEVER MISSED there goes one of the kindest bravest most constant women you might ever meet and she's a temp from Chiswick

[mochasucculent]

Quick 2 am pose studies yaaaay

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

[scapegods]

neither of them are thinking about makeup rn

[blueskittlesart]

zl wedding (again)