#but its fine because we're all about the vibes on this blog

[isdalinarhot]

on the state of kholin haterism on tumblr

this is gonna be a long one, so bear with me.

one thing i think that has changed in the tumblr fandom in the three years that ive been in it is that the culture in 2021 was ALSO at a largely anti-Kholin sentiment, but there were two key differences.

the first is that most people making critiques of such characters would use the tag #kholin critical, which was useful either if you were sensitive to criticism of one of the kholins for whatever reason AND if you wanted to read analysis of some of their faults by many different users under one tag.

the second is that said kholin critical criticisms were... less stupid? like a lot of it was talking about reddit fandom hypocrisy where dalinar was held up as righteous and badass and could do no wrong even though he had tons of personal and political faults that other characters (largely people who WERENT extremely powerful nobles) were demonized for. also a lot of stuff like "adolin is kaladins friend now but i dont think just categorizing it as simple enemies to besties is fair because adolin WAS being overtly racist to kaladin at the beginning there". a lot of discussion about how the Kholins treat darkeyes and characters of lower dahns where the bigotry there was being downplayed by fans in favor of the characters being painted both by fandom and in the universe of the books as Always Right All The Time. stuff like that.

that's not to say the whole kholin crit tag was all, like, stuff that isnt bullshit. people have been dunking on elhokar for being a whiny failking since the beginning of time. but the vibes were a lot different.

kholin critical kind of fell out of favor as a hashtag because most of us realized hey on a doylist level either the things we're criticizing the kholins for are purposeful character flaws that make for richer, more realistic, more engaging characters; or they're oversights from the moderate liberal Sanderson, in which case, why are we complaining about Dalinar doing this, when we should be complaining about Sanderson doing this. so this whole thing is stupid. and also by then the atmosphere on tumblr was way different, this was by and large the Moash Website and while people were haters about characters they did not put the hate in character tags so people largely avoided each others haterism. and there was peace for like a year and a half, i guess.

things are way different now. for context. i track the #dalinar kholin tag. so whenever my dash is dead im checking my tracked tags, and thus i see every original post about dalinar that someone decided to tag #dalinar kholin. and boy howdy, things have devolved. this used to be a chill experience for me, i'd see first time readers go OH MY GOD HE DID WHAT?????? during oathbringer and "[some philosophical shit dalinar said]" -brandon sanderson. follow for more inspiring book quotes" about three times a day, fanart once every couple weeks or so, stuff like that. but now a solid 75% of the posts in dalinars tag are like. hate. not literary criticism, but hate. sometimes about justified things, sometimes about unjustified things, but still, extremely negative.

in a bubble, that's fine. god knows ive been a hater on my blog before and ill be a hater on my blog again. and its not even like im opposed to reading well thought out criticism of my faves on any level because, like, dalinar is kind of a rat bastard! but like. listen. you don't put character hate in that character's tag. you don't do that. the people who are checking a character's tag are fans of that character and fandom is for fun. being a hater directly reaching out to the lovers for comment is rude as hell.

also a lot of the things people dislike about dalinar tie back to his neglectful fatherhood and his alcoholism which is, like, a thing i understand people would have strong negative feelings towards him for having because Neglectful Alcoholic Dad is like one of the top 10 kinds of abusive dads out there so lots of people have very visceral very personal experiences related to that. but when posting about this in any form whatsoever it feels like im having to go back to Treating Addicts Like Human Beings 101. like i feel like ive made a billion posts to the tune of "okay kids, you can do bad things while drunk and you are still responsible and you can also get drunk at inopportune times and you are still responsible, but the act of being addicted to alcohol does not make a character ontologically evil". and like thats. um. a personal thing but also oh my goodness.

i dont really have a conclusion to this. im just thinking goddamn its bleak out here right now.

[th-compl-x]

Hi! I hope your day is going well! I have a few questions, and I read it was ok to ask them, but please don't feel pressured to do so. And I apologize if any of them are rude. Where I live, nobody ever talks about stuff like DID/OSDD, so I'm rather clueless, haha

First, how exactly does having other people? Voices? Beings? In your head work? I don't doubt that they are real, but are they just vibing? Or, like, do you physically see them around you? If you hear them, does it make your head hurt? If you see them, does it overstimulate your eyes? Do any of you ever get lonely even if there are so so many of you?

What about your wife/significant other? Do you all sync up like some massive group chat (that's mostly a joke but also genuine curiosity)? Do all of you love each other or only some? Is it like some kinda super massive poly? Or are most of yall just friends? With a few loving each other?

Oh! Oh! And I heard a word called "fronting." What's that mean? Do some get to move around in your(?) body? If they look in the mirror, do they see the host? See themselves? What does it mean to be yourself if there are so many of you all the time? Oh wait, is that an uncomfortable question?

What if you eat a food one of you doesn't like?

I know what DID is (in theory, anyways, as you can see, I don't know a whole lot), but I've never heard OSDD. What's that mean?

How did you figure out they really were real? Did it just kinda click one day, or did you have to go on this big self discovery kinda thing?

Do you celebrate all their birthdays?

How do new ones show up? Do they just kinda bang down your mental door and go "Hey I exist here now!" Or is it a slow process? I know you mentioned that changing room thing, but do they have.. auditions??

Have you ever looked at a fictional character and knew immediately they would show up one day?

This is getting rather long, so I'll cut it short here with one last question. Your bio said you're 30. Are you uncomfortable with younger people on your blog? I'm not talking little kids, just like 18-20 year olds. If you are, I'll bounce without question! Figured that was an important question to ask if I was already spamming you with my makeshift game of 20 questions, haha.

Anyway, thank you for your time, and I'm sorry for taking so much of it! Remember to drink water and have a wonderful day!

Woah!! Okay—

WE LOVE THIS!!

But we're definitely going to answer this in numbered sections below so that it can be more easily broken up and understood. 👍👍

Excellent Ask, though! Love the gumption! 🥰

So, let's begin...

Our day is going very well! 😊 We have some exciting recipes to try today and looking forward to them! And don't worry about coming across as rude. With a preface like yours, I can only imagine every question is genuine, and I'll answer them as such. 👍 How're you?

The way it works for every individual with OSDD/DID is going to vary from person to person, so my experience is certainly not the standard! ESPECIALLY since I/we have OSDD, specifically, which is already in a pre-determined "other" state. With that said, I do hear them make commentary, but it took many years to reach that point. I often chalked it up to "imagination", but learned later that it wasn't how anyone's imagination works. I would also say that i dont see them physically around me (and I doubt anyone with OSDD/DID would, but I might be wrong about that), but its more like... when they're fronting, and I look at myself through my mind's eye, they are in that place instead of me, and sometimes looking in the mirror can be seriously jarring, because the face looking back isn't the one in my head atm. I hope that makes sense. 😅

For me, there's no overstimulation involved, though i know that those with ADHD or Autism, etc., can be overstimulated by their Systems sometimes. (My wife is actually one of those people, though it only happens occasionally.) For me, everything they do is perfectly fine, I can just get worn out if my personal energy levels are lower than the person who is out n' about. It's like if you're driving a car on low battery and haven't noticed... and I'm the car, haha! 😂 At some point, it's going to putter out and need a rest on the side of the road.

Sometimes, my boys (alters) will get lonely, but it's mostly when they haven't seen/heard from their friends, family, or partners that happen to be on my wife's side of the System equation, or vice-versa. This will usually result in she and I communicating that feeling of longing or unrest, and then we'll make sure to "send the message along" and the respective other will either step forward right then and there, or within the next 2-3 business days, haha 😅 Either way: Yes. Even with so many, a lot of them aren't exactly "friends", it's more like a town with residents that can recognize each other, but don't chat. Like if you see the same person sometimes when you're buying groceries... That doesn't make them your friend, they're just a recognized face in the crowd.

The "group chat" question is hysterical because we actually DO HAVE a discord server for when our boys dont exactly want to "front", but they want to chat with one another. Sometimes there are a lot of people, sometimes it's just one-on-one, but the way it works OUTSIDE of the internet is more like... a room full of guests: Like a party. People who know each other really well will say hello and catch up, give hugs, etc., while people who don't know each other very well will either just idle by or introduce themselves (depending on their willingness to socialize). It really is like a mulling around collection of people and interactions are as natural as a get-together.

When it comes to the polyamory question, my wife & I are actually in an open relationship and we've never been against the idea of a polyamorous arrangement, but we're personally not too involved with one-another's Alters. We're happy with each other as individuals, so that's kind of that. 😅 But! Some of our boys are in poly relationships with one another and really thrive in that environment. We have groups of 6 or 7 who all consider each other lovers and have different dynamics within the poly that are very healthy and loving, and some people who are strictly monogamous with their chosen partner and have no interest in such things. It's all about the individual! But, for me? I see my partner's Alters more as my friends and family than potential partners. I already have my own soulmate. 🥰

PS: Some of us actually really hate each other or just don't care, but the ones who hate each other are pretty funny to be around! Like, "Grab the popcorn! Lyney & Neuvillette are arguing again!" Haha —Sethos

Ah! "Fronting" means to take control of the body, basically. It's like, whoever is driving the car around is the one "fronting". There's also co-fronting when 2 (or more) people are sort of "in charge" of what's going on, whether that means physically or mentally, or working together as a team! Which, btw, is what happens with us 95% of the time. I'm always around, monitoring, making sure people are comfy and acting cordially, but they're the ones fully in control. They make their own decisions, use their own voice and vocabulary, take their own actions (like Phainon making Gyros yesterday!), and so on so forth. I might always have an eye on things, but I give them my complete trust to do as they wish.

"To be myself" is to have my own sense of self: personality, sense of style, speech, mannerisms, even down to how I sit or stand. It's the exact same way how you are you, VS how your mother is your mother, and your friend is your friend. Everyone in this System is themselves, we just kind of motor around in the same silly body. In truth, I don't even mentally see this body as what I look like, and I don't think I ever have, but I was the one born inside of it, so I see it as "me", mostly. It's complicated 😅 But to remain on-topic, we know we are ourselves because we are all different people, just standing in the same room, building, what have you. Etc.

Also, as a side note, it's crazy how much a person can change the body's physical structure. Like, there are times I've looked at my wife and can tell someone else is out because her cheekbones literally look different. But, it's not her cheekbones that're different, it's the muscles being held on top of them. There are times when certain people are out for a long time that I start getting headaches because they hold their jaw differently or just smile/frown more. My wife has said my EYES change! Like they'll look darker sometimes or hold more intensity depending on who is forward, and it's actually an insane experience to see the shift in real time, but very VERY cool! 😆

In truth, when it comes to food, clothes, media, or any other preferences, we all talk about it. In another post, I talked about how BDSM has helped me immensely with my System, and my main point was that BDSM taught me how integral both consent and conversation are to ANY relationship scenario, sexual or otherwise, and it's no different with my System. For example, my wife hates seafood, but she has headmates who love it. So, what do they do? They compromise. They talk it out and figure out a middle ground that is acceptable to both parties. In my case, my boys tend to like wearing things I wouldn't usually be comfortable with, but I decided I'd be okay trying it out. Low and behold! I actually like seeing myself in a crop-top now because Aether loves them, and I actually CAN pull them off, which i never thought I could! Today, we're gonna have some spicy food because Sethos wants it, even though I'm not great at handling it, because we've agreed it's fine. Conversations and consent: That's how it works! 😊👍

OSDD = Other Specified Dissociative Disorder. It's basically a condition where a person experiences significant dissociative symptoms that do not meet the full criteria for other dissociative disorders, such as DID (like the lack of amnesia i was talking about previously). I can only hope that makes sense! 😩🙏

It was a big self-discovery thing AND it clicked, haha 😅 It's like... I knew all this stuff about DID, but I didn't experience the amnesia, so I kinda thought I was just bonkers and/or extremely creative, but then I stumbled upon OSDD, specifically, and it... just made sense. Then I spent the next 5yrs being a silly goose (in denial) and didn't take the time I needed to REALLY explore the concept, until I decided I needed to figure out wtf was going on and did so. That's basically what landed us here, today! A years-long journey of self-reflection and discovery. So... both. 🤔

[Turns around and looks at calendar right behind her that currently has 7 birthdays written down on it] ....nope! No! Don't know what you mean by celebrating everyone's birthday! Pfffft— That would be bananas! Hahahaha! [Cue Tighnari going onto Amazon to look for a reasonable gift for his silly husband, Cyno] We never do that. 👀

The process of someone joining is..... both. It depends on the person. Phainon just kind of APPEARED recently, during our completion of the Amphoreus storyline, meanwhile Desire Melodis was a process that took months to get through! And it was weird, too, almost like feeling there was someone one step behind me all the time, just... lingering(?) But now he's completely settled in and even has two lovers! He was just an oddball about it. 🙄😩

The "changing room" idea is actually INCREDIBLY NEW to even ourselves! And people aren't being entirely forthcoming about it, so I'm just... debating quietly by myself and gauging reactions to that theory. So, I apologize, but I can't really answer that. 😅 It's a question I myself haven't yet solved!

"Have you ever looked at a character and—" YES. IT'S SO FRUSTRATING 😂😂😂 I looked at Mydei & Phainon, then looked at my wife, and I just said, "They're gonna come home in more ways than one, huh?" And she was like, "Yep." And I just GROANED!! hahaha 😅 but, I genuinely feel like this moreso has to do with 15 years (if not longer) of experience with myself and my System rather than anything else. Sometimes I'm wrong! Sometimes they don't show up, and I'm like, "Huh. Okay then!" And shrug it off. 🤷‍♀️ Sometimes, I get those that're TRULY unexpected, and I'm surprised! But not unwelcoming. (Like with Zeus, the little fucker—) But, no matter what, I approach each newcomer with love and acceptance. It's what anyone deserves!

And nope! I wouldn't even mind if you were a kid because kids need mentors in life. I actually think it's ridiculous - this mentality that adults and children should never talk to one another - because kids can't get 100% the guidance they need from their parents alone. That's 2 people. They need variety and safety from multiple sources, ESPECIALLY if the parents aren't exactly good people... So yeah, I'm absolutely 💯 okay with you spamming me! I don't mind at all, and actually encourage it! After all—

"We love your curiosity." ❤️💕

Thank you so much for the Ask, and I hope you have a wonderful day. 🥰

[genericpuff]

Idk if my addition will matter.

I've been following Hanza since back when they were making my deepest secret, so I've seen the development of the guy upstairs first hand and how hanza writes it. Even back in the concept stages, it was so blatantly clear that it was supposed to be a thriller/cat mouse vibe where Adam (killer) was horrible and not to be rooted for. They've compared him to irl serial killers and how those guys will often use women as shields to hide their true selves from the public and how that's messed up and bad to do.

They've shown Adam as a horrible irredeemable person and honestly there's little to no nuance with how they handle it, but that makes sense because how else can you handle an audience like what they've gotten without beating them over the head with the facts. How many ways can you outright show your main character despising and wanting to yank their best friend out of the jaws of a murderer before the audience realizes its not foreplay.

I think them going from an actual romance to a fully thriller non romantic story meant that the residual audience expected some kind of messy toxic romance, but Rozy to me has always explicitly read as Queer so idk why people aren't getting the hint.

I get their frustration and it seems like they might be shifting into a potiential issekai romance about a grandad and a middle aged woman who got reincarnated as his grandson's fiance (hard to explain but its hilarious if you want to check it out) without any thriller elements from their recent non comic posts. Whatever they do I hope they can find something to be passionate about again.

your addition VERY MUCH MATTERS actually because I don't read TGU and have very little context to the situation as a whole aside from what I've seen people talking about, which makes me reluctant to speak on it because I don't wanna go spreading misinformation in any regard. So I appreciate you taking the time to lay it all out for me, thank you!!! <3

And yeah, I've seen posts shared in the /r/webtoons sub from other blogs claiming that Hanza was being an awful person for "taking people's money" and "baiting them" into reading a dark romance story when that's very obviously not what it is? Even one excerpt that was literally like-

And I just... since when is any romance plotline that ISN'T abusive and problematic at its core (such as between a serial killer and a victim) considered "super conservative" and "pure"? It's really baffling to me how people have gone so far in the opposite direction of "purity culture" that they've started arguing on behalf of legitimately harmful and toxic relationships. It's extremely concerning especially when you know the majority of people saying this shit are between the ages of 16-21. IDK what the fuck we're doing anymore when it comes to the romance genre (and TGU isn't even a romance ffs).

Aaaand yeah in relation to where the Hanza topic came up, that's really why I'm moving away from WT as an audience and why I don't consider it a "loss" to not use WT anymore. Once upon a time I wished for Time Gate to be a contracted series, for it to have thousands of readers and be my job. But seeing what's going on with Hanza's work just informs me that I'd be dealing with a lot of the same shit - people expecting Uzuki and Mitsuhiro to be the endgame of the romance when they're literally NOT good for each other, which is the POINT. Like sure, unlike the main duo in TGU, they actually are a couple with a 'relationship' but it's not meant to be healthy and the last thing I need are 15 year olds thinking they're "couple goals". If you ship them in fanfic or w/e the fuck that's fine but please don't get mad at me when they don't wind up being the endgame couple, they're both terrible people and make each other worse when they're around each other (・_・;)

Either way yeah, I don't blame Hanza in the slightest for getting so frustrated with it all that they'd rather just be done with it. It sucks for the more loyal and sane part of their audience that the series is gonna be ripped out from under them like that, but at the end of the day if the creator is being harassed and decide they're done as a result of it... why should they have to keep putting up with bullshit just for a comic? I don't even blame Rachel if she was ending LO by choice due to the noise of the fandom, and unlike Rachel, I don't have anything in the slightest against Hanza or their work LOL But I also don't have the full picture on it all so maybe my opinion will change if I find out more about it. I just don't think any of this shit is worth directly harassing a human being over.

That said, can't get any better than someone who's read their work since before TGU, so again, thank you !

[minniganisms]

Introductions

Alright, fuck it. Ripping the bandaid off. But if i'm gonna do this, i'm gonna just go all-in the only way i know how.

Ever since figuring out that we're a system here, we've been largely trying to play detective; figure out who's who, where the lines are, what we do. We all see ourselves as our own people, but we're also well aware we're all kind of offshoots of the same person, but Minnigan, the owner of this blog, wasn't quite sure what to make of all of it. Their go-to in trying to understand anything is making lists and mapping things out. So, i'mma point at the elephant in the room, laugh, and share what we've learned.

Disclaimer, our core self is a huge furry, so none of us present human or have normal names, everyone is gonna be an anthro of some kind. Gonna go with a general rundown of pronouns, species, Apparent age, rough presonality traits, and whatever they stylistically present as, followed by a little fact about 'em. Clear? Cool. On to the Infodump.

Ingra - He/Him. Manticore, roughly 40? Grumpy, Willful, and Protective. Likes to look like a blacksmith. One of the ones who's been conscious the longest, also typically the most vocal, but has a hard time listening to folks

Stoltz - He/They. Gryphon, roughly 30. Observant, Idealistic, Goal-Oriented. Presents themself as an old-school astronomer or scholar. He likes to Provide counterpoints to any topic brought up, not to be contrary, just so we see all sides.

Luxx - He/Any. Tarasque (think Bowser, but more mythical), late 20's. Loud, Passionate, Defiant. Likes to dress like a biker-themed leather daddy. Hates masking and will generally do anything to avoid it if he can, but he's always honest about who he is.

Eotri - He/They. Kraken, early 30's. Lazy, Friendly, Charming. Dresses very bohemian, think like Penny from the Magicians and you get the vibe. Also the one usually in charge of a lot of the Masking duties. ALSO also the one writing this post. Hi!

Dav - Any/All. Unicorn, mid 20's. Empathetic, Dutiful, Selfless. Has a bit of an Aladdin vibe going on, not sure why. No fez though. Has an unfortunate tendency to set theirself on fire to keep other folks warm, but they're working on that.

Uski - They/Them. Baku, 20. Sensitive, Imaginative, Cautious. Likes the aesthetic of things like kimono and the flowy clothes of traditional japanese. Basically the inner child aspect of us, they really like turning lots of different things into a game.

Vost - It/Its. Basilisk (the snake version), age unknown. Serious, Apathetic, Intellectual. Very fond of things like snakeskin suits and western wear. Tends to check out the instant emotions are involved or get too heated, but also plays peacekeeper when needed.

Riisha - She/They. Peryton (Carnivorous deer bird), mid 20's. Gothy, Animalistic, Mischievous. Not so much "cottage in the forest" as "Cabin in the woods", major cryptid vibes with her. She's not all bad though, just likes being creepy because she thinks it's funny.

.... aaaaaaaaand that brings us more or less up to speed on the major players in the system. Dunno who's really gonna see this, but that's fine, i guess. It's more for us, anyway. Ain't gonna make new friends unless you put yourself out there, right?

Anyway, have a good one, folks!

[puckpocketed]

on the topic of mutuals actually ! (+ my thoughts on blocking) long and winding non essay under the cut.

mutualism and friendship

it's come up semi-regularly in conversation in the past month-ish and i've been marinating on it so I guess I should write my thoughts down here.

i'm sure this isn't a groundbreaking brainwave no one has ever had before but uh . i think this is probably a product of having grown up with very little social media but i just dont particularly care for the concept of mutuals. i dont think about it. i think of people on here as friends first and mutuals second. "mutuals" is barely meaningful to me as a label other than shorthand for friends, and even then it is rendered useless by the fact that I think of some non-mutuals as friends.

idc if you follow my blog back, if we're regularly interacting and having fun then we are friends regardless of mutual status. the focus on "being mutuals" is, to me, a little impractical (and sidebar,, honestly its kinda crazy how divorced it is from the real human phenomenon of connection and friendship. hello!!!!! why we letting social media button supplant friendship and connection. not to be Old Man Yells at Clouds but what are we doing raising this generation to think about being mutuals and commenting/liking posts as some friendship obligation, on the same level as smiling at them or laughing with them. hello. what are we doing giving them anxiety about whether or not enough people liked their posts. what are we doing???? does someone wanna talk about this with me because it eats me up lmao)

I'd rather people follow me because they, idk, enjoy the little character bits i do + my unhinged liveblogging + occasional gifs and baking - rather than out of some obligation because we are friendly. don't put yourself through the ordeal of being flooded by sharks magma whenever they play a game just because we're friends LMAO i wouldn't do that for anyone if the situation were reversed !!

^on this topic, if I don't follow you back it doesn't mean I don't like you, I might simply not vibe with your blog. the decision to follow is not predicated on whether or not we have good rapport. it's literally just choosing to see your blog on my feeds. speaking as someone who has done a fair bit of leg work to curate my internet experience, following/not following is part of that. and I think of other people's choices this way as well. i think not vibing with my blog is fine! it is incredibly scattered and the content is NOT for everyone and that's okay.

on blocking

blocking simply aint that big to me. I don't take it seriously or personally if i somehow realise I've been blocked, and blocking others isn't personal for me either. to me it is, again, simply an act of dashboard curation. I think i'd be way more anxious if i thought about blocking in terms of liking/hating.

I block people for all sorts of reasons, silly or serious. Sometimes i'm just annoyed that day, sometimes they say stuff that is deeply offensive to me. There's a whole spectrum of feelings about the blogs subject to my blocking habits that fall between the two extremes. at the core of it, it's about not wanting to see them in my feeds. simple as that.

(by the by, I block from my main blog and not my side blog, so people can still see things from puckpocketed if they want, and I don't have to see them! WIN-WIN!)

blog =/= blogger. I try to keep this distinction clear in my head. when a person makes a post on their blog and I have a problem with it, whether it annoys me mildly (stupid rude shit on my posts) or genuinely offends me to my core (racism or something), blocking them is not about saying "fuck you". it is not the "I have moral highground" button. not to me.

everything falls under this umbrella: racism, misogyny, completely out of pocket comments on my posts, being mildly annoying. Blocking isn't personal because I don't actually know anyone well enough to hate them, and the act of curating my feeds ain't praxis. blogging isn't praxis. I have bigger fish to fry so to speak. I have a real life and people to care for and communities to build. I have poetry to read and dogs to say hello to. i got a whole life to live!

the content of someone's blog is a TINY portion of who they are when weighed against the rest of their existence. it is but a sliver of their life and their personhood. I see it like this: wouldn't like it very much if someone made sweeping conclusions about my personhood based on my blog posts, and so I try not to do that either. key word is try. I don't always succeed and I think that's okay. we are all doing what we can on this bitch of an earth <3 what is most important is I'm trying to give people the grace I'd want for myself. like . shit. isn't that what its all about?? (mini confessional: I was a mean and angry person for a long time. in some ways i still feel like i am. but learning kindness by studying it instead of having it baked into my brain chemistry or however the fuck other people get it has taught me that we have to try)

anyway if u are still reading this hiii!!! I'd say sorry i just wanted to put my thoughts somewhere but . well. its MY blog and i get to paste weird magazine cutouts and glitter to my walls if i wanna !!! thank u for ur time

[pentanguine]

Misc life things

I'm learning new things at work! I taught myself how to fold a zine less than a day before I had to lead a workshop on it, and I'm also going to teach myself how to edit Wikipedia, since apparently I'm going to have to teach the presenters for our Wikipedia edit-a-thon before they teach our patrons. (I feel like I shouldn't have to do that because that's literally what we're paying them for, but oh well, it's a cool thing to know how to do)

My cousin's baby is getting a vinyl record collection for her birthday, with contributions from each family member, and I bought her Whenever, If Ever by TWIABPAIANLATD. Would babies like that? Will her mom like it? Who knows! I know I like it and I'm debating keeping it and starting a record collection even though I don't have a record player

Ate dinner at the cool food plaza where the record store is and just basked in getting to live here. People chattering all around me on a warm summer evening with sunlight through the trees and pride flags out and good food smells and shorts on and a fresh haircut and a record store and a bookstore and all this is fifteen minutes from my house :)

Got a haircut! I feel good and sharp and fresh and like I have an actual bond with my barber, which is wild. Also a reminder that you never know how good things can get. I used to dread getting my hair cut, and when I found someone who cut it how I wanted it here in The City, I was like "wow, this is amazing! It can't get better than this!" And then I realized their haircuts, while masc, were not actually very good and I found a little queer indie barber that friends of friends raved about, and holy shit. Not only are the haircuts good, but we can talk?? We have common interests?? They're also queer and their room is full of plants and they have a punk playlist going and our vibes match each other?? It can get even better, apparently, and I never knew! Things can get even better than "not dreading it"!

Walked along the river on my way back, which was lovely. Saw a blue heron preening at the top of the rapids. Saw a flock of geese sliding through the dappled sunlight. Was also briefly followed by a man on a slow, small bike who tried to sell me drugs, but this was mostly amusing.

I have been working on my favorite books of 2024 since February, because I lost the first draft of it when my computer died, and maybe hopefully one day soon other people can actually read that! It will not be super long, but I do like sharing the books that made an impression on me and why I liked them

My coworker finds me fascinating and has declared that I'm more houseplant than human, which I find extremely flattering

I've been trying to not-date recently, which I would define as "being on a dating app but explicitly looking for friends, which might also include benefits" and it's Going. I'm also doing all this under an assumed name, because I wanted to try out the Other Name that lives in my head in real life, and this seemed like a good context for it. Do I want to go by that name?? Maybe?? I honestly love my name and I don't ever want to change it, except for the part where I also want to use this other name, whoops

See below the cut for the release of some anxiety that I've deemed too trivial to bring up in therapy

I've been working up the nerve to save my exported tumblr blogs to my external hard drive for...two months now, and tonight I finally had the nerve, only to find out that apparently the exports expire and I have to do the whole multi-day backup process all over again. Which is fine. I guess.

Why do I need to work up the nerve to save things to my external hard drive? So, I have intense anxiety about loss of my personal digital media due to the Burglary of 2013, and my computer from 2022-2025 had a charming habit of abruptly dying whenever anything was plugged into its USB ports. So any time I plugged anything into that computer there was a 50% chance it was about to go dark, and even though it came on again every time, the suddenness and clear malfunction of that would send my anxiety into overdrive. So now every time I go to save something to that hard drive I get really tense, even though my new computer so far works great. This is very functional and my anxiety is manageable and reasonable :)

[toasts-httyd-hyperfixation]

Hey, i hope you're well! I just wanted to ask - do you know anything about a httyd books discord? I'm sure I saw one mentioned somewhere and I think it was on your blog (though I may be totally mistaken) - I would really love to join one, so wanted to ask around!! :))

Hey, sorry for the late response, i saw this shortly after you sent it and then just kept forgetting to answer lol Anyways the answer is yes, i do know about a httyd books discord 2 of them in fact 1 because im in it and the other because, well

i made it So the first httyd books discord is run by a person names Star She's very nice, and its a fairly calm chat Heres a post she has linking to it or at least I believe that link still works

Anyways

I would liken it to being in like, an afterschool club, where you have a theme for it, but its also just for chilling and hanging out

People are nice, its chill, you can vibe Then theres mine, which i made because i was too anxious and awkward to talk in the aforementioned chat, which is also why im pretty much never active there, RIP I would describe it as "if Tumblr were only httyd book themed"

If the first discord is a casual afterschool club, mine got banned after someone set something on fire, and now we meet under the bleachers at an old abandoned baseball field

Mine's a little messy, leans more heavily towards general fandom stuff, fanart, memes, 1001 AUs, both actually insightful conversation and shitpost type content so ya know theres no general chat for non-httyd convo, or for the movies for that matter, because quite frankly the movies have enough space already, tho we do still talk about it occasionally

All in all, its pretty casual i think, you can talk and share as much or as little as you want, theres not really any rules besides like Be respectful to everyone and in general try to keep things httyd book related (not that that always happens, sometimes youre talking and you end up going off on a ramble about like, piranha or something, its cool, no worries)

anyways uh

idk what else to say about it, ive really enjoyed the time ive spent there, its been cool, had a lot of fun, everyones real nice and ive made some great friends (shoutout to them, love y'all 🫶) so yeah

Come hang out if you want, i love seeing new people join, we're all mildly insane there, its fine, dont worry about it

[roadyblr]

NO! DONT. TELL. HIM. HE IS MY HUSBAND AND I WILL NEVER LET GO (me saying this like I haven't said it to 25 other idols..)

this you??? but all jokes aside I'm so proud of myself for taking this beautiful picture from their kindergarten TRICKY HOUSE episode. its beautiful. and the best part is that JUNGHOON IS ACTUALLY THERE ASKFKFKSFSFFJKAFFSK

can I know what ur main is so I can follow?? I don't really mind what kind of blog it is, I just wanna follow

anyway, Haru is one of my obsessions (YECHAN IS STILL FIRST. DONT SAY ANYTHING.) as of right now. like he's so pretty.. and he's so talented. there's this video of nexz singing live and their voices are SO CLEAR!! like they're literally so freaking talented its crazy. AND THE BEST PART IS, theyre 5th gen.

so sorry to be a hater but illit and I've could never (don't use me, I love their music)

back to yechan, on kprofiles his favourite foods are ramen (a no-brainer, who doesn't love ramen), tteok bokki (I love it but I had to search up how to spell it), sushi (another no-brainer) AND THESE LITTLE CRACKER THINGIES THAT ARE SO GOOD WAIT HOLD UP.

THESE THINGS. THESE ARE SO FREAKING GOOD, THEYRE MY WHOLE LIFE (I mean he is but like..) it says on kprofiles its called gorabab??? someone fact check

AND TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER HIS FAVOURITE DRINKS ARE COKE, BOBA AND TEA!! WE'RE SO ALIKE!! (except one can skate and one cant :D)

also, I played a game today and we won by idk how many. anyways, there is this one girl that plays for that team. her nickname is triple C or CCC because her eyes are so far apart she looks like a chameleon. and during training camps she would wear the same cheetah print shirt like three out of the five days. that translates to Colour-Changing Cheetah. (shes such a pick me like nobody likes her. she reeks of main-character syndrome fr.)

anyways. there was this time she scored a goal during the game and on her way back to the bench she was showing off to her teammates how she did it. (she spun around and shot it. annoying) to be fair we didn't have our regular goalie and this girl has only played goalie like twice in her life.

and she scored twice within the last 20 seconds of the game.. like girl. let it go.

anyways, we won like 13 or 14 to like 7 or something. ME. I SCORED A WHOPPING, drumroll please...

5 goals. :D

it was a great day. and I got to hangout at my teammates house the rest of the day.

(sorry for being a certified yapper)

love ya!!! <3333

YECHAAAA-*gets shot*

i keep saying how much i want new tricky house episodes but that usually means album on the horizon *touches ground* i feel it coming... it's already in motion (sumin spoiled the vibes, and considering they learned choreo for watch out not even a month after trial and error that album is already pre cooked)

also it's @vanumanum 💜!! i've exposed myself on here before for my silly edits but full warning i 9 times out of 10 forget to post but i've been trying to be more active im just dumb (xikers drop more spooky photos so i can edit sh monsters in them)

5th gen actually pulling out a bunch of good groups ("XLOV DEBUT AAAH" i screm) and honestly considering what company their under it's almost expected (jype boy groups eat)

also me, an illit liker, as tick-tack plays in the bg: 🧍but also understandable (this is fine everyone's entitled to opinions/i can't speak for ive i can't speak for 99% of ggs that's not my area)

oh i've had those before! the korean reads as goraebap but take what i say with the biggest grain of salt because it could be read differently but i think i'm close enough

i love when i understand nothing about sports i was a shotput/discus clown that's all i got :> (i played three way soccer and took a ball to the face i was like ACTUALLY this is not my sport andalsoididntgetalongwithsportsplayers-) but you got five goals!! that's like 36-39% of the teams goals so i'm gonna say you carried for funsies and because i have giving blatant favoritism💜

[daybreakrising]

8. Name any three things about the rpc that bother you. & 9.What is your opinion on exclusivity? Do you practice it? Why / why not?

the be honest meme

8. Name any three things about the rpc that bother you.

okay i'm gonna keep these short if possible but:

1) first one has to be the absolute utter lack of communication. not even just for anything negative, either - people just simply... don't talk to each other about anything. for example: want to explore a potential ship with someone? don't wait for a person to pick up hints or vibes, because many of us simply won't pick up on them. just approach someone with the idea. the worst that's gonna happen is they'll turn you down (hopefully politely) and then you can seek out someone else who might be down for it. simple. easy. just talk to people about things. "but i'm anxious" we're all fckn anxious that's why we're here.

and to tack onto this bc i was gonna make it its own thing but it's down to communication still: the fact you can be blocked forever just bc you briefly interacted with someone a person has an issue with. and yes, i'm adding this bc it's happened to me - is still happening to me. doesn't matter that i don't talk to that person at all anymore, doesn't matter that i haven't been in their circle for months, doesn't even matter that i wasn't even that close with them in the first place - i'm forever blocked bc of a brief association and it's ridiculous, frankly. and i understand wanting to curate your space a certain way if you want to avoid a specific person appearing in your vicinity in any way (and i'll come back to this topic for the second question, bc i stand by someone's right to choose how they curate their own space), but it again comes down to communication. blocking someone forever removes that chance to communicate. it's like you've sentenced them - but even prisoners get parole hearings. and yes, sometimes you block someone for something and then never think about them again, but when you are an instant block on any blog someone then makes? when you haven't even done anything to this person directly or weren't even aware of them? when you haven't even done anything wrong? that feels real shit, guys. don't do it to people.

2) this is a big one for me but: the way some people in the rpc treat villainous characters, or characters who have otherwise done Terrible Things. now, listen, i get wanting to explore "what ifs" and even potential redemptions, and that's fine, but unless you are going completely au (which i don't always agree with, especially if the Terrible Thing or them being a bad person is intrinsically tied to their story, but for the sake of this-) then you cannot, cannot, act like they weren't a horrible person or did terrible things, or that those things don't matter anymore. you cannot expect characters - especially anyone they might have wronged - to just change their opinions for nothing. & i detest villain apologists with my entire soul. you cannot excuse their behaviour (though you can explain it - two very different things). you cannot "redeem" them by going: hey, it doesn't matter that they did all these terrible things, because they're chill now! look at these nice things they've done! no, if you want your character to be redeemed, you've gotta fckn work for it, and you've gotta accept that it might not be possible - or that, at least, there will be characters who will never accept they've changed even if they have.

if you can't handle a villain being a villain, then don't write one.

3) nothing is "canon" unless it is actually canon. is it stated clearly in whatever media it is? is it explicitly said? no? then it's not canon. i don't care how implied it is or how "-coded" something is, it's not canon (also, hate the word 'coded' bc of how it's used, but that's another salt for another day). and someone not adhereing to what you believe is "canon" does not mean they are hating on it. we are all allowed our opinions, our own headcanons. unless something is directly harmful or problematic then let people have their hcs even if they disagree with yours. and yes, i understand that for some things, canon cannot explicitly state that a character is a certain way, for example, but that's unfortunately how the world is. even so, that doesn't give you the right to dictate someone's hcs or spew hate because they don't accept your canon.

& this applies heavily to ships. your ship is not canon unless it actually is canon. and please, please, acknowledge and understand that language means different things in different cultures. language has different meanings across the same culture, sometimes. your understanding of a word isn't necessarily the understanding that was meant and it certainly doesn't give you the right to look down on or outright hate upon anyone or anything that doesn't align with your views.

9. What is your opinion on exclusivity? Do you practice it? Why / why not?

i do practice it, and here's why:

sometimes, it just makes sense. i typically only do this with ships, and only really with ships that i simply cannot see me seeking out with another person for whatever reason that is. sometimes you'll just click with someone and build a dynamic together that meets every need you've ever had for that particular combination of muses. sometimes it's a combination of muses you never expected to write. sometimes the dynamic only works with that one specific portrayal. and, sometimes, it's a dynamic you have very specific thoughts on that you can only trust this one person with.

and i get it, it does suck if you love a person's portrayal and want to pursue a particular dynamic, only to discover they're exclusive with someone. it's a bummer. but that's their right and you can't get salty over it. they've chosen to be exclusive for whatever reason and you just have to accept it, even if it sucks.

what i don't understand is the hate towards exclusivity. why shouldn't a person curate their space how they want? why is that such a terrible thing? "oh but it excludes people-" so what ???? you're not obligated to interact with anyone. if you're getting angry or upset over someone choosing to run their blog a certain way, maybe you shouldn't be here.

and to add on at the end bc i just know there's a chance someone will go "but you complained about people blocking you earlier. that's not respecting how they've chosen to curate their space" if i don't say this: please understand that is a very specific situation and is not the same thing at all. i already said that i understand why they did it and i take no issue with that at all. my issue is solely with the fact that it's still happening even though i no longer have any association with that particular person, because there's no opportunity to communicate. that's my problem with it.

[galaeus]

hi all! just some housekeeping on this blog as i have about 30+ new followers here and it's been a hot minute so i just wanted to check in as its been 2years:

i post a lot of plotting & starter calls because, if we're mutuals, it means i want to write with you! you aren't bothering me if you send a meme or several. you aren't being annoying if you send me multiple ims here or on disco. i like to be 'bothered'.

please note that this has been a rule for forever on my blog: if we become mutuals and we do not interact at least once in the first two weeks of following, i typically soft block and move on. this includes a quick ooc chat, starting a plot or thread, sending one another memes, etc. if i don't hear from you at least once in that time frame, i'll assume you're busy (which is fine!) but i like to keep my dash small for a reason. i don't F4F; i'm only interested in following who i'm actively pursuing plots/writing with atm.

i am an active writer! the more we discuss our muses or send stuff to one another, the most invested i am in our threads. i tend to get back to threads faster if we are chatting (even just in tags!)

i don't do 'mains' (or exclusives, i'm an oc, there's no benefit to this for me) so do not be offended if i never like your main calls. if you're my 'main', then you'll know, because we talk all the time 😅

if you want to ship, don't be freaked out about my rule re: shipping. i am almost always happy to ship after some chatter! literally just establish a vibe/intro to our muses, ask, and i typically do backflips and somersaults over new ships.

[hmm-dont-know-really]

This blog is 18+, minors please block & dni

Rules:

No minors, no exceptions.

This is a nsfw blog and I'm bad at tagging, if you need your dash to be totally sfw or have triggers that need to be tagged absolutely every time, just don't follow. Interacting is still fine.

I block people based on their behavior, not their identifiers.

Asks and dms are open. Dms slightly preferred because I usually have clairifying questions. Its fine to just message me, I don't care if we've been interacting or not.

Info:

It's complicaited but I'm a cis bi woman for statistical purposes.

I'm almost 30, not looking for anything more than being friends if you're a lot younger than me.

I've got quite a bit of experience with kink & femdom (F/m), and I'm always happy to answer educational questions about those things, but I'm really here to talk to other queer people, not cis men.

I don't hate men tho, and this is not a "men dni" blog, if that bothers you feel free to block me.

Related to that, to me the point of femdom is systematic gender fuckery and destruction of the binary - in the context of my cis "het" relationships at least, might be down for selectively reinforcing the binary in gender affirming ways. If the kink we're doing doesn't ritually eviscerate at least one oppressive social structure, I don't want it.

If you want me to be talking about you when I talk about boys, then yes I'm talking about you; "boy" is a vibe to me, its not about gender or parts.

I'm autistic and I don't understand what a lot of wlw words mean, not enough to really use them. Anyone who wants to help me understand is welcome to my dms and a reward of their choice, everyone else can shut up and think about the pervasive ableism in the queer community before judging.

Generally when it comes to sex I'm into sub guys, sad wet pathetic little men, pretty boys (all boys are pretty), masc nonbinary and genderfucky people, and sometimes women if there's a power dynamic (usually a slightly toxic one), if they could defeat me, or if we're performing intricate rituals. Also I fall for other autistic girls hard and easily in a QPR way.

Look, I am a dom/top type person, but I am also shy as fuck, and I don't like persuing people when its not super clear they're into it. If you want me to give you horny attention, you gotta give some kind of consent. Posts addressed to the void or doms in general don't count.

I don't think I'm all that edgy in the grand scheme of things, but I've been around long enough to know that the distinction between "gentle" and "hard" kinks is purity culture crap. If you're still on that shit you're not gonna have a good time here.

A few things I can promise won't be here: excessive gore, (what I consider to be) body horror, needles, death, race play, disability fetishism, scat and vomit, and most "family" stuff (I allow the occasional title if its not the main focus of the post).

Things that probably will be here: femdom, queer and "straight" seeming stuff mixed together, fat positivity, hornyposting, some serious/political stuff, discussions about kink, horny fanfic, pretty kink toys and gear, autism posting, memes, etc.

[jeonqkooks]

Y’all just mad because live in delusion (not you Jen) you guys are in this app reading porn about him everyday and he sing about fuck and you’re disappointed??? It’s fucking summer song, what did you wanted? Its ok to not like the song but for reasonable reasons, being disappointed because his talking about sex is so ridiculous. Also the Scooter Braun thing, they work with him for years now, Scooter is a great manager even if he’s not a good person, Taylor Swift fans acting like she wasn’t flirting with a fucking racist a month ago (I just mentioned her because no one like him because of her, me included but being sad about bts hanging with him is hyprocrite and dumb)

i know that there are a ton of people out there who are Mad mad that he's singing about sex, i read smth about people writing letters about how they were betrayed 😂 i don't think that reason applies here tho

most of us - at least the people here on my blog - don't like the song bc we're just disappointed that the album is seemingly going in a direction that we didn't really hope for 🤷‍♀️ and again, at the end of the day, it's alright i guess. people have different tastes and there'll be times when they release smth that we don't like. this is just one of those times

also sc**ter, i will always dislike that man 😂 as i do with most western artists/producers/etc that they work with (most, not all). i definitely do think they're just using them for clout and aren't sincere when talking about the tannies 🤷‍♀️

the explicit version. well i think it's more than just simply switching out the word. i personally don't like it bc it doesn't sound as good as the clean ver. also, "loving" does include fucking as well and covers so much more so if they're switching it out for "fucking" then it's just about sex, which is fine but i like to have meaning in everything so that's why this isn't necessarily my cup of tea

i've come to the conclusion that i probably won't vibe with the album, and that's disappointing to think about but there's nothing we can do to change that. i'll just have to start manifesting for jjk2 starting now 🙏. (this emoji bc i don't have the fingers crossed emoji on my laptop lol)

[princesstokyom]

its 3.30 and im sleepy and rambling and thinking out loud dont mind me

when tumblr dies - because lbr, atp, its gonna happen - i have no idea what ill fill that void with. and i KNOW it will leave a void because i trialed it for a few months when my account got termed back in june.

im not going back to twitter, i deleted that shite when musk bought it, and i havent missed it once in that time. im not going to bluesky either, thats just twitter 2.0

instagram is fine to zone out to, but it feels very polished and commercial, i cant just post bs there and vibe with others doing the same.

i hated reddit when i made one during my "tumblr break." has a similar "community feel" to tumblr, except it feels like everyone is a pseudo-intellectual in comparison to being an "unhinged freak" like on here.

its something ive been thinking about since i remade my tumblr, and in all that time, ive not thought of a single alternative that would actually feel like it gives me the same feeling of "connection" to the world that tumblr gives me. and that feels so, so fuckin shitty. and id REALLY miss all the jewish blogs i follow on here now. im not jewish myself, so i wouldnt want to invade jewish specific places, but in the same breath, if i DID find an alternative site to fill the gap, then i dont know that i would be able to find people not just Completely brainwashed by hamas, because the second you post anything even Slightly compassionate towards israel, you get bombarded with death threats. i dont want to be surrounded by people who unquestioningly believe every slander, lie, and blood libel about israel that they hear.

atp, it feels like the Closest id get to being able to curate my space Exactly how i want, is to just have my own website - which im absolutely not against doing if i find the spoons. but that doesnt bring the community aspect back that i would lose with tumblr. im not a talkative person. im wildly antisocial, and get stressed out talking to most people directly. but im also trapped in my bedroom 99% of the time.

tumblr for me is that feeling of community you get from walking down the street and passing by other people/ we're all just vibing, doing our thing. sometimes you see something beautiful you love, or a familiar face, and you linger for a while. sometimes you see two obnoxious assholes getting in a fight, and you hurry past as quickly as possible and hope to never see them again. but no matter what, its familiar, and theres a level of comfort and a homey feeling. and yes, part of that is that ive been here 10 years. but theres just a Vibe to this place that hits different to every other website, that no one else has managed to capture, and its just gonna leave a major gap when its gone

[tricotea]

okay so a large part of me starting this blog is that i am v inspired to share my work and plans the same way a lot of knitting youtubers and knitting podcasters do so here is my humble attempt of doing it in textpost format.... this will probs be a long post so under the cut we go !

first off i wanna start off with my fall moodboard (this idea is heavily inspired by emily from high fiber knits on yt much love to her) that i just made on canva lol

i think if i were to give this one a name it would be medieval scholar autumn lol. medieval not in the riches and jewels and such way but in the cobblestones and horse drawn carriages and those white and cream buildings with dark brown wood beams all across them if you know what i mean. it's crisp weather and chilly nights and county fairs and clear blue skies and just a very vibrant autumn. the more scholarly side of it to me is hot milk tea and browns and creams and not necessarily dark academia (bc i think that has become too oversaturated and now everything qualifies as some sort of academia esque thing and i've decided that FOR ME its cringe and i dont care.) but like books and reading and stufying and studying groups because well i neeed to romanticize school because i have to do it now. now that i am taking a class and also working i really need to keep the motivation up and like. this will help bc i love pretty pictures. another thing i was heavily inspired by was this package of milk tea flavored kitkats that had a nice red and green tartan pattern on it now i don't like red and green together it always reads christmas to me but the pattern combined with the tea really spoke to me. tbh i don't know how often i would really go for this much orange i had a very specific vision in mind when making this moodboard but i feel like the aesthetic isn't fully captured, and that's okay ! i'm trying to learn and really internalize that moments are not things to have and own, and certain feelings and blips of time and that perfect slant of light, or scent of something sweet on a cool breeze, or sky just the right shade, cannot and should not be kept forever. they are there to exist and be experienced, and if they are forgotten later that's okay. it doesn't have to be owned to have mattered. all this to say that maybe the vibes aren't exactly right and i won't wear all of these on the perfect day for the perfect vibe because that doesn't exist outside of pinterest lol. on we move.

before the patterns, a disclaimer: i will not make all of these patterns, i know this. i might not even make or finish any of these patterns lmao i have work and school and while that doesn't take up all of my time, i am still a very beginner knitter (still haven't finished my first garment lol) and do not have the skills or the money or the time to invest in all of these patterns no matter how much i want to. i have other hobbies too ! and that's fine ! honestly a lot of the reason i am making this post is because i 1 love explaining my thought processes 2 i love planning stuff and 3 mmmm categorization. big fan of ravelry bundles its my jam. honestly im not even 100% tied to the idea that aesthetics and trends and seasons (in the fashion and style sense, not the natural phenomenon) are even a good thing or something that aligns with my morals and values. i just like pretty pictures and matching things around and stuff.

okay pattern 1 and the most likely one i am to cast on is the tonight top by lily kate france! i would use malabrigo sock in the colorway ivy, as i got this yarn as a gift from my friend when she was in paris <3 not much to say about this pattern in regards to what i would do with it, i just think it would be a nice way to learn some new skills and show off the beautiful green earthy yarn. and even tho it's not bright orange lol.

pattern 2 and now we're going in no particular order is the winter's pullover by ozetta. again really nothing special about this one but i do think a hand knit cozy sweater is a goal of mine just as a knitter and this one fits the bill! can never go wrong with a thick cozy sweater in fall

pattern 3 is the honeycomb cardigan by sedna yang which again, cozy cabled cardigan can't go wrong with that. do i think i will be knitting this any time soon? absolutely not. but i do think it fits the vibe very well even tho i will not be able to purchase yarn for it lol that is too expensive for me rn

pattern 4 is the romy sweater by sandnes design and tbh i'm not sold on this one. mostly picked it for the colorwork being reminiscent of the afformentioned medieval buildings with the dark wooden beams across the outside but. well i'm not sold. it does fit in as a cozy oversized sweater but idk if it's different enough from the others to really get me to wanna make it.

pattern 5 is the cadogan sweater by lily kate france and omg i do really love this design. like overall i just feel like it fits in with the vibe really well and is still modern and fun and new and feels like something i would by at a retail store so . !

pattern 6 is these tartan mitts by carolyn kern, although i wouldn't knit the mitts themselves, just use the tartan pattern and transfer them onto some different patterns, namely : the sirius skirt by charissa (which originally has a houndstooth pattern that also fits in but i have a vision in mind) as well as a sort of cape/capelet pattern as a little matching set thing. i have 2 patterns in mind for this, the butterfly cape by sj kim and the beauxbatons academy of magic capelet by dana williams-johnson. on the butterfly cape first, i love the sleeves and how they look in the photos on ravelry, but all of them include a belt and i really don't have any belts and am not a belt wearer so i'm not sure how this would really fit into my wardrobe and how often i would wear it. it looks beautiful but i'm not sure how much i would reach for it.... it also seems like the sleeves are connected to the lower body, giving it that butterfly wing shape, but that would limit movement and well. one of my goals in life and in my style is to never wear pieces that limit movement and make me more aware of how i can and can't move my body and draw my attention to how i'm moving around in life so like. there is that. now, the beauxbatons capelet is more of what i'm looking for and it looks easier to slap a pattern on there and not have too much trouble... however it is from the official harry potter knitting book which i do not support in any way shape or form. i have absolutely no qualms about pirating the book itself and taking the pattern from there, but the idea that it's connected to jkr puts me off of it a little bit. either way both of them look like they make beautiful finished objects, i just have to decide which one to make lol (if i make any at all. out of this tartan pattern mini collection i would probs make the skirt first and go from there)

pattern 10 is the agave by tricot design mcl and what drew me to this was the drawstring detail at the front. i don't think i would necessarly knit the full garment but maybe adding the detail to something like the milly skirt by sandnes garn at the bottom hem as like a little nod to the more medieval side of my plans and aesthetic.

okay finally pattern 12 is the penny gloves by petiteknit. a classic. cute. practical as gloves for when my steering wheel in my car gets cold. a fun small fall accessory when i'm not really an accessories gal.

and that's all ! in no way am i knitting all of these, this is an aspirational thing that also is mostly for my planning brain. honestly i think i might like planning out which garments to knit more than actually knitting them. either way happy knitting !

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Jess / Pup | adult aged (June '92, you do the math) | they/them (also trialing it/its to see how I feel about it) | nonbinary asexual lesbian | atheist/secular humanist

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THAT BEING SAID: If you try to proselytize/evangelize to me in favor of your preferred religion, I will not tolerate that for a single moment. Just accept that I do not believe, I've likely already heard every point you'd try to make several times over, and move on with your life without worrying about the state of my supposed soul (which I don't even know if I have).

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"Did you miss it, guys? Did you miss that two-door, rear-wheel-drive sportscar with poster-cool looks and enviable racing pedigree? Well, don't worry, for we have some fantastic bit of news! We made a five door electric SUV with some of the trunk chopped off!"

Why be sad MJ's dead at this point? Just get a random guy, call him Michael Jackson, and tada, Michael Jackson is alive and well! Sure, he doesn't sing, dance, or staunchly defend his right to be questionably intimate with underage boys, but if we're willing to claim the Capri's back clearly the bar is as low as 'shares a name and is roughly the same category of earthly phenomenon', so what's the rub?

Listen. You're not willing to make it two door? Fine, the RX-8 wasn't a two door and it was still somewhat able to keep the RX-7's vibe going. Not willing to develop another internal combustion model? Fine, I do believe you can make a sporty, and even an exciting, electric car, and it can be a valuable statement. Not willing to make something that is two door OR internal combustion OR a non-SUV? FINE! YOU CAN JUST LEAVE THE CAPRI NAME IN THE DRAWER YOU LEFT IT FOR THE LAST FOUR DECADES!

And it's not even what they did makes sense for them! Because, really, either you're not someone who reminisces about the Capri, in which case naming it this is useless, or you are, in which case it is STILL useless because no one's desire for a Capri could possibly be satiated by this antonymally-described blob. If someone loves the Capri and is looking for a 5 door SUV, you know what that's called? COINCIDENCE.

Well, at least it doesn't actively make the car worse, right? Well, you tell me: we're 300 words in and have I gone over anything about it bar how it doesn't deserve its name? Nope, and I will not going forward either because, by seeking to sell itself as something it isn't, it's ensured it could never be adequate no matter how good it is. Anything this car could have going on for itself will be overshadowed by its inability to cash the check its name wrote. And ensuring a product has a negative reception regardless of its quality within the span of five letters is a special level of marketing ineptitude.

But hey, it's not all bad news. A journalist entrusted me with a script for a reel about why this was a stupid idea that deservedly got made fun of even by fucking Alfa Romeo [and if the makers of the Giulietta made fun of your revival you know you fucked up good] and I was able to restrain myself well enough to stay within the minute! :D

Also, many (I wager most) of the original Capris are still with us, and will be for a long long time. So let's celebrate that by looking at the batshit Group 5 racing version.

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What a difference 55 years makes juxtaposition of Ford Capri Mk 1, 1969 & Ford Capri EV, 2024. Ford of Europe have resurrected the historic Capri nameplate for their new crossover coupé. The original Capri was developed to be a European equivalent of the Ford Mustang. The new Capri, like its sibling model the Explorer, is based on Volkswagen's MEB  platform.