#cause surface level is surface level and it generally doesnt go deeper than that

[semisolidmind]

So I agree about not shipping the bigger bodies one (my personal opinion there anyhow). But how do you feel on their cartoon counterparts and cartoon aus thenv with them being shipped?

....honestly don't care for it. just let them be best friends, is all.

primarily because i have a thing about characters being shipped when they're meant to be best friends. i know it's such a thing to go from friends to lovers and so on, and it can be really sweet, but the fact that romantic love is what folks generally immediately jump to when they see two close friends is disconcerting for me. as an asexual person who has a ton of platonic loves in my life (one such being my best friend who i dearly love), the idea of the sweet, platonic loving gestures shared between myself and my friends (hugging, holding hands, cuddling, hanging out overall) being taken as romantic is so uncomfortable for me. like...that's essentially my family??

so when i see two characters that i see specifically as best friends and best friends only (where romantic love isn't even on the table or suggested or even outright mocked, ie mei and mk in lmk), i get a little irked. it's one thing if their relationship changes canonically, but if they don't show any chemistry beyond friendship, i usually don't care for it.

especially when people don't tag their art as shipping when it's clearly meant to be? it's not that hard. but some artists just don't seem to think it's necessary. blocking a tag only works if people tag in the first place.

anyways, no, i don't ship any version of these two characters together. just can't.

[k4txlulzz]

alright fellas

i actually want to make a seperate post about this because i feel like it needs to be said; the surface level understanding of saeyoung just being the "pain behind smile" archetype needs to go. not because its wrong, he DOES hide his pain behind cheerfulness, but its not necessarily the root of his character or the most important element, or even a central part at all. im going to list a few statements that go deeper within his character, closer to his core

to begin, seven's neurodivergence and queerness is one of the integral parts of his character

the whole thing about him masking his true self to seem "less complicated" and more "palatable" to others, due to processing emotions differently than others ? him being seen as "weird" and being called an "alien", one of the reasons being the fact that he engages in an activity associated with queerness aka crossdressing? seven is not necessarily insecure about being "different" but his guilt complex doesnt mesh well with his hyper self-awareness about the way he *feels* emotions. one of the reasons for his intolerance for his own self IS the fact that he thinks he is "complicated" and not just because of his job.

this brings me to the center of his emotional issues and character psychology in general, which is self-hate and the borderline inability to tolerate oneself. this, in turn, is caused by his guilt complex

guilt is what makes him so strict with himself. this strictness makes him insecure, self conscious. it leads to his intolerance of his own self and a warped perception of self. only after all of these comes the masking and the reason behind it is: 1) him being insecure about a trait of his (referring to the way he reacts to his own feelings and how he processes emotions; him seeing himself as someone "complicated") that is, not always, but still connected to neurodivergence ; 2) the difficulty of coping with stress, at least in a healthy manner, leading to his desire to constantly be that cheery 707 to forget about his problems and just . . . have fun. because maybe, its too much to bare for him

writing this at 3 am so maybe this is just me being ill about him and projecting? </33 i dunno, just wanted to get it off my chest GOOD NIGHT‼️ also if there are any diagnosed neurodivergent folks reading this, feel free to correct me because despite heavily relating to the experience and planning to get checked, i havent been actually diagnosed so YEAH

lmk yalls thoughts if u have any cuz im curious

[lunar-years]

is there any flavor of TS criticism that DOESNT piss you off? like her neglecting to speak out against palestine, her private jet use, etc? no hate btw, I just feel like your prev post was really well thought out and made sense, so I just was wondering your opinion on criticism against her in general.

hi! Yeah, there is plenty of Taylor criticism that doesn't piss me off! stuff like the jet use, not speaking up about Palestine, not being more politically outspoken in general (especially taken in contrast to the activism she professed in Miss Americana, lol), the questionable people she's associated with (on a deeper level than taking a picture with them or being surface-level cordial, I'm talking like...dating the disgusting likes of ratty heely and some such, here).

For me, that type of criticism is based on where people draw their own personal moral boundaries and what they expect out of the celebrities they enjoy or the art they consume. If someone's hard line is Taylor not speaking out on xyz issue or her taking unnecessary flights and causing harm to the environment, I can completely understand and respect that! It's an individual choice and it’s fair game to have differing opinions on where that line is.

For me personally, I guess I just don't expect my favorite singers to also be my favorite activists, and I don't look to celebrities to be my political mouthpiece or tell me how to vote or what have you. We have politicians and actual activists for that. Quite frankly, I think a lot of people with platforms ought to step back from the incessant urge and demand to comment on everything happening everywhere, because it leads to a lot of people offering up a lot of thoughts and opinions (and rampant misinformation) about issues they really haven't got the first clue about or may not fully understand.

Do I think Taylor could (and should) do better in some areas? Absolutely! I think it would be great if she spoke up more, but I also want her to be informed before she does. At the same time, I like to think I mostly recognize she's a human being and human beings are hypocritical and imperfect on occasion. She is going to make mistakes. In the end, I can still feel that she is a good person, and that is okay. But if someone else's hardline is different than mine, that's also okay!

I am also under absolutely zero illusions that Taylor, in addition to doing a lot of good, is also an extraordinarily rich white woman with a lot of privilege, who is going to at times behave in a very out-of-touch, rich white person with a lot of privilege type of way. I don't expect her to represent me. Hell, she is paying more right now to stay two nights in a Sydney hotel room than I make in an entire year. I'm here because I think she writes cool songs lmao. Idk.

Lastly, obviously I am a fan who is biased in that sense. I'm not going to pretend I don't find criticism of any kind much more palatable when it comes from fans, to fans. If it's swifties talking on tumblr i am always up for dissenting opinions and discussion about pretty much any issue (as a goofy example, in terms of the "taylor swift writes immature music" comment, I couldn't give a single shit if a fan comes on here and posts about how they think ME! is an immature stupid song. It's a lot different when it's fans voicing opinions they recognize as just that, an opinion.)

When you get outside the fan community, it gets dicey, because people lob valid Taylor criticism around losey-goosey to mask the fact that they actually hated her to begin with and are grasping at the first thing in sight to get other people to hate her, too. It's very...transparent at times. Like, the people who incessantly complain about her jet usage whilst not talking about other celebrities who do the exact same shit, let alone the massive corporations systematically killing our planet, or who blatantly ignore things like the fact Taylor has actually cut down her jet usage substantially in the last year. They just pretend to care when it can knock the celebrity they already hate down a peg amongst twitter users, lmao.

Criticism is fine. I don't worship her! I just think, there's valid criticism and there isn't, you know?