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[brokenreality--xa]

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@devilwearsleather

its a *DARK* writing blog. Legit writing as Alastor (demon) He’s a sadist - and torture is a thing. anyways. im still working out the info etc - and should be done this weekend!

[tpher]

scary girl analysis !

something something the most clearly gimmicky gen 4 character we know. as your resident pahkitew island apologist, i dont care. it actually took me a bit to warm up to her and i figured id talk abt why that is

so her main thing is being creepy and sadistic for the sake of jokes. its not serious.. mostly. she does prove to actually be down to hurt others (such as when she got a hold of a jackhammer). but what about an instance where she wanted to hurt someone for actual reasons? when was that?

that was when priya went up to her to compliment her on doing a good job on the previous challenge. priya says that shes surprised by scary girl having done a good job.

scary girls response?

a very defensive "oh, it surprised you that i was good? cuz you thought id do bad?"

and thats the thesis of this post

scary girl is very insecure

backing up for a moment, in ep 2 when the teams were on ships and attacking each other, she was the one who came up with the idea of sinking the other teams ship as an idea on what to do when they were out of ammo (? iirc). but no one else heard that, just zee

then in ep 3, ripper makes her go last in the relay race thing bc he didnt want her to "blow things" for the team. she reacts by trying to bite his finger. not with a funny creepy smile, but with genuine anger to her literal bite. and then during that challenge, she infamously grabs a bear by the arm and starts beating it up while saying "thats what you get for growling at me!!!". once shes done, she goes "byeee" and goes on like nothing happened. proving that if someone wrongs her, she can easily let it go.. so long as she gets to do something back. remember this for later

and here we come back to her interaction with priya. so far, scary girl has proven herself to be a pretty alright player and she herself knows that. so the notion of someone being SURPRISED she did well?? does not sit well with her at all. but the way that she harps on the wording, even before zee steps in to make it worse, is what gets to me. it just really adds an extra layer to her character that, well. ironically surprised me! for someone who always seems to be in her own world, so unconventional, so ill-fitting with everyone else to also be insecure in some capacity?

anyway she tries to hurt priya with a spoon but gets interrupted. later on, priya is still thinking abt their encounter and feels bad so she tries to make it up to scary girl by flattering her. namely by saying that scary girls question was smart.. and priya being her awkward self, only dug herself in a hole by making it seem like that was a smart question by scary girls standards

scary girl is speechless. baffled. mad beyond words

it should be noted that scary girl looked offended when priya even started speaking. meaning that she also did not forget about their conversation that morning. she REALLY took it to heart. applying the bear logic here, had scary girl hurt her with the spoon earlier, would she be less mad? would she had considered each other even? and in that case, would this comment go over better or would it had simply restarted her need for revenge?

well. they dont interact for the rest of the episode up until the very end. after ripper used priya as a human shield, obviously injuring her

scary girl tells her that rippers a jerk and that priya didnt deserve that. so she'll be voting to get ripper out. and calls priya her "friend".

(her face and tone makes me a bit suspicious if this was genuine. but thats probably just her being her offputting self so i'll ignore it.) ok so by scary girl logic, priya deserved to have SOMETHING bad coming her way after what she said to her.

but not this.

scary girl, who came here to "make friends and watch them get really hurt", was not okay with what ripper did to priya. perhaps she thinks that only she could be allowed to hurt priya to balance things out? personally giving priya her karma, perhaps?

but now she considers priya a "friend". who likely wants to see her get hurt. but in the fun way that scary girl likely sees most other contestants as, possibly? idk.

anyway after all of that, we can see just how insecure scary girl can get over unintentionally awkward phrasing. just how deeply it hurts her feelings to be underestimated like that

season 2 spoilers ahead !!!

in season 2, we see even less of her. but there is SO much to work with

normal girl is so fascinating to me

by the time s2 starts, scary girl already has an all new look. shes trying to be "normal"

she admits in her confessional that some ppl thought she was too scary in the first season so thats why she changed her appearance and her everything. who were these ppl?

other than a dog as a joke, online forums, showing an interesting glimpse into the in-universe ""real world"" stepping into total drama. perhaps also a meta joke on the fandoms response to her but who knows. imagine unabashedly being yourself on tv and everyone is telling you to change. you are 16 and likely going through a weird phase. feeling a lot of heightened emotions already and ""knowing"" that this is who you are (at the moment). and if its not a phase? still 16 on international television getting lambasted by millions

and last but not least, her MOM??? her own mother. that just raises more questions abt how scary girl was before getting on td. was she NOT like this before? was she playing it up for the cameras? or did she just go unhinged without parental supervision? in any case the fact is that even her own mom wasnt okay with what makes her happy and how she presented herself.

so scary girls solution? to try her best to suppress anything that made her unique. to try to adhere to "societal norms", in her own words.

we dont see much of her in this ep other than her commenting on how shes normal and totally did not want to see someone get hurt. shes clearly struggling so bad. she knows that apparently what she likes isnt "right", therefore the opposite must be true, right?

she is simultaneously so immediately different that the others didnt even recognize her at first. yet still so "scary" that she cant fit in. she just doesnt know how no matter how hard she tries. if she were to stay longer, what can she do? this game is not only abt your skills in the challenges its also a social thing. how long until she snapped and went back to her old ways?

and then we get to the campfire ceremony. chef is about to call out whatever it was the she did wrong that day, but she interrupts him with a simple "no."

she cannot fathom being sent home, at least not this early. bc shes normal! she is sooo normal and she tried SO HARD to be normal! she read normal books and normal movies and studied normal people. she even taught herself to smile in a more acceptable way, which is so autistic coded to me. so she deserves to stay longer.

(getting flashbacks to my topher psychoanalysis and his entitlement being both a tragedy and his self-imposed downfall)

..but she studied "normal people" in her own not-normal way. while they werent looking. while they were sleeping. while they had no idea she was there.

so she got booted out for that. and she cannot believe it.

when she says that she "didnt even try to hurt anyone this time", she is mad. that was her ""fun"" and she managed to control it 100% only to get eliminated??? shes fed up!

but when she talks about how she taught herself how to smile in a "less-creepy" way?

she softens up and looks genuinely hurt.

she tried so hard. she saw all those horrible comments from people judging her based on like 5 episodes on a reality show. her own mother didnt accept her. her insecurity won and she aimed to change and repress everything that made her unique

and it still wasnt enough

[pvssychicken]

I really didnt want to have to make some shit about this, but im sick and tired of seeing this shit on my feed. And before yall come for me calling me insensitive, id just like to start off by saying that I am somewhere on the autistic spectrum, AND i have ADHD thats so bad that I maxed out on one med, and weve had to add a SECOND medication just to control it.

Im going to be honest, i think this whole thing has been blown out of proportion, i understand that people were offended by it, and I understand why. But getting mad at Nick, especially for saying it towards someone who lets be honest, had AuDHD, is jus unfair. Yes, nick needs to apologize to you guys, and to chris. But the way yall switched up on him so easily is INSANE. You guys immideately call out nick when he does something wrong, but you guys dont even bat an eye when matt or chris do something wrong. Honestly, thats just flat out unfair. You guys need to understand that not everyone knows that people get offended by some things, its possible that he didnt know that that was offensive to say.

At this point, I just think you guys are looking for a reason to switch up on him, because matt has said some INSANE things on stream and nobody blinked an eye.

Anyways, thank you for coming to my ted-talk

[mephone4kisser]

crumbling inside rn (4)

alternate universe/timeline thingy-dingy (X, 4 and 2)

X - biggest fruit loops lover - autistic - literally an angel - the main thing that stops most of the algebraliens from going insane - too honest sometimes - can make their own choices once it involves something besides four - "i dislike you, but i feel super bad and now your sadness is making me sad" - carries around juice boxes - says something mean, adds a long sentence about his tone - goes to four for almost anything

four - has two tastes. phonk and sodikken - probably has bpd n autism - gets attached way too easily - 30% of the time they're like "leave me alone" and the other 70% of the time he's like "wAIT don't leave me alone im going to nn cry" - wants to bite two's arms off - handles strong emotions by way of physical harm, especially on others - guys he's a demon - makes speech bubble memes when they aren't busy making upset noises and screeching into pillow - "tell me you love me and you need me fifteen times a day or else i'll cry"

two - very mild stutter - neurotypical ass - easily offended (thank the objects) - hates fighting and negativity, and they often try to gloss over it by pretending everything's fine and nothing went wrong (this is kinda proven by the bfdi x ii event but) - 50/50 on the angel/devil scale (it's actually 80/20 but) - sort of naive (they'll agree to stuff super easily you dont even have to be convincing) - makes friendship bracelets - sings "british rappers be like" on repeat (their favourite line is probably "otherwise unknown p might bash man's head straight down like a bop it")

[ithaquasbbg]

hello! could i possibly get a idv matchup?

I go by all pronouns (i just default to they/them), im pansexual with innattentive ADHD (aka ADD) and an anxiety disorder. My MBTI type is INTP-T, and I'm a scorpio - rising taurus. I'm very outgoing and funny with my friend group, however i get anxious and very quiet if im in public without someone else i know being there. i've been told im a perfectonist and that i set high standards for myself, when i dont meet those standards i tend to break down. i have a hard time asking for help in general and tend to bottle up how i feel which has cause people to get angry at me because i do not know how describe how im feeling. i have been told i'm very observant and tend to notice little things in stuff like movie scenes.

im very pale with a lot of freckles everywhere with a curly dark brown wolf cut. i tend to bruise and scratch myself easily as well. i speak english, german, and spanish (english is my mother tongue) !!

my aesthetics in terms of clothing range from 90's-ish to cybercore…. although my usual fit will have silver jewelry. i like going out from time to time to shop or picking up food from local food shops!! on terms of food, i have fast metabolism so im hungry for most of the day…my favorite kind of food is texas bbq!!! I love to cook and read a lot so i tend to stay up late doing just that lmao

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Hiiii anon! I’m sorry this took a while, matchups are a little harder for me lol. Ty for the request :)

08 | I match you with….

Grace | Naiad

….Headcanons below….

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|🐟| I feel like she’s somebody who would benefit from having an extroverted partner- somebody who would help her out of her she’ll and become less reclusive!

|🐟| I also feel like she’s probably quite calm and patient in general, so she likely wouldn’t be bothered by your ADHD or anxiety much if at all

|🐟| She seems like the type to be good at comforting others, so if you had a really bad day and were really anxious or feeling defeated by your perfectionism, she’d probably be patient and kind to you as you calm down

|🐟| Speaking of perfectionism, she doesn’t strike me as a perfectionist at all. This could cause some misunderstandings every once in a while, and she takes some time to forgive if it’s a big one, but I don’t think she’d be too offended or bothered

|🐟| She’s probably quite fond of your appearance and the way you dress- it’s unique and makes you easy to remember!

|🐟| Sometimes she’ll trace little designs on your freckles :))

|🐟| She seems like she’d have a fast metabolism as well, and would probably have no problem eating a lot with you

|🐟| Give Grace some time, and she might even make some things with you!

|🐟| I feel like she’d like reading with you, laying her head on your chest and listening to you read it aloud, or reading it herself!

|🐟| Eventually she’ll probably fall asleep, which would probably serve as a reminder that you need to sleep as well.

[narcissa-black-supermacy]

also,,,top 5 writing tips for us mortals pls thank u 🙏

jkahsdkjghgdj you're funny

well. i do like my writing ngl. i don't think it's exceptional or above fandom average but i'm happy with it.

the only thing i do feel like i can brag about is my writing speed and capacity. when i do find the time, i can easily put out 2k words in an hour. i did nanowrimo this past november and i reached 150k (edited!) words in 30 days which was....i was really proud.

so take this more as tips for Writing A Lot rather than Writing Well:

Make. A bloody. Outline. so many people get scared of this word or avoid it because they have "the story in their head" and they severely underestimate just how much it helps. an outline does not have to be clean, mine are usually messy. its just a doc with all the ideas thrown in there, sorted by types and chronological order. when i have time to write, i don't stare at a blank doc. i pull up one of the ideas/drafted scenes there and just write it. often times i take pre-made dialogue lines and just build the scene around it, add thoughts, actions, fillers etc. this way i can do up to 800+ words in a 20mins sprint, which you will NEVER achieve when writing in a blank doc.

Write down notes! you will NOT remember the flow of that dialogue in your head by the time you get home. trust me. write down literally EVERY SINGLE THING that comes to your head. random ideas. raw dialogues. random lines/paragraphs that pop up in your head. when you get home, add them to the outline and use that later when you write.

Don't edit while you write. this one is repeated all the time but i did not really get it until I got a typewriter (I use the FreeWrite Traveler typewriter), so to break down this advice more clearly: 1) do NOT go back to edit typos. TURN OFF spellcheck while you write! it is time consuming and you are going to go over this to edit anyway. 2) do NOT look up synonyms. already used "angry" 7 times? not quite the word you're looking for? just write "angry" and put a * next to it so you can look it up later. don't disturb the flow. 3) feeling stuck? don't have a filler between dialogue lines? feel like something is missing? do NOT get stuck on scenes. put a placeholder like [brief angsty internal monologue about x] and move. on.

Just start writing. again, very basic, but works. i don't feel like writing 90% of the times i start. usually, i start by re-typing the last thing i wrote and then i go from there according to the outline.

best advice i've ever heard that changed it for me is Stop writing like it's a movie. You are writing a book, not a script, use that advantage. So, to elaborate: movies can't TELL us things, they have to SHOW. so they heavily rely on facial expressions and visuals. however, the whole point of writing is that you can describe things with words. you can tell the reader that someone looks hurt. offended. that the look in their eyes is pained. tormented. it's a power that we often hesitate to use bc of that whole "show dont tell" bullshit advice - but that is the whole point of writing. use it to your advantage as much as you want.

[jeevaschrist]

Can i uh get a match up for idk black butler? (Im sorry i have trouble deciding) This is the first time i ever ask for one of these so sorry if alot of these r gibberish.

Im 19 / female / and as my friend will like to describe me “concerning at best, a freak at worst” (in a very concerning tone of course)

Im a ambivert and just match the energy with who im with, and add like some crazy in. I dont mind going out and having fun with people i know, but i prefer just hanging out in peace and quiet. I love reading (i will not elaborate) and drawing (I suck) and the occasional writing (will not elaborate). Im like 5’4ish? (Still need to get that check every single time my height just get more and more absurd) i like people who r taller then me becuz i feel safe if i can be entirely embraced and hid away from the world. Im very a little bit clingy when im really close to someone becuz i feel alone alot of the time. The closer i feel to someone the more i want to physically attach myself to them (i will respect boundaries tho) I uh ramble alot and alot of things i say r unhinged and dont go through my mind at all. Im a romantic at heart and incredibly closed off on the surface. I dont get offended easily and dont hold a grudge (unless the insult was aimed at people close to me in which case blood will be spilled) im a good listener and like animal but dislike horror movie (unless im allowed to stick with someone close for the next 48 hours) wow this is long anyway thats it, thx u in advance but feel free to not do it tho!

hi there! xx yes i can <3

i think i'd definitely match you with grell for this one

i think your energies match really well tbh! and i think that goes a long way in relationships. as far as clinginess goes i don't know about it with grell. it'll either be a thing where it's 100% embraced or 100% denied. i think it depends on the day or the way grell feels about you. assuming for the sake of your matchup that it's okay, this will make out to be a very good thing for you guys. being away from you would drive grell crazy and grell does not need to be any crazier atm. i think you two would be so cute together and i'd 100% be scared of you two bc grell is insane and i'm thinking all you'd do is add fuel to the fire (not that it's a bad thing and tbh i think grell would like that.) with horror movies, grell would 200% play some just to scare you and make you more attached at the hip. so yea, overall cute and powerful and crazy! thesexlifewouldbegoodtoo

[wanou-dorm]

More Oni Headcanon

characters from @silent-dragon , @hey-its-cweepy , @fumikomiyasaki mentioned

Forenus and Wolfo would be considered Peak Male ideal among Onigashima’s Oni they’d probably get ask how they do it , We could probably add Kareu but Kareu has a Baby face .

Aiden can Cook be see. As automatic Husband material by every oni

Esca would so popular, for the simple reason that most oni can’t grow facial hair and Most oni like Cats . But he also in the ideal male body

… Oni Wonder how Hoshi hasn’t Broken every bone in Flynn’s Birdy Body . Hoshi has said to easily crack Pumpkin on accident , Hiei been seen lifting cars and Shu …he saved a semi truck driver once by lifting the Truck, they think this is normal

Hoshi has said that Flynn would actually be considered the scum of the Earth if he was an Oni . oni Kinda have an Inherent thing againist some of his Sketchy ways.

Hoshiguma said that If Flynn and Nanos Traits were Translated into an oni ,Nanoy would be the more Desirable one due to his demeanor , and the Scars , oni women like men like Nano in Personailty

he also says that Flynn would weight a bit more than Hoshi Doses as an oni however he’d be “soft” but Nanoya would be even bigger due to muscle .

Flynn would keep the Feathers but he’d be too heavy to Fly with them . They basically be decoration.

Rubina… most Male oni would like her , Same with Gabrielle … and Jessica oh Oceana too , Infact Cho-Hee included here too desirable.

Waffle .. let’s say Morey should keep an Eye on her ,Female Oni’s see a Cute thing and gather Around it .

Dallas would be considered too cute and most would not want to touch Creek but would find her attractive

Oni Get offended by Curse meant to turn peoples into Orges as punishment ,like imagine people treating your whole Race as a punishment . They instead try to help people adapt to how an oni body works.

Oni have High Libido but they wish it was less it’s unknown how they kept it under control most oni due so you wouldn’t know until You get one in bed .

They also use alot of stuff to make food more Filling for themselves Eles Oni would eat all the Time due thier Strange metabolisms. If you have an Oni as a Partner you That weights going to sneak up on you and they Worried when People don’t eat

Dont Bring Sigurd to an Oni gathering they’ll think he’s Rude .

[memorabxlia]

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[findyourrp]

Hello! Trying my luck here, haha. ❄️

I’m 18 years old trying to look for a Pokemon m/m roleplay from Paldea. I can play Grusha and will most likely only stick to him ^^

Im trying to look for something domestic and sweet, however we can add any other plots or plan anything else my partner wants!! Im pretty open to anything.

Just, please be aware that I am still in school and get burnt out very easily. I love rping but sometimes I get stuck in a rut where I cant write. So please dont be offended if we go a week or so without talking/no response, I am always thinking about it!!

!!RULES!!

>no hard-core gore (unless related to injury)

>semi-lit writer here! I usually write 3-6 paragraphs (depending in the scene ^^) (i will write less or more to match my partner)

>we can do smut, but i would love to discuss that before we start jumping into it. Anything related to kinks or stuff like that will be talked over and we can properly agree in things we like!

Other than that, I would love to start a new adventure with you. If interested I will reach out asap!!!! ❄️

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[candycannibal]

i often see people get very offended and adamant about the statement "this kind character is boring to me", and i think they're taking it too personally or perhaps even uh, not understanding the statement? a kind character can be boring narratively to a person, that not the same as them saying kindness in real life is boring or easy

and its just an opinion. like i prefer to write messy and mean characters one because i think they add conflict to a story which you know drives a plot and can make interesting dynamics, and two because it gives them somewhere to grow into. a shitty selfish person overcoming there stuff and becoming kinder is way more interesting to me than a kind person... existing? also people becoming worse is more interesting to me as well, thats just what i like idk. it's just a difference in what kind of stories and narratives you enjoy

someone saying they dont like or find kind characters interesting isnt a reason to make a moral judgement on them. it's literally just. an opinion

and yeah, i know kind characters have their own nuances and story arch and growth they can achieve, it just usually doesnt grab me as easily as the other stuff im into

[imoanurparentsnames]

i even see some minors' accounts bios saying their age and that they're a minor. can yall please not do that??? for ur own safety dont state your age! even stating "minor" can make you a target for sex offenders. i don't want anyone under a certain age to follow me, but that should be for my followers to use discretion. i will not block anyone who doesn't have their exact age in bio because, again, i dont want to pressure people to make themselves a) easily doxxed, or b) a target for harrassment. if i think you shouldnt follow me, then i will politely dm you and you can just tell me your age or age range or generation or whatever and thats fine.

as someone who has experienced being both an adult and a child on the internet, i never experienced harrassment on accounts where i didnt post my age or personal details, but on accounts where i did, i was harrassed. people on social media have unfortunately forgotten the importance of online safety. please PLEASE do not put personal info in your bio. at the most, give a large age range or what generation youre in. but putting age or birthday in bio will come back to bite you in the future.

"oh but i dont want minors to see all the dirty stuff on my page cuz then theyll report me" then tag your shit properly. so many nsfw accounts don't put community warnings on sexual stuff or tag it so it can't be blocked. you can block community warnings and tags, but you cannot block random sexual posts or images that crop up on your feed. if yall actually cared about minors not seeing your posts like yall claim, then you would tag and add community warnings, but most of yall dont. (which is why stuff sometimes ends up getting reported and taken down - because someone saw it and thought it wasnt appropriately tagged). tag. your. shit.

a surprising amount of nsfw accounts seem to think that you should put your age in your bio or expect to get blocked. but i'm gonna explain why you shouldn't do that, at all costs.

for context: this person who i messaged is in the same generation as me and stated that they block people with no age in bio (like many blogs i see here).

it geniunely concerns me that some of yall did not get lessons about online safety or seem to not care abt it at all. there is a reason schools tell you not to publicly disclose age, full name, town you live in, etc. its because you can get doxxed from it, or made into a target. coming from nsfw accounts with hard kinks that could be the subject of humiliation or losing your job/university/home, this is especially surprising that yall want someones exact age in bio cuz yall are making it easier to be doxxed.

you have NO IDEA who is looking at ur blog page (or social media pages in general). you dont know that person's intentions. you dont know if they dislike or want to harm you. you dont know what they will do with the information that you have practically handed to them on a plate. you dont know if youre going to be targeted by anyone. my concerns are very much real, not "really silly". and as someone who expresses somewhat controversial opinions of fandom and perhaps other subjects, i do not want to risk anything. you would be very naive to think that no one will go through your blog, ever. and there are way too many malicious individuals out there for me to trust randoms on the internet.

i have seen those tiktok videos of people doxxing others (albeit normally consensually) based off silly tiny details that most people dont notice or care about. whilst i cant prevent a highly skilled person like that from going through my blog or trying to doxx me, i can make it harder for someone to doxx me by not providing easily identifiable personal information.

stop making it easier for someone to doxx you and start using your common sense and online safety learning.

[thisisaname-whatahappyname]

vent

i mean oh wow it's like she wants me to kill myself

all of this because i botched my hair and defended the fact that i ended up botching my hair and keeping it

heyy guys if i end up not posting for like. two months please kindly assume im dead lmfao

pfft i should probably screen shot some of the things she said in messenger dms when she isn't watching the screen just as proof that she said it

[gascon-en-exil]

as someone who is wlw thought i'd put in my two cents. i dont have any issues with people liking edelgard for being bi, queer people have coopted characters who weren't always intended to be the best rep before and bi women esp tend to get used for the male gaze a lot. I just wish more people actually realized that in the first place.

Though I will say I feel like that even if you removed byleth she still has some fairly romantically coded interactions and endings with dorothea and manuela so i wouldn't say she's just bi for byleth. lindhardt is a much worse offender of it in my opinion. he never even hints he likes guys in any other support, and while bi people who prefer the opposite sex are of course valid, if you dont show the bi part of being bi is it really there?

I also wish people wouldn't use her queerness to automatically make her woke and would bend over backwards to excuse literal imperialism for it. ig it's more telling of the fandom's western us centricness than anything. two of my friends from eastern europe, slovakian and romanian specifically, felt fairly alienated in the fandom because of how uncomfy they felt with edelgard and how many people liked her. one of them is a history student too and she's mostly focused on the romans so she knows her shit about empires

i feel like western fandom is becoming more aware of what to look out for that can be a tad...sus in japanese media, esp given the whole AoT controversy about the author being a japanese nationalist, and while i dont think three houses is really falling into specifically that brand of japanese nationalism, i just think they shot too close to the sun in trying to make a morally complex situation and the fire emblem games being historically reluctant to let women be fully malicious, but i do think it's worth being mindful of japans history as an imperialist power and that the sentiment they were right in that situation still persists in people in the country.

I don't have much to add, although you are right that bi characters need to express actual interest in characters of multiple genders to read as bi, because fictional characters lack any interiority that their writers don't show to the audience.

I think people who try to push Edelgard as progressive either don't know or don't care that FE, like a lot of popular fantasy, has always been quietly reactionary and more interested in character drama than political relevance. I've always considered its queer context - both subtext and text - more of a piece with its other unconventional sexual elements like incest and dragon lolis and teacher/student relationships than a deliberate effort by IS to be progressive. It's just particularly irksome to me because it relies so heavily on the belief that only Avatar S ranks matter to the conversation - which is missing more than half the picture, easily, and leads to terribly discourse-laden conclusions like what you mentioned.

[philipkindreddickhead]

I often seen critiques of make up from an existential/philosophical perspective, but I rarely see criticism of cosmetics from a stand point of the very physical bodily harm it does. I think this is because the number of dangerous ingredients is so massive, and overlapping its an absolutely daunting task. So I've compiled the information I've found and bear with me its a lot. (This is from an American perspective. Sorry, thats what I know. However I would love it if people from other countries had things to add.)

First I want to get the "simple" stuff out of the way. I think almost everyone has heard about bacteria and fungi in makeup and that makeup causes acne from clogging pores. Makeup has a pretty strict shelf life, yet consumers are entirely supposed to self-police as Ive never seen a single expiration date on any cosmetic packaging. (I guess consumers are meant to pull this knowledge out of the ether or something. I only found out about it in a tumblr PSA. I did read that expirys are on products in Europe.) Beauty blenders are the worst offender because theyre almost always moist. When I was taught makeup I was told to wet my sponge so it would soak up less product. If you apply makeup daily your sponge is likely constantly damp. USA Today had an article which said that 96% of sponges had fungi and over 60% had E. Coli in them. But I think what people talk about less is the complication of problems from using other products in conjunction with dirty beauty blenders. USA Today warns its especially dangerous to use beauty blenders if you have damage to your skin like acne, cuts, or dry skin. However the most popular beauty products for washing your face contain walnut pieces for literally scrubbing your skin and creating microabrasions. If youre a frequent makeup user you probably know about the cyclical nature of applying foundation, breaking out, and then applying more foundation to cover the breakout. You may even be using scrubbing cleansers more frequently to combat the acne creating more tears. This can lead to "blood poisoning" and, though neither USA today or Forbes mentions this, blood poisoning (not a medical term btw. Its sepsis.) according to numerous medical sites has the potential to be extremely lethal. The symptoms are so similar to a regular flu its nearly impossible to self-diagnose.

The very first thing I was told when a friend handed me a jar of finishing powder- popular with many beauty gurus for the "baking" technique and considered a must have- was a joke about "clown lung." This was a reference to the main ingredient talc. Talc causes lung problems including cancer and respiratory illness. If anyone remembers the large Johnson and Johnson lawsuit from 2019 it was because theyd been putting talc into baby powder. Talc is dangerous because it's impossible to mine and seperate from ASBESTOS. Some high-end finishing powders will try to sell you on safe talc-free formulas but all the products I looked into contained mica instead which causes pneumoconiosis, colloquially known as "black lung disease." Like fucking coal miners get. Its not just present in finishing powder either. In my research it turned out that talc/asbestos are also present in many eyeshadows and other powder products. [Googleable, evidenced in J&J lawsuit]

Another industry to examine is nail salons. Toluene, Formaldehyde, Dibutyl Phthalate, and Methacrylate compounds are all dangerous ingredients and present in various salon products. These ingredients cause a range of problems from dizziness, drowsiness, birth defects, slow fetal growth, future intellectual disabilities in the fetus, eye skin and throat irritation, coughing, allergic reactions, asthma-like attacks, short-term memory loss, nausea, dermatitis, cancer, and misscarriage. Some nail products advertise that they are 3-free meaning that toluene, formaldehyde, and DP should be absent but often the labels are found to be completely inaccurate. It should be noted that the risk is mainly to salon workers and not patrons but ask yourself if it is right to place other people at serious risk for your aesthetic. OSHA does make an attempt to mitigate these risks however not once in my years of makeup queen did I see a salon following these directives which include constant air monitoring, half mask respirators with chemical cartridges, gloves, long sleeves, and safety glasses. (And Im not even going to touch issues of human trafficking/slave labour out of nail salons one case of which occured 5 days ago two hours away from me) It should also be noted that formaldehyde can also be found in hair relaxers and hair dyes. [Found articles in Scientific American and NYT]

I also found on the FDAs website that many cosmetics include heavy metals like arsenic, mercury, and lead. (Usually accompainied by a picture of lipstick so I assume that is the product most likely to contain it, however campaign for safe cosmetics lists foundation as containing heavy metals, and The Guardian has an article about skin lighteners from Asia and Africa containing mercury.) The website stated that the amount of these heavy metals in cosmetics is "safe" if used as intended. (and I'm going to come back to the concept of "intended use" later because thats a can of worms too) However, when searching for info on heavy metal safety I found this quote in regards to metals in food:

"Certain metals, such as arsenic, lead and mercury, have no established health benefit, and have been shown to lead to illness, impairment, and in high doses, death. Understanding the risk that harmful metals pose in our food supply is complicated by the fact that no single food source accounts for most people’s exposure to metals in foods. People’s exposure comes from many different foods containing these metals. Combining all of the foods we eat, even low levels of harmful metals from individual food sources, can sometimes add up to a level of concern"

So like, which is it? Is it a "safe amount" or is no amount of metal safe? I understand that in the case of certain foods like fish some amount of mercury poisoning is always expected but fish is also something you feed yourself and nourish your body with while cosmetics are completely unecessary to your survival. The mercury problem in fish is also mitigated by health warnings when mercury levels are particularly high but cosmetics have no such warning. Another warning on the site indicated that children should ingest NO amount of lead AT ALL because it is particularly harmful for kids yet theres no effort to stop children from using lead-containing cosmetics. I worked next to a Five Below where I was shocked to find they sold Jeffree Star and Anastasia eyeshadow dupes for five dollars which amounts to fucking pocket change for a lot of kids and kids do buy that stuff. I also think its ironic the FDA would have anything to say regarding cosmetics because in the very same article about heavy metals in cosmetics the FDA says that they DO NOT REGULATE cosmetics beyond the color additives.

Mascara, eyeliner, lipstick, and brow tint often contain carbon black. This is a color additive that is an incomplete combustion of carbon-based products. It can cause lung disease, cancer, and organ system toxicity, and eye, nose, throat irritation. The effects are mainly studied in rats and those at biggest risk are industrial workers but why do other workers have to endure lung problems for something so unecessary? [Easily googleable, NIH, CDC, WHO Europe]

This next bit I only want to mention briefly because I didnt find any particularly reputable sources about it, but its a claim that cropped up repeatedly and I think its an interesting one. Parabens, estrogen, phthalates (again), and pesticides in cosmetics are apparently linked to endocrine disorders and hormone dysregulation. Im not entirely sure what is meant by this accusation. Endocrine disorders include female diseases like PCOS and possibly endometriosis. None of these diseases is very well studied and the female endocrine system itself is not well studied either. Im not saying "cosmetics cause PCOS" because we dont know if PCOS or these other endocrine/hormonal disorders are genetic or environmental or both (it appears that PCOS is largely genetic and Endometriosis is likely autoimmune related) AND we dont appear to know for sure that cosmetic ingredients cause endocrine disorder. But I include anyway for a number of reasons:

If you happen to struggle with hormonal problems you may want to know cosmetics is a potential environment factor.

These conditions are incredibly painful. It will be a battle getting your doctor to even acknowledge that pain for diagnosis. PCOS is linked to diabetes, and heart disease. [Thanks @mother-of-pearl ] There is no cure and the treatments are often throwing hormonal birth control at it and hoping for the best.

I dont anticipate the link between cosmetics and endocrine disorders being studied any time soon or any endocrine disorders studied at all because the medical/scientific field is sexist. I dont want women to suffer in the mean time.

Now again, take this with a grain of salt because I couldnt find scientific or news sources for it. Dont fucking come for me. Im not gonna respond to you. [Most reputable source was a paper from the library of medicine at the national institutes of health but it was behind a paywall and I dont have 39 dollars to be right on tumblrdotcom]

Avoiding these ingredients is not as simple as scanning the label for them. As many beautubers and the community are no doubt aware considering multiple scandals over veganism. Products advertised as vegan or cruelty free but contain non-vegan carmine or are sold in China which legally requires the products to be animal tested. Cosmetic companies will hide ingredients claiming they are "trade secrets" or they will be placed under "fragrance." Many ingredients will be known by six or seven different names and asking consumers to be aware of seven different names for multiple ingredients requires consumers to be aware of innumerable different, often complicated ingredient names. I shouldnt have to point out that's a ridiculous burden to place on women. The EU banned 1,300 hazardous ingredients that the US did not. Cosmetic companies rely on women being unwilling/unable to bring in a list of 1,300 ingredients- with multiple names- every time they pop in to the drug store, sephora, or wherever. Buying "natural" products will not help you either. Theres no established criteria for natural/organic in costmetics, the FDA doesnt test these products, and "natural"=/= safe anyway. Plenty of plants and minerals are poisonous. One good example is traditional kohl products which advertise their natural status but also naturally contain lead and reiterating that natural powders contain mica. US courts are rarely on the side of consumers either. I found an interesting lawsuit against St. Ives for their apricot scrub taken to court for their "dermatologist tested" label despite it causing breakouts and cuts to the skin. The courts ruled that this label was fine because it only indicated that the product was TESTED not APPROVED by dermatologists. However I think any rational consumer would look at this label and assume the tests concluded it was safe for use or else why put the label on there?

[Googlable XMONDO drama, googlable laws wrt china and eu, already stated about FDA, FDA website about Kohl. Googled St. Ives lawsuit.]

I want to return to the idea of "intended use." This is sort of a fucky concept a lot of companies have ways of getting around. My "last straw" with makeup had to do with a run-in I had with Anastasia over their "Riviera" eyeshadow palette. In this pallette they had two colors that were the real feature of the palette, an electric neon purple and a radioactive pink I mean every photo, every promotion has these two colors swirled together around the eye. Because again, its an eyeshadow palette. When I buy the eyeshadow palette of course there's a little insert warning in the package that says these two shades are not intended on the eye area. In an eyeshadow palette. Contacting their customer service they told me that these two shades were meant to be used as a blush. neon purple blush. Not only that, but their website and instagram featured NO models wearing the shades as blush while EVERY model one or more of the shades as eyeshadow. When asked about this discrepancy ABH stopped responding. What I find egregious about this is the amount of people who dont know, and then more staggeringly; dont care. The sephora clerks didnt know, the in store abh representative didnt know, their customers didnt know, and when I told them they would respond with "oh, [brand] did the same thing with their [shade]." Sure enough, when I demanded that store clerks open the packaging to look for warnings nearly every product had an "eyeshadow" that was not intended for use on the eyes. Relegating dark, red-toned teal to "contour" and neon grean to "highlighter" US-based cosmetic junkies will say that these pigments have been approved for use by the EU however I found absolutely NO evidence of that. I googled it a thousand ways but all I ever found were blog posts, reddit comments, and one quote from an apparently nonEuropean layman in an Insider article. I even changed my location to France on ABH's website and the Norvina palette still contains the same warnings (not to harp on ABH in particular. I just know which shades in particular are the problem there). The Insider article noted that brands who were selling pressed pigments declined to comment. If the pressed pigments were EU friendly, I would think companies would be clamouring to say so. It also still makes their market as eyeshadow colors illegal in the US. (If any Europeans would like to chime in I'd love that.) Another problem I find with cosmetics companies and their reps is the claim that the worst thing that could happen is eye irritation for those with sensitive eyes and staining. How could they possibly know? The FDA doesnt test, or approve these cosmetics in the eye area, so ostensibly no one should be using it that way.

The next one is a bit of a "duh" but I'm going to talk about it anyway. Counterfeit cosmetics are a booming market full of untold dangers. Untold primarily because these products could contain literally anything. Ive read about glue, arsenic, lead, feces, staph, and horse urine to name a few. The labels and ingredient list on these products are fake. Legitimate brands often unintentionally play into the counterfeit market. They create artificial scarcity by making less of the product than is actually needed for consumer demand to create an even higher demand. If consumers miss out often their only chance at getting the product is to turn to counterfeits. I found examples of women who had their lips superglued, lips "turned to goo" and burned to blistering, throat closures, women with stys, contact dermatitis, eye infections. I think we as a society turn a blind eye to this problem because we think "hey, if youre buying counterfeits for a discount and you get hurt you deserve it." We imagine idiots buying products for 4 dollars from ebay or perusing Canal street for FEИTY beauty. But these counterfeits can be really convincing. I myself received a gift of a huda palette that I only recognized something was weird about it because I'd swatched it at sephora about five times earlier that month. The person who bought it for me actually paid MORE than the usual cost for the palette because it was advertised as a newer, better edition. The websites can be disturbingly similar. For instance Kylie Jenner's legitimate website is KylieCosmetics.com but you can find fakes at kyliecosmeticsshop.co.uk. These fakes can buy ad space and be one of the first sites that populate when you google the products instead of typing the legitimate site into the address bar. Counterfeits can also be bought and sold through third parties on websites like ebay, wish, and amazon. (My gift actually came from Amazon.)

[Netflix doc "Broken" ep "Makeup Mayhem" Corroborated by personal experience and google]

[nikrangdan]

classmate!sunghoon

pairing: classmate!sunghoon x female reader

genre: fluff, comedy

description: you felt like park sunghoon was way, WAY out of your league... what happens when the teacher tells him to move seats and sit next to you?

*didnt proofread

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becoming friends with park sunghoon was not something you expected to happen this year

throughout high school you had a small group of friends and never really stuck out

so when your teacher told sunghoon to move seats..

the seat happened to be the empty one next to..

guess who *cue the evil laugh*

YOU!!!!

your first thought was

‘this entire year is just gonna be him completely ignoring my existence or awkward interactions’

now you’ve heard of park sunghoon.... its basically a guarantee at your high school

he has this group of friends and theyre labelled as the popular kids i guess you could say

and the only reason he had to move seats in your two hour long class was because he and his friend jake goof off in class too often and your teacher deemed them “too distracting”

so eventually sunghoon was forced to move all the way across the classroom

right next to you

you were shocked to say the least

obviously he was handsome

too handsome to the point where you questioned how someone as good looking as him went to your school

he sighed and got up from his chair next to jake

but he still had a small smile remaining on his face indicating he wasnt that upset about him having to leave his friend

your heart began to beat quicker automatically as he walked towards your desk

even if you didnt have a crush on him like alot of people did, you still felt nervous around popular students like him for some reason

he ran his hand through his hair and sat down next to you, setting his bookbag on the floor next to him

he didnt look at you, nor acknowledge you

Awkward....

but nonetheless the lecture began again and the class sat in silence

taking notes on their laptops or sleeping

there were around 30 people in your class and your seat was in the middle row next to the window so you often gazed outside from the 2nd floor during class

you glanced to your right and noticed sunghoon slouched back in his seat, twirling around a pencil in his hand while his laptop remained open on his desk

it was just a white screen so he didnt take any notes

you were surpised because you knew he had fairly decent grades

you ignored your thoughts and continued taking your own notes

soon enough the bell rang and sunghoon stood up immediately and walked over to jake

‘yup’ you thought. ‘we are definitely not going to be having a single conversation this year.’

fast forward a couple days!!!!

you were sitting in class next to the boy

as normal

and you still have yet to talk to him.. mainly because you never initiated conversations ESPECIALLY when its a really really cute boy

anyways

ur teacher is like

Ok class im assigning a project and ur partner is the person sitting next to u

yay!!!!!! (can u sense the sarcasm)

welp

you sit in silence while everyone in the class starts discussing with their partners

the project is you have to make a presentation on a world issue of your choice

“um...” u start

sunghoon starts pulling out his laptop and binder

“what do you wanna do?”

he doesnt even look you

well!!!!!!

u didnt know sunghoon and his group of friends very well but u definitely thought they were more... friendly than this

its silent for like 5 seconds

“huh? oh sorry did you say something?”

“uh yeah.. i asked what you wanted to do for the project.”

“project?”

God u tried so hard not to laugh

you think he noticed because his cheeks turned a really light shade of pink

he looked so innocent

“yeah we have to make a presentation” you lightly chuckled

he was very amusing without even trying

“oh sorry haha.. i zone out easily”

“its okay.. but its due in less than 2 weeks so”

so you two spent the next hour choosing a topic and working on the project

it was kind of awkward for the first 10 minutes but then you warmed up to eachother

u were lucky that he was an extrovert too

(sunghoon is an extrovert for the sake of this story OK)

u were also lucky that he was smart

it was easy for you to talk to him.. he just felt comfortable

contrary to ur prior belief.. sunghoon was actually a really really cool guy

u used to think he was just a guy

now u think hes a really really cool guy

“can you please stop putting penguin clip art on the slides” you giggle

then he puts parrot clip art instead

“do your work!!!!” he was supposed to keep researching but he was trying to balance his pen on his nose

“shhh y/n... im doing something important.”

you roll your eyes

he was always doing something that was Not work

but you found it entertaining

and he’d make dumb little jokes that made you both hide your faces in your arms on top of the desk to hide your laughter

“hey y/n”

“what”

“what do you call an old snowman”

“i dunno.. snowgramps”

“no.. water”

you both made eye contact before bursting into laughter and then forcing yourselves to be quiet before u got in trouble

but that made everything funnier so you both were just covering your faces while trying so hard not to make a sound

this was so weird

u have never clicked with someone so fast before it honestly felt exciting

you were talking to sunghoon as if you’d been friends with him since birth

Very Very weird because you had only talked to him an hour ago and now u two are acting like besties ?!?!

jake noticed from across the room too

hes like ‘Why is sunghoon having fun without me🙄🙄’

the bell rings and so far you only have 2 slides

“we didnt get anything done” you note as you pack your bag

“yeah yeah i know. we can work on it more tomorrow”

“right.. see you tomorrow” you’re about to head out until jake walks up

“hey bro” he and sunghoon do some kind of made up handshake before he turns to look at you

now you know jake

everyone knows jake

you used to think he was the sweetest out of all their friend group

and he definitely lives up to that!!!

“hey y/n!” he gives u a smile

AWE hes so adorable

“hi” u reply

you were trying to speed up this conversation though so you could go eat lunch with your friend

“hows the project going?” he asks

“bad. sunghoon doesnt know how to do anything.” you deadpanned jokingly

sunghoon looks at you with an offended look that makes you wanna snort

“hey! you’re the one who doesn’t know how to add text to the slide!”

“what the hell sunghoon?! don’t tell him that, it’s embarrassing!” you give him a dirty look before walking out the classroom door with a smile on your face

days passed and you and sunghoon would only speak during that class but whenever you did it would be a mess

“sunghoon, y/n, quiet down! there is no reason for my classroom to be this loud!” your teacher scolds you two after sunghoon slapped his desk after you accidentally snorted

u two had such a weird relationship

u were almost strangers outside this one class but besties when u were in it

jake noticed too

one time he asked sunghoon during lunch why ur relationship was what it was

“i dont know.. thats just how we are” he answered

but jake kind of suspected sunghoon had a crush on u

*wiggles eyebrows*

it had only been a week but jake was determined to set u up together

“y/n you look cold, heres sunghoons jacket!”

“y/n sunghoon needs help with his homework, can you maybe do something about that..”

“sunghoon, y/n looks sad go give her a hug”

needless to say it worked!!!!

because a week after you presented your 2 weeks worth project

sunghoon asked u on a date

YUPPPPPP

let me recite how it went

u were walking out of class together because jake wasnt there that day

sunghoons bookbag was slung over one shoulder and u were stood next to him with both hands on ur straps

“hey.. do u wanna maybe go grab something to eat with me for dinner..? or something” he quickly asked

“what, like a date?” you joke

“uh.. yeah” he replied looking down at u

u stop in your tracks

WHA

No way

“wait what? seriously?” you look up at him with wide eyes

“yes u little munchkin” he pinches your cheeks exaggeratedly and pulls them to make your face sway everywhere

u swat them off so fast

“um.. okay” u answer and ur face heats up

you cant even look him in the eye

like u cant say u DIDNT see this coming but it was still a shock

“awe is y/n blushing” he teases

“go away stupid”

yeah he doesnt go away

ANYWAYS u are the cutest couple ever

everyone wants to be u two so bad!

couple goals literally

jake is so proud of himself honestly

whenever u get into a silly little argument his rebuttal is always

“remind me who got u the best boyfriend ever? thats right, me. dont try me y/n”

and ur like

“ooohhh jakey im so scareddd”

he cannot stand u

but Yeah sunghoon bestest bf ever

takes u on dates whenever u want to

makes u laugh very much

almost too much

and ur parents LOVE him

mhm sunghoon very awesome guy