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5secondsofrant · 6 years ago

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imo Sierra performing is frustrating bc even if the other performers are tied w 5sos at least theyre making a name for themselves on their own. With Sierra it came out of nowhere, esp after her comment that she’s writing for other artists atm. I know this is for charity and all, &that’s great but I feel like it kinda is her taking advantage. It would be fine if she worked to promote her music/career but in the past year she hasn’t. You can’t be a silent musician to make something of your craft.

Yes! I totally agree with you! That’s why in the ask related to this in the response I said “I feel like you’re kind of pissed and I can understand why”. I actually was going to add that I felt frustrated when I read that they are performing at a charity event, because I thought she had taken the spot from another musician, but since it’s their event, I feel like it hurts less to give her a spot.

When I see this things happening, I try to put myself in the different points of view. And I was thinking about the boys’s and I can totally see why they would let her (or ask her) to perform (and put her in the poster, too). At the end of the day they’re humans, like you and me, so thinking about this, I know they might (probably) be biased.

I feel like some of us are bothered because we all have gone through this situation. We all help our friends/partners. We all want to see them succeed. So when you’re in a position where you can help out, you will do it. When it comes to people that we appreciate, we’re really biased. and I feel like with them [the boys] is extra because they developed their most crucial years on a industry that is based on this. I feel like they think they have developed good skills at spotting when they’re being fooled but they truly haven’t. I also think they might think about them back in the day when they were beginning and say “well, so many people helped us out, it’s only right for us to do so” (which is fine!) but they seem to have poor judgement on who to help.

To ground this, I feel like it irks because we all have been in that group project where you have that friend that’s struggling and you’re like ��hey, here, I help you with your part, don’t worry”, but we all know that after doing it two, three, four times, we start to notice they’re not changing. They’re not doing their part again. We start to get tired. We see that friend and we’re like ‘maybe this time…’ but they don’t do it. They don’t change. And at some point you just tell them the stuff on their face or your relationship with the person falls apart.

As you say, if she were doing something, that would be different. She’s just… there.

I feel like maybe this is happening for various reasons:

1. I feel like Sierra is really lost in her career path. Which happens, and is normal. Maybe she doesn’t like music at all and just did it because she wanted to please her couple and enjoyed it because it was with him. Maybe she should consider a band if she doesn’t like going solo. And if she’s not really interested in music, I think it’s alright to step back and say “hey, I was young and I followed my boyfriend, but I’ve realized I don’t like it anymore”.

I feel like she’s really lost in the sense of “what now”. Sure, she has a degree. But I feel like after being on the public eye and seemingly enjoy it, she’s trying to keep up with this facade of a singer. Maybe she should even consider being an influencer if she just likes being the public eye but not being involved in any type of entertainment area. And I say this because by what I’ve gathered, she really likes attention, she just pretends she doesn’t. I read that she was chosen like the nicest one or something along those lines, so it means she’s really social and not the shy person she’s trying to sell us. I know I’m walking in thin ice here, but for shy people, they can fake being social for a while, but to be considered the nicest, you have to be really involved with people (and to a lot of them). In my eyes, shy people tend to choose who they will talk to because they feel interested in some way. She’s not shy, she just tries to please everyone (and this might be rough, but maybe this is one of the reasons she and Luke get along).

2. I feel like behind the scenes, Sierra is like “guys i’m really working on new music but every time I do something, it backfires! I try to pull music out, it’s considered plagiarism. But I truly love this, I just need time to heal, etc” and the boys believe this. I feel like they’re nicer to her because they might see themselves reflected on her. The boys went through rough times but the industry didn’t let them catch a breath until it ended up in a two year hiatus. I feel like they’re trying to be supportive and kind of protect her from what they have lived in the industry.

And then, you have the most media-looking side of this and it’s the fact that it will probably bring more attention now that’s she’s going to be there. Fans posting about Luke and Sierra and gushing about them sharing their passion for music (and they’re angels because it’s charity). People buying the ticket to see if something happens. Something will probably happen and the daily mail will come up with their cheesy, stupid headline about Luke and Sierra showing their love to help charity. I think it brings buzz. It’s beneficial for all of them if you see it that way.

This is how it goes. And for the non impressionable part of the fandom, is really shitty and might be even daunting to follow the band. 5SOS on their own is the shit. They’re great musicians. Funny guys. They seem grounded. They seem passionate about what they do. They are inspirational.

But with all the people and drama always surrounding them, sometimes it’s hard to stay. And sometimes it’s hard not only because it bothers you (even if it’s just a little bit), but also saddens you to see that their success is always eclipsed by other people, and it’s not even their fault or these people’s fault but their managers and the fandom.

Everything I’ve stated here are just opinions and perceptions, and I feel like I rambled about other stuff, but hopefully it made sense. In short: totally agree with you, anon.

#lhsd #fof #5sosd #answered

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thetwobosses · 6 years ago

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Rules: Answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people who you want to get to know better.

Tagged by: @block-of-writers

Nickname: TTB

Zodiac: Leo

Height: 170cm/5′7″

Last movie I saw: Rewatched LEGO Batman. Last one I saw in cinemas was Into The Spiderverse

Last thing I googled: I forgot my height in feet/inches

Favorite musician: I don’t really follow any musician or band specifically. One of the few musicians I can name might be David Draiman

Song stuck in my head: Aaand now I have the Disturbed - The Brave and The Bold playing in my head xD

Other blogs: @saberlynx, but I haven’t really been posting there much, esp lately. Also have a mostly complete FO4 fandom/OC blog, but it’s been sitting as WIP for nearly two years and idk if I’ll ever launch it at this point.

Do I get asks: I used to get some ask memes or general messages when I was more active. It’s been pretty quiet.

Following: 123

Followers: 1256

Amount of sleep: 6-9 hours

Lucky number: 340

What I’m wearing: Chilling at home in sweatpants and orange sweater

Dream job: I have no clue. Something where I don’t have to interact with a lot of people, have a loose schedule and am not responsible for anything too crucial. Big bonus points if it’s somehow related to (human) geography though.

Dream trip: A couple of months to explore parts of the US and meet @princessdemeter in person :)

Favorite food: Shashlik 👌

Play any instruments? I have a native american style flute that I play occasionally for myself. I used to play piano in elementary school, but the skill’s gone now. I’m good at choir singing, but haven’t had a chance to do that since graduating high school.

Languages: Fluent in Estonian and English, can understand little bits of Russian, French and Finnish.

Favorite songs: Way, way too many to list.

Random Facts: I’m helping dad with a little hobby research project by analysing old Estonian folk fairy tales and identifying certain elements in them according to a classification system.

Describe yourself as aesthetic things: The geology wing of a museum with endless slightly dusty glass cases of cool rocks. A 3 am wikipedia crawl with 17 tabs open and forgetting why you even opened half of them. A desktop background randomly rotating between of a couple of hundred astronomy photos and sci-fi illustrations. D&D character sheets for characters you’ve barely gotten to play but still love.

Tag 21 People: How about I tag 2+1 people and we’ll call it even? ;) @princessdemeter @playinglleaflet @antivanbrandy

#Not SR #meme reply #thanks for the tag!

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nctsukashii-archive-blog · 6 years ago

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Unpopular character you love? (not hoshi)

The saltiest cracker you know is me, Bepsi!23. Unpopular character you love?

Ah SHOOT. YOU TOOK MY EASY ANSWER. JERK ! Meanie !!! U big pizza slice !

aababbaa but! I do have one I really wanna talk about!Under the cut you see, for I ramble a lot.

- Hifumi !

I love him man.There’s so much about his character that’s so relatable and lovable to me. I think that’s why DR1′s amazing theme of “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” really comes on in with him. On the outside he looks like as one would expect of a gross anime fan. Fat, not attractive, pretty gonk-y, speaks all fuckin over the top like an anime, so on and so forth. But it’s when you learn about him that really makes him super fucking amazing.His past is like, something that I can relate to myself in a bit. As someone that ‘became a bully to stop the bullying’ and stopped when he could like… find enjoyment and fun in an anime character and put all of his effort into that instead. He’s drawing because he shows appreciation for her, and that’s super sweet. And quick tangent before I continue, but “he only makes hentai” is a bad argument. Like, he does and I ain’t gunna vouch that he doesn’t but lots of people do. What’s wrong with it? Like, is it a crime to make that stuff??? Clearly not if Doujin creators are a big deal in Japan, able to have hour long lines at their stands at conventions, with people willing to purchase their merch with devoted fans. Like, ppl are so quick to demonize sexuality it’s CRAZY.

Anyways, back on topic. He’s got a great personality. He’s like, a bit of a stuck up jackass when ya first see him, but it’s the later interactions that just really sell it for me. He’s got some of the FUNNIEST lines in my opinion, between saying that his punches towards Ishida will go faster b/c he has no arm hair so there’ll be less wind resistance, or his numerous anime and videogame quips (”rebooting my devices; please stand by”, “You haven’t reached that point in our friendship! You don’t have enough friendship points to be asking those questions!”, “If he tries that (in context it’s mondo going to attack monokuma) Oowada Mondo-dono’s health will go to zero!”, “the whole anime plotline for the first episode outside the trash room”, for a few) are all just absolutely stellar to me. He’s unabashedly awkward because he’s just so confident in himself and what he loves, and it makes me happy to see him so enthusiastic!

Speakin of that, let’s go more into it!!He’s so passionate about himself, and just has a gay ol time doing everything. It’s absolutely amazing honestly. His speaking is just so energetic! He’s so happy to do what he does as an artist and I absolutely love it! It’s almost inspirational, that he can be so unabashedly confident and happy about his skill, and it shows just how much love he puts into his art. And real talk here, but Hifumi isn’t even that much of an asshole. Like, people make him out to be some kinda monster, when that’s absolutely not the case. “he killed Ishimaru though!” yeah, because Celes lied and said that Ishimaru sexually assaulted her, took what would be at that point Hifumi’s close friend, and said Ishimaru planned to kill him and probably everyone else. Like, murder is still wrong, but he didn’t do it because “oh celes asked me to”. He did it for his sense of justice- in that he hated to see someone like Celes be hurt. : / don’t diss my dude for tryin to protect a friend yo. His spats with people are less mean spirited and just more fun and lightheared dickery. Like, when you crack shit with your friends. He picks fights, but it’s never out of malicious intent. It’s like having a good time or trying to lighten the atmosphere, albeit in his own goofy anime way.Even in Chapter 2, the spat he has with Fukawa in the library over literature and doujin isn’t as aggressive as it prolly should be. He takes most insults with stride (unless they insult the 2-D works of course!!) and it feels a lot more like a cliche anime rivalry (esp. when he says shit like “you are my ARCH NEMESIS, I can’t make you tea!” when Fukawa asks why he only made some for Celes). At least, that’s what Yamada thinks.

He’s confident, which a lot of people always like to assume makes someone a dick or feature it as a negative trait rather than a positive one, when it can go both ways. Hifumi being able to have such high standards that he openly admits to not reading other people’s works because he can just write a story he wants to see himself can be considered narcissistic, but having the confidence to sell his works starting from high school (prolly when they were more pg and ‘fade to black’) and get over 10,000 copies sold is something to be proud of and I’m glad that he is! It’s a stigma that artists have to hate themselves, or suffer for their work, but I disagree. When an artist is healthiest and happiest in their mind, that’s when they make the best work. Vincent Van Gogh made the Starry Night when he was in a hospital getting better for his depression and mental relapses after all. Hifumi’s not fit, and he definitely has some areas where people would consider him unhealthy such as his eating habits and whatnot, but he also focuses on being happy and being himself as a first priority. He eats because he enjoys it, and remembers to have all his meals. He does what he likes without actively hurting others, because he just enjoys doing it, and he loves to promote his favorite anime character. He’s a dorky geek that says shit like “swag” and fuckin says “i forget not everyone is as savvy as I am” which is just so fucking amazing to me it’s both hilarious and fun.

Also haha, the fact that he’s making Doujin from a character who’s overweight is kinda nice to me, because she’s not a “conventionally attractive” anime girl with big titties and a small stomach; she’s chubby and different, and I think that’s nice to show what Hifumi’s interests are as well as what anime really means to him. It’s not just about getting his rocks off, it’s about the fun and enjoyment and the feelings that anime can give you and what your mind can do. It’s why he had a dream about going on a date with a magical girl, the kinds of characters who inspire friendship and happiness, for fucks sake. When he was lonely and had no friends and became a bully to counteract the way people treated him, he found something that would be there for him, and he wanted to support it ever since. Which is a powerful and very overall positive message to give people.

But he has great messages too. Messages about being able to be yourself and have fun, no matter how “dorky” or “lame” your interest might be to others. He encourages people to have fun in their own ways, even if he wants to promote Princess Piggles, with lines such as “what might be boring to me might be another persons moespiration! With that in mind, look for your own!” and “In a sense, a geek is like an expert. That’s right, a total expert! A successful musician must necessarily be a music geek, a good movie director is a movie geek. You see? It’s those experts, those geeks who open up the world to others!”. It’s positive and nice, and it forms who he is as a person.

No one’s perfect, and neither is he, but he’s pretty damn good. And I’ll defend him with every fiber of my being for just how real he feels.

I personally believe it’s because this fandom has a definite bias against male characters that aren’t distinctly attractive, as you can see Hoshi gets ignored quite a lot compared to all of the other males (even being the ONLY male left out of the halloween drawing!! Let alone he gets left out of most fan merch.) and he’s honestly one of the most down to earth and downright cool dudes in DR. I don’t want to change either of them, because I think their looks only make it better for their backstories and who they are as characters! So even if Hifumi gets like no fanart, and Hoshi struggles with getting new content, I’d rather have them the same way they are now, rather than make them attractive. Because I think that the way they are, only makes them better.

And that’s my short version essay on why I think Hifumi’s super rad and more people should give him a chance. Of course he’s a very hit or miss kinda person with his comedy, but if Tsumugi’s obscure anime references were fun for you, then Hifumi’s really good too! ^p^b

#reciprocation :: response #negative tw #//just gunna tag all these w/ that catch all #//BUT !#//please read my shortened essay I spent a lot of time on it.#blindedhope #parchments :: inbox

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mega-aggron · 6 years ago

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ask meme 1-140

i almost forgot to throw this under a read more oops

3 Fearsinsignificance, being a burden, violence

3 things I lovepokemon, friends, nice shades of blue

2 turns ongood hugger, beard

2 turns offsmoking/drugs, aggression

My best frienddon’t really have One but the ol grunge contrast boys and the dcc + jared and me squad are all v important to me

Sexual orientationjust like… so fucking gay dude

How tall am I6′3″ / 190cm

What do I miss right nowa lot of my friends have moved out for the summer

Favourite colorturquoise / teal

Do I have a crushnot like… super consciously……. but i think i’m still working through some subconscious stuff……………..

Favourite placetough one. idk i’m good pretty much anywhere my friends are. if food’s there it’s also a plus

What am I listening to right nowmake it happen - john splithoff

Shoe sizesame as the number of this question

Eye colorblue

Hair colorbrownish blond naturally, front top is currently a faded green / bleach blond (i need to redye…. i’m not too huge a fan of the bleach blond look but others seem to like it on me)

Meaning behind my URLbig ol’ pokeboy

Favourite songall time is a tough one, my usual answer is bandages by hey rosetta! but i’m also super partial to lorde’s hard feelings / loveless and paramore’s last hope among others

Favourite bandtop 3: paramore, chvrches, hey rosetta!

How I feel right nowkinda wistful. just got back from 16 days of travel with some of my closest friends and it’s been a noticeable change in tone coming back to this coast and reacclimating to not being surrounded by friends for literally every waking moment.

Someone I lovemy mom? is that a cop out answer

My current relationship statussingle as ever

My relationship with my parentsmom and stepdad a+, dad irrelevant

Favourite seasoni usually answer summer bc it has my birthday and i was always off of school but i think i have a new fondness for spring

Tattoos and piercing i havenone

Tattoos and piercing i wantnot sure yet. probably no piercings but maybe some song lyric or video game related tattoos

The reasons I joined Tumblra friend was like “you seem like a tumblr person” so i got one but then i asked to follow her and she said she actually didn’t have one so i got stuck in this eternal sinkhole

Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night ” texts?i did like once when i was talking to a guy from tinder like a year and a half ago but then he ghosted me lmao

Have I ever kissed the last person you texted?it’s my sibling so like yes in a “love you, take care” goodbye way but not in the manner this question was supposed to be answered

How long does it take me to get ready in the morning?if i’m showering like 45 minutes, otherwise as little as 10

Have you shaved your legs in the past three days?nope

Where am I right now?back in my apartment after two weeks on the west coast and two days at my parents’ home

Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level?reasonable i guess? gotta protect those ears man, hearing loss is no joke

Do I live with my Mom and Dad?nope. haven’t since summer before junior year

Am I excited for anything?just visited a whole bunch of apartments today and i filled out an intent to lease form for one of them so that’s exciting

Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to?idk? at some points in my life i have but at this point i don’t really tell everything everything to like… anyone lol

How often do I wear a fake smile?[paramore’s fake happy playing in the distance]

If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?sara bareilles? the mcelboys? idk

What do I think about most?usually i don’t have one specific thing i think about a lot. as of late one of them has been….. trying to sort through some Gay Emotions re: stopping myself from falling for a straight friend again and trying to break that cycle and i think i’ve finally done it [lmao expect a /tagged/personal post sometime soon]

Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?depends. i get that Sweet Validation from being in front of it but i also really value behind the scenes work

What was the last lie I told?i couldn’t tell ya. haven’t had to tell one recently

Do I perfer talking on the phone or video chatting online?if it’s with friends i’m fine with either? theres always something nice about seeing someone’s face but it’s not necessarily an all-the-time thing

Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens?ghosts: not reallyaliens: hell yeah

Do I believe in magic?in a young girl’s heart?(nah but showmanship is a hell of a skill)

Do I believe in luck?nah

What’s the weather like right now?it’s dark and i’m not opening my windowit’ll probably be 94 degrees by the time i post this after i sleep and wake up to finish more questions

What was the last book I’ve read?my brother’s husband by gengoroh tagame! just some good gay content that i found in portland at a giant bookstore that i recognized from tumblr. can’t wait for volume 2 to come out in september

Do I have any nicknames?friends sometimes call me 7, and i get called steve occasionally and really dislike it

Do I spend money or save it?mostly save. though i kinda splurged on this travel trip because it’s the last time i’m gonna be able to do something like this for quite a while.

Can I touch my nose with a tounge?no i’m apparently medically tongue tied so i can’t stick my tongue out that far

Favourite animal?i really like sea otters! also elephants and chinchillas and dogs

What was I doing last night at 12 AM?being jet lagged

What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it?nsp’s cover of everybody wants to rule the world

What is my favorite word?idk i have a list of cool sounding words on my phonedynamo is the first one on that list so i’ll roll with that

My top 5 blogs on tumblrah

If the whole world were listening to me right now, what would I say?just fuckin.... have empathy once in a while

Do I have any relatives in jail?i don’t think so? i think my dad might’ve been in/out of jail at some point bc he never pays child support but i haven’t talked to him in years so idk

What is my current desktop picture?(attached at the bottom of this post)

Had sex?no

Bought condoms?no they just gave them out for free at college and then i don’t have a use for them

Gotten pregnant?that seems.... difficult

Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain?not that i can recall

Had job?yeah, a few over my college years and now a more permanent one coming up

Smoked weed?no and i don’t plan on it

Smoked cigarettes?no and i don’t plan on it

Drank alcohol?yep

Am I a vegetarian/vegan?nope

Been overweight?uh i was a super “chunky” baby as i am often told

Been underweight?i think i’ve teetered on that line a few times esp. as i was hitting growth spurts but i’m past that now

Gotten my heart broken?yeah quite a few timesnot in like the “relationship that went south” way but just falling for straight guys over and over and the inevitability of what that comes with

Been to prom?yeah it was fun

Been in airplane?tons. i’ve been on 5 in the past 2 weeks

Learned another language?i learned a fair bit of chinese in middle/high school. still retain more of it than i expected to. tried learning korean on duolingo for a bit but i don’t think that course is quite there yet on the platform

Wore make up?not that i recall? unless like facepaint counts

Dyed my hair?plenty! probably gonna do it again soon

Had a surgery?i had my wisdom teeth taken out, i think that’s about it

Met someone famous?winston and i met mat kearney before a concert in march so that was cool

Stalked someone on a social network?it’s easier than you’d think

Been fishing?yes but not in the past like 10 years

Been rejected by a crush?every time babey

What do I want for birthday?UHHHHHHHH wowzers idk. new apartment furnishings maybe?

Do I like my handwriting?it’s ok! not my fave i’ve seen but still good

Where do I want to live when older?dunno yet! probably a big city of some sort but likely not nyc or la

Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad?not in recent memory anyway.

What I’m really bad atwidowmaker

What my greatest achievments arewinning hackmit probably? also i graduated so that’s fun

The meanest thing somebody has ever said to menot today, satan

What I’d do if I won in a lotteryinvest, donate, splurge

What do I like about myselfi like to think that i’m friendly? and pretty good at avoiding conflict

My closest Tumblr friendgrunge contrast bois

Any question you’d like??

Are you outgoing or shy?shy for the most part around people i don’t know. occasional bursts of outgoing if i need to meet people but that’s few and far between

What kind of people are you attracted to?people who make me laugh and look like they give good hugs. bonus for beards and being bigger than me.

Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now?probs not but who knows! i’m open to the possibility but not exactly looking right now so odds are low i guess

Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable?depends on who with? but also i just like... can’t contribute much beyond theorycrafting lmao

Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with?noa and i had a p deep talk driving from mt. hood to multnomah falls

What does the most recent text that you sent say?“uh slateport city”

What are your 5 favorite songs right now?as of late i’ve listened to a lot of sophie by the altogether, somebody else by the 1975, 200% by akdong musician, happy pills by norah jones, and swag午覺 by outlander

Do you like it when people play with your hair?i guess i don’t really mind it? but it’s not something i think about often

Do you think there is life on other planets?hopefully!! i just think that’s a super cool concept and the statistical likeliness of it is so high

Do you like bubble baths?have not had one in like 13 years but i imagine they’d still be just as nice

Do you like your neighbors?yeah they’re like my best friends

Where would you like to travel?japan (likely tokyo) and dubai (once they make being gay not prison-worthy and uhhhhh stop exploiting basically slave labor thanks)

Favorite part of your daily routine?i like just aimlessly browsing the web and pursuing what interests me

What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with?my frame i guess. i just don’t like being so thin but thems the bones i’ve got

What do you do when you wake up?wait until the last possible second before getting out of bed and dressed

Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker?idk??? i think i’m fine rn but i guess i wouldn’t mind a bit darker or like... at least the ability to tan instead of burn lmao

Do you ever want to get married?i think so!

If your hair long enough for a pony tail?some parts of it are surprisingly long but since my sides/back are short it’s not conducive to a ponytail. not that i’d really want that anyway

Would you rather live without TV or music?tv easily

Have you ever liked someone and never told them?it’s usually like... fall for someone who’s straight or otherwise unavailable, try to avoid feeling that way, fail, watch as feelings gradually become so overwhelming i get anxiety, tell said person, get rejectedexcept replace usually with alwaysso yeah i typically end up telling people i like them but it’s usually prefaced with “i know you can’t do anything about this but” and then ensuring we can still “just be friends”the cycle sucks but i figure it’s better to let someone know why i’ve been acting weird instead of just having them think i’m strange

What are your favorite stores to shop in?uniqlo for fashion, target for feeling a strange sense of comfort

Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?i want to say yes but i also know i have very limited patience for people who show no remorse or do something extremely heinous

Do you smile at strangers?sometimes i do a small grin just so i don’t look like i’m glaring (thanks resting bitch face)

Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about?i don’t think so???

Ever wished you were someone else?transiently i guess?

Favourite makeup brand?don’t use it

Last thing you ate?cheeky nando’s with the fam for dinner last night

Ever won a competition? For what?i won hackmit with a few friends for doing a cool coding thing! and a battle of the bands with the hip hop orchestra to open for lil dicky and t-pain. also i won a beauty pageant freshman year lmao

Ever been in love? i don’t think so. my usual interpretation of this is “reciprocated and romantic” which hasn’t happened yet

Facebook or Twitter?fb for messenger, twitter for content at this point

Twitter or Tumblr?tumblr i think, i just know the ins and outs here better than most other platforms

Are you watching tv right now?nope

What colour are your towels?gray or teal

Favourite ice cream flavour?vanilla is a good ol’ reliable. also a fan of moose tracks, cookie dough, mint chocolate chip, watermelon... the list is endless

First person you talked to today?line

Last person you talked to today?line (it’s like the only text i’ve sent since i woke up two hours ago)

Name a person you hate?tr*mp

Name a person you love?deja vu?

Is there anyone you want to punch in the face right now?see 127

Do you tan a lot?NO I BURN

Have any pets?parents have a dog named zoe and i love her. i don’t own any myself

Do you type fast?i can? but i’m often laying on my side only using one hand to type so oops

Do you regret anything from your past?i dunno... a lot of the mistakes i’ve made help me get here today. so i’m not too worried.

Ever broken someone’s heart?not that i’m aware of. i’ve rejected a couple people before but that’s about it

Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt?yes.

Is cheating ever okay?no. though i used to think it was like 8000% unforgiveable like you cheat once, i cut you out of my life, but i saw an interesting video exploring why people cheat and possible ways to fix a relationship after an affair which helped change my thinking. it’s still a WILDLY super shitty thing to do and i would never, but it’s not a final nail in the coffin to me any more. but still an EXTREMELY quick way to shatter trust

Do you believe in true love?not like a fairy tale, but i do believe that you can reach a point of pure trust and love and support with a partner

What your zodiac sign?leo

Do you believe in ghosts?deja vu pt. two electric boogalooi don’t think so

Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line on that page?“Dad! Dad, are you listening?!”(followed by “They put tempura in sushi in Canada!”) from my brother’s husbandand here’s the image of my desktop bg, sorry for the black borders idk what’s up with that

#caqtuscomics #ty for indulging me winston #ask bobzco #about me

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rqs902 · 4 years ago

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now im watching last week’s ep of tco4 bc i havent had time to get to it yet and i need to take my mind off snzm

UGH its sad to hear xy, fsc and xiao huang talking about their rankings rip but their laughing makes it even more sad

UGH NOT FRUIT PLANET I REALLY LIKE THEMMMM sigh i gotta face the reality that theyre likely gonna get separated... but PLEASE AT LEAST SOMEONE SAVE XIAO ZHI PLEASE THATS ALL I ASK, im not gonna be greedy :(

oof i respect ma zhe saying that he doesnt want to win bc he recognizes other kids like FRUIT PLANET KIDS, zy and xiao zhi, are so skilled. he knows winning is just a numbers game and would not serve as proof of his skill. thats a tough place to be in, and it isnt uncommon but i think i rarely hear a contestant say it like that. “i dont want to win bc im not worthy” “i dont want to win bc i know im not as talented”

wow i was a little confused as to why they were doing these solo spotlights but actually this is really nice! its nice to see them really going hard at their strengths and really pouring their all in to show off a bit. it can be hard to do so in a group setting all the time, and really it reminds you that there a lot of really talented musicians among these kids. i think itll also be good to remind the kids who are picking later what the other kids’ skills are and what they’re capable of.

oh whoa i thought about there only being 2 bassists, i didnt realize there are only 2 pianists too

hm maybe im just biased but i thought xiao li’s playing was a litttleee bit cleaner than szb’s heheh but i respect that they attempted to even play a duet from across the room, thats a challenge

i respect muji’s playing

LOL why do xiao huang and zhao ke’s voices singing together sound so strange to me LOL

LOL switch to ljt’s group and im just !!!!! HIS VOICE !!!! I LOVE LIAO JUNTAO’S VOICEEE and also the cafe vibe is so him LOL this group is so him

wait so someone explain to me why ljt wasnt in the solo section? is he considered a vocal? but what about his guitar skills??

im kinda sad jym isnt smiling when drumming anymore :\

YAY FRUIT PLANET !! i love how happy xiao zhi and wsh look when playing hahah

AW talking about xiao zhi being like a dad and 包容 and taking care of them im ughhhh UGH THIS IS A MINI XIAO ZHI FEATURE IM CRYINGGGG THIS CHILD DESERVES THIS “the one who’s left standing when everyone else falls down” hes just so supportive and warm.. ugh watching him break down crying thinking about all he couldve done better and you can tell he feel so guilty and blames himself that fruit planet isnt doing well

HAHAHAHA EVERYONE WANTS XIAO ZHI !!! except szb lol but at least i know if they do get disbanded, hopefully xiao zhi will still be safe :’) im glad they all recognize his talent and the importance of having a bassist!!!

oof xiao xiong talking about hyt being overbearing and reminding him of his ANGRY DAD thats a big ouch. it is true that xiao xiong’s skill level may not be up to hyt’s standards, but i can see hyt doesnt respect him enough as a team member. the more familiar hyt gets with him, the more he isnt afraid to show his true feelings of frustration. esp bc theyre in such a stressful situation, it must be rough as a leader. also seems rough for xiao li to be stuck in between this. from the beginning hyt has shown himself to have high standards and he demands high quality so he isnt gonna be the soft, encouraging leader xiao xiong probably would prefer, unfortunately. ouch the way hyt straight up says “this is going to be painful” like theres nothing he can do about it and they just have to accept it. like ps says, he’s not good at understanding other people’s feelings, like he doesnt seem to be willing to try to understand xiao xiong’s.

the way hyt lists what other people are doing and then asks xiao xiong “那你呢?” ouch........ that seems really mean? manipulative? harsh? but at the same time, we dont really know all the context so this is just want tencent wants us to think.

hyt also wants xiao zhi???? I cant imagine xiao zhi in this group, even tho itd probably be good for his possible debuting prospects, but xiao zhi gives me such a laid back, warm, taking care of everyone, creating a nice, supportive environment type of leader, and this group is literally the opposite of that??? ugh and yet, despite their superior group environment, fruit planet is at risk of getting disbanded... so sad.

man with the way these votes are trending hyt is gonna win and ljt wont debut? :(

lol tencent cutting the speeches of less popular contestants not surprised

wait wat. isnt qiang ge very popular??? what happened to his votes? wait what. im confused. what???

LOL FRUIT PLANET IS SAFE IM SO RELIEVED HAHAH okay i know i came into this show for ljt but xiao zhi has become one of my picks too, i cant deny anymore LOL and also xiao li -- but hyt’s group’s dynamic makes me feel uncomfortable at the moment. but yea ljt, xiao zhi, xiao li are my top 3... too bad they DEF wont be in the same group / wouldnt mesh well in a group together LOL

i love fruit planet group dynamic :’) watching them talk to each other just makes me smile

OH MY GOODNESS XIAO LI IS LEAVING?????? i can understand though, this grouping is not ideal from a music making standpoint either, like why are there so many vocalists lol but also i respect that hes putting his music first and he knows what he wants and needs for his music. even if it means leaving hyt who is basically a guarantee for popularity on this show. im so surprised xiao xiong isnt saying he will leave too.. or even hyt himself at this point. theyre all just... crying.... but honestly how can they make music without xiao li???

AWH my heart.... xiao li asking xiao xiong “你會恨我嗎?” i have never felt “do you hate me” hit me in the feels like this before. its such an OOF. and xiao xiong saying hes super close to xiao li, you can tell hes been under such emotional duress and xiao li has supported him through and now hes just conflicted between betraying hyt (who he wouldnt be here without) and suffering with hyt without xiao li there to help. this is so sad to watch..... ok but honestly just seeing how in this emotional time, ma zhe and xiao xiong are talking to xiao li and NOT hyt says something about how theyre afraid to touch him.

what xiao li says about hyt being kidnapped by his popularity makes so much sense, with what hyt said about chasing after his expectations and trying to live up to them. hes really not relaxed. ever. and i think thats what xiao li doesnt want to work with. i respect that he wants to be recognized for his music rather than just be recognized.

wat is this show doing why did they just stop and let them wallow in their feelings for hours??? wtf?? i mean i appreciate they respect that its a difficult and important decision but shouldnt they make them move on more efficiently?? what a waste of everyone’s time...

lol hyt learning some eq? yes you have to take care of your group members’ feelings, theyre people....

L O L XIAO LI GOING BACK ON HIS DECISION IM DYINGG HAHHAHAHAHHAHA WHAT A WASTE OF EVERYONES TIME HAHAHHAHA WHAT IS THIS SHOW. but okay yes i respect xiao li for having the guts to say he wants to leave, bc that hopefully gave hyt the wake up call he needed. BUT ALSO i do think staying with hyt makes sense career-wise. gaining popularity first isnt a bad thing. and he can always (continue to) prove his worth and make all different types of songs in the future, whether during or after his time with hyt. but staying with hyt = exposure, and thats never a bad thing. its just... hopefully they can resolve their emotional issues from here on out.

technically the smart move is to pick a popular contestant like zhao ke, to boost your group’s popularity overall. BUT hyt is so popular it really doesnt matter LOL

L O L xiao li being like well i cant get the group i want anyway, so idgaf lets just keep on “戲劇化” HAHAHAHHA he gives no effs anymore

but also i cant imagine them with another non-instrumentalist LOL and what kind of style will they have now?

ok wait let me go back to look at this:

hm yea the only other person of choice that would be helpful for votes is qiang ge. but i also cant imagine him on fruit planet???? ugh i wonder if qiang ge turned them down bc he feels like he’d ruin them like he blames himself for ruining his past groups.

i cant believe xiao li said he tried to talk to qiang ge for 3 hours until 6am... to convince him to come to fruit planet? wild.

UGH so sad that fruit planet didnt get a successful pick but honestly i am kinda glad mty didnt agree bc i kinda really would like to continue seeing xiao zhi play bass..... but ofc i guess it would be nice for him to show other skills too, ah im conflicted. but he really looks so carefree and like hes having so much fun when playing bass, id hate to take that away

LOL BASICALLY SZB CONFESSING TO MUJI HAHAHHAHAHA IS THIS A HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA ALL THE SUDDEN HAHAHHAHA actually i havent seen them interact before but i can kinda see muji’s personality meshing with their group’s, like hes kinda quirky and strange too LOL its cool they do get along tho

OOF SO MANY REJECTIONS. but also muji’s right, last time he wasnt strong enough, so i respect that hes really trying this time.

omg szb throwing a tantrum and trying to force muji’s hand is not very respectful to muji’s wishes and it makes muji look like a bad guy :( im glad muji’s standing his ground tho, this is not the time to indulge a child’s tantrum lol

on the bright side, i love xiao zhi’s laugh, so at least we got something out of this LOL

LOL xy so easily pulling fsc over LOL why cant they all be like this LOL save tencent editing time LOL

i knew there were too many emotions on ljt’s team........ i cant believe as soon as szb is like marginally okay, jym is like NOPE....... L O L

.....i cant believe..... they’re just.... cutting it off...... like this....... WHAT IS THIS SHOW AHHAHAHAH okayyyyyyyyyyyy thennnnnnnn

oof wasnt 車站 ljt’s last song before elimination? i just got hit with a wave of sadness and memories oof i wasnt ready

man its so interesting bc i feel like on other shows, the contestants are always like “i dont want to get eliminated!” but here its like “i dont feel like i can fit into their music, id rather be eliminated.” its an interestingly different type of setting. i respect that they respect their own music, but i guess theyre not thinking enough about their future career progression? if they really want to make it in the music industry? idk. its interesting bc i feel like ljt has struggled so hard since getting eliminated from the first season that i assume / hope he has more of a mindset of wanting to make it to the end.

anyway im kinda surprised fruit planet made it so high LOL but yay for them, i really wonder what will happen with them picking their 5th member. im surprised qiang ge’s votes are so low? itll be sad if he really leaves though. ugh only 2 out of 4 groups successfully regrouped and one of them took an extra 2 hours to decide.... lol. i still dont understand why that was allowed in the first place but okay. this is the most struggle elimination ep ive ever seen LOL

#rants #since when did mrzz get so dramatic??? LOL #also i guess a benefit of being behind on watching is that the next ep literally will air tomorrow so i dont have to wait very long #this is a very dramatic cliffhanger LOL

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boglog · 7 years ago

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Wholesome Questionare Tag Meme

Tagged by @80sglamcowboy Rules are: -Post the rules -Answer the questions given to you by the tagger -Write eleven questions of your own -Tag eleven people

This is long as Hell, friends and I apologise.

One inquisitive bitch has asked me:

1. Name one person (real or fictional) that you think you could 100% take on in a fight

Foaming mouth guy from Avatar. He’s got no stamina, barely any health, no skill. He’s unfocused and weak and my noodley nerd-ass could take him. (Though I am a little concerned he has rabies.)

2. What’s your favourite snack rn

Grilled cheese w veggies, mustard, and grilled tofu w a side of ketchup made by my roommate. It’s honestly the purest thing.

3. Which apocalypse do you think you’d do the best in? (i.e. Nuclear winter/ robot uprising/ Too many vampires, etc)

O man. I love apocalypse movies and I love survival horror (that one episode of the X Files where they’re trapped in a cabin, anybody?). I also genuinely love camping and I’m a bit of a medical hobbyist. I also watched an unreasonable amount of prepper videos on YouTube. That said, as mentioned above, I am a couch potato weekling. Furthermore, I don’t do well in conflict so if the world hierarchy collapses into a power vacuum where you have to Orange is the New Black-style intimidate ppl for supplies, I would melt and die quickly.

My best bet, it would seem, is an Arrival-esque alien apocalypse where the ones who have enough patience and sci fi knowledge to communicate w aliens are at the top of the food chain. And worst case scenario it’s better for my ego to die at the hands of an alien than a human.

Sci go apocalypses are just cleaner y'know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 4. Best and worst fandom you’ve been in? Or have you somehow managed to avoid fandom completely?

Worst has to be Steven Universe. I regret not just moving on after I got bored. Ah well.

(I also think celebrity/real ppl fandoms are a dead end.)

My other fandoms all have various pros and cons and it’s hard to pick a favourite.

Adventure Time has great fanart, great meta and ppl have yet to descend into Homestuck-ian chaos. That said, they’re quiet af. People also fixate way too much on the fake fanfic AU Fionna and Cake. I have yet to read a really good Bonny/Marcy fic and that is a tragedy (a few have come close tho). Bottom line for AT tho is that it’s my go to wholesome cartoonist fandom. I like that it has depth but that it’s generally very simple and fun and that the fans are mostly shut in animation adults.

AtLA/LoK fandom’s biggest pro is that it’s huge and you literally never ran out of quality content. I’ve even made a few friends via this decade old franchise. It’s also enjoyably rich and complex. One of my favourite (now inactive) blogs was one that connected world building and little background Easter eggs to real Chinese history and culture. That wAs so cool!! I defs think as a Chinese person it allowed me to connect to non-western culture in a socially acceptable way.

The downsides tho are many: it can be overwhelmingly complicated (esp as someone who knows jack shit abt Chinese history), people take it too seriously, The Great Shipping Wars, it’s so big it’s a little lonely, the show itself has so many flaws upon greater inspection you wonder why you wasted your time on anything related to it, it’s an Asian themed story created by white dudes who make fun of their fans, the best parts of the show were written by other writers but those same white guys get k the credit. Also as w any fandom related to POC culture, racism happens. Anyways most of you know this already. IMO the best thing to have happened do the fandom is korrasami. Now it’s just abt Asian lesbians ruling the world.

(Though I also thoroughly enjoy the Family Rivalry part of the fandom. There are so mNy dysfunctional families to choose from!)

Rick and Morty is technically speaking my newest fandom. It’s got a lot of obvious cons (pickle Rick sexists, Szechuan sauce racists, asfhkkh incest) but one other con is just how pedantic and overly analytical people are abt the world building. I can’t breathe wo being corrected. RM has a misleadingly complicated high sci fi aesthetic that begets the kind of overanalysing my brand of overanalytical nerdiness can’t handle. Too many alternate universes. It’s just too complicated.

However one thing I like is that conversely I can overanalyse the writing and characters’ psychology/relationships (which I LOVE) and ppl take me very seriously. (At least they used to.) it’s kinda validating to have your 3k word essay on an old man’s bedroom and what that signifies for his depression get over 1k notes.

Rm also attracts the fun, super talented animation crowd so there’s boundless fanart and memes. I never knew I would like a gravity falls crossover retirement home AU btwn Rick and Stan so much but the art is objectively gorgeous?? So ??

I really dislike the lack of attention the female characters get from fandom bc they’re all really great? Female rep is limited but both canon and fic really do their 2-3 tokens justice. Also the jerry hatred is getting old (that male aggression… Like… Calm down, Jake) but it’s a refreshing departure drom when Megg from family guy was the butt of the joke.

Harry Potter, one of the pillars of nerd society, has both changed my life and irreconcilably annoyed me to death. (W no thanks to the racist creator herself!) One can’t underestimate how huge the hp fandom is which offers you as many reasons to love it as reasons not to. Harry Potter’s canon has complex world building that’s also charming enough not to take itself too seriously and much the same could b said of fanon. To a degree. Certain corners of the fanbase are fantastic shitposters and meme-ers and can draw you back in like a black hole. Casually enjoying Harry potter imo is where it’s at. The fanfic is probably one of the most impressively vast. Strangers at Drakesaugh, believe it or not, still updates and not only that, I still read it.

Not casually enjoying Harry potter is, um, yikes? HP and Hunger Games love to insert themselves appropriately in real life political traumas and honestly the dedication of the fandom can be overwhelming.

The HP fanart corner of deviantart circa 2010-12 and @flocc HP comics however are the best.

Meet the Robinsons, Ye Olde Fandom, still stands to this day. (Thanks in part to me ngl) As Iroh might say, they are a proud people. MTR is so bizarre and tiny it’s the only fandom I was able to read EVERY fic summary in existence (ones published on obscure sites excepted). The fandom has never ceased to surprise me for better or worse and mostly due to its age range. The original movie was intended for 8-12 yr olds and their (jaded) parents which means that now, ten years later, the fans are anywhere between 12 and 25. It has approximately 20 pieces of professional-grade fanart and fic and I am downright serious abt the quality and thoughtful complexity of this minority of fanart. Like I shit you not some of it’s almost too dark. However, tragically, one can’t talk abt obscure Disney fandoms wo also mentioning the incest ships (this is what happens when middleschoolers have to resort to cartoons to explore their sexuality in an anti sex ed world), the disorganised crossovers, and the blinding lack of imagination. Nonetheless, that a fandom of any kind could sprout from a 90 min cgi movie before the recession, based off an obscure but objectively fascinating children’s book, is still impressive. The fandoms smallness can in many wars work to everybody’s benefit: it’s a tightly knit community w little to no drama. And lots of memes (that I mostly make) to enjoy sincerely or ironically.

I’m also going to mention, very briefly, the Twin Peaks fandom, most of whom, even the die hards, are v casual when it comes to fan content (I need more fic damnit). Nonetheless it’s a decidedly cool art kid crowd for an art house show and I really enjoy befriending twin peaks watchers.

5. What’s one hot food that you prefer cold? (or, alternatively, one cold food you like hot)

Is it snobby to say I like food to be the temperature God intended?

Like I like cold pizza and salad-y pasta but I wouldn’t mind if everything were room temperature as long as the food itself was well made.

6. ya like jazz? What music do you enjoy listening to? Can you recommend any songs/ artists from that genre?

I think in some contexts I can like jazz. It’s very cosy and nostalgic, it can make you feel like a grand dame stepping out of your limo into your martini filled mansion as records pop around you and your fur carpeted living room. I also occasionally like jazz covers and alternate genres of jazz like electro swing etc.

Generally though I also think jazz is a little antiquated and a little all over the place. I lean more towards the ambiguous minimalism of mellow techno music like Jonna Lee, Grimes, Björk, early Lorde, Yasmine Hamdan, Austra, TRST, etc

I mean I don’t stick to just one genre (I imagine most ppl don’t). I like alternative (Tori Amos, Regina Spektor, Joanna Newsom) and some musicians who seem to completely exist outside of genre like iMonster and the Gorillaz. Not to mention straight up pop like broods, Ellie goulding, lady gaga and Lana del rey. (I mean technically Ldr isn’t pop but u get the ideer)

7. What binge worthy show do you like?

So many man. There are so many out there! Twin peaks, Transparent, Love, Grace and Frankie, Adventure Time, House of Cards, Bojack Horseman, Rick and Morty, Mad Men, Girls, Broad City, Black Mirror, Avatar TLA, 6Teen, Chowder, Over the Garden Wall, Flapjack, the first season of Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, etc

The list goes on. I’m a TV fiend.

8. What’s an old meme that you miss and wish would be brought back?

Always liked the Gothic [x town or whatever] meme. It was like a text post version of the cursed images meme. Currently I’m really enjoying the song from another room meme and I hope even after it gets old it’ll make a comeback.

9. Tell me your aesthetic  

O man. That’s a can of worms! Okay. Deep breath.

I like futurism, of all kinds. I like strong lines and clear shapes. I like colour blocking and minimalism and glass and holographic LED neons. I like white Japanese urban tiled buildings. I like aliens and ruins and cubes and white and colour blocking and black. I like technology and aliens and Comme des Garçons and Issey Miyake. Rooms that are empty but for one light and one window and one plant. Love that.

I like the midcentury cubism and Mod and 30’s futurism. Clear and strong industrial shapes and curves and post modernist abstractionism.

I also love nature, I love most every Björk and Iamamiwhoami music video. I love the mountains and the forests and the desert and the winter tundra and most of all I love the water. A vast expanse of sky and sea w so many colours and textures. I love the 2000s and funny blob shapes and y2k’s obsession w secondary colours and shiny round things. Love pink. I am a grown adult who will never tire of pink. (Though I don’t really like when people overdo pink.) I love cursed image family photos taken with flash in a suburb. I love the grime and the sanitary aesthetic of suburbs and hospitals and brutalist office spaces. The fluorescent lights of the institution but with purple carpeting!

I love 70s mod and I love colorful 80s brutalism I like it when houses are shaped weirdly and they have carpets and polished curved wooden countertops and spacious nothingness where everything looks clean and cosy and bizarrely ugly and it all looks like an art gallery w too many plants.

I also really love maximalism and wood and detail and fur and velvet and embroidery and silk and windows and wood carvings.

I love 70s kitsch like John waters movies and Shrimps designer fake fur CDG17 where they just piled on knickknack after knickknack onto white dresses w food long trains. Toys and novelty items and lamps shaped like a woman’s leg in a fishnet stocking. (See also: most Tim burton movies, wes Anderson, Carrie fishers house)

An overwhelming mishmash of wool patterns with clean cubic 70s architecture and so many plants and windows and wallpaper and candles and cobwebs. Also really like witchy mourning jewelry and essentially every house in Harry potter. Love the unfortunately racist boho/hippie aesthetic. Any house designed by bill kirsch is a masterpiece. Woven baskets on the ceiling piles of hats and art supplies everywhere. Stuff!! Everywhere! Hidden passageways reading nooks fireplaces the Pink Palace from Coraline!

Everything!!!

I’m a cartoonist who’s a nerd for design so I like when concepts are taken to the extreme in a humourously charming and clear-minded way. Whatever aesthetic someone chooses, they should go all out and really dedicate themselves to the highest form of that aesthetic. It has to be perfect without being sanitary of fake. It has to be alive yet beautiful, frozen in one perfect moment.

10. Favourite time of day and why?

Dusk. I think it’s a nostalgia thing. I loved the hours before bed time as well the hours before dinner when it was getting dark and the sun was reflecting freaky colours along the horizon while I ran around the grass. It’s cozy but it’s spacious and adventurous. So many things can happen at dusk!

  11. You have the choice to live in any fictional universe - which one do you pick and why?

Harry Potter!!! You get the best of both worlds: magical, over-romanticised Victorian/medievalism, wish-fulfillment surrealism and wifi. It’s great. Likelihood of dying is so low, medicine is so advanced and even then ppls n°1 choice of lethal weapon (Avada Kedavra) is painless. Me and Luna could hang in her garden. I’d never have to pay for the subway again. I could live a nomadic life in a tent w infinite space. If you chose to live as a wizard amongst Muggles you’re basically god and you can cheat capitalism. Gravity is my bitch! And I’m not gna lie my dream house has always been a combination of The Burrow, the Lovegood house, and Shell Cottage.

My turn to pick your brain:

1 Favourite texture?

2 Favourite smell?

3 Favourite children’s book/children’s TV show? (I’m talking about the bizarre abstract ones for toddlers)

4 Best and worst prank you’ve ever pulled?

5 Weirdest beginning of a friendship?

6 When you’ve been in fandom for a while you start to notice you’ve a habit of staying in the same corners. What corner are you in? Are you part of the fluffy ship corner? The intense world building spec meta corner? The shitpost comic fanart corner? Etc

7 If you could invent a class that would be obligatory for all high schools across your country what would it be?

8 What’s the weirdest thing you’ve gotten at Halloween while trick or treating?

9 Weirdest family tradition of yours?

10 Describe your significant other (or your crush, or your dream partner or if you’re aromantic your fave person) through only TV references.

11 Favourite piece of dialogue in a movie?

I don’t know 11 ppl but nonetheless tagging: @that-guy-in-the-bowler-hat @skairheart @nochangenohope @eventheslightestrayofsunshine@autistic-jaredkleinman@phoenixkluke

…and YOU (if you were not mentioned above and so choose to accept this mission)

#tag meme #u #food m ?

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tinybeanhealing · 7 years ago

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can i have a description for scorpio sun, scorpio rising, pisces moon? thanks in advance

Yes ! Sorry u probably asked for this months ago ):

U have an incredibly magnetic personality. Ppl are super drawn to u in a way that only u rlly understand. U have a lot of power in yrself. U might not like to show it, esp not to new ppl, but u know that in yrself u are an extremely powerful person. U are sensitive (easily hurt n also sensitive to the vibrations of others), maybe shy, kind, with a big imagination. U aren’t afraid of hard work, which goes well w yr cap rising. U generally like to work hardest for those less fortunate than yrself. U have a connection with music n art u would be a good writer, artist, musician if u wanted to be. U like to be behind the scenes esp bc the energy of other ppl drains u easily. Learning different ways to protect yrself n yr energy from others will help u be out in the world more. Ppl might feel like they can take advantage of u bc u seem to be the kind of person that would help anyone get what they need but u aren’t someone to be fucked with like that. Ppl should definitely be careful bc if they cross u, they aren’t likely to ever hear from u again. Scorpio ppl have a tough time letting go of hurt n pain caused by others. U have a strong will n determination to get what u want in life. U have a strong intuition n with all this water in the placements u listed for me, yr probably psychic. I would encourage u to rlly practice that n hone that skill bc channeling yr energy that way will help u feel most at ease with yrself n will help with the mood swings (my hot take is that it’s not actually mood swings but that u are being affected by the vibrations other ppl give off (even ppl u aren’t physically arnd) n u might not know what to do with them or how to carry them). U are super resourceful, which is part of yr ambition. U have a sustaining, fixed energy in yr sun n rising. U are someone who sticks with a path, idea, love interest, etc. Choosing yr environment is very impt. U probably make friends pretty easy. U have an unwavering loyalty for the ppl u hold close. U are the type of freak, tho, that likes to be everyone’s #1 but u don’t like to be anyone’s #1. U crave deep intimacy n strive for it but it’s hard for u to give it. U would sacrifice everything tho for the ppl u love. U are very protective. U might have some jealousy/possessiveness issues tho. U have an interest in all things sex/death/magic/occult/taboo. It’s hard for u to not use defense mechanisms n sarcasm when ppl call u out on bad behavior. Ppl shouldn’t try to lie to u. All this psychic water power, ppl should only ever tell u the truth. ALtho u might test ppl to see if they’re being honest with u, which isn’t always cool to do. Ppl are generally intimidated by u. U are generally self sufficient n others see that as self assured but u aren’t. U might punish yrself a lot, feel badly abt yrself. But others can’t se that in u. But u won’t seek out the spotlight just bc u feel unsure of yrself.

I hope this carries some truth for u ! If some of this feels off, u should take a look at yr aspects/house placements. Also looking at the rest of yr chart will help u get a bigger better idea of what the stars were like when u were born which might give u more insight. Much love to u ! Feel free to stop back thru with other questions if u want

#astrology #scorpio sun #scorpio rising #pisces moon #descriptions #Anonymous

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meeresbande · 5 years ago

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brainstorming a list of things/activities that change the world for better AND that are enjoyable, positive, fun, inspiring, nourishing (rather than feeling like chores, burdens or self-denial, restriction or ascetism) and are also possible for me-us:

being kind and supportive to friends

connecting to friends and chosen family

accepting help, support and love from friends and chosen family

visiting friends, including those who live a little bit farther away, as often as possible (even if it isn’t possible that often)

going to climate camps and similar

participating in/going to/using freeboxes and other sharing/giving economies

living vegan

gardening, even if it’s “only” some insect-food flowers in a window box and an indoor pumpkin in a pot

guerrilla gardening, even if we’re still in the learning stages

knitting, crocheting, sewing

colouring and crafting, especially when using upcycling

repairing and fixing things (drilling holes in walls is fun ;))

giving what little we can to people in need and causes that are important to us

for example we have the habit of saving 10c coins and smaller when we get change back, and giving it to the next begging person or street musician we see

self care!!!! self care is so important

connecting to nature, for example by going on walks and taking in, listening, paying attention to our surrounding nature

learning about, eating and using edible and healing and useful local plants, especially so-called “weeds”

enthusiastically spreading the word about how aWESOME weeds are! Did you know what dandelion can do??? Or stinging nettles???

blogging

writing zines and putting them online

giving workshops on a number of topics

having founded and organising a self-help group that’s radically political

learning about ways to relate to nature from indigenous teachers

analysing and unlearning oppressions - yes this is hard and not always fun, but in a way, we do enjoy it! Especially the outcomes!

things we do that are neutral (they aren’t exactly fun or inspiring, but don’t feel like a burden or ascetism either):

recycling trash

boykotting plastic bags

never littering, sometimes picking up litter

buying second-hand or low-footprint things when possible and practical

things we still want to do (hopefully soon!):

founding a self-help flatshare for multiples/plurals

possibly expanding this into a self-help network

… or a network of self-help-flatshares

finding or founding a self-help group for multiples/plurals

getting a garden (even if schrebergarten, best if shared with friends!) and learning to do permaculture, like hügelculture or food forests! :D

riding our bike and recumbent bike both for fun, to see more of nature, as well as for transportation

participating in bike demos (critical mass) and/or bike tours with mottos that are important to us

learn how to tailor simple things

learn more diy and crafts skills

learn more traditional skills, including more about plants, how to sharpen knives, weaving/basketry, natural building (cob!!! cob :D), mushroom identification, foraging and cultivation, stuff about knots, making cordage from foraged plants etc etc

get back to running that minority language blog we technically still have

go volunteer to read said minority language to seniors

learn how to look after children and then do that (for example at political camps or during actions)

cook at a vokü/küfa (kitchen for everyone)

bake

cook more elaborate meals :P

do more guerrilla gardening, esp for insect-food flowers/plants and edibles like nut-shrubs

connect more with friends and reconnect with that one person

connect more with activists and groups and do stuff together

write more stories

write another big meeresbande-zine

plant trees, participate in re-forestation or remediation efforts

putting info-placards up to inform passers-by of the edible, medicinal or otherwise useful qualities of trees, shrubs and other plants

#own #text #brainstorming #note to selves #long post #long list #idk we tried to make a list of things to do for the environment that #dont feel like ascetism self-denial restriction burdens or chores #but that are fun and inspiring and nourishing instead #but we cant do a general list because everyone will have different preferences and possibilities and abilities and focus #activism #changing the world #changing society #this post has an unusual number of Üs #you're welcome ;)

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punkscowardschampions · 6 years ago

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Edie & Diego

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Edie: I'll see if I can get someone to take us but if not, hitch ur wagon to my pushbike Edie: just like old times n'awwh Diego: I'll steer you do the pedals Diego: fireworks smell bad but I won't do fart jokes if you want the colours Edie: if we find a motor that runs Edie: know there's one that the O'Dwyer lads left under that dodgy underpass Edie: but I say we got only so long 'fore that's completely fucked/burned out Edie: time's a wasting boyo Diego: Can be ready day after tomorrow if you are Edie: not a cult classic but how you rate it? jake's usually a fittie but he's pretty dorky in that Diego: the special effects were bomb for the era Diego: I can give you the same commercial success with my skills Edie: dope 💎 Edie: i'll storyboard lowkey for u but i'm happy for it to be mostly in the moment real shit Edie: u can use editing magic after if ur so inclined lil dude Diego: send me the song Diego: I'll get a feel Edie: hoe u best hop on my soundcloud rn Edie: gimme them listens Edie: EDieM as you clearly forgot 😤 Edie: newest track on there Diego: I remembered how to sign it, giving you that promo to my friends, but yeah Diego: confusion Diego: you're you're name sign to me Edie: 🙌 ayo, jokes aside about being a musician with a load of deaf fans Edie: always amping that bass up so should be feeling it literal Diego: capitalise Diego: nobody else is Diego: take the silent disco concept and make it fresh Edie: 💸💸💸 Edie: i'm into it Edie: fuck the mainstream, making music for the kids at places like ur school n mine n all the other's who a lil fucked up Diego: Put that into your storyboard Edie: 😏 Edie: mightbebreakingintomyschool Edie: itseasyandriskfreedoneitbefore Edie: hey, d'ya reckon we could get our hands on some hearing aids and shit Edie: not about to suggest we break into your school, more to nick=not worth it Diego: Old people's home? Edie: yassss Edie: shame our grandparents are young as shit and we love 'em enough not to do it to 'em Edie: i'll give 'em a free performance, they'd LOVE that Diego: ma has my baby stuff kept cos she loves me real deeply Diego: won't be enough but its a start Edie: 🙄 lowkey a hoarder Edie: imma make billie n her go round all the antique shops, keep an eye out for those real old school ear trumpets Edie: that'd be sick Diego: my teacher has one of those! ill ask if we can borrow it Diego: he loves showing it around Edie: 👏 i've got a vision so hard now Edie: u can ask if any of ur friends wanna be in it but we'll have to do that 'round here Edie: look like pied piper paedo taking too many of yous away on a jolly Edie: esp. with a 🎥 in tow Edie: lord help me Diego: I'll do seamless cuts Diego: there's a girl that NEEDS to be in it Edie: I see how it is Edie: ur REAL muse Edie: better not be too cute, stealing my shine Edie: i'm the ⭐ remember Diego: Understood Diego: She's a good singer if you do need backup Diego: [Sends her soundcloud] Edie: oooooookuuurrr lil mama Edie: i see u Edie: if she's down then we can make it happen sure Edie: get you your boo thang 😍 Diego: I'll ask Diego: don't out me Edie: gon' get all shy? Edie: use your director swag Edie: just don't get #metoo wid it, Tarantino, alright? Diego: She's shy Diego: and with that voice Edie: or playing it Edie: best be chill then lil one Diego: You think she's faking coy? Edie: meh, might be too young to know how Edie: but that's what girls do Diego: do you? Edie: i'm not telling u all my signature moves! Edie: depends Edie: lots of lads don't like it if a girl is funnier, more mouthy and opinionated than they are, if that's what you're after, then sure Edie: some boys want that at the start, so they can 'tame' you and have that on their ego, so you end up pretending later Edie: but you'll get it as you grow Diego: Everyone's thinking too hard Diego: I just like her, she's nice and funny and talented Edie: you sweet sweet child Edie: don't ever grow up k Edie: once u hit 10, 11, you'll be a right dickhead Edie: always happens, the girls usually a bit before 'cos we're always ahead of yous Diego: Are not! Diego: and I'll be sick when I'm older you mean Edie: are so! Edie: we'll see Edie: not in my experience but prove me wrong Diego: I'll be the first Diego: Be ready Edie: 😂 believe it when i see it Edie: guess Junie isn't so bad but that's 'cos he's gay Edie: its different Diego: He's not? Edie: oh yeah shh Edie: keep that under your hat Edie: deal with that one later Diego: more importantly Diego: half the school want to be in this Diego: they're telling me Edie: ✋ hahaha yes brotha Edie: can do so much more with a full cast Edie: i'll make sure its fun, even if they can't come for the illegal bits Edie: love these kids, so hype 😂 Diego: im loving the song Diego: Feeling it Edie: forreal? Edie: u can be brutal, my ego can take it 😉 Diego: don't need Diego: it's bomb Edie: knew u was my fave Edie: feel free to rub it in w the others Diego: They'll state me a liar Diego: but you're on to something with these beats and you need to be told Edie: i got ya back Edie: i'll start bein a real cunt to 'em sharpish, like Edie: no room for doubt lmao Edie: gotta when u gassin' me up so hard Diego: ulterior motives Diego: can I use some of the footage for school Diego: If it turns out it's one less essay Edie: 'course you can Edie: its probably not all gon' be sfw, don't need the 'rents saying i got u in shit as prev. mentioned, but the salvageable shots, go for your life Diego: I'll do extra editing don't want you in the same trouble Diego: I'm trying to film what we do much as the whole fam'll stand it Diego: personal project Edie: Fair 'nuff, fill your boots Edie: I ain't camera shy Edie: And Rio and Gracie can't pretend they are either Edie: always pouting looking like braindead fish 😂 Diego: Got a mountain of footage of them already Diego: Only been doing a few days sly Diego: I want Billie's vibe but I can't catch her Diego: Iggy same Edie: Shoulda known 😂 Edie: yeah good luck with the rest, either too busy for the fam or moody lil fuckers Edie: take ya pick Edie: self included usually obvs but you know, wanna do this music thing proper so Edie: got 🍀 kid Diego: arrgh Diego: facts Diego: I'll keep at it Diego: maybe I'll strike it with them Edie: get gus to round 'em up Edie: hard to say no to Diego: Now that's an idea Diego: Bound to work Edie: i'd pay for that energy Edie: i do 😂 Diego: hahahah Diego: put a price on it Edie: if i could bottle what he has i'd be laughing Edie: don't give a shit what nobody thinks man, what a cool kid Diego: his piss bottles itself some of the time Diego: you're there Edie: ya nastys Edie: secured a ride Edie: ur equip is welcome Edie: but i gotta go now, favour fo' favour Diego: I'm in too then Diego: don't do anything I wouldn't Edie: 👌 Edie: like i said, don't grow up Edie: need that childlike wonder for my vision Edie: catch you on the flipside mofo Diego: not in my plans Diego: enjoy yours

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kendrixtermina · 8 years ago

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Extra Typology Vol #3 - Part , A: 11. - The Idiosyncratic Style (Basics)

This would be the kind of people who always seem to be a little bit in their own world, the dreamers and eccentrics of the earth.

These are decidedly unconventional people who march to their own, distinctive beats, regadless of what everyone around them thinks or believes, sometimes with the result of standing out like sore thumbs, or ending up with unusual beliefs (such as being into esoterics) - in any case they tend to be fairly oblivious to established social norms and conventions and believe in following their own feelings & opinions regardless of what anyone says about it.

This is one of the rarer styles; In other systems it may correspond to 5w4/4w5, Extroverted Intuition (especially the auxillaries) or the Lunar type.

The Six Domains

Worldview

This would be this style’s key domain (along with the “Self”), the only one for which that is so, at least among the ones mentioned in this book. THe authors open this with a passage about a sucessful author who believes the odd noises in her huge old timesey mansion are caused by a ghost, but only tells her closest friends because they might think her crazy.

Idiosyncratic individuals don’t all necessarily believe in, say, ghosts, past lives, ESP and the like - and I’d add, nor are non-idiosyncratic ones immune to odd unreasonable beliefs - just take trickle down economics or organized religion; The human ability to tell the shit from the shinola is simply imperfect.

The difference is more in that the idiosyncratic individuals do not feel compelled to accept everyone else’s explanations of what is going on in the world and try to make up their own mind about it, with as much or as little sucess as anyone else - so they end up seeing the world a tad differently from everyone else and may in some settings be viewed as weird, eccentric or even heretical (as were those Puritanians in early Massachusets who did not believe in witches)

The minds and imaginations of idiosyncratic individuals range far and wide, and they might be willing to consider anything as possibly real - The open-mindedness of this style is often a boon to creative and intellectual exploration and at times accompanies intellectal or artistic genius (Einstein, Newton, Gould, Dali, Caroll...) - People like them perceived something different out there because they were not locked into the accepted explanations and interpretations that seem unequivocally true to most people (A/N: again, Oldham’s words not mine ^^°)

Genius or otherwise, Idiosyncratic people are creatively curious - they’e always asking “What if...?” - that said, they are by no means oblivious to what other people think and believe. They know few people believe in, say, UFOs or chakras - I doesn’t matter to them what other people think and their own understandings tend to come from inside themselves, not from other people, books or newspapers - they are true noncomformists and find themselves driven to live their lives according to the sensations, feelings and ideas that spring from inside them.

Self

The greatest reality for idiosyncratic types derives from their internal worlds - If they believe in something, or if their experiences suggest something, then it exists and they don’t need external proof. They heed their inner voices, not those of other people - Unlike Conscientious or Sensitive-style people, their self-esteem is not based on following protocol or being correct from someone else’s point of view - Thus, an idiosyncratic artist can break with tradition without worrying what the public, the dealers or the critics may think - With sufficient talent or genius, this artistic vision may be a huge groundbreaker - or it may offend throughout history, but no matte which it will be, an artist with this personality style will follow their inclinations.

Ideosyncratic Individuals tend to have odd habits and to build strange, eccentric lifestyles... and to be judged by more conventional types to be slightly or substantially strange. There is no end of stories about Ideosyncratic individuals and their unorthodox solutions to everyday concerns; They’re indifferent about what others may think about their habits and don’t try to fit in - indeed they wouldn’t even know how.

And yet somehow, many live, work and suceed, sometimes phenominally well, in the same world we all live in, only they do it their own way - still, predominantly idiosyncratic individuals may find acceptance by others difficult and depending on where they live, they might be subject to ridicule, though the degree to which this may be a problem depends on the setting, the prevailing culture, their sucesses or talents and the degree to which they need the warmth, support and acceptance of other people - In the sixties, alternative lifestyles were “in” but neither then nor now would any ideosyncratic person have an easy time on a military base or in corporate culture, where proper form and procedure are everything - The fact is, the number of settings where highly indeosyncratic individuals fit in are few - One may be able to find their niche as an actor, writer, musician, intellectual or psychic healer, and with great talent, archievement or wealth such individuals will be courted by others no matter how bizzarely they behave, but the quirky ideosyncratic individual who has nothing extraordinary to offer to mainstream society may find the going rough if they cannot find a welcoming or at least tolerant environment(A/N: Ouch. But undeniable.)

Moderately ideosyncratic people, especially if they have a more dominant conforming style (such as the Conscientious) usually find it easier to accomodate to traditional expectations while keeping their beliefs and ideas to themselves, but even so, in extremly “straight” environments they may seem a bit unusual - refrshingly original to some, a little “off” to others.

Emotions

The idiosyncratic is a powerfully thinking and feeling style* - how these individuals feel within themselvs is as important as what they think is going on out there - Like Dramatic individuals, they seek emotional experience in life, the difference being that Dramatic emotional expression has so much to do with other people - not so for the Ideosyncratic, for whom emotions are felt in all their intensity for their own sake.

The emotional responses of Ideosyncratic types may be based more on their subjective experience at any given moment than on what’s happening around them - which may make their behavior at times seem strange and inapropiate. Extremly ideosyncratic will often start to laugh in public because something inside them strikes them as funny. (I do this all the time. So this merits the abverb “extremly”? Im not sure if huffish-lowkey-offended or guilty-oleasure-proud.) Sometimes they seem kind of ‘spaced out’ because they’re tuned inward, not outward toward others. They express their feelings and thoughts in their own way, because conforming is no motivation for them - Still, they may become anxious and self-conscious when they have to be around others who dwell securely in the “regular” world - They know they’re different and that people don’t always respect or appreciate them for it and they can display quite a temper around rigid, narrow-minded people who insist that their idiosyncratic way of life is “wrong” and who try to make them mold themselves to ‘normal’ behavior standarts.

*Aww finally something gets this. Indeed I often feel personally victimized by the 19th century idea that thinking & feeling (which they conflate & equate with intuition anyways) are somehow antitheses. No one would have believed such a thing in the renaisance

Self-Control

These individuals seek mental, emotional and spiritual expansion - they crave new experiences to send them to new peaks of feeling and wareness of their inner being - to archieve this, many Ideiosyncratics will experiment with varities of intense experience, from primal scream therapy to fasting, t long hours of mediation or psychedelic drugs, to hours & hours of deep thinking or listening to music. Since they tend not to be constrained by convention and will experiment with the forbidden, others may view them as out of control - ideosyncratic individuals test the limits of emotional and spiritual experience. They seek rapture. They are also eager to explore their inner darkness and generally give priority to their inner experience over what others may consider to be external, objective reality - no one’s gonna tell these types what they feel isn’t really happening.

Work

Two key factors in the quality of idiosyncratic lives are, first, wether they can find an accepting environment and second, how far they can go to adapt to other’s explanations. Not many work settings tolerate eccentricities of behavior - unless the eccentric in question has a great deal to offer by way of inteligence, talent or skill. Still, the rent has to be paid; Like most people, ideosyncratic types have to work. Those who can keep their eccentricities to themselves do best - Some ideosyncratics can do well with one ear tuned into their own little worlds and one outwards to what the boss expects of them. Others, however, have a hard time accepting or understanding authority.

Frequently, idiosyncratic types are not ambitious or competititive in the conventional sense and can do well in routine work that doesn’t much interest or challenge them as long as they can play by the rules - they are often capable of intense concentration and can “tune out” and still accomplish a day’s work well.

Relationships

Remember the writer with the haunted house mentioned above? She has a husband who loves her, takes care of her, caters to her eccentricities and is willing to adopt her ghost as his own (if not her idea of fighting mosquitoes with house-bats) - her emotional intensity ecites him and he feels that she gives him an experience of life that he could nevr have created on his own. He can’t imagine life without her, but he knows that she could probably do without him if she had to - when she protested, he asked her what she’d do if a little geen man from mard showed up and offered to abduct her but not him. She said she’d have to think about that.

The fact is that ideosyncratic people do not necessarily need other people, and certainly not to give their lives direction, definition or meaning - they go their own way, with or without relationships and have no need to be like other people; Thus they do not team up with others just because it’s expected of them. It is not uncommon for very ideosyncratic individuals to remain unpaired throughout life, with few or no attachments. Some become downright reclusive - their withdrawal from the world may have much to do with the pressures that may be put on them to drop their ideosyncracy - in effect, to become someone they’re not. Under such pressure, ideosyncratic people simply can’t live in the mainstream

(A/N Admittedly both Mom & grandma thought I , which they only told me fter I acquired my current boyfriend)

Life Choices

Leadership

Ideosyncratic types are rarely interested in managing others, certainly not in any traditional way - they’re not very efficient at the day-to-day requirements of a supervisory roles and they’re not neccesarily tuned into other’s feelings. However, with competent people to whom they can delegate the routine matters of running an office and instituting disciplined practices, they can often inspire others and bring a fresh view to work - don’t expect the usual sorts of meetings, process reports and overall concern for form, though.

Job Recomendations

Issues of security, benefits and daily structure do not mean much to people with a predominance of this style - Freedom from rules and comformist expectations. If your patterns includes some get-ahead, ambitious styles such as Self-Confident, Conscientious or Vigilant, your prime requirement will be to seek out a challenging work environment in which your idiosyncracy will be accepted or in which it is not too stressfull to keep it to yourself. Even if you are very bright and talented, you will not be able to contribute in setting in which everybody is expected to behave similarly, such as the corporate world.

Even if you do manage to produce, be aware that in traditional settings - including, perhaps, the family business - you may be an irritant to others and may not be politically sucessful no matter how much you can contribute.

Seek out creative work environments, which are generally more tolerant of individual eccentricities provided the work gets done. In professions such as medicine or law, you may be able to find a niche for yourself in your own practice or in partnership with those who are similarily freethinking. Consider, perhaps, a career associated with one of your hobbies or concerns - you could for exaple sell new age goods or work in some capcity for some organization or cause that interests you.

For those of you who are not especially ambitions in the work domain, or who need to earn money only to support your personal interests and endeavors, find a nondemanding job that provides stability & freedom from economic worry. With good concentration, idiosyncratic individuals often make skilled word processors, typists, secretaries, baggage handlers or postal employees - work in which you can keep your mind to yourself and still perform. Ideosyncratic individuals often thrive as part-timers or temps, free of the pressures of performance evaluations and nine-to-five expectations. Consider freelance consulting work as well, if you have a skill or talent you can market - clients are often more tolerant of unusual personality styles as long as you can do the work and deliver it on time.

Stress Sources

Freethinking has its limitations - Idiosyncratic types’ rejection of standard explanations & conventions plus their reliance on their inner experience alone can lead to doubt an uncertainty - It is characteristic of this personality style to question & wonder - Among the “What Ifs?” that an ideosyncratic individual may ask is “What if there’s another way to explain things?” -

And when their personal systems begin to rearange themselves into new worldviews, ideosyncratic types may experience anything from mild confusion to a full-blown existential crisis. Many ideosyncratic people are constantly reinventing their universe in search for reality and truth - they are looking for a worldview that can satisfy them emotionally, intellectually and spiritually, but their self-styled systems may be in constant flux - As natural seekers, they will always be looking for something else, something more, something better - And usually that’s fine with themas the quest itself is a source of joy and fulfillment.

But in times of difficulty, it might sometimes be easier to have a fir & established belief system to make sense of things - if nothing in their understanding of the universe can explain what is happening in their life, they may lose faith and become deeply dispirited - Thus, ideosyncratic seeking is often accompanied by doubt and dissilusionment. They, along with having to conform to someone else’s reality, are this personality styles’ most significant souces of stress -

But inner strenght is also characteristic of this style and so they will often find a suitable metaphysical explanation for their crises of confidence and then move on to embrace a new belief system, or at least solace themselves with music and art. If, however, the stresses come from the pressures of a conformist society, idiosyncratic types may find it easier to cope by withdrawing from the mainstream.

Parenting

Having ideosyncratic parents can be difficult - children usually model themselves after their parents but at the same time, once they enter school they tend to go through a conformistic phase, needng the acceptance of their peers and a chance to do the ‘normal’ thing - if a parent is highly unconventional and leading a lifestyle highly different from that of the other kids’ parents, they may begin to feel ashamed of the parent and guilty about harboring such ‘bad’ feeings - and a highly ideosyncratic parent may pressure the child toward an unconventionality with which the child is uncomfortable. Similarily, ideosyncratic parents often push their children to be more creative and expressive than they may be by nature.

The ideosyncratic parent needs to be sensitive to the child’s own personality and tolerant of the ‘outer world’ that the child must negotiate and be willing to bend a little for the child’s world.

Now for the bright side: A mildly or moderately ideosyncratic parent may encourage creativity in a gifted child and provide a wide range of experiences for them. Most importantly, such parents often teach their children to accept themselves in all their individual uniqueness, which is a strenght that they carry with them all their lives.

Romantic Compatibility

Ideosyncratic indivuals do not, as a rule, adjust to other’s needs - Therefore, they will not match well with anyone wgo is primarily Self-Confident, Vigilant, Adventurous or Aggresive. Ideosyncratics need to find matches who will accept them for who they are, let them be, and perhaps act as a liason to the regular world

Individuals with Devoted or Self-Sacrificing styles have these characteristics.

A little Dramatic style helps too, for sharing or at last appreciating the Ideosyncratic partner’s emotional experience of life. (A/N: I don’t see any of these working for me - perhaps b/c of the Solitary tendencies in my specific case - but it seems amusing to me that oldham would apparently concurr with socionics on the ESFJ/INTP pairing. I can see these working for ideosyncratic ppl in general though.)

As always, a bit of the Conscientious contributes to a sense of responsibility which keeps the bills paid and the ideosyncratic life on track, but if there is too much of the conformist Conscientious style and the mate will be horrified by the oddities. (I’ve experienced both, got the “You freak!” treatment from my father and that one ex, and the “Sweetly cared for” one from my current SO.)

Leisurely is another possibility

Two Ideosyncratic individuals, should they find each other, can sometimes build a tight little world together with the conventional World rarely intervening (Had this too with my major teenage crush/kind-of-girlfriend. Would recomend. Also great for friendships!)

Although the Serious personality style resembles the conscientious in terms of responsibility and hard work, this style’s preference for routine and avoidance of novelty does not match up well with ideosyncratic creativity, curiosity and openness (A/N: Mixed patterns can be less party-pooping tho. I for once buy the Lunar/Saturn pairing. )

Specific Issues

A New Age Pesonality Style?

Almost by definition the Idiosyncratic style is an uncommon one (says oldham and/or morris, not me), but there are still places & environments in which one can find them in great abundance - many people of this style may be involved with the New Age movement, as it provides a forum and setting for their unconventional beliefs and their personal spiritual seeking - An indiosyncratic individual can attent a workshop on past lives or shamanistic healing, or spend months meditating at an Ashram without fear of being thought peculiar - individuals with this style are very aware that others think them rather strange so they often seek out the company of like-minded others in order to be comfortable in life - This doesn’t mean that anyone who identifies with the New Age moment is necessarily of the Idiosyncratic personality style or that all Idiosyncratic people participate in new age activities - People come to new movements for many different reasons: Because the beliefs appeal to them, because their old beliefs no longer work for them, because they need a person or cause to lend structure to their lives, because they have a strong need to affiliateand be accepted and so on...

However, idiosyncratic people are not “joiners” - They do not affiliate or conform, no matter who’s in charge, nor are they inclined to accept or espouse anyone else’s principles or beliefs - their quest is entirely personal, their belief original.

(A/N:Personally I would add that the Cosplay and Gothic subcultures (which I’d identify with a lot more with than new age) are likely also full of idiosyncratic folks - These are also thoroughly individualistic, against comformism and would rebuke anyone who told them their feelings & views aren’t valid but there is less of or association with exploitative woo-woo moneymaking shemes or neccesarily antiscientific thinking. Perhaps we are just subculture people in general and my preference here has more to do with my age group and growing up in the 90s and 00s as opposed to the 70s.

Perhaps out of some refusal to be lumped in with the antiscientiic elements of the new-age crowd, I went through this chapter thinking that “Hey, I’m not THAT weird” , probably the first time that thought ever occured to me in my life. Then, of course, I remembered that for most of my childhood, I insisted on randomly singing or talking to myself out loud, repeatedly arguing that there was no logical reason not to do so and that the other children & teachers really ought to mind their own business.... and I did go to a naked meditation ritual thingy earlier this week. Hey, I brought my boyfriend, and you only live once, right? ...right? XD)

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ajisaiko · 8 years ago

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name: 木下あおこ ( kinoshita aoko ) born: 3/14 age: 24 height: 142.24 weight: 31 kg origin: kanazawa, japan occupation: musician && composition assistance.

experience: aoko provides the lyrics, composition, ocarina && singing for a mobile app game called “ 天国の門 ( heaven’s gate. )” under the alias “benzaiten.” the game is a rhythm style game that features classical music. lyrical themes often run about stories derived from mythology. they incorporate lots of string, piano, && ocarina into their music. ocarina is, of course, provided by them. aoko has already been with the company for a while since they licensed the music released onto the game. prior to being with the company, aoko minored in musical theory in kanazawa. they’ve been playing && writing music since they were 16. been with the company since they were 23. aoko participated in the university orchestra && played shows for them. the orchestra also provided arrangements for several plays the university produced. when finished with college, aoko spent time away from live performances && worked at a flower shop post-college while looking for work. during that time, aoko would record songs at home (with ocarina or voice) via online sites. when aoko composed a song called “秋の雨 (autumn rain)”, it brought them into contact with dragon river productions. hobbies: in aoko’s free time, they tend to a small garden on their balcony. it reminds them of the flower shop they worked at back in kanazawa. while aoko doesn’t like to admit it, they’re very fond of american crime shows like “bones.” it’s very fascinating to them. aoko isn’t one for socialising much outside of work && most likely won’t leave their apartment.

likes: → horror movies → spicy food ( esp. curry ) → gardening → sweaters → 90′s magical girl manga → spring → rain dislikes: → thunderstorms → crowds → working out → phone calls → BEES → smoking → drinking special skills: living solely off of coffee, playing the ocarina, composing, writing ( lyrics && poetry ), singing, && floristry. what can you offer the company?: hardworking && direct personality. they will work on work outside of the building, in their own personal time. without a doubt, aoko is a perfectionist. as well, they can get tasks done. not to mention with the experience they have prior to joining the FATE staff, they are familiar with the workload required to finish an album. special skills: living solely off of coffee, playing the ocarina, composing, writing ( lyrics && poetry ), singing, && floristry. what you hope to gain out of working here: at the moment, all the work aoko is known for is anonymous to those outside their manager && a few of the musicians they’ve worked with. aoko wishes one day to have the confidence to have idol performances much like FATE. an idol, basically. before any of that, aoko wants more experience working with others to assist in perfecting their craft. one day they do hope to branch outside of the anonymous alias && be more known for their work. references: kanazawa university. voice: here.

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trewhitttesean1992 · 4 years ago

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4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 23, 29, 49, 43, 50, 51, 53, 57, 58, 72, 93. sorry i know it’s a lot but i’m super indecisive

holy shit thank you !!! i kinda want a distraction rn so this is perfect

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

going off what they said to my mum at parent-teacher interviews, i was disobedient (i’d finish my work quickly, go back to reading my book, and then refuse to do any additional work), too loud (i had no idea how to regulate my voice volume), and had no social skills (this actually happened. what was supposed to be a 10 minute conference turned into half an hour of the teacher telling my parents how behind i was, and my dad yelled at me for it when he got home bc ‘how i act reflects on him’. i was 10 years old).

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

i don’t drink soda bc i don’t like the bubbles + sweetness, but when i drink water n occasionally juice i like glass cups. i reuse old candle jars as cups so they’re thick and i like when theyre cooler than plastic

9. favorite smell in the summer?

fruit !!!! i love mangoes and bananas and nectarines and passionfruit and when im cutting them up in the morning and i smell them OOFT i am a happey. my friend got me a fruit candle so i can smell it whenever i want now !

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

realistically, nothing. my routine this year is WHACK and its different on different days and apparently, according to my brain, if there’s no time for it on one day then there’s time for it on 0 days. throw in the fact that im still trying to recover from my ED and its a fun mess. that being said, this morning i made myself eat; i had banana, blueberries, strawberries, a blueberry bagel with peanut butter and some coffee (and maybe it was the only thing i ate today besides some veggies for dinner but it was before 10am hence breakfast)

13. lanyard or key ring?

lanyard. my keys are on a smashCon lanyard from last year, with a bunch of pins bc my pins kept falling off my bag

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

cross legged (except its more like a lotus pose, im way too hypermobile). idk if its a sensory/autism thing, but i absolutely cannot sit with my legs flat on the floor, and i dont really like chairs at all. i like my desk chair though bc its kind of like a bucket seat, and i chose it specifically bc its a perfect size for me to cross my legs comfortably and be able to work at my desk

18. ideal weather?

sunny, but not too sunny. slight warm breeze. not so bright that there’s glare. around 21-25 degrees celsius.

23. strange habits?

dude. i’m autistic w a bunch of other mental health and just a fucken weird personality. i got strange habits from the second i wake up to the second i go to bed

29. best way to bond with you?

accept me as i am. understand that there are some things i do differently, especially in regards to communicating. be patient and try to learn how i connect. i promise i’m trying to meet you on your level, but you gotta meet me on mine, or else you’re gonna get the facade i put up so people will tolerate me

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

HOODIE. i love having things on my head, so when im overwhelmed, hoodies are my substitute blanket. i’m also really picky when it comes to materials and i especially dont like anything too stiff, but i did recently buy a denim jacket that’s pretty soft so i’m trying to get used to that

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

i don’t really have one?

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

probably something dumb that my dog’s done. he does dumb shit all the time. for example: yesterday, he was licking things when he thought i wasn’t looking (he doesn’t understand the concept of peripheral vision its p funny). i told him not to lick my brother’s guitar, which is just hanging on the wall bc he doesn’t actually play it, and its covered in dust. leon licked the guitar, and then acted all indignant that he got a mouthful of dust and stood by his waterbowl until i turned on the tap, bc apparently bowl water isn’t good enough for my princess of a dog. this is super off track but basically, my dog is really silly and he makes me laugh and i love him a LOt

51. current stresses?

uni, the fact that i’m currently exhausted and burnout from my jobs and volunteering and study, the fact that im super isolated socially, i feel like im not good enough for my course and i dont deserve a place in it, and the fact that my mum wants me to go to the dentist but dentists are absolute hell for me and i just. cant deal w that right now

53. what is the current state of your hands?

really short nails, and callouses on my four left fingers from strings (the short nails are also bc i scratch myself). the fingers on my left hand are stronger than my right, and i have three crooked fingers from when i broke them in separate incidents in HS. i have indents from bite marks on my left hand. my hands are super cold, not just bc its winter but they always seem to run colder than everyone else. they’re also really dry, a combination of winter and the fact that the packaging that my work uses in stock boxes makes them dry ? its really weird + also bad stim

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

hhhhhhhi wouldn’t say i’ve fully ‘overcome’ all of these but 1. making it through high school and living to be an adult- i’d always assumed i’d be dead by 16. i spent most of high school suicidal and without appropriate help. 2. performance anxiety. this sounds dumb, but mastering this has allowed me to pursue the degree i always thought was a pipe dream, an impossibility. i’m in a place now where i’m doing what i want, something i care about, and i actually don’t regret waking up every morning because of it. 3. managing to navigate things like the crowded city, buses, work and classrooms every day. i’m a massively sensory avoidant person. post high school, i literally didn’t physically leave the house from a combination of depression but also not wanting to deal with overstim when it wasn’t strictly necessary. on one hand, i know im pushing myself a bit, esp when i get physically sick from being constantly overstim with no breaks during the week, but i’m also proud of myself for trying to manage these things now instead of doing everything in my power to avoid them

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

i’m good at looking after my dog, and loving my dog (and he loves me back so a talent worth having. i think im good with most dogs but ESPECIALLY my dog). i’m creative; i’m a musician, i’m a visual artist, i write, i’m constantly coming up with things. my brain is good at finding connections and memorising content just by understanding. i dont really think i have anything else

72. worst subject?

MATHS. my hs made me take it all the way to year 12 and i absolutely fucken failed it (im not kidding in year 10 my highest mark on a test was 38% and it really didn’t improve from there)

93. nicknames?

charles, and basically any way you can wrongly pronounce my name (e.g, chorlie)

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dinosaurstudentworld · 8 years ago

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Assessment 1 CACS102

CACS 102: Assessment 1: Keyword Social media Page

1. Subjectivity how the determination of I(dentity) is not just about the true, natural self (Bennet & Royle p151) but also subject to external, – environmental, economic, social etc., and internal – our unconscious; forces. Such forces are usually beyond our control and often we are only vaguely aware of them, if at all. Some years ago I arranged to meet my cousin (whom I hadn’t seen for 40 years) at Darling Harbour. We did not determine a specific meeting place but I was able to identify him from a distance of 800 metres purely by his stance. We learn to be like our parents in some respects because they show us how to do things when we are very young. The way we walk, the way we wipe our bottom, the side of the bed we sleep on.

“Identity…comes from the outside not the inside; it is something we put or try on, not something we reveal or discover” (Simon Frith in Hall et al p 122)

2. Essentialism the essence of a person, that there is some immutable, underlying aspect(s) of character. This implies that however our identity changes, that there remains a core or nucleus of ourselves. Anti-essentialism argues that there is a plasticity to identity, and that identity is “…not a thing but a description in language…discursive constructions that change their meanings according to time, place and usage” (Barker P220) Our identity is not fixed, even the deepest, most fundamental aspects are shaped by our own peculiar and unique experience

3. Unconscious The bubbling (babbling?) undercurrent of our conscious mind. We actively construct an identity using conscious thought and discussion, yet we acquire knowledge and experience far in excess of that with which we choose to build our identities. All that brain stuff going on in the background, while we breathe, eat, talk, access our tumblr blog or our facebook page. Our art can be a way to access our unconscious, but usually we are too busy doing “stuff” using our conscious side to tap into it, and given that some of our unconscious thoughts may be confronting, unsettling even frightening, we may be intimidated about what we may find.

One method claimed to assist this process is disciplined practise of fundamental tasks – e.g. for a musician, practising scales and arpeggios may provide a pathway to creativity. “…when concentrating on something, we lose our sense of “I”…” (E Tamm, p91)

4. Overdetermination

“The most trivial ….are the focus & expression of the most plural and deep psychological complexity” (Mansfield p6 2009) Humans have a tendency to want to rationalise everything; and sometimes acquire vast & detailed knowledge about even the most insignificant things. This can seem to be problematic when faced with voluminous and seemingly unnecessary detail but we only have to think of libraries and museums to see the great value in this very human trait.

5. Sensory Knowledge “Skin knowledge” (Howes p27) Knowledge derived from our senses, we acquire knowledge even before we are born. We hear our mother’s heartbeat and sounds from outside our Mothers body as early as week 19 of pregnancy. Our sense of touch, taste, smell etc., continue to build a library of sensory knowledge. You can’t learn how a gardenia smells, or whether you will like that smell from a book! You have to do! And in the act of doing your senses are educating themselves, adding intuition to the mix. But senses are fallible – e.g. optical illusions

F.Radovic Representation & Reality Univ of Gothenburg 2016

6. Creative Influence People and their work that inspires us to produce our work. Most of us have our heroes – people who set examples for us, perhaps encouraged or taught us. And similarly there is work - art, literature music, that resonated with us and continues to do so as we strive to become the creative people ourselves. “…good artists borrow, great artists steal…” attributed to Picasso

7. Authenticity That sense what you are witnessing, has honour & integrity and communicates in an unmediated way. That what the artist/musician is doing, saying or playing matters. (Simon Frith in Hall et al p117) Keep it real bro! If you give the impression that you are just going through the motions, only in it for the money – your reputation as a producer of meaningful work is jeopardised. (Authenticity as Authentication. Author(s): Allan Moore. pp. 209-223) Like beauty, however, authenticity is in the eyes/ears/mind of the beholder.

8. Creative Identity What we choose to portray of ourselves through our work. (Bloom p 30) The post-modernist, neo classicist, the punk poet, etc. What/who shaped our attitudes/philosophies; influenced our skills/media, plays a part in this too. Why did we start playing the guitar/oboe/French horn? Were we made to? Do we work with paint or print? Are we politically motivated? Do we want to turn the world on its head or caress it into submission? Creative identities may be attached to causes – Ban the Bomb, Save the Forests etc., but be wary of creative identities are associated with Commerce. This is not to say that creativity and commerce are mutually exclusive, but serious questions are likely to be raised regarding authenticity - see 7 above.

9. Fractured Identity the idea that we are different identities at different times, for different and sometimes contradictory reasons. The I is not united around a coherent self. (Hall et al 1996 p598) Our identity is not homogeneous – we can be different according to time & place. Attentive & studious at CACS102 but loud and obnoxious at the Uni bar on Friday night. The 8 hours work a day self and the lazy beachbum. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde? Modern social media gives us the ability more than ever to construct fantasy identities, avatars. Perhaps our identities are only ever fantasies.

David Bowie is the archetype but Peter Gabriel also explored many identities in his career.

10. Social Identity associated with generic rights and obligations imposed by our culture and society, esp. in relation to age and gender. Some aspects of identity are undeniable, inalienable. There is no escaping the fact that I am W, M, over 50, etc. but it reminds us identities are a product of “…language and cultural practices…” and therefore social constructs in their own right. (Barker p221, Tagg & Seargeant 2016 p343) After WWII, English society had a very heavy military emphasis - uniforms, short back & sides, chest out, stomach in, para military organisations like the Boys Brigade. Non conformity was very much frowned upon.This remained unchanged for about 15 years until the rise of the rebellious, youth led counter culture of the early 60’s.

Reference List

Tagg & Seargeant 2016 p343

1. Hall et al 1996 - Questions of Cultural Identity, Sage Publications London

2. Allan Moore. Authenticity as Authentication. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

3. levine.sscnet.ucla.edu

4. F.Radovic Representation & Reality Univ of Gothenburg 2016

5. Mansfield N, 2000 – “Freud & the Split Subject “ in Subjectivity: theories of the self from Freud to Haraway New York University Press, New York

6. www.dangerandplay.com/2014/05/22/unlocking_concious_mind_art

7. Barker, C 2007 - Issues of Subjectivity and Identity in Cultural Studies Theory & Practice 3rd ed Sage Publications London

8. Bennet, A & Royle, N – An Introduction to Literature Criticism & Theory 5th edition Routledge New York

9. The History of Emotions Blog – Going Unconscious – Brian Eno

10. Fink, B 1995 Language & Otherness in the Lacanian subject Princeton University Press, Princeton

11. Howes D 2005 Skinscapes: embodiment, culture and environment, in C Classen (ed) The Book of Touch , Berg, New York

12. Cranny-Francis, A Touching Skin: embodiment and the senses in the work of Ron Mueck, in N Anderson & K Schlunke (eds)

14 Hall,S,Held,D,Hubert,D, Thompson,K 1996 Modernity: an introduction to modern societies Blackwell Publishers Oxford

15. E. Tamm 1990 – Robert Fripp from King Crimson to Guitar Craft Faber & Faber Winchester MA

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