#filling labeling

[aiweirdness]

asked chatgpt4 to have dalle3 generate "a cross section of a gourmet chocolate with each layer labeled."

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[posi-pan]

for anyone who has ever seen someone claim pansexual was coined on social media by teenagers in the early 2000s, the 2010s, and even in the past few years, and believed it or wondered if it’s true, or known it’s not true and been annoyed by the misinformation, this article is for you!

after listing out all of the claims i’ve seen, i succinctly debunk them by laying out a brief overview of pansexual’s history dating back to the 1960s, both as a term generally indicating universal appeal/inclusion and a term indicating sexual freedom/attraction to all genders. i include a look at pansexual’s use specifically within queer spaces, with a focus on bisexual spaces, as well.

i also touch briefly on omnisexual and polysexual existing in similar contexts to pansexual dating back to the 1960s. and finally, i discuss a little bit about how when, where, and by whom a label is created doesn’t determine the validity or usefulness of it, because these claims come with the implication that new labels, labels created by kids, and labels originating on social media aren’t legit forms of queer expression and identification.

happy pan week! 🥰💗💛💙

[according2thelore]

oh hey! i’m sam, and this is my father—i mean, my mother—i mean, my best friend—i mean, shit, my lover—i mean, my guard dog—i mean, the man who sold his soul for me—i mean, the man fated to kill me—i mean, haha sorry, my moral compass—whoops, i mean, my stone number one, the last string i have connecting me to reality—i mean, my soulmate—my bad, i mean, my breeder—i mean, the man i modeled myself after—i mean, shit—

this is dean. my brother, dean.

[one-strugling-bean]

tr!foolhalo are such kismesis its unreal

[bandzboy]

kayti burt is writing an article about the hybe boycott for paste magazine and did this survey to have a sense of how many fans of hybe groups are participating in the boycott! if you are, i would urge you to fill out this survey and share it around!

[ephemeral-lace]

In December 2024 we had a cookie decorating meetup.

Our resident cookie witch made a LOT of cookies and some ginber bread houses and supplied a metric tonne of icing, sprinkles, and marshmallows for us to decorate with. We'd done this the previous halloween and I guess I didn't get the spook out of my system then.

It was very cold (-25°C + windchill) so I was wearing some thermal shirts under my shirt, and fleece leggings, and arm warmers, for the journey.

KC: SummerTales Boutique and handmade Blouse: Glittertale Skirt: Crown Label (meta) Socks: Yukine's Box

Coat: Mellfy Memory

[royalsealy]

Just posted my 2025 Lolita wardrobe video (with English subtitles!)

I'm excited for the New Year, do you have any hopes and dreams for lolita in 2025? Personally I'm hoping to add more dark green, navy, and black accessories.

[pyrosomatic-metamorphosis]

all my csp settings got reset and im relearning all the basic brushes that i love. watercolour brush and pencil brush and gouche brush my loves

[o-wyrmlight]

Y'all ever think about how Harry would describe his own skills? Since in canon, they're never referred to directly by their names. Here's some random thoughts:

Intellect

Logic: Common Sense; Puzzlehead; The One Who Draws My Conclusions

Encyclopedia: The Book Brain; The Worldy University; The Footnotes In My Mind

Rhetoric: Nuance; Goldenmouth; The One Who Speaks In Gold

Drama: The Thespian; The Muse; The Method Actor

Conceptualization: The Wordsmith; The Textured Brush; The Hand Which Writes My Poetry

Visual Calculus: The Numbers; The Calculator; The Mathematician

Psyche

Volition: The Crown; The King; The Lord Of My Impulse

Inland Empire: The Dreamer; Inland Empire; The Root Of My Psyche

Empathy: The Bleeding Heart; The Lover; The One Who Resonates With Others

Authority: The Captain; Toxic Masculinity; Make Papa Proud

Esprit de Corps: The Bröderbond; The Blue Radio Static; The Spirit Of Mine Loyalty

Suggestion: The Tempter; The Planted Seed; The One Who Plays Along

Physique

Endurance: The Heart; The Lungs; Determination Made Flesh

Pain Threshold: My Punctured Flesh; My Mental Anguish; Know Thy Limits

Physical Instrument: The Coach; The Throne; The Instrument Of My Body

Electrochemistry: The Urge; The Impulse; My Starving Dopamine Receptors

Shivers: The Beloved City; The Streets; La Revacholiere In Her Entirety

Half Light: The Fight; The Flight; The Impulse To Survive

Motorics

Hand/Eye Coordination: The Aim; The Trigger; That Which Holds My Hand Steady

Perception: My Eyes; My Nose; That Which Lets Me See The World At Its Most Fundamental

Reaction Speed: Reaction Without Thought; The Hastened Instinct; The Pen That Drops From My Desk—I Catch It Before It Falls

Savoir Faire: My Style; My Disco; That Which Guides My Feet. Savvy.

Interfacing: My Hands; My Mechanical Desires; That Which Makes Me Tinker

Composure: My Spine; My Level Head; Face It Like A Champion

The Sum Of My Parts

Ancient Reptilian Brain: The Ancient Dread

Limbic System: The Primal Instinct

[bibleofficial]

yea i’m 100% certain this batch of carts are straight up spice lol

[faeryndipity]

Metamorphose Popping Balloon

A simple coordinate for the state fair! This dress seemed like the perfect match.

[aliusfrater]

It’s so hard to get into Wincest because the fans feel insecure because they feel Sam isn’t ‘as insane about Dean’ so they try to do everything in order to be like ‘no don’t you see?? Sam is just as ‘insane’ about Dean but is just a big hypocrite about it’… one of the worst cases of this imo is how everyone completely brushes off and invalidates Sam’s feelings in s9 because ‘he locked Dean up and forced him into a life-threatening procedure because he can’t stand being away from Dean for two seconds’. But ig I can’t blame them because s10 itself is about ‘making it up to Dean’ (no, look, Sam is just as dark as Dean, actually even worse and also Sam is such a big hypocrite because he too would do anything to save Dean and was just being a dick for no reasonable in s9…. But also for some reason can’t commit to it because what does Sam even do that is so terrible in comparison to stuff they do every single day?)

i recently spoke about this in the context of a post i saw about 9.13 that considered the possibility of interpreting sam's conversation with dean at the end of the episode as coming from a place of sam having failed to save dean previously so within the logic of this post, of course he would respond in denial to save dean! but i think this interpretation neglects to recognise the context of the language within the literal conversation they're having as directly related to something that happened to sam throughout the first eleven episodes of the season versus the hypothetical dean proposes of sam saving him in the same/a similar way. this interpretation of the scene is very obviously coming from an attempt to try to rationalise sam's reasoning from dean's perspective, from the power he holds both within the language usage of a hypothetical and the literal events as they occurred wrt to sam's body and the control dean had over their relationship, rather than understanding sam's experience and the aftermath quite literally as it happened to him. their conversation at the end of 9.12 already disproves this in sam saying, "we don't see things the same way anymore," as in there has been a fundamental lapse of judgement in exactly which aspects of myself you have imposed yourself upon—and not only does sam list them but even within past attempts to 'save'/opportunities of 'saving' dean have presented itself, sam has never gone as far as dean has gone within the scenario that they're discussing or that dean is presenting a hypothetical for. largely because sam doesn't have the authority to (wrt dean's hypothetical autonomy) and the closest he's ever come to it has been met with permanent corrective measures ahem 6.05 -> 6.07/6.11. it's almost as if they combine their dean-skewed view of seeing sam's attempt at setting a boundary, establishing his (struggle for) autonomy, of acknowledging the power dean held and weaponised within his decision as a (malicious) attempt at betrayal of/abandonment of/declaration of an entire withdrawal from their relationship with their inability to understand sam outside of the box of looking at dean's character and, by proxy, looking at sam either through dean or within the same box they look at sam with—sam's situational prioritisation of the self (largely over family because of their, largely dean's atp, perpetuation of family, their roles as an ultimatum synonymous with 'The Good Fight'(9.13) emulated from john) as an agency that is either not wholly fundamentally possible simply because this isn't something dean is largely able to do for himself or they view it as an inconsistent agency on sam's part—which is a negligent understanding of sam's character within its respective arcs at best and just an unfaithful reading clearly attempting to invalidate these agencies as they're presented to you within canonical, linear context in favour of recontextualising them entirely.

like i think it comes from this Thing i really really dislike about engaging with wincest interpretations that is a parroting of the same 'samndean-samdean belong together/samndean-samdean's Rightful place is beside each other' false yet presented as righteous idea that the (dean skewed aspect of the) narrative does because it neglects to recognise the watsonian factors that facilitate sam and dean into their relationship (familial/patriarchal authority, hunting ideals, sometimes literal facilitation a la soulless!sam's car being crushed or certain events playing out in a say that makes it impossible for them to separate) usually on account of a dean-skewed perspective and a general omission of sam's character motivations thereby nulliying any significant recognition of dean's responsibilities wrt the power dynamics of sam and dean's relationship. interpretations that bend over backwards by ignoring sam's character exploration as it plays out in canon in an effort to prioritise dean's fundamentally irrational perspective of what he wants their relationship to be that comes from a place or certain insecurity and present it as the rational standard for their relationship, thereby neglecting to recognise the differences in certain aspects of their experiences of their relationship esp wrt the power imbalance will always irk me. the narrative and sam himself does quite enough of that i just don't think you can get a full scope of their relationship or even the mechanics of the show and its real-world emulations this way. it's also just straight up boring and strikes me as heteronormative lmfao how are you gonna go into the gay incest ship and find value in the heteronormativity of uncritically adopting patriarchal ideals (rhetorical, don't answer that, i know why). like for some reason it is unfathomable for this interpretation to understand sam as either having different priorities than dean or reacting to his circumstances. they're foils for a Reason Imfao

personally i think it's fundamental to sam and dean's dynamic that they initially have different ideals as it relates to the winchester familial dynamic (and their relationship) and this is where the crux of their conflicts up until later-season nine lie. like dean believing and enforcing the synonymity of hunting with their relationship that was born with john's disapproval and exclusion of sam from the familial dynamic when sam expressed interest in a life away from hunting, dean folding himself into the version himself that made him the perfect extension of john as a result of his parentification while sam, infantalised and excluded, pursued the self and personal fulfilment external to the familial dynamic—dean has forfeit the self for the familial dynamic and therefore, to you, there must always be an aspect of sam's agency that is doing the same despite how canonically inconsistent that idea is but is believed because of the operation from dean's perspective through an omitting of sam's perspective and the attribution of it to either a canonically inaccurate facade (similar to what people do with soulless!sam and apply it to sams otherwise) or just claiming that it was entirely superficial all along. granted that sam's refusal to conform to john's familial ideal (unless he has no choice) does turn into his conforming to dean's (emulated from the original winchester familial dynamic) usually involving arcs proving that the ideal of sammy involves the compartmentalisation of invariable aspects of sam's identity on dean's behalf in a way that fundamentally undermine's sam's autonomy within different arcs, until sam eventually does fold himself into the Sammy ideal in favour of said autonomy. the same character that's called 'boring' in the later seasons. they're fundamentally enmeshed in ways that specifically spark internal conflict

to be honest it reflects an unexplored regurgitation of the same way that the show treats sam's autonomy. like the whole very repeated, "he MUST have wanted/liked it," thing it has going on despite representing the rational emotional responses to abuse—then attributing that to his otheredness and monstrosity—followed by either coercion or a straight up rejection, after which sam is presented without another option and ends up within any of the many literal or metaphorical cages on the show, there's an audience response of, "it Happened (neglecting to mention the process of How) so his consent much have been superficial (kinky cnc connotation) wow i love their freaky dynamic." it's very, "well what was she wearing?" or, "well they were married so..." in which they believe there's a precursor of being on the same page (revealing clothing = looking for sex, being married = consent perpetually granted, dean's ideal of their relationship (dependent on sam's lack of autonomy) being the standard for their interpretation = sam's agencies being disregarded sam must have also always had the same ideal for their relationship.

i also also said this in some tags recently + touched on it earlier in this very post but the fandom seems to have an interestingly difficult time perceiving sam's season arcs as cohesive to one another and affecting his future decisions as the show plays out like 'he locked dean up and forced him into a life-threatening procedure because he can't stand being away from dean for two seconds' is such a shallow and quite frankly, unfaithful, representation of 10.03 that clearly exists in order to be able to compare it to the panic room but like. it neglects to recognise 1) the goal post shifting aspect of early season ten in which the last time sam didn't pursue dean's ressurection after a perceivable death, it was a perspective that even he prioritised over his own for dean as dead and was the subject of much of the scrutiny sam received from people he cared about throughout the season. a lot of the way his and dean's dynamic worked throughout season eight directly relates to his devolving into suicidal ideation. it's a lot like season five, even! in which a perceivable betrayal of dean fundamentally changes the dynamic of their relationship and sam's role within it and influences sam's choice of funneling his suicidal ideation into his death for the 'common good'. anyway, to not pursue dean is seen as objectively the Wrong decision but also doing so seen as the objectively Wrong decision and even invovled the manipulation of responsibility of someone's life into the person to didn't kill them and even attempted to stop them at a point? goalpost shifting baybee. it isn't explicitly explored that in canon way but much of supernatural past 9.15 does not grant sam the narrative space to extend his directly experiences to others or to a place of a kind of audience acknowledgement that facilitates the comparison of synonymy of experience and it's just quite simply easy to compare them mainly based on the literal and metaphorical similarities of the circumstances (can i compare/contrast crowley and benny here or what) as well as subtextual similarities within the way that sam's decisions are presented to the audience specifically regarding the heavy emphasis on 10.02, "you're my brother and i'm here to take you home,"-adjacent ideals of and appeals to sam and dean's relationship dynamic plus what i've briefly described in 2) as it relates to dean's authoritative role and how it presents in for example the differences between how sam regards dean's life vs how dean regards sam's. like there is a similarity between s10 and s3 in that the responsibility of life between sam and dean includes the perceivable entitlement of dean's resurrection of sam and sam's perceivable responsibility (a burden well explored in season two between dean and john) of their combined grief and this same lack of role assumption that dean perceives as a betrayal in s8. tangent but really i do think it's thematically a straight line especially if we're to consider other examples of subtextually compared circumstances that aren't acknowledged outloud: benny vs sam himself, amy or ruby or even benny and sam's mirroed characteristics. and 2) the fundamental differences between the events as they actually happen that contribute to the differences in narrative attribution of monstrosity and the clear differences in power dynamic and how it relates to the narrative framing of 4.21 vs 10.03. like i posted about this recently so i won't talk your ear off about it anymore

it's like people find dean relatable and/or likeable and conform their whole view of him and his relationships around that then idolise him. he's relatable to the average queer person who is victim to the patriarchy in fandom so it must be the same for him <3 neglecting to realise that the reason he's relatable is cause he's white, not rich, likeable, and played by a conventional attractive person, rather than the other stuff. this is mean because projection is fine it's just. even when i was a fan of a disabled character with disabled fandom friends they could separate the projection of their own disabled experiences from the character's. dean as a concept wrt how people perceive him is beyondddd me. it's on everything i touch in this fandom like what happens to the handles of your utensils and pots and pans while you cook something oily

[our-ensemble]

I'm grateful for all the media analysis there has been regarding Enstars and it's treatment of social issues, especially after AKATSUKI's event, but truthfully, acting as if Enstars is the only piece of media to ever have "problematic" aspects cheapens some of this analysis.

For many fans, Enstars passed the line - but the important thing to remember is that media which has not passed the line is not media that is "unproblematic", but media that has not reached a point where moments that are "tactless" or "poor in taste" follow specific and hostile ideologies.

Again, the way that people have been rethinking their engagement with Enstars is commendable since its not something that everybody is willing to consider; however, if this sort of thinking isn't applied to other spaces, then we risk running into the same problems over and over across time.

Enstars' problems aren't unique to it - and are likely being inherited from other media, so its definitely a system to be mindful of - which is why I hope that the lessons that we're picking up from Enstars are also applied elsewhere.

By applying this level of analysis and conscientiousness towards original works and fan spaces, hopefully we create respectful places of discussion where the ideologies that hurt people in real-life aren't also being used to hurt them in fiction and fandom.

[whoblewboobear]

Jace lets Zara feed on him sometimes bc that’s his best friend and he loves her, Send Tweet

[appri-dot]

Made up girls, on the spot. Just like that

[cat-orchestra]

finally got a new daily wear petticoat and I ended up wearing it with strawberry cream🫶🍓 I love this dress so much you have no idea, it was one of the first dream dresses I was able to obtain 🥹❤️

OP: Metamorphose

cardigan: angelic pretty

headband: btssb