#goodnight. goddamn

[raspberryripley]

in bed (i am alone in the house) n just heard something (pot lid? travel mug? loud bowl?) fall and spin and ring out in the kitchen below (unclear cause) (i am alone in the house) so if i never post again (ignoring my weeks of queue) it is likelu because some manner of ghost / horror / home invader etc got me. or the spiders again

[lochlot]

morgwen study

[arcanegifs]

Happy Mother's Day to our Arcane Moms ♡

[longmaxsilvarg]

something about the main menu for life is strange genuinely makes me wanna collapse and sob

[samandcolbyownme]

I have a ✨ 𝓅 𝓇 ℴ 𝒷 𝓁 ℯ 𝓂 ✨

I neeeeeeed a fic based off of this picture right here. I’m rewatching the walking dead and Daryl can GET IT anywhere anytime any fucking pace.

I need to go to bed.

[intotheelliwoods]

if I had a nickel for each rottmnt trend I set I would have 3 damn shiny nickels

[svtskneecaps]

took advantage of what may apparently be the last quiet qsmp night for a WHILE to watch through some day 1 vods, since i didn't hop on the train until mid april. holy SHIT there is gold in those metaphorical hills. one day i gotta make a compilation fr but it is so tedious the way i get clips.

anyway here's a collection of highlights:

[heartonthejindow]

2:30 am on a weeknight and i miss ot7 so bad my soul is rattling against my bones like the bars of a prison cell

[juuria]

jjk sukuna volume cover moodboard

[tinycowboybro]

…yeah that’s all i got

[poisoneitherway]

screaming

[tumblezwei]

the "why do demographics even matter" discourse started up in shoujo twitter again because someone asked for shoujo recs and kept getting Apothecary Diaries, Witch Hat Atelier, and Skip and Loafer.

And it's so frustrating sometimes to see people brush off others getting mad bc "those are great series anyways so why does it matter if they're not actually shoujo"

Because that's not what they asked for, maybe??? Like even if demographics didn't matter, if the only qualifiers for shoujo were "has female lead, written by woman, no fanservice" why can you (average twitter weeb recommending something) only think of like, 5 series? And it's always the same fucking 5 series!!! Isn't that interesting? Isn't that weird?? That out of all of the manga in the whole wide world, the only ones that you can muster up for female-led and penned are the same shounen and seinen series that everyone already knows about??

And that's not me being all snobbish bc you don't know about some random niche shoujo manga from the 80s that I think deserves more attention or whatever the fuck, it's me saying THAT'S WHY DEMOS STILL MATTER!!! Because shoujo is not fucking popular in the west. it is not widespread enough for laymen to just come across new series in the wild as often as they will other demos.

There is a gigantic and diverse pool of stories that exists in the shoujo demographic. There are so many great fucking series from years ago and today that nobody knows about because you have to know to look for them. You just aren't going to be recommended shoujosei heavy hitters that are widely beloved by it's community like you are shounen or seinen. Like, if you ask for stuff to look out for in the coming seasons, you're going to get a lot more Kaiju No. 8 and Dandadan then you are Nina and the Starry Eyed Bride or Honey Lemon Soda. Odds are, out of those four, most people reading this probably only heard of the former.

And again that's not me trying to flex some weird superiority over knowing more "niche" series or whatever. I'm just trying to stress the point that it matters when people ask for shoujo. Because so often unless they go to it, so many of these incredible series will simply never get a good foothold in western audiences.

It matters because a twitter user asking for shoujo recs will absolutely come across twenty other people begging them to read Skip and Loafer. You do not need to be the lone soldier hoisting Skip and Loafer onto your shoulders on a post where OP did not ask. If you want to recommend a series but don't know if it's shoujo, it's very easy to just google it. If you don't have any to rec, then just leave it to others who do.

And maybe also take that as a sign that you can start looking too! Along with the most gentle reminder that demos are not genres. If you don't want romance stories, ask for something else. And just like someone will like one shounen (i.e. FMA) but not another (i.e. Rent-a-Girlfriend), you will come across shoujo series that you like and those that you don't.

[soullessjack]

anyone who’s ever said that liking jack is “basically pedophilia” because he’s “mentally a child” owes the autistic community every single coin in their bank account and a free kick in the teeth. what the actual fuck is wrong with you guys 👍👍

[thesonicpunk]

hits send. passes out.

[hyperfixationstati0n]

woah there pal

[thedeathdeelers]

can i?

“can i keep you?” julie breathes out, her words barely reaching him despite their proximity in the quiet darkness of her room.

luke shifts around in the bed, sheets rustling beneath his corporeal body as he turns around onto his side to better face julie. he stares at her for a moment, her body curled towards his own, before reaching out with his fingers and wrapping them around her hand.

he see her brilliant eyes on him, even in the dark, curiously watching him as he remains quiet, thumb brushing the smooth skin on the back of her hand. he lets their hands hover in the space between them for a moment, holding onto her gaze, before gently pulling her hand towards his chest.

he keeps his eyes fixed on hers even as her gaze shifts to follow the movements of their hands.

he places her hand above his heart, splaying her fingers flat against the soft material of his shirt.

he stills for a moment, long enough to have her look back up at him.

feeling the strong steady beating of his heart underneath both of their hands, he lifts his lips up into a smile.

“yeah, i think you can, jules.”