#hopefully this isnt a trend

[m4g0rtz]

Today's polish was pretty but disappointing. Online it looked like a dark blue base with a color shifting shimmer, but on my nail it just looked like a dark blue base with a blue shimmer. Still pretty, but not what I thought I was getting. This is Learn from Yesterday from Glisten and Glow.

[soapcan18]

YIPPEE NERDY PRUDES MUST DIE THINGY

This is based on the theory/headcanon I saw somewhere that Wiggly is played by Jon in The Summoning to represent him purposely presenting himself to the teens as Richie. Isn’t that just delightfully morbid? Your best friend gets murdered and the eldritch being you summon looks just like him? I think it fits Wiggly perfectly—he totally would fuck with the mortals who summoned him in such a horrible way because he finds it fun. Anyway hope you enjoy!

[writers-get-biters]

OK SO UM I HOPE THIS ISNT TOO LATE BUT WE SAW ALL THE AWESOME MIKU DRAWINGS AND STUFF AND WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TOO

A LOT OF US ARE HOMESTUCK TROLLS

WELL NOT A LOT BUT LIKE A NUMBER OF US

AND I CANT REALLY DRAW TO BE HONEST SO UM TROLL MIKU MADE IN PHOTOPEA

I KINDA LIKE HOW IT TURNED OUT ACTUALLY

IN MY OPINION SHES A PROSPIT FUCHSIABLOOD MUSE OF BREATH SO HER SIGN IS PIUS

HER HORNS ARE BASED OFF HER SIGN SINCE THATS PRETTY COMMON FOR US

I MADE TWO VERSIONS

ONE WITH BLACK HAIR SINCE TROLLS USUALLY HAVE BLACK HAIR

AND ONE WITH HER USUAL HAIR

I LIKE TO THINK THAT IN THE FIRST ONE SHE DYED IT AND IS JUST GROWING OUT HER NATURAL HAIR COLOR TO EXPLAIN THE LITTLE BITS OF BLUE I COULDNT GET OUT

ANYWAY I KIND OF LIKE IT NOW AND I HOPE YOU DO TOO

[kowaindar0u]

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depression sleeps hit me hard today lol

i'm still drowsy but i have game later so i'm gonna try and stay awake and maybe do some replies in a bit. if not, maybe after game

[rucow]

my humble era is over, i now claim ownership over my faves and i Will be your voryn/phantom/hircine/fíli mutual. all yuor blorbos are belong me now

[nordsea-horizons]

Hii, i toured a few islands for some forest island inspo and wanted to share some pictures! im trying to kick the ac burnout by getting inspired and i also feel like im kinda 2 years late to the forest island hype, so i wanted to see some creators take on a natural island vibe and use this post as a little moodboard🌱🍃✨

first island is by @quenepacrossing bc ive been on this island a few times now and i wanted some path, item and layout inspo! dimple feels very open and i have some ideas for areas with a similar feel(hopefully)✨also… it might be time for me to finally use that garden stone path.. it really might🫢

Next island visit was created by toffee on yt, and i was reminded of this design trend that truly had everyone making a sunken path back when the original creater crossingani_ posted their work! i like it, and this island was a reminder to maybe include some cool terraforming!??👀

I visited this beautiful island by the creator _myorii_ and was trying to remind myself that keeping things simple can be really gorgeous as well and that no-tile-left-behind isnt always the only way lol

Also made it to the island fânya by acnh.balar to get some inspo for villager houses and forest items! i had seen a yt tour already so i really just picked two areas that would remind me of the general vibe! beautiful forest island!☘️

[ingravinoveritas]

i honestly think it was just a stupid joke, maybe for attention but like isnt that the point of instagram? idk just my own not very strong opinion

You're absolutely right, it could just be a stupid joke. I am well aware that I sometimes read a lot into things or unintentionally misread things, so I fully appreciate you saying this. The thing is, though, that she continued with this on Twitter as well:

So from my perspective, that makes it seem like less of an Instagram thing and more of an Anna thing. As does the fact that she has a longtime pattern of making posts like this when he is trending/when something Michael has been part of gains a lot of positive attention. (Contrast that with, for example, the negative reviews of The Way, and how she never said another word about it or in support of him once the backlash happened in response to the show.)

The other thing I keep thinking of is how vastly different the reaction would be if Michael was the one saying or doing any of this. If he'd posted a selfie of him wearing a "Who the F*ck is Anna Lundberg?" t-shirt. The feeling I have is that people's reactions to that would be very different, regardless of whether it is a reference to an episode title or something else from a TV show. Or if he tweeted "She's very grateful to have me to keep her grounded," it seems almost a certainty that it would come across as patronizing or condescending and he would be excoriated for it.

And then what also comes to mind is Michael on the Assembly saying that he cries every day. Again, I feel like, under any other circumstances, we would say that someone who is in a relationship and cries every day is a potential red flag, or at least something that seems concerning. But because Michael is a man, it seems like his feelings are more easily dismissed, and I'm genuinely confused as to why.

All that said, I do want to be clear and again emphasize that what I am reacting to is not just this one Insta story in isolation, but everything that she has been saying and posting for the last several years. It's the very fact that it keeps happening that is a problem, more so than any one individual post or comment by itself. So hopefully that makes sense and better explains where I am coming from, and I appreciate hearing the opinions of others as well...

[potatoqueensays]

hey u shoudl iek,,,, tootally tlak about that reverve falls au rehash you said you were amking,...... for like.,.,,, totally no reason,,,,,,, yeah,,,,,,,,, dont mind the voice recorder dont mind it im not the fbi wdym we;re in an interrogation room what gaslighting isnt a thing ure tripping anyways

HI!!! HI HI HI!!!! ANON HELLO!!!!

...So yes!!! I am working on a teensy weensy little rehashing of the Reverse Falls au. I'm sure as we all know, the original is a bit....outdated so to say. What with suspicious art and some questionable decisions here and there.

I'm not saying mine is better! No way no how, I'm absolutely sure there's a bunch of people out there with something better. This is just a little thing I'm working on with a friend of mine ( @danklemckspankle ) and how we would imagine a reverse falls au. Rather than it being low-key swapping personalities, it swaps roles as it should. And I'd like to think the premise is exciting as well! It makes me very very happy to talk about it as it's been plaguing my mind for a week or two. Tbh ever since book of bill came out....

So!! Lemme talk about it a little!!! I hope you're ready for a little mystery wink wink

Ahem. So! Our little story starts in a little shack called "The Shack of Telepathy"!! (So original yeah I know)

Bud Gleeful is the shack owner, living as a single father with his son Gideon Gleeful. Bud makes money by being a tourist trap, grabbing people in under the premise of reading their minds! (Gravity falls people are just easy to read but shhh don't tell Toby)

Gideon is a little 9 year old with a heart of gold and full of promise. It's a new summer in Gravity Falls and he has big plans! He wants to have the best adventure he can, and hopefully get a new badge on his vest!!

Yes, this little guy wants to be a boy scout!! Unfortunately, there is no chapter in Gravity Falls, so he's gonna have to make one himself!

Here's my little drawing ref of Gideon. Look at him, he's so squishable

With his dad's pin machine, he makes badges whenever he does something good or a big accomplishment! (His pride and joy badge is the one he made with his dad on Father's Day :] )

He really wants to have a good summer. He hopes, by golly, he hopes.

Now a neighborhood down, is town darling Pacifica Northwest. Her family isn't as rich in this as canon, so her family sits as upper middle class at most. Modern suburbia yk? Her family wants to set an example for the people of Gravity Falls, taming the weirdness out or whatever they say.

Pacifica just wants a summer where she can have a little relief. Away from the eye of her parents and the public. Just one day where she can be herself!

Little drawing ref of Pacifica. She still wears a bunch of makeup. (Just....maybe one less powdering. Maybe.) Also she's 12.

So she goes walking in town while her parents are busy planning their big weekly barbeque or whatever. She comes across this kid named Gideon. He compliments her sense of style and makes an offhanded comment about making a badge or something.

Now Pacifica, despite however much her parents influence her, starts her own trends and styles. (With the permission of her parents) So when this kid compliments her she goes on a (grateful) rant and they hit it off!

Gideon tells her about his dad's shack, and all the business business business Bud does. Pacifica talks about her parents planning events every week and, begrudgingly, church. They scurry off into the woods to just explore, and be kids!

On their way as Gideon is messing around with nature, they come across this metal tree. Weird, huh. They do some digging around and press buttons, when a crater opens in the ground!! Pacifica goes to check it out, pushing Gideon back in case of danger.

What they see is a journal! Very dusty and cobwebbed, but a journal with the number 3 painted on it. They pick it up and peruse through it. Pacifica is skeptical at first, wondering if it's part of any tourist trap Gideon's dad planned. When Gid says no, they realize the journal mayyyy have some merit. With how weird Gravity Falls is all the time and the little things that happen here and there, the author of this journal could be telling the truth.

So when they go back to the shack, the talk about the journal and what it could mean.

Now I haven't planned too far ahead to make a full writing of each episode, barely even the pilot, but! This is the gist of it in my head.

As you know, yes I mentioned Ford was evil! And I'm keeping a little of the previous reverse falls lore for this (surrounding the pines. Other things will be different!)

Maybe I'll make a post talking about the pines, but y'know. I just wanna talk about the general feeling I have for it in my head.

Have a bonus doodle of Gideon reading the journal (for an author who doesn't deserve it)

I'm very excited to work on this. Mayyyybe I'll share a bit of the roles with you that are swapped. Juuuust to keep interest ;)

Bud -> Stan

Stan -> Mixture of Pacifica and Gid's parents

Pacifica & Gideon -> The mystery twins ofc

Wendy -> Robbie

Soos -> Dude he's just himself here. Soos is perfection and cannot be interchanged (he goes undercover for Stan and works at the shack every other day. Undercover name is Deuce because of that one guy that looked like him 👍)

Shitty discord whiteboard sketch of Soos :]

Ford -> Bill tbh. How else is he gonna be so evil?

I'll probs make another post talking about the pines family, but I'd like to make colored refs of them first y'know?

I hope this catches your interest. Other characters are reeeeally integral to the plot and I'd like to keep the mystery just for a little moment 💥💥

Anyway ty for asking I'm so very happy to share this with someone that's not already aware of it 🎉🎉

[yuri-is-online]

Some people are speculating that we may have a coral sea event sometime in the summer (hopefully) because of what’s happening in book 7 and thats its summer soon

Spoilers incase anyone isnt caught up or waiting for en release

In the event with vil we ended up going to shaftlands and in the most recent book 7 update we end up going to the same location. With the trend that we’ll be traveling to the past in dreams it makes sense that we’ll have a coral sea event to introduce a new loaction that’ll be used in jade’s (or anyone from octavinelle) dream. Anyone this is me coping with the fact that we havent gotten a new jade ssr in so long and that the coral sea event has to be him guiding us.

You know that's actually a very good point and I wonder... we got Tapas Rogue so maybe the SSR would be Azul? Since that way we could give the dorm leaders an SSR before moving on to their Vice Wardens?

I feel like Azul's dream is going to be genuinely heartbreaking. I wonder if it will be under sea or on land? Either way it will probably have something to do with his childhood traumas and that's not going to be fun to watch...

[luescris]

NO NO, look at me, LOOK AT ME. it is NOT hopeless. LISTEN TO ME. It is not over until Trump is in office and there are very high chance he won't be! He was convicted of felonies and will likely be in jail here soon, and will not be able to be present for the election, there by putting him out of the running. There is also the likelihood he won't even make it as the candidate for the Reps and even then, so long as people aren't STUPID and vote BLUE he won't make it to office and HOPEFULLY, whoever gets elected has the conscious to put him in jail for all the actual LITERAL TREASON he has committed. IT IS NOT OVER JSUT BECAUSE BIDEN ISNT RUNNING. The dude is old and the media has refused to cover what he has done, but that does NOT MEAN we have lost. we WILL MAKE IT. one way or the GOD DAMN OTHER. There are enough people who are pissed at Trump on BOTH SIDES that we CAN MAKE THIS so long as people ARENT STUPID AND VOTE THIRD PARTY AGAIN LIEK THEY DID TO GET TRUMP IN OFFICE IN THE FIRST PLACE. VOTE BLUE AND WE WILL MAKE IT. WE WILL BE OKAY

euegrhehdg anon, thank you for this, I appreciate it, let me explain my thought process.

Truth be told I'm not very enlightened on what happens in the elections. I used to not care/pay attention up until recently, but things have been getting worse and worse and worse.

I in no way wanted either Trump or Biden to win. Both are disgusting. But I thought that at least Biden would be a better option, was even planning on voting for him this year for a change so that maybe I could help. But upon learning that he stepped down recently, I thought that counted as a forfeit. I thought by default Trump won.

Up until I checked the trending tags and saw that someone else would be taking his place instead. The Vice President. I don't remember her name, but I learned this in the recent post I reblogged and immediately was. Well. I guess not relieved but like. The panic and doomed feeling lessened.

I don't know much about the VP either, so my trust in her abilities especially with the past presidents are like. Seriously skeptical.

Until I learn who she is, what she has done/plans to do, etc. But I am still voting blue. I am in no way giving up. I am not letting a tyrant ruin what's already in ruins.

There's still a chance to change things. There's a slim chance to stop everything. And that includes keeping Trump out of office entirely.

So I say this to every other American and beyond:

Don't give up. Vote Blue. It's not over. Not yet.

Free Palestine. Let them know peace. Let Trump rot in prison, and hold Biden accountable for all the things he's done. There is still hope.

It's all we've got left to fight for.

[ticholasnesla]

Nimona (2023), friends.

First of all thank u to the people who made these great gifs!!! This is presumptuous of me but i truly hope u dont mind me featuring them! This is the first of - hopefully many - years of my Media Gifventure for the Holiday Season of 2023. I will go into more details if i need. So.

🥺

man of the hour. Man of the Year. Gold Star. 🌟

Gif use Disclaimer, I hope me making this post with these gifs isnt overstepping 🙂‍↕️💛 people who upload gifs, which, 9/10 times, they made themselves, are one of the most supportive vertebrae communities of Tumblr. 🫡👏👏 bravo chudovyy splendid чудовий mykola please tell me what i should remove and i will remove.

Above all else, Thank u.

anyways here's3 something i hope is going to be fun. Last chance. Gif heavy, flash warning excessive emojis, stupid shite and a dog.

🐕 . . . 🤎

nimona beat my ass yall. It beat my family's ass yall.

That's a Ss²+Gold ranked film if ever i saw one. Congrats Neæs@tflix - Nimona, and congrats ND Stevenson.

Ss²+Gold means Soupsoup Squared PLUS Gold which MEANS

+4 of thees bad boys!!!!!!!!

Enjoy!

i stop talking about strictly Nimona Heere.

so with that all said and done...i was Thinking... part 2?

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66I know i might be typing like a fucking bunyak but i wanna have FUN and talk about FUN STUFF my past 3 years has been ROUGH, BAYBEE. I miss my parents, Tails. I miss them a lot. /not a joke.

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I do have a DO NOT PASS GO list in my head but i wont reveal whats on it til i come across it ya? 🦩

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Me vs you the reader

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Submissions that dont pass my sneefing test are welcome and valuable! Incoming bee gif:

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Here is the dog btw and she's a rottweiler mix.. She's sitting on my foots here and has curly furs all a on her butt. She was a foster fail and is living her best cushy life last i heard about her. I wanna see her again. 🖤🤎🧡🖤🤎🧡

The end. Play Sims 4 but try not to spend money on it. EA's starting to offer free packs that u can download for Free. Console and PC as far as i understand.

Love u. Be back soon.

[taketheringtolohac]

predictions for what i believe is the inevitable rocky horror broadway revival next year for the 50th anniversary of the film bc i need to do this:

either stunt cast frank (tired) or Known Broadway Name as frank. my money is on J Harrison Ghee-- and i want to see it! they would actually be quite good in the role! this will be the productions #diversity moment

though would not be shocked if the only darker skinned person on the cast was magenta in a classic broadway only casting dark skinned poc in roles that arent romantic or are literal maids and people who are tragic and unconnected to the rest of the cast blunder (think: eponine style)

could very easily see either unknown brad and janets or famous actor brad unknown janet. if they cast ben platt. i will be kicking down some doors. but also they wont cast him bc brad actually isnt a very Star Power role given the fact that his one song is very unknown and also sucks so bad (though i wouldnt count it out). this is despite the fact that i think that the role of brad and janet is so well suited to be unknowns.

eddie will be a stunt cast because it's easy, and so will the criminologist, though i wouldnt be shocked if crim wasnt.

riff raff will be played by a rock singer potentially also very famous. look the way that broadway has been trending i am not too hopeful that this wont be one of those star studded cast that doesnt really mesh type things (real ones know what im talking about).

OR they will invoke demons and recast reeve carney as riff raff. he will not be any better this time

its going to be played tongue in cheek we know this is campy isnt this plot so stupid as opposed to taking the show seriously for what it is and the reasons people love it

they're not going to rewrite anything and get cancelled by 15 year olds and terminally online queer discoursers

despite everything, the show will be good, but it will leave you feeling like something was off on the account of it just feeling a little soulless (read: stunt casting focus) but a good night

outside props will be banned from the theater except for the two that they will make you pay for as an extra fee

there will be at least one minor breakaway star from an unknown they cast in the show who is nominated for a tony but doesnt win (possibly the magenta actress)

it'll be on broadway for a slightly less than a year, but no longer than 13 months

the set is also going to be awesome. they're going to make a really cool lab set with lots of gadgets to fuck around with and

the costumes are unfortunately going to miss the mark and be simultaneously uninspired and perhaps TOO inspired by something they really should not be inspired by. the phantom costumes will be a disaster, but everyone else's will be serviceable. if they dont give frank a floor show change i WILL be deeply upset.

overall, i think this will be another example of a show with good performances and set pieces that trick audiences into thinking its a good show, though i desperately want to be proven wrong. but we'll see! hopefully they actually bring the show back next year im sure SOMEONE has thought of a way of bringing it its just a question of will it carry through. i will be sad if it doesnt happen.

[okamixxiii]

Mystic Gen Z vs Older Mystics

This is more or so going to be written as a little ramble BUT!! I was quite interested in the topic of Gen Z vers the previous Gens, which made me think hmm.. How would the younger generations of Mystics differ to the older generations?

My answer would be, with the passing of the Forgotten War so long ago, and the population of youth getting tired of hiding, they would begin to rebel through self and expression and by breaking the overall "dont do this in front of humans" rule.

This is based off of how now adays I can go to the mall and see people wearing whatever they want and expressing themselves by whatever they want. More and more people are inclined to not care about how you customize yourself now adays. Which is a good thing! For both sides. If the humans are starting to do it, then what is stopping a younger Mystic to take the leap and go out in public as their true self? for example, a shifter having their ears and tail out.

They could go into a shopping mall and get compliments on them, without being caught or chased away like before. It still isnt a "normal" standard for either population but its not really looked at as such a bad thing before. BUT I do feel as if the older generations had the rule so heavily to lead their life that they would scoff and shake their head at any younger generations doing it. They fear for their safety while the younger generation is more or so ready to come back out into the open, no matter the costs. Its fun to think that similar to the real world, this would have caught as a trend on Mystic social media platforms.

There would be countless of videos of the youth attempting this 'reveal' in public, so much it would even get onto the Mystic news broadcasts. Some news reports may applaud their bravery and commitment, while other pieces of medias are warning Mystic parents to prevent their kids from doing it. T.K.E.A has even had a couple of incidents where they had to get called in just to reprimand rowdy teens and young adults.

Not always doing such harsh jobs as tracking serial killers, yknow? Even with the threat of basically getting your government called on you if youre sighted breaking this law, the Mystic gen Z wont back down so easy! The main thing that really had me thinking is, what about older part of gen Z? For example, anyone that is just starting their 20s, like me. We were raised by an older generation but dont fit there. We are apart of a younger generation but we also dont fit there either. Our views line up, but also differentiate so harshly sometimes. In personality as well. Like uh, you can usually tell someone lived through the migration of social life turning to social media. Things like that. We are the middle of it, the transition between the as they call it "millennial pause" and the "Gen z shake". So...Since the main crew of Skin and Teeth are in their 20's that makes them apart of that older gen z that doesnt quite fit.

Meaning in this particular case, they were raised heavily by the rule "dont do this in front of humans" and probably carry on the fear that they were raised with. They would more than likely be less brave than their younger gen z peers but still looking to break free from the cycle. It made me imagine as an example for Anthony Cinder to try and break this cycle, even though he was especially raised in such a harsh environment to uphold that law. It would be a very important thing.

Tl;DR: The newer generation of Mystics are ready to be open with who they are. For the freedom of it all. Hopefully I made sense!

[kowaindar0u]

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flexes muscles and screams @ self in the mirror RRRRRRRRRAAAAGHHH

i got some replies done LOL !! alas i think thats all i got for now but i'll keep trying this week :3 it's getting cooler out which i think helps my mood i guess idk i feel great today aside from a headache so !!! hopefully the trend continues LOL

also i saw something that says that often when ppl with adhd announce what they're going to do before they do it it kind of kills a lot of the drive to do it jsdflksdfkldfsl so i'm gonna stop doing that and just reply when i get the mood and energy for it FJFJDKDFKDF it always became a lie anyway SO

i had more to say but i forgot so it probably isnt all that importnat HAHA

[themaxbox]

Okay so I see people pointing out blue light glasses in the notes and it would totally be such an elegant solution if this weren't how it's worded in podcast

It really makes 0 sense if asked by a woman who regularly wears glasses imo.

Also, look. Arguing for them being blue light glasses misses my point. This post isnt about the glasses. Not really. This is my "Make sure your assumptions are YOURS before committing to a podcast character headcanon" post. No one drawing her with glasses is thinking "gee, the podcast says she has perfect vision, but I think she needs protection from the screens she works with all day." They are slapping the frames on because that's what they imagine becauss It Just Feels Right. My intent is this: We should be asking WHY everyone pictures The Smort One with glasses (blue light or otherwise), and what does that say for assumptions about more serious matters? This post is about the glasses because they are a low stakes example of a potentially very harmful trend: people not asking WHY they picture things the way they do. It isn't just about eyewear.

(I do not mean this to be rude to anyone or to knock your headcanons. Yall were very nice abt the bluelight glasses in the notes. I'm using this to get on my soapbox and make a version of this post that hopefully gets things across more directly)

This is not an ISSUE or a PROBLEM, and certainly not a CALL OUT. But I think a clear sign of media's ability to condition us with character design stereotypes is how many fans draw Dr Alana Maxwell with glasses. Like she is stated in canon as to having perfect vision. It's said outright in an important scene (The questions in Time To Kill) but people still draw her with glasses because she's The Smart One. And I think this is a pretty harmless example, but it's something to keep in mind when you start making assumptions about character design aspects that AREN'T as small and harmless. Like be aware exactly how and why you're so set on what you picture upon first meeting a character, ya know?

[hermitcraft-hyperfixators]