#i have no idea how to tag my negativity but i s2g if you like these things you're fine

[titleleaf]

top five obscure(ish) fairy tales, top five jeremy irons filmés, top five nasty little men who are gay icons, top five pieces of jewelry you can think of having seen anywhere, top five pieces of 20th century art, top five songs that make you blubber, top five musicals you're embarrassed to admit to liking (TELL US), top five things david 8 does, top five popular tumblr ships that you fucking hate

obscure fairy tales

The Juniper Tree! Not that obscure but a fav.

The Wise Little Girl -- I had a tape with this story as a child and it mainly made eiderdown sound really fucking good

The title story in Lise Lunge-Larsen's The Troll With No Heart In His Body! This book was a big part of my childhood and is truly atmospheric.

The Boy Who Drew Cats -- like a lot of people I first encountered this one via Lafcadio Hearn. I also love Momotarō and anything where people wish for a baby.

The Valiant Little Tailor/Seven At One Blow

I feel like my Tumblr mutuals are probably Donkeyskin people but that too.

top five jeremy irons filmes you are GENUINELY trying to kill me

Reversal Of Fortune (which makes good use of his "what a creep" factor)

Dead Ringers

Damage

The Merchant Of Venice (this was my first Shakespeare adaptation)

Dungeons & Dragons

top five nasty little men who are gay icons

JOEL CAIRO

CORNELIUS HICKEY

HERBERT WEST

BORIS LERMONTOV THEREDSHOES

MEEEEEEEEE

top five fav pieces of jewelry (restricting this to commercially available jewelry and also GOD DAMN TUMBLR ATE MY LIST)

doll hand pendant, Marina Bychkova

Dürer pendant, Moon & Serpent

"Our Darling" bracelet, Martha Rotten

"Lily Dale" lens pendant, Bloodmilk

"Beyond Is All Abyss" ring, Bittersweets NY

top five pieces of 20th century art (restricting this to stuff that's at the MIA, my local art museum, bc goddamn tumblr ate this too)

"Sandy", Walt Kuhn

"Carcass Of Beef", Chaim Soutine

"Strike Breakers (Company Violence)", Morris Topchevsky

"Fringe", Rebecca Belmore

"The Tea Party", Sylvia Fein

top five songs to make u blubber

"Fancy", Bobbie Gentry

"He Stopped Loving Her Today", George Jones (I'M FURIOUS)

"Cold Missouri Waters", James Keelaghan

"Come, Love, Come", Rhiannon Giddens (cw sexual violence, antiblack racism, slavery)

"A Quitter", Rasputina (cw suicide)

five musicals you're embarrassed to admit to liking (you are COMING for me today god damn)

uhhhhh top of the list is OBVIOUSLY Thrill Me: The Leopold And Loeb Musical

followed by Bare: A Pop Opera

followed by uhhhhhh some parts of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson LOOK I CAN EXPLAIN no i can't this whole show is like a meanspirited parody of Hamilton before that show even came out

followed by Silence! The Musical

followed by Lestat

top five things david 8 does

ride a bicycle

become very invested in a highly problematic film

wear flip flops

have a big old robot dick that [does/does not] work

kill his fucking dad

top five tumblr-popular ships that I hate

NBC Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham, you can keep it now tbh.

Geralt/Jaskier -- I like this fine in the show itself but you know EXACTLY why I'm pissy about it on the internet, lmao.

Anything involving a character played by Bill Hader that isn't Barry Berkman, and even then you are on thin ice

Hades/Persephone, but hating tumblr-style Hades/Persephone is about as popular as the pairing itself.

TSOA-style Achilles/Patroclus (ditto, but I was writing smarmy conflictless backpatty smol achillean bean Achilles/Patroclus before it got big and I'm livid)

bonus round: character x reader of ANY kind, leave me out of it

[mjvnivsbrvtvs]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, home is----

‘Home,’ says Mark Antony, ‘should just be the direction of whoever is most likely to let you sleep in their rooms when you’re too drunk to make it back to your own residence.’

‘I think I shall have to move to some uncharted land and make new friends, then,’ returns Brutus. ‘No one I know who fits that definition is someone I want to associate with a home.’

‘You should lower your standards for company.’

‘And you should raise yours.’

[discoursecatharsis]

I have been seeing "In a ❤ beat" floating around and WAS going to check it out but, I was wary that some fuck shit will happen with it and within a matter of two days of my noticing it, I've seen several posts containing screenshots from people calling out y@01 fuj0sh1s and now the OY ant1s have brought OY into it for no reason, I am completely put off. The premise of the short film was cute and innocent but I'm going to stay away from it because people have no chill about fictional characters.

I s2g if fandom ruins this cute short…

Dr34m D4ddy fandom only took a week before the creators had to say the equivalent of “play nice.” I pray fandom doesn’t ruinthis short too by going after people’s throats. 

The ironic thing is… I don’t see anyone sexualizing or making p0rn art of the boys from the short. I see people complaining about people sexualizing the characters (lots of vague ”hey reminder to not draw p0rn of these boys” posts). But I’m seeing nothing inappropriate at all. 

The worst I’ve seen is a few artists tagging their work as “ya01″ but the art itself is wholesome. I don’t think it’s a great idea to tag that art as ya01 (because ya01 does have negative connotations and the short itself is not at all a ya01). But I also don’t think the artists have malicious intentions for tagging it as that. It’s obviously just artists trying to put their art in as many tags as possible to get noticed. Nothing to have a cow over. 

(edit: also people are totally free to disagree with that artist tactic (for lack of a better word) of tagging their art for this short as “ya01,″ sure. But instead of making vague posts about it, how about people, I dunno, maybe message artists privately and politely and tell them why they should re-consider using that tag. Just a thought.)

Just wanna say, please don’t let others put you off of something! It’s a really short film, it’s only like 4 minutes, and the people behind it worked hard on it. I hate to see others not watch it just because of some overly-protective fans…

[cupkayke]

Cupkayke Rewatches/Liveblogs Boueibu!

Season 1, Episode 4

I channeled En for about a week and was too lazy to quit playing Resident Evil and finish this liveblog buuuut better late than never, right?! I may only manage one of these a week but I just had a bunch of fanfic ideas (unrelated to watching the episode) so I figured I’d press onward and finish these. Mostly cuz I’m really interested in getting to season 2 because the Beppus are my favorite. But for now- IT’S THE EPISODE WHERE THEY GET BABYFIED! OMG CUTENESS ABOUND.

PS- I love the discussion that happened from my previous liveblog! Thank you @nardaviel, @angry-jewish-magical-girl (whom I cannot tag for some reason), @magiccatprincess and everyone else who contributed :3 ( @thatlittledandere I absolutely loved your flailing in your tags lol <3) Reactions make this a whole lot more fun for me- especially because the screencapping and formatting is so tedious. But anyway! ONWARD! I doubt this episode I’ll get that deep but WHO KNOWS.

OH HERE WE GO FEELS AND BACKSTORY

LOOK AT THE BABIES

Although why are they unsupervised in a field all alone as like elementary schoolers WTF WHERE ARE THEIR PARENTS?

Cliche wish upon a star!

Srz tho their voices are SO CUTE- who did they get for the baby voices??? 

Look at how cute blushy baby Atchan is!

BUT I AM A CHILD ATCHAN SO LOGICAL YET SO MUCH SHADE

CUTE BABY KINCHAN AND HIS ‘JUST IN CASE’ WISH AND HIS BLUSHING

Seriously look at this smol child. I think when I first watched the series this was the scene where I was first like “AWWW” at any of the SC.

-aaaaaand cut off

“Don’t mind me I’m just being broody and emo in the office with the lights out looking at the stars while I reminisce about my first love childhood friend who ditched me to go eat fucking curry with a pleb NBD I’M FINE”

That Arima Sass(tm) I didn’t remember him being so... memorable with his lines until this rewatch lol (oops I feel bad for ignoring him the first time around he’s so cute)

"Arima I s2g if you say one more word I will put snails on everything you own”

I didn’t cap this but in hindsight of the end of the season, his wish going from friendship to world domination is a perfect place for the “well that escalated quickly” meme…

Tickling Wombat looks so fun lol

I think I had a point about the ‘stink’ debate but I have since forgotten it so here have some silly screencaps of Wombat freaking out and Yumoto being adorable

QUICK SOMEONE WHO’S NEVER WATCHED BOUEIBU EXPLAIN WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE.

I mostly just love their faces lololololol I laughed for like 5 minutes after taking this

Side note- Poor Wombat- he’s a sentient creature that gets treated like a pet/plaything/child- no wonder he runs away from Yumoto every chance he gets

THE BIRTH OF WOM-SAN

More screencaps with no explanation other than I laughed harder than I should at them. THE EYES KIND OF REMIND ME OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI WHY?

Dads that are 12,000% done with this shit

En’s views on childishness/high school students in this scene is kind of telling- he seems overly image-conscious, yet he doesn’t want to be seen as old. Maybe Atsushi’s worrying is rubbing off on him?

Yumoto did you forget that you fight monsters on a weekly basis??? What ELSE is the definition of Superhero???

I wonder how they feel looking at basically a NAKED DEAD BODY all the time. It’s probably not fu- WAIT.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING

BUT WHEN I TOOK THIS SCREENCAP I CAME TO THE HORRIFYING REALIZATION THAT TAWARAYAMA-SENSI LOOKS JUST LIKE MY DAD

MY DAD USED TO BE A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER AND HAS GRAY POOFY HAIR AND A MUSTACHE AND NOW I CANNOT UNSEE IT

Cupkayke.exe has stopped working

anyway

WHAT IS IT WITH THE SIDE CHARACTERS AND FREAKY EYES IN THIS SHOW

Io all about that money. Why do I find this exchange hilarious?

WAS THAT TEASING

OMG YUMOTO AND HIS SENPAIS THIS IS ADORABLE

SHOT THROUGH THE HEART

Also I JUST NOTICED that Ryuu and Io’s washing supplies are color coded by their hair/battle lover outfits omg

Who was it who had that headcanon that their battle lover outfits were chosen because of their favorite colors?

Lololol well Ryuu is the youngest other than Yumoto, isn’t he?

En does have a point

But Ryuu’s views on his looks here are interesting- he knows he’s stereotypically ‘young’ looking, so he makes do with what he has and turns up the charm to 100

I mean... he’s good at it, too. Look at that last screencap.

Also Yumoto in that screencap is splashing water through his hands LOL EVEN IN THE BACKGROUND HE’S ENFORCING THE CHILDISH NARRATIVE

…what was the point of Yumoto interrupting there?

Did I miss a joke?

More on En’s view of age/maturity and Yumoto blowing bubbles like a child in the background

I can definitely see where Yumoto would rub some people the wrong way here- his childishness is being played too heavy-handedly to just be for laughs

But it’s necessary Boueibu format foreshadowing

Ryuu looking so cool, so casual washing his feet

HOW CHILD HOW

Also I definitely noticed the pink bath supplies in this screencap

Senior must not be a common term for students in Japanese

Lololol Ryuu so cheeky

I feel like this line would get localized into something really cheesy or lame like “old man” when dubbed into English

There we have it.

ALSO BUTTS

En’s age crisis- again, he has a desire not to be seen as immature and is quick to call out childish behavior in others, but the moment his attention is brought to how he might be percieved as ‘old’, he obsesses on the negative aspects of it instead of the positive- which he was stressing as the better option only moments before.

This is really interesting but I don’t quite know what to make of it. If he doesn’t want to be seen as childish, but doesn’t want to be seen as old, what does he want to be seen as? Simply exactly his age? Boy, En, I have news for you... unless you’re a genetic miracle, no one looks exactly their age.

Seriously I’m twenty-fucking-five and I STILL get carded everywhere because I look 18 T_____T

YUMOTO YOU DON’T NEED TO BE BALD

GLAMOR SHOTS TIME

STARTING WITH RYUU’S ASS

I KNOW EVERYBODY AND THEIR BROTHER HAS TAKEN THIS SCREENCAP BUT DAMMIT JUST LET ME-

...bubble butt, bubble bubble bubble butt~

Yumoto your laugh is creepy

Again Io being sexy

En you aren’t fooling anyone, Atsushi’s using his glamor shot to worry about you- even tho my screencap apparently missed the caption

And then they keep splashing like kids lol

What a nickname

I’ve noticed the SC almost always speaks in a certain order- Arima, Akoya, Kinshirou

Is this on purpose or just arbitrary?

…morning cuddles…

Gora: “...dafuq kind of club is this defense club???”

AND DIRECTLY CONTRADICTING THE LAST EPISODE YUMOTO IS NOT INTERESTED IN PICKING UP GIRLS

This definitely supports the ‘cumpulsory heterosexuality’ theory, however; Yumoto last episode was talking about girls in a polite, “this is what I’m supposed to do” kind of way. This episode, he must feel freer with his feelings that he can admit that he’s not interested to his senpais.

Or maybe cuddling Wombat is just WAY more fun than all of those things lol

EN STOP IT YOU ARE NOT OLD-

OH. It’s a vanity thing, is it?

Wow Atsushi talk about throwing shade

Srz is that any way to talk to your boyfriend???

I wish I knew what animes they were referencing - I took a bunch of caps here but they’re not really relevant I guess unless someone wants to tell me what they’re talking about

En basically called Atsushi an otaku ffft

WHY ARE YOU PETTING EN YUMOTO

HIS HAIR IS NOWHERE NEAR AS FLUFFY AS YOURS

Though En definitely looks cute when he’s being tickled... ok Yumoto carry on

….Ryuu what are you talking about approximately no one is fooled by your indifference

TICKLE FIGHT

This scene is adorable - THE BLUSHES

So many laughs

YUMOTO NOTICING THAT AND NOT HAVING ANY REACTION

Aww they’re all so smol

Also the rest of them, their eyes were kept proportionate to their bodies but LOOK AT EN

His eyes are like waaaaay bigger and innocent

Double AWWW

The nodding at Yumoto’s stupidity lolol

Tho Yumoto still manages to be adorable wtf look at his happy face

Your hair is VERY pink like why

BABY TRANSFORMATIONS AWWW

But seriously the ‘love making’ thing sounds SOOOO inappropriate coming out of smol Yumoto

Like when Wombat said it I cringed

If it weren’t for the gutter my mind would be homeless

THE BAGGY CLOTHES

Hi there, fourth wall

Omg Ryuu why are you so cute

SMOL POWERS

Tripping on the clothes or perhaps because of little legs

NOW IO IS TOO ADORABLE FOR WORDS STAHHHHHHP

No seriously look at his face!

Though his pupils are two different sizes in this screencap lol

CHILD ENDANGERMENT DUDE

Atchan with more fourth wall breaking

And they figured out the enemy very quickly! They seem more observant as children than they are regularly

Okay, they say kindergarteners but they look like 3 year olds or babies

I CANNOT at Ryuu’s hair spikes getting smaller and less detailed

Also his face reminds me that his voice in this scene is hysterical

THE MODESTY LEAVES

ATSUSHI WHY IS YOUR BUTT IN THE AIR STOP THAT

En and the fourth wall for the third time

RYUU WHY ARE YOU WORRYING ABOUT YOUR PENIS

And you’d think image-conscious Atsushi would be the one most embarrassed about being naked babies in public but NO APPARENTLY IO IS SUPER SHY

Sad baby Io sounds so pathetic

And Ryuu hardly seems worried

Yumoto rolled a perception check and got a 20 like whoah

RYUU AND EN ARE SAVAGE AF 

SMOL NAKED BABIES ATTEMPTING TO LOOK BADASS- all except Io who just wants the fuck out of here lol

How are they even still able to fight?? Their powers were diminished earlier??? Is it because they realized it was an illusion?

CHUBBEH BABY BUTT

AAAAND NAKED IN PUBLIC

Did their clothes just vanish???

And Io’s STILL embarrassed.

Meanwhile Yumoto has his priorities straight I guess

Also WHY IS IT SUDDENLY NIGHTTIME WASN’T IT JUST MORNING CUDDLES TIME???

YOU’RE JUST WORRIED ABOUT THEM BEATING YOU I MEAN C’MON AT LEAST LAUGH AT THEIR NUDITY

OH IT’S NIGHT SO HE CAN LOOK AT THE STARS AND REMEMBER THINGS AGAIN THAT’S WHY IT ALL HAS TO COME FULL CIRCLE BECAUSE PLOT

Ryuu you have no tact sheesh

Atsushi is STILL throwing shade like a pro. He must take lessons from Arima the sass master.

And we end on Atsushi reminiscing about Kinshirou and their stargazing adventures but THIS BOTHERS ME BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU FUCKING KNOW WHAT HE WISHED FOR YOU DIP. Context wise, it’s obvious Kinshirou told him. I mean, he might be meaning he’s since forgotten the wish (which would explain his falling out with Kinshirou in another dimension other than the curry thing) but showing that flashback in such detail and then having Atsushi remember it (or hinted that he remembers it) but without hinting that he knows what Kinshirou wished for is just kind of.... idk it bothers me. That line wasn’t 100% necessary, or perhaps it could have been something like “I don’t remember what he wished for”. Of course, for all I know he could have said that but crunchyroll could have translated it poorly idk.

Buuuut that’s the end! That was mostly just an enjoyable “aww” episode with not a lot of substance other than we discover that Kinshirou is dramatic AF, En is self conscious (perhaps even moreso than Atsushi, or possibly just vain) and Io is definitely embarrassed by public nudity. Hm. Maybe you guys have some more intelligent commentary.

I’m gonna shoot to get Ep 5 done in the next couple days (maybe hours... but this shit takes forever) because I want to finish compiling all this stuff so I can get to writing these plot bunnies that just bit me in the ass... buuuut I need research. Man... En the lazy is definitely my spirit animal OTL