#i always remember it cuz it was such a weird statement

[afrophunk]

I remember someone on here "explained" that the reason Tien and Yamcha have so many scenes together in anime filler being buddies is to "make Yamcha look cool and relevant more than he is" and "toei loves yamcha" or something like that

Like yeah buddy, the reason they got these two hanging out being friends is to make one of them look so cool 😕 No established characterizations or anything whatsoever

God yall are boring

[gemharvest]

How many times can I go "I feel like ass but it's fine I'll be fine" until it becomes hollow to everyone around me. BHASJGFNJFGNK

[olderthannetfic]

I kinda understand “minors don’t interact” and similar things, but one thing I always laugh at is “don’t tag as [thing].” You know — the whole don’t tag posts with the word queer in them as q slur, don’t tag not-inherently-shippy art as ship, don’t tag character posts as kin, etc. First of all, what would you do if someone DOES tag it like that? Call the cops? Second of all, people are gonna tag things however they want, you’re gonna have to deal with that on a website like tumblr.

There’s a similar phenomenon on Twitter where people say “don’t quote retweet”/“don’t private quote retweet” (which is especially funny cuz everyone is gonna see that and go on their private accounts and quote retweet with nonsense to piss you off, lmao)

Like if you’re really SO FUCKING SCARED of your gay post being tagged as #q slur, your Death Note edit being tagged as #Lawlight, your fanart being tagged as #kin, you probably shouldn’t be on the internet. Do you have the right to not view queer as a slur, the right to not ship whatever, the right to not like fictionkin? Of course! But people also have the right to disagree with you and tag your post however the fuck they want. One time I saw someone tag one of my cosplays as [character] faceclaim, and I was a little bit weirded out, but overall it was harmless. I never once considered adding a banner saying not to tag my likeness as a faceclaim, because if I really want to prevent anyone from doing that, the solution will be for me to not show my face online.

Small tangent: When I was younger I used to have a private sideblog that was basically just a venting diary. No one had the password, and, because it was private, my URL wouldn’t show up in the notes if I reblogged something to that blog. Basically, no one knew the blog existed. And I remember sometimes I would see a cool post on my dash, or in tags, and it would be tagged as #dont reblog (this was before tumblr had the option to limit reblogs obviously). And if the post was cool (or edgy, because like I said… vent blog) and I was sad that I “couldn’t” reblog it, I’d reblog it to the side blog, where OP would never know 😭 Rebellious as hell wasn’t I?

That being said — and this might contradict everything I just wrote — I do think people that brag about not reading/not following DNIs are also a bit obnoxious. Not people who just make statements that they don’t read them, but people who make it known how much they hate their existence. It just seems kinda edgelord-y? Idk. Obviously it’s fine to not read them or like them but making it a huge statement is just like…ok? Congratulations? Should we throw you a party? Should we invite Elon Musk?

I have followers—and follow people—who have “Antis DNI” in their bio. I also have followers and follow people who have “Proshippers DNI” in their bio. No one will ever know what side I’m on 😜😜😜😜

--

[livelaughlovesubs]

Study about leviathan

Thanks to the people who replied to my post!

Trigger warning: the things I’m going to mention include child trauma, sexual abuse and other. The language I’m going to use is direct. I do not share that experience, which is why I tried my best to do valid research. I’m not trying to offend anyone, and I’m really sorry if I get things wrong.

My opinion, it could be totally wrong so take it with a grain of salt~

So, right of the bat, I think we can all agree that Levi probably got sexually assaulted as a child.

‘Rough, oppressive hands. Filthy sounds of breathing. Humiliating violence that ensued’ this is probably the biggest hint I’ve found to my previous statement.

Now, I think most of his actions can be understood from his past and if we make some claims. On the surface, he seems like a cold, strict and violent person. Also very mean and rough, and an asshole if you want. Many people weren’t a fan of his ero scene (I think). That scene also made things more complicated, cuz he said that he wanted the mc to hate him. He dislikes people who hate him or love him for no reason. Levi was a dominant bottom, has agoraphobia (fear of leaving their save place), is obsessively into breath play and prideful, jealous but also insecure.

It’s a lot to unpack and he really is complicated, but I’ll try to explain what I found/ what I think would make sense for his character.

Levi got experimented on and assaulted as a kid, got beaten up and tortured while in the company of other children with the same fate. This is important to understand him. The story (chapter 5, towards the end) mentioned that the beating included strangulation, force injection/ in take of chemicals, getting punched etc. and there’s been that speculation (which is true), that trauma can turn into kinks. The reason why trauma can turn into kinks… cuz the brain is weird. Your brain can’t forget that traumatic experience and keeps replaying that scene (cause of ptsd), and your body remembers that feeling you’ve felt. Even if your body feels ‘pleasure’ it doesn’t mean you actually enjoy it, but then your brain does some weird shit and you get a specific kink towards that situation.

I think the reason why Levi is into chocking could be due to that, due to being strangulated by those angels, having his air snapped off from experiments, chocking on his vomit from the aftermath. His ero scene, including how he insulted minhyeok and made mc mad was all planned. Mc also noticed how even though he was the bottom, he was always in control. He also was a huge masochist and wanted mc to whip him or hurt him. You could just brush it off as his kink, though maybe it has some connections like before.

I read that victims of sexual trauma tend to seek out people that are similar to their abuser, actively or subconsciously. Or they are into bdsm cuz they want to role play that experience, this time with a consenting partner. They would never want to relive that experience, but they want to role play it because now they do have control over the situation. It’s as if they are reclaiming the control that they didn’t have. This is comparable with what Levi is doing, wanting his partner to hurt him and treat him horribly like what the angels did. He wanted mc to hate him to recreate the scene with the angels more similarity, while still being in control of everything. He had completely control the entire time, could stop whenever he wanted or overpower you. Also, for him who knows how to lie and betray, who isn’t so naive to trust everyone, it’s easier if they hate you. Then their actions will be easier to understand.

About why he isn’t fond of people who hate or love him for no reason, maybe comes from the angels who hated him for existing and the other ill fated children who lost their lives for him for the same reason. He definitely feels guilty for the children who chose to sacrifice themselves for no reason. He probably thinks it would make him feel less guilty if the people had a good reason for their deeds. If they had a good reason for torturing him, for loving him, he would feel less bad and guilty.

Fear of leaving places he considered safe, that probably came from the trauma as well. He knows he won’t end up in that cage again, but it’s a trauma, his brain won’t forget. Another reason why he might not want to leave his safe place could be because he considers himself different from the other devils. He knows how to lie, be suspicious and fear their own kind. If the other devils think they are agents of heaven, he won’t have a place to call home anymore. Levi had to be strong and build his own nation to protect himself as well as other orphans, he won’t want it to crumble now. He had to live a good life for his comrades. That could also explain why he is so stoic or serious. He doesn’t have the luxury of fooling around, he had to make sure no one would ever get suspicious over them and chase them away. No matter how much you reassure him, he won’t be able to change. Even so there are times where he feels safe enough to smile and be chill. But that’s only when he is in hades, his palace and with his closest allies. This fear of his must also be the reason he is a shut in.

Some people said that having agoraphobia feels like no one understands you. It feels like everyone judges you or is about to hurt you. It fits Levi, who is so wary of other devils.

Many of his personality traits indicate that he is a narcissist. Prideful, insecure and jealous. There are different types of narcissists, he is the kind that is secretly insecure and puts on strong airs. He probably compares himself to others due to that and has a frail ego. That must also be where his jealousy comes from or the fact he can’t take critique well. Being a narcissist doesn’t only mean you feel like you are the worst when you are alone, it’s also actively talking yourself into believing you are better than everyone else. This could be another reason why he’s a shut in, because it’s so much easier, then you don’t need to compare yourself to others.

I also feel like he needs to be the best because the kids told him to live a cool life in their stead. He also had a day where he gets especially horny, right? It had something to do with his trauma and angels, more conformation that his trauma turned into kink. Being hypersexuell is also one of the symptoms.

With such circumstances, it’s no wonder he grew up cold and distant. Anyway, I wrote this on a whim, I don’t know if my thought process even makes any sense, maybe I forgot some aspects too. Just ask for my opinion of anything if you want.

[lvmimis]

to sort of piggyback off your statement about white people with japanese f/o's, i remember when i was a kid first getting into fandom and x reader fic i used to wonder if white people ever felt weird or out of place reading self insert fics for animes. like my name is very african and ethnic and fits honestly pretty well into japanese naming conventions, and it always used to crack me up imagining a white person reading the same fic like wow you guys look it's Bakugou Katsuki Izuku Midoriya and...Allison Smith.

help as someone with a very ethnic african name that actually similarly sorta fits weirdly into naming conventions in terms of like syllable number etc, i relate to this extremely

ofc i can’t speak for white people but from what i have observed it seems to be directly related to how culturally conscious they are in general

like people with sense will handle this gracefully ofc and you can definitely tell just by looking and listening , white or otherwise, when there’s cultural awareness and sensitivity in small ways in like what people talk about

also it’s not to say the allison smith isn’t valid (ik you are not saying that but clarifying for people reading this), but i think it is important for white people to stop centering themselves cuz the same way poc are othered, you are just as fair game

[tmf-confessions]

I've seen some1 point this out a while ago (can't find the ask rn sry) about how Hailey having stage fright is implied to be caused by the fact that she's not used to performing like that without her dad

Now I'm beating myself up over not thinking of such possibility earlier (< has 0 media literacy)

I imagine, (if the above statement is true), that it has smth to do with her losing her biological mother (I mean, if she ever had one in the first place that is), which made her anxious about being separated from the ones she cares about / made her anxious about being alone, and she might have already been anxious from being bullied for being herself (tho she could've potentially hidden this anxiety at times by acting sassy and over the years has built a backbone from everything she's faced (kindaaaa like milly? except haileys kinda inconsistent Abt it???(Like how in the 3d episode if I remember correctly she discouraged Milly from fighting back (I could be wrong tho my memorys shit))

Which also makes me think abt how Losing People might be a common theme for her. Like how she (potentially) lost her bio mom (again, I'm saying potentially cuz childbirth doesn't always have to be "when mom and dad love each other very much..."), when she lost Lia bc Lia left her bc she wanted to fit in with the others better, how she at first slightly bonded with jake (in the comic episode) over their shared passion for music (whcih is apparently something considered taboo or weird in their school so I imagine it feltimportant to her) only for jake to quickly turn against her (and therefore leave her after a small bond) in order to fit in w people better again (jia parallel one another lul), and so she might've been sort of scared over jake choosing the dromies over the club (drailey paralels?)(except she made it clear it is entirely Jake's choice to make IIRC)

Which makes it interesting to me how she believes in second chances, despite having had to deal w people leaving her on multiple occasions...?

And her having stage fright could b a result of the countless bullying she's faced that has been eating her up inside that manifested itself into fear of being judged by others that she at one point started masking/ hiding(????)

Sry if I got anything wrong I'm just bullshitting rn I haven't watched tmf since over a year ago 😭😭😭

idk if any hailey stans see this correct me if I'm wrong abt her characterization in any way I just wanted to share my thoughts (that are very messy bc, like I said, I haven't watched tmf in over a year.)

confession #1047

[beoljibentertainment]

mrsimpleline' posted in 2024.06.07

For those who saw Super Junior on Radio Star, who do you think Nara dated in 2009?

[video attach with Radio Star moment where they talk about Nara's only relationship read the oneshot HERE for more info]

g-monarchy: Are you kidding me? It was obviously G-Dragon. They got engaged in 2015 but it didn't work out

jinaraforlife: they really were the OTP  sungmissing: guys, they are friends, they never dated g-monarchy: You're going to act like that? AFTER THAT MUCH OF PROOF?  (+239 answers)

gardenhoney: It seems you didn't even watch Knowing Bros, I'm disgusted with these comments. 

elfshawolstan: I don't think it's Wooyoung, but it was funny as hell seeing him thirst over her 

mrsimpleline': Wasn't Wooyoung like 10 in 2009?  elfshawolstan: NO ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ the Wooyoung we're talking about is from 2PM, not Ateez multigroupsp: And he used to thought he was being super discreet smbabe: Nara saying she liked to work out and the other day he posted him running at Cheonggyecheon River was peak comedy for me  multigroupsp: RIGHT!!! smbabe: we could make compilations of him looking at her at the awards and she just 🧍‍♀️ multigroupsp: and when someone talked about Super Junior or Nara, the entire 2PM would stop to look at him. couldn't they be more discreet????? leroleronara: They used to go to a lot of parties together at that time, didn't they? I bet idols hook up in this after parties lol multigroupsp: SM did have to make a statement that they were just friends when Tiffany and Nichkhun started to date, i feel that there's something we don't know elfshawolstan: IDK, he really give me the “one sided crush” vibes ayoitsgg: agree!!!! mbc did god's work putting him in the my little old boy episode Nara's in  (+127 answers, mostly talking about Wooyoung doing things to grab Nara's attention)

maknaeontop!: Guys, remember how happy she was when she met Rain in 2006? Maybe they exchanged numbers after, she literally said he was her ideal type and let's remember she was very famous at the time and staff said she used to receive letters from other idols and actors 

mrsimpleline': Wasn't she barely 18? He needed to be very weird to do that maknaeontop!: Even though it's sad, we know that predatorism happens a lot in the industry multigroupsp: people used to ship them nonetheless idk other times but Heechul said the relationship was in 2009, so she was already 21 and i guess that's ok?  (+20 answers) 

hummingbee: Maybe it was a non-celebrity, that's why she doesn't talk about it (and neither should us, let them live, it has been 15 years!) 

redvelvetcachorras: [link to the article of idols that called her their ideal type] do you think any of this? 

gbassi: oh it would be a turn of events for some of them ㅋㅋㅋㅋ yeoeunsliver: I cannot imagine it at all

elfshawolstan: It would definitely be a plot twist if it was Onew and he created a wholeass story to throw us off hahahahaha

ryeosheart: WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT GUYS OUTSIDE OF SUPER JUNIOR? SHE'S ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY THE MOST HANDSOME MEN. WHY WOULD SHE WANT ANYONE OUTSIDE THE GROUP? 

doyounggirl: my bets are on siwon, you cannot tell me this man just casually hug her at every opportunity and they don't have anything  idkwhyimhere: they are just friends, practically siblings bee&racconfan: it's definitely Kangin guys, we've been saying this since 2006 yesexplease: NO. She deserves better than him.  girafferyeo: I was going to say Eunhyuk cuz I was a hardcore Eunara shipper, but since I discovered they put her in D&E to cover the IU scandal, I think they really were just acting and the undeniable chemistry was just in my head 😭😭😭 yenashipper: I'm still here (+1.936 answers) 

twins05: please stop commenting on who you think she used to date/has dated, she has already said that she doesn't like to be referred to by her relationships 

honeybee1988: maybe that's exactly why she doesn't call men her boyfriends anymore, trauma  twins05: let's not diagnose her too, please

[zhoudadudugongjin]

I don't really mind if you're Chinese or not, I just found your posts on the 3 Kingdoms interesting to read and I'm glad that you enjoyed the unfamiliar foreign history, I mean I'm scared that I might make mistakes regarding the 3 Kingdoms and my own history cuz History can get confusing and "Misinformation spreads faster than facts", god don't I know that well, it caused major online historical debates that feel like a modern 3 Kingdoms but virtually and making the wrong claim can offend someone PRETTY BAD, there's a phrase for this in Vietnamese called: "9 people, 10 opinions" which means having very contrasting historical opinions or if it's about a specific historical character: "1 person, 10 opinions", that's my tweak version of the original saying cuz one character can have so many different and conflicted opinions about them

Gosh the debates ppl have about some historical figures can get iffy and weird and really hard to follow, cuz it's always the "Who's good or Who's bad", I always try to keep a calm neutral mind about Historical figures since I'm not exactly in the position to judge them or even condemn them for their actions cuz it's super complex at the time and what information I have of them may not be entirely correct

This reminds me of that certain situation where some history fans nowadays keep bitching about this historical character who's supposedly very bad cuz he/she did this and that and put their actual historical lore into a EXTREMELY stereotypical dramatic scenario that feel like those braindead plot cheap romance dramas people make for quick cash and not any true value to it, History is much crueler than what the romance drama may entail, it can be fun but putting actual people who did exist and their life stories in a biased controversial context just doesn't really feel right for me

I'm fine with historical memes, hell making comedies out of historical characters is also a way to remember and revere them (I saw one super good as a kid and it's actually how I learned about a new historical character that most don't talk about) but treating them not as actual humans who existed, but more like mindless puppets for a historical fantasy that doesn't even make much sense in a periodical sense is honestly bad

Call me stubborn but at the very least we should treat historical characters with basic decency, not because they're dead that we should treat and distort their stories however we want cuz we feel like it

(Sorry I kinda rant there, it just annoys me how some history fans can really go overboard and ask really weird trick questions about historical figures that I'm sure are baits to cause arguments and online wars to happen, war causing is actually a no-behavior in most online groups in my country since it serves no purpose and only cause chaos in a place where ppl can have fun talking about stuff they like)

I try to avoid making any kind of sweeping statements about historical figures when accounts vary so much and the simple answer is just "we don't know". You can just end up going round in circles ad hominen.

But yeah, this isnt a serious blog about serious historical discussion and it was never intended to be. The present world is enough of a mess without arguing about the distant past. I'm mostly just here to be silly and making ancient warlords kiss, because that what's entertaining to me :)

[somebodys-nuisance]

Hey, Our Life Fans, who wants a Baxter End-Game Fic Idea?

Okay, hi, so, Baxter and his love for ballroom dancing means so much to me. Dancing has always been a big part of my life, and when I played through Baxter's DLC I was just floored by how much we had in common with our interests. I love finding stories that I can really relate to in that way. I was a bit disappointed I wasn't able to really lean into the idea my character was into dance, even before Baxter's DLC, and I had always wanted to make a version of the story that could be more focused on the dancing element, while also being Baxter End-Game (cuz I love Cove, but I LOVE Baxter.)

So, the idea goes a little something like this:

Jamie Last becomes obsessed with ballroom dancing (and dancing in general) when her older sister Elizabeth joined the non-member junior golfing league when she's a child. It'a a program that rents The Cypress' space, but you don't need to be a member to join, and it's relatively affordable. Jamie peeks in and catches a ballroom dancing class and is like WHAT IS THAT GET ME IN THERE and moms see what they can do. Turns out they'd need to become members (I'm pretty sure they are in the actual game but SHHHHHH, it's a fic, and I'm trying to make a STATEMENT here about what I know about ballroom dancing) and the class prices on TOP of the membership price are just astronomical. They absolutely can't afford it. Poor Jamie's sad and doesn't understand (she's like, 6,) so moms sign her up for general dance classes at the local studio. Not ballroom, her first dance love, but close.

Cut to the beginning of the game timeline-wise, and Jamie's performing in her dance recital. She's absolutely in love with dancing and is VERY talented. Anyway, after the recital, in the lobby, Jamie's awkwardly approached by a strange man who shoves 20 bucks in her face and asks her to be his son's dance partner. She's like uhhhhh, stranger.... danger? And she runs away before he can fully explain himself. Runs back into the theater, comes across boy with green hair and glasses. Get to talking, finds out he's the dude's son. Son kinda sorta explains his dad teaches dance and he used to co-own a studio back where they came from, and boy's been dancing since he can remember. But, boy seems kinda sad about it. Through a combination of Cove's explanation and Cliff eventually approaching moms and being less weird and awkward (love Cliff,) Jamie finds out he's a former ballroom dancing competitor turned teacher. Used to own a studio with his wife, they're not together anymore, and she's kept the studio. So, he has to start from scratch over here in Sunset Bird and form his own studio. He tried to inquire with The Cypress to use their studios to teach the classes, and the owners told him absolutely not, and shooed him off. But, the teacher, Mr. Suarez, told him if he could prove he's a skillful teacher, he could put in a good word and get him in. So, he's going to use his only student, his son, and find him a partner. He says Jamie was the best dancer he saw today, so he wants her to be Cove's new partner.

And, Jamie's like, um, YES? Cove seems shockingly sad about it initially, but Cove and Jamie hit it off almost immediately. Jamie picks up ballroom real quickly, and they enter a competition against some of Mr. Suarez's students, including his own son, Derek. Jamie and Cove SWEEP and are FANTASTIC, and not only does Gregorio allow Cliff to use the space, but they eventually become business partners, running ballroom dancing classes that are specifically affordable and accessible to the average person, as well as being a bit more daring, fun, and modern in their styles compared to the traditional Cypress classes.

Meanwhile, the underdogs from Cliff and Gregorio's classes go up against the hoity-toity rich kids that can afford the members-only classes, and Jamie and Cove begin to cross paths with certain partners consistently, like an especially captivating and elegant pair with a boy with grayish hair...

Story follows the basic plotline of the game from there! Cove and Jamie are only close, close, nearly inseparable friends in this one, with Derek being the only other possible love interest. It's essentially your classic competitors to intriguing acquaintances to friends to lovers to exes to enemies to begruding acquaintances to friends to lovers with lots of dancing, both ballroom and otherwise. We'd get more into Baxter's background, his parents, and Golden Grove in general, and the story would HIGHLY DEVIATE from Step 4 to allow room to fully center dance in some form. Also, YES. Every one of Jamie's friends are involved in ballroom in some way, shape, or form except for her immediate family in this au. Everybody's dancin'.

Would anybody be interested in something like this? My ADHD means it will almost definitely not happen, but figured I'd throw my ideas out into the horizon since I haven't been able to get it out of my head for literal MONTHS. Whaddaya think?

[beardedmrbean]

Seeing a lot of my friends posting Instagram Infographics about the Israel-Palestine conflict, which is to be expected, but today, I saw a tonne of them reposting the exact same one which included the incredible statement that “so many people including progressives and leftist are learning meaningfully about Palestine for the first time” and I just

What happened before? There wasn’t any information then? There wasn’t any conflict before? It’s just infuriating seeing people treat this like a football team, where you support a side and just post picture after picture, statement after statement, without needing to worry about anything that happens in the region bc it likely wouldn’t have affected you.

Back when they had that whole dust up over evicting squatters from a home someone bought before WW1 a couple years back I expected more people to look into this stuff, suppose the fact that even if the place were still under the ownership of the Ottoman Empire the people would have been evicted shifted things.

One of my favs is the "map" everyone pulls out, which on the surface looks bad until you start looking at the dates where everything changes and realize that most if not all of the increases in the land size for the current state of Israel happened because one of their neighbors with the aid of the palestenians decided to try and invade and while I'm not a history major or anything I'm fairly sure that that's how borders happen, there's a war and territory is sometimes included in the spoils of war.

Right or wrong is irrelevant, it's just how it is, or at least always has been, look at Tibet it's recognized as part of china. They annexed it had a little war and won so now it's part of china.

Was Russia always as big as it is or were there expansionist wars?

Whole apartheid thing is weird too, place has equal rights for all citizens, resident aliens don't do so bad either, not equal responsibility though in a similar vein to men in the US only Jewish residents are required to serve a mandatory term in the military, I think, Arabs are exempt I know that much.

It's all insane, and I hate it, wish people would be honest. Israel is far from perfect but seriously some of the complaints,

with current news and accusations, let's remember this gem which was buried oddly never had to dig for this one before time to bookmark I guess.

This part is new information to me, doesn't make the whole thing any less batshit other than someone that hates Jews quoting Jewish research, I'd the nut bag must be getting the Eduard Bloch treatment, but Bloch wasn't an academic he was a healer, also Bloch wasn't an idiot.

Wild.

let's end with this one check the date

oh look down at the bottom is it a ray of hope

I'm good with legitimate fair criticism of people and countries and faiths and traditions and all that stuff.

Key word is fair

Fucking amnesty international can go and inspect and tell Ukraine that using schools to house munitions or soldiers or stage operations from is bad because it makes them a legitimate military target.

One for brits now, cuz cuntbin

If the accusations of white phosphorous are found to be true, I hope the people involve are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, if a civilian in intentionally murdered I hope the person responsible is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, if a rape is committed I hope the rapist is not only prosecuted but also castrated, if any one causes a noncombatant to be killed through their own actions I hope they are prosecuted, if any war crimes are committed I hope the perpetrators are held fully responsible.

You will notice I did not indicate a side on this, that's because if something is bad when one side does it, it is just as bad when the other does it.

But ya it's fairly obvious people haven't been paying attention and a lot of them are just picking a side now without any background perspective, there's legitimate gripes against Israel, they don't justify what happened though.

war crimes don't justify war crimes, I hope all of the guilty are punished

[bisluthq]

a lot of people think question is about harry because of the "i remember" at the opening. i personally dt taylor has given a fuck about harry in years which is why she's always down to be chummy with him at events in full view of cameras cuz she genuinely does not care, but thats what a lot of people think.

I mean people are weird about recurring phrases generally - remember when Gaylors heard “casually cruel” in Mr Perfectly Fine and were like “a-HA this proves ATW isn’t about Jake” and it’s like well no, Taylor came up with a very cool image because she’s a brilliant writer and she wanted to use it. And that’s a very specific phrase but like even so it’s HER PHRASE. “I remember” is really and truly not a unique statement to make. I too remember a lot of things. If I had a cool sample of me saying that, I’d reuse that if it made the song sound cooler. Wouldn’t be anything other than me using MY OWN WORK to make MORE COOL WORK. To me, Question doesn’t sound like the Harry songs. Question is about a softboi and Harry songs are about a dumb teenage boy who isn’t seeing how good he could have it.

look, I’m not saying Question is 100% about Matty but Taylor and Matty think it is lol and since he was around while she was making it idk why she’d have lied to him about it and been like “yeah Matty this song is about you” while picturing Harold in her head. Like Matty didn’t seem to think SOTB is about him even though Tatty shippers thought it was lol. He thinks Question is about him because one assumes it yk is.

[nonbinarylocalcryptid]

MAG5 - Thrown Away, more quotes and review

This one? If Amy Patel's statement in MAG3 was painfully normal, this one is more than that, this one is about those parts of society you have forgotten because they are often unseen or just so far away from you that you can't make yourself care about them.

This is gonna sound like the roman empire meme but, how often do you think about the trash truck? I hear it every night as the insomniac I am, and sometimes I wonder about the people that collect the waste, how they look like, what kind of life they have; hell, I even think about where the trash go sometimes, the process it goes trough until it reachs the wasteland or its recycled. Humanity is damned and all we will leave behind is a big pile of rubbish, etc, etc

And then you remember that waste collectors exist, because a fictional guy in a podcast talks about another fictional guy who happens to be a bin man, and the second guy finds weird AF rubbish.

Quotable bits:

Not gonna quote anything from the statement part cuz it Rubs Me Wrong with capital letters.

"It’s nice to have a statement where most of the particulars are easily verifiable." - Freaking Jonathan Sims, acting like he didn't shat his pants, April 1st 2016

" (...) but at least it got Martin out of the Institute for an afternoon, which is always a welcome relief." - Also that guy who records freaky stuff

lmao Jon. U Know when someone tells a little girl how a boy is mean to her because he likes her? This quote has the same vibes.

"(...) but all two thousand seven hundred and eighty of them were the exact, same, tooth." - Jon "u r not sleepiing tonight" Sims

And then he says "End Statement" like you are not looking at your wall in disbelief.

Small review:

The "ominous garbage bags" statement is so goddamn weird, like, you spend 20 sth minutes of your life remembering that waste collectors exist and muttering wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf for a while and then boom, teeth.

Soooooooooooo many teeth.

Now, I don't Know if you guys feel gross out about this kind of stuff, I don't, I'm quite insensitive to body stuff, but wow, this upsets me a lot, like it's sth, u Know...

(transcript: Sam Winchester from Supernatural saying "not natural?")

General overview: Vibe: wtf did I just listen to??? (but in a good creepy way)

Horror: spooky, the kind of spooky u wanna forget soon

Audio: naisu

Humour: Jon bullying Martin in the way emotional constipated people do when they don't want to face their feelings

Score: 10/10

[hevendor]

i feel like ppl on the internet overanalyze what makes a good apology now .. i remember wen i first started seeing ppl talk abt the difference between "good" and "bad" apologies like 10 or so years ago n the focus was more like "are they trying to shift blame off of themselves or are they actually accepting responsibility"

so an example as a shit apology is like "im sorry you felt offended i didnt expect anyone to react that way to what i did" n its cuz its basically blaming ppl for being offended

and then other apologies that r often considered bad r ones that seem almost like a vague generic template like "i did wrong so i will do better now pls forgive me" n it doesnt show the person even acknowledges what they even did wrong they just want to skip to being forgiven w/e any effort

and criticisms of those types i accept fully but i feel like ppl r starting to get more and more specific w how apologies need to b as if the apology needs to b absolutely flawless to mean anything n i think thats so bogus ... usually wen someone is apologizing for smth and they actually mean it and care a lot then they r also gonna b v emotional n its weird to expect someone who is spiraling to produce the most perfect well thought out and eloquent apology humanly possible .. like that is a legit skill to be able to write well thought out statements and its not a skill that spontaneously develops based on how genuinely sorry someone is lol ..

of course there are also lots of important nuance in any given situation such as what it is that is being apologized for and who the person is n all this other stuff so of course an apology can still b bad even if it isnt trying to blame other ppl/feels like a template but i still think there r way too many situations in which there are overly high expectations of what an apology should include

i feel like after taking a step back from internet culture i gained more of an understanding that people r just people and are always liable to make many mistakes and to b unable to handle everything perfectly especially wen emotions r high so i feel more forgiveness esp for ppl whos "crime" wasnt anything that extreme or was maybe understandable given the situation they were placed in and the feelings they were likely feeling .. no one acts rationally 100% of the time and mistakes r how ppl learn.. again there is nuance to everything tho

[the-firebird69]

Pee Wee Herman - Tequila

YouTube · Sooner Craig

Apr 13, 2007

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/arts/paul-reubens-pee-wee-herman-dead.html

Pee-wee Herman has died today and he was annoying our son up to the last minute almost and he was laying in the hospital bed and so I guess I'm going cuz people are saying goodbye now and he said you got it going on kid it says what. So he started laughing and laughing and slept woke up and he was hungry and he ate and he is very sick he couldn't keep it down and threw up and felt bad and upset and afraid but he died comfortably thinking everybody liked him and a lot of people still like him he was a madman towards the end and was harassing people but he couldn't help it A lot of people came down on him for educating kids and helping them and entertaining them. And a lot of them were clones. He heard that there was this action committee and finding clones fighting the clones and it couldn't believe it was you he wasn't told. But it was our son and they don't usually call that but really it's a good name and Pee-wee Herman is credited with it and it will say on his grave Uncle Paul was not the last one to see him but he did the scene and it was Jason and it was last week roughly and he was not on a Hard knock kicker 5150 he was on a vintage Hard knock kicker 5150 and he was on the one with one motor that her son designed yes and people loved it well it's the one that Randall text Cobb designed our son designed the bobber that sold the most and Randall text car was pissed off so he made it a little more cruiser and people buy more of them and so that's amazing it's really weird if you go the other way it's a barber is that laughing again so here's how it goes our son watch the show and it helped him and it suits them a little bit and that girl watched it with him and he understood that they're a little bit simpler but they still like things that he likes and she wasn't mean to him or anything and it taught him about life a little about with them and he's been trying to hold on to it but nobody's hanging out with him at all and he's all alone and everyone's kind of upset again it's not really the money because it's all coded and they can't handle it and he doesn't want to handle it yet help and they the foreigners have to help with the code and they do. But things are not going well this is an indicator and it's more of it happening in the news and a lot of them just let go because they can't fight anymore and they don't have the resources and or they don't want to use them

Thor Freya

RIP peewee ok

Hera asJen and I'm sorry Trump but you are way too rude and crude and trying to kidnap him and harm him and it's ridiculous all day and night you got to go somewhere else. I watched the program too it's a little bit childish but it was funny and it's humorous as teaching little kids and it was interesting how he's doing it

I'm right here folks no I'm his brother there's a lot of people talking about him and saying things and posting statements about him and this one is not bad and he helps people and the clothes are after him and they named action groups after him which is perfect I really like that I'm sorry my brother is gone I know how he feels now it's a living hell and he's laughing because I'm saying I don't know what it'll be like if they were all captured. I can see what you're saying this guy's everywhere and it's horrible but he feels bad for me and says he's sorry for my loss and PeeWee will always be remembered. A lot of kids are writing me letters asking me if I can be him I sent back to one child I think I'm the vengeful one. I'm on a day later almost does the end of the day he wrote back and said that's good

And I appreciate him saying that. We know boy George was too and you've had a hard life these people are very mean and they're impersonal and gosh darn it it's kind of our fault and Max we did not go there and we can't do it again

Vengeful one

Tonight we ride and that was bright and Frankenstein and he had to change the word Bride of Frankenstein and we're going to ride our Hard knock kicker 5150s and he wants someone to get me eventual one and eventual one and they're volunteers it's called the vengeful one and they're volunteers to get it over we're going to have a ride tonight and we see what he's saying he had made the tire it's saving a lot of lives in Saudi Arabia and it works very well and it's a little bit big but it looks like the motorcycle tire he says it is his and it's the bobber and it's the first one and it was stretched out and he didn't get to drive it but he sat on it and it switched it out and disguise it and I can't believe it but it's true now this is the way that Randall text Cobb did business and we're going to too and the ride is going to be on tonight and at 8:00 p.m. Los Angeles at the usual place guys and you know who I am grandson of trump they were having a hard time and we get the idea

[valenbodoque]

Just reflecting on some stuff…

When I broke up with my ex, it was bc she didn’t give me like any time of her day to even say hi and I was always messaging her and trying to be there, and on that time she did say some stuff that hurt me a lot and I’m still trying to move on (one time, she told me that I said “I love you” way too much to fill a silence that sometimes happened whenever we talked, I was like 💀 welp there it goes my confidence to say how I feel).

Anyways, lack of time, lack of interest and lack of communication.

Even then, she made me feel like I was the villain, asking for too much and that I was playing the victim (and in every argument it was always the same, to her I was “the victim” and she was “the monster”), and talking to a friend, she made me realize that I was asking for the bare minimum, all I wanted from her was to at least answer my texts and to ask how I was, I wanted her to care.

A few years later, we talked again and started this weird thing because we both still had feelings but also she told me she was seeing another person and I was like “oh, okay” and we never made it oficial, like she never asked me to be her gf again and I didn’t ask her either.

I started classes again, like face-to-face classes not online, and between my shitty schedule, friends and getting used to going to the university again instead of staying home, it took a big toll on me, the burn out came out strong af, and I did told her that I wouldn’t have time for her but that I would try my best to make time, instead of doing what she did to me I chose to give her a heads up and still try. I did try my best but I had a really toxic friend at that time that for some reason didn’t like her and was causing misunderstanding between us, like my friend of that time asked me to tell my ex to please block her because she was uncomfortable with her and she didn’t want her watching her instagram stories, she was so annoying and nagging me to do it so in the best way I asked her, obviously she got angry and was confused about it, tbh at the time I was unsure of it but I had so many problems at that time and didn’t really think about it. I don’t remember but I think my ex thought that I was dating that girl which I wasn’t, even then she didn’t have the right to be mad about it because she told me she was seeing someone else and we weren’t officially dating but being the person I am, I was still respecting whatever we had.

That was a really shitty year, I was so overwhelmed and numb from all the stuff and all I wanted from her was to try to understand me, but she didn’t, it wasn’t enough and it’s okay, I get it, what hurt and made me angry was that instead of telling my that my lack of time and communication was hurting her and that she was going to distance herself from me, I get it, it’s understandable, but she ghosted me and blocked me everywhere, I noticed when I was going to send her a message on instagram, I noticed that she didn’t block me on discord so I told her that it was shitty way of leaving and bla bla bla. I posted some stuff on here and she saw it (bc ya know this stupid thing let people block you but they can see your blog and you can’t see theirs), she proceeded to post shit on response to that, and I saw it on my secondary blog, and I just block her to stop it.

It kinda hurts cuz again, I’m the villain that plays the victim and points her as the monster. Girl, the only one playing the victim here its you, you’re the one calling yourself a monster, you always did and I always refuted that statement, I never called you that, and I never called you names or made false accusations, which was what you did when we dated, probably forgot that time you called me a liar and made me feel like shit then twisted it to you always being a monster.

It still hurts, mostly because I trusted you and thought that you would at least give me a heads up like I did, because back then with all the anxiety I had, I went and broke up with you and told you why, even if you just told me that you were going to distance yourself and block me without giving an explanation, just a “hey, I’m going to block you everywhere, don’t try to contact me”, it would of been okay.

I made mistakes, like every person, I’m not perfect, far from it, and I have a lot of traumas.

Idk, like I know that I’m the kind of person that just disappears and you just don’t hear from them for a while and then randomly comes back, that’s me when I’m overwhelmed and my anxiety and stress gets the better of me, and most of my friends knows that I’m like that and they understand me and don’t pressure me to change cuz they know if they need me and ask for me, I would be there for them, even if I feel like dying, but the person that I loved the most and I always tried to give her explanations to help her understand me, just didn’t, it hurt a lot, cuz even my newest friends at that time were very understanding.

Kinda ironic that it happened the same at that time, roles reversed (just that this time I did give the heads up and tried my best), but still! I’m 👏🏽the 👏🏽shitty👏🏽, awful 👏🏽 person👏🏽.

I know she won’t ever see this, but I hope you get better and that we never ever talk again. I’m done with you, I know I hurt you with a lot of things at that time and mostly were misunderstandings but you did too, you hurt me a lot at that time and before that.

It was a mistake to let you into my life again and I won’t let it happen another time, we just hurt each other, and I’m not forgiving you this time around.

I’m in a better place now but it wasn’t easy, last year was awful, the worst year of my life, I lost friends because I realized how fake they were, family problems, I failed 4 of my classes and that meant that I got behind a year so I won’t end my career in 5 years but 6 years instead, it was so awful that I cried in front of my bestie then my family cuz I just couldn’t take it anymore, I was so tired of it all, I never cry in front of anyone.

I wish I would of loved myself more to walk away from the people that made me suffer and didn’t treat me like I deserved. I feel dumb for not realizing it sooner but I did at the end and I’m still broken just that I’m working on fixing myself and healing from it all. I have better friends now anyways and I’m better off single.

[future-boi]

Thanks to

⚡️@daryfromthefuture

💘 @jowritesfanfiction

💝 @bttf-dork for tagging me!!! 🥺😭

1. First rewatch was right before watching the musical. Second rewatch was right after watching the musical... Third was recently as I'm tryna write a fanfic and had to go over some scenes but idk if it counts

2. Bttf the musical poster and vinyl record!!! It's now the second record in my vinyl collection hahaha

3. I don't drink soda 😅

4. HELL YEAH I always take the opportunity to advertise fanfic 🤩 Its about post trilogy Marty being a bit angsty about the new timeline and missing the old timeline. But it has a happy ending. I think its the closest to canon because other ones with the same premise lean so much into the angst (not that that's bad!!! Just saying it's not the same vibes as the movies u kno) Its also old but holy shit, it contains the most cathartic end to the series. The much needed closure 🤌✨️

Peace by dapperdragon

I'm so SAD cuz I don't think the author's on Tumblr? And havent posted on Ao3 in 2 years... Which sucks cuz I'm planning to DRAW THIS FIC. Or at least the ending scene 🥺💘 It wont be for a while cuz I'm tryna hone my skills and DO IT JUSTICE💪😤 but yeah next year is its 10 year anniversary that's crazy HAHA. Give it a read plz plz plz its only 1 chapter.

5. THATS TOUGH

It's so cozy and gives me all the warm fuzzies 🥰

I'm breaking the rules

BUT I HAD TO INCLUDE THIS. FIGHT ME

Anything by @cheriboms ngl HAHAHA

Ok but if I really had to choose:

Cuz it marks the start of Doctober 🥺 and like 🥺 we did that together 🥺👉👈💘💝

Also cuz its in color and sunrises/sunset always gimme warm fuzzies🥰

6. THATS ALSO TOUGH. Actually less tough. It's all under my [#personal fave] tag. But since the other was sunrise, I gotta put sunset ��

LMAO when u link stuff, it shows ur tag line. I totally forgot I set that 🍫🍫🍫

7. BAHAHAHAHAHA... school...

8. The Wild Life (1984) I dont recommend it tho!! 😂😂😂 it has Lea Thompson and Eric Stoltz. I also checked out the one clip from that one episode on Family Ties with Crispin Glover and Micheal J Fox. I recommend that one, it's actually funny 😂

Then I checked out the clips with Tom Hanks on the show LMAO

9. Not this year, but during my American Psycho (2000) phase, I thought their undisputed masterpiece was "Hip to be Square" 🤌✨️ A song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should! Because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself--!!

HEY PAUL!!!

10. None, I don't think...

11. Hell yeah! I detailed it all on this post

12. Uh prolly once a long long time ago that I don't remember LMAO she don't talk bout it like Lorraine🤭

13. "Hey..! What the hell is this?!"

14. I got to go on both European and US trains this year. Haven't been on a skateboard since I was a tiny kid. Have never been on a horse. Never been on a DeLorean. I have run in the rain lmao. Dance? Does a concert count? My friends and I danced at one (my first one!). Never hung up a clock. Does a ukulele count? I don't think I am or ever was capable of pulling an all nighter 😂 its so weird for me to hear my peers doing it. Like??? Yall fr? Nah fam. I don't read sci fi. I don't eat fast food lmao

15. GETTING MY FANFIC DONE. Currently, it spans 6 parts and goes over the entire trilogy, complete with a Hell Valley Filler Arc! 🤭😁 but I'm working on part 1 rn and will post it while I work on part 2 and so on...

I'm also planning to draw a moment from other fanfic I adore like I've done in the past few months

Learning how to color +render my digital art would be nice!

Tagging @cheriboms

Thanks to the 3 again for tagging me! Tho @daryfromthefuture, we gotta throw hands real quick u stole who I was gonna tag😱😭😭😭😂☠️ ONLY I GET TO BOTHER @jowritesfanfiction 😤😤😤 nah jk 😁 unless 😶 nah jk jk ily i ain't hatin 😂💝

BTTF Year-End Tag Game!

This year:

How many times would you guess you watched the first back to the future movie?

Did you get any sweet bttf merch? If so, what!

How many cans of Pepsi Free did you chug this year?

What was a favorite bttf fanfic you read this year?

A favorite bttf fanart you saw this year? (please give us a link, not a screencap/repost!)

Did you create any bttf fanart or fanfic? If you did, what one(s) are you proudest of?

How many times were you late for school this year?

Did you watch any other movies/tv shows with BTTF actors in them?

Was there a memorable moment you heard a Huey Lewis song this year?

How many times did you fall down this year?

Did you get to see BTTF: The Musical? What was your experience like!

How many times did your mom retell the story of how she and your father met?

If you could describe your year in a BTTF quote, which one would it be?

⚡️LIGHTNING ROUND⚡️ Did you get to: go on any trains, skate on a skateboard, ride a horse, drive a Delorean, run in the rain, go to a dance, hang up a clock, play the guitar, pull an all-nighter, read science fiction, or drive thru Burger King this year?

Your future is whatever you make it! So what are you going to make of this coming year?

I tag: @agentmcfly24601 @moonlightandstarshimmer @brinkle-brackle @bg-sparrow @bttf-dork @mrfutureboy @pepsifox88 @tsukinikawatteus @itsthemorph @synthsays and anyone who would like to answer these questions! as always, no pressure!