#i am. dancing mentally

[langernameohnebedeutung]

gonna say, something or someone being misogynistic is on its own a good enough reason not to like it or not to spend time with that person. It's not just that misogyny is so normalised that not watching a show or not spending with someone just because of misogyny is treated as not enough of a reason - it's also that as a woman, you are under constant scrutiny and constantly thrown tests to show that you are 'not one of the difficult ones', that you can 'take a joke'.

But 'your friend keeps saying degrading things about women' is a good enough reason not to hang out with that person or not to go to a gathering. 'i read the last book by his author and it was deeply misogynistic' is a good enough reason why you don't want to read things by that author anymore. 'This comedian specifically makes a lot of mean-spirited jokes about women' reason enogh not to watch that or see that show, even if your friends want to go. 'This content creator keeps going on weird tangents about women' reason enough not to watch their stuff or support them.

and it is especially a very good reason not to date someone.

[koats-n-goats]

Newsies 1992 being so bad (according to critics) that Disney LOST like 12 million dollars making it and it was a box office flop but several years later I watched a clip of Seize The Day at a 5th grade pep rally and it became my driving force for the rest of my life and literally prevented my death multiple times I think that means that my soul is worth 12 million dollars thanks

[dormiloncito]

I CANT GET PAST METTATON

[icewindandboringhorror]

It's always interesting to hear about people's weird/unexpected "alternate life paths". Like, something that you could have done with your life, a job you almost took, a school you almost went to, etc - that was still actually realistic enough that it could have happened, but NOW it seems to not suit your current personality.

Like for example, I currently hate advertising (how manipulative it is, brands trying to be 'relatable', social media amplifying it to an obnoxious extreme, etc.) so much that even seeing a little ad before a youtube video is grating to even witness, but there was a point in time where I was genuinely seriously considering going into marketing/making commercials as a career lol. Or like, I have a relative who was very inclined to be a pastor when they were younger, even though today they're a super strong atheist, etc. etc.

[wewere-here]

I’m back with another song that I think honestly fits TOO WELL for a Just Dance character (Jack Rose, in this case) for them not to incorporate it somehow at some point;

Breathe In, Breathe Out - Set It Off

Okay, so, just take a look at this small except from the song:

“Your poker face could make them melt,

Just sit back and deal with the hand you’re dealt

Face facts, it won’t be easy this time

Sticks like a tack in the back of my mind

Hurts so deep when I think too much

And breathing gets harder,

Take a look at me,

From one side, I seem to be

So calm, so cool, collected

And on the other side, I’m melting down”

You know how @signofthestriking was talking about the concept of a disheveled Jack Rose dancing to Gasoline? Kinda the same idea here; everybody sees him as this super put-together, “perfect” person, but in truth he’s actually a complete mess, he just tries his best not to show it.

But, there comes a point where he just can’t take it anymore. And the façade slips.

On one side, Jack makes it seem like he’s so unbothered by everything he’s had to experience throughout his life.

The side that people don’t get to see of him, however, is just how incredibly traumatized and hurt he actually is from everything.

Is this making sense?

I hope this is making some kind of sense 💀

mb if it doesn’t, I’m like, about to go to sleep but I just needed to get all of my thoughts out into a post before I could so this is NOT proofread for any repetitiveness or rambling I just needed to get it out 😭 hope it at least makes a bit of sense though because I really DO believe that this song would be PERFECT for him

might add more onto this at another point in time if I think of anything else I wanna say about it !!

[fandomsarefriends-notfood]

Look since the show seems to be forming a really good "Maybe Poseidon is kinda problematic" stance, if they're looking for soundtrack song suggestions about being taken advantage of when you're 19 complete with lots of religious imagery, hit me up, I may have a suggestion

[tailsfromthecrypt]

why does physical anxiety make it feel like your organs are all vibrating, but like on different frequencies

[loullipopx]

incredible time to be having an identity crisis

[c00kietin]

'CAUSE EVERYTIME WE TOUCH

I GET THIS FEELING

AND EVERYTIME WE KISS

I SWEAR I CAN FLYYYY

[lnkedmyheart]

Listen, I like Oda, he's cool and everything but he tells Dazai the exact same thing Verlaine says to Chuuya. Both of these boys were struggling with their identity and believed they didnt deserve to be seen as humans. Where Dazai was desperately distancing himself but positioning himself in a spot where he could still experience humanity, Chuuya was actively trying to be human while also not fully accepting himself as one. Verlaine tried to break Chuuya by reinforcing his lack of humanity by pointing out how nothing and no one could ever fill that lonely void in him and yea sure we all collectively believe that was a nasty thing to say to a child struggling with his identity who had just lost all his friends. But Oda did the exact same thing, I know his intentions were better and he cared about Dazai when he said that and the meaning was distorted because neither actually understood the other enough, but he told a child struggling with his identity who had just lost his 2 closest friends and had no contact with his partner at the time that nothing could fill the lonely void in his soul.

And nobody is ever allowed to question it or criticise it cause Oda has the cool dead guy syndrome where he isn't allowed to be criticised or judged like other characters.

Because Chuuya heard those words at the very beginning of strombringer by someone he hated and later spent the entire book learning that people did in fact care for him and view him as human and finding out about his parents and the scar, it led to him having (slightly) less of a martyr ideology because he no longer isolates himself and tends to seek out genuine connections even if he is painfully reserved and repressed about his own struggles. Meanwhile Dazai was told those exact same words by Oda at the very end of the dark era arc at an incredibly vulnerable moment when he had literally lost everything and seen things and lives fall apart by someone who he idolized to an almost unhealthy level. This leads to Dazai quite literally losing hope (he shows a hopeful nature a few times in 15 and dark era though it is rather subtle, Dazai shows it most in his attempt to stop Oda from going to the final fight) and becoming a martyr who sees no value in his own life outside of a tool. He struggles to create genuine connections even with people who genuinely care for him (the ADA) and repeatedly puts on a mask in front of them.

Chuuya and Dazai both view themselves as people whose lives are only worth what they can do for others in different ways, Chuuya feels the need to protect because he is the strongest and feels need to earn his existence whereas Dazai feels the need to martyr himself because he only finds value in his life and death by saving people.

[windupaidoneus]

i dont want to be an eggshell person but i kinda am & i probably have to come to terms with it even if it really bothers me that im like this. one day we will have therapy (probably not.)

[janiedean]

two episodes of nervous crying your brains out for longer than one hour in the span of three days were not in my bingo card for 2024 when I graduated ten years ago and I would like to frankly get the fuck over myself

[kimtaegis]

does he know he’s breathing new life into me every single time he does anything

[adaine-party-wizard]

holy fuck i am having a Bad Fucking Time yall.

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Making a social chess move against my roommate and setting up the gambit in a way where she has to sacrifice something to move forward

[misciaspossessed]

*thinking long term*

Me: I want to write

Frontal lobe: can't, I'm fucked

Me: okay then I want to dance

Cerebellum: can't, I'm fucked too

Me: AAAAAAAAA FINE I WILL JUST DIE