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Event Horizon fucking stumbled upon my brain, went "that one", clung to it like a fucking monkey AND HAS NOT LET GO. SINCE 2022. HOLY FUCKING HELL. THIS THING CONSUMES MY EVERY WAKING THOUGHT. MY CURRENT GOAL IS TO GO THROUGH EVERY INDICATOR OF TIME AND MAKE AN ACTUAL ROUGH IN-UNIVERSE TIMELINE OF EVENTS LIKE A FUVKING GAME THEORY VIDEO
#somebody sedate me#pls#i could go on tangents about this thing#someone could come in a room not knowing what it is and leave knowing every single detail and scene#i could recite the events from memory#some one liners are wedged into my brain permanently#my brain is rotting#the brainrot is real#dsmp fanfic#beeduo#ao3#event horizon#de terra#ad astra#as always asks about it are appreciated and encouraged#forever and ever#textpost.bzzt#fandom.bzzt
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shoutout to the Cambridge student with the Horace tramp stamp who presumably hooked up with Robin once
the real mvp of the last binding, tbh
#the last binding#a marvellous light#arthur manning is this you............#also just. YET ANOTHER thing that I love about these books#is the way that everyone has such a strong sense of sexuality INDEPENDENT OF the central romance#like. we don't know Robin as a gay man BECAUSE OF Edwin. we know it because it's part of the fabric of who Robin IS#I could go on a whole big long tangent about that#but really what I want to say is: horace tattoo. we stan
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May I just say I really really appreciate your approach to and respect for the transfemininity embedded in Homestuck. Like the fact that you depict Jake as a kind of "genderfuck" (for lack of a better word) character without trying to divorce that from transfemininity as so many others do, as well as being able to depict Roxy with certain clocky characteristics without disregarding her femininity or making it feel fetish-y, is all really admirable in my eyes. It gets extremely frustrating seeing large swathes of the fandom constantly trying to separate the story of Homestuck from transfemininity despite it having a transfem enby author, so I really appreciate that you don't shy away from it in your art :)
I am so glad!!!!! Its something ive Always noticed in like every fandom since i first got onto the internet the disparity between the amount of transfems i knew vs how often their story got to be uplifted in fandom spaces or get to be celebrated how transmascs did considering how queer dominated they are but then i grew up and realised how badly male centric queer spaces are too😭
Homestuck is one of the spaces that has a big amount of transfems openly engaging in fandom activities and that makes me really happy to see! since i often see gross rhetoric from transmascs or cis women about fandom spaces abt “who is allowed” and “fandom being a safe space” cough blatant transmisogyny (sobs everywhere its so bad)
I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW PPL BRUSH PAST HUSSIE BEING TRANS SO OFTEN ISNT THAT INSANE. To me it reframes homestuck how the creators of the matrix being trans does. Like I dunno maybe that informed the works presentation of gender somehow. Maybe all the commentary and critique and displays of frustration at the contradictory nature of gender but especially trying to fit “being a man” in society came from somewhere when they were writing it 🤔🤔🤔 hussie said it herself that alot of homestuck was just stream of consciousness. Everything that comes out of daves mouth near the end seemed very plausible to be a reflection of hussies own journey realising that Actually these boundaries of what defines A Good Man and A Good Woman are ridiculous and no person can possibly live up to that no matter what were told from birth.
But i try my best to reflect the innate transfemininity of homestuck and the majority of its cast, its something integral to the works themes and just the community who built it! It saddens me how skittish other transmascs are about engaging with or portraying the transfeminine stories when its just. Practically textual. And all you need to do is Listen and empathise. I love learning how other feminine people see themselves in this story like how often do you get such a menagerie of in depth fem characters. And i love seeing what the experiences transfems see echoed in homestuck are because its all such insightful stuff About femininity and its beauty and its ills all at once. Roxy..kanaya.. wipes tear from my eye.
I want to actively include and celebrate transfem features and bodies as much as transmasc ones get to be around here and i am glad my jake and roxy do feel that way 🥹🥹 my aim with my designs is to make them feel like some everyday people youd see, no fetishisation/sexualisation or demonisation, just Existing and appreciating. Because i know how much it can mean to see yourself in something and for that to be treated with care and kindness. Its why i create in the first place! Because of how others creations gave me that comfort when i couldnt find it elsewhere
I feel similarly about how people portray fat women or just like. Women in general. its sad how badly the whole sexualisation = acceptance warps how people portray things fatness or transfem features. Never ever saying these things arent hot or sexy or to be appreciated. Duh. I think how i portray jake says enough abt what i think of that LOL just that It feels like its the only way people try and show theyre accepting? Which just feels so gross and dehumanising the only way they think to display they feel empathy is through saying “Yeah i can get off to people like you”😭
Rlly bad in society in general so also in the homestuck space. Worlds hardest challenge is liking the alpha kids. Im so sorry for what they do to you jane and roxy🥲🥲🥲 Its baffling because Homestuck is Prime Example Numero Uno of how to humanise characters. Just display them being people; their thoughts, their feelings, their insecurities, their passions, their woes, their loves, their losses. So much can be communicated through how a character speaks with their friends.
I wana do that for jake and roxy! They get to be dimensional too! I like showing their laughs and their sorrows, just them Existing with the people around them. They get to be a part of the lighthearted comedy just as the rest of them do. They get to be a part of all the gender and sexuality insanity going on in their friend group, can point out their flaws and mistakes and insecurities. I dunno its rlly not that hard to just empathise with them and want to tell their stories.
I am so invested in the raw unabashed Humanity of homestuck. Its just one person pouring their brain contents into this huge thing and it displays the best and the worst and the absurdity and the questions. Its so interesting and hussies transness IS JUST BAKED INTO IT. Thus the characters contain that too and it kinda stinks of transmisogyny to throw that out!
YAPPING TOO MUCH OMG but i rlly appreciate this ask🫶🫶🫶makes me so happy to hear
#I understand hussie in their notes so badly. you cna go on endless tangents about literally anyrhing with homestuck#i could probably make a podcast thatd go forever because i can never run out of shit to say about this thing#homestuck#daniel talks#jake english#roxy lalonde
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I'm glad more of Tumblr is becoming more accepting of objectums + a lot of people are realizing that they're objectum themselves, but it really does feel like the current "in" thing right now so I hope this support for us continues even when people get tired of the eroticism of the machine
#i feel like there's always been a lot of robotfuckers on here so i dont think this will fade any time soon#but that last bit really is the Tumblr catchphrase of the month so i hope that ppl who arent objectum#will continue to realize that like. we will still be here#does any of this make sense#im really tired and had an episode this morning so lol.#(alsooo... i could go on a tangent abt how not every objectum is into machines & that ppl seem Weird about us liking objects that arent...#... mechanical in nature... i get that those are easier to personify and have some things that feel more human...#... but. idk whereim going w this anymore sorry)
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swear to fuckign god sometimes im like 👌 This Close to taking down sotm. and every single time i get a comment from someone with no reading comprehension who goes "I know you said no clark bashing in your authors note but hear me out: im gonna bash clark" i get a little closer
#rimi talks#to be clear its an ''i want to rewrite this bc it could be So much better now ive read more comics'' kind of desire to take it down#but i can't lie it's also an ''OH MY GOD SHUT THE FUCK UP'' desire#i do rly wanna redo it tho. with like chris and kara and [mentions of] linda now that i Know how i would handle the mae S patch thing#mmmnmnmnmnnghghghhthhrrhhrghrhghrg#''this fic is sooo good!!! i hate clark so much btw'' This Is Not For You. Leave#its always the people who go off on dumbass tangents about bruce too. like. IT AINT ABOUT HIM. FUCK OFF
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actually I would quite like to hear your thoughts on gender philosophy in omegaverse worldbuilding? :3
hm. anon, I fear this is a far larger can of worms than you probably anticipated. I'm going to spare you the worst of it by only giving you a short version, but be careful what you wish for.
I'm also hiding it under a cut because even the short version is embarrassingly long.
I'm hardly a connoisseur of omegaverse content, nor would I consider myself anywhere near an expert. I don't want to speak for all fics as I've admittedly not read many. I did do my master's diss about legal gender recognition, so this is more about gender and philosophically sound worldbuilding than an indictment of any particular writing or story tbh.
the short answer is I find omegaverse worldbuilding really interesting, but I've never fully been able to enjoy it due to the way a/b/o identities tend to have a biological determinist slant to them imo, and tendency for a lack of real world implications of what the omegaverse does to gender and character interactions anywhere outside the bedroom. I'd love to figure out a version that's more inclusive and philosophically/ideologically consistent, both with itself and with my own views on real life gender (basically, I want to make it make more sense, have less biological determinism, and be more inclusive of the wider range of human experiences). this is a big task, and ngl I haven't achieved it and don't anticipate doing so any time soon. I have like, a concept in my head, taking apart all the key pieces and putting them together again but different, but to make it thorough enough would require more effort and time than I have because I'm like, employed 😔
I feel like someday if I ever get invited to a powerpoint night though, this could be It.
#i'm sorry if this isn't a satisfying answer. i genuinely don't know how to explain this concisely#feel free to follow up if you want - it's not that i don't want to talk about it. i just don't want to write an entire thesis on your dash#originally i'd started drafting a long version to put under a read more or something#but then i went off on wayyy too many tangents#there was stuff about transness#there was stuff about intersex people#there was something about blood types#there was extrapolation to implied historical a/b/o discrimination and the presumed historical fight for omega suffrage#there was more than that too but i realized i was sounding a little like the pepe silvia meme so i stopped myself#i mean i still have all these thoughts and i'm like keeping notes and stuff. the omega suffrage thing is going places.#but tumblr dot com might not be the place for me to figure it out live on the spot#fr tho this is the sort of thing i'd genuinely want to study more full time if i ever went back to academia to do something frivolous#i wish i could cite sources and stuff for you. i want to be an academic expert. unfortunately i have a real life job :(#cool enough for asks#.txt#anon#about#secondary gender studies tag#<- there. fine. since i'll probably come back to this someday. last thing i need is cluttering up my real actually useful tags
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On both a watsonian and doylist level Dick Grayson is white passing
#Doylist: they only seem to remember he’s Romani when they have something weird and fetishy to say about it. The way he’s drawn in canon is#very much white passing most of the time most people who are not tuned into comic lore are not going to perceive him as a poc#Also just the fact that he was written as a white guy for like 60+ years does still have a lot of bearing on things#For example I remember seeing someone trying to have a conversation about how it’s weird that dc has this trend of having conniving#vixen seductresses of color who can’t help themselves from throwing themselves at/sexually assaulting white men and that maybe we should#engage with those stories more critically and someone chimed in with ‘well actually Dick is Romani’ 🤨. Girl you know damn well that’s not#what was going on there be serious bffr 😩#Watsonian: as much as I love and enjoy hitting characters with the melanin beam in canon he’s depicted as white passing most of the time#and it is reasonable to assume that he would go through life in American society being perceived as a white guy and most people#would not know or be able to guess his ethnicity at a glance unless he told them. Which could be an interesting thing to explore for his#character but then again we have to ask if dc is actually interested in writing him as Romani all of the time or only sometimes#tangent note- another thing you could explore with him is the differences in being Romani in America vs Europe#The American national consciousness is not all that aware of Roma people though obviously anti-Roma sentiment is still going to be a thing#here meanwhile from an outsider perspective it seems like the fastest way to activate the dormant hitler particles in the average#European is to mention Roma people so there’s definitely a difference there that could be explored#Dc#leaving character tags off of this lest I be slayed in the streets for this. Though I think everything said here is fairly reasonable
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The problem with A.I. art isn’t that it’s “not art” it’s that it’s art theft
If those A.I. art programs were using royalty free/ public domain images or even creative commons or stock photos , then this wouldn’t even be a discussion.
#alas they use random pictures they find on (eg) Art Station#anti ai art#had a convo with my sister ages ago about how the one thing computers will never be able to do is create art#and yeah#I could go on a really long tangent why art only has meaning if done by human hand and art definitions etc#but I’m tired#and actually#I was on an AI art exhibit this year and it was really cool!#but do you think those artists just fucking stole other artists art to feed their AI?? NO!!#they had a whole board on how they curated images and where they got them from
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me laughing at the same jokes i’ve heard 1000 times every time i listen to/watch a recording of phantom
#and i swear it gets funnier every time!#was dying while listening to an audio today#(it was specifically nehal joshi during the il muto ballet)#(i could not stop laughing and i couldn’t even SEE him it was just his delivery)#(ugh he’s so funny i love him)#poto shitpost#also side note im about to go on a tangent#but my phantom hyperfixation runs so deep and i have so many thoughts about it#i have at least 100 posts in my drafts about it and i’m not exaggerating#they’re mostly silly memes but it’s still like an overload of posts about phantom#and i’m like. insecure about how much i think about it???? and how much of my headspace i dedicate to it????#so i keep the bulk of the memes/random posts in my drafts because i just feel weird about posting so much#i really could post about it 24/7 if i didn’t have to be a Person with Tasks#and idk i think im just hyper-aware of how i present my interests in daily life while offline#i am someone who hyperfixates and obsesses and while i could talk about phantom for years i am terrified of annoying people with my interest#i’m worried about being perceived as weird so i kind of flatten myself to make myself more palatable for others#which has me being insecure about the things i’m passionate about and how deep that passion runs#and these feelings have bled online to the specific space i have created as an outlet for my passion#like it’s my blog i shouldn’t be censoring my love for a thing that brings me joy#but my fear of being othered is like. overtaking me. because there are many things that i can’t change about myself#that categorize me as an ‘other’ (sexuality identity mental health etc)#and this is something i can control. i can control how i portray my personality#so i flatten my personality to compensate for the other (perceived) weird things that can’t be changed#idk i just shouldn’t feel the need to do that here bc pretty much everyone on here is super passionate about something#like obsessive about it#and that’s what i love about this site with all its faults. like this is a space for people to come and Be Weird and Act Strange#and everyone just accepts it#and also the phantom community in general#why should i water down my love for phantom in the one place where people can understand it and relate to it???#hit the tag limit but i’ve come to multiple revelations while typing this lmao
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I think kr ghost should've gone all in on the different ways grief manifests/how death changes people as one of its main themes (instead of being mostly limited to alain) because it would've made a ton of sense considering the protagonist's situation while also strengthening basically everything about its story and characters lmao
#khyt.krposting#still love it to bits despite it being so messy#I just think this one change would do incredible things for it lol#I could go on a long tangent about how good ghost could have been x)#I COULD FIX IT—but I have gotten very attached to it as is#my favorite flawed and extremely average tv show <3 sdhfjdhfj
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Can I just say, I was a little concerned when your blog showed up in my recs, since most blogs with this aesthetic are tradfem-y, but I actually really like your blog, and I’m glad you’re open-minded and not mean! You can never judge a book by its cover, I guess. Sometimes people with really fem aesthetics just love pink, and hate outdated gender stereotypes just as much as those of us with toxic-sludge-green blog themes. Even though we have very different aesthetics, that doesn’t mean you’re evil or anything, it just means we find beauty in different things, and I think that’s neat.
…Sorry this is so rambly. I’ll be on my way.
Hi! thank you for saying that, I really appreciate it. It is very disheartening how many fem aesthetic blogs are just romanticising binary gender roles, but fret not! some of us do just love pink 💗
That being said, I often worry that I'm not doing enough to distance my blog from the bigoted ideologies that are all too common in these spaces, so I'm glad for an opportunity to talk about it more.
It would be incredibly ignorant to pretend that this genre of aesthetic exists in a vacuum, separate from the very conservative, heteronormative culture that created it. I think the least I can do is acknowledge that context and make it clear that I'm appropriating this hyper-feminine ideal in an ironic, if not subversive way.
To me, that is the foundation of femme lesbian identity, to reclaim symbols of femininity that have been enforced by the patriarchy purely because I want to. I highly recommend Eleanor Medhurst (Dressing Dykes)'s essay on the subject:
"the role which has been used to oppress must be reclaimed and taken on deliberately, without the permission and the satisfaction of the oppressor. In the case of pink and lesbian identity, this means to wear pink only for oneself; if a person has ownership of the constraints they were previously kept in, those constraints can’t be used against them."
Of course, this isn't to say that conforming to gender roles is in any way as transgressive as defying them. I present a version of womanhood that society deems 'acceptable' (and straight-passing) and that gives me a hell of a lot privilege in my life.
Anyway, pink cottagecore aesthetic blogs and toxic sludge green blogs are holding hands <3
#I could honestly write a thesis about this topic. and the relationship between aesthetics and subculture and ideology in general#because I think cottagecore especially is directly associated with some awful ideologies that often go unsaid#there is no such thing as apolitical art and that goes for aesthetics too#sorry I really went on a tangent with all this. I have thoughts lol#I actually might write my masters thesis about this. at some point#tagging this as >#cottagecore#feminine aesthetic#< because some people need to see it
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I thought Adam’s POV was cursed until I started writing Blitz.
#blitz going off on a tangent describing an imp Jon Matteson as an ugly actor or a hot accountant is the dumbest shit I’ve written so far#lord every new POV teaches me something new about myself#I killed Adam and Val off so I could save myself#my writing#red roses and dead things
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im so so tired jsjdhbj an engineering employers panel just scared me half to death with their startups and innovation and investment and passion commitment linkedin networking etc etc etc i hate it here
#i can't do it#this kind of thing is not meant for people like me#i came here and suffered through it to get myself some niche skills so that the kind of person i am doesn't matter#but i attend an employers panel and they're saying that they don't want your skills#they want you as a person#you need to be networking and making connections within the industry and building soft skills AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA#i can't do this i'm genuinely too disabled#should have been a vet fr#i don't want to move to cambridge and work in startups until i decide to do a phd and go straight back to [current redacted uni] i canttt#need to get a job and then find something to live for but unfortunately for me#those two things are separate#yet i'm in the field of people who act like they're not#ksjhgdcksjd i don't understand why it can't be about the work#and why it has to be about me#times like this when i want someone to take charge of my life entirely. which is a really bad thing to want#but at the same time i can't deal with it alone#and that's what i am right now !!#tangent on this rant but my dad should theoretically be great to have around to help since he's also an engineer#should be great in general tbh. i have a dad isn't that cool#but he doesn't really love me#and hasn't for a long time#yet i am completely reliant on him#and if anything goes wrong - which it easily could in my current state - my mum can't support me#hgjvsfdtycu;ioakljshdgvfctjyulaisdkjchg that's enough of that sorry#what a shit day#started so nice and went down like a lead balloon
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2023 reads
What Stalks Among Us
YA thriller
two best friends skip a field trip to explore some old forgotten backroads - and get trapped in a looping corn maze full of weird shit, including their own dead bodies
they have to figure out how to get out, what’s killing them, what’s causing the maze, and face their traumas
fat girl MC with anxiety, both are bi and have ADHD, no romance
#What Stalks Among Us#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#sarah hollowell#wait i just noticed it's them on her shirt on the cover...#i enjoyed this a lot!#it really immediately gets into it huh. not any build up. but in hindsight that makes sense#it gets a little repetitive in places but it works and I love how it all tied together#no romance#(it DOES explore past abusive relationships as a theme but very much just the effects of healing from that rather than showing#much of the actual relationships)#I really love how it emphasised how important their friendship is without there even being a question of it being romantic#(but also exploring that a bit re: the side character stuff in a way that I think is great)#it does make references and then explain them a lot (though also i get that could be an adhd thing with ur mind going on a tangent)#she even is like man i wish my brain would stop making all these pop culture references!#that plus a few other aspects of the writing felt a bit unsubtle - but also it is YA its allowed to be#that and a few other aspects of the writing felt a bit unsubtle - but also it is YA its allowed to be#also some of the references made me laugh LMAO. including:#'remember when you thought the maze followed crossroad rules from supernatural. do you think the maze knows about super hell'#i cannot fault someone for saying heckin wimdy because I sure do that. well not 'heckin' but#anyway felt like realistic teens#bisexual books
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Giant cornplate post here but I'll get my thoughts out anyways. I really like how even visually Mac and Winn are contrasting yet similar. Winn's main color is yellow and Mac's is purple, which are contrasting colors. Yet, they both wear green. And then both of them having glasses but they're different shapes (circle vs square). and ouuughhoguhgh. theyre good friends. i like them.
#clemramble#sorry this is a massive cornplate post . idc. ive posted my thoughts privately and now you all get to hear them#i always wonder if the color choices were done on purpose. i mean winns is obviously. being based off the windows logo#but macs based off a dutch bunny and not the macOS logo . soi always ponder if the purple was an active choice or if it was just coincidenc#not that itd change anything if it was or wasnt . their designs are clemheaven to me anyways#but yeah . you could also write about the same thing with their personalities#mainly in the way they talk in broadcasts. from what i interpret winns a lot more nervous and more casual whereas mac is well. its mac#i also think its funny that despite being nervous and stuttery winn gets to the point faster than mac. like if you read an alarming rate of#aptitude. mac takes 15 years to get to the point which is one reason it gets cut off so easily#and then in the hires and heroes blogpost it goes to do that again and then gets interrupted by winn#but even then winn does sometimes go off tangent just a tiny bit but is much more eager to get back to the point. i presume because of bein#nervous#i just think its all so good. i think they play off of each other in a funny way but not one that would be annoying to either of them#something something. contrasting enough to be different but similar enough to be best friends#sorry this is a kind of long tag post about mac and winn. i just like them alot and i need to get that out there. i hope you all can enjoy#my thoughts#...even if they turn out to be wrong.
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one thing about me is i have no idea what i know because i have no idea what is like a normal amount of knowledge about anything
#its literally not even that im insecure. i just dont know what people are as a general rule going to know#and specifically its always that i think i dont know something and it turns out i have a significantly larger amount of knowledge about it#ari opinion hour#literally one time my friend asked me abt community bands / how to find one to play with and i no joke genuinely started off my answer like#So disclaimer i dont actually know that much about community ensembles or have really much experience with them at all#and then proceeded to go on a nice long tangent complete with how to find them‚ types of ensembles to look for‚ what organizations might#run community ensembles or keep lists of them‚ and then provided this friend with at least TWO DIFFERENT LISTS where they could#find ensembles to check out#and then i stopped and realized id written a Whole Thing which in turn made me realize#that��� Actually‚ I Have Like EIGHT YEARS Of Experience Playing In Community Ensembles. So What The Fuck Was I Talking About#particularly because i first started doing that in 5th grade meaning i have literally been playing in community ensembles for one (1) fewer#year than i have been playing my instrument. because the 8 years was counting by semester and doesnt include covid years#(at this point its 18 semesters / 11 years)
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