#i doubt theres a fandom for this

[saraminwglasses]

Randomly Picked an anime and drew a character from that anime.

Anime : Platinum End / プラチナエンド

Character : Nasse

[camelspit]

theres lesbians. OH MY GOD. THERES LESBIANS. AND THEYRE MARRIED. AND THEY LIKE KOALAS AND THEYRE AUSTRALIAN AND THEY HAVE KIDS. HOly oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god ob my god

[dykedvonte]

Ty for answering my asks! Recently, I saw some fanart of the gender bendered crew and it got me curios, how much would the plot change if Jimmy was a woman. I mean, she would still be emotionally abusive (esp to Fem!Curly), but at lest, I guess, the crash would've never happened (?)

Also, her relationship w/ Anya: if she was assulted still, it prolly would've been dissmissed, since it's between 2 women. Or, if Anya is male in this scenario, he couldn't really be able to talk abt it, since society decided that "women can't r*pe men", so it's not serious and he should suck it up. Man, it's just sucks to be Anya in any scenario my poor girl 😭

What do you think? If you have an opinion on that at all, that is

-💀

I think the scenario's where the gender was flipped or any level of gender based intersectionality is expanded makes it so much more complex.

If this is the scenario with fem!Jimmy, it comes with the territory of questionable internalized homophobia. Does Jimmy brush it off in this scenario because she doesn't think lesbian encounters are real ones? Is she struggling with her identity and taking it out on Anya who may be openly queer compared a fem!Curly who is either straight or just not interested in Jimmy? Perhaps it's a sort of weird entitled that can occur in female dominated spaces "We're both girls, I know what you have, it won't matter." It's still is something I don't see Jimmy denying in this scenario, he never really denies it in canon just talks around it with Curly. Here I can see it's less about the pregnancy and more so about the internalized homophobia. Not seeing Anya as anything but an unwanted aspect of her femineity and the allure of it, there's a lot more objectification of both Curly and Anya in this alteration as I would believe feels better thinking of them in that light if they are just fodder in her mind. Guilty pleasures that no longer bring her such. It's a careful situation because I don't want this to fall into predatory lesbian stereotyping, Jimmy is just a person who does not respect other people or their choice, if it conflict with what he wants or perceived is owed.

The idea of Curly having to report it and outing her not only as a rapist but queer and the denial, especially in the case Anya and Curly are both out as she feels a sort of resentment she can't be secure with herself that way. If it is masc!Curly, there could be the jealousy of him being able to actively pursue relationships he wants while she feels she can't, Anya and Curly playfully flirt, its casual but it's something she longs for in the same way she doesn't. She obsesses over Curly because she wishes she could be Curly in a social sense in both aspect male or female Curly.

If it's fem!Jimmy and masc!Anya? It's a much more delicate situation. In this scenario Jimmy gets pregnant. Maybe Anya does a blood test after the incident and finds out Jimmy is pregnant. It's a very sensitive matter because if it's fem!Curly her first assumption is Anya may have done something. That is just the immediate assumptions in cases like this. I think the fact that Anya is telling her would make Curly think it's not that simple, especially since Jimmy isn't brining it up or really caring but everyone reacts differently. Jimmy is pregnant however, and that's a big deal, she'll figure that out eventually on her own but how will she react? Curly knows it won't be good, Anya knows too.

I think the crash is instigated in this scenerio by fem!Curly actually doing more, refusing to sweep it under the rug because she can conceptualize that fear, likely she and Jimmy are the only girls on board. She trusts everyone, well did trust everyone, but it's just something you live with. She can't just live with that double standard but I feel like she really doesn't know how to address it. How does she bring it up to superiors without implicating Anya? What does she do with Jimmy, it still feels like she's catering to Jimmy but now the concern is primarily focused on the life this baby will be born into. If it is born at all. I don't think Jimmy would try to kill Anya in this concept but try to spin the narrative it was mutual up until she got pregnant. Curly doesn't really buy it but it's a lot of processing, a lot more he said she said but what Jimmy is saying just doesn't make sense. It gives Jimmy too much time to really settle with the fact she's pregnant and likely can't support a kid nor wants to give birth out in space. Jimmy feeling like she's being othered from the only other woman could also be a factor, maybe even starting into her thinking Curly is behaving like a "pick-me" for siding with a guy over her. The crash is more spiteful in terms of having to protect herself alone, due to Curly not outright supporting her delusions.

It really adds a certain horror to Jimmy's pregnancy hallucinations because after the crash they are about her, her symptoms the sign of showing. She doesn't want the child either and considering what being pregnant can do to your mental/physical state, especially some of the more negative symptoms, I doubt she is handling it well. A lot of Anya's struggles are with the stigmas around male victims. His body reacted so did he want it? He's gonna be a father and courts likely will make him pay or care for the baby even if they take Anya's side, their world is just like that. Would the other's blame him for not doing more, he is a man after all? Should he be considered lucky a woman was that into him? It's eating away at him because not only does he not feel safe, he actively blames himself.

In the case Curly is still a cis guy, its that weird feeling guys often get when talking about male victims of assault. I don't think he'd victim blame but he likely asks or thinks about how it could've happened, why wouldn't Anya just overpower Jimmy? Maybe he couldn't? Maybe Anya didn't have it in him to strike a woman. He wouldn't. Now he thinks of what he would have done if Jimmy did something like that to him. SImilary to my trans!Curly post, he's wondering if it could've been him. It's likely one of the first times in his life he has to think of that type of vulnerability in terms of himself and other men and against likely his girl best friend. I think that arm pat right before Jimmy crashes the ship would really make him feel weird, not like he'd have the time to really dig into those feeling but y'know WERE GONNA CRASH!!!.

In terms of Jimmy and Curly's specific relationship, it just gets messier if they aren't both guys or girls. There's a lot of misogny on Jimmy's side with fem!Curly. He often points out she's a woman captain or makes a point of her being one of the few independent woman in her field and how certain men hate that. It's insidious but Curly doesn't think about or like to cause she likes to believe Jimmy isn't one of those guys. He can be a bit antiquated, maybe a bit of a pig but no ones perfect! Here a lot of his resentment is more gear toward a woman having that power over him as Captain/filling the typical male roles he fails at. He can't stand that she's above him in almost aspect and he likely takes it out on other women. Similarly, fem!Jimmy and cis Curly is just as bad. It's a fact of not knowing if she wants to be him, wants him or wants to destroy him. It's obsession without anything positive. She feels entitled to his space and life and time and he has a hard time setting up boundaries cause, well, Jimmy's a girl, his bestfriend and it comes with all the stigmas around boygirl best friends. To him it's a sort of oppressive doting, he feels wrong telling her not to pick and like he's being controlling. That's how she'd spin it whenever he'd try to make boundaries with her.

They are still just friends but most people can't tell even if they can tell it's not healthy, in both cases. Either way I feel like if they were opposite genders to each other there would a specific infatuation Jimmy would have with Curly that would be less hidden but sort of unaddressed because the idea of Curly rejecting them would make them lash out in a way Curly may just leave for their safety. It's also Jimmy wouldn't want to be with Curly specifically but just want what would consistently provide/available.

If they are both girls, its envy. It's that sort of hate that someone fits the standards you don't, wanting them to be picked second or crack. She likes to get into Curly's head, point out flaws and act like it's just her being helpful. She wants Curly to be a girls girl but only for her. There's a sort of possessiveness like purposely jeopardizing relationships because why would a man come first? That girl hates me and is a pick me, why are you friends with her still, Curly? Like this is silly but think about how Regina George treats Gretchen Wieners and that's effectively how fem!Curly and fem!Jimmy would work but technically Curly has the sway of Regina.

I believe the crash would always happen. Jimmy would try to escape responsibility or really thinking about what they did in any world, any gender. It's about facing the consequences, losing things he refuses to let go of or having to deal with responsibilities he's not ready for. The switching of sex or gender really doesn't change those core aspects.

[iheartmoons]

guys i just thought about the marauders era. ouch.

[natsmagi]

adding onto my last rant from a while ago a little bit, it is fascinating how many people in this fandom completely miss the point of tsumugis character and misconstrue what hes actually about which, ironically, is just what eichi did. and its done in such a similar fashion too, such as making assumptions about his motives, his family relationship, and missing the point in why he chooses to look the way he does. and, time and time again, eichi has been proven to be WRONG about tsumugi. he misunderstood him deeply, and now its eichi whos stuck mourning the past while tsumugi has long since moved on, not the other way around, as tsumugi is on the path of getting his happy ending. and i dont get why people keep trying to take this positivity from him

(s. element epilogue 2)

[whmee]

HELLO DEAD FANDOM im actually going to fucking implode lovehate relationship w this fandom "people should join the fandom!" vs "if anyone else gets into this game im gonna fucking GET THEM." thoughts at the same exact time anyways im ass w headcanons but these r just sum thoughts i have on the characters lolol lotsa doodles under cut (mainly coleman) (( 9/11 of these drawings below have coleman in them))

[aleximustpl4y]

58 – Diet for a New America: album review

Year: 2000

Label: Americoma Records

Genre: "a mixture of glam, hip hop, rock, pop, funk and a car crash."

Members: Nikki Sixx (bass guitar), Steve Gibb (guitar), Bucket Baker (drums), Dave Darling (guitar, vocals, producer)

Listen to it here: [x]

They say that in order to make good art, you have to go through some shit. But is this Nikki Sixx and Dave Darling's, fathers of this side project, case?

I don't know why, I'm here but I can't stay...

History

58 was a side project of Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx and producer Dave Darling, Nikki's ex father-in-law. The name of the band comes from the fact that they were both born in 1958.

"One day we were sitting around; he had this hip-hop loop up, and I was playing this glamrock riff; and he goes, 'Wow, that's really fucked up. You hear how that sounds together?' I said, 'Yeah, it's horrible, huh?' So we started to roll tape." - Nikki Sixx about the origins of the album.

They continued their casual approach: sometimes they'd flip a coin to decide who was going to play what and they wouldn't even write down the lyrics at some point, completely winging the process.

Sixx expected the casual approach might be part of the album's appeal: "If people like it, they can like it for the music, not because it's being shoved down their throats by a record company."

The graphic impact

The album's cover is pretty impactful at first sight, reminding of weird, dug-out-from-the-deep-web independent horror movies of the time. It was a choice for sure, but it fits to the sometimes dark themes that the songs have. The recurrent theme of the stars and stripes in the booklet, just like the name of the album itself, is clearly a parody and desecration of American patriotism.

My copy of DFANA – it looks like it got dug out of the trash.

The tunes

Diet for a New America begins with Don't Laugh (You Might Be Next), a song that starts out calm and pretty normal for the rock songs standards, but it takes a turn pretty quick: at half of the first verse, where you expect there will be the drop-down of raging guitars, you get hit with this weird, dark, insane dub-step-like base. I don't even know if dub-step is the most accurate term for it, you just have to listen to it. And this is the exact point where you ask: what the hell have I just got myself into?

The lyrics are pretty straightforward: these are the protagonist's thoughts about his struggle with keeping away from hard drugs and his regrets in regards of his actions while chasing the dragon. He's telling us to not laugh at, insult or judge him for his weakness, not at least before taking a good look in the mirror or the people around us: you or everyone around you might be going through worse.

This song and album projects you immediately into another dimension, where everything is sordid, distorted, foggy, raw and uncomfortable. But if you listened to Don't Laugh until the end, there's no turning back: you want to know what's next.

El Paso is just Nikki performing slam poetry over a semi-hip-hop base, a stream of consciousness interrupted sometimes by Dave, who sings the chorus, probably the catchiest part of this album. I remember very clearly how, when I listened to this album the very first time, my phone crashed in the middle of this song. Determined, I ignored the very blatant warning and kept going.

The dial-up internet sound signifies that Piece of Candy has begun. A mess that reminds me of country, mixed with the usual hip-hop base, with dark lyrics about a cam girl who starved herself to death because she was afraid of her stalking fans. I'm sure they're trying to say something about today's society, but I can't find a meaning that goes deeper, other than just being a very fucked up story. The upbeat melody goes in complete contrast with the theme of the lyrics, making you feel bad when singing along in the catchy chorus or the ending.

Shopping Cart Jesus goes even deeper into the madness of synths, catchy chorus and dark or sad lyrics, talking about how the second coming will be in the form of a homeless, mentally ill man who collects shoes in his shopping cart. People around Him treat Him with skepticism, making Him frustrated when trying to preach His word, not being able to figure out why nobody listens to Him, why nobody believes that he is the real son of God. In the last verse, he'll “swallow that bullet”.

...And back to a bastardized country tune with Queer, probably inspired by the novel with the same title, written by William S. Burroughs. Not much there's to say about this track, it talks about this man who has a one night stand with another guy, poking fun at him for having a moment of weakness while being married ("I hope your family understands"). Contrary on what we've seen so far, it's not clear how it ends for the main character, but it's implied that he got an STD. The musical part mixes a sleazy guitar with a distorted hip-hop base, but we're used to it by now, aren't we? But I have to say: the gospel choir is a nice touch. Also, the singer goes full on Anthony Kiedis after the second chours, which, y'know, is kinda fun.

If you're familiar with Lita Ford's song, A Song To Slit Your Wrists By, you might not know that it was originally written by Nikki for his now ex-wife, Donna D'Errico. One day, Nikki found this song in his computer, with no memory of recording it so he “gave” it to Lita. This earlier version of Song to Slit Your Wrists By is a rude, raw and passive-aggressive letter that Nikki wrote for you to dedicate to your ex who treated you like shit. You might feel the lyrics of this one too much if you're not careful.

Stormy has the vibes of a song you'd hear in a dingy club at 3 am when everyone is passed out after a party and you're the only one sober; I dare to say it even resembles of grunge rock a bit. The lyrics are a very sweet dedication to Nikki's daughter, Stormy.

Killing Joke has a funk beat with – I'm not going to lie – confusing lyrics. From what I can understand, whoever wrote them wanted to depict the discomfort and degradation that a lot of American people have to live in and the author's hopelessness for the future. It sounds like a jam session more than anything, with random people who'd just join in for the fun of it.

"A bunch of musicians just came by and played. I don't even know who half of them are." - Nikki Sixx

The somber melody and lyrics of All My Heroes Are Dead paint a picture about the horrors of losing someone in the war. Not much to say: it sounds like a last goodbye to someone who fought and lost. I find similarities to Led Zeppelin's No Quarter in the instrumental section, which, intentional or not, is very fitting.

The cover of Alone Again (Naturally) is a re-visitation in r&b key of Gilbert O'Sullivan's classic. It's a mess, but strangely, it works.

Meanwhile, Who We Are ... It's just a mess of jumbled-up tracks. Yeah, that's the whole 1 minute and 52 song.

Conclusion

I don't really have much left to say about DFANA. It sure was a ride both the first time I listened to it and now. I have to be honest, as much as I consider this for what it is, namely “white men who try to make black people music”, I enjoyed it for its quirkiness and it sure was an attempt to try something new, to experiment, which is something I always appreciate. Don't get me wrong, it's trash, but it has that charm y'know? I highly recommend it, but only when you're going through something, just like Nikki was surely going through something while making this insanity happen.

All in all, I still look back at this album with fondness, and I don't regret spending like 4 bucks for the CD.

Final, very personal and unprofessional score: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

…the more things change, the more they stay the strange.

[askthecmcs]

ASKS ARE OPEN!! 🧡💛🤍

[ms--lobotomy]

If I write fanfic in class, do you think the people behind me would notice?

[lunchador]

thinking about starting anew with blogs hhhhhhhhhhh has anyone else done this and did it make them feel better

[mekatrio]

still in disbelief over this post i saw cuz how do u play 4 whole games of ace attorney maybe more and not see the problem with the concept of "decisive evidence"........

[thebest-medicine]

Day 7: Flustered

Tickletober 2023 - RELIC - Smash & Grab - lee!Simon

[see my other tickletober 2023 fics]

[read on AO3]

A/N: I am going to inflict my recently read cute sweet weird little dinosaur shapeshifting punk x paleontologist romance novels upon you. (Youuuuu should read Smash & Grab by Maz Maddox. It’s narrated excellently by Kirt Graves and reads like a fanfiction in a novel. Also there’s some dinosaur animorphers lmao. The book is 1st person POV that switches between the main characters so I decided to try my hand at it.) Me over here changing up how one of the scenes played out - adding some tickles, classic. Enjoy.

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SIMON

What the hell? Within a few days my world had shifted and flipped upside down, and now, if the being-on-the-run damsel-in-distress role wasn’t enough, my forced traveling companion slash savior slash crush had just climbed into bed with me. Arms wrapped around my middle and I jumped, hissing out, “Dalton.”

“I’m cold, won’t you cuddle with me?” Dalton mused, pulling his body closer to mine under the covers. Damn this one bed safehouse.

“No- what? I- I’m going to sleep!” I argued - it sounded better in my head. “Get off!” 

“Come onnnnn.” Dalton sing-songed. His hands pulled me closer to him and wrapped around my middle. He squeezed a little where his hands rested along my sides.

I knew I was in trouble when my mind caught up a few seconds later and realized the loud, squeaking sound that suddenly lit up the room had come from me. 

“Oh… Simon.” His voice sounded honey-sweet. Why did it also sound so scary? 

Fingers curled against my left side, scribbling curiously. Shit. What the fuck was this guy doing?! I snarled - well, I tried to, but it came out a little breathless. “W-What the fuck do you think you’re doing!?”

There was a snort in reply. “What do you think I’m doing?” 

And then the hands wrapped around me from behind wiggled against the same spot again, this time on both sides. Shit. It really fucking tickled. Already. Shit. I swallowed a nervous lump in my throat along with the laughter starting to bubble up in my gut. I knew he could feel me tense and squirm with how fucking close he was lying to me. 

“D-Dalton..” I tried to wiggle forward, out of his embrace that I wasn’t entirely sure yet if I wanted out of, and nearly got to the edge of the mattress. 

“Heh. Ticklish? That’s pretty damn cute, Sugarbear.” Dalton’s smirk came through clearly in his tone. He chased after me with a few wriggles of his own and then nuzzled into my neck. Tingles shot down my spine as I gasped in a breath - I could feel the burn of a laugh trying to escape. 

“No-” It came out as a wheeze, and I couldn’t hold back the laughter any longer as Dalton kept squeezing at my damn sides. “Ahaha n-nohohoho don’t! Wait- heheh wait!” I tried to shake my head just as little bubbles of laughter started to climb their way out. 

“Don’t wait?” He teased. “Okay.” And then his hands started squeezing at my hips and I buckled forward, almost lurching off the bed.

“Nohoho- hehehee Dahahhalton! C-Cut it out!” I reached wildly toward his hands on instinct, trying to grab his wrists and pry them away. All I really managed was to hold on to them as he began tickling up and down the length of my sides. God, it- it didn’t do anything to deter him. He was… much stronger than me - which I did not have the mental energy to think about right now. In fact, I was quickly losing the mental energy to think about anything.

DALTON

Be still my beating fucking heart. This sexy, handsome, adorable, nerdy paleontologist- he was going to be the death of me. I nuzzled in against the side of his neck to get a little closer to those adorable little giggles - and to try and catch a glimpse of that smile of his. 

“You have the cutest fucking laugh.” I teased as Simon grabbed onto my wrists. I pushed my nose gently into the skin behind his ear. I kissed there too, and felt his back shiver. “Fucking adorable.”

“Dalton! C-Cut it out!” Simon cried out, joy evident on his face and in his voice. His legs started to kick, sometimes knocking against my own legs. I wrangled my leg around to secure over his thighs, keeping still enough to wiggle but not kick. 

“Cut what out? The tickling?” I wiggled my fingers up toward his lower ribs, earning a cackle. “Or the teasing?” I grinned. I placed all ten finger tips against his sides through the shirt he wore - his little sliver of protection. Then I spider-walked them in front to his stomach. 

Simon shrieked and started squirming harder. His hands gave up on grabbing mine and instead moved to try and block as much of his belly as possible. It was cute. Everything he did was cute. 

Simon’s cheeks nearly matched my hair as he giggled and squirmed. I whispered more teases and musings and compliments, and Simon’s pretty pink started turning red. 

“Hey.” I patted his shoulder as he sighed and caught his breath.  “Now I know a great way to pass the time while we’re waiting things out in this safehouse.”

Simon let out a tired little giggle at that. 

“You… Pink menace.” He accused with no venom, smiling as he closed his eyes.

“You’re pretty damn pink yourself right now.” I smirked. Simon grumbled in response before I wrapped my arms around him and pulled him in close to be my little spoon. My cute, ticklish, dorky little spoon. Simon came willingly, tuckered out from laughing so hard. 

Maybe another night, he might even seek out a little revenge? I remembered the feeling from several romantic encounters- the electricity of it, the bubbly lightness afterward. It was an interesting sensation to say the least, mammals were interesting - especially these strange hairless apes. 

I stopped thinking about it too hard and refocused on Simon’s slowing breath in front of me. I nuzzled into his neck again, feeling him tense up a bit. 

“Heh- no- no more tickling- I’m exhausted.” Another tired laugh. 

“Yes, yes, but we can cuddle?” I asked, wondering genuinely, but also enjoying teasing him a little.

Simon let out a quiet little sound of distress. He sounded a bit tormented when he said, “Yeah, well, I guess we- we already are so..”

I hummed and answered, “Goodnight, Sugarbear,” as I felt him slowly relax into my arms. Butterflies danced in my stomach as though I had just been the one to be made kicking and giggling.

[zenlesszonezero]

[nyaskitten]

It's so awkward realizing I really am a Big Ninjago Blog, because suddenly I realize 99.9% of the time, if it Seems like someone is just vaguely tryna talk about a post of mine without mentioning my name, they Are tryna do that...

[thebrookesnook]

See? My expectations of myself are so low that I did, in fact, end up failing those odds.

And procrastinating on it with working on a prologue comic and suosakunire trio w/ will jay songs art + my thoughts on ras' suopost v2 sitting on my samsung notes like a lifeline Sighs

Another thing? Remember that Goose Mountain Tales makeup/cosplay trend from like wayback pandemic? Yeah, I wanna make a Suo centric fanart of it omfgg but like him as (surprise surprise) the fox demon (i could make it a suonire piece with nirei being the rabbit demon 🤔). And i also wanna make a EndoChika song art piece with one of Alec Benjamins songs im- IM SWAMPED WITH IDEAS THAT I WISH I CAN JUST

[loafbud]

The first Splatoon game turned 8 yesterday!

[falmerbrook]

// venting weird fandom feelings

I feel like I must be the only person who gets stressed af when I see someone else post their headcanons/theories for something i already have a lot of headcanons/theories about. Like, “oh shit someone else already did it now I can’t :(. If I post mine I’m stomping on their turf” or like I feel like mine are now wrong because clearly this person knows more about the topic than me or knows something I don’t. Which is wild because I should be excited when I see people who like the same things I do, but instead I feel weirdly territorial. I just have an odd inferiority complex about it

[zenlesszonezero]