#if i misunderstood the question

[rem-the-moth]

What do you like so much that you can't pick a favorite?

I would say something boring like "favorite video game" or "favorite music" because that always changes.

But you know what?

No

I will be the quirky bitch.

I can't choose a favorite tie.

I have like, a collection of ties, that I scavenged from shady Asian markets or just ordered from even shadier sites, and I love all of them.

[stychu-stych]

2, 10, 15, and/or 19 for the lamb ask game pls!

The q&a list

Prev q&a / next q&a

2. How old was your lamb when they were sacrificed?

10. How did your lamb feel with their head on the pedestal? Afraid? Relieved? Angry?

15. How does your lamb prefer to keep their wool? Short and shorn neat? Wild and untrimmed? Be honest are there branches in that bitch?

19. Do they bear any traits of forced domestication? Is their tail docked? Was their ear tagged? Do they have scarsfrom being shorn (and nicked) against their will? Were they ever painted with or assigned a number rather than a name?

[theunconcernedembalmer]

Purple sop purple sop purple so

[royalarchivist]

Richarlyson: In my opinion, since I am old and cranky, we should just appreciate the paisage [landscape].

Jaiden: Exactly. [Laughs] You're already old and– What, you turn 4 months old and suddenly you're so full of wisdom, aren't you?

Richarlyson: KKKKKKKK me puso a chambiar >:D [I'm starting to change] and now I am old

Richarlyson: I can give what I can work for. SO AS AN EXAMPLE if you ask RICHAS let's dance BOOM I will dance for days >:D BUT IF YOU ASK FOR ME TO HATCH 0_0 I may nOT be able cause I am so old I boiled years ago 🥚

Jaiden: OH NO... 😰

Richarlyson: [Starts dancing]

Jaiden: [Laughs] Oh, but he can hit it though! Oh but he can hit it! Yeah!!!

[ Full Transcript ↓ ]

—

Richarlyson: In my opinion, since I am old and cranky, we should just appreciate the paisage [landscape].

Jaiden: Exactly. [Laughs] You're already old and– What, you turn 4 months old and suddenly you're so full of wisdom, aren't you? [Richarlyson nods, and Jaiden laughs]

Richarlyson: KKKKKKKK me puso a chambiar >:D [I'm starting to change] and now I am old

Jaiden: What was the best thing you got? Yeah, like as a gift.

Richarlyson: oh?

Jaiden: Now that you're so old and- and full of wisdom, what was the best little gift you got? As a gift for– as a birthday... four centuries old Egg gift?

Richarlyson: I SAY hmmmm I can give what I can work for. SO AS AN EXAMPLE if you ask RICHAS let's dance BOOM I will dance for days >:D

Jaiden: Wow!

Richarlyson: BUT IF YOU ASK FOR ME TO HATCH 0_0 I may nOT be able cause I am so old I boiled years ago

Jaiden: OH NO...

Richarlyson: [Starts dancing]

Jaiden: [Laughs] Oh, but he can hit it though! Oh but he can hit it! Yeah!!! [Laughs]

Richarlyson: [Dances and does some front-flips]

Jaiden: So good.

[tornoleander]

Nya has the best writing out of anyone in skybound an I will not hear otherwise

(this is just a rant but I will finish my argument with evidence soon but I was feeling like yelling at phone)

Just watched a video completely butchering her character.

I’m fuming about Nya’s treatment in general like RRRRR SHE IS LIKE THE BEST WRITTEN. Most people I see talk about her never tried to see Nya’s motivation.

And because she’s grumpy and won’t take bullshit treatment. And a large part of the audience Treat her like she’s a brat for it like…

Her ark against all odds is great. The only reason so many people don’t get that is ALL because of the awful framing and them focusing on Jay at all the wrong times I PROMISE YOU.

The audience is made to focus on Jay’s feelings in moments that should’ve been about her.

Nya always thought she would end up with Jay like she said later on. She always loved him She wasn’t trying to hurt or play with his feelings but she had bigger problems, and she simply didn’t want to be dating him. Because she hated how that would make her be perceived. Which was the issues that she overcame by the end.

She is frustrated by way she’s perceived by the city. They only see her as her gender. A self insert of sorts. (There’s a scene about it first ep subtle but boils my blood) Not a person. She HATES IT.

BRRRR

Nya has A lot more going on like it was never her Job to walk on eggshells around Jays feelings. She was having a lot harder of a time that first episode but more screen time was dedicated to Jays moping about her.

Just AAA ggghg

LIKE EVERYONE REWATCH SKYBOUND AND FOCUS ON NYA Specifically. Ignore how much the narrative drags you to look at Jay. I swear Nya’s struggle is shockingly the most well written bit

[mimikyuno]

are you the "if it's immoral irl, it's not okay to enjoy in fiction", "everything is allowed in fiction, because it's not real life", or the non-secret third thing? :thinking: emoji

i started typing the reply to this ask like 10 times bc i wanna be very careful about how i word this but basically i’m picking the secret third option lol

i have noticed that the debate around issues like this has become more and more polarised and black and white online which is uhm. not good. neither of the first two stances presuppose to actually tackle the alleged taboo topic from a critical perspective. like, why is X topic considered immoral? by whom? why did the author include this taboo topic? how is it presented in the media i am consuming? am i supposed to enjoy it, or feel repulsed by it, or something else? does this problematic topic have a narrative purpose? if so, is it presented well? is the narrative glorifying this topic? no?

some potentially triggering topics discussed under the cut

like, look at rgu!! the show has so many taboo topics (incest, grooming, csa, amongst others), and all these topics are brought into the plot to expose how the patriarchy oppresses and exploits kids and women to maintain the power balance. these topics were discussed and tackled graphically, but it was not in vain. it made rgu a very hard watch. after watching the episode where akio assaults utena, i literally felt so sick i started crying. i am still glad the show tackled these topics. did it always do so perfectly? no! is it then romanticising these topics and saying it’s “okay”? also no!!

this ask is about ave mujica episode 11 and my comments on it so here we go. i genuinely think it was a great episode - the parallels to tomori’s backstory episode (tomori open and showing us from her pov, uika/hatsune acting for us on stage), the acting, directing, stylistic choices, and overall settings and script were brilliant. i think that hatsune being related to sakiko adds so much depth to her character and her obsession with sakiko. it was always sick. the episode before the reveal, the authors made sure to show us how toxic and twisted uika’s obsession with sakiko is - she stole her stage clothes to make a mannequin and slept next to it, wrote obsessive lyrics fantasising about confining and weakening her. and sakiko was shown being uncomfortable with this and having to put on a cold facade to take responsibility for uika’s feelings.

and imo, ep 11 made it clear to me that hatsune/uika is just. so lost. “what is this obsession if not love” is the conclusion she came to. bc sakiko represents everything that uika has never had, everything that was taken from her just bc of who she was born to. she saw sakiko as this ideal princess in a castle, and that princess was kind to her. saw her and showed her love. but hatsune was pretending to be someone else. i remember reading an interview by the director of avemuji just a few weeks ago where he mentioned that uika was the only character who written without a real life inspiration; she’s a person whose whole identity is a mask, her character is more of a concept. and what better way to explore obsession and twistedness and lack of identity and alienation than by having her be the bastard child of a rich man belonging to a rich, powerful family, rejected since birth, living with a sister and a mother and foster father and feeling so different from all of them, obsessing over the legitimate grand daughter of the father who is hiding you like a secret?

the thing is it’s been annoying me how everyone is kinda losing their minds about this reveal when it was 1. hinted at, and 2. uisaki was never a cute wholesome ship lol like just till yesterday the whole fandom was joking about hatsune kidnapping and possibly harming sakiko. does that mean people who were joking about it think that it’s okay irl? i have been in fandom for like over 15 years now and im telling you a few years ago ave mujica would have already been cancelled for having hatsune be yandere-coded. but now toxic yuri is great but only when sanitized and readily available for consumption by as wide an audience as possible (yes im blaming tiktok and capitalism). BUT LIKE. man this show is so good 😭 and the reveal makes sense and was hinted at and it adds depth to the character 😭 and uisaki was always toxic 😭😭 and the show has shown us sakiko is not that comfortable with hatsune’s feelings anyway like 😭😭😭😭😭 AND THE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE AUDIENCE TO MAKE US UNCOMFORTABLE!!! to make us go “OH SHIT THIS IS MESSED UP!” SO WHY ARE PEOPLE SO UPSET 😭😭

do i ship uisaki now? personally no, i’m just rly hoping for hatsune and sakiko to have a heart to heart and for sakiko to accept hatsune as family and heal the fucked up shit the togawa’s have going on. have hatsune finally become herself. but it just rubs me the wrong way that people are treating this reveal purely from a shipping perspective and assuming that bc hatsune has this unhealthy attachment to sakiko, then the show was condoning incest like literally no 😭 the past few episodes have been sakiko IGNORING hatsune’s existence and hatsune literally stopped existing in the narrative outside of sakiko’s gaze while sakiko chased after mutsumi 😭😭 PLEASE

i have sm to say about uisaki but this was about fiction so i’ll reiterate: secret third option (media literacy and critical thinking skills) 🥸

[chiptrillino]

sorry excuse me you’re drinking water from a metal ladle??

you go to the sink. let the water rum till cool. grab the ladle that hangs there. fill it with water. carefull that it doesn't splash everywhere around. drink it.

travel mentally back in time, as farmer taking a brake looking out at their golden fields, overcast by dark clouds that are being brushed thorugh by the wind. wondering if the laundry will dry before the rain falls.

rinse ladle and hang it back up. make a pleased 'AH' exhale.

[tntduopolls]

it's finally time to get messy. I'm polling the public so we can finally find out where c!quackity stands on the political compass according to the masses. awnser the following as you believe c!quackity would.

simplified question to the best of my (biased) abilities: if all economies merge into one big, global economy, like the EU but massive, then it should primarily serve humanity (cough cough workers) rather than the interests of massive multi-national companies.

(this test is heavily biased, - and my simplifications will probably wind up being too because I am nothing if not opinionated - and works better as a meme format than anything. AND it makes politics more about identity than opinions on specific ideas ethics and yada yada you get the point. all that being said, it's a fun and recognisable format, so yk shits and giggles folks shits and giggles.)

[mirai-e-jump]

Masato Yano Photobook: TONE (translations and select pages below)

Publication: March 15, 2024

Masato Yano's 132 Q&A About 13 years ago, "Masato Yano's Style Photobook" was published with a Q&A. Now, a 32 year old Masato Yano answers nearly the same questions again.

1) What's your nickname? Yanocchi, Masanii, Masati

2) When were you born? December 16, 1991

3) What's your blood type? Type B

4) Your zodiac sign? Sagittarius

5) What size family are you from? I come from a family of 4

6) How tall are you? 173cm

7) Your shoe size? 26.5cm

8) What are some of your strengths? My jokes

9) How do you spend your days off? I'll drink the night before, go to the gym

10) What subjects were you worst at? Math and history

11) What are your favorite foods? Sushi and tsukemen

12) What's your assessment of your own personality? I'm easily obsessive and bored. I'm actually shy, but I'm trying my best so you don't think that way (laughs)

13) What are some of your weaknesses? I'm not good at remembering things like people's birthdays or names

14) What are you proud of? That I made my debut in "Shintokumaru"

15) What's your favorite color? Red and white

16) What type of woman do you like? Someone with a good core, someone who eats beautifully

17) What instruments can you play? None

18) What's your special skill? That I can guess who someone is just by their voice

19) What's your best feature? My double eyelids

20) What do you wish would disappear from the world? War

21) The first impressions that are often said about you? That I look scary

22) The person that you respect? Tsumabuki Satoshi-san and Fujiwara Tatsuya-san

23) What do you have a habit of saying? "~nanoyo" and "oh no"

24) Your least favorite type? Someone who only talks about themself

25) What's your treasure? The wallet I received from Tsumabuki-san

26) The ideal self that you desire to be? I want to be liked by many people

27) What's your "theme song"? Recently it's been that I'm the "most powerful king"

28) Your favorite artists? WATWING, the Carpenters, Eric Clapton, GENERATIONS

29) What do you do when you first wake up in the morning? Put on my glasses

30) What do you do right before bed? Put on the radio

31) What habits do you do unconsciously? Touch my nose, do things like suck on the end of a straw

32) What do you usually perform at karaoke? I tend to sing alot by SMAP

33) What foods do you not like? Shiitake mushrooms

34) What's your favorite thing to drink? Mets Grapefruit

35) What was the first CD you ever bought? Jet Coaster Romance by KinKi Kids

36) What do you like to watch and what's your favorite anime? Great Pretender, soccer games

37) How long does it take for you to bathe? 1 hour

38) What's your favorite season? I don't do well with heat

39) When do your emotions become intense? They don't

40) What are your hobbies? Muscle training

41) Do you cry easily? When I feel like it

42) Do you have a pet? What's it's name? I had one. It was a cat named Chaco

43) How many children do you want? I want two. A boy and a girl

44) What's the first thing you look at when entering a convenience store? The bento corner

45) What do you usually buy from a convenience store? Water and spicy ramen

46) What really makes you angry? Nothing much

47) What's the number one thing you want right now? Muscles! (laughs)

48) What have you been secretly interested in recently? The Korean language

49) What's the one thing you'd take to a deserted island? A lighter

50) How do you relax at home? Burn incense and listen to some records

51) What's necessary for world peace? Love

52) What do you wonder about? Why is there a Ladies Day, but not a Men's Day?

53) What would you do if the world ended today? I'd overdo things as usual

54) S? M? I wouldn't say I'm an M💦

55) What's your phone background? Currently it's King-Ohger (for the past 2 months)

56) What animal would you compare yourself to? Some kind of reptilian I guess

57) What are you into these days? Cilantro

58) What do you like to collect? Miniature food sets

59) What's your favorite scent? White musk types, Savon by SHIRO

60) What's something expensive that you bought recently? A vintage varsity jacket

61) How often do you go out shopping? At the very least I go out once a month

62) Can you cook? I do it often

63) What kind of present would you be happy to get from a friend? I'd be happy with anything

64) What would make a girl happy if you gave her a present? Aesop

65) What's your fetish? Legs

66) What would the ideal confession be? Saying it on the way back home after going out for meals a few times

67) At what age do you want to marry by? Hopefully by 40 (laughs)

68) What's something good you do for your body? I go to the gym

69) What's something you always have on you? Chapstick

70) What's the ideal spot for a date? A buffet

71) Which do you prefer? The sea or the mountains? Both the sea and mountains have alot of bugs

72) What scares you? Roller coasters, horror, cockroaches

73) When does your excitement rise? When my work goes well

74) What's your favorite place? Home

75) What's your favorite store? It's a secret ❤️

76) Are you a meat eater? Vegetarian? Are you a fan of cabbage rolls? I eat bugs

77) What's your favorite onigiri topping? Salmon roe

78) What do you usually get at a cafe? I don't go to cafes

79) What's something tasty you've eaten recently? The umeboshi Fukuyama-kun gave me

80) What have you been paranoid about recently? That a big earthquake will hit Tokyo

81) Where do you start washing your body from? My head

82) What's your favorite type of fashion? Things that give off an "American casual" feel

83) At what moment do you fall in love with someone? Sometimes it's not really apparent

84) What words make you happy to hear? "Your performance was good"

85) What's your favorite movie? Grave of the Fireflies

86) What person do you really want to meet right now? Ninagawa-san

87) What's something that's alittle luxurious? Sushi that doesn't come from a conveyor belt

88) How would you describe yourself with a single (kanji) character? "Think," because no matter what I do or say, I have alot to think about.

89) How long does it take you to get up in the morning and leave your house? On a work day it takes 20 minutes. I usually don't go out on my days off (laughs)

90) What changes your mood? When I'm left out

91) What would you consider (if they did) to be cheating on you? If they did a deep kiss (laughs)

92) Are you sensitive to the heat? To the cold? I don't like either

93) Emails or phone calls, which is better? Writing is best

94) What do you frequently use on your phone? Instagram, Twitter, Uber

95) How old were you when you first fell in love? What kind of person were they? It was a kid who lived in my neighborhood when I was in my second year of elementary school.

96) What gestures do women do that make you feel excited? When they put their hair behind one ear

97) Are you enjoying work right now? I want to have fun (laughs)

98) What's your favorite TV program? Programs that only feature comedians

99) What's your favorite sport? Soccer

100) What's your least favorite sport? Baseball

101) Are you the type of person who likes park rides that cause you to scream? I don't do well with them, but if I'm asked to ride one, I will (laughs)

102) Are you good at athletics? I think I'm a good at it

103) What do you take photos of? Tsukemen and sushi

104) What's your favorite flower? Gerbera

105) What's your favorite event of the year? It's New Year's Eve, I'll have a party with my friends and we'll eat alot

106) What's your top 3 favorite stalls at a festival? Beef skewers is #3, grilled squid is #2, okonomiyaki is #1

107) What was your most stressful experience? Performing on opening day for Shintokumaru

108) Your favorite donburi? Beef bowl

109) Are you good with your hands? I wonder~?

110) How long do you sleep in a day? About 3-7 hours. I sleep alot longer on days when I don't work

111) Is your sleeping position good? I think it's okay

112) What's your favorite ramen? I love tsukemen. I have a "cat's tongue" though

113) What color would you compare yourself to? Purple

114) Do you like scary stories? I don't like them in any way (laughs)

115) What subjects were you best at? Gym and art

116) What club activities were you involved in? The soccer club in middle school and the dance club in high school

117) If you were reborn, would you rather be male or female? I'd still want to be male

118) What part time jobs have you had? A bread factory, an Izakaya, a festival stall

119) What do you want to do when you're 40? Meet fans at events

120) What were your favorite school lunches? Nanbanzuke, meat sauce

121) Have you ever seen a ghost? I might've (laughs)

122) What's something you'd like to try that you've never experienced before? Travel overseas

123) Where would you like to take a trip to? Hot springs, Korea, Italy

124) What's your favorite ride at an amusement park? The exploration based ones

125) How many times in one day do you send emails? Currently, I exchange about 30-50 LINE's a day

126) Were you the type of person who finished their Summer homework early? I always felt like I was rushing to finish it at the last second💦

127) Are you more likely to arrive early for a meet up? Or do you arrive late? For work I'm early, in my private life I'm late

128) If you want to go out with someone, how many years older are you okay with? I've never thought about it in terms of age

129) What's an essential item you need when traveling? Earphones

130) What do you do when you can't sleep at night? There are so many things that I'll just give up. I actually thought about this questionnaire when I couldn't sleep (laughs)

131) What do you think about while brushing your teeth? I imagine that there's red paint on my teeth, and then I'll imagine how I have to get it off

132) If you only had one week left to live, what would you do? I'd eat a bunch of the foods I like. I'd meet up with the people I like as much as possible. I'd leave a secret audio farewell message for everyone

[cloneximio-877]

maxim could i. possibly ask you a neurosci question. about how hormones interact with the rest of the brain. IF YOU WANT you don’t have to answer <33 ((they won’t tell me in my classes :c))

YES, of course you can! it's super weird tge wouldn't tell you, most of our neurophysiology classes were about hormones. i don't know what you already know so guess ill just tell everything i remember

there are a lot of structures in brain that produce hormones, for example, if i remember correctly, black substance produces dopamine. hypothalamus is in important connection with the pituitary gland: hypothalamus affects it by releasing hormones that make pituitary gland produce it's hormones. pituitary gland has two parts: adenohypophysis and neurohypophysis, adenohypophysis produces hormones that will later be released in blood in other structures, while neurohypophysis releases hormones that were produced in other structures.

they both are also a part of anxiety system. hypothalamus releases corticotropin-releasing hormone that sends a signal to pituitary gland to send adenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) to the adrenal glands which in answer start producing corticotropic hormones (cortisol). congratulations, you're anxious now!

hippocampus is really sensitive to cortisol in a sense that high levels of cortisol negatively affect it. so, being under stress for long time, or having anxiety or depression (it also makes your cortisol levels high) might drain your hippocampus which, well, will lead to issues with memory.

cortisol is also a hormone that makes you stay awake while melatonin is a hormone that makes you fall asleep. there are special structures behind your eyes that record how light it is outside. if it's light, they send a signal to produce cortisol, if it's dark, they send a signal to produce melatonin.

there are also a lot of other systems, like reward system that releases dopamine, but i barely remember anything about it :(

[alienhunteranonymous]

https://www.tumblr.com/kokomi-love-forever/778854393164529664/so-youre-saying-you-could-fall-in-love-with?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/kokomi-love-forever/778754275244457984/whats-your-opinion-on-maeko-naegi?source=share

I’m gonna hold your hand while I say this, man.

You sound like Sawakita.

Are you fucking kidding me

"Tsu you HAVE to like this guy!!! He's a guy like you!!! And!! And you're GAY!!!! Look at this completely different situation from this guy you hate!!! Its just like you!!" Do you fucking hear yourself right now? Ignoring how batshit fucking insane and parasocial it is to actually ship real people together, you're actively ignoring any time that those implications have been fucking refuted. Not only have i literally done nothing to imply I'm romantically interested in Alex besides critique how stupid some asshole sounded when they started trying to dig into shit that wasn't their business, Alex himself has made it clear numerous times that he isn't fucking interested in men. Even if he's lying, or I'm "not listening to my heart" or whatever fanfict-esque bullshit you people'll make up, it is quite literally NEVER going to be your business.

[fallencrystal]

HII bubble here,

can i have some begininers tips on how to shift into dialovers....? Im so new to this lol

Hii bubble (⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)

If I'm not confused, there are a few things you can do to make you feel more connected to a Dialovers DR

I'm obviously not an expert at this but you can start by reading the CD dramas/games. It can help you understand the guys better. Personally, this helped me understand the guys and my S/O better than watching the anime

But if you want to hear their voices while you're trying to shift like me, I'd suggest downloading the bilibili app (Chinese app) and type in 魔鬼恋人 (mogui lianren on Chinese keyboard) to listen to the game (even better if you use headphones to listen)

I'm not a fan of this one but you can use AI bots of the guys (like character AI, janitor AI, etc) I don't really use this since it made me less focused on Shifting but it's different for every person so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Also, if you're shifting to DL make sure to script Safety. Like the bites don't hurt, you don't get any major injuries, you cannot 💀, the guys power doesn't effect you (especially Karlheinz's power)

Not related? but depending how your mindset works, I'd say to get in LOA (law of assumption) to Shift wherever you want. It's one of the things that helped me shift after three years other than the sunmi method (⁠◠⁠‿⁠◕⁠)

[lannisterdaddyissues]

god why am i so fucking stupid. having adhd is truly a curse and i hate bearing it

[silly-lil-scribbles]

how did u get kitty?

the badge? idk appeared in the corner of my screen one day. said i had taken a quiz from tubi. i did not in fact take a quiz

[justrandomthoughtsandthings]

okay, so if Kal-El had a natural birth or whatever, that means he was not genetically modified by the Codex to strengthen his genes and reduce his vulnerability to any illnesses he may have contracted on Krypton. Kara, on the other hand, was. As the House of El, assuming (with an amalgamation of canons, no exact one) that the House of El was what would be considered upperclass and thus had access to more and better things, they would have had the best genetic modifications they could get -- meaning Kara would have a lot of genetic advantages, especially since she had more time under the red sun for some of them to show.

Kal-El, on the other hand, would only have a _chance_ for those genetics to manifest -- he is still of House El, so there's the chance that his dad's genes will show (Punnet's square and all that jazz).

that being said, Kal-El would theoretically be more vulnerable to all variations of kryptonite, especially since he didn't have much time under the red sun for his genes to manifest.

Kara, on the other hand, would react differently to them. whether they'd have a stronger effect, weaker effect, or a different effect from Kal-El's altogether, 🤷🏿

[cooltapes]

the most random people on bluesky who do not even follow me will find posts with no discernible keywords or hashtags within minutes of me posting and leave the most nothing replies in the world. I am genuinely having more fun there currently than any other socmed site but it's also somehow got the worst reply guy climate on the net