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servndipityz Ā· 2 days ago
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namgyu definitely uses those 3 in 1 face hair body gels. that guy CANT take care off his hair at all. also i think when hes working heā€™s ties his hair into a ponytail.
yeah i just wanted to yap about his hair can you blame me šŸ˜”šŸ˜”
PH MY GAWWWDDD thank you so much anon for this because youā€™re so right!!!!!
i lowkey think a 3-in-1 is too fancy for him, actually. i fully believe he just washes his hair with regular shower gelā€”if he remembers to! it wouldnā€™t be the first time heā€™s forgotten and justā€¦ watered it down like a plant.
i also think his shower gel is some random one he stole from a hotel. yk, those little bottles they leave in the bathroom, so cheap that the hotel doesnā€™t even care if you take them.
the man could wash himself with hand sanitizer, HE DONT GIVE A FUCK!!!! but donā€™t get me wrong, i think heā€™s a pretty clean guy.
like, i feel like heā€™d get so bothered by body odor or just feeling dirty in general, even if his way of handling it is using a 10473829-in-1 gel and axe deodorant.
heā€™d invest in a good perfume, though. fully believes itā€™s the easiest way to smell good without putting in all that effort. definitely thinks heā€™s cracked the code.
he just doesnā€™t really care all that much about his hair, i fear. itā€™s justā€¦ there. i donā€™t think he gives it a second thought, but he does think he looks good with that hair length. doesnā€™t cut it himself, but some druggie friend who swears he ā€œtook lessonsā€ (his ex was a hairdresser) does it for him, and all he asks for in return is a blunt or two.
now the ponytailā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ the ponytailā€¦ā€¦ā€¦. thank u so much anon for putting that image in my mind.
so. the man has absolute no idea of how to do a ponytail, and would rather die than ask.
probably thinks that if he doesnā€™t know how to ā€œproperlyā€ do it, he can get away with wearing a ponytail bc it's in a nonchalant, manly way. definitely binge-watched a video tutorial on it while high but turned it off the second the woman in the video called him ā€œsweetheart.ā€
anyway, one way or another, he manages. he mostly only puts it up for workā€”when he has to move boxes around or clean the venue before a big event. but he canā€™t tie it all the way, so the front pieces are always falling in front of his face.
the only time he actually makes the effort to tie it properly is when eating pussy.
probably uses a random rubber band he took from a wad of cash instead of an actual hair tie. always has it on his wrist. lost it during one of the games, which is why heā€™s constantly pushing his hair behind his ears.
ORRRR ALTERNATIVELYā€¦ā€¦ he lost it because he thought it was the funniest thing to keep throwing it at youā€”until one time, it flew too far while walking up the stairs. has also accidentally hit other players with it while trying to annoy you.
lastly, i think he once laughed at some dude for wearing a man bun, until his friend pointed out that, technically, while itā€™s not exactly a man bun, nam-gyu also wears a ponytail. didnā€™t speak to his friend for the rest of the day.
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nabaath-areng Ā· 4 months ago
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ā€œI just donā€™t get what your problem is! First youā€™re angry that I'm here, and then you get angry when I leave, despite the fact that you're the one who told me to. Did I just dream up that weā€™d gotten past that and learned how to be civil withā€” H-huh?!ā€
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(Theirs is a rocky and confusing road.)
Bonus aftermath:
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kneelingshadowsalome Ā· 9 months ago
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I know the Kƶnig x secret admirer reader is not gonna be officially continued but I was wondering if you could maybe explore part of itšŸ˜­ thereā€™s a part that mentioned that Kƶnig gets laid in the military and I was wondering how angsty it would be if reader found out?šŸ¤­
Yes of course! ^^ It would be angsty... and fluffy! These two are the silliest people who ever lived tbh šŸ©·šŸ„
Kƶnig is young in this AU (around his early 20s) and wildly inexperienced compared to some of the other recruits his age.
His first time was with a girl who joined the army when Kƶnig had been there for about 1.5 years already. Desperate as he was with hiding the fact that heā€™s still a virgin, he tumbled into bed with this lady after a night out at the bar. She thoroughly seduced him, and Kƶnigā€™s instincts told him she was only looking for fun, but he went with her anyway because, well. Loneliness can kill you, you know?!
He tried to woo her a bit after that until it became quite clear that this woman was not planning to settle down anytime soon. If anything, she was looking for a new conquest ā€“ and itā€™s fine, totally fine, except that Kƶnig had surrendered a tiny piece of his heart to her along with his dick... Thatā€™s just how he is, and it took him more than a few months to get over the fact that it was ā€œjust a shagā€ and he ā€œshouldnā€™t take things so seriouslyā€.
Thatā€™s also why he closed off from people again, decided to concentrate on work and training and gym ā€“ until our cute little angel stumbled into his life like the prettiest saving grace! Kƶnig was a goner from the start because this girl's approach was very different, so gentle and sweet compared to grimy shot glasses and smudgy lipstick and raunchy jokes. Itā€™s a given that he was a little shocked when she sent her that pic šŸ™„ reminding him of promiscuous women who are not looking for a soul but a body, but because he is what he is the first thing he did was crank things up a notch and send her a dick pic backā€¦
Yes, heā€™s desperate, but heā€™s also an go hard or go home man and this time, Kƶnig is relatively sure heā€™s dealing with a lovely, delicate soul. Someone who wouldnā€™t just leave him out in the cold after getting what she wants.
And everything is like a fairytale between these two until she finds out heā€™s not a virgin despite he seemed a bitā€¦ like oneā€¦ (in this scenario I think reader is a virgin and she thought Kƶnig was one too because of obvious reasons? lol) And itā€™s fine, totally fine for her as well, except that the image of Kƶnig having the night of his life with some military babe is haunting her from dusk till dawn.
Thereā€™s bound to be some drama when she starts asking timidly whether sheā€™s still thereā€¦ Whether they see each other every day. If they talk to each other, if he trains with her, etc. What if they test rifles together, or go out again with the sniper crew and get drunk and Kƶnig feelsā€¦ a little lonely?
She knows he would never cheat on her, not in a million years, but knowing how much of a wet dog he is she canā€™t promise that sheā€™ll be all calm and relaxed during weekends, knowing her boyfriend is out there, full of testosterone and heart, his heart somewhat susceptible to female influenceā€¦ Maybe even good old seductionā€¦
And whatā€™s even worse is the jealousy, the envy.
What if sheā€™s more badass than her? That doesn't take much... She must be fierce if sheā€™s in the military, something completely different, a forbidden apple Kƶnig might want to taste again. Itā€™s maddening, and when she finally opens up about it to him, spitting it out one night when he asks whatā€™s bugging his sweet angel, thereā€™s a big fat silence that follows.
Kƶnig can't even believe she has torn her heart to pieces over something like this, alone and upset and ashamed when she's a literal angel. He sits her nice and pretty in his lap and talks her ear off about how he has nothing against this woman, truly, but that she is nothing compared to his first (and hopefully last!) girlfriend. Their love could never be compared to what happened between him and that girl, these things canā€™t even be spoken together in the same sentence. If heā€™s completely honest, his first time was... disappointing. Awkward, humbling, a total drunken mess of which he remembers nothing except that the woman wasnā€™t completely present either and that he was ashamed that his first time had to be like this.
Honestly, he felt like he lost his virginity on the night when he came to see her. Sheā€™s everything heā€™s ever dreamed of, all he thinks about these days... Itā€™s quite annoying, actually, because heā€™s supposed to concentrate on how the wind blows and that the ammo doesnā€™t get wet and that heā€™s properly concealed.
He could be lying in a ditch with dummy rounds whirling past him and all he could think about are her eyes and lips and giggling and tits and, andā€¦ that. How warm it is, how nice it is, how he would just want to curl himself next to her when he hops back to his bunk in the evening. Her smile is the last thing he sees before he dreams, her voice is what he hears. All the things she said, all those sweet, silly little things, chime in his ear before he sleeps.
And all the precious moments theyā€™ve already spent together, the times he made love to her under the trees... Thereā€™s nothing like that in the whole world and if she thinks something else can top that she's even sillier than he thought. He could comb through all the continents and he would never find a girl like her.
So tell him again... Why would he go to a shot glass of saltwater when he has a jar of wild honey right here at home?
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the-real-aurora-borealis Ā· 11 months ago
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thank you trans men
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todayisafridaynight Ā· 5 months ago
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word vomit anon back!!!
pirate majima game is funny...watching people complain abt rgg ruining majima is super funny because he's been a silly guy for like 7 games and a serious guy in one...can he not be silly again...just once more??? (also im sure this game is gonna be emotional in some way shape or form) also k3 heads stay in line yokoyama said it was coming one day he never said soon lol
'k3 heads stay in line' PLEAAASSEE VJLKEALKJ youre right tho i cant lie ....
on the real though yeah no like. majima can be serious at times but generally he's a zany guy, it'd be illegal not to capitalize on that in SOME regard
#snap chats#HI WVA WELCOME BAAAACCCCK#but yeah that isnt to say you cant love a silly character and the serious aspects of them ofc#it just shouldnt be unrealistic that theyd want to be a lil funny with him when thats a big part of his appeal#and rgg always has a way of sneaking in emotion into its games anyhow so theres surely gonna be somethin#my bestie's bet is that makoto's gonna be the real treasure majima finds in the end </3 and he wont even remember her this is so sad </3#id probably kms ill be tbh so im glad thats not gonna happen !!!!!#total topic pivot time cause i had the funniest interaction with my grandma's minister#he was visitin and we were alone in the kitchen and hes like 'has anyone told you you looked like the actress from beauty and the beast'#and i was like 'no no ones ever said that to me actually !!!" i think he was referring to sonoya mizuno thats the only one i could guess#but yeah he was just like 'can i get a picture with you my daughter loves beauty and the beast'#like chief im not sonoya mizuno but fuck it sure hwy not. ive always wondered what its like being a celebrity vajelkjal#funny day my fridays turning out to be i tell you that#anyway i say all this cause i think he had like shea butter hand lotion cause now my hands just smell like damn lotion#it distracting .. its a nice smell but still bruh my hands did not smell like thsi before they smelled like LAVENDER#ive met him only once before and when i did he told me i had a strong handshake and now this is the price i pay. shea butter hands
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livvyofthelake Ā· 2 years ago
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this is what i was referring to the other day btw.... she literally said well you people were annoying last time so fuck off i'm not doing it anymore.... and i stand with her <3
#i love the way she writes responses to people who are clearly annoying her... one of the funniest things about her fr#beth.txt#this post is from 2015 just fyi. so both 1 year pre tda and 5 years pre tlh#i don't know what characters she's speciaifcally referring to that she explicitly said their sexuality before the book came out. because i#wasn't there back then. but i CAN speak to the way she handled ty. which i WAS there for. and it was hilarious. you all really missed out#one of those things you had to experience in real time spanning years...#that was back when this franchise was still accessible tho. and you could get into it with minimal work#there were only like ten books back then....#ok ten is a lot but you have to understand that there are 21 now. AND sobh. and four more coming. AT LEAST.#not even counting all the holly black books that are not essential to the tsc lore PER SE. but actually they are. for REAL ones.#like i cannot imagine thinking you have a full understanding of cassandra's work and you haven't read holly's modern faerie tales or the sp#spiderwick chronicles. OR MAGESTERIUM.#god imagine being a cassie fan but you havent read the magesterium books.....#(me. i never finished them)#and then also you of course must familiarize yourself with the writing of cassie's collaborators on the novella collections.#so you also have to read hacking harvard. and 13 little blue envelopes.#and of couurse you have to do all of this concurrently with wearing a cheap fandom neckalce every day (izzy's ruby necklace) that turns the#back of your neck green and gets really worn and ugly looking because it's cheap metal and you literally don't take it off.#anyway. only THEN do you understand the lifestyle.#what the fuck was this post originally about. oh yeah cassie is soooo funny <3
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ajdrawshq Ā· 1 year ago
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im glad that despite being on the backburner for . years. i can still think of my main aus like i never stopped :] kh on the brain forever
#looked thru one of my note for the pmd au and immediately got new ideas for it . i am so fucking back#made me wanna expand whats going on w Terra n Aqua since they dont have much going on besides. well. be legendaries basically#(they take the roles of rescue team Groudon n Kyogre as well as Latios n Latias in psmd. n technically also Entei for Terra in psmd)#that seems like a lot but i know what im doing i swear šŸ‘#maybe i should find a way to include the khdr kids since i havent gotten to that yet.. could be fun#oh ! also been working on ways to connect Terra w Ansem n Xemnas :] probably gonna be more canon-esque than most other things#but it kinda works w the rescue team part of the timeline#and i really need to figure out how exactly to work around Xehanort bc of what he can and does do both in canon and taking his role here..#ironically these things are also backed up by pmd iq groups . now that i think abt it#i also need yo do more work on the psmd part of the timeline since its arguably the most altered part so far#since i dont really cover gates or rescue team anyway . explorers and super just connect a lil too well#i mean tbf gates and super are way too easy to also connect to each other bc like. come on.#but who would be the duo for that .. or maybe it could be earlier in the pmd timeline than it is .. hm.#that Could line up a something else i have planned actually. could be funky. theres two (2) different duos i have in mind#maybe more depending on who else i could slap in here#ok yeah. i have objectively the funniest duo to put in gates. thats happening now <3
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shidoukanae Ā· 8 months ago
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LET ME IN LET ME IN LET ME IN
#makes a grrrr noise at kakaopage#there's no way to circumvent the verification system ive looked#dont have a korean phone number bc i don't have a korean id so i must suffer instead TwT#can't read the LN and can't read the latest 3 chapters!!!#even tho id happily pay for them!!!!!#all i can tell from the comments is the Empress goes full on antag mode and Odelia finally comes back into the picture#also Lyla gets exiled and/or Fian jokes to her they should quite literally run away and elope?#and there's something about the Emperor showing up and being put in his place? while looking for a dragon??? i-???#and i can't tell if that's referring to Paris or the actual Emperor who has yet to show in the plot LMAO#not sure when Helene's coming back into the picture but im Very Curious about real life Lyla showing up again#it's probably just showing her reaction to Fian dying in the OG novel?#but also why the fuck is Daniel here again#god this manga makes me run circles there's so much going on and i NEED to know what's happening#i also sense a season finale is probably on the horizon and im not ready for that TwT#i love how the plot pt of Helene destroying the world continues to be evaded tho#the funniest thing in this manga is the story going ā€œoh yeah btw Helene lost control of her powers and ended the world in the OG story" and#immediately never bringing up that plot point ever again#like???#excuse me????#no i get it that plot point doesn't have time to be addressed yet but man as a fan of Helene i am WAITING for her to lose control#because the only person who can probably stop her from doing that is Lyla and luckily she's ā€œaliveā€ in this timeline~
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oracle-nila Ā· 1 month ago
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Did anyone answer that Akira means day breaker. Coz that first anime launched is called P5: the day breakers-
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JOKER SURVEY RESULTS ARE IN! Here's part one of two! Thank you to everyone who participated. [2]
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gallusrostromegalus Ā· 9 months ago
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In the latest installment of me Terrorizing Medical Professionals, I got my Wisdom Teeth extracted because one decided to be an asshole and the other 3 were pending assholery, and demonstrated to my dentist that it's entirely possible to out-metabolize Ketamine if you start moving ASAP and also have a freakishly powerful liver.
So yesterday I had my one-month Checkup. It went pretty great, and the dentist asked if any part of my mouth was bothering me.
"Yeah, there's a sharp bit of bone coming out through the side from the extraction in my lower right jaw. The bone spur itself doesn't hurt, but it keeps cutting my tongue, so can you just pull it?" "Oh. Sure! Let me go get everything to do that." she said, and went to go get the tools for the extraction.
...Then there was some kind of confusion at the front desk I could overhear, with someone showing up with an urgent problem and they had to juggle the available staff, so she came back a bit later with the Pliers, said something about something taking "long enough" and went in.
It came out in two pieces, and the most discomfort I had was like, a 3/10 from the extraction itself, but mostly from keeping my mouth open.
...About halfway through, the Hygienist came in, apologizing for being late getting back from the front desk.
"Oh good, you have her the Novocaine!" the hygienist sighs with relief.
"What?" Said my dentist.
"What?" said the hygienist.
Both of them turn to look at the very full syringe on the tool table behind me.
"Honestly this is bothering me way less than the shot would." I said, lightly dribbling blood, and they both turn to me in horror.
"I really hate needles." I explain.
"What." says the dentist.
"Woah." Says the hygienist. "You would have done great in like, The Civil War."
Which is probably the funniest thing anyone's every said about my dangerously high pain tolerance.
Anyway, it was a one-off issue, and a non-issue for me because I think a normal person would have stopped her, so I go back in August if she doesn't recommend me to someone else for terrifying her twice in as many visits.
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casscainmainly Ā· 6 months ago
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Why Duke Thomas Should Be A Dick Grayson Hater
Dick and Duke is such an underrated and underexplored relationship. Here is my pitch for why Duke should be a Dick Grayson hater.
1. The Rooftop Thing
Reason number one and the start of Duke's grudge should be the rooftop incident in Robin War. Dick, as part of his plan or whatever, leads Duke to a roof and abandons him to the cops.
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LOOK AT DICK'S SMUG FACE. Tell me you wouldn't hold a grudge too if this was the FIRST major interaction you had with him?? Duke should use this against him at any possible opportunity.
2. ACAB
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From We Are Robin #2. Once Duke finds out Dick used to be a cop, it's OVER for him.
3. Jason and Damian
Duke is quite close with Jason and Damian (in my head, particularly Damian - that's his LITTLE BROTHER). Anyway, these two are obsessed with Dick. You have Jason, with his miles-long brother issues that puts Dick on a pedestal, and you have Damian, who thinks Dick is the best person on Earth who can do no wrong. They would talk Duke's ears off about him. Duke would HATE IT.
4. Robin
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This panel from Night of the Monster Men sums up quite nicely the difference in the way Dick and Duke approach vigilantism. Duke is the 'idealised' Robin, whose Robin-ing isn't contingent on Batman; Dick is more or less too tied up in Bruce. I think, because the Robin identity means a lot to Duke, having the original Robin be like this would irk Duke a LOT.
5. Tom Taylor
SPOILERS FOR CURRENT NIGHTWING RUN: in Nightwing #116, Dick gets framed for murder and Babs tells him to reveal he's Nightwing to clear him of suspicion. She says Bruce suggested it, and recounts everyone who agreed:
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Hm. Is someone missing here? Oh yeah: DUKE. TT probably just forgot Duke, but where's the fun in that? Instead, if Duke is a Dick Grayson hater, you have the funniest scene imaginable. Everyone gathered in the Batcave, laying down their identities for Dick, and Duke is like 'I don't give a damn. He can rot in jail.' and peaces out.
BONUS points if he does this to get back at Dick for reason number 1.
6. Parallels
Duke's origin deliberately mirrors Bruce's, but that means it mirrors Dick's as well. Duke and Dick parallels go insane: they both had loving families, lost both parents at once, were in the foster system (varyingly for Dick but for the purposes of this post I'm gonna include it), were wards/not adopted by Bruce initially, have a huge reverence for family, have a thing about heights, view Robin as separate from Batman, forged their own identities, etc.
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Anyway Duke would HATE this too. He'd be so annoyed that the person he has the most in common with is Dick, and that would fuel his Dick Grayson haterism.
Dick, on the other hand, has no hard feelings towards Duke. Duke would be glowering at him from the corner of the room and Dick would meet his gaze and be like 'ah Duke is so cute' and smile back. This would make Duke 10000x angrier.
Anyway that's my ideal Dick and Duke dynamic, feel free to add or modify or disagree with anything!!
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pomegranatesarchive Ā· 6 months ago
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queen shit | max verstappen
pairing: max verstappen x pageant queen! reader
summary: max verstappen mets you, his long term celebrity crush at a charity event.
notes; someone request this but i accidentally posted it before i finished and had to delete itā€¦i hope this finds you anon
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yoursername: very successful event tonight, many thank you's to all those who attended and donated, much love šŸ’œ
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user1: by very successful she means that she just raised over 20 million dollars for family's in need. 20 million dollars. TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS.
user2: QUEEN. SHIT.
user3: i love rich people actually putting their money and status to work
user4: my goat šŸ’ŖšŸ’Ŗ
user5: there were SO MANY different celebrities there
user6: and she definitely did NOT know all of them!
user7: probably just invited them so more money could be donated šŸ˜­
user8: was the most random people too, like kim kardiashian?? mitski??? f1 drivers??? hockey players??
user9: no seriously. because why was i watching the livestream only to see george russell dancing in the background. very horribly may i add
georegrussel|63: thank you for the invite! i had the time of my life!
yoursername: of course george! thank you for the donating :) <3
user10: theyā€™re friends???
user11: some of yall are FAKE FANS. yn and george have been friends for YEARS. he even posted her when she won miss universe and many times after
user12: i wasn't even alive when she won miss universe...
user13: PAUSE.
user14: WHAT ARE YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA? THIS IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR YOU
user15: YOURE SIX?? AND CAN SPELL??
user16: are we all going to pretend like max didn't just meet his celebrity crush?
user17: most people here don't know who he is šŸ˜­
user18: "meet" is a STRETCH, he stood behind her all night just staring...
user19: yeah it was actually kinda sad
user20: f1twt is CLOWNING HIM SO HARD RN
user23: 3x world champion and he's too scared to go up to his celebrity crush
user24: OKAY GUYYYSSS BUTTT this is his first time seeing her in person! ofc he was shocked, maybe next time he'll actually go up to her?
landonorris: thanks for the invite!
georgerussell63: you were my plus one?
landonorris: SHHHH
georgerussell63: in fact, everyone on the grid got personally invited, except you?
landonorris: STOP AIRING OUT MY BUSINESS
user27: yn definitely didn't invite him directly just so lando could be embarrassed like this
alex_albon: best thai food ever (other then my moms) thank you for the invite!
user25: yeah we saw they way your scarfed that shit down
user26: acting like it was the last fucking supper
yourusername: thank you for coming alex! (and for taking home the leftovers)
user28: HE TOOK HOME THE LEFT OVERS?
maxverstappen1: hi
georgerussell63: oh no
landonorris: no way he does it
charles_leclerc: i believe in you max
carlossainz55: don't hype him up! max don't do it. don't embarrass yourself like this
oscarpiastri: i say go for it max
yourusername: hi max :)
georgerussell63: omg omg OMG
maxverstappen1: would you like to go on a date with me?
landonorris: oh he did it...
carlossainz55: NOOO
charles_leclerc: yay max!
user29: it's been 10 hours and still no response...
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yourusername: pretty sunset šŸŒ…
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user30: is thatā€¦a man?
user31: this makes max being rejected so much more humiliating
user32: SHE HAS A WHOLE BOYFRIEND?? šŸ˜“
user33: max found sobbing into his pillow
user34: *not clickbait*
georgerussell63: i laughed
user35: GEORGE???
user36: heā€™s funny for this
user37: max most definitely doesnā€™t think itā€™s funny
user38: yns first time soft launching and itā€™s right after max publicly asks her outā€¦hm!
user39: she was waiting for the funniest moment to do this
user40: QUEEN SHIT
user41: ok but who is this man šŸ¤Ø
user42: donā€™t call me delusionalā€¦but that hand kinda looks like max
user43: okay granny letā€™s get you back to the nursing homeā€¦
user44: thankful iā€™m not this delusional
user45: free yn from the max fansā€¦
user46: @/user42 DONT LET THEM SILENCE YOU
landonorris: he cried
yourusername: i cried
landonorris; we crode
user47: okay itā€™s definitely max
user48: lando knows something
user49: MAX ISNT IN THE LIKES??
user50: it really isnā€™t himā€¦hes been flirting with her through the likes for years
user51: rip max being the first to like yns post..gone but never forgotten šŸ•Šļø
charles_leclerc: heheheā€¦heheheā€¦hehe
user52: WHAT DO TOU KNOW CHARLES
user53: donā€™t fuck with me charles. i am not in the mood.
user54: you canā€™t convince me that man is not max when all his friends are in the comments section like this
user55: charles istg
alex_albon: i know something šŸ˜
user56: ok. itā€™s definitely max.
user57: i still donā€™t think it isā€¦we canā€™t see his face
user58: but what are the chances she soft launches after max asks her out
user59: she probably did it to be funny?
user60: and it worked! sheā€™s too funny
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maxverstappen1: matching sunglasses šŸ•¶ļø
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user61: QUICK, WHOS FEET DO THOSE LOOK LIKE
user62: oh maxā€¦
user63: okay so! itā€™s either max and yn DID go on that date, or yn has a bf and max posted this to save himself
user64: i realllyyy hope max and yn did go on that date because if max posted this just to save himself the embarrassmentā€¦.
user65: what if this isnā€™t even a girl, and itā€™s one of maxā€™s friend pretending to be a girl šŸ˜­
user66: i can see charles pretending to be the girl
user67: HE SO WOULD
charles_leclerc: those are NOT my toes šŸ¤•
user68: okay but no one on the grid has skinny little girl hands like this
user68: logan does
logansargent: ?
user68: well this is awkward
georgerussell63: well well well
user69: THIS CAN MEAN MANY THINGS GEORGE!! IS THIS YN OR NOT
user70: i donā€™t think itā€™s yn. sheā€™s too pretty for max.
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user70: GEORGE LIKED??
user71: so itā€™s NOT yn?
user72: but he could mean it in a ā€œthey are dating but sheā€™s too pretty for himā€ way
user73: GRRRR
carlossainz55: i canā€™t believe it
user74: WHAT. WHAT CANT YOU BELIVE CARLOS
user75: you canā€™t believe that yn and max actually went out?? or you canā€™t believe max got a another girl after being publicly rejected??
user76: theyā€™re like giving us hints but at the same time theyā€™re not??
user77: THEYRE PLAYING WITH US
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maxverstappen1: iā€™m dating a pageant queen and youā€™re not! ļæ¼
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user78: FINALLY!
user79: couldā€™ve just said this earlier..
user80: couldā€™ve saved us the trouble šŸ˜’
carlossainz55: i still canā€™t believe it
user81: SO HE DID MEAN IT IN A ā€œcanā€™t believe you actually got herā€ WAY
maxverstappen1: you have no faith in me :(
carlossainz55: correct!
charles_leclerc: i believed in you max!
maxverstappen1: thank you charles šŸ˜„
carlossainz55: heā€™s lying, he bet ā‚¬50 you wouldnā€™t get a text back
maxverstappen1: THAT BASTARD
charles_leclerc: IT DIDNT SEEM LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO GET A REPLY! I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO WIN ā‚¬50 AND I WOULDā€™VE GIVEN YOU HALF?
user83: i could be dating a pageant queen, you donā€™t know me
user84: are you?
user83: am i what?
user84: dating a pageant queen?
user83: no
user84: what is wrong with you
user85: i love how nobody was hating, we all just wanted to know if max x yn was happening
user86: max has gotten his dream girlā€¦WE CHEERED
user87: years later and lot of instagram likes, we DID IT šŸ‘
user88: we?
user89: i was there almost 8 years ago when max put his first like on yns post, so yes! WE
user90: thank god for that charity event
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yourusername: former pageant queen
maxverstappen1: youā€™ll always be a pageant queen in my eyes šŸ„°
landonorris; simp
maxverstappen1: mad you donā€™t have a girlfriend?
user91: WOAH GIRLFRIEND?
user92: girl what did you think was going on here
user91: I DIDDNT KNOW THEY MADE IT OFFICIAL
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yourusername: iā€™m dating a 3x wdc and youā€™re not!
view comments below!
user92: please donā€™t rub it in
user93: iā€™m soooo happy for you guys (sarcasm)
user93: yes iā€™m jealous
danielricciardo: actually i am dating a 3x wdc and his name is max verstappen
yourusername; really? because max verstappen is is laying on me right now
danielricciardo: thatā€™s a clone. the REAL max verstappen is laying to my right.
yourusername: this is what we call schizophrenia šŸ„°ļæ¼
user94: you guys are so cute! (iā€™m jealous, iā€™m so fucking jealous)
user95: max started dating his celebrity crush of 8 years in 8 days! we did it joe! we did it
user96: they wonā€™t last. theyā€™re moving to fast.
user97: theyā€™re both grown adults who know what they want šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø
maxverstappen1: thatā€™s me!
yourusername; thatā€™s you!
georgerussell63: yeah max we have EYES.
maxverstappen1: donā€™t be pissy because yn likes me more now
georgerussell63: she does NOT
maxverstappen1: you keep thinking that šŸ˜‡
charles_leclerc: i always knew he could do it!
maxverstappen1: no you didnā€™t. stop lying to me.
charles_leclerc: IM SORRY. I WAS GOING TO SHARE THE ā‚¬50 WITH YOUUU.
maxverstappen1: I DONT CARE @/oscarpiastri is the ONLY know who truly believed in me
oscarpiastri: i bet ā‚¬100 against you
maxverstappen1: I CANT TRUST ANYONE
alex_albon: does this mean weā€™ll be invited to more charity events?
user98: youā€™re just thinking of the food šŸ˜
alex_albon: ā€¦yeah
maxverstappen1: šŸ˜šŸ„°šŸ‘ŠšŸ˜šŸ”„šŸ’•šŸ¤—
user99: bro starts dating his celebrity crush and forgets how to act
user100: me if i was dating oscar
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notes: thank you for the request! (even though i accidentally deleted it)
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scented-morker Ā· 2 months ago
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NCT Dream under the mistletoe
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In which you end up under the mistletoeā€¦ 1.6k, fluff fluff fluff, I think gn reader, not proofread
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Mark
After so long of dating, you'd think Mark would be fine with kissing you in front of his members
You'd be wrong
Whether it's because he's their hyung or just because they don't let him liveā€” Marks lips are OFF LIMITS when with the boys
(Yes that's exactly how he phrased it)
But it's Christmas, and it's tradition!! And the boys need something new to bully Mark about!!!
So they hang it on the threshold of the dorm and wait in suspense until you knock on the door
"Mark why don't you go get that?"
"Why? I'm kinda busy rn, besides it's yn, don't you guys usually fight over who gets to open the door for them?" Exposed šŸ«£
"Just Open the door Mark!"
"Fine!"
So he opens the door in a little apron bc he was cooking (scary ik)Ā  and the boys start screaming
"MISTLETOE YOURE UNDER THE MISTLETOE YOU HAVE TO KISS!!"
He glares so hard, but you just shrug.
"You look like a cute little housewife rn, I already wanted to kiss you."
He laughs at the comparison before giving you a peck, the boys going wild in the background
"I'll be the housewife if you take care of the kids," he grins, motioning to the crowd behind him
"Deal," you place another peck on him as you walk by and into the crowd of boys. "I have gifts for you gremlins!!"
They were too distracted to tease mark much (until after you left)
Renjun
We all know the boys take every chance to kiss him as they can
Whichā€” understandable but like thatā€™s YOUR boyfriend???
He thinks itā€™s the funniest thing ever when you complain to him about it one day
ā€œSTOP LAUGHING, THIS IS SERIOUS!ā€
Heā€™s kinda flattered that youā€™re so protective but still thinks itā€™s hilarious
ā€œThey donā€™t actually kiss me that muchā€
LIES
Imagine your terror when you walk into the dreamies Christmas party and see mistletoe EVERYWHERE
ā€œWhat is this?ā€
ā€œIdk, Hyuck decoratedā€
Cue the boy in question calling your boyfriend from across the room
You see heā€™s standing under one of the plants and refuse to let Renjun go over without you
You follow him around all night, kissing him under every single mistletoe while the boys make faces at you
(Hyuck actually did not decorate, renjun did, and he was having the best night of his life getting your kisses every five minutes) šŸ¤«
Never tell him a secret ever again
Jeno
You weren't even dating šŸ¤­
It was that weird stage of knowing you're more than friends but not saying anything bc WHAT IF YOURE CRAZY
And the boys are TIRED of hearing Jeno nonstop talk about you
"So I think she might feel the same way, but then yesterday when she texted me she ended it with a period, AND she said ly to sign off instead of ily so what if-"
"Jeno literally shut up."
So they do the thing where they ask both of you to hang out and then cancel so it's just the two of you
"Wow I can't believe Chenle and Jisung both just got the flu, that sucks."
Jeno knew exactly what they were doing, and was very suspicious
"Yeah wild, do you wanna grab coffee since we're already here?"
So you decide to go into the cafe you were supposed to meet at, ignoring the sign at the front (lovers cafe <3)
The bell sings as you walk in, and the woman at the counter turns at the sound.
You walk up to order and she shakes her head
"You can't order until you complete the tradition," she says, gesturing to the door and a mistletoe hanging over it
Jeno now realizes what his stupid friends have done, but he smiles at you sheepishly
"What do you say?"
To which you immediately lean in and give him a kiss
Haechan
Honestly he probably hung it himself šŸ˜­
Like the two of you had recently gotten together and he just always wanted to be kissing you
The boys had invited you over to the dorm for a Christmas movie marathon, and Hyuck decided to take the decorations into his own hands
(Yes it got a little awkward when Jungwoo came to borrow one of their plates and there was mistletoe everywhere, and yes the boys groaned about it but gave him kisses on the cheek under every plant)
"Welcome yn, to our holiday wonderland," he says dramatically
"It's literally a stinky apartment with lights hung everywhere."
"Shut up Chenle, oh would you look at that, we're under mistletoe!"
So obviously you oblige the tradition, giving him a sweet peck before continuing your walk to the couch
"Oh look another one!"
You check the ceiling to make sure he isn't lying, but lean in to give him a kiss anyway
"Woah looks like another kiss for me!"
By the third time you know he's doing it on purpose, and you look forward to see at least five more plants hung between your current spot and the living room
"We tried to stop him."
You laugh, but give him a kiss under each one because he worked so hard for it <3
Jaemin
He gives zero ducks, he'll take any opportunity to kiss you
Even when you wish he wouldn't
Why, you may ask, would you ever not want to get Jaemin's kisses?
The answer: because you're in front of his entire family šŸ˜ƒ
Why they hung mistletoe at the Na family Christmas, you may never know
Possibly because everyone else in his family was just as lovey-dovey as he was
But it was fine for everyone else THEY WERE MARRIED AND HAD KIDS
This was your first time ever meeting his whole family, and Jaemin's extra ass was apparently trying to make it as mortifying as possible
"Babyyy," he calls out as you stand talking to his mom
You smile apologetically at his mother before turning as he approaches
"What?"
"You're under the mistletoe!"
You look up to see the cursed plant before turning back to your boyfriend with pleading eyes
"Not in front of your mom, please."
He just smiles that sweet smile before DIPPING YOU LIKE A TANGO DANCER and planting a long kiss on your lips
Your face is on fire when he stands you back up
"I can't even look at your mother right now. I hate you."
So he kisses you again
Chenle
Listen he has the softest spot for you šŸ„¹
Home alone? Never ending kisses, he's telling you how happy you make him, playing with your hair, everything
But not in front of his members šŸ«” (which they know)
They were messing with him, but you were in on it šŸ¤­
"Lele, look!"
He looks up where you're pointing, seeing the mistletoe before immediately glaring at the other boys who have gathered around
They all have the biggest grins in their faces as if this was the best thing they'd ever experienced..
But he notices the too-innocent smile on your face telling him you are in on it, which in his book is a worse offense than the boys planning it
"Is Lele shy?" Jaemin coos, which only makes the younger boy more flustered
He decides it's only fair that you feel just as embarrassed
So before the boys can tease him anymore he straight up just grabs the back of your neck and basically slams his lips into yours
Whew he's so hot... uh anyways
As soon as he releases you you're letting out nervous giggles and hiding your face in his neck because HOW DID THIS BACKFIRE ON YOU SO HARD
The guys can't even make fun of him anymore so they just groan and disperse into their own rooms
To which Chenle then teases you (and gives you many more kisses)
Jisung
Poor guy šŸ˜­
He just wanted to take you to the Christmas party so he could share hot chocolate and maybe hold your hand underneath the table
BUT SOMEONE THOUGHT ITD BE FUNNY TO HANG MISTLETOE AS DECORATION
The two of you are sitting at your table, watching Hyuck and Jeno dance unnecessarily aggressively to Jingle Bells when he asks if you want a snack
So you get up and make your way over to the cookie table bc yum Christmas cookies
But when you get there jaemin lets out a dramatic gasp
"JISUNG YOU BROUGHT THEM UNDER THE MISTLETOE YOU LITTLE RASCAL"
He immediately looks up, staring at the offending plant
"I didn't- I didn't do it on purpose yn! I promise!"
You just laugh, "I know you didn't, it's okay."
So you grab your cookies and head back to the table, kiss-less
"Dang you're really not going to kiss them?" Jaemin asks, looking over where you're staring at the cookies on your plate
"Well not in front of you!"
With that Jisung walks away, forgetting to grab cookies for himself
"Yn," he whisper calls, and you look up to see him gesturing you to the hallway
You follow him, stepping out into the brighter lit and much quieter hall.
"Did you need a break?" You're used to him sneaking off from crowded places to recenter
"No."
"Oh, then what'sā€”"
He cuts you off by pressing his lips into yours, hand on the back of your head
He has a pink hue on his cheeks when he pulls away, and he refuses to look you in the eyes
"I wanted to kiss you, just not in front of him."
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ink-perfect Ā· 2 months ago
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obsessed bf!gojo x gn!reader ā‹†. based on: 22 - lil candy paint, bhad bhabie
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gojo had a bad habit.
a bad habit of blowing up your phone.
it wasnā€™t the 'three texts in a row' kind of blowing up, either.
oh no, gojo satoru didnā€™t do small-scale chaos.
it was an art form for him. the type of masterpiece that made your phone buzz off your nightstand at 3 a.m. with thirty consecutive messages that alternated between blurry selfies, close-ups of his sunglasses, and texts like:
ā€œheyšŸ‘‹ (with the intention of getting midnight sushi)ā€
ā€œdo u think panda would let me dye him pink? šŸ¤”ā€
ā€œpick up plzzz i jsut saw the funniest video on instagram but i accidnetally exited tje app it and cant find it anymore so i'm jsut going to explain it to you in excruciatign detailā€
and tonight was no differentā€”except this time, it came after your first real argument.
you couldnā€™t even remember what had set it off anymore, but it had ended with you storming off and gojoā€¦ well, doing whatever gojo does when someoneā€™s mad at him (eating mochi and sulking).
soon enough, after an hour or so of no contact, the first barrage had begun: thirty consecutive texts ranging from the initial
ā€œiā€™m sorry šŸ„ŗšŸ‘‰šŸ‘ˆā€
to a dramatic
ā€œwhy do you hate me? šŸ˜­šŸ’” (don't answer that.)ā€
youā€™d ignored all of them, determined to let him stew.
but then the calls begun.
ring after ring, voicemail after voicemail, starting out with intense professions of love that slowly faded into desperate pleas for you to call him back, text him back, to respond just once.
and when those went unanswered too, he escalated.
your phone buzzed on your nightstand, flashing yet another text. this time, it came with a photoā€”gojo lying facedown on what appeared to be megumiā€™s couch, his hand clutching an empty box of tissues. the caption read:
ā€œiā€™ve been crying for 84 years šŸ˜¢ come back plsā€
you rolled your eyes, but found the corner of your mouth twitching up despite yourself. he was impossible.
another buzz. this one said,
ā€œfine if ur not gonna answer just know ur the light of my life and iā€™ll literally wither away like an unwatered houseplant if u donā€™t forgive me soon šŸ˜­ also ur socks are still in my room do u want me to wash them or nahā€
the buzz after that said,
ā€œactually nah i'm not bothered to wash them"
and then another buzz.
"also u look hotter when ur mad šŸ„°ā€
the audacity of this man.
you let your impulses get the better of you and texted back a stern "leave. me. alone."
and not even a second later, your phone screen lit up with gojo's face for the umpteenth time.
you groaned, snatching it up and finally swiping to answer to put an end to all of this.
ā€œgojo, what part of ā€˜leave me aloneā€™ donā€™t you understand?!ā€
ā€œoh my god,ā€ he gasped, his voice overflowing with fake relief. ā€œyouā€™re alive!ā€
ā€œiā€”ā€
ā€œyou werenā€™t answering, so i thought maybe youā€™d been kidnapped! or fallen down a well! orā€”ā€
ā€œi ignored you,ā€ you interrupted sharply. ā€œon purpose.ā€
ā€œno yeah, i got that,ā€ he said breezily, completely unfazed. ā€œbut we're talking now! the devil sure does work hard, but gojo works harderrrrr."
"gojoā€”"
"so, how much did ya miss me?ā€
"gojo."
"also did you see my text about the socks?ā€
"gojo!"
ā€œaaaaand iā€™m outside your window by the way.ā€
ā€œyouā€™re what?ā€
ā€œoutside!ā€ he chirped back like it was the most normal thing in the world.
sure enough, when you yanked open your curtains, there he wasā€”gojo satoru, standing on your lawn in a hoodie two sizes too big, clutching a mismatched bouquet of convenience store snacks and flowers that you could just tell he had made himself.
ā€œta-da~!ā€ he grinned into the phone as you watched him hold up the haul like it was an olympic medal. ā€œi come bearing gifts!ā€
you gawked at him. ā€œare you serious?ā€
ā€œdeadly,ā€ he said, his smile widening so much you could even see it from your vantage point. ā€œi brought your favourite snacks, and also, i stole these flowers from my neighbourā€™s garden. donā€™t tell anyone.ā€
ā€œoh my god.ā€ you smacked your forehead, torn between laughing and drawing your curtains shut. ā€œitā€™s three in the morning.ā€
ā€œyeah, well, you didnā€™t answer my texts,ā€ he said, pouting dramatically. ā€œdo you have any idea how sad that made me? iā€™m so sad, baby, like, devastated. i swear i saw my life flash before my eyes.ā€
you folded your arms, mock unimpressed. ā€œwhatā€™s sad is that you think this is going to work.ā€
ā€œitā€™s already working,ā€ he shot back smugly. ā€œyouā€™re talking to me, arenā€™t you?ā€
you hated that he was right. you hated even more that your annoyance was quickly being replaced by amusement. he was lucky he was cute.
ā€œtoru, just go home,ā€ you sighed, though your voice lacked its earlier venom.
ā€œnot until you forgive me,ā€ he declared, dropping to one knee with such theatrics you were surprised broadway hadn't whisked him away already. ā€œor at least let me in so i can grovel properly.ā€
ā€œyouā€™re unbelievable.ā€
ā€œyeah. unbelievably in love with you.ā€
you threw a pillow at the window, even though it wouldnā€™t reach him, giving yourself a minute to think.
okay, more like a few seconds.
to be fair, you were sure he had learnt his lesson. and, well...you were craving ramen, which happened to be placed front and centre in his haphazard bouquet.
ā€œfine!" you whisper-yelled into the phone, a smile already creeping its way onto your face despite your best efforts to stay mad. "but if you wake up my neighbours, i swear i'm locking you out.ā€
his grin practically lit up the yard. ā€œdeal!ā€
and just like that, you were stomping down the stairs, blanket in hand, ready to let in the most exasperating, ridiculous, adorable man youā€™d ever met.
because, really, how could you stay mad at him?
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allhailnarusama Ā· 4 months ago
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"Katara has no sense of humor."
Katara, ironically, has a dry sense of humor. Just because it gets overshadowed by Sokka's funny antics and Toph's witty one liners doesn't mean she doesn't have one at all. Throughout the whole first season, she is constantly teasing and making fun of Sokka in a light hearted and loving way. In fact, one of the funniest lines in the show (in my opinion) comes from Katara when they were first visiting Omashu.
Aang, Katara, and Sokka trying to figure out Bumi's name. Sokka: I got it! Aang: Yeah? Sokka: He's an earthbender, right? Rocky! [man coughs] Sokka: You know, because of all the rocks Katara: We're gonna keep trying, but that is a good backup.
That line never fails to get a full belly laugh from me. Mae Whitman's delivery of that line is just sheer perfection lol
And when Zuko joins the group, he becomes the target for her teasing.
After Zuko utterly fails at telling Uncle Iroh's tea joke. Zuko: Well, it's funnier when Uncle tells it. Katara: Right. Maybe because he remembers the whole thing. [Everyone laughs]
Katara does have a sense of humor. It's just a little dry. So can we as a fandom stop pretending that she doesn't?
P.S. I don't care that her supposed "lack of humor" was lampshaded in 'Sokka's Master,' that was one episode, and it was wrong anyway. God as much as I like Book 3 I also hate it.
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centrally-unplanned Ā· 4 months ago
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Academic History YouTuber Premodernist released video recently on "State Flag" discourse, and flag discourse more wildly, that I thought was pretty good! I agreed with 50% of it. For those who don't know, there is a longstanding movement in the vexillology community to push for more simplified flag designs, and they hate the state flags of the US as their antithesis; a movement that catapulted into the internet mainstream when YouTuber CGPGrey released a video riffing on that debate and grading all the state flag designs.
That video is great by the way (it's hilarious, CGP Grey is just very talented as a performer), and the biggest thing Premodernist is wrong about is that the state flags do suck. But what he gets right is that the so-called "principles" briefly referred to in the video are themselves pretty weak; some are fine but others do not hold up to much scrutiny. The state flags largely suck for the boring reason that they just suck; they are shitty designs and often repeat each other in a domain where "standing out" is the point. Like what the fuck Montana:
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This is something a 5th grader whips up in PowerPoint for a class presentation. Helvetica Bold?? "Mandated by law in 1985" yeah I didn't need Wikipedia tell me this decision dates to the 80's.
But that is boring and subjective, right? You can't just say they suck. So you had to make a theory about it - and I won't go into too much detail but it generally boils down to:
Make it simple, "something a child could draw"
Make it "distinct at a distance", since it is a flag you are supposed to see it at a distance
Three colors or fewer
No words on flags
Which I think you can get the philosophy for. These principles, which CGP Grey outlines, actually come from the work of Ted Kaye, who is a big figure in the aforementioned flag reform movement and the focus of most of the video. As part of the original CGP Grey video I just rolled with that, but I did remember him showing Utah's newly designed flag at the end which embodied these principles, and uh:
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This is kind of mid? Like it doesn't suck, but it looks like a corporate redesign of a hockey team logo or something. A bit of a red flag (hah) if your front-and-center case is weak.
Anyway this is what Premodernist digs into in the video. The stuff I agreed with the most are the parts where he just ???? at some of these rules. "No finicky bits", a "child must draw it", "distinct at a distance"? None of these actually track for say this one:
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A child drawing the US flag does not draw 50 stars and 13 stripes unless they are a budding librarian; you absolutely cannot tell if this flag has 50 stars on it from a distance, and that level of detail is clearly some kind of finicky. Of course your response is "okay sure but still, I can tell what the flag is from a distance, I can't count the 50 stars but I get the gist". But that is true for almost all flags!
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It's a fern and a peace pipe and a brown thing and the word "Oklahoma" below it, you absolutely, 100%, will be able to tell what this flag is at a distance. You don't need to count the leaves to get the general shape, and when you think about it, it is actually kind of silly anyone would claim otherwise. There just isn't any need to appreciate the tiny details on a flag to understand whose flag it is. (the only valid critique here is that everything should be bigger - too much dead space)
Not to mention the "see from a distance" thing even being a metric. That isn't how you encounter flags most often today? Maybe in the 19th century on a battlefield that was (and even then you had battle standards), but it isn't now. You see it in textbooks, on your computer screen, as an icon for a football game team, right next to you in a government office. Why privilege distance? You just made that up as a value. 99% of "flag consumption" is not seeing it at a distance.
The "only use ~3 colors thing" is the funniest, you can just argue this with...no? No you don't. You don't. What? No. You can...you can just use more colors? Here is an example from the "manual" Ted Kaye wrote on the subject:
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And the 5 bands on the chinese flag are fine! They are not "hard to look at" or whatever. Also, I am screenshotting a tiny corner of a youtube video, this image is like 240p, and I can tell its a dragon - and that isn't even the color point it is trying to make, dude just deviates off into another critique. Meanwhile the Amsterdam flag looks like a traffic warning sign. Chinese flag needs to not have the white stripe connect into the white seal background, that is an error, but otherwise I prefer it.
It is annoying how many of the state flags are a blue banners with a round seal in the middle. That does make them hard to distinguish from each other. But that isn't a problem with seal-on-blue, that is just a collective action problem! Flag-reform-favourite the tricolor can run into this too - here are the flags of the Netherlands and Luxembourg:
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Like one of your needs to go home and change, that is ridiculous. Though if you had a complex seal in the middle that might avoid this problem! Funny that.
Even the "no words on a flag" argument, which I am more sympathetic to, doesn't hold up too well because too often you find yourself going "unless it is good" which just isn't a rule. The Iranian flag is the stand-out he mentions:
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The middle crest is a stylized rendition of the name Allah, and the cursive lining on the tricolor bands are text as well - God Is Great, 22 times, marking the anniversary date of the Islamic Revolution. Stylistically beautiful, also words on a flag. The state flags just didn't try to do anything artistic.
I think the best point Premodernism mentions is a sort of stylistic unity Kaye & Co are pursuing above all else - everything sacrificed for corporate minimalism. Kaye's book will say it respects history and symbols should be meaningful, but then hates any symbols that require complexity. He singles out Turkmenistan as an ugly flag for example:
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And as I said I only 50% disagree sometimes, I do think there is a complexity limit, and this flag goes over it, that is too detailed. Though the main reason this flag is bad is the weird choice to not put the banner at the edge, and have the crescent just...float off center? If it was this:
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Two seconds in paint, already better, you can play with it. But anyway, you can say the symbols are too complex, but if you also say you care about historical meaning? Turkmenistan is a nation of traditional semi-nomadic tribes, who populated the Silk Road and made textiles as their ultimate expression of art. These carpet guls are traditional symbols used in those carpets that represent the five major tribes that compose the country. You can't just invent new symbols that have equal meaning to these, right? Like you can try if you want, sure, new symbols become meaningful all the time. But a rule that says "all art from before 1950 is tossed in the dumpster because it wouldn't pass muster as a Pepsi logo" is a weird rule to adopt if you say you value historical meaning. Turkmenistan does not have to look like France, and it is weird to want every national symbol to be aesthetically coherent to each other. Let 100 flags bloom! It is certainly "distinct at a distance" lol.
Anyway that is enough summarizing of a YouTube video - as I mentioned, he actually likes the state flags, I don't, I do think you have to balance a lot of this with just "general design principles". Never have your name on a flag in Helvetica Bold, amazing I had to write that one down for you. But a lot of these flag-specific rules derived from Kaye's work I often see bandied about are silly, and I was glad to see someone point that out.
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