#it also depends on the person though

[pomefioredove]

Okay I need to vent a little because of your Vil post. So I had a crush on a voice actor after seeing his personality on live streams. Just really loved his vibes and personality. So I want to try reaching out, see if I could get a chance to talk and get to know him and hopefully still like him and tell him so, but I'm nervous and asked 2 people for advice. First I only told them he was a stranger, but after finding out all his DMs were closed I told them he was a VA and how do I approach him with no DMs and not appearing like a fan. And these 2 people I asked just tell me that I have a celebrity crush and I'm really reaching here and that I'm actually just a fan of him so I shouldn't reach out. One even asked if I like the idea of him or the real him.

And that really bothered me. Because first off, does ANYONE who approaches someone they don't know personally "like the real person or the idea of them"?! There's a reason for approaching them, and if it's successful, you get to know the real person and then make informed decisions. I wasn't trying to jump into anything with the VA, I was trying to take the first step to getting to know him. Then the part about me just being a fan- I've only seen 1 thing he voices in, and while that was what led me to his streams, it's not what made me interested in him. As I said, it was his personality that I assumed was his own and not the character's. Even though I think he's talented, I'm not even interested in watching other things he's been in, so how much of a fan am I? Then there's the 'celebrity' aspect. I admit that I didn't realize how popular he was compared to his peers at first (doesn't that make my interest in him more genuine though?) but at the same time, I don't feel like he's a 'celebrity' celebrity. He only has a couple of big roles as far as I'm aware. And I've never been into celebrities- don't care about them.

So yea- got pretty frustrated for having my feelings labeled as something I feel like it's not. Gave up on the crush, too, after no success reaching out. Ugh. I need to re-read that Vil post now to feel some fantasy validation.

HI ANON. sorry I love drama. I think you make a valid point, when approaching a stranger you approach as a stranger yourself. the point is getting to know them. I'm not someone who does this so I can't say, the only romantic relationships I've been in started off as friendships (one of 2 months, BAD, and one of three years, who I'm still dating). I don't have the guts to approach strangers lmao

I think the problem is that he's a celebrity. his DMs are closed for a reason. I haven't had this with a famous person, but with artists online I wanted to befriend when I was like 16. in my experience most of them just find it weird/creepy/parasocial, even if you have good intentions, even if you really do just want to know them, it's uncomfortable. the internet is a weird place, after all, you can never be sure. it hurts but I'd say it was all for the better. you wouldn't have to suffer through the unfathomable cringe I feel when I think about my past T_T

[normalbrothers]

Dad vs. Mother

[piosyne]

My 700th shitty death mark au of the week in which saya survives but as a rabbit and they just get her some assisted talking devices and then she just continues on as normal

[lbhslefttiddie]

the qiong ding peak disciples 100% have petty beef with lbh for stealing their favourite didi lmao

they're not gonna Actually beat him up (without Reason) but they're very emphatic about how thoroughly they WILL if lbh messes with sy. it's like a shovel talk that never ends

sy isn't actually completely oblivious to whats going on but he doesn't get why they're like this and he thinks theyre being fucking stupid (and he trusts them to not actually bully binghe) so he's elected to ignore their antics entirely

[iridiss]

something something about autism masking and how it relates to Mystreet Garroth’s character development. something about how Mystreet Aphmau “Has Never Masked Her Chaotic Audhd Once In Her Life” McGee influences Garroth to crawl out of his posh boy shell and goof off and run wild

[gingermintpepper]

I saw it in your tag game post that you're also fond of the Apollo-Heracles conflict 👀 for a myth that appears in only a couple of sources, it sure has a lot of presence in the vase paintings (no seriously, everytime I think I've seen the last of it, I find ten more)

SO do you have any favorites among the paintings that represent this story??

OMG OMG THIS ASK IS A GIFT. IT IS A GIFT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME TALK ABOUT THIS

I also think it's extremely interesting that it's a story so popularly portrayed by vase paintings and in such a variety of ways!! It's certainly one of the stories that gets left out of written compilation of Heracles' legend a bit (which is a shame, I think it's a fantastic story) but Apollo had a very peculiar relationship with Heracles in general that I just kind of find amazing (and very, very funny).

Apollo is not a god with any legitimate grudge against Heracles, but he does argue with the mortal a bit like he argues with his favourite brothers 😂Part of why I love the story of Apollo and Heracles fighting over the tripod so much is that it is such a little brother thing for Heracles to be upset with the proclamation his elder brother has given him and so, he throws a great fit, taking up the chair and declaring that he'll just give himself a better prophecy! And Apollo, instead of being a marginally professional big brother, decides to fight him for it until their father has to break up their cat-fight. Like was that not just the plot of the Homeric Hymn to Hermes? Is this not exactly how Apollo treated Hermes when he was a child and now those two are inseparable? 💀

Because of this, my favourite vase paintings tend to be the ones that highlight the personal squabbling between Apollo and Heracles the most. There are some very elaborate ones that have the full host of them - Athena, Heracles, Apollo, Artemis, usually a dog and a doe, I've even seen a couple that had birds and plants etched on them, but the simplest ones that show Heracles about to bonk Apollo with his club out of frustration or depict Heracles nyooming away from Apollo while Apollo (presumably) yells curses about how he's going to fling Heracles head first into Tartarus for daring to take his things? Yeah, those are the premium big brother/little brother things I'm looking for.

(Photo. Marie-Lan Ngyuen)

(Photo. Museo Claudio Faina)

Also the one in the Theoi.com archives is a real classic - perfect energy.

[itswillowneptune]

Top, bottom, or switch ?

Depends on the weather

[skunkes]

the thing abt the surgery is that yes I do get litle moments of being ecstatic it finally happened but also I just feel Normal now. like my base state for all my life up until last week was worry, horror, and panic when i'd occasionally remember the very unwanted thing my body was capable of, spiraling into what ifs on potential conflicts in my life and future... and now i just feel Not Stressed Out All the Time. Normal.

[icewindandboringhorror]

indeed my exact process once every 8 months or so

[dreamsy990]

YAY I GOT THIS DONE ON HIS BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAJIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YOU RUINED MY LIFE AND ALSO MAYBE SAVED MY LIFE. WHO THE FUCK KNOWS I DO LIKE YOU A LOT THOUGH

[cream-and-tea]

oh pallas and agnes power dynamic you really are SO unbelievably fucked,,,,,

[daily-hanamura]

[chikahoshi]

I commissioned @tikklil from Twitter/Instagram again to draw 42 Miles/42 Gwen based off @bloody-writing's fic Tonight You Belong To Me. This fic is the reason why I ship them so hard, so I think it's only fitting that I commission fanart inspired by this fic as a thank you. Hopefully, I can do some more commissions based on this fic because there are scenes that I really think is worth seeing illustrated. So fingers crossed. (As a disclaimer, I did get permission to post the commission here.)

[tj-crochets]

So my little brother and I are not allowed to be on the same team for family game night when we play games like Taboo, because most of the time we share a brain cell and the rest of the family has decided it's an unfair advantage. Today, I was trying to remember the word hummus but completely blanked, so what I said was: "Cabbage. No, hermitage" And my brother guessed "Brussels sprouts?" "No, it's a brown goo" I said, but my brother heard "it's a round goo" "Hummus!" he said "that explains the green from cabbage" "It was hummus, but hummus isn't green????" "Oh I was thinking of guacamole" So like. Even when he and I are thinking of totally different things we can still come up with the same word lol

[orangechickenpillow]

I love how smart Ellie is. She reads all the books she can about space. She has a favorite astronaut. She can read Joel like a book, too -- knew what he was thinking after Tess died and stood up for herself. Knew that someone needed to keep watch after Joel fell asleep and took the initiative to do it safely and tactfully, and then stood up for herself again.

I also love how, even though she is smart, she's still just a headstrong kid who can sometimes be a little shit. She sasses a girl who is bigger and meaner than her (and holds her own in the fight that inevitably follows). She sasses a random dude she just met so bad that he ends up adopting her. She sasses an old couple because she thinks it'll be intimidating and get them the information they need. She's sarcastic and witty and so so bright and complex, I just love her.

[gumy-shark]

on one hand never trust how you feel about yourself as a person after the sun goes down, especially if you have a known pattern of catastrophizing your own behavior into you somehow being a secretly evil Bad Person. on the other hand night time is when i do my best introspection