#like if you wanna buy bootlegs that’s one thing

[moghedien]

Friendly reminder not to buy Gameboy or DS games from GameStop now that they’re pushing the retro thing more because you have GameStop employees literally buying fake games and posting it online baffled that a person would accept a trade of only $100 for a bunch of bootleg games

Btw they were “missing crystal” because that’s the onlY GB Pokemon game where the shell can’t be reproduced so bootlegs are extra obvious

[civetside]

im bout to do my physical media rant baybe i keep trying to find some of my favorite cartoons n shit on DVD and SOO many of them only have like the first season and maybe the second physically and IM LIKE WHAT you went ahead and made a DVD for this series but couldn't be bothered to do like??? the rest of it??? and i ALMOST understand it ya know you wanna release the first season and see if it sells well before going and doing the rest, but also that's dumb? i don't wanna own only ONE SEASON if im going to buy a dvd for a series esp one that's already finished, i want to be sure it's THE WHOLE THING i'm not going to buy just a lil bit im going to wait for the full series to buy it so i know when im rewatching i don't have to like stop half way through and go watch the rest of it ONLINE GRRR GRRR do the full series or don't do it AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! im about to start buying bootlegs

[musical-dash-trash]

I've been scared to ask. But please explain newsies to me, and tell me if I spelled it right too. I wanna learn about this :3

you don’t need to be scared to ask, i love talking about newsies/things in general!!

okay!! so. newsies is a musical (or movie) about the 1899 newsboys strike. newsboys/newsies are children who used to walk the streets selling newspapers. they would buy the papers (in this case, for half a penny) and then sell them for double that.

then, joseph pulitzer (i think that’s his name… anyway, he owns the newspapers that our main characters sell for) decides that he needs to raise the price that the newsies pay by one-tenth of a cent.

that seems like it’s just a little, but it adds up, and these kids are poor.

slight change in topic to introduce our main characters:

jack kelly: 17, leader of the manhattan/lower manhattan newsies, wants to go live in santa fe, new mexico.

david/davey: of ambiguous age (but probably around jack’s age), gives the newsies the idea of striking, one of the strike leaders. les’s (and sarah’s, in the movie) brother.

les: 10, almost. davey’s younger brother.

crutchie/crutchy: of ambiguous age, one of jack’s closest friends, walks with a crutch (probably because of polio)

katherine plumber: of ambiguous age, reporter, gets the strike into the newspapers, jack’s romantic interest. only in the musical.

racetrack/race: of ambiguous age, manhattan/lower manhattan’s second in command. has a larger role in the movie than the musical.

denton: of ambiguous age (but an adult), reporter, gets the strike into the newspapers. only in the movie.

okay yeah back to the story!!

so, the newsies strike. specifically the manhattan/lower manhattan newsies. of course, that just makes the newspaper lose money, so it hires new newsies to sell papers. the striking newsies end up getting them to join their cause!

the rest of the musical is about the difficulties and successes they have while striking! (spoiler: they succeed :D)

anyway! i hope this was helpful, i tried not to spoil the plot too much. i would absolutely recommend watching it (both the movie and the musical are on disney+, there are also bootlegs of them) if you’re interested!

[tostadamika]

Daniel Watches She-Ra & The Princesses Of Power

-S1E1- 'The Sword Part 1'

Today's She-Ra Watch Art: This shitty Glimmer doodle.

Look I promise they won't all be garbage ;-; I promise

Okay I wanna preface: Not every post is gonna be this detailed, I didn't even intend to go on this long with just one episode but I lost track of time. Some posts I'll be short & sweet. Some I'll be long winded to a comical degree. Depends on my feeling.

I think I'll just keep it to one paragraph per episode, & only pull out the long rambles when I finish a season. I think that'll work. Yeah.

Okay so I have no idea who any of these people are because I literally just started but one of these guys is a lizard. I'm a huge sucker for lizard people in anything ever so I immediately like this fucker. He's a lizard, that is all I need. He's just instantly cool because lizards are fucking rad as hell dude.

So Cat-Ra speaks, that first fucking line of hers.

The fucking "Hey Adora"

The first fucking thing I said to myself, out loud, was the immediate reaction I had to that line: "Oh so they're gay."

I don't know if it's like canon or not but one of the things I know about this show is people ship them a lot. I have no idea if that's actually like a canon thing in the show or not but I've seen a lot of fanart of them so I know people at the very least WANT them to kiss or hold hands or get married & buy a house in the suburbs & raise like 5 kids & watch Shrek on VHS & talk about doing their taxes or whatever idk.

That being an actual thing in the show itself? Uh I guess I'll see what happens so who the fuck knows man. Maybe they just explode idk.

But like....dude. DUDE. The fucking way Cat-Ra said it was just....

SO fucking extra like that immediately felt fruity to me. I'm already getting that vibe from her. On top of that, the way her & Adora continue to interact in the episode also give off a very distinct vibe, a rather, ahem, 'fruity' vibe. I think I'm already getting the idea of why this ship is popular. I do believe I see the vision.

Also, quick tangent, I LOVE the way the animators animated Cat-Ra like an actual cat. Her hair getting puffed up when she's agitated, her ears moving to reflect her mood. Her eyes dilating like how cat eyes actually do. THEY EVEN ALSO MADE HER PURR LIKE AN ACTUAL CAT, LIKE SHE AUDIBLY CAN BE HEARD PURRING. THAT'S SUCH AN ADORABLE DETAIL & IT MAKES HER IMMEDIATLEY ENDEARING AS FUCK.

Also I guess it makes sense Cat-Ra would be into women, yeah?

Because it makes sense that CAT-Ra would be interested in PUSSY.

(Please Laugh) (I'm desperate please think I'm funny I need this)

Now moving on, let me talk about this BITCH.

One. Compared to the original Shadow Weaver, they sure did make her a way more intimidating villain.

Two. FUCK THIS BITCH??????

THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM YOU FUCKING BITCHY, INKBLOT LOOKING, WACKY WAVING TUBE MAN HAIR HAVING, WIZARD-WANNABE MOTHERFUCKER? LITERALLY SHUT UP

+ NO ONE CARES & ALSO YOU SMELL BAD

+ YOU LOOK LIKE A BOOTLEG ERMAC

+ YOU'RE MEAN TO CAT-RA, I MEAN HONESTLY, WHO THE FUCK JUST BULLIES A CAT?

IMAGINE BULLYING A FUCKING CAT. FUCK THIS BITCH.

I DO NOT CARE FOR THIS WOMAN.

HER SMUG AURA MOCKS ME.

Hi so I immediately love you?? Like instantly my favorite character just from the design alone. Glimmer is so real honestly.

I also like Bow, like, Bow is just so fucking cool & nice? He's such a real one, I wanna be best friends with him & hang out he's just so lovable like he's just awesome. I love this man immediately. He deserves all the good in the world actually.

Also holy shit the contrast between Bow in the original show vs this reboot design.

It's funny, the original design WAY more gay than the new one.

The new one that a lot of people (and by people I mean homophobic douchenozzles.) complained about, the design for Bow in this supposedly 'woke tumblr sjw cartoon' has a design that is far less homoerotic in it's design & feel.

The original Bow just outright looks like a fucking gay pornstar.

He's got the trademark 'Gay Porno Mustache™' & everything.

Okay so there's a magic sword or something, etc.

They mentioned Eternia.

Okay so, one of the reasons the original she-ra was lame as fuck compared to He-Man? No Skeletor.

Hordak & literally all the villains in the original show suck ass.

They fucking suck. Hordak is just Skeletor but boring & shitty.

Why the FUCK did they not take the oppurtunity to replace Hordak with Skeletor? You don't even need to add He-Man, I'm fine with that.

But You could have just taken She-Ra & added a better villain because Skeletor fucking rules. He calls people boobs. That's fucking awesome & cool. WHERE IS HE? WHERE THE FUCK IS SKELETOR? LOOK SHOW. HORDAK WAS FUCKING LAME AS FUCK.

SO IF THIS REBOOT IS GOING TO CONVINCE ME THAT HORDAK IS IN ANY WAY A LEGITIMATELY COOL VILLAIN, THEN THEY BETTER FUCKING PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT TO CONVINCE ME THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF JUST USING SKELETOR INSTEAD. LIKE, YOU BETTER FUCKING IMPRESS ME BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THE LACK OF SKELETOR IS GONNA BE A HUGE FLAW THAT YOU CANNOT OVERLOOK.

I mean, so far they managed to make me actually LIKE Cat-Ra, & the original Cat-Ra fucking sucks. Shadow Weaver sucked & so far at least this reboot Shadow Weaver is actually intimidating. But man, you better fuckin' impress me show, because the lack of Skeletor is felt deep within my soul.

OH wait hold on.

Okay I see why everyone said this show is gay now.

Anyways I didn't mean to ramble on this long about the show in just one episode, I promise this is gonna be a rare occurrence. I think from now on, I'll keep it shortened to just one paragraph per post. I'll only pull out these long posts when I finish a season or something.

Anyways uh:

-Glimmer is the best

-I'm sorry but I'm not over the skeletor thing WHY DID YOU NOT USE HIM HE WAS RIGHT THERE-

[azure-daybreak]

So I went to Miku Expo 2024 last night (the Vancouver show) and I wanted to talk about it while it's top of mind.

TL;DR I had a lot of fun, while there were some things I wish were different (mostly the screen), it wasn't a bad first Miku concert IMO (But I do wanna see more shows). More under the cut!

First of all, it was super cool to see all the different people there to see Miku and the other Vocaloids. Like, I've been to conventions before and it's always cool to see a horde of people dressed as various anime characters or animals, but to see everyone dressed specifically as Voicaloids and Project Sekai characters was new for me.

About the merch on sale at the concert, I was surprised that they were doing most of it outside and that the inside merch stand had barely anything- at least when I got in. That could just be bad timing on my end. If you're reading this and you wanna buy merch at one of the upcoming shows (especially a glowstick), make sure to get there early. For Vancouver, they did send out an email the day before saying that they were selling merch outside starting at 2pm, but I wasn't able to get there before then.

I did get the VIP package merch but it's kinda.... well it's not bad or anything, and I'm glad to have it but some of it feels a little cheap. For example, the hand fan is cute but feels flimsy, and the tote bag has a really nice design but the heat pressing makes me not wanna use it because I'm worried about cracking the art. On the other hand, I really like the lanyard that came with the package; The art was done by Socky and I liked it so much that I bought the backpack that also has that art.

Onto the show. You may have already heard this but yes, It wasn't the usual hologram, where they have a sheet of glass with the visual projected onto it, it was just a normal screen where they played the visual. It did feel like I was watching one of those hologram-ready videos on my phone but on a giant TV, but it was still cool to see.

Here's also a side-by-side of how the hologram looks vs the display using on the rocks from Magical Mirai 2021 and last night's show. While it's not fair to use a pro-shot vs what looks like a musical theater bootleg sime tutorial to show this, I hope it gets the point across. (Miku Expo 2024 on the left and Magical Mirai 2021 on the right)

I liked the setlist also, it can be found at this link here, but some standouts to me were, Miku by Anamanaguchi, The Vampire, Unknown Mother Goose, Childish War, On the Rocks, Sore ga Anata no Shiawase to Shite mo, Gimmie x Gimmie (Love this song so much), World is Mine (everyone screamed at the first "Sekai de" (including me)), the band introduction, Tell Your World (It's not my favorite or anything, but they shot out confetti at one point and that was cool.), and Intergalactic Bond.

I want to expand a bit on the band introduction and them as a whole, I loved that the band got attention and their names were shown. I watched some Magical Mirai videos and I see that this practice might be from that, so I'm glad that was carried over. They all were stellar and watching them was really exciting, the drummer- Dylan was always so cool to look at, Tobias the keyboardist was dancing near the beginning of Gimmie x Gimmie and that was a vibe, the bassist and guitarist- Leanne and Vixen's Diary respectively were fun to watch when they would get into the song and headbang and bounce around.

Lastly, I was surprised that Luka only got 2 songs (one of them was a duet with Miku). I (very sadly) expect MEIKO and KAITO to get shafted when it comes to songs, but not Luka!

Quick shout-outs to some specific concert goers; Shieonn, who made stickers and was handing them out before the show (Here's her Twitter!),

The person near me who shouted either "I LOVE YOU JERMA!" or "I LOVE YOU DRUMMER!" at the end of one of the songs (I think it was World is Mine), the girl near me who was trying to get pictures and video of the show using her 3DS, and this one person I saw outside the venue entrance as the show was letting out who was dressed up as Sonic Miku, I wanted to say that I loved the fit, but I didn't wanna just walk up to you randomly at almost 10PM and possibly freak you out.

Overall, I'd go again but please for the love of god, don't just have a screen for the Vocaloids!

[melonthesprigatito]

Had a pretty strange thing happen to me yesterday. I was googling "Espurr Plush Pattern" because I was thinking of maybe making a Shiny Espurr plushie to celebrate the announcement of Legends Z-A (went out and bought fabric and everything too. The pink fabric was hanging on the top shelf and I spent ten minutes jumping and yanking on it to try to pull it down because I couldn't reach it but that's a different story)

As I was scrolling through Google Images I stumbled across this site that was selling an Espurr plushie using this exact photo

Reverse image search yielded the information that a few other sites with gibberish URLs are also using this image so there's no way this is legit. (I saw it once but for some reason I couldn't get reverse image search to work properly again, it just shows random Espurr images, not every site thats using this image so I couldn't get a screenshot and I'm mad about it)

Wanna know why else this is 100% not legit and the seller isn't selling the Espurr in this photo?

BECAUSE ITS THE PHOTO I TOOK OF MY OWN ESPURR PLUSH

In case you need further proof that photo is mine.

She is called Iris, named after my Meowstic from Pokémon Sword and boy was she a fixer upper. Here's the rest of the images from that r/sewing post, she came with a lot of flaws

I have since patched her up with emergency plush surgery to fix her holes and rearrange her arm and tail to their correct positions.

This is her now and she is doing ok. :)

It was a little disappointing that I got scammed with a damaged bootleg plushie, but Espurr is already one of the scrunkliest Pokémon so those flaws make her more scrunkly and more endearing.

Back to my main point, I'm 100% that scam sellers are using this photo as a reference image to trick people into buying. But the fact that they're using a photo of an Espurr that is A) extremely bootlegged and B) DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE THAT ANYMORE, certainly is a Choice™.

(also $25.99??? What a ripoff, I got mine for £10 from eBay)

[turoce]

moe dynamoe

-i think he's really, really proud of his hair swirl. it's like a "signature style" like how a cartoon character has a certain attribute that makes them stand out from the rest of the cast. and it does make him stand out! aside from being the comic guy, it's the other thing he's most known for. i still don't get how Ninjoy hasn't realized who Dynamoe is.

-Moe is the one who officially sells Dynamoe merch, and it's actually his biggest income at the moment. how do people know it's official? one night, he graffiti'd a link to a site that would lead to a Dynamoe themed shop. some (not the police, to note) have tried to catch him through the link, but efforts have been fruitless.

(sidenote: Ninjoy doesn't have an official merch store, and most things you'll find on shops are bootlegs or fan merch. besides, she's a menace according to the news, so why the hell do you wanna buy merch of her, huh?)

-you've all waited long enough. behold, the second worst love square of all time. made around like June, but aside from my art style i haven't changed my thoughts on it at all.

[bugeyedfreaks]

Tumblr nuked the post I had queued about this, but let’s take a deep dive back into… The PPG Perfect Guide!

If you don’t remember, this is basically the Japanese version of the Powerzine. While the Powerzine had a lot of character stuff in terms of stuff written by the characters and info about the episodes, Perfect Guide has in-depth info about the characters, a synopsis of the movie, and… MERCH. I’ve got some pics of a couple of the spreads and some of my favorite items because… it would take forever to comment on every single thing. There was a LOOOOT of content on the merch.

These are the first two spreads, and as you can see, it’s like… CHOCK full of different stuff that was being made for the show. I think those first three sets were also sold in the US (maybe?) and I think some of the stuff on the second page was too, but a lot of this was Japan exclusive. The quality is SO GOOD! I also love that they were putting the girls on badminton rackets and stuff, like… the perfect product for kids to whack each other with. 🤣 I also would totally buy a pair of those white Blossom socks now.

I liked these keychains (zipper pulls…?) primarily for how dorky Buttercup looks (they’re “active girls always by your side!” 💕)…

…shot glasses for the bitter alcoholic soda drinker in YOUR life…

…an OFFICIAL OCTI PLUSHIE that I would kill to have and that I have never ever seen online anywhere (like… I’m not a collector but owning this would be my dream)…

Actually speaking of plushies, I saw this Blossom one that’s actually really adorable. I assume they made ones of the other girls too, and while I always love more action figures and stuff, this is just really sweet and darling to me. Very söftê. Like you could just lay their heads on their little pillows and pat their heads so they could dream of murder. 💗

There were also these tricycle PPG toys that I always thought were bootlegs buuuuut were apparently official this whole time! Wow! This is probably one of the weirdest toys but also… I mean, they’re kids too, they rode bikes in the show.

And I have a couple more things that aren’t gonna fit in this post, so I’ll just show you guys the bento boxes and bags and an EARRING HOLDER (!!!!!) because I thought they were really cool:

I think a big takeaway is… I think this merch holds up super well! I really do feel like you could sell some of this merch today and it wouldn’t feel dated or anything. These designs of the PPG are so graphically pleasing and simple that I think they really hold up and look fantastic. In general, I do always wanna see more of the characters get merch *coughmorecoolMojostuffplease* but it’s so fun to take a look back and see what was being made overseas for the show, and how simple and clean looking it all looked for the most part. I really like it!

[endy2eepy]

Haiii <333 I'm Ender or Coy (or Rose when I'm regressed!) Welcome to my agere blog 🌙

✨ Here's (under the cut) some stuff you should know about me before interacting, following, or if you wanna be friends! ✨

The information listed is:

my DNI and a misc important section- you MUST read these before following/messaging/commenting.

a section for if you wanna be friends- you MUST read this if you wanna message to be friends

my wishlists- just for fun but if you gimme gifts I will love your forever and ever

my likes/dislikes- you should read this to make sure there's nothing on my page that may make you uncomfy, but you don't have to

my tags- these will help you find posts you're looking for

(this DNI banner is free to use if you want, idm)

DNI List

🌙 Actually, I don't really have much of one but:

⭐ Basic stuff, obviously, like no NSFW (abdl and other kink variants included) and no homophobes/racists/ect on my page.

💛 I'd also prefer AI "art" users stay off my page, but I probably won't block or even notice if you're not heavily interacting!

✨ Other than that, I'll just block anyone who makes me uncomfy... it's usually nothing personal <3

Important About Me

🌙 I like media from problematic creators.

⭐ I won't take it personally if you block me over that, I know it may make some people uncomfy!

💛 I will not, however, let you fight me on it... I'll just block you first.

✨ When I say separate the art from the artist, I don't mean give them money and pretend nothing happened- I mean piracy is easy and bootleg/second hand merch is abundant!

🌙 I will block people who post slander on things I enjoy, but not people who simply hold the creators accountable or are just slightly critical.

⭐ It's hard for me to understand heavy baby talk or typing quirks, especially when I'm regressed.

💛 If you message/comment with them, there's a fair chance I'll ignore it since I can't read it. It's nothing personal, just try to add a translation if I ignore you the first time!

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⭐ If you don't want to be friends with me outside of little space, I'd prefer not to be friends at all. This is a pretty small (hehe) part of my life after all!

Wanna buy me something?

No you don't! Here are my wishlists anyways :3

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💛 Big:

Shows: Hazbin Hotel, The Amazing Digital Circus, Don't Hug Me i'm Scared, Boy Meets World

Movies: Dead Poets Society

Games: OMORI, The Sims, Fortnite, Overwatch, Cukt of The Lamb, D&D, MTG (sometimes), Cards Against Humanity

Books/Comics: Boyfriends (WEBTOON), If I Stay, All The Bright Places, The Art of Being Normal

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Shows: The Owl House, Angel Hare (YouTube Series), Centaurworld

Movies: The Velveteen Rabbit, The American Girl Historical Collection

Games: Just Dance, The Wii series, EA Playground, Minecraft, Roblox, Old Flash Games, Candyland, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Books/Comics: Heartstopper (more big but little too), The American Girl Historical Collection

Misc: Arts & Crafts, Collecting things (sunglasses, sloth stuff, and stickers), American Girl Dolls, MCYT, Playing Dress-up, Fashion Design

🌙 Little: (my little age fluctuates a lot so there's a lot of different age ranges in here)

Shows: Too many to list! Word Party and Bluey for modern stuff, and then 2003-2010 PBS kids and Nick/Disney Jr. The goodnight show with Nina and Star!!! Also, veggie tales!

Movies: N/A?

Games: The Imagine Series

Books/Comics: The Monster at The End of This Book, Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, anything by Kate DiCamilo, Dork Diaries/Diary of a Wimpy Kid/Dear Dumb Diary

Misc: hmmm I don't think there's any

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[metalprompts]

*      🤘   ―    ﴾  𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎  𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜  ﴿   :   𝐉𝐇𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐌𝐒.

a compilation of sentence starters taken from various videos from the jhofffilms youtube channel.  feel free to change and adjust as necessary.

" why would i wanna ruin the moshpit smell? “

“ you spilled beer everywhere ! “

“ what are you talking about? you have like, a thousand shirts. “

“ it’s $200 for the tickets, $300 for the backstage pass, $100 in service fees, plus $66. so that makes the total $666. “

“ if i get a shirt after the show, all my sizes are sold out. “

“ so then you buy the wrong shirt size and then you cut it? i don’t see why this is a problem. “

“ fucking slayer ! “

“ i hate when people assume my vest is my boyfriend’s vest. “

“ wait, what the fuck? isn’t that my vest? “

“ did you spend all your money on merch again? “

“ my favorite band? fucking exodus. only paul baloff era. “

“ i enjoy frolicking through the park, long walks through the pit, and double bass pedals. “

“ i just wanna get some sleep at one a.m. i don’t wanna listen to kreator’s third album in reverse order for the fourth time in a row. “

“ c’mon, motherfucker. i’m gonna teach you how to thrash. “

“ no karate in the pit ! “

“ who puts on headphones when they’re at a show? you wanna lose your hearing whenever you go to a concert ! “

“ you can live off of almonds. and beer. it’s good for your health. “

“ bonnaroo? what the fuck is bonnaroo? “

“ get back in your cab and go back to hot topic. “

“ i’m selling bootleg death angel t-shirts out of the trunk of my car so if you wanna get some good shit, just let me know. “

“ what the fuck is death angel?”

“ can you just, cool the metalhead thing? these guys aren’t metalheads. “

“ i’ve been to better keggers on a easter sunday than this shit. “

“ do these guys even listen to the second wave of norwegian black metal? “

“ you’re wearing a ghost shirt. your opinion is irrelevant. “

“ non-metalheads don’t get it. “

“ i washed your vest. it smelled like beer and sweat. “

" you went into my closet and took them, didn’t you? “

“ you’re my metal brother now, dude. “

“ in the name of paul baloff, gary holt, and freddie mercury. “

“ is this where we come to worship lemmy? “

“ there’s nothing more rad in this world than watching some sicko getting hacked to bits by some immortal bastard wearing a hockey mask because he’s late for his game. “

“ do not say one fucking bad word about cliff. “

“ fuck it, i’m gonna burn this church down. “

“ what’s with all these crosses? is it a black sabbath reunion? “

“ you gotta assert your dominance in the pit. “

[moghedien]

converted all my kindle books to epub and ordered a kobo and I think this officially ends my being stuck with anything in the amazon ecosystem

might finally bite the bullet and replace my kindle with a kobo

[gnczhanna]

I’ve written a few obituary posts already and I know I don’t have to I just feel very strongly that I have to express these things? I’m copypasting a longer post I wrote on fb for under the cut but my grandmother died this past Monday and its something I knew was on the horizon but I couldn’t have ever imagined how devastating and like. earthshattering it feels. My grandma was like a second mom to me, I spent so many summers at her house in PR, we spent years after that living at my moms house. She was a constant? And it’s funny to think like. a woman who was born to a rural, coffee picking family in PR, who almost died as a toddler because the ship that took her to NYC was being followed by u-boats, would take me to the beach and listen to me ramble abt shit she did not have any concept of and buy me bootleg Sailor Moon figurines in San Juan because I said I liked that show. Like our dedication to trying to know each other is something I’m going to miss the most. 

I think for people who haven't had a close relationship with a grandparent before it's very hard to explain just how beautiful and alien it is? To be an 00's kid from the suburbs and hold a conversation with someone who's life and experiences were so much different than your own and to still find ways to relate to each other. To joke around with each other. To spend an afternoon together line-drying clothes in her backyard and an evening quipping about novelas over dinner. To sit on the beach and talk about people I'd never meet, about a Bronx, New York and Puerto Rico that were already decades out of reach. I can't stop thinking about our wacky misadventures, all the hurricanes we waited out together, how funny it was to try to convey whatever extremely niche tween/teen hyperfixation I was having at the moment only for her to give the most barely related, completely out of context reply possible because of course she had no idea what I was talking about but she did want to have a conversation with me. I feel like anyone who is a child of immigrants knows what it's like to lose a family member and feel like you've lost a tether to your heritage. One of the bodies that made my body, that carried resilience and wisdom into my mother and into me, is not with us anymore. And that hurts me so deeply. I genuinely can't imagine who I'd be without my grandma; as I write this I can hear the windchimes on my balcony and see about a dozen different PRican souvenir trinkets scattered around my living room. I know that she's the reason I love to tell funny stories, that I tap on jar lids with the back of a knife to get them loose, that I stay mad as hell. It's wild that someone can be a fully complex and nuanced human person and also be your mom's mom. I feel like I've lost my second mother. I'm so grateful I got to see you last month, I want nothing more than to sit with you again and bitch about the same old novelas they still put on tv. I want nothing more than to sit in the carport of the house in PR with you and watch the rain. I don't know how to end this so here are some fun facts about my grandma: - She used to wear perfume to bed sometimes and when I asked her why she was like "I don't wanna waste them" - The ship that brought her to NYC in the 40s got torpedoed later that year by a german U-boat - One time we went to an outdoor movie thing and they were showing the Good Dinosaur and right after the scene where the dinosaur's dad tragically dies and it's like pitch black and silent for a second she started laughing so hard for some reason and at the time I was confused but honestly that was so fucking funny of her and I think about it all the time

[peterlorres21stcentury]

Films that should be great, but ain't

so uh, with that amazing title in mind, does anybody wanna discuss "The Constant Nymph"?

file photo: the most important yet most underused character ever

Back when I was a younger, even stupider fangirl, this movie represented the second holy grail in terms of lost media (the first was Der Verlorene). I should say difficult-to-find media, as The Constant Nymph was never exactly lost, but it was unavailable on home release or even general theater showings for 70 years. No really. The author's will stated that "the film could be shown only at universities and museums after its original theatrical run ended" (from Wiki). Don't ask me how Margaret Kennedy maintained that much fucking power over a juggernaut like Warner Brothers but it must have been one hell of a rights agreement.

As such, this was one of those movies that was simply unavailable to me for a long time, so when it was finally released from its long purgatory with a DVD home release, I was over the moon. Finally I could see Peter in the sort of lush romantic role he always deserved. Sure, I knew from my reading that much of his subplot was cut, but it couldn't be that bad, right? This movie has everything--a superb cast, a popular source novel, a moving musical score by Korngold. What could go wrong?

...I shouldn't ask that question because the answer is "everything" (with the exception of Korngold, his music can do no wrong). I knew things were off to a great start when the disc wouldn't even play in my computer--the official WB disc, not some cheapo bootleg, mind you--until I turned the optical drive upside down. Things didn't get much better from there. I'll let myself speak (if I may, haw haw), and repeat what I shared in my facebook group two years ago after my first viewing:

"I don't care how they chose to dress it up; it's the story of a grown man falling in love with a teenage girl who has a big crush on him. Sure, he claims not to be interested in Tessa romantically, but how does he explain his seeking her out at literally EVERY opportunity, and how he's much happier with Tessa than he is with his own wife? And the fact that we're supposed to see his wife Florence as a bad person because she's jealous of Tessa… no! Florence didn't do anything wrong! But instead she actually tries to apologize to Lewis for not understanding his "inner world" with Tessa. Ugggh. The whole thing was just super questionable, even for the 1940s, and I did not find it romantic at all.

Oh, and Peter was not in this movie nearly enough. We don't even get to find out about Fritz and Toni's baby! I wanted to see more of their marriage, even if Toni didn't seem to care very much for Fritz apart from what he could buy her." 😕

26-year-old Joan Fontaine fails to convince anybody she is supposed to be 14, while a concerned Peter Lorre looks on

So yeah. I could say a lot more, but I'll let it go for now. This is one of those films that has all the ingredients of a true classic, except somewhere along the way the director, screenwriter, and editor all tripped over each other and sent everything sprawling into the undignified void, leaving us with the awkward result.

[blackhakumen]

Mini Fanfic #1091: Enter Boshi (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)

2:17 p.m. at the Smash Direct Mall...........

Yoshi: (Walking out of the Phone Store Along with Daisy While Holding a Mini Shopping Bag in his Hand) Thanks for helping me buy a new phone, mom. I know it's the last thing you wanna to do on our outing together.

Daisy: (Gives Yoshi a Bright Smile) Nah, it's no biggie! (Wraps her Her Arm Around Yoshi's Shoulders) You know I always got you and your pops back if either of you needed anything.

Yoshi: Yeah, but you and rest of the moms, for that matter, seem to do almost everything for us over years. (Raises his Hands Up a Bit) N-Not that we don't appericate it or anything, we really do, it's just......I dunno. Does the whole ordeal ever feel.....exhausted to any of you? Like at all?

Daisy: Oh yeah, big time. But we all knew what were getting ourselves into the moment each of us stepped up to parenthood. And even then, that still won't stop us from being there and loving you kiddos to-

?????: Well, well, well.

The mom and son duo stopped walking as they turn around and see a blue Yoshi wearing sunglasses, a black leather coat, and torn up shoes stepping out from the corner of the Phone Store's entrance.

?????: Look at Mr. Karate Boy ovah here.

Yoshi: (Groans at the Soght of the Blue Yoshi) Oh God it's you......

Daisy: (Turns to Yoshi) You know him?

Yoshi: Unfortunately. His name's Boshi and he's-

Boshi: (Puts on a Cocky Smirk on his Face) The fastest, coolest devil in blue that this world has to offa'! (Winks at the Duo)

Yoshi: (Raises an Eyebrow) So a bootleg Sonic?

Daisy: (Starts Snickering a Bit)

Boshi: (Immediately Glares at Yoshi) 'Ey! Screw you, I am WAY more faster and cool than that blue porcupine wishes he can be!

Yoshi: (Crosses his Arms) Really? Then why not challenge him to a race then?

Boshi: I'll challenge him when I feel like it! And we ain't talkin' about him right now.

Yoshi: ('Sigh') Alright, then what DO you want to talk about then?

Boshi: (Starts Smirking Again) 'Bout how you and that edgelord angel dofus got both of your asses handed to you in the streets couple of days ago.

Yoshi: I mean, it really wasn't that much of fight. We were mostly jumped if anything.....

Daisy: Also.....(Raises an Eyebrow in Confusion) How did you even know about all of that anyways?

Boshi: I got info from the internet. (Takes his Phone Out of his Jacket Pocket and Uses it Search Up Something) Some guy with the weird, fire looking hair and crap eating grin posted a picture of you losers licking your own wounds. See? (Shows the Duo a Picture of Hades Taking a Selfie of Himself Smiling While One Arm Hugging an Annoyed, Bruised Yoshi and Pitto)

Yoshi/Daisy: (Groans at the Picture in Question) Hades........

Daisy: (Turns to Yoshi Next to Her) Remind me to kick his butt to the crub later......

Boshi: (Puts his Phone Back into his Coat Pocket) Yeeeup. It's been doing numbers as of late. (Shrugs With a Smug Look on his Face) Not that I'm surprised mind ya. Poor Green Yoshi! (Crosses his Arms) Couldn't even last a minute in a half in a group fight.

Yoshi: (Already Getting Irriated) Again, we were jumped out of nowhere. We really couldn't do much other than defending ourselves.

Boshi: Sounds like a you have no skills problem. (Uses his Thumb to Point at Himself While Puttong on an Overly Cocky Smile) I'd moped the floor with all of those those chumps ten seconds flat if I were in you losers' shoes

Daisy: (Gives Boshi a Deadpinned Look on her Face) You really wanna be Sonic 2.0 that badly, huh kid?

Boshi: (Angrily Points at Daisy) Says you, Mrs. Princess of Sarasaland! If that's what ya really are!!

Yoshi: Dude, what are you going on about? My mom has just as much royalty as Momma Peach and Rosalina.

Boshi: Oh really? Then how come her so called "kingdom" hardly been talked about in these parks, huh?

Daisy: (Raises an Eyebrow in a Bit of Confusion) Because no one really asked about it all that much? At least not compared to my peers.

Boshi: Which proves my point exactly! You ain't no princess!! You're just a wannabe poser no one takes seriously!

Yoshi: (Glares at Boshi) Alright, I had it up to here with your-

Daisy: Yeeeuuup, guess you're right.

Yoshi: (Turns Back to Daisy) Wha- M-Mom!

Daisy: I means, there's nooooo possible way I could call myself a princess when I have.four kingdoms to rule over.

Boshi: EXACTLY- Wait what?

Yoshi: Huh?

Daisy: Oh you didn't know? Yeah, back in my country, we have four kingdoms: Birabuto, Muda, Easton, and Chai. All of which are run by four of the most powerful, fearsome protectors youu would have the displeasure of meeting and they all take orders from me. (Crosses her Arms With a Smirk on her Face) Their empress.

Boshi: (Eyes Widened in Complete Disbelief) Empress!? (Shakingly Points at Daisy) Y-Y-You?

Daisy: Yep. I'm Empress Daisy, at your service~ (Playfully Winks at the Flabbergasted Blue Yoshi)

Yoshi: (Eyes Widened in Genuine Surprise) Woah.

Boshi: Y-Yeah? Well....If that's the case, then why does the big bad King of Koopas himself never bothered to kidnap you before, huh!?

Daisy: Oh, you're talking about Bowser? The same Big Bad King Koopa sent flying to the skies? And never dared to try and cross me since?

Boshi: (Glares at Daisy Again) Okay, now I know your messin' with me! Ain't no way in hell you would go that far as to send Bowser flyin-

Daisy shows Boshi a video of her bitch slapping Bowser towards the distant skies at relative ease on her phone. Instantly causing the blue, edgy yoshi to be flabbergasted once again.

Boshi: ...............HOW!?

Daisy: (Shrugs Casually) What can I say? He's lightweight compared to me. (Gives Boshi a Stern, Warning Glare While Cracking her Knuckles Slowly) And unless you too wanna know what it feels like to sent off into orbit, I advise you to watch what you say about my friends and family. Including my son-

Boshi: (Quickly Runs Off at the Speed of Light in Complete Fear) I'M SORRRRRYYYYYYYYY!

Daisy: ......Huh. Well, whaddya know? (Turns to Yoshi Cheeky Smile on her Face) I guess he really us a bootleg Sonic after all~

Yoshi: (Almost at a Loss For Words) Mom......Were everything you said just now is true?......

Daisy: (Happily Nodded) Yep!.....Well, the Sarasaland having four separate kingdoms part is true, your granddad's still emperor. (Grabs her Chin While Thinking) We should really stop by and visiting him one of these days though.....

Yoshi: So does that means you're gonna be an actual empress soneday?

Daisy: ('Sigh') I dunno, maybe? It's gonna be long while till my old man give his title up for anyone. But really, I'd rather not think too deeply on the possibility just yet. (Smiles Softly) Right now, I wanna spend my time here with the people I love.....(Playfully Gives Yoshi a Noogie) And best dino son I could ever ask for, yes you are!~

Yoshi: (Chuckles Ticklishly) Okay, okay, I'm the best~ Now, quit it, will ya? Our day isn't even over yet!

Daisy: (Finally Cease her Antics) Oh alright. I'll stop for not. Let's head to the Fashion Passion Shop next. Lili needs a new pair of shades.

Yoshi: (Raises an Eyebrow in Confusion as He Starts Walking With to his Mother to Their Next Destination) Lili?

Daisy: Ohhh right! I didn't tell you about her yet....Okay, so, remember that time when your dad and I went off to some old spooky mansion a month or two ago?

Yoshi: Was Death living there or something?

Daisy: ('Scoffs') I wish. But no. Instead, it was owned by a nun.

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[daemonhxckergrrl]

re: your ask from greyr4t about win10: as you said in your answer its free, just needs a key for 'activation.' ime activating win10 has been worth it. like you mentioned, it isnt strictly necessary, one can make do fine in a somewhat limited capacity with the watermark in the corner forever (unless your monitor is an OLED then have fun with 100% guaranteed screen burn in lmao. or unless always seeing it enrages you disproportionately. as in my case). but having windows activated is honestly just nice, it makes many things easier and is more sustainable in the long run... worth the extremely minor hassle as like a QoL thing imo. you also brought up that its possible to circumvent microsoft (and its brazenly insane asking prices 🤬) & buy cheap keys online from third parties. i wanted to talk about how i did shit, hopefully it helps the original asker directly or at least comes in handy to know

so i bought my (shady bootleg, yes, but perfectly functional for years now) win10 activation key for even cheaper than what Synthia listed as a price point- iirc, under 5 bucks USD. (might be higher now w inflation, but id be surprised if its much more than around 10.) if things still work how they used to, you can do this on ebay. technically ebays policies dont allow it, so the accounts selling these keys come and go frequently due to getting shut down by ebay after popping up. thus, dont necessarily be put off if the seller hasnt existed for long, as often thats just how it goes (or it did. hopefully this sort of thing is still going strong🤞); do trust happy reviews. now, there are a few TYPES of activation keys– priced slightly different, nothing big– that correspond to different editions of windows 10. so basically its home edition, pro edition, and "pro for workstations". might be worth finding a brief summary of each to determine which edition best meets your needs. (there are more editions beyond the main trio, look into those too if you want, but the tldr on em is theyre for like niche markets w/ highly specific use cases.) fwiw, i got pro & am happy with it. another thing, from personal experience: may or may not be obvious but you're gonna wanna save a screenshot of your key somewhere safe and accessible. additionally though, label the screenshot somehow so you know what it is later, and if youre a disorganized scatterbrain like i am then put that in multiple places you can reliably access so if/when youre having trouble tracking it down you know where else to look; it came in handy for me to have access to it in places both online (cloud storage like google drive or dropbox for example, or even just saving the email copy of the ebay mssg in the designated folder in your email for the ones containing info you wanna save) & off (physical note on paper, stored in the files on one or more personal devices, etc). theres a huge chance youll need it again in the future– like say if you want to upgrade certain hardware– and likely more than once. final advice: highly recommend looking into comprehensive ways of "defanging" and/or "lobotomizing" windows, as they say. i.e., a tip that gets circulated is doing the initial setup for windows w your pc in airplane mode / ethernet unplugged so you dont have to make a microsoft account so they cant create a profile on you to collect your data to sell off & target ads at you (which is obvi totally reversible later if you decide the benefits of having an account outweigh the drawbacks). shit like that, plus the loads of guides out there– many here on tumblr itself– on extensive fucking around in various settings to disable bloatware / preserve privacy / other useful stuff, that can get pretty granular. i think ive even seen Synthia herself reblog posts like that here a couple times, maybe? perhaps try checking relevant-seeming tags from the tagging system in her pinned, or do a blog search for the term 'windows' and see what all there is to find

phew, anyway, jesus christ! sorry this got to be such a long writeup!!! some of this blog's aggregate of resources have been a big help to me, so i wanted to try to pay it forward a little <3 and, Synthia, if you wouldnt mind, tagging the original asker in your response to this anon so that greyr4t is more likely to see all this would be very much appreciated by me!! ty in advance!! thanks also for your careful curation of useful info on this blog, plus the helpful posts and guides youve written here for us yourself 👍🌈

hi anon ! thanks for writing all this up !! lots of great points here - hopefully they help you out @greyr4t ! the airplane mode one is real important too if you care about privacy (and the fact you can't choose to make a local account during installation unless you are disconnected from the internet is awful and yet another dark pattern-type tactic.

i'm glad my blog's been good for you <3 (though i do need to go through and make all the important stuff a bit easier to access at some point)

iirc there's some reblogs on general privacy stuff (probably under one of the REPO tags and like "net privacy" or similar) as well as my own firefox post, and maybe more will happen in the future when i get to them

[biggaybunny]

I posted 4,000 times in 2022

That's 19 more posts than 2021!

506 posts created (13%)

3,494 posts reblogged (87%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 2,119 of my posts in 2022

Only 47% of my posts had no tags

#bunny - 253 posts

#arknights - 217 posts

#vtubers - 86 posts

#hololive - 72 posts

#bunnies - 46 posts

#i love her - 34 posts

#lmao - 31 posts

#fav - 23 posts

#elden ring - 19 posts

#disco elysium - 17 posts

Longest Tag: 131 characters

#ch'en gets reports of a blue-haired sankta woman running naked downtown away from an armed lupo and just turns off her police radio

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

They’re adding the try not to cum challenge to the Olympics

9,657 notes - Posted September 21, 2022

#4

Yor is the epitome of that one tumblr post she's like "I'm doing so well at Wife. I'm going to get a good grade in Wife, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve."

15,101 notes - Posted May 1, 2022

#3

Fever is a hilarious immune response. Our bodies tell the disease “hey, wanna see which one of us dies of overheating first? No? Too bad.” and honestly they’re not even the winners a decent chunk of the time but it works often enough that we never evolved it away or anything. Fantastic work.

40,711 notes - Posted November 22, 2022

#2

One of the things that makes The Chocolate Guy so enduring in his appeal is that he doesn't cheat. The truth is when you see those strange-items-as-cake videos, 98% of the time it's fondant piled on top of some barely sculpted sponge. But chocolate guy -- sure he uses food coloring here and there, but he'll use all sorts of fruits, candy mixtures, and of course the most *delicately* sculpted chocolate to create his insane contraptions. He's taken chocolate to a lathe before. And that's infinitely more fascinating than yet another instance of edible play-doh being used to make a shoe, or whatever.

52,557 notes - Posted April 5, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Pronouns? Yeah I gots all the pronouns you could want. Bootleg? No, no, you've got it all wrong. They just, uh, fell off the back of a truck. Now, can I interest you in a she/sher? Or how about a nice he/hee? That one's gonna get real popular, lemme tell you what. What? I'm telling you, these are genuine articles of speech. Look kid, I don't normally do this, but you buy a set of, uh, lemme see... not those... you/youse, I'll throw in another pair free. I dunno, for your dog or something. You ever think about your dog's pronouns? I thought not. Cash only.

59,526 notes - Posted March 9, 2022

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