#makes me embarassed to be part of gen z

[aqlstar]

So some absolutely deranged college students near me thought yesterday would be a good day to do a protest to “stop the genocide in Gaza.”

(There’s literally a ceasefire?? Say what you like about Bibi, but he’s trying a lot harder to hold this ceasefire together than Hamas, which has allowed multiple bus bombings to occur + gave back an anonymous body instead of Shiri Bibas. )

They occupied a building (actually a dorm that people live in) and live posted about it on insta + asked for people to bring them snacks and board games. They were also asking for people from off campus to come join them on social media.

As per usual, the school did absolutely nothing until the literal FBI called them to alert them of an increased security threat, at which point they easily dismantled the occupation because they could have done that at any point and were just choosing to let these morally bankrupt students take over a dorm.

Their chapter of SJP has been suspended, and the college newspaper is full of students whining about how unfair it is.

[cheesy-che]

Hi!! I like your oc Mizuiro (hope i spelt it right!!) and knowing that she gets shipped with Leo tbh started giving me the courage to not just go back to my oc x canon ships again, but also the oc's I shipped with the turtle(s) (depends on the version lol).

I used to feel embarassed about it when oc x canon shipping was thought of as 'cringe' and people moral-shamed human x anthro characters but seeing other human oc x Turtles ships out there (yours included) gave me hope that one day I may pick up drawing my old otps again! ;-; Thank you!!

(For those who might stumble randomly upon this ask : This is about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Original Characters.) Anon, Thank you so much for your message!!! It means the world to me. To know that my OC inspires other people is such an honor. She really is my muse. I'm thankful to be able to share the inspiration she offers me with others. <3 As for the whole "anthropomorphic x human debate", I think it's important to be aware of it for what it truly is : fiction. I've seen a video from a therapist on Tiktok (I know, it's quite vague- sorry I can't find it anymore ;_;) talk about how so many of her millenials and Gen Z patients often asks her if it's ok to be attracted to fictional characters even if they're not our age, if they're not human, etc etc. But her answer was great : It's mostly about treating our fantasies exactly as that, fantasies! Side note > There are so many tropes that are, in my opinion, awfully worse than a consensual relationship between two characters who have around the same age equivalence and thinking capacities but who aren't the same species. Do you get what I'm trying to say? The TMNT fandom, from what I understand, can be divided on that. Some people prefer to create non-humans OCs and some others (like me) prefers to create human OCs. I personally never thought there was a problem with writing a human character fall in love with a non-human character... especially since in the 2012 TMNT series or even the most recent Mutant Mayhem movie, there ARE canonical relationships between Ninja Turtles and human characters. Clearly, the fans weren't the first ones to think of that. I do believe that it is important to ask ourselves questions about our ships and how "healthy" it is, but in the end, you are writing and/or drawing for yourself. I understand that receiving criticism from someone who doesn't share the same point of view can make you doubt yourself. There is a huge fear about being rejected by a community or a part of it. The internet is a place to have discussions, sure... but what I'm trying to say is : If you have fun doing it, if it doesn't hurt anyone and if it makes you happy, do it! I don't know if you ever saw the meme below, but I think I'm going to end with that. When I understood this message, it gave me the strenght to post my art and my writings online. I can only hope it does the same for you. Don't hesitate to write to me again, btw!

Best of luck, Che

[curs3dn0va]

I have kept blogs on and off throught my life. I'm that part of gen z that wanted to share my stories to whomever might care, if anyone did... But when people in my real life actually read them I would get embarassed. You see, I was badly bullied during elementary school - very important formative years, now that I think about it - and here in México elementary school is 6 years. I am also acutely aware that the bullying "wasn't that bad" in the sense that it was never physical, but it did instill in me - an undiagnosed autistic - many core beliefs that only now, at 26 years old, I'm starting to understand how they impact my life to this day. A few examples are as follows: that I was inherently ugly and there was nothing to do about it; I was also very stupid, and again there was nothing I could do about it; I was not good at anything, therefore I should give up on any single thing I start; I am also very weird and odd and offputting, and should not approach anyone because they will hate me. The list could go on, but that's not what I want to talk about in this introduction.

Despite all of this things that became my core beliefs about myself, it took many years for me to get any diagnosis, and legally I am not diagnosed (more about that in another post about mental health resources in México), since my diagnosis is private. But you must understand, dear reader, that this blog is not to look for sympathy or pitty or clout, I am a writer to my core, and the fact that I have never been able to pin down my life and pull it appart to see what makes me who I am bothers me. With this blog I want to talk about my past, even vent a little about people that - from my perspective at least - have wronged me. And some people might wonder "why not a tiktok?", well putting my self image issues aside, the people that I will be talking about would not appreciate the things I have to say, and tiktok is much more traceable, althought that is not what worries me: a tiktok is quick and spur of the moment, words can be miscontrued and twisted, and I am much better with words when I write them down.

Another thing you might be curious about might be the fact that I say I'm healing, yet I will be bringing up things from a very long time ago, and to you that might not be the ideal way of healing, but as I mentioned before: I have several conditions that make it harder to let go of things, and everything I will be writing here are things that I haven't been able to let go, they hurt me and fester inside me. I have tried vent books, and I don't intend to stop them, I'll probably even show a few passages, but please grant me some grace, I've had a rough life despite my privileges (and I have many).

For right now I can introduce myself: My friends call me Nova, I am a tattoo apprentice, I enjoy movies and cinema, I love music and am currently enrolled in piano lessons, I love beauty and makeup, I also like fashion althought I'm not very fashionable, I do recreational weed since it helps me unmask (this is not a recommendation or endorsement of the use of illicit substances), I love traveling and trying new things, I am bilingual and learning my third language right now, I'm enrolling in university next semester (again), I finally have a few friends that I can be myself with, I am currently reading Babel by R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War trilogy broke me and it is my favourite series so far, I love Bo Burnham, and I play too much Overwatch.

So if anyone is interested in my lore, my personality, and where I'm going, follow this blog. I do have some projects pending: I want to make videos about books and/or makeup, I want to get better at my art, and I'm using this whole thing to practice my prose because I'm very interested in writing a book someday.

[erin-bo-berin]

i’m part of gen-z but i promise i’m not like the 14 yo on tik tok (i’m 20 btw) they are actually terrifying and sexualize matthew in the craziest way possible ALSO they treat thomas gibson’s son so weird and are constantly tagging him in edits where people say they wanna get railed by hotch/thomas and it’s so uncomfy🥴

Oh no, I realize not all you gen z’ers are like that! I’m so sorry for generalizing you all, I try to avoid that—like I know not ALL tik tok fans and twitter fans are like the majority, but I digress.

That honestly is so weird though. I have such second hand embarassment.

I saw one tiktok of a part of WAP edited into a Spencer audio that one part of the touch the little dangly thing in the back of my throat (idk how it goes exactly I haven’t listened to the full song) and then put Spencer’s “is that what you want?”

Okay let me unpack this. Normally, that would be something I would possibly make joke about, but I don’t know it makes me really uncomfortable to know that that was probably made by a teenager and one of the ones like you described. I mean...it’s okay to have a crush on the guy, love him, etc. but I don’t know man it’s way weird when a young teen is all sexual like that about a 40 year old. I’m not judging people’s ages or the age gap between them and Matthew because I’m 13 years younger than him but like it wouldn’t be AS weird for me or someone my age to make such a sexual joke or something you know?

Forgive me, I’m just rambling but like it blew my mind lol

[ocean--toast]

Some DDLC headcanons

Ya boi in a ddlc/bnha/overwatch(?) Mood tonight so yall get to deal with my fluff vomit of the gorls from years ago, so

All the girls have pets and regularly bring them to club

Sayori has a doggo, I'd like to think a corgi or pug

Natsuki has a hamster that's grey and named something super cheesy for sure

Yuri has a turantula named Markov and he kinda blue

Natsuki h a t e s it the first time she sees it but slowly grows to appreciate Markov even if she refuses to touch him because he's nastay

Monika has a parrot that she has accidentally taught to say rather vulgar and sometimes vaugely threatning things

Monika is a grade A gen z nihilist. She straight up cracks the darkest jokes sometimes but all the dokis, with equally dark senses of humor laugh

Mostly guys around the school, including MC are deeply disturbed

Natsuki is the big gay and has a crush on Yuri

Monika is in love with all the doki's but displays affection in diffrent ways most of the time

For example she holds Sayori's hands all the damn time

She gives Natsuki kisses which kind of embarasses her but she really likes it

And Monika has an obsession with playing with Yuri's hair it's just so s m o o t h and Yuri always wears it down so Monika can actually experiment with styles

Yuri believes in magic and practices witchcraft. Natsuki and Sayori enjoy being over to see all the plants Yuri grows

All the dokis love to sing and sometimes even listen to musicals in long car rides with predetermined parts

Sayori sings along to all the parts anyway and all the dokis think it's adorable

Every summer the dokis take a vacation somewhere along the coast of japan, all of them also shamelessly wear bikini's when they go to the beach together

Natsuki and Sayori play ball in the water while Monika and Yuri read

Monika always brings a Stephen King book just in case they finish what Yuri's reading

Yeah Monika isn't horror fiction person but she knows her bookworm gf

Monika also knows her other two gfs really well and every vacation gets Natsuki a cute piece of jewlry with her name on it

She also gets Sayori stuffed toys

I just need more wholesome doki headcanons okay? That game makes me afraid and sad