#mentions but

[polaroid-steam-room]

for the gimme a character, what abt vanoss?

It's been a hot while since I made that reblog, so this was a (very nice) surprise, happy to answer nonetheless.

Not sure if Vanoss could be categorized as a "character", i.e. excluding his online "persona", but hey, I got thoughts anyway!

Sorry if this post is funky+huge, I'm pretty private/shy when I talk about my own thoughts and opinions verses hearing other folks out.

How I feel about Vanoss: Love him, hate him, he's a funny owl that can throw you off if you aren't familiar with his (recent) humor. As a viewer that can sometimes be the target of a joke or bit, I laugh at them as much as I do give an eye squint at (depending on & neutrally speaking). If I had to be honest about my immediate thoughts, Vanoss kinda comes off as a camera man that quips up from behind but is far from boring when he does. I like Vanoss because in my eyes, he is someone that enjoys a game or its moments with friends without having to commentate "just for the sake of"TM. That, and I find his kind of humor and commentary similar to mine sometimes, my favorite example is his, "Everybody remain calm. Go to your happy place."

https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxb_vUyLW7Uw5NXzrOvmHhKcBoq62Ep_PB?si=clkl_UI5kfmiFzWG

It's kinda obscure, as in, even my own little brother, who's watched all his videos back to front, will raise eyebrows at me even if it's recent. (On) top of making these idiolects Vanoss will do that I'll repeat on end, which can either infect my brother too or just remain an echo for a few weeks. Clearly, I'm a parrot counterpart to Vanoss, just training to take over his channel when he mysteriously dies (/j).

Shippings with Vanoss: I actually don't, mainly because a) I hold a huge Persona vs IRL mindset when it comes to shipping IRL folks, had it since sweet 2015, so it's definitely affect my perspective on it. And b) I don't know too many shippings with Vanoss (and I was on Wattpad and Quotev reading books on these guys back then, which says a lot.) that did stand out to me, minus the more popular H2OVanoss pairing. So, hey, if anyone seeing this posted some obscure Vanoss x pairing on those sites, chances are I definitely read it though. I may not ship the folks you write about, but I'd be damned if the prompt or potential went to waste in my eyes, I hear "hear me outs" for a reason. So, I get it, really get it, and I'll 400% read or look at art (especially when it COOKS), I just don't PERSONALLY ship anyone in the group. One guarantee is that I'll feen over any lovely art piece I see. It is a curse to love art and to not be normal about liking it. Am everyone's #1 supporter (AS LONG AS IT IS HEALTHY AND NOT CONTROVERSIAL OR WACKAWACKOS)

Friendship Duo pairings with Vanoss: That being said about my pervious point, with this one for me is H2O Delirious, Terroriser, Lui Calibre, and an odd one, BigJigglyPanda. With Delirious, he knows how to go along with a joke, or at the very least, knows with Vanoss something will be amidst with Elmer's glue and C4 wires covering their hands by the end of it. Him and Vanoss's dynamic is strong, and it's made proven when the other has a plan and egging the other to follow. At most, they're always looking for the other to be around and I think that really means a lot when you're given the opportunity to be with someone in a room full of others. The same -or similiar- thing can be said with Terroriser, I think the key difference is that Terroriser is easier to piss off/reactive compared to Delirious, when they're being messed with Vanoss. Another thing is their shared sense of humor and planning. When it's Delirious and Vanoss you could expect something annoying and inconvenient at most, the exact opposite of those two is straight Nuclear Destruction (/hj). Do NOT put these two in a room with explosives in game, they will rig it perfectly for the moment someone takes 4, specifically 4, steps into the room and desecrate the person in question. These two don't compare in light to Lui and Vanoss, my favorite duo pair for horror games. Vanoss is so terrified yet Lui is insanely collected (as one can be in a horror setting [seriously, go watch the "Dude I'm Not Scared" series]), but is enthusiastic enough to play with Vanoss. I think it works out, because (I think, take this as you will) I remember Terroriser saying something how he'd definitely get mad at Vanoss if he were to play a horror game with him. Either way, there's a sort of patience you gotta have, regardless if you play with a horror game with anyone in specific, and Lui being the main man to be there for Vanoss is great. I think which does point back to the more collected side of Lui when playing (excluding semi-jumpscares/jumpscares). Vanoss is Just Like Me FR TM, we would definitely not be scared but have our assigned guardian friend to be scared with if we got a horror game we want to play. For BigJigglyPanda, it's a more simple one, or at least, not as mouthy to talk about, maybe that's just me. But, I think you can very much tell how appreciated his presence is, not just by Vanoss himself, but basically the whole group. Panda makes plenty of crude jokes, but I think his delivery is what makes them great to me, on top of his own laugh, which gets its own fit of giggles out of the others, including Vanoss! I don't think there's ever much of a point where Vanoss didn't get a laugh by the Panda Man, minus if Vanoss was distracted or busy elsewhere. Maybe it's just me projecting, don't care, need more Panda Man (/lh).

My unpopular opinion on Vanoss: I think that Vanoss is an interesting kind of artist that I don't see too many folks talk about, but more specifically, the way he thinks. It's more because of my own empathy in how he wants to go about things from an angle he uniquely envisions. Maybe certain bits that need retakes, references that others don't get whether they're popular or not, expressing for more creative liberty and distaste when he is limited to be appropriate for a general audience (Alpha Betas), and, if I overthink it too hard, perfectionism. He has a vision, he wants the vision to work, but it's HARD to convey that to someone in a way that makes sense with either a limited vocabulary that can't describe it or isn't just, That FeelingTM. I think it's why (as I'm writing at this time), we haven't gotten a new album or single from his music persona, Rynx, is that he cares that it is good, but that it represents him, what his vision is, his art piece and craft that's uniquely his alone. (I'd say his thing of music videos is a semi-idea of that embodiment). If Vanoss ever became a director, I would not be surprised is all I'm saying, boy's got some creative juices in him and I get a decent impression of the mindset he has, or the vibe of, probably.

One thing I wish would happen with Vanoss: RYNX NEW SONG DROP PLEASEEEEE. Vanoss/Rynx is the only artist that I have ever listened to completely and actually actively want to hear more of than just passively like some other artists I follow. I have been patiently waiting for the last 4 years, going onto 2025 with no new music ;-;

Seriously, I genuinely enjoy the music he made, that's the only thing I want out of anything Vanoss might do. I don't doubt that he might post something soon... Maybe??? I don't know, I don't get my hopes up too much, all my Hollow Knight: Silksong homies would know the feeling, and I can't remember the last time he posted on his Instagram (on his personal acc) stories with him just stringing out his own tunes. I have repeated his songs so many times that he's gotten to my top 5 for three years on spotify, the man has a chokehold on me 😭

Closing thoughts: Not much besides he's been a childhood staple for me, I wouldn't change that part of my life if I was given the opportunity to. I love Vanoss and his gang, they've built some pieces of my humor and are the few youtubers from 2016 that keep me engaged with their videos. I know I ain't gonna stop watching them for a longgggg time that's for sure lol

Thank you for your ask! It was fun responding to this, though it's taken me a few days to properly format my thoughts into words. It was refreshing to type all this out, going from mobile to 'puter because all the fancy stuff (literally colors) would mold over the way my breakdown is built, definitely out of my own norm in a good way.

(UPDATE: so. uh. When I initially "finished" this response, it was two days, maybe? before Vanoss's music update post on his twitter account LMAOAO. My jaw physically dropped when I saw the post [courtesy of beepbananabus, because I do not have a twitt]. I wanted to get back to finish this response [I had a couple prompts WIP after I typed closing], got distracted as all good humans do, and remembered like a war flashback and am here now. Sorry for the wait, hope this was worth some of it at most, but I'm grateful nonetheless to have had this ask in my inbox and respond to! :})

[molabuddy]

recently when im tempted to say 'i'm gonna kill myself' i try to correct it into saying "im gonna walk into the river and become a trout" or some other form of that. this is my new thing

[prokopetz]

While the Onion buying InfoWars is indeed extremely funny, very few of the posts I've seen commenting on the sale have mentioned that the families of the Sandy Hook victims apparently agreed to voluntarily reduce their lawsuit payout as part of a deal to ensure that the Onion would acquire InfoWars wholesale, rather than having the company broken up and auctioned off piecemeal, as the latter course could potentially have allowed some of those pieces to end up back in the hands of Alex Jones' cronies.

Like, yes, it is in fact very funny that InfoWars is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Onion, but the real props go out to the Sandy Hook families who saw the opportunity and willingly gave up the additional millions of dollars that could have been realised by stripping InfoWars for parts in order to make that happen.

(EDIT: Fixed a sentence incorrectly suggesting that Clickhole is still affiliated with the Onion – it totally slipped my mind that they'd sold it back in 2020.)

[oldtvandcomics]

HEY GUYS!!

GUYS!!!

FRANCE HAS REACHED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON THE CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE AGAINST CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE EU!!

ONE COUNTRY DOWN, SIX TO GO!!

We also need still quite a few signatures in order to reach the one million required.

As to date, the six other countries with the most signatures are:

Spain - 38.72%

Finland - 30.31%

Ireland - 24.86%

Netherlands - 24.15%

Germany - 23.54%

Belgium - 23.09%

So yeah, still a long way to go, but we ARE slowly getting closer. Don't stop now! Don't let this stay within the community, either, if you have any friends or family who are open to queer rights, get them to sign, too!

[insomniac-arrest]

average aging Tumblr adult active here since 2014 when they scroll past werewolf boyfriend posts in the year of our lord 2024

[chessb0r3d]

Analysis so bad you don't even know what it's talking about anymore.

[some-pers0n]

Hey you ever think about The Characters so much to the point where

[shamefulzombie]

Not Perfect

[nat-20s]

Just thought to myself "can't women have a bad time in fiction without rape being involved" which really shows you how much you're in the fucking trenches if you are both a horror fan and women fan

[incorrectbatfam]

The only acceptable trans Tim headcanon would be Tim introducing himself to the batfam as a boy from the get-go with such confidence that no one questions him. Then, his first solo case as Robin is investigating the disappearance of Jack and Janet Drake's "daughter," so he pretends to have a twin sister by forging a bunch of documents and photoshopping family pictures. He then fabricates evidence of her death, committing multiple crimes in the process, and holds a fake funeral at the end. Because if his previous name is dead to him, he's gonna kill it the Tim Drake way

[drowninnoodles]

Heh

thanks to @hannahdra-ws for quote, its very cursed indeed.

[menlove]

interesting how transmascs & transfems alike think losing weight is the answer to pass as our chosen gender.... almost as if fat people are never Truly afforded a passing gender regardless of trans status. as fat people we are never Truly seen as Men or Women. anyway fuck that notion & if u think u need to lose weight to pass that's the devil talking

[1percentcharge]

tweets like this are my pet peeve. just throwing silly words together in a way that’s supposed to sound hyperspecific but does not in fact evoke anything recognizable