#most of the time ime they're not even weird or disrespectful about it it's just a really complicated experience

[lightyakami]

i always want to get back into learning japanese but literally like. the psychic damage u acquire from stepping into a japanese classroom is so real

[nonbinaryeggrolls]

When Someone Tries to Touch Your Hair

JJK men x gn black!reader

I had this idea for a little while and I absolutely love it. As someone who has to literally fight off ppl with a stick to keep them from basically "petting" me, I thought it would be so cute to write about the JJK men sticking up for you

Warnings: Fluff!, no nsfw but MINORS ARE STILL NOT ALLOWED GO AWAY, angst in Gojo's, specified braids/locs/twists in Toji's, unwanted physical touch, I think that's it!

Starring: Nanami Kento, Toji Fushiguro, Gojo Satoru

MINORS DNI. AGELESS AND MINOR BLOGS WILL BE BLOCKED

Nanami Kento

Of course he remains calm, he's always calm. but trust, inside he is BOILING with anger

Kento adores your hair, it sounds weird but he loves watching you on wash day care and tend to your hair with such detail and precision. Apart of it is so he can learn to do it himself one day so you won't have to spend so much time doing it yourself

He's always buying the best products for you no matter how expensive he knows black hair care products can be.

Design Essentials, Creme of Nature, Mielle, jojoba oil, tea tree oil, hair masks, curling cream-- you name it (or even glance at it in the store) he's already bought it for you

So seeing someone disrespect you by even attempting to touch you makes him absolutely livid

Kento: "I don't know I didn't think it was all that great, the plot didn't really make a lot of sense." Kento said as you two walked out the doors of the movie theater.

Y/N: "What?! I thought it was good, you're always hating on superhero movies you're like an old person. Oh! the boba place closes at 9:30 did you still wanna--

"Oh my gosh I just have to ask who does your hair? It's so pretty!" A young woman around your age popped up from behind you guys, her intensity kind of startling you a little bit

Y/N: "Oh, thank you that's so sweet! I actually do it myself" you smiled and she looked at you in astonishment

"Really? Wow it looks like it was done by a professional, I bet it takes you so long!"

Kento's eyebrow raise and body stiffen in an almost defensive way, he was already anticipating what was coming next

Y/N: "Yeah, sometimes it can. It kind of just depends on how tired I am that d--

Your body leaned back as she reached out to grab the top of your head. Kento wrapped his arm around you and pulled you back by your shoulders, shooting daggers at the woman as if she had just committed an unforgivable act

Kento: "Please step back. You don't need to touch them to compliment them." he reprimanded and held a firmer grip on your shoulder. He wasn't going to yell at a woman he didn't know but he sure as hell was going to get his point across

"O-oh Im sorry I didn't mean anything by it. I just think it looks really ni--

Kento: "Then you can think it's nice from a distance, they're not a dog. Have a good night." Kento intwined your hand in his and led you away to the car. You looked up at him and a small grin grew across your face

Kento: "Don't look at me like that."

Y/N: "You're like a guard dog. Like a snappy little golden retriever." you giggled before planting a kiss on his jaw which he returned with one on the top of your head

Kento: "Cmon lets go get boba."

Toji Fushiguro

Rage, Rage, and more RAGE

The anger that fills this mans body when someone tries to touch you is immeasurable, ESPECIALLY if its a man

Sometimes you have to calm Toji down when someone tries but its no use, he's already out of his seat and practically ready to kill

Toji is definitely someone who values his personal space, so he completely understood your frustration when you talked about how crazy it is that some people think its okay to try and touch you without permission

He's only seen it happen a few times, thankfully most people had common sense. But there was always that one asshole that crosses the line

You and Toji were out on a late night supply run getting items for Megumis science fair project. You roamed through the aisles of the arts and craft store filling your basket with acrylic paint, styrofoam blocks, construction paper and glue sticks

Toji: "What kind of fifth grader does a science project on soil erosion? Can't we just do something normal like a volcano or something?"

Y/N: "Are you gonna keep complaining all night or are you gonna actually help find everything on the list?" You turned around mad dogging him, both of you were tired and a little bit cranky and snappy at one another. Most of it was playful but some of it intended

Toji: "You look like a pig when you scrunch your knows like that." He chuckled attempting to pull you in for a kiss

Y/N: "You bitch-- Go get someone to open the spraypaints for us!" You said shoving your hand in his face and pushing his head back. Toji sauntered away to find the nearest employee to assist you guys

You stood alone in the aisle for a few minutes scrolling through instagram to pass the time until Toji came back, until a tap on your shoulder caught your attention. A random man, had approached you attempting to spark a conversation. Your eyes jotted back and forth around the area wondering where tf could Toji be and why was he taking so long to get back

"You got a really pretty smile you know that? Pretty hair too, you do this all by yourself?" He asked and took one of your (protective style)'s in his hands

Toji: "Now you..." Toji came up behind the man and planted a firm grip on his shoulder, "...are way too ugly and way too short to think they'd ever want someone like you to touch them. Don't you think?"

The man trembled in place at the vast size difference between the two

"I--"

He couldn't get a whole sentence in before Toji pulled him back by his hair then slammed him head first into the shelves next to him, making the man scream in pain. The star captured the attention of multiple employees and needless to say it wasn't long until you were being led out of the building by security.

Toji: "Did I do too much again?" He asked from the passenger seat, knowing full well he didn't regret his actions

Y/N: "We just got banned from the store, what do you think Toji?"

Toji: "Are you mad at me?"

Y/N: "Yes I'm mad!"

Toji: "Mm. The blush on your face doesn't look like someone who'd be mad at me." He grinned and you tried to hide the smile that started to form

Y/N: "Shut the fuck up."

Gojo Satoru

Gojo unfortunately was very ignorant to the topic at first

Maybe it was a cultural difference but when you told him people would ask to touch your hair he thought it wasn’t that big of a deal

“If someone admired your hair so much that they want to get close to it shouldn’t that be a compliment to you? It’s like they’re complimenting an artist for their artwork right? I don’t really see the harm in that, I touch Getos hair all the time and he's fine with it.” He said once before

Nonetheless it led to a very heated argument

He didn’t understand all the fuss around it, that was until he saw it actually happen

Seeing how physically uncomfortable you get when someone you don’t know tries to “pet” you put it all in perspective for him

Y/N: “Gojo, hurry we’re gonna miss the train!” You shouted as you ran through the subway station

Gojo: “I’m coming slow down! I don’t wanna drop anything.” He followed closely behind carrying the other bags of groceries you guys got from the farmers market

You both managed to slip through the train doors in time before it departed. You two managed to find two seats by the window, it was a preferred spot that way you both could gaze upon the countryside greenery as you passed on your way back to the city. Gojo leaned against the window and you leaned against his shoulder, the both of you trying to get some rest after a full day of walking.

The train stopped at its next spot to let on a few more passengers and a tap on your shoulder shook you out of your rest.

“Can i touch your hair?” a young woman behind you asked, but she had already reached out her hand before you could even answer. You pulled back before her hand could touch you

“Oh, um no please don’t do that…” you awkwardly said and turned back around. You looked over at Gojo who you know heard everything but was undermining the situation yet again

Gojo: “Calm down she didn’t mean anything by it, go back to sleep.” He dismissed you, not even bothering to open his eyes as he still laid against the window. You let out a low scoff and laid back against your seat instead of Gojos shoulder like you were before

The next few minutes we’re quiet as you dozed back off until you heard a loud camera click and could hear the girl frantically trying to turn the volume down

Y/N: “Did you just take a picture of me?”

“Oh it wasn't a bad one I was just sending your hairstyle to my friend I think it’s cute.”

Y/N: “I don’t care. Don’t take a fucking picture of me if—

“I didn’t even touch you so calm the fuck down…this is why no body likes to compliment you people anyways. You take everything too goddamn seriously.” she muttered the last bit under her breath but still loud enough to pick up. This sentence being the one that finally caught Gojos attention

Gojo: “What was that?” He stood up towering over the young woman

“I-I didn’t say anyth— I’m s-sor—

Gojo: “Shut up. Delete it. Now.” His eyes pierced through her and she scrambled to reopen her camera and delete the photos. She flipped the phone towards his face to show that they were no longer in her folder

Gojo: “Now go to a different seat. And if you touch them against i’ll smash that stupid fucking phone into the fucking concrete.” The young woman ran from her seat to the other side of the train as quickly as possible and Gojo sat back down. He attempted to put his arm around you but you wanted no part in it, for the next 30 minutes you ignored every attempt he made to get a word out of you. Even on the walk home you were cold

Gojo: “Y/N if you don’t tell me what’s wrong I can’t fix it!” he said as you entered your apartment

Y/N: “IVE TOLD YOU WHATS WRONG BEFORE. YOU DONT LISTEN!” you yelled, something he rarely heard you do, “I told you countless times before that people trying to touch me is a reoccurring problem for me and what did you do? You belittled me and made it seem like no big deal. Why did it take someone being blatantly racist towards me for you to actually start caring? Why did I have to prove the problem to you?” He looked back at you with no words just a stunned expression as he struggled to find the right thing to say

Gojo: “I…I don’t know. I’m sorry.” you rolled your eyes at his lackluster reply and turned away to the bedroom

Y/N: “Whatever. I’m going to bed.”

Gojo: “Y/N, wait I—

you slammed the door in his face before he could finish his sentence

story belongs to @nonbinaryeggrolls

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[psychicbergara]

A few people in the comments going "well whoever voted is wrong" 🙃 weird ass people.

oh woowwwwww they're not even being subtle about it. they're weird for getting sooooo mad about a harmless ranking. theyre fr just assholes.

im ngl this is why i dont like some shane stans. like there's def more kind and respectful shane stans, but the louder ones are the most annoying, disrespectful, and often times, racist people in this fandom that i've ever seen. like does it kill them to see that their white fave isn't always gonna be the most favored one 🙄 they need to get over it. and them saying this shit just makes me want ryan to be placed at #1 as a fuck you tbh

[nanjokei]

ok heres what ive been thinking of recently

honestly its just raw emotion, i dont really mean to upset anyone or say that they're consuming anything wrong. i'll try to word things as carefully as possible (or ill mince meat as much as possible idk) because i really do not like when people assume ill intent in my words just because i use blunt language at times. (sorry its just how i talk. im not mad at you. im not yelling at you online)

but honestly i have had a long thought about it.

i'm incredibly tired of the lack of curiousity a lot of new vocaloid fans have towards the culture.

statements like "boomers expect me to know songs from 2007" or whatever. i mean, no, no one is Expecting anything from you, that is absolutely a strawman you have invented based on someone merely being surprised (often in jest even), but it's also like. you, who actively identify yourself as a big fan, have never even thought to look back? there are so many playlists and medleys you can consult. it is a few searches away, i don't care. you are not five years old. and if you feel lost you can always ask people there are always so many people just waiting to introduce someone to even one or two old songs they like.

like is it bad that i think you should be a little more passionate if you consider yourself a geek?

what is wrong with me being surprised if you don't know sakura no ame or saihate or whatever. what is wrong with me thinking that it's weird that even with the biggest producers in the world, you have 0 curiousity to look into their old works?

it's not me being old and cranky, i just think it's a little bad and disrespectful that a lot of new fans just see older songs as inherently worse or not worth their time and use them as a strawman to invent some kind of boomer boogeyman who is going after them for not knowing shiningray or celluloid or ikelenka or whatever. even though honestly you should know them. even if you only listen to it once and decide you don't like it, or hell even just know they exist without listening.

like, songs with millions of views on nnd, i want you to at least familiarize yourself, especially if the producers are still active! at the very least!

whats wrong with me wanting people to enjoy amazing music that built up an entire subculture? made by passionate people who didn't even know the scene could last as long as it did? what's wrong with wanting to share my love with another generation?

i'm not denying that there may be outliers who are rude to other fans, but come the fuck on, stop acting coy about it. you should at least be able to recognize one of either the title, sound or thumbnail of the top 100 songs from 2009. not even KNOW them, just recognize, like is that too much to ask?

like, it's something i personally struggle to understand in general when it comes to interests i'm passionate about. i'm not a pushy person by the way, i don't go around heckling people not even as a joke, so i am not even letting anyone put me in the box of "probably acted pushy and didn't realize and is now mad at the other party". like, this is not directed at casual fans. i am just thinking stuff like "why are you hostile towards the idea of learning more about your interest?" and "why are you hostile towards passionate people who want more people to get into what they like?" and "why pigeonhole yourself? learning more means more fun for you."

because what bothers me the most is that eventually it turns into accusations of "gatekeeping" and "elitism" if anyone voiced their opinion about things. i know how im wording it makes it sound like it personally happened to me but it hasn't it is just what i have observed over the years as someone who gets super into stuff and tries to immerse myself and sees other people get into fights whether its the """elitist""" or the """casual""".

why is it like this? i cannot see why wanting to share is elitism or gatekeeping. maybe elitism sure if the other party feels like they're being targeted for no reason (and im not saying it does not happen). but gatekeeping? why is it gatekeeping? wanting to share what you like with others is gatekeeping? isn't that if you told people NOT to get into it and hid it away?

like, im saying it properly so no one misconstrues what i am saying, but i understand not everyone wants or has the energy to become a big fan of something. there are so many things where i am a very casual fan!! but even then i respect the thing i am into by also acknowledging its history at the very least even if i might not ever play/watch/read/etc all of it or at all.

so like... is it bad? is it bad that i think others should have this respect too? i know this is an issue of low empathy or whatever. i have to run around in circles to understand others. i "get" it, but im also like, why cant they be like me? so i want you to know in no uncertain terms that I GET IT. I GET PEOPLE'S POSITIONS HERE. i have been thinking about this general topic my entire life

so in the end it just turned into a general sort of thing. but yeah, i don't understand why people get so defensive and act so persecuted. am i wrong in my point of view? am i just being an elitist after all? like i simply see it as "i want people to enjoy it too."

like, i thought about this stuff after seeing how passionate ado is about vocaloid. like, she is only 21 years old. she is as old as or slightly older than many new fans (though she had liked vocaloid since elementary school). she is the biggest pop star in japan right now and yet her passion has not waned. not to mention so many younger fans that do have that curiousity too. i used to think its not possible, but i see them in the YT comments, going "im 16 but i really like this era of music" and such.

like, please just open your heart. ignore the boogeymen you're hallucinating and just enjoy slowly... it doesn't have to be a study session. naturally you will just discover more songs you like from those eras

[what-if-nct]

hiiii today's reminder is why am I so easily influenced. i wear a full face of makeup three times a year but I have a full cart on an app because i saw a bunch of reels about Barbie makeup looks. also insane because that also goes with none of the clothes i own. also also insane because the entire reason I spend so much on skincare is so that I can skip most of my base makeup and just do some highlighter and blush and eye and lip stuff and call it a day. why are these influencers convincing me I need a foundation that's worth half my paycheck when I have literally structured my purchases around not needing foundation????

Hiiii, and seriously influencers really influence too hard. And make you think you need this one thing that you've isolated from your routine for a reason. But like they use it and you second guess yourself like I dunno it does look good I mean it could be worth it and it never is. I also don't use any face products except for blush in the winter and the times I'm like well maybe a light coverage foundation would be worth a try. It was Charlotte Tilbury, why would I spend that much on something I want to try. It's a trick. Remember it's all a trick to get your monies. Don't let them rewire your absolute perfect strategy. Seriously that is such a smart idea. My skin isn't the best but it's acceptable just really dry but it's just too hot to fuss with foundation. I just throw on glitter, liner and like fifteen different lip glosses. So don't let the influencers influence you. You don't need it.

But all the Barbie stuff oh it is tempting. But like how my best friend takes Sanrio seriously. I take Barbie seriously. I have to sit down and think do I like it or is it just pink and says Barbie. I only genuinely like a few things mainly purses. Like this dream house backpack. I think I'm going to bypass all of the Barbie and just get that. Dolls not included. I will get a doll. The clothes eh. Only hot topic has my size and I'm not impressed theyre sanrio collection is better I don't know why they failed barbie. Im also picky about barbie content. Like if I know they're die hard about barbie I'll watch them but they're just following the trend I know the difference. Trisha Paytas? She named her daughter Malibu Barbie and talked about that name in 2017. An icon. Trixie Mattel? Mattel!! Trixie Mattel!! Need I say more. I didn't even want to watch the try guys Barbie video.

There's a YouTuber I've watched since 2014 and I remember she said she wasn't a barbie girl and just had a barbie as a gift she liked anime figures. But she reviewed the Barbie movie outfits. I almost unfollowed. Don't hop on the Barbie wave now. Everyone was all about Bratz for years saying Bratz were better than Barbie. More diverse than Barbie. More Diverse than Barbara Millicent Roberts? Barbie created their first black doll in the 60s. Not long after the conception of Barbie. Like you're just gonna disrespect Christie, Teresa and Lea. There's like 80 Barbies of the world from the 90s. Also Bratz dolls look weird there I said it they look weird and I still hate their feet to this day it angered me as a child and it still does. My Scene was better. Mattel took Bratz and made it better and their outfits were cuter. I am so sorry, if you mention Barbie I will go on an absolutely out of my mind tangent I am so sorry. I apologize for my behavior.

And that's why Monster high destroyed Bratz in 2010. I'm done now. Sorry.

[officialtayley]

i’m so sorry but this will be long. no offence to the anon that said this, i’m just kinda using it as something to spring my pov from but: i kinda hate the notion that you shouldnt count past “love” songs which are about chad (like siy, toe, proof etc) as love songs just because hayley wasn’t in the best place when she wrote them and/or they’re not as meaningful as the ones she has since written about taylor.

again, no shade to anon, this just made me want to speak about what i see on a wider scale. of course hayley and chad had a shitty relationship, he pretty much groomed her, cheated on her and from what we know abused her at least mentally. he was a horrible person and an even worse partner, we know that much is true. however, i think sometimes people can be really dismissive of hayley’s very real feelings and love that she clearly felt for chad at the time and that makes me a little bit mad sometimes. she was with the guy for 10 years, she wasn’t secretly hoping he was taylor throughout their entire relationship and to say that she was is again, dismissive and a bit disrespectful i feel? one thing we know for sure about hayley is she is loyal as fuck and she wants to fight through tough times, she wouldn’t have done all of that if she never really loved chad.

of course, her love for taylor is deeper and has more history and meaning but it’s not right to invalidate her past feelings. she doesn’t mean siy, toe etc in the same way anymore but at one point or another they meant a lot to her and they still probably do, just in a completely different way now. i know we all hate chad but please just bare in mind that hayley is a real person, she isn’t just a tayley content machine lmao, her love for chad was very real once upon a time and we don’t need to rewrite history about their past songs. two things can be true: 1. SIY and TOE are love songs about chad 2. chad is a horrible person but was still a very important figure in hayley’s life in the past for both positive (in some ways i’m sure) and extremely negative reasons.

mhm. like no matter what they are love songs and always will be, they're more darker/negative but there's still positivity in most of them (pool is tbh debatable cause she rlly did force herself to write that after everything so while it's a love song it's a bit... odd to also call it one). but yeah she prob was not wishing he was taylor for 10 years like that would've been weird 😭 but idk... i don't think fighting thru tough times means she really loved him like for ALL those years, and im just basing that off how she's spoken about feeling trapped, the shame of how they got into their relationship, failed marriages also making her want to stay so she didn't feel like a failure, and one interview iirc she said she knew very early on it wasn't a good relationship/wanted out, that also doesn't mean there was never real love there cause there obviously was for sure! but yeah.

she isn't a tayley content machine and ppl should be more respectful, i get you cause i've seen it on a wider scale too and i think sometimes i can catch myself thinking that way, but i think sometimes people let the hatred for chad sort of get in the way of everything.

[rat-loves]

cant sleep just yet so im slapping down some hcs for the bebis before i forgor 🙃 might add more later or make another post 🤔🤔

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Nico

was an incredibly quiet, but clingy baby- never wailed unless he was in pain or thought hed been abandoned

wasn't much of a crier either, but when he did cry, the only real giveaway was little hiccups and lots of tears, very difficult to hear especially from another room

struggles a lot with his feelings, has no idea what crushes are or how they feel- the first time he liked someone, he thought hed been poisoned and began listing off symptoms (still did not understand even after 'the talk')

again, quiet, and honestly a little awkard, but generally mild-mannered. its hard to get him worked up over something, so he doesnt get into many arguments. if anything, he just stares at someone until theyre done talking 🙃

when he's not feeling well, all he really wants is his dads cooking and hot chocolate, but he has a hard time asking for it as he gets older, since he doesn't want to be treated like a toddler

loves spicy things, can and will drink straight hot sauce if left to his own devices

also eats alot more than most people- thinks food challenges are easy because he's practically a bottomless pit from how much energy his body processes regularly (gabe was absolutely relieved to learn nico doesn't need to sustain himself in the same way he does- feeding himself discreetly was hard enough already)

cat person, 100%!!! he does like dogs, but he thinks cats are cuter and respects that they're a little more work to befriend than a dog

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Snowfall

shiver reaper's variant!

snow lost his mom at a pretty young age, so its just been him and his dad for a while now, but he tries his best to live up to her memory

a little gentleman! very polite, but also still a bit awkward from isolation, very open-minded and unlikely to get upset unless someone is being openly disrespectful (very yes sir, no sir type)

also very reflective! he likes to spend alot of time finding pretty places to sit and think for a while, often wonders about his mom and if shed be proud of him and his dad

likes to hum alot, occasionally sings very quietly (its mostly old love songs and little tunes he picked up from his parents- his dad probably hummed him to sleep when he was a baby 🥺)

loves vanilla things- he thinks its a beautiful and delicate flavor and doesn't understand why its considered bland

he's cold to the touch! and when he blushes, its more of a navy blue tone than anything else

practices crafting little permafrost sculptures in his down time- has a tendency to make bear figurines since they remind him of his dad more than owls do 🥺

very curious about other people, but shies away when he's approached at first- he doesn't really get lonely when he's on his own, but he does appreciate the company once hes comfortable

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Trick

pumpkin reaper's variant!

a flirty little MENACE, he is full of mischief, hence his nickname- loves to pop out of nowhere to surprise people

definitely a more social variant, loves being around people and observing crowds

considers himself a bounty hunter, but really is just looking for fights and to impress people 😮‍💨

hes half forest witch, so hes got a little power over plants, and loves to sprout seeds in weird places- especially making flower crowns in someones hair (he has been scolded for making a corn maze to the front door before)

loves soups and bread, and while he likes the smell of pumpkins, he does NOT like eating them in any variety- he cant unsee his dad's makeshift head when he tries

absolute favorite treat has to be candied apples! his top pick is granny smith with salted caramel 💕 very easily bribed with it

plays the fiddle! but gets embarrassed if he's not the one to bring it up

won't admit to it, but he loves his dad's horse. he's regularly sneaking that thing carrots and sharing apples with it ✌️

sneaks into taverns, he likes the vibe and thinks drunk people are interesting/funny (his ass is NOT old enough to drink 😒)

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Paint

a variant from an au where gabe is still commander reyes/human! he grew up in la!

a little bit flirty, but overall more sure of himself than anything- he doesn't get insecure and likes to socialize with strangers (drives his dad nuts)

he took alot of different martial arts classes as a kid, but the only things that stuck were lessons his dad gave him

very flexible! got into gymnastics and cheerleadering in middle and high school, stretches religiously to stay in top form

prefers pizza and burgers above all else, but likes to have 'dad days' where they go looking for local places and food trucks to try together

LOVES the beach, you have to drag him out of the water when youre ready to go home

his hair is naturally brown, but he wore his dad down enough to get it dyed pretty colors, takes his hair-care VERY seriously and pouts when his roots grow back in- until he realizes thats also pretty cute in its own way ☺️

he picked up babysitting as his first job and once he realized he liked being around kids he started trying to drop hints that he wanted siblings lmao

a little slower than his dad due to the size difference and what the SEP did, but still tries to join him for morning runs before school and work

a huge dog person, has been begging his parents for a dog pretty much since he could talk- desperately wants a lab/german shepard mix, and has researched extensively + made a whole presentation to get gabe on board. (he was always on board, just wanted to make sure it wasn't a phase lmao)

[saintadeline]

More vague thoughts on this since this is getting more attention than I thought:

I see this one a Lot in music circles lately too, the whole "women and fems" groups, and self described "queer fem artists". Woman and Man are already arbitrary social constructs but in the eyes of cis people they still have a basis in the biologic (absolute bullshit but i'm trying to get to their level to make my point clearer), feminine and masculine however are 100% complete social constructs even to them and are words that are So arbitrary that the definition for them varies from person to person, so even as a basis you can see how an issue would arise by trying to refer to broad groups of people with your one arbitrary term that nobody but you knows the definition of. And half the time they don't even realize that their definition doesn't add up, what counts as a feminine person to you? When you talk about fems, do you talk about cis women? Do you include trans women? If so then why define fem experiences by stuff like pregnancy and periods? Do you consider trans women "masc" in your arbitrary new binary? Or are you choosing to degender them again? And if you don't use fem in that way (it's a start), then what about trans women that you wouldn't deem "fem enough"? Where do you draw your own arbitrary line with the word fem, which transfems are you excluding? And in the other much less common way around (because it's always about unchecked or ignored transmisogyny first and foremost please do not forget this), do you include feminine cis men? Aren't they fem by definition? And when you talk about "fem experiences", do you include trans men? Are you misgendering them for no reason? What about cis women butches? They're included in the experiences/oppressions you describe but they're literally not fem, are you just disrespecting their identity? "More fem artists" so no butches? So i'm just as oppressive as a cis man? "Bloodborne is about femininity" so butch icon lady maria is excluded from that societal critique of the patriarchy? Fem and Masc are extremely flimsy terms that should not be used to define anything that isnt related to the social constructs around them, and even then, they're not catch-all terms because femininity and masculinity are based on the culture around you and you just end up enforcing eurocentric social constructs on everything you try to talk about. I have my own qualms with the terms transmasc and transfem by pure definition, theres no alternative to them so obviously I'm fine with them and use them but I wish we werent in a world where we had to use those to define experiences. (In the same way i wish the word androgynous wasnt used the way it is) In my beautiful world there should not be "masculine" or "feminine" traits because sure it feels good for a transmasc on hrt to have their voice called masc, but what does that mean about trans women who don't voice train? If you deem a trait brought on by hrt as masc or fem, what does that mean you think of the person of the opposite gender transition experience (? Is there a term for that) who "still has those" or doesnt want to get rid of them. Idk. Also seriously what is it with "progressive" tme people (i'm tme so please stop me if I'm ever overstepping/said something weird. I would like to be corrected if so) trying so hard to include trans men and transmascs in what they'd usually dub "women's experiences" (usually either about biological shit like pregnancy once again. Just use "people with vaginas/wombs/people able to get pregnant" or whatever im begging you. Or it's about societal oppression -> idk even just saying "women and people percieved as women by society" works better) that they end up finding a whole new way to be transmisogynistic about it. How does soulsborne have one of the biggest trans communities i know of and yet people will go out of their way to be the most weirdly transphobic possible. We need to start being literal about definitions again and instead of using catch-all buzzwords we need to just describe more specifically what we're talking about. make longer sentences i dont care. I dont fucking know

My one Too Online post for the month but seriously does anyone else despise the way fem and masc are becoming the new hashtag inclusive way of saying woman and man. This is about trans stuff but this is also about when we get sentences like "bborne is about femininity" no the fuck it is not? It's about pregnancy and women's role in a patriarcal society yes. But that's not what femininity is. That's not what the word feminine even means.

[annetaa]

ABOUT THE MOON SIGNS

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¦ im not a professional astrologer(yet) ¦

¦ after you read your moon sign, answer the question that i left for you! also state your house sign! ¦

masterlist

🎀aries moon natives are SWEETHEARTS ok??? you're impulsive and bold, you always say what's on your fucking mind which makes me so goddamn happy that you're not a people pleaser. you're passionate in EVERYTHING you do, also very competitive. you might get bored pretty fast too. you might like to exercise a lot, your body AND mind.

do you guys wear red? or have red hair, nails, tattoos?

🎀taurus moon natives have a great fashion style (ruled by venus duuuuh). very down to earth people, you might be scared of changes, you like stability and a cozy warm house where you can be your true self. if you guys truly like something or someone, you will go for it 100% no doubt. you are determined, and that can also make you stubborn.

do you guys have candles in your house? or something very homey that you love?

🎀gemini moon natives.... yall.... you CAN'T lie to a gemini moon. they hear and see and know EVERYTHING even though they were 10 meters away from you, they heard it. so don't try to fool them. i noticed that gemini moons change their appearance, style, decor, everything that can be changed, pretty often, because they either feel bored, doesn't fit their vibe, or just because. no reason. very smart in school, and also very curious about everything. might have mood swings pretty often.

how many friends do you have? are they close friends or someone that you just hangout with?

🎀cancer moon natives, ruled by the moon, you think that they should be emotionally stable no? no, they're not, they have a long way to go till they reach that. sorry sweeties but that's the truth. GOOD ASS SENSE OF HUMOR. can instantly read the energy in the room. you guys need to feel safe all the time, so you might have a close friend circle, whom you really trust.

are you the "mother" friend? if so, why?

🎀leo moon natives like attention. that's it.

nah jk jk, your emotional life is very fiery and passionate. you might get excited pretty easily about little stuff. i also feel like you guys are good at everything??? you are fun to be around, and you're the type to make everyone comfortable and feel safe, even though you're not feeling it. i noticed that leo moon are very talented in arts, or if you're not talented, you like it a lot. VERY VERY LOYAL!!!

when do you feel most comfortable?

🎀virgo moon natives oh shit you guys give great advice, you also have a way with words. i am a virgo moon and I'm always told that i give good advice 🤷🏼‍♀️. i feel like we are perfectionist but don't show it, also emotional instability.....yes....im emotionally unstable. we don't like feeling vulnerable, but if we are vulnerable, it better be someone that we trust that sees us in that state. we are so fucking curios like.. google is my bestfriend. we're also pretty good at everything. there's nothing that we can't do (expect math for me😜)

do you guys like helping people?

🎀libra moon natives have impeccable fashion style (ruled by venus) also very liked by everyone, you guys really understand people, you might have a big friend circle, because everyone likes you, but that doesn't mean that you like everyone 🙄. very diplomatic!! has a way with words. people pleaser sometimes, but don't disrespect them. please stop putting other peoples needs before yours. passive aggressive behaviour. if you think that you know a libra moon... no you don't.

what do you like to do in your free time?

🎀scorpio moon natives - what they show is not what they feel. might have a desire to transform like a phoenix. they like reading people's faces. very observant of their surroundings. attracted to dark stuff. they are scared of betrayal, so you won't catch them being vulnerable anytime soon. you guys are the most loyal in relationships!!

what weird hobbies do you have?

🎀sagittarius moon natives ARE FUNNY AS FUUUUUCK and you can't tell me otherwise. they have sarcastic jokes up their sleeves. but you guys have and want so much freedom, that you might have problems committing to something. you like travelling and are very adventurous and you feel that everywhere you go you can make it feel like a home. which is sooo true.

do you have a pet?

🎀capricorn moons are not emotionally vulnerable, like at all out of all the earth signs. they're competitiveeeeee. also no one will really know how they feel. you have a great sense of responsibility, and can be very reliable. you might like taking long walks. you might also benefit if you open up and talk about your feelings.

are you considered the reliable friend?

🎀aquarius moon natives are unique, and that's how they can attract abundance in their life, by being unique! you're the person that will actually take a bullet for their loved ones. you're very compassionate and observant, and love to analyze people. you might want a unique job, something not mundane. very open minded.

are you an overthinker?

🎀pisces moon natives can definitely be manipulative, but only if they gain something from it. if not, they won't even spare you a glance. if you don't talk about what you feel, you might feel like you're exploding inside. highly emphatic. often have depressing thoughts. they are the therapist in the group, but they also need therapy lmao.

do you like when people come to you to vent about their emotions?

omg im finally done

this took me like 3 hours to make oh god

please don't forget to comment

also do I really have to say to not steal? ig u guys already know

[kaebedom-me]

Im not sure if you're open for requests rn but i am so inlove with your stories with the poly bois haha, (youre actually the only one ive seen really write for it and youre also the one who dragged me into liking it so thank you hahaha)

BUT anyways would it be alright if you could write something with childe and kaeya in a modern!college! au where perhaps the gn!reader has been secretly bullied for yknow, taking the two, most sought after, bois in the uni? But the readers stubborn and keeps it to themselves till maybe the bois notice a bruise of sorts or smth? 👁👁

sorry if this was long but have a good day!!

i lOVE this overused trope and aaa I'm so glad you enjoy they!! i think they're the best to this day they're my strongest main :')

if i were reader i'd honestly be thriving and be rubbing it in people's faces like hah sucks to be you bitch

maybe reader is like that uwu i also get that sometimes it's hard to deal with constant mean things being said about you uwu

i kinda see you not wanting to tell childe and kaeya about it because they won't let it slide so easily, they are protective over you after all

also you wouldn't put it past them to not do anything stupid drastic about it so you kinda just keep it on the down low hoping it'd pass you know

but boooy were you wrong, for the sake of plot I'm saying these people are relentless and lifeless and have nothing else better to worry about in their busy college life and the bullying just kept coming LMAO

it started out small, people not wanting to be in groups with you then maybe acquaintances started exclude you from activities the verbal bulling didn't come til after a while

the boys arent stupid they aren't blind and oblivious about it but you never made it out to be a problem so they don't want to risk making you upset by interfering

childe would call out someone for being mean to you though and that usually steers people away for a while

kaeya doesn't try to bully people back but he can't help the things his silver tongue spits out sometimes, ain't no one is gonna disrespect his s/o in front of him

hates that you're bummed about it for a while so will try to make it up to you by bringing you out of dates outside of the town do other uni goers don't see

til one day these high school bullies started to grow some balls, saw that the boys were protecting you a lot and just had to jab at you when they weren't around, some were brave enough to make a passive aggressive comment around them too v rude

i feel? they'd try to interfere like subtly? like want to deter the attention from you but somehow made it worse for awhile HAHHAHAHA

like leaving hickeys on you was not a good idea because you were tripped over by some fucking bitch when they saw it. they even made a comment about how humongous your insect bite was

you'll prolly try to stop them from doing anything weird to you for a while

it really started something when the tripping happened. maybe you still try to be meek about it and hope it'll go away but people are just that free you know? power trip or whatever

they just took it as encouragement and started to corner you while you were going around uni

that's when things became physical enough for childe and kaeya to notice

they'd hate themselves for letting it come to this because you are miserable and they could've done something much sooner and maybe they should've umu

will make you cough up names of the people who have been physically abusive and if you don't they'd be a lil frustrated and disappointed

i see it mostly being like them interpreting it as you don't trust the two of them enough to share your troubles with

they'll think they haven't been attentive enough or maybe they haven't been doing anything to let you know that you can lean on them for support

(but it's actually your brain that's stupid and stubborn umu)

but it's ok because it's time to fix everything so you can be happy again

childe and kaeya have enough friends and intel to know snuff out the morons that's been bothering you

and if it happened to be someone they used to associate with they'll prolly going to be chewed out by kaeya and beat up by childe

i wanna say they gather evidence and send it to the bullies' respective profs but i think they're more the type to settle this on the down low and make people really regret what they've done to you

they do gather evidence and send it school and put the info public to ruin people's lives but that's not until they got their revenge uwu

they type to go and confront the bullies uwu what you can't take what you dish out? childe and kaeya can be even meaner bullies too if they chose to but instead they use their charm for good smh

will scare bitches into never wanting to set foot outside of their room again

but won't do anything drastic enough to draw attention to them, they're better than these people ofc

childe and kaeya can be a very scary combo and you wouldn't want to piss them off. they're both schemers and nasty

one will break your bones while the other would break you emotionally uwu all for shits and giggles because that was what seemed to get them off when it was you

when all is said and done and they've completely ruined your bully's life they'll come back to you for a long talk

wants to know whats up and wants to make sure you don't feel like you have to carry something like this alone again

pampers you a ton

if you're like sdfalfgh about them handling it their way you're gonna have to deal with it because it was the only way

(it wasn't they were just in a bad mood because you were sad)

they'll!! reassure you a ton too!! and talk enough to uncover why you handled it the way you did

they want to be there for you and want you to rely on them for things like these!

also you made them worry a whole fuck ton so you better apologise!!!!!

soft make up and reassurance sex tho :bottom emoji: because you three were really hurt during this time

[jyndor]

about your andor retcon posts - i feel like a lot of andor viewers don't notice or care about the retcons. of the people who care, most are trying to explain it in universe. there are very few people who are ignoring the retcons, either by just ignoring them or the show entirely depending on how they feel about the rest of the show. i feel your struggle as someone who invested in the rogue one canon only for andor to retcon it. disney keeps doing it and i don't get the point. personally i think what we got isn't better than what we had but i know most people disagree

im fairly certain most people have never picked up the visual dictionary or any of the supplementary media, and if they have it's been years. i'm not saying they're wrong for that, but i do think that actually most people don't even know there are retcons at all lol i mean we are in the very small minority of fans who are still in the rogue one fandom after all this time (prior to andor airing ofc)

let's keep it real - a lot of people didn't care about cassian or rogue one at all, as evidenced by all the "who asked for this show" comments from certain fans lmfao, and i'm really glad that there is renewed interest in this character and rogue one in general because i love them sfm. and of course there are longtime fans who don't care as much and same thing, that's cool for them.

but i really don't need people continuing to try to explain to me why x y and z makes sense because of headcanon lmfao like that's cool but it's just your opinion, you know? not you anon lol universal you. and i'll be honest it's a lot of people who haven't been in the fandom for that long, which im trying not to be like a bitch about lol i don't want them to feel unwelcome or talked down to or insulted or disrespected, but i don't like that so many people feel super comfortable acting like some longtime fans are being inflexible (which i've seen lol the audacity) for not liking the changes, or acting like they aren't changes at all - that we're weird for not seeing how obvious it is that cassian wasn't referring to being in the literal fight since he was six (when... he was in his original backstory sooo)

that said i'm not against retcons altogether lol it depends on the situation. even in andor i'm not mad about all of them and i've really made my peace with them tbh but people keep trying to explain shit to me and im like ???? i do not need it explained im alright making my headcanons work for me because im stubborn as fuck. plus i have literal clinical ocd so this is actually kind of hard for me. so i would like people to stop at this point. the trolling shit is funny as hell to me lol but the people continuing to just speak next to my point? like it feels like people don't understand what im saying or that i'm not being clear (probably true tbh) which is a trigger of mine in my personal life.

i think this is gonna be the last thing i say on this. i've probably said this about a dozen times or more now. i appreciate you anon and yeah im sorry, too. im not sure how lucasfilm can just keep expecting us to invest time in their books and comics and stuff if they're not even gonna be taken seriously by the studio itself.

[mr-ribbit]

sorry is screenshotted op literally complaining that they don't have enough transfems to talk to (or from what they've said here, enough transfems to...explain things to them) because they hate all of the ones here too much?? how entitled do you have to be to get mad that women aren't talking to you- and then blame that fact on women? for talking too much?? "im upset that women won't talk to me just because I hate most of them and call them stupid and tell them to shut the fuck up all the time. why aren't more trans women flocking to me to feel safe?"

this is so disgustingly hateful. why SHOULD women want to be around you if this is how you talk about them?

some reasons you don't have many transfems in your life:

you think their entire population is infected with a qanon style conspiracy of 'bad' women for whom you have complete comfort using a weird slur about.

you treat all trans women as if they may be a sleeper agent from this group that you think is ok to be mean to, and then you are mean to their friends too

you openly argue with trans women about transmisogyny and rather than respect their opinions or stay out of the discussion, you start calling them idiots or dangerous if they don't agree with you

I assume you also call them worse things, but focusing on this post for now

you say horrific mean shit about and directed at them, like: 'they won't shut the fuck up! you can't shut their stupid mouths for one second!'

Seriously, that's some of the most blatantly shitty misogynistic rude ass disrespectful patriarchal dismissive aggressive bullshit I've ever seen someone say while trying to pass themselves off as a victim. How the fuck would you feel if every time you talked about trans issues in your life, someone online said shit like this?? You'd assume they were a transphobe right? You'd assume they hated you for even talking, because they so violently want to "shut your stupid mouth"???? Like who in your fucking world would you ever accept hearing that from, you're talking like a cartoon of a wife beater.

the "good" "non-baeddel" transfems you're looking for, who you feel entitled to talk to, aren't mysteriously missing. you're not having a hard time finding them bc they're like, invisible. they aren't buried in the sand at the end of a treasure map. they are reading the posts you make about other "bad" transfems and are disturbed by how you talk to them. they wonder if you'd talk about them like that if they agreed with one of those posts - or with something else you don't like. they wonder if they should speak up and explain something about their problems to you, like you soooosososososo want them to do. but they're not going to do that, because it might not make them look "good" to you anymore, and you might call them a dangerous predator baeddel who needs to shut her stupid mouth.

they are blocking you, maybe, based on how you treat other women on your blog. maybe that's why you don't see them. or maybe you fucking suck to be around bc you treat people like this.

Transandro Bros trying to figure out why they don't have any transfem friends:

[abimee]

I love that u brought up bugs. I adore Hermes because I'm studying entomology and I cannot tell you the number of times I've had to listen to someone talk about how they hate bugs or how "it's fine! They don't really feel pain" or hoping for the extinction of certain bugs... I just loved Hermes' innate love of everything in nature, regardless of if it had a use or purpose - to people, or in its ecosystem- or not. It's how I feel about my bugs. I don't care if they're hated by most or don't seem to contribute anything important (I hate that concept btw, not everything is supposed to be exist for the purposes of humans! I'm not advocating for like, letting houses be filled with pest insects, but yk), they exist on Earth and should be respected. Sorry this is out of the blue probably but yeah I completely agree with ur comments about him.

NO YOU GET IT THOUGH. i do enjoy that hermes is related to birds because i can go on about how much people disrespect birds in all sorts of ways including in the pet bird world, the birdwatching world, and in the literal sense of birds in the wild and humans relationships with them but bugs work so well for hermes because they are a perfectly irl example of exactly what he means. how ready and easily its acceptable for people to just live ignorant to the way of bugs and their role in life, and even if they are without a role deemed as ''useful'' by us they are still an existence upon this earth that eats and breathes and lives and dies. how easily we come to kill harmless spiders taking up residence in our house when theyve done nothing at all, how quick people are to be disgusted by maggots and cockroaches and flies and mosquitos and the likes.

and im like, always so mad that even people who LIKE hermes entirely refuses to acknowledge this facet of his character. like (AS AN AUTISTIC PERSON AS WELL) i think people entirely jumping over the main part of hermes' character (his love and affection for all animals including the ones deemed worthless/scary/stupid/''not alive'') and to go directly to that one piece of dialogue about him ''struggling to socializae'' and being like omg autism dad hermes!!! makes my teeth clench. because i think this also falls into the hole of making meteion seem human just because she looks the part; people humanize meteion, and therefore are able to seperate her from the other concepts hermes cares about just as much, to detach from the fact that meteion is ''an animal'' (concept = animal here) and not a little girl, and that hermes LOVES HER and RESPECTS HER not ''in spite of who she is'' but for what she is !!! meteion is not his daughter in the sense of a human child to a human father, she is his daughter in the sense of how i call my pet budgerigars my daughter; they are animals who rely on me and whos health and happiness is reliant on my care for them, and in return i get to see their vibrant personalities and relationship with my blossom, and that is not any lesser than any other daughter / father relationship one can have with anything else

but people dont WANT that! they dont want to accept that hermes is ''that animal guy'' who would probably think spiders make art and that bees can feel love (they can!!), they wanna ignore that hes the ''weird animal guy'' and attempt to find some other thing about him that they can relate to, so they ignore a huge part of his lore and skip straight to ''he struggles to socialize just like me! hes a cute sociallyt awkward malewife/dad!" because a lot of peoples media intake involves the needing to feel like they can project onto that character or that they are the same, and they wanna ignore that hermes is challenging their own biases and ideas on these animals. AND IT REALLY SHOWS when staunch ''anti hermes'' people start talking about him too, you can hear how they see meteion as not even an animal but a ''thing'', a worthless ''thing'' that is lesser than the amaurotines. and like idgaf if people hc hermes as autistic or relate to his depression, what agitates me is people skipping over the meat of his character and dumbing him down to ''quiet bird dad to cute bird girl'' and not ''deeply depressed man who is tortured seeing how his fellow amaurotines treat these animals that he respects and cares for, and how this also applies to how they treat him and his emotions'' (EMET SELCH AND HYTHLODAEUS), all because THEY cant empathise with his love for the ''lesser'' creatures, the bugs and insects theyll gladly kill or stomp out purely for existing close to them. and ough that tales of avdenture about hermes and meteion and how he feels tortured himself using the meteias as a tool for his own research and how conflicted he is about it and how that can relate to the confliction of wanting to give captive birds/mill birds loving homes while knowing youre engaging in the system that still allows them to be sold to unknowing little kids and milled out like nuts

anyway that was a lot sorry anon. i just have a lot of emotions about hermes and bugs really help me example that but i hope what im saying is gotten across. feel this shouldnt be surprising considering my azem is heabily insect-based and her transformation is basically a huge wet maggot with fly wings and erdicating hairs and all the characteristics seen as ''ugly'' in bugs. and i like thinking about her and hermes bondind together over the bug thing

[ppnuggie]

hi hi congrats on 300 followers!!! (Imo you deserve a million but i mean everyone starts somewhere)

This ask is for the 300 follower special!!

personality :: for this part I'll put good and bad personality traits that I have

Good// I've been told that in general I'm a really nice person and that I care a lot for others,,which i do,, I'm very protective over people that I care about and love,, and will not hesitate to throw hands with somebody who disrespects them,, even if I clearly can't win in a fight,, I'm very open to people that I care about,, and I share a lot with them,, I always try to be there for people,, whether they're a good friend or not

Bad// I've also been told that I'm really gullible and will believe just about anything anyone says,, which is also true,, I tend to let myself be used as a doormat for other people,, I'm also a really needy / clingy person,, another thing is that I'm really touchy person,, not sure if that's a good or a bad thing but I put it here anyways,, especially to people I love I always feel the need to be around them and or touching them in some way,, not in the weird kind of way but touching them like holding their hand,having a hand on their shoulder, Etc,, one last thing is that im really quick to trust people,, it has faded over the years with lots of people coming and going,, but even so I am really quick to trust people

For likes and dislikes,, im not sure if you mean 'what i like in a person' or 'things you like in general', but im assuming you mean things in general

likes :: rainy days,, especially when its dark outside,, reading books about things that interest me,, binging movies/tv shows,, playing video games,, talking to my best friend for hours about literally nothing,,the smell of diesel fuel- (im not joking),,watching youtube,,drawing,,the smell of new alcohol markers,, reading tf x reader fics,,hugs,, and cuddles <3

dislikes :: when someone leaves the faucet water purifier on,, being disrupted when im focused on something,, people talking when im trying to focus,, losing my concentration,, when someone takes wayy to long to respond,, people judging me for how i look and the things I like,, not being able to be myself,,yelling,,and when someone is mean to me or my loved ones

fandom :: Transformers!! Either tfp or bayverse u can pick:)

any sort of gender preference :: male please!! Thank you:))

Also just some facts that might help: i wear glasses that always slide down my nose,, i almost never wear shoes in the house,, and i have a big bumblebee plush from g1 that i always carry with me :)

tysm !! 🥹🥹 im slowly gaining some <33 but hopefully ill reach my next goal ,, 500 followers 😎😎 also i wear glasses too but they slide down too 😭😭 i dont wear them unless im watching smt on tv tho 💀💀 i just cant see too far away ,, heres your matchup thoo !! tysm for being a follower of mine and supporting my content 🥹❤️🙏 i went with tfp with this as well :D also i do like the smell of gasoline too 💀💀 ion know why but i do ,, not that i actively participate in smelling it 💀😭

𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 :

- ratchet

- breakdown

𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐒 :

- ratchet

• whilst ratchet comes off as disinterested or grumpy most the times ,, he does have a slight interest towards you

• he does like that you care a lot for everyone at base ,, but he doesnt say anything about it

• occasionally he’ll spare you a genuine smile or two ,, not much for pda but in private moments he doesnt mind your hands all over him

• he’ll let you set on his shoulder or rest against his helm if it makes you feel better <3

• he doesnt play video games ,, but he can agree that he does love rainy days on earth ,, the soft raindrops bring him comfort and peace

• he can also relate to the losing concentration part 💀 he cant stand it

- breakdown

• hes more loud then ratchet is and more energetic then the old medic

• but it isnt much of a bad thing ,, he does tone it down when hes around you ,, taking notice of your dislike towards yelling

• he’ll definitely play games with you in his mass displaced form tho :D !!

• and for rainy days ,, he’ll take you on drives so you can experience it ,, he’ll drive slow and smooth ,, play soft music and just enjoy both of your guys’ comfort

• he will also binge movies with you ,, he is interested in what you humans come up with for entertainment anyways

• he doesnt mind touching either ,, he really loves it 🥹 he loves your affection a lot <33 so you dont gotta worry about that

𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 :

soft rain pattered against the window ,, rolling down and away from your view. the sky was a dark grey ,, the sun nowhere to be seen. warm air blew through breakdown’s ventilation ,, keeping you cozy in his alt mode as he drove slowly down the empty road.

he found out that you had enjoyed the rain ,, and soon grew to understand why. he even had a special place in his spark for the weather on earth. even if he wasnt much a fan of the cold or super hot days ,, he didnt mind the rainy weather. not only didnit provide a nice free shower but also time with you.

soft melodies played out his radio ,, strolling down the black road and going who knows where. the scenery was calm and peaceful ,, the moment you two shared would definitely be cherished.

[spotsupstuff]

Your Fruit Twins Au where they're brothers is one of the most well-detailed AUs I've seen in the fandom and I like it lots! I enjoy reading and looking at everything about it when I can; both the art and writing. I also don't ship Wukong x Mac with reasons, too. Mostly due to their context from the book. I read you also don't ship them for complicated reasons. I'm just curious why on the full story, but I understand if you don't answer. Anyhow, cheers to your work ^^

AA!!!! Im so glad you find the detailness of the au good!!! N that you enjoy it!!!!!!!!! Means a lot, its a lot of fun to work on it <3

Well, my whole perception on shippin those two is, on the very base of it all, a big No cuz just like you I hold onto n respect the context of the book a ton. My opinion about the whole thing is heavily influenced by the chinese peeps here on tumblr- they essentially made up my whole opinion for a good while, cuz, after all, they know better than I do when it comes to their own damb culture. Plus, after reading SEM's chapter + looking around the internet to see how some other peeps interpret his role in the story, I find it... incredibly disrespectful n kinda shitty to take away the important religious meaning of his existence as embodiment of the "two mindness". N as Ive said in a different post before, I sorta lean more into the eastern faith than what is generally regarded as the western faith, so yanno

N thru this religious/philosophical meaning of him, pairin him up with Sun Wukong is Either like pairin two sibs together, or, honestly, pairin up an offspring with their mother if we aliken what the fuck went down with them to biology- seeing as SEM came out of SWK. Myths n legends r just weird like that n the book has a big myth/legend feel to it

But!

I've seen Other chinese peeps on other platforms either not minding them being paired up or actively shippin them. There's always going to be a wide pool of opinions on a topic, especially with such a giant audience as people who grow up with the Journey. After seein that there Is indeed a wider pool of opinions about this in the homeland of the book, Ive felt like I can kinda chill out with the metaphoric fist clenching and barking bout the whole situation (n proceed to more freely develop my own opinion)

Im not an asian, so I simply do not have the emotional connection to these characters like chinese people do and thats where the ones on tumblr base Their understandable and incredibly valid resentment (idk if thats the right word) from. They have a deep-rooted idea of those two that cant be shaken n there IS no reason to shake it at all either. Not having any of those things as a foreigner and seeing that its more of a loose situation, makes Me specifically more "eh, whatever I guess?" bout it

[I AM however not of an american/anglo-saxon roots either and even though my Own culture/folklore has been thru, basically, a genocide (that may or may not be still on-going honestly -pained sigh-), I understand the importance of the culture thats being kind of doubted/stained by sh@dowpeach. I do Get it to a certain fundamental level, yanno?]

N so because of the lack of connection to the specifically asian culture + still knowing how much it hurts to have ur culture disgraced + the wide pool of opinions From valid sources (the story's homeland's people) + the fact that sometimes interpretations will just simply vary from the source material n LMK has showcased multiple times that it is not interested in tracing the Journey's footsteps to the last letter, my final opinion on the ship is "Not for me, chief, das kinda yucky (but I guess I can't exactly jump your throat for it like I would with more blatantly direct incest)"

THOUGH I DO GOTTA ADMIT after the season 3 finale, after That One Scene, my No is stronger cuz if that wasnt a display of sib culture (+ what Xiaotian said) then Im a fuckin donkey

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op. op you.

"there's no such thing as fakeclaiming an endogenic system, when your entire existence is a facade" do you understand what words mean

fakeclaiming isn't inherently only "saying something real is actually fake" i swear to fucking god.

you are claiming something is fake. you are claiming endogenic systems are not real. you are claiming they are fake. that is faleclaiming.

i do not CARE if endos are real or not, if you claim they are fake that is fakeclaiming. even if endos were 100% impossible, calling them fake is still fakeclaiming. you are making a claim that they are fake

DONT BE A FUCKING COWARD. you are fakeclaiming them BECAUSE you believe they are not real. you can fakeclaim people who are actually faking.

say it with your whole chest. you are a fakeclaimer and you fakeclaim endogenic systems because you believe that "plurality" is solely a DID thing. you believe you are correct and factual, but that does not make it any less "claiming someone to be fake". you can be a fakeclaimer and be correct.

stop trying to hide behind "im not fakeclaiming!!" you're a coward. i fakeclaim people too, to be entirely honest. like i dont think astro is really a system or a therian, but most times i keep that inside my head because i find it to be rude and disrespectful to claim that someone isn't something they claim to be, especially because i don't know what's inside their head. also i haven't seen astros medical records, but it'd be weird to ask for a childs medical records.

(although astro tries to give off creepy old man vibes for someone who's probably 12 and is confusing "therian" with "relates to wolves and has a fursona they are too cowardly to talk about besides on their hate blog and only in username only". maybe that, or they think "astro the therian" makes them sound fancy and not like they're a 12 year old who's angry about people online. i genuinely think astro's just having a dramatic preteen phase they're gonna cringe at when they're 20. or maybe they'll grow up to be worse. who knows what will happen. i know what i hope for.)

I've come across a few pro-endo blogs on my suggested spreading misinformation so I wanted to make a clarification.

"We are not saying we have DID, we are saying that we have some form of plurality"

Plurality as a concept is derived from childhood trauma. The mere existence of plurality in DID and OSDD is the result of heavy trauma and dissociation interfering with the development of a personality in a child. It is not multiple personalities that causes plurality it is the LACK of a personality. So no, if you did not experience severe childhood trauma you cannot be plural, you cannot be a system. There is no ifs or buts you simply cannot. Plurality as a concept has NO place for you as an endogenic system.

And a side note, there is no such thing as fakeclaiming an endogenic system - when your entire existence is a facade.