#must be a fever dream

[ode2rin]

"can you see right through me?" is just so 😩😩😩 i need that tattooed in me word by word i love it so much reo is me i am reo (archer ppl rise!)

i really want to hug u (with consent) for writing my fave fic ever pls love that lyric reference of "who could ever leave me darling? but who could stay?" I AM SO IN LOVE WITH IT

i hope uni leaves u tf alone bec i need ur words 😭

(wdym tattoo that 2k worth of ramble 😭 ) as an archer girlie, i can confirm reo is us we are def reo 🤝

hug received btw ! sending u another one from me now 🫂 for your kind words :(

also! thank you for pointing that ref out i'm embarassed to say this but i was so proud of myself for coming up w that >< glad someone loved it as much as i did!!!

"i hope uni leaves u tf alone bec i need ur words" HELP SHJDHSKDJLAS i hope it does god it's driving me insane

[revvethasmythh]

I just. the mental image of your rather timid, alchemist's assistant housewife reappearing literally from the dead with a group of positively unhinged, paranoid friends and being like, "yeah these guys got me into a new line of work. chemistry's good, baby, but killing's better!" literally how are you supposed to react to that

[velvetwyrme]

some short warmup comics about my mom and transformers. TF One was her first time watching any transformers media and her favorite character IS in fact Bumblebee 💛

she also refers to him almost exclusively as "Bumble". the only time she calls him anything else is...

... when she calls him "Badassatron"

[weird-king-eli]

just just just just

here me out

(slight spoilers for nerdy prudes must die)

wiggley this sounds cool

[itsstilltru]

I love am I wanna give him a lil kiss ><!!

he made a ladder so you could reach but he won’t admit he liked the affection

[cazzyf1]

Gifs of Niki Lauda from the film 'Top Kids' (1987)

[youngerfrankenstein]

[lokijiro]

Sherlock POV :

Sherlock feels like the "inferior Holmes" because Mycroft manages to conquer his compulsive overeating habit as an adult out of sheer will, and he apparently keeps his slim figure pretty effortlessly (makes his own exercise routine, and continues to live his preferred lifestyle as he delegates legwork to less brilliant people). Meanwhile, Sherlock cannot overcome his drug addiction.

[manderleyfire]

– But you did it for me. – I did it for us. No more secrets. No more lies.

Annabel Scholey and Jack Farthing in The Serial Killer's Wife (2024), dir. Laura Way

[justanechoflower]

E G G ENJOY E G G NOWITH THY NOWITH MAKEITH IT RULE YOU MUSTITH EAT 1 E G G A DAYITH

*Flowey has woken up!*

[andaniellight]

The cooing fucking killed me

[i-swear-its-only-ironical]

I finally watched The Amazing Digital Circus (as far as it's out yet) (because of your contributions to the content of my dashboard @chaoticace2005) and...

I- you know I am no stranger to fever dream stories, it's one of my favourite genres fr, but this???

The setup is literally: what if you're isekaied into an extremely buggy children's game for all of eternity and slowly lose your sanity because your life there is devoid of all purpose hihi bye 👉😎👉

It's as if you put the Stanley parable in a blender with Sao!abridged, Don't hug me I'm scared and an objectively shitty clown school in suburbian godknowswgere and served it as a nice cocktail to a corporate party where absolutely no one wants to be. As if you slapped glitter on the void of existence and called it a nice surprise box for every age group.

Netflix marked this as comedy for people 12 and above,,,,, why do I feel the deepest most uncomfortable existential dread in my so far not-so-long life? Why does this feel like they've looked inside my head and turned all of my questions about the purpose of my life in our modern day society against me? Why is this on Netflix anyway, this show feels too real and raw for that??

Well, anyway, I love web animation series by indie studios so goddamn much. No corporate board world have gone through with a concept like that. Love it, bit scared of what watching this does to me, but love it nonetheless.

[peppertaemint]

The bts fan fixation on streaming needs to be studied. Every single week they pick a new target to pile on about their terrible streaming numbers. It's pathological at this point, which I guess makes sense because in their realm, it needs to mean something. They put so much importance on streaming, which really just pads Hybe's pockets, that they must act every day to prove to the world that what they do matters (it doesn't). It must be tiring to reprove your life's worth every day online. They must be so fragile, really.

Wait till they realize how bad for the environment constant, needless streaming is. Like, the earth is literally dying and these kids are running playlists 24/7 with the sound down. Bitcoin mining is bad for the environment. AI tech is bad for the environment. Streaming music you're not actually listening to so someone else gets paid or "clout" is bad for the environment.

[front-facing-pokemon]

[crab-people-overlord]

"You're Getting Older/Ass Burgers", the Analysis that nobody asked for:

I’ve seen lots of discourse about the ‘’You’re Getting Older’ x ‘Ass Burgers’ episodes (and for good reason - imo they’re some of the best episodes in all of cartoons and even media in general that shows what depression is actually like). Folks seem really eager to pick sides - either defending Stan's struggle with depression and condemning Kyle's abandonment, or justifying Kyle's decision to distance himself from Stan's overwhelming negativity. But here's the thing: this really isn't a situation where we need to choose teams (and picking a team misses the whole fucking point).  I’ve had this written for a while but might as well share it now since I’m feeling a certain way about TikTok’s potential ban in a couple hours lmao.

Imo, the truth is a combination of both. Stan was wrong to expect Kyle to understand the utter depression and dark thoughts he was having and be able to offer real support based on those extremely dark thoughts. And Kyle was 100% wrong to just give up so easily on such a deep friendship despite the struggles and negativity his friend was projecting onto him. And I hate either Stan apologists defending Kyle being a piece of shit for this, and I similarly hate Kyle apologists for defending Kyle walking away so quickly and giving up so readily to their deep friendship even if it was for something he couldn’t understand. Neither side is right.  

The brilliance of these episodes lies in how they capture the messy reality of friendship during mental health struggles. Stan's experiencing something terrifying and incomprehensible - literally seeing and tasting everything as shit, a perfect metaphor for depression. He's a 10-year-old kid dealing with adult emotions he has no framework to understand or express. Of course he lashed out, especially given that it was the ADULTS he was supposed to trust who got him into alcohol in the first place. Of course he was difficult to be around. But telling your best friend "fuck you" and then trying to backpedal? That's not okay, depression or not.

On the flip side, Kyle's position is equally complex. Watching your best friend spiral into darkness while being completely unable to help or understand what they're going through? That's scary as hell, especially for a kid. But the show makes it crystal clear through the executive's pointed commentary that walking away from someone diagnosed with a serious condition - which depression absolutely is - represents a fundamental failure of friendship.

The episode literally tells us word-for-word what the creators want us to get from it:

Later on, the exec says, "Oh yeah, like any friend would say something that severe and then try to take it back' (at Stan trying to downplay his telling 'fuck you' to kyle's face earlier.)

And then they say when Kyle says that Stan's negativity was poison to him, the exec says sarcastically, "Yeah, like any friend would walk out on somebody who was diagnosed with a serious illness!"

The exec here is telling us what the creators want you to get out of the episode - that Stan, despite his scary and new feelings, never should have verbally treated Kyle that way, mental health issues or not. And that Kyle, despite the scary things his friend was feeling and how confusing it was, never should have just walked away from him. Trying to defend either boy’s behavior does nobody any good. THEY BOTH WERE WRONG.

What makes these episodes so powerful is their refusal to offer easy answers. Stan couldn't help falling into depression, but he could have tried harder to not push Kyle away or verbally be so harsh. Kyle couldn't fix Stan's depression, but he could have shown more patience and understanding instead of just bailing when things got tough. The show is saying something profound here: sometimes in life, everyone can be wrong at the same time, and that's what makes these situations so painfully human.

If there is anyone to be upset with in this situation, it’s the adults in Stan’s life. Their failure is staggering and unfortunately realistic. Randy and Sharon’s response to Stan's crisis is almost a textbook example of how not to handle a child's mental health issues (and this is coming from someone who usually respects Sharon). Instead of focusing on their clearly struggling son, they make it all about their own drama. Randy goes on national TV to call his son a ‘freak’ and the reason for the divorce. I love Sharon,and while it is shown she at least does the bare minimum to take Stan to therapy, she often gets way too involved in her showdowns with Randy over her children’s well-being (just look to the episode where Stan gets shot at school  but Sharon caves to Randy’s nonchalant response on this. I know this was more meant to be funny, but genuinely, what about Stan in this situation? What fear did he have to go through when he got shot at school and realized his parents didn’t fucking care enough to immediately go see him? Again, I love Sharon, but her potential of being a good parent is seriously held back from her hold on Randy’s manipulations.)

Stan also goes to the school-counselor as a cry for help, but Mr. Mackey’s response is both satirical and sadly reflective of real-world issues in mental health diagnoses. Rather than actually listening to Stan's symptoms and concerns, he jumps to an incorrect diagnosis based on trendy medical fears (the vaccine-autism conspiracy theory). This represents a broader criticism of how mental health issues in children are often misdiagnosed or dismissed, especially when adults are more concerned with their own theories than actually listening to the child. I think one of the only times I’ve actually teared up when watching SP or ANY SHOW is when Stan asks while finally crying after being so emotionally numb for so long, so vulnerably, “How do you go on when NOTHING makes you happy?” Stan is genuinely asking this question here. He utterly does not understand how anyone can continue to live life while being so miserable. But of course, Mr. Mackey goes to ruin it by touting conspiracy theories. This context actually makes Kyle's failure even more tragic - he was literally Stan's last hope for support, the only person left who Stan thought might have understood, the person he loved and trusted the most, the only person he trusted enough to open up fully to, and the last thing in Stan's eyes to turn to literal shit. But it also somewhat explains Kyle's inability to handle it - he's just a kid himself, and when all the adults in Stan's life failed so spectacularly, it's too fucking much to expect a 10-year-old to know how to handle his friend's depression. The episodes work as a damning indictment of how society handles childhood mental health issues. While Stan and Kyle's friendship breakdown is the emotional core, the real villains are the adults who should have known better and done better, and I won’t accept any Stan or Kyle ‘apologists’ claiming otherwise. It's especially poignant because South Park usually portrays kids as being more sensible than adults - but here, everyone fails, highlighting just how difficult mental health situations can be to navigate without proper support systems.

[brightlotusmoon]

Trump-owned company sells shoes with image from assassination attempt

........help.

The Onion can barely keep up at this point.

Satire isn't dead, but it's been beat up a lot lately by reality.