#my posts arent showing up in the tags for some reason :(

[lyssified]

tagging system !!!

#asks, #silly little tag games, #ask games !!! <- self explanatory

soup anon tags: #soup asks... - all soup anons #mystery soup anon - the og soup anon #soup anon 2: the thrilling sequel - the other one that signs off as *not* the mysterious soup anon

the ones i use a lot: #lyss says things - posts abt myself. thoughts. #lyss is tired - slightly more incoherent thoughts

#bangers - my personal favourites of my thoughts #rants and ramblings - long posts #lyss in their baking era - things i make :0 #lyss in their sewing era - things i sew :0

#crafty bitches - me doing crafts

#lyss does art - me doing art, usually painting or drawing #song recs for the sillies - music #theaterposting/ew theater kids - theater stuff

#failureposting - spring play tag 2024 (the play is called failure: a love story)

#waituntildarkposting - fall play tag 2023 #tech week diaries - incoherent rants from tech week #schoolposting - school vents #posts that should have stayed in the drafts - what it says on the tin (0 notes, please no one read this) #do you see my vision/lyss's hot takes - horrifying hot takes #me - posts that r me #men - posts of men that i enjoy #the editing saga - me absolutely hating and trashing on Adobe premiere #pov that one boy - me being insane about mediocre men

[rainy-astrology]

DAY6 Young K Birth Chart Analysis

Based on my opinion and observations. Not a professional astrologer. May change later.

Check out my blog if you like kpop and astrology related things

December 19th, 1993

Ilsan, SK

Unknown time (I've read it might be 6-7 am, but I don't think it's been confirmed)

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Sagittarius Sun and Pisces moon is an adaptable combo. With both signs ruled by Jupiter, it also indicates an open minded and care free personality; Curious and ready to learn about all sorts of things; Can gain inspiration from many things for his creative outlets. The only con would be a sensitivity to reality - Sags generally dislike dealing with the negativity of life (can be repressive), whereas Pisces are sensitive to life in general due to their empathetic nature (feel too much).

Sagittarius stellium (sun, mercury, venus, mars, and north node) indicates a very free spirited and curious personality. Sag mercury gives him a lot of honesty and bluntness. Jokes and teasing are his love language (mercury + venus). This stellium + pisces moon may make him a Jupiter dominant.

I've read his rising sign may be Sagittarius, which is also my guess. He definitely gives fire rising energy, which is also helped by his Sagittarius stellium. Sag risings are energetic and friendly, charming and approachable people. Young K definitely gets his energy from others (often gets inspired listening to other people's experiences/stories). He's definitely very passionate and driven; even when things are tough, he's likely the type to just smile and push through it, esp since Sagittarius is an optimist.

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Other DAY6 members:

Sungjin | Wonpil | Dowoon

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Other blogs:

Kpop and typology (mbti + enneagram) main blog: @rainymbti

[afterthelambs]

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[stitchwraith-stingers]

sorry for never shutting up about how people treat hazel but ohh my god shes my fave character atm.... i get to be mad!! she has good enough information that you can play around with headcanons freely

the only moments people wouldve brung up is when dev is in the episode, there was no reason for the episode that showed her tendancy to overthink and be emberassed over small mistakes by wishing a do-over and over again, having to realise that running away from the idea of creating a problem wont help her in the long run JUST so people could go "omg haha dev has a crush on her" i could litterly not tell you what the general concensious on most episodes are because i dont know peoples opinions on them because in general they dont discuss them beyond his scenes

fanart too, ive personally muted the dev and devzel tag and when i look up #hazel wells i want you to guess how many posts i find that arent hidden! spoiler alert its barely any of them, listen im not saying im shocked at the fact The Characters Made As A Duo are drawn as a duo, its whatever and while im not personally a fan in general i really do get the appeal, but you have to admit that at some point it gets really suspicious when the only fanart you can find in one character is only with the more popular one, over 200 fics in the hazel tag on ao3 and theres only 20! without the dev tag! (10 more then when i last checked, crazy! go read fly bird, fly now), and my main problem is is that hazel is shown to be her own person OUTSIDE of their friendship, infact wouldnt you know it shes the protagonist herself! the fact that most aus ive seen are focused on dev/dale/peri is whats most confusing to me, "oh but theyre so interesting to work with"

really! youre telling me you cant think of a fic / au idea on her own? miss "i was going to have a previous godparent who didnt listen to me at all", miss "i am very anxious and i overthink to the point where my desicions", miss "i had an encounter with my evil shadow self when i was a fairy" (shout out to fairy bound au btw, im a big fan), miss "my mom doesnt fully know how to handle children inspite of being a therapist and tells me im handling things mature so i feel like i should be", miss "with the fact that im terrified my friends are making fun of me behind my back, i didnt know how to talk to anyone and a cafetiria made me so overworried and i speak to my rocks could imply the fact that i was outcasted at a young age", miss "my brother who has been my anchor and i has taught me everything i need to know has left me and hes also struggling to adjust to everything and we were insanely close to the point where the reason this whole thing started is because of him", miss "i regularly help my dad hunt a ghost that doesnt exist but it makes him happy", miss "i am litterly friends with the coolest kid in elementary school", miss "my landlords are litterly doomsday preppers and our parents want me to get along with their werido twins", miss "i didnt even hestitate to kill myself if i had to save potatoes for humanity after i pissed off mother nature", miss 'i got called out on projecting my past bonding expiriences on my best friend by some werid demon posessing her body right infront of me' none of that makes you want to think of something about her on her own? not even a spark of an idea? its almost like you guys watched exclusively 6 episodes and watched 5 minutes out of them at most

hazel is very interesting and shows her own struggles, she likes puns and fries and rocks and anime and horror movies (and apparently mushrooms if you count that one scene), she tries to problem solve so that no one is unhappy (patty being alive so winn wasnt upset, trying to get the band and orchestra together, accidently haunting her house and wishing her dads day was extra special, trying to find a dinosaur she spontaniously teleported his own job), she has multiple episodes showing her insecurities and how she tries to hide it so she doesnt look like a bad person, but inspite of it all is a understanding person and a peacemaker and doesnt like arguments, hell shes even such good autism represntation im 99.9% sure it wasnt intentional at all

dont even get me started on the takes ive seen in the finale, listen the finale has alot to be said and it definatly wont be everyones cup of tea (i think them trying to refrence every episode felt so chaotic personally) but regarding people with the ending is still giving me a headache, "she shouldve used her wish on him" that wouldve been so boring and predicable, say what you want on what she actually used it for but i think you guys should realise that for the kid whos regressing back into his bad copium mechanisms should get to face his concequences, 'hes 10 and neglected so thats why he acted like that' and 'she doesnt need to put up with how he treats her and hold his hand and be his personal therapist' can both coexist, people being pissed that she lightheartly agreed that he fucked up when HE admitted it is crazyyy CRAZYYY (also the fact ive seen someone say 'her moms a therapist she shouldve known' ???)

this isnt even touching on "hazels other relationships like her friends and family arent developed enough so thats why ppl dont care that much" while that is a valid critism i have with the show in general i still dont think applys to what im specifically talking about to demonstrate dale has appeared in THREE episodes (four if you want to stretch it), meanwhile hazels parents have appeared more often and im barely seeing them in fanart "but dale has a backstory!" so do those two have a whole episode explaining how they met "b-but dale is interesting as a role as a villain!" the guy is barely a villain [so far atleast], but also is being a therapist and a parascienists already not an interesting enough? are you guys suddenly not able to make as much headcanons expanding apon them as you did with dale? thats the thing that confuses me the most, whats stopping you from giving random information from your head to anyone else?, (i didnt know how to word this point so hopefully this makes sense)

listen im going to say it right now MOST OF THIS IS DEFINATLY UNINTENTIONAL AND NOT EVERYONE IS DOING THIS ON PURPOSE but some of u guys might really need to uncover some biases on why you think the black girl should coddle the rich white boy when he wasnt treating her well at the time, if that makes sense

[wiihtigo]

wiihtigo.tumblr.com/post/743934944739557376/ okay enough about Nell dying. what about that bad ending 2 with Casey dying 👀

grimacing at you sort of mournfully

similar to nell I think it happens during some big event- not as big as a crisis event alien invasion like nell but a citywide threat..(otherwise known as a regular tuesday in gotham), nell is out as ladybug helping out along with some gotham regulars (i imagine batman and nightwing are skulking around) shes not working WITH them exactly. theyre just out and shes also out at the same time and theyre fighting the same things. you see.

casey tags along sometimes when ladybug is out doing her thing because she lowkey doesnt respect nells job and thinks they can just combine patrolling and hanging out, BUT this time she actually stayed home. shes just laying on the couch, maybe scrolling her phone or finding something to watch on tv or dozing off into a nap when something hits their building. For the kind of big show-y jackass-y destruction thats happening in the city ive had it in mind this is a joker stunt. Not that thats super important even, hes not directly involved with casey blowing up. Anyways something hits their building and casey is crushed or...pierced by debris. She manages to fish out to phone (now cracked to shit) and calls nell for help (her reasoning being that nell will treat her as priority and come get her and help her ASAP meanwhile the ambulance's and police in gotham are pretty busy already)

Luckily, Nell picks up and immediately hears something is wrong even though casey (delirious and in shock) does not open with "there is a wooden beam lodged in my ribs come fucking get me" and instead is like "um...are you almost finished with work i think you should come home now. someone broke your window. its cold in here" but her voice is really strained and shes breathing kind of hard.

Nell is already speeding away but hes really far from their apartment and these stupid henchmen just keep getting in the way and its hard to keep casey talking when casey is usually the one DOING THE TALKING. but they do. keep talking together i mean. nell is kind of short with her at first because hes also kind of freaking but once casey starts panicking near the end when hes starting to realize hes cooked he starts lying to him telling him that hes almost there hes almost up the stairs and to just hang on a second more (hes like 20 blocks away)

at first casey was like. freshly in shock. so she wasnt talking about things like they happened. she asks nell to come home and clean up the glass on the floor because if she looked down and sees the blood coming out of her she was going to flip out or something. but the longer nell takes the more she starts to get scared and desperate and whiny (notice how i can find ways to insult her even as shes dying..now thats love) the more nell lies to her the more her solid faith in ladybug saving her ungrateful self is wavering. shes never let her down before! casey always follows nell/ladybug around and gets into trouble and nell always picks up her by the scruff of her neck and drags her back home. its basically what their relationship was built on, nell taking a random criminal home and promising to keep her on the up and up. nell is big and tough and strong and confident and independent and stable. these are all qualities casey really liked about nell right from the get go and its why, aside from being given a rent free place to live in, she stuck around this long even through the less desirable traits of hers and how insufferable she finds her sometimes.

in her fear (and pain) she starts swinging wildly between anger and pleading like "why arent you here yet!??! do you think im gonna die?? are you even coming?? are you doing this on purpose because youre mad at something i did.? WELL IM SORRY! FUCK! WILL YOU PLEASE COME GET ME NOW!!!!!!' (im sure this isnt doing anything to help nells stress levels. can someone tell her to relax?)

Nell.....did the smartest thing anyone has ever done in the history of the world, and before, when he took the call and nightwing noticed his alarm and comes down to say "hey is everything ok--" he brushes him off and speeds off to go deal with casey himself. Because casey is his responsibility and he doesnt really like nightwing. or any of the bats. nell is self sufficient, over confident, and (quoting from marty) "she has tunnel vision and chronic independence syndrome and by viewing caseys wellbeing as her own responsibility she has inadvertently doomed them" (unquote) (crowd booing sfx)

he could have asked for help from someone who could fly, or asked oracle to patch him through to an ambulance to get to the apartment faster than she could, or accepted nightwings offer to help knowing that hes more experienced than she is as a hero or done any number of things that would have to involve swallowing his pride, but he didnt and when he arrives back home casey is already gone

to be fair she wasnt really thinking straight. but wow, way to go nell. you really fucked that one up. can we cancel this heinous heinous bug?

when i compare our intrepid heroes death scenes in my mind i lol bcuz nell is like (coughing up blood) fuuuck i cant believe i loved that stupid girl. oh well. bleh. but casey in her last moments is like NO NO NO NO NO I DONT WANT TO DIE STOOOOP WTF WTF WTF

i think shes so panicked and frantic and scared in her last moments the complete opposite of nell accepting death and feeling content she did everything she could have (at least in regards to crimefighting that day)

she probably didnt even think it was a possibility until the last minute. shes so self confident. too self confident. some might even call it...stupidity.

in the way nell is letting her eyes creak shut thinking about a phantom image of casey and is just filled with regretful sadness, casey is not thinking fondly on ANY memory shes clutching onto her phone and wishing nells voice would jump out of the speakers and be there in front of her and carry her away and keep taking care of her FOREVER i mean keep financially supporting her until shes casted into the new scream film. she cant accept shes going to die. she wont accept it. she did so much hard work for so long to make something of her life and it was all just going to end in one night...she finally found a friend she could stomach the company of, actually enjoyed the company of, and it was all for nothing. AGAIN! these are depths of despair only previously felt when booster FIRED HER! she doesnt ..blame nell, exactly. well she kind of does. but its different than it was with booster. she put the full brunt of blame entirely on booster to shield herself from the possibility .. maybe her own choices and actions have something to do with the outcomes in her life? (NO NOT POSSIBLE) she is angry at nell for not being there. but shes also sad and confused and scared and all these mixed up emotions and even though shes angry at nell Somewhat she also...eugh....CARES about nell, and she thinks that nell also cares about her. (unclear in what way. and now we'll never know..SAD) so she isnt casting hexes on her like she had with booster, who she knew didnt really give her the time of day like ever. she just wishes she wouldve been there with her

but when have i ever given casey anything she wanted.

again, i advise you to go knock down martys door if you want more nell deets but im told ted and michelle support him through this (and isnt that more than casey ever got in the canon end? see..not so bad)

im also told he doesnt tell spider, caseys mom, about casey dying until 8 months after the fact. which im sure just about drives that poor woman over the edge. nell bishop are you ready to die..?

[olderthannetfic]

Re: Hypertagging characters/ships for triggers, yeah as someone whos insane ass has a very serious trigger for a specific fictional character -particularly if they are portrayed in a positive light- I just Do Not Read Fic in that fandom by and large and blacklist it pretty hard.

It sucks I had to divorce myself from the fandom because I LIKED the earlier seasons and sometimes the fic was cute and good, but I simply cannot reasonably ask anyone to tag every mention of that character so I blacklist it all.

Its a me issue, NOT a them issue, so its my job to manage it and actually put effort into that.

That means blacklisting the show on every platform that is possible that I use, not following people who are likely to post that character, not consuming the new canon content of the show in case I get jumpscared with the character, and only ever intentionally looking for content if im in the right frame of mind to be able to stand simply seeing the name somewhere while I control+f a fic to see if they show up. I even sometimes ask friends to prescreen fics sometimes if I REALLY want to read something.

I make my own content if I want to engage with that media and I avoid the fandom. Its... I wont say its easy because it really sucks actually, but the world cannot and should not cater to me in that way. Its a competing access need and unreasonable to ask.

Its reasonable to ask a friend to warn/not deliberately show me that character- not NOT reasonable to ask a rando to do that.

Id even try to desensitize the trigger if I was in a good place for doing it but I am the wrong kind of insane to be doing that any time soon lol. Trauma work lays you right out.

To people wondering how anyone could be so fragile as to need something like that tagged; PTSD and other mental illnesses that cause serious triggers often latch onto innocuous things. Do you think I want to have such a 'cringe' trigger that causes me to [redacted] at best and have a dissociative panic attack-flashback combo AND [redacted] at worse? No its dumb as hell and I hate that there is very little to do to suppress it. Does that make the trigger go away? Also no. Its not like this is just me not liking or being uncomfortable with the character, this is an involuntary serious-hazard-to-health negative reaction I shant detail that sucks ass.

Yes us crazies do deserve to participate in fandom spaces too, we arent too broken to be barred from playing with everyone else- we just have to understand where the reasonable line is on accommodations for tagging, understand that competing access needs are a thing, and do the rest of the work ourselves.

Its not perfect but its the most good for the most people.

Id invite anyone who has a character/ship/etc trigger to seriously just blacklist the media and do what I do or even be more strict about it. You will feel so much better and more stable im not kidding. It sucks to lose a beloved fandom but you will feel so much better.

For everyone else- dont feel you need to tag every last mention on something. If you really want to be trigger friendly for some reason, you can put in the chapter notes all the minor mentions of stuff or w/e. Please Do Not put it in the proper tags.

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Sadly, "dumb as hell" is a pretty default setting for triggers. If only brains were logical and behaved themselves! But one has to work with what one's got.

[garbagequeer]

i’m so late to the riverdale party it’s sad :( i watched the first season like everyone else and dropped it around season 3 and then i saw a cheryl blossom post this summer and immediately binged the rest of the show from where i left off and now it’s the end :( i wish i had been here longer- all this being said, favorite riverdale blogs? i have a cheryl and archie preference

i got into riverdale over 2 years ago i still feel like i didnt get enough time they should have been on air for another 10 years at least

i dont think i follow anyone w a focus on a specific character but i do follow some riverdale specific blogs as well as people who arent riverdale blogs but do post riverdale (though mostly i find rvd posts directly on the riverdale tag bc im nosy and it's always nice to see what everyone thinks and posts)

here's the riverdale blogs i follow but theyre mostly not that active:

@kevin-keller-artistic-director @riverdaleheritageposting @girl-archie @bireggiemantle @bettydonnas @postjarchieworld

and some people who post riverdale that i follow who i feel post enough riverdale to be worth checking out for riverdale reasons:

@donnasweett @archiesallamerican @tallahasseemp3 @bedlund

then because i mostly interact with riverdale posting thru the tag here's other blogs i recognize as Riverdale Blogs I Like in my mind or whatever:

@sonyarebecchi @mean-vampyre @qunnfabray @thejarchielongcon @typewriterofchampions @sumeria @philcollinsenjoyer @doctorcurdlejr @theultimatewildcard @watchriverdale

and tbh i just keep coming up with blogs and got tired i really do recommend the tag everyone's always going on about how tumblr is great social media because of the tagging system let's all go in the tags forever and talk about riverdale always

[sweetshrew]

hey there! I heard you were new to tumblr, so I wanted to offer a greeting and short introduction As far as how to do well here, follow as many blogs or tags as you like. you can find new blogs through the tags/search system, which many people use but most don't. For example, searching the tag "doctor who" will bring up posts and blogs who post about that tv show. The majority of users on this site almost always just reblog posts without tags, and don't create posts themselves. You can find new blogs in sidebars or through small sections on your dashboard (where all the posts show up). If you dont use tags, thats fine, but it does mean people only find you if they look at blogs you interact with, so if you dont use tags but are expecting more followers/interactions, consider people dont know who you are or what you post about. You can interact through speaking in reblogs, tags, asks, or dms, all of which are reasonable choices that have different connotations depending on who you ask. If someone has a pinned post, it is common courtesy to read it before dm-ing or asking them, but reblogs and tags are generally fair game. Some people have anonymous asks enabled, so you can send asks that can only be answered publicly rather than privately and arent associated with your name/face/icon. Most posts are of a collaborative style, so if you want to add to a concept or talk to people, feel free to do so

ooh my first ask. thank you so much for putting in the effort to write this! i really appreciate it cause i still get nervous interacting with posts cause i don’t wanna end up unintentionally offending them. i’m slowly wrapping my head around it and this def helps

[jonahfagnus]

i dont think you ever posted about your "jon sees elias as jonah when he takes the archivist job" au but please start with that immediately 👀👀👀👀👀👀

so i dont think theres very much that i didnt say in the tags of the post i made about it (unless tumblr ate those for some reason)

but basically. yeah after jon takes the archivist position he starts seeing elias as jonah (at elias' age, not as like. a corpse in the panopticon). obviously he immediately realises that its jonah bcs, yknow, the guys paintings are everywhere.

i imagine jon's train of thought is something like this:

did my boss get possessed by jonah magnus -> no thats dumb ghosts arent real -> im having a psychotic episode -> surely id be seeing other symptoms -> what the FUCK is happening

so a huge amount of jon's desire to find the truth about the supernatural ends up focused on jonah. initially he's just doing research into the actual guy jonah magnus himself but that doesnt really get him anywhere because its not like jonah was like "dear diary im an eye avatar and im going to start putting my eyes into other people so i can be immortal" so he starts doing research into elias instead. which also turns out to be quite difficult just doing normal research.

luckily, jon and elias are decently friendly with each other (at least in early s1, which this would still be). so surely its not weird to try and make sure your relationship with your boss is positive. thats just common sense thats just cultivating a welcoming workplace environment or whatever. and ofc elias is like

bcs this is objectively great! jons leaning into the eye hes considering breaching elias' privacy to learn more about him and ofc hes flattered that jon is so focused on him in particular. so he allows jon to break into his office and look through his things and he pretends he isnt watching the entire time, and he casually mentions some flaws in his home security to try and spur jon into breaking into his house (which he doesnt. yet.)

they're sort of not-quite-dating - tim might joke about jon going on dates with elias and jon gets very flustered and denies it and elias is a little over affectionate in public just to see how jon reacts, but neither of them have any idea that jon's doing all of this just so he can figure out why his boss is (apparently) the founder of the institute.

then prentiss happens. then they find gertrude's body.

i dont think jon gets as paranoid as he does in canon - hes been less of an asshole since all of his focus has gone into researching elias and trying to figure out what the fuck happened. so while i think he does do some research into the archival crew, its mainly research into gertrude herself, and continuing his research into elias. now with added stalking!

and of course elias still doesnt care about the stalking because hes still 1. very happy jon is taking to the eye so well and 2. flattered that jon is so focused on him to the point of stalking him. in my heart i know elias considers stalking to be a form of flirting

s2 goes generally the same but i want jon to find out about the not-them just a little sooner so i can make him go "holy shit! elias got not-them'd! what the fuck!" of course this is completely incorrect if you know anything about how the not-them works but jon. doesnt.

jon, of course, breaks the table. then he finds out that sasha got not-them'd. then he finds out leitner is alive. then he finds out leitner is dead.

who else does he have to go to? he shows up at elias' home, maybe just minutes after elias finishes cleaning up, because a man has been killed in his office and he didnt do it.

because i am a soft elias truther s3 isnt just manipulation and horrible things happening for jon. horrible things still do happen (elias very much doesnt discourage him from talking to jude perry, or mike crew, for example) and elias is still a bastard but its probably not any significant amount more horrible than canon s3 was.

jon probably spends amounts of time talking to elias about what leitner told him (which is hilarious to elias) and elias (against his better judgement) doesnt tell jon that leitner was lying, but instead asks him questions that may or may not lead him to figuring out the entities. he's curious as to what's going to happen, and he's sure jon likes him enough that showing just a little of what he knows wont tarnish their relationship

i dont have many thoughts beyond that - the confrontation probably goes differently, for example, and maybe jon permanently moves in with elias. i cant decide how much of a corruption arc i should give jon (obviously he ends up much more content with the eye than in canon bcs the eye is sexy but i cant decide if hes pro apocalypse or not) but when jon finds out that elias is jonah hes like "oh i know" and jonah is like what the fuck do you mean

[sentientgopro]

A massive difference in Gwenpool's writing that I don't see people point out is her addressing the audience. This simple fact reveals so much about her vastly different characterisation, and can even open up an in- universe explanation for her inconsistent writing.

This was copied from A Reddit post I made on r/gwenpool, thought I'd repost it here. Since Tumblr works differently, I decided to include tags for 196 and reddit refugee, since, well, fuck it, why not, as well as a few comic related tags. Because of that, I've added a short section summarizing her writing inconsistencies. If you know all about this stuff, look for the big text saying "Main point starts here."

I'm not going to explain the inconsistencies in Gwen's writing, you're on this sub, you (Might not) know all that already. I'm going to be using Unbelieveable Gwenpool and Gwenpool strikes back as my two main references here.

Okay, writing inconsistencies, lets make this quick. In her original Solo series, the Unbelieveable Gwenpool, Gwen is characterized as a "silly", "innocent" teenage girl (her exact age being 19, and those words arent the best descriptors, but the best I could think of in short terms.) However, when other writers pick up the character, for example in crossovers and teams, they hear "Gwenpool" and go "Oh so Deadpool with tits", stripping away any and all of her Character and personality. Another important note, later into her solo series, and an idea that would persist through THE REST of her appearances, is that she realises she is not popular enough and is heavily at risk of cancellation (which happened to her solo series) and fading into obscurity, which she actively tries to prevent. Im gonna end this here, if you don't know about Her, and youve got a spare 20 minutes, "The rise and fall of Gwenpool" By comic Drake on yt should catch you up on this. This topic of her inconsistencies has been done to death so, onto the main post.

Main Point starts here.

To try to get to the point, a massively understated difference in character is that throughout UGP, she does not address the audience. She mentions "someone is reading" while on the roof of the mobile base, worrying that shes bad, but thats it.

Breaking the fourth wall is, let's be honest, a gimmick. The character talks to the audience and thats weird and wacky! And then it got done a few times and got old for most people. 4th wall breaking also can lead to characters feeling insincere, for obvious reasons.

But the original meaning of breaking the fourth wall is talking to the audience. This is what modt people think of when talking about breaking the fourth wall. But, by this definition, and by alot of peoples conceptions of it, UGP Gwen _does not even break the fourth wall._ (Edit: a comment I saw on the Reddit post described it as "Medium Awareness instead of fourth wall breaking, which I quite like.") She begins to do it later on, though, in GSB and onwards, as she becomes more conscious of the audience.

So why? Why does it matter if she talks to the audience or not? Because Gwens interactions with the audience in GSB tend to be the parts fans don't like. Like the "could a comic book character do this" bits.

But what Im trying to say is, when Gwen is not conscious of the audience, shes the fan favourite version of herself. She _is_ herself. When she is conscious of the audience, people don't like her.

What Gwen missed when she first started getting wrapped up in trying to stay popular and relevant was what made her popular in the first place. People like her as a character. They like her being herself as a character in the marvel universe, acting as she would naturally act. By trying too hard to impress the audience and put on a show, Gwen stops being herself, stops being a character, and just turns into a gimmick. Here, I did some crazy things normal characters can't do. Aren't you impressed?

So, in summary, the difference in behaviour of addressing the audience vs not, and how much people like each version of the character at the times she does this, demonstrates that her consciousness of the audience and trying to address them is what causes all her problems.

I really do feel like concept should be taken further and should be used as the true reason for her character inconsistencies, and have Gwen come to the realisation that she should just be herself. Maybe this could happen in, say, I don't know, what movies are expected sometime in the future?

_It Ain't called BEYOND The Spiderverse for nothin', sony. Do it. Make an incredible trilogy perfect._

So, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. ESPECIALLY if youre here from one of the unrelated tags and dont know alot about her.

[robinlmaoo]

Welcome to my Sky: COTL ask/art blog! :D

This is an account where I do multiple things, such as post art (mainly scribbles gahahaha), animations (i do mainly short animation memes/clips but i have BIG plans for BIG animatics) and… roleplay! (not that good at roleplaying yet and i might lose interest if it gets monotone but im still up for any asks/character interactions, would welcome them actually!)

Information about me…

Im quite a hardcore spirit enjoyer and tend to focus on spirits more than skykids. I still have SOME skykid OCs though, such as my sky persona Robin and the two gay coconuts whom i still have not named.

If and when you ever role-play with me, just know that I am not one for themes of heavy gore (like intestines exposed brain whatever), or NSFW themes. I am okay with roleplaying with minor gore (injuries that arent too graphic like cuts/stab wounds?), character death and angst, and swearing, though Robin wont do this themselves.

Asking + Roleplaying

My ask box is open for any random crap you might wanna drop in.

You can ask any character currently in Robin’s story, whether it be a spirit, skykid.

You can ask:

Genuine questions about the story/character

Random things you wanna say to the characters

A character interaction prompt?

Playfully rude stuff.

You may not ask:

Genuinely rude/derogatory stuff thats meant to put others down

Anything NSFW/a little too inappropriate for the record

You may not ask the characters “The Gay Coconuts” yet, because theyre very random characters I threw into the story for no reason and I literally have no idea what to do with them… yet

I use a character padlet to organise the characters in my story because they can get a lil messy sometimes. Heres the link!

Tags associated with my account:

#robin the skykid - for when i post about my main skysona, Robin!

#saki the seed - for when i post about the Seed Of Hope in the context of my universe, where they are named ‘Saki��.

#robin reflects - when me, the op of this (and @those-aurora-spirits) say something :)

Thats all. I might add more depending on what happens. Have a good day!

[jokeson-u]

I'm calling you a hypocrite for having essay length posts on your sideblog about your Lottie rapist headcanon while getting mad about a harmless trans headcanon. And this is only the 2nd ask I'm sending so you're getting shit from multiple people not just me.

You're not discussing anything privately, this is a public website. So I'm gonna keep arguing with you. Because it's hypocritical as fuck that you post literal misogynist "men are superior" shit on your sideblog and then in the same breath you say that it's bad to headcanon Nat as masculine because it takes away from the female experience or narrative of the show or whatever. Anyone can argue that your kink is degrading to women and feminism, but you'd just say it's not, because it's just a kink/it's just a fantasy/etc so why can't you see that the same applies to a harmless trans headcanon. You and everyone agreeing with your logic is responsible for people on the tumblr Yellowjackets fandom getting harassed and called "tranny" over a simple headcanon

I don't care if you haven't talked about it in a while before people brought it up again, you're the one that's still defending your own transphobia

thank u for answering my question abt how u view kink 😊

and if u cant see how weird it is to be comparing kink culture to trans hcs then i cannot help u. like.. ok. so ur saying 'hcs arent real' and equating it to 'kink isnt real.' right? but ... but trans people ARE real. they ARENT a kink or a fetish. whereas ppl in kink culture are fully aware that the languages/behaviors they engage in within the kink community/tags/venues/whatever, KNOW those things arent upheld in their day to day. i think people who are uneducated on kink misunderstand that to varying degrees. so, writing abt kink is an extension of kink, not like, a headcanon. it's just kink. meanwhile, with trans headcanons, its a reflection of trans people, who do exist and live their day to day lives as such. to equate them is to imply that either A) u have some misunderstandings on kink/kink culture or B) u consider trans people as people who are playing a role, the way they do in kink. which is. odd.

anyways, ive explained time and time again my issues w the transmasc nat hc specifically. it honestly just seems like ur mad that some disagrees and gave reasons other than 'trans people bad!' bc u want all of us to be the same as the transphobe anons. i mean, i notice u dont talk abt my transfem hcs for yj. u just gloss over the arguments i made bc u either dont understand them or u dont want to reckon with it.

[justalilpearlie]

hi guys dont mind me being insane again

im not tagging this too much cus its more of a personal ramble cus idk im feelin silly today and the BPD hits too hard. i wont be explainin what BPD is either so if u dont know either look it up or ignore this post,,

man i. have you ever loved someone so much you cry? /pos

like man i. its not romantic, may i clarify. most of my fps, except for my main one, are platonic. one of them is familial even

but i just. i feel like such a parasocial freako but i genuinly feel so intensely. its so positive too. if you ignore the crippling paranoia i always have abt my fps hating me or me being so intense they get uncomfortable...

but i just??? im not. normal about them.

i dont wanna sound creepy but they make my world so much better. id take a bullet from them. if give anything for them to be alright. i genuinly just REALLY enjoy their company and knowing theyre having fun with me aswell. knowing they enjoy me as a person. that im not a nuisance for the people i love the most.

and gosh i really hope they dont see this. i would feel so ashamed and embarassed if they did.

luckly i have better ways of copying with distress, attachment issues, jealousy, possesiveness, and all that other FUN (not) stuff that comes with BPD or rather specifically having an fp. A nice trustworthy psychologist (if u can afford it) does wonders to you, let me tell you.

its still hard sometimes but ive learnt to deal with it in ways that arent destructive to my relationships with those around me. i can cool down and such instead of lashing out or splitting for the most minimal things.

but now. for whatever reason. i went on a huge "positive" ramble instead. it was meant to be appreciation at the time, and still is, but i feel like its something that couldve scared them off. i showed some stuff to irl friends and online family, and everyone said theyd feel very appreciated if someone told them that stuff, but i cant help but feel is because they're my loved ones also and stuff. i really. really feel like i was too intense. i suck at showing affection in a normal way, a calm way, subtle way, like a normal person.

at this point i think. sigh i think its better if i just say nice things anonymously. i think if people, in general, not only my fps. but if people dont know affection comes from me they'll take it so much better than if they know its *me* in particular. and idk why! its just my brain being stupid again.

brains love doing that, dont they? being stupid. telling you everyone hates you oh so much no matter what you do. that theyre lying behind your back, and hate you in secret, theyre just being polite and allat.

well let me tell you, dear reader, whoever the fuck might read this, specially if its from the bpd tags: thats not true. sure, there might be assholes out there, but those people you think hate you despite how close you are, most likely dont. and i cant even get this through my own head but my sister repeats it to me all the time. "[name] talks so nicely about you and seems so happy seeing you". even then its hard to believe, i gotta stare at nice screenshots ive saved where i believe ive done something good, something worthy of appreciation, something that has not only meaning but an impact, a possitive one. and i know the chances of them actually hating me are low, but i still believe more in those chances than the proof.

i feel a bit delusional in a way. and i mean, i am, often times. but this is one of those thoughts- those god dammed thoughts where you're self aware yet- yet it doesnt shake the feeling away, you know? like no there is no proof, no logical proof at least, only what your mind twists into proof. but you still just "know it", yknow? even if you dont actually know shit and are very wrong. you feel like you do and it- it fucking sucks.

dont even get me started on splits and mood swings, highs and lows. Cause well. THATS NOT THE TOPIC OF THIS POST !! Lmao. i could go on for hours complaining tho. ough.

but yeah!! i just !! sorry, this took a turn. i just. needed to express myself idfk. i'll go back to posting abt minecraft men kissing soon or whatever, sorry normie followers /hj

i love them so much its overwhelming, yet i wouldnt change it for everything in the world, you know? not them. its hard but id rather endure it for them than have them not be THIS level of special to me anymore.

i really REALLY hope theyre not. uncomfortable by it tho. and wont dump me for it. i really wish i had a guide to how to and how to not mess up. so i could avoid doing dumb shit on accident.

and its funny cause theyre ppl that would absolutely tell me if im doing shit that bothers them, yet i believe theres smth else, stupid thoughts man. LEAVE ME ALONE FREDDY MERCURY!! UR SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD !! /ref

sighhhh anyhow yeah im dropping it here. bpd is a bitch. and to anyone out there dealing w it? godspeed. you can do this, i know life already sucks and this shitty dissorder doesnt help, but i know you can push through, mi gente bella.

Pearlo out. BPD hours rlly seem to be hitting at around 11-12 am, huh? /ij

[correctproseka]

Kohane: Akito help i can't find my glasses

Akito, looking at the glasses sitting on top of Kohane's head:

Akito: i'll help you find it for 5 dollars

[liquidstar]

Hi I've seen ppl tag this saying that they'll use it for writing or OC stuff and I think that's REALLY COOL, so I figured I could give you some more context too. This post is already kinda long tho, so I'll just put the rest under a readmore:

First of all, I don't think I made it clear what they were really about, beyond being a "working class subculture." Their ideals basically center around a denouement of anything bourgeois- They're very anti-authority. They might also be communists (My papou was, and notably raised children who would spraypaint stuff like "μπάτσοι γουρούνοι δολοφόνοι" (cops are murderous pigs) around town, so thats the kinda anti-authority we're dealing with). The arm being worn improperly out of the jacket might have been a symbol of this, not really on a "We agree this is what it means" kinda way, but in the sense that it showed a lack of care for wearing the suit the "right" way, mimicking a cape. The one-sleeved-jacket was also why they had the characteristic limped walk.

There's another explanation for the sleeve thing though... Stabbings. The idea is that if they were attacked by a member of another gang, they could wrap their sleeve jacket around the attacker's arm to protect themselves from being stabbed. I don't know how realistic that is, but it would be cool in a fight scene! This may have also been why they wore thick fabrics as belts, it protected a lot of their vitals. Again, these guys all carry around knives all the time, stabbings happen.

Also (And this is totally on me for using black and white pics) the outfits actually do have some pops of color! Red is the most common, especially on the belt. peep these:

These are all super caricatured depictions of course, but you can spot pretty much any stereotype on them because of this. The komoloi in all their hands, the knives in the fabric belts (Right seems to have a gun), the hats, mustaches, the arm out the jacket (Right and left), and the bouzouki for rebetiko music (Middle). You can see where they'd usually place the red on their belts or ties.

(The right image is especially caricatured because its from "Karagiozi," a puppet theater in which most characters play in these types of Greek cultural stereotypes. The main guy, Karagiozi, is literally a stereotypical poor drunk working greek guy, his famous slogan is, "We will eat, we will drink, and starving we will sleep." A lot of the characters from the past dont hold up and arent used as commonly, but the mangas one is pretty safe)

Of course, it doesnt have to be red, again these are caricatures of what's most popular. You can use any colors you want in a character design. Here's a super colorful picture of a bar fight:

Even with the bright colors you can't mistake what they are! If you look closely their arms are not in the jacket sleeves, once again! Plus, since its a bar fight it's the perfect time to take out those knives. Their ties are matched to the colors of their belts too, which is just good fashion sense, I'm sure. Also theres an MP that seems to be about to intervene. Again, manges hate authority. If you know anything about Greek history, you'd know its not just a typical "I hate being told what to do" attitude either, but the government was incredibly oppressive- there are lots of horror stories I could share from family, but thats neither here nor there. The point is there really was something they were rebelling against.

Oh, you didn't read all that because you were thinking, "Is that a fucking hookah?" yes it is.

They were super common, and actually part of the reason komboloi were popular too. Even to this day one of the things that "Worry beads" are marketed to people, especially tourists, for is to help you quit smoking. They don't actually help you quit on their own, and most manges werent trying to, but what it does is keep your hands busy when youre craving a hit.

Pic on the right is also an album cover, so you might be wondering what kind of music these guys actually listened to. Well, its not exactly punk rock, and by today's standards it's sort of just seen as old timey, but this is exactly it:

Lyrically most of the songs tend to be about the reality of being a working class urban citizen at this time. Or really, any time. That hasn't changed, and thats why they stay classics. They can be about crime, violence, sex, drugs, poverty, love, war, death, family, whatever. They're not always sad either, sometimes they celebrate their lives through this. But what's important to understand is where the style came from, I'm sort of going to use a Wikipedia quote here because I cant put it better

The womb of rebetika was the jail and the hash den. It was there that the early rebetes created their songs. They sang in quiet, hoarse voices, unforced, one after the other, each singer adding a verse which often bore no relation to the previous verse, and a song often went on for hours. There was no refrain, and the melody was simple and easy. One rebetis accompanied the singer with a bouzouki or a baglamas (a smaller version of the bouzouki, very portable, easy to make in prison and easy to hide from the police), and perhaps another, moved by the music, would get up and dance. The early rebetika songs, particularly the love songs, were based on Greek folk songs and the songs of the Greeks of Smyrna and Constantinople.

Wikipedia also lists the important tenants of the music as, "Love, joy, and, sorrow." However, I think this is a rough translation. The word "Kefi" is translated as "Joy," but does not have an exact english counterpart. It's a passion deep within your soul, that yearns to be physically let out. This "Kefi" is where art and music comes from. It's also why Greek people break plates at parties! It's to let out your kefi. (Going back to the OG post- Stimming is letting out your kefi too!)

Anyway this is all very traditional stuff, so if you're trying to write a modern mangas... It's honestly a bit of a different story! (Though a traditional guy in a modern setting is fun). You could get away with just sort of writing a tough arrogant guy in general, and he'd still be labeled a "Mangas" because that term has sort of just become shorthand for "Tough guy" nowadays (Kind of like "Punk" doesnt always mean... Punk.) But there are some things like...

Stereotypes that sort of get perpetuated through movies, for example! This is one from the late 1960s. The super buttoned down shirt wasnt that common of a thing way back when, but it seems to have become more of a thing over time (You can see it in that album cover from before), and media may have aided in that. The belts are also just regular belts and carrying a visible knife isn't as much of a thing (He might still have one on him tho). Also the necklace is important, i cannot stress enough how Greek fuckboys who wanna look tough will always be wearing a chain, often with a cross or icon (Mostly to be aesthetic rather than religious). Fashion from the 1900s-1960s is obviously going to change a bit. Also, holy crap that shirt on the right is yellow as hell.

Anyway uhhh this post was originally about komboloi remember? I feel like some people didn't fully understand how the "Stimming" with them works- It's not just sort of playing with the individual beads, you do tricks! It's cool to know the tricks, boosts your komboloi status. Check out this video:

So yeah! I hope this helps anyone who would wanna write a character with the "mangas" archetype. Even if you wanna do a traditional one in a modern setting, I think that's a fun sort of trope! It would also be cool to do a rare woman mangas lol. In general, it's an archetype you don't really see outside of Greece, so I think people being interested by it is really cool! Even if you don't wanna write anything about it yourself, and you just wanted to learn a bit about a different country's subcultures, thats also really cool!

Thanks for reading ^_^

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