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Conjoined
We were tight But we faded, like how everything doesn't last except for cigarette butts and the plastic in our lungs
Summer nights where the smell of the lake is overpowering But we grow use to it, sitting in a gazebo made of unfinished wood I give you all my secrets, down to my very core And you did the same, blood brothers to the end But I let this die, I didn't feed it like I should've but I was wasting my time and being a waste While you found happiness.
We were close And even that seems like not enough to describe us We were the surgical miracle in making conjoined twins
Kickflips and Geodone, neither of us were any good And I kept you low and flat just Like I remain to be we're snorting psych meds in the gazebo And we wonder just how we managed to lose hours of time Cigarettes and ghetto rigged car stereos, I miss you. I miss being attached at the hip
We were stronger than blood Or so I thought
#writers and poets#poems on tumblr#original poem#poem#poetry#spilled thoughts#spilled feelings#punkrocksoapoperas#spilled writing#writing#my writing#spilled poetry#spilled emotions#spilled words#writers on tumblr#poets and writers#creative writing#writerscommunity#writer#crmsnmth#Conjoined#The Best Friend#old friends#nostalgia for a better time#before the breakdown#loss of contact with someone important to you
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when the frame betrays the mind
( Hihi! There's really nothing extra under the cut here, I just also wanted to clarify that these two photos were heavily referenced for both perspective and design respectively. )


#submas#i think nostalgia is both a very potent reprieve and a poison.#to reminisce about something or someone that once bought you comfort isn't necessarily a bad thing.#honestly it's what makes us human. a wish to return to 'better' times. where things made sense. where things were easier.#but you can't return to it. the world changes. you change.#you can return to the same place. but the frame is different. you are different. the world you think you remember is gone.#reminisce all you want. be nostalgic for those things as much as you please. that world is no longer there. You are no longer there.#anywayss#warden ingo#submas emmet#ingo#emmet#submas angst#my art#twins tunes & tonics
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✨ In Stars and Time✨ is one of the best games I've ever played. buy it on steam :D
(reference, full image and grey version under cut)

(redraw of ALIEN POP II album by Snail's house)
#this game has amazing writing great quality of life and some DAMN GOOD ANGST#legitimately it might be better than undertale#and that's speaking from a place of nostalgia#tea n ink#ISAT#in stars and time#siffrin#isat siffrin#isat#isat fanart#artists on tumblr#isat tea n ink
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i still think that the conclusion to daniels downward spiral in season 5 shouldnt have been everyone getting together to be there for him. the issue isnt that people were unwilling to meet daniel halfway, the issue is that daniel never expressed his trauma. he spent three seasons avoiding mentioning terry silver by name, only vaguely referencing the events of karate kid 3 without much detail. and when he does to johnny in season 4, it's off screen, which makes me sincerely doubt that daniel actually talked about how that fucked him up emotionally.
daniels trauma with silver is just a fairy tale to sam and the rest of the miyagi-do's. he tells it like a story, one where he pulled away from the dark and one where he triumphed over fear. but he leaves out the bitter, ugly truths, the way it has damaged him even after all this time, leaves out the details, the blood, the pain. the only people who were there at the time dont even really truly understand the extent of it, either, and i doubt daniel wouldve opened up to either jessica or miyagi about how badly terry silver traumatized and hurt him. no one gets it, and no one will--except, well, maybe one person.
with that, i think that it wouldve been more appropriate to tie that arc into johnnys with kreese by making johnny the person daniel actually confesses the extent of his trauma to after the events at stingrays apartment. have the emotional breakdown, or whatever, and have johnny relate, because they have similar experiences! and it tightens the narrative conceivably more because ultimately the catalyst for johnnys regression over the decades was his trauma with kreese, and daniels behavior in ck was due to his trauma with silver. they were both badly abused by these guys! they both developed massive trust issues! it also makes johnny remain significant in season 5 if it remained daniel centric in its plot points, but thematically you still tied johnny into it with kreese.
and, like, it makes sense then that this would be the true start of their friendship, because they recognize they are similar not only in their personalities, but in their trauma, in the ways they hurt, and finally, a recognition of why the other does the things they do. that recognition of "oh, you were a hurt kid too.", and like... you can tie it back to johnnys cobra kai, the refusal to stay the fuck down, because why should they let their abusers have the satisfaction of watching them give up??? and THAT revives daniels drive, and even with a miyagi-do heavy season its still a call back to the (supposed) core of the show
then, you can have the whole getting the gang back together thing for miyagi-fang or whatever lol idk i think there was a ton of missed potential there
#march talks#johnny lawrence#daniel larusso#lawrusso#sorta#cobra kai#terry silver#john kreese#the show really needed to differentiate johnnys cobra kai better from kreeses#still do like the fact that daniel defeats silver with the crane kick though#the show kind of wastes a lot of screen time on things that dont really serve any narrative purpose#not egregiously so#but you can really tighten the narrative and its themes with just a few tweaks#i still deeply enjoy the show but this is just one of the things that leave it short from actual masterpiece status to me#like if ck wants to be a subversion of the original trilogy there were a lot of things they couldve done to make that more effective#both artistically and like. as nostalgia bait lol
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I've been complaining about the Rose-colored glasses for years. The way that fans have never been able to take them off. And then the way that RTD2 came back perpetually wearing them.
But it was just a metaphor to describe my annoyance at nostalgic fanservice about a single character and a single era for the last 15 years.
Now this isn't even tinted glasses anymore. It's like Rose-tinted Lasik surgery.
#dw spoilers#doctor who#doctor who spoilers#like what... why...#ncuti deserved better#RTD2 let it go. do new things. like. come on. MOVE. ON.#and of COURSE when it comes to that ONE ERA there's ONE COMPANION not even remotely mentioned for nostalgia#come. on.#i had hoped maybe this was a fake out but ncuti's instagram is all 'i've enjoyed my time' 'thank you everyone' and like... huhhhhhh#if this is some long game then cool but i really really doubt it oh god
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"The first inkling Kakashi had that something might be wrong with his kids was when he arrived at the academy 3 hours late to find the pink-haired civilian girl systematically dipping senbon in various liquids that he assumed had to be poison, chatting amicably with the two boys, and the loner-revenger-flight-risk was leaning against Naruto’s legs, head practically in the blond boy’s lap while Naruto deftly braided and unbraided the Uchiha’s hair."
Here's the colored version of the fanart sketch I did based on @themidnightguardian 's fanfic called "Teenagers scare the living shit out of me" (chapter 1, first scene specifically). It's a short, funny and slightly unhinged time travel AU I love to read again and again, it always cheers me up.
I honestly wasn't planning on ever rendering the sketch any further, and really thought that I might get out of my yearly Naruto phase soon, but 10 hours on Clip Studio Paint later and here I am. And to be fair, despite everything that still makes me sigh (a desk went missing at some point I think?), I have to admit I'm quite happy with the general feeling & even managed to fix Sakura's face which had been bugging me. Apparently my idea of "poison container" is very much stuck in the cartoon/DnD corner. The text on the posters is absolute gibberish of course.
#fanart#digital painting#digital art#naruto#team 7#naruto uzumaki#sasuke uchiha#sakura haruno#kakashi hatake#narusasu#fanfic#themidnightguardian#somecallmegin#I really messed up big time on something today and doing this made me feel better#my cat is telling me it's time for bed#Naruto Nostalgia
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From "I Spy School Days: A Book of Picture Riddles", Walter Wick
#me every time there's a holiday: time to post an i spy page#i say this about every page i post BUT this one is my favorite of all time#ispy#i spy#i spy books#walter wick#nostalgia#nostalgiacore#2000s nostalgia#y2k#photography#toywave#art#childhood#90s#90s aesthetic#early 2000s#2000s#valentines day#happy valentines#valentines aesthetic#lovecore#also i spent like an hour color correcting screenshots from the internet archive pdf just to find a better version on google...........ok#might still post that later bc i like the grainy look of the scanned page
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What 2025? I'm shifting back to early 2010's and you ain't stopping me!!!!
(Send help tho- 💀)
#I MIGHT LEGIT CRASH OUT AT THIS POINT#INFINITI RED BULL GIVES YOU UNHEALTHY AMOUNTS OF NOSTALGIA FOR THE BETTER TIMES#BORN TO BE IN EARLY 2010S FORCED TO LIVE IN SOON TO BE 2025#shifting#reality shifting#shifting antis dni#shiftblr#shifting community#desired reality#shifting blog#shifting motivation#fame dr
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The X trilogy + "psycho-biddy" influences
#x 2022#pearl#maxxxine#x series#strait-jacket#psycho#what ever happened to baby jane#horror#psycho-biddy#hagsploitation#made this whole big thing which i still might post eventually but. in terms of aesthetics. this abridged version is better lol#i'm not gonna finish the other post tonight but consider this a preview of sorts#i can't stop thinking about what if they leaned more into the 'hagsploitation' aspect of it all lol#i actually find it odd + off-putting that they start and end maxxxine with a bette davis reference#with a big significant psycho cameo at the bates motel itself#and there's not really any payoff for those allusions!!#i think if you're gonna try to tie into a legacy of older horror films you should do it in a sincere way#because that just felt like 'elevated horror' bonus points + nostalgia bait#anyway. it's fun to think about the potential it had + how all the building blocks exist within the narrative to do something interesting#and i am a 1960s hagsploitation subgenre apologist lol#what ever happened to baby jane? changed my brain chemistry the first time i watched it as a kid#so maybe i'm just nostalgia baiting myself making these connections lmao#but it could have been so good#it could have been the perfect synthesis of the shared themes across all three movies#but i don't think hagsploitation gets butts in movie theater seats like girlboss 80s nostalgia vaguely true crime related shit#oh wait also i guess calling psycho a hagsploitation movie is like. probably not 100% accurate#but it is though. it's not an inversion of the subgenre bc the subgenre didn't exist yet#but it builds up a mystery 'psycho-biddy' character only to reveal that she's not the murderer#which is also what happens in strait-jacket so i think it counts!!#+ psycho is directly referenced in all 3 movies so it’s a pretty clear influence on the trilogy as a whole
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RTD: "We're bringing back Omega and the Rani for the finale! This should get all the Classic Who fans excited (even though we've already said that these seasons were supposed to be a perfect jumping on point for new fans who've never seen the classic era)!"
Me, a Classic Who fan:
#I've said for a long time now that as much as I love Omega I don't actually want him in the new series#because there's no way it won't end up as fanwanky bullshit... and somebody better pick up the fucking phone because *I called it.*#I'm just... so done with all of this cheap nostalgia bait for its own sake. RTD's just been jingling keys in my face for two full seasons.#Sack the usual suspects you know how the Eccleston quote goes. :////#dw critical#rtd critical#the schemer speaks
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Since I can't seem to get over Siuan's death, I thought I'd listen to some music to ease the pain. I am now even sadder and must share it. So. Here are some songs that remind me of Siuan and SIUANRAINE :
'You're the best thing that ever happened to me' (by Gladys kynight)
'Viva la Vida' (Coldplay)
'Ne me quittes pas' & 'La chanson des vieux amants' (by Jaques brel)
'Mi sono innamorata di te' (by Ornella Vanoni)
'No surprises'(Radiohead)
'Une vie d'amour' (Charles Aznavour)
'La Maritza'(Sylvie Vartan. Reminds me of Siuan's own story)
'The way we were' (by Barbra Streisand & Gladys kynight. Gladys's version is better imo ┐(´ー`)┌)
'La déclaration d'amour' (France Gall)
'Neither one of us wants to say goodbye' (Gladys Knight again)
'My love,My life' (ABBA)
'I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOUUU'
Finally (For now)
'THE WINNER TAKES IT ALLLL' (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ (cuz you can't tell me he did allat and won't push Thomraine)
Good night. Wishing y'all a wonderful crying session.
#the wheel of time#wheel of time season 3#wot show spoilers#wot on prime#wot s3 spoilers#wot s3#wot series#wot season 3#wot show speculation#siuan deserves better#siuan sanche#blue ajah#the amyrlin seat#aes sedai#moiraine damodred#moiraine x siuan#siuanraine#songfic#song lyrics#nostalgia#thank you for absolutely nothing rafe judas#sophie okonedo#mini rant
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BB350-R CABTON Modification of Nakagawa in 1952
#digital art#artwork#my art#graphic design#motorbike#moto#motorcycle#motorcycles#moto love#motorsports#ai#nostalgia#1950s style#1950s#1950s history#1950s fashion#50s#1940s#classic bike#bikelife#imagine#fantasy#fantasy art#sunrise#good times#fiction#older is better
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i finally understand why star wars fans were so pissed when the sequels came out. this shit hurts
#asm.txt#doctor who#the reality war#fifteenth doctor#ncuti gatwa#i hate what capitalism and nostalgia bait has done to my favorite show#fifteen could have been so much more#*insert that quote from the end of time*#the thing with omega was dumb#they wasted belinda’s entire character#where was susan? where was rogue? where was the master?#i love billie piper as much as the next guy but COME ON WE’VE DONE THIS BIT ALREADY!!#the only good thing about this ep was that we got to see thirteen with better writing#i am not having a good time
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Randomly went down nostalgia lane and binged this old cartoon in like two days… and somehow ended up here. And I’m perfectly aware that I’m insane for this.
#That last scene between them in the final episode ruined me. And started this entire train wreck in the first place. Enjoy. Or suffer.#POV: You cherry-pick the heck out of their interactions just to make something remotely presentable.#So toxic it hurts. But hey at least they’re both jerks. One of them just excels at being the bigger jerk.#Surprisingly more sweet moments than I remembered though. Manifesting someone who hasn’t seen the show falls for it.#I watched Adventures of the Gummi Bears again for the first time since I was a toddler and wow.u#This show had some seriously good writing. Better than a lot of modern kids’ media honestly.#Adventures of the Gummi Bears#gummi bears#gummi bear#duke igthorn#duke sigmund igthorn#toadwart#toadie#disney#disney plus#crackship#shipping#ship edit#my edit#edit#capcut edit#capcut#cartoon#old cartoons#old tv series#nostalgic#nostalgia#my childhood#Abwabooyah
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watching the first episode of fma03 is SUCH a different experience from the first episode of fma:b wow
#partner is watching fmab for the first time so im rewatching fma03 to compare#i... like this better. which may be nostalgia#but i feel much more immersed in the world immediately after 1 episode
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Collection of WIPs for my newest honkai 3rd AU: a synth- and post-punk band AU! featuring the band “Mirror Mirage”
More art and an explanation further below
I dont want to put too many details down yet since i intend to do more with this and don’t necessarily want to spoil future story stuff, but the gist of it is that its an AU focused on the villainous Herrscher personas (except Veli, but she fits the vibe lol)
The tentative setting I’m working with for now is Central Florida and its meant to be a more serious/realistic AU with a focus on young adult life, not late-teens stuff. Think less “fun times at Perfect Fairytale College(TM) with my besties! Lets have fun and study today!” and more “rent is due, my roommates are assholes, the hourly bus is 20 minutes late again, and i almost got hit by a drunk driver on my way to work for the third time week and it’s only Tuesday”. That sort of thing lmao
I’m not sure if there’s any real interest in a story that focuses more on some underrated characters like Herrscher Mei (not normal Mei as a Herrscher, but her alternate persona), much less a story that also deals with more serious IRL issues
Mei is bassist and a vocalist, formerly lead until Kiana (more precisely HoV in Honkai terms) joined; Mei also handles the finances as she is an accountant in her day job working at a community redevelopment agency. Has a strong sense of justice and puts on an air of confidence and superiority on stage and when fending off hostile folks, but acts with great humility with the ordinary people she encounters in her daily life.
Kiana is the (new) lead vocalist. Works the graveyard shift at a gas station and is a self-proclaimed “cynical asshole” that barely gets along with anyone else; also plays the guitar occasionally. She was dragged in by Mei and reluctantly joined the band, leading to an awkward and tense relationship with the others, but her incredible skill as a vocalist means the rest of them put up with her shitty attitude.
Seele is the lead guitarist; she is an immigrant from Estonia and came to the US with Elysia a couple years back, in early 2022. Keeps in touch w/ Bronya, who is still living back in Europe. Tends to be a bit withdrawn but is very loyal to the band and would throw hands to protect the crew. Seele has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and is a system comprised of two alters: Saule and Veliona. Veliona is the one that actively plays in the band.
Elysia (HoC in Honkai terms) is the synth player and mixer, and does a lot of work in planning and executing complicated tracks both live and in studio recordings. Despite being having no local heritage, she loves switching between a southern cowgirl persona and her usual preppy nice-girl persona. Since Elysia is said to be from “Vladivostok 51” in Honkai canon, that would make her Russian; however for the purposes of this story im headcanoning her as Ukrainian (which ik is far from Vladivostok irl), simply to mix things up a bit, lol
Fu Hua (Senti in Honkai terms) is the drummer; still a college student, shes a bit of an odd one out in the group, but was there since the beginning and has grown close with the rest. Has a bit of an attitude and says cocky things, but is much more timid at heart and acts a lot more calm with her friends at school.
A huge part of the inspiration for this story is a desire to try and depict the more ordinary aspects of urban life, adding flavor to mundane daily activities without relying on magic or scifi or high-octane action and drama. The villains of the story aren’t comic book supervillains, but rather its the various systems that the characters have to live within- corrupt governance, financial struggle, societal divide, etc.
I also really want to tell a story that emphasizes the queer experience. Not just the usual lovey-dovey girls-love stuff, but what life is actually like for real women in real sapphic relationships when living in the state that passed the infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill IRL. As much as I love the canon KiaMei relationship in Honkai 3rd, i think it’s hella sanitized and can’t really convey the depth of the history and culture of the LGBTQ+ community. So I’m hoping to address this by placing their relationship in a specific real setting, one where LGBTQ+ folks (including myself) have to fight for our rights, acceptance, and representation.
As for musical inspiration I largely draw from a few big sources: one of the bigger inspirations is ASTROPHYSICS & MINTTT, as well as more recently Chappell Roan; genre influences include rock/punk, synth/EDM, and Sovietwave! This is both inspiration for their vibes and also for what type of music i imagine this band would play
The last image is a more suggestive one but ive hastily and sloppily censored it, so hopefully that is okay with y’all x-x
I rarely make spicier content like this, but having listened to The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess for the first time today and then listening to it 4 more times in a row, I couldn’t help but push the limits of what i usually do just that little bit, lol
#cw suggestive#shout out to anyone that actually recognizes any of the scenes or structures in my crappy little bakcground sketches lmao#y’all dont understand just how much this AU means to me akskkskskskdkc vdcbjhsdgbjid#I love this cast of characters so much and I really think they deserve better than what the story left them with#at least in most cases lol#honkai impact 3rd#honkai 3rd#hi3rd#honkai fanart#honkai impact#kiana kaslana#herrscher of the void#raiden mei#herrscher of thunder#hi3 elysia#honkai elysia#herrscher of corruption#honkai seele#seele vollerei#honkai veliona#fu hua#honkai hua#honkai senti#herrscher of sentience#if i listen to California one more time i think im gonna melt into a puddle of tears and nostalgia and pure yearning#also the final sketch was heavily inspired by Femininomenon and im thinking of adding the chorus as background text#idk if i will yet tho
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