#not a fan of how overly photoshopped it is

[petrovna-zamo]

[gracefully33]

🦋Fame Asteroids Pt. 2🦋

* Inspired by @astrosky33 & @astrostell

* Based off MY INTERPRETATIONS

* Asteroids used Fama(408), Apollo(1862), Bathseba(592), Varuna(20000), & Starr(4150)

* WARNING MAY CONTAIN MATURE CONTENT‼️

* I’ll ONLY be going over FAMA and VARUNA and these observations don’t apply to everyone

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💙 Fama(408)- gossip spread about you during fame, what you could be known for, things you could experience during fame, etc.

💙 Apollo(1862)- Over the top worship

💙 Bathseba(592)- Catching attention from massive groups of strangers

💙 Varuna(20000)- international/fame around the world

💙 Starr(4150)- how you will gain fame

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✨Fama✨

* We will discuss the rumors that could be spread about you and things you could experience.

✨Aries/1H/1,13,25 degrees:

- You could experience a lot of competition in your field.

- People could make rumors about you being a hot head or having a bad attitude.

- People could make up lies about you secretly being born a man to discredit your beauty or will try to say you look masculine (Aries rules masculinity also).

- Could get into fist fights during fame with paparazzi, fans, celebs, etc.

- People could be obsessed with your beauty and some may accuse you of having surgery.

-Etc.

✨Taurus/2H/2,14,26 degrees:

- People could make rumors saying that you cannot sing and that you rely on auto tune.

- People could try to rob you or take your possessions away from you

- You could show off your luxurious lifestyle a lot

-Etc.

✨Gemini/3H/3,15,27 degrees:

- People could make up lies about you on social media a lot. (ex: you photoshop your pics a lot)

- People could misinterpret your words and will try to cancel you for that.(Gemini represents communications and more)

- You could have a huge social media following.

-Etc.

✨Cancer/4H/4,16,28 degrees:

- Rumors about you having a secret family.

- Rumors about your parents/family.

- You could experience great amounts of money/billionaire status. (The 28 in numerology represents wealth)

-Etc.

✨Leo/5H/5,17,29 degrees:

- People could compare you to other celebs/entertainers a lot.

- Pregnancy rumors (5H represents kids and pregnancy)

- You could be remembered for your phenomenal performances.

- Rumors about you beefing with other entertainers.

-Etc.

✨Virgo/6H/6 & 18 degrees:

- Rumors about you not being humble.

- You could be known for being a perfectionist.

- People could judge you more than the average celeb.

- Etc.

✨Libra/7H/7 & 19 degrees:

- You could be a beauty symbol or known for your sense of fashion.

- Relationship rumors could spark up.

- Rumors about you being unfair could come about.

- Etc.

✨Scorpio/8H/8 & 20 degrees:

- The public could be very obsessed with you and paparazzi could be overly aggressive.

- Rumors about a s*x tape could come about or get leaked.

- Rumors about being in the occult (ILLUMINATI 👹, JK just know you’re not beating the occult and witchcraft rumors😂😭😂).

- People could talk a lot about your sexual history/body count and even sl*t shame you.

- Etc.

✨Saggitarius/9H/9 & 21 degrees:

- You could be known as very intelligent/wise.

- Rumors about you being arrogant.

- You could travel a lot.

- Could get in trouble with the FEDs aka mug shot

- Rumors about your religious beliefs could come up.

- Etc.

✨Capricorn/10H/10 & 22 degrees:

- Rumors about new business adventures.

- Rumors about having issues with your label or management.

- You could accomplish all your career goals.

- You could become an authority figure in your field.

- Etc.

✨Aquarius/11H/11 & 23 degrees:

- You could become very influential in your career/field.

- You could bring groups of people together 24/7.

- Rumors about you stealing other people’s ideas/plagiarizing.

- Etc.

✨Pisces/12H/12 & 24 degrees:

- You could be seen as very hypnotic and glamorous during your career. (The 12H also represents glamour)

- People could say you aren’t who you say you are.

- Rumors about your spiritual beliefs.

- People could drag you for being very out of touch with reality.

- Etc.

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☁️Varuna☁️

☁️Aries/1H/1,13,& 25 degrees:

- You could be internationally/worldwide known as a hair influencer.

- Your aesthetic

- Throwing tantrums (it’s giving “eXcUsE mE dO YoU kNoW wHo I aM”).

- Etc.

☁️Taurus/2H/2,14,& 26 degrees:

- International/worldwide singer

- Known for having the most stunning voice

- Well known food critic

- Etc.

☁️Gemini/3H/3,15,& 27 degrees:

- International/Worldwide talk show host or podcaster

- Being able to do everything at once

- Known for child like spirit

- Etc.

☁️Cancer/4H/4,16,& 28 degrees:

- Internationally/worldwide known for being wealth & household name(The 28th degree)

- Known for being empathetic towards others

- Known for being too sensitive or defensive

-Etc.

☁️Leo/5H/5,17,& 29 degrees:

- Internationally known for making music, acting, etc.

- Known for being pretty (5 represents beauty in numerology).

- Known for being in drama a lot.

- Etc.

☁️Virgo/6H/6 & 18 degrees:

- Internationally known for giving back to the community.

- Known for innocent image.

- Known for being a TV show judge.

- Etc.

☁️Libra/7H/7 & 19 degrees:

- Internationally known for being beautiful.

- Known for fashion sense

- Known for being cooperative or easy to work with

- Etc

☁️Scorpio/8H/8 & 20 degrees:

- Internationally known sex symbol.

- Known for using magic

- known for being brave

- Etc.

☁️Sagittarius/9H/9 & 21 degrees:

- Internationally known for your philosophy

- Known for being blunt and straightforward

- Known photographer

- Etc.

☁️Capricorn/10H/10 & 22 degrees:

- Internationally for being the boss of something or a company

- Known for your legacy

- Known for working hard.

- Etc.

☁️Aquarius/11H/11 & 23 degrees:

- Internationally known for being unique/innovative

- Known for being rebellious (could rebel against authority or family)

- Known for partying a lot

- Etc.

☁️Pisces/12H/12 & 24 degrees:

- Internationally known for impersonations

- Known for inspiring others

- Known for sacrificing yourself for others.

- Etc.

[staybabblingbaby]

Felix Tinder AU (First Date Part) A2 D3

[Caution: These are not full fics, or even full parts of fics for some, these are part of my writing progress archive!]

Concept: You match with what you think is a Stray Kids fan account on Tinder. You get along great with the account's owner, and think it's probably your most successful match to-date. Little do you know who's actually behind the screen...

Word Count: 1,580

Notes: So this will probably be the actual beginning. Maybe. Some version of it, anyways. idk, the formatting for this one is a bit... And I still have to figure out how to make fake Tinder stuff without photoshop. I do not own adobe products. This may actually end up being the first writing part in a hybrid SMAU, so it might not be the first part at all. We'll see. I didn't read this one back for any editing notes bc This entire fic is fighting me rn and I don't wanna look at it lol

Warnings: None as far as I'm aware

Leave me comments or questions or anything! Love hearing from folks <3

Masterlist | Next Part (Coming soon!)

You nervously tap on your steering wheel, anxious gaze glued to the side door you were parallel parked directly in front of. You felt sketchy as hell, but this was the manager-approved pick-up method apparently. Or at least leader-approved. You weren’t really clear on the details.

You were still sort of processing that this was your life, actually. Details were a bit secondary to the big picture here, you thought.

At last, the door creaks open and the blond head you’d been waiting for pops out. After a brief cautious sweep of his gaze, his eyes lock on your car. You roll the window down to offer him an awkward smile and a little wave.

Then, with a bright smile that made your heart do stupid little summersaults, Yongbok Felix Lee is sliding into your beat-up little jeep. You’re shamefully distracted by his (very) pretty face for a solid 10 seconds before you roll up the window and start moving to a proper parking spot.

You may be dazed by his presence, but by all things good in this world you were not carting off a (sort-of) stranger without talking to them first.

“Hi!” He’s the first to break the momentary silence, sunny grin on full, blinding, blast in your passenger seat. Your brain stalls a second time as your (again) realize that Stray Kids’ Felix is in your car. Like right now. Currently.

“Wazzup?” You greet back with a cheeky little smirk. You feel a bit bad for Felix. Making light of things was your one and only coping mechanism. You hoped he hadn’t been expecting a serious candle-lit dinner from you.

Well. Candles, maybe. Depends on how late the two of you ended up staying out.

Luckily Felix seems delighted by your overly-casual demeanor, bumping your arm with gentle playfulness. It almost feels like you’re two close friends meeting up after a long time instead of (sort-of) near-strangers.

You know that if he spends enough time with you the shell of confidence you’re currently wearing will become transparent, but hopefully the façade would carry you through tonight.

“We’re just moving so we can talk without being in the way before we head out.” You explain, pulling into a shaded parking spot in the corner of the lot. You’ve pulled hopefully far enough away to not attract attention from the doors, but also not far enough to be creepy.

Felix nods, tilting his head curiously at you. “Sure, what are we talking about?”

You put the car in park and laugh a bit at his cuteness. “Just expectations and whatnot,” You say, unbuckling so you can turn and face him properly.

“Before all that, though, are you a hugger?” You hold your arms open a bit, not enough to actually touch him, and making sure you’re not leaning forward, letting him take the reigns of contact.

You worry you may be being a bit too forward, but you were trying for normality with all of this, and you really did open most interactions with hugs when you could. You were touchy like that.

Fears once again unfounded, Felix grins widely and quickly reels you in for as tight a hug as the two of you can manage whilst still seated. He reels you in so quickly, if fact, that your arms become trapped between the two of you and you struggle for a moment to wiggle them free and wrap them firmly around his waist.

As you settle in, you rock the two of you to-and-fro, and Felix lets out a content little sigh that has you melting into the embrace.

You sort of feel like giggling madly and tearing up at the same time. You feel a bit like you need to vomit, as well, but you hold all three urges back. It’s just that Felix holds you so warmly and delicately, you feel a bit like you might shatter before the night even begins.

You reluctantly pull back before you cross the bounds of appropriateness for a first meeting, skootching around so you can bring your legs up into your seat in a weird pretzel and start the conversation properly.

You want to coo at Felix as he imitates you and gets himself comfy as well. You’re down bad for this man already, unfortunately. IT’s best that you don’t let on quite how badly if you can help it. You don’t know if you can.

“So!” You start with a clap, “First of all, allow me to welcome you to our humble city.” You do an awkward showman’s bow, gesturing as grandly as you’re able when you’ve crumpled yourself into the world’s cringiest ball.

You’re so damn lucky that Felix seems so charmed by you so far. You’re begging with everything you can that your innate silliness will guide you through tis interaction without you panicking too hard.

“I’ve been here for several days now, first of all,” Felix starts, eyes twinkling with amusement and mischief. You play right into his hands, squawking with offense and playfully swatting at him.

You both dissolve into giggles as he tries to catch your hands to keep them from hitting him, and you loudly begin to complain, “Oh well, I’m sorry someone was too busy playing two fabulous shows to come see little ol’ me before now!”

“Oh, come on now, you wouldn’t let me get you seats, you deserve this ribbing!” He retorts back, finally catching your hands and putting a stop to your flailing. He pauses then, and you can practically see the gears in his head turning.

“Wait.” He tugs you forward by your hands, staring you down with an expression of delighted disbelief. “Fabulous show? Were you there?”

You quickly turn your head to hide the mirthful smirk on your face, replying only with a drawn out “Maaaaaybe.”

Felix gasps loudly, letting go of your hands only to lightly slap your knee, “Why didn’t you tell me? I could have gotten you backstage or something!”

You wave your hands in front of you, both warding off Felix’s playful attacks nd waiving off his words.

“No, no!” You deny him, continuing on to confess, “I actually had the tickets before we even started talking, I got them right as they went on sale.” You pause and duck you head a bit to hide your blush, “Besides, our first real meeting should be our first date, right? That’s how this works.”

To your slight mortification, you can very easily tell that Felix is trying his hardest not to coo at you, so you quickly rush to move on before he can interrogate you further.

“But we’re getting off track!” You exclaim, pointing at him in gentle threat. He holds up his hands in surrender, but you can tell by the smirk on his face that he wouldn’t let it go that easily. Still, he lets you move the conversation forward for now.

“So, I’m a bit paranoid,” You suddenly confess. Felix’s brow creases with concern, but you continue before he can get any weird ideas into his head, “I just wanna make sure we’re on the same page before we actually go anywhere.”

Felix makes a noise of understanding and gestures for you to continue.

“So I just want to make sure we’re both expecting this to be a romantic date and not, like, a platonic one.” You explain. Felix tilts his head a bit in confusion but nods along.

“Yeah, we’re on the same page there.” He agrees. His gentle smile feels a bit like he’s humoring you, but you plough on regardless.

“And I know we’ve already talked about this, but I don’t put out on first dates. I’m not into hookups, so even if you’re leaving tomorrow I’m expecting this to be the first of many or the first and last date.”

Felix seems to be cottoning onto the intended severity of the conversation, despite its relatively light tone. He nods along, seeming pleased about something. You pause to let him interject, but he just gestures you to continue.

You hesitate a moment, but then finish with, “That’s all, really, I just want both of us to be happy with things at the end of tonight.”

Felix smiles so fondly at you that you think you’ll combust, so you quickly reach across him to open your glove box to pull out a couple of papers, to Felix’s utter bafflement.

“Moving on!” You exclaim, pretending that your ears aren’t burning with the force of your blush, “I also have these!”

You present to Felix a paper with an address and your vehicle details as well as a map with a certain area circled.

“Ok, so, keeping as much a secret as I can,” You begin to babble as Felix examines the papers with confusion painted over his delicate features.

“But I was thinking about what we could do that didn’t involve being in public much and wasn’t expensive or anything, and I came up with a plan. A friend of mine owns some forested land with some nice hiking trails, so I thought we’d start there, but it’s a bit rural and I know it’s weird, so I brought both the lot address and coordinates and my car details so you can tell your people exactly where you’ll be and if phone service dies or anything no one freaks out and-”

You cut yourself off, realizing that you’d probably said way more than you needed to

[discoduck492]

𝐹𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝒾𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝓎 𝐻𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃. ⚖️💎

If you are coming across this post & you are not aware, in 2017 the former best friend of pop artist; 'Melanie Martinez' came out with her story, claiming that Melanie had assaulted her during a sleepover. This was big news at the time and left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths. It all eventually got swept under the carpet with the help of a plethora of false information to create a situation where the public simply didn't know who or what to believe.

Honestly, I'm not a huge 'Crybaby' (as Melanie's fans are often referred to) at all, although I enjoyed some of Melanie Martinez's earlier songs. In fact, I'm not even overly interested in pop culture- but this situation really struck a chord with me. I guess I see myself in Timothy a bit as a survivor of similar circumstances. I've seen a lot of misinformation floating around, and I thought I'd make a lil master-post to clear things up. It appears that a lot of the people who are recycling misinformation & rooting stubbornly for Melanie's innocence are very young and just want to protect the image they hold of their idol, which I empathise with.

To those young fans- if you truly believe Melanie is innocent, there is absolutely no need to create fake screenshots, attack Timothy or anything of that nature. She doesn't need fans to embellish the story to protect her. Her innocence would speak for itself, & honestly it would help Melanie more if her fans portrayed themselves as levelheaded rather than brutish bullies, taking sides like it is a sports game. This situation is delicate, and has everything to do with nuance and sensitivity.

Let's get into it..

1. 'Timothy admitted to lying in 2017 !!?'

This was one of the many rumours spread by die-hard fans. There was a photoshopped Instagram story screenshot spread around online where there is a- horribly written might I add- 'confession' from Timothy. As rumours do- especially when para-social, blindly passionate fans are involved- these false screenshots spread like wildfire.

Note the incorrect formatting of the time of posting in the false screenshot. Instagram has always formatted story post times as eg. '9m' or '9h'. Never 9min. Beyond that, the writing/grammar etc reads very childish, when Timothy typically demonstrates a more eloquent writing ability. Not sure how these kinds of things were believed at the time; but my best guess is because a lot of the fanbase was very young at the time (12-18 mostly).

2. 'didn't Timothy accuse multiple other celebrities of the same thing!?'

No. This was another persistent rumour circulating at the time that was, similarly to the former rumour, entirely fabricated. I doubt Timothy Heller even has connections to Billie Eilish, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift or any of the other names that have been floating around. There is absolutely no evidence of Timothy ever making these claims, it's just young impressionable fans parroting one another.

This one is incredibly strange- there isn't even any kind of evidence of Timothy saying this, let alone false evidence. It seems that somehow, obsessive Melanie fans saw the following Timothy tweets and spun a completely ridiculous lie using the names she mentioned. Timothy never once claimed to be assaulted by anyone other than Melanie.

These tweets are actually quite protective and sweet in nature, she is speaking her mind noticing how Billie Eilish who was only 16 at the time was very unprotected in the industry; surrounding herself with grown men, etc. and it was incredibly overlooked due to her celebrity status.

3. 'Timothy messed up the date! Aha! Proof she lied!'

Timothy did indeed fumble the date back in 2017. She explains in her recent video that the reason for this was that she was going off of a photo she remembered taking the day after the event, and unfortunately the photo appeared twice in her camera roll thus confusing the date (it's possible she took a screenshot of the photo later on or something along that vein).

Fans noticed that on the date Timothy gave mistakenly; Melanie was on tour in a different state & fans naively ran with this as proof of a lie.

The truth is, Timothy messing up the date is completely irrelevant. It would be a point of suspicion if Melanie had entirely denied they were ever together, but this isn't the case. It was confirmed by Melanie that this sleepover & the night in question did happen. It was also confirmed by Melanie, that on this night they did have sexual interactions. The date is totally unimportant.

I find it very strange how in image 1- Melanie admits that the night in question happened ie. the infamous 'she never said no to what we chose to do together'. This line of course sounds... convoluted at best, fairly sinister at worst.

However in image 2, Melanie states she 'thanks her 'fans who took the time to research the timeline, analyze past instagram photos, and question the story being told, which reveal her false statements'. This is incredibly strange, as she is implying that fans pointing out the date mix up proves her innocence; yet simultaneously admits that the event happened. Very inconsistent.

4. 'Why doesn't she take it to court rather than TikTok? Clearly she is after fame.'

In the midst of the aftermath of Timothy Heller's recent TikTok video where she resurfaces and speaks on her story again; a lot of people are questioning why she has not taken this to court. For some this is a way of saying 'this is a personal, delicate issue that is bound to get messy and explosive online & not the public's issue' which is an understandable perspective; but for others what they mean is 'she didn't take it to court, that must mean she's not serious about this therefore it is a lie'.

Unfortunately, legal justice is incredibly unlikely with a case like this, and I'm sure Timothy is aware of that.

There is (thankfully for Timothy's sake) no video evidence, no audio recordings- even if some sort of physical test of touch, fluid, etc. was performed, this only proves sex- not assault; and Melanie doesn't deny that they had sex. It also happened years ago, and as time goes on these things become harder and harder to prove.

Timothy likely feels that the best she can do is attempt to speak out and attain some form of social justice. Not only is the legal system feeble and tricky- it's also that Melanie has a disproportionate amount of money to work with. For Timothy, taking this to court would likely be a financially poor & fruitless decision.

Timothy also has stated in the past in this livestream @ 4:11 'I don't want to go to the police because I don't want Melanie to go to jail.'

So, there is also this understandable element where she still cares for Melanie on some level. She has no desire to punish Melanie herself, her coming out had more to do with owning her OWN story and liberating herself with the truth.

5. 'Isn't it suspicious that Timothy only seems to come out with this when Melanie is at a high in her career?'

A common point fans bring up is that Timothy seems to come out with her story at 'peaks' in Melanie's career. I don't have much to flesh out about this one since honestly this point is more of a personal opinion type of thing. Yes, Melanie is on her worldwide 'Trilogies' tour, but her album; 'Portals' came out a year ago.

I honestly feel like people would be throwing out this stale argument no matter when Timothy resurfaced. Whether it was during the anticipation of Portals, when Portals released, in the months after release- hell, during the K-12 era even. I just think this point is very.. empty.

That being said, if you would consider right now a high in her career, this honestly makes a lot of sense. Timothy was driven off of the internet by pure malice the first time she came out with this information- it makes sense that now that Melanie is bigger, she wants to reinforce, 'hey, don't forget about me, don't forget about my story & what I went through'.

6. 'She remained friends with Melanie, dressed up as Melanie, agreed to play a fun sex game with Melanie'

None of these things point to her lying, and in fact are very plainly consistent with Timothy's story from the get go. Timothy always maintained the fact that for some time after the event occurred, it was hard to admit to herself that what happened was assault. Having that realisation took time, reflection & concerned reactions from friends when she would jokingly explain what happened. Therefore she stayed friends with Melanie & in her inner circle. As for the sex game... irrelevant. You can play a fun 'goofy' sex game with a friend but not intend to actually have sex with them.

7. 'Timothy Heller is Jealous & only wants Melanie's Fame & to Further Her own Music Career!'

This one is possibly the strangest of them all, yet seemingly the most prevalent take from hardcore fans.

First of all- being famous for being assaulted by a famous person, does not translate to personal fame in other endeavours outside of a minority of people who have eyes on the situation idly clicking on things out of sheer curiosity. 'Oh, this is 'the girl who was assaulted by Melanie Martinez's' music!'.

It is known that often, speaking up hinders people's careers which is why many in the industry & in life in general stay silent. This is exactly what happened to Timothy Heller- she was bullied, doxxed, threatened, stalked and harassed into hiding; not only doing wonders I'm sure for her mental health; but also putting her potential music career to a complete halt for some time.

Timothy has absolutely nothing to gain from coming out. Truly nothing. Not money, not fame in her personal endeavours, nothing but the possibility of justice on a social level; combined with the risk of further social ridicule & threat to her physical safety. She is putting herself on the line to double down on her story. After all she went through after coming forward the first time, she is completely willing to die on this hill so to speak. That shocked me...

In 2017, though even my younger self was appalled by the way fans were handling the situation and treating Timothy; it really did feel more like a 'he said, she said' situation. However, now after the fact of her making that video, the emotion in her voice, her never straying form the initial story; Melanie's inconsistencies...

I believe her.

& if you don't... touché; it's true that none of us were there. Though I feel that picture is quite clear when all of the misinformation is cleared away; which was the intention of this post.

8. Note that Melanie's tendency to be sexually coercive has been Reiterated by people other than Timothy

Melanie's former stylist, Madeleine Carina came out on Twitter not long after Timothy with the following statement:

“Something similar (not r*pe) happened w/ me and Mel. She begged me over and over again to sleep with her n I finally gave in. She wore me down. I said yes. But it was not the same with Timothy. I will support @timothyheller till the end.”

While Madeleine herself clarifies that she didn't consider her situation assault as she did eventually say yes; it does shed light on this kind of behaviour being a pattern for Melanie.

//

Some closing thoughts: reviewing all of this information, I think there's a strong chance that Melanie herself genuinely doesn't believe that she crossed a line & has a sort of cognitive dissonance about it. There is room for all sorts of shades of grey when it comes to understanding human emotions & intentions, but this wouldn't negate the way this occurrence affected Timothy either way. I read somewhere 'If Timothy wasn't a victim before, she definitely is now considering the way she's been treated all these years'.

Thankyou for reading, & I hope this shed some light on things ✌🏼🤍🤍

[atsoraasayoma]

I have been meaning to have a one sided conversation about this…

Take a look at these two images:

What is the difference between them? They don’t have Takeru or his son in the image. Or Daisuke and his son.

Why is this significant?

Takeru is telling the story of the epilogue. If he is standing with the others in the second pic next to them it makes things appear as if he is not center stage with the wrap up.

…

So what? What does that have to do with ANYTHING Atsora?

Let me ask you a question. If Takeru could decide in the first image where he would stand or where his place would be aren’t you curious?

As a Takari fan it is incredibly important. Before anyone lambasts me about the epilogue how they are not together or he never said they were

I would like to say two things about this.

1. Until we can see faces or learn names of the spouses of the other Digidestined hopefully with the zero two epilogue movie I WILL NEVER GIVE UP.

2. Now for the important part and some creative thinking. At first when I looked at the first image I had thought they were taking some kind of picture but it’s just a visual from Takeru’s viewpoint. It is the second image that is quite telling.

We see in the first image how Takeru views the Digidestined. But, in the second pic we see the same but in reverse. Though I did notice they shifted a bit.

Indeed, if we address the gaps between them in the first picture Daisuke would fill the gap between Sora and Yamato..

But what about the SECOND gap between Hikari and Koushiro that Tentomon is conspicuously blocking from view? That is quite a gap!

Well, in the second image Joe is seen with Mimi and Sora right next to him. Koushiro has shifted to look like he is standing right by Hikari but he is actually behind her.

With the separation Takeru appears to fit right between Mimi and Koushiro who is still standing behind Hikari. So then what does that mean?

It means based off of ALL of this Takeru would fit literally right beside Hikari with Koushiro behind her and Mimi a little bit ahead of them.

Literally it appears as if he would have stepped forward from standing beside her!

Does this mean anything?

Not really. Or should I say it shouldn’t. But from an overly teased Takari shipper it means just another bread crumb to follow.

I mean think about it. This is the very last scene of them all. And where does it look like Takeru placed himself? Where is the gap in the first picture where Takeru COULD place himself? The second picture tied in the answer!

So even if it’s not canon (still possible) the fact in the addressed gaps it appears Takeru comes forward in line to that spot-that gap even IF it’s not canon this is where Takeru and his son are placed.

Now do me a favor. Take his son. Take Takeru. Look at the second picture and look back to the first.

Where do YOU think he would be standing?

…

It kind of makes it look like they are a family doesn’t it?

(Someone photoshop it. It will help keep me sane.)

[theresnothingcruviswithme]

Can I say that I’m really glad we’re getting to see Gates McFadden on screen not so overly photoshopped like she has been in a lot of the photography for season 3

I met her last year and she actually talked about how she wasn’t a fan of the editing they did to her face for the promo headshots

[thestangossip]

Teacher anon here! I wrote everything half asleep over pizza after Saturday parent semester meetings and after rereading what I wrote I realized I rambled a tad without circling back to my full thought and want to finish it while I’m not snoozing in pepperoni grease.

As a teacher, I’m flattered when my students want to jokingly call me mom or want hugs or comfort when things are rough. I’m absolutely okay with that as long as it’s clear that I’m not their replacement parent and any hug has to be with other people around and not full frontal body. I’m fulfilled as a person to not have my own kids with how much love I have for my students, I’d do anything for them. And they know this. Some kids photoshopped my face onto Rambo after the Uvalde shooting when I told them I’d take down an army on my own before I let anything happen to them.

But at the end of the day, I’m not their legal guardian. I’m an adult in power regardless of my gender who has to draw lines that they may not understand or know about now but will appreciate when they’re older. I’ve happily held a middle school male student who cried hard when his sister passed away unexpectedly and his parents gave me the okay. I’ve happily let kids eat lunch with me in my classroom with the door wide open and let neighboring teachers know, and I’m known as the fun openly gay teacher who wears witty t-shirts with fitted jeans and colorful blazers and costume jewelry who will always show up for all of their recitals and what not at school. I brag that I’m the proud mama bear of 332 kids in the 10+ years I’ve been doing this, and I mean it with how I keep their gifts and still hang up their drawings and letters on my wall far after they’ve graduated. Because I get how wonderful it is to bond with someone who looks up to you knowing you’re a safe place for them be themselves while being loved and accepted unconditionally.

Which brings me to Pedro. Again, I’m not a fan or a Stan and what I know is from this blog and glancing at other tumblrs when I’m feeling nosey. He seems like a genuinely good but greatly insecure man who appears to form really tight but unhealthy and fleeting relationships with people in his life regardless of age or gender. For that reason, his fans need to hold him to a greater standard with younger costars regardless of their legality. Would they be okay with this if it were Leo DiCaprio that Bella was doing this to? No. Thank you to that anon for bringing that video up cause it proved my point further that this bond Bella has seems to be with just Pedro and that’s a major red flag regardless if she’s a legal adult now. He knew her at 17. If any of my students held me and rubbed up against me like that as students or recent graduates I’d be fired. I’d have to go to meetings and a school appointed therapist to determine if I’m fit to be around kids and I could have my licenses revoked. And no, I’m not being overly dramatic. Being a teacher accused of inappropriate behaviors has major consequences that can ruin your career for life. And yes, even if it’s a former student because it makes the school wonder how long that was going on for and with who else.

Pedro and older actors of any gender need to step back and ask if they behaved like this at any other job, how would this come off? What would the consequences be? What can they do to form a healthy relationship while being responsible for their own accountability with a young ward who has mental illnesses and anxieties? Forcing this cute narrative because fans are projecting their image of fatherhood onto Pedro is unhealthy and is what leads to older people in Hollywood taking advantage of anxiety riddled young stars with codependency issues. If Bella is THAT anxious, she needs a support animal and therapist to give her the tools needed to form and enforce healthy boundaries with men like Pedro who don’t know how to draw those lines themselves. Pedro can trust himself all he wants, but that doesn’t mean we do as viewers and he needs to make clear boundaries on media platforms because yes he does owe us that as a responsible adult with a former child costar just like any adult working with kids and young adults. I know I’d never be inappropriate with a student, but I still keep my doors open and my boundaries clear to guardians and fellow teachers that I’m trustworthy and responsible rather than gaslight them for thinking otherwise. I’ll continue to side eye him and anyone else who tries to disagree, because Pedro is not an exception to any rule regardless of parasocial ideas of who he is when none of us know him or what he’s capable of behind closed doors and I really hope Bella can find the appropriate help she needs to maintain a friendship with Pedro or anyone as a legal adult without relying on them as a cure for her anxieties.

You bring up so many points.

[enricocavillo]

#10

So, Enrico got stuck in a shenanigan with Kat Vicious for a lack of discernment. Besides his team, the deal ended up involving amateur and inexperienced people, who were asked by Kat, to be her support as part of her PR team. Everybody was expecting a future job opportunity in working with the king, the great Cavillo.

Vicious was totally irresponsible, but she had to save the mess she did, when she noticed the deal had a huge loophole that gave her the opportunity to do whatever she wanted to promote herself. She ended up using her unprepared and irresponsible friends, including porn colleagues, in this PR, which was a total redneck fallacy.

Once, one of her porn actresses friends, a cheap fake blonde barbie, recorded and posted a very fake and redneck video showing her boobs and fake nails, while falsely and overly, describing how she (supposedly) had bumped into Enrico and his (fake) porn doll at a bar. Her acting in this video was so cheap and exaggerated that, instead of convincing she had really seen the couple, she actually, ended up making fun of the story and mocking Enrico.

After that, Enrico had no way out. He was surrounded by cheap porn actresses looking like cheap fake blonde Barbies, available to help his porn doll with this PR. The next move was a picture in a bar, which they took on separate days, with different people to then, Photoshop and put them together as one. But the negative publicity was growing fast and Enrico had to start meeting his PR porn doll to set a few arrangements. So, they decided to, first, meet in a tea house that also served a hot drink that was a mix of hot tea and a great dose of alcohol with pepper in it, his favourite drink of the house.

The meetings had to be recorded by amateur friends pretending to be fans, who were called and paid by Vicious. Two boys sat at a table where they could catch the couple at the back of the image and record a video of them talking, catching the back of Enrico's porn doll. A third person went to the opposite side to take a picture of the porn doll's face, which would be posted a few days after the boys' video. Again, Enrico was being fooled around and playing the role of an idiot. It seemed he was doing it to hide a much bigger redneck event. This entire plot was humiliating for him. I wonder why he never fought against it and helped arrange it.

The next step was a video in a bar with his baby sitters and her porn friends present. Kat stood beside him, among the group of his baby sitters. Close to the group, an anxious blonde resembling Kat, gave her back to the cameras and swung her hair as a pendulum and moved her body from one side to the other as if to call attention to the phone cameras in the hands of a group of other porn actresses, who were staging to have been lucky to, accidentally, see the great Cavillo. It was a total disaster and all these attempts were actually very amateur and gave the real impression he was being made a fool by many.

Why weren't these events planned and managed by professionals and, instead, they were conducted and carried out by amateurs who were, actually, exaggerating and mocking this PR plot, while Enrico accepted playing the dude and straw man?

[speedbooster]

Journey through Archie Sonic - Introduction

I promised this over on webbedphantom, and I'm sticking to my word. I'm going to be reading the entirety of Archie Sonic, from the main book, the original mini-series, and the numerous spin offs (minus Knuckles, I'll be saving him for later), tackling one issue every day I can.

To preface this, I've barely read any of this comic. I checked out a few issues after the reboot, I read the Sonic Adventure adaptation, and I actually bought both issues of Mega Drive when they came out. But it's been so long that I don't remember much. All I do know is what I've learned from lowart's retrospective on the series, which is what got me interested in checking it out again.

I've also barely seen the cartoons it was originally based on. I did see a few episodes of SatAM when it was on Netflix, but I never got very far because of two reasons; I didn't like Sonic's voice and the mohawk was weird. That's it.

I will eventually watch it, especially with the fan-made season 3 around the corner, but for now, I'm just gonna stick to the comic.

With that out of the way, let's get started.

Sonic the Hedgehog Mini-Series #0 - Feb. 1993

To start off, I'm not going to spend too much time summarizing, because that's kinda boring. Mainly, I just wanna give my thoughts as I read through it, make a few jokes here and there, and give my overall opinion at the end.

First, the cover. It's honestly kinda charming. The colors are nice, the idea of them running out of the tv is creative, and I like seeing the designs from the games... even if it's only for this cover.

Now for the plot. Basically, Robotnik chases Sonic for a bit, he gets away and goes back to base, and that's... honestly it for part one.

Because yeah, it's split into four different parts, telling two different stories, with some little gag pages thrown in here and there. I assume this was done to keep the ads from interrupting the action (I can't say for sure, because the scans I have don't have any ads), which if that's the case I can respect that. As a kid, it was always a little annoying to have the story be put on hold for two pages so I could be shown a photoshopped image of Mr. Fantastic holding a glass a milk.

As for the actual comic, well it's definitely interesting.

It's weird that he can talk, but at least Caterkiller is introducing himself politely before he tries to commit murder.

I said up top that I wasn't a fan of the mohawk Sonic was rocking in these days, but... honestly, the art here kinda makes it work for me. Still not my favorite, but it's consistent, it's cutesy but not overly so, and it works well for what they're going for; A comedic book for kids that's combining the premise of SatAm with the humor of... Adventures. Albeit, not as unhinged as that could be-

Here Sonic has gotten back to Knothole, the hidden base of the Freedom Fighters, and we're introduced to the whole gang, including Sally who is... this.

I have no idea why she's like this. I think it's because her design hadn't been finalized by this point, or the team was only given early production material from SatAM, but either way it's weird seeing this bizarre palette swap of her, and without her jacket. Though I'm aware that wasn't apart of her design for a good while, even in the cartoon.

Sonic, I don't think that's how that works-

Oh man, he really ate it there. Though, I gotta admit, it's cute seeing this version of Tails, before he was the kid genius with some confidence issues. He's the little brother of the whole team, who looks up to them all, but especially Sonic, and wants to be like them. It's really endearing.

... I can't decide if "Trickle Down Technology" is stupid or not. I mean, it sounds stupid but... it's decent wordplay? I think?

Now onto part 2, where the team deals with the leak and stuff. Though we start off checking in on Robotnik and-

I shocking love his desk. Like... oh my lord, everything about this desk is gold. It's so cartoonishly evil, and the "Rights Violated While U Wait" sign definitely got a chuckle out of me.

And this is the source of the leak. Weeping Willow Trees... I have no words, I think the concept speaks for itself-

So Robotnik finds them at the edge of the forest and Sonic taunts him to get him to focus on chasing him, which works but... I don't think this art was meant to be seen up close...

I hate this. He's a conehead with no eyes and a moustache that looks like little wings. I hate that I zoomed in on this why did I do this

... you ever just tell a joke and no one laughs, so you just keep repeating it until someone reacts?

Yeah, I feel this.

So Sonic books it to the well to grab a power ring he hid there, which he then uses to do-

... I don't even-

Like... why? How? Huh??

This might just be the stupidest thing I've ever seen. And I kinda love it??

I still hate that the badniks can talk, but like... That buzzbomber is gonna die for that joke. Like there is no way he lets him live after that, right?

... anyway Robotnik gets away, so Sonic and the gang plant new trees to make the willows stop crying. And I will admit-

This makes me smile. I'm a sucker for puns.

But that's the end of the first half. Now it's time for a few gags before we move onto the next one.

Here Sonic shows off how fast he can go, and... first of all, nice pun.

But secondly, is he supposed to be winking?? Because it kinda just looks like he got something in his eye, or they forgot to draw a pupil, or color the other eyelid blue or something, because this just looks... wrong.

Next a page entirely dedicated to this pun. And honestly... it was good until I read Sonic's last line. "OAK-Kay" is pushing it even for me-

Lastly, we have a page showing off the various badniks, but I couldn't help but notice this;

This is cursed. Why does he have normal eyes?? And look at that face, and his flesh colored bolt-ear thing??? I hate it???

Now onto story 2, where they show how Robotnik took over the world... kinda?

Oh he's coming.

Also there's something powerful about this image without context. It haunts me.

Anyway, Sonic is heading over to his uncle's chili dog stand, who just got an order for 200 chili dogs that Sonic is going to deliver.

Meanwhile, this is being hung on the wall outside;

Another Cursed-Botnik, but again I love how cartoonishly evil this sign is. "Have Fun, Go To Jail." If this man even sees you smiling, he's having you arrested. It's so over the top, and I love it.

Speaking of which, that's exactly what happens while Sonic is away. Uncle Chuck gets arrested for smiling, and has... the dumbest revelation.

If you know him, and you know his voice, then you really should've seen this coming. Heck, the address Sonic is delivering the Chili Dogs to is a Robotnik Inc Factory!! You only have yourself to blame, Chuck-

So Sonic delivers the dogs, and the chicken robot tries to kill him as payment, so he decides to rush back to check on his uncle. And-

This editor's note got an audible chuckle out of me. That is so clever!

This... is an expression. I'm tempted to make this a reaction image for the heck of it.

This is the end of this chapter, but again I gotta point out the signs. Man just decided to dump toxic waste here just because he could, and-

LOOK AT HIM GO

I wish I could enjoy something as much as this guy enjoys dancing in the flames over here. He is having the time of his life rn

Anyway, Sonic immediately takes them out, including the chill one which... what the heck man??

And decides to rush back to the factory to confront Robotnik, while making a little reference to another speedster.

Cheap, but it made me smile. Sue me.

Sonic runs into Sally, who introduces herself as a princess and tells him how her father was taken too. And Sonic-

Doesn't give a damn, wow. That is harsh-

"Sorry Girlie, but I don't believe you, nor would I care if I did, because my problems come first."

Honestly... I'm okay with this. It was jarring at first, but this is the closest we get to an origin story as far as I know. He's not really "the hero" yet, so it's interesting to see him be a bit more selfish.

So Sally convinces him to help out, and we get this little exchange;

... I can't decide if this is funny or stupid. And yeah, I did kinda reference this on Sonic's bio, but I didn't know THIS is where that came from. Or more specifically, how they introduced that.

... I mean, it's kinda funny out of context, but in context its... I honestly don't know-

Here we see Robotnik's army of supposedly roboticized townspeople, but I guess the artist didn't get the memo?? Like they're clearly not robots??

... okay, nevermind. Robotnik actually likes being called fat. Props for the body positivity, I guess.

... y'know, I think this is the first time I've ever seen a speedster make a tornado... and run on top of it. Like how does that even work??

Anyways, that's it for Issue #0. Overall, it was more enjoyable than I thought it'd be, and actually got a chuckle or two out of me which I did not expect.

Definitely not going to be going THIS in-depth for the rest of these, this was way more work than I thought. I'll just give my brief thoughts, and maybe rank each issue as I go? Idk I'm kinda making this up as I go along.

If you have any suggestions, leave 'em in the replies I guess-

[goldeaglefire1]

brain was thinking about how Kamen Rider and Toei in general has been giving respect to some older Kamen Rider shows, what with the anniversary specials and various crossovers, complete with retroactively giving them flashy new forms, and then I thought "hey what would that look like for Den-O" and, well

behold, Kamen Rider Den-O: Climax Zero form! a mishmash of Climax Form, Liner Form, and...Zeronos?

yeah Yuuto and Deneb both get pulled in for this, which Deneb is perfectly fine with, but Yuuto? Yuuto is not very enthusiastic about the whole thing

more details on how this would work and the design:

the way I imagine this would work is that there'd be a new transformation trinket resembling the buckle on the Zeronos driver that just so happens to fit in where the Denliner pass would normally go on the DenKamen sword. I would draw this but that would be way too much detail so I did a quick photoshop instead

anyway. the transformation would be very similar to Liner form, only with Zeroliner instead of Denliner and, well. it'd run over Zeronos first before turning around and slamming him into Den-O at mach speed. and that turns him into the new armor. again Yuuto would not be very enthusiastic about the whole thing

now onto some design details:

if you can't tell Climax Zero has the overly dramatic black Vega form cape. which might be a bit much but I have always been a sucker for that cape so I had to throw it on there

since you can't see Deneb's mask very well I drew out which masks go on which arms

yes Deneb uses the New Den-O Vega mask over the original look. since it's made for for Den-O's one track system as opposed to Zeronos' two tracks it made the most sense to me

so you know how how the DenKamen sword allows Ryotaro to channel the various Imagin's fighting styles in Liner form by changing masks. for Climax Zero it actually designates the "head" so to speak, with the mask swapping to match who's in charge. for the four main Taros the functionality is built in but for Yuuto and Deneb they can flip the buckle from neutral to Altair (Yuuto) or Vega (Deneb) to take over

anyway all of that was to say that while everyone else doesn't have their mask change while they're in charge like Momotaros does, Yuuto does have a mask change. main secondary rider form privileges or something (also the one track over two track thing I mentioned earlier)

"hey what about Sieg" good news Sieg fans: Sieg can in fact jump in and make Super Climax Zero! he replaces the cape. but since there's no functionality for it he can't take control of the form ever. nobody sees this as an issue except for Sieg

[qg-017]

CURSED IMAGES:

THE HISTORY BEHIND THEM AND WHAT THEY HAVE BECOME TODAY IN MEME INTERNET CULTURE

The concept of "cursed images" originates from a Tumblr blog, ‘cursedimages’, in 2015. However, these types of images have been circling the internet for years before it was coined as such.

A cursed image is usually unsettling, unexplainable and can vary from a very poor-quality photo to a bizarrely high-quality image. These photos usually consist of eyesores and strange, gross composition.

‘Overly attached girlfriend’

One of the first viral cursed images to circulate the internet was this photo of Laina Morris, which originated from a youtube video she posted in early 2012.

(Anon., 2014)The video was a submission to a contest held by Justin Bieber, who promoted a challenge for fans to create a "Girlfriend" version to his very popular song ‘Boyfriend’. The video put a satirical spin on the commonly criticised ‘clingy’ elements of the song. Morris stared at the camera with a fixed smile while singing about Facebook-stalking her boyfriend and other themes. The unsettling expression of a large smile and wide eyes caused users to dub this image as ‘Overly attached girlfriend’ which then circulated the internet as a widely popular meme for years to come.

Laina Morris announced her departure from youtube in 2019 due to mental health issues she faced off camera. Despite the unfortunate news, I find it very interesting how fascinated we as a society are about disturbing topics and humour. Black Humour has appeared throughout history in various forms of text and stories, but it seems that memes have also become yet another outlet for this type of comedy.

MASK THEATRES CARNIVAL KNOWLEDGE

by Lucy Allen Faustwork Mask Theatre’s Carnival Knowledge, currently playing at Summerworks festival.

This image has haunted internet meme pages for years and comes up as one of many top results for most cursed image searches.

I haven’t met someone from my age group who has never seen this photo. If you say you don’t recognise this even in the slightest you are either lying, born from 2005 onward, or it is so deeply buried in your subconscious that your brain refuses to unpack the trauma. It appears the photo was a feature of an artistic performance festival and nevertheless was featured in many YouTube videos from the 2010’s about creepy or disturbing cultural images and was particularly popularised due to the bizarreness of the figure.

(Cherry, 2022)The term ‘uncanny valley’ comes to mind when discussing this photograph, which is defined as: “A hypothesised relation between an object's degree of resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to the object.” The concept suggests that humanoid objects or figures that imperfectly resemble actual human beings provoke uncanny or strangely familiar feelings of uneasiness and revulsion in observers. This can without a doubt be attributed to this image. The strange pose of the figure in an uncomfortable stance on all fours as well as the mask on top of the person's head create a sense of being unnaturally watched, as if you cannot hide from the eyes of the face. The form is so recognisable as human and yet the pose is so unnatural for a human being, which evokes this response. Thankfully, his image has quite an ordinary backstory of being part of an art festival. So, I can rationalise the image without throwing up.

Mc Moth photo

A picture surfaced of one of the members from the experimental band ‘Death Grips’, in which a large moth appears to fly right into the camera. Many debated on reddit if the moth was giant and positioned behind MC Ride, looming like a foreboding cryptid. Others speculated if it was photoshopped in. Nevertheless, the baffling composition and looming scene of MC Ride in a graveyard, not even looking at the camera, appears candid and raises even more questions for viewers.

“Photography furnishes evidence” – Sontag on photography. He spoke about how doubts from observers are proven wrong when shown a photograph of the event - no matter the unbelievable situation. I think this resonates which the MC Moth image due to how many speculations arose after its publishing. However, this statement is very commonly contrasted, for example, by many theories that the moon landing had been faked, after images were broadcasted.

Overall, the description for this image is rather short, as there's not much we can find out about it. The musician has not said anything about the photo, and fans are left to speculate. However, I chose the image as I think it perfectly illustrates a key element to cursed memes which I have mentioned previously: bizarre composition. When was this photo taken? Who took the photo? Where were they? Why is there a giant moth? Who gave it the right to be that big? Who knows. It evokes a sense of emotion, and that emotion is unexplainable.

The tumblr Skeleton War

The Topic of the skeleton war is both cringey and hilarious, but such is its main platform, Tumblr.

(Baker-Whitelaw, 2014)The Skeleton War originates from a tweet by Weird Twitter prophet @dril in 2014, which thrived by Tumblr’s unadulterated love for skeletons. Essentially, this was a yearlong meme about the dead rising from the grave to fight in a long and hard battle against ‘fuckboys’ or what would commonly be known now as incels, whose main trait would be disrespecting women, but relying on their mothers.

Users would post various images of them posing with halloween skeletons, furthering the in-depth lore of the skeleton war by creating their own narrative spin on the meme. I think the community that developed around this internet inside joke echoes the thoughts of (Miller,1996) Denise Miller who collaborated with other photographers and critics in the book “Photography’s Multiple Roles”. She described how various artists such as Andy Warhol and many others “broke molds” and “recontextualized imagery” in the persuit of a particular narrative.

THE BACKROOMS

In the loose essence of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ effect, I bring my short essay to a close on this image- another conceptual narrative which took the internet by storm.

The Backrooms is an online urban legend originating on 4chan, which explored the idea that humans are able to accidentally ‘clip’ through reality and end up in a limbo known as the backrooms. This limbo consists of a vast maze of empty office and department storerooms, with no exit in sight, and no food or water. it has also been adapted by many that there are various creatures in this reality you may come across, which are in no way friendly.

A game was recently released last year inspired by the creepypasta. It's safe to say the concept has inspired a lot of modern-day horror, in which liminal space is the main source of discomfort for viewers, as something so well recognised by us becomes distorted and creepy due to its emptiness and purposelessness.

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[kylos]

Finding high quality film/tv rips, saving the large files, and screencapping them are half the battle for gifmakers when setting out to make a gifset. Here’s a little guide on this process, including my advice on

Where to download stuff

Where to store your movies/shows

Screencapping programs

Making gifs as HQ as possible, including tips for picking out what to download when you have multiple options (not all 1080p rips of the same movie or tv episode are the same quality and I explain why)

Why screencaps of 4k movies can look weird and washed out and how to fix that

and more

✨ You can find my gifmaking 101 tutorial here and the rest of my tutorials here.

Where can I download movies and shows?

First off, I prefer direct downloading rather than torrenting stuff because it’s faster and with torrenting, there’s more of a risk. Other people downloading the same torrent can see your IP address. This means movie studios can find out you’re downloading their content and can send you a warning letter. The download speed also varies depending on how many other people are seeding it. I would only do it if it’s your only option and you have a VPN or something.

This is THE best guide for pirating I’ve ever seen. I use it for finding sites for books, music, you name it. The part of the guide you’d want to look at is where it says Direct Downloads Link (DDL) sites. My favorite place is Snahp. These ddl sites will have links to their movie/tv rips that are typically hosted on one of these two sites: google drive or mega.nz. You can download stuff from both of those sites for free, but with mega, they have a 5GB file download limit unless you have a premium account. I personally pay the $5 a month membership for mega because it’s worth it imo. You can buy a subscription through the mega app found on the iphone app store (so you’re billed through apple and it’s less scary than giving a random site your credit card info lmao) and as for androids I think mega has an app on there too.

So basically, if you go to http://snahp.it, they’ll have rips for different movies and shows.

You click on the movie title and it’ll take you to a page where they have links for the video which they have uploaded on a variety of sites (including mega).

How do I make my gifs as HQ as possible?

It’s best to gif things that are 1080p. And usually the higher the file size, the better. A really important thing to note is that not all 1080p bluray rips are the same. The piracy groups that rip these files take uncompressed .mkv rips from discs that are anywhere from 10gb to like 50gb, and then run that through video converters to compress the file down so that they’re 2-8gb. Sometimes when that happens, the video quality goes down a LOT. The same goes for TV episodes. One rip could be 800mb, the other could be 3gb and both could claim to be “1080p” but the quality would be NOTICEABLY different. Your best bet is to always pick the rip with the highest file size.

I’ll show you an example with this scene from You’ve Got Mail.

I downloaded 2 different 1080p rip versions of the film. Both claim to be 1080p, but one is 2.41 GB and the other is 9.75 GB. After taking screencaps, it’s obvious that there’s a BIG difference in quality.

(these pictures are best viewed on desktop tumblr)

When it comes to Blu-ray rips, download remux versions of films and shows if possible. Remux means .mkv files that are uncompressed and straight from a Blu-Ray disc. Giffing remux rips cuts down on the possibility of seeing pixel-y effects a LOT in my experience. It’ll take a bit longer to download than typical 1080p rips but it’s worth it imo.

For TV episodes, if you can’t find a Blu-Ray rip, uploads with the word AMZN in it are usually the highest quality and your best bet (unless you see another upload that’s higher in file size - again: always try to pick the highest file size). 'AMZN’ means they’re from a person that ripped the episode from Amazon Prime Video.

Also, even better than 1080p is 4k (2160p). I only really recommend this though if you know you’re going to gif something up close and crop it a lot - like if it’s a big 540x540px close-up gif of a person. You’ll REALLY see the difference if it’s a 1080p vs 4k rip in that situation. I usually don’t bother with giffing 4k files unless it’s the case above because my laptop lags when taking 4k screencaps and it takes longer to load them into photoshop (4k screencaps are usually about 60mb each!)

⭐️ Another thing that’s important is making sure that when you actually make your gifs, you set them to the correct speed (.05 for movies and most shows, and .04 sometimes for reality tv and live broadcasts). Here’s my gif speed guide. Having the right gif speed is really important for making a gifset HQ. You don’t want it to look too slow or too fast.

What’s your favorite video player to take screenshots with?

MPV player, hands down. And I’ve tried a TON of programs over the years. I’ve tried KMPlayer and found that it added duplicate frames (and even missing frames) which is horrible, and I’ve tried GomPlayer which is.....I’m just gonna say it, I’m not the biggest fan of it. It’s a little overly complicated in my opinion and it has ads. If you like these programs, more power to you! Use whatever you’re comfortable using. I just like MPV the most because it doesn’t have ads, it’s simple, you can take sequential screencaps with a keyboard shortcut, and it can play 4k movies.

Screencaps I take of 4k 2160p movies look so dull and washed out, like the colors aren’t right. Why is that?

That’s because your computer can’t handle HDR 4k video files. It probably can handle SDR 4k video files, but unfortunately, 99% of 4k rips out there are HDR.

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Now, HDR displays just fine on computers that have 4k-HDR capabilities, but most older computers don’t have this ability. Having said that, MPV - the video player I mentioned above can take a 4K-HDR video and fix the colors/lighting in real time so it displays correctly AND take screenshots of it with the fixed colors. If you have an older version of MPV, make sure you download the newest update for this. In my general gifmaking tutorial, there’s a portion on how to install this program on macs. I also just made a video tutorial on how to install it on pcs here!

High quality TV and Movie rips can take up a LOT of space on my computer. Where do you store your files?

I store them on external hard drives. External hard drives are like flash drives but they have a MUCH higher storage capacity. You just plug them into your computer via a usb cord when you need access to the files and it’s that easy. I have two of these Seagate 4TB hard drives in different colors so I can easily pick out whichever one I need. I have silver for my movies (because it makes me think of “silver screen” lmao and it’s easier for me to remember) and then I just have a blue for shows. Now, external hard drives of this size can be $$$$ but it’s worth it imo. Look out for when they’re on sale.

What’s the size limit for gifs now?

It’s 10mb! It used to be 3mb and then last year Tumblr upped it to 5mb. Some gifs initially had distortion because of Tumblr’s switch from the .gif to .gifv format, but they’ve fixed the problem AND increased the upload limit to 10mb.  Just make sure not to add any lossy to a gif.

Lossy is basically a grain you can add to a gif to lower the file size down. Gifmakers (including myself) used to use this as a trick to get the file size down under 3mb. However, since the .gifv update on Tumblr, any gifs with Lossy added will look distorted like it’s a gif made on a phone app or something.

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That’s it for this guide! Again, feel free to check out my other tutorials on photoshop, how to center subtitles, download hq movie trailers, and more ✌️

UPDATE 6/23/20 ⚠️

I’ve gotten an ask about this problem 3 times since I’ve uploaded this tutorial, so I thought I’d add this in. If you are experiencing duplicate and/or missing frames in mpv, it is a glitch with the latest version of mpv. download an older version like 0.29.0. this happened to me on my mac and downloading an older version fixed the problem.

[petalsmooth]

In fact let’s just be blunt and honest...I have said I hold things back because I do. I’m not overly invested in how people look but for some damn reason Lili stan’s are obsessed with this construct where she is an incomparable diamond and everyone else is chopped liver in comparison.

You know what stans? Lili is not my ideal of feminine perfection and never has been. Zendaya or Jenna Dewan would be more in keeping with celebrities I’d wish to emulate the appearance of if I could snap my fingers and look like anyone. I’m not particularly into blonds and never have been. So for ME if I was pretending my favorite celebrities were paper dolls I could mix and match I never would have put her with Cole to begin with...or even Ari if I were that shallow. Cole himself is actually blond too for that matter.

Second...what someone looks like with makeup, strategic clothing choices and photoshop/film manipulation greatly differs from what the REAL reality is. It’s why rags like to capture celebrities unaware. In reality, Lili at times is pretty...when not having a bad day which lately seems to happen a lot. She’s not someone I find particularly striking naturally as compared to all other starlets in Hollywood though. Not without the aid of makeup to highlight angles and her eye color.

Cole is an objectively attractive male, has some flaws like everyone. Difference with him is the guy you get sans any aids looks about the same as when he has them. He’s either your type or he isn’t but he’s not putting on pretenses or hiding behind anything to look different than he actually is.

One of the reasons I used to LIKE Lili is I THOUGHT she wasn’t that vain. She’d wear ripped shorts, stuff her hair up in a bun, go without makeup. There is nothing wrong with dressing up before you leave the house and never leaving with a hair out of place, I don’t think that makes you a bad person, but I liked she didn’t seem to care and wasn’t putting up a front. Part of the reason her 180 degree turn last year and a half is so jarring because this person seems obsessed with appearance to point she now endorses body photo shops. I don’t even know who this person is.

I also don’t know how people who stan this person can then have the gall to be critical of ANY imperfection, especially on a photo boosting a cause, when your girl is running around out there masking a whole host of imperfections...and then claim to be a Cole fan. 

Which brings me to Ari. I don’t give a damn what her cup size is or Lili’s or any woman’s. Never did. Way back when I didn’t ask that Cole find a celebrity to date or someone with large breasts or make any other comment other than I want her to have a non toxic family, not use him, to be a decent person and actually care for him. That was it. I didn’t care what she looked like or what job she had and I still don’t. TO date Ari has been precisely that person and that's why I like them. Once upon a time I liked Cole and Lili too but not because of how they looked or height difference!! but because AT TIME I thought THEY were a non toxic sweet unassuming couple. Couldn't have been more wrong there so keeping fingers crossed doesn’t happen here.

I guess the point I am making is you seem to think We, or I, can be persuaded Cole has downgraded or not in Lili’s league and the truth is...I can’t be persuaded. Because who Cole presents himself as, is who he is for better or worse. No pretense. I care more about the person than what they look like anyway. And lastly if I WERE to indulge in being that shallow, Lili isn’t even the type I’d care to emulate. 

[ceo-of-daichi]

Characters ~ Iwaizumi Hajime x Fem!Reader

Summary ~ Marrying the love of your life was honestly nerve wracking, will his best friend be able to help. Will everything go as planned?

Genre ~ So much fluff your teeth might rott

Warnings ~ Too much fluff, Wedding day jitters

Word Count ~ 1.7k

A/N ~ So my last Iwa fic did a lot better than expected... its actually close to 100 notes which is CRAZY. So here is another!! Thank you @tedwardos for proof reading it!! My next fic will be Daichi and might even contain smut because i am h word 25/8. 

ALSO IF YOU WANT TO BE ADDED TO MY GENERAL TAGLIST SEND ME AN ASK!

Your wedding day. A day for you and the one you pledge yourself to for life. However with that also comes a hell of a lot of stress, wedding day jitters and just general nervousness. You were currently feeling all of these emotions as you sat as still as you possibly could on a chair while a makeup artist worked on your face. Having not gotten much sleep the night before she was furiously concealing under your eyes.

‘I thought they tell brides to get their beauty sleep the night before their wedding,’ she angrily states as she pounds at your under eye with a beauty blender.

‘Yeah they do, but i had trouble sleeping…’ Chuckling nervously as you remember the events from last night, biting your lip lightly. 

‘Anyway I'm sure everyone has trouble sleeping the night before their wedding, it's nerve wracking you know’ You shake away the previous thoughts in your head as you speak.

‘I wouldn’t know i have never been married’ As she said this you suddenly began to feel awkward as you let her finish your makeup.

Sitting back in your seat the makeup artist holds up a mirror so you can see the finished result. Your skin looks flawless, like it had been photoshopped almost, not a slight line in sight. The bags under your eyes, completely gone. The eyeshadow she had gone for was a red/pink smokey eye, complimented by a pair of gorgeous lashes and winged liner. Your breath caught in the back of your throat as you looked yourself over, you were sure this was the best you had ever looked in your life.

‘Well don’t you look ready to be wed’ Oikawa pointed out as he walked in, a big smile adorning his features. He looked more handsome than usual, wearing a navy blue tux and waistcoat with a golden tie.

‘Says you… I love the tie…’ You smiled as he straightened it and did a pose, before making his way over to you, carding his hand through your hair.

‘Well i’m glad you chose gold and white for the theme, i think gold is my colour’ 

‘Yeah I agree, have you got any idea what you want to do with my hair’ You ask him curiously. Last year he had revealed he was quite good at styling hair, and you thought why not save yourself some money, letting him do yours for your wedding.

‘I actually have the perfect style in mind [y/n]-chan! Don’t worry about a thing!’ As he started to run a brush through it, he sighed deeply. Closing your eyes due to the relaxing feeling, he must have realised you were most likely nervous. Which you definitely were.

‘While I'm doing your hair, spill everything’ He almost demanded, but you were thankful, the next 40 minutes you told him everything. 

How you were worried you would regret it, even though you loved Iwaizumi with all your heart, marriage is a big thing. Maybe you should have waited? Most marriages end in divorce, what if you and him are in that percentage. What if you tripped down the aisle and embarrassed yourself? Let's put it this way… there were a lot of what ifs. Oikawa did his best to calm you down, and reassure you and surprisingly he was good at it.

By the time he had finished your hair you were feeling a lot more relaxed. The style he had chosen was pinned up at the front, with small gold flowers at either side transitioning from your hair to the veil perfectly. However he had left the back and bottom sides out so they flowed over your shoulders and down your back, in perfect corkscrew curls. 

‘It’s...It’s stunning Tooru…’ You smiled wide as you looked at the style, it worked perfectly with your dress.

‘Well I got to make sure my best friend's fiance looks amazing for their wedding, don’t you think?’ He returned your smile, admiring his work. 

‘I’m glad Hajime has you… even though he aggressively shows it, he really appreciates you. Now go before you make me cry and ruin my makeup…’ Trying to control the floodgates that almost opened, you gave him a soft smile as he left.

Taking a deep breath, you got up from the chair that had been your home for the last couple of hours. Slowly making your way over to the full length mirror you finally got to look at yourself, all elements finally coming together. It took everything in you not to cry, you had really picked the perfect dress. Lacey full length sleeves that stopped at your shoulder, before curving their way into the dress, leaving your chest and collar bone area exposed. As you looked down, the way the soft white material hugged your hips before poofing out slightly over your bum, made your heart warm. The length itself wasn’t overly long, just enough to scrape the floor, but not enough to be picked up. It was your dream wedding dress.

This is when it hit. You were marrying the love of your life in the next 10 minutes. Hajime. Your very reason for existence will be standing at the end of the aisle waiting. This one thought made your heart beat out your ribcage, he will be there waiting as always. He was always so patient, always understanding. People just saw him as cold, and incapable of complex emotions, but you saw the real him. He let you in.

It was then that you heard a gentle knock at the door, your dad. You had a short conversation before he linked arms with you. Handing you a beautiful bouquet, to hold as you walked down the aisle. Leaving the room it was a short walk down the corridor to a set of double doors. The bridesmaids had already walked down, everyone was where they should be. It was finally time, your veil softly placed over your head as the doors were opened.

Walking through the double doors everything went in slow motion. The aisle and room were decorated with navy hangings and golden ribbons. Each chair had a white lace covering, with golden flowers to accent. As you admired the room, your eyes finally met his. Your breath hitching, he looked handsome as ever. His navy tux matching Oikawas, however, his tie was white with golden flowers embroidered on, smiling so brightly he could light up a room. Suddenly all your worries and fears disappeared and all you could think about was him, and how this was the right decision.

As you reached the end of the aisle, you handed the bouquet over to your maid of honor. Before your father handed you over to Hajime, telling him to look after you. Smiling at him brightly you could see the tears slightly welling in his eyes, making you follow suit. You couldn’t cry though, not yet. 

‘You look beautiful [y/n]...’ He whispers in your ear as you walk up to the vicar, making you blush lightly.

‘And you look dashing Hajime’ Returning his compliment you notice a slight perk in his lips.

That's when the ceremony began, the vicar saying everything he had to say, then came vows. The bit you were almost dreading, you had memorised everything you wanted to say to him. But when he looked you in the eyes, would you be able to recite it? Slowly but surely the time came, Hajime went first.

‘[y/n]... Since I saw you across the hall that one school day, I knew I had to make you mine. Since the faithful first date, to the many days that followed, I fell deeply in love with you. After that I knew this was it, you were the one I wanted to have all my firsts with. I’m so glad you let me experience them with you, and now standing here with you. I want to let you know how much I care, I hope you will have me. So being here with you right now, I promise to love you for you, I promise to cherish and protect you.In sickness and health. Forever and always. I love you [y/n]. Till death do us part.’

His tears had slowly manifested themselves throughout his beautiful vow, and yours had started slowly falling down your face as well. He really was someone you wanted to be with forever, your heart felt so full as you took a deep breath and started your vows.

‘Hajime… I knew from the first date we went on, when you took me to the little coffee shop in town. I knew that I wanted to be with you for a long time, did i predict i would marry you? No, I don’t think anyone thinks about that at that age, however being up here with you now I know I made the right decision. I love you with all my heart, and I promise to be spontaneous, to cherish all the time we have together. I promise to dream with you and always be your biggest fan, till death do us part. I love you Hajime, forever and always.’

By the time you had finished reciting your vows, you were sobbing. This was it. It was you and him now against the world. Smiling through your tears you noticed he was crying just as much as you were. Meant to be. Made for each other. Soulmates. That's what your friends had said, and as you both stood with each other you realised they were right.

Slipping your wedding bands on you couldn’t help get lost in your thoughts. The future seemed so bright with him by your side. So much to experience and he would be with you every step of the way. Looking up at him he lifted your veil, seeing your slightly smudged makeup due to the tears he couldn’t help but smile. 

‘You may now kiss the bride’ The vicar stated as he finished off the ceremony. You looked up at Hajime but you couldn’t wait too long before pressing your lips onto his, in a passionate kiss. Letting all your emotions that you felt drain into it, you could feel him smiling against your lips as he did the same. You couldn’t wait for a future with him. Forever and always.

Tags: @bb-noya @iwaxme @vventure @ardorwrites-hq-mha @super-noya @stcrryskies @scorpiosanssexy @sugawarasimp @watermelonsugawara 

[skylardoesthings]

Hermittale dump

 because im still working on this page and i need to stop the stress im feeling somehow 

this is a mix between info dump and just me rambling about this au and behind the scenes stuff or me complaining. okay this is mainly me rambling about this au

of course- omega spoiler warning also cw for caps and swearing!

Huge inspiration for hermittale is from Glitchtale (please watch it. Its an amazing animated au, you can find it in youtube heres the link for the channel!) and Undertale the musical here’s the link to it! If that link takes you near the end of the video sorry-

Y’all please I haven’t been drawing ive been writing down in a google doc abt hermittale i have like nearly 20 pages of it haha-

whenever i’m drawing the comic istg i keep on playing fan orchestra covers for it, like im doing the whole human meets toriel thing im listening to fallen down orchestra version. currently listening to this beauty for my free time and crying

i have no idea how to pull of the photoshop omega EX and Xisuma end fight but im fucking excited for it

Team ZIT who?

NHO who?

IDEA who?

you can have the architects i guess, well. maybe

oh and convex as well! You can have them :]

Im gonna have animations on this au as well-

HAHAH character designs are hard.

I need help with what the mcyts + hermits are gonna be as monsters. Also they’re gonna be hybrids cause that’s easier for me.

Zed and Etho lives together, they're best friends too! Weird noises always comes from their house, and they always get into small prank wars with Grian and Iskall.

Grian and Iskall lives together as well! They have sibling like friendship! Iskall who acts like the older constantly tired, stressed out, concerned yet loves to pull pranks and make other people laugh sibling and Grian who acts like the younger overly excited, optimistic, defensive, and mischievous sibling

Cub and Scar lives together too!

That’s all i want to reveal.

[zumpietoo]

I work in advertising and know a thing or two about social media marketing and it pains me to read such stupid statements as “Lili’s more popular than Cole because she gets more likes on IG”. First of all, high engagement rate is good and all that but everybody knows that people that like and comment aren’t customers yet. They are fans. That applies to celebs and influencers, too. That’s the reason why Lili’s projects weren’t successful despite her having a huge following. Her “fans” might’ve dropped a like on her posts but they didn’t buy her book or watch her movie. In other words, they didn’t become her “customers”.

On the other hand, we have people like Dwayne Johnson and Beyonce who, despite having a really huge following, have a really low engagement rate (much lower than Lili or even KJ) but I hope nobody’s gonna say they’re not successful. It’s because success and popularity isn’t measured by likes only. People support their projects and businesses by actually buying their products, watching their movies and listening to their music. I really hope Lili fans aren’t gonna say that Lili’s more popular and well-known than them because she has a higher engagement rate. That’s just stupid.

All in all, you gotta see the big picture that isn’t contained by social media criteria. Otherwise, Florence Pugh and Anya Taylor-Joy would’ve been less successful and sought after than, say, Emma Watson (no offence to Emma), while Emma Stone or Robert Pattinson would’ve never gotten any work at all because they don’t have any social media.

P.S. If you take this overly simplistic and incorrect approach “the more likes the better”, Lili fans can’t not be biased even here. They took the Lili post that did better than the others she recently posted and the Cole post of a bad quality (no offence to Noah but his polariods oftentimes aren’t good) that did worse than the others. They are not making any points if they have to be this selective and do all this “social media gymnastics”.

P.P.S. Sorry for this long message.

No, I appreciate the well reasoned, eloquent insights and agree completely.

Love your ending point about how they STILL have to support their claims by applying wild false equivalencies-------like Cole posts a grainy pic as a joke, while Lili takes herself very seriously in posting her wildly photoshopped celebration of her visit to a plastic surgeon and general Marie Antoinetting.

Same way they’ll compare how Lili looks in professional, heavily made up and photoshopped pics with Cole, pissed off at being papped as he takes a smoke break...