#okay i think that's it for now ^^

[genderkoolaid]

part of the reason i love how bell hooks talks about masculinity is that she shows real compassion towards men suffering from the effects of toxic masculinity. she was conscious of how we need to unlearn the ways we talk about men + masculinity just as much as we need to unlearn the same for women + femininity. so many times ill see someone talking about toxic masculinity like (hyperbolizing here but only slightly) "these FUCKING STUPID BABY BITCHES won't MAN UP and go to a therapist!!!" and like. i get the anger. but you see feminists recreating patriarchal manhood by only promoting good behaviors through patriarchal frameworks. any use of the term "real men" is bad because it reifies the idea that manhood is a special title you must earn, and it is something possible to fail and fake. & as important as it is to promote sexual equality + the pleasure of non-cis-men, lots of people are essentially still working with the idea that men need sexual prowess to have worth but just shifting it slightly so there is more emphasis on women's pleasure. but I want cis men to think about their partners' pleasure because they care about their partners, not because they need to check a box in order to keep their man card. and don't get me started on small dick jokes– and the absolutely pitiful excuse people will use that "well, I don't believe it, but misogynistic men get upset when I say it, so it's okay!"

basically bell hooks is so fucking right. in order to create loving men we need to love men, simply for being alive, whether or not they are performing. as much as we need to actively unlearn misogyny (and we do), it's equally vital we unlearn patriarchal ways of seeing manhood. we can't just assume that taking a feminist perspective automatically means there is no work to be done there.

[chaoticgoodcaptain]

yk what, as i see everyone around me fulfilling their dreams, i might as well do something about mine, so let me just put my bucket list here (or i'll forget to make one at all)

i will pin it and update it as time goes, let's see how far can i get ^^

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things i'd love to do in a future:

▪︎ pass my final exams

▪︎ learn greek at conversational level, travel to greece, see olympus and acropolis and other cool places

▪︎ understand theory of relativity, quantum mechanics and black holes mathematically

▪︎ work in a lab

▪︎ spend more time with my friends

▪︎ have a summer picnic with my friends

▪︎ visit any east asian country, personally experience their culture and society (i've written so much about them in my essays, yet so far i cannot afford to go)

▪︎ write a really cool news article that i can be proud of

▪︎ get the official C1-C2 certificate in english

▪︎ actually get better in german

▪︎ write a scifi short story

▪︎ compose a whole song

▪︎ cook spicy enough curry that will have the right ratio of ingredients, apologize to every indian for my crime against them and the curry goddess

▪︎ tell my soft-power teacher from malta that i succefully finished my studies (she's probably the best teacher i've ever had)

▪︎ be kind

▪︎ love myself a bit more and talk to myself positively

▪︎ stop being afraid and live my life more freely and honestly

▪︎ learn programming and be good at it

▪︎ take up sword fighting or archery

▪︎ cosplay as vash from trigun

▪︎ discover what the one piece is

▪︎ work as an extra on a major film set

▪︎ learn more about people around me

▪︎ dye my hair some brighter color again

▪︎ go to that play arena with trampolines and foam cubes

▪︎ read all the books in my library that i haven't read and rate them on goodreads

▪︎ live in a cool apartment with "fake" first floor (for like a bed or so)

▪︎ be the weird but somehow really stylish grandma, no one knows if she's a mythical being or just owns like five cats and a parrot, but one is sure...she slays

[mroddmod]

everyone be quiet i'm manifesting

[bacchuschucklefuck]

typical tavern scene

[starredforlife]

hey you 🫵

make ur personal dashcon for all I care. as many snacks and as much nudity n weed as you want for whichever scenario lol. go nuts show nuts yknow? or whatever we used to say

[3rdsday]

Tommy basically said "the DSMP was good because it was, and still is, loved" and that basically sums up my feelings on the matter too.

[forgettable-au]

PROLOGUE

FORGETTABLE-AU (Page 1-9)

AND SO IT BEGINS!

I don't think I can fit all 20 pages of the prologue in just one post, so I'm dividing it into 4 posts! This one's the longest...

[CONTINUE]

[chiptrillino-art]

(ID in ALT text)

Howl!AU zukka = me going all out with zukos outfit, and shiny silver sokka hair! you perhaps already saw the first part of it in this post here LINK and like past me predicted... the day to post what i have has finally come...

[chloesimaginationthings]

Those were Vanessa's friends too in the FNAF movie

[verflares]

(click for higher quality!) draconified link concept ive been chipping away at this past week ..... here's my funny little compendium concept for him:

"A heroic spirit has taken the form of this bestial dragon. Unlike it's kin, this creature exhibits an extremely aggressive disposition. It appears highly territorial, and will relentlessly chase down those who disturb its skywide patrols - of which it seems to be endlessly searching for either a long-time vassal or foe. Unfortunately, it seems the spirit within has long since forgotten exactly who it was looking for…"

[starbuck]

reading and watching “classic” books and films is such an interesting experience because, before you get into them, when you only know them by name and maybe the vaguest plot outline, they’re intimidating and stuffy and up on a pedestal, but then you finally take the leap and check them out and realize that almost every story that’s achieved such a legendary level of popularity did so because something in its emotional core reached out and grabbed a lot of people by the throat and you are NOT immune.

[lylahammar]

Falin isn't comfortable in these kinds of clothes but I'm a big fat Falin kinnie so I had to draw her in some of my outfits anyways ✌️😗

[inkskinned]

hey btw if you're in the USA at  2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 4, they're testing the emergency broadcast system. your phone is probably going to make a really loud noise, even if it's on silent. there's a backup date on the 11th if they need to postpone it.

if you're not in a safe situation and have an extra phone, you should turn that phone completely off beforehand.

additionally, if you're like me, and are easily startled; i recommend treating it like a party. have a countdown or something. be surrounded by your loved ones. take the actions you personally need to take to make yourself safe.

i have already seen mockery towards any person who feels nervous about this. for the record, it completely, completely valid to have "emergency broadcast sounds" be an anxiety trigger. do not let other people make fun of you for that. emergency sounds are legitimately engineered to make us take action; those of us with high levels of anxiety and/or neurodivergence are already pre-disposed to have a Bad Time. sometimes it is best to acknowledge that the situation will be triggering for some, and to prepare for that; rather than just saying "well that's stupid, it's just a test."

"loud scary sound time" isn't like, my favorite thing, but we can at least try to prevent some additional anxiety by preparing for it. maybe get yourself a cake? noise cancelling headphones? the new hozier album? whatever helps. love u, hope you're okay. we are gonna ride it out together.

[an-established-butt-dent]

I'm a bald Solas lover I swear!!!!

—> Process video under the cut because of flash warning.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

no more fan-ta-sizing about it! everything's already changed~

[hinamie]

in spite of everything, I had fun <3