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Seeing Mirra win a WTA1000 at the age of 17 is wild...because from what I read about Karo, she just started her puberty growth spurt at that age. Fate is really different for everyone.
im so sorryyyyy i meant to answer this and of course forgot the second the little notif when away
i always feel weird about athletes & age tbh. karo didn't even really have a junior career at all (i think in part from the growth spurt and subsequent injuries) so comparing her to mirra, who...in a way also kind of hasn't had a true junior career (in the sense that she's already playing on the main tour and has been for the past year and change) is quite jarring. in a lot of ways they're kind of on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of career expectations.
but i also worry for mirra in a lot of ways that i wouldn't worry for karo, because starting young doesn't always mean extra years. there are plenty of athletes who physically can't take the load as they get older and end up getting tons of injuries late on or retiring early because their body can't handle the mileage. karo's career has been so stop-start & generally hampered by injuries that i actually think she's much better at load-management than other players her age & younger.
and plenty of players do peak later, even with slow starts and injury problems, e.g. jess pegula who had a couple of big injuries early in her career (1.5 years off for a knee injury, then hip surgery, and i think a shoulder as well but i couldn't find confirmation of that one) and is now playing arguably the best tennis of her life at 31. so i don't really get too hung up on age and success because i think it was clear from pretty early on that karo wasn't going to be a teenage sensation (which is fine lol). and we've seen that early success ≠ extended success.
and i also feel like we really don't emphasize enough how wild mirra's success is. like crazy and unusual and hasn't happened in....i think they said 18 years??? so even her career compared to some like iga or coco, who are both still very young and very successful for their age, is pretty spectacular if you look at what they were doing at age 17.
my point generally being...i don't know if fate has favored mirra. i hope it has, because i'd always rather watch a success story than a burnout. but i honestly don't think i'd sacrifice where karo seems to be at mentally with the sport just to have that kind of early success. i think the way she approaches it, with less expectations and mostly just playing her own game and "we'll see what happens," is a really good place to be. but then again, i don't think many people would choose an injury-riddled career just because it might give them a better life perspective.
so idk. madi keys ao gave me new light. i talk a lot about fate and destiny and being cursed but i think there is a part of me that will believe through everything until the moment she retires that she will get her flowers one day.
(side note on mirra and height...that girl is not 5'9 someone needs to update her stats lol)
#long post#im sorry...but every tiime you send an ask about karo i have to blab about it.......i cant help myself#i think i have to believe she will#or i'll go nuts. you know?
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i think hoffstrahm is like. THE funniest saw ship. one is fucking insane and the other is a serial killer
#saw#they don't infest me like the bathroom boys do but i do think of them sometimes#also all the jokes about strahm just being on coke and shit all the time like#you know the fuckass saw editing when someone's in a trap and everything is spinning and going nuts#that's what i imagine strahm's brain is like#hoffman is just elevator music that is randomly intercut with gymbro hype type beast mode shit#fuck it i guess i'll go ahead and tag them too huh why not#hoffstrahm
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Almost
#zutara#atla#zuko#avatar the last airbender#katara#zutara fanart#Wip#First page of three is done!!!#Won't be sharing until I have the whole thing but I'm. So. Close!!!!!!!#It's been ages since I started this project omg#But it's worth it#Hopefully I'll get the chance to finish it tomorrow... Won't be making any promises tho#I've missed you guys and I can't wait to share this with you#Anyways I know it's ZK month (and all the content has been WONDERFUL so far) but I won't be participating. Sorry about that.#Working with prompts is such an amazing creative exercise but I know myself good enough to be certain that I'll never get past the first...#... prompt without coming up with seven different AUs and I can't deal with more of those right now lol#Like I've got this Blue Spirit! Katara and Painted Lady! Zuko AU on the works since last week or so. And more lore for the og BS/PL spirits#And also this S3 canon divergence AU... And another one... And another one...#And I need to work on them at my own rhythm otherwise I'll go nuts#So uh#Yeah#Love u all and I hope I'll get to share this one soon (if only to start on yet another comic. I've got ideas for two of them. Yay)#Dema out#(Sorry for the rambling I'm just anxious)#(Don't know why but I stopped caring a long time ago)
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the viago-crow rook dynamic makes me crazy i fear!!! the found family!!!! the layers!!! the care of it all!!!! the 'i am afraid of losing my protégé who I've come to regard as family but I don't exactly know how to convey that so I have to be stern toward them, remind them not to abandon their contract, so they aren't eaten up by the antivan crows like I know the organization can do and has done time and time again' i am literally rambling rn but i could write a whole essay i fear
#i could be reading into this too much of course but from the scraps i've been fed i am literally going nuts the found family dynamic#but this is how it will be in my canon at least LOL#viago i see you. acting all stern and tough and talonlike but you're actually worried sick about rook.#will go apeshit if anything happens to his found family!!! i see you king#also another tangent but as an ocd haver myself Mr Viago De Riva I have news for you. but i'll save that for another day#I just know he's out here pacing back and forth w worry thinking of every possibility#“rook didn't bring my 30 antidotes for every possible poison in thedas”#“maker... its so over actually”#teia just watching viago try to deny ever being worried like. i know what you are (Rook's found family)#she can read that man like a book.#veilguard spoilers#dragon age veilguard spoilers#dragon age spoilers#viago de riva#teia cantori#rook de riva#ibon.txt#bonus points actually if this is why viago and teia help rook in the fight directly if I see that trailer moment correctly#not only because the world is at stake but also because viago feels like he has to personally step in to make sure all is well#but then again everyone's canon is different lol this one's just how I interpret it for my world state
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[Id. Ink and alcohol marker drawing of Ginpachi Sensei looking unimpressed in front of the blackboard with his arms crossed. He's saying "Somehow, Gintama made it into the 2024 Tumblr anime/manga list." End Id.]
These results could've been a Ginpachi Sensei segment.
#gintama#gintama fanart#my art#ginpachi sensei#class 3z#you need to know that i got a 168 box of markers i'll be going nuts with when i get proper sleep soon~ish#i mean very cheap ass markers but it'll be fun for like a month 'till they dry#anyway so we lazily made it into the anime/manga list nice work guys prolly
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Sunday sneaky promo time. Maybe I've promoted these ones before. Maybe they're all new additions to my promo roster. All worth following xoxo
#promo /#[ each word links to a different blog ]#[ this is my longest one yet on this blog so go nuts !!! ]#[ <3 ]#[ also if you know it's your url and i fucked it up somehow dm me and i'll fix ]
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What confuses me the most when it comes to these femme/masc discussions is that these poeple act like the majority of fanarts, fanfics, even analyses, don't characterize lestat as the masc one.
He is predominantly the top (and even though they are CANONICALLY vers, bottom lestat is very much unpopular), he is drawn taller, bigger, more mascular than Sam actually is. He is also usually "the husband" , "the father", and I would say that even the fact that he is seen as less vulnerable plays into that trope. Of course Louis being seen as the total opposite.
It is disingenuous to act like your opinion will take away all of those popular interpretations or that you have taken away all Louis' feminine traits by doing your own research behind some fan readings. And the fact is that many of them are based on modern standards of what it means to be masculine/feminine,on the way poeple see gay men as more feminine by default or are simply already largely accepted by the fandom.
As you've said already, neither of them are exclusively masc or femme! And at the end of the day caring more about a fictional character than about the fact that there is a real person behind the screen you are calling names or making negative assumptions about is weird. Especially when that person has been open to fair and real discussions from the beginning.
Sorry for the ask being so long but the way some people act on the internet without any care or consideration really bothers me. Hope you had a good day despite all of this!
I hope you don't mind me grouping all your asks together like this, because I really appreciate you all being so supportive and engaged with the discussion, and think you do bring up some different and interesting points, most of which I agree with, some I don't necesarily (in particular, I wouldn't say Louis' just Jacob once he's stopped performing masculinity, but I appreciate too that there are some mannerisms there that do feel more informed by Jacob's own movements/experiences than in other periods of Louis' life), but I feel like I've said all I really want to say about it at this point.
So! Links! Because yeah, I've been pretty baffled by people being so vitriolic about different interpretations of the dynamic, given masc!Lestat x fem!Louis is far and away the most popular interpretation, which I talked about a while ago here, and I do tend to see it as an exercise in trying to control the fandom and iterations of Louis' character that may appear in fandom spaces, which I talked about here and here along with the pervasiveness of gender essentialism in these conversations (although I guess they finally did respond directly and off anon lol). I know a lot of you are responding specifically to this post, but the fashion and nails I talk about here, and - - yeah. I think I'm just going to leave it there for now, if that's okay?
Thank you all though for these thoughtful asks, they were really interesting to read (and honestly, it's nice to feel some resonance in both directions), and I'm grateful for the flurry of support after yesterday. I'm fine though (yoga helped, haha), and I'm really just ready to move on from it honestly. Hopefully that cohort did just block me, as they tagged they would, and we can enjoy our own spaces in the fandom playground. :-)
#i will say it didn't actually occur to me that louis being gay and lestat being bi might play into how people interpret them#which is wild in hindsight because....yeah it probably does#and something i know i'll probably be thinking about a lot#so that's a really interesting observation anons#as for the competitiveness#idk#i think it's probably mostly telling of social media creating this culture of stan wars#i'm not in the br*dgerton fandom really although i've written a fic for it#but a friend of mine is and tells me about the in-fighting there between ships which is kind of nuts given the romances aren't#in competition?#idk i like to take a parallel play approach to fandom personally haha#also the point about long hair being out of fashion in france by 1794!#you made me go fact check that and that's fascinating!#kind of works with lestat not updating his wardrobe before louis was like 'you need a makeover if i'm going to be seen in public with you'
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he's so… *starts barking*
#HE'S SO#HE'S SOO#HE'S SO HOTTTTTT#😻😻😻😻😻😻😻#YOU JUST KNOW IT'S BIG 🤷#sorry guys#im going nuts#I'll have his nuts anyday#omfg#gotta stay loyal to sting 😖#darby allin#samuel ratsch#aew#all elite wrestling
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oh boy. genuinely think I am reaching a point
#I think it's so funny how she's telling me to see one of the university counsellors. like. she's not going to like what they'll say#and quite honestly I think this is above their pay grade#I don't think I should see a counsellor about this anyway I mean how do you say to a counsellor. hey I need to leave the entire state#possibly even the country depending on how fucking nuts my m*ther is. and honestly I am beginning to fear that she really might be#and I have to do it within a few months relying on the charity of complete strangers. and completely re-establish my life.#it's that or I kill myself. and if I say that last bit I get hospitalised and that's a death sentence I reckon#also in the unlikely event that I do escape I don't even know what I'll do. I've had every ambition I've ever held robbed by her.#sorry. I said that I'd stop being miserable because it was getting tiresome didn't I.
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Not gonna lie, this whole "ALL Western lesbian representayshun is bad, Thai GLs are the only thing worth watching" disk horse that's been coming out is starting to feel... kinda bandwagon-y in a way that makes me a bit uncomfy on behalf of Thailand. I mean don't get me wrong, it's unquestionably true that a lot of English-language lesbian representation is not good. I just saw a tweet that listed like 5 US shows as "the only f/f wins" in the history of Western media and I'm like bruh???? To this day, my favourite f/f storyline is still Flor and Jazmín from Las Estrellas, an Argentine telenovela. That was IMO a masterclass in how to write a GOOD slow burn between 2 women avoiding every single one of the damaging cliches, with no men in the middle or dead lesbians. Argentina in general has some great lesbian representation. The YT algorithm also recently put me in touch with a storyline from a Colombian show from a couple of years ago. The writing was pretty rudimentary but, overall, no damaging clichés or dead lesbians. There is also the ship from that Mexican show that people never seem to get over. And while Spanish shows have a LOT to atone for all the atrocities they've pulled in their period dramas, they do OK with their modern-day stuff. I can vouch for 2 different shows, at least.
So yeah, while Thai shows are certainly pioneers in terms of quantity and centering an entire show on the love story between 2 women (in Western media that's only true of MSH2 because FirstKill got cancelled (but hey, that refutes the melodramatic "Netflix hates lesbians!!11!1" that also drives me nuts)), and there are bunch of things that I have yet to see in Western f/f storylines wrt tropes or the tone of the romances, saying categorically that ALL Western lesbian representation is bad is an inaccurate generalization and evidences a clearly US-centric perspective, and it's disrespectful to non-English, non-US shows that have really earned the right to be referenced as examples of what good f/f storylines should aspire to. But oh well, what can you expect from fandom.
#don't get me wrong I'm all for migrating to all thai all the time#but like bruh... know your history etc#there's no need to put down good stories just to make your point#maybe it's just me doing thai gl wrong bc as hard as I've tried I still haven't been able to go absolutely nuts for a show/pairing#(minus the one that ruined my life that isn't even a real pairing el oh el)#the way I went absolutely nuts for flor/jazmín#so maybe I am able to look at this objectively without my opinion being coloured by my infatuation#that said I'll give you that it's probably easier and more stress-free to watch a thai show#bc you know going in it's not gonna slap you in the face and it's safe in terms of avoiding the trauma of dead lesbians/cancellations#but it's looking more and more that the problem is not with western media in general but with us shows#and the fact that the people spouting this argument (that I've seen) are not even from the us is kinda hilarious (in a sad sort of way)#text post
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Dropped my tablet pen and broke the nib off. ....with half of it perma stuck in the pen. :'D so I can't finish the next page on my work breaks.
Mari does not approve of being made to wait longer to get to the next chapter.
#mari#wifey is a hero and ordered me a new pen with next day delivery#so I'll have a new one tomorrow#but until then- no mobile comic work#and i do go a little nuts if i can't draw on my breaks haha#need that escape you know?
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Honestly a lot of the time, it's not even about people having to agree with me, it's about needing to know that they actually heard and listened to what I had to say even if it didn't persuade them
Just... some basic indication that there's enough respect to give a shit about what I said, and also to make sure that they disagree because they actually disagree and not cause they just didn't bother listening
It's all I really ask
#I forgot what this was about part way through writing about it; but then I remembered it's about Ukraine#like I just need to know that you actually understand what's happening there and what people are going through#you want me to care about your thing? show me you have any any any grasp of what's going on in Ukraine#it's uh... it's too many friends where if I'm just honest... this is about them#people I adore but people where... I don't know if they ever even once listen to what I have to say#...though maybe it's better this way... at least if they just ignore me I can say they just don't understand what's going on#that they're just being fed lines by other people or don't care#...if... they... knew the shit Ukrainians go through and still didn't care... would be a lot harder to respect them#would take a certain level of callous to do that and... these are people I care about very much so#...but I don't know; eats at me... you know#...and even on less serious topics... boy I wish you'd ever listen to me#if it weren't for the fact you say you like me... I'd be pretty damn sure you can't fucking stand me and I do nothing but annoy you#...I don't know if you've... ever... listened to anything I've said on any subject#when you do; you usually correct me... even though; brilliant as you are... you're erm... not always right#I don't get it... I don't get you... every word I say seems to be wrong... I'm so stupid and you're so smart#and yet you get real upset when I want to die... so you must actually like me and our communication styles don't match up#thank god you never seem to read my tags... or... much of anything else I say#truthfully I'd follow you anywhere; and you can treat me any way you want#but man I don't think my thoughts or opinions matter to you even a little... I think I just exist to be your rubber duck#...that's how it feels anyway#but all that aside... just wish you'd listen to me on Ukraine cause it actually matters#this post started out about some other people too... and sure... I like them well enough; and they're maddeningly wrong#like sputnik levels or wrong#drives me nuts; like you're not stupid and you're not cruel so why do you act so stupid and cruel?... turn you brain on#but uh... I actually just don't care about them that much#where as you... I could put it into words... but I won't#it's just a shame... like forget any of the stuff about me; it's just you're so kind... wish you'd care about what's going on in Ukraine#...I gotta stop or I'll go on all night; and I'm already too tired#mm tag so i can find things later
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WIP Game
Thanks @shortcuts-make-long-delays @codythecheshirecat @anaclastic-azurite and @forloveofcodywan for tagging me! Sorry it's taken so long to do this!
Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it!
Pirates Codywan (ch2)
Kickass Cody part 5
Whump Time™
Losing his mind 9
TPM Cane part 2
Jabiim ouchies for Chase
Codywan Hair Trimming 5+1
Take care of Kenobi
Opera Singer Cody, Pianist Obi-Wan cafe
Mandalorian Cody, Jedi Obi-Wan
EOWK 2&3
Barrister Obi 8
Model Codywan
Author and Muse - kiss already
Professor 2 - the motorbike
Professor 3 - changing office
Professor 4 - only one bed
Learning to trust again - vgkej sequel
Silent no more - jou sequel
Cody and rope equals fun time
Vampire for Ben
Vampire framed for murder
I think I got all of them 😅
I'm tagging, no pressure at all, @happybean17, @mcu-supersoldiers, @aquaticflames, @soap-brain, @snowywinterevenings, @crownprincecody, @howdidthisevenhappenanyway, @meantforinfinitesadness, @afoundling, @jedishadowolf, @kcrabb88, @tired-bshocked, @charrhylis, and @frostbitebakery
#Thank you for tagging me!#My writing#Yes I know there's a lot of WIPs#The bunnies like to go a little nuts and start a new one when I get sad#I'll answer questions on any and all of them
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Sophie, have you watched Nosferatu, yet? The topic of gothic heroines resurfaced and with it the comparison of Loustat to Orlok and Ellen. would love to read a meta/review from you of it wrt IWTV.
I haven't yet, anon! It's been a pretty hectic start to the year with my sister and nephews staying with me, so I haven't made it to the cinema this week (hoping to get there on Tuesday, although I might be wrangled into taking the boys to see Sonic 3 instead of getting to see literally anything else, haha). I was wondering this morning if something had happened with the gothic heroine interpretation though because my Byronic hero post has been getting a lot of attention in the last 24 hours. I'll try and see Nosferatu soon though - I'm seeing a lot about it, and I have a few friends who are actually gothic horror authors and they've all hated it, which has actually made me extra curious, haha.
#i've always lowkey thought eggers was a bit of a hack but a lot of these authors i know LOVE the witch and the lighthouse#and so them not liking this has really surprised me#but yeah my phone notifications were going a little nuts while i was at the zoo with my nephews today#i was like 'please don't be drama' haha#(also anon who asked about the drop in context of being a means to trap louis in the house - - i'll try and reply tonight#but no i don't see that as lestat trying to trap louis in there#especially given lestat's cast out of the house in the aftermath of it#and louis destroys his coffin#both of which i think hold a lot of narrative and symbolic weight)#it's also interesting to consider that louis does actually leave lestat two eps earlier though and he's the one to come back and bind lesta#to him domestically by making him turn claudia#the reason - i thnk - that louis doesn't leave lestat is simply because he doesn't want to#he COULD follow claudia around europe there's nothing stopping him except for himself#i actually think you could make the case that he doesn't like travel in general tbh#he doesn't even want to with lestat when lestat tries to get them to go to rome#but i do think it'd predominantly tied with louis' reluctance to give up his humanity which is intrinsically tied to new orleans#but i'll try and write that out more articulately later haha
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I don't mean to sound complainy, but one of my pet peeves is when ads, books, or what-have you talk about diabetes being a reversible condition and utterly refuse to specify what kind of diabetes they're talking about.
For those who may not know (and I don't blame you, diabetes is a very complex issue):
Type 1 diabetes is a condition that results from the body attacking itself by specifically destroying insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. These cells, the islets of Langerhans, do not regenerate or divide, and are permanently gone when they die. Type 1 diabetes cannot be reversed, only treated.
Type 2 diabetes is a condition wherein the body does not metabolize carbohydrates, insulin, or glucagon (a hormone produced and stored in the liver; raises blood sugar when released) properly, causing a rise in blood sugar. It may involve insulin resistance or overutilization of glucagon, among other things. In some cases, type 2 diabetes can be reversed, usually through diet and exercise (however, this is not a certain outcome, and some people may need medication).
To summarize:
Type 1 diabetes: body does not produce enough insulin. Permanent condition. Symptoms managed.
Type 2 diabetes: body does not utilize insulin or carbohydrates properly. May be reversed. Often treated with diet and exercise, in addition to medication, if patient is overweight.
Needless to say, that is a very distinct difference! One may even say crucial! After all, they are two conditions that have similar outcomes, but very different causes.
You do not tell a type 1 diabetic, "oh just exercise and eat better, it'll fix it," because, I am so sorry to disappoint, we do not know pancreatic necromancy. If we did, well, then, type 1 wouldn't be an issue, now would it?
I feel like it really isn't hard to put in the two words, "type 2," before "diabetes" in your advertisement or book, yet I keep seeing it. Yes, I know that most diabetics have type 2, but still -- is it really so hard?
(Yes I'm bitter. Back in my wee days of diabetes, when I was still using syringes and lamenting the sheer number of carbs in cake, I was severely disappointed upon finding that the majority of sources claiming that diabetes wasn't permanent were referring to the type that I specifically did not have. Very disappointed. Rub it in, why don't you.)
So, yes, please specify! It could very much save an already-stressed child, teenager, or even an adult (as type 1 can surface in adults as well) a good two hours of fuming and lamenting their lot in life.
Also you'll have fewer enemies with needles at their disposal.
#for legal purposes that last threat was a joke#type 1 diabetes#egginfroggintalkin#vent post#I'm sure this has been said before but like#UGH#it drives me nuts#yes there is overlap between the two versions! yes there is even overlap in treatment!#but every time an ad or a book summary says 'oooh studies have shown this can be fixed!' comes on I'm just like#'oh do tell. DO tell. does this apply to all diabetes? to both main and distinct versions of the disease?#'no? then why are you talking a if it does? tell me. tell me why you couldn't add two. little. words. to your little soliloquy#'for shame. do better. are you a doctor? then you should know this. are you a greedy little infomercial? then you shouldn't speak of this#you forget yourself. now be specific or be silent'#brought to you by my scornful attitudes towards such literature and frippery#incredibly scornful#and because I went on this whole rant about a disease I happen to have#which indicates that I have knowledge about it#go ahead and ask if you have any questions and I'll do my best to answer#diabetes is a complicated and large topic that I don't think most people really get exposed to#mind you I'm not a doctor. I just live with type 1 and have done a level of research on it for school and personal purposes#but yeh go ahead
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if i had one wish it would be for all food packaging to tell me EXACTLY what is in said food. none of the 'may contain' or 'made in a factory that produces xyz' nonsense. you will tell me exactly what the food contains so i know that it isn't going to kill me
#lissie speaks#i hate it i hate it i hate it#am going on a ferry soon for long enough that i'll need to eat several meals and the company is like we don't know if you'll be able to eat#this food at the moment but you can find out when you're on the ferry :)#girl what#so i just wait and get on the ferry and then find out that none of your food is safe for me to eat. so you just expect me starve.what r u o#also how the fuck does dried mango possibly contain nuts it has one ingredient bro#anyways rant over im normal now
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