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🔥 Studio Ghibli

It’s honestly been really depressing to see Studio Ghibli be turned into such a Brand here in the last few years. Like I know they’ve always been popular and merchandised but it feels so weird to me to see such beautiful films about nature and life get reduced to expensive t-shirts and backpacks you can find at BoxLunch and Hot Topic

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I don't think non-New Yorkers know how funny Miles and Wiles having Jordans is.

Like it's REALLY funny and really Brooklyn - New York of him.

Miles, Wiles, and Jordan Sneakers - Clever Cultural Characterisation

[A MEDIUM length post were I talk about Brooklyn Sneaker Culture and it's use in ATSV]

Have you ever wondered -

Why is Miles the only one wearing branded clothing?

When all other brands are either spoofed or replaced, why is Miles - the main character wearing such VERY BLATANTLY branded sneakers?

And why is Nike, a random shoe brand, the choice to go with?

There's a reason the creators show Miles' creativity and personality through his shoes.

And it's because

JORDANS HAVE A CHOKEHOLD - on Black Guys in High School from NYC

And this might be bizarre to some and idk if it translates to other black communities- (please tell me if it does)

But here in Brooklyn, almost every masc guy in my high school was OBSESSED with Jordans. Most guys I knew can name certain releases by looking at them, and had multiple pairs in different colors

JORDANS WERE LIKE SOCIAL CURRENCY - from middle school all the way to college. And it's a very cultural thing here in Brooklyn.

What colors you had and how many are something you bragged about. Many guys own multiple different colorways of Jordan's and will WAIT in line hours for a new release.

There's a store call Flight Club here in the city, and sometimes you'll see the line going out the door, of well dressed black guys waiting for the new release of Nikes to start going on sale.

Of course Adidas is popular, but no where near the culture hold as Nike to us.

I remember begging my parents for like a week until they brought me Black Air Force 1s

And I STILL have them over ten years later. They're too small, but they're holding up well. And even until this day, my home town is lined with sneaker stores. There's one around the corner from me rn.

Here it really is natural for guys LOVE JORDANS and to use them as a form of self expression. It's not odd for Fashion is on the minds of black guys in Brooklyn.

Even in high school, guys were matching their outfits and always trying to get the latest brand name. Mind you, this is an inner-city school full of 98% low income black kids. For us that was a social language.

Some shoes even have their own 'personalities' tied to them:

For example:

Black Air Force 1s (the one above) are often called 'hit a lick' shoes. Hitting a lick means to rob someone. So there's this idea that if you have those on you about that action lol it's an chill inside joke though it isn't serious.

White Air Forces are seen for guys who DON'T do that because they're too worried about getting their white ass shoes so clean.

Keep the above in mind for the next part

Hair cuts - like shape-ups and fades, Backpacks, and Shoes are three big things that were a fashion influence in my high school HARD.

Trends also are a big thing here, and they come on really quickly. I remember for maybe four years a brand called Sprayground got big, and after all SO many high school kids started collecting these $80 bags in all different colors. I wanted one so bad.

A lot of them had illustrations of things like money or weed.

If you see a mfer with the shark mouth bookbag RUN he's the biggest fuckboy you've ever met.

Which is to say - !42 WOULD HAVE ONE OF THESE BAGS

Guys get SO INTO THEM

How many of the iconic orange boxes that you lined up in your room (yes they keep them) was something you boasted about.

MFers would deadass have this in the corner of their room and bring you over talking about sum 'it's decor' SIR IT'S A HOARDING ADDICTION

They'll walk different, and NEVER squat, because doing that might crease the leather along the toe box. And creased Jordans are not fresh so what's the point - they're ruined. A guy in my class use to being plastic bags and tie them around his ankles when it rained then he walked home.

Like look at this Reddit post I found -

'is he stupid' 😭😭that's so mean but like here EVERY guy just assumes you know not to do that to Jordans ever

And that's why the creators do it - AND THEY DO IT WELL

And it's so impressive their deep understanding of this very specific thing that happens in mostly black high schools in NYC.

Cause that's not something you can just search up and research really.

Because of our culture - Miles & Miles!42's shoes are a silent language in their own right.

Like Miles!42's shoes are one of the first things we see about him.

They're the first thing we're suppose to notice - because it let's is compare him to Miles.

Miles' Jordans are iconic - the white and red shoes.

They're clean and white, with pops of color and personality. Like Miles, he's about being the good of Spider-man, while also getting himself and adding his own colors to it.

And because it's natural to the character and the culture, they let his shoes be the signal that Wiles is not like Miles. He has a different style, in fighting, in speaking, in personality, from his hair literally down to his shoes.

REMEMBER HOW I TALKED ABOUT SHOES HAVING PERSONALITY AND THE BLACK AIR FORCES ??????

Wiles' shoes are VERY similar to Black Air Force 1s. It's basically that with utility bags and purple detailing.

That's a signal - like I said: WILES IS ABOUT THAT ACTION. He's here to get his lick back.

From his standpoint, as a black guy from Brooklyn with his personality, he would know about this culture. He'd know the message black Nikes send where he's from.

It'd be natural for him - Hell yeah he'd go for the black Jordans.

He's speaking his social language.

Wiles' doesn't have to say 'fuck around and find out' he got on Air Forces with bags on them - HE'S ABOUT IT.

The writers didn't wake up one day and say 'Oh Nike wants a brand deal?! Okay cool'.

They don't show Wiles' shoes to be like 'LOOKY BUY THE NICE SHOES' - We are shown this shot

For them to be like : This is who Miles!42 is.

Because of sneakers.

Isn't that COOL? ISN'T IT. ISN'T IT COOL THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF INNER CITY BLACK KIDS IN NEW YORK??

But it's really funny to me to see Wiles shoes and be like 'damn he bout to fuck Miles up'.

THE IDEA OF THEM FEIGNING OVER JORDANS Fyyofydyogoc

Do guys where you are do this?? Like is this a thing y'all know any Sneakerheads.

Anyway I would put a pic of Hobie but I'm on mobile so they won't let me and I'm lazy

Bye.

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n/a: 2.9k words! I hope you all enjoy, I have change some things so the story MAYBE won't end in 6 chapters, I love reading comments or answering questions, so FEEL FREE TO DO SO. Any misspelling will be edited later on

You enter the house talking on the phone. You take out your boots and went directly to the fridge grabbing a water bottle.

“No, shit, Jesse, of course I’m giving her space but I think you don’t get that it’s been two weeks since I last saw her”

“If I don’t recall wrong, you made some cheer girls spy on her”

“Shush, what was I supposed to do? She was suspended for one week so I knew I wasn’t going to see her and that she was going to still mad at me the next one, so I put April and Sav to do a little… research ¡I am worried! She hasn’t even come to the house to pick up her clothes, her backpack, yes, but her clothes are just like the last time.”

When you went to fight Abby at her department, you didn’t, Ellie had done enough job, so you just screamed at her and made her tell you what the fuck happened between them at the locker room and years ago. Abby, tired of this bullshit, told you everything from A to Z, and you felt more like a piece of shit.

Now you understood everything, at least saw the situation with a different light, you did slap Abby and told her to stay away from you or you would sue her for spreading your pics around campus. Since then, no contact between you two, not even in class.

“Well, you fucked up big this time, what can I say?”

“Thank you, you’re the best, How does it feel that she’s with your ex and you’re still in love with her?”

“One, at least I can talk with Dina without problems, our friendship is good, Two, they are not together yet. How’s yours with Ellie? Oh right, hanging in a thread”

“Blah, Blah, Blah… Where’s my fucking couch?” You turned around going on the living room to sat down on your couch but it disappeared, it was there this morning when you left.

“How would I know? Where’s your couch?”

“That’s what am I asking, Jesse!” You were going to freak out. You heard the water of the bathroom running, there was someone on the house “I think there’s someone in the house…”

“It could be Ellie”

“Her keys are not in the entrance, I will call you later…” You said walking slowly towards the bathroom, you could hear Jesse telling you to don’t hang the call but you did anyway. Once you where in front of the door, It opened and you screamed.

The voice of Ellie screaming at unison with you made you stop. “What the fuck is wrong with you?”

She said with a hand on her chest looking at you as if you were crazy. She obviously just took a shower and was wrapped in a towel with her hair soaked and wetting the floor. You felt relieved that it wasn’t a burglar, you nodded slowly reassuring yourself and saying that it was only Ellie… ¡Ellie!

“You’re back?”

“Well, still my house too, so yeah, you have a problem with that?” She said in a defensive tone, of course her guard wasn’t down yet.

“No, of course no! It’s just that I am surprised”

“Don’t be, this doesn’t mean me and you are friends again”

“I know… Do you happen to know what happened with the couch” You asked with a sad frown looking at her walk to her room.

“Yeah, I burned it in a remote clearing far from here”

“Why? It was brand new!

“It was dirty because of someone” she simply said closing her door. You had a confused look on your face as you were processing what she told you.

You locked yourself in your room, you did miss her but at the same time you had to find some words to tell her and you had zero idea what to do, God, she was burning things now, maybe you were the next. Ellie was walking around the house, you could hear her steps on the kitchen and the TV on, she was cooking something while watching one random quiz show.

The warm feeling that you had knowing that she was finally back at home allowed to take a long nap, a very long one because once you woke up, the sun was gone and you regretted it. You had homework to do and exams to study, you had to take it seriously since cheer wasn’t your major, you were studying something that your parents agreed on but you did not enjoyed that much.

They were donating monthly to the cheer team in exchange that you aced everything else, otherwise you would be expelled from cheering and from the team, even the coach knew that. Ellie always helped you and made it easy to study but she didn’t this time, obviously, so you had kind of trouble studying.

With your things to study you went to your kitchen, leaving everything on the table, you were going to study there but also eat something, you were hungry. You opened the fridge, empty except some sodas and protein bars… maybe in the pantries? Nothing caught your attention but the pan in the stove. Ellie had cooked one of your fav foods, was she torturing you? She knew that you weren’t going to grab the food nor ask her if you could, you bit your lip and sighed resignedly, protein bars would be.

Time flies while you were working in your homework, sometimes looking over Ellie because it still felt surreal that she was at home, she could feel your eyes on her but she wasn’t going to give you any attention or so she thought before you started groaning annoyed that you couldn’t understand a lot of things. It was making her nervous and irritated her a little, mostly because she knew that you stressed yourself easily over anything and that made the process more difficult and also because she couldn’t help you, you two were on a Cold War.

“What is it?” She said getting up from the only small chair of the living room.

You turned the computer around and showed her the topic, she started helping you and you were focus, of course you wanted to use the opportunity to talk but first enjoy her help. None of you realized how fast the time passed that until you let a small yawn.

“Maybe, that’s everything for today” Ellie said returning to her cold-self. Shaking your head you grabbed her hand.

“Please, don’t… I can’t spent another day without talking to you”

“We are talking”

“Don’t play dumb, I finally know what happened back home, I finally understand more your anger, Abby told me everything”

Ellie raised her eyebrows, waiting for you to start talking. She wanted to know what truth have you heard and if it was the right version of it, and it was, Abby told you the truth.

“So you went to her again?”

“That’s all you have to say? And it was not like that” You rolled your eyes looking at her “Whatever, what I want to say is that I wished you could’ve told me back then”

“Would it have changed something?”

“I have no idea, maybe?”

Ellie scoffed. “So my word was not enough? Telling you not to mix with Anderson?”

It was going to be difficult to try and have a conversation when Ellie still hurt and was defensive, which you get and that’s why the nap was a need, you were mentally prepared for this.

“I’m not saying that, but I thought it was something stupid like she stole your game box, not your girlfriend” You tried to explain.

“Okay, but you still had something with her knowing that I was in bad terms with her, why? I mostly want to hear why? I’ve been racking my brain searching for a reason”

“Because of you” Ellie opened her mouth to respond but you covered it. “Shut up. Let me finish, I did it because of you, Ellie, I’ve been in love with you since god knows when and I tried so hard just to be your best friend but I couldn’t”

Ellie eyes softened slowly. “Every girl that tried anything with you, I scared them off, I used the ‘power’ of being popular and I used to make them stay away from but then we came here and there was so many people that did not fear me or knew me and you were getting along with a lot of people, I was afraid you were going to finally find a girl that matched your type”

“Why you never told me that?” She said taking your hand out of her mouth, holding it now.

“I’ve tried! Millions of times but somehow you had a new girl in your radar or you did not read the signs, eventually I grew tired of it so I tried to keep you for me. The first time I got with Abby, was only a kiss in a game but that made me popular somehow and I was starting to get more attention because of the rumours, at the same time I saw how you looked at Dina when she was dating Jesse and how you started to talk with her when they broke up even if it was briefly, I knew you were getting interested in her”

“I have nothing with Dina…”

“Can you let me finish? Damm” She murmured a little ‘sorry’ and indicate for you to continue “That irritated me and I was thinking on ways, it’s going to sound bad… on ways to hurt you because of how you made me feel, like I would never be enough but I did not wanted to hurt you directly because I am your best friend, nothing else, you weren’t doing anything bad, just being social and flirting. Abby told me she find me attractive and ¡Bang! Match made in hell, it was perfect, because I knew how much pain you’d feel and it would be equal at mine.”

“So it was intentional? You wanted to hurt me?” She let go of your hand looking at your eyes.

“No! Well, yeah, I didn’t realized how dumb I was being but with you and Dina getting to know each other more, you lying to me to go see her… It was too much. I’ve been with a lot of people in front of you and you’ve never reacted until Abby, so it was the only person that made you protective of me while I tried to get rid of Dina”

You took a deep breath and exhaled softly, nodding slowly. “But this two weeks, I did some thinking, more like mini therapy and I’m ready to be your best friend and stop pushing myself on you on any way and let you be the judge of your love life. I don’t want you out of my life, you’re my everything and if it’s only as a best friend that I can be, I am ready and I know that I hurt you and that is going to be difficult to trust me again but I hope we can reconnect slowly again”

Ellie felt kind of guilty knowing that she neglected your feelings and kind of made you that way, she could’ve rejected you sooner… or accept you sooner, anyway what was done was done.

“I- I think that I accept your apologize”

“You think? Is that a yes or no?”

“I don’t know, I have to think about it and it will take time. Even if we start acting like before, my trust on you has been hurt” You nodded. Of course, you were aware of that but how long was she going to take? Also, you just confessed that you love her and she is not going to say anything to that? That made your heart kind of itching, you wanted to scratch it and, in the process, tear it out.

“I understand… Can I hug you?”

“It’s better that you don’t” Oh. Ellie already took out your heart and ate it in front of you “We can start slowly, I can help you studying and let’s go from that”

“Okay”

“You can’t interfere in any of my love life, nor go back to Abby, this time I won’t make you promise that you will, I just hope that you wanting my friendship back is enough to keep you away from her” Your mind was spiralling thinking about how much build up you had to do to rebuild what you had with her. “I’m kind of tired… I’ll go to sleep now, night”

She went to her room an closed the door. You were left alone in the kitchen and still with a little homework unfinished, but you had a new plan in the move, now that you had a green light you could start it.

“I’m going to the 24h store! Be right back” You yelled grabbing your jacket and keys, putting on your shoes and calling Jesse.

.·:*¨༺ ༻¨*:·.

The music of the bar was mostly soft rock and the smell of alcohol and cigarettes was everywhere, you finally saw Jesse playing pool in his red varsity jacket with some guys of the football team.

“Hey, guys!” You said in your cheer tone, making them all smile. “Mind if steal your teammate for some time?”

“All you want, darling”

They started cheering Jesse’s name and patting him on his back as you pulled him out of the bar to the back part of it so no one could catch you talking and interrupt.

“They must be thinking we’re going to fuck or something”

“Ha! In your dreams” You let your back rest on the wall as you look at him taking out a cigarette “Give me one”

He light his up and came in front of you putting on in your lips and connecting both cigarettes to light up yours, all this keeping eye contact with you before taking a spot besides you, leaning his back on the wall too, that made you and he laughed.

“I’m sure that works like charm with the ladies”

“You can’t imagine” he shrugged “So what was that you wanted to talk about?”

“I will help you with get back with Dina” He started coughing because of heat you said, you raised your eyebrow blowing the smoke on his direction.

“What? Why? Is this one of your crazy plans?

Your relationship with Jesse was more of a partner in crime than anything, if any of you had this weird planning on something you could count on the other to support and help and he knew of your dying love with Ellie, so he was sure you wanted to help yourself more than help him.

“Don’t you still love her? Why don’t fight for that love back? You guys were cute”

“You used to gag every time you saw us”

“That was before”

“Before what? Before she and Ellie started something?” You nodded shamelessly, you had no problem admitting that you wanted Dina out of the picture ASAP. He stayed in silent for sometime, he was reconsidering the offer, most of your plans never failed and he truly wanted Dina back. “I don’t want to force Dina back in to my arms, I want her to be with me because she wants”

“Duh, my plan won’t work if she don’t want, this has to go smoothly, Ellie has given me second chance but with the agreement that I wouldn’t mess into her love life”

“Yet here you are” he smirked. “You are such a bad best friend”

“That’s why I want to be the girlfriend, now that all the mess with Cat and Abby is out, she doesn’t have to evade me in that aspect any more”

“Because you already cheat on her once” You hit her shoulder and he laughs “Don’t get mad at me, get mad at yourself! I’ll do it, but it better work, how much time is it going to take?”

“Some months, we need to let them at least some weeks together and then interfere between them, my friendship with Ellie still is fragile but she adores me too much, we will be back at normal, while that happen…” You flicked the cigarette butt onto the ground and stamped it out, exhaling the last puff. “You have to tighten your friendship with Dina, be more flirty, romantic but not too much that you make her uncomfortable, enough to make her remember how good your relationship was”

“And what are you going to do?”

“Be the friend Ellie deserves and helping her through the hard times” you take out your phone to call an Uber to go back home, your job here was done, you just had to wait and have faith that Jesse was going to do a good work.

“You truly are something else” Jesse sighed walking back to the bar and giving you a last look.

“I’m just taking care of my girl”

Meanwhile, Ellie was at home contemplating her ceiling and thinking that maybe this time everything was going to be easy and that maybe this was a small bump that your friendship had to overcome to become stronger. She was so weak when it came about you, she tried so hard to stay at Dina’s but she was sometimes searching for you on campus without realizing that, sometimes it seem as if you were the one that started the cold war. How wrong was she about it…

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Study Date

Wanda Maximoff x Nerd!Reader (High School AU)

Dating the most popular young witch at Avengers High hasn’t impacted your grades too much. You went from an A+ to just an A. Meanwhile for Wanda, her grades have been going only up.

She credits her new GPA with all the study dates that you and her do every Friday night. Study being a loose word.

Tonight is one such night. You walk over to Wanda’s house. Pietro greets you at the door. He laughs.

“Good luck” he says before heading out the door.

You head into the living room to see Wanda having decorated the place with snacks, sodas, and even a comfy two person Snuggie.

“Hello detka” Wanda smiles at you while hiding herself under the snuggie. “Are you ready for our study date?”

“I’m always ready to spend time with you” you smile as you drop your backpack and take your spot next to her, under the Snuggie.

"Okay" you try to say, "So from what you told me, you have a big trigonometry test coming up and i thought I could illustrate it to thru-"

Wanda silences you with a kiss, "I know trig well, detka. I just want time with you"

She curls into your side and turns on a movie. Your arms wrap instinctively around her. Wanda sighs against your chest.

“So what we’re we going to study tonight?” Wanda asks you with a little flirt in her voice.

“Astronomy” you answer back.

“But neither of us have that class” she giggles back.

“I know” you get up from the couch and guide her out to the front lawn.

Wanda’s house always sat on a nice hillside overlooking your city. It always gave the best views.

You walk over to your car and pull out the loveseat lawn chair.

Wanda holds the Snuggie to her chest as you set up the chair.

The sun was just beginning to set. You sat down and Wanda settled into your arms again.

“Quite a view, Hufflepuff” she smiles as she curls into your side.

“Just wait” you smile back.

The stars begin to twinkle in the night sky. You begin naming off each and every constellation to your girlfriend. She hums, just clinging to your every word and to you.

“But I got a little surprise for you” you whisper. Wanda perks up.

“For me?” She giggles.

You point up to two unique little stars in the sky. The end points on the stars appear to touch one another.

“Those two stars are brand new in our sky” you explain. “I discovered them last week”

“What? Really?”

You nod, “and for that, I got to name them.” You pull out a piece of paper, official star naming documents. “I named them Slytherin and Hufflepuff”

“You named a star after me?” Wanda giggles as she asks.

“I could’ve gotten you a necklace but those stars, like my love for you, will burn forever and ever”

“And they’ll hold hands til the end of time” Wanda kisses your cheek and then your lips. She pulls herself as tight as she can to you.

“I love you” she whispers against your lips.

“I love you” you whisper back.

“Now take me inside to the couch.” Wanda playfully commands you, “we got a bit more studying to do” she winks.

Wanda Maximoff, your love for each other will outlast time itself.

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03 — a ride? already?

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*note: it's a bit dialogue heavy

“Alright! So that's basically the end of our script.” YN excitedly says as she sips her beverage. Atsumu scans the script they've finished before answering with a simple, “yep…”

Atsumu had noticed the plethora of stickers on YN’s laptop. It had Sanrio stickers, random stickers with no particular branding, and even stickers from popular cartoons. Her laptop wasn't even a laptop anymore, it was a huge hunk of electronic with the purpose of displaying her stickers collection.

But the sticker he would see a lot more were stickers of anime characters. There were chibi ones and really cool art of them. Atsumu couldn't help but let his mouth run.

He drank a mouthful of his beverage before speaking, “what’s will all the stickers on yer laptop?” He immediately spoke again, noticing the tone of his voice. “Where’d ya get them? They're cute.” He gives her a small smile.

YN, who was taken aback by his first comment can only grin, “ah… I got them from various shops around town. I could show you a few! There's even these volleyball stickers I think you would like.” She replied as she’s tidying up her stuff.

“I’d love to!” Atsumu enthusiastically replies, inching his face closer to hers. YN gives him her sweet angel-like smile in return. “Oh by the way, what’d you take to get here?”

Atsumu took a second to respond, “I walked…”

“Eh?” YN was dumbfounded. It was a sixty minute walk from campus to here.

Volleyball athletes are scary…

YN zipped up her backpack, “hey… how about I drop you off?” She glanced at him, unconsciously observing his expression.

Atsumu widened his eyes, “like— as in, I'm going to ride yer motorbike…?”

“Do you know…how to ride a motorbike…?” YN blinked. Was this guy trying to be funny?

“No…! Uh—.. You'd really do that?“ Atsumu took a tiny gulp of his drink. “Yeah, of course! I really don't mind.”

Atsumu felt like a thousand cupids had shot his poor little heart. It was beating like crazy!

He stood up, “well… I'm ready when you are!” He genuinely smiles at her.

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We need to make Steve Harrington less like cardboard. I am going to ramble, please bear with me. Listen if you want.

He had weird jock habits before. Wakes up at the ass-crack of dawn, goes on a three mile jog, lifts weights in his bedroom. Eats his "normal" breakfast which is like crazy: like four eggs, six pieces of bacon, some raspberries, maybe carrots, a full glass of milk, black coffee, four pieces of toast. He's gotta keep his energy up, y'know. Goes to school with a huge fucking backpack, a gallon sized jug of water, he carries around all of his textbooks because it's like a mini workout for him. Sometimes in lulls of classes or between periods, you'll find him talking to his group of friends, but he's actively stretching/doing yoga—his friends don't even acknowledge it because it just always happens. He eats the exact same lunch everyday: rice, chicken, broccoli, a banana, and a milk from the school. (Dude would love milk. Trust.) He'll do like two more workouts in his day: once in gym, and then whatever sport practice he has (basketball in the winter, swim in the spring, maybe a bit of football/soccer and baseball right before summer hits).

His music taste isn't crazy eclectic, but it's still tasteful. He loves Queen, loves Bruce Springsteen, loves TOTO. He's into the radio hits rock (which is classic now), but his favorite song (so I've heard in relation to the show) is "Hammer To Fall" by Queen—a song that wasn't widely popular on the radio. Yeah, he also likes Elvis; can make a reference when he needs to. But he does enjoy music. And, sure, yeah—he does like pop music; maybe that does include Madonna. And—listen to me—my stepdad, a guy who loves punk and metal and shit like that, he loves Madonna and Wham and George Michael on his own; because that's what was on the radio, he even owned some of these artists albums; it's not that strange for somebody like Steve to also like these artists. Though, they may not be his immediate go-to.

He takes good care of himself; appearance wise. His hairspray is Farrah Fawcett, but it's a product he picked up most likely from his mother. He styles it on his own, right after he works out in the morning. He probably knows how to iron his clothes; considering he wears things like chinos and polos, those things need to look nice and crisp for the babes (and non-babes alike). I wouldn't be surprised if he has a signature scent—like maybe...Calvin Klein's Obsession? Considering his family's tax bracket (that house is insane), he'd probably use high-end salon level hair products. He's using name brand detergents on his clothes.

And, yeah, I'm not sure if he's still living with his parents post season 3, but I think it's safe to maybe assume so���I feel like his parents are more caring about their only son than we give them credit for; his mom seems like a caring mother, as evident with the call she shares with Karen Wheeler, it seems like she'd usually be somebody to know Steve's whereabouts, that sort of thing. His dad is probably the most strict of his parents and has high expectations that Steve fails to meet. Because the high expectations are high. And maybe Steve didn't care too much about school, maybe enough to pass and still make all the teams he wants, but not enough to get him a scholarship. And, honestly, he was probably not a top-tier athlete at Hawkins High; maybe great, but not pristine. Hence why he had to actually try to make it into college, his entry wasn't guaranteed. And when he got rejection letters, probably including rejections for scholarships, his parents most likely denied to pay for him to go through schooling. And if he really wanted to go, he'd have to take out loans or something.

He probably gets Sports Illustrated and Rolling Stone magazines in his mailbox. He smokes Marlboros, the high-end cigarette. He keeps his pantry stocked with name brand snacks; Pringles, for example. Probably tries to cater to those around him, as that's what he saw his parents do for guests. He's not a terribly selfish person at all, despite having douchebag attached to his name. He probably was very flippant about the way he cared about things, he laughed at bad jokes, and snarked his way through Hawkins High. He very rarely threatened violence—my guess, considering he's a shit fist fighter.

The way his parents' marriage is going probably affects his view on love, too. He wants something better than what his parents offer to each other. He wants a true love, fairytale sort of thing. Steve probably thinks that he'll sense some amount of clarity with whoever he gets along with. He's probably a big dreamer. Probably lonely. Wants six kids, a wide and sprawling family because then, at least, he'll have people to always take care of (to prove he is not his parents), and people who (hopefully) will always care about him. He wants a lot with whoever he falls in love with (Nancy or somebody else). But not a lot in material terms; he wants a lot of love, he wants warmth, he wants constant and sweet attention. He wants love. Not whatever bullshit his parents had; and he tries really hard to not be that bullshit, but knows he still fails anyway. He doesn't want quick things, despite constantly dating or hooking up, he wants something to last—though, nothing lasts. That's why he probably leans a lot on Robin, she has a sort of platonic love to him that he shares for her; that platonic love is probably the first time he felt like he had something to cling onto because it wasn't going to just leave or find fault. He didn't lose with Robin because they just got each other in a way he doesn't know how to replicate with anybody else.

With work, he's not sure what he wants. He wants something that keeps his interest, but nothing really has. He seems really in tune with sports, history, and literature—as there have been several attempts of his to make connections to these topics showcased on screen. (Although, admittedly, those references kind of fall short.) He doesn't enjoy work like Family Video, but he finds it easy enough that it becomes a mechanical, mundane task that he can complete without thought. I think, also, due to his interest in sports, he most likely has a vague interest in statistics or math—I think he's accidentally really good with math, but refuses to acknowledge that because he hated math in school. But he has a knack for it, no matter how hard he denies. He's probably also wicked good at working on cars. His Beemer has been through a lot and I think he doesn't trust anybody else to work on his car, so he learns to do it himself, and with the guidance of his dad.

Despite complaining about being the party's babysitter, he quite likes it. Likes being the nurturing older brother that he never had. I feel like he'd maybe get a little bit insecure about it from time to time, though. Maybe he'd feel like he's not doing enough for them to consider him that way. Maybe he'd feel like he's doing too much and forcing his way into their lives. I think, if Max's letter ever comes up again, he'd let those insecurities fall away—I truly feel like she considers him an older brother figure, a real one, a good one. I think he'd cry over it, honestly.

I think he does cry quite a bit. Just not around other people. So it seems like he's sort of constipated in his emotions. But, realistically, he doesn't allow himself that chance to crack until he's in the safety of his bedroom. Because, honestly, I feel like despite the "ugliness" to his oddball room, he finds a sort of sanctuary in it. That's where his things are. That's where his smell is. That's his safe space.

And on the topic of his room, I think he definitely helped pick out 90% of the stuff he has. His wallpaper and curtains match because he looked inside the catalog his mom presented to him one day, and he likes things to match—so that's what he picked. (His mom bit back a sigh and tried to keep her expression neutral. She thinks it was an awful pick, but whatever her baby wants.) His dad sometimes takes him on day trips, and once when he was a kid (maybe middle school age, maybe even as a freshman), they went into some interior decorating store or something and he saw the car picture and knew he had to have it, so his dad bought it. (It jumpstarted one of a few interests they share: Cars.) The bedding was his choice. The mattress and bed frame were not. Everything else in his room was his pick. The bowling pin came from a birthday party when he was a kid, he won it at the prize counter in the little arcade area of their local bowling alley.

He's friends with whoever will spare him the attention he craves. Whoever will laugh at his jokes. Whoever will agree with the stupid shit he wants to do. Whoever will chant as he shotguns another beer.

He drinks and smokes because of Tommy. Steve and his dad had a big argument or something before his dad left for some business conference. So Tommy says they should get into his dad's alcohol and find somebody to sell them cigarettes as a way to rebel. Steve thinks he's being soooo cool (he's being lame). Next thing he knows, he's got a cigarette craving and knows how to shotgun a beer a little too well.

The pocket knife he uses on the beer cans is a gift he got from his dad, probably. One that he received as a birthday present for his 15th or something. His dad probably said something stupid like, "Every man needs a good knife. Never know when you'll need one." It's got Steve's initials carved into it and everything. In hindsight, it's pretty cool and it's custom to him—it's one of the only significant and caring gifts his dad ever gave him.

He doesn't cook like amazingly, but well enough that he could survive living on his own in an apartment. He likes spaghetti bolognese. And macaroni and cheese. He knows how to make a fire meatloaf. Could probably perfect rice and chicken in a heartbeat. But he does sort of rotate the same meals over and over because he procrastinates learning new things sometimes.

He's not stupid, he just takes a little longer to process all the information he's given. And on top of that, he needs the opportunity to ask questions so he can fully understand. He only feels stupid when he's denied the chance. And denied the opportunity to explain or connect. (Connecting like you would when taking margin notes in an article—Cornell style if you know what I mean. Like maybe some of the text reminds you of something in your real life, so you understand the text better by making that connection. That's how Steve connects to things.) So, yeah, I think he's probably a little bruised whenever somebody—yes, even his close buddy Dustin—walks all over him and treats him like a child when it comes to things unknown to him; especially shit that's D&D or Upside Down related, he doesn't know what's happening, but he'd like to know.

Lastly, and then I'll stop talking in your face, I think he would have the most off-putting, morbid sense of humor after surviving the Upside Down. Like sometimes he makes too strong eye contact and makes some crazy fucked up joke at you and then you just shut down. Like it's hard for him to get laughter sometimes because he'll just say odd shit. And then eventually, when people are done being stunned around him, they're like nervous giggling. All the while thinking, "Jesus fucking Christ, Steve. What the hell." He still feels accomplished even when the laugh is barely a sound, he laughs the hardest at his own morbid jokes. Robin, Nancy, Eddie, and even Jonathan think he needs some serious therapy; clock's ticking, might be time to get on that.

But uhhh, yeah. Steve needs to be more than a stiff board of cardboard, we need to do him justice because the duffers sure as hell won't.

[timeskip]

IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO BELIEVE I'M NORMAL ABOUT MY INTERESTS WHEN I'M INTO OBSCURE THINGS. When I'm into obscure things I simply spend all my time deep diving for more people's thoughts which is a special brand of insanity, but at least I don't have the constant threat of the thing I love being unexpectedly mentioned in a youtube video making me have to pause it because I got too excited, or that people I know irl might actually know about it. I had to see someone in the same dorm as me have a Gon pin on their backpack last year. Do you know what that does to me. How am I supposed to be normal in that situation. I don't want to be into popular media I want to be that guy who's like "aha yeah I just like VNs more than other video games" and nobody listens to me

[rainbowsky]

hi rainbowsky, love your blog and your very articulate and sane view of things. It’s been very calming and comforting when there’s so much noise (and hate) in the world. So, thank you!

Curious your take on wyb wearing a bandana hanging from his left belt hook, at the Shu Uemura event today. And not a designer bandana, like the Chanel one he had on his backpack on recent trip to Japan.

I immediately thought of 1970s San Francisco gay culture, men would signal their orientation by hanging them from left side, right side, back pocket (L/R). Not thinking too much about color significance since red is Shu Uemura’s brand color. I don’t know anything about the new ad campaign he’s doing with them, but 1970 and 1971 were on 2 posters behind where he was seated.

It just flashed on me so I’d thought I’d ask. 🧐 🤡

Hi Hellopedey! Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying my blog! 😊

Inquiring minds want to know: is DD trying to signal to the world that he wants to stick his fist up their ass for Shu Uemura?

You aren't the only person to take note of this. I've seen people mentioning hanky code in the tags of reblogs of my post of the photos from that event, and I've seen people talking about it on Twitter, too. It's become quite a topic since the event.

This is a question that has come up a few times in the past, but alas - it's often impossible to find old posts on Tumblr, so rather than being able to point to my previous post about it I will just re-answer.

Fake, fan fiction, CPN.

Long story short: I don't believe for one hot second that DD is using hanky code. There are a lot of reasons I feel this way, and I'll get to that in a minute, but the number one thing I want to bring home for people is that:

Everyone is allowed to wear hankies without assumptions being made about their sexual activity/preferences.

Including you, Hellopedey, and every other reader. Maybe that's not as much of a relief to some readers as it would be to those who happen to be queer and heavily sexualized by others, but it should take a load off some minds. 😅

You know that old saying, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar*?" Well, sometimes a hanky is just a hanky. I'd go so far as to say that a hanky is almost always just a hanky. Even if worn by a gay man.

*Incorrectly attributed to Freud, the origin of that quote is actually unknown.

Here are just a few reasons it's obvious to me DD isn't signalling (and I can't believe I have to say this, because it seems obvious to me):

Location, location, location. Please remember that hanky code is used when people are looking for sex. DD is at a brand event. He's not looking for sex.

His outfit is likely put together by a stylist, and that stylist is unlikely to be trying to hook him up with people for sex.

Hanky code isn't much of a Thing with young people these days. There's no need for it, since now all anyone needs to do to hook up with someone based on preferences is tick off a few boxes on Grindr or other apps (even in China).

Hanky code is pretty Western-centric. It's unclear whether it's even used in China.

As was discussed in the notes, bandanas are popular in hip hop fashion and in other fashion styles DD often wears.

Hankies are a very widely/wildly popular fashion accessory worn by people from all walks of life. Both GG and DD have worn hankies a lot, including for their fabulous Happy Camp dance, and in this context, it really is just a fashion accessory.

I'm going to say this as gently as possible, because I get it that people are just being clueless and oblivious, and that they don't intend to offend, but it really tweaks something in me as a gay person that so many fans are casually willing to make the assumption that DD is sexually signalling at work.

This goes back to the whole oversexualization in the fandom thing that I often lament.

I think fans - especially turtles - get so used to scrutinizing everything for signs and signals of GG and DD's sexual and romantic proclivities that common sense and GGDD's basic humanity are often overlooked. Fans could also stand to do a bit more to reflect on how their behavior and attitudes might (unintentionally) come across as offensive and homophobic* to queer people.

*Not saying this is where you were coming from, Hellopedey, but I hope all fans will reflect on it.

Please read this post for more info on that, because it's important.

PS] For those looking for something salacious about GG and DD, how about checking out the lyrics for the song they danced together to on Happy Camp? That's a pretty racy song for a couple of 'straight' guys to be dancing together to. 😅

[beautifullache]

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Two names under a heart shaped umbrella

Rating: T

Fandom:The Walking Dead (TV)

Relationships: Daryl Dixon/Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon & Merle DixonCharacters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon, Merle Dixon

Summary:

Daryl shares his new umbrella with Carol.

Notes:

Inspired by the idea of "Aiaigasa" or the gesture of sharing an umbrella with the girl you like. English is not my first language and all mistakes are mine and only mine!

Daryl is fifteen and he own a brand-new umbrella. It’s his birthday gift from Merle, the only gift he got, really. And Merle probably bought it at the side of the road while getting off from work just a few hours before coming home for his brother’s birthday.

Daryl is newly fifteen, he didn’t get a cake, a party or even a hug. His classmates didn’t care enough to disrupt a class to sing him a happy birthday either. But Merle saw some guy selling umbrellas at the side of the road, saw this medium sized black one with a matching cover sleeve and thought of his taciturn baby brother. That’s a good thing, Daryl thinks. It’s enough.

He takes the umbrella everywhere these days, since it’s been raining all month in weird intervals. It’s easy because it isn’t big, just the right size to hoist at the side of his raggedy backpack and light enough to leave lying by the fire every night to get it nice and dry every morning.

Not everyone is as prepared as he is, though. Not everyone makes sure to have their umbrella with them, or to bring extra money for the bus or to make sure not to spend it all on stupid shit just to have money around if they need it instead of if they want it.

Daryl is fifteen and happy to, not only have his umbrella with him to walk to the bus station, but also to have change on his pocket to catch a bus home when he sees Carol Manson looking up at the sky with worried, big blue eyes.

Carol Manson is not exactly popular, not enough for Daryl to know her name even though she’s one year ahead of him. But she’s the prettiest girl on school if you were to ask him.

She has this this head full of copper wild curls that are never styled, just a mess over her head that she sometimes tries to tame on something that sometimes give the semblance of a messy bun. Today, she even has this cute, red headband trying to hold it back in place.

She’s tall and willow, taller than him, at least for now, Daryl silently wishes.

For now, the youngest of the Dixon is this small, scrawny boy who, under different circumstances would never ever dream of talking with such a pretty, not to mention, older, girl. But she’s wearing nothing but a blue plaid shirt over a white string shirt, her long, trembling legs covered by nothing but a dark red, mini skirt paired with, at least, a good set of warm looking, black boots.

She has a book over her head, and every so often, looks up at the sky like willing it to stop the constant fall of rain that descends from up high like a curtain of water threatening to completely drown the poor girl.

Gripping the handle of his black umbrella and gulping loudly, Daryl walks up to her. “Hi.” He rasps, barely. “Do you want to share my umbrella?” She doesn’t respond, just looks at him with curious, blue eyes, wide open in surprise. “Just until the bus station, at least,” he ventures finally.

At his hesitant tone, she smiles warmly. Bold hands reaching for his arm and hugging it close. The barely there pillow of her breast against his bicep making the younger boy blush like a tomato. “You’re so sweet!” She gushes, in a tone of voice Daryl has never heard coming from any girl, at least not directed at him. “Please,” she follows, “at least until the bus stop.”

The walk is a pleasant one, the bus stop far enough that Daryl is able to enjoy a long, peaceful walk with the cutest girl in school. Even if he can’t ignore the knowing gazes of his classmates at the sight of dirty Dixon walking home from school, dry and comfy, with a cute girl hanging off his arm.

“You’re Daryl. Right?” Carol finally breaks the silence. “Daryl Dixon?”

Carefully and suddenly apprehensive, Daryl mumbles a quiet, “Yeah. What about it?”

“Just making conversation,” she beams, not at all bothered by his sudden sullen attitude. “I’m Carol Mason, by the way. I’m one year ahead of you.”

“I know.” He answers, maybe too quickly for it to be proper, but Carol doesn’t look creeped out, instead, she holds his arm even closer to her body. The force of her long arms, forcing him to stumble dangerously.

“Really?!” She almost screams, her voice a high-pitched little thing. “Daryl Dixon did you notice me before this? Did you ask about me?” Her tone of voice makes it sound scandalous, like she would be clutching her pearls if she had some around her neck, but she doesn’t look mad. Instead, she looks almost giddy.

“Just asked around,” he confesses, kicking at the small puddles under his feet. “Don’t mean anything.”

“Whatever,” she concedes as they arrive at the bus stop. “I’ve been asking around too.” She explains, letting go of his arm and allowing him to close his umbrella while he carefully sheaths it on its cover and hoist it up to his backpack. “Just remember, I liked you first.”

She’s bold enough to wink at him and kiss him on the check in thanks before taking her bus. Enough to leave him wanting for more despite the mocking looks he gets from both of their classmates.

-

Back at home, Merle opens two beer bottles for the both of them when Daryl tells him about it. A kiss is a kiss even if it’s nothing but a peck, specially when it comes to his shy, barely verbal, baby brother.

Merle gave up about Daryl following on his footsteps a long time ago, there’s no way that his brother will lose his virginity any time soon. By Daryl’s standards, a kiss on the cheek might be as far as he will get in a long time.

“A lot of guys were making fun of us, though.” He grumbles, taking a long sip of his beer.

“Fuck them, little brother.” The older man crows loudly, opening another beer and munching on a salted piece of deer jerky. “You got yourself a little piece off ass hanging off your arm and even got a little kiss off it. I say you make sure to cash on it as long as you’re able to. Make sure you get that on the regular.”

Merle sounds pleased, almost proud. A rare sight when it comes to his little brother. The sweet one who's never "man enough" to introduce to his friends.

“Yeah.” Daryl agrees just to placate his brother. “I’ll make sure to do that.”

At this, Merle offers him a smoke, proudly lighting it up for him. His eyes bright blue, happy and inebriated, all at the same time.

-

The next day, a lot more people than he ever talked to in the last year want to speak to him; Girls are suddenly interested on the dirty redneck and boys want him on their football games all of sudden. Daryl is not at all interested and his surly attitude quickly turn off any flames he might have ignited yesterday when everyone saw him walking closely with a cute, older girl.

Daryl doesn’t care, he’s not interested. Not in them, anyway.

He’s interested on red, wild curls contrasting with the summer rain painting the Georgia sky a pale grey; On tin lips, adorned with bright pink lipstick wide open on a dazzling smile when she sees him waiting on her with his black umbrella.

He’s definitely interested on the warm feeling as she reaches out to embrace him, on the smell of her shampoo as she gets close enough to kiss him on the cheek once again.

Fuck everybody, he thinks when he notices the way her long white skirt flows around long legs, when he sees how her face is framed by two, twin heart clips keeping her hair away from her lovely, lightly freckled face.

“Hi,” he smiles, looking up at her, just as star struck as yesterday. “Can I walk you to the bus stop?”

“Walk me home instead?” She asks, boldly.

It’s just after eagerly nodding his agreement, after tensing at the feeling of her hesitantly holding his hand, just after letting her set the course of their walk, that Daryl realizes that he doesn’t know how long it will take to walk her home, that he doesn’t even know where she lives.

Knowing full well that she probably lives pretty far away from the trailer park where he lives, Daryl decides to hold her hand tight, to share his umbrella with her on this rainy summer season.

[xcyaeraa]

Simple (but cool) fashion items I love seeing ⋆.ೃ࿔ 🩰 ˖*༄

One thing I will always mention whenever someone asks me about my interests, one of them is always going to be fashion. I don't specifically recall what made me pique an interest in fashion but I think it's because I've been surrounded by it ever since I gained solid consciousness, my aunt used to make crafts using fabric and stitching, my mom sold batik dresses, and Evie (yes, Evie from Descendants) made me gain a liking for her and how we have the same interests. But even now in the double-digit age I never not think or obsess over fashion, especially now high-end and even more underrated fashion brands have been gaining more attention thanks to global ambassadors and the repetition of the 2000s culture and aesthetic.

Thanks to Pinterest, I have saved many of my favorite-- maybe niche maybe very simple fashion items I'd love to style and see, and I'd figure I'd share some on this post!

Low heels and pumps

Who else has/had an obsession with loafers and Mary Jane pumps? I surely do, matter of fact, I loved these types of shoes that I started wearing (flat) loafers to school! As someone who likes younger styles, I love low heels compared to stilettos when it comes to everyday wearing because you get to look stylishly and somewhat mysterious yet comfortable, I have never personally worn a low heel shoe before, but if I do ever get one, I will wear it every chance I get.

2. Flats

Super (not) fun fact, I got two compliments from my seniors about my loafers! I may be old school, but seeing loafers or even just regular flats being worn in school makes me happy, it's like you have a personality and character that you want to stand out, especially since most of us are more used to chunky sneakers. I find flats, specifically ballet flats super chic and cool, they look comfortable yet stylish.

3. Scarfs

Scarfs look super duper cozy, especially during winter and autumn, they also can look very sophisticated and elegant when worn tightly on the neck, but they can also look very cozy and warm when worn loosely like the ones I refer to in the images. Since I'm going to move to a lot more diverse weather, I'm excited to incorporate these warm and fuzzy fabrics into my outfits!

4. Bags

I love love shoulder bags and messenger bags that you can sling over or on your shoulder, I even think these are more sturdy and practical than backpacks, since I bring heavy books about 4 notebooks on average, I find these types of bag lighter to carry-- sure they may tense your muscles, but I find my father's old and rusty military bag less in risk of breaking. Unlike my 2-year-old backpack that's strap broke (っ °Д °;)っ... Again, I find every person who accessorizes their bags to the max very cool and characteristically deep because I love decorations!

5. Flower-patterned clothes/dresses/skirts

(no comment, just very cute o(*￣▽￣*)o.)

6. Short sleeved hoodies

These are so comfortable omg?!? Because I live in an area where the weather is never arctic cold (or I can't stand long sleeves) but love the premises of a hoodie's hood and zipper I love these short-sleeved hoodies and not just because it's light on the body but also because it looks good and cool even if it's not styled. I believe they were most popular in the 2000s and I rarely see these, so if anyone knows a brand or thrift store, it's very appreciated if you'd hmu!

7. Colored/patterned stockings

I saw someone on tiktok mentioning them, and I also found them very silly and cute, and the good thing is, as long as your stocking matches your outfit's vibe but it's a bit more in-your-face, it'll still blend out with your outfit!

8. Head accessories

I love head accessories so much-- especially as stylish as a beret, I don't know why, but adding small headbands or hairclips just shows a person's aesthetic just by how they're worn. Though I can't really see myself wearing these for a long period of time or else my hair is going to feel trapped...

9. Arm warmers

I saw these a lot in Japan, mostly worn by grandmas who are traveling by bicycle, and I found those so chic and cool, arm warmers are like stylish gloves, they serve the same purpose, but cuter! Especially the ones with mixed designs and colors.

10. Leg warmers

Lastly, leg warmers, surprisingly, they're comfortable to wear even in less chilly weather, they look super cute too! Again, they just look super fluffy and cozy, but outside Japan, I find myself struggling to find good-quality leg warmers ￣へ￣ so if anyone knows any brand that sells these, please lmk!!

impurities - le sserafim

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[elasmobranch-enthusiast]

i have a suggestion for people interested in a relatively cheap aac option. (unfortunately will only work for people with legible handwriting/the ability to write in general)

lcd drawing/writing tablets! the most popular name brand is boogie boards, but they’re pretty expensive for what they are and knock offs do exactly the same thing for half (or even less) of the price. mine was about $11.

this is mine:

it doesn’t speak, it’s basically like a reusable notepad. but if communicating through writing works for you, this is a convenient, lightweight, very practical option. it easily slides into a backpack or bag and could even be worn on some types of lanyards.

i bought mine on amazon. this is the link to mine, but there are many similar ones if you search for “lcd drawing tablet”.

https://www.amazon.com/NEWYES-Doodle-Writing-Kitchen-Kids（Blue/dp/B01IB1HIY0/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=3NZ99Q950TB6R&keywords=newyes%2Blcd%2Bwriting%2Btablet&qid=1688048659&sprefix=newyes%2B%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-3&th=1&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/NEWYES-Doodle-Writing-Kitchen-Kids

edit: i don’t know why the links aren’t working ughh. i’ll try and fix it soon

[angel-maybe-alive]

Harry Potter is a Brand

(long post)

So I never understood why Harry Potter was so popular when I was growing up, being honest I always thought about it as a pretty average book it wasn't very original or groundbreaking, my theory was always that harry Potter popularity was tied to the successful movie franchise it created.

But this explanation wasn't great either, yesterday I watched a video (the consumerist dystopia of harry Potter) and it just explained why Harry Potter was so popular but also why we probably won't have a new harry Potter

Harry Potter is a brand, not a book, but a brand.

To explain this I will use Percy Jackson as an example, Both Percy Jackson and Harry Potter were released close to one another with the same public in mind children and teenagers but despite it's similarities between them Harry Potter went down to history as "THE" 2000s children's book series while Percy was it's less popular cousin for weirder kids, the more of the underground option.

And the reason for that it's because Percy Jackson was not a marketable media.

Think about it what can you sell about Percy Jackson, we have the camp half blood tshirts (single design orange shirts with a pegasus print) the camp bead necklace (leather necklace with normal beads) no parent will be that comfortable buying their kids a imitation of a bronze sword,or knifes, or shields, the only other marketable objects are Percy's pen (described as a normal ballpoint pen) Anabeth's invisibility hat(normal Yankee hat) Luke's winged shoes(converses) and That's pretty much it, of course one could sell specific cabins t-shirts but it's both not book accurate and also there's twelve of them.

Percy Jackson doesn't have symbols like harry Potter does

Now compare this to harry Potter where any object has a magical version, a expensive magical version, they aren't just jelly beans they are magical jelly beans with gross flavors so is also a gimmick toy, the chocolate frogs aren't just chocolate they come with collectibles like a kinderegg, they don't use pen they use feathers, harry don't fly in a average broom it's a special broom with golden letters and a fucked up handle, and wands that can be sold as the most unconfortable to use pens, and potions bottles that can be used to sell perfume, and symbols, the deathly hallows, Harry's scar,the death eaters symbol, they can be used in anything, necklaces prints patches.

And of course the biggest cash cow of them all the houses, special little color coded factions that not only are extremely present in the books but also are a way to express how you want to be perceived, red and gold lions if you want to be perceived as brave, light grey and blue crows for the intelligent ones, black and yellow badgers for the friendly ones and silver and green snakes for the bad boys.

You can put those colors in almost anything and sell it, not just book accurate uniforms scarfs and robes, any piece of clothing in general and shoes, backpacks, bags, Sandals, nail polish, special edition of the books, eyeshadow palettes, school books,planners.

I live in a touristic town, we have a railroad and some palace looking hotels and years ago some guy just make a of brand harry Potter experience, basically middle class kids can pay for a weekend in this hotel that looks like any other hotel in town but because they put around colorful flags, you can arrive via the very old normal looking railroad, and they are separated by the colors and you can participate in cringe quidditch roleplay (running around a field with a broom between your legs) he rips those suckers of hundreds just for the vague idea of Hogwarts houses

And this is the real magic of Harry Potter, while in Percy Jackson magic takes the form of average things for plot reasons and therefore aren't really appealing to sell, in harry Potter average things get a magical expensive version that you can buy for your full harry Potter experience.

And this is also why we will not see something like harry Potter again, even the most popular books these days arent as marketable as harry Potter was, you can seel clothes with symbols of your new series, flags and what not, and maybe action figures but you can't monetize every aspect of it like Rowling did

This of course without talking about the toys, toy wands, brooms, collectable dolls etc

Because Harry Potter is also very family friendly for anyone ages 0 to 100 can have harry Potter merch, house themed baby clothes and full nurseries based on the houses, toys plenty of them, uniforms, fake acceptance letters, wands specific wands, a theme park of consumerist nightmare where you can enjoy fake magical beer and buy plushies of real not magical animals or just the houses animals plushies with scarfs, a wedding/sweet sixteen/quincianera all themed around this book.

Game of thrones made a lot of money with the westeros houses merch but it's mostly clothes for adults they can't seel a lot of toys or children merch based on the murder, incest, rape book series and tv show

Bridgerton have special themed balls and that's it

And with many modern fantasy books focusing on being gritty gloomy and adult they can't also sell as well as Harry Potter did

So at the end of the day Harry Potter was never really a book, it's a marketing strategy, a trendy aesthetic and it's a good one, and it was always supposed to be one.

And this makes me think about the concept of "I can't give up harry Potter" people because it makes me wander do people really miss Harry Potter a pretty average book with not a very original concept (hero's journey+Magic school a thing that was already done+British rich kids boarding school) or do they miss the rush of serotonin of buying and consuming more and more merch about this series about having their whole aesthetic based on those books.

And maybe this is why I personally never felt as connected to harry Potter, and when Rowling fucked up I could so easily drop it, as a broke kid in a third world country harry Potter was a tease to me, like any toy brand it was a torture really, I wanted those things I wanted the wands and the robes and the scarfs and the jelly beans, and I was so jealous of this girl on class who had a personalized hogwarts letter and I couldn't avoid feeling like I would be"less of a fan" because I didn't owned anything Slytherin themed and I never even got to buy the books (read them by the library)

So in the end looking back maybe this was the answer why despite how many other bookish people I knew talked so much about this book when I really sat down to read it, it felt lacking, because once you strip away the Hogwarts roleplay the merch the personalized houses the color coding and the magical world you can buy, the magical world brand.

Harry Potter it's just a average book.

[shadeops21]

Hi, do you by any chance know what kind of backpack VELIKAN uses? By the way, I'm currently doing a cosplay of one of the Mil Sim Shadow company))

This backpack has alluded me ever since starting the guides, and truth be told I think it’s some Chinese brand knockoff of a number of different popular bag designs.

Visually, I would recommend the Condor Outdoors Commuter Pack. It’s the closest kind of shape and size to the pack used in game.

[racheljoyscott]

what type of backpack did rachel have?

The brand was called "Great Land." It was popular in the 90's and sold at Target. They seemed to have gone out of business. There's a bunch of vintage bags being sold on Ebay.

Here's a post with pictures of her backpack, but search 'backpack' on my page for more content!