#rollerskating hashtag

[brookezitting]

Hey friends, If you know me you know that I insist on joy. I insist on having fun. In addition to having a creative practice, I like to drop into my body and get real movement for my best mental health experience. In order to keep myself engaged, I choose things I enjoy doing, and I mix it up regularly. Sure I do my morning 30 min cardio infront of my TV some mornings, but I keep it real by sprinkeling in roller skating, yoga, walking and hiking, and let's not forget racing tiny Bill from one end of the pool to the other. Do WHATEVER you have to do to be ok. For me that looks like different practices. Note I'm not saying mastered skills. Practice: the continuous effort of showing up for a greater long-term outcome. Grab your roller disco skates and let's go!

[theblob1958]

let's all go roller skating together guys. everybuddy head to your local roller rink tonight i'll be the girl in jeans and a black tank top #rollerskating

[le-souriant]

#MusicMonday Review - February 2023

#MusicMonday is the hashtag I've been using for quite a while to share music recommendations from up-and-coming artists. Always fresh, and always different, trying to look for trends before they become one. You can check January's review for more music.

Thank you for flying Indie Airlines. Sit back, relax, and let us take you around the world for a glimpse of what the genre's current state is, with a word from the artists themselves. 🎧

The Optimists – Days Gone By

These are the nights to remember At the end of September Running down to the end of the street Falling over myself tripping over my feet And I walk alone To get back home And the days gone by We'll be forgotten by the end of the night

Our monthly trip begins in the Isle of Wight, England with an Indie Rock song perfect to listen at the break of daylight, after partying all night, as band member Matt explains:

"The track lyrically came to be when we were all experiencing nights out where everything would kick off, fights, drama, and this was happening in late September of 2021. Very quickly Bolton started playing this groove which was the intro, and Jacob very quickly came up with the drums and Aaron with his guitar riffs.

It all came together quite quickly, the only part that took some time was the vocal melodies as we went through quite a few ideas for them."

Shalom – DTAP

you got me dreaming and i can’t control the pace ‘cause i want you with me different time, any place

and i’m not trying to be affected in this way but i want you with me different time, any place

Don't you love the magic that happens when you dream of someone, and you don’t really care the where or when as long as the who is right? Brooklyn-based, South Africa-raised Shalom likes to talk tough, and play it cool too:

"Actually at the first show I ever played my now guitarist played her song ‘wild beast’ and it has the ‘you got me dreaming” lyric. It’s a song about wanting someone and so is dtap — all credits to my girl lizzie [Honey Girl]".

Colour TV – Wherever You Need

Sour grapes last As long as they last

A tourist in your hometown, style ripped from spirit The book of your life would have graffiti in it Wherever you need...

Back in the UK, let's go now to Cornwall for more Indie infatuation, roughly rollerskating in the dust as dusk descends on a love in which to trust:

"It’s more a fiction than firsthand, I was inspired by a play called The History Boys… the idea is that it’s about a boarding school where the student is having a relationship with the teacher (which hasn’t happened to me 😁).

But I didn’t want to make that the only interpretation you could make, that’s just one story you could take from it."

The Rockefeller Frequency – Karma Town

I just come to work for coffee and girls. Please don't question me. I spend all day, my head in the clouds. You don't have to scream it Steve. I need you to be nicer to me. Please don't steal my lunch. I'm not equipped for tragedy, at the best of times.

Coming up next, from Brisbane, Australia, an Indie track about this person that comes around, and goes around causing drama. Just remember, if you struggle with anything, just blame Steve:

"So basically it's about Steve Jobs. 😁 Not much more to say really but by many accounts he wasn't a particularly nice person so I guess this tune has taken that element on board for its main theme."

Gatto Black – Keeper

And I would’ve been your keeper But I guess that’s over now And I would’ve built your confidence But I’m 6 feet underground And I’ll have died for nothing If you don’t learn to love yourself

From Buffalo, NY, we end this month's songs with a Post-Hardcore track that teaches us to be keepers of the love we find, patient and kind:

"When I was very young I lost my mom quite suddenly. Even though I never really knew her, losing her has had an indelible impact on my life and the lives of my closest family members. In a lot of ways this song is me saying to myself the things I wish I could have heard her say to me.

If you’ve ever lost a parent, Keeper is for you. It’s my way of saying that they’re proud of you, and they know that you’re doing the best you can."

Listen to them and much more on the Playlist

@osornios

[ribbonboundthorns]

I went rollerskating behind my old school a couple times this summer

[deceitful-darlings]

Anonymous matchup requests

Yandere/Normal matchups

Personal information hidden for privacy’s sake

I match you with...

3rd Place...

Kalim Al Asim

Kalim is a yandere someone who, when it comes to your faults, wont even register them. Your perceived superiority complex is something that just washes over him, and your insecurities are something that he doesn’t understand and will happily tell you about what an amazing person you are and how you don’t need to think such things about yourself. He’s more than happy to try out your interests too! Though do beware that you aren’t necessarily going to get much of those hobbies done in the way that you want.

One of the hardest things to deal with with having Kalim as your yandere is his inability to register what you’re saying, sure he’ll give you anything you ask for, but the majority of the time if you express a negative view about the way he’s doing something then he’ll just twist your words into something positive. Your love of fashion will nearly always end up with you in something that Kalim specifically likes, you’ll be spending time you were meant to be having fun rollerskating chasing Kalim around trying to get him to stop doing things that could be dangerous, and your moments painting are always being interrupted by him.

While Kalim does want to help you take care of yourself, he’s less likely to push you to be your best. He’s happy for you to stay as you are, if you don’t want to cook, you don’t have to! He’ll have a feast cooked up for you in no time! He’s by your side almost constantly, whether he’s going on a walk, you want to nap, want to eat, he just can’t get enough of spending time with you to the point it can cut others out of your life and remove any time spent alone. But it’s fine, because he loves you, and anytime you’re angry he’ll drown you in gifts!

2nd Place...

Vil Shoenheit

If there’s a yandere that can make sure you look after yourself whether you want to or not, it’s definitely Vil. He began judging you the moment he laid eyes on you, everything from how you hold yourself, to your fashion sense, your makeup if you wear any, the condition of your skin, of your hair, the way you present yourself, he’s got an opinion on all of it. He can see straight through your superiority complex and will break it down piece by piece until you’re honest about the way you think and feel, of course so he can then remould and redirect your thoughts.

At first it may just seem like him being Vil and giving rather blunt suggestions about fashion, which as someone who enjoys that side of things you might not mind, but it soon escalates. He won’t accept laziness from you, so your takeout habit stops now. He’ll have you on a strict routine and noncompliance are punished, your diet, your exercise routine, your clothing and makeup, it’s soon all controlled by him. Everything down to the people you hang out with is micromanaged, for your sake of course.

Did you not say when you were talking with him that sometimes you just wanted someone else to make sure you didn’t let yourself not take care of yourself? You can’t complain now that he’s doing it for you, you look better than ever under his care, your habits are improving, your skills are progressing, your insecurities are being trained away under his guidance, you’re getting what you wanted. He can’t help the fact that the people you had in your life were toxic to your growth, they were hindering you, so forget about them and focus on him.

And in 1st place...

Cater Diamond

Honestly, Cater adored you the moment he set eyes on you, although at that point it was more from the thoughts of having a new Magicam buddy and curiosity. With your unique appearance due to your eye, he’s immediately thinking of all the hashtags he could use and how you could get attention. He has no problem just walking up to you and starting a conversation, and being as good as he is at communicating your meanness doesn’t really bother him all that much, because it doesn’t take long for him to figure out that you just aren’t great with words.

Your love of fashion is one thing you two definitely link over, Cater will absolutely be buying outfits for you to wear, allowing you to experiment with all different styles, as long as he can take pictures of course! He wants to see you look adorable and sexy, and he wants the rest of the world to see it too! It’s the only gift he needs you to give him, and if you ever complain he’ll remind you lightly that it’s all he asks of you, and he’s always there when you need him! Whenever you’re struggling he’s there to encourage you and provide for you, is he really asking too much?

Cater leans heavily into guilting and gaslighting, having grown up with sisters who made him do things he was uncomfortable with, he himself finds himself now doing the same thing in his romantic relationships. He can be unreasonable with requests, his photo shoots can take hours, but if you complain it’s difficult to ignore how disheartened he looks at your refusal. He just wants the world to see how amazing you are to him, is that so bad? Don’t you get that they need to know you’re his?

[meltwonu]

s n a k e     |     e y e s    

pairing; snakehybrid!woozi x female!reader

genre; smut, fluff, angst

synopsis; jihoon hates the sad look that pesky husky-hybrid mingyu gives him every time he steps foot back into the adoption center; hates the way people don’t really care about him and return him when they see fit; and hates the way he has to lug his heavy keyboard back into his old room with it’s bubbly wallpaper. but when you offer to take in the cold hybrid, will he finally warm up?

chapters; [intro] | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 COMPLETE

[snakehybrid!woozi hashtag]

| caffeine |    

pairing; fratboy!wonwoo x female!reader

genre; smut, pwp (*minor plot)

warnings; dom!wonwoo, (*more to come)

synopsis; you’ve seen wonwoo around; the quintessential wire frame glasses and sweater vest tucked into perfectly pressed chino pants were enough to fool most people. but you’ve seen the other side of wonwoo; the dreamy smirks and fox eyes that lure you deeper and deeper between the shelves of the campus library.

chapters; [intro] | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 COMPLETE

[fratboy!wonwoo hashtag]

| good in bed |

pairing; non-idol!chan x reader

genre; fwb, friends to lovers, smut, non-idol au, mild-crack

synopsis; dry spells are a plenty; what’s a girl to do? 😩 call 1(800) LEE - CHAN for details!!

[ i dedicate this verse to

all the good pipe in the moonlight

and the long nights

where we did everything but talk it through

that’s what we do, yeah ]

chapters; [intro] | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 COMPLETE

[fwb!chan hashtag]

| 🍒 CH-CH-CHERRY BOMB! 🍒 |

pairing; dom!seungcheol x camgirl!reader

genre; fluff, smut

synopsis; seungcheol spends half of his paychecks working at the local rollerskating rink on his favorite camgirl, ‘cherry_clouds’. he has to admit, maybe he’s addicted. he even contemplates deleting his account and trying to be ‘normal’ instead of spending all his money on you; showering you with gifts and donations. but when his phone pings ‘cherry_clouds has gone live!’, he can’t help the way his hands shake as he hurriedly opens up your livestream every single time. normal would have to wait.

[hello daddy! hello mom!

i’m your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!

hello world! I’m your wild girl!

i’m your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!]

notes; this is a continuation short(?) fic of the [ seungcheol x camgirl!reader drabble ] I did earlier in the year, so if you haven’t read that yet, please do! technically you don’t need to read it for this to make sense but it’d be much appreciated 💕

chapters; [intro] | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20  COMPLETE

[cherry!cheol hashtag] 

| 🎃 𝕸𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕸𝖆𝖘𝖍 🎃 |

pairing; seventeen x reader

genre; smut, ???

warnings; multi x reader, yandere, violence, paranormal, ???

synopsis; Welcome to Monster Mash! A short Halloween fic collection by me, meltwonu! 💕 Each chapter will contain a standalone fic with various seventeen members and various concepts! Chapter warnings will be a must-read with these fics! Come explore the weird and unusual with the ✨monster fucker anonymous✨ club! 🤪

chapters; [intro] | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 COMPLETE

[monstermash hashtag] 

|     thief | ʇsᴉǝɥ     |

pairing; seventeen x female!reader

genre; smut, heist!au, (*minor plot)

warnings; multi x reader, violence, drugs, ?

synopsis; Working under Jeonghan had it perks. On most days, he was kind and even a little lazy; opting to let you approach certain projects on your own while letting you keep half of the profit. But on the days you royally fuck up are the days that remind you that he’s the one in charge, despite him giving you some semblance of authority.

And the days you end up getting caught in the crossfire of rival parties are the days you really really know you’ve fucked up.

notes; Welcome to thief|heist! A compilation of one-shots set in a heist!au and  inspired by Home;run’s MV, as well as previous drabbles/thirst posts with the idea of heist!svt. I’ve change the plot a little, although the rival parties are all still the same~ You can find the rival parties under the T&H tag I’ve included~! ✨

*chapter warnings will vary.

🐱| 🐰 | 🐶

chapters; [intro] | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - ?

[t|h hashtag] 

〚 💜 𝕕𝕠𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕡 💜 〛

pairing; BTSVT x female!reader

genre; smut, pwp, fluff

synopsis; Welcome to Double Dip! A fic collection of BTSVT threesomes for the caratarmys/armycarats out there 💙💜💗 Each chapter will contain a different set of members(always one BTS member and one SVT member) and will have different chapter warnings so please be sure to read them! 💕

It’s time to indulge at the ice cream parlour with various different flavour combinations! 😌💕

chapters; [intro] | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - ?

[doubledip hashtag] 

| 𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔩 𝔦 𝔪𝔢𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 |

pairing; fratboy!wonwoo x reader

genre; fluff, smut, minor angst

synopsis; In the time that Wonwoo is gone on his semester abroad, you convince yourself you’re okay. He gives you his phone number but rarely even has the time to pick up any calls, much less even send a text message. But when he does, it’s always a ‘sorry, I was sleeping.’ or ‘I’m too tired to do anything right now.’ which leaves you in a weird space, all things considered. But spring semester comes quicker than a blink of an eye and the first glimpse of Wonwoo in the familiar library has the warmth blooming in your chest; just like it was the first time.

[take our time with this one;

let’s just stand and not fall in love.

you can’t win ‘til you lose;

i didn’t know love;

until i met you.]

notes; Hi! Welcome to Until I Met You! A sequel to Caffeine! There will be only 5 chapters to this and it’s moreso of an extended epilogue 💕 In theory, you could read this without having read Caffeine but I don’t think it would make much sense… 😳 If you haven’t read Caffeine yet, you can find it in my series masterlist! 💕 See you soon! ☕️

chapters; [intro] | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 COMPLETE

*chapter warnings will vary.

[uimy hashtag] 

|     𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓 𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒     |

pairing; camboy!seokmin x female!reader

genre; camboy!au, university!au, fluff, smut

synopsis; Seokmin makes ends meet. He attends his university classes from Monday to Thursday, flips burgers at the local diner on Tuesdays and Sundays, and even makes an effort to work at the laundromat down the street taking the quarters out of the machines on Wednesdays after his Theatre class. He’s personable to everyone that knows him - all smiles and intoxicating laughs when he brings in two dozen donuts to his early morning History of Theatre lecture. But the extra vocal lessons Seokmin wants ends up being more expensive than he thinks, so he decides it’s time to try something new.

[ i bought a ticket to your show; did you see me? did you know?

i was standing in the back row; with the lights down low. ]

chapters; [intro] | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - ?

*chapter warnings will vary.

✦ 👻  𝕸𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕸𝖆𝖘𝖍 SEASON 2 👻 ✦

pairing; seventeen x reader

genre; smut, ???

warnings; multi x reader, yandere, violence, paranormal, aliens, warlocks, witches, vampires, ???

synopsis; Welcome monster fuckers and ghoul-y ghouls to Monster Mash SEASON 2! A short Halloween fic series by me, meltwonu! Each chapter will be a standalone fic with various members of seventeen and various spooky-ooky concepts! Chapter warnings will be important for these fics! 😈💕

✧  a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. that’s the signpost up ahead - your next stop, Monster Mash! ✧

chapters; [intro] | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 COMPLETE

[lexgurst]

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If I die tonight, it's because I skated on polished concrete for the first time in yeeeears #donthatejustskate #rollerskating #rollerderby #lvrd #hashtag #anintimatelookupmynose

[rollerblading-is-for-everyone]

Crew Spotlights: Queer Skate Alliance, Blade Ladies & Roll.her United

Thanks to organizations like Queer Skate Alliance, Blade Ladies, and Roll.her United, the women’s, queer, and nonbinary rollerblading / rollerskating movements are stronger than ever. This post will offer a quick description of each group, with links to learn more and get involved. 

Queer Skate Alliance: “Empowering queer folk of all backgrounds who currently establish and evolve the experience of being a queer-identified skater,” the Queer Skate Alliance welcomes queer rollerskaters of all backgrounds and does important mutual aid work for vulnerable communities. 

Blade Ladies: Though women (or “Bladies,” if you prefer) have been killing it on rollerblades since the earliest days of this sport — seriously, check out Fabiola da Silva, Fallon Heffernan, and Kaya Turski if you’re not familiar — women’s representation in blading has soared in recent years, brought on in part by the rise of rollerskating influencers on IG and TikTok and by a recent renewed interest in rollerskating. The term “Bladies” now refers to both a popular hashtag and a meaningful movement for increased female representation in rollerblading. 

Roll.her United: A nonprofit organization “uniting female rolling action sports,” Roll.her United hosts competitions and skate sessions for women rollers and releases original video sections from women rollerbladers and skaters. 

With skaters like Mery Muñoz, Chynna Weierstall, and Chihiro Azuma at the helm, the future of women’s rollerblading is bright. We’re here for it. 

[Image Credit: Bladies logo taken from http://www.thebladies.com/]

[artstyle-chameleon]

[B]❎Please DO NOT repost, trace, or copy my art, without my explicit permission and proper credit, thank you❎

I Know the resolution is bad, trust me I'm aware. Also I know the whole Vaporwave thingy is for non cannon characters, but I really wanted to draw THE CANNON SPINEL rollerskating with a dope jacket.

I hope you like, it took literally all day today and afternoon yesterday.... Fun lol

I hope you guys like, I won't be including the Vaporwave hashtags in this post, because like I said its for ocs only kinda shpeal lol.

Also background was drawn by me~

[anakinskyiwalker]

i was tagged by @drunklili & @romaanovas (thank you lili & harls 🥰) to answer the following 73 questions!

my answers are under the cut!!

on a scale of 1-10, how excited are you about life right now? about a 5 bc i have finals in less than a week 🥴

describe yourself in a hashtag? #stressed

if you could do a love scene with anyone, who would it be? timothée chalamet ofc

if your life was a musical, what would the marquee say? blonde

what’s one thing people don’t know about you? i’ve never broken a bone!

what’s your wake up ritual? i lay in bed for about 30 mins on my phone and then i get up and put in contacts, brush my teeth and go get breakfast

what’s your go to bed ritual? i take off my makeup and again lay in bed for about 30-45 mins on my phone before i go to sleep

what’s your favorite time of day? dusk

your go to for having a good laugh? i’ll rewatch old funny youtube videos i love

dream country to visit? i’ve always wanted to visit australia!

what’s the biggest surprise you’ve ever had? getting my car :’)

heels or flats/sneakers? flats/sneakers for everyday wear but i looove heels in general

vintage or new? both!

who do you want to write your obituary? ryan bergara lol

style icon? ashley from bestdressed on youtube!!

what are three things you cannot live without? my phone, books and movies

what’s one ingredient you put in everything? if it works with the dish, cinnamon or vanilla

what 3 people living or dead would you want to make dinner for? timothée chalamet, audrey hepburn and james dean

what’s your biggest fear in life? dying 😬 which is inevitable so Yikes ™

window or aisle seat? window! :)

what’s your current tv obsession? brooklyn nine-nine

favorite app? my social medias

secret talent? i don’t think i have one

most adventurous thing you’ve ever done in your life? parasailing!

how would you define yourself in three words? kind, talkative, romantic

favorite piece of clothing you own? any of my dresses

a must have clothing item that everyone should have? a denim jacket! bonus points if it’s oversized

a superpower you would want? reading minds would be cool! or to teleport- it would make things so convenient lol

what’s inspiring you in life right now? nothing in particular atm!

best piece of advice you’ve received? if it won’t impact you for the next 5 years, don’t spend more than 5 minutes worrying about it

best advice you’d give your teenage self? have some more confidence!

a book everyone should read? the harry potter series

what would you like to be remembered for? my kindness

how do you define beauty? obviously outer beauty is dependent on personal aesthetics but true inner beauty comes from being a good, kindhearted person :)

what do you love most about your body? i love my eye color 🥰

best way to take a rest/decompress? take a nice hot bubble bath ☺️

favorite place to view art? in museums or galleries

if your life was a song, what would the title be? i have no idea lol

if you could master one instrument, what would it be? the piano for sure!! i wish i knew how to play it

if you had a tattoo, where would it be? my inner wrist

dolphins or koalas? koalas

what’s your spirit animal? hehe i took a buzzfeed quiz and got shiba inu so i’m going with that

best gift you’ve ever received? ok this is going to sound weird but a box of marshmallow charms lmao. basically the story is when i was like 14 i mentioned to my friend that i wanted a box of just lucky charms marshmallows bc lucky charms are my fave and i had seen online that kylie jenner got gifted a box but when i looked to buy some i saw that they don’t actually sell lucky charms brand marshmallow only boxes?? a wasted opportunity if you ask me ANYWAYS i brought this up to my friend one day at lunch and she mentioned she would get me some for my birthday which was like months away at the time. i figured she would forget, but on my birthday i got a box of regular marshmallow charms and a kylie jenner card lmaooo and i was so happy :’)

best gift you’ve given? surprising my grandparents with a trip to LA to meet up with our family members for a few days :)

what’s your favorite board game? ooh the game of life or sorry!

what’s your favorite color? yellow 💛

least favorite color? grey

diamond or pearls? diamonds

drugstore makeup or designer? drugstore makeup

blow-dry or air-dry? both!

pilates or yoga? yoga

coffee or tea? coffee simply for the smell :)

what’s the weirest word in the english language? pulchritudinous- it’s the strangest word to mean beautiful lmao

dark chocolate or milk chocolate? milk chocolate all the way

stairs or elevators? elevators

summer or winter? SUMMER

you are stuck on an island, you can pick one food to eat forever without getting tired of it, what would you eat? nachos babey!

a dessert you don’t like? funnel cake! i can have a bite or two but too much of it makes me feel sick

a skill you’re working on mastering? i’m always looking to better my art skill and whenever i get the chance, i practice learning how to rollerskate bc i’m not that good at it lol

best thing to happen to you today? it’s only 11 am so i’m not sure yet!

worst thing to happen to you today?procrastinating on school work 😐

best compliment you’ve ever received? i’ve been told that my presence is like the sun bc i brighten up the room with my kindness and cheerfulness and i just 🥺🥺🥺

favorite smell? vanilla or lemon

hugs or kisses? both 🥺

if you made a documentary, would it be about? SPACE

last piece of content you consumed that made you cry? rewatching forrest gump

lipstick or lipgloss? lipgloss

sweet or savory? sweet!

girl crush? zendaya, keira knightly, margot robbie, florence pugh, soairse ronan, etc

how do you know your in love? i haven’t been in love before :( so i don’t know

a song you can listen to on repeat? no better by lorde

if you could switch lives with someone for a day, who would it be? someone who’s a part of a royal family i can see what it’s like to be royal for a day lol

what are you most excited for about this time in your life? finishing up school for the semester

tagging: @tinanewt , @panhansolo, @bellamy-blakez, @lucypcvensie, @stvnrgr , @fortiesbucky , @grayson-dick , @avengays , @parkwaylines, @cinderllas, @peter-stank, @gwendolinechristie, @matthewsmurdock, @chloexmorningstar , @ganzeyiii, @wintersoeldiers, @stevebucks , @daredeviil , @jedirey , @mollyweasly , @gomez-michelle, @fnnpoe, @wespers, @louvegoods, @anxieteandbiscuits & anyone else who wants to do this :)

[aahsoka]

So having been on tiktok for a bit I wanna talk a little about it.

What I like

It’s actually rather entertaining to scroll through up to 30 second videos one after the other. Sometimes the humor falls flat or it’s not your taste, but the algorithim is quite good at recommending the kind of content you will like.

I joined right when there was a big trend going around about sharing your culture, and soon after a Blackout trend where non-Black creators stopped posting for a day & spread/supported videos by Black creators. So I ended up with a fairly diverse fyp or “for you page”. It also quickly gathered that I am bisexual, so I get plenty of lgbt+ content. There’s some art mixed in there, some cosplay, some historical costuming/seamstresses, lots of avatar jokes lately, musical theatre content, fashion, girls in bikinis on rollerskates (in outer space), commentary on political issues, body positivity, all the kinds of stuff I like. To get a feed that caters to your interests you just have to watch & like videos you’re interested in & eventually it gets a feel for what you’ll watch and what you won’t.

Theres a trend where people say which ‘side’ of tiktok they’re on and I get ‘science side of tumblr’ flashbacks but I’ve mostly avoided the “straight” and conservative sides of tiktok. I would be considered a part of “woke”, “alt” (as in alternative) and lgbt+ tiktok (there are separate ones for each letter of the acronym). Possibly also “theatre” and “cosplay” tiktok. These categories are nebulous and you’re usually part of multiple communities; its just as arbitray as ‘science side of tumblr’ was.

The format reminds me of snapchat a little, and I love to talk to myself on video & post dumb thirst traps for my friends (none of which I’m attracted to so idk what my goal is there) and make stupid jokes. So this app is kinda perfect for my attention seeking side & hyperactive tendencies. Its very easy to consume on a short attention span, though not as easy as vine was.

Being in quarantine, its a way for a lot of people to engage in hobbies that involve community. Cosplay is pretty popular, as its a fun way to show off a costume & dress up & have fun without having to attend a convention. I enjoy the way lip synced audios can be used to emulate the character someone is dressed as; that’s something you couldn’t really do unless you were really good at impressions. Its a nice succinct way to show the process of creating a cosplay as well.

Those who enjoy theatre, but cannot perform in shows at this time, are able to create mini-monologues & sketches as well as sing parts of their favorite songs. Its an avenue through which to perform without putting anyone at risk of the virus. It’s also an easy way to show off your talents without having to go through the audition process & actually get cast in a show as a prominent enough role that someone will notice it.

It’s a convenient format for discourse and educational videos. Nice, short, easily digestible tidbits that stay in your mind. This extremely catchy song, for example: “Black neighborhoods are overpoliced, so of course they have higher rates of crime, and white perpetrators are undercharged, so of course they have lower rates of crime. And all of those stupid stats you keep using are operating off a small sample size. So, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up”.

As well as other videos where people take the time to explain historical events, satirize racist arguments to demonstrate why they are wrong, talk about prevalent tropes in movies, teach a few signs in ASL, share facts about their culture, etc, etc. I have found there are quite a lot of people there from unique and fairly unknown cultures and backgrounds- and this is a place where they’re able to share their culture & existence with people all over the world. There are a thousand different viewpoints. Their videos are doing far more for diverse representation than any other platform, I’d argue, as everyone is extremely visible on the app. (‘Their’ as in the creators, not the app itself).

I also have enjoyed coming across new artists on the app. It’s really fun to watch the process they go through, as most art videos deal with the whole creation of a piece. It’s inspiring. I have also come across a painter who’s work I’m in love with, and a woman who makes and sells the CUTEST ceramic mugs, and I need to purchase some stuff from them both.

Now onto the bad:

Unfortunately, the app doesn’t have much in the way of a filtering or warning system. I talked about that tiktok of the kids coming across human remains? That was just on people’s fyp. Just popped up. No warning. No reason for it to still be up. Traumatizing.

You can click on a video and say ‘not interested’ (I do this to literally every video I get where some girl is thirsting after kylo ren 🤮..... like I want the star wars videos just not THOSE videos). However, it doesn’t seem to know exactly why you weren’t interested, because I still get those videos from time to time. There’s no content filter where I can blacklist the kylo ren or any other hashtag.

There’s some very shitty content. There are racist conservatives. Misogynistic teen white boys. Really weird thirst traps. Videos where people lip sync to something with a straight face and tag it with #acting. Harmful body image trends. I thankfully stay very clear of this, but this kind of content makes me worry for the minors on the app. The one’s who don’t have enough of a concept of self yet to realize they don’t need to be able to do the newest pointless beauty trend to be beautiful, to realize it’s ok for them to be gay, to realize how predatory some adults can be, etc etc.

It is extremely easy to come across minors on the app who don’t look like teens. One time I went to a girl’s page and it said she was FIFTEEN. I’m usually good at guessing ages but something about this app messes that up. I wish there was a way to separate people under 18 and adults. Where I don’t have minor’s thirst traps popping up on my fyp. Where pedophiles don’t get a chance to curate that fyp intentionally. If anyone reading this has kids, I highly recommend they make their tiktok private or only viewable to friends.

Just like any site, there are plenty of bigots. Lots of racist comments. Plenty of transphobia. Any hatred you’ve seen elsewhere, of course it exists on tiktok. I have actually zero clue if you can report people & if it works. Most people seem to send a video commentary to their haters or duet a video of a racist pointing out their racism. I’ve heard of creators blocking people, however. I remember a tiktok of a Black woman who’s video somehow went fairly viral in Poland and now she gets a lot of racist comments from this large group of random racisf Polish followers she has and its extremely time consuming to block them all, as there’s no mass block feature.

The rumors about what works with the algorithm and doesn’t abound. I’ve heard well lit videos get more views. Many people suspect they have been shadowbanned for speaking out about current events. TikTok will remove the audio from videos sometimes if they deem it controversial enough. Most of us know they were criticized recently for intentionally keeping Black creator’s videos from being seen (a catalyst for the Blackout, actually). Or you may also recall when it was criticized for widely removing lgbt+ content. Those creators are fighting to be seen the same amount as straight cis white creators are allowed to be seen with no effort.

The effects some trends could have on teen girls. So many of them are already so uncomfortable in their own skin simply because of societal standards, but the absolutely meaningless challenges people come up with on tiktok make it so much worse. One trend was based around whether your finger touched your lips when you put it in your nose. Or if you could get your clasped hands around the back of your legs and over your butt (if they get passed, you have a flat ass, if they get stuck, its big). These completely arbitrary signifiers of the things you need to have in order to be pretty, are far more ridiculous that anything I have seen yet in my life. I worry about little girls taking these ideas to heart. There is a very kind body positive community on the app & I hope more people can find that.

There’s also that thing where they steal your data. Like most apps. But apparently they got a lot more invasive than usual, so I would look into it before making an account; if you want to do that.

I think the apps users can be great & its a pretty intuitive set up. It certainly deserves its popularity solely as a creative form of social media. That being said, its owners are so so insidious & do the worst things. Just like all other social media, its controlled by the worst kind of people. Who can never figure out how to effectively get rid of nazis or keep kids safe from adult content.

These are my less serious gripes with the app:

1) Lip syncing

When people lip sync and don’t do any kind of skit, joke, etc, just look as if they’re saying what someone else said; I hate that. I have to go back and find the original tiktok so I can like it instead. You literally did nothing interesting by ripping off someones audio and moving your lips along to it. So many people on this app are creative and so many others lack any semblance of creativity.

Also people are too easily impressed by lip syncing to kinda-fast songs. I lip synced to like....10 seconds of the devil went down to georgia and two people praised my lip syncing abilities. Like, I can also sing and talk fast, out loud, isn’t that more impressive? more skillful? The fiddle playing in that song is impressive, not the fact I can lip sync ‘the devil went down to georgia, he was lookin for a soul to steal, he was in a bind, cause he was way behind.’ Have you ever seen someone play Johnny’s fiddle solo????? It’s insane!!!

Rather than see someone lip sync to the verse in Stressed Out 2x faster than normal (which is, extremely simple and the song was overplayed and ingrained into our collective consciousness) and go WOW what about someone.....doing the verse out loud. You can litterally just mouth random words and look like you’re saying the right ones. It’s driving me crazy lmao. I’m set to become a God of tiktok because I have a repertoire of fast songs and rap verses memorized. It’s not even an uncommon skill to speak or sing quickly, people literally make rap music for a living! Listen to it maybe.

2) “Acting”

I am begging you to stop making me sit through those horrible POVs. I cannot take another girl not quite fake crying towards the camera as she lip syncs the words from a song that apply to the random situation she decided she was in. I cannot take another boy who thinks its sexy to stare into a camera and smirk in every single situation he creates.

Back to lip syncing, making facial expressions along to words isn’t really acting. Try saying the words out loud perhaps? The inflection you use with your lines is a pretty big part of acting. Like you can lip sync all you want, just stop tagging it with #acting.

3) Comedic timing, or lack thereof

You don’t need the entire intro to sit there looking at the camera waiting until the first line starts and you can lip sync to the part that’s the joke. You could cut off at least 15 seconds. Brevity is the soul of wit.

When your joke involves both reading text on screen and listening to the song for the punchline, if it isn’t done prefectly, its so difficult to follow. I can’t read a paragraph in 5 seconds. Paraphrase.

4) self deprecating artist audio

the audio thats like ‘this wont get views’ ‘I suck’ ‘you probably won’t see this anyway’ LOVE YOURSELF

It sucks when people dont enagage with your art but it sucks worse when your value in yourself and you art is based solely on receiving that validation. Please find a healthy medium.

Also you’re asking for pity, and you don’t want that. You want people who genuinely love your art for what it is.

5) editing videos is really hard how do you make such cool & smooth transitions????

please help me I don’t understand

Finally

here’s my account if you’re interested

[mysimsloveaffair]

The Skate Factory

Type: Restaurant

Lot Size: 40X30

Value: $142,590

Created For: Oasis Springs

The Skate Factory was once an abandoned Fish Packing Factory but has been converted to a pizza restaurant and roller skating rink. Includes arcade games, DJ booth, and karaoke machine. No CC, turn on bb.moveobjects cheat!

To download, visit the Sims 4 Gallery: (or get it here)

Origin ID: diego2memphis

Hashtags: #diego2memphis, #oasissprings, #rollerskating, #skating, #pizza, #restaurant, #arcade, #DJ, #karaoke, #seasons, #dineout, #factory

Inspired by: (source - Osborn Models)

[villain-ette]

did you know i have this dress yet? if not, good thing i took a picture #hashtag #hashtag #rollerskates #hashtag

[pearlstua]

“ awh, you guys made me ink! ”

hello everyone its me ur fav dumb bitch! in case that wasn’t clear it’s sunny! click under the cut if u wanna read abt my new child! click like if u wanna plot and i’ll hit up ur ims!

my girl is a ballerina!!!! she can be v proper but...... usually isn’t

can usually be found around town with tad, sheldon, and nemo ( but since they don’t exist yet im uhhhhh gna need some connections! )

she luvs to do hashtag reckless things. nothing 2 reckless tho.

she luvs rollerskating. and gelato. do that w her!

she lives in sydney way!!!!!!!!! im looking at all of u who live there. acknowledge her please. kjdshgfkjdhgfdjkghfdjkgd

from a single parent household. haven’t rly dived deep into why her mom is gone but it’s just her and her dad!!

she luvs to make brownies. she luvs to eat cookies. don’t get it twisted!

she luvs late-night car rides. she just wants to listen to lany with the windows down while the town is quiet

she has no problem w chatting. she luvs talking to all sorts of ppl.

her style???? all over the place. she has different aesthetics on different days. she does believe she can single-handedly bring back bell bottoms tho. and god will she try.

hopefully shes well past the days of making fun of her accident bc i cant make jokes abt that worth shit.

shes confident!!!!!!! she worked on everything when she was in middle school so shes basically all there

but!!!!!! my poor child is a closeted bisexual ( she just has no idea yet ). thats something i wanna explore while writing her sooooooo!!!!!! she’ll get nervous and insecure while dealing w this.

i wish i had more to write here but shes basically ur average girl atm.

this bitch loves looking at the night sky?!?!?! so uhhh go stargazing w her!?!?!?!?

tries to come up w stupid nicknames for everyone so uhmmmm be prepared!

SOME POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS???? i’ve never done this before but IDK

in pearl’s bio she doesn’t rly have any gal pals?????? so uhhhh if u wanna be her gal pal let a girl KNOW!

mayb some ppl who made fun of her in school???????? ppl made jokes abt her accident up until middle school sooooo idk [ shrugs ]

like i said earlier she lives in sydney way so if any neighbors wanna hit us up...... let me know!

idk mayb some exes???? i wrote in her bio shes dated a few boys sooo uh ya! hmu!

i really suck at coming up w connections im better at brainstorming in the moment so if u wanna plot just give me a HEART!!!!!

[patinadoresoficial]

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[lexgurst]

Skat--g, a favorite pastime of mine. #donthatejustskate #rollerskating #signs #hashtag