#see above

[starkid-innit]

Starkid Innit Friendship Bracelets

A PSA to everybody going to starkid innit, after hearing people’s thoughts the consensus on dress codes seems to be wear whatever you want and cosplay is encouraged

However I've also decided I'm going to officially declare project friendship bracelet a GO

(yes we are full on stealing this from the swifties but opportunities for a big UK starkid event don't come around very often and I'm determined to make the most of it)

So hopefully we'll get lots of people making cute (or unhinged) friendship bracelets and we can all share/trade them at the concert and it will all be very cute and please can we actually make this happen?

I'm counting on people to commit to this otherwise I'm going to feel like a right idiot, but it would be fantastic if loads of people got involved!

Also if you could help me to spread the word that'd be fab. I'll do my best but I have made a grand total of 20 tweets and 0 tiktoks in my time lol

Thanks for all your support, I can't wait to see what you all make, and I leave you with this inspiring image of this afternoon's creation:

[kellodrawsalot]

Hi, I hope you're doing well. ❤️ I'm writing to you with a heavy heart and an urgent request for help. My family is in a very danger situation due to the ongoing war, and I've launched a GoFundMe campaign to save them. 😢 Could you please share my campaign post from my profile? Each share could be a lifeline for my family. 🙏 Feel free to share it in any other social media platform if you would like. Our campaign has been verified by operation olive branch, and is entry number 26 on their spreadsheet. From the bottom of my heart I want to thank you in advance for all of your support and kindness.

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[silentmagi]

Shadybug to Xi Wangmu (Reverse Sabine with the Tiger Miraculous): "Don't you ever love me, Maman?"

As the masks shatter, and the two combatants see each other across the rooftop in the full moonlight, Shadybug asked a question that had been burning the remains of her shattered her, cutting deep into Xi Wangmu.

If this is to hmbe the end or the beginning of the reparation, is yet to be seen.

[thats-h0w-th3-light-g3ts-in]

omg

Stevie‘s handwriting.

For T - and me…

[kfedup]

I just climbed into bed and am both cold and overheating at the same time. I’ve had the AC off and windows open all day, not paying much attention to anything but the endless stream of words coming from my mind, through my fingers, and onto Google doc pages for this web rewrite project. More than 8 hours of writing today means I didn’t notice how damp everything got in this weird weather. My bed feels… sticky. But it’s too chilly for AC. Ugh. Someone knock me out with a frying pan or something so I don’t have to think about this anymore?

Also my arms and hands won’t stop tingling. That was too much computer time for one day. Gross.

[yusuke-of-valla]

Why do I have to wait until the final gate keeper to get Minato's butler suit.

God gaming went downhill when most silly little outfits were relegated to dlc

[thepixelelf]

The boobs are practically trying to bust out at this point

[eizneckam]

i hate politics. if you try to discuss current events with me i'll double stab you with my evil knives

[alphagodith]

my name is the only label i need

i'm as normal as normal can be

because only i can set the standard for 'me'

[aflyingcontradiction]

Also, there's this whole thing of some people equating the idea that bad mental health is due to outside circumstances with ... idk, an immature, unhelpful mindset that'll get you stranded in depression forever? Like, the one true way of dealing with bad mental health is to change your mindset and then, and only then, will you be able to claw your way out of misery? Which may be true for some people because of the way their brains work or because their circumstances truly are unchangeable (at least through their own agency). And the general state of the discourse may also be a reaction to the whole "Depression will only be solved by the glorious revolution. No, we don't have a schedule for that, why do you ask?" meme, which is obviously less than ideal.

But my personal experience is that when I've been in the deepest of pits, maybe I COULD have painstakingly crawled out of those pits by somehow forcing my brain into new pathways. I don't know. It's never happened. But what has ACTUALLY improved the situation every single time so far has been giving my brain whatever it was apparently screaming for*. Any change in perspective was very much DOWNSTREAM of that, not the other way around. And any time I've fallen back into the pit it wasn't because of some fundamental problem with my brain (even if it kinda feels like it at the time) but because it turns out I've accidentally stopped giving my mind all the things it needs. My brain is a high-maintenance little bitch that needs a lot of things, after all, and it's easy to fuck up the maintenance process. Once I figure out the need and fulfil the need, I'm mostly fine.

So when I see an exchange like A: "I'm miserable because of outside circumstances." B: "You childish idiot! You absolute ingrate! You would clearly be miserable in any circumstance with that mindset, what you really need is - insert therapy / method primarily aimed at changing thought patterns -

it just makes me go "bzuh?" Like. No. THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE PERFECTLY FINE IF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGED IN THE RIGHT WAY??? (Whether or not that change is possible is a different argument, of course, so I don't have the same 'THE FUCK' reaction to "Fair, but seeing as that's not currently on the table, you could try coping with your circumstances like this...").

*In my case it's usually that I haven't people-ed enough or I haven't slept enough or I haven't been given enough work recently or I haven't gone outside enough or I haven't been to a fun event in ages or, fuck, I've spent too much time hatereading irritating opinions on tumblr and maybe I should force myself to not do that...

[solesoldier]

JANE "YOU SHOULD SEE THE OTHER GUY" SHEPARD

[silentmagi]

Bad Publicity AU: Placide & Tom & Andre & Otis in "We Must Never Speak Of This Again"

As the men snuck away from the alleys, they all agreed that nothing happened, and they all had perfectly respectable 150-170 games.

As the explosions rocked the area, they began to sneak away faster, vowing that they never again attempt this again.

The Stories Untold

If you want to write one of these, please just link me

[sanstropfremir]

I remember when you once said when explaining your thoughts on sm as an institution and using aespa as an example that there were around 4 steps or criteria. And I think I'm actually seeing it 👀 with aespa I'm starting to see them show their personalities more which makes me think of minho from shinee saying in his first year he was supposed to look cold and not really speak.

Also this is still related to the idea of a persona but I think that's another reason I got kinda meh about bt*. Bc I watched rm's mv and I felt more for the featured artist's vocals than him. This pushing of authenticity is nice and certainly welcome but it can feel dull and ironically not authentic anymore instead feeling more corporate or forced. I would talk about how bt* and bighit's authentic "concept" takes advantage of the already dangerous para social relationship between fans and idols but that'll be an essay so i won't lol

i'm not gonna say that my theorized lil step system was right bc we're never going to actually know, but it always takes a bit of time for rookies to get a feel for how the industry works post debut and where the personal and professional lines of how much they want to portray. so now that they've been out and around the block doing stuff, it makes sense that they're getting more comfortable. it's more of an experience thing than anything else.

not to harp again on the general principle but the more money used to make something, the less 'authentic' it feels. because the finer the polish you put on something, the less like the real world it looks, and the less 'relatable' it is. and it also makes it very hard to build a signature style, unless you're doing something that has a strong aesthetic. like the sort of soft indie type aesthetic that rm is trying to do with that mv just point blank doesn't work when you have that much money. the reason that that indie aesthetic works is because it's shot on shitty cameras with $12 and a paperclip, not on a red camera with vfx budget. when you're trying to go that low key with aesthetics, you have to be able to show the flaws in what you're doing, because there's nothing else to visually help you establish that style. nothing about that mv looks real, and you need it to look real to the viewer if you want it to come across as authentic. the quality of production that hybe CAN do is better suited for large scale spectacles that can back a really strong and distinctive aesthetic that needs that kind of money to pull off in the first place. and not to pit groupmates against each other but i will anyways bc it's funny, but jhope has a SIGNIFICANTLY better understanding of that.

[mad-c1oud]

WAHHHHHHHHH

an unmatched feeling actually

[silentmagi]

Bad Publicity AU: (Marinette x Adrien) & (Felix x Bridgette) in "You're Only Making It Worse For Yourselves..."

Sometimes it's best to face up to your dumb decisions and accept the repercussions. Asking to kidnap the father/uncle of your girlfriends did not count, though it is politer than not asking.

. . . What do you mean that Mayor Bourgeois already accepted?!

The Stories Untold

If you want to write one of these, please just link me

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen