#seldom-seen

[shutterandpencil]

“Ready for Spring”

As the title says, Nozomi certainly was ready for spring.

[prince-liest]

I am so sorry if i come off stupid with this ask but i’m not very educated on this topic and my english isn’t that good so pls dont take any offence but i’ve read some of ur fics (ur very skilled btw!!) and in some of them vox and alastor are depicted to be sexual at times but isn’t alastor acesexual? I used to think that ace ppl were repulsed(?) by sex and touch in general and now im a bit confused is he only comfortable with touch because they have a deep bond or is him being repulsed by touch just an act?

No worries at all, I think this is something that a lot of people get caught up on! Asexuality isn't very commonly talked about in terms of actually explanations, so a lot of folks tend to have the impression you did.

Asexuality is a spectrum that often correlates with but isn't actually inherently linked to comfort with touch! Asexual people can be sex-positive, sex-neutral, or sex-repulsed—or a combination of those three things depending on the context and their feelings at the time. I always write Alastor as aromantic and asexual, but I play around with his comfort levels regarding all those things depending on the fic or even how he feels in the moment, oscillating between sex-positive to fully touch-repulsed (or sometimes both, which causes some complicated feelings for him). (There are also demisexual and graysexual people but I'm just going to talk about asexuality here.)

I think a key point to understand is that for an asexual person to have sex, they're just going to have different reasons from an allosexual person. Alastor is never having sex in my radiostatic fics because he thinks Vox is hot and is super attracted to him (unlike Vox, whom I write as allo and who pretty consistently thinks Alastor is hot and wants to fuck him). Instead, some of the reasons he's slept with Vox in my works include: curiosity; societal pressure; nonsexual enjoyment of kink; sexual enjoyment of very specific acts (again, still not the same as "being sexually attracted to Vox"); seeking intimacy; being under the influence; etc.

If you think about it, allosexual people also have sex for reasons outside of sexual attraction. Lesbians may have sex with men out of social pressure or personal exploration; a lot of people have sex just because they're lonely and it's how they find intimacy; you can even imagine the stereotypical frat bro who has sex with a girl because he sees her as a status symbol; etc, etc. Just because someone is ace doesn't mean they can't have sex, it just means that their reason isn't going to be sexual attraction.

[lintpuzzle]

Nothing like reading a clyde-side fic and diving into a small, isolated town with an unsettling yet welcoming secret. Flashes of iconic imagery with a rich interior. Well-researched, with that perfect splash of history to prove that Capitalism is at the root of all evil. God bless!! God bless!! God bless!!

[retro-friki]

Would like to watch a shounen where the main character goes through some Training From Hell and has to drop it after 3 days due to them collapsing from exhaustion and/or hurting themselves badly.

[vogelmeister]

okay i hope this makes sense but one thing i do believe geoguesser has helped me with is challenging my preconceived notions of a country. like okay. take this. this depressing ass looking place.

where would you say it is, on first glance. my first guess was former yugoslavia/ communist bloc based on architecture. you could even say maybe even a middle eastern city. certainly not western europe so, you can imagine my shock when i found signage in dutch and .be everywhere. because this type of area is not what i think of when i think of belgium.

anyways moving on from that, i have just also felt it from being dropped in lower socio economic areas of wealthier countries (aka where i wouldnt instantly go 'oh sweden') or richer areas of countries i wouldnt consider wealthy. and because im shocked that this poorer place is in sweden or this put together city is in ... idk mexico it just has really forced me to not judge where these places could be by how well off it looks. and thats a good thing, its a good thing when you see theres a range of people living here from all backgrounds. just makes me look at places beyond their glossy pamphlet, y'know???

[izayoichan]

When their baked goods were done, they headed to the shelter to help out with what they could, feeding the horses, brushing some horses, and of course, being a pet bed for both cats and dogs. After some hours there, they all headed back to Rylan and Tyvan’s place where Emil and Flynn had been setting up a movie evening for them, knowing it would help soothe everyone's nerves for the weekend that was coming.

Several movies later, with snacks and much laughter, they started sending the kids home to their respective parents. Ye-Min was staying with them, as her mother was still sick, although it seemed slowly winning the fight that she had been fighting for all these years. So they had a deal with them that they would have her over before competitions so she could focus without worrying too much. Emil watched as Tyvan and Amuary stood talking a bit before he was about to head off. 

Emil: Amuary, before you go, I have a thing I would like to ask. Amuary: Of course. Emil: As you are good friends with Tyvan, I would like to invite you and your parents for dinner. Amuary:... In your home? Flynn: Yes. If that's okay. Amuary: Vami is always very busy but I can ask… Emil: It would be nice to meet them.

Tyvan watched his parents, a small smile on his lips. They were as always looking out for him, and they knew everyone else's parents, so it was of course only natural for them to want to meet Amuary’s too. Though they had a suspicion that it might be tricky, from what they had learned their Vami was very busy which didn’t seem to bother Amuary much so it had never really bothered them either.

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[buildarocketboys]

btw if you somehow in the year of our lord 2023 haven't listened to elbow's seminal, mercury prize-winning 2008 album the seldom seen kid then what are you doing?! go listen to it right now!

[picory]

the mlp infection au has spread to trolls

[shutterandpencil]

“Celebrating a New Bloom”

Well, I caught Satsuki smiling. Why? Solaris’ buds were starting to open up.

[marzipanandminutiae]

it’s very interesting to me that, based on comments in the r/CabinetofCuriosities subreddit, the only two episodes of the show based on actual Del Toro stories- Lot 36 and The Murmuring -seem to be the most controversial

the first one got some criticism for leaving too many loose ends and, in some cases, being “too woke” (ah yes famous apolitical filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro, who never includes social commentary in his work </s>)

the second for being “boring and un-scary”

and I find it curious that the most Del Toro-inspired episodes of a show that banks on Del Toro’s name to draw in viewers are the ones that have taken the most flak. and in ways I’ve heard his movies criticized, too

people seem to consistently expect things from GDT that he has never given them in the past, then get upset when they receive...well, Classic Del Toro instead

[sisterdragonwithfeathers]

Oh so NOW he decides to actually haunt me

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

i finished my sbtb 2020 rewatch and i just have to say: watching mac and daisy fall in love would have been SO profoundly delightful, i am sooooo bummed that we did not get to witness that

[gayofthefae]

Still thinking about that anti that said they "wouldn't like it if some guy was third wheeling their day with their girlfriend either" and would tell them off/ignore them too. "Some guy" being Will.

BRUH. 💀

(P.S. it's almost like you can love more than one person in your life. He also loves Lucas, Dustin, Max, Nancy, Holly, Karen ftr....like.....as if there isn't context and Will was just El's weird new roommate. AS IF HE WAS THE ARGYLE OF THE SITUATION LMAO no hate)

[lizalfosrise]

....wait is Lady her actual first name? Not title? Hadn’t discounted the possibility so clarification is nice. Still don’t know some of the Gundam names yet!

[buckera]

Hi Newbie

I’d like to ask about

10. eddie gets a visitor every year and it makes him act foolish

hi saturn ✨

so the whole concept of this is that Buck takes a roadtrip between Pennsylvania and LA every year, and he always takes a small detour to stop by the same rest stop in El Paso — which is the same place where Eddie tends bar, since his dad owns the place.

over the years, they get to know each other, have sex and fall in love — not necessarily in that order.

it's mostly planned out, but there's not much written for it so far.