#so take my opinion with a grain of salt lol

[sanders-specs]

I just saw Inside Out 2 and all I'll say is...

Thomas did accepting anxiety better

Okay byeee

(Trigger warning for the movie under the cut for those who need it, though it does contain a small spoiler)

There is a portrayal of an anxiety attack in the movie!!! For those who are sensitive to it like I am, it's towards the end when Rylie goes into the penalty box.

[sky-neverending]

Jesper goes to college for agriculture but then switches to a theater degree, Kaz is in economics and like business, Nina studies International Relations, Inej is either an English or a Psychology major, Wylan is chem or music, probably a chem major and a music theory minor for his fathers sake, and Matthias… honestly i don’t know what Matty does. he’s just there. he works at a coffee shop with Jes. and he does school but like i have no clue what.

[fuedalreesespieces]

one thing that always gets me whenever i read inuyasha modern au fics is that inuyasha is supposedly "the slacker" or the guy who doesn't try hard on anything academia related, and that always struck me as odd bc you're telling me inuyasha wouldn't be competing with, say, koga for rank 1? that he wouldn't study his ass off in the subjects he's actually interested in? that he wouldn't pour his everything into extracurriculars he cares about? he has his aloof moments in canon but ultimately he's a hard worker and i think that trait should be reflected in aus!

plus if we're thinking about the setting here, inuyasha's canon behavior is greatly influenced by his upbringing (and later lack thereof). putting him in an environment (modern au, lack of youkai discrimination) where his talents are cultivated instead of looked down upon would give us a very different character. it's always interesting to me whenever i see canon-typical inuyasha behavior in an au where his mom is alive because it suggests that his mistrust and gruff behavior are just part of his personality and not largely a result of childhood events. i feel like modern aus are an opportunity to see how he might have grown if not for the death of his mother + father & the consistent threat looming over him as a child. what would his personality be like then? how would his first meeting with kagome go considering that? his dynamics with his older brother? his goals? it's something that could be explored in a fic taking place in the feudal realm but it's kind of difficult to just subtract the discrimination aspect that comes with that setting...just things to think abt ig!

[yourlocaldisneyvillain]

came by advice on this webbed site on how to ease penetration and this girl was like oh no pls help i will NEVER be able to have sex or be happy. and i just need us as a society to teach young women that penetration isn't necessary to have sex. maybe you'll never fit a dick or a dick shaped object inside of you. that isn't a requirement for good sex. you can still have a satisfying sex life (if your partners are normal abt it which i'd hope they are). please please please repeat after me penetration isn't necessary for female pleasure

[mumpsetc]

II `6 SPOILERS!!!

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Exactly This Working for Me and Nothing Else

[bmpmp3]

its a shame the um. everything. about the piapro superpack overshadowed the demos because they were pretty cute and fun, i really liked rokka sanka specifically - its such a fun cartoon idol franchise-y full cast song and i still get it stuck in my head all the time. kimi no moto eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[basoogil]

Where do YOU consider the end of spongebob to be? a lot ppl will say season 4 and the movie and I totally understand, but I believe seasons 5 n 6 have a few bangers let me be real

honestly? no clue. I grew up with many of what are considered the newer seasons along with the og seasons. however i do gotta say i remember the show feeling very different in seasons 5 and up compared to seasons 1-3 and some season 4 episodes.

That atlantis special episode and the more experimental episodes feel like fever dreams honestly, but not in a particularly bad way. in fact, i dont wanna rewatch that atlantis episode because i love the fact it feels like a mad dream i had once.

so??? idk??? all i wish is for nick to stop running the show into the ground just so they can milk more money out the franchise. but hey, i havent watched the spinoffs or many of the super recent seasons. maybe i'll like them idk.

so yeah, id say the movie being the end is probably my best bet??? maybe??? everything else that happened afterwards i can just pretend was a dream. problem solved. ill have the rewatch the movie tho because its been a while...

[spicyicymeloncat]

I saw a lot of nexo knights reviews saying that I it’s a Ninjago rip off. And I disagree (they have very different plots and structures). However I want to put forward the notion that nexo knights is actually…

A legends of Chima rip off

(For all intents and purposes this is a joke I only watched one episode of chima lol and Ik they are very different shows pls don’t be offended)

[jvzebel-x]

"Had the gods taken me in that moment, there would have been no heaven that could have equalled my joy. Then, as always happens, the tab came due."

x. "NPCs", Drew Hayes

"All plans eventually fell apart, it was in their nature. Reality never complied with expectations, and one who expected plans to be pulled off perfectly was often overtook when chaos exceeded order."

x. "Split The Party", Drew Hayes

"You can teach technique. You can build muscle. You can train reflexes. But that kind of stubbornness comes from the soul."

x. "Going Rogue", Drew Hayes

"Try not to dwell on it... not because it doesn't matter, but because you'll never find the answers you need inside your own head. Our minds memories cannot be trusted; spend too long in there trying to find a memory that doesn't exist and you'll end up creating it. Imagination is a powerful thing-- especially when combined with uncertainty and selfdoubt. I've seen others build their own hells around them, with the fears of what they might have done."

x. "Siege Tactics", Drew Hayes

"Luck wasn't necessarily against them; they'd come out of far too many dire scrapes to believe such a thing. But theirs was not a luck that often put their feet on an easy path. Theirs was more a fortune of narrow misses and critical strikes."

x. "Nobel Roots", Drew Hayes

[lesbiancarat]

oh cheol and hao talked about cbv3 on live... they said the company is aware of the negative feedback lol

[sanders-specs]

I just saw Inside Out 2 and all I'll say is...

Thomas did accepting anxiety better

Okay byeee

(Trigger warning for the movie under the cut for those who need it, though it does contain a small spoiler)

There is a portrayal of an anxiety attack in the movie!!! For those who are sensitive to it like I am, it's towards the end when Rylie goes into the penalty box.

[hoodienanami]

best and worst The Clash song?

excluding any song from cut the crap bc everything on that album is objectively the worst, i def think ghetto defendant is the worst clash song simply for having allen ginsberg on it. fuck that guy. combat rock is already a mid album but his presence just makes it so much worse

as for their best song...its white riot. i mean ofc its white riot. how can it not be white riot? its everything great about 1976/77 era clash distilled into one song. punchy and politically resonate lyrics, fast and catchy, joe giving it his all on vocals, and tons of fun of listen to. it makes you want to get up and pogo but the message behind the lyrics sticks with you long after the song has stopped playing

but my personal favorite clash song is stay free. mick has always been good at inserting real wistful longing into his vocals when its time for him to sing. you dont need to know that the song is based on a true story to tell that mick cares a lot about the person hes singing about and means every lyric from the bottom of his heart. its a powerful song and, like a majority of clash songs, the lyrics are some of the best ever written for a rock song

[alwaysbethewest]

I’m unilaterally outlawing those shoes. Forever

thank you bc somebody has to!!!

[chocobijou]

The Flash movie is NOT GOOD OMGGG. It really highlights how badly miscast Ezra Miller is as the flash, and the story is all over the place. Just watch the Season 1 finale of the show -it has better acting, and you'll save some time.

[junipercastor]

i find it crazy that people still hold saying the n word in like 2010 over slayyyter when there r actual pedophiles and racists in the hollywood and music industry that's just pedantic

[notherpuppet]

Do you think there's a right and/or wrong way to handle QPR? I know it's a tricky relationship, but it feels like most/some people kind of just slap the label onto a ship while depicting the ship as just romantic/having no difference with a romantic relationship. (this is why I was a little surprised when you said you do radioapple qpr when it reads a lot more like normal romance). Not meant as an attack or anything on anyone, just genuinely curious more than anything. Again, tricky relationship

So Imma put this link to info at the top of this post: https://taaap.org/2022/07/16/qprs-part-one/

Alright, so please take what I say with a grain of salt, because that's exactly what it is. One small bit of perspective in a mass of many people who experience QPRs in their life and/or are on an aro/ace spectrum. I also have NO QUALIFICATIONS on gender/sexuality theory, so my opinions are shaped by what I've learned and experienced personally. While people may identify with the same term, we are all still individuals with our own experiences. Words can help describe a phenomenon, but it doesn't make everyone who identifies with the word into a monolith.

So I've stated a few times that I navigate shipping Alastor similar to my own experiences as an aroace person. (I guess I'm sharing about myself with this post, but I think that can be helpful to just spreading awareness of an "alternative lifestyle"). So I'm romance-repulsed and sex-repulsed LOL but I'm also "positive" about those things. Like I view romance and sex as lovely, fun experiences people can have, but I've never been into it personally. It's fun for me to consume media about romance/sex, but yknow, it's also fun for me to consume media about violence or isolation. Doesn't mean I want to experience or engage in any of those things lol.

Anyway, I'm a huge people person and I love to party and yknow it seems most people are really wanting to fall in love or fuck or whatever pretty much all the time, but especially at parties hahaha. Normally, I'm pretty touch-averse, but I love dancing so much and it's a blast to dance with a partner (salsa especially!! i don't care for grinding for probably obvious reasons). And to connect the two previous sentences, people (whatever gender they are) would be very kissy-touchy on the dancefloor. Which i honestly dont really give a fuck about hahaha. I don't really get anything out of kissing but I also don't mind it. I just like to dance. It's all a pretty superficial--but still genuinely fun--experience for me.

When it comes to my deeper or more intimate connections, I have had friendships that have felt SO on the line of what was viewed as a romantic relationship. They were exceptional friends and we connected on a level that was deep and true, but it wasn't romantic. Sometimes we'd slow dance, sometimes we kissed, and it rocked. But it wasn't more than that, it was all that it needed to be. I didn't want more and neither did they (except one situation and so we had to stop being friends lol whoops). From the outside, people would even refer to us as partners in a half joking way, but we really were just friends. And I love those friends!! And a huge part of what made those relationships (which at the time were described as 'situationships' because we didn't know any of these terms haha) was their convenience. We either lived in the same building, worked together, or were neighbors LOL. I'm still friends with those absolutely lovely folks, but we don't live around each other, so our QPR just appears a lot more like any ole regular friendship. But it's not like there was a feeling that we transitioned into something different than before. It twas what it twas! (Had to take a pause while I was typing to reminisce fondly for a second, okay back to hazbin hahaha)

SO, whenever someone asks or it comes up, MOST OF THE TIME I do ship alastor through an aroace lens and experience with QPRs (specifically, MINEE because they were fun and I've never felt like doing this before I met a character like Al). And my XP is: "this isn't gonna be a partnership and we ain't fucking" LMFAO. so yeah!

When it comes to using a queer term like QPR, I just hope folks are considerate in their writing, but I also am inclined to just believe them if they say that's their intention because QPRs can look very different. Again, aroace and ace folks are not a monolith. The terms help to describe a human's experience. I'm inclined to think people are writing in good faith.

And all this being said, I want to just emphasize that I really don't think it's necessary to consider any of this shit if you want to ship a fictional character. I understand wanting to be protective of a character who shares an identifier with you (I personally don't wanna see romance/sex with Al in canon). But shipping is a fun thing a fandom does that often does ignore canon. Tale as old as time. I don't think anyone needs to be beholden to canon when they're writing fanfiction or having fun. If we did, I would have like--5 artworks on this blog hahaha. These characters are like dollies, do whatever you want. It's cool if people don't like it and I think it's cool if people do. It's just not that serious. There are ships I'm not particularly into or dynamics that I am not enchanted by, but whatever. I can just scroll or close my eyes.

TLDR; shipping in fandom doesn't need to be taken seriously at ALL. It can just be fun way for someone to play with fictional characters they like. That being said, I think it's good practice to use queer terms thoughtfully.