#talking about nostalgia

[batshaped]

the continued adventures of an internet user who was frozen in 2004 and defrosted in 2021: some things are just the way you left them

previous 2004 internet user comics are here: one, two, three, four, five; or just in my 2004 tag

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

[horrorlesbians]

we as a society have lost our culture when we let VHS tapes die. and now they're killing DVDs. is the physical not sacred anymore?

[omtai]

it feels everytime mcr does something major everyone has got to complain for the next week and a half. feels like christmas dinner daily on tumblr the way everyone’s fighting all the time

[triple-ennui]

No what do you mean there's a movie that uses 90s television nostalgia as a metaphor for gender dysphoria/social ostracism 🥲 🙃

[earmo-imni]

(Major spoilers for anyone who hasn’t read/watched Fairy Tail)

(Like seriously, major)

Something that always haunts me about Fairy Tail is that Natsu isn’t really the original Natsu

Like Zeref said he brought him back to life as an Etherious

But as far as I can tell creating an Etherious seems to involve writing, in detail, what makes up that Etherious in terms of personality, in order to determine what the magic involved actually creates

Which would mean, technically, Zeref never actually resurrected anyone, he just created an approximate facsimile of his dead brother

I mean, he had like previous versions of Natsu and everything (see: Larcade) which means Zeref tried to recreate Natsu multiple times and our Natsu was just the most accurate recreation, the one close enough to Zeref’s original brother for Zeref to accept

Our Natsu is still our Natsu and always has been, but he is not, in fact, the original Natsu who died. He’s a copy of a little boy who died four hundred years ago.

Except he grew up into his own person of course

Also I wonder if some part of Zeref recognized that and that’s why he was totally okay with Natsu killing him even though that meant Natsu would die too, despite literally everything Zeref had suffered and done to bring his brother back to life

[front-facing-pokemon]

[jasondeansgothwife]

(to the tune of the hand that feeds by nine inch nails) would you give. a mouse a cookie

[bonetrousledbones]

so when are we gonna start appreciating undertale AUs for fueling a metric fuck ton of the creativity and longevity of the fandom because if i see one more person calling them the cringiest part of the last 8 years i might lose it

[bugeyedfreaks]

Actually, quick thing that I mentioned in a reply, but I really feel that the Powerpuff Girls, especially the first couple of seasons, needs to be watched at night. I know that sounds like such a silly thing to say in a world where you can just watch the show whenever you want, but I really do think it lends itself to a different vibe when you’re in a dark room all alone with the TV. The stakes feel higher! Things feel cooler! I don’t know how to explain it, man!

Like... this is the optimal example of how/when to watch the PPG. Right here. ⬆️

[milkymilkshake1]

Remember when Ian and Anthony used to talk like this about writing their sketches and creating content together?…like what happened

[goldensunset]

‘the children yearn for the mines’ is a little too real to me bc when i was a kid and my older siblings were trying to get me into pokémon i really never cared to try playing. BUT. i was obsessed with the underground mining minigame in dppt. i used to beg my sister to let me take a turn playing and set it up for me bc i didn’t know how to so i could go mine for gems nonstop until i cleared that entire cave section of glittering wall spots which always made me so sad bc i was having such a great time. i didn’t even understand the significance of what i was doing but 7 year old me was high off of it

[jonathanbyersphd]

Does it ever drive you crazy?

Just how fast the night changes?

[tenebrous-dream]

the npcs in 3ot are so dramatic . calm down andrew

[cecespuffs]

wow wizards beyond is very cool and silly! i sure do hope the fandom won't focus solely on justin and completely ignore the black protagonist that's very clearly disadvantaged & coping with the trauma of being kicked out of countless places

[cure-smiths-headrest]

TEENS OF DENIAL

The Outsiders | Shoplifters of the Works Unite - The Smiths | Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield | Girls and Boys - Blur | Ferris Bueller’s Day Off | Oh Anna - The Microphones | Post Modern Fade - Cottonwood Firing Squad | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Times to Die - Car Seat Headrest | The Tourist - Radiohead | Donnie Darko | Back to the Old House - The Smiths | The Graduate - Nouns | Heathers | Hounds of Love - Kate Bush | I Want You to Love Me - Fiona Apple | But I’m A Cheerleader! | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - The Smiths | Boys Don’t Cry - The Cure | The Ballad of Frank Sinatra - Car Seat Headrest