#that easy

[deersbloodyantlers]

"y-yeah i hated him (there's no emojis to capture his expression, I love this)."

Oliver, dear... shut the fuck up. Not even you believe what you're saying, stop being a liar.

[gilbirda]

Friendly reminder that making fun of media widely considered "cringe" and/or is (usually) loved by teenage girls or middle aged women doesn't make you more of an adult. It makes you a tar pit.

Yes, even beloved "Be cringe, be free!!!" and "Like what you like, it doesn't matter what people think!!!" and "Love colors and strawberry shortcake" and "men dislike when women celebrate feminity but i do what i want 🤪🤪🤪" influencers bloggers and youtubers. Shitting on "cringe" stuff only makes you disingenuous and hurt people.

You are a tar pit.

[that-was-anticlimactic]

the miraculous ladybug fandom really loves hating children for being children. they are literally kids. they are fourteen years old. "alya césaire bashing" should NOT be the top alya tag. what did she do wrong? have an underdeveloped brain since she's, oh, idk, fourteen? or-or is it because she *gasps* has made mistakes? why is "classmates bashing" a popular tag? oh noooo they're kids and they made mistakes! + the writing in those episodes was bad and they were ooc! how dare they! "adrien agreste bashing" - okay. he's flirtatious and has feelings. sue him for acting like the suppressed teen he is. like oh my god. even the lila hate,,, y'all do realize she's a child, right? you're allowed to hate her but wishing death upon her?the way that people write about/refer to lila is sick.

"alya césaire redemption" FROM WHAT!!! why does she need to be redeemed? gosh. no matter how many classmates bashing-related tags i filter out on ao3, i still actively struggle to find fics without it. these characters are 1. fictional and 2. children. if you can't handle kids being kids then stop watching???

not only are they kids, but they're traumatized kids. marinette and adrien aren't the only traumatized characters. every single classmate got akumatized and tried to kill the city's heroes and destroy the city. alix erased people from existence. how do you think she felt about that after the fact? ivan, a fourteen year old kid, was the first person to get akumatized. the first. he had no idea what was happening, people gave him so much crap for it, and then it happened again. sabrina almost killed chat noir. kim tried to make chat noir kill ladybug. alya tried to unmask her hero live. sabrina literally became invisible.

like... and not just that, but they've all been heroes, too. as exciting as it may have been at the time, you can't tell me they aren't at least a Little traumatized after fighting literal villains. oh, and they've been victims of akuma attacks. is chloe a bad person? kinda, yeah (but also partially bc of bad writing-). but she was almost like boiled alive, killed, was taken hostage countless times. max had to deal with the aftermath of markov's akumatization. when juleka became akumatized in "guilt", the classmates were forced to sit and get consumed by guilt. they've had to watch their family get akumatized, watch their friends or partners get akumatized, live through the guilt of knowing they hurt someone so much they got akumatized. bc they're human and they're kids. ofc they're going to hurt someone. it's natural. let them be kids!

[spacemancharisma]

ngl even if the song is good in theory or whatever I don’t necessarily want the Guy From Bastille singing to me about the tragedy & dehumanization of Eve from the perspective of Eve

[crazykuroneko]

The ficgate has passed, the author has deleted their fic, but I still see some conversation on it here and there, and I think a lot of people miss the very important point about fan fiction: there's no rule at all on how a fan fiction should be written. You enjoy/write fan fictions that are well-written with meta-level understanding of canon and tons of research, good for you! but there's no rule saying all fics should be like that, that fics that don't meet those don't deserve to be written, uploaded, read, commented and kudosed.

If we demand all fics to strictly follow canon, we wouldn't have fix-it fics because all of them must have, to some level, a difference in characterization compared to canon. If we demand all fics to be well researched, we wouldn't have the raunchiest the dirtiest sex scenes ever, we wouldn't have craziest murder scenes as well. fan fictions are transformative work. writers really have no obligation whatsoever except to write things that make them feel good and make it clear in the tags and synopsis what they wrote. if it's not clear in the tags/synopsis, then suggest to them politely, "i think you should change/add this tag", i'm sure the author will respond positively. and no, people not posting on ao3 to have a long list of mistakes in their fic written in the comments either. when they welcome it they'll state it, otherwise do not play editor.

and contrary to what some people's belief, yes, there's always anything for anyone. readers don't always come to ao3 looking for those "high quality" fan fics. they also come for those crack fics. they also come for those porn-without-plots. heck, some of them even look to escape from canon so they'll enjoy the OOC "trash" people tend to despise.

so you don't like a fic, you find a fic upsetting you? click the back button! mute or block the author if you want even, then rant on your group chat or private account all you want. do not make people come and attack the author ffs.

[madame-mongoose]

I love when I tell people about my undiagnosed medical issues bc immediately people start screaming HOW ARE YOU ALIVE and I'm like,, bc I don't want to be dead :)

[feeble-minded-little-gay]

what brush do u use to get that really neat lineart/shading I like it

Thank you! I use Adobe Photoshop and here’s how I got my brush to look like that!

First, I access the settings through this panel👇

Then I usually use the charcoal preset for the shape and select the circled checkboxes

I make sure pen pressure is on then I mess with a few other settings below

aaand yeah! that’s about it!

I hope this was more helpful than confusing lmao but lemme know if you have any questions!

[theringleader]

I think unfortunately a lot of people are bitter and those bitter people become parents and are apathetic towards the kids which leads to more bitter apathetic people

[potofsoup]

Oh look, it seems like there's a Republican-led movement to purge voter rolls in the lead-up to the election! It's almost as if your vote matters and they don't want you to vote! Anyway, I whipped up a quick map (based on this) that shows when the voter registration deadline is in each state. There are a few deadlines coming up in the next week or so.

If you live in a state that regularly purges voter rolls for infrequent voters (the orange ones in the first map), or if you moved recently, it's good to check if you're still registered to vote.

Vote.org makes it super easy to check your registration: https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/

Just put in your address and DOB and they'll tell you whether you're registered. (And they give you a quick link to register online if it turns out that you're not! Only the 9 states in white on my map don't have online registration, and for those they provide instructions on how to do it via mail or in person.) If you want an extra verification, find your state's election website and double-check there.

So yeah, give yourself peace of mind -- do a quick check. :)

[hawkpartys]

[brainrotcharacters]

When irl pisses me off, I rewatch the Honda Odyssey scene to relax

[nyxi-pixie]

'wah wah everywhere is falling to the right wing the whole world is doomed' literally like 6 months ago we were talking about how there was a trend in countries getting rid of their right wing governments. poland at the end of last year, france voted in a unified centre left/left alliance, even the UK finally got rid of the tories after 15 years (right wing splitting be damned, it still happened). outside of europe, bangladesh removed a dictator in like 2 seconds, india may have reelected their Evil Guy but on a DISTINCTLY reduced majority, theres been queer rights successes in thailand, with gay marriage set to be legal by 2025, and thereve been positive court cases on it in japan. and this is just stuff i vaguely remember hearing about. im sure theres more if you care to look for anything aside from more reasons to make yourself miserable

the US has a distinct effect on everyone, so this won't be fun for anyone (least of all its population. sorry guys), and there ARE a lot of people sliding into right wing extremism, but presenting this like its an unchallenged worldwide phenomenon is inaccurate, its damagingly bleak, and all it does is encourage despair and apathy. you DO have political power, and you shouldnt forget that just because of bad election results and the media's desperation to make you lose hope

[crabussy]

hey. don’t cry. crush four cloves of garlic into a pot with a dollop of olive oil and stir until golden then add one can of crushed tomatoes a bit of balsamic vinegar half a tablespoon of brown sugar and stir for a few minutes adding a handful of fresh spinach until wilted and mix in half a cup of grated parmesan cheese and pasta of your choice ok?

[donnieisaprettyboy]

can we stop pretending like it’s so super easy for trans men to pass. “oh just put on a baggy shirt and cut your hair-“ it literally doesn’t work like that and I refuse to believe you actually think it’s that easy

[pepsimaxolotl]