#the cringe was powerful
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Sometimes you just have one of those moments where the progress we've made as a culture get thrown into stark relief. You look at something and go "Holy shit, that would never have happened when I was a kid."
Today, I had one of those moments when I realized that the teenage boys I'm working with are just. genuinely, openly enthusiastic about going to Build-a-Bear for their outing.
These are sixteen and seventeen year old boys! They just had a whole conversation about what to name their "cute", mostly new squishmallows! They're genuinely excited that they're going to Build-a-Bear this weekend and asking other kids to pick up specific accessories for them!!
Holy shit, that never would've happened when I was 16. None of the boys would have dared to be visibly interested - and neither would most of the girls! There would have been a million gay jokes and "Haha, you're a girl" jokes and "What are you, a baby?" jokes. Teenagers weren't even supposed to care about anything back then!
Less than 15 years later, and I'm watching three 17 year old boys treat all that as not even worthy of comment.
So let's call that a reason for hope. Even when the kids aren't alright, in some ways apparently they are alright. Go Gen Z, honestly. It's so lovely to watch you guys just openly doing and saying stuff that, when I was a teen, would've been a social death sentence.
#obligatory disclaimer that this really really obviously is not universal#I do live in a major progressive city#there's definitely a level of a liberal bubble effect here#but it's still really powerful to see it#because even in a major liberal enclave there were so many limits on the gender roles and homophobia etc. etc. fronts#and also the limits of the oppressive weight of obligatory teen apathy lol#seriously go gen z. so glad you guys decided cringe is dead. I love you for that so much#and I love it for you#not news#life#hope#homophobia#sexism#teens#teenagers#progress#gen z#btw if it wasn't clear I'm a#millennial#plush toy#plushie#squishmallows#build a bear#stuffed animal#like the idea of almost any teenager much less teenage boys#saying IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS#that they are excited about their STUFFED ANIMALS#when I was a teenager#?????#cannot imagine that ever happening.
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my girlfriend
#trigun#trigun maximum#nicholas d wolfwood#i saw a tweet the other day that was like. do u ever like a character SO MUCH that u feel shy/embarrassed even drawing them#AND I WAS LIKE .... YYEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#yall dont even kno how hard i cringe at myself whenever i post abt this guy.. but i power thru OTL#these r a few weeks old btw ive been busy so i havent gotten to draw him in like a month and it feels so JHDSGF&UY EIY$NU&RHGFJDG!@JFHBD#save me. save me nicholas d wolfwood#why did i write all of this DO U SEE WHAT I MEANN my head is in my hands rn
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POV you’re about to get styled on by the Gods of Death
#a lil ooc for Gabriel but I’ll let them have a killing frenzy#as a treat#this is very in character for Mephis tho#coolcatbeans#possly art#cotl#cult of the lamb#cotl Lamb#cotl Goat#Pushing Daisies au#blasted Rev Up Power Up on repeat while doodling this#I don’t even watch chainsaw man lmao#am I cringe for listening to fan songs? maybe#but at least I’m free
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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 6x22 | “Grave”
#btvsedit#btvs#buffythevampireslayeredit#buffy the vampire slayer#creations#buffyseries#buffysource#dailybtvs#xander harris#willow rosenberg#sorry if this scene doesn't get to you#but i for one am a big fan of the most powerful grief-stricken queer witch in the universe#and her cringe fail loser boy best friend who loves her unconditionally#i did almost choose to gif one of the giles/anya moments because those in this ep are very good#but come on. it's this scene.
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"i should probably be careful posting when ava ships are involved, maybe i should keep ava shipart stuff to myself"
i say as i post victim and agent being extremely fuckihg gay
#alan becker#animator vs animation#ava#ava victim#ava agent#ava primal#ava paleo#avWHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR NAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#ava ballista#ava hazard#vicagent#ava vicagent#i am so cringe but at least i am free or whatever that phrase was#believe me when i say i was jumping around trying to finish this. goooood the yaoi power is affecting me#GET A ROOM YOU TWO !! DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! /j#sorry about the hand. i cant draw hands thaaaaaaat well yet#i also jave never drawn anyhting like this pose before. so bear with me on this#offtopic bit wow i am drawing a lot of victim recently#hm#anyways how are we doing avanation#this looks like a lot of tags hel#woah ships!!#lilacsart
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What if they were all in love huh? What then?
+ bonus doodles (one of which is an idea I had where Noah rejoins in Niagara Brawls and forms an alliance with Heather later in the season)
#total drama#total drama world tour#I keep repeating a mantra of ‘i can do whatever I want ever’ whenever I think I’m being cringe#anyway#td Heather#td Alejandro#td Noah#Alenoaheather#Alenoaheather td#aka Heather and Her boys#she loves them very much#they gossip together let’s be real#the napping art is based on the hc most ppl have that Alejandro is naturally warm#he is a heater for them#fresh tv didn’t let them team up bcs they knew these three would be too powerful#star’s art
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deadclaws being so attuned to each other that they have a conversation with facial expressions
#bounces like tigger THEY'VE NEVER BEEN GOOD WITH WORDS#AND THROUGH THE MASKS TOO. THEY MAKE FUN OF OTHER PEOPLE WHILE MASKED THEMSELVES#wade's going to see someone to judge and then turn around at Logan if he saw it too#Logan already cringing with poorly hidden disgust#Wade collapsing out of frame wheezing with laughter#or#Logan seeing some bullshit that totally merits judgment (it doesn't. hes just being a bitch)#turns around to face wade in the deadpool suit. wade goes *wiggles eyebrows*#logan shakes his head “dont you fuckin say anything 🤫” but he's also barely able to hide his own smile#OR#and I've written about this one#Logan held at Wade's gunpoint again. Wade shifts his attention to the ground as a signal for Logan to duck#THAT'S WHAT I WANT#NONVERBAL POWER COUPLE ADAMANTIUM GAYS#deadpool and wolverine#deadpool#wolverine#deadpool 3#logan howlett#wade wilson#poolverine#deadclaws#deadpool 2024
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I think the people who bully other people for liking TROP are just afraid of seeing people having fun. That's it. That's the post.
#getting mad at people for enjoying something that doesn't affect you?#kinda cringe ngl#Hate the show all you want but don't be a bully if someone enjoys it#because at the end of the day does it really matter if someone likes something you don't?#the rings of power#lord of the rings#rings of power#lotr#blue blathers#rings of power positivity#trop
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Tntduo in 1920's dresses galore (+ regular designs cus I couldn't resist)
#so what if I'm deranged. im cringe and free#I've got a couple ideas more for them so expect to see more of these fuckos#can't believe my first time posting cq art is this. got a feeling the cq enjoyers would appreciate it regardless tho#canon has no power over me btw i literally don't care. doesnt cross my mind. they are dress up dolls and i am an 8 yo girl in that way#alright enjoy bye-bye xoxo#my art#dsmp fanart#cwilbur#cquackity#ctntduo#yeah im maintagging. I've got nothing to lose in this life or the next#fennec.art
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"we need more toxic lesbians in media!!" y'all couldn't even handle catradora
#forgive me if someone else has already made this post#but i'm right#catradora#spop#she ra and the princesses of power#adora spop#catra spop#spop adora#spop catra#how to be cringe 101
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Halloween costume I guess
Cosplayed as a clown with a mustache
(Toby when Preston asks him to help another s….)
#did my worst#I never did a single cosplay in my life#but I wanted to do this since april#I’m also too white skinned for toby#but wearing a mustache...#damn... makes me feel so powerful#I’m severely cringing rn#might delete later#shit i love the brown color so good#daily shitpost#toby
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Please witness the Hetalia ornament my sister made in like 2013 that my mom still puts on the tree
#aph#Hetalia#hetalia axis powers#aph Japan#kiku honda#honda kiku#anime#cringe#Christmas#Xmas#personal
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I know Sauron is evil etc. but as an autistic person who hates being touched too, I totally, completely understood this
#i had a boss who touched me randomly too#cringed every time#only like three people are allowed to touch me#just like only galadriel is allowed to touch sauron ;)#rings of power#trop#trop season 2#the rings of power#sauron#autism#neurodivergent#asd#trop crack#trop meme#annatar
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your protag everyone: 1000+ years old grandma who was personally trained by one of the the greatest mages of all times and participated in defeating the demon king himself defeated by teenage girl's silent treatment
#sousou no frieren#frieren#i love her so much#the rides the line of power house/cringe fail so WELL it's scary#sweetchcolate's nonsense of the day
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Jin Ling: Master Sleuth
[First] Prev <–-> Next
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#jin ling#When you're so good at acting gay that you manage to fool even *this* fruity kid#Jin Ling's internalized homophobia once again saves the day#What a world we live in.#Jin Ling really said “Sorry my uncle's gaydar is so bad. Go out and frolic in the forest or whatever.”#Sure MXY's reputation helps out *and* the fact wwx was playing into that reputation#but at this point wwx has not caught feelings. This might imply that JL might actually have a good gaydar#The power is stored in his antenna. It's actually magnetized and repelled by magnetic forces similar to its own.#I ended up cutting it from the script but I really love the convo that follows this moment.#the 'two phrases' scene means so much to me. Its about realizing that there are times you *need* to put your pride aside#It doesn't matter if you feel its 'cringe' or makes you look bad. You can't connect with others up high on your self-made pedestal#I could go on but I'll leave it there for now B*)
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the first God who ever answers your prayers is a man who bares his neck for you.
he answers your plea for blood in a foolish show of unearned trust you find yourself unable to betray.
the taste burns on your tongue like sunlight should on your skin.
and yet for the first time in two hundred years, you are fed.
the first God who ever answers your prayers is a man willing to die of his devotion.
the curse in his chest, the promise of forgiveness, your teeth in his neck.
as you drink your fill, you wonder what will get him first.
the first God who ever answers your prayers is not yet a God at all.
but you are the first to pray to him.
#bloodweave#bg3#baldurs gate 3#astarion x gale#gale x astarion#gale of waterdeep#gale dekarios#astarion ancunin#shoutout to the seven other versions of this that exist in my notes#nudel draws stuff#<= technically not drawing but i dont remember if i have a writing tag. and if i do#the last post in it surely would make. me shrivel up in cringe#anyways. bloodweave on the Mind.#its about the worship its about the hunger for power its about the desire for safety and the desire to keep save#its about. the. yeah
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