#this got a bit rambly but it always does

[whenthegoldrays]

and like, despite the deliciously shippable couples it has, Twinkling Watermelon is not a romcom, it’s a fantasy coming-of-age. the theme is family, the main relationship is between Eun Gyeol and his father and while their respective romantic storylines are crucial, they’re not central.

which is nice, on the one hand, because it offers a slightly different (and beautiful) kind of story, but then because instead of being [main couple] > [second couple] it’s [son and dad] > [son’s gf and mom], it ends up letting down Eun Yoo and Cheong-ah a bit and leaving their resolutions a bit rushed / open ended (you know, like how in other shows you’ll see the second couple standing together at the main characters’ wedding but no actual, solid resolution).

so the final scene of the show is primarily a bonding moment and a resolution for Yichan and Eun Gyeol, and you don’t get much of Cheongchan and a very quick last-moment wrapping up of Euneun (and like. what happened to our girls in the years in between?? we need answers!)

[jays-doodle-spool]

i never know what to say whenever someone who’s never pursued learning a language asks me “where are you in [language]”

how am i meant to express how far i am when they have no reference points but refuse to accept “im in year 2 of the language” as an answer. what answer do u want. i beg of u.

like, there’s general markers such as saying “i’m getting into more complex grammatical structures with compound sentences” but the person i’m speaking to has no idea what that means for progress

i then get asked if i would be able to “talk to them”

yes?? if they used words i know, which are simple, but still enough for a complete conversation, but not fluent

just ask me if I’m fluent yet if the deepest you’ve thought about language learning is “can speak to a native speaker or not”

idk what u want from me. i missed this lecture on small talk

[sskk-manifesto]

!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[todayisafridaynight]

Is that character gay? *points at Mine*

Allegedly.

[jellyaibo]

*a horrifying green mist forms around me as i remember therewill definitely be a new wave of people saying loser is an asshole*

[queen-scribbles]

Sorry, Cait.exe has ceased function bc I thought a little too long about Tragen sweeping Jaesa's hair out of her eyes. :)

[ghostfalls137]

oh my god incredible thing to see in my feed... i cant wait to watch this fhdslfsd

[silverselfshippingchaos]

could cozy up to me- ahem

[dootznbootz]

There's something so specifically infuriating when someone uses one of your experiences or your demographic in an argument, especially if said argument is about spreading hatred or is just so wrong. They "speak on behalf of the ___" to say such fucked shit.

"You're not thinking of the ___!"

"I literally am ___. You saying that adds nothing as you do not speak for me or for other ___. Shut up."

[tariah23]

His videos are always so…

[whumpwillow]

I started reading this webtoon called “This Wasn’t My Plan” and the first couple of episodes are VERY whumper-turned-whumpee (but then it calms down after a few chapters, boo) and I was just SO excited reading it last night that I had to share

[eggmeralda]

biggest discovery of my life is finding out I naturally have a northern accent that I've unknowingly been hiding for like 20 years

[voidcatgalaxy]

ough i need to actually like work on my OC askblog but im kinda rethinking my main oc's design? i love it sm but idk,,, can i get some feedback? personally i love his goofy appearance (he is MEANT to look very friendly/silly and bright, part of his backstory) but i worry some parts of it are too much (like his little bulbous antenna on his ears, or the mismatched colors *everywhere*)

some notes: the one on the left is more recent, but the colors are a bit less accurate (the face is more correct but the body's accent colors are mismatched like on the right. i cant decide whether i want him to have colored paws, im thinking i might go with the grey...)

i put a lot of thought into the more robotic and 'helpful' aspects of his design like the speaker ears he has that can project audio, and his tail, which lights up like a flashlight. his 'eyes' are on metal squares that can turn right, left, up, or down to make emotional expressions, etc.) some of his features are directly tied to his backstory, as he was created to be 'the perfect friend' by a corrupt genius, so he has physical traits to match, ie as the genius saw it, useful traits. Why have a friend hold your flashlight when he could BE the flashlight?

idk i love him he is my silly robocritter but i do sometimes worry he is TOO goofy looking

ok to rb!! (but id prefer replies)

[junkie-virus]

AAAAAA I LOVE FANFICTION !!!! I LOVE MUSIC !!!!! I LOVE FAN ART !!!!! I LOVE CREATION !!!!!!! I LOVE LIFE !!!!!

[avaloniaofficial]

my best friend made me watch all the zombies dcoms and im just like what. head full??? how

[sydchan]

Can't believe Max is Birch's son real is the 2nd thing I've been really struck by about the leaks (first is still the folklore/myths).

Pokemon leaks really are all about hyperfocusing on things that validate your headcanons and ignoring all the things that contradict. Cause you better believe I'm ignoring that potential info about Ghetsis that paints him in a more tragic light (that's a lie I'll at least take it into consideration if more comes out)! Same with all those character ages (the Hoenn ones were still the most outlandish. Wallace 34 and Winona 16...just can't see it).

Leaks for beta stuff like this are always interesting to me since it feels like a puzzle in a sense. Seeing what pieces fill in the blanks left in game. And which pieces were clearly changed. Since it really is some of both. So trying to puzzle out if any of the new information probably is "canon," just is left unstated in the games. It's making more sense now why developer interviews sometimes reveal information that is never actually hinted at in games. Cause they really do have a lot of background notes on things that remained unused/unsaid.

I know a lot of people are throwing around it's canon/it's not canon for the leaks and I have a similar opinion about this as I do with any outside information about any source of media. The actual game/movie/book/whatever is the primary source that should be analyzed. I don't even think Word Of God should be used as what's 100% canon, particularly when it doesn't match what the source material presents. If it's not in the source material, it doesn't count. That's on you, creator, for not including it. But like all things, it can be a useful tool to help analyze what the intended reading of something might have been.