#this isn't cottagecore but i'm acting like it is
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mallgothyamaguchi · 5 months ago
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ive seen that all of your bookmarks are tskym and you dont have many of them (not that thats a bad thing!!!) could you give a bookmark tour and like give a reveiw of each?
ofc! tsukkiyama bookmark tour begin!
autumn by windofjune - this fic is ongoing but i'm just totally in love with the author's writing style. essentially, tsukishima and yamaguchi have had mutual feelings for a long time, but nothing was ever acted upon, so in college, they begin to drift apart from one another even when living in the same apartment. tsukishima faces an injury to his knee and yamaguchi gets dumped by his boyfriend, leading to their slow-burning reconciliation as they both recover from their emotional and physical injuries. everything is so beautifully written and i'm not-so-patiently waiting for chapter 8 hehe
Sleeping Habits by BlueColoredDreams - piece written in a series of vignettes as tsukishima and yamaguchi grow older, ending in their high school years. very sweet and very fluffy. i'm a snuggler, so any fic that involves sleeping and cuddling, i'm there.
(Not) A bad day by WhereDoesTheTimeGo - yamaguchi has a bad day, and all of his insecurities bubble up, so tsukishima comforts him. they both have their own self-doubts and insecurities unveiled, but everything's okay with a snuggle and first kiss. you will notice there is a pattern in my fic tastes, lol.
Home Is Where The Heart Is by Pepper_Moon - very short and sweet domestic fic about the two moving in together in a cottage in the countryside after marrying. artist yamaguchi and writer tsukishima. SO COTTAGECORE. the author is also currently writing a chaptered piece for day 1 of tsukkiyama week i'm very much looking forward to reading!
just ourselves by beefybuttlord - another short and sweet fic where hinata asks yamaguchi what his relationship with tsukishima really is. essentially it's a "what are we" fic. puts how i think their canon relationship is in 800 words.
hottaru-kun by palebluestings - very much plays around with the significance of names and naming conventions in japanese culture, and the different ways kanji can be read. tsukishima has started calling yamaguchi 'tadashi', but yamaguchi still calls him 'tsukki'. also, cue tsukishima being a little jealous of yamaguchi hanging out with his brother. it's a cute and thoughtful fic.
The sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me. by yamaguchiforpresident - as they get older, yamaguchi gets more and more attention from girls (and guys), and by their third year, tsukishima realizes he's in love with his best friend. lots of pining from tsukishima, and does he do anything about it? hmmm... a little bit of yamayama (at least from tsukishima's perspective), so yet again, jealous tsukishima >:)
Won't You Stay For The Ride? (The Views Will Be Nice) by xxet - self-hating tsukishima begins to have his walls broken down by yamaguchi as they grow up. tsukishima is totally whipped, and everyone knows. flips back and forth between past and present throughout. good mix of fluff and angst.
i wish to be found by TheFledglingDM - ok this one isn't in my bookmarks but i'm actually obsessed with this fic i'm shocked i didn't bookmark it. essentially a 'You've Got Mail' au, where yamaguchi is a small bookstore owner who took it over after his mother passed and tsukishima is a financial executive for a chain bookstore with aspirations to become a published author. when tsukishima helps to make the decision to put a store location near yamaguchi's bookstore, yamaguchi fears he may be put out of business. unknowingly, for a whole year prior, they've been online best friends over discord. mistaken identity, enemies to lovers, influence of and allusions to pride & prejudice, what more could you want from a fic? so skillfully written. i will never shut up about it. i finished it a month ago and i think about it every other day.
hope you enjoyed my thoughts on these fics! honestly, i haven't been reading many fics recently since life got pretty busy and then that makes me pretty tired and i've been very focused on writing my own fics...but! with all the entries for tsukkiyama week i have so much new content to read. i'm still pretty new to ao3 (it's been a little over a year since i started reading fics on there), so that kind of explains why my bookmarks list is pretty short, and also i tend to bounce between different forms of reading like manga to physical books to fanfiction. kind of just depends on what my mood is at the moment. now that i've started writing, i've really been fueling my tsukkiyama brainrot into that, lol. when it's slow at work, i'm collecting ideas in my brain for them.
bottomline: tsukkiyama will always and forever be my #1, so if there's a fic i'm reading it and if they have zero fans, i'm dead.
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rabiesofficial · 3 months ago
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there are actually so many celibate lesbians, even here on tumblr and you won't see many of them openly talk about it, for many reasons. I think a big one being homophobia and this idea that lesbians are cottagecore sexless* which isn't the idea celibate lesbians are trying to put out there. The reason I bring this up is because I just think we need to take a step back and stop acting like het women are the only ones faced with choosing celibacy. The reasons may differ, but all lesbians aren't out here flicking and licking clits 24/7. Shocking, I know. this is the other side of cottagecore sexless, it's homophobia on a different wave. All women are capable of choosing celibacy regardless of sexuality, again, the reasons may differ. I don't think it's a crime on the part of a lesbian to be like, maybe choosing celibacy is for the best for safety reasons. And i'm not excusing any of that "oh you're a breeder, cumrag" stuff, if you've been on my blog you know I don't care for that and find it misogynistic. I'm not saying it's an easy choice or that it's going to be painless, I'm just saying I do think it's the safer one for both you and the women around you. If you don't care for that that's fine, i will not stop you from dating men. Again, if you've been on my blog you know I still support women regardless of those choices, but I do very much think if it is not a good choice.
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cymk8 · 1 year ago
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I can't stop looking at your Shadowlach art. Any of it. All of it.
- One cos of your artistry: beautiful and soft and the negative space?? Hello??
- Two cos HELLO?? you draw them so soft and sweet and it is just so peaceful to look at your art. (The kitties in the hair brushing one are *so* cute, and non-ship friends are also enamoured with them :3)
Tell us more about your headcanons, please!
Some prompts if needed: How did things progress from platonic? Was it romantic from early on or primarily physical attraction? Were they on similar pages throughout their relationship or did one fall harder?
General invitation to word dump: what thoughts have you most crazed? Why don't you let them out ;)
(thank u so much...for your compliment and also the fact you sent this ask in the first place has made my day)
God I have so fucking many thoughts I'm going little insane about it and I'm literally so happy you asked because. I have been w a i t i n g HAHA
Your prompts:
We have all heard That Line™; I'd imagine that having both been so pent up, they would immediately jump each other's bones given the opportunity — Shadowheart is absolutely unsubtle and Karlach is Karlach
I actually think it would be one sided for a while!! But not in the piney way. I think Shadowheart attempts to rizz the shit out of Karlach only to fail because Karlach's situation with her engine essentially made her exceptionally good at Resisting Temptation (I find it absolutely hilarious that most of Karlach's in-game responses are so purposefully obtuse when it comes to her)
That in particular pisses Shadowheart off since she would be so used to being able to finesse her way through things like this (because of her background as a professional 'spy' — because otherwise...she's an absolute dork); it makes her try extra hard and eventually come to the conclusion that her attraction is greater when in fact Karlach has had more experience living like a Nun™ than she does
(cont.)
As for the development...I think they would be on similar levels of attraction, but tackle it differently — Karlach would immediately embrace the feeling and Shadowheart will try her fucking hardest to rationalize it away/deny it (queen of repression)
They would probably be fast friends (Shadowheart rizzing Karlach), then actual friends (because Karlach is so earnest Shadowheart feels like she can be earnest too), physically involved, then romantically involved — it only outwardly seems fast, but they definitely have things to work through before they can actually really be honest and feel that they can rely on each other completely
Random headcanon/general thoughts that have going FERAL IN THE CLUB:
I think they work really well together — they balance each other out in the sense that they have very different ways of handling their own stresses and trauma; they have a lot of opportunities to grow even just by being around one another (for example, Shadowheart is so Repressed™ even other characters feel the same way — and Karlach is the opposite); restraint and freedom go hand in hand 😌
They both have a love for adorable things...once the all of the shit with Karlach's heart gets sorted and they FINALLY get to live that cottagecore life, I think their farm would have so many more animals. Like. So many...Karlach would honestly just be so excited to be able to care for things again — and Shadowheart would be excited because she's finally allowed to be just as loud about showing that she DOES care
The idea that Shadowheart's hair could be a signifier for how closed off she is — so throughout the acts, she slowly lets it down/get messier figuratively and literally in front of everyone...AND KARLACH gets permission to touch and braid it as a sign of true trust and vulnerability; it becomes something of a ritual (Karlach is obsessed simply for the fact that she isn't seen as dangerous and is trusted to be able to be gentle about things) (thanks @kanobies for giving me that sweet, sweet psychic damage)
To add to that: they like physically pampering each other — Karlach finally internalizing that she can be 'pretty' and deserving of gentle care and Shadowheart internalizing that she is allowed to want/ask for things that aren't strictly necessary or used towards a greater cause (I don't think she's ever had a strong sense of bodily autonomy in the sense that she was gaslit into thinking every aspect of her life was for Lady Shar)
I'M OBSESSED WITH THE FACT THAT THEY RADIATE DOG ENERGY IN VASTLY DIFFERENT WAYS: thank you Isobel for immediately clocking Shadowheart on sight by calling her a feisty little terrier and for Karlach being literally Clifford the Big Red Dog and
The difference in lifespans...FUCK. KARLACH WOULD TRY SO HARD TO MAKE THEIR TIME TOGETHER WORTH IT/MEMORABLE since she knows her life is comparatively short; Shadowheart would never take it for granted; they make each other keepsakes...🫠🥹🥹
And I still have so much more but I gotta seem like I'm at least somewhat classy (pls...if anyone wants to talk about any of them or both of them I am so mcfucking ready)
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i feel like people have gotten a little too lost in the sauce and are now accusing harmless crap as fascist solely because it's feel-good. when i see someone talking about soft cottagecore uwu junk, i don't see a fascist, but a spoiled crybaby whining about how their life isn't perfect and stapling generic happy stuff together to make a story where they can act like a child with no consequences. like i hate it but i just think they're annoying and childish, not a nazi.
i think you've sent this ask to the wrong woman nonny, i'm very much team "idyllic cottagecore frontier fantasy is settler-colonialism." also, all fascists are spoiled crybabies. fascism is the spoiled crybaby ideology.
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smile-files · 8 months ago
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rant alert!!!!!!!!!!!
something that's been really bothering me lately is how capitalism is hardcore exploiting our generation's desire to explore/create identity
like aesthetic culture is nice on paper but in practice it just means buying a butt load of stuff that we don't need. like, say i like cottagecore, and by extension the strawberry shortcake franchise. it isn't enough for me to just say i like them aesthetically, or whatever -- i have to buy clothes and merchandise or what have you for that part of my identity to feel tangible. i need to be able to embody this aesthetic in every part of my being for it to feel real
and i've interacted with enough brand instagram accounts (such as the strawberry shortcake instagram) to know that companies are all over creating aesthetic, nostalgic nonsense to sell to us, knowing we'll buy anything cutesy that panders to us and the things we like. and we can't help but feed into it. and they act all relatable and gen-z-core too which doesn't help
consumerism drives me nuts, all the more so because i actively partake in it. i love collecting stuff, especially stuffed animals, but adding to the collection with new items involves spending money on a bunch of plastic and polyester things that take up space and will end up in a landfill someday. like, sure, i like them, and people know for sure that i love stuffed animals when they know i have over 100 of them and keep buying them, but if i'm being completely honest i don't get as much out of them as i'd like to think i do. i'm considering making a photo/drawing catalog of all of the plushies i have now and donating the ones who'd do better in a different home! the same applies to all of the toys i have as well
when i was little i used to collect rocks and sticks and pine cones... things in nature that are just as cool and give me just as much joy as my stuffed animals and toys but a) don't take up a huge amount of space b) don't cost money c) don't hurt the environment and d) don't feed into the capitalist, consumerist black hole that's quickly eating us all
honestly... and this might be a hot take... but the whole concept of "aesthetics" that's been on the internet in recent years that has compelled ourselves to shape our wardrobes and possessions in favor of a pretty, inhuman ideal that supposedly affirms our identities is likely just a project by Big Consumerism to get us to buy more stuff that we think makes us feel more like ourselves. like yeah we all deserve to have our own style and our own tastes but that should not necessitate buying 15 billion new outfits from your local target to prove to yourself or anyone else that it's your style and tastes. buying a dropshipped mushroom nightlight off of amazon does not make you any more of a cottagecore girly than someone who doesn't. we shouldn't all be trying to fool each other over instagram reels that we all perfectly fit this aesthetic with our cool clothes and knickknacks and random decorations and be constantly jealous of each other
and it all just feeds into fast fashion and non-sustainably-made products and all that... like if companies know we'd buy anything that fits our aesthetic they'll throw out any notion of making lasting goods that aren't made of plastic and garbage and the blood of innocent baby animals or whatever. we keep eating it up. and we keep buying more and more of it to create an every-expanding hoard of objects that supposedly reflect every facet of our soul
(and i know it's the companies' fault at the end of the day! but i do think we, as individuals, have to think about how we happily succumb to it!)
i'm starting to think that my happiest life would be one lived with a small handful of cool clothes (as it is, most of the clothes i find cool are old ones my aunt sends me or ones i thrift), a small handful of stuffed animals i have a genuine love for (e.g. barry, any homemade plushie), and a gargantuan collection of nature stuff like rocks and sticks and pine cones. i can't help wanting to collect -- i'm like a dragon! but what i can help is what i choose to collect, what system i choose to feed into. i have a huge love for stuffed animals, but if anything, i'm doing a disservice to them and my appreciation for them by repeatedly buying new, low quality ones which i ultimately don't care much about -- and having fewer of them by no means diminishes how much they mean to me. one should not judge a fan by the amount of merchandise they've bought, after all
we are trying to live vicariously through our stuff, which isn't surprising given the hellish socioeconomic landscape, but it only makes us languish and look at devices all day and buy useless stuff and not try to make our lives actually good. this is what capitalism wants!!! augh!!!!
also... folks can't buy sustainable stuff because it often costs more and is less widely sold. but whose fault is that? capitalism!!!!! they could make wool cheaper than polyester for all they cared!!!!!!! they could get rid of money altogether!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i don't really know what i want to say in all of this... but i care about nature and i care about being genuinely happy and digging my own grave in an aesthetic landfill does nothing for that
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tiktaalic · 1 year ago
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i love your tswift takes. you're right. i feel like she's most herself during the eras tour when she's play pretending to beat up a car but it's just a car on a screen that shows damage to being beaten up and that's what taylor swift is. she has to play pretend her rage. or like her silently screaming in the background on the big screen in jeans and a gay little polo like she's trapped while the live-in-person her is in sparkles singing and prancing about. do you understand my vision
yeah . yeah. yeah. the eras thing obviously a huge marketing success but it also . it throws in such sharp relief how she's been Making Up Personas for such a long time. and ive thought about this like well is it fair to accuse her of crafting different personas over the years? her career spans age 17 to age 32 are they really falsehoods or are they phases in her personal development over 15 years of change in her personal life + her brain developing? but i think reputation is what clinches it for me. that is taylor swift Putting On An Act. i feel more charitable to debut/fearless/speak now because there is, i think, a fairly solid thruline between them artistically and even in her old tour outfits. sidebar to say the sparkles that's real that woman loves sparkles that's not persona that's bona fide little miss swift.
but after that you get these rebrands that are. rebrands. and maybe its uncharitable of me to call them rebrands maybe like i said it's an artist developing through her career maybe it's an artist with a broad genre range of talents. but they are SO meticulously curated. the pivot to i'm a pop girlie now! i wear t-shirts and shorts and hats because im cool and a pop girlie! 1989's a crazy one it's aaaaaall mythology all the way through. we are james dean and a woman with red lipstick. we are actors on an olde timey movie set. i am exactly as boy crazy and bad faith as everyone says i am. we're hot 20-somethings in new york! and then of course reputation is reputation. then lover's a swing back in the other direction. and folkevermore is ummmm just wanted to remind everybody I Can Be a serious artist. alongside the topical rise of #cottagecore. what was i saying. OH. her tour outfits are crazy. you are not just one Ideal Woman you are in a ball gown you are in a sequined suit you are in a flapper dress you are in a floor length muted cotton sundress. but this isn't like. I need to be the Most Woman to get the guy. it's I need to be the Most Woman or women will give me a bad grade in being a Woman.
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cringe-y-gumi · 1 year ago
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Forget school, embrace the dreamnoblade. For this we must imagine:
Techno being the one they put in prision, the server decided that he is the biggest threat, without him dream couldn't have blown up lmanburg, quackity would have his two eyes, tubbo won't be scarred and everyone would have their home. So they take Phil again, they used ranboo against him as much as it hurt Tommy to use his friend like this.
Techno is unsurprised but disappointed nonetheless. He spends the few first weeks trying to grow potatoes in the cauldron because Sam doesn't give him enough for his half piglin side. But one day quackity arrives.
He just wants atonement from what happened in the butcher army,but even tough he is decked out techno still manages to trow him into the lava so next time he comes back with potion, and they work a little too well in making the piglin weak.
It gets to the point even the sigth of a regen potion makes Techno pale.
This goes on only for two months.
Dream decides that Techno is worth more alive than dead (and he may or may have not missed his rival) So with the knowledge he has of the prison he gets him out nobody the wiser, Phil is still on the artic trying to make a plan with ranboo and Nikki.
Cue cottage core arc where Dream is very sweet and caring to Techno while he is very emotionally constipated. Dream gets the rest of the syndicate when Techno heals up and makes the rest of the server go boom boom.
I do not regret writing this long ass ask.
Oh gosh, I almost let this one slip out of my mind.
I'm so tireeeed... But tbh, seeing some people still enjoying the things I also like— like Dreamnoblade of course, I'm all good
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and YEEES!!! Please for the love of god, I BADLY WANT SOME DNB COTTAGE ERA WITHOUT BEING HIDDEN BEHIND THE TITLE RIVALS DUO ( ≧Д≦)!!!
I may be biased, but the potential, the subtexts of some of the fics I read are OH SO THERE! Sometimes I wonder if some of them wanted to actually write dnb but due to its reputation, didn't.
Or maybe I'm projecting...
Anyway, I'm getting side tracked.
I would LOVE to read this one!!! But also add this:
When Dream broke Techno out of the prison, the Syndicate never knew. So when they were executing a prison-escape— one that was a little after Dream broke Techno out, they met a barren, empty cell.
Syndicate be panicking, while Dream and Techno be enjoying their cottagecore era.
Of course, Techno needs to heal— both physically and mentally but mostly it's emotionally.
After spending 2 months in that cell with Quackity taunting the fuck out of him, his Rival/friend acting all soft and domestic is the last thing he would want to deal with. But he doesn't have a choice.
Because the thing is... Not even Dream knew why.
"Techno is a powerful ally so he needs to get on his good side" is what Dream tells himself. You see, no business partners would wake up early to make sure the other eats. No business partners would learn the way the other likes their bath (temperature) or their coffee.
When Dream first noticed himself, he found out he likes what he's feeling and is he started to do them more.
When Techno finally noticed, he found out he wasn't opposed to the feeling and so he also started doing the same.
But remember the Syndicate?
Just when things starts to become better, the Syndicate managed to accomplish their goal: To find and rescue Technoblade who they all assumed was kidnapped and kept somewhere.
So with that, they managed to catch the two off-guard— successfully getting Techno, and capturing Dream.
Techno doesn't accept it. No one is listening to him. Dream— being used to this treatment, isn't even speaking
AHHH I want hurt comfort, more when I finally get some sleep...
Also I appreciate such long ask! I like Reading them!
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signedkoko · 10 months ago
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AAAA HI MOOTIE❤️❤️ could I request a romantic Hazbin hotel match up?? (Help me I'm shy) ANYWAY
I'm bi with no real pref, I'm a Taurus and an INFJ!!
Appearance!! : 5,5 with shoulder length black hair, Blue-Green'ish eyes and Glasses! People tell me I look very Intimidating and unapproachable, I have a very vintage 1950s women's way of dressing with a hint of cottagecore into it! I'm also always wearing heels <3
A lil about me! : chronically ill ex dancer and writer, I also sing and I love to act aswell!! I love walks alot even though I can't much anymore, I have a cat his name is Morty!! I can be kinda loud and hyper, I'm usually very in your space if I know you well (and ur comfortable obviously) I also love doing things for others! Id like to say I'm a pretty skilled cook and baker, I also love card games and board games (oh and video games y'know) I always have music running in my headphones, I'm super clingy to the people I hold dear and I absolutely love showering my friends in love and appreciation; I can also be quite the hassle, I'm not all smiles and kisses which I'm trying to work on; I struggle with empathy and love, I can be very brutal and rude and sometimes borderline cruel but I try and reserve that for people that do me wrong!!
I love birds and Foxes! Oh and deer and moose those are my favorite animals I love them sm ( I'm Scandinavian don't look at me weird) I'm the kinda friend you can come to with anything, to listen or for advice or a solution I'll always be here for everyone :3
Some hobbies : dancing (on some days) playing the violin, Writing, baking and cooking
Bleh things: Alcohol (get away from me) smoking or any substances for that matter, dark coffee, bright lights, unprompted loud noises,sudden physical contact
YEAH THAT'S ME ILYSM KOKO DO THIS ON UR OWN TIME DONT FEEL PRESSURED!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You got…Rosie!
Already, you've got the cutest height difference and aesthetic match in the world. You come to just about her shoulders and that's not counting her hat! Fortunately, since you wear heels you can inch a little closer to her—unless she's also wearing them. 
Rosie loves fashion, so you two go shopping together a lot. She's always offering her clothes to you, but when they wind up too big (as always), she will tailor them herself to suit you or bring them to a proper tailor to fix them up. You don't wear exactly the same style, but Rosie will incorporate more of your elements into her wardrobe so people know you're together. 
Oh my, and you can dance? No matter the kind, the moment you tell Rosie that she is already talking about the pep she used to carry in her step, and she wants to go out dancing with you a lot more. Rosie is an amazing dance partner because she is very good at following your lead or showing you how to do what she has going on. 
She also LOVES your kitty Morty. Oh yeah, shes going to spoil that cat to death because, isn't it just the cutest furball ever? Rosie is the type to get bit by a cat and coo about how strong a bite it has. 
Now, she isn't one for video games, but she is more than happy to learn all about the various types you play! Be it board, video, or card! Rosie is actually really bad at these games and often reveals her hand or her plan, but she still loves trying it out with you. The one game she could beat you in 99.9% of the time is chess.
One thing that really surprises her is your ability to get along with Susan. Knowing you have a habit of being cruel to those who deserve it, she expected you to hate the woman! Instead, you bonded over your hatred for a lot of things, and Susan insists on you always being the one to help her in the emporium. 
Expect a lot of listening to oldies music while she shows you her old dance moves, working in the emporium with her, and the cannibals being extremely protective of you when it comes to other demons.
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Author’s Note - I'm sorry I know its OBVIOUS but when I was going it Rosie got 7/8 and Alastor was the closest with 3/8!!! I just think she really is your match made in heaven 🖤
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muskmelon-enjoyer-199x · 8 months ago
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I genuinely enjoy reading candlepowerforums.com on occasion because it's just a bunch of middle-aged men who are really into flashlights and I respect that.
There's a lot of overlap with the knife guy and gun guy communities, as well as with the bushcraft and obnoxious-about-ultralight-backpacking ones.
It's always weird being in those sorts of spaces because they are generally VERY male and a lot of the time those guys are REALLY backwards thinking, but I also do feel a weird kinship with them.
I grew up in the country and carry a knife and a flashlight every day. I love outdoor stuff. I'm not averse to guns or hunting or any of that. I know how to make a shelter out of a tarp and start a fire with a steel and forage edible plants and all of that crap.
The politicization of firearm ownership in the US has had an unfortunate impact on these sorts of communities, I think. Any online or IRL space even tangentially related to guns or hunting is basically toxic as fuck and unusable if you're female or openly queer or whatever else. There's a different kind of toxicity from the organic-granola-rock-climbing-type spaces, too. It honestly sucks, because it really doesn't have to be that way!
You're either in a space dominated by far right redneck men or a space dominated by rich suburbanites with expensive ultralight gear who play in the backcountry but disdain everybody that actually lives there (usually either for political or class reasons, or just a sense of being more cosmopolitan because they've had Thai food that isn't ketchupy pad thai). If you're in-between or neither, you don't get to participate in the discussion. You read the relevant review or whatever and fuck off.
It sucks! Because what if I want to wear camouflage unironically and carry knives and not act weird about hunting AND be gay and eat granola and birdwatch? Why does foraging have to be framed as either bushcrafting survivalism or cottagecore aesthetic hobbyism? Why does picking wild herbs need to be gendered and politicized?
Why do you have to assume I'll hate your duck hunting just because I prefer to watch them? Why do you have to assume I don't know anything about the more "redneck" stuff just because I'm queer?
I bought the 10 dollar military surplus fanny pack because it's gigantic and unbreakable. It's a dopey-looking digital camo (the old US army one that nobody likes, even for 10 bucks) and it weighs a little more than the 80 buck Patagonia one, but it's definitely better than the shitty off-brand one. Why does that have to be a political statement? Do I need to spend a day's wages on every little bit of gear that I use maybe once a month at most just to prove that I don't watch Fox News? Why do I need to pretend I like it ironically?
I like the flashlight forum though. It's a lot of the same men from the same crowds, but they overlap and generally just babble about lumens and bezels and strobe patterns and argue about what brands suck. Spicy opinion, but SureFire and other high-end brands can be bothersome for daily use because they run on expensive and harder-to-find CR123 batteries. Somebody can tell you that you're dumb because they last longer and you can just buy backups on Amazon. It's an argument about flashlights.
It's mostly just people discussing flashlights and occasionally being assholes to each other for having the wrong opinions about flashlights or being homebody collectors that don't actually use and abuse their tools. I like that.
I wish outdoor recreation wasn't so political and classist and gendered and sexualized and WEIRD
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imjustabeanie · 10 months ago
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i cannot stop being an idiot, tumblr wouldn't show me the header of 'i don't write for these'. i'm so so so sorry 😅 genshin and jjk then : )
she//her
virgo
9w1
ENFP // ISFJ
pansexual
Lawful Neutral
Appearance: 176 cm, 5'10. a little past shoulder length brown hair, dark brown eyes. i'm sort of a slender hourglass i guess??? i'm pretty tan, so a ton of scars on my arms and face are visible and kind of pink. i typically dress dark academia or cottagecore, and i'm definitely very feminine. i have supppeerrr sensitive hearing so i'm typically wearing headphones or earplugs. also i'm always cold so you can't catch me without layers lmao
personality: super duper bubbly !! sterotypical manic pixie girl enfp, but i've alwso been described as demure and graceful. no fucking clue how those go hand in hand :') i absolutely LOVE kids and i'm seen by the ones i babysit as a 'jiejie' or older sister 🥺 i'm also a super hopeless romantic hahaahaha. i'm also like. concerningly morbid? i sound so edgy saying all fo this but like listening to 4 hours of gore being graphically described or seeing it on the internet doesn't gross me out at all ? ? ? like its so interesting. i'm also probably a people pleaser-
i really enjoy getting up early, and staying up ridiculously late. i enjoy cooking, sewing, rollerskating, and ballroom or folk dancing. i enjoy playing harp and cello, and i act a lot, too. i speak Latin, Russian, Greek, French, and English, and i adore school.
sorry if this isn't enough information haha 😅 thank you !!
Hi! There was a problem in my pined I realized yesterday or so that it said two fandoms for matches. I'll only do Genshin and will just mention who your JJK match is.
Your genshin match is Navia!
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I really hesitated between her and Venti but in the end she won.
Navia is caring, bubbly, energetic and always willing to help. You two would be such sweethearts. A couple a lot would envy because it's full of love and arguments are scarce.
Navia loves shopping with you! Even if you two don't really buy anything and just walk around. Your styles are rather similar so she'd do her best to match with you. She always carries an extra coat with her and dotes over you when she thinks you're cold. Navia also makes sure to bring great earplugs with her and stray away from loud places when you're together.
Navia is a hopeless romantic too! Her love language is all over the place. She loves physical affection, always compliments you and spoils you when she can! She enjoys dates too, especially the ones at home where you two can cook together and just goof around. She's very good with kids too.
While your morbid interest startle her, she won't judge you much for it. You're definitely tougher than her even if she tries to hide it. She enjoys all your hobbies and would really like rollerskating. Navia does have contacts so from time to time she'd get you two ballroom tickets. She enjoys listening to you play and joins you with her own instrument.
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mercury-filled-intp · 5 years ago
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i made a wlw version of The Selection
For all of you touch starved gays out there, I came prepared!! If you are in teh market for:
a) wlw romances 
b) wlw romances 
c) wlw slightly cottagecore romances involving princesses and mild references to the l word
boy do i have the story for you. I’ve put it under the break so you can read here if you want. but it’s also on AO3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/23904733
so knock yourself out. this is what an intp does with too much spare time. i’m literally rewriting the whole book. so. yeah
Jen Carpenter was building an overly elaborate birdhouse in her basement woodshop when the telephone rang. Its high-pitched wobble echoed across the scuffed linoleum and wooden paneled staircase until her mother answered the line.
           “Carpenter and Son, how may I help you?” She said. Jen sang a showtune while she worked, cutting a hole into a thin plank of wood. She was in the middle of making a bright pink birdhouse for a Two’s spoiled daughter. Jen was instructed to bedazzle the front, but she figured she would take some creative liberty and make it look a little less disgusting, even though as a Five, she should have been answering to them. She was in the middle of nailing the cut and sanded pieces together when her mother came, practically rolling, down the stairs. “Jen, that was the royal court who just called…” Sandra said in an annoying voice. “They mentioned we have a daughter between the ages of seventeen and twenty in our household… you know what that means—” Jen cut her off quickly, knowing where the conversation was going.
           “I’m not going to audition for The Selection, Mom. Get over it. I’m perfectly happy with my work here!” Jen loved her woodshop, but there were other reasons why she didn’t want to test her luck with the Princess. One of them being her true love waiting for her every night in the treehouse in the woods, where she met up with Vivienne most nights. Vivienne was another Five, born to a family of well-respected maids. Their families were close enough that they knew each other growing up, and fell in love almost instantly. Since they were both thirteen, they’ve been sneaking up to the treehouse (built with care by Jen one year) to exchange snacks and gifts and hopes for the future when they will finally leave their parents for something new. They had to keep their relationship a secret, or else their parents would forbid them from seeing each other. They fantasized about going to New Asia, where Vivienne could finally meet her colonial ancestors—but they wouldn’t be able to follow through with their future plans if Jen was married away to Princess Shane! Vivienne wasn’t able to audition—her parents didn’t have enough money to pay the audition fee—but Sandra was determined to get her daughter into the competition. Jen was a beautiful singer, but wasn’t quite ready to share her talent with the world.
           “You know how much the money would help us, Jen. I can open the bakery I’ve always wanted, your father could expand the business with Joe, it could all be so amazing. Just audition for me. Please? You’re so talented…” Sandra cooed, already living vicariously through Jen even though she hadn’t even been Selected yet.
           She would decide what to do about it all later. Princess Shane was gorgeous. She wouldn’t hate being with her… realistically, every citizen under the age of thirty probably had a crush on the princess. But, she had already met her true love, and was not ready to give that up. And, either way, she wouldn’t even be selected anyway. Being able to carry a tune didn’t make her the most attractive in all of District 4. Jen sighed and resumed construction on the birdhouse, lost in a daydream thinking about tomorrow’s possibilities. Before she could get into the groove of her work, though, her sister Chloe came bounding down the staircase with stomps belonging to an ogre. Bright orange pigtails (violently contrasting the basic dark-brown hair of the rest of her family…) trailed behind her as she very nearly fell onto the basement floor.
           “Please audition, Jen! You and Shane would look so pretty together!” She practically screamed, looking at Sandra for approval. Jen couldn’t believe her mother had brought Chloe into this. Every ten-year-old in the People’s Republic was obsessed with Princess Shane, that was not fair. There were probably more Princess Shane figurines in circulation than dollar bills. Jen conceded, though, because she’d do anything to make her sister happy. Even if she happened to be the devil incarnate with that red hair.
           “Alright, I’ll think about it. Now move,” she guided them towards the staircase with her callused hands on their backs, “I won’t be able to finish this by Sunday with you hovering,” Jen said. Her mother and sister turned up the stairs, giddily discussing what dress to have Jen wear to the auditions. The People’s Republic had strict laws on what is wearable in public, so she didn’t have many options either way. Too much glitter is seen as a public nuisance, and short skirts are seen as too tempting for the guards that patrol the streets every day. If only they were still America, Jen thought to herself, recalling history lessons from her mother as a child. Two centuries before, after the Great Eurasian War, The United States was absorbed by China and turned into the People’s Republic. But, because there was a literal ocean between the two land masses, the United States had an easy time overthrowing Chairman Mao V6, Eurasian Emperor. Now, nearly 170 years later, Jen can now call herself a People’s Republican. All thanks to Marsia Washington, the woman who led the revolution against Eurasia. At least, that’s what she learned in history classes at school. Her dad didn’t seem to like the curriculum, but Jen assumed that was because he was taught differently fifty years before. Once Chloe and Sandra’s gossip faded away into distant squealing overhead, Jen was finally able to start lacquering the birdhouse, omitting those godawful rhinestones.
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           By nightfall, dinner was already on the table. Not much construction work was requested in the winter, so the meal was meager: stale turkey leftover from Thanksgiving with rice, and toaster strudels for dessert. Jen’s stomach groaned at the table, as forks and knifes clashed together. Through a full mouth, her little brother Max talked about his day at the junkyard with their father. Chloe and Jen’s mother discussed the latest plans for the business, and Jen stared out the window into the city lights visible just across the pier. She lost herself in the dazzling billboards and buildings, before the television set knocked her back into reality.
           “Selection auditions are tomorrow! How exciting! Hello, girls!” The news was on, and the most obnoxious reporter was covering the night’s program from District 2. She dragged some unsuspecting teenagers from the streets into the limelight by the forearms, “Are any of you planning on trying your luck at Princess Shane’s hand?” Most girls out of the group said they would, gushing about how exciting it was to get a chance to be with the Princess. Sandra glanced towards Jen expectantly, gently nudging her with a pointy elbow. Promptly ignoring her mother, Jen turned back to face the table.
           “We found a lovely dress for you. It’s pink tulle, and Vivienne’s mother said she’ll tailor it so it’s not dragging behind you. It was my dress back in the day,” Sandra said, staring wistfully into nothing, reliving her glory days. Jen nodded along passively, eyes focused on finishing the last few bites of toaster strudel on her plate.
           “Don’t do too much, Mom. I don’t even know if I’ll get picked! Let alone if I’ll even audition…” Sandra and Chole both whined at the same time, Max chatting with their father, ignoring the Selection talk. Jen thought of Vivienne, seeing her mother work on the dress she would wear for Princess Shane. She couldn’t do that to Vivienne. “You know, I’m feeling really full,” Jen said, slyly brushing some turkey and rice from her plate into a bowl under the table. “May I excuse myself?”
           “Alright, but get to sleep early. You want to be fresh-faced for your audition!” Jen nodded quickly, and headed to her room. Her family had lived here her whole life, so nothing changed except a new bed and desk over the years. There was a dirty mirror in the corner, a permanently unmade bed by the window, and a tragically stained once-white carpet covering the floor. Shutting the door, she uncovered the food she was able to sneak away from the table. It was not a full meal, but would be enough to keep Vivienne going for a while. She shoved the leftovers in a bag and then that bag into a backpack, slinging the familiar, worn fabric over her toned shoulders. Vivienne was always looking out for her siblings, even if it meant skipping meals so they could eat. Bringing her extras was the least Jen could do, considering all the kind things Vivienne has done for her.
           She turned to the mirror, trying in vain to look semi-presentable. Her shoulder-length curly hair was limp and dry, and her face looked dull and sunken. She was wearing a dark grey tunic and maxi skirt—optimal for mobilization and constant airflow but reminiscent of a potato sack. After doing her best to smooth out the wrinkles with her hands, she hiked up her skirt and bounded out the window.
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rollercoasterwords · 2 years ago
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ok here's the cottagecore rant lol
i'm definitely not the first person to complain about cottagecore and like the 'cottagecorification' of lesbians but i've just been thinking about it tonight and i feel like the two main facets of what irritate me about it are like:
the way it mysticizes femininity. like...i am generally skeptical of any form of gender essentialism but especially this whole "divine feminine" sort of rhetoric that i've seen floating around the internet, which essentially acts as though a proper response to the gender roles created by patriarchy is to take the gender role of "woman" and shout really loudly about how good it is, which like...i understand the desire to take historically stigmatized aspects of femininity and reclaim them and push back against stigmatizing narratives, but mysticizing feminity does nothing but take us back to gender essentialism, which will always inevitably take us back to a gender hierarchy, so it's like....idk babe read some audre lorde. master's tools will never dismantle the master's house and all that. like there is no inherent goodness to womanhood and portraying femininity as this dainty pretty thing isn't actually really doing anyone a favor in the long-run. also -- i feel like this ties in to the ways that people will sometimes talk about lesbians and lesbian relationships like "wow women are just so beautiful and magical and amazing and lesbians are just so perfect and lesbian relationships are all just so perfect" where it's like...k. tell me u don't see lesbians as people but make it woke ig.
the way it sanitizes lesbianism. and like again i am not the first person to complain about this but anytime i see lesbianism portrayed as just like "omg uwu cute picnics and matching little fairy outfits and watching the sunset together" i'm just like...i'm not 5 years old??? like it almost feels as if in trying to avoid lesbians being oversexualized we've just decided to turn them into a children's picture book?? and it's like....idk babe u do u but if this is your impression of what being a lesbian is about then....yikes.
and the thing is like this combo of mysticizing femininty and sanitizing lesbianism i think leads to this weird anti-masculinity sentiment within queer and wlw spaces where people will be like "feminine = good and masculine = bad" and then we get all these "jokes" where people just repeat the same rhetoric about masculine lesbians being creepy ugly predators and it's like....i am literally going to rip ur spine out. i am. going to kill you. seriously the fucking "hey mamas" jokes and shit?? ohhhh i could go on and on maybe i just need to make a separate rant for that but yeah. making fun of masculine lesbians is literally only ever punching down and if you don't understand that then u have an incredibly warped understanding of like queer politics and also have probably never studied even a crumb of queer history.
ANYWAY at the end of the day all of this also just goes back to like. turning queerness into an aesthetic for the consumption of a broad audience and this is an issue throughout queer spaces i think because people don't actually want to accept queerness they just want to consume it as a form of entertainment but with lesbians specifically it just sucks that the palatable aesthetic is always going to be some kind of hyperfeminine conventionally pretty little package that is either completely devoid of sexuality or sexualized in a way that is very consumable for nonlesbians. and it sucks when people within the queer community buy so heavily into that aesthetic without seeing the ways that boiling a sexuality down to an aesthetic is harmful. like -- it's okay to enjoy or identify with certain aspects of "cottagecore" like shit man i like picnics too and if ur into cute dresses and shit u do u but if your queer identity revolves around aesthetics then there is very little that is actually queer about it and you will likely struggle to actually be in community with those who don't fit into your sanitized and palatable narratives of what it means to be queer. so. work on conceptualizing queerness beyond aesthetics maybe!
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writers-in-moominvalley · 2 years ago
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💡Lightbulb Moment💡
An Analysis of Sniff and the Fandom Around him; a long, casual essay.
I think the issue with Sniff and thus his fanon depictions is that while yes, he is riddled with various flaws unique to each adaptation of him and can all too often be depicted as annoying in 2 of the most popular shows, the fandom doesn't seem to treat him very fairly or even dare to propose rationalization of or forgiveness for his behavior unlike Snorkmaiden who was treated very poorly for being "an obstacle" and then turned around once the fandom became a little more self-aware of their blatantly misogynistic actions.
Sniff hasn't gotten much non-shallow positive representation/discussion or sympathetic analysis like Snorkmaiden; this has severely disrupted any fan's possibility of actually enjoying him. As much as one rewatches or enjoys the source material, they're not going to think deeply of certain elements if the fandom content they consume doesn't hype up details or characters, they're not going to look for enjoyment in Sniff if nobody points out what to enjoy in Sniff or try to take scenes and rationalize his behavior which would give greater meaning to the scenes with him.
A lack of a true (male) partner to ship him with also contributes to a lack of positive fan content, nobody really pointed this out but it seems a alot of likeable Snorkmaiden content often contains wlw ships with her, with Little My or otherwise. Being (queer) shipped also seems to give easy leeway for certain behaviors or actions for the character(s) in question, e.i: Moomintroll seems to be often depicted as soft, protective and full of admiration in the fandom because there's Snufkin for him to act like that with, when in canon his behavior (especially in the comics) can often be rude, incredibly sheepish/cowardly, spiteful and disloyal, or Snufkin is depicted as yearning, self-conscious, thoughtful and wisdomous (or if we completely ignore canon, feral, sarcastic and having a general aura of coolness) when in canon he can be very avoidant (straight up ditching situations he finds unappealing for him), self-righteous, judgemental and often disliking being around other people.
Negative depictions of them are quickly rejected or otherwise overlooked because of these idealizations of the characters, even when the canon depicts them with these flaws, OR they get twisted with sympathetic explanations for their behavior, like Snufkin being justified in committing terrorism against a park and physically harming its keeper(s) because of headcanonned childhood trauma when it could more easily be explained as him being self-righteous, petty and generally anti-authoritarian. (And to clarify, I'm not really slandering Snufmin as a ship [in fact I do enjoy it], it has its bases and they do seem to really find eachother special. I'm just using it as a popular example to illustrate my point of shipping creating what I call "likeable mischaracterisation")
There's also the severe roadblock of Snufkin and Sniff's natural idealistic rivalry, Sniff being a materialist and Snufkin being... The opposite of one? Non-materialist? And most of the fandom seems to often kin or otherwise project onto Snufkin because of his seemingly idealistic lifestyle backed up by the previous cottagecore phase of the internet which integrated the Moomin franchise into its ideology, even though Snufkin's ideology has its own flaws, Sniff "represents" the now terribly daunting capitalism that crushes us daily. But one thing has to be understood; Sniff is a traumatized child aswell, orphaned for who knows how long before being adopted by the Moomins and always unrelatable to his friends, much like how the fandom often views Snufkin.
Sniff isn't capitalism itself; he is a victim of it as much as anyone (or I guess moreso since the Moomins don't seem to be terribly bothered by it often), it's just that he's trying to fulfill his needs in a materialistic way instead of withdrawing into isolation from society, he's trying to game the system to fulfill some kind of non-obvious and unconscious need he has that he can't get an opportunity to express.
In the short story Cedric (in Tales From Moominvalley, a collection of short stories by Tove set in Moominland) Sniff gets extremely depressed after giving away his prized and beloved toy dog who had topaz eyes and a genuine moonstone on its collar, Cedric (after which the story is named after), to a brat referred to as Gaffsie's Daughter by the instruction of Moomintroll who assumably had the good intention of teaching Sniff how to share and the warm fuzzy feelings that come with it, but it obviously backfired entirely. Sniff is described to having become so depressed that he couldn't sleep, eat or even speak, Moominmamma asks why Sniff gave Cedric away to Gaffsie's Daughter and he explains, Moominmamma is left unable to respond and goes to bed to try and think it over. Sniff goes outside to have Snufkin tell a story about his own aunt and Sniff keeps responding to this story like he's had similar ones told to him before, trying to predict what happens and saying that Snufkin is just like Moomintroll.
In an author's note for the chapter, it's said Sniff finds Cedric in the rain with his jewelry missing and Sniff continues to love Cedric the way he did, unclear if a lesson was truly learned. What I find strange about this is that Tove describes Cedric as bald and love-worn but that Sniff seemed to possibly care about Cedric because of his jewelry despite Sniff having become legitimately depressed and regretting giving him away, and afterward she says she thinks Sniff is nobler for loving Cedric despite his lack of jewelry. This should be true in any context but this feels demeaning for Sniff, who hasn't even mentioned the gems in dialog or described thoughts.
This leads into Sniff's general mistreatment in canon, particularly in Moominvalley 2019, but I'm not going to get into that at the risk at making this the length of a book. I'm just gonna say; if you're going to rewatch the series, remember that Sniff is supposed to be 12-14 years old.
He also gets really unlikeable in the Tove comics then Lars tried to soften him in his own run, so that's something. But you have to give credit to that version of Sniff for actually being mildly more competent than many characters in the strip unlike his fandom/2019 depiction as being a failure and a far worse idiot than everybody else.
Anyway, what was I saying? Ah yeah.
What I'm saying is that there is a likeable version of Sniff to look into if you try. There is a tragic one where he is slowly but surely left behind by his friends who he cared about only to be left with Stinky, an actual, despicable criminal and attempted murderer, there is a Sniff that can be loved and cared for by his equally broken parents, there is a version of Sniff who freaks out when he finds out he has a brother named Fuddler and doesn't know what to do about it.
There is a Sniff that has a cool story to tell, to have what-ifs that he learns from, to be a child trying to navigate things in an unhealthy way he knows but can't help, to be an adult that has to kick Moomintroll into not being a doormat, to be desperate in filling a void with material, to hope but ultimately have to settle with something better for him in the long term.
Make a medieval AU where he's a clumsy but lucky street rat ffs, don't make him a pathetic one-off joke or a smalltime villain. There is something he can teach others that isn't just not what to do by example, make him realize that Moomintroll is kinda crap for never addressing his feelings when he pours his heart out over a stuffed animal he just got a few days ago that makes him feel more special than anyone ever has. LET HIM BE HUGGED BY HIS PARENTS. PLEASE. SNUFKIN GETS HUNDREDS OF REDRAWS OF HIM HUGGING JOXTER BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE OF SNIFF JUMPING INTO MUDDLER'S ARMS. LET SOMEBODY FILL HIS PATHETIC VOID WITH THE PLATONIC/PARENTAL AFFECTION HE HAS NEVER RECEIVED IN CANON AND DON'T MAKE IT COME FROM STINKY HE IS AN ENABLER AND WOULD BE A TOXIC FRIEND.
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sigery · 4 months ago
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my dad is the real beast. He has over sixty max leveled characters. there are guild achievements related to having a max lvl character of every class for every (main) race and since our guild is just our family of four we need lots of characters to fulfill the requirements. And also thousands of personal achievements too so you can get a lot of dopamine rushes. Dozens of unique zones and little stories to find. Oh and collecting different appearances so you can play dress up (cottagecore hunter with a flower crown and dragon fairy pets! and exploding arrows)
It's not my fault though. I grew up with the game; my dad had weekly raid hangouts at the house. The lore was always vast and mystic (if sometimes contradicting, child me didn't care about the inconsistencies.)
And technically I'm grinding through the special pre-patch event that leads into the launch of the expansion and next set of zones and story line. We are going to beat up mean spider people and hopefully befriend the stone dwarves (Earthen) and the divergent evolution not troll people (Harronir) (and some variant humans that are probably lore important).
Though I did take a nap after finishing my draenei rogue, the last class we needed for the draenei class achievement. A half hour nap that turned closer to hour and a half before someone came to check on me since I hadn't replied to anyone on discord after my announcement. And yesterday I slept till 2:30pm after snoozing my alarms multiple times.
Once the expansion comes out and I play through the campaign, things should calm down a bit. Though unlike my dad and brother, I will not play it all in less than 12 hours. (and then complain about having to wait for more content/story as the 'first act' plays out in the next few weekly updates). I will sleep more soundly after the first surges of newness and excitement settle.
It's like "you are the apex predator, why are you so friendly? (and kind of stupid)" Chaos is a friendly guy... and not indicative of his species who would probably kill the humans for funsies.
idk how big people in arcade are in general, but I think a 20ft animatronic with sharp teeth and claws and little concept of personal space isn't the ideal intruder. and keeps spamming the 'hug?' button
Even better if Vapor got his cosmetic upgrades, though he would probably be cleaner and better maintained than arcade vapor who is on the streets. Chaos currently isn't allowed to interact with arcade because he will try to adopt that hyena-like pack and I'm not going to give Envy that headache (yet, it might come)
Hi. How are yah?
I'm alive. Been mostly preparing for the next WoW expansion by leveling and gearing up multiple characters so last like week or so is kind of a blur. And my sleep schedule is more skewered than usual. WoW is one of the few things my family all play. Not together usually since we have different play styles and my dad and brother will probably rush through the available campaign within 12 hours while I'm more likely to explore and actually take in the world and its lore.
It's also been rainy the last few days so haven't gone outside. Which is probably a net negative.
But I'm not dead, even if I haven't actually scrolled through tumblr, really just popping in with a post and disappearing for the day again.
Also I did get the arcade vapor ask, my brain is just flat right now
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ivyindreamland · 2 years ago
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WHY do you think Taylor is istp? .?…….?…
ok this is the stupid part about MBTI notation but basically if you're an introvert then whatever your last letter is is actually the opposite. like an ESTP really is a perceiver, but an ISTP is actually a judger even though they have the P for perceiving.
anyway... introverted judgers (we'll call this Ji) are meticulous perfectionists who spend lots of time honing and refining, focusing on precision and exactness. you see that tendency reflected in taylor's control freakery around her work, meticulous planning and crafting of her persona, the way she gets really into the nitty gritty of every aspect of her brand and her presentation. archetypally, Ji people kind of act as a compass pointing to a truth or ideal, not losing sight of underlying structure, values, or principles. for folks that are introverted, judgers, and thinkers (Ti - judging specifically means "thinking and/or feeling processes"), the part about structure and principles that stay true across different contexts is particularly emphasized. it also goes in hand with an extroverted approach to feeling (Fe) because everyone has a mechanism to explain thinking and feeling processes (that's right, you can't escape feeling!), and they're both on the same spectrum, so one would take an introverted approach and the other would take an extroverted approach.
extroverted judging (Je) is about influencing and persuading others, and articulating concepts in a way that is efficient/effective but not necessarily precise. Je and Ji balance each other this way - Ji, as a compass, stays true to principles and cares about exactness and precision, and Je actually moves those ideas out to the world. Ji perfectionism means without Je the idea might never actually "get out," while Je focus on influence and communication means that there might be a tendency to "rule for the sake of ruling" while losing sight of principles. everyone has both mechanisms to balance these issues but people might emphasize one or the other. both Je and Ji are working on a message, but Ji really cares about getting that message accurate and exact. i see Taylor as on the Ji side of the spectrum even though obviously she's a great communicator and gets a lot done in a short time; it would be a mistake to preclude someone from having Ji on the basis that they're an artist who got famous or something like that, anybody is capable of doing so. but what makes taylor really stand out is her perfectionistic approach to every aspect of her work. also - and this is Ti and Fe working together, taylor is really good at grasping the underlying structural mechanisms (Ti) of powerful ideas in the cultural lexicon, like "the all american girl" or "cottagecore" (Fe), and crafting with precision (Ji) an entire language, aesthetic, and concept around those ideas.
speaking of aesthetic... that's also part of why i'd consider taylor a sensor (the S in ISTP). "perceiving" refers to sensing and intuition. since taylor generally has an introverted approach to judging (for my purposes), she generally has an extroverted approach to Perceiving (Pe). so much of what taylor trades on is imagery and the visual, and she isn't esoteric about it; she draws on ideas that really exist in the world and talks about her actual real experiences. her writing is very focused on sensory imagery (autumn leaves falling down, there's a million more examples but I'm not gonna list all of them) and narrating events in a concrete way you can "see." for reasons like this i'd put her at Sensing over intuition, which can be more esoteric and conceptual rather than grounded in concrete reality. extroverted sensing is also less esoteric than introverted sensing; taylor's imagery is very real and grounded and the way she sets up her staging, music videos, etc, reflects this.
finally, that concrete reality focus that Se has is balanced by an introverted approach to intuition. introverted intuition (Ni) reflects a tendency to find a singular pattern or universal truth that underlies all sensory and concrete events. Ni shows how concrete experiences and events which seem disparate are actually just the same pattern playing out in different ways. you see the same kinds of characters popping up, the same kind of underlying stories (everything begins with birth and ends in death, after all). taylor, despite all the numerous aesthetics she's explored and different stories with different characters, has specific themes which resonate across ALL her stories no matter where they take place or who the characters are. it's the continuity that makes all her albums "about the same thing" at the end of the day no matter how many different directions she goes aesthetically. at the same time though, that's not really her focus, it plays more of a supporting role to the different aesthetic concepts and ideas.
so yeah, tl;dr taylor is meticulous, exacting, and "polished" in a way that i think stands out above her other characteristics and makes her unique among her peers, she draws on themes in the broad cultural lexicon to translate ideas about relationships and values, she's a go-getter aesthetically and focuses on concrete and literal imagery that can vary in the details, and no matter how much variance there is it all comes back to the same sort of underlying story. and that's why i think taylor is an ISTP.
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basicallyahedgehog · 2 years ago
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Mushroom chicken and sheep!
Sincerely, Cactus.
My Cactus!! Thank you, love.
I answered chicken here. Somehow I don't think you'll be surprised by the answer!
🍄 Mushroom: What is a quote you find comfort in?
This isn't a well-known quote or anything, but it's something one of my lecturers used to say to us often, especially as we neared graduation.
"Don't fake it until you make it, be brave and do it anyway."
I can't remember her explanation of the difference between the two. But to me it's the difference between putting on a mask and acting like I know what I'm doing, and being honest with myself and those around me. Saying "I've never done this before and I'm scared, but I'm going to give it my best shot." And in the end, the second option is less anxiety-inducing, because you aren't putting extra energy into being someone you're not. I can just be myself, with all my flaws, and the people around me can see me learning.
🐑 Sheep: What is a comfort item you own? 
I own a truly unreasonable collection of fleece blankets. Well, only four, but I'm the only one who uses them! I always have one on the couch, one in the study, one on my bed... One is a small lap-sized blanket that has llamas on one side, and then a really fluffy side underneath. Did I need it? No. But it brings me great joy.
Send me cottagecore asks
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