#topic: reflection

[tayfabe75]

"It's slightly reflective - the record. I think at times, I'm obviously not there. I'm kind of, you know, it's like the… it's like the um, the analysis of like, a Polaroid, you know? The kind of faded splendor of a memory. Something that I'm trying to carry through to the next record, really."

August 5, 2014: Matty compares the reflective nature of The 1975's debut album to a Polaroid picture. (source)

[botanyshitposts]

Eta on the YouTube video? No rush, just exchange

im gonna be honest man please do not count on me here lmao. my follow through rate for these projects is like 5%. real ones remember gourdquest and other related failed projects i came close to the sun on. if i succeed it will be huge for me on a genuine personal level and it will be the first time i've finished a creative project at all in years but if i do not. neither you nor me should be surprised

[uncanny-tranny]

I just find it very interesting that all the labour classed as lesser (most often seen as "women's labour") becomes indispensable in moments of crisis. It's just interesting to see how quickly people turn to that labour and then discard it in moments of peace or prosperity, devaluing it until another crisis hits.

[crustyfloor]

The idea of Till having a certain sentiment of regret, hate? towards Ivan for what he did in round 6 jumbled up with his already mixed feelings about Ivan because of the person he is and how he treated Till when they were kids up until now, it's a lot. It breaks my heart but feels a little too real.

[camembri]

oda was listening to the part of work song when hozier goes "when my time comes around / lay me gently in the cold dark earth / no grave to hold my body down / I'll crawl home to her" when he wrote the zs death pact actually. who else is doing it like them huh. who else has such devotion written into the very fibres of their beings, to not only their captain but each other and the rest of their crew.

[bambiraptorx]

okay list of reasons why Big Mama's Assistant might wear makeup (as per her comic design) because I do genuinely think that would be interesting to explore:

She does it because she works primarily in a business environment, and it's considered "more professional" to have makeup on and/or "unprofessional" to not wear it, similar to real life. (This implies that she spends a significant amount of time working without her mask on.)

She does it because Big Mama wears makeup in her human form, and has developed an association between "being powerful and taken seriously" and wearing makeup (conscious or subconscious).

She personally enjoys wearing makeup.

As a subpoint of the above, it would actually be hilarious if her markings were actually really intense eye makeup. No, she doesn't look like that naturally she painted it on. She regularly switches up the pattern and color.

If this is a scenario where she usually wears the mask, it trips people up whenever they see her without it because she almost always has different markings. Many people are convinced that it's different people in the same uniform.

She isn't actually allowed to wear makeup, but since her face is hidden by her mask most of the time, she wears it as a form of silent rebellion. (This might work with my version of her ngl.)

There's plenty more reasons why she might wear it, these were just kinda off the top of my head.

[kosherkept]

what’s up with people going out of their way to find jewish tumblr blogs that are 100% about being jewish and literally nothing else, only to send them asks like “why aren’t you talking about (thing not about jews) :/ piece of shit” girl why do you think?? what do you think this blog is about. answer quickly

same energy as the times i’ve seen ppl say shit like “yall wanna focus on anything but the present” to like…historians. yea man i bet. considering that’s their thing and all that

[megidoreyn]

「僕は君と一緒に 今日の安寧が明日も続く世界を創るのだ…」 「A world where peace lasts forever…」

Drawn for the megaten ワンドロ/60min on 11/28. 💙twitter 💙misskey

[askmafiabobvelseb]

off topic, but what is to happen if you hit beka with a flashlight

that happens :)

[dizquized]

FOR YOUR OWN SANITY, do not look in the tags, dont do it. its not worth it. a demon possessed me or something, i dont know.

[annabelle--cane]

not saying that people who got out of hate groups are, like, cursed to have evil corrupted souls forever, but if that's you then maybe you Shouldn't to be the one to try and make "balanced" takes about problems within the group/community you used to be in a hate movement against

[evermorre]

feeling very “we argue in the kitchen about whether to have children and about the world ending, and the scale of my ambition and how much is art really worth.” like this whole past year i’ve just been thinking about womanhood and girlhood and growing up and how to be a person when society has all these restrictions on you. and how my relationships are shaped by these stupid gendered norms in subtle and subconscious ways. and just when you think you’ve gotten past them you realize that all along they have been around and holding you back and you just want to scream and sprint down the street. but at the same time being a woman is so beautiful and wonderful. but you’re so angry!!!

[rainbowsky]

OK, so this is how fucked up fandom can be.

Someone at a Genshin Impact event disliked that a ship that placed their fave top as a bottom, got a 'special zone' booth (or was able to claim their booth was special zone in their marketing), so they reported it to the government using homophobic rhetoric to claim it's 'corrupting and misleading the youth'. This forced the organizers to remove all CP art and content from the festival, which caused a massive shitshow among fans.

Top/bottom wankery at its worst.

People who dislike how other people are enjoying fandom, enough to blow up fandom for everyone, seriously, get fucked.

And as someone pointed out in the comments, this isn't just a China problem. If people in North America were given the ability to do the same to fandoms they hate, they absolutely would.

[onlyfangz]

did we all collectively forget that vampires not being able to see their reflection because old mirrors were backed with silver is a tumblr creation that has no basis in any classical texts or?

because the reason vampires cant see their reflections (in classic texts) is because mirrors were considered reflections of the soul, and vampires are soulless, which means regardless of what the reflective surface is, they cannot cast an image.

i'm not a snob, i love modern vampires as much as classic vampires, but please remember that classic vampires are soulless monsters, not misunderstood sadboys of the 00s>.

[thewinterbucky]

I don't like to get involved in discourse or drama whatever y'all want to call it but i do love lurking and reading all the petty biting justifications and reasons why people think they're right. But it has brought up something that id almost forgotten which is that black sails is continually misinterpreted and by existing within the story so are the characters. Black Sails managed to fit so much nuance and grey area into their story about stories that if you only watched the first episode or season or stopped mid way you're not going to understand it. The show constantly twists and forces perspectives to change and molds the characters and because it's well written the twists make sense. It's a slow burn show that idk forces the viewer into introspection it doesn't hold your hand no character is 'right' or 'good' that's part of the point "we're all villains here" as Rackham says. Black Sails kind of reaches in and slaps your bones around. I know other shows have done this but black sails feels more personal (someone else could probably explain that better but ya know?), and sure it's not gonna be for everyone but dismissing or writing it off because it's not "easily digestible" is kinda gross to me like life isn't easily digestible sorry. People love to hate and misinterpret Flint because he makes choices they disagree with like you can't enjoy a character regardless of your own moral leanings? Like that's part of why it's great who's right/wrong all of the above that's the grey that's the nuance a story is true a story isn't true what matters? But in the growing purity culture and black or white mentality that so many have along with only being allowed to consume 'good' 'correct' media and stories anything that makes you question yourself or exist in-between is Ooo Scary because it refuses to hold hands and lead you to what you've decided is 'right'. Idk critical thinking is a skill that some think theyre above.

[imthepunchlord]

Since the show gave us two different Cat hero designs for Adrien, I kinda wonder what people like/prefer between them.