#video essays yeehaw

[constantvariations]

Not me forgetting the Unicorn of War video on the White Fang 🙃🙃🙃

[strangerinalostworld]

if i made a video essay about what, in my opinion, counts as good wild west media would that be cool. would that interest anyone . perhaps

[orionis13]

Long stream on monday I think bc I will be attempting to do full lineart in a day so that will be something!!!

[k--havok]

15 Questions, 15 Mutuals

@ceph-the-ghost-writer tagged me in this game which I am so happy for since I've seen it being passed around for a bit now!

A lot of my mutuals have done this game but I'll see if I can tag some new people: @dogmomwrites @atlasprieto @saintedseraph @rachaellawrites @menagerie-of-monsters @faelanvance @winterandwords @writing-moth and an open tag for you!

Alright, let's get to it then!

1. Are you named after anyone?

I am named after a Star Trek character since my mom is a huge trekkie!

2. When was the last time you cried?

Um probably the other day when I yawned really big, it makes me tear up haha. Before that, not sure. Probably when I had a meltdown back last Sunday if that doesn't count.

3. Do you have kids?

Nope, not at the moment. And unfortunately due to the yeehaw state this choice has been taken away from me :) thanks Greg.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

It's my main language unless I'm at work.

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

This is gonna sound bad but usually their age and physical ability. But I also work in a hospital so usually I need to immediately see whether or not the patients will be needing any assistance on any given day. Beyond that, I'm a face person so usually a person's facial features.

6. What’s your eye color?

Boring brown unfortunately.

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

You say this as if scary movies cannot have happy endings. But honestly it matters on my mood. Scary movies are like a comedy to me so even if it's not happy for the characters, I'm usually busting a gut.

8. Any special talents?

I can fold my tongue backwards and flat against itself. I think that counts?

9. Where were you born?

North Texas (yeehaw)

10. What are your hobbies?

Well... writing, reading, digital art, Magic: The Gathering, video games (I like a wide variety), cooking/baking, building Legos, and sex/BDSM if I'm being honest lol

I want to get into painting mini figures too altho my hands shake. Haven't had the time to sit down and start yet tho!

11. Have you any pets?

I currently have two wiener dogs that are the loves and lights of my life.

12. What sports do you play/have played?

...Marching band IS a sport and it is a hill I AM willing to die on. I played clarinet! But that's it... I am hopeless when it comes to most sports due to how clumsy I am.

13. How tall are you?

65" or 5' 5"

14. Favorite subject in school?

So high-school wise that's easily History if I am being honest. (Partially because it was the only class that wasn't "flipped classroom" and I didn't have to write bullshit essays). I also really liked biology but unfortunately my teacher(s) HATED me since I never paid attention in class but still got all As.

In college... I really enjoyed my Anatomy and Physiology class. I also took a class on ECG/arrhythmias and I really liked it as well. I also really enjoyed my American History classes in college and my Creative Writing elective.

15. Dream job?

I am blessed to be currently working my dream job. It's a tiny and niche field tho so I'll leave it up to ya'll to figure out what I do based on context clues.

That being said, in the future I do want to eventually get my license to do EEGs. Also debating on getting a degree in Respiratory Therapy as well, but mainly to make more money if I continue to work with CPAP patients. I lean more into the neuroscience of my field rather than the respiratory/cardiovascular side tho. Plus I wouldn't have to go back to school to get licensed in EEG, which is nice.

Lots of decisions but I have the rest of my life to figure it out so I'm in no rush.

[blorbobutworse]

the video essay in question is (this is my best guess amyway) "Exploding the Queer History of the Old West...yeehaw" by Kaz Rowe on YouTube!! at least I assume so

Thank you!!!!

[matoitech]

OH THIS GUY HAS A HXH ESSAY VIDEO TOO

[proteusolm]

I feel like an especially sad bowl of oatmeal on this Friday night.

[peachpitmp3]

i have been giggling at "i can't... bear... it" for a solid minute, which is probably longer than it should be? but whatever!! i love puns that was amazing

!!!!! x act lyy. FLIP A COIN. genius. wait wait wait i'm about to do something really dumb ok

*finger guns* heads up,, i have *wiggles eyebrows* Feelings for ya *swaggery grin*

yeah that was. idk. i apologize bestie <3

ay sibling affectionate bullying solidarity!! love that for us. that is fair judgement!! idk what younger me was thinking especially bc i didn't even WATCH the music videos so. yep.

FSJNDLKFHJLWKSDF I DIDNT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO WRITE BUT YEAH, THATS BASICALLY WHAT I'D WANT TO DO WITH MY CLONE. ohhhhh that and the spider man pointing meme because that would be funny too :D

huh. that's actually really smart and useful i wish i had thought of that shdfkljsdf. pranks would be fun!! oooh plus that would be the first time you actually see your own face, and not just a reflection/photo of it!

oooh okay that does sound really nice and organized and aesthetic-y now i'm tempted to try using widgets and whatnot fjsdl. very fair!! that sounds like a lovely day tbh, very vibey in all the right ways. yes!! so true!! other people saying words and things yeehaw <3. but yeah, youtube essays and commentaries are pretty interesting and fun to watch.

hmm maybe skydiving or jumping off the roof of a building. idk, that sounds fun but also maybe a little scary? so take the danger aspect out and i think it would still feel adrenaline-y but also less terrifying yknow. i can! kind of! i mean i had some sort of succulent that i mayormaynot have forgotten to water for months but it's still alive and thriving so that might count for something?? maybe??

i don't have a particular flower that i'd say is my favorite, but there's a flower called the galaxy petunia which is really pretty!! don't know much else about it but it looks cool :D. ooh ig libraries? because there's something about them that feels more fragile and paper-y than a bookstore, although bookstores are also really nice and have a wonderful feel to them.

can you keep plants alive? what's one of your favorite decorations in your room right now? what is something that you keep meaning to do, but always forget about? do you have a preference for what kind of jewelry you wear?

(ps i'm so sorry for replying to this late, but i hope you're doing great!!) - 🌵

SDGHSGSHSDJF HEADS UP I HAVE FEELINGS FOR YA. SWAGGY GRIN. IM LOSING MY SHIT. PLEASE.

oh my god yes YES the spider man pointy thing that would be absolutely incredible holy shit. i would kill for that.

dude dude yes try the widgets and aesthetics even if you don't keep it, it's a super fun procrastination method and just. a vibe.

damn skydiving or jumping off a roof !! really going out there i like that omg . yeah the idea of adrenaline without the danger would be great i think.

LMAO oh my god that's amazing. your succulent has more determination than i ever could so i admire it a lot. does it have a name by any chance ?

YOOOO DUDE galaxy petunias are GORGEOUS i just looked them up !!! omg !! im obsessed.

yes yes ok "more fragile and paper-y" sooo true. i feel like. okay hang on this won't make sense but i have to try. libraries hold years of knowledge they hold the stories of not only the books held in them but also every person who has stepped through the doors. every person who has brushed their fingers across the spine of a book every person who has curled up in a chair in the winter to get out of the cold every person who has gone through book after book every person who has only read a few every child who races through the shelves and excitedly consumes story after story every old person who sits in a circle with their friends to do their monthly book group. libraries hold communities and infinities and stories of the past and the present and the future. bookstores hold books.

anyways. i absolutely cannot keep plants alive. i own one fake plant and it is in a white pot with black spots so i named it moo. hmmm i have these ivy string lights and i haven't put them up yet (well i tried but they kept falling down) but i love them a lot.

there are SO MANY THINGS. ummm. god i dont even know hmmm. i guess ive just been meaning to watch a lot of shows and read a lot of books and write a bunch of fics and it's not that i forget all the time it's just that i. don't do it? even if i want to

hmmm i don't wear that much jewelry but i guess if i did i'd wear rings ?? they're cool :D or necklaces maybe. most likely rings. for fidget.

what's something small you really want to do but haven't been able to for whatever reason? what's something big? do you like it when people ask for your favorite things as icebreakers? like, favorite color/favorite song/favorite ice cream flavor? what was your favorite children's book?

[singing-robot]

oh haha yeah I kinda forgot about it but @queenbovine tagged me in “Playlist Shuffle Tag,” where you put your music on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people (no skipping!). This is from my Musicals playlist :) 

Take Me Home, Country Roads - Rerecorded by John Denver 

Let It Grow by The Lorax Singers, Jenny Slate, BETTY WHITE(????? I DIDNT KNOW THAT BEFORE?????), Rob Riggle

Never Enough by Loren Allred (SO beautiful, good for screaming, but in tune)

Little Drop Of Poison by Tom Waits

Un Poco Loco by Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal

Let It Lie by Common (major spoilers if you haven't seen Smallfoot)

When Words Fail by Brian D’Arcy James (do NOT get me started I WILL write an essay on Shrek)

The Goodbye Song by George Salazar, Joe Iconis (this is beautiful but I legit didn't stop crying while I sang this until like the eighth time around)

Michael in the Bathroom by George Salazar (I LOVE his voice omg) (I also love his acting in this video I can hardly BEGIN to talk about the hand flexing)

Do You Hear The People Sing? by Aaron Tveit, Eddie Redmayne, Students(????), Les Misérables Cast (the sheer POWER in this song you will not believe what it does for me)

This is actually a great mix, today! I get really into the emotional songs and one time I got the lovely I Dreamed A Dream immediately followed by How Bad Can I Be? and you cannot understand what I lost in the five seconds I had before I started singing again. Also, many of these links are scenes from their respective movies, because I couldn't find an alternative and/or DYHTPS? canNOT have any of its power lost. 

Tagging 10 people! Just going by some names in my notifs because uhhh I don't know who did and didn't do this and this is easier. @slowlydeafeningcollector, @measlyfurball13, @followerofmercy, @exp0001-goopsart, @badgertablet, @eb0tt, @bone-app-the-tea, @mosstalon4, @legallyblindgamer727, @okayitsasideblog. Yeehaw, kids, and remember that this is optional. 

[dbphantom]

Canon: Zane Flynt fucks

Me: haha u know what this means ;))))

Me:

Me:

Me: merfolk glamour time

[[MORE]]

Alright but for real tho u wanna see how deep I am in this fucking universe? Lego

I don't even know where to begin with this universe (Zer0 is an alien! Hammerlock is a werewolf! Troy is psychic! Tannis is a skag! Wait, no, wrong shitpost...) so imma open the 140 page document and start from the beginning

Annnnd Clay! Junpai-7.

When Zane meets Clay for the first time he mentions they did a smuggling job together on Junpai-7, u know, the water planet, so obviously this is good news (This made me super happy because my discord channel's name had been the junpai-7 moon pool for a while so I was like 'holy shit it's canon now' :') )

Timeline wise this isn't the beginning, but I don't write in chronological order and I don't order anything in chronological order, either, so. Eh.

Speaking of chronological order, I once got a line where Zane was like exclaiming something and used the moon instead of idk a god or powerful figure or smth and I was like 'lmao that's canon now'

So the moon... Elpis fucking got yeeted halfway across the galaxy or smth, and, considering we've seen (more) ocean on Pandora in 3 instead of just, like, Liars Berg (getting to THAT) or Tretchers landing, I feel bad for the tides. But that's good news for everyone else. Unless you were on Elpis, I guess.

Also hoh boy the 'end' of the game where Troy Phaselocks the moon was fun to write (it actually wasn't, I lowkey hate writing Moonstruck phases because... It hurts and I can't do it well.) also can we talk about how in tps the psychos are called Moonstrucks in tvhm because this makes me so happy. I really hope they did that intentionally considering H2O is an Australian show because my two favorite things combined can and will kill me. Wait actually the Troy boss fight is gonna be hilarious to write mostly because of that one attack with the tidal waves lol oh no

Also, also, also, you guys it's only explained in a guide book and never actually in-game as to why Captain's ship is Like That (TM) so I took some liberties and uhhh blame the Crackening. I mean the crackening happened after dahl pulled out of Pandora/Elpis so it works. It sorta works. It mostly works. Fuck. It works okay? shut. That's why Liars Berg is all frozen ocean [shoves 3 page essay about climate change on Pandora into the trash] don't need that anymore.

I was gonna talk about smth else

Oh yeah

Mostly brain freeze and trick of the light. That one meme video I made of Tannis and the Flynt Brothers imposed over that one clip of H2O (so let me get this straight: you freeze things, you explode things, and you boil things) wasn't just for laughs, it was actually a warning.

Each Flynt has a thing and Zane's is ice, Baron's is explosions, and Captain's is fire. (Glorious cleansing fire) Because it fits. It fits so well. I will say right off the bat that Mako Mermaids isn't my canon. I lowkey want to write out Charlotte as well (lol) because I've seen the 2nd season so many times and tbh I much prefer them having 1 really strong power over having 3+ really weak powers. Also Charlotte did nothing wrong in the first half of that season. Cleo was just a bitch to her. And Mako Mermaids is just. Not great on the power side of things. You can TURN INVISIBLE. USE IT. Soooo. (also cam got destroyed in s1 and I'm so glad they ended up making him work in s2 and 3. Because he deserved better and Zac was a terrible friend to him and only got away with it because he's a main character). /rant sorry I have so many feelings about these shows. Grew up with them soooooo.

And if ur wondering why I brought up trick of the light it's cause the 13th year exists and that movie was bopping. U guys remember Jess? Good times... Tuba pool scene is iconic. U know the one. I would also bring up aquamarine but ngl that movie was weaksauce comparatively. They hid that bitch in a water tower and iunno talked to earrings. Meanwhile in the 13th year they bring Jess back from the fucking dead and climb on walls like Spiderman. Clearly one is superior.

"but cruddy Aurelia has ice powers too and she's not a mermaid" no she's a werewolf like her brother we already went over that. Did u think I was kidding? No! I'm never kidding unless I am and I fucking love werewolves so I'd never kid about that. I love werewolves and I love Hammerlock and it's perfect I just love the idea of this gentlemanly hunter being a werewolf because I want to see a giant hulking monster being all proper and shit. They're just really cool. Werewolves > vampires and ngl I'm sad skyrim screwed over werewolves with the dawnguard dlc. Anyway Aurelia's ice powers are nanobots as explained in-game and listen I already lore-scienced this okay? Let me say it's amazing the things science is capable of when it thinks it's trying to beat out a competitor and doesn't realize non-Siren magic exists. Even better now that we know Sirens are not Eridian and actually existed before Eridians. Makes me giddy to think about. The universe is tearing me APART Lisa.

Oh speaking of, can we talk about the witch's brew quest on eden-6 because holy shit I had been writing Hiromi and her fascination with discovering all the secret circles long before the game came out and then learning about the group of witches and The Pact (TM) made me lose my shit because 'oh my god it's actually canon now'. We're on the canon path nowwwww. Soon. I hope we get a water planet dlc. I wants it, GB, I wants it.

Also I was totally gonna write a clip in the main story of the game (because I write a lot of backstory stuff if you can't tell, I only have like 3 scenes that take place during the events of the game and like 4 that are speculatory from before the game came out (including a scene from before I realized Troy was Like That but I edited it so he's more in-line and also has Maya's powers now so that's... Hm. In line with the storyline somewhere, but not an actual scene in the games story. Because its not possible with how the game does things (seperating Vault Hunters) I suppose I could just insert a 5th Vault somewhere and say it's the 4th Vault connected to the Machine (with nekrotefeyo's being the 5th). Fuck it.) and then 9,000 are backstory) where Hiromi comes back after like decades of the two not seeing each other and she's been hired to assassinate Zane by one of the many corporations looking for his corpse for a multitude of reasons (And Emma and Nino are both d e a d a s f, you know, for context). And like Barnabas (ya old bastard) Zane is still joking around and just having a grand old time catching up with his black ops buddy meanwhile she had just tried to blow his brains out (she's a sniper) and got pretty damn close. She's not even amused because of her psychic powers so she's just like 'ok' every time he opens his mouth because she already knows what he's going to say she's mostly just frustrated that she missed because she thought she knew him well enough to go off instead of just listening to her intuition but alas people change after, like, 3 decades of not seeing them.

Oh since we're talking about Hiromi that reminds me why Zane wears the black suit. In my non-h2o universe it's because it looks cool and provides some protection from dots. In the H2Oniverse it is because it's waterproof. Okay wait hang on context so Hiromi doesn't like take off his suit or anything, she's extremely gay and not interested, because I realize now how that sounds me relating Hiromi to the clothes, they just get into an argument about how Sirens don't have to follow any arbitrary rules to hide their magic and how it's easier to hide magic without giant glowing tattoos (and mind you this is before Zane even knows Tannis exists though he does immediately know she's a Siren and that's a whole nother can of worms) and hr's like 'I wear a bodysuit for most of my waking hours, so I am pretty sure they can try wearing long sleeved shirts and makeup for a day. Just a suggestion' but like way more in character (and for the scene) because do I sound like I'm in character right now? I'm not. I'm me. And God what a terrible thing to be.

So context for the context: ~magic is real~. If you've got it then you can usually tell who else has it if you're looking. It's especially clear if they're 'similar' to you (if ur a werewolf and u meet another werewolf then you sorta just know they're a werewolf) or if you're psychic (like Hiromi) then you can make some informed guesses. Like. Same Hat? Same Hat!!! Sirens are basically such powerful magic users that they are in literally a whole nother ball park. They're leagues above everyone else. Kill you just by looking at you sort of deal. So sirens normally don't feel other magic because their own magic is so strong it just 'overwrites' the other signals. You know, to not only explain why Lilith isn't immediately like 'who the fuck are you' to Zane and also how Amara couldn't tell Tannis is a Siren. I had a whole thing with Troy (who is psychic) being able to tell Zane had magic despite being near 4 Sirens at once because Troy grew up with Tyreen always at his side so he's used to it and knows how to look through it. Meanwhile Hiromi is basically incapacitated when she's near a Siren because she gets overwhelmed because her powers make it easier for her to read other people's magic.

Oh, context, the black ops outfit worked with Atlas for a short time (the group being Zane, Hiromi, Emma, and Nino. Emma is the yeehaw captain. She's the leader) and ended up meeting Steele for a little bit. Hiromi was just dead the entire meeting, Zane was totally out of it, and Emma and Nino were too busy eyefucking to really care that there was a Siren in the room so. Just imagine one person lying face down on the floor and crying, another staring at the wall without blinking, two undressing each other with their eyes, and then Cmdt. Steele standing in the middle like 'how the fuck did I get here'.

So that was everyone's first experience with a Siren.

There are more but ehhhh I'm tired and I mostly wrote this because I wanted to talk about it with someone else but they haven't read the whole thing yet so now I can scream into the void about it and not feel like I'm bothering them.

Hooray!

[pixiefoibles]

listen “masculine” nb woman aligned people are not capable of misogyny; that’s hugely lesbophobic considering that plenty of butch lesbians id and nonbinary. masculinity has nothing to do with privilege.

1. Everyone’s capeable of misogyny

2. How is that lesbophobic? Oh it’s not

3. “Masculinity has nothing to do with privlege” is a fun sentence and honestly I’d really like to make like 20 video essays now on how masculinity intersects with privlege because depending on who you are privlege looks totally different, even if you’re sticking to people of various identities who present relatively masculinely (ex: a white cis man vs any trans person or poc, esp. woc)

4. Hi I am masculine lesbinb™️ #1 yeehaw

5. if you wanna have a conversation abt all of the above or what post this is abt I’ve got some time to kill anon but I can’t initiate w/o a url so :/ @ me face to face

[deanpinterester]

update on my attempted video essay: i have like an hour’s worth of recording to edit through yeehaw

[orionis13]

As long as I have the energy after my flight tomorrow I might do a lil chill npc request stream? Watch some video essays n draw n hang out yeehaw

[c0rnelia-street]

When I listened to ME! for the first time, I was like.... “okay”. 

To be fair, it was 4:00am, I had been up since 6:30am the day before and had just gotten home from seeing Endgame, so I was basically a zombie anyway and kind of knew as I watched the video that my opinion in that moment couldn’t really be trusted. Even aside from being exhausted, I’ve learned that I tend to hate things right before I fall in love with them (read: Jonas Brothers, One Direction, my boyfriend, most of Taylor’s lead singles).

After I dropped Adam off this morning, I listened to the song again and, sure enough, fell in love with it. 

I’ve liked Taylor since the beginning (I happened to already be going through my yeehaw country phase right around the time of her debut), but I didn’t start truly adoring her until Speak Now era, when pointed lyrics like “soon she’s gonna find stealing other people’s toys on the playground won’t make you many friends” helped me survive 11th grade. I felt like at least someone understood what I was feeling and that those feelings were real and valid, even though most of the people in my life at the time decided to call me crazy and obsessive.

And then there was Red. No album can ever be what Red is to me, because Red was the soundtrack to falling in real, requited love for the first time. So many lyrics on that album sum up the feelings I had that autumn (and in the case of “All Too Well”, feelings I was scared I would end up having when we ended). 

1989 and Reputation both took me some time to find how they related to my life. While songs like “This Love” and “New Year’s Day” are definitely relatable, the albums as a whole didn’t really match where I was in life at the time. I ended up loving them too, but it was harder to fully relate to songs on an album with a tagline of “she lost him but found herself and somehow that was everything” when I had just celebrated my two year anniversary with the person I plan to marry.

And now here we are with the release of ME! and I’m shocked at how much it’s exactly the encouragement and reminder that I need in this chapter of my life. Sure, it’s catchy and super fun and the bridge proves the song isn’t trying to take itself too seriously, but to quote Taylor from her Instagram live: “it’s about individuality and confidence in a relationship. You’re irreplaceable, I’m irreplaceable, let’s just not be insecure about this.”

I was literally just unpacking how insecure I often feel in my relationship with my therapist today...and the reason for that insecurity stems from a lot of the things Taylor mentions in the song. I can be a handful, I can jump to conclusions, and I for SURE never leave well enough alone. And...there are, in fact, a lot of cool chicks out there. 

There’s something so relieving about someone I look up to so much also saying that they experience that same type of anxiety/insecurity in their long-term relationship too, because that means that there’s probably nothing wrong with mine and that these feelings are normal. 

I didn’t necessarily mean for this to turn into an essay, but I’m just really thankful for this timely single and I can’t wait to see how the rest of this album fits its way into this chapter of my life.

[newhologram]

I would be so up for Jpop video essays, even if you'd have less vlogging time. I say go for it :D

Yeehaw. I think I’m gonna do one about Kyary’s videos before Perfume’s since I have more of her songs translated.  Also I still wanna do one about Me!Me!Me! and sleep paralysis, since tumblr flagged my analysis post. Since I have the post to reference I may work on that one first. I’ll have to record audio on my webcam but it’s the best I can do atm. I’ve been wanting to do it for years but didn’t because I wanted to have the most perfect equipment but whatever. 

[paceunknown]

tag game !

Rules: 15 questions, 15 mutuals

tagged by @vintageholland ♥️♥️

1. Are you named after anyone?

first name my mom’s aunt, middle name my dad’s sister

2. When is the last time you cried?

i watched “to the bone” on netflix the other day and cried several times during it. very good movie, but it deals w eating disorders so be wary if you’re sensitive to that!

3. Do you have kids?

nope! and don’t want any

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

i tend to, yes

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

this is so extra and probably unbelievable but whatever vibe they give off. before clothes, before smile, before hair, before anything else I notice the kind of person they more than likely are

6. What’s your eye colour?

brown~

7. Scary movies or Happy Endings?

happy endings!!

8. Any special talents?

🤔 i don’t believe so. i’m a v empathetic person but i wouldn’t consider it a talent

9. Where were you born?

the capital of yeehaw aka texas

10. What are your hobbies?

reading, watching video essays on pop culture, diy/home improvement projects that always end up poorly, skincare, also watching let’s plays

11. Have you any pets?

nope! used to want a dog and on some level i still do but i’m just not about anything that requires extra responsibility from me rn

12. What sports do you play/have played?

lmao

13. How tall are you?

5′3”

14. Favourite subject in school?

hmmmmm i think right now i’m really enjoying all my classes where i learn how to create things using adobe programs, like photoshop, XD, illustrator, and in design

15. Dream job?

something where i can use my voice to simultaneously make people happy and help them. still trying to figure out exactly what avenue that may be for me

supposed to tag 15 people but i can only think of @stubbornghosts since she always tags me uhhhh anyone else ! feel free !