#weird diary comic idk~~~~~

[psymachine]

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[almondcroissantsandink]

was absolutely stopped in my tracks and BLOWN away yesterday at work when a coworker called me pure; I literally haven't been called that in over a decade and there's always been something about it that rubs me the wrong way

[gwensy]

im getting sort of swayed by e65 gwenharry. ok hear me out. look ok i understand them jn a way nobody else does (aroacespecs and or sapphics)

[or10nsart]

The real kicker to all of this is, I haven't even read Kurt Vonnegut.

[theladyofrosewater]

Okay the video game poll is over and idk if people went with their actual favorite or just whatever game they had heard of bcs the botw/skyrim option won so for every option that got more than one vote I'll describe what I think that game would be like in order of how many votes it got.

OPEN WORLD STYLE ADVENTURE 36.4%: You play as Irene's reincarnation and wake up outside of Phoenix Drop with no memory of who you are and after the tutorial section of phoenix drop you're basically on you're own to somehow defeat the big bad Shad, however you get a special ending if you beat the game in under two hours and use batshit tactics you can technically customize your character but it's only hairstyles and tattoos. There WOULD be a speedrun based on who could place something weird like a bomb or a pumpkin on the Irene statue in Scaleswind

STORY BASED JRPG 18.2%: I've never played a jrpg I'll be honest but Jess stole a lot of stuff from final fantasy anyway! might as well complete the circle. But one thing I image is that defeating the jury of nine and the high priest is the main goal with Katelyn being the only recrutable one. 22% of the game is just sorting gear bcs the game has lootflation. 50% is just putting your guards in pretty outfits. the rest is side quests.

MINECRAFT MOD PACK 15.2%: Okay we could totally do this ourselves in fact people have tried I'm pretty sure, the hardest part would be making the map and making sure the NPCs functioned normally but you'd basically just play through MCD with all the mods jess used (with more quest markers to keep you on track) I imagine it would only go up to half a season at a time though just to keep track of everything and make it less cluttered.

BASICALLY JUST STARDEW BUT BETTER COMBAT 10.6%: exactly what it says on the tin. It's Stardew but you're the lord instead of the farmer. You can pick which village you choose to rule and you get a different story/marriage candidates depending on each one. The combat comes from battle campaigns technically doesn't have an end since Stardew can go on forever.

VISUAL NOVEL 9.1%: Just the normal story of diaries with maybe a bit of puzzle solving to spice up gameplay, It would be a comic book art style and different chapters would have a new art style for tone purposes+ hiring more artists and would only have like three endings plus a secret forth one for 100% completing it.

HADES-STYLE ROGUE-LIKE 3%: I'm surprised not a lot of people picked this option but IMAGINE IT. You play as Laurance and you've gotten better at resisting the call and so you set out to escape Shad's domain but have to battle limitless foes and keep fighting the call at every step of the way. succumbing to the call makes you start over but you won't give up! The bosses would be other shadow knights, maybe Gene, Sasha and Zenix to replace the furies. Zane and Janus(shush I know he's not one but I needed a second person) could replace Theseus and the Minotaur and Shad would obviously replace the final boss. Vylad could probably replace Thanatos or something too.

DATING SIM BUT CURSED 3%: You are Irene Aphmau and you absolutely MUST pick someone to spend the rest of time with! except it resets if you don't pick right, it resets and resets and resets. but if you do pick right they keep dying, and dying, and dying. and even if you change everything they keep dying and dying andyingandying-

[okaystoptellingmetomakeanaccount]

Okay. K - Diari Del Klondike has got to be one of the goofiest, dumbest, most illogical series yet with only 2 episodes. Barbieri is all like: yeah I'm going to make these stories to be consistent with Rosa and fill up the parts that he didn't write. So you expect that he's going to think about continuity. Then this episode he introduced Glomgold in the Klondike. You serious? That's not only going against Rosa, that's going against BARKS! BARKS?! You don't contradict Barks, that's sin in the Duck comics world. Scrooge doesn't know who Glomgold is until when they meet in the first ever Barks story. Rosa went around this by making sure that Scrooge never learns Glomgold his name in LaToS Chapter 6 The terror of the transvaal. Gervasio went around this by just avoiding these characters to directly interact in the past. They don't meet aside from that one Rosa appearance, so he makes sure that they don't meet. Glomgold can take over Duckburg and fake his curriculum vitae all he wants, but he doesn't interact with Scrooge. Meanwhile Barbieri is all like:

Does he just not know or does he not care? 'I will be building upon Rosa' is a pretty big claim. But that's obviously not the case here so, like, huh, what, why,, i am confusw.

Then look at the random new 'lore' he creates that only rivals the bullshit Kari Korhonen pulled in the McDuck Diaries(funnily enough also a diary. It seems Scrooge has a lot of those together with the secret one that Donald finds). Korhonen had literally every single character be ancestor or family member of present day character. It was weird, but I don't mind it too much compared to what Barbieri did.

Cause for some reason we need Blackheart Beagle to also show up in the Klondike with a new name?????? Huh?? Where did that come from? Why? That's the goofiest thing ever.

Then we need to give Scrooge this treasure that he actually holds very dear even though we have never seen it before.

Then we need to give Scrooge a dog sidekick that he just has had through his Klondike period.

Then we establish that he was actually best friends with Goldie all the time even though she drugged him, he kidnapped her, she stole from him, they beat the shit out of each other, and Rosa shows that their relationship is very rocky and terrible which is what made their love story so good. But no now they're bffs. Sure.

And I don't get the whole diary thing either? What point does it serve? It only makes everything more annoying to read because it gets broken up by HDL talking. Is it just to fill up pages? Idk

Then Scrooge's glasses why does he need those why why why why why

You get the chance to write about the Klondike, arguably one of the most exciting things in the donald duck universe and you decide to write the lamest stories ever. It's not like Barbieri can't write cool shit.

Some of his Wizards of Mickey chapters are the only wizards of mickey stories ever that are in the inducks top 10000. If you somehow manage to write good wizards of mickey stories you're a goddamn wizard (pun not intended).

So why is K so incredibly dull? I don't get it. I only have questions it's so weirddd

Why does it have references to life and times even though it directly contradicts it? You don't have to adhere to the Rosa Canon but then why do you say that you do? I don't get it.

Why is Flintheart Glomgold just chilling with Soapy Slick? This feels like a fever dream. You were somehow allowed to do this, this is crazy, so why is the result so boring? How? How can Soapy slick and Flintheart Glomgold be boring? *insert Tumblr blabbering*

There's so much goofy stuff. Scrooge as hulpsinterklaas is canon.

Only the Dutch will understand that this is a big deal.

Why would panini want a new series taking place in the past? Why did they ask Barbieri to write this? Or was it his own initiative? Even then, why would Bertani give the green light? The Klondike is a holy part of the duckverse. Or can people just do this if they want to? I can't imagine that. Rosa and Korhonen couldn't just write about Scrooge's past. They needed to have a reason (the reason usually being demand from the publisher). But if panini wanted it, then why don't they promote it? They have only placed these stories in issues where the cover could be something else.

A big new part of Scrooge's past is revealed!! That will sell well! How do we let the people know? BY MAKING THIS

THE COVER OF COURSE! (tbf they probably wanted a last chance to use it before it fell in the public domain. A last time they show everyone lmao look we can use this and you can't)

It's just such a strange series. And all the random OC's that pop up as well, but those are the least weird thing.

Anyway what I said was mostly ranting because that's funny. If you want to see people actually discussing this weird thing then you should read the papersera thread (use Google translate if you don't speak Italian it works fine)

[violet-is-under-ur-bed1]

intro -_-

INTRODUCTION!!!! :3

Hello!!! I'm Z but I go by other names like violet, Vicky, V, Oli, or axel! :3. My pronouns are they/them!!

I'm lesbian, demigirl, and aroace -_- and extremely sleep deprived!!

THINGS I < 3!!

•Mcr, ptv, sws, p!atd, cobra starship, underoath, all time low, we the kings, s3rl, the academy is.., cute is what we aim for (+ more)

•creepypasta (hyperfixation)

•ouran host club

•mlp 2010!!

•animal jam

•msp / Webkinz

• bugs

•invader zim

•ryan ross (me)

•Patrick stump

•pete wentz

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•tony perry

•gerard way (my girlfriend💗💗💗)

•ray toro (me)

•mikey way and frank iero (my wife's)

• resident evil games !! :P

•scott pilgrim

•wattpad, reddit, ao3, tumblr addict

•twilight / vampire diaries

•skeleanimals

•weird mustache obsession

•random 2000s enthusiast

•sharks

•toki doki

• Twilight & Fluttershy (+ pinkie pie) luver

• batman

•pokemon

•i shit myself so hard whenever I see smut (no hate to people who read smut💗)

•monster high

•a literal fashionista

•Comics! (I luv DC)

•My littlest pet shop

•i love head cannons 💗💗 (there so funny for no reason?!??)

•Im pretty quiet in general but when you get to know me I literally won't shut up

•i love horror movies (sci-fi, but not originals idk how to feel abt them yet)

• leon, carlos, claire, and Chris are my fav characters!

• i love video games (all i talk about)

• micheal cera

YOUTUBERS

•Kurtis Conner

•nickisnotgreen

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•RAVON and LARRAY

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DNI!😡😡💪💪🔥💯‼️

•Dream smp (dream pls dont touch me)

•pedos (🔞DONT TOUCH ME IM A MINOR🔞)

•Pro Shippers (some of you are okay but half of you ship minors and adults togethe and incest?!? EWW!!!)

Socials!!! :D

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•wattpad: Nyancat1234355445

•tiktok: violetmustdiex_x | alt: fartpro230

•roblox: Rottonfinger

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urm.. anygay..

Q/A common questions!!

*"What's your favorite color?"* turquoise (Nuh uh)

*"What's your favorite drink and food?"* blood im a vampire

*"what is your favorite band?"* mcr😈😈🍆🙏💯‼️

*"What is your favorite type of flower?*" daises

*"If you could marry anyone you want, who would it be?"* urm no I have my pookies (clarie redfield and nina the killer)

*"What is your hair color?"* brown but I would like to dye it black and turquoise (nuh uh)

[transskywardsword]

everybody and their dad has made a "what if all the zeldas and links were in one place" au. there is nothing wrong with yours and that anon is being really weird about it. i still am not sure why LU got so Popular compared to all the other ones but that doesn't give anybody a reason to go dunk on multilink aus that Aren't LU?? either way. hi i personally love your different zeldas so much and i hope you have a wonderful day.

awwww thank you so much, it makes me so happy to hear that you like my zeldas <3 and yeah idk why lu got so popular compared to other ones-- ive mentioned this before, but ive been in the fandom since i was like, 9. not just a fan but like actually in the fandom, cosplays (not halloween costumes, honest to go cosplay), fan art (posted to DA, of course, XD) fanfics (written in my fluffy early 2000s heart locket diary that i read out loud to the fellow campers at church camp) FAN SONGS AND AMVS the whole 9 yards. so i have seen thousands of links meet aus come and go, even before skyward sword came out. hell, i distinctly remember 'links meet spandex aus' (*shudders* if you dont know what the skyswd spandex au was, dont look it up, it's nasty) so i have no idea what makes lu so special. the art maybe? but jojo isnt the only links meet fan comic out there (like linked maze, linkverse, bonus links, all of which rock but i wont tag bc i doubt they want to be associated with fandom wank-- but you should def check them out!! especially linkverse, mina is a wonderful artist and so sweet) and certainly wasn't the first links meet fancomic. they were all the rage on DA once skyward sword established a lot of new lore, and you can still find them archived on there, and even before link meet fancomics became common, link meet aus were alllllll over fanfic.net. one common one that i have remember being insanely popular is the links watching each other play their games and remarking on them, a trope that was super common post skyswd release but has fallen out of fashion. jojo is a wonderful artist, with interesting and creative designs, but jojo isn't the end all be all, ya know?

idk, in the nicest way possible, lu is one version of a very common, very old trope that has been around since the fandom started, and it is no better (or worse!) than any other links meet, and its fandom has no reason to be as stuffy, overprotective, or self-absorbed as it unfortunately can be when at the end of the day, its comic is just one out of a million.

okay wank over *wheew*

[anonymousmothman]

I had another weird dream surrounding star trek (this time with jackie chan and thundercat???)

So basically I won this thing (idk if it was a giveaway or something) to hang out with thundercat. We were walking around chicago and he kept talking about being a werewolf and that was weird cuz . You know... cat is in his name. But then he turned into a werewolf and tried to hunt me.

Then I went to this star trek convention but for some reason star trek was real? And I got to talk to worf and ezri they were really nice. Some other stuff happened but I legitimately remember none of it. I then was watching a jackie chan movie with the ferengi (basically all the guys from the magnificent ferengi episode) and suddenly got transported back in time to when rush hour got released. I was sitting in the audience just minding my buisness then Quark started to film the movie cuz yay piracy! But he was horrible at hiding his camera and everybody kept staring at him because they knew. His camera didn't have a zoom feature so Brunt gave him this can you were supposed to put in place of the lens and it'd act as a zoom for you. But then, of course, everyone was like 'wtf are they doing with a can' so Quark gave the empty one to me and I had to pretend like it was Tuna I was eating. I was really bad at it. Then, at the end of the movie, a cardassian was playing with his baby (throwing her up in the air and stuff) and a founder took it from him while he was doing that then dangled it over the side of the railing (idk the seats in the theatre were high) and said "a sacrifice to the founders..." but then everyone started booing them and throwing popcorn at them so they gave the baby back.

After that, I went to this weird renaissance fair mixed with comic con thing (still in the past atp). A dude dressed up as an ensign knocked down this stand of books and I helped him to pick it up. Then, I wanted to buy one, so I was looking through them and eliminating options and was gonna buy something on dinosaurs? Idk it was weird it looked like a dork diaries book though. But another one caught my eye and it had medieval paintings on the front despite the fact it was a book about mesopotamian chemistry. So I went to buy it, but I got tied up in (honestly I forgot what happened) so had to leave it for the time being. When I came back though, a lot of people were bidding and arguing over who should get it. The only way you could buy it was by messaging the shop owner on discord so I tried to text them but I kept misspelling 'shop' as 'Schofield' so none of the messages would go through (there was a bot that prevented you from sending a message unless it had the word shop). I don't think I was ever able to get it, or maybe I was, also sort of forgot this part....

Then it cut to my backyard where Picard was stuck in my garage. He kept asking to be let out but when I let him out there were two animals on leashes in there. One was Porthos so I let him off, but another was those klingon dogs.. I forgot what they're called. Picard kept telling me to let that one off it's leash and I said "but its your pet :(" and he said hed pay me 30 coins so I did it. Then I finally let Picard out of my garage and it cut yet again to another scene.

I was on ds9 laying down to go to bed when Damar and Keevan entered and Damar was like "you weren't at Quarks" and I said "I had a really long day today man..." so they layed down with me and we cuddled YAYYYY but then I woke up BOOOOO

[mejomonster]

So I finished Riverdale season 1. Not even as wild as Twin Peaks yet. I don't have the best memory but like log lady, the weird casino, the Laura palmer look a like... nothing in riverdale yet that's even That wild.

Riverdale season 1 felt like a less weird but similar vibe to Twin Peaks, especially in presentation, a fairly good murder mystery for teens, nicely paced, and I would say it felt written at least as good as Pretty Little Liars or The Vampire Diaries (of which I found both watchable). Maybe it felt a touch like Twin Peaks (light) meets Glee in the sense of Glee wasn't super realistic and was Over the top but was functionally set in high school. But like... a lot of the Over the top elements of Riverdale season 1 are more like... comic callbacks, movie references, Twin peaks references (like choices to use all older car models rather than modern cars, to have a biker bar and gang that scream Twin Peaks plot and the construction company and maple syrup mill paralleled to the lumber mill and Horne family in Twin peaks, the could've easily been poly relationships among the core friend group a la Laura and her bf and her best friend).

So like? Idk it was fun it was enjoyable.

I'm very curious when Riverdale actually does anything 1 as weird as twin peaks. Because it didn't go that far yet, but it was playing with some similar stuff which I liked.

2 gets anywhere in the realm of as weird as I've heard it does??? I have NO idea how I get here from "semi realistic town at least as real feeling as Twin Peaks" where Archie can move to Chicago and jughead could plausibly visit toledo on a bus, and they can all text and call each other whenever (despite old cars which is The weirdest element so far), to Archie goes to world War 1 (or some war)???

And yeah I heard jingle jangle mentioned already lol and it sounds like a drug name. Which is way less weird and more expected writing for this kinda murder mystery vibe/twin peaks vibe.

I am eager to see how things get absolutely bonkers

[bugreeks]

S 1 ep 8 sportafake

Roberts literally complaining abt nothing the other kids r literally being lazy and telling steppy to also b lazy

The weirdness of sportacus being lazy makes the other kids not wanna be lazy anymore

(Sorry they only listen to men in blue yoga pants)

He’s so me

“It might be my fathers” the only mention of a parent in this show

SHES GOT A RING ON HER FINGER 🧐

So he undressed sportacus put on his normal clothes just to switch back to the sportacus clothes (for the effect)

Random slow mo on the mayor

I remember the diary coming up a lot more often than it actually does

NOOOO WHY DO RHEY GOT ZIGGY BY THE ANKLES

Sportacus at 2x speed

No one’s lazy in lazytown 7/10 banger song

He did a shit job of repairing that fence if it came down that easy

He didn’t even tell y’all to eat all of it 😭😭😭😭 (nvm he did hand them a comically large pile of junk food idk what else ur supposed to do when a man in blue yoga pants hands u a big pile of junkfood and just says eat up)

Mayors a lovely uncle

I love the sound effects in this show

“THIS IS MINE” “yeah of course,,, “

The mayor almost gets a little kiss!! Almost

10/10 ep this ep was fun

[stinkydemon]

It’s long time talking here always forget I have blogs stuff little update sort of I don’t use Twitter and insta anymore!! it’s like few months now since beginning of 2023 I totally stop using it damn I totally forgot to say also don’t use discord anymore honestly I feel kinda free I sometimes use tumblr en most of time tiktok the only 2 platforms that I like :) tiktok lowkey reminds me of Tumblr ngl I know super weird to say that lmao.. anyway yea work has been good sadly my fav manger doesn’t work anymore but had 2 week break so idk how messy it’s since he was gone I was gonna for 2 weeks so will see next week if I enjoy my job still..

I’m really slacking on practicing for theory exam for driving shit but I know all rules it’s just questions are so fucking annoying but have but I have study..

I’m trying go to gym more and more kinda wanna be serious about it.

also I need get back more in my hobby’s again most of time I feel super tired 🥱 I need keep some energy in my hobbies.

Anyway yea nothing special lost a friend but its for the best honestly I’m glad other friend I have really good friend that always FaceTime with so I’m good :) its sucks losing friend eh I’m don’t wanna wast energy to people being dumb the end.

So yea that it I’ll really try update here more I might try make comic diaries if feel like it…

[x-gon-give-it]

weird q's for writers! randomly generated: 32, 26, 12, and 16

Oh! :D

12. If a genie offered you three writing wishes, what would they be? Btw if you wish for more wishes the genie turns all your current WIPs into Lore Ipsum, I don't make the rules

Answer: Wish #1: the patience to finish a wip before I start a new one. Wish #2: the motivation and inspiration to write, instead of arm-wrestling writers block for control everytime I sit down at my laptop. And wish #3: a book like Tom Riddles Diary, where I can write down any hyper specific research questions for my wip and it automatically spits out the answer so I don’t have to go scrubbing through google trying to piece it together myself.

16. What's the weirdest thing you've ever used as a bookmark?

Answer: just a candy wrapper I think. Piece of loose paper. Scraps on my desk. Nothing to weird 🤷‍♂️

26. How do you get into your character's head? How do you get out? Do you ever regret going in there in the first place?

Answer: I either go back and read comics/media that I like them in. If I’m getting into the head of a specific character, like assassin Spider-Man for example, I’ll go back and read his comics to get a sense of his character. Lol if there’s a specific fic I like that hits the characters characterization spot on, I’ll go back and reread that too to get myself in their head. I think the only head I regret going into is Wade’s and that’s only because he can be so hard to write sometimes XD

32. What is a line from a poem/novel/fanfic etc that you return to from time and time again? How did you find it? What does it mean to you?

Answer: ahhh that’s a good one. Hmm, let me think. There’s not a lot of specific lines I save when I’m reading, mostly paragraphs, plots, or ✨ vibes ✨ if I had to go by one recently that’s been sticking in my brains, it’s this description Peter has of himself:

“If we went out in public together, no one would be looking at my ghostly underfed gremlin ass.”

Why? Idk I find Peter referring to himself as “ghostly underfed gremlin ass” is so funny and his self-esteem issues appeal to me 😂 it’s from “Teeth” by Grouch that everyone should DEFINITELY go read because everything Grouch writes is amazing and “Teeth” is my most recent obsession.

Thank you for the questions!! They are delightful to answer :3

[sturmdunkel]

🧡❄️Yay! I'm so excited to get started on this it's really bad. Like I'm participating in another fandom event right now and I have to finish the fic for that first because the deadline for that is coming up soon…but mechanic!Andrew and android!Neil tho 😭

And to my shame I have to admit that I'm really, really bad at reading fanfic so not only don't I have any sci-fi au recommends but like. no recommends in general. I'm sorry. Do you have any recommendations for me tho? I can't promise I'll read them, but maybe there is hope for me yet.

(I have written some sci-fi aftg fic myself, but I'd feel weird passing off my self promo as a genuine rec, so I'll have to wait to tell you about that until December…)

I can probably recommend you some published sci-fi works tho. On the topic of robots/androids/ai I read a short story called "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" by Ted Chiang for a class on AI in literature once that I absolutely adored because the development and then treatment of these AIs just felt super realistic (it's in a collection called 'Exhalation' that i've been meaning to continue since but for some reason haven't). For the same class we read 'Klara and the Sun' by Kazuo Ishiguro which was also really good. Both of them are a little bittersweet tho. Then there's 'A Closed and Common Orbit' by Becky Chambers, who, if you've never read anything by her before, just writes really good spacefaring sci-fi. I adore her worldbuilding because it's so creative and detailed.

Also on the topic of robots: I only watched Studio Trigger's 'Promare' this year and absolutely fell in love so if you want some big robots and haven't seen that one yet I can only recommend that. The same with Evangelion. I'm *obsessed* with Evangelion.

I could probably scrounge up some more general sci-fi recs, but idk what you may or may not have read already. So let me return the question: do you have any recs for me? ❄️🧡

Ough same,,, I have to finish a comic for a fandom event but I'm really excited for it and also for this hehe >:DDD

Also don't worry!!! I think I'm on the opposite side of this spectrum,,,I think I've read most aftg fics on ao3 that are over 50k,,(this is foreshadowing) my favorite sci-fi work on ao3 is probably this monster of a fic called the wonders I've seen by gluupor and it's a farscape au!! Tho I've never actually played the game :")),,,,regarding other reccs I have,,,too many haha but nothing that's short :"

Aaaa thank you so much for the recommendations!!! I will go check out my local bookstore to see if they're in stock >:D I've been in a reading slump lately so I'm really excited to check them out!! I read Klara and the sun when it came out and I felt my brain expand reading it haha :)))

Also I really loved promare!!! I'm glad you enjoyed it!! :DDD studio trigger has such a wonderful animation style and I love their stuff >:) I'm also a really big fan of evangelion,,,,a kaworu figurine has been tempting me for a few months but it's like,,,200 ish euros oughh

On the topic of recommendations!! Have you read/ heard of the murderbot diaries? :O it's got a more satirical approach on the android but it's really wonderful and fun nonetheless!! I can't think of any more books at the moment however!!! If you liked evangelion have you considered watching Pacific Rim (directed by Guillermo del Toro the coolest guy ever) and studio trigger has some more fantastic sci-fi series like kill la kill, cyberpunk: edgerunners and star wars: visions! I also like tiger & bunny (recommended if you like a seemingly more lighthearted mecha pilot series) , gurren lagann is also a wonderful mecha series and one of my favorites BUT if you're to watch one I'd say you should watch Pluto, or read it!!! The mangaka is Naoki Urasawa who also made Monster and 20th Century Boys!! :DDD ah right and Trigun,,,,my timeless obsession :"

Also podcast wise if that's your thing,,,,wolf 359 is really really great, starts out as a comedy and ends up with you staring into space :P

Ok phew I'm so sorry,,,,,I love recommending stuff can you tell,,, :") either way!! I hope you have a wonderful day/ evening depending on your time zone!!! :DDD

[bedsheetghost413]

Ghost rants about Mariko Tamaki's "Skim."

Honestly, the Mariko Tamaki hate is kinda deserved because "I am Not Starfire" is a shitty self insert, and "Skim" has a literal teacher-student romance that isn't ever shown as really bad or illegal. But I think people ignore her other work that is actually kinda good. I grew up reading her comics in middle school, and they felt important and like they had something profound to say. Probably because I was a gay tween trying to figure out myself, but it still shows that they still had an effect on me. Particularly "This One Summer" and "Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me."

It's also kinda weird how the only people I've seen actually review her work are "comics/media is getting too woke now!!1!1!!!11" types. Like, it feels like they're just hating on her without trying to understand why certain artistic choices were made or if there was any meaning behind a character's actions. I remember that the art teacher did tell Skim she wanted to end things, idk if it was when Skim came to her house after she left the school or another thing, but every review I've seen skips over that. I feel like with the inclusion of that part, the story becomes more of a "teacher takes advantage of a student who feels lonely and isolated, feels guilty and bad about it, student still doesn't understand because she isn't mature enough to realize what happened was wrong" story. The art teacher feeling bad doesn't do anything to make the situation better or absolve her of her actions. She was the adult, and she should have kept things professional and legal. But it changes how the reader can interpret the story. I still don't understand why it was included, though. It could've just been a "gets a first girlfriend and then she breaks up with me for no reason" romance instead, maybe even make the girlfriend her friend's older sister (but still within an acceptable age range) to imply that the girlfriend broke up with Skim because she felt bad about dating her little sister's friend.

I always thought of "Skim" as being about a high school girl who's angsty and shitty. We're getting a small glimpse of her life and what happens in that time frame. We see how there's a tragedy at her school that she sees the response to as being "over dramatic." Which is ironic because Skim herself is just as dramatic, not how she thinks her classmates are being, but in the way a kid on a TV show goes through an edgy phase. I think people forget that a protagonist can be an asshole because that's another complaint I see brought up all the time. Skim is an ass. You don't have to like her, she doesn't care if you do, but she also does because she wants to be liked. She's a teenager, anyone who's recently been a teen, one that was an outcast like Skim and had an edgy phase, can relate to that. You want to be cool, but not like the popular kids are cool, so you go too far in the other direction, and you feel like everyone else doesn't like you, so now you feel like an outcast.

Another thing I don't get people complaining about is the diary format and how it's "too disjointed." It's a diary. Is it supposed to be like reading a day by day basis of what happened and how and where and when? No! A diary is meant to be a collection of thoughts, feelings, and other shit you want to get off your chest. Does it always work? No. Does it mean it's a bad format? No. I feel like it fits with what "Skim" is going for. It just may not have been executed well.

I think I might re-read all the books of hers I read as a kid to see if they still hold up as much as I felt they did. It's been a good few years since I've read any of Mariko Tamaki's books, so maybe I'll interpret things differently now. I based all of the above on what I remember thinking and how I interpreted the book when I read it in middle school.

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Kydar diary comic book the suicide boys

Brian will you fix it for me later? no! u can try I know but it's confusing who the fuck is Brian? he's a south korean skateboarder a suicide boy do they like you? so they say but they want me to treat them better idk how to help suicidal people oh! well we could help you? yea you could that would be nice hahaha! you are a bitch stopp lol I'm trying not to be did u just tell him to stop? yes this playlist is fucking lit thanks so are u a dork? berlin brats junkie hahaha! she's crazy yea i am ok so u like talking? yes I do and I like presents hahaha bitch! bro I'm starving ok so we're gonna help but u have to help us with keeho he's weird I know right! he's so strict yes he is ok so tell him u like us keeho I fucks with the chinese always have no!! are u black? I have mixed DNA but I evolved to my Asian DNA hahaha what!! it's confusing but nah I guess I'm not black or white ok so u don't like white people either? nope just Asians ok so ure a purist? I wouldn't say that?? I can hang out with black men and white ppl but it's hard u should move to China! I want to but unless I have all my paperwork myself I wouldn't be able to do it and keeho doesn't want to give me anything not even money it's skatepark deaths I never said that! well dude that's what I fucking heard ur lucky we met keeho or I'd be so much more mad hey can we post now no!! ok so when did u get this tumblr? after I got out the mental ward last week ok so ur life is really fucking hard? yes it is especially since I haven't gotten any presents omg we get it!! omg well send! u want our presents too? yea sure :) it's keeho she loves you but the answer is no they said they hacked urbcodes dude hahaha!! we did see I knew I needed outside help keeho you make me wanna die that's mean! well it's how I feel do u like Japan? yes why? sushi zushi and plus they have interesting conversations donthe Chinese? yes u do im assuming ok so this convo isn't interesting? it is I thought u meant like in general keeho said she's not ready shut up jiung I just want some coffee :( ok so she's not that mean it's impossible for me to mean I am the muse of nostradamus what?! that's so cool yea it is cool I like it but I need some kind of like debit card too saying I'm not gonna die some kind of like tejano cross fire proof that I'm not gonna die by tonight ok so u think ur gonna die? yes if keeho is my only handler I will die so u need handlers? yes surf and cypress are good tho they're just busy or whatever ok so they're too busy for u? yes do u follow them on Twitter? whats your twitter.com handle? @psychicdamage4 om I'm gonna kill u hahaha why? it's not funny! it is to me! are u a boy? yes I'm ready to admit it but not a real boy dude I'm gonna kill him! I prefer her but it's whatever ok so u still expect us to call u her??? no sir how does she know that?! no idea also I have an evil twin I'm emily ok so u have an evil twin??? yes she can't kill me right? no she can't! ok so as long as I never go into a book and stay a Buddhist monk I'm good wow dumbass bitch confucious is the monk now I can't do both?? no! ok im ok with that what why? he's cool but he wants to have sex who? confucious ok so u don't like that he wants to have sex with you? it's funny but no I don't like it u are a weird boy! thanks so we're done? for now I need friends to talk to I ruined my Twitter I can't write well on that app so u don't want to meet? I do want to meet can we talk on the phone? ask keeho no u can't please! nooo!!! dude please? noo!! please dude we love her ok but it's gonna be awkward I was gonna ask them to be awkward with me why? bc it makes me feel more comfortable at first ok u guys are weird idk what to say my friend but u have to be formal with me then we can talk more if you're gonna call me eve keeho? especially keeho ok so he's your father yea so what! u are a dork omg hahaha thats so fucking sexy pour up - lil hyfe what?? u heard what it said what?? can we post my finger hurts fine post!