#what's wrong with being sexy

[dandyads]

Cashmere Bouquet, 1950

[bumblingbabooshka]

I love Milchick...I love how he seems incapable of not lying and manipulating other people (Sending Irving the 'You're gonna get murdered if you keep getting cozy with Burt' painting without informing Cobel beforehand is when he first got on my radar) and how he wants the innies to be treated better but it seems like he only wants that so they'll be more complacent and productive and everyone on every conceivable side (Innies, Outies, Families, Kier himself) hates him for whatever he's doing or not doing and no one respects him and yet he persists even when it's pretty clear that whatever he's doing isn't even effective anymore because I don't think he knows what else to DO. It paints a picture of someone who's dedicated himself to Lumon and who knows how Lumon says it would like him to act and has no backup in case that fails. What is Milchick's personality? Though we see him outside Lumon, we never see him not working. Really the only thing we can say for certain about Milchick is that he is an extremely hardworking, persistent, and (forcefully) patient person. (Forcefully = It's implied he has HAD to be patient with others in order to advance. Think of how comfortable Drummond was with disrespecting and belittling him.) I know some people want him to be a 'Good', Kind, Benevolent Guy who sees the Innies as his friends because of his Kindness Reform thing but I'm wary of that mentality bc I know if he's not a paragon of virtue it's going to lead to a lot of negativity because black characters aren't thought of as being complex and Human in the way white characters (think Cobel, Helena) are. I really do wonder what his life looks like. You could argue that the character he most closely resembles (other than Natalie, who at this point is more tertiary) is Helena - not in her enormous privilege but in her enforced emptiness. Cobel's life was consumed by Lumon-Business work but she also had the Religion-Kier and that horrific slight working to pull her away from it all and keep going when all was said and done. I separate Lumon & Kier because...in my opinion, though they're deeply intertwined, they do seem like two different heads on one beast. Cobel had a Kier shrine, not a Lumon one. Think of how much Cobel mentions Kier as opposed to Milchick. It's of COURSE different but I think of those who leave the church while still believing in God as an example of deeply intertwined yet still different. Both Helena and Milchick are shown to be emptier than other characters. They're alike in their total lack of...displayed personhood, despite Helena's assertion that she IS a person, not Helly. How much of what she says and does is through her own will? Then, Helena sees (through Helly) her body being daring and loved. This is when she splits away from Milchick, she has found Something Else. Milchick has nothing to divide him. There's the racism and disrespect he experiences at Lumon but he's lived under that for maybe his entire life. Does he even believe in Kier? What I'm saying is that there's no other grass he can see. Cobel can dream of burning Lumon down for what they did, Helena can dream of a romance with Mark, Milchick has NOTHING without Lumon as far as we know right now. I've seen some people be of the opinion that "Milchick chose this, if he hasn't pulled away by now then let him suffer" but I don't think that's correct. I don't think it's incomprehensible or indicative of him being Evil. Think of Miss Huang, who in one episode says they shouldn't treat the innies as Human and in the next apologizes to Dylan, near tears. Think of Cobel who treats Mark like a science experiment/stupid child yet also says she cares for him. To me Milchick is a very mysterious character. Friendly and frigid, polite and unsettling. I want to know about him!! I want to see a bit of his true face and I'm sure it'll be ugly in the way many Severance characters are. And also beautiful, in the same way.

[geodesick]

[ID: a drawing of pye from outer wilds, standing with her writing staff. she's wearing an orange nomai space suit without the helmet, and she has a light brown face with curly darker brown fur. end ID]

figuring out how i want to draw the nomai, so here's a pye since i am obsessed with her !!!

[softshuji]

*sigh* ran Haitani needs to be freed and I'm gonna personally do it myself

[froschli96]

you know, i always find it really funny when dudebros complain about syndicate and odyssey being too "jokey" or not "taking its characters seriously" or whatever…

like, did y'all collectively sleep through "it's-a me, mario!", "i meant besides vaginas", ezio inventing the latte, bartolomeo's... just... *gestures vaguely* entire character, etc?

like, it's fine to have preferences of course, i myself prefer a more serious and grounded tone, but these are usually the same people who tout the ezio trilogy as "peak assassin's creed", call ac1 a glorified tech demo and hate on connor for being "too serious and boring", like? make it make sense!

[nvtis-world]

[chartreuxcatz]

So on one hand I understand why people say ”Guys you have GOT to stop calling fat people squishy and huggable!” It can be shitty when thats the only good thing you think about fat bodies.

but like its still a perk, yeah? Maybe I, a fat person, am rather proud and happy with the fact babies and puppies and kitties think I’m comfy and soft. Perhaps that is legitimately part of what helps me feel okay with my body.

[leatherbookmark]

Huh... just connected the dots between my soul-crushing shame and inability to imagine myself "carelessly having fun" without feeling a Heavy Judging Gaze That Thinks I'm Such A Funny Stupid Little Baby on myself and like... my parents finding it the funniest thing in the world, worth bringing up over and over despite my discomfort, that I used to bob funnily to the music as a toddler

[dandyads]

Old Gold, 1935

Theme Week: Cigarettes 🚬

[lovelylemontrash]

everyone talking about rat kiss and sexy priest jeffrey combs after watching the evil clergyman but not enough people are talking about that said sexy priest is a trans woman

[buckingham-ashtray]

it twists my gut with such raging incredulous disgust when there are numerous comments under morgue scene centric edits saying nothing but how hot john looks beating sherlock up. if you find it sexy when characters get tortured all bloody and moaning i am one hundred percent in the boat with you i am ROWING that fucking boat but if you get turned on by the goddamn morgue scene i swear i will chop off your limbs and toss them to appetize the sharks then throw your twisted ass off the boat as their main course

[shrimpscrawling]

You mean to tell me that this body of mine will start to get saggier, wrinklier, reflect all the good & bad experiences of my life and all the wonderful food I’ve eaten, all the trips, slips and knee grazes, the sun and the rain on my face, the ridiculous things I’ve done to my hair, the hands I’ve held, the perfumes I’ve smelled, the love I’ve felt, the days spent in bed and the others used to climb mountains, those shoes that didn’t fit and my favourite jeans, that one time I got bit by my mothers dog: and all the while I’m getting sexier and more experienced?? Hell fucking yeah.

[david-watts]

my inability to have conversations is my greatest flaw

[erotetica]

(drawing prompt) Perhaps a Sauron?? 🥺❤️

@celebrimbot ik you draw twinkron, I’m sorry for this jack nicholson monstrosity but it’s what’s in my heart

[kazthegenderjuice]

very disappointed in all these fics with aziraphale being all self conscious about his body. WHY CANT BE BE CONFIDENT IN HIS THICC SEXY FINE ASS SELF. WHY DOES HE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THIS FATPHOBIA SHIT WHY CANT HE JUST KNOW THAT HES HOT

[redbeanjellysoul]

its been said a thousand times before probably but being so attractive that you could get any man and getting in touch with your dark feminine and sexuality being seen as like the ultimate power of a woman is fucking lame. Like why is that the most powerful state a woman can be in when it still relates to a man. Why aren't we glamorizing being weird af being the most powerful state a woman can be in. Like being put together and just getting any man isn't your most powerful state, being fucking crazy and weird and wackadoodle while being kind to yourself and others is the most powerful you can be.