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This is a really good thread.

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I cannot relate to ppl who see someone who’s incredibly fixated on one thing that gives them joy, and treat that as pathetic.

Like, if some dude who lives alone, has a job he hates, and only finds joy in his dog, spends all his money on dog toys and food, pampers the shit out of that dog, treats that dog like his child, I don’t see that as sad. He has something that he really cares about despite having things about his life he doesn’t like, and you know that dog is going to have a good life.

If someone is going to a school they hate, they don’t like the people they hang out with, they feel like there’s no joy in life except that they get to play minecraft when they get home, far be it from me to call that pathetic or lazy of them.

If some teenage boy is getting bullied, his parents are getting divorced, he can’t find a reason to make it though the day except to watch anime, good for him. I’m glad he found something he can enjoy.

If some girl has self-esteem issues, feels like she’s not good at anything, has no friends, but gets excited whenever she saves up enough money to buy supplies for a cosplay or go to a con, that’s amazing and I support her

If someone can only find joy in one, tiny thing, why would you make them feel pathetic for relying on that one thing to get through the day just bc you don’t get it or think it’s silly?

Even if someone has a good life but gets joy out of something you think is silly, there is absolutely no reason for you to treat their interests as pathetic.

(Tagging this with stuff like ‘cringe‘ and ‘cringe culture’ cus the ppl who use those tags need to see this the most)

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Well, since you guys are invading Twitter again, I thought I would make my own comments about the PokéAsk Revolution.

#slmod #twitter #i wonder if there's a tag for this pokeask twitter revolution

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... It’s been a while. Gonna do a music stream! Working on a composition for school, a transcription commission, then I will be doing music for TDP! Mic will be on/off depending how I feel!

#slmod #slstreams

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???

This is the most attention I’ve gotten from a sketch. Not even my ask blog got this many notes on a single post. I’m confused, but very happy that it was enjoyed!~

#slmod #confusion

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Hey everyone! For the day before my birthday, I’m going to be playtesting my Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team hack! Come swing by if you would like!

#pokemon mystery dungeon #streaming #red rescue team #pokemon #pmd

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... A few users I knew from Tumblr back years ago commented on my Twitter a few hours ago... I feel... a bit overwhelmed with emotion. Wow, I seriously missed them so much. I remember crying out of pain when making that post of leaving Tumblr a while back, but seeing them comment like that, and only within an hour of me posting my post... I feel... whole again.

Heh... I haven’t cried like this in a long while... I feel... so amazing right now... I wanted to see where some of them went so I would know how they continued... And I finally can... And so many others are reconnecting with me... Just seeing some of the artwork of these people just bring me such a great satisfaction to see them moving forward... My community is still around here and there, but they’re still around nonetheless.

I feel so happy right now.

#slmod #i feel so happy right now

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Oh right, I have a Twitter Account...

#twitter #slmod

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American Dragon: Jake Long, "Homecoming"

*SPOILER WARNING*

So I finally gave in and bought “Homecoming” on iTunes…and now I have to discuss it. 

Just look at this: 

Right here, she’s telling him “You have to let me go” knowing that when he does she’ll die, but

She says “I’ll be okay” anyway, and she doesn’t look scared or sad or anything, because it’s worth it to her to give her life to protect his. And you just know, when you look at that expression, that she means it when she says it’ll be okay, because she loves him—and as long as he’s okay, then she is. 

and then he lets go,

and you have this horrible, painful shot

And then Jake grabs the skull to save her…and everyone else tells him  that it’s too dangerous and wrong to use it for personal gain. But he says “It wouldn’t be for my personal gain, it would be for her.” This is the most poignant moment of character development in the whole show. Jake’s always been a rather selfish kid. Even at the start Rose was basically a pretty girl that he wanted. But then this happens: 

“I wish Rose was never taken by the Huntsclan!” He doesn’t wish to have her back. He doesn’t wish that she could be with him. He makes a wish that erases their entire relationship from the start, but gives her the family and normal life that she has always wanted. And that is the proof that he loves her. 

Then there’s this look of agony right before he destroys the skulls…

followed by “Consider them destroyed”. It can’t be captured by the picture, but the way his voice shakes on that line…asdfghjkl :( 

But here’s where it gets good again—this is when he runs into her the next day and she, of course, has no memory of him. At first you can see how much this hurts him

and then he gets this little glimpse of her with her parents, and he knows he did the right thing. 

“Happy Homecoming, Rose.“ 

#american dragon jake long

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I wish I would bald faster. It’s a pain having such a high forehead...

... Wait, I’m supposed to be a young adult. Why am I wishing for that!?

#slmod #random

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It’s that time of year, guys! Happy Fourth of July!

happy 4th of july

#national anthem #fourth of july #4kids #4kids national anthem

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And here’s your Undertale meme for the night.

“You are filled with... something.”

#undertale #papyrus #i'm dead now

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“The Greatest Showman” Review

I watched “The Greatest Showman” recently, and I’d thought I review it. Many people hyped up this movie as being one of the greatest movies ever and being super amazing. My expectations were pretty high. That’s why, when I watched it... I was bored.

Predictable plot, overused pop song soundtrack, and characters pretty much sounded too similar despite the movie supposedly celebrating “diversity”.

So, let me explain each point.

Plot: The plot was too Hollywood. Man wants to try something new, starts succeeding by starting from the bottom, drama unfolds as he gets too caught up in victories, he sees what’s wrong, breaks down and has a lapse where he stops believing in himself, other people come in to help him, and then he finds an alternative way of success. If you wanted to try something new, it should have tried to derive from the “Hollywood Plot”. Honestly, I see that in so many movies now in days, it’s infuriating.

Soundtrack: All the songs sound the same to me. It’s all pop songs with little to no diversity. They tell the story through a musical, but if it was a real musical, then they would have a variety of songs besides Pop. That, and the music didn’t represent the atmosphere of the time setting it supposedly in. If they wanted to make it more exciting, throw more jazz themes for the outcast group. Throw more classical opera for the high class. It just felt so wrong listening to pop throughout a story it didn’t fit in, and it barely derived from the main melody of the central song. It made things so boring to watch!

Diversity: And the singers all had such a voice on them that sounded too similar. All of them were strong and powerful. It barely reflected any personality between each of them. If this was supposed to represent diversity, throw different voices with each character. Make one of them a little out of tune. Make another feel a little weaker. They all sounded so similar to each other, I didn’t know which ones were supposed to be singing.

I really did not like this movie. It just felt so bland and Hollywood to me. I just could not get into this movie at all because of its predictability and similarities to all the other Hollywood movies. It just felt so hallow, just wanting to be popular. It didn’t feel creative at all, but too structured in clichés and the norm for any and all movies that are created nowadays.

#the greatest showman #slmod #review

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A Glass of Water

A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience.

As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question.

Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired

“How heavy is this glass of water?”

Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.

She replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter.

It depends on how long I hold it.

If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a problem.

If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my arm.

If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed.

In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”

She continued, “The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water.

Think about them for a while and nothing happens.

Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt.

And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed – incapable of doing anything.”

It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses, upsets and anything that doesn’t feel good to you as early as you can.

Put all your burdens down.

Don’t carry them throughout your day or even an hour or more than the few moments it takes to notice that you are feeling in a way you don’t want.

Remember to put the glass down!

#how long was i holding that glass without realizing it? #no matter #i finally put it down

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You know... Looking through some older posts and blogs I grew up with my first years of ask blogging... It’s a bit sad seeing some of them go. askjollydragonite, ask-thepoketrio, speckled-glameow, ask-firefly-the-raichu... I never realized it until now how much it hurts to have left for such a long time period and return where there’s a whole bunch of new blogs unrecognizable to me. The only one I really recognized when coming back from my hiatus was askbookwormflareon, azuraracon, askprofpiplup, and splotchi.

... Just seeing all these posts of older blogs closing, seeing everything pass me by during my absence... It really hurts. anonsables just doesn’t feel like my character anymore. Originally, askteamshelds who inspired me to create the character in the first place, and he left ask blogging even before my hiatus. 

Seeing everyone leave like this... It hurts me so much. I see their original posts and what they’ve done. They were a fantastic group of people, and I never realized how much they meant to me. And now... most don’t do their original blogs anymore. They either got bored or tired of their blog, and that’s how I feel right now about my own ask blog...

I’ve never completed a plot point. I’ve always gone on hiatus before I could finish anything... The first hiatus was because I lost drive. I regained drive with askazorua, but then the second hiatus happened because my dad lost his job. I was hoping to complete at least one plotline, but then the third hiatus came to make me leave for two years. I feel like I’m perpetually going into these hiatuses, never able to escape. I feel like I will go into a fourth hiatus when the fall semester comes in because I will just be too busy to do anything, and I want to be a musician more than an artist.

But I feel like I still have to try, at least. I may be slow, but I’ll finish this plotline, no matter what. I’ll end anonsables on a high note, unlike the other blogs who dropped due to lack of motivation. I want to give my appreciation to the wonderful people that inspired me by doing what they haven’t done. I will complete this blog, and I will make them proud that I was able to hang on to the end!

I miss them, but I still love what they did for this community and for myself. I’m not giving up. Not yet. I’ll continue toward the end for them, and I’ll continue for my characters and myself. So, it’s time I stopped missing them and show these new people what ask blogging’s really about!

... Heh. If only I could be that positive, naive self. No, now I see what I’m doing. I’m just ask blogging for the memory. I’m not doing this because I want to. I’m doing it for the sake of memories. I’m ask blogging because I’m trying to achieve something that has long since passed me.

I took some time to think, and I realize... I’m not an ask blogger anymore. I’m not really ask blogging for the sake of myself. I’m just ask blogging so I can complete a story and prove... what, exactly? That I was able to achieve something the others weren’t able to achieve? That I was able to outlast the pain and sorrow?

This isn’t my community anymore... is it? ... Heh... No, this community barely remembers me. I barely remember me. I was so hopeful to continue this blog and remind myself of a wonderful time. But now, I realize... I’m not happy with myself in this place. Barely anyone recognizes me, and I barely recognize them. I’ve been gone for too long, and I’ve grown apart from this place because I only lived in a memory. I cannot bring myself to fully motivate myself to be a part of this new place because it’s not my old memory.

I guess I have to ask whether or not I should continue on. Heh... I probably have already reached the answer. I really shouldn’t debate this, but... I have to. For the sake of closure, I want to give one final chance to see if I want to continue living in memories, or moving on in making new memories elsewhere. The PokéAsk Community gave me so much, but... now, I feel nothing about it. I’ve just been apart for too long from this place, and I just cannot reattach.

And besides... I want to compose music. I have been invited to Twitch Dates Pokémon as a composer. I feel so happy doing music much more than art. Art feels like a burden, but music feels free.

If you guys have read this to the end, thank you for taking the time to read my pain. I will think about this in a better mind state, but for now, I’m just so tired... However, I feel like I’ve already arrived at my conclusion. I feel like I’m ready to start a new prologue in life and write the chapters as a musician. And to the older ask bloggers of the time that are still around to this day... Guide the new ask bloggers well. And thank you for everything.

#slvents

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a video i made to cope with myself

#wee! #i think this is something people should hear

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While hunting for the secret warp zone in Level 1-2 @maybe-eevee mentioned, I decided to try hunting for it. During my hunt, I did a run where I didn’t collect anymon and beat the game. So now I have to ask...

Who’s they? It’s just a lone Glaceon!

My thoughts just on this screenshot alone is that, after Glaceon defeated Groudon, they killed off the Eevee for making a human control their movements and lived happily ever after. They now roam the world in peace and tranquility.

Play PokéPoke today! Made by maybe-eevee.

#poképoke #maybe-eevee #glaceon