#I AM AN IMITABLE I AM AN ORIGINAL!!

[enobariasteeth]

wait for it is genuinely one of the best songs ever written and it’s from FUCKING HAMILTON

#I AM THE ONE THING IN LIFE I CAN CONTROL!!! #I AM AN IMITABLE I AM AN ORIGINAL!! #IM NOT FALLING BEHIND OR RUNNING LATE!! #IM NOT STANDING STILL I AM LYING IN WAIT!!!! #yes I had a Hamilton phase #yes I still know every word in that stupid show #it’s GOOD and that’s what makes me mad #yes it has its problems but everytime I hear Phillipa Soo sing ‘it’s quiet uptown’ #or that scream at the end of stay alive (reprise) I bawl my eyes out

[dailyoyo]

Dailyoyo #64 : Shaped

#jet set radio #yoyo jsr #jsr #dailyoyo #This was originally meant to be imitating low poly but i am not good at that. #Honestly a little more Ellie spectacular-esque than anything #Oh well. I did post it out of chronological order just so it could be no. 64 though #mod pseud

[pixeldinostorytelling]

zombies run novel when.

#the pale imitation of an original thought #zombies run #i have ideas how you can not ruin #five's projectability #and general blank-slate-ness #i thought about a couple of audio drama books #that i enjoyed or am looking forward to #and zr book when

[whitmore]

charlie slimecicle slash lore very clearly knows codeflippa isn’t juanaflippa somewhere inside of him. the specific avoidance of questions with codeflippa points us in that direction and is further confirmed by the direct questions he asked juanaflippa today during dia de los muertos— are you safe? are you in a happier place? he’s not in any level of denial barring performative, he’s just willing to settle for a codeflippa rather than no flippa at all, and that’s paraphrased but he’s said something very akin to it out loud. plus today he realized that if the missing eggs don’t have ofrendas they’re likely still alive, and i think to some end even after really processing that his current flippa isn’t the original juanaflippa, he’d still want her around emotionally to cope with the possibility of bearing witness to everybody else’s real egg reunifications. mariana isn’t around, his entire family was fundamentally gone at one point. he doesn’t want to have nothing again. and if codeflippa leaves, he’s left with nothing. again.

#eleanor.txt #qsmp #slimecicle #this is all paraphrased bc i’m not pulling up the stream for exact quotes rn #i think it’s possible that he believed codeflippa could have been some kind of codefied alteration of the original flippa #which was an arguably realistic theory before today tbh #juanaflippa’s ghost (and the rest of them tbh) clearly aren’t frozen at the time of their deaths otherwise they wouldn’t have cracks #for another post and time but interesting choice. it will have consequences i’m sure it means Something #but anyway it’s becoming clearer that codeflippa is less a diversion and version of juanaflippa and more an imitation #something designed to look like her and (attempt to) talk like her #all of this to say. he knows what he’s doing #tl;dr: the denial is shallow he knows what’s happening and he’s consciously letting it #it’s a choice he’s actively making #‘qslimecicle is in such deep denial’ NO he’s PRETENDING he is in deep denial and YOU are buying it. like everyone else on the island #where’s the i am human i have biases blinkie. imagine that’s here too

[aconstantstateofbladerunner]

Okay legit question: what is up with all the romance books that are just retellings of fairytales or classic myths?  Why is this specific trend so prominent?  It’s not inherently bad or anything I just don’t see enough of the appeal for it to be as popular as it is.

#do people just have an attachment to fairytales that i don’t? #stuff like that has always been background noise for me i guess #i loved Greek mythology growing up #but i was more into the weird monsters than the stories themselves #as for rehashes of classic literature #no #Why would i read the 50 millionth version of pride and prejudice #when the original is a) right there and b) better than pretty much every imitator #and it’s always classic romance novels #Mix it up #The Great Gatsby #dracula #moby dick #‘But blade’ #’how am i supposed to set something like moby dick in the modern day or a sexy fantasy world’ #figure it out #man still has hubris and nature still humbles #blade’s romance reading quest

[starlit-mansion]

sometimes you see a video essay about someone forcing themself to watch/read/play a lot of something bad and it's just like. you are the kid on the playground asking if I will give you a quarter to watch you eat a worm.

#if you think i'm calling someone out in particular... i am not #it's... idk whatever the video essay version of mr beastification is #it is not linked entirely to either the original perpetrators nor the imitators nor the algorithm but some combo of the three #but... no i don't want to watch you eat a worm

[casiavium]

at the risk of the person I am talking about seeing it. I am going to vaguepost on tumblr.com lol

there's someone on ao3 straight copy-pasting my fanfic After the Sunset and changing the POV, and you know what. I can't even be mad about it.

There's honestly.... A lot more than this, even if most of it is original, this is just what stood out to me the most because like. Hey. That was my idea. The other stuff was generic ghiralink/skyward sword (even if it was my exact wording) but like.... I can't be mad, I straight up copy pasted from the game in this fic. I don't even like my own writing, but this made me feel better about it tbh. I kind of think the author is either younger or their first language isn't English, especially because for some reason Gaepora's name is Robert? In this fic?

But also if you happen across this fic don't attack them, I'd rather not say anything directly to them, I'm a little annoyed and definitely would if it was writing I liked more, but also.... I 100% admitted I copied from the game, and don't really care about Sunset enough to be upset so. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

#mostly I'm mad they didn't even copy the best parts #how are you going to steal my writing and not even commit to the bit. don't cut out the part with hylia. coward. #it's kind of funny if I'm being honest #what I AM mad about it that they didn't even leave comments/kudos on the fic they copied from >:( #'imitation is the highest form of flattery' and 'no art is original' and all that #now I WOULD be pissed if someone took my stuff and used it in AI. steal it yourself bitch!!! at least do some work!! #this is JUST like sappho and catullus. im sappho

[ryutarotakedown]

there's probably something to be said about how haori looks up to susato in everything (kazuya nuri: "It’s completely my own design as I imagined [Haori] to be. Someone who has always admired Susato. Someone who adores Susato.") and then how she takes up the job of defending hosonaga along with souseki and argues that she should be allowed in the courtroom because her friend susato is overseas being gallant and dashing right this second. especially when you consider they're defending hosonaga because he stole information from jigoku about the exchange program if i remember right which was absolutely crucial at one point of 2-5. like she's repaying a favor or reenacting justice when she never got to feel vindicated herself (i know she says flipping mamemomi/menimemo felt good but like. months of working with a known murderer who was going to get off scot free. how close to snapping was she) or doing something she can know for sure is the right thing to do because susato's doing it too

#this post was originally going to be like 'wow look haori imitating susato' but then i realized it goes far deeper than that #i am normal about a character who shows up in 1 case. thumbs up emoji #g: ace attorney #jules.txt

[dumb-fictionkin-sideblog]

I think

I think that me thinking I'm a compulsive manipulator for most of my "aware life" has something to do with the tism

#i was watching a video on an autistic person 'reviewing' a book used by therapists to communicate with autistic people (and for cbt as well) #(which. cbt for autistic people is not a good idea at all for multiple reasons but that's not the point) #and the person started talking about the fact that they say in the book that allistics communicate by not clearly stating their intentions #(so subtext and hidden meaning behind words) #and i was nodding along like 'yep that's how it works you have to analyze everything or you'll be ridiculed eventually' #and then the autistic person recording said *not* 'we have to analyze what they say' #but 'we have to Not say what we mean in order to communicate effectively with them' and i went wait no that's manipulative #(keep in mind i was watching that video listening in for signs that i am NOT autistic because as my only irl friend says: i am in denial) #and i think that i. started masking as a survival mechanism and imitating nt people #and reading subtext and acting 'allistically' is a big part of that and. my potentially autistic brain was recognizing that as manipulation #(as a means of survival) #like i had times as a kid where not reading subtext made me be ridiculed or ostracized or mocked #so i started doing it as well but my non allistic brain recognized that as manipulation because it wasn't natural for me #and i think maybe that's also why i like analyzing texts and finding new meanings in things so much #and why i care so much about the origins of non-literal expressions like #... i don't have an english example right now but you get the idea #that. realization is very reassuring actually #maybe i'm not as bad of a person as i thought...? #sunny

[dreamgirledward]

i think more people should be mean to the particular 'a kid/i could make that' crowd of people who dislike or even hate modern art

#like you are allowed to dislike whatever u want but when you actively go to the lengths to be like see i can do that too #and then your imitation is nothing like the original #further proving that actually the thing youre making fun of took REAL PRACTICED TECHNIQUE #then you look stupid!!! and you post it online expecting undeserving praise and ok like what exactly is separating you from the artist #that you despise so much then 🤔 #because you just parodied art but you made it without any real knowledge of what abstract expressionism was #but you still think you have something to prove #sorry i mean like seeing a rothko in person is crazy i am going out there to say i am biased and im not even a ROTHKO FAN #like i like surrealism. i dont really care about modern art #but imitating rothko is so tiredddd like girl just be original if abstract art makes you so angry #and im not even touching on the absolute NUTJOBS that damage paintings worth millions of dollars out of the same rage-induced spite

[u3pxx]

eat or be eaten. there is no hierarchy involved. eating is simply the privilege of the living.

1 | 2 | 3 | one out of three dungeon meshi illustrations i did for a class! 🪽🥩

id in alt text | like this art? it's a print, here! | like what i do? support me on ko-fi!

unfortunately, i forgot to hit record during the beginning orz but this still hopefully managed to catch a good bit of the painting process

as you may or may not have noticed, i've gotten into disco elysium, and around the time i made this, i've been making a lot of portraits imitating the style of the beautiful beautiful portraits in the game and i wanted to use the techniques i learned from doing that for here!

here's also the version with text! brief said to include the title and author. the objective of this lil thing i had to do for class was to design three book covers in different styles and i hope my professor thought this was a different enough style compared to the others bc i am a lil nervous that it's not pfttt

originally it was going to be laios there bc he's like the "main" character but then i thought about the image of falin holding like, the kingdom in her hands and so i had to stop everything that i was doing and draw that immediately (the text is flipped bc my prof told me to flip the whole thing bc they were originally facing the left, i just didn't bother to correct the text lmao)

of course, had to include the gang, so there they are very tiny on the foreground DFGHD i am so glad that i thought of adding thistle too bc i just really thought that lil detail of him walking away from everybody else was pretty neat

i also wanted her hands to be covered in blood but i wasn't skilled enough to make it look good in the short timeframe i had, it looked a little too busy, whoops!

(i should also mention that this piece was a huge inspiration for this! it's so striking that it never leaves my mind oughh <333)

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #falin touden #farlyn thorden #i dont think i'll tag the other characters they are so small in there lol #sunnysidedraws #sunnysidemeshi #described #id in alt text #i havent watched it yet but i heard that the ep were falin gets out of the dragon is out now so fitting time to post this ig pftt

[ellenforest]

home

When you buy a house, you feel like what you can afford is a reflection of yourself 

Your future feels defined by a past generation 

With problems sloppily covered up by more paint and bad tile

And you are now responsible to peel back the layers 

#my poem #poetic #short poem #original content #original post #original poem #poems on life #life lesson #home #what is home #who am I #where am I #and what have I done #self acceptance #milestones #thinking #poetry #life imitates art

[corvidshipping]

okay yall. i made this after seeing a cronenberg movie that had such a huge impact on me that i think it might have changed my brain chemistry permanently

#paperheart.mp3 #i tried to sort of imitate the Vibe of the ost or at least sort of capture the vibe of 80s horror movie synth scores....... #also i think this might be like the single album cover i am the MOST proud of i spent months worrying over making it. #originally it was going to be fully painted to get that vintage vibe but i. i did not. #i think this came out in the end even better than i was originally aiming for though im VERY proud of the credits at the bottom

[chaoticfandomthot]

I need to know that I’m not the only one that reads and say ‘i forgor’ in a weird aussie accent

#a bad imitation of one to be precise #this is incredibly important to me #if its not then tag how you read/say it plz #i need to know #i forgor #aiden originals #am i queuing this right

[ghostfacd]

WIRED AUTOCOMPLETE. | TOM BLYTH

PAIRING. tom blyth x fem!actress!reader

SUMMARY. in which you and tom make a special appearance on wired’s autocomplete interview

installment of this au | recommend reading for more context

“Hi — we’re Y/N Avocot and Tom Blyth — and this is the Wired Autocomplete Interview!”

You’re both handed a white board, bigger than your face, and there’s a list of questions with some of the words covered.

“Do you want to go first?” Tom asks, giving you a small smile.

“Yes! I’m pretty excited actually,” you begin to peel off the first question. “Okay, first question: what was Y/N Avocot’s first role?”

You think for a moment, “well in terms of roles in general, my first acting role was very small and I believe it was for this ice cream commercial as a kid. I’m not sure if it’s still up but my mom had signed me up for it and they thought I was a really cute kid so they casted me.”

Tom laughs, “really?” He then retrieves his board from the crew. “Okay my turn. Why does Coriolanus Snow turn evil?”

That question makes you slightly giggle, because it’s so broad that it’s nearly impossible for Tom to narrow down exactly what it is that made Coriolanus suddenly switch. “I believe you should be asking Suzanne Collins, shout-out to her for making the entire trilogy and prequel. But honestly? I think he was always power hungry, and even though Tigris tried her very best to bring out the humanity in him, it was just never enough. Especially after Sejanus’s death, I think Coriolanus realized there was no going back.”

“Oh wow,” you say, very impressed with how he decided to answer it. “That was a terrific answer Tom.”

“Thank you m’lady.” You giggle at his antics, rolling your eyes jokingly.

“What role does Y/N Avocot play in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes?” You clear your throat, imitating one of your character’s iconic resting bitch face.

“I play Balleona Laurent, duh.” You joke. “Anyway, yes, I play Balleona, also known as Leona. She’s originally from the Capitol just like Coriolanus. They met at the academy and she automatically knew she had to have him. She comes from the Laurent family, which is a very very wealthy, well off, intimidating family that Coriolanus knows he just has to get into, which is why they start dating. I don’t wanna spoil too much of Leona and Corio in the movie, soooo you guys should definitely check it out!”

“Alright,” Tom adjusts himself in his seat, ripping off the paper for the next question. “Does Tom Blyth have a girlfriend?”

He pretends to think, which makes you bite your lip, suppressing a laugh. “Hmm, very complex question.”

“Oh give the people what they want!” You tease, “yes he does. He’s inlove with Jennifer Lawrence.”

“I am not inlove with Jennifer Lawrence!” He exclaims quickly, “although I greatly admire her work. My girlfriend is Y/N Avocot over here, sadly.”

“Sadly?!” You fake offense, “cut the cameras. I’m gonna beat Tom up.”

You peel away at your next question, the interview already being loads of fun for the both of you. “Is Y/N Avocot a good singer?”

Your head falls forward, and Tom’s automatic instinct is to catch you, not realizing you’re only joking. “Oh God, I hope so!” You say, laughing as you pick your head up. “I’m no Mariah Carey but I like to think I’m a pretty okay singer.”

“More than okay,” Tom chimes in, which makes you laugh.

“Aw, thanks Tom.”

Tom reaches to peel another question off. “Is Tom Blyth American?” This question makes you almost spit out the water you were currently taking a sip out of. “Well, a lot of people get shocked when I say I’m from the UK. I mean, is my American accent that good?”

“Guess so,” you shrug. “Okay next. Is Y/N Avocot in The Summer I Turned Pretty?”

You clasp your hands together excitedly, giving the camera a wide smile. “Yes! I play Maekella Fisher, also known as Ella Fisher, Steven Conklin’s love interest and sister to Conrad and Jeremiah. The first season airs out soon so please stay tune for that! I’m so excited to be apart of this amazing show with such amazing people.”

“I always come to watch her on set,” Tom says, “they’re all such funny and charismatic people. I swear I’ve became friends with everyone on Y/N’s cast.”

“Okay, my last question,” Tom peels off the paper, grinning. “Will Tom Blyth star in another movie soon?”

He smirks, eyes playfully looking into the camera. “Who knows? But I do know that something exciting will be coming out soon so prepare yourselves!”

“Way to tease the crowd Blyth,” you say, rolling your eyes. “Anyway! My last question, this was quick. What is Y/N Avocot’s skincare routine? Oh, I’ve been waiting for this one.”

You sit on the edge of your seat, and Tom finds it endearing that you’re so excited about something as small as this.

“First, I rinse my face with cold water and I dip my face in a bowl of ice and water for 3 minutes. Afterwards, I put on my dewy toner from Innisfree, it’s so smooth and nice. Sometimes I’m too lazy for this step but I also put on sunscreen, it’s important so I always remind myself to not forget— but I love to use Supergoop Unseen’s Sunscreen. I use drunk elephant’s bronze drops if I wanna go for a sunkissed look that day, but I usually don’t. And then I just shake my Tower facial spray and spray it all over my face. Usually, I touch up my eyebrows and do my eyeliner but that’s really about it!”

“It’s true,” Tom adds. “She asked me if I could go buy her the tower spray yesterday because she was almost out.”

“No need to expose me like that,” you say, clinging your arms onto his. “Well thank you guys for watching!”

“Thank you!” Tom and you wave at the camera, smiling brightly.

#coriolanus snow #coriolanus snow x you #coriolanus snow angst #coriolanus snow smut #coriolanus snow imagine #coriolanus snow fanfiction #coriolanus snow x reader #tom blyth x reader #tom blyth #tbosbas #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games x reader #the hunger games

[zykamiliah]

So we know SQQ uses The Wives/The Women as a stand-in to talk around his attraction to Binghe, but another thing SQQ does is use the Original Shen Qingqiu as a way to talk around his own personality, (negative) emotions, and even self-esteem, either by contrasting himself against him, or by finding similarities. It makes a lot of sense, since he's inhabiting the body of the original, the person he needs to, to a certain point, imitate to survive.

From the very beginning, SQQ finds similarities between o!SQQ and him, and says he doesn't get why someone with reputation, good cultivation and the biggest sect backing him up would be so envious of other people's potential to the point of scheming against them. The Original Shen Qingqiu was not satisfied with the things he has and instead of idling his life away, like Shen Yuan in his previous life, he's digging his own grave.

When rummaging through the carriage interior, SQQ finds a lot of stuff that was frankly unnecessary to take on such a short trip, like "five or six different tea sets". And noting this, SQQ thinks,

No matter that in his past life he could have counted as a wealthy second-gen, he still hadn’t been this pointlessly indulgent in his pursuit of first-world affluenza, okay? (Chapter 1: Scum)

He's saying, "unlike him, i wasn't needlessly indulgent".

Another example is when he compares his own competency to that of O!SQQ. He does this a few times in the first volume.

The original Shen Qingqiu’s skill at facing down demons should have made this quest as easy as killing a chicken with a knife. Shamefully, the knife had failed to even hit the chicken. In seconds, Shen Qingqiu discovered something that made his mood even worse. (Chapter 2: Mission)

In other words, "unlike the original goods, I am so uncool right now". But the best thing about this part is that... it puts SQQ in a bad mood. I want to call attention to the fact that he feels shame for failing, for being being weak when he should be strong. Shame doesn't come out of nowhere.

Rereading this volume and noticing this few hints of his character and emotions really challenge the notion that SQQ/SY is just an easygoing person. There's a lot of mental gymnastics being performed so he doesn't have to confront his own emotions. If the unreliable narrator tells me he's easygoing, should I believe him? I am questioning everything he says until it's confirmed by his actions.

Now, going back to how he uses o!SQQ to talk about his own competency, and most important, how he feels about being competent, strong, etc.

Surrounded by the cheers of the sect’s disciples, Shen Qingqiu attained a complete victory in the first match.

At this moment, Shen Qingqiu realized why the original flavor had clung to being a poser like it was his lifeline—it was unbelievably satisfying. (Chapter 2: Mission)

Why is it so hard to say "being cool feels so so good"? Being admired, strong and capable is something he comes to enjoy, and I wonder about Shen Yuan, and what was his life like. Why does he have to use o!SQQ to open a sentence about why being "a poser" feels good. He won't say he himself is a bit of a poser, or that it feels good to be cool.

The original flavor pushed Luo Binghe onto the battlefield because he was shameless! He didn’t care about the sect’s reputation! He hated Luo Binghe to the bone, enough to want to vicariously torture him via the hands of demons!

The current Shen Qingqiu didn’t share any of those three motives! (Chapter 2: Mission)

SQQ is not shameless, in fact there's a lot of shame in him. He cares about the sect's reputation, even if he's been in PIDW for, what, a few months? And most of that time he spent it in a cave cultivating. I wonder why he latched himself to the sect so quickly? As if a part of him always wanted a place to belong to, be part of, play an important role, a place he could contribute to.

“Do you think that the burden of peak lord will be too heavy, Qingqiu?” asked Yue Qingyuan.

The original Shen Qingqiu would most likely have suspected that Yue Qingyuan was trying to undermine his authority or something of that sort. However, the current Shen Qingqiu knew that Yue Qingyuan was genuinely worried about him overworking himself and damaging his health(...) (Chapter 3: Favor Points)

He's saying: "unlike him, i don't misunderstand people", which is... clearly not the truth, but he doesn't know that. SQQ thinks he has a pretty good grasp about people's intentions and that he's good judge of character.

All that said, the quote that actually made me connect the dots about how SQQ invokes the original to talk around his own emotions is this one, when they're facing MBJ:

“Unusually inferior talent,” [Mobei-Jun] said. “Foundation and techniques inflexible. Leave.”

Shen Qingqiu said nothing.

He wasn’t some unmatched genius in the Human Realm, but his talent was still at least one in a thousand. And Cang Qiong Mountain’s foundation and techniques weren’t inflexible, they were orthodox! Mobei-Jun still described them as he would a pile of garbage. If the original Shen Qingqiu had heard this, he would have coughed up three liters of blood and run away crying to make a voodoo doll. (Chapter 4: Conference)

But wait, that first sentence kind of sounds familiar, doesn't it?

From early on, he’d known that even if he idled the rest of his life away, he’d never want for food. Perhaps due to this carefree upbringing, devoid of either competition or pressure, he came to believe that ranking in the top ten of a competition was good enough, so long as it had more than ten people. (Chapter 1: Scum)

He's saying "as long as I score among the best I don't have to be a top ranker". Like, if he's comparing himself to others, he won't feel bad because he's not at the bottom. He's average, and average is good, right? Like a "at least I passed the test, I don't need a top score" type of thinking. It feels like something he'd tell himself to feel better about his own performance.

The middle child, saying that as long as he has an average rank everything is fine? Hahaha. Yeah ok, Shen Yuan. (wtf are you hidinnnng)

But I want to draw your attention to this sentence

If the original Shen Qingqiu had heard this, he would have coughed up three liters of blood and run away crying to make a voodoo doll.

because it's so fascinating how SQQ is mentally incapable of admitting to himself that his pride has been hurt by MBJ's words. He feels insulted, and he channels that emotion by projecting his feelings on and picturing what the original would feel in that situation.

Oh, but zy, isn't this just SQQ's humorous running commentary on everything that happens to him? Maybe he's not really upset about what Mobei-Jun said about him having "unusually inferior talent".

Nope. He's really, really pissed off

Just as the sword array was about to come down like sheets of rain, Shen Qingqiu snarled within his heart.

I’ve done my best, but he still thinks I’m low-level trash, so what can I do?!

How loathsome! If I have to die, couldn’t it at least be in a better-looking way? After being stabbed with hundreds of black swords, I’m going to be a sieve! Who could bear to look?!

He SNARLED in his heart. MBJ didn't call him low-level trash, he did that himself. It pisses him off that he's going to die in such an uncool way that will leave him looking like an ugly bloody pulp.

Is this really a guy that doesn't care about his reputation or how he looks to others, that calls himself an "easygoing person"????

This is a guy that has had to repress every emotion related to his own pride and self-esteem. And this is something he was doing in his previous life. Again, what the fuck was going on with the Shen family?!

I don't think this is the way a man that is satisfied with his lot in life would think.

Shen Qingqiu was a man of few needs; he would have been satisfied just idling away to a ripe old age. In that way, it wouldn’t be that different from how his previous life had been going.

youre LIYING. I'm not going to trust anything you said about yourself EVER AGAIN. you were so satisfied to "idle your life away" you died from eating expired yogurt! you were clearly repressed and depressed and unhappy and pretending to be okay!

#svsss #svsss meta #shen qingqiu #zykamiliah-svsss #shen yuan #i'm never shutting up about sqq