one of the things about the trends and the body image and all of it is that. you can't unsee it. and it doesn't matter that you know logically it's stupid and that logically any person who has a problem with your body can fuck off and die, but it's almost like gore. you flinch even knowing the blood onscreen is fake. you sense a pain that was invented. your body creates the phantom sensation - this thing should be avoided. so okay.
it's not that you won't wear the skinny jeans or the choker or whatever isn't "in style" anymore. and sometimes the demands are so buckwild that you can just ignore them, plain and simple.
but you do think twice sometimes. you do notice things about yourself you hadn't even considered. you notice the hip dips and the shape of your cheekbone and the skin over your eyes. it's been pointed out to you - so you notice. and sometimes it's like fuck you i look fucking amazing and sometimes it's like nobody even remembers that being a thing probably and sometimes - it's fucking devastating. like someone drew a bright red circle around each insecurity. on those days, you wonder - does anyone else see?
because the blame is on you either way. you have a terrible catch-22. if you want to fit in, it's on you to be sure that you look good, that your makeup isn't the "heinous" 2016 style (even if that's the style that flatters you), that your bodyfat settles in the appropriate landmap. and at the same time: it is also on you to ignore the programming. it is on you to get over your decades of social exposure to a trillion-dollar industry and just not care! about these things.
in the comments of course there are people who would advise you nothing with nuance. just ignore it! sure. nobody actually cares about these things. absolutely. this isn't how normal people look. of course not, you know that. you weren't born yesterday. you know about the photoshop and the pricetag and the brand manager.
but like. the media still exists. there are videos on how to manage your hip dips (your skeleton. you know it's your skeleton, and it doesn't matter, does it, because it has a name now, doesn't it?) and how to finally correctly wear the clean-girl-trend and how to have enough money to wear the latest "casual outfit". there are videos critiquing your entire generation for how you dress. how "cringe" it is to wear a certain style of necklace. an influencer says - let's be honest! nobody cares if you just have confidence!
but people do care. you've seen it. you know they care. you've been made fun of enough. it's not, like, a horrible sin to just want to fit in. it's not saying anything new to say i just don't want to be made fun of.
somewhere along here, you learn - your body is more like an accessory. not a home, not a sensation. it is an object like mom jeans or opera gloves. something to manipulate, not something to love.
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I’d like to join my local queer rugby team 😰
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In 2023 I hope to make progress on some of my Big Fandom Projects, or at least expand upon them more. I have so much stuff cooking in my brain and so little ... Make-Things-Happen Juice. :T
Introduce my Yuusona so I'll officially have an OC for each dorm
Fan event based on the Old Sage Diner
Fan event or story or SOME way of getting the Bontemps Festival out there
Fanschool (yes, it's still a thing I think about now and then)
Polish up Sparky, Roswell, & Nadya to get more info about them out there
Do a cosplay??? Maybe???
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Would you ever think of doing a Ghost/Reader similar to your König/Reader one?
Here's the thing lol
I absolutely would LOVE to write more Ghost/Reader, especially slow burn or long haul type stuff
The issue is that I am a disaster and I'm very shy and nervous every single day at all moments all the time LMAO
Which is to mean, I would be really nervous tackling what is essentially the biggest xReader that people like in the CoD community so far especially since there's soooo many REALLY talented writers who are doing it
I might suck it up and actually go for it because I mean......the self indulgence of it all is really appealing
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Listen to skyjacks also look at my cat
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