#I can be cheesy when I want

[lemongogo]

< 2023 trgnz

#not to get all sentimental or whatever #but im really happy w how trigun has developed / influenced my art these last few months #its jst made me feel overall more confident in what ive drawn #and that i can connect w my art in a way that i never have before ?? #LIKE THATS SOOO CHEESY BUT ITS SOOO TRUEEE #before trgn i was feeling soo dejected and unmotivated and like .. generally unsure if id ever really find my footing #and even tho idk maybe not much has changed frkm an outside perspective #but i just feel so happy w it . at least rn . SO IM ENJOYING IT RN☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ #theres still so much i want to work on ykwim but its such a crazy feelign to like .. #actually using my art in pfps (not tmblr sryHAHAGA) or like . printing physical copies of my stuff bc i genuinely want to decorate my walls #w it or like .. Wanting to put in more effort in a way i never rly have before #its still so hard 4 me smtimes and like frustrating😭 when im artblocked or not sure how to progress w something #but its made me feel like i can Know that i will figure it out in time . and thats SOO crazy tew experienxe IDKKFFFKK #and its soo silly that trgns whats made me want to like ..push tht aspect pf my hobbies . SOO SILLYYYYY #anyways i wanted to see some of these side by side #its so jarring 2 me that i have all of these .. and that they r generally pretty consistent style wise . compared to before at least 😭 #ANYWYSSTYY #trigun #my art

[andromeda3116]

people actually went on about how game of thrones made it socially acceptable to be a fantasy nerd, as though the lord of the rings movies hadn't been released less than a decade earlier and left far greater cultural ripples and i am just

got may have made the adults feel better about liking fantasy, but lotr got into the kids' heads when they (we) were just young and impressionable enough to be absolutely transported and emotionally rewritten by don't you leave him, samwise gamgee and my brother, my captain, my king and and rohan will answer

lotr was rewriting entire generations' brain chemistry long before asoiaf and so obviously it's not fair to compare any post-lotr fantasy novel to it, and each book series was trying to do different things within their own spheres and so that also is not a fair comparison, but in terms of the cultural impact of the adaptations that came out within a decade of each other, saying that it was game of thrones that made fantasy mainstream is baffling

game of thrones could only run because the lord of the rings movies laid the path, and i will die on this hill

#lotr #lord of the rings #lord of the rings movies #i started this post because ''may it be'' came up on my playlist but now i think i'm going to start my nth rewatch of the trilogy #there is a lot to discuss about it re: comparison to the books but it's like... #for all the changes they made - good and bad and neutral - everyone involved in making the films *loved* the source material #they all *wanted* to do justice to it and believed in it and it shows #i think of some posts i've seen about how frustrating this modern push towards tongue-in-cheek irony over sincerity #so afraid to be corny or cheesy that you have to tack a joke onto every real emotional moment #like no fuck that #give me sam hauling frodo onto his shoulders saying ''i can't carry it for you but i can carry you'' #give me aragorn gently kissing boromir's forehead as he dies #give me merry and pippin throwing themselves at the uruk hai to distract them from frodo #give me theoden's grand speeches and gandalf's pained expression when frodo says he'll carry the ring #tbh i think that sincerity is a large part of *why* it has such staying power even now #because it is a story you are meant to get deeply emotionally invested in and not hold yourself a little ironically apart from #it isn't meant to sell merch it's meant to bring you to middle-earth and capture your heart and make you believe that the war can be won #with love and loyalty and hope and fellowship and fidelity and integrity and just... just refusing to give in to despair #it is earnest. it is unafraid to be melodramatic or corny because it believes in the story it's telling. #and so it imprinted onto a whole generation growing up right at the cusp of a barrage of apocalypses #anyway. i have Feelings about these movies and their impact and how that mirrors and enhances the books' own impact

[ilovecoelacanths]

This is a story about a book that changed my life.

It's also about how amazing libraries and authors and people who care about sharing cool things with curious kids are. Also, fish (especially fish). It's kind of different than what I usually post but it's been bouncing around in my head basically since I started this blog so here you go, I hope you like it. This is the reason I love coelacanths so much, and why I think everyone should know about how amazing they are.

When I was little, I loved going to the library. My little brother and I would pick out way too many books and the librarians always had to come over to override the 30 book limit at the checkout stand (they pretty much knew us on sight and were ready to override it as soon as we started heading over to check out). After we finished getting our library books, our mom also let us look through the free pile that was in the foyer on the way out. It was mostly old library books that the librarians just needed to clean out, but there were a lot of books that people brought when they cleaned out their personal collections too (especially teachers, and there were a bunch of books with old school library stamps inside). The free pile didn't usually have a lot of things that interested me, but one day when I was poking through it I found a book called Fossil Fish Found Alive: Discovering the Coelacanth, by Sally M. Walker.

I loved it. I had never even heard of coelacanths before, but this book fascinated me. It told the story of an incredible animal, long thought to be extinct, that had somehow survived for millions of years! It was nothing like any fish I had ever learned about before. I already had a casual interest in marine biology that I can thank PBS Kids and Wild Kratts for (particularly their episode on sperm whales and giant squid, I loved that episode), but this book took it to a new level. I wanted to be a marine biologist so I could learn more about coelacanths.

Like a lot of things when you're 7, that was a phase. Unlike a lot of phases, this one I came back to. After taking a break from my dreams of being a marine biologist to experience the hell that is middle school, one day I pulled a book off my shelf. I hadn't read it in a while. When I picked it up again, I remembered how incredible this animal was, and how much it had inspired me when I was younger, and those thoughts of becoming a marine biologist started to return. I'm in college now studying marine science, and I brought the book with me to school, where it sits next to two other science books that have inspired me (My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall and The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson).

Earlier this year, I was thinking about how much this one book had changed my life and I wondered if I could find Ms. Walker and thank her. I knew she had many other science books for younger audiences, and even another book about coelacanths, so I was sure she had a website of some kind, and I was right. So I found her contact page and wrote her an email explaining the impact her book had had on my life, and thanking her for it. And to my surprise, she responded! She was very kind and we sent a few emails back and forth. She gave me some excellent advice and even told me about some of the people she contacted while researching her book, including Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer herself, the person who rediscovered the coelacanth when it was thought to be extinct! I'll never forget how she took the time to respond to me and how encouraging she was.

But Ms. Walker isn't the only one I have to thank for pointing me toward the path I'm on right now. If I hadn't already loved reading, if I hadn't seen any show or video to make me interested in marine biology, if the library didn't have a pile of books for anyone to take home, if I had lost that book during one of our many moves as a kid, I don't know what I'd be doing right now. There were a lot of things that happened to make it so that I found this book, but I'm glad for every single one of them. They led to me learning about an incredible animal and changed the course of my life. And now, I love coelacanths.

#long post #bee talks #my post #coelacanth #i love coelacanths #omg guys its the long awaited ilovecoelacanths backstory post #it came out kinda sappy lmao but whatever im gonna post it even though its so cheesy #ugh i hate being genuine and showing emotion on the internet it makes me feel so cringe. but whatever. cringe is dead so #also wow look at that i actually CAN use real grammar when i want to #not a single smiley face emoticon in this whole post. why did i do that. i like my little guys #here. here's one. :]

[thranduel]

everyone wants byler’s first kiss to be a rain kiss but i have to disagree. i don’t really like big dramatic kisses especially if it’s in the middle of an argument or one of them is trying to shut the other up because it feels cheesy and rushed so hear me out

i need them to be sitting down somewhere alone where it’s quiet and where no one else is around so they can talk and let everything out. they’ll both finally realise their feelings for each other AND the audience will find out that this has been building up the entire time as well. i want it to be the most beautiful “it’s always been you” moment even if they don’t say those words exactly. the audience should just know that this has been planned from the start and it’ll be the most incredibly written slowburn ship

i want to see tears in mike and will’s eyes as they finally realise how much they love each other. and maybe they could add a few little flashbacks here to show the audience what memories they’re thinking of because it’ll make it even more emotional. then when will notices that mike is starting to cry (something he rarely sees since mike always bottles up his emotions), he puts his hand on his face and tries to wipe his tears, but then he also starts crying himself and they both laugh quietly for a moment for making each other cry. after that, they just look at each other and lean in a little bit to show that they’re both ready and comfortable. AND THEN they slowly pull in and have the sweetest kiss. like are you kidding me that’s the most beautiful and wholesome thing ever

and then after they pull away from each other, they press their foreheads together and they’re crying because they can’t believe they finally made it to this moment and get to be with the person they love most. mike asks if his kiss was that bad to try and make will laugh because he’s still crying and will jokingly says it was pretty bad even though they both know that’s not true. then mike asks will if he’ll promise to always stay by his side because he’s so terrified of losing him again and will just says “yes” (this is obviously a parallel to the day they first met when mike asked will to be his friend and will said “yes” and then mike said it was the best thing he’s ever done. I’M GONNA CRY). then mike kisses will’s forehead and pulls him in for the tightest hug and they just sit there holding onto each other

#byler #mike wheeler #will byers #ok yeah this is also a little cheesy but it’s beautiful #pls duffer bros and stranger things writers I AM BEGGING #and i prefer when both people look at each other and make sure they’re ready and comfortable before a first kiss #because they would both be so nervous and if a kiss just happens suddenly without warning it could be overwhelming #i mean don’t get me wrong sometimes the surprise kisses work SO well #but with these two i think it’ll just be more beautiful and special if it’s done in a softer and more quiet moment #where they can both look at each other and say yeah i want to do this #like that’s just so sweet to me

[dynamitekansai]

aew: Who are the women that inspire the women of #AEW?

#wrestling #aew #thunder rosa #red velvet #billie starkz #kris statlander #lady frost #lexy nair #leyla hirsch #mariah may #MARIAH 😭😭😭 #mercedes martinez #queen aminata #taya valkyrie #maria kanellis #lexy saying her answer is cheesy as if everyone else didnt give the generic default 'my mom' answer YOU ARE LESS CHEESY ACTUALLY #we have to put an asterisk '*besides your mom' challenge when asking people to name inspiring women #like im so happy for you but i need to be a hater bc im so tired #but shoutout to aminata for being so very real in wanting to say her mom but also admitting moms can be a pain lmao #all this and im just posting it bc mariah made me laugh ajshfgfh

[mattodore]

starting a collection.....

#the first ask is from an anon and the last one is from dahlia afrolatinotrait ! #river dipping #keep #this is just from the last month 😭 #ik if i were to go through all of my posts there’d be more tags #half of the pleas for misfortune to befall matthias would be from nene too 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 #if we all work together ik we can bring him down........... #but i’m all caught up on my activity now i think!! i still have to reply to the simblr gratitude posts um. but i know i’ll be embarrassing #when i say thank you so i’m going to wait to reply to them until everyone’s asleep tonight dhgahsgdhd #i did want to make my own gratitude post too like i was going to just make one huge cheesy post (i did type some of it out already too) #but then those sunflower asks kind of already did that for me. #i had more i wanted to send out but after i took a break due to my headache i got embarrassed... avpd <3 #but yeah....... i'm all caught up hopefully........................... #i might have missed something and if i did i'm sorry!!!

[cloudsrust]

*Slams hands on desk*

So- wouldn't it be cool if dragon tamers kept their nails long, in a claw-like shape, to be closer to their dragon pokèmon while they train? See it as the tamers trying to establish a connection through similarities with a feature usually common in dragons (and obtainable by humans).

And following that- pianists usually need to keep their nails short to have a better range of movement on the keys right? Since nails easily bump or get caught into them especially when you're playing more complex pieces.

What I'm getting at-.. what if Hassel used to have long, claw-like nails but cut them short the moment he decided to leave the tamer life to pursue his musician dream? Not only to play at the best of his abilities but to also symbolically cut off his old life/family ties to make room for who he truly wanted to become.

And listen- I also just love the image of DragonTamer!Hassel laying his hand atop the piano keys in a moment of reflection, his eyes darting between one and the other.

He is weighting his possibilities and what there is to lose and to gain if he was to run away or stay.

But then one of his clawed fingers presses down a tiny bit too hard and a note escapes the piano, clearing his mind from any doubt.

The Dragon Tamer cannot stay. The claws have to go.

...No, no. I'm fine really, I'm fine- :,>

#the cloud can speak oh boi #pokemon scarlet and violet spoilers #pokemon sv spoilers #pokemon sv #headcanon #it's my headcanon and I can choose how cheesy and random it can be- #This thought was brought by me who was about to draw Hassel with long nails to resemble a dragon #(no wait nevermind it was writing not drawing- force of habit) #but then I remembered they really arent great when you want to play instruments like a piano :D #and do I just back away from the idea? AH- nope. HEADCANON TIME #Yes I love reaching and adding absolute random headcanons to characters I'm obsessed with thank you for noticing <3 dfsfs #also yeah he still trains dragon types- but I'd say he does it more like a regular trainer instead of a tamer #...the loss of the long nails tho- I shall console myself by giving him sharp teeth instead whoop- #Oh and I might be missing some pieces of his lore since I dont have the game and cant investigate for myself soo- yeah;;

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

Lu I would die for you you already know that

well FRICK Gracie you know I'd die for you too. but like how about we both keep on living. that's a kind of love too

#I was joking about confessing undying love but like lowkey this is an excuse for ME to tell YOU of my undying love for you ngl #and while I'm being really really open and cheesy on main here for a second can I just say #that time you blacked out your account and considered disappearing made me realize how much I never want to see you go #I'm so so grateful you're in my life you're literally one of my favorite people and I'm so glad God stuck us on this silly website together #I know it sounds dumb and cheesy when I say it bc it's literally from a fall out boy song but sometimes other people's words #just work better so I'm gonna say it anyway: you're the sunshine of my lifetime <3 #ok I'm done being sappy now shfkshfs #Lu rambles #asks #<3

[tp2-byes]

Look what I made. Behold the thing

#this is definitely NOT the best adaptation of journey to the west #but #is a cute series anyways #i saw it when i was dying of a cold in my bed DHDJHD #i love the interactions between tripitaka and wukong here #in general i love tripitaka here is soft™ and talks gently #the song is cheesy but the relationship between characters can be interpreted as the viewer wants and that's it #bro this is a lot of text #this is also a japanese adaptation #the tag section is a mess #journey to the west #saiyuuki 2006 #sun wukong #tang sanzang #monkey king #tripitaka #mv #I WAS SO BORED TODAY IDK WHAT I DID SORRY #does this count as suntang? #depend #just in case #suntang

[knightoflove]

I kinda want in on the anime men fun but so many of them are ridiculously built/skinny and I have a hard time imagining myself w them/drawing myself w them

#trist.txt #why can’t they just look like a guy 😔 #I love anime don’t get me wrong and I can see a character and go 👀👀 #but idk it’s just hard for me to imagine myself w them #this was prompted 1: bc me and my friends were comparing fictional crushes and they had a lotta anime men #and 2: bc most x male readers are for anime mennnn and I want some x readersss #I think the last proper like kicking my legs going hehehehehe anime crush I had was when I was like sixteen #w Ojiro from Mha #WHEN I WAS SIXTEEN. to emphasize #I used to have anime crushes a lot idk why I just don’t get it anymore #maybe it’s the dialogue. anime dialogue is kinda cheesy once ur an adult and watching it in between like #tv dramas #sorry for the rant lmao I’m sleepy

[chryzure]

whew, people get heated over their fav booktok book.

#memorie.txt #once you’ve read more you’re more willing to admit that you love a kinda poorly written book #by god i love jackaby. the writing style is a solid 3/5 and the plot stuff is cheesy as hell. #you get a better frame of reference for ‘this book requires an award’ style of good #and a ‘god this is so my dumb little niche that scratches all those weird little itches nobody else has’ style of good #one of my fav series is the ghost and the goth!! is it good?? i don’t know if i’d go that far!! #is it fun and does it make me think of trysi / chryzure stuff??? yes :) #i’m beginning to wonder abt ppl rabid abt their fav books. anyway this one person was losing their shit over ppl liking apollo #and aurora and i’m an aurora shooter but i digress #they were foaming at the mouth and im like Well. its a little not that serious . #he is letters on a page. and also mostly irrelevant to the story as a whole so im kinda confused as to why ppl feel so strongly abt him #it’s funny because most of my complaints stem from an outside pov #where i critique the worldbuilding / plot work / character writing and its inconsistencies #whereas ppl assume im encouraging villainy irl. it is quite seriously more that the villainy is unmotivated #or otherwise poorly done. i love to hate a good villain if the proper legwork is put into it #because i like observing how others work their craft!!! #but my irritation with stephanie is that she doesn’t work her craft well. it’s shoddy craftsmanship full of retcons or #convenience required for plot that otherwise hold no reasoning in the story #and i can admit that i find the series unsatisfying because it’s marketed as a romance (the romance had little chemistry that could be #understood by anyone that’s not straight. straight romances are always laziest because it’s the ‘norm’ so that equates to chem) #and also it was marketed as having plot when rlly the ‘plot’ was trying to put these characters in weird chemistry-less situations together #so yeah i’ll complain abt the villains being jealous shallow archetypes when it could’ve had depth. #i’ll complain abt a lot. but in the end it’s a silly basic ya romance series that isn’t anything unique #most unique stories will not be found on booktok. i’m sorry #i can show you the beautiful world of horror novels though! #or weird lil 80s fantasy novels that are actually quite long that my dad likes showing me #truly no romance novel will be better than the darkangel trilogy though.. that is what stephanie wanted to write. #but that’s lightning in a bottle ithink. #okay anyway. good night. i worked a long day and i have appts in the morning

[shoechoe]

only diavolo fans should be allowed to insult him i think. same for doppio fans

#short posts #rambles #content disclaimer uhh. this is jokingly petty #diavolo haters are just annoying when they do it sorry #stop insulting him only i can do that :rage: :rage: #as a side note i kind of hate how people started calling haters ''(thing) antis'' #''anti'' just reeks of petty fandom discourse and overseriousness #''hater'' only conjures to mind those cheesy ''Haters Gonna Hate''-esque slogans which is the imagery i want to evoke

[silverselfshippingchaos]

welp... he's on the f/o list now!

#ash rambles 💚 #i thought i'd make him official for new years but i just cant wait any longer #i love him so much and he's all i ever think about and he makes me smile so much #we have a lot in common aksjaks musicians and pun lovers and we have similar music taste and personalities #it sounds cheesy to say but i think we really do get each other. i feel so comfortable and happy with him. he really does feel like a #character that was Made For Me you know? #i'm almost done with his game. i knew i was in love but there's a scene where you see him reflect on himself when he's at his lowest and he #realizes that he's loved and cared for and that his disability doesn't define him and he can be whoever he wants to me #i cant deny that i cried. i knew i was in love but that scene really set everything in stone for me #so... yeah! here he is. my rockstar boyfriend! #my s/i makes music too! he's her muse! #also. (insert joke about indian girl falling for the dude named chai here) #heheh makes me chuckle a bit #but yeah. he's my boyfriend now! and i'm his girlfriend! gah it's so late rn but i'm still grinning like an idiot thinking about him #i'm so in love your honor #man aksjajsj i bet these past few days have been fun for everyone huh? seeing me fall this fast LMAAOO #*whoever he wants to be #damn typos... too down bad for this shit

[mishkakagehishka]

For your consideration: matching outfits with Shu.

#i think shu'd like. scoff and call it cheesy when he sees couples wear matching fits #but then he's the one giving you clothes he made because he had ''leftover fabric'' (he didn't he bought more specifically for you) #so you can match. if you want to. not like he cares about such trivial matters🙄 #the stress is getting to me guys #ensemble stars

[dylanconrique]

it's been far too long since i last had a parking garage scene.

#*and this is icarly! #the rookie #tim bradford #lucy chen #chenford #otp: you know me so well #it's been a little while and i'm having heavy withdrawals #maybe we could get a scene of tim confronting lucy abt giving up her position as his gofer??? #like aaron pulls up beside tim when they're checking out their gear bags for the day #and he just glares over at him like 'what the hell? where's lucy??' #making thornson choke up like 'uh she didn't tell you she handed her position over to me?' #i'm sure there's some sort of paperwork the both of them would have to clear out of the way first to relieve her as his aid #but since it's a fictional tv show let's just pretend that lucy weaseled her way around it and gave grey documentation of the change #successfully avoiding having to be in tim’s presence for too long throughout out the day #and the whole time he's just trying to get a moment alone with her where they can talk about this #it's extra cheesy but i'd kill to here tim say and i quote 'i don't wanna ride with anyone else but you.' #or just a plain and simple 'i don't want anyone else but you.' #(regarding their partnership but we all know the underlying tones and what he's really implying) #GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! #chenford angst era has taken over my life!!!!!