#Still and Still Media Collective

[howtokillavampire]

do you ever see fanart so tasty that you are then obligated to join the fandom and spend all of your waking hours learning the lore behind the characters, or is that not a universal experience?

#this is how i got into batman #i mean im more into the batboys #im in it for the robins #does it count if wolfy's jesus fanart made me want to read the bible from an objective pov #technically thats a fandom #i think my entire southern baptist extended family would collectively die if i referred to them as a fandom #anyways #pretty art pavolovs me into consuming new media #batboys #batfam #batman #dc robin #dcu #coldflash #fanart #drarry #mattimir #superbat #hannigram #jonmartin #johnlock #samifer #jaydick #damijon #timkon #timbern #im totally forgetting a bunch of my fav ships bc my brain is tiny and forgets things #so please add your own blorbos #thanks for coming to my ted talk #but why tf are you still reading the tags???

[unironicallycringe]

something lgbtq was happening in this movie

#this is like when i watched Some Like It Hot and was jumpscared #disclaimer that this is a 1969 movie and it thus has random bursts of Problematic in the flavor of that era obvi #and the polyam stuff seems to be acceptable by way of 'comedic musical' #and they end up monogamous at the end because one is a Wanderer who cant help but Wander #but still damn it was a lot of fun #it does do that thing where it's an old musical and meanders #it's just like a collection of misadventures #hootin and hollerin and slapstick #and polyandry #vintage movies #western movie #clint eastwood #lee marvin #jean seberg #queer media #<- putting it there because although nothing is outright queer as we'd know it today #it's surprisingly queer for the time #paint your wagon #ok bye again logging back off 👋🏾❤️‍🩹

[cerise-on-top]

hi<3 if you can, can you do valeria and laswell with a gothic s/o? like someone who likes darker/morbid things and things like that! love your blog by the way! it’s definitely my favorite blog to come look at after a long ass day <333

Hey there! Sorry, but I couldn't really find too much on what counts as dark and morbid in the goth scene, so I wrote more general HCs, I hope that's alright still ^^;

Valeria and Laswell with a Gothic!S/O

Valeria: She’d most definitely be intrigued, but not too much. In all honesty, she doesn’t know too much about the subculture, she’s never really met a goth who was clearly one. However, if it makes you happy, that’s all that matters to her. While she won’t really know too many bands, or any at all, she’d be more than happy to listen to a few if you want her to. Yes, she won’t always have the time, but when she isn’t too busy she could put on some songs by Joy Division or The Cure, she really doesn’t mind. She can vibe to that sort of music, even if it isn’t her favorite. You’re more than welcome to discuss the literature with her, though. She’s probably never read a single gothic literature book, but she can buy you some. Anything from poetry to a regular novel, it’s quite alright. While she won’t be the best person to go to when it comes to discussing those, she’ll support you either way. However, something she could definitely enjoy would be going clothes shopping with you. The fashion is kind of nice, she has to admit, so she’d be more than happy to buy you whatever garments you desire. Will go out of her way to find something you might like as well. I can’t see her being too much into the history of goth culture, though. It’s nice that you are a goth, if you want to tell her about it, then you can and she’ll listen to you, but she likely doesn’t have the time to research everything by herself. Tell her about its roots and she can definitely appreciate you going against what’s mainstream and how it all came to be. She’s a very defiant and rebellious woman herself, so she definitely gets it.

Laswell: She knows so many people, I wouldn’t be surprised if she has worked with goths before. And even if she hasn’t directly, she’s likely seen quite a few walking around the city. She usually grows worried for them in summer since their attire is black, which makes it quite hot. However, she’d be very intrigued by you and your subculture. It’s something very near and dear to you, so she would put in the effort to learn about your history. Will give some classic bands a listen as well. She just really wants to have something to talk about with you. Besides, she gets to learn more about you. While she may not be the biggest fan of your interest in death, considering she’s surrounded by it more often than not, she’d be more than happy to indulge anything else it has to offer. Laswell spent a good chunk of life left alone with her thoughts, so she definitely knows a thing or two about melancholy, the state of the world and introspection. Maybe not in the same way you do, but she can definitely keep up in a conversation. She’s likely also unintentionally read some of the more popular gothic novels out there and liked them, so she’d make for a good discussion partner as well. While she doesn’t particularly understand the need to make your face completely white, she doesn’t mind. In fact, she thinks it looks quite cool, even if it’s not for her. However, the fashion in and of itself looks really good to her. Again, she wouldn’t want to wear it, but something about Victorian and Edwardian fashion has a certain something to it that she can’t quite place. Like Valeria, she’ll definitely buy you things she thinks you might like. Anything from a suit or a corset to a book about poetry. Beware, though, she will read the books before you can.

#cod #cod x reader #valeria garza #valeria garza x reader #kate laswell #kate laswell x reader #I am so incredibly tired so I'm sorry if this is bad #the day I'm writing this is Monday and I worked for nine hours today which wasn't very fun #I'll be working for nine hours tomorrow again and I'm not looking forward to that but I need that overtime #I've never met a goth before so I don't even know anyone I could ask about it #I know an emo or two but that's not the same #still I gave the music a listen and I gotta say it sounds pretty good #I can see Valeria indulging you in your morbid things though. if you collect animal bones she can definitely acquire some #whether it be through roadkill or ethically killed animals #Laswell wouldn't be too big of a fan of having bones at home but she won't stop you either #she'll just tell you to keep them somewhere she won't necessarily have to see them all the time #she's not squeamish but she prefers to not think about death too much outside of work. she gets enough of it on the daily #Laswell would be more media literate than Valeria though. she's definitely analyzed some poems for fun when she was younger #Valeria doesn't have the time to read too much into something. or read a book at all. a poem maybe but that's it she won't read into it

[museenkuss]

Dance performance and delicately constructed skirts, flowing lines and ballet slippers for Chika Kisada a/w 2023. Runway photos by Chika Kisada via vogue.com

Ever since founding her label in 2014, Japanese designer Chika Kisada has drawn on her background as a dancer to combine ballet esprit with punk spirit. This season, after working closely with the ballet dancer Haruo Niyama has inspired her view on gender, the models floating down the runway transcend the ideas of masculine and feminine, wearing suit jackets draped over delicately constructed bustiers, glittering shirts and flowing trousers, rustling heaps of skirts, jeans and stockings, and the omnipresent ballet slippers. And all the while, Niyama dances behind a translucent curtain, a Kisada-clad shadow. Watch the show.

#Chika Kisada #Musenkuss #runway #whenever I read up on collections and designers before doing these ‘poetic descriptions’ I want to say much more than I end up saying #but this time I was SO fascinated with the designer and background of the collection that I couldn’t stop myself #and couldn’t limit it to just one line summarising it all #I couldn’t find too much on her apart from the vogue descriptions and an article a few years ago from Milan fashion week #but this was still super interesting #on social media runway shots are often presented without context but after I got into reading up about them I found that approach lacking #because knowing the background you notice so much more!! it’s really fun!

[munchboxart]

I don't know if any of you listen to physical media since I know everyone and their mom has Spotify (or Soundcloud, I use both ✌), but if you listen to CD and Cassette, which ones do you like more? Storage, listening, for literally any reason.

I'm thinking about making an either CD or Cassette collection, as Tatsuro Yamashita doesn't do streaming services and it makes me think which one to get. Though, a lot of my favorite albums have CDs... (Nagisa Cosmetic, Contemode's 2 albums, Capsule, I'd also like to get my hands on Serani Poji's albums one day too).

CDs probably sound better (not 100% sure) but Cassette players look way nicer than. Circle Walkman 💀 Though nothing doesn't stop me from getting both too, I suppose

#vinyl too expensive nuh uh #oh to be a music head #grew up during the era where the world was making its transition from phys to digital unfortunately #so i only got glimpses of phys media. it makes me sad #tbh overall i still like digital as its cleaner and less waste but phys is also more interactable... #i think abt that one tiktok of that mom whos going thru her CD collection and does not want to get rid of all of them #i get it #etc

[lenreli]

The Last Voyage of The Demeter (2023) dir. André Øvredal

#the last voyage of the demeter #dracula #filmedit #horroredit #hmovie #mine #every media wishes they have the lighting this movie has #just some of my fave shots from it so #but still! a delight to gif smth with good lighting at night 🙏 #excellent movie though. def gonna get a phys copy for my collection

[tio-trile]

This is about GOS2 but not quite -just wanted to tell you how refreshing (and calming) it is to see someone dislike something, or disagree with something, or someone (Neil, in this case) while being completely polite and respectful to people who do like it (the show, the ship, this season specifically, whatever) and not doing personal attacks or being insulting or downright hostile or aggressive. Just... Liking what you like, not liking what you don't like, and being in your own "bubble" so to speak. I adore the first season, and some moments in this one (not the season in general), and I've had to see and start avoiding absolutely wild stuff since 2019, from haughty superiority from book first fans calling people who liked the show absolute idiots, people directly attacking fanwork creators or even Tennant, Sheen and Gaiman themselves, to even worse stuff I'd rather not think about. As you can probably already imagine, that specific kind of dumpster fire has only gotten worse since the release of S2.

My take on fandom has always been to enjoy what you enjoy and ignore the rest unless it's something serious with real-world implications or consequences. It's always stressed me out how people can get, to the point that for several years I stopped engaging with fandom entirely, and I just wanted to say this, I guess, because it's been a breath of fresh air. I wish more people engaged with fictional material and fandom the way you do. Cheers, hope you have nice day and that this wasn't too weird of a message to get

This is really beautifully put, thank you for the nice message! Yeah all-in-all, these are just a show/a book/content made for people's entertainment, and there's absolutely no reason to get to the point of attacking the cast and crew or fans personally.

#ask #nice ppl #I'm not gonna pretend that I'm always level-headed and calm but I know better than to lash out on a public blog that everyone can see #And 1. Neil Gaiman WAS still following me on the first few days after the show came out at the peak of my anger so #as mad as I was I still can't bring myself to say the worst words in front of my...mutual...? 😂 so thank you Neil for controlling me ig LOL #2. some of my old friends actually really liked the show and that doesn't change how much I like them? #Just like how my friends and I have different opinions on media all the time? Sometimes I'm in the majority sometimes I'm in the minority #3. I have outlets aka DMs and groupchats with like-minded ppl (or ppl who don't care) who I trust where I can spew the worst venom 🤣 #Basically where nobody else on the receiving end will ever be able to see #So I guess the lesson is...find someone you can confide in so you don't have to show your true colors to everybody #so you can appear calm and collected in public alksdjhalskdhas

[deus-ex-mona]

petition to let them fight over the ichigo au lait

#my bet’s on mona and her 2 cm height advantage #still can’t believe they shrunk yujiro im sobbbifngngng #t h o u g h! while we’re still cheering over the new mona mv!!!!! #can we all collectively agree to just… not repost/use moge’s ‘do not reupload’ illusts without permission? #stuff like. yk. saving the images and posting ‘em elsewhere/using them as your profile icons and such? #screenshots from vids and stuff are totally okay but not moge’s do not reupload twt/fanbox illusts h e lp #bc i just think it’s really unfortunate that moge has to make twt posts to address this when it’s clearly written as such on her illusts… #so let’s show respect to moge’s wishes and not reupload without permission okay~? link sharing should be fine i think but not reposting!!! #let’s agree to not be part of the problem of our goated illustrator #i mean i haven’t seen anyone on here reupload (i think) but it’s best to be aware of it just in case… i think #ahaha sorryyy i’ll get back to idol sengen… though. um. tling it should be fine… right? since it’s official media and such… #uhhhhhhhhhh well. um. at least i’m not making profits off tling it? i earn enough from my day job i s w e a r

[frommybookbook]

I just finished reading my penultimate Perry Mason novel. I only have one left to read and I already have it in my possession (thanks, local library!) but I'm not ready. I'm not ready to not have any new Perry books to look forward to. I'm not ready to no longer be the Perry Mason cryptid at my local library. I'm not ready to check off yet another thing from my Perry Mason completion list. I'm just not ready.

#perry mason #i know #the best thing about books is you can read them again and again #and i know i will #i've started to build my personal collection of them #and that's great #but it's still the end of an era #it's also crazy to think i'll have read every single word erle stanley gardner ever wrote about perry #i think i'm down to maybe 2 episodes i haven't watched yet that are only available on the dvds #and then there's one of the 1930s movies i haven't seen yet #and of course i think it's impossible to listen to the entirety of the radio show these days #but i'm pretty damn close to having consumed every bit of available perry media #like elaine said #i might be the foremost living expert on perry mason #whoops

[toastsnaffler]

dating an art student was so crazy I'm just thinking abt that one birthday I had where my ex got me stickers from the etsy of the person they were cheating on me with....

#they made them address the thank you note to me and everything ajskfjfkfb. i didnt know they were cheating at the time but wow... #every time i break out my sticker collection and see them im reminded of it. but i cant throw out the stickers theyre deltarune ones 😭 #like they were a rly cool artist.... just unfortunate that happened 💀 #the drama was insane. my ex only wanted to sleep with them but they (other person) wanted them to break up with me so they could date #but my ex dumped them rly harshly for suggesting that i guess 'romantic' cheating was a step too far even for them lmaooo #i heard abt their breakup secondhand and god could they be cruel sometimes. they made fun of the sex theyd had w them #to all their mutual friends n everything i actually felt so bad for the other person when i found out. at least our breakup wasnt that bad #i only finally got that cruel side of them directed towards me like a year after when they wanted us to stop being friends #but yeah. its also funny in a way bc my ex only suggested i had adhd bc the other person did too + struggled a lot with rsd #which i guess they found out when they broke up with them. and then looked at that and thought huh my gf is kind of similar... #and this was like. 2 years before i even considered i had adhd myself and sought diagnosis ahdkfidjcjdjfjfjfkdbfnf #this made me go look the other persons art page up on instagram + then i recognised some of their friends/flatmates art pages and i found #their (my exs that is) grad year film which is still being shown at animation festivals... good for them good for them #i dont think they have an art page themselves tho cuz they were always v shy and weird abt sharing art on social media #like everyone else except them is tagged on things... shame i wouldve liked to see what they were making now. even if we're not friends #also one of their old roommates made some REALLY similar squid game fanart to mine like a month after i posted it huh.. #not mad abt it or anything i think its cool i just didnt realise they showed my art to their friends. thats cute #ah this was years ago anyway. getting my head out of the rabbit hole #im gonna go play some elden ring and then maybe do smth fun in my sketchbook we shall seeee #.diaries

[icewindandboringhorror]

I have found a beautiful perfect humble rock specimen that is light yellow with a weird dark yellowy brown lining, somewhat resembling a chunk of smoked gouda cheese... effervescent

#I am still very into trash collecting at the moment and even went out and got one of those grabby sticks for cheap and a little #bucket I can carry around and put trash in. so I am going on walks in nature a bit more (not really to enjoy nature but more to play the #very fun Real Life Hidden Object Point And Click Game that is 'hunt for bottle caps and cans' .. but eh.. whatever gets me out of the #house lol).. anyway.. some nature places near water will have cool rocks #Which I know you're not supposed to take them and I MOSTLY dont.. but every once in a while it's like... when else will I ever find a #gouda rock... I have cleaned up 4 buckets of trash today.. I have helped the environment.. mayhaps.. i could take a One Single Rocke as a #treate... ANYWAY. but yeah. I don't know the names of rocks but there's a rock that's a matte muted marigold yellow sort of #color and I call them 'cheese rock'. I'm pretty sure this one is of the 'cheese rock' species but it just has weird brown coloration #like maybe it got stained or something on one side of it. Most of the other cheese rocks have no markings. though sometimes there will be a #auburn reddish sort of hue on a corner or something.. hrmm.. curious. I also got a Beginner's Hobby rock tumbler and some supplies #so I might try polishing some of the rocks from my enormous rock collection. even though they're all street rocks I picked up from sidewalk #and stuff. I saw a video where someone put random gravel and stuff in a rock tumbler and none of them were Stunning Gems or whatver #but some still turned out cool enough that I would be pleased with the result... OUgh.. I want to post more I need to like do costumes and #sculptures and stuff and be Active On Social Media and think about my Future and Career and how it always benefits artists to keep an #active social media or etc. but I just feel so tired and bad lately. I think the summer heat waves have really exhausted me. I also have #been trying to make new friends + on a weird schedule so I've been socializing and also watching media too much. I notice I always start #to feel this kind of unsettled stress of not making any forward progress in my life if I do that for too long. like 'Okay this week I've #done nothing but meet up with two friends & watch like 10 episodes of tv and only worked on a few projects on the side.. this is HORRIBLE!' #(ppl who follow me here that I talk to on discord: this isn't about you! Im specifically just referencing being tired of introductory talks #with a new round of random strangers during my Friend Hunt. Just clarifying so it couldn't be misinterpreted as vaguepost implying that I'm #secretly bothered by talking to you or etc. lol.. anyway) . Which I know to MOST people 'I talked to a lot of friends and watched some cool #stuff!' sounds like a GOOD relaxing time but.. to me it is not ghhj.. Those are 'external' focuses on things outside myself which bothers #me if not moderated. Like.. i MUST retreat internally to work on my worldbuilding and my own thoughts and etc. at very regular intervals or #it will really start to bear on me too much. Brain Mandated Hermit Isolation lol. Just being too detached from my world and stuff for #too long feels increasingly bad. PLUS. every day I don't make tangible progress towards my goals is a day wasted that I could have been #investing in my future by working on novels/games/sculptures/actual career relevant stuff. Not even in a Capitalism way i just genuinely #enjoy Completing Tasks & feel miserable if I don't for too long. EVEN the media I'm watching I turn into A Task since I rank in a detailed #google doc list after viewing lol.. Like EW movie too boring on it's own. NEED to turn it into something I can categorize and analyze ghghj #LOVE to make things more complicated than they need to be. like YAAAY organizational tasks! yaay meticulous sorting!! BOO ''mindless fun''!

[taichouu]

So I'm moving across the country in the next coming weeks which has brought me to downsizing my craft bins and going through my huge collection of paints and wool and fabrics. If you don't hear back from me assume I drowned in embroidery suppplies.

#tai talks #im living my best life as a person who creates using multiple medias and forms but at what cost. #WHY DO I HAVE 10 EMBROIDERY HOOPS. I DONT NEED THAT MANY. #not to mention my collection of patches i still have yet to sew onto my patch vests oh good lord. somebody save me

[forcedhesitation]

unique greetings?? hello??

the romance-specific greeting only seemed to trigger once I entered act 3, despite jantar having gone through the dance cutscene fairly early into act 2.

the regular high friendship one is a greeting I've gotten before in corydalis' save, as well as "always good to talk, my friend," but both lines of dialogue randomly disappeared at some point, and wyll only greeted corydalis with "well met." well, up until today, I guess.

I have to wonder if these will once again randomly disappear because they are clearly bugged and larian just won't fix them once and for all...

...please...stop doing this to the gate's most beautiful little prince...

#bg3 #thoughts about media #wyll ravengard #has wyll always had a romance specific greeting and no one knew because it's been bugged this whole time??? #I wonder if he has more than one actually... #because on corydalis' save- the only greeting I was able to trigger was the “let's talk” greeting. #and I know for a fact that max friendship wyll can greet you with “always good to talk my friend.” #so I wonder if there is another greeting besides “I'm here for you. always.” #star has many different ones depending on how much he likes your tav/where you are in his romance. #he and SH have a ridiculous amount of material compared to everyone else though...so not really a useful frame of reference. #halsin has...two? maybe three? if I'm remembering correctly? #but I'm not certain of how many unique voicelines other companions have for romance specific greetings. #I've only ever romanced star halsin and wyll. and this wyll line never played for me b4 today. #I'm working on gale next so I can complete my collection of boyfriends but it'll take ~30 hrs to get to the kissing. #maybe even faster since this will be the millionth time I through act 1. but still a sizeable amount of time. unfortunately for my patience

[corvidcrybaby]

I was tagged by @the-frankenman-writes to post six albums I love!! Here they are

From left to right and top to bottom...

Stench by Nekrogoblikon || Stranger Fruit by Zeal & Ardor || In the Constellation of the Black Widow by Anaal Nathrakh || Daddy Rock II by Daddy Rock || Reign Supreme by Dying Fetus || ...For Victory by Bolt Thrower

No-pressure tag to: @neet0 @cry-ptidd @brunette-barbie42 @shatteredhero @vohalika @judgejazzy

#thanks for the tag!!! #this is just the tip of the iceberg here tbh I'd go HAM on this a hundred times over #i have a BADASS cd collection back at my mom's and she still needs to ship it to me lol #physical media is sexy #tag game #death metal #metalhead #also ik daddy rock is uh. not like the others. in title. #but they actually fucking rip dude they are so much fun

[thepalestrose]

Been watching RWBY with a friend and we finally caught up to V9 and I had to mute myself because I just cried straight through the last four chapters

#rwby #rwby volume 9 #i am very emotional about my girls #that includes jaune #i started crying during their argument and didnt stop until they were back on remnant #and then cried even harder through the epilogue #because that one is still very fresh #convincing all my friends to watch rwby one step at a time #i tell them its my favorite piece of media #theyre all baffled during the first two volumes #then volume three hits them like a truck and they all collectively go #what the fuck just happened i thought this was a fun show about food fights and fighting grimm #and then i start crying

[anotherpapercut]

this site is literally so weird because I don't really know any of you but also some of us have known each other way longer than I have known like. my significant other and you all know so much more about me than my family it's absurd

#and i know more about you guys than i know about my family #even if were not mutuals #because i am someone who likes to collect little details about everyone 👀 #literally some of us have been mutuals since i was in middle school!!!! what is up with that!!!!! #no other social media site has provided me with such long lasting connections that are actually still personal like tumblr lmao