#also in general

[saffitaffi]

#art #digital art #slay the princess #black tabby games #artists on tumblr #fanart #slay girlboss #slay the princess fanart #the damsel #slay the princess the damsel #wholesome #she’s so cute #and him too #visual novel #stp #guys im gonna do the adversary next #shes pretty hot when shes trying to kill me #also in general #horror visual novel #indie horror

[hymnsofheresy]

Do you pray for the hostages too?

Yes. I pray for the 110 or so israeli and immgrant hostages assumed to still be alive. And I also pray for the hundreds of Palestianian hostages arrested without charge in Israeli prisons assumed to be alive.

I pray for a ceasefire so that the Israeli hostages are released. I also pray for the end of Israeli apartheid government, so that Palestianians are liberated.

#i recommend reading some articles on the israeli hostages that were released #they each have individual perspectives but i notice online that people are refusing to hear many of their critiques of the israeli state #oftentimes dismissing the hostages of being ''irrationally traumatized'' or ''coerced'' into saying things #now i don't agree with all of them. especially since a lot are reformers. but i think it is important to hear their perspectives #also in general #the sheer number of palestians suffering compared to the israeli hostages is the reason why i think this ''whataboutism'' is ridiculous #you have 2 million people suffering and i am supposed to direct my primary attention to what like 100 of them specifically? #especially considering that there is one side that can end this whole thing: israel #hamas has already offered to release the hostages #in exchange for a ceasefire #and any attempt that the israeli military tried to ''liberate'' the hostages ended up in their deaths #what so far at least 3 israeli hostages were killed by israel (and there was probably more unconfirmed)

[octopus-defence-squad]

raphaella’s dttm outfit seemed fitting for odin

#post by oz #my art #raphaella la cognizi #the mechanisms #the mechs #hello all i’m very gay for her in this role #also in general #so. why not depict it artistically! #the bifrost incident #tbi #odin

[islesbiyana]

to me, huntlow has the "when he's the girlfriend and she's the boyfriend" dynamic

#you may think that huntlow is a cishet pairing #but i am smarter and consider them t4t #also in general #it is special to me as a fat asian mf #icb this is my first toh post #there's a lengthy & evaluative (but messy) post in my drafts abt my overall thoughts on the show incl criticisms #but i keep forgetting to finish it bc ao3 toh has me by the throat so. #anyways. shoutout to nonbinary!huntlow truthers #the owl house #the owl house hunter #willow park #btw i started & finished the series at the end of june... so the brainrot is def staying for a while #huntlow #edit: everyone saying that theyre bi4bi too... u get me. How does it feel to be big brained

[youjustwaitsunshine]

every parent who wants to make their child a star should be shot actually

#reading im glad my mom died #also in general #because my best friends mom was the same

[insomnianoctem]

Where are cosplayers getting their wigs in 2023 that isn't Amazon, Arda, or EpicCosplay? I'd prefer a company rather than wholesale site like eBay or Taobao. I used to buy a lot of Arda but every time I go on the site now they never have what I'm looking for

#wigs #cosplay #question #i want to cosplay my viera but arda no longer sells jane in white and the light grey might not be available when i order in a few weeks #also in general #i need a wig and they no longer carry it

[pinchinschlimbah]

Do you ever get distracted watching the 2006 Boosh live show because Vince is the most beautiful girl you’ve ever seen

#every time #also in general #but something about how he looks here makes me feel particularly insane #gay yelling #3:10am send post

[datastate]

microdosing on writing via speaking aloud to myself & recording it for future notes

#i think i might've injured my hand or something because. damn... #also in general #i've felt so 'stuck' lately ;o; it's so bad ahhh this is the last thing i need. #hard enough to draw/write/reply on low energy. but for physical impairment too :'P this really sucks... #jestersvaguely

[hartenlust]

acab (assigned cat at birth)

#op #also in general

[talesfromthecrypts]

the only problem with the scotland scenes is that the look is very inaccurate and in that way a bit lazy BUT the atmosphere is creates in excellent so only history majors/historians care

I think we as society need to be ok with a little artificiality in movies and tv again. I love Robert Eggers "we need to use the actual fabrics of the time to make the costumes" type but that's not happening for most projects. And that's fine! It's art it's not trying to be "this is history". I get it if someone's brain doesn't think artistry >>> historical accuracy but I guarantee that's how most people working in film and tv are thinking.

#anonymous #also in general #yes the body is an obvious dummy gonna need you to get over it

[tropicalfreckles]

I need anime to bring back adult women wearing big poofy jackets and mom jeans with boots. It's an aesthetic that should have stayed past the 90s dammit.

#guess i'll just have to draw it myself #mom jeans in anime is the way to go #also in general #more women in mom jeans

[rjalker]

villains who fight fair in actually evenly matched fights where the villain is not starting out with a severe disadvantage or desperately clinging to a temporary advantage (like a sneak attack): fine, cool, great.

villains who fight fair even though they're starting out at a severe disadvantage and put in all the effort of making a sneak attack to catch their enemy unawares: nope, when you die now you deserve it for being so stupid.

if you're going to put in all the effort of doing a surprise attack to knock your enemy down, don't fucking then stand around being all mocking and stupid and giving them the opportunity to regroup and kick your ass >:(

#Rjalker watches Leverage #also in general

[per1shed]

happy bday to me ig. literally had the worst two years of my life and have to go on like this and on top of it i’m 25 now

#literally don’t even want to wake up now that i got in a fight with my mom #also in general #im grateful for the life i have left in me i don’t want to sound ungrateful #i’m not gonna wish for me bc i’ll be disappointed #*more #l

[the-dragon-girl-27]

It is the middle of a Sunday afternoon. You have nothing on, and aren't expecting visitors, deliveries or post.

Unexpectedly, there is a knock at the door.

you are greeted by...... her

#fairy vs walrus #walrus vs fairy #walrus #why is this so well textured its fucking shitpost art #like why cant i pull this off in my normal art it had to be the walrus fairy #meme art #things that would give people outside of tumblr a heart attack #maybe #has the fairy vs walrus debate breached containment yet #also that generic girl i drew ended up looking a lot like how i look irl (yes i look like an npc) #also that door is unreasonably large but i needed you to be able to see the walrus in all her glory #i wanted it to be bigger so you could see her wings #fairy walrus #dragon draws creatures

[tearlessrain]

please help me- i used to be pretty smart but i’m having so much trouble grasping the concept of diegetic vs non-diegetic bdsm!

gfkjldghfd okay first of all I'm sorry for the confusion, if you're not finding anything on the phrase it's because I made it up and absolutely nobody but me ever uses it, but I haven't found a better way to express what I'm trying to say so I keep using it. but now you've given me an excuse to ramble on about some shit that is only relevant to me and my deeply inefficient way of talking and by god I'm going to take it.

SO. the way diegetic and non-diegetic are normally used is to talk about music and sound design in movies/tv shows. in case you aren't familiar with that concept, here's a rundown:

diegetic sound is sound that happens within the world of the movie/show and can be acknowledged by the characters, like a song playing on the stereo during a driving scene, or sung on stage in Phantom of the Opera. it's also most other sounds that happen in a movie, like the sounds of traffic in a city scene, or a thunderclap, or a marching band passing by. or one of the three stock horse sounds they use in every movie with a horse in it even though horses don't really vocalize much in real life, but that's beside the point, the horse is supposed to be actually making that noise within the movie's world and the characters can hear it whinnying.

non-diegetic sound is any sound that doesn't exist in the world of the movie/show and can't be perceived by the characters. this includes things like laugh tracks and most soundtrack music. when Duel of Fates plays in Star Wars during the lightsaber fight for dramatic effect, that's non-diegetic. it exists to the audience, but the characters don't know their fight is being backed by sick ass music and, sadly, can't hear it.

the lines can get blurry between the two, you've probably seen the film trope where the clearly non-diegetic music in the title sequence fades out to the same music, now diegetic and playing from the character's car stereo. and then there are things like Phantom of the Opera as mentioned above, where the soundtrack is also part of the plot, but Phantom of the Opera does also have segments of non-diegetic music: the Phantom probably does not have an entire orchestra and some guy with an electric guitar hiding down in his sewer just waiting for someone to break into song, but both of those show up in the songs they sing down there.

now, on to how I apply this to bdsm in fiction.

if I'm referring to diegetic bdsm what I mean is that the bdsm is acknowledged for what it is in-world. the characters themselves are roleplaying whatever scenarios their scenes involve and are operating with knowledge of real life rules/safety practices. if there's cnc depicted, it will be apparent at some point, usually right away, that both characters actually are fully consenting and it's all just a planned scene, and you'll often see on-screen negotiation and aftercare, and elements of the story may involve the kink community wherever the characters are. Love and Leashes is a great example of this, 50 Shades and Bonding are terrible examples of this, but they all feature characters that know they're doing bdsm and are intentional about it.

if I'm talking about non-diegetic bdsm, I'm referring to a story that portrays certain kinks without the direct acknowledgement that the characters are doing bdsm. this would be something like Captive Prince, or Phantom of the Opera again, or the vast majority of bodice ripper type stories where an innocent woman is kidnapped by a pirate king or something and totally doesn't want to be ravished but then it turns out he's so cool and sexy and good at ravishing that she decides she's into it and becomes his pirate consort or whatever it is that happens at the end of those books. the characters don't know they're playing out a cnc or D/s fantasy, and in-universe it's often straight up noncon or dubcon rather than cnc at all. the thing about entirely non-diegetic bdsm is that it's almost always Problematic™ in some way if you're not willing to meet the story where it's at, but as long as you're not judging it by the standards of diegetic bdsm, it's just providing the reader the same thing that a partner in a scene would: the illusion of whatever risk or taboo floats your boat, sometimes to extremes that can't be replicated in real life due to safety, practicality, physics, the law, vampires not being real, etc. it's consensual by default because it's already pretend; the characters are vehicles for the story and not actually people who can be hurt, and the reader chose to pick up the book and is aware that nothing in it is real, so it's all good.

this difference is where people tend to get hung up in the discourse, from what I've observed. which is why I started using this phrasing, because I think it's very crucial to be able to differentiate which one you're talking about if you try to have a conversation with someone about the portrayal of bdsm in media. it would also, frankly, be useful for tagging, because sometimes when you're in the mood for non-diegetic bodice ripper shit you'd call the police over in real life, it can get really annoying to read paragraphs of negotiation and check-ins that break the illusion of the scene and so on, and the opposite can be jarring too.

it's very possible to blur these together the same way Phantom of the Opera blurs its diegetic and non-diegetic music as well. this leaves you even more open to being misunderstood by people reading in bad faith, but it can also be really fun to play with. @not-poignant writes fantastic fanfic, novels, and original serials on ao3 that pull this off really well, if you're okay with some dark shit in your fiction I would highly recommend their work. some of it does get really fucking dark in places though, just like. be advised. read the tags and all that.

but yeah, spontaneous writer plug aside, that's what I mean.

#I found their original stuff while I was researching various waterhorses and their folklore for no reason #because one of the characters in their original work happens to be an each uisge #and then it turned out it ALSO included a lot of figures from welsh folklore in general #so yknow if you happen to have my incredibly specific hyperfixations you'll love it but even if you don't it's great #I didn't mean to bring up phantom of the opera so much it just happens to be very relevant to a lot of my talking points #I haven't actually seen it in years

[woolydemon]

LISTEN TO ME RN, when the character is supposed to be rlly strong and muscular and buff PUT FAT ON THAT GUY fat is so fucking necessary to have a physical build that is so strong MAKE THEM FATTTTTTTTTTTTT

#rando thoughtz #this is coming from the shrimpiest noodle arm guy in the world. do not give a shit abt if u think fat looks bad suck it up buddy !!!!!! #also ur wrong and fat is so beautiful #and is generally a normal way to exist without needing it to be worthy of existing based on attractiveness #but also the variety in human bodies is beautiful in general too SO FAT IS BEAUTIFL