While I, conceptually, understand that Americans worry about college and start worrying about college really fucking early, I am... still doubtful about just how pressing the "We won't have money for college" conversation was.
Like, Sklonda, dear, love, babygirl, your son literally just walked through the door after having saved the world and tomorrow is only the first day of 11th grade. I feel like this conversation could have waited at the very least until he had some fucking sleep, a real meal and got home tomorrow. Let my boy sleep and rest. Please.
I need to tell someone about how DELIGHTFULLY IRONIC it was to spend a good chunk of the last two days sourcing and formatting bibliography for a paper while watching hbomberguy's video in the background
POV You asked the hot gay couple chilling on the side of the event for some spare cigarettes and they're complimenting your outfit and wishin you an amazing day, mwah 🤙
infinity on high has literally everything. every single song fits together while still having something unique, stand-out, and insane going for them. it has sex. it has sexual innuendos. it has drugs. it has homoeroticism. it has doomed love affairs. it has love letters to the fans. it has a stripped-down, lullaby-like piano ballad. it has pete wentz screamo. it has horn sections. it has organ. it has organs. it has painful self-awareness. it has soul-bearing honesty. it has lies. it has voyeurism. it has a court house song. it has political commentary on the deeply flawed, racist justice system of the united states. it has commentary on the dehumanizing nature of celebrity culture. it has a feature from jay-z. it has an audience built into the songs. it has a sheep with wings on the cover. perfect ass album.
Sure, time travel can lead to things getting confusing, particularly with generations retconning classic sonic into a baby sonic.
But the shift from classic to adventure was just an art direction change, not a retcon. Sonic's age and personality didn't change, only his appearance. It was an attempt to remove him from looking too cute like Hello Kitty into something more visually appropriate to aim at teens (which was always the intended audience) yet it still embodied much of the classic's tone and original direction.
But that doesn't suddenly negate the entire basic premise of the lore in this series. The original trilogy had a PLETHORA of lore accompanying it in the game manuals of the time. These manuals were necessary because game limitations back then only allow so much space to fully explain a backstory when it was more important to just dive straight into the game. It frustrates me tho because even without the manuals, you can play the games and see a clear, consistent story being told through them all. It's why this series blew my mind as a child because unlike games like Mario and such, the rich visuals, story and unique personality in Sonic was a stark contrast to what was the norm of the time!
The shift to the Adventure style didn't retcon or upset this at all. It was a natural progression and even up until 06, that storyline stayed consistent throughout. Just because a game maybe was more aimed for babies like Heroes versus a serious story like Shadow the Hedgehog, doesn't mean they're somehow "different continuities". And same for quality. A game being poorer quality then the one preceding it doesn't suddenly make it non-canon!
This is the same issue ppl have towards 06. They hate that game and act like it never happened and use the ending as an excuse except subsequent games afterwards CONSISTENTLY refer back to it. It was never forgotten and the Japanese audiences never once considered it not part of the proper timeline.
The games lore was never always a "mess." It had consistency. It had continuity. It would pick up from where a last game started off. Things Matter! There are a couple of awkward spots like "How in the world did Blaze actually end up in Sonic's dimension but got warped into a princess of the Sol Dimension?" but again, goofs in time travel/dimensional rifts like that don't mean the entire story of the series is suddenly disrupted or dismissed.
The argument that the movies or really, any western adaptation, had "no canon to work off of" is just a big lie. A lie that is so annoyingly passed around as an excuse for any western adaptations that failed to care to build off any of the lore established in the series from the beginning. You literally could even just play the games and figure things out from there!
People claim it's some kind of mess but as a kid who grew up alongside these games and played them, I never got a sense of that. Things made sense to me and it's part of why I love it so much!
Why do people insist that the original Sonic Team's incredible hard work and passionate dedication to this series mean absolutely NOTHING to them to feel inclined to claim there was no story or intentional progression? Why do we dismiss the creative brilliance of this team that made this franchise in the first place? I just don't get why some western fans do this but it seems to only come up when they want to prop up their preferred western version of Sonic, which just....
I sent the anon about a lack of gay rumors about Harry. I don't think you read all I said because I never said he was straight and I never said there weren't any gay rumors. I even said that I didn't think he was straight. I was asking is it possible that all these women who said they've hooked up with him, and there are tons, all lying and were put up to it by Jeff? Like the bachelor contestant? Love island contestant. Influencers, models. Is it all lies or is it more likely that he is bi?
My apologies, I had a lot of similar asks come in all at once that were a) long-winded, b) didn't clarify what they were asking, and c) went off on tangents that kept me stuck on the first bit, and in this case, yeah, I got stuck on your ask's "there aren't any gay rumors" about him because, uh, there are?? Like, a lot?? To answer your question, I don't think Jeff has the ability to encourage random women to make that kind of claim (or the interest: it seems like a lot of work, and he reads as a shirker), and as a rule, I don't think women are liars. That said, are there really "tons" of women saying they've hooked up with Harry Styles, like, truly? I can think of one or two one-off anecdotes, but it gets muddied by media speculation, randos "connecting" "dots," or people linked to him officially. And all of THAT said, I have no clue as to Harry Styleseseses' real-life sex life, but since you ask, sure, he could be bi! Annnnd I think he could also be exploring his own sexuality in a much deeper and layered way than a lot of people in today's tumblr.biz fandom space are ready to consider because, frankly, a) they can't handle too many levels of nuance and b) don't understand that the deepest, most private real-life facets of someone else's sexuality are none of their biz. And that pulls in another part of this ask that kind of raises my hackles, and it's the "is it all lies" bit because none of us are owed the truth from someone we don't know. We see *maybe* 5% of any person's actual lived life! Anyone telling you they have it all locked in w/r/t a stranger is full of shit!
ETA: check out the replies for stuff I should have included but was too sleepy to really get to because YEAH, NAILED IT FURTHER
Y'all ever stopped listening to your favorite bands for about 2 years for reasons you don't even know yourself. Maybe it's because you're busy. Maybe it's because you thought you've acquired new tastes. You really don't know. But then suddenly you listened to one song of theirs again and now you're sobbing over how good the songwriting was? And now that you're not a dumb High Schooler without much experience you understand the lyrics even more?
Anyways that's me with Fall Out Boy right now lmao. It's high time I listen to their new album later.
bein' completely honest here i have considered npd shu be4 soooo often cause the. the shoe fits (laugh please), i feel like his past & family environment cld really serve as a push, in the end cluster Bs r all jus' sets of survival & coping tactics ya adopt into yr personality as a result of unjust treatment & trauma <- this is true
nawt 2 armchair diagnose him but like we shall go over sum npd traits. cause we kno here it ain't jus' high self esteem (when the opposite is usually evident)
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intentionally or nawt i feel like exvalk shu especially fits the npd mold like dat was his entire character conflict /lh (i miss him)
> a grandiose sense of self-importance
need i say anythin'. listen 2 like the first shu voiceline in ! it was literally 'i am the emperor of ymnsk academy'. .. doesn't he also go as far as 2 declare himself the god of this world? like ''kono sekai no kami da' i remember dat. oh & how much stronger & imposin' his timbre was compared 2 how much softer his voice is rn. he was very much self-focused even though it manifested thru valkyrie, he was distinctly treatin' the unit as his creation & his own creation only. the focus on the self is very real
> a preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
i feel like if ya know shu ya will nod away at every single one of these cause. pre-fall valk <- dat wasn' even a fantasy, i feel like he was really narc-thrivin' back then cause it was the reality, they WERE on top. (srry if ya came here 4 thorough analysis i don' do that round here i jus' show ya smth & we both nod solemnly) success, power, brilliance, beauty, even ideal love (shnz wink?) - exvalk shu is both a perfectionist & a maximalist i think he craved it all, an' even when he has achieved great success he jus' can't get enuff, leadin' him 2 get overconfident 2 the point where he was /dat/ oblivious 2 his own (& valkyrie's, but at dat time he saw valkyrie as himself only, & the rest as just an extension, a tool) imminent demise practically laid out in front of him.
> a belief that he or she is special and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people or institutions
this guy?
the guy who calls the general public philistines & views ppl who don' adhere 2 the same high standards he holds 4 himself imbeciles?
> a need for excessive admiration
the 'go on, praise me more!' guy? it might seem at first like he'd b too prideful 2 outright ask 4 external validation but if ya really look a bit into it, he's very reliant on it.. i think it gets amplified by bein' an idol too, bein' very self conscious of yr image. ofc mr oshisan wld find himself in a field where the entire point is 2 b the center of attention & appraisal.
> a sense of entitlement
i think this jus' circles back 2 every other point i made...!!!! exvalk shu is control & acknowledgment hungry. he wants 2 step on n crush the skulls of every1 who is unworthy & soar thru the skies on the mechanical wings of valkyrie.. or wtv. he is intensely focused on his goal 2 the point of tunnel vision cause he fully believes himself 2 deserve the throne. no1 else can b above him. he despises 'commoners' & those below him yet who brought him all the recognition & glory? wats the expression? rest on yr laurels? dunno if 'm usin' it correctly!!!
i also hope i don' come off as dramatisin' too much. like ik marionette is literally jus' one story but i feel it dat much stronger, i guess. 4 (introject) reasons. i hope these things don' read as a huge stretch.
> interpersonally exploitive behavior
> a lack of empathy
> envy of others or a belief that others are envious of him or her
gettin' lazy. i feel like this cld jus' b self explanatory... i don' wanna go in depth into every single one 4 shu, esp cuz. ya don' need every single criteria 2 match. 4 a diagnosis. but if ya have any specific moments 4 this one feel free 2 add on 👍🏼
> a demonstration of arrogant and haughty behaviors or attitudes
As usual with final episodes, I'm too emotional and happy to form coherent thoughts so this is just the notes I took down while watching ep. 12 of Last Twilight. No explanations or romanizations, just vibes and feels ✌️
1/4
ไนท์->พอใจ: โทษท��่นะเธอ
พอใจ->ไนท์: เป็นไง เค้าสวยไหม (not sure if I heard it right or not but this is the only time the entire episode where I heard her use any pronoun for herself while talking to Night)
WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS MORK!!!
The bag of the bookshop reads 'hope' in Braille (tried Thai Braille but it's not, it's Latin-based) and underneath it- 'READ EVERY DAY'
whatever happened in 2/4- I didn't take anything down about it
3/4
so emotional at Khun Mhon's blessing for NightPorjai, and then the waterworks opened as soon as I heard Khun Mhon call herself แม่ while addressing Porjai and Porjai said ขอบคุณนะคะ แม่ -> Mork turns away to wipe a tear and I pause the video to get a tissue 😭
Namtan and Mark are so good 🥹🥺
I love how dedicated Porjai and Night are to Day and Mork's happiness that they not only keep trying to give them opportunities but even leave their own wedding! to rush Day to the airport!!
I fucking love Porjai 😂
the fam's so happy for MorkDay 🥹
honestly surprised to see Day regaining sight!
4/4
ไนท์->ภูมิใจ: เดี๋ยวปะป๊ากินให้นะคะ 🥹
and softly asking her if she wants some pasta too: อยากกินไหมคะ
IMMEDIATE WATERWORKS AT KHUN MHON TELLING MORK TO CALL HER แม่ 😭 I've been anticipating this and it's everything to me (he does call her คุณแม่ though, slightly different to Porjai calling her แม่)
The existence of this shirt suggests to me that Cody will likely appear in the Obi-Wan Kenobi show, either as a character with a meaningful role or simply in Clone Wars flashbacks. My reasons:
This shirt is currently on the first page of the Her Universe website Star Wars tag. They haven't really added Kenobi print on demand shirt designs yet, but they likely will soon (other sites have started), and I feel its presence jumping to the top of the tag likely implies it will be a part of that collection.
2. This graphic itself is not particularly new, and has been available on print on demand shirts and such on multiple sites including Hot Topic and Her Universe for well over a year now. However, they very recently updated the design. Previously, the division number said the "501st," which is the wrong division, but it's now been corrected to the 212th. I know this because I agonized over whether I should buy this design for a solid month before deciding if it really bothers me I can probably paint over the 501st. I own the wrong number design on a tanktop. Yeah i know it's sad i shoulda waited RIP The relatively recent update of this design along with the fact that they care?? about a detail like the 212th being correct?? suggests to me that maybe, a lot more people are going to become more familiar with these characters in the near future.
In combination with this new kids armor that went up on the Disney store around May 4th that provides further evidence for at least Clone Wars flashbacks:
I conclude that the likelihood of Cody and the 212th at least making noticeable named cameos in the show is relatively high.
These are pretty old, but it still stands. It's just a game but playing solo chips away at my soul ;;w;; Unfortunately some matches just send me in a rage (completely a me problem and only in Hunter, I just suck), but I love playing with chill players!
I got sad when playing rank with a friend spooked them (thanks a lot "spectate the pros" message) and am sad it might have made them not wanna play with me anymore.