#but in some ways im easy to please

[july-19th-club]

it's weird that a show as bad as and as depressing as the 100 could possibly be counted as "comfort show" material for anyone at all especially me because not ONLY is it bad . featuring as it does inconsistent characterization, poor plotting, what was by all accounts an unpleasant workplace experience, and a showrunner who actively plotted to irritate and harass not only the viewers but his own employees, but it is ALSO depressing and even if it was a good show with strong writing and an intelligent, level-headed creative taskmaster, it would be depressing. it's about multiple instances of failed survivalism at the end of the history of earth's civilization. it's about the failure of good intentions to make a dent against greed, paranoia, and the desire for violence. that shit makes me so morbid and miserable BUT . when watched sparingly, by like half a season or so at a time, that show is a comfort show. there's hot people in it . good actors for the most part. they're dragging each other around in the mud and appearing against a gorgeous temperate rainforest. occasionally they'll go to a desert for some variety. the soundtrack wasn't bad. clexa was there . the harmon siblings even

#like what more could you want #well a lot actually #but in some ways im easy to please #they put dichen lachman and adina porter in there as badass mad max type futuristic woodland warriors and i was like #holy shit this thing is unparalleled

[nomoretumbler]

Now that I’m not part of that madness…

(Fanart for @tulipsempai ‘s comic “my fault”!!!! It’s so good definitely go check it out!!!!)

#I made this think abt the my fault comic but I guess ot also fits with some headcanons for post avm30 mango #simon and MT have so much in common it’s SOOOO AGAJAHSJAHSHS /pos #🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 #i love old people who lose their most beloved person then lose their marbles for a while and now feel empty and and and and #and miss their loved one so baddddd #and now they feel so out of place in normal society and kind of wish to go back to what they used to be in a twisted easy AUGHHHH #Twisted way* #im so normal guys i swear #thank you tulip for these amazing comics please enjoy your break 🫶🫶🫶 #animation vs minecraft #animator vs animation #animation vs animator #avm #ava #ava shorts #avm shorts #alan becker

[pagib1g]

none of my business whether yall self ship with hazbin hotel characters or whatever, but since im seeing an influx of it (likely because of the new show) i'd like to remind yall to please boycott it (and pirate it if you must). it is being hosted on amazon, one of the BDS's pressure targets in the strike for palestine's cause– while it is acknowledged that you realistically cannot fully boycott targets like amazon (because of their monopoly over shipping), it will still be helpful to drop things sponsored by it that you ultimately do not need.

the self ship community has presented itself as an open and diverse community for years– prove it by being willing to stop giving profit to media that has a stake in hurting others.

support palestinian self shippers.

#this also applies to media such as: the last of us / percy jackson / stranger things / scream / etc #and the flag means death too btw. especially with what that 'charity' was saying about causes like palestine #understand that no one's asking you to fully give these things up but you should at least minimize it #and understand that while these medias and your f/os are sources of comfort to you they are still ultimately luxuries #luxuries that a lot of palestinians cannot indulge in rn #it might be easy for some of yall to dismiss them as numbers but theyre people just like us. they enjoyed fandoms they indulged in daydreams #they make art they write stories. but right now they cannot #one beloved artist in the jjk community (noury) recently lost her eye. she will not be able to create art the same way she used to #know that and acknowledge how lucky you are. #so many fandoms and safe spaces online fall into traps of individualism and justify it with therapyspeak #like 'im looking out for my mental health!' please dont fall into this trap too. remember you must care for others #long post #self ship #self ship community

[zscribez]

i do think a lot of people in the west, at least the young people, have no memory of what it's like to live under the threat of being criminalised for your queerness

like i still live in a country where it's illegal to be gay or trans. i do have a tendency to relate more so to literature from older gays who lived through the times when it was still criminalised. im incredibly lucky that i can just be myself with my family and friends, so im not closeted 24/7 and i have my safe spaces. but i do not get to be open about it in public. i have to hold my breath every time i do anything government related or have to present id in some way since im male-presenting while having female identification.

so to see westerners saying 'ohhh I'd be a criminal in these countries', you'll just be a tourist, you have fucking passport privilege, my government is not gonna go after a white queer like you. and also on top of that be racist about it, yeah fuck you

#zee.txt #also please don't feel pity for me #im in a remarkably good position all things considered #im not a muslim so im definitely not the priority of the religious police here #and im surrounded by family and friends who are accepting or friends who are also queer #and im able to transition with little issues and barriers #so i really do not need your sympathy #there are people who are way less fortunate than me in this country #this is also why i don't qualify for asylum #there's a weird tendency for some white queers to think asylum is easy to get #it's not #you have to prove that your life is in immediate danger #and that it is actively under threat #im perfectly fine #i don't have anything to prove that sort of thing #so i don't qualify for asylum

[catboymiles69]

#im sorry but im so fucking sick of having to filter out new variations of these tags every 2 days because i come across some new thing- #-recommended to me in a tag i follow #x reader stuff is fine in general like i’ve never read any or had the desire to but you do you! however #-the way i have come across some really creepy stuff via people not tagging their posts #please at least use a general ‘insert fandom name’ x reader tag or something so its easy to get rid of #bc i do not want to see another fucking miguel o’hara x .teen???? reader again #this wasnt even via looking through the spiderverse tag itself this just Appeared On My Dash because i follow the spiderverse tag #threw up in my mouth a little!

[arospecsyourblockdudes]

i need more books with romance plots to have the love interest be literally anything other than the most conventionally attractive person on the planet and im not even kidding. i will die badly if these needs are not met

#i KNOWWWW that doing that is like really easy shorthand to let readers know who the li is and to make readers like them #BUT !!!!!!!! if you're good enough at writing you can make a convincing romance with anyone. anyone at all #men do not need to be tall chiseled muscle gods. women dont have to be big boob'd goddesses #im begging on my hands and knees crying and throwing up #can we have a love interest whos like just some guy or maybe a lil ugly but the main character really likes them for other reasons #and so thru the process of being into them they find them attractive As They Are ??? #huh? what happened to romantic chemistry? #love interest whos way too into lego sets and has funky teeth and has a shit haircut and w/e but the main character thinks theyre hot shit #can authors put in any amt of effort to endear us as readers to love interests that isnt making them a total babe or a total hunk #can i be endeared to an ugly weirdo please #whenever i write romances i always need the weirder less conventional one to be the love interest i cant write it otherwise #or else ill vomit my liver and kidneys out #anyway whatever #writeblr #bookblr

[definitelynotshouting]

I'm so glad you're liking the fanart! I'm bad at actually doing some of the in-depth commentary I've seen people do (doing that close a reading with commentary switches on the part of my brain I used for writing workshops back in college and I start trying to critique, which isn't what I want to do nor what I think you want to receive), but I still want to express "I have re-read your fic approximately 73467 times and I love it" adequately XD

I LOVE IT im truly always so shocked and thrilled to receive fanart❤️❤️❤️🥺🥺🥺🥺 its such a new experience for me and i always feel so deeply, deeply honored that people are moved enough by my work to make something inspired by it!!! Listen if u give me fanart i will save it immediately to multiple locations and then think about it for HOURS thats how much it genuinely means to me

Also this is so valid of you and i super appreciate you taking the time to express your feelings about the fic in a way thats most comfortable for you!!! I am 100% picking up what you're putting down here and im intensely flattered by it, thank you so much!!!! :] ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

#shouting speaks #asks #hunger au #compliments #DO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HOLDING BACK CRITIQUE 😭😭😭😭😭 im nervous enough as it is about the quality of my work SJDHSJJDJSJDJ #i was talking to some friends abt this last night but its a constant struggle for me between writing the way i love to write #and worrying incessently that its just. Too Much #i can say all day to my friends and clients that u cant please everyone and that a work wont always have a big audience #but when it comes to my own its so easy to get caught up in the perfectionism of it all 😭😭😭😭😭😭 #the kind comments everyone leaves mean the absolute WORLD to me for that reason #it makes me feel just a little bit better about what im putting out into the world #txt

[natjennie]

i need professional websites to just come down off their fucking high horse for a second and speak to me like a person. "your associates degree of science in core curriculum with pathway courses related to" SHUT UP!!!! speak normal!!!!!!!! please just tell me what classes I'd need to take and how I do it for fucks sake.

#im trying to figure out the least painful way i can get a degree in something. anything. #just make it easy and not make me want to kms #it looks like this school has a general studies associates degree? #which sounds like you just do the core curriculum and then like. a bunch of electives of whatever you want. #and then you get a degree?? but idk bc of all the bs language #i want to email someone like 'please tell me in normal person english ffs can i just take some classes of whatever and get a degree?' #'is that what this is' #dont tell me about capstones or senior theses. im gonna punch my computer #someone just tell me what to do to make it easy

[masterbaiting]

my uni database and google scholar aren’t showing me any but surely there have been papers/theses/mentions in books about enjolras and grantaire’s queercoding/reading-as-queer in the brick right. right?

#hello? hello. #if anyone knows of any of these... please send my way #^not interested in students major essays btw as much as i love and respect them im talking abt something citeable #nothing on jstor either #shut up ulrike #les miserables #enjoltaire #like theres so much there you could write a paper/article on them easy. let me check some journals #les mis

[psycherprince]

third hot take of the day is that yes "boycott fatigue" is. yikes. but we're not doing anyone any favors by pretending large boycotts don't take any effort whatsoever. like we talk abt "invisible labor" in the household when talking abt feminism, which is the cognitive load of knowing what has to get done even if the tasks are divided, and having to keep track of who is doing what (wrt childcare) and the preferences of your family when cooking/grocery shopping/etc. Other ppl have explained this better than me but the point is. It does take cognitive effort to keep track of what you can and can't buy, and which companies own what, etc etc.

We can acknowledge that yeah it does take effort and yeah it can be annoying that you have to make some kind of change, but also still maintain that complaining abt that right now is insanely tactless and irrelevant. Like yeah you DO have to remind yourself not to buy sabra hummus or the starbucks brand creamer or whatever but like there's a genocide yknow get some perspective

#''boycotts are so easy its literally not doing something'' rlly gives ''well i never liked harry potter anyway'' #like what do you want a medal?? youre not accomplishing anything besides discouraging your political allies from continuing to act #''i craved starbucks the other day. guess im ontologically evil then.'' and im not saying that they SHOULD think that way #but the fact is just psychologically speaking that is how it goes #making people defensive doesnt make them want to listen to you. the opposite actually. #also. finding a boycott easy has no moral weight esp compared to finding a boycott inconvenient or difficult and DOING IT ANYWAY #you are harming your point. door in the face method only works if you back off afterwards. #like. posting a long boycott list and then saying ''but if you cant stick to that here are the big ones'' and linking the bds list #would be EXTREMELY effective at getting ppl considering joining the boycott to take action #but posting the same list and then saying ''if you cant do this dont even bother you scum'' even if it is how you honestly feel #will just turn people away. the point of political action like this isnt ideological purity its to get as many people as possible involved #on at least some level to make the biggest possible impact #PLEASE think practically

[etoile-gracieuse]

made myself mad (saw stupid twitter discourse calling real life people "minor-coded" for being short and or baby faced/calling real life regular degular ass relationships between ppl the Same Age predatory for said "minor-coded"-ness and felt the top of my head blow off like a looney tunes character) and typed out a post abt it except then real life hit. and i remembered that actually whatever 14 year olds are saying on twitter Does Not Fucking Matter

#honestly please do try and call me minor-coded for being 4'11 and 22 years old. #try calling everyone ive dated/hooked up w/etc predatory. really. just try it. #my grandfather's in the hospital AND my mom's car got totaled AND my dog had to go to the emergency vet today #so i'll take an easy excuse to throw hands rn #apparently hooking up with someone a month younger than me is Immoral and Problematic. bc he's 5'11 and im just under 5'0 #congrats you have officially narrowed ppl im 'allowed' to date to. other 22 year old baby faced 4'11 people. i guess #fucking horrible take to be like 'you cant date people unless you Look the same age'. that goes down some pretty goddamn dark roads #congratulations you have discoursed so hard youve horseshoe theory'd your way into loopholes for actual evil shit

[fruitsclipper]

I explode you with fire okay? upon closer inspection of links inside email some of you dont know what crochet is... call it lace okay? its ok to wear lace.

lace. Okay?

Machine knitting. you can tell its knit by the purls

#astr.txt #feel pretentious... knit can be lacy too #crochet can only be done by hand............. !!!!!!! #& if you cant crochet but want to wear crochet whatever please ask someone & pay them fairly pleae... so easy #very specific hill im on today. dont worry i'll be back tomorrow #Obviously there is some crochet in there like beanies and some granny square sweaters etc. just pleae..... #dont buy crochet from big stores it kills meee... thats handmade & way too cheap a price for it........

[whumpy-wyrms]

ITS BEEN A MONTH SINCE TLLR CHAPTER 11????? WHAT

#wyrms says stuff #SORRY ITS TAKING FOREVER TO WRITE HOLY SHIT??? #i thought it had been like 2 weeks or something #dude i’m actually sorry it’s taking so long to get chapters out #BUT like the next three chapters are all around 2/3 of the way done #i miss those phases where writing becomes sooooo so so easy for me and i write like 3k words a day #i’ve never been able to like stick with a writing schedule #my energy for writing comes and goes as it pleases and it’s been like that all my life. drawing comes naturally #it never bothered me before that i’d just not write for a few months at a time and then suddenly get motivation #to write a shit ton of stuff at once in rapid succession #and it sucks because forcing myself to sit down and write is hard it just doesn’t come super naturally like drawing does. #like forcing myself to draw can be a lot of fun and it’s easy. but honestly i don’t chose when my brain tells me it’s writing time #but that’s probably not a good thing huh #and also i’m like?? SUPER SUPER excited about some of the chapters coming up?? like chapter 14 is THE chapter i’ve been most excited about #since i started this series. AND ITS BASICALLY ALREADY WRITTEN TOO #the parts in between are hard to figure out i’ve realized #and also hard to give myself motivation to write them. im basically just annoyed that writing doesn’t come as naturally as art does for me #and that ever since i started actually writing about my own ocs like 6 years ago #i’ve only been able to write in short bursts of a few months at a time #it’s annoying but it’s a good challenge for me to overcome. i just have to sit down and write and then i’ll get that motivation back #the next chapter should be done very very soon!!!

[monards]

at least once a month i get sad over the golden wolf lord

#guYS #IT DOESNT EVEN HAVE ARMS #THIS ISN'T OKAY #IITTT JUST WANNTSS TO BE RECKOGNIZED #GOD #THHE WAY IT FLINGS ITS SELF IN BATTLE... #I HATE FARMING MATS I NEVER WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN #ITS MMAKING ME SAD MAKE IT STOP #rhine please pay attention to it im CRYING #i hope it's her ascension material just so it can be useful to her in some way #thats all it probably wants #god. #(also because it'd be soo easy to farm #pls)

[gayday]

how to not feel a constant and painful sense of FOMO jealousy and envy over everyone and everything ever because i have nothing and get nothing and can do nothing about it

#i want piercings i wanna go to the mall i wanna hang out with friends i want friends i want boba i want things to be easy but theyre hard #i want a clean pretty room i want a brain that isn't broken i want love i want alcohol and drugs and cigarettes #i want everything i get to not get ripped away from me and ruined #i want a childhood i want plushies i want sex i want parties i want to sleep in a clean bed i want help #i want a body that isnt tired and doesnt hurt i want money i want a normal life i dont want bad dreams i want to go places #i wanna go to the arcade and the zoo and aquariums and museums and parks #i want nature i want no more anxiety i want opportunities i want help i want a hand to hold #i dont wanna do it all on my own #i want a way out. i want help #just help me just please help me just please help #your 'positivity' is worthless when its not relatable and ends up being bragging rather than reassuring #i wanna go to concerts i want to go on a plane i want streaming services and trains and clothes shopping #ive had nothing and no one understands the extent of it #i feel like im in purgatory or some kind of psychological hell #i wanna kill myself #i want someone to care

[pocket-mobster]

i have this persistent benign hatred of The DnD Aesthetic that's made it borderline impossible for me to get into tabletop RPGs cuz 95% of campaigns take place in þe olde tymes where everyone's a fuckin knight or peasant or synonym for wizard. it's so common that when i see it my brain just filters it out cuz it's the white noise of fantasy. we have 7,000+ years of human civilization with an innumerable amount of cultures, mythologies, and aesthetics to pull from, and you choose the exact same one every time? whatever loser im gonna go get laid

#ipj speaks #tbf i would not be saying this if the One Aesthetic was late victorian/early edwardian europe/north america #rest assured im very easy to please in a very uncreative and unadventurous way #my point is that there should already be some variety. we've barely scraped the tip of the iceberg