#changing only a few words

[kthulhu42]

"B*tch and C*nt aren't misogynistic slurs, everybody uses them all the time!"

Okay hear me out: misogyny is also everywhere, all the time

#Also it may shock you but only a few decades ago white people used the N word *all the time* too and that CHANGED #radblr #radical feminism #feminism #sexism #Misogyny #I beg you to think about what the phrase “serving c*nt” means #Also the Aussies saying “we use c*nt all the time” really I've never heard it in a board meeting or at work #Probably because YOU KNOW ITS INAPPROPRIATE

[captainofthetidesbreath]

I've always been like this, but latest developments really have me against literally everyone in and out of universe like

Jonas truly in his poor meow meow era

#I will protect u Jonas from everyone in the cosmos and the few people who are still mean to you in the fandom #ETA 1: the season two Tumblr AMA has said he's only about 30ish so this applies even harder now #ETA 2: I've changed the wording from “latest episode” (which was Compensation) to “latest developments” to make this more evergreen #ETA 3: dropped 'Fleit' and 'the Trust' to broaden bc Jonas is not having a good time ever from literally everyone (h/t to 3.03: Change) #Jonas Spahr #Midst #Midst podcast #Midst things #Midst spoilers

[homestuckconfession]

the concept of the slur replacement project feels a bit like historical revisionism? especially considering how much i see people recommend it as the recommended way of reading homestuck. it's sanitizing down the more unpalatable bits of homestuck to make it seem more friendly and wholesome (which seems incredibly common among homestuck fans in general, especially among those who like to pretend the epilogues never happened, which is a whole other discussion i won't get into rn), and that just feels weird. not to mention the execution of it is very poor in general. the "future arachnids grip" joke is funny actually, and the change they made to make it "later arachnids grip" not only makes it a weaker joke (as it was initially a play on how the concept of gayness isn't really a thing to trolls), but also introduces an inconsistency in the writing, as it only does this change for vriska, drawing more attention to it. there's also a fucking... random bit where iirc for one line they replace a mention of bill cosby with... gnomeo and juliet? i think? which is not only a baffling decision that they don't, but is technically introducing an anachronism because that movie didn't come out until 2011. the writing they used to replace things in general just doesn't feel very homestuck-y, and it always feels clunky and awkward.

.

#homestuck #homestuck confession #you're right and you should say it #I like the fish puns they use to replace the slurs meenah says bc they're good puns but like #the characters gradually saying slurs less is part of their character development and removing the slurs therefore changes the characters #and late in the comic only a few characters still say them and it's part of their characterization #it's meant to tell you something about them specifically #censoring that meenah and cronus and caliborn still say slurs therefore deletes a major part of the story #was the use of slurs in the first place a good choice? maybe not #but they are ultimately just words that offend some people #I personally am not offended by fag because I am one #and hussie MADE IT PART OF THE STORY one he realized it wasn't really okay #which was a great choice honestly #he did that kind of thing a lot #removing it is like changing the beforans to all be 13 to remove the meenvris ickyness #which similarly originated as a mistake that was later worked into the story #mod commentary

[muffinlance]

Fellow Prisoner Li, Part 5: Zuko, Ruiner of Speeches

Read from the beginning || Previous || Read all chapters on AO3

“We can’t leave without Li,” Katara said, and Aang said, and Hama and the other ex-Fire-Nation-prisoners were largely neutral on, but Sokka wasn’t actually arguing that.

“We’ve been here too long,” was what Sokka was arguing. “We are in the middle of the Fire Nation. After breaking into a prison, with our giant recognizable sky bison and our glowing recognizable Avatar. The whole point of coming here was to not be recognized, which now that I think about it, was a planned doomed to fail the second it started with ‘break into a prison’—”

Not that he’d voted for that plan, either. Honestly, that plan seemed custom-built to out themselves immediately. While in a prison designed to hold benders. Which just went to show that Li was not a Plan Guy. And yes, Sokka was just as worried as the rest of them that the firebender had apparently wandered off with no supplies into a forest and not come out in any of the neighboring towns, but— 

“Would you leave me behind?” his little sister said. “Or Aang? Or Hama? Li’s one of us.”

“Yes,” Sokka said. “I mean no. I mean—ugh. He knows where we are. So either he doesn’t want to come back, or someone is stopping him, and the fact he’s held out for days means it would probably be pretty terrible of us to waste his—”

“If you say sacrifice—” Katara said, while Aang was turning a distinct shade of hadn’t-previously-contemplated-torture white. 

Which was, of course, when the Fire Nation troops announced themselves. The inn was surrounded. Appa was groaning under the sudden weight of an iron net. Faceless skull masks stood poised to bend in a double-ring all around them, with… a teenage girl as their leader?

Good evil smirk. 10/10. Sokka really felt the unflappable confidence.

“What have you done to him?” Katara shouted, interrupting a very dramatic monologue about the inevitability of their defeat. 

“Rude,” the girl said. “And unspecific.”

“With Li. Where is he?”

The girl’s eyes skimmed over their little group again. Three children and one elder out front, other elders huddled inside, watching through the upstairs windows. Her eyes narrowed. 

“You misplaced your firebender?”

“Well,” Aang said, clutching his staff in front of himself. “He might have been upset, and… left?”

“Li,” she said, drawing the name out in a very particular way. “Left. Left you. The Avatar.”

“Or,” Katara growled, her glare firmly on the girl, her hand firmly on her waterskin. “He was captured.”

“If he was captured, I would know,” the girl said.

“Because… you are…?” Sokka asked.

10/10 on the I don’t disappoint me, you disappoint me look, too. Which was on her, really, because what had been the point of her whole speech if there was no one here who even knew who she was? And it wasn’t like they should know—

“Princess Azula,” she said. “Daughter of Fire Lord Ozai. Heir to the Dragon Throne.”

And then she snapped her fingers, and started giving orders. Search pattern orders. 

“Find him,” she said.

“Um,” said Aang, holding his staff a little less tightly. “Are you… capturing me?”

The Fire Princess had quite a repertoire of looks. Sokka… did not recognize this one.

“What’s even the point if he’s not here to watch?” she said, and turned her back on them.

She still left the nets on Appa, and enough soldiers to burn the inn if they so much as twitched. Given all the elders inside who could barely walk, much less run…

Team Avatar sat tight. Or, as Sokka preferred to think of it: outsourced their Li-tracking to someone with superior manpower.

#Azula: I had a whole speech and he RUINED IT #I can’t just start again when we find him his little friends would know it was a repeat performance #Do you know what you’ve done Zuzu #You’ve ruined a perfectly good gloat #Meanwhile Sokka: this level of drama feels… familiar #I can’t quite put my finger on it #Fellow Prisoner Li #(she cobbled together speeches from three lesser known plays and changed a few words) #(somewhere Zuko feels the rage of uncredited playwrights) #(it is the only thing keeping him warm) #Avatar The Last Airbender #atla #Zuko #Azula #Sokka #ficlet

[justarandomhelluvablog]

having thoughts about how Husk actually has very little left to redeem bc he started his journey of self-change before even coming to work at the hotel, but at the same time redemption isn't even his goal- he ain't even aiming for heaven, he just wanted to be a better person and maybe now with friends and especially Angel, who he supports so much and wants to see succeed, maybe now he has a reason to be a better person

#hazbin hotel #husk #warning I am about to ramble in these tags O7 I have a ridiculous amount of thoughts about this cat bird man #thinking about that word of god from vivzie that Husk is actively fighting his gambling addiction in hell #which besides the pilot we've only seen his gambling mentioned in the past #and idk if it's just because they had to focus on other things but we don't see him drinking as heavily as he did in the pilot #and first few episodes. like he actually wants to be sober #we know he used to be an overlord and we assume that comes with all the terrible overlord qualities #(aka there's no such thing as a good slave owner) #but the Husk we know now has been on both sides of this chain #he knows and respects boundaries. consent is super important to him. this feels like a moral you can't really have to be an overlord #he also sees everyone as more than just what they can do for him specifically. he gets NOTHING out of being Angel's friend #he gets NOTHING out of defending Angel and Cherri during the fight with the Exorcists #he knows when to open up and who to open up to and trust. and he extends a hand to someone in need. someone he ain't even close to- #and if it hasn't changed he is trying to beat his own vices despite not even being a guest of the hotel. he's staff. he doesn't HAVE to #participate in their activities or try to change. he was dragged into this #but dammit he does it anyway #(also if he is still trying to beat his gambling addiction I wonder if the pilot was a relapse. hm) #anyway ig what im trying to say is husk isn't a guest at the hotel but plays the role of a guide for the guests bc he's already #got a very strong and *GOOD* set of morals considering they're in hell #like his level of morals we've only seen /explicitly/ shown in hellborn. and yeah consent and boundaries is rock bottom even for Earth #but they're in hell so somehow the bar manages to be even fucking lower than that so I consider it a win #ALSO THE FACT THAT HE STOOD BETWEEN ANGEL & CHERRI AND THE EXORCISTS??? this mf is willing to DIE for these people #I am 100% sure that if Husk's soul didn't belong to Alastor he would already be redeemed #we don't know what he did in life and we don't know how bad he was as an overlord but we know who husk is /now/ #and that person is a pretty damn good guy #he might have some work to do sure but he's already at least started his redemption before the show even began and #we're just seeing the tail end of it #god damn I really rambled in these tags i am so sorry #I just have so many thoughts about him

[ivyithink]

sky accidentally sumblred a tumbly sexlerman, and I accidentally did a genuine fanart instead of a cracky doodle I planned…

another one for the cringetober 2023 (some explanation under the cut of this post)

the prompt: day 8 — tumblr sexyman! the urge to finally draw reigen (from mob psycho 100, of course) was strong, but i knew I had to honor the ultimate tumblr sexyman (in his two forms, obviously)

for those going “what THE HELL are you even saying, are you having a stroke?!??” — this delightful drawfee video will explain everything (maybe)! go watch it and subscribe to drawfee, they bring joy (sometimes even literally)!!

#my art #cringetober 2023 #tumblr sexyman #drawfee #drawfee fanart #sky who accidentally sumblred a tumbly sexlerman #what a combination of words eh?!! #this piece gave me a serious headache #had to take pills and go to bed disgustingly early (when normal smart people usually do it) #but it came out alright))) #had to make a few design changes but only because of the pose — black gloves(?) on a black hat wouldn’t look great at all

[thenixkat]

Anyway, if you aren’t Black don’t use any variation of woke. I don’t care what conservatives are calling fuckers/using as the new sjw/political correctness/what have you.

If you know what fuckers mean use what they mean, and if you don’t why are you copying what people are saying?

Woke ain’t for you. If the discussion isn’t about Black people being aware of and/or educating other Black people about racism/antiblackness/structural inequality/all the other bullshit then it doesn’t need to be used in the discussion.

#nix meows #aave #woke #aave misuse #apparently that one post i made where i directly mentioned how i don't wanna see boogleech no more showed up in his tags #which is generally how tumblr's search function works; if a word in there it shows up #anyway i do wish a motherfucker would learn to take a hint that i do not wish to continue a conversation #cause all i'm getting is excuses about how he's just paraphrasing so its fine #that other people don't have an issue and not 'to shoot the messenger #my wigga i was forced to see the word 'wokeist' (yall know i can't spell) on a post from someone i know is white #who's posts show up everyfucking where in the corner of tumblr i generally operate in #why would i give a damn what the rest of the post was about when a wigga shouldn't be using words like that period #aint no fucking changing my mind #ya ruined my night and i don't wanna see ya #i aint ask nobody to block you or some shit like that #i personally don't wanna get microaggressed on my own damn dash cause my white mutuals (who mean well but dont all ways catch shit) #decided to reblog it untagged #like yeah its pretty easy to drop a bitch i only occasionally interacted with over the course of a few years over #it just on the innitial 'it's not an issue' dismissal #told me everything i needed to know #bogleech #may as well actually tag them cause I've been feeling a lot less charitible given how they handled shit and kept trying to shut me up #plus they're a vote blue no matter who fucker like genocide joe is harm reduction

[7roaches]

chat is this real 🙁

#my art #adventure time fionna and cake spoilers #adventure time spoilers #petrigrof #wow #i think ive said the word wow out loud like 10 times in the past 20 minutes because im still fucking reeling in sheer disbelief #like. obvi im pulling a ep9&10 (as in i am oversimplifying nuanced and complicated thoughts) but wow #in the big picture it wasnt even like. Horrible it was just badly mediocre #how does a tv14 cartoon get even more dumbed down and babytalk than a y7 one #i was really really worried about this like. like only a few days into waiting for the finale i was less nervous like foaming at the mouth k #inda excited nd more scared they were just gonna. abandon it. nd they did #nd this is such a pattern that i hope there isnt a season two #and something in me almost hopes that this is like. the end because i dont know how they could come back from this or give any more closure #if the biggest idea (or one of) of at is that everything changes i think the other is everything ends and ive felt this since atdl ep 4 but #theyre drinking from a dry creek atp #i hope people continue to love this show as the beautiful complicated thing it is and pretend that that didnt exist #what didnt exist #where am i #(in the same tone of voice as ice king from the beyond the grotto ep) #ill still be drawing at stuff tho i still love it beyond words #tumblr needs to let me add paragraph breaks in tags jfc if i was me reading this i would literally not even read it

[detransraichu]

damn son I'm literally a transandrophobia poster and I routinely rail against TIRFism and even I think your takes are wack. "AMAB privilege" GTFO with that man. we can lift up transmasc voices and promote trans unity and talk about radfem ingression into trans spaces without making this another AMAB/AFAB oppression olympics thing - that was the whole problem, we should be doing the opposite. stop taking words like TIRF and pretending to be against radfems when you're eating their talking points for breakfast

tirf means trans inclusive radfem, so tirfs actually are radfems! i am one myself. terfs aren't actually a thing - there are definitely transphobic radfems, but radfeminism includes ALL afab people, transmascs included. i'm still veryyy critical of how many handle trans issues. i reblog as much material as i can for my book, which very often includes not-so-kind terms/phrasing, but i do try to use language as respectful as i can in my own posts so i can have actual conversations with trans folks and trans activists, including saying amab/afab and agab instead of male/female.

i do believe that transfem people face unique oppression on the complicated axis of what ppl call transmisogyny. which imo is mostly a mix of sexism and homophobia if someone knows that person's sex/agab, mixed with conditional misogyny if they pass and live their life as afab. if they're outed as amab, they're seen as a gnc man again and with all the violent sexism that comes with that. it's a very complex form of oppression. i know they go through a lot of unique trauma, i'm not denying it.

but i also believe that afab people are uniquely oppressed as well.

if not, then what do you call this if not unique oppression? forced impregnation, abortion/pregnancy issues, period tax, lack of menstruation/uterus research & resources, afab bodies being under-represented in medicine which causes horrific things to happen, afab babies being aborted or killed at birth for being born with a vagina (afab) bc they're seen as lesser, afab upbringing coming with very unique experiences that amab ppl for better or worse will never understand (it is NOT a fucking privilege fuck you), being born with a body type that is very obviously vulnerable against people with penises sexually due to people with bio dicks feeling genital pleasure when they stick it in something, and god knows they will not give a shit about the person below them (look at fucking nature documentaries!!!). they will take off the condom. they will pressure ppl to do anal or give painful blowjobs. they will be creeps or jerks about pregnancy. they will generally put penises above vaginas and amab rights over afab rights, and this shit is DEEPLY ingrained in society. transfems being able to transition is very new, meaning that although they had many struggles before, they were not treated as female and had that (perhaps painful) privilege for MOST of human history. this meant being allowed to open a bank, go places without a husband, not being forced to be impregnated like cattle, not being forced to be a mother stuck in a kitchen, and having SOOO much more generational wealth at their disposal. afab ppl reading abt historical afab oppression is upsetting in a way that transfems will never fully be able to relate to. afab people have a deep, rich, unique culture and faced trauma for thousands of years and us being afab is not a privilege!! we have the privilege of not understanding transfem issues, sure, like a woman not being a lesbian won't face lesbophobia. but then again male-attracted women face violence from men in a unique way!! it's complex af when you're already marginalized

most ppl have an agab-based sexuality too, cis men included, meaning afab ppl are the ONLY *INTENDED* target of cis men's lust and sexual violence and whatever misogynistic bs they say about women, since most cis men are heterosexual. amab ppl face it, and it fucking sucks for them too, but they also only face it conditionally - the very second the cis guy realizes the person is amab, the usual trope is them throwing up thinking back on how they kissed and wanting to punch the "crossdressing pervert" EVEN if the transfem had every surgery possible and looked totally afab. they lose attraction, usually anyway, and physical violence linked to homophobia and gncphobia is the danger transfems then risk. which ofc is absolutely horrible, it can be life-ruining. but not an afabmisogyny experience. they aren't unconditionally sexualized. they are mistaken for afab due to all the surgeries and hormones they took. it's misdirected afabmisogyny due to ppl assuming they were born with a vagina and went thru afab puberty. and then harming them bc they see afab ppl as sex objects and dumb bitches, they see us being born and raised afab as a weakness. they hate us and want us for our sex/agab. most misogyny is about specifically afab people! and yes transmisogyny sucks, it should be called out too for sure. but when fem transmascs pass as transfem post-transition they always are open about experiencing misdirected transmisogyny and talking abt transfem rights etc etc. why can't transfems do the same with cis women and transmascs?? why can't they talk abt how transmisogyny & misogyny against cis women are both bad in different ways? it's always them being victims vs those evil privileged bitches!!

and not just quickly mention it but ACTUALLY speak up about it, uplift afab voices, and be genuinely good afab allies? where are the posts from transfems calling out transfems' afabmisogyny? why can't transmascs or cis women write posts abt it without being met by death threats and terf accusations? i know you think you can only further transandrophobia discussions by tiptoing around the existence of afab-exclusive misogyny. i know talking abt transmasc-unique issues already leads to insane amounts of bullying from afab & transfem folks. but i'm tired of transfems getting away with shitty behavior. i'm tired of cis women being only seen as oppressors against transfems. something needs to change. i truly believe that radfeminism isn't a lost cause, and in fact there are more and more transmasc radfems, and even transfems who are strong radfem allies. people are finally waking up to the realities of afab oppression!! they're finally embracing nuance!

misogynistic behavior from transfems gets brushed under the rug and them being amab is seen as completely irrelevant, anyone bringing it up is a bigot, while afab folks are more than open to their agab being a factor in conflict... it's unfair. as you've shown, transfems and the ppl speaking for them refuse to have nuanced talks abt afab oppression, they view it as "omg we're all oppressed!! shut the fuck up theyfab go bootlick those privileged cis cunts! no one wants to hear about your issues for longer than a minute, only listen to MINE!! being afab is a PRIVILEGE i didn't get to grow up afab stop rubbing it in my face!!!" what sucks is that transfems and transfem allies used to be soooo much more respectful of cis women and transmasc people's rights too. literally NO ONE used to say that being afab genuinely meant you got benefits in society. no one. like holy fucking shit. the past 20 years has been a fever dream!!!

i'm 100% for transfems living their best lives, transition included, and i've heard many horror stories of transfem-specific experiences i'll never truly understand. but it's not a strict oppressor/oppressed dynamic all the time. just because you're not oppressed on every axis of oppression ever doesn't mean you have no struggles. it's fucking insane that i keep needing to explain that to people, like oh my god do y'all not understand that someone can be both privileged and disprivileged in society in different ways, and might need to both have their voices boosted sometimes and ALSO need to take a back seat other times??? this ain't us cis radfems OR transandrophobia activists just playing oppression olympics. this is an oppressed group talking abt their unique struggles and being mocked to hell and back. and it's sad that it's seen as catty and selfish and bitchy. but as an afab woman i'm not surprised lmao.

and yeah you might speak on transmasc issues, but do you speak on afab rights? do you call out misogynistic bullshit that transfems say about cis women too? do you speak on cis women's oppression as well, about how they're oppressed by amab people too and are oppressed in a different way than transmasc or transfem folks, for being afab and ALSO identifying as women? do you mention how afab people are a uniquely oppressed class of people, or are you too scared of stepping on transfem toes bc they're seen as the top of the oppression pyramid and will harass you off the site?? why is saying that amab people as a class have privilege over afab folks on an oppression axis controversial? what about that feels like an attack?

if you're transfem or otherwise are amab and live perceived as afab, and you aren't afraid to recognize that afab oppression is its own thing and deserves its own voice and its own movement, ily bestie. i see you. i see more and more of you lately and it warms my heart. we aren't enemies, we can learn from eachother. thank you for working thru that initial knee-jerk reaction and learning to be a good ally to afab folks. i wish you the best <3 and if you're transmasc you DESERVE to have your voice heard too. you deserve to speak on afab rights and for transfems to want to be good allies to you too!! ALL afab people have unique voices that need to be heard for once!

#asks #this was long af sorry i went off lol #i understand your pov anon bc i had it even just a few years ago i was overprotective of transfems #i acted like afab ppl had talked enough and should stfu like they were the lowest bar of oppressed in society #that transfems had it worse by default and any talk of afab rights would make them dysphoric esp if transfems weren't centered #but EVEN THEN even when transfems are mentioned in afab-specific issues they STILL get mad #it isn't an amab/afab oppression olympics thing #and it's so childish of you to draw that conclusion #but it makes sense bc it's the current sentiment in trans spaces. any talk of afab-only issues makes ppl uncomfortable #any talk of transfems not only being the oppressed but also the oppressor class on a different axis makes ppl foam at the mouth #meanwhile afab ppl in general are more than happy to recognize they're privileged on another axis of oppression generally #why is that? #i'm tempted to say amab upbringing (and afab upbringing making ppl want to shield others at all costs esp amab ppl) #but i know now that i said it ppl will be even MORE pissed off #idk. i'm so glad i started recognizing my own afab oppression as mattering too. that thing where women are seen as talking so much more #than men even though if they talked the same amount? yeah. that still impacts things like this lol. identity doesn't change that #idk. respect one another and give equal space to all marginalized folks. simple easy and free!! and yet!!! #lay text #my words #radblr

[pilotduty]

been clawing at the walls of my enclosure over the lyricism in destroya vs the lyricism in millions

#something about healing changing discovering love #im sure people have been going nuts over this since 2014 or whatever but ive only just realized a few weeks ago #i do not particularly like this drawing but i do not have the words to express the way these songs make me feel so woe gerard art be upon y #gerard way #mcr art #mcr #my stuff #my chemical romance #i will never not draw gee with lil edgy cross pupils i think they'd find it silly

[malleleothreesome]

i wish i could have a silly little day on tumblr but I have to read my 80 page HOA document to see if the boomer condominium overlords will ALLOW me to get my new dishwasher (that i bought on black friday like a true, miserable adult marching towards death) DELIVERED AND INSTALLED on the 23rd as expected or if I have to cancel the delivery because there are too many rules for me to abide by and my soul is simply too tired to jump through the necessary hoops to comply.

#i cannot stress enough do not buy a home with an HOA #i have a condo in LA so it was unavoidable but if you can avoid it by all means please save yourself #they wont even let me change my fucking BLINDS because the windows belong to the outside word I guess and not to me #guys i am an idiot and i only skimmed the HOA docs while i was buying the home #because i thought the only relevant thing to me was the pet policy #when i found out a few weeks after i moved in about just how many rules there were I cried my eyes out #the worst is there is always some elderly woman with nothing better to do than be the HOA police #speaking of dishwashers have you noticed they all fuckign SUCK im hoping this one i bought doesn't suck #my last word of advice is that word on the street is to NEVER buy a samsung refrigerator #i mean its hard tho cause they look so cool....u know....... #they come in so many colors.....................like pink #.................its so.................................tempting............................. #but apparently they break and theyre like impossible to fix and its like a horrible waste of money......... #but i cant help but be like.......................but what if that DOESNT happen to me????????????? #like what if samsung got their shit together and i can just have a really cool pink refrigerator #guys im fucking rambling because im procrastinating reading the HOA doc lord HELP me

[basslinegrave]

murdoc has been carrying the whole thing for a while now methinks hes the only one that kinda still has the old vibes but hes in a poor setting now..(or its literally just phil tying the very loose strings so it doesnt all fall apart, continuity-wise) i just want them to be a regular ass band again with murdoc making shit up, they can still make lore filled mvs just make it clear its just for a video and act like a normal band outside of all that like they removed that layer at some point

and i guess it was like that longer than it wasnt, so at this point its pretty much pointless to wish for the good old, but its sad theyre just characters in no way rooted in the real world now..

#and not to parrot glow but i read their posts just to feel sane thanks for being the only person that can put it into words #i think the ppl that are bigger fans of the old gorillaz see into it more and see the changes while newer fans younger fans and #feel good fans (they know the few songs thats it idkhowtocallthem) dont really care about the past and only see the project as it is now #and since its successful theres no need to change it. milk this cow! #but dont dare send the merch on time. and quantity > quality! #the almanac was the worst purchase and i cant even sell that thing nobody wants it. whats a guy gotta do other than use it as a doorstop #heavy enough to break a bone too perhaps #trash

[glfry]

Non/semi-verbal Paper Mario icons

Feel free to use !! No credit needed

#paper Mario #mario #TTYD #paper Mario the thousand year door #icons #non verbal hc #headcanon #semi verbal hc #Mario is autistic + adhd btw I’m sorry it’s true I can’t change itttt miyamoto told me himself #also im surprised this Isn’t a more widely accepted headcanon #he literally only talks in ffull sentences in sunshine. and that’s only in the opening cutscene #otherwise he doesnt say anything besides v few words ((80% are vocal stims btw but you didn’t hear that from me)) #Like ESPECIALLY in the RPGs it is very clear that he might even straight up be non verbal #to quote goombella in ch4 of TTYD: 'you sure got chatty all of a sudden. I mean‚ you like‚ NEVER talk.'

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Sometimes I listen to a famous guy sing/talk and I go “Oh! I sound just like him!” But then I listen to a recording of myself for comparison, and I become aware of the soul-crushing reality that I’m a mezzo and not a baritone.

#[puts my hair in a messy bun and throws on a white baggy sweatshirt; yawns a few times so it looks like I’m crying; turns on camera] #“So I know some people think I lied about being a contralto… and I just want to let you know...” [fake sniffles] “no I didn’t.” [sOb] #“And I know it’s risky for me to even say as much as I’ve said; so I won’t say anything more…” [wHips out ukulele] “TOXIC G—“ [gunshot] #Okay okay… skit aside; I’ve come to the realization that my voice isn’t quite as deep/resonant as I thought #I only said it was because I wanted it to be… for uh… dysphoria reasons I guess #because of the whole androgyne thing I’ve got Going On #I actually don’t hate my voice at all… I just sound way too young? Like yeah it’s my voice… from when I was fourteen #I know people tell me I have a mellow voice but I feel I sound like a little kid (unless I’m purposefully darkening my timbre) #Listening to a recording of little seven year old me singing “Bluebird Waltz” really fucked with my head #I’ve changed; but I haven’t changed much #dysphoria tw #gender dysphoria #New drinking game unlocked: Take a shot whenever you see the word “voice” on my blog

[cultivatingyourfuture]

OK BRAIN WORM NUMB R ONE. WHAT WAS THE THING WITH NEIL N PIERRE ABOUT DYING AND COMING BACK THE SAVE VS LIVING WRONG

i went through. my entire got damn blog trying to figure out WHAT you were referring to where the hell i had said this. and then realized it was the 3rd most recent reblog. im so smart and organized guys

so in reference to this post

essentially you can read it as either neil or pierre, but the perspective of WHO is saying this definitely changes.

for neil, the dying and coming back refers to the cyborg process and the fact that neil has the very unique situation of... being used for intermittent testing for about a year. And then being shut off and kept in essentially storage for about 6-8 years after that. where he was unconcious and did not age at all. so when he gets out, its still just a teenage boy, but suddenly everyone is so much older and everything is different and not only is eveline older shes also. not her anymore. which is not new ground here ajdjdhfjf

but its also worth noting that neil does not get the near instantaneous reconciliation that he did with cherry in WTTW, because cherry is dead. for at least 10 months. so it spends that time not knowing why cherry came to RR or who they are now or anything of the sort. so like if i had to do a line by line breakdown itd look like:

-"i died but i came back exactly the same" neil has not significantly aged and is around the same age he was when eveline knew it

-"you though, i came back and you were wrong" neil is the same. eveline is very much not. it has been a much shorter time

-"did the fact of my dying really damage you this much?" neil doesnt know WHY evelines so different and wonders if them being ripped apart the way they were had anything to do with it

-"was bringing me back worth what it cost you?" neil thinking the reason any of this happened is because eveline came back for him, and it cost her her life. (also the fact that haha um neil is. Kind of the one who kills cherry. oopsie!)

-"would it have been better to just leave me?" neil sees all the new people in their life that they dont know and feels guilty over the idea that He was (as far as he knows. because no one ever tells the kids anything except for vallen but shhh) the reason eveline went back, died, and left all of her friends to clean up the aftermath of it all. tldr neil blames himself for everything bad that happened to cherry and it fucks him up bc i cannot give that boy a moment of peace

pierre is a lot more straightforward. imagine some visage of eveline saying this shit to him. "bringing me back" is less about being brought from the dead and more about, like. taking someone by force and bringing them back home.

pierre sees the moment "eveline" escaped left as the big turning point of his life, when everything having to do with his future life became a lot less clear and what was left of his morals went down the drain in pursuit of Maybe Having Her Back One Day and as such he DOES wonder what may have happened had he just... let her be. so he lives in guilt over what happened because it went So So Wrong and because shes gone with next to no chance of seeing her again and not. the obvious reason he should feel guilt over eveline.

the more things change etc etc

#lies in a pile. On the ground. forever #neil #pierre #meta #worst comparison i could EVER make between these two and it is in VERY DIFFERENT WAYS #but neil and pierre both have issues understanding that eveline is gone and that cherry is not her. although they do understand that - #something Has fundamentally changed. #though neil is upset and frustrated by it because his sister DIDNT come back for him she DIDNT know he was even there #and this person ISNT HER but all of evelines love for him is in them for some reason but its not the same. it just isnt. #but he at least tries to understand how this happened and tries to connect with cherry where he can because. he's still grieving. #evelines been dead for 10 years but hes only been without her for a few months. its not an easy adjustment #pierre on the other hand. his reaction to cherry isnt to make an attempt to connect with this new person or anything #(which yaknow. thank god) but its to 'fix' eveline. to bring her back. #hes still got her memories. all he'd have to do is delete whatever files have filled their place and put them back in. #theres parallels her. both characters are in their own ways grieving and frustrated and upset about the fact that #yeah. shes gone. and this is not her. #but where neil tries to at least understand this new person who he can still see eveline in AND see this new happier person as well #pierre would rather hold onto what was and would effectively kill cherry if it meant having eveline back #yakno. grief and embracing the future vs living in the past and allthat #(except not really because what neils doing is grieving. Idk if i have a word for whatever pierres doing) #i doubt anyones gonna read this far soo uhh im also gonna say. something something ocarina of time on that one neil plot point #asks #down-thedrain

[audreythevaliant]

#the kind dorky theology nerd gave me a copy of The Valley of Vision (a book of puritan prayers) a few months ago and I really like it #it’s both convicting and encouraging and gives me words to pray when I’m not sure what to say #I like the part about not only delighting in God’s promises but also his commands knowing that he is good and that following his commands #leads to true joy and life #that God’s glory and my happiness would be one common interest because he is changing my heart to want what he wants #on prayer #Valley of Vision