#embrace your weird

[the-final-sentence]

You're welcome!

Felicia Day, from Embrace Your Weird

#Embrace Your Weird #felicia day

[maze-n]

“3rdeye-voidance” original analog collage #gluepaperscissors ✂️ #cutandpaste #cre8ivegenius mazNsART

#paper collage #original handmade collage #mazNsART #be original #embrace your weird #my art #i make collages #third eye #be yourself

[buckevantommy]

i’m gonna be my weird self with you from the first time we meet bc the alternative is being fake and that shit is exhausting so if you don’t like my weird i don’t care bc i know from the jump you’re not worth my time but if you do like my weird please be your weird self in return either way i don’t wanna wait months getting comfortable enough to let my guard down enough to be weird only to find out i should’ve cut ties with you on day one OR we could’ve been besties for months like i don’t wanna waste my time ok? ok.

#.txt #embrace your weird #friendship

[canidbrained]

I want to see more portrayals of raw nonhumanity.

I want us to talk about ALL aspects of nonhumanity. we can talk about wanting to play fight, to chase prey, to long for missing extremities, but we should also be talking about wanting to roll in filth, wanting to mark your territory, urges to eat your young, and everything else that's "gross" even if it’s uncomfortable. Nonhumanity is weird and gross, it makes you want to do things that humans don't do. We don't exist to be palatable images of "human who identifies as an animal (but only in the cute ways).”

There is a unintentionally upheld standard that you have to make an image out of your identity, it HAS to be pretty and digestible for other people, your nonhumanity MUST to be organized and palatable. it can be "edgy" but it can't be too weird otherwise you're too weird. Why bind your existence to an idea of normalcy? Why stifle yourself in order to conform to the standards of a world that will never accept you? Why strive to be accepted by those that will never truly listen to you?

You are more than aesthetic photos and gear and silly posts!!! You are full of depth, you are a grotesque experience and you are made of blood and bones and guts and thoughts and instincts, and all of that should be treated with as much weight as it can be! You are allowed to be “Off.”

Interrogate your own discomfort around your identity, let yourself be okay with the things that are uncomfortable!!! You should relish in your own nonhumanity, you should wholeheartedly project the nasty and weird and angry parts of existence as an animal, they are just as real and as tangible and beautiful as your collars or your masks or your tails or anything else you hold dear. yeesh!

#all this to say; you don’t need to conform #you don’t need to make sure your identity is pretty and aesthetic #there’s no rules about being an animal #you aren’t going to win over humans by dampening or hiding parts of yourself and even if your goal isn’t to appeal to humans #you are only hurting yourself by not embracing who you are and treating all of your instincts and experiences with respect #this especially applies to canid identities because I feel they are excessively turned into an aesthetic which is weird to me lol. #canine therian #therian #therianthropy #otherkin #nonhuman #dog therian #therian shifting #therian community #alterhuman community #alterhumanity #nonhumanity #endelity #otherkin community

[gothiccharmschool]

This. THIIIIIISSSS. To hell with perfection and being photogenic at all times. DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

Is there a chance other people will roll their eyes or make fun of you and/or your style? Yes, but that’s true for everyone. So don’t live your life in fear of those things. BE YOUR TRUE, WEIRDEST SELF, DAMMIT.

#embrace your cliches #it’s fine to be weird

[trialruntantrum]

Imagine you're a teenage boy and you realize your dad doesn't really love you because you're "too weird" and "not normal enough," but then you find out your grandad made a geology themed rap album that sounds like Eminem, Post Malone, and Maclemore combined.

Does that make you feel better or worse about your situation?

#maybe you realize your weirdness is genetic and embrace it #or maybe you realize you're doomed to be like this forever #Idk #dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndads spoilers #dndaddies #dndads s2 #thoughts

[diamondzart]

You know, I have an infinite amount of respect towards this guy.

He is obsessed with this crab from “Moana” so much that he not only has him as a profile picture and mentions him in almost every single video no matter what a video is about in general. He always finds a way to remind us how much he likes Tamatoa. The character that only has like 5 minutes of screen time and practically zero character development. This is just that connection between a person and a fictional unit that is so strong that it leaves me speechless.

And more than that, he is not ashamed of constantly talking about Tamatoa. He doesn’t care if people think it’s weird, he just doesn’t care that some may consider him cringe. He embraces this hyperfixation with all of his soul and enjoys it eternally. He made a 1,5-hour long video essay about a fucking Moana crab, going so deep into the analysis of this character that you might think the creators of the movie didn’t even go half that deep.

When I talk about my hyperfix a lot, I can’t help the feeling of shame. I feel like I’m annoying people around me with the thing I am truly passionate about. It’s just that I can’t contain all this passion inside, I feel the need to release it, and when I do, I start feeling kinda empty because all of thet just flew out into open space and didn’t come in any sort of a feedback. As if people I was talking to just wait for me to finish this outburst and move on. They don’t really listen to me, and that what brings that feeling of dreadful emptiness. Maybe that is really like that.

But this guy? Just says “fuck it”. He doesn’t care. He wants to flood the heads of the viewers with his Tamatoa obsession, and he goes for it. This is the level of self-confidence I crave for. I want to shake both of his hands and say how unbelievably cool his obsession with Tamatoa is. And that all that “I won’t talk about my hyperfix because it makes people around me uncomfortable” may be not really that bad…

One day I might make such a video about doctor Nefario.

Yes that was basically the point of this post, everything else was just a build up for that. I’m done.

#embrace your weirdness #<3

[sparring-spirals]

no this is fine actually this is so fine. you're so tired. you're so tired. you're given images of a beautiful world, visions of a better future, of things peaceful and idyllic and everything you could have, if you're just willing to- stop. step away. be normal again. if. if. if. (the devil is in the details. the devil is in the details of the moon and- whatever. the devil is in the if). you're tired and you've been fighting with what feels like yourself and the world for so long. theres a beautiful vision, theres beautiful promises, theres a promise of peace, of a sure answer. it sounds so appealing. you're so tired.

(your friends are tired too, you know. he looks at you and his arm is tattoed red and heavy, with grief and with the way he fights so hard to protect you all. He has every reason to regret, everything to hate. He has something on his skin that has such different meanings, now.

He says: no, it didnt taint it, not really. its still them. its still him, and will.

its okay that its different than what he thought. everything about his life is different.

it can mean whatever, the red and the white and the moons. people have been making meaning and crying and weeping under them for ages.

its not tainted. its still his.

she looks at you and says. shes worried about you. that she understands the appeal. she understands considering. but theres more unknown unknowns.

she tells you. you have the choice. thats your superpower, more than the other ones you have. you can make whatever choice you make, and ill support you, you understand? you can have peace without making this trade. you can have peace on your own terms, a quiet life. you can have it. you have that choice. you have it. its yours.)

you are so tired. if you could just be normal- if thats what you want. if it could give you what you want. if.

"Our weirdness makes us right."

"the better halves make a better whole. you have to love all of it."

#critical role #cr spoilers #cr liveblogging #imogen temult #c3e49 #ohohohohohoho does this make sense? is this cohesive?? am i being indulgent??? DOESNT MATTER #character meta #my meta #character meta by the thinnest margins tbh this is about me having Queer And Other feelings and i will not apologize for that #probably #imogen meta #narrative meta #....? #🤔 #AAAAAAAAA #and in a way its NOT a choice. you cant CHOOSE to be normal right. but you can choose to embrace the 'weirdness' that IS your choice #the illusion of normalcy and the visions would never manifest and its not your fault. but you can still have that happy ending. #you can still have that quiet life. #you are not what you thought but it does not have to taint it. #what a BEAUTIFUL microcosm of conversations AUGH

[dangerousdan-dan]

Yeah, that's right, those are Selina and Lois dressed as Supers and getting a striptease from three Clark Kents.

By the way, this is happening inside one of Bruce's nightmares, and I'm not sure if that makes it worse.

Source: Batman #68 (if you ask me, they should have made this for issue 69)

#you get three clark kents for the price of one! #Buce I knew your subconscious is weird but what the hell #i personally love when comics embrace their absurdity #btw I need more of the selina and lois friendship #clark kent #superman #lois lane #selina kyle #catwoman #batman #mine

[astriiformes]

Understand that this is coming from someone who is decidedly romance-averse and has been active in the aro & ace headcanon and fanwork sphere longer than many people have even been on tumblr, so I get it, the frustration with shipping culture is real, I have the text posts I've been harassed over to prove it.

But also. If you are so focused on the lens other fans will choose to apply to certain scenes that it totally poisons your ability to enjoy any close, affectionate interactions between two characters you otherwise like, you are.... also kind of falling prey to "This is your brain on amatonormativity" and I promise you there are other options.

Embrace ambiguity. Have fun with ace and aro headcanons on various parts of the spectrum or imagine characters having messy and complicated relationships with aspec identity. Interpret canon queerplatonically. Ignore the voices of people who insist the "only" way to make sense of an interaction is if two characters are involved romantically and instead do a cool high-five with the ones who like the ship but also like letting you do your thing and can respect someone else who loves the same relationship they do, just in a different flavor. Not only is it less exhausting, but it's decidedly more radical and relationship anarchist than saying "These two characters held hands, so I guess they're basically dating.... sigh"

#also like.... as a weary romance-averse aro in a queerplatonic relationship who already gets a lot of assumptions from allo folks #feels. kind of weird to see these takes from other aspec people and go 'ah ok so if you saw me and my qpp out walking around together' #'you would ALSO assume we were dating' #sometimes you want absolutely nothing to do with the idea of romance but like holding hands. or cuddling. or little forehead kisses #this is not only allowed but great (if it's your jam). embrace it and be free #aroblogging #aceblogging

[smilesrobotlover]

You know, I’ve never had any issues with people not liking how I’ve drawn any characters, but for some reason, people have been weird about how I draw my Malon

#it’s not a lot but I’d just draw her. specifically in a super goofy drawing where the quality wasn’t the focus #and I’d have people bringing up how they see her as tall and beefy and stuff and I’m like #why would you say that #sure that’s how you would draw her but I’m doin my own thing #not everything is centered around you and your ideas #and like. I don’t draw her very petite #she’s well built #but the clothes I have her in never show her muscles #and in canon she’s not very big like why are people so hung up about that?? #I don’t draw her very tall I do like her being shorter than Time #tho I am embracing her strength cuz I think it’s a fun concept #but yeah #random ramble #people are weird #smiles rambles

[eurydicees]

i get the appeal of being a hater for sure but personally i was built to be a lover and to love things and to see the beauty and worth in everything i choose to see beauty and worth in sometimes for no other reason than that i want to see beauty and worth in them. like i don’t want to hate things for fun! why are we all so mean to each other! you do you but personally im gonna choose to unapologetically love the things i love

#this does NOT mean the things i love are exempt from criticism #it means i am embracing childlike whimsy and adult adoration for things that i want to #no EVEN THOUGH and no IN DESPITE OF them being cringe or silly or boring or weird #hating things can def be good in moderation sure i guess #but isn’t it so much more fun to just love the things you love #instead of wasting your time hate watching stuff. #or telling yourself your interests are stupid because other people are hate watching them #like life is short and boring. #i’m not gonna waste time telling people who stupid i think their favorite media is. #*how #i’m gonna watch my favorite anime and i’m gonna read fics that were written with love and im gonna write poetry only i get to read #like. you can be a hater if u get joy from that. im gonna love enough for both of us

[twyrrinren]

Artemy: hey let's mend our friendship

His friends: it's time to be xenophobic

#pathologic #twyrgaming #twyr5thplay #the first days show artemy embracing his connection to the kin #me/they -> us #well the whole game #down to the ending #artemy whenever someone mentions that people in gorhonsk are peaceful: ??? #spasibo my friends for your kind words 👍 #did they also try to portray lara as tsundere #it feels weird

[sadaveniren]

🙄🙄

If that is what you got from me making a post where I joke about how actual society off of the Internet isn’t going to crucify me or harass me for enjoying something perceived weird, and thinking differently than the average person, all while staying in my own lane (and this isn’t even talking about me expressing that a lot of this is - probably - because of autism meaning my brain is LITERALLY WIRED DIFFERENTLY BUT THATS OKAY) I genuinely question your compassion for people who are different than you.

Like.

I honestly do worry how you handle meeting someone who’s just a bit different than you. You must be someone who immediately bullies someone you think is weird, even if they have done nothing to you except have fun.

#news flash! it’s okay to be weird! #it’s okay to enjoy weird shit! #and it doesn’t make you a ‘psycho’ or whatever!! #as someone raised with the family mantra of ‘let your freak flag fly’ I’ve always known it was okay to be the weird person #being weird makes you unique!!! #idk if anon can comprehend this but I actually have multiple friends who aren’t in fandom who LOVE hearing me update them about fandom #my sibling asks me constantly if there is new fandom drama #whenever I meet up with another friend one of the first things she asks me is what’s going on with Harry #I literally ranted to my husband’s best friend yesterday about fandom #and I have given (a requested) speech at a dnd game once to explain larrie #and even if none of those people believe it #or think it’s a little odd #they still enjoy my company #they still find me perfectly sane #because! being weird! isn’t a crime! #everyone would love much happier lives if we embraced our inner freak side #insert ‘don’t dream it be it’ from rocky horror picture show here #(okay actually people irl DO bully others for being weird and collectively as society we know THOSE are the bad people) #(but these anons don’t really understand nuance here)

[pinkiepiebones]

Casting department: Okay, we need a tall, kinda beautiful guy with big eyes to play the weirdo who's covered in blood for half the movie

Nicholas Hoult, politely waving from the door frame: Hello, yes, couldn't help but overhear your plight. Shall I get bloodied up, then?

#nicholas hoult #Please embrace your lot in life as a character actor #specifically a Weird But Lovable Dude character actor