#i'm aware they aren't real

[stinkykittypet]

I ain't got existential dread, I got people in my head

#i'm aware they aren't real #actually madd #madd things #madd problems #madd #maladaptive coping #maladaptive behaviors #actually maladaptive #maladapting daydreaming disorder #maladaptive daydreaming #maladaptive problems #paracosm #para #parame #paraself

[uncanny-tranny]

It's okay to just be binary you know

It's also okay to let trans people do whatever they want forever. Hope this helps.

#ask #anon #exorsexism #it's always interesting seeing these things because... what is inspiring this? #is it some sort of misguided notion that nonbinary people are somehow oppressing the Real Trans (binary people)? #or maybe the idea that there are Too Many Pesky Nonbinaries compared to the more binary trans people? #or that nonbinary people Don't Transition so they aren't truly trans? Like I've seen this exact shit for YEARS now #like i don't particularly want to put words in your mouth anon but i'm also not willing to play into your obvious hangups... #...about how OTHER people live and ID #because i already KNOW it's ~okay~ to be binary. ask me how i know. i LIVE as a binary man. For years. I'm well-aware. #because i don't know the Exact reason anon sent this i'm not going to assume but i also know better than to think this is good faith #this has the same energy as people unprompted telling bi people 'its okay to be straight/gay instead :(' #posting to highlight y'all (general) are still Not Normal about nonbinary people

[sortanonymous]

Sectonia model by @none_ofbusiness on Twitter

#kirby #meta knightmare fanfic #kirby au #kirby fanfic #kirby fanfic memes #meta knightmare fanfic memes #yeah i kinda love the whole childhood friends to lovers thing #guess i really am that much of a sap #warren sapp was never this much of a sap #(i'm aware that the amount of tampa bay buccaneers fans on tumblr who also like weird kirby fanfic is likely zero but you never know!) #that head on the bottom is totally not a preview to who i'm about to put through the backstory ringer in meta knightmare iv #taranza #queen sectonia #sectonia #sectaranza #kirby marx #marx kirby #magolor #marxolor #max haltmann #max profitt haltmann #president haltmann #beatrice haltmann #what would their ship name be #i guess... #beamax #(yeah it sounds like betamax but at least it ain't maxtrice) #(then again profitt may not be his middle name here but i suppose profittrice and beafitt aren't the worst ship names in the world) #also lol real slim shady reference #bet you didn't expect to see that in a kirby meme

[kinard-buckley]

a truly terrible idea has latched hold of my gremlin brain which is, buck and tommy do break up so that buck can pursue eddie because either tommy thinks buck is in love with eddie or buck feels like he should be with eddie because everyone else keeps suggesting there's something more there BUT buck/eddie getting together changes their dynamic so much that neither of them are enjoying themselves (and they're worrying about losing what made their friendship so special because of all the changes to the dynamic) AND buck and tommy keep hooking up [air quotes] platonically (with tommy stumbling into inconvenient feelings and pining pathetically for buck while fucking him) while buck struggles to sort out intense feelings toward eddie (which obviously have to be romantic of course) vs. his calm, more settled feelings toward tommy (they're not as intense as his feelings about eddie so they can't possibly be romantic) blah blah long story slightly less long but buck realizes he's been in love with tommy the whole time and was having trouble separating strong but platonic feelings for eddie from his romantic feelings toward tommy and then tommy's like "newsflash asshole i've been in love with you the whole goddamn time"

i'll never write it because it's irredeemably stupid and i value my peace but it IS sitting in my hindbrain tormenting me right now

#thank you for coming to my ted talk #i'm not tagging this bc i don't want it showing up in any show or ship tags but............................... #terrible evil plotbunny free to a good home #nobody ever writes about the friends who get together bc 'why not everyone else already thinks we're dating' and then it doesn't work out #because the dynamic changes SO MUCH that you're not sure if it was such a good idea in the first place #now add a third person to the mix that you like but aren't sure how you feel about them #not sure if eddie would be aware it's casual and non exclusive or if there'd be miscommunication leading to angst #honestly this is just me venting my frustrations with those breakup fics masqueraring as b*cktommy that have tommy #graciously sacrificing himself on the altar of b*ddie's true love and stepping aside magnanimously #that's not interesting to me to read even as a b*ddie shipper #if buck and tommy have to break up let it be real and messy because real people are real and messy #let tommy fight for buck even if it doesn't end up working out #let buck and eddie feel guilty because buck did genuinely care about tommy and eddie does like him as a friend #let tommy cut both of them off because even though he likes both of them he still has feelings and it hurts seeing them together #let tommy be petty about showing off a new love interest or fwb and how much happier he is with this guy than he was with buck #let buck wonder if he made the right choice or not bc he didn't ever want to hurt tommy #he only convinced himself tommy would be completely fine with the breakup because he needed him to be fine so that he could do it guilt fre #let eddie wonder if they made the right choice or not bc while he finally has what he's wanted for years it did hurt someone he really like #maybe it'll all work out in the end for buck and eddie AND tommy but i just want it to feel real and not overly polished and sanitized #and no one is hurt or upset or petty or flawed #anyway #i like mess #don't @ me #i might have to write this now but i don't want to be chased off with pitchforks and torches #text #shut up giallos

[musical-chick-13]

"This show is SO good, you should watch it!!"

I gotta be honest. If I look at a character list on Wikipedia and get five characters down without seeing a single woman, it's probably not for me.

#I have no patience for 'there is exactly one woman in the main/supporting cast' anymore #unless the writing is INCREDIBLE and the themes are explored with a type of depth and nuance I can't get anywhere else (like shiki) #(daily media plug for shiki) #then I just. probably will not vibe with it. if there are no women. (also shiki DOES have interesting female characters in it) #and this isn't to say that like. things involving men or talking about men or that have a male protagonist are Not Worth #My Time that is NOT what I'm saying at all. I just want like. several women. who show up and affect the story. like LITERALLY that is all I #am asking for. I feel like that's just. the bare minimum. but alas. #mel screams about fictional ladies again #there are plenty of things that are male-character-focused that I enjoy and even genuinely think are good! but I do want people to #ask themselves why they aren't willing to go to bat for media that DOES have more women in the cast than men. #(I mean. the answer is misogyny. but I want people to be. aware of that. and evaluate accordingly) #(evaluate meaning 'acknowledge I have some biases I need to continue deconstructing' not 'drop interest in everything tumblr #user musical-chick-13 personally doesn't like') #I feel like so many times we get trapped in this space between overcorrection via 'don't like ANYTHING that's pRoBLeMaTiC in ANY way' #and people taking the 'it's fiction it's not that deep' to the conclusion of 'because I cannot actually hurt fictional characters because #they're not real that means I am incapable of hurting irl people when they talk about those characters' #like there is. nuance here. there is a middle ground. and most people have NO interest in finding it lmao #and like...if you carry your biases from irl (which EVERYONE HAS. INCLUDING ME. COURTESY OF LIVING IN A PREJUDICED SOCIETY.) into a #direct and one-to-one evaluation of stories or characters that allow you to exercise those biased ideas. then that reinforces those biases #like. no hating...for example every anime lady isn't the same as structural misogyny like the pay gap or anti-women violence #but if you automatically associate the idea of 'female character' with 'lesser-than' it strengthens the already-present societal idea that #women are not as important or dynamic or worthy of support and attention as their male peers. if you are willing to see every (white) #fictional man as having interiority and depth but struggle to see that in any fictional woman then it adds to the things society is already #telling us about women. it creates an association of 'women' with 'inferiority' and uh. that's what misogyny is. #it is not the same as misogynistic crimes against irl women but it IS a reflection of the rhetoric and societal impulses that lead to them #and even if it's a reflection and not the actual thing. it's still important to break down and examine and reevaluate because #if we don't examine our OWN biases. then even if we tear down the greater oppressive structure we'll just end up building it back up again #no your thousands of words of m/m fanfiction or liking late 2000s shonen anime isn't responsible for misogyny nor are these things #inherently misogynistic. I just want like. some acknowledgement that something being 'for fun' doesn't automatically mean that bias/ #prejudice is nowhere to be found

[frankiensteinsmonster]

#I'm assigned sex at birth #the idea of a doctor looking at a baby and going hmmm. i know what Gender this thang is just seems like #not a real thing that can happen. especially if that were the case we'd have way cooler birth markers on our IDs #so to me it's just. Body Shaped/Predicted To Be Shaped in a cerain way and May have the ability to do Certain Things #and this may also heavily influence the way parents choose to raise [baby] #like!! how would These bitches know??? personally. my folks hardly got my name down before i peaced out #MY sex means nothing to me other than which hormones my body makes more of most of the time and what things to look out for health wise #it dictates which vitamins i buy at the drug store. decides what Kind of heart attack symptoms i need to be aware of and #what other condition i may be more likely to have/develop #obv this isn't a call for people to use these terms on folks who say they aren't comfortable with them #but i choose to process these terms as useful Societal and Medical information as opposed to anything else #that being said I have a wonderful and loving family and support system and therefore can expect the best out of the people around me #trans #nonbinary #nb #2slgbtqia+ #two spirit #2 spirit #gnc #gender #polls

[moonscape]

also the pokemon in the voidlands being apparitions fits well with ttb lore teehee

#bwark #so historically as of psmd in the timeline it was believed that the pokemon found in dungeons were real #so after going to the voidlands and learning that every pokemon there is a phantom it's proposed that more research is done on existing #dungeons in the real world #and espeon and umbreon being the top dungeon researchers that they are learn that the pokemon in regular dungeons aren't actually real #either and they only become tangible forms after bonding with rescue teams through shared aura from battling #the leading theory is that dungeons are sentient and do this to protect themselves #and this is all common knowledge as of the ttb era #also before anybody says anything i was catching up on the rogue team last night and now i am aware that something very similar was done in #that comic and i promise it's just a coincidence LMAO #ive had this idea for a few months at least and i hadn't read those pages before last night #it was my way of avoiding the town vs wild conflict that's a theme in obt. respect to obt for tackling that but i'm personally not #comfortable with doing my own take on that and i feel better about them not being real at first #tbh it fits more with ttb's themes of connection and identity #like pokemon like dexter despise the way they were created because she feels she has no identity #but the pokemon that come from dungeons are a lot more humble and are just grateful to be alive

[lenievi]

this is still so sweet

#i don't care it's not real. if it helps la'an to heal i'm all in #as long as kirk/la'an happens one day in the prime timeline too lol #because the way they decided to have her call him. then to approach him. and have kirk not be disinterested #i'd feel cheated if it led nowhere #well i mean we'll see after the musical #yes i'm aware people would have problems with it but people have problems with absolutely everything #and kirk would always have romance in snw. like this it can be connected to the main cast #kirk as a character needs connections to the main cast that aren't uhura and spock anyway #snw spoilers #snw nonsense #ka'an #i just want them to go on a mission together or cooperate in some way in s3 tbh

[boooolame]

Bojack Horseman had a line that said "don't fetishize your own sadness" and then people ignored that and made sad lofi Bojack Horseman audio sounds on tiktok for people to cry to with a filter on

#bojack horseman #tiktok #it's idk ironic I guess #tbqh I don't think Bojack horseman is a sad show #or as intensely sad as some describe it to be #of course it's sad. but I think the part that gets people is like #the way it pushes the characters and by extension the audience to hold themselves accountable #like yes we're all just people with messed up pasts who are trying to live in spite of that #but this also means that you are very capable of hurting the people around you in ways that you aren't even aware about #and unless you really humble yourself and understand that you can be better and work towards it #they will leave. because no one deserves that #you do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around - todd chavez #and like yeah he's so real 4 that coz that's what it's all abt #the shows actually part of the reason I started therapy #bc as the ending credit song played I just stared at the screen thinking like #oh shit... how long am I planning on being like this? #am I gonna act like this when I'm 30? 60?? #and then you look at some of the adults around you and think oh shit you act like me when I was 14 #and you realize that like... that's you. #or it can be you. #so you put in the work ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[lesbxdyke]

No, you're having a break with reality that you don't seem able to control, I'm totally fine (lie)

#there's so many things here that aren't real #I'm aware enough to know they're not real #but they isn't making them any less scary #and idk where Gideon has gone but they've gone away #thisisfine.jpg

[r0semultiverse]

Okay, just call me out I guess. 👀

#getting real close to home & existential with these YT vids I found #I literally went into coding/programming only because I was good at it & pressured by my parents bcuz their generation required college #for “good jobs”. now all I got is this paper & no jobs revolving around those skills that give me health care #really reevaluating my wants lately; I want to be safe & just live as comfortably as I can with some friends & partners #what i **enjoy** is entertaining ppl & I used to **enjoy** making art #theres nothing that involves some capitalist grindset bs that I actually find fulfilling #if i'm to be stuck looking from job to job no matter what & not finding that which I enjoy; I might as well go somewhere where my safety #is not an issue; such as living with my friends in Finland #I want to let my inner child heal but its rather difficult with all this transphobic mess going on #are things gonna be hard? sure #yes I'm aware of that. thats like saying things aren't already thou #this may not be what my parents want #but it is what **I** want & I'm ready to devote studies & have made plans to ensure I can safely get my wants #thecottagefairy #youtube #mine #OP

[cistematicchaos]

WAIT, some of you think mental disorders aren’t disabilities? Like seriously? That’s not a joke?! 

#Actually disabled #disability #mental disabilities #mental disorders #mental illness #actually mentally ill #actually neurodivergent #i'm adding these tags for range #so i can get a response maybe #chaos is speaking #???? like??? #i know some ppl with mental disorders #aren't aware they're disabled #but disabled people #who KNOW about disabled culture #ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY #think people with mental disorders don't count?! #i thought that was a joke y'all! #there're real bitches thinking that! #REAL bitches #?!

[tompettyscontroversiallyyounggf]

it seems kind of unbelievable but Twitter fandom is somehow so much worse than Tumblr fandom, idk how they achieved it but it's just like pure, concentrated lizard brain meets uncontrolled id at all times

#i'm still contemplating seeing someone go off on a tear about how HBO is 'profiting off the Targaryen name' #and it's like...are we all aware that these aren't real people? ???? because i am growing a little concerned lol #coiffure texts

[daxite]

i thought we realised that policing and chastising people for the media they consume (unless it is literally illegal, but i shouldn't even need to specify that) is fucking weird, invasive, achieves nothing and just makes you look like a gigantic twat lmao

#everyone knows exactly what this is about but i'm not specifying because i'll get lynched regardless #i don't give a shit where you stand on the issue but don't try to act like you have #any sort of moral highground over a literal fucking video game #unironically just touch grass there are bigger problems and better ways to handle them than doing this #you don't see anyone shrieking that people are godawful evil people for playing fucking blizzard games for example when they are literally #just as fucking bad as a certain author #'oh but what about the subjects in the game that are le bad?' buddy fucking all of the examples of 'the bad things' i've seen are absolute #fucking reaches or downright misinformation #but that's a whole other rabbit hole #if you want to make a fucking difference and genuinely care about the subjects involved then actually do something proactive about it #like volunteering or donating or actually partaking in /actual/ real fucking protests about these things #not telling people to kill themselves for playing a video game because it's just of a piece of media they enjoy regardless whether they #support the authors views or not lmfao #like news flash: most people buying it aren't even remotely fucking aware of any controversy #it isn't some weird 'character test' that i've seen people proclaiming #just fucking go outside please #i'll probably delete this later but god i'm so fucking tired of this shit man #there are better and bigger ways to handle the actual issues going on here #but this? it doesn't fucking matter and you aren't helping fucking anyone by trying to tear apart anyone who plays the fucking game #the only thing it's achieving is driving some potential 'allies' away because of how reactionary #and volatile everyone has been about this #like do you not fucking see this behaviour and not realise 'hmm maybe this is doing more harm than good?' #maybe try just fucking educating people and understanding that someone can separate the art from the artist #jesus christ #i'm so tired man #this is something i'd expect from a bunch of teenagers in 2015/2016 not mostly grown-ass adults #creature speak

[sideprince]

Part of me is really into the Snape v. Marauders discourse and part of me is just thinking a lot of people seem to argue like there's a right or wrong when that's not how people work? Everyone has their own truth. You may disagree with it, and that person will disagree with you, and it's not always fine but that doesn't mean that your blorbo is objectively right and your anti-blorbo is objectively wrong. Just because you think a character is in the wrong for their actions doesn't itself make your blorbo be in the right. The most interesting thing is the complexity of what makes a character grey.

#But then I also feel like some people get really into character analysis without literary analysis #we're not actors doing background work for a role ya know? #yes yes death of the author etc. but these characters all came from one person's mind and reflect how she views the world #for better or (often) worse #I don't know I guess I'm just really aware that I process my own baggage through characters #so I don't get that into defending them or attacking other ones because like... they aren't real #I do this for fun why would I argue with some asshole who thinks a character I find value in sucks #if I wanted to get a headache justifying my basic truth I'd just call my folks

[delku]

#something about taking a bat to a hornet's nest whatever #i don't have any hard evidence for this. but i shouldn't need it either. #it's like... these aus like to take out or add consonants at random. there's no logic to it besides othering the alien characters away #from the human characters. #there's no linguistic merit to these name changes. they aren't speaking a real language. #by 'different languages' i'm including made-up languages. these garbled names aren't based on an established system. #but even if i were - and these aus had that inconceivable level of effort poured into them - it would still raise questions about #changing the extant names of these characters when the story you're writing is written in english. #you are butchering the names of characters who originate from a story written in a different language. that shit is disrespectful #unless you're being very. Very careful about it. and i sincerely doubt any of the kids doing this care very much at all #about the shit they're perpetuating by doing this. #because they don't know about it. which isn't an excuse. just leave their names be if you want to write a space odyssey #by 'being careful about it' i mean you have to know what you're doing and be aware of the ways it could go wrong #and do everything you can to mitigate that. i personally don't know if the effort is worth it for a fanfic #but someone out there might. who knows. i don't. that sounds like a ton of work #oh and this doesn't even touch on the fuckery of the changed names themselves. hoo fucking boy #'i need my characters to look like they're foreign. i know! i'll make their names into complete gibberish!' #that's not how language works. it is however very telling that these people behave like that's how language works.