#its very 2012 tumblr aesthetic but

[kvtnisseverdeen]

GET TO KNOW ME MEME: FAVORITE FILMS 

↳ The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) dir. Stephen Chbosky  “I know these will all be stories someday. And our pictures will become old photographs. And we'll all become somebody's mom or dad. But right now these moments are not stories. This is happening. I am here.”

#i recall this movie being overrated #its very 2012 tumblr aesthetic but #i remember reading the book and loving it #and now that ive rewatched the movie #its definitely not overrated #watching it as a teen and now as an adult #its a story with lots of layers #and given the author directed it #it is perfect and that is why its a favorite of mine #the perks of being a wallflower #mine* #gifs* #gtkm #filmedit #filmgifs

[aberrantmind]

tbh if we did all start posting superwholock and homestuck and whatnot to keep twitter people off i would be just as happy as a clam. i love olden tumblr and its my greatest regret that i never experienced it first hand

#going to start doing my part by actively larping as a 2012 era fangirl #going to make a meulin roleplay account but not state anywhere that its a meulin roleplay account #8lah #i dont want ppl to bring up the bad parts of olden tumblr like TRUST ME I KNOW LOL #im a fandom historian (self-declared; has no credentials) I KNOW. #there was um. #LOT of racism! #LOT of really gross ships getting widespread popularity! LOT of misogyny! LOT of homophobia etc etc #i know. trust me i know #i love olden tumblr in the same way i love victorian england i love to read about it i love to try to understand it #i love the aesthetics and trappings of it i do not love the racism. #i think it was a very important and influential phase in time and i am so very glad that its not going on currently. etc

[mitigatedchaos]

As for myself, I never backpacked through Asia, and of course I've never done a medical residency, either.

I was a Second Life content creator around 2008-2012, which is itself pretty rare.

In Second Life, especially in those years, there wasn't a clean division between "playing the game" and "making the world," and there wasn't a clean division between "content creators" (including businesses) and "players." And the whole thing was funded mostly by privately leased plots of virtual land as server space.

Back in 2007, under liberal technological optimism, there was still this sense that everyone would own and learn to properly operate their own PC, which is to say a 'real' computer like a desktop or laptop, rather than an 'appliance' computer like a smartphone or tablet. Though the platform was privately held, Second Life embodied this thinking.

And so it possessed this immense feeling of power and control. You could click on a rock and drag it around. If you had good device operator skills, you could search out and purchase a supply of copiable rocks and assemble a little volcano lair and exotic beach house on a sandy beach as your home.

At first, almost all items were assembled within the game, and only textures made externally. Gradually this shifted to the use of external 3D modelling tools such as Blender, but for a time, this meant that much of the act of product creation was in the world, as in people would be logged in making the product in front of you and you could chat with them while they did so.

And of course, this world attracted people that for some reason were willing to lean to this kind of detached embodiment. Some were queer, or trans, or neurodivergent. Some were of ill health, or crippled. Others were in some sense very 'in their own heads,' or just well-adapted to simulated or virtual-reality environments. (Does that sound like Tumblr? It's probably not a coincidence.)

It was a world with a very different axis. Your appearance was a function of your aesthetic taste, your device operator skill to search out and assemble and compose an outfit, and only a modest amount of money. Someone with a very high-grade appearance would also be someone that's decently good with computers. For those with programming aptitude, their gadgets or products around them (or for sale at their store), would illustrate it.

And for creators, there was overlap between the ability to 3D model a car, and the ability to 3D model clothing. A creator could be a maker of tanks and also have their own fashion line - or even unique personal outfits. (Even hobbyists with more modest abilities would customize and kitbash - and creators would sometimes set things up specifically so that they could do so.)

There was a sense of whimsy. Cultural norms, too, though of course all massively-multiplayer systems will develop their own etiquette. (Gender could be fluid - the same player might have a stock of both male and female bodies and outfits depending on the context in which they were to be used and the message they wanted to send.)

The problem with Second Life is that you cannot live there.

Yes, it's a low-dimensionality construct like all video games. It lacks scent, and temperature, and touch. Its avatars have far fewer bones than a human body does, and of course, no organs. Its low dimensionality is why it can be changed and molded like clay, into fantastical forms that could never exist in real life.

But more importantly, children live in real life. And if you're injured or sick and can't get up, someone needs to come retrieve you in real life.

The platform turned out to be relatively useless for major corporations and universities. It didn't transform the economy and add trillions to the GDP, and virtual land didn't become the wave of the future - although digital currency did, for a while.

Instead, this failed vision of the future created a flourishing of creativity and human connection, and as time passes, it's becoming clear that the reason is because it was so earnest and very much the thing that it was. (There is value in things which are not perfect, but which are very much themselves, and are good at being the thing that they are.)

On the financial side, it was still operating at a profit when I checked the numbers several years ago. As part of its portfolio, the company seems to have leveraged digital currency operations based on their built-up competency in that sector - as in payment processing, not cryptocurrency.

And what do people write about Second Life now, in 2023? Well, they write about the fashion. About the continuing culture of small-time creators, allowed to work within the framework that was created for them all those years ago. About the platform remaining a steady source of background income for people with jobs in the games industry, notorious for its high turnover.

#私 #second life #argumate btfo

[thesecretfeminine]

Movie recommendations ੈ✩‧₊˚

Hello dear nymphets and fawns <3 Today I want to share with you some movies that are very close to my heart, and that I can also describe using this quote:

"For me, a work of fiction exists only insofar as it affords me what I shall bluntly call aesthetic bliss, that is a sense of being somehow, somewhere, connected with other states of being where art (curiosity, tenderness, kindness, ecstasy) is the norm."

-Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita (1997)

Just as a disclaimer, I don't condone any of the action in the movie, but I am deeply in love with its aesthetic, a hazy childish dream that reminds me of waking up from a summer nap. I feel like it also stays very close to the book, and Lolita as a work of literature is a linguistic and poetic masterpiece.

2. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

This movie was recommended to me by Bunnie, and I am so glad I watched it, as it's now one of my favorites. The vibe is very reminiscent of the 2014 Tumblr era, and it reminds me of the video game Life is Strange. The plot is insane and echoes an Ancient Greek tragedy. It also has a hot tattooed Ryan Gosling.

3. Nomadland (2020)

This is a fairly recent movie, but I feel that not many people know about it. It follows a woman roaming America to find a home, and it portrays everything about the smaller details of life, while ultimately conveying a larger message. The shots in this are beautiful, and it is a simplistic movie and a wonderful legend of a wandering woman's journey.

Thank you for reading,

Sophie ༊*·˚

#nomadland #vladimir nabokov #lolita #dolores haze #lolita 1997 #lana del rey #place beyond the pines #the place beyond the pines #nabokov #literature #quotes #coquette #film #letterboxd #lana del rey unreleased #lana del ray aesthetic #Sophie

[dustedmagazine]

Sandwell District — Where Next? (The Point of Departure Recording Co.)

It should have been a question. The transcontinental collective known as Sandwell District had been defunct and assumed shuttered for years, its fax machine disconnected, its Situationist International Tumblr since overtaken, when the sudden, unexpected announcement in early 2023 of a reissue effort for 2010’s celebrated Feed-Forward revived interest among the techno faithful. Its key members had been operating independently for long enough that the prospect of a return was sufficiently dim, yet here was proof of life — that the mark of anonymous, forward-thinking dance music from these corners hadn’t yet been buried. Half a year on from the reissue, another curious missive in the form of a compilation and the announcement of a Primavera Sound gig. Something was afoot. “Where next?” should’ve been appended directly with “Why now?”

Instead, it’s an elegy.

Juan Mendez (aka Silent Servant) died alongside fellow Los Angeles artist Luis Vasquez (The Soft Moon) and Mendez’s partner Simone Ling January 18th at the age of 46. Every review of Where Next? you read will address this, so it’s not necessary to belabor its circumstances or the outpouring of grief in its wake, but suffice to say that Mendez was beloved in L.A. and beyond for his work both as a producer — which he was still a master of, as his (ill-)fittingly titled In Memoriam EP out in November on Tresor confirms — and, crucially to Sandwell, its visual language. One of the key components of Sandwell District was its resolute anonymity; for years, if you were buying music off these guys, it was white label 12s with no identification save a stamp of the name and a fax number. Mendez was the one who gave the group that Situationist-inspired aesthetic, lent depth and a difficult but still discernible additional dimension that otherwise may not have been there. In retrospect, it feels like no accident that the zine, the music and the “moment” all collided at the same time; four protagonists with years of experience behind them peaking in simpatico is an exceedingly rare thing in the dance world, and to have it happen as it did was both carefully orchestrated and worth all the praise. Dusted was no exception.

Without Mendez, Sandwell District’s revival now feels precarious, uncomfortable, indeterminate. The remaining core members — Karl O’Connor (aka Regis), Dave Sumner (Function) and Peter Sutton (Female) — must return to and reassess the question of this very compilation, whose existence initially struck me as a cynical money grab but, more charitably and with more consideration, could also have been intended as a siren for something new en route, a way of reminding those who were there and a slap in the face to those who weren’t that this group wasn’t just your run-of-the-mill Tuesday night Berghain residents, this was something else.

And what was that? Take a listen: From 2002 to 2012, a dozen tracks assembled for this comp mine Sandwell District (the label) for a retrospective that graphically displays the production talent at work while still leaving something on the table. The credits here all say “Sandwell District &,” but it’s superfluous; regardless of liner notes, however, the music holds up and you know what you’re getting right from the off with Function’s “Reykjavik,” originally from 2007’s “Isolation” 12”. A wobbling, heavy low end and the lightest touch of hi-hat establish the pulse, with a twinkling alien transmission straight from a 1950s sci-fi movie offering counterweight. It’s the crashing handclap and subsequent, seemingly endless decay at 30 seconds that really wakes you up, though — like the uneasy ambiance, a familiar trope of the group’s oeuvre but one forever deployed with the deftest of touches.

“Reykjavik” is one of the two earliest songs from this compilation; the other, CH-Signal Laboratories (8003 Lucerne)’s “Hypnotica Scale (Original Mix),” preceded it in ‘07 and was originally titled simply as “Scale 1 (Original Mix).” It’s a rolling IDM number that feels more primitive, less cognizant than the productions that would follow in its use of space in your headphones. It’s also arguably the thinnest track here from one of the few names in Sandwell’s history that was never fully declassified but to my ears sounds like Sumner’s work.

As the most prominent faces of the collective (Mendez was reticent and Sutton all but invisible at the group’s peak), O’Connor and Sumner often seemed to be the ones with the heaviest hands in final output, too — consider Sumner did the final Fabric mixdown, for instance. The balance gets partly redressed here: O’Connor gets credit for two songs and two edits; Sumner gets five songs (six if you count CH-Signal); Mendez gets four; and Sutton gets a song and a remix under the Kalon alias, which he shared alongside Karl Meier, a fellow member of O’Connor’s Birmingham-based Downwards posse. It works to great effect; if you hadn’t known this was a compilation spanning half a decade and not a cohesive album from a single set of sessions, nothing gives it away. Both sequencing and pace are thoughtfully examined as the album obliterates your speakers at the proper volume and eventually rolls into the station after some 70 minutes with the only song that really lets you up for air, “Inter.”

Still, questions remain. Timing aside, foremost among them is why this comp starts with tracks from 2007 and not 2002; that’s scything half of the label’s existence out of the picture, and it’s not like “Untergang” or “Cally 2” are much the worse for wear at this remove. More pointedly, why are any singles missing at all? A double or triple LP either mixed to its constituents’ satisfaction or arranged chronologically would’ve been equally potent.

Another question: Wherefore art thou, Rrose? Like Meier, Yves de May and Bob Ostertag, Seth Horvitz existed on the outskirts of the District, only entering the frame in Feed-Forward’s wake — but it feels grossly unjust to neglect Rrose’s contributions in particular as the label wound down and its members moved on. What I said at the time of “Merchant of Salt” stands: Sandwell’s methods were perhaps best executed by an outsider who subsequently struck out into more experimental lands, extending the spirit of the collective’s reach beyond the vision of its original members; in a way, Rrose alone best answered the question posed by this compilation, which only makes their absence more conspicuous.

As with everything else swirling about Sandwell District, explanations will trickle out as glyphs or remain scant, incomplete, perhaps even contradictory. Maybe we won’t know for weeks or months; maybe we will never know. This is all part and parcel of the operation, which remains fun for the sake of intrigue but as listeners can only really leave us to trust our ears and hearts. Scrape away the calcified grayscale complexion, then, and you have what lies beyond the questions — you have the real answer, the one that matters most. Did I say elegy? Sorry, I meant panegyric. Long may it be heard.

Patrick Masterson

#sandwell district #where next? the point of departure recording co. #patrick masterson #albumreview #dusted magazine #silent servant #downwards #techno #regis #female #function #house #dub

[flamingplay]

Heyo! Nice to meet you! I'd like to respond to that ask game you reposted.

Moon, frog, and plant

Hiii! Thank you very much for asking! Nice to meet you too, hope you'll have a great day! 🌞

🌙 How long have you been on tumblr?

Goodness, have just counted and I'm registered here for 7 years, crazy enough! But unregistered I was sneaking here like since 2012 and was scared to register because of the level of creativity, I thought that the whole community here is about creating original edits and GIFs only which I couldn't back then

🐸 Describe your aesthetic.

In emojis that would be 🎨📚🏞️🔮🦉🌙🌞 probably lol In words... anything connected to art in all its for from paintings to icons (Byzantine yay) to stitching to specific book binding to tarot cards to gingerbread shaped like an owl to whatever Jonathan did in I Want Love Like This video together with Kit to anything anything you can come up with. Whatever is going on with nature in Norway or Iceland is certainly my aesthetic too...

🌿 Describe your favorite outfit.

Think I had such question answered before with even several options depending on season. But let's stick to one I wore the most this spring: red kimono with flowery pattern, black trousers with suspenders, Pidge t-shirt, styled with sun necklace, cross earrings, Claddah and fire rings, and orange socks with white converse shoes with orange stripes because I can

#asked #answered #everything-foals

[mychaotic-academia]

I’ve never posted any “about me” stuff so here’s some random me-based facts if anyone was curious!

I am 27 going on 28 (my birthday is October 21st)

I’m married to the love of my life, Vee, and she and I met when I was 18 and she was 21. I auditioned for her A Capella group in college and she fell in love instantly (the funny part is I was just thinking “I hope this girl lets me into her A Capella group” but I wasn’t far behind)

I have a cat named Bunny that I’m obsessed with. She’s a calico short hair and I do sometimes post pics! I tag them #Bunny

I work as a paraeducator in a high school, which basically means I help students with IEPs and such in classrooms. Right now I work in a classroom for students returning to school after school avoidance or hospitalizations. I love my job!

I’m in graduate school to get my Special Education degree so I can become a Special Ed teacher. I love being in classes again and I’m excited for the new step in my career!

I majored in Psychology in my Undergrad, and the 4 years I spent at University were amazing! I was originally going to be an adjustment counselor, but changed my mind.

I’m a creative person, and I write (poems, stories, novel length projects that never come to be), paint, play music, and sing. I sometimes post some of my creative content here too!

I’ve been a voracious reader since I was old enough to read. Before that my Dad read to me every night before bed. We kept that up through sometime in Middle School as we read all the Harry Potter novels, most as they were coming out (I’m old!)

I’m a pagan and a not quite professional but working on it psychic. I love doing readings for folks so ask away! I’m working on getting fluent enough to pick up a gig somewhere as a reader.

My parents are both writers. My mom has a published book of poetry and is published fairly widely for her poetry. My dad has self published two novels (he didn’t want to deal with getting a publishing deal but his books are good!)

I’m majorly into aesthetics and general awe. I see beauty everywhere and I’m constantly amazed by the world. My theory is that I’m a brand new soul and so everything is exciting to me, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

My old blog (if I follow you it is unfortunately still my “main”, nullnvoyd) was a BPD blog. I deleted everything and pretty much deactivated it as far as I could because it wasn’t helping. I’ve struggled with mental health since I was a kid, but am in a very good place right now, which feels amazing.

I was diagnosed with ADHD a couple of years ago and it has explained so much!

I live in Massachusetts and am watching the trees for any signs of leaves turning because it truly is a marvel to live in New England in the Fall.

I was born in Newfoundland Canada. My parents grew up there. In the early-mid 90s (when I was born) the fishery crashed and Newfoundland had unemployment of around 30+%. My dad got a job down here because he was, at the time, one of the few people who could do what he does with computers. I’m still only a Canadian citizen, mainly because its expensive to become a citizen in the US. I want to be a citizen for the next election though so I’ll have to prioritize it.

I used to own a crystal shop, but its down for now because I’m working and in school full time.

I was on Tumblr back in the day, when it was at the height of its popularity. I think it was 2011 or 2012 when I made my first account. Crazy how time flies once you leave public education and start getting older.

I love makeup and fashion, and I was self conscious about it for a long time because it didn’t feel like an “intellectual” pursuit, but that was completely a misconception. They are forms of art!

So thats a bit about me! Theres more, I’m sure, because people always contain untold multitudes, but those are what I could think of on half a cup of coffee on a Sunday morning.

#me #about me #about myself #dark academia #chaotic academia #academia #academia aesthetic #aesthetic #booklr #books #chaotic academic aesthetic #dark academic aesthetic #reading

[reservoirreputation]

Some thoughts on House S1

House was one of the first shows I really got into. Even from a young age, I had a soft spot for the comedic relief character that has a tragic backstory and doesn't want to let people get close for fear of being hurt again. Always a banger, rarely misses.

I was also waaaaaay too young to be watching, but watch it, I did. It was probably in its fourth season when I got into it? So, about 2009? Maybe 2008. So, I would've been around 10. That's some formative entertainment, right there.

I don't recall watching the show after it ended, so, this recent rewatch for the past week is the first time I've touched it since 2012. Really, I gave into temptation after seeing for the dozenth time tumblr's continued enthusiasm for it.

So, Season One.

I could recall the general plots of most of the episodes, sometimes could remember how some ended, sometimes just vaguely familiar. Considering how long it's been, it's still impressive how much has stuck with me.

God, I remember when I used to think Hugh Laurie was American. It's so funny growing up with Britcoms, not realizing that's him in stuff like Blackadder. I've always found Foreman's name funny because it's literally the same as Eric Foreman from That 70s Show.

I've always enjoyed the original team's dynamic: Foreman butting heads with House constantly, but only because they're so alike. Cameron wearing her heart on her sleeve, but also not afraid to try new things (the episode where she tries to persuade her coworkers by using their first names, and the way it works). Chase being so laid back, but he can get really opinionated at times, though, and adds nice conflict and contrast with the other two.

Cuddy and Wilson help balance out House's personality and antics so well. It's also interesting watching Wilson's more passive development, where we only get occasional updates. Like how he's at first happily, though strained, married, and then he's having casual lunch with one of the nurses, insisting that's all it is, and then spending time with House instead of his wife because his buddy needs the company and she's used to him being away. Then by the end of the season, his relationship is in the toilet.

With Cuddy, it's so hard to concentrate, because she's so damn pretty. The costuming department, wherever you are now, THANK YOU. Her attire is so on point, speaks volumes about her character, and is so aesthetically pleasing, and her office?? Is so gorgeous?? And is peak academia?? How are there not tumblr blogs solely dedicated to her outfits??

Truly, Cuddy's wardrobe for me is "God, I wish I had these clothes, these accessories!" But in reality, I dress like House. Well, I wear more plaid, but you get the picture.

A couple of highlights from this season; so, I only cried twice. Once during 1X10 and then 1X21. The former, with some of the best character development for Foreman, and how he goes from dismissing this poor woman to holding her hand as she dies of rabies, god DAMN was that a gut punch. Just, exquisitely done. And Three Stories, just as the audience puts it together that these are all very similar to what happened to House, BOOM, they reveal just exactly that: he's expressing his past trauma the only way he knows how, as a teaching moment. Just, I needed a moment after the episode ended, because it just makes you feel like shit. If you or someone you love has ever been misdiagnosed, or doctors have ignored your symptoms, or inadvertently made your condition worse, you know exactly how this feels. It's just so heartbreaking.

That bookending moment, with the season opening and closing with You Can't Always Get What You Want, is so good. The way it, again, socks you in the stomach by reframing the context of the song, showing how House and Stacy were it for each other, and still want one another, but they're bad together. House may be the One, but Stacy's husband is what she needs. Jesus fucking christ, this first season is so good.

Is it perfect? No. The writers are still getting to know these characters, and that's expected. But it's a really strong start, and is really great at looking at the many different facets of these characters very early on.

Fun little side note, despite having health related anxiety, this show doesn't freak me out. Maybe it's because it can be funny, maybe it's reassuring in how, no matter what's wrong with you, there's likely someone out there that can help. They may violate your privacy while they're at it, but they'll help you. It's oddly reassuring.

#house md #season one #rewatch thoughts #tv

[gigabyte1027]

Bring back 2012 UI design

Or just the mentality in general.

Everything that I remember, and my recent archive surfs has lead me to believe, that the late 2000's to early 2010's had more soul.

Most of the "Make the web old again" sites are wanting the 90's to return in some way, be it personal websites, or just the way things looked.

I 100% agree with that idea, it makes the web more personal and gives people a reason to surf again

I want the web design of old to come back for a few reasons. Mainly for the UI design since I'm an absolute nut for skeuomorphism or early flat design.

But there were other factors too. For example: How small businesses were run back then.

My second hand experience was watching my mom run her t-shirt website from around 2009 to 2013. She had read up on a bunch of ways to run a successful business from home, and one of the key factors was blogging.

So she had made a Twitter, Pintrest, Facebook, and even Tumblr page to help spread the word of sarcastic shirts.

There's also just the feel of that era of UX design.

Effort was put in across the board. Now that's not to say effort wasn't put in on some of the more advanced sites and software today.

What I am saying is there was a certain craft to them. Each site felt like a place you could visit, with the ribbons, and pseudo coffee shop aesthetic that people went for.

It felt like a second home if that makes sense. And that's something we've truly lost. I personally haven't found a website that felt like someone's passion project in a long while. I could be blind to it, but i do encourage you to go on archive and browse around your favorite websites between the years 2006-2014 and you may or may not notice a certain era where everything feels like a second home of sorts

And finally: Depth.

Everything is flat nowadays, and for the most part its gotten very boring. I've seen plenty of sites that really pull off the flat look, don't get me wrong. But then there's sites that look like one solid color and needs *something*. I'm looking at you, Discord.

If you go to my Tumblr page or my website: You'll notice everything feels 3D.

And old, but I'm ok with that.

Also: for my blog: I managed to find a Tumblr theme from 2012 that still works, I'm absolutely delighted to use it

What's the takeaway from this? I'm sad, nostalgic, and want I more dopamine hits to help calm my ADHD brain hopefully.

I miss 2009-2012 web design in particular because everything had character, and no two sites looked entirely the same.

Unless they used wordpress, every wordpress site was the same.

Thanks for reading! -Gigabyte

#2010s tumblr #web graphics #old web #webdev

[keagan-ashleigh]

I have some new followers so I guess it's time to do another little presentation post 😌

About me

Hi! My name is Keagan, but also Clémentine (my birthname - you can use both, you can call me Clem too). I am currently 34, I live in France (in the south), and I am a graphic designer and illustrator - and hopefully in a couple months aspiring web designer 🤞

I am a proud bisexual & greysexual (I'll often just say "ace").

And I am nonbinary: I think genderfluid - I identify as woman sometimes but many other times this just makes me feel like it's not really me, it doesn't quite fit. I identify sometimes as a woman - I identify with what women experience also, I am a feminist and my experience is one of a woman, and although I don't identify as woman most of the time I feel to be part of it - and most of the time as nothing at all.

Edit, I forgot the pronouns : she/they (elle/iel or ael in french); I don't have preferences, but I've been called "she" all my life and very rarely experienced being addressed with "they" so I'd really like people to use it more. 😊

Also I am disabled: I am autistic - not diagnosed yet but I have just started the process of getting it diagnosed. I also have dyscalculia, and chronic pain (my squeleton is sliiightly crooked, not much but enough to cause me immense pain 🥲 - in knees, back, and hips) - I also have generalised anxiety disorder and depression. And I am short-sighted and I have tinnitus, and a couple other things.

I have been touched by a bitch of a fairy at birth I tell you 😂

I am very open about all of this so if you happen to need someone to talk to about those subjects, I'm here, I can't provide answers but I can share my experiences.

About my blog(s)

I have a blog for my art here: @keagan--ashleigh ; both are me, I've just put an extra dash as to not confuse people when they see 2 usernames interacting with them 😅

I have been on this blue hell since 2012, at first I had an aesthetic blog but it very quickly became a social justice blog, and I created a side blog (this one) for fandoms, at first mainly spn, then BBC Sherlock, and although I kept the title and decorum it returned to its multifandom/multisubjects state.

I also talk about other subjects occasionally, it's not a one-subject blog, I often blog & reblog funny stuff, social justice, etc.

I occasionally post in french but I have associated Tumblr with english strongly - I will maybe introduce a bit more of french in here idk.

I usually liveblogs Eurovision, the past years I have been doing that on Twitter bc it's hard to livetweet and liveblog at the same time but if twitter goes down I'll come back here lmao. And on twitter I also sometimes livetweet Top Chef in french but I might to that in here as well if I can't on Twitter idk - is there an audience for that here idk 😅

Most of my french specific stuff where on twitter, like I said I have associated tumblr with english and international stuff, and I don't know how I'll gonna get my french internet experience back in tumblr, we'll see but maybe you'll see more of my french specific stuff in the future, or I'll make a third side blog idk yet.

Worth to note I have a tagging system on both my blogs - and I tag the spoilers (unless for some reason I forget).

I often vent in the tags - it was, in this regard, better when ops couldn't see the tags in their notifications :o) I feel exposed now 😭

My ask box is always open.

About fandoms and opinions

My fandoms are: BBC Sherlock, Supernatural, Marvel, Our Flag Means Death, What We Do In The Shadows, Good Omens, Doctor Who, etc

My favorite ships: johnlock, destiel, Aziraphale & Crowley, lokius, nandermo, gentlebeard, 13th & Yaz, etc

About opinions and discourses:

I am a ship and let ship kind of person but that doesn't mean I approve of everything. I will never use the terms proshipper/anti because those words have been bastardised and the definition changes everytime I see it show up - so it's better if I just tell you what I like and don't like: I do not like incest ships, I do not like pedo ships, I am not against the fact of writing about those things but I don't like them being romanticised and glorified even. And no I don't think "it's ok because it's fiction" - whether it be fanwork or else what is written or shown in fiction has an impact on the real world, always, in a positive or negative way.

I will not engage in discourses about that though because it is tiring and useless.

I will not engage in ageist discourses either because - yes I think it's stupid to say fun has an end for people when they reach 30 but time will prove ageist people wrong and it's just sound stupid to me to have fights with literal kids over this. I'd rather enjoy my shit in my corner and not bother or be bothered by any of this.

I see a lot of ageism and condescendance from older people as well and I don't like that, being young doesn't mean people's inputs and opionions are wrong. About the fact joy must end at 30, yes, but cutting the discussions short (on various subjects) with "young people are so prude now / they don't enjoy anything/ yadda yadda"... no. No let's not do that. Times are changing and maybe some things we thought were ok then are not ok now and before we shut them up I think maybe we should listen and question what we think is true, let's not become the boomers of this generation ok, let's keep our minds open and be critical of ourselves first, we might at worst expand our worldview. And of course it goes both ways. Respect goes both ways.

At large, I will mostly enjoy my stuff and not engage with negativity, i do not have the mental health to deal with that, if people are wrong let them be wrong in their corners. Not saying I will never engage in any sort of argument but I'd rather stay away from most (especially those 2 I mentioned). I will never stop criticise mofftiss and Sherlock s4 though 😂

I also do not like ship hate.

I am uncomfortable with shipping real people but I am not against it of course do as you please as long as you don't overstep & be rude with the real people you're shipping.

And also, if I see someone implying a real person is "queerbaiting" because they appear queer & bully them into coming out I will virtually slap you in the head, ok, real people don't queerbait, period.

Last thing: I stand with the L, the G, the B, the T, the A, and all the other letters of that beautiful acronym so if you don't include trans people and ace people: please begone. :)

And also I try to be inclusive, I will not overstep and speak above other communities but I will try my very best to listen and forward those people's voices. I will not engage in discussions/arguments I am not meant to be a part of. I will try my best to take my part in making bigots feel unwelcome.

This blog, and all my accounts here and elsewhere are meant to be safe spaces for LGBTQIAP+, POC, disabled people, etc.

About me (again) - hobbies & creation

I happen to make fanarts, and I write fanfics and ficlets, I also do fanplaylists. Writing is one of my hobbies beside drawing, I also do photography, and I have recently started sculpting too. I love creating stuff so I often make little things, like I can sew, craft stuff, I do bullet journaling, etc.

Like I said I'm a professional artist, you'll find all the infos on my other blog but basically : I draw fantasy art, mostly women and feminine people.

I love science (astronomy and astrophysics in particular), arts, cats (I have 4), animals in general, I love music (I have eclectic tastes, I like rock, metal, classic, pop, jazz, etc...), I love to read & watch movies and shows (also eclectic but I love SFFF and horror the most).

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Voilà, I guess it covers the basis of who I am and what this blog is. Welcome and I hope you enjoy the ride (if you don't it's ok, just don't be rude). 🥰

#about me #know your blogger #presentation post #my posts

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

i think part of the glr fascination for me, and this is especially true of the recent blow-up, is that like - do you all remember that femme flagging post back in like 2012 or whatever? where someone reblogged a picture of a manicure with an accent nail to get incredibly mad at the nailblogger for appropriating the long and significant lesbian history of femme flagging, an idea that originated on a specific cutesy tumblr post in 2011, WELL into the accent nail craze. i found that wild and fascinating at the time because someone had like, seen on the internet a particular association and not knowing its origins had filled in an imagined history and then had also taken the Rules around cultural appropriation and how to properly respect the aesthetic choices of marginalized people and combined this fake history and this very rigid approach to understanding human culture and used it to get like actually emotionally upset at someone for painting their ring finger a different color (or, i mean, to play at emotional upset for internet points). and it was a closed system also because if someone reblogged just to be like “this is not a thing,” then like, they would just appear to OP as someone who didn’t know their lesbian history, even though in reality it was the opposite way around, because like, the value of “listen to the upset marginalized person” was given much greater weight than the value of “get your fucking facts straight.” in retrospect witnessing this in situation where, again, actually there was accessible primary evidence that demonstrated its wrongness - i feel like seeing that was probably helpful to me in many ways, re: don’t believe something just because someone is loud and upset. anyway. so like basically every singlr glr post is like reading that argument all over again and that’s why i can’t stop.

#do you all remember this #i mean some of you don’t because you were children #but. it was Something

[caffeineandsociety]

Online social justice discussions have a very bad habit of missing the forest for the trees - and I think in a lot of cases it is, for lack of a better term, semi-intentional.

Like, I saw a discussion of orientalism in white trans spaces. Good, we need to have that discussion.

But then the notes were full of people talking about aspiring to anime aesthetics at all being bad?

Then I saw a post (that was clearly referencing the original post) talking about how...no, liking anime aesthetics, or even holding up anime characters as a transition goal, is NOT inherently orientalism, because even if you're holding these textually Japanese characters up as your transition goal, these are not characters drawn with racialized features; they're a pretty generic ideal and while it shows what a culture values in that ideal (for good, bad, and neutral), demanding that it only resonate with that culture is unrealistic at best and its own kind of racism at worst - which is also true!

But I hesitate to agree with that post because it feels like it's denying that the problem exists.

Like, there are a lot of white transfems who are...really obsessed with the specific maid archetype born in Japanese maid cafes, and Japanese school uniforms in a way that they just don't tend to get about other cultures' school uniforms. There are a lot of white transmascs who are really creepy about specifically Asian queer men and expect them to be some kind of idealized yaoi boys, or who have a weird fixation on Gerudo Link. White queer people of all genders do seem to hold up Asian people, especially men, as some kind of androgynous ideal in general. Honestly, just look at the number of white queer kpop fans and the way they talk about their faves. It's ALARMING.

But, yeah, instead of any of those things, what people wanted to focus on in the notes of that first post was...anime avatars. Catgirls. Things that are definitely influenced by this problem to a substantial degree, but would very much still be a thing in our theoretical world where we've surgically removed all the orientalism. Things that have a particular cultural background that means they're definitely handled in a different way than they would be if there weren't a lot of racist queer people, but that are not INHERENTLY racialized.

For one, it reminds me of the days of 2012-2014 tumblr when the popular idea of how to solve issues of cultural appropriation was hardline cultural separatism on a level that likely gave neo-nazis wet dreams.

For two, there was a second pattern I noticed in those notes: no one was having any kind of revelation about their own circle's habits and ideology and recklessness in there. Most of the white trans people in the notes were talking about aesthetics they found "cringey" in other trans subgroups. Transfems deflecting onto transmascs, and back the other way again. Transmed-adjacent types implying that people who aspire to the idealized aesthetic of anime aren't Real Transgenders.

Because if you reduce the problem to an aesthetic checklist, and not a series of deep-set cultural attitudes that have been, and continue to be in a complex feedback loop with a centuries-long history of international conflict and atrocities and power imbalances, you can avoid any kind of uncomfortable reckoning with your own role in it by just changing your blog theme and looking for new media to like.

And, ironically (but not really), a lot of the back-and-forth got...kinda racist! Bordering on "this could have been a cute post about a mouse but you had to say 'mousegirl' and sexualize it" logic! Framed in such a way that betrays the fact that when you think about these aesthetics and anime the first thing YOU think of is tits and ass and moe shrieks about panty shots and accidental groping, not because, well, yeah, these are common tropes in the more trashy/"lowbrow" anime especially, but because you think that's all that anime - and by extension Japanese pop culture as a whole - is. Because, you know, the Japanese are just such depraved degenerate perverts who will sexualize everything and anything and the only valid anime creator is Miyazaki for proclaiming that the rest of the industry was a mistake (even though he didn't) and the only reason to like anime is because you think the supersonic boob flapping moment from High School of the Dead was intended to be believable and is totally not the least bit silly. [/sarcasm]

What I'm saying is that this issue - like many, MANY like it - is WAY more complex than just a list of superficial aesthetics you're not allowed to identify with if you're not [insert specific background here] and trying to simplify it to that is bound to turn you into exactly what you're trying to avoid, and only paying attention to how it manifests in OTHER subcommunities is a pathway to both lateral aggression AND making excuses for your own biases.

[raredrop]

so i dont have my sets on my pc and im too lazy to get my hard drive so digging through my blog it is

some very old polyvore sets to look back on aesthetics of the time (tho some of these are past 2016)

 my oc and funnily enough i made inspired by styles of like 2013/14 (these years are a blur to me) as a joke a bit after but

ah aliens....everyones favorite accessory

lavender town! i had a BUNCH of lavender town inspired looks...i picked this one bc i felt its very of its time as well as a set style i used to do a lot around this time (i wanna say this was 2013? maybe)

SPEAKING OF i did a series over time of outfits based on pokemon region towns (the earlier ones were uh...even worse...ive even got made fun of on tumblr for them) following a similar thing i did with neopia locations 

CATS and DRIPPY TEXT

im running out of things to say

this is labor 9 from hato i COMPLETELY forgot i made something for her iuHNBGIABSGEUIABG

my god dang fea avatar

polyvore was my actual intro to things like fairy kei and what not but my early stuff was uh...something

picking the final set for this post was hard bc so much just hits me in the face but heres something from either 2013 or 2012 idk i  made SO many every day i lived on this site

theres al ot more but i dont really trust me of  the past so if u go into the tag i am sorry for anything you find there

#julie and polyvore #havent used that tag in forever bc hahahaha.... #now im not saying my style now is any better but like #im looking back on this to see styles from years past #and my very bad attempts at them #in fact id say a lot of my stuff is still very similar

[quetiapinnapark]

also i think taylors new album should be the nail on the coffin of that whole 'delulu <3 lobotomy' social media bullshit. girls it is Not Funny. you should read Rosemary Kennedy's whole Wikipedia page and get traumatized about it, and think about it every time you use the word lobotomy. and also talk to someone who actually has mental disorders to understand how it really feels instead of just fantasizing about the "aesthetics" of it??????????? WE'RE NOT IN 2012 TUMBLR ANYMORE I'VE SEEN THIS ROMANTICIZATION OF MENTAL ILLNESS BEFORE AND IT CAN FUCK PEOPLE UPPPPPP this is not gatekeeping. this is a warning because romanticizing this type of shit is EXTREMELY harmful especially for very young girls.

try to imagine having years of your life taken from you because of anxiety or depression. bc you cant see a smidge of hope or happiness on the horizon unless you're taking like 3 expensive meds <3 get fucked. this is not a suffering competition tbh, its just my experience with fucking MILD anxiety. imagine what people with way worse conditions than mine suffer. shove your imaginary grippy socks up your fucking ass, you DO NOT want to be institucionalized. dont even get me started or im gonna fucking combust into mad liberation and antipsychiatry

#also theres nothing cute abt mental illness lmaoooo it really shows these people dont understand how this works #taylor is objectively the embodiment of white non-intersectional feminism and this album makes me think she's borderline ableist #fuck it im gonna tag it because i want to see the world catch on fire #ttpd #rants

[chaos-husband]

Rules, Whitelist, and Blacklist

Rules:

● I accept requests, but please do not demand for them to be done. Editing is a hobby for me and I have other obligations in my real life. I will do them when I am able to.

○ I support the critical consumption of media, but I do not tolerate pro-shippers or anything similar (pro-fic, anti-anti, com-ship, etc.) In that vein, I do allow requests for media deemed "problematic" as long as they are not listed on my blacklist.

● I will never allow requests that involve pedophilia, incest, zoophilia, or any form of bigotry or antisemitism!

○ Please read the info on each edit for crediting me. Most of my edits do not require credit, but there are exceptions while I must be credited.

● Do not use my work for commercial purposes, including NFTs. You are also not allowed to use my edits for roleplay, on or off Tumblr. This is a very personal thing for me, so please respect my wishes on the matter.

○ Do not repost my edits without my permission and never claim my work as your own. You're free to use my edits as page deco or materials for your own edits, but please do not claim everything as yours. - That said, if you are using my work for HTML or Markdown based websites then please use my posts as the image source or upload it to a PRIVATE image hosting source. Discord is no longer a viable host as of 2023.

● Anon is always turned on and you are allowed to claim an emoji, combination of emojis, or label/title for yourself. I will keep a list and tag.

Blacklist:

○ This is NOT a trigger list. Its is just for personal comfort.

Fandoms/Sources

Any YouTuber-specific fandom

MCYT

Countryhumans

Hetalia

Yandere Simulator

Your Boyfriend (Game)

Harry Potter

Themes/Aesthetics

Anything that focuses on eyes (more than 2, eye horror, realistic eyes, etc.)

Medical themes (plague doctors excluded)

Bugs and spiders (Muffet from Undertale excluded)

Real people (actors included)

Whitelist:

● This list is long, but not full. There are some sources I no longer interact with, but am still willing to edit for (E.G. South Park). The list is also organized in alphabetical order.

○ I'm not opposed to spoilers for any sources I haven't caught up on yet! Feel free to spoil me on anything lol.

● I'm open to editing anything as long as it's not on my blacklist.

○ Anything in bold is a hyperfixation or special interest of mine!

AKIRA (Movie only)

The Amazing Digital Circus

BanG Dream: Girls Band Party

Chainsaw Man (Up-to-date on the manga!)

D4DJ

Demon Slayer

Dragon Ball (Classic, Z, Super, and GT)

Dragon Quest (7, 9, and 11)

Elder Scrolls (Oblivion, Skyrim, and Online)

Fallout (New Vegas and 4)

Final Fantasy (10 and 14)

Genshin Impact (Not an active player since 2.1)

Gorillaz

Guilty Gear

The Legend of Zelda (Full series, but esp. Twilight Princess)

Muramasa: The Demon Blade

Murder Drones

My Hero Academia (First season only)

My Little Pony (Gen 1, 3, and 4)

MySims (Classic Wii, Kingdom Wii + DS, Agents Wii)

Naruto (No Boruto)

Ninjago

Okami + Okamiden

Persona (1-5 and spinoffs, but esp. 3 and 4)

Pokémon (Gen 1-8)

Project SEKAI (+ Vocaloid)

Shin Megami Tensei (3-5)

Sonic the Hedgehog

South Park

Splatoon (1-3)

Stardew Valley

Static Shock (2000s cartoon)

Steven Universe (Show + movie, not Future)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 and some 2003)

Total Drama (All seasons including 2023)

Undertale + Deltarune

Wings of Fire (Caught up to book 8)

Xenoblade Chronicles (1, 2, and X)

#not an edit #do not reblog

[tomcats-fandom-blog]

I’m having another computer clean out and I decided to update my icons to be windows xp icons. Why? Because I’m a sucker for nostalgia, okay. I came so close to switching to internet explorer but I decided I don’t think I have the patience for that.

#2000s kid #nostalgia #internet explorer #tomcat rambles #my laptop background is the windows xp background heehoo #the only social media i check reguarly now is tumblr #depressing i know #yes i know twitter is there but i very rarely check it #aesthetic #pov its 2008-2012 somewhere #idk when did firefox come out #2004 apparently #okay so i am allowed to use firefox for this instead of explorer neat