#pretend your life is an anime

[marypsue]

I am once again begging people to stop trying to make my post about grieving for someone who's become a vampire into a metaphor about being insensitive or bigoted towards real-life queer people. I absolutely understand the impulse to read it as metaphorical! I also find sympathy in fictional monstrosity! However! Queer people, as a group, do not generally kill and eat humans.

Thank you for your time.

#also. vampires are pretend and made-up and do not exist. except in the animal kingdom. #and saying 'you can't think about pretend made-up things in this way because it MUST be a metaphor for your real-life feelings> #<about THIS specific real-life thing!' is uh. you guys know why that's not a great mindset to have right #thoughtcrime isn't real yall #also to everyone who's smugly like 'well op clearly you've never loved someone who had dementia' #a) how the fuck would you know that you smug fucking self-righteous cunt. why the fuck would you think that's okay to say to someone #b) Selfish! This Man Found Time To Build A Birdhouse While Jon-Benet Ramsey Is Still Missing #i am. so tired. #anyway this is your periodic reminder that OP of that viral post has to see all of your replies reblogs and tags #and that OP of that viral post is a human fucking being

[dogboots]

blog that makes me happy vs nobody will ever take me seriously here as long as I post the way I do

#mousetalk #im aware that a lot of my biggest interests are for children. thats why this main blog looks like a seven year old designed everything #im also aware of how silly i tend to look to anybody who isnt myself. 'adult who likes things for children“ isnt really something you Want #to be known as because this makes you look stupid to folks who do not have or understand the childish stuff #which is pretty understandable. i do look silly taking cartoon dogs seriously and being converned over toy rabbits feelings and whatnot #im not so oblivous as to pretend that i dont lol #i just wish i could enjoy these things and still be taken seriously! im not angry at people for deciding they wont or deciding they dont #like me or deciding im some sort of strange freak who will never grow up. its valid when you consider the everything else about me. #just wish it didnt have to mean that any and all footholds i have in adult spaces werent null and void you know #itd be nice if the two things could coexist. #im really only rambling in the tags like this because having this childish blog as my main ends with me being blocked a Lot #which again! im not mad about! people can choose to interact with who they like and form whatever opinions they want #im just a little sad is all. i have plenty of (mature even!) interests outside of things like stickers or stuffed animals but i cant really #interact with these things here without somebody inevitably looking my way and going oh. another immature person. goodbye #or just assuming that im a child trying to wiggle my way into adult spaces by claiming i am one. according to 1 ask i recieved a while back #i dont know. this really isnt much of a complaint is it. 'people dont take my stuffed animals seriously' is about as stupid of a problem as #it gets haha #maybe someday ill suck it up and rebrand and stop talking about baby animals on my main blog #so i could finally follow a blog for something like a horror game franchise without being blocked on sight #or greeted reluctantly and with an eyeroll haha #TLDR; if this blog stops being happy funtimes it is nobodys fault but my own for being spineless about my own interests lol #i doubt anybody is reading this wall of text (hello if you are) but dont take anything i said in here personally #enjoy what you want to enjoy. dont let me or anybody else dictate that when your life on earth is so short #this is more just me with my own trivial issues that dont matter in the grand scheme of things #okay goodnight everybody thats it for the time being

[cuteniaarts]

Fanny, my sweet, beautiful girl

17.11.2012 – 14.04.2019

#my art #artists on tumblr #I cannot accept that it has been 5 years already #I know covid messed with everyone’s sense of time but it simultaneously feels so much longer and so much shorter than that #exactly five years ago I was holding onto my mom for dear life and sobbing as we watched lilo and stitch together #not the best movie to watch when you’ve just lost your first ever pet you know #and then I cried myself to sleep at the next morning we never mentioned her again #I know it’s because it was way too painful for everyone involved. but I do wish I was allowed to process that grief properly #instead of bottling it up and pretending everything was okay until I was reminded of her #feeling like my heart was being shattered over and over again every single time #well anyway. enough of that. I’ve allowed myself a nice long cry today and got most of it out of my system #and once I was feeling okay I decided to draw her #and I can count the number of times I’ve drawn animals on one hand so.. I’m not too sure about the result #but it felt like to commemorate her in some way. #so yeah. here she is. my dear girl. the best dog in existence. she was always so affectionate and kind #which I didn’t always appreciate bc of how young I was. when you’re a kid it feels like pets will live forever #never barked. never bit anyone. her only crime was chewing on my mlp and lps toys that I left out on the floor #but I’m grateful she did that. it taught me not to leave my toys lying around and to clean up after myself #she really was taken from me way too soon. ideally she could still be alive right now. but I’ve been down the road of guilt and regret #there was nothing I could do. I was a child. I can only hope that she knew she was loved right until the very end #even if I didn’t know how to show it properly. and great. now I’m tearing up again #I suppose it’s unavoidable. April 12th will always be a melancholy day. and maybe that’s not such a bad thing #it’s good to have a day when I can freely remember her and cry if I need to. it’s healthy. it’s better than crying every day #she never liked it much when I cried. always tried to comfort me. that’s the kind of dog she was. I miss her so much #when I move apartments and get a dog of my own I’m getting a spaniel. just like she was #well. maybe a different colour so I don’t end up sobbing every time I look at it. but spaniels really are the perfect breed #I mean. cavaliers especially were bred for love and warmth. that’s just what I need. it will be nice to have someone waiting for me at home #and while I don’t necessarily believe in the afterlife… I do hope that Fanny’s watching over me #spiritually comforting me when I feel all alone in the world. it’s a nice thought for sure #and hopefully she won’t mind me getting another spaniel too much. it will be done in her honour after all. to make up for my past mistakes

[velvtcherie]

i was in a melancholic mood a while back and decided to rewatch the entire httyd media franchise in 2 days . all of it . including the tv series .

am i emotionally and mentally stable after doing that ?? no

will i do it again someday ?? definitely

#obv NOT rescue riders and the nine realms #we don't ever talk about that here #but yeah #i miss the og gang #i miss the toothcup duo :((( #httyd 3 seems to be controversial ig #imo i loved the animation the details and all of it #i just .. didn't like the ending sm #maybe i'm immature and i hate separation but come ON fuck teaching kids important life lessons and leave us to be oblivious of the realworld #am i salty about the 3rd movie ??? yes . do i absolutely hate it ?? not really #i'd just rather pretend that hiccup and the Gang are all living happily together on (old) berk #listening to the httyd themesong makes all the nostalgia flood back in #kinda makes me teary yk #httyd #how to train your dragon #brie babbles

[stylishanachronism]

In other news after sitting on some very wild ideas I might actually produce that essay about tax fraud.

#it’s that or the second half of the sheep essay #which has a complete and total thought but! I have still not named the sheep #like I think I can finally articulate the chain of events that lead to Special Dyrwodian Sheep from an Ixmitl crossbreed #but uh that’s what they’re called which is…… Bad #in any case it’s actually all about intercontinental trade before Readceras was established #or more accurately we’re splitting the difference between sources and saying ‘when Readceras was the size of a pea’ #because there are still two separate established dates for Readceras first being established as a colony and they’re…. #well they’re a couple centuries apart and have very different implications re: international relations #but yeah to go back to my point a lot of…. mm large scale tax fraud #census level stuff not like paying your share in fake coin or bad grains #must look pretty different than in real life #because ‘prentending your whole town is insane/illiterate/etc’ has very different implications if the logical conclusion for the government #is ‘unauthorized animancy has killed everyone and now they’re undead’ #like we watch the government pretend heritage hill is just fine in the game #while they also put a lot of time and effort into trying to figure out what happened/kill all the newly dead people #while said newly dead people are a solid chunk of the existing nobility #yes I do have elaborate thoughts about how that succession crisis worked out in the period between the end of the game and deadfire #…..that’s it’s own thing though that’s not tax fraud

[abyssalpriest]

I should've seen this coming bc I always was interested in religion but like. Lev said OK lmfao we should and are now going to make a religion (for the two of us). We Are. That's your practice now.

And I haven't been this excited in ages

#EXCLUDING THAT I WAS IN AN OFFSHOOT OF A CULT LMFAO helping make a religion was one of my fave things to do w my ex's stuff #just by itself detached from the Who and the Why it was really interesting at least when I got control over it #Which.... Wasn't..... Really a thing........ #But now levs like yep your symbols and my symbols and it's about how we connect and we will make our own rituals #and at the end of the day it's made up and we're playing pretend for spiritual gains so you don't have to fear messing up or not getting it #and also you have the opportunity to just assign symbols to me and play and fuck around with fancy English and write prayers and stuff #AND SO I'M LIKE OOUGAHSB #I sit here as an artist thinking ah I'd love to work on a Project... But I don't like game dev.... Don't like comic making.... Don't like #animating.... Dunno how to do 3d art..... Bro life should've sat me in front of making a Religion yonks ago this is so tasty #Nd yeah emphasis it's for us bc like. I'm not. Going to be a leader or authority of a group ever. Or be in a group. Thanks. #But I get to treat it like it's a Thing oiufhdgsba #Bouncing autism creature gif.... #ramblings // #Diary //

[pepprs]

2 back to back interviews for the job of all time in less than an hour moodboard

#purrs #genuinely think im about to be sick x. but it’ll all be over soon and then i can sleep and cry and after that i can be normal and respond to #everyones messages from the last 6 months because im normal 💖 #like the way that. this is my entire fucking life on the line lol xD. this is my entire fucking life on the line and if someone else gets th #this job or if they find me unfit for the position i WILL be entering 7 week mindy netifee when it falls lockdown. because that is unbearabl #unbearable and also this ENTIRE experience is unbearable. the absolute embarrassment of a position being created that is a continuation of #your exact role and the description of an ideal candidate being written to fit YOU PERSONALLY and then the job being advertised to other #people and also your colleague besties interviewing you for it and having to pretend you don’t know them and they don’t know you. lole lawl #lel. the psychological damage this is going to give me 🥰 but im grateful this is happening ofc and i do think it will work out. but also i a #am experiencing lethal doses of cortisol surging through my bloodstream so i am unable to be anything but a cornered prey animal #also i have two interviews byw and one of them is with an administrator who im cool w but she scares me so. yeah 🥰 and i literally have such #a vendetta against student affairs as it is rn and she’s totally gonna ask me why i want to be an sapro and it’s like uhm no this is patrick

[youarealwaysenough]

I respect all of the "this rock reminded me of you" gifters, but for me gift giving is about being known. Of your loved ones paying enough attention to know even one thing you want or need.

I'd trade all the half-hearted my parents got me as a kid for a cheap plastic giraffe on a keychain. Hell I'd probably still have it on my keys to this day.

#my fav animal as a kid for context #ive seen a couple reddit posts recently about whether or not youre an asshole for reacting negatively to a gift #that shows a loved one is not at all paying attention to you #like giving a silver jewlery girl gold rings or something #and it really got me thinking #all of the adults in my life wanted me to be 'more like a girl' as a kid #i always had to pretend i liked clothes or dolls or whatever #even with my own parents #it was exhausting #honestly if you get me a $2 redbubble sticker for something im interested in ill love you forever #because it shows you paid attention enough to know thats something i like #and you were thinking of ME #not the me you want me to be

[coccinellaseptempunctata]

feeling. normal .

#i wish i had good parents #i just. i've always fantasised about someone coming to save me and loving me and treating me like a fucking person #and not worse than our dog #like at least they don't scream at the dog. or tell him they're more important than him #but i guess that's fine when it's your toddler #i stopped fantasising and hoping after a while #i still do sleep with my stuffed animals and try to pretend that they're people that love me #bc at least they've never abused me #and they've prevented me from killing myself so many fucking times #which is more than i can say about the adults in my life #tw sui attempt #tw abuse

[sleepdepravity]

I appreciate that the protagonist of Again!! is such a loser. I don’t mean a normalcore loser. I’m talking Loser.

#liveblog #again!! #i guess the distinction I’m making is #well maybe my impression of the genre of anime losers is wrong or outdated idk #but a lot of protag losers I feel fall into the equivalent of ‘the geek table’ in American school films #they’re otaku maybe #or they’re wimpy #but they’re not necessarily completely alone they in fact fit in a recognizable social group #that other characters (and viewers) can recognize easily and react accordingly #this protagonist though is a loser because he legitimately has no social life #(which honestly is his fault. ‘everybody ignored me they preferred to pretend I didn’t exist’) #(dude your main strategy for dealing with bullies was pretend to be suicidal) #(wow I wonder why people found it easier to just ignore you) #the power fantasy of a normalcore loser is maybe stuff like ‘get the girl’ and ‘defeat the jock’ #this guy’s power fantasy that he’s living out right now is straight up #‘have an effect on the world’ #anyways the series does kinda just. does romance manga things… #it’s annoying honestly #sometimes you just tolerate things when reading manga.

[airagorncharda]

For any followers of mine still living with parents, guardians, family, or even just with roommates and who've never lived alone and/or fully on your own terms (whether ye be 16 or 60), I have TWO pieces of wisdom for you for when you eventually do:

You WILL discover that you were wrong about some shit you felt pretty strongly about before. Maybe you never realized how often your mom ACTUALLY cleans the bathroom and it turns out she asked for help really rarely. Maybe, much as it grates to admit, putting $50 into a different savings account every paycheck really IS the ONLY way to save any fucking money. Maybe that big rolling trashcan you resented your roommate putting in the kitchen, and got in that big fight about, really WAS super convenient and now you have to buy one for yourself after they move out and take it with them. Maybe blanching vegetables so they retain their color when cooked actually DOES enhance a meal, pretty food slaps actually, and the reason you didn't think it was worth the effort is because you were depressed.

You WILL also discover new shit that works SO much better for you than everything you'd been taught. Maybe you'll discover that dropping trash off at a recycling center at your convenience works way better for your brain than getting it picked up on a set day. Maybe you'll realize you don't actually hate tofu, you just hate how your family cooks tofu. Maybe you'll love being able to walk around the house naked whenever you want. Maybe you'll find you thrive in a space with giant framed nude photography, or taxidermy animals, or fandom themed Everything. Maybe you'll realize that keeping the thermostat set like 5 degrees colder (or hotter) than is typical makes you sleep better than you ever have before in your whole life.

The point of this wisdom is: Stay humble, but also, stay excited. There's no point pretending you weren't wrong about shit you were wrong about, just eat the crow and move on. But also, there's so much to look forward to about your own space-- even more than you could ever imagine when you don't have it yet.

#my posts #my thoughts #idk what to tag this #adulting #i guess #hope #? #most of these aren't me specific but the recycling center and blanching food definitely are

[homunculus-argument]

At some point as a child you start picking up that sometimes grownups just pretend to be impressed and amazed by something you did in order to encourage you to do more of it. What they don't put together before being adults themselves is that the "holy shit you've grown" is not one of them. Like when you're a kid you've been growing all your life, so someone pointing out that you've done it again every time they see you seems weirdly redundant, like yeah duh no shit, I literally physically cannot stop doing that, why are you shocked every single time.

But from the perspective of an adult who has no kids, small kids are essentially just cute animals. That will slowly animorph into an actual human being. And it is 100% just as astonishingly wild and insane as that sounds. Imagine going to visit a friend you haven't seen for a while, and you hear something running to the door behind them and remember that they have a dog! That you haven't seen for a long while either! No it's okay no need to apologise, let me see the doggy!

HOLY SHIT IT HAS HANDS. SINCE WHEN HAS IT HAD HANDS?!

[torbooks]

"5 Tips for Dating a Werewolf" by TJ Klune

1. If a werewolf has locked onto your scent, it is best to let them get as much of it as they can. If they are in shifted form, it might mean a wet nose to your face or a tongue in your hair. Fear not! They are, in a way, like a large dog, if a large dog were capable of human wants and whims. If you find yourself in such a position, do not move! Let the werewolf finish its scent-marking. It could take anywhere from five minutes to six days, so get comfortable!

2. Should you find yourself in possession of a dead animal left upon your doorstep, don’t scream and/or vomit! Chances are, it is from the same werewolf who sniffed you, wanting to make sure you are provided for. This is how a lycanthrope expresses interest. Be careful not to offend the wolf, as they might be watching from behind a tree or a bush. If you are averse to blood and gore, pretend someone dropped a cherry pie filled with bones on your porch.

(On the off chance that the dead animal was left by a cult and not a werewolf, please be prepared in case you are marked for a ritual sacrifice.)

3. Going on a date with a werewolf can be a fun event! Given that you might be in public, it would be best not to ask your werewolf suitor to “shift in the middle of an Applebee’s just to see if it scares the server into giving free appetizers.” While many people enjoy mozzarella sticks (especially when given under threat of fangs), using your werewolf in such a way to get fried cheese is considered bad form. Your werewolf has feelings, and no one likes to be used.

(If your werewolf does shift to get you cheese, reward them by telling them you think they are the greatest creature in existence. Positive reinforcement goes a long way!)

4. Uh oh. Your werewolf has driven you home, arches a single, devastating eyebrow, and says, “Are you going to invite me inside?”

Remember, werewolves aren’t vampires, meaning they do not need permission to enter your residence. However, good wolves always wait for permission before entering a dwelling that is not their own.

In this case, given the arched eyebrow, the werewolf is hoping to be invited inside for “adult activities.” This might include rolling on the carpet or having sex in the kitchen and/or up against a wall. If you choose to do this, you might see the werewolf’s eyes flashing. Good news! This means the wolf is having a wonderful time.

5. Your wolf stayed the night! How lucky are you? If you wake up the next morning with the shifter lying on top of you, it is very important that you do not move until they have decided to move on their own. Waking up a sleeping wolf can sometimes be difficult work, but if you keep a squeaky ball next to your bed, now is the time to put it to good use. Squeeze it near the wolf’s ear and ask, “Who’s a good boy? Who wants to play with the ball? Is it you? Is it you?” Your wolf will most likely glower at you and threaten your life, but if you squeeze the ball three times, the wolf will be distracted. Throw it to the floor, and as the wolf chases after it, consider making waffles! Werewolves love waffles.

(God help you if you make pancakes. You have been warned.)

If you have survived these first five steps, you are to be commended! That means you most likely will have a werewolf for the rest of your life. A werewolf is a commitment. Adopt, don’t shop!

#tj klune #wolfsong #ravensong #green creek #werewolf #werewolves #fantasy romance #death of an animal #booklr

[indigo6f00ff]

toontown drama on the timeline. What

#no i will not be elaborating for the sake of my sanity #at the end of the day this is a kids game thats kept alive through community support. it is fictional and what happens in it has no bearing #on the real world. that said i am a hater so i will give my take on it #it is true that some of yall are a little sus about how yall treat cogs as more than robots or basically human while toons are just animals #not to mention like... the cogs are ubiquitously the bad guys. there isnt really any arguing about that. every manager that works at cogs #has signed up under the pretense that they will be working for this banana-company-esque corporation that will be colonizing toontown to #harvest the resources in it. we dont gotta pretend otherwise #but you know what the great thing is? theyre not real. you dont have to defend their actions like theyre real #just acknowledge its a shitty thing and then draw two of em fuckin for the 70th time who give a shit #and sure there can be nuance with like “oh the cogs are treated horribly by the company too” yeah thats sympathy i get that but that also #does not cancel out the fact that they're colonizers LMAO stories aint a game where you add up negative and positive shit a characters done #to get a better score #but yall acting absolutely silly about this. just remember that while its a game maybe try not to insinuate that you see the people being #colonized as savages while always looking for redemption for the colonizers? thxxx. #p.s. barnacle bessie was absolutely right in dropping that piano on rainmakers head. if absolutely every single interaction youve had with #people working from a company is that they try to kill you and then steal your shit #you are absolutely within your right to see some bitch walkin up to you and think #“hey this person clearly associates with that company. i dont want to be killed and have my shit stolen so i better defend myself” #literally bessie was an indigenous person who was scared of one of the colonizers... stop piling on her... gah! #anyways thats more of my life than i need spent talking about this #need to answer a phone call from the bank anyways buh-bye #(and no im not gonna be tagging this with anything relevant its sort of just a vent post tbh lmao)