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hjellacott · 6 months

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Bit worried about Ashlyn Harris actually

Aside from all the drama that's been going on lately, I've got to confess that for the past few months (or years?) I've been wondering what the hell is up with this woman.

I was such a huge fan back when she was just this Satellite Beach goalkeeper with a humble head and the love for skate-boarding and surfing and you know, family & friends first and her work with To Write Love on Her Arms. And I get people change and that none of us ever really knew her, but I've seen I'm not the only one who can't believe what she's turned into. Like, can we recognise her any more? Or was the completely playing out to be an entirely different person ten years ago?

I think it started when she came out with Ali and suddenly she was like, this attention-seeking, uncomfortably loud (as in literally screaming) person with the weird, rather cringey fashion, only talking about gay things and nothing else, behaving like the complete soccer start that to be entirely fair she wasn't... Even on her wedding video I couldn't believe that Ashlyn was the same Ashlyn of 2011, 2012, 2013... It's not even that many years to change so much, let alone in your thirties. It's like there were no remnants of the surfer, the skate-boarder, the humble butch from a small town who valued the little things... Like she was adamant on transforming into this massively public, loud, "fashionable (?)" celebrity. Even when giving interviews she was expressing herself like she had no intellect any more, you know like male footballers speak, like it's all looks and no brain, no sign of the person who got a uni degree and who gave an amazing mental health talk with TWLOHA years back.

And then when they were celebrating the WC, I was thinking, since when is she this loud and arrogant? Since when is she so attention-seeking? When did she turn into this whole other person who makes such a huge effort to ignore her lack of National Team performances and pretend like she deserved her world cup as much as Ali or Pinoe? I get subs deserve the medal and all too, I mean, they made it so far and if they weren't there training with the rest, the rest wouldn't be as good. You're only as good as the worst of you, after all. But none of the others was bragging so loudly and calling themselves x2 champions so much without having played a minute of those games, were they? Even Alyssa Naeher doesn't have world cup champion in her profiles, nor does AD Franch, nor PINOE, but you know who does? Hope Solo. And you don't want to have THAT personality. I feel like when you're confident on your victories, you don't need to brag, everyone knows who you are, your work speaks for itself.

What worries me about AH (sit down here comes my Psychology Grad analysis) is that in the past few years she's been more and more behaving like someone with no self-esteem, who's desperately afraid of being forgotten and needing to shout left and right look at me! i'm a champion! I'm a soccer star! And then she stopped getting called up for the USWNT, got stuck in the Pride (and I love them but bunch of losers tbh), and all she had left was Ali. And then Ali's doing better than she is. And then Ashlyn gets these horrible injuries and that's story of her life (injuries effed her up from day 1 and seriously impacted her career) and she's forced into an abrupt retirement with no glory.

And then emerges this Ashlyn who only cares about rubbing elbows with celebs, who believes herself to be some fashion mogul (that's all she's got left) and who is deeply satisfied with how her life turned out to be and how she's ended up being nothing but a footnote in the history of American women's soccer, specially compared to her wife. We know they've had issues for a while, that has been hinted at before, and I can only imagine there must've been a growing resentment/bitterness towards Ali because she gets everything Ashlyn won't in terms of soccer. In fact it seems to me (and maybe it's just me), that she seems to be ferociously resentful to soccer in general, like, suddenly she wants nothing to do with it and wants to pretend like soccer is not a big deal. How many times as she stated quite firmly that she's now happiest she's ever been and acted almost as if soccer was actually holding her back? as if her soccer career is nothing compared with what she has now, when we know it isn't true, because she still feels the need to remind us she's a twice world cup champion all the time?

So from a psychology point of view I think she's very bitter, very hurt, very pissed off, very resentful, that she hasn't processed her forced retirement and her not so good soccer career in a healthy way, and so she has to pretend like she's super happy and better than she was before so as not to look like the failure she feels she is. She has to use social media all the time and brag about the celebrities she's meeting, the trips she's going in... She's got nothing else but to pretend she's still as successful as all her friends she has to constantly see in social media showing off with the accomplishments she wishes she had. It's the classic game of getting depressed comparing yourself to others so you take to social media to constantly pretend you're as good as them or better, we all do it. And she's gone, in my humble opinion, off the rails, she's unrecognaisable, and if she has really had an affair and hurt Ali this big, as rumours have it, then that only strengthens my opinion. Like, I wouldn't be surprised if she's abusing substances again, if she's in some spiral downhill as it looks like. And what's Ali going to do? She can't focus on looking after her, she's got work, she's got two small kids, at this age Ashlyn needs to see she needs help and seek it on her own, not expect Ali to mother her.

That's part of why I really don't like people going on and insulting her left and right, because we really don't know what's going on, but to me it seems like when someone's not well, when someone's spiralling, they start to really go off and the first people to get hurt are those closest to her. And we must remember she is a human being, even if she makes mistakes, even if she does bad things (IF she has), and she doesn't deserve billions of people judging her and making her life miserable. And none of us would like it in our consciences if she actually is struggling with her mental health and gets worse because of generalised mass bullying. She's still Sloane and Ocean's mother, and they probably love her very much, and Ali's probably struggling a lot, so we need to remember supporting one person does not have to mean stooping so low as to have to become horrible bullies. Let's stay human, y'all.

#ashlyn harris #ali krieger

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mwebber · 9 months

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normal ask i hope! ur fave underrated martian moment ?!

omg hi i have. so many underrated martian moments. maybe they're less "underrated" and more like martian just has soo much history to it that we physically cannot remember everything but i shall endeavour to include as much as i can <3

#1. "if i'd got no competition about me, no real fire or desire, then i'd get on with seb like a house on fire"

#2. TEAM FILMING DAY 2012 i think they were very buddy buddy and cute here, they shared a segway and looked like they were having fun :)

#3. JEREZ 2005 aka seb's first test in a car! seb saying in his abu dhabi 2022 interview:

"what people don't know is i did my very very first test in 2005, and mark was there as well! we shared the car, i mean i had the deal with bmw that i was allowed to do a couple of laps. and i remember the test very well because i was a bit scared, you know, after?"

+ this in aussie grit:

"my eyes were [huge], i was full of adrenaline, and after the couple laps i had, i wasn't able to hold onto my neck. and, you know, mark was so kind and gave us a lift to the airport! so that's really when it started.... we always had a straightforward relationship, there were some moments where we disagreed, let's say? but i think we always had respect for each other, and that respect helped us--and helps us--to get along the way we do!"

#4. BMW CHRISTMAS PARTY 2005 bom did a whole thing on this but to summarize, bmw hosted a winter party and mark and seb were in attendance and they sat across from each other in a carriage and it's possibly the most winter fairytale thing they could have possibly done together <3

#5. "I always thought that if you look at other team pairings, there are far worse ‘couples’ than we’ve been in terms of mutual respect."

#6. SEB WENT TO MARK'S FAREWELL DINNER. i have no official source for this it's been on my to-do list to find forever but the posts are there

#7. "IT'S FOR BOTH OF US." cota 2013 when mark was given a model car and seb looked at it and mark was like it's for both of us! martianblr at the time thought mark said "we can share it" after but i've listened to the clip and im hearing "we can sign it." who knows! i think it's rlly cute that a decade ago this place was losing its shit over the same things though

#8. MATCHING CAMPBELL SOUP SHIRTS and in their opposite matching porsche colours..

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edit 6 hours after starting this answer i forgot my train of thought bc i ended up going outside for half the day lol but um. yeah! them <3 if i remember more and have time tmrw i'll reblog with a few additions because i'm sure im missing things!

#inbox #martian

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marciabrady · 8 months

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What is Cinderella's hair color?

This is totally up to interpretation! Ilene Woods was pretty much the basis of everything when they were creating Cinderella, from her temperament to her facial structure to her coloring to her sayings to her eye placement when she smiled, and even Ilene's hair color is hard to read. She was definitely objectively blonde- she was referred to as such on radio shows and even in the press announcement that was released when she was cast as Cinderella. But in a lot of photographs, her hair appears brunette on camera- and there's a few reasons for this. First and foremost, the relatively primitive nature of cameras from that time period really couldn't capture nuances in natural tones- so unless your hair was platinum white or bleached, it would probably read brunette, and everything else would register as darker, inevitably. Plus, we're used to seeing people with bleached/colored hair these days, so what is truly considered a natural blonde- albeit dirty or a darker or just a more "natural" toned blonde- many contemporary people refer to, on a superficial lens- as brunette. So, I think Ilene was a dirty blonde, even though I've seen pictures of her later in life where she looks like a neutral blonde that is neither very light or very dark.

When it comes to Cinderella's intended/official hair color, that's also a can of worms. So, people are quick to discredit the platinum blonde Cinderella has appeared with in the 80s/90s/2000s/2010s merch and say she's a 'strawberry' blonde. They claim this is because of how she looks in the 'original' movie, but they're using the 2013 blu ray/2005 dvd master to go off of, which is even influencing current artwork of Cinderella in the Disney Princess franchise, and that master- beyond scrubbing all the linework out of the film (see screenshot below- look at how even the 1988 VHS maintains the lines in the bedding better than the 2005 and 2013 rubbery effect) also had inaccurate representations of the color relationships between elements in the film, which- again- means that you're not going to see what was intended.

The team that worked on remastering the current 4K edition of Cinderella that came out this year (which I love btw! I'm still not super pleased with certain changes BUT it's a MASSIVE, MASSIVE improvement over the 2005/2012 master that had been done in 2003 and is far more pleasing to look at and, generally, my favorite restoration Disney has officially done) said that they referenced the original cel artwork, as well as promotional materials like lobby cards to better understand what the artistic intent was...and that's tricky. Because, while they interpreted it better than remasters of the 2000s/2010s which sought to LITERALLY make the film look exactly like the raw cel art, these movies were not meant to be viewed as, I do think they still stuck too close to the cel colors. Due to the nature of technicolor, a lot of color tests had to be done so that the artists could see what the finished product would look like after it had gone through the process of being printed on film- because it was always apt to differ greatly from the artwork on cel. A good example of this is the fact that blonde hair didn't read so the artists had to color it with a green tint on the original cels (see first screenshot below) so that it'd appear blonde on camera. However, again, I think the team looked too deeply into this and now we've ended up with a master, a gorgeous one, but a faulty one that depicts Cinderella's hair as almost green in 2023 (see right screencap from 4K remaster)

When it comes to lobby cards, they're not going to be accurate either. I've seen lobby cards that were released in 1959 that depict Aurora as a brunette, blonde, and redhead, and they even change the color of her peasant dress to green, blue, pink- anything you can think of. And Cinderella's hair differs greatly in the lobby cards from the 50s themselves

The funny thing is, it really seems to be decade dependent. I actually have access to a 1973 print and I think that's what the basis for the 2005/2013 master was, because the colors are very similar to that strawberry blonde and even the hues of the hallway in the chateau look nearly identical to the 2005/2013, and we never seen those colors again outside of those two masters. It's so odd it premiered in the 70s, that specific master, because in that decade, and in the 60s, they marketed Cinderella more as a brunette and gave Aurora the blonde title (which was reversed in the 2000s, where they almost made Aurora a light brunette and made Cinderella platinum beyond belief):

You can even see Disney's confusion at what her hair is supposed to be; in the sequel, they gave Cinderella the platinum hair of the marketing at the time, but in the third movie, they tried to be more 'faithful' and cinematic and went off of the current, faulty, master of the time...which resulted in an unappealing turnout, imo? Like her skin and hair shouldn't be that close, color relationship wise, on film? (again, merch is always a different color)

Also in House of Mouse, which is generally accurate with a lot, they make Pete put a red wig on when he's in Cinderella garb, indicating they thought that was the color of her hair at that point:

Also, I feel like she's not supposed to be a true redhead or lean as close to strawberry blonde or people say she is? Again, cels shouldn't be viewed strictly for the color themselves, but if we observe the color relationship between her hair and that of Anastasia's- who is a true redhead- there's a huge difference:

There are also a few production notes that we do have that can help a little. We know Cinderella's Prince was made to have much darker hair to contrast hers, so they could be visually striking with one another, again leading us to the conclusion that she does have light hair (which kinda dodges the 60s/70s artwork where she's a dusty brunette). We also know that Disney tried to make the Prince in Snow White sandyhaired, but it came across on camera as dark brown and didn't provide that much of a contrast to Snow White, which they were able to capture more successfully in books of that era, all through even the 80s/90s. I, personally, really love this book especially and I find the colors of everything- the interiors, Cinderella, her dress, etc- ring true to me, personally:

And this color can be seen anywhere as brunette to some, to sandy, to blonde, to dirty blonde, to slightly red- and that's how I think Cinderella's hair is. I think she's a warm level 7, if we're going by a professional hair chart, and it's like a russet blonde color? Hints of red that could make someone see her as a redhead, or just a blonde, or to some who view blondes as solely being platinum, she'd almost even appear as a brunette. That being said, Aurora is definitely a blonde and in the current master we have, her skin appears pink/red and her hair looks greenish, so if anyone who's working on the future 4K master of Sleeping Beauty could fix that, it would be greatly appreciated!!

#ask #anonymous #cinderella #cinderella 1950 #marciabrady #this is so long lol i hope someone finds this interesting #also for what it's worth helene stanley was a redhead

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emiliosandozsequence · 15 days

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Hi! I barely ever use my tumblr but found your blog while looking for Dune stuff. I started reading The Sparrow based off of your interests (since many overlap w things I’m interested in but never put name to) — and was wondering if there’s any other media you recommend with similar vibes? I’m only about 100 pages into The Sparrow and can already tell it’s going to be devastating/I’ll need to read the follow up. The blend of science, religion, foreboding prophecy (?), and lifelike characters has really pulled me in (not dissimilar to Dune in a way?!). Anyways, big fan and if you have the time to reply, thanks!

OH YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!!! most of what i watch/read has this vibe. most of what i recommend is going to be films tho bc up until last year i've been in a reading slump that's lasted several years rip

three body problem by liu cixin (of everything i will recommend, this is the one that i recommend the most strongly because it's EXACTLY on the nose what you're asking for)

mistborn trilogy by branden sanderson (this is more fantasy, but it Does have a mixing of science and religion nonetheless)

the fountain (2006) -- this is my all time favorite film hands down; most people don't like it, but i think that's bc they don't get it

another earth (2011)

sound of my voice (2011)

the oa (this is a tv show; it only lasted two seasons and g-d i DREAM every day of it being longer)

arrival (both the book and the film)

the southern reach trilogy/annihilation (again: both the book and the film, but definitely moreso the books here)

the aeronauts (2019)

i origins (2014)

interstellar (2014)

sunshine (2008)

knowing (2009)

signs (2002)

contact (1997)

district 9 (2009)

elysium (2013)

the creator (2023)

lucy (2014)

castle rock (another tv show that...you wouldn't think is about science and religion, but it definitely ends up being that way)

tron: legacy (2010)

atlantis: the lost empire (yes the disney movie)

cloud atlas (again: both the film and the book; i do prefer the film tho bc it leans into the religious aspects a lot more than the book does)

prometheus (2012)

avatar (2010) say what you will about this movie, but it literally does exactly this (blends science and religion); tbh it's probably bc of this movie that i love scifi as much as i do today

event horizon (1997)

the wonder (2022) this really isn't what you're asking for, but i love the film so much and it has such an ethereal holy feel that i had to recommend it anyway 💕💕

also i'm so so glad you're enjoying the sparrow so far!! i highly recommend the sequel children of g-d and i recommend reading it as soon as you finish the sparrow too so you can notice all the parallels between the sparrow and that book!!

#ask #cutedad

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skeefy · 9 months

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For me, Off was at its most popular during a time where I didn't even know what fandom was. When I was introduced to fandoms, my interests were not in areas that would easily bring the game to my attention. Around 2018-2019 I came across Off through Markiplier but some kind of disconnect happened somewhere. He didn't even make it out of Zone 0 before I just clicked out. It wasn't him personally, i couldve always found a different letsplayer, it was just the game. I added it to my watch later with the intent of getting back to it but I never did despite having to look at it every time I watched the other videos I placed there. Roughly two weeks ago I decided to clear out the clutter of my watch later and was presented with a choice. Watch Mark play Off or delete it. Given that I'm typing this message I think you know what choice I made. Off is an amazing game and I regret ignoring it for so long. Especially once I realized the quiet state of the fandom. The reason I say quiet not dead, the reason I wrote this whole thing actually is to express my thanks to you and the other active Off fans for holding down the fort so latecomers like myself can still enjoy what you've been enjoying all this time. Thank you, God bless

Hello dear, thank you for this message!

I was never interested in joining fandoms, but there were a few tiny exceptions, off being one.

In 2012-2013 I tried to join the fandom but it was very hard for me to express my interests plus some ppl called me a weirdo for liking Enoch, I tried to search other fans of him or of zone 3 and didn't find much (most was focused on batter or zacharie back then) so I thought "I will return here in the future when the game is thriving".

However I forgot about it so I ended up missing everything that happened when the fandom was at its prime ah ah ah!

Only 10 years later I decided I wanted to try participating in fandoms once again. Told myself I'd make things different in 2023 and so, I decided to share my off stuff to the internet!

Thank you for appreciating the game and the fandom, and for your interactions in it, which also contribute! I hope others see this because the fandom hasn't died thanks to many.

I am very happy you have enjoyed my stuff and others, and I am glad others as well as me have decided to share their work no matter how quiet the fandom may seem.

There are people out there writing fics, making art, making fan games, music and even animations so definitely not dead!

Thank you for taking the time to put your feelings and thoughts into words! I love reading what others are thinking and feeling <3

oh and to anyone reading this, don't be scared to reach other to other fans and talk or tell them how much you like their ideas and work. This year I've made so many wonderful and talented friends that I used to admire from far away and it's the best feeling in the world to have common interests that bring people closer

#Skeef answers #off mortis ghost #off rpg #off game #off fandom

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catchygetsfit-ter · 8 months

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365 days later...

So... I have absolutely no idea how to start this.. but here we go.

Just over a year ago, my daughter likened me to a gorilla and Daddy Pig from Peppa Pig.

It killed me inside. She was absolutely right though. I was the biggest I had ever been. But.. it wasn't always like that.

I have always struggled with my weight. Ever since I was 11 years old. Always had the round bulbous tummy, ate a little too much, had the 'puppy' fat and didn't exercise enough.

I tried multiple times to lose weight over the years, the first real time I decided to try was age 20. I didn't have a clue what I was doing. I didn't join a gym, I didn't focus on my diet, I didn't have a plan and shock horror - I didn't lose the weight.

Age 25 I decided to join a gym. That's all I did though, I went regularly, hit the exercise bikes for an hour at a time, treadmill for an hour.. then guess what I did.. went home thinking, I've done 2 hours of exercise, where's the takeaway menu, I've earned that today. I didn't lose the weight.

Age 27 I joined a gym, bought a tub of protein powder and some expensive attire and got to it. Again, no plan, no research into routines, eating plans, but I knew I needed to lift weights this time so did that. I did the classic, tried to out train a bad diet. Do you know what though, I had some success. I lost some weight initially, I felt better. I was accidentally doing what I now know is a dirty bulk. I was building muscle, I was getting stronger, I was getting fatter though. Guess what I focused on? Yep, the number on the silver shiny thing on the floor of the bathroom. It was going up, and up. In my head I needed to stop everything, the gym was clearly not working. Fuck it. I might as well go back to before. Again, I didn't lose the weight.

New years eve, 2012. Age 28. My friend is getting married and I go to put my suit on ready.. (Why I didn't check earlier than day of I don't know) and I can't fit in it.. the trousers, the jacket wont fasten, the belt is too small. I Feel embarrassed, ashamed and frankly disgusted. I put together an outfit, swearing that my new years resolution will be to sort myself out.

I spend January 3rd 2013 sat on my laptop looking at fitness advice. I find it difficult to work out what's going to work for me, what's good advice, what's bad. I take three things away from my research.

1) I need to do 3 sets of 10 reps for every exercise

2) I need to track my food.

3) I need to work my abs every day to lose belly fat. 4) Record my progress, logs, photos, vlogs.

Back then I didn't know that a good chunk of that chose to take, wasn't actually correct, but the people on the internet looked in great shape - they clearly were right, look at them and then look at me.

However - I followed it and I got results.

I was 21 stone 3lbs / 297 lbs / 134kg at the start.

I tracked everything, how many reps I did, at what weight ( I wasn't training to failure at this stage, I wasn't aware of the premise) the calories I had (I set myself a limit of 1200 a day, again I know now this was far too low) I did a daily vlog about what I'd done that day, I took a progress photo each week and what cardio I did each day.

I did a 45 minute treadmill walk on a morning before work, I then went to the gym and did strength training after work. Rinse and repeat 6 days a week and then relax on Sundays. I had blips, but I never really had a full blown fall off the wagon, 6 months later I was down from XXXL T shirts to L or M depending on where they were from. I was very pleased. I'd lost a LOT of weight. 5 stone in total. 70 lbs or 31kg.

I started my 30th birthday the lightest I'd ever been, but things were about to fall apart again. I'll detail that in the next post. Thanks for reading.

#fitness #fitnesstransformation #gym #gymmotivation #nutrition

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obsessivelollipoplalala · 8 months

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I remember fics booming during long Sherlock hiatuses back in the day.

True, but tumblr was still extremely popular at this point. Not saying it's dead now, but the porn ban definitely had an impact. I also think the outrage at the writers (insane and idiotic as it was) kept it in the mainstream. Back in the 2010s my mom knew about the drama surrounding Moffatt/Gatiss and the queerbaiting allegations. She didn't even watch the show, she heard about it on Pinterest of all things. Hell, the only reason I watched the show was bc I saw a thread here in like 2013.

We have a few people who are mad at the ending of go2, but it's nothing compared to the hubbub around things like Sherlock or SPN. The internet thrives on discourse, so it's not as interesting to others outside the fandom.

There's also the matter of internet etiquette and how, over the years, fans have come to expect consistent content and pay authors little to no mind. But that is a whole 'nother can of worms. I expect the go2 fics will become more popular over time, and I hope the lack of engagement isn't too discouraging bc I do really enjoy what I've read so far.

Hmmm. Yeah, this reminds me of what I talked about like last week or so with all of the tumblr polls I've seen asking how long people have been on here saying that the vast majority of users have been here for at least a decade. Sherlock's prime definitely lined up with tumblr's prime (I only watched it because an irl friend was blogging about it on here lol). I didn't come here until 2013 and was pretty blissfully unaware of the discourse for about a year, but I have heard from other fans that the online fan situation around that show started to get nuts right after s2 in 2012. Outrage does drive engagement, whatever that may look like. I think the ending of Sherlock s2 was perfect material for fanfiction with everyone wanting to know how Sherlock survived the Fall and how John would react upon his return, too. There were soooo many Post-Reichenbach fics, it was an entire genre. And then with s3, there was a flood of fix-it fics with people's anger over Mary, and exploration of her villainy.

You're right, gomens s2 doesn't have that same effect because it's pretty obvious that this is being written like a classic love story and everything is going to be resolved in the third act. There's no mainstream backlash. The only people who are angry about it, from what I've seen, are people who apparently don't know how basic storytelling works and are really pissed at Aziraphale (that's another reason why people might not be reading fics tbh), and those big mad over the kiss because, "it's ruins ace rep" and blah blah blah. But those people are in the clear minority. Some people may not feel the need to read fic because they trust all will be well in the next season and they just have to wait. Basically, the source material satisfies them enough that they're not seeking out fic in the same way they were after s1's homoerotic ambiguity.

You're totally right that fans have gotten worse to content creators in recent years. They want a constant stream of free fic and art without having to, god forbid, hit a heart button or kudos button. I've been in fandom spaces for a long time and that's definitely worsened over time, although I'm lucky that some fans have been nice enough about my gomens fics to make art/translations/etc. But that's for my s1 stuff and I know that's certainly not the case for everyone's fics. I hope the lack of engagement isn't too discouraging, too, but I completely understand if it is for some people.

#I do think your mom is pretty exceptional #for hearing about the Sherlock backlash a decade ago on pinterest lmao #exceptional for older adults not on tumblr I mean #my mom is oblivious to all things fandom unless I tell her #replies

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noa-ciharu · 1 year

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I just find funny that apparently everybody got to JR and SIH at some point and I just took a look at the drawing style and noped out of it XD I got into yaoi first by getting into slash drarry fic, and then realizing there was manga (which I was just getting into) (which included reading everything clamp bc I got into manga looking for the true ending of trc anime) which went into the themes. So I bet I read TB and X before much else xD But I was already heading down into Tom riddle fics so like, fic was my fall into dark angsty and manga my enabler. I remember vividly kuroshitsuji, which isn't a bl by any means but has the aesthetics and dark tone. Also kaze to ki no uta, the whole 12 chapters there were translated back then. More like I keep getting into stories with bl than bl stories per se. Old shojo is where is at.

Hahahaha tbf early manga chaps looked very messy. I mean, we don't have yaoi hands memes for nothing

Yea

But JR season 1 aired in 2008, SIH in 2011 I think so that type of BL was crazy popular back in the day. In 2012 or 2013 it was the first BL I stumbled upon so...

Honestly the earlier you get into clamp (usually via trc -> xxxholic - > tb/x pipeline), the sooner you start craving more complexity in works and generally portal of relationships in fiction (even non romantic relationships). And angst usually enables that bc when everything is sweet and fluffy there's only as much depth as you can get into. Cuz at the end of the day, humans are complex beings, emotions aren't always rational nor 'pure'. We all have flaws which are hard to get over, hence reading works about deeply flawed characters can feel cathartic (like Kuroshituji as you mentioned; I'd rather take deeply messed up and flawed main characters like Ciel than 10 shonen protags)

I've heard of kaze to ki no uta as a classic but never actually read it. If it's just 12 chaps long then I rly ought to pick it up when I have time. And complete agree on preferring stories that happen to be BL over BL stories, I'm like that too. Perhaps that's why animes like YOI or Banana fish were far better received than your typical BL stories

#thanks for ask #i rly should read more old shojo...

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bunnydevs · 1 year

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d1 - theme adventure

As previously mentioned in this post, I want to build my own tumblr theme! I have zero experience in building themes and a lot of experience in customizing them in html/css. (This is a new blog but I've been on tumblr since like 2012/2013) I have however built a few websites (from tutorial) and practiced building without them a little. I learn by doing.

The first step to doing this for me is finding inspiration. Inspiration plays a hefty role in my personal learning process. Especially for something like a tumblr theme.

I've chosen three different inspirations here: ↳ Theme [33] by YUKOKI ༉‧₊ ↳ Theme [16] by raiidens ༉‧₊ ↳ iii | retro arcade by undeadmagikarp ༉‧₊

You'll notice each of these are different designs but they're all centered around gaming! I'll be breaking them down into notes soon.

I made a side blog and decided to start with this tutorial and began looking through THIS tutorial on tumblr themes !

So around part 4 I decided to upload a photo (the original from the post said it wasn't available) and this is about how far I was... oof.

Progress! You can tell I keep a lot of comments in the code to refer to when I'm confused.

I continued going and ran into a big issue, my sidebar is MASSIVE and won't change size, but eventually I worked it out! Sort of.

I got aaaalll the way to the content before I inevitably tapped out. But! Here's what I did do:

I added the ENTIRE tutorial into the editor to look at the differences it had between mine and how to fix them. Mine is still saved in VS code to look back on when confused.

Take Aways: ↳ Keep everything VERY organized ༉‧₊ ↳ Using a boilerplate for the beginning is probably best ༉‧₊ ↳ Sidebars are confusing, blocks are not ༉‧₊

Onwards! Now it's time to break down other people's code to try and understand them :0 WOOO! Let's gooooo~! And I'm gonna attempt building one of these myself today so uh.. yay?

#filed under: theme adventure #filed under: personal #filed under: projects #KILL ME PLS MY BRAIN IS DYING #Boing boing #codeblr #coding #coding rambles

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antthegao · 1 year

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Title: Bits & Bytes - Digimon OCT: Back to the Beginning Meme: Anthony Matsuo and Gaomon

Original Upload Date: Late 2012 (Beginning) / May 2014 (End)

I remember distinctly and also vaguely my experience in this OCT (original character tournament) where people's Digimon OC tamers and partners would come together to compete in this "art tournament." This tournament was the first debut of my characters in the public like this. I remember getting pretty far: doing two comic series for my preliminary and second rounds, but I remember how pissed I was, putting in so much work in my comics, just to be booted off like that. Of course, I was an amateur artist, but still, all that effort and to be rejected from the next round. Oh well.

Still though, apparently I've become known as the "Gaomon user," since not a lot of people's first choices would have been Gaomon. At least I was able to establish some "lore" and the kind of bond Ant and Gaomon have.

THEN the 2013-2014 tournament came around and everything went to shit. I'm not kidding. Coming into this tournament for the second year with my improved drawing skills, I remember getting eliminated in the preliminary rounds. You have no idea how pissed I was. It was because that year, they decided to have all forms of art on equal footing. Meaning someone's story can easily beat an artist's hard work on a fully realized art piece. (Not to say that writing isn't an art, but it should not be compared on the same "plains" as drawing.) This screwed with my head so much, I went on a "genocide spree" on anything relating to Bits & Bytes.

So yeah: started out fun; ended up terribly. At least some people who participated in the tourney were cool. Also, I forgot my "proto-new" look for Ant and Gaomon was in development in that "End" panel, which is funny to look back on. Good thing I finalized their looks months after, with the same groundwork laid out.

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didyoubringauntienat · 2 years

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1-60 for the vaguely nsfw asks 😄

1. Are looks important in a relationship?

Not to me no

2. Are relationships ever worth it?

I think it's worth it

3. Are you a virgin?

yes

4. Are you in a relationship?

5. Are you in love?

6. Are you single this year?

yes

7. Can you commit to one person?

yes

8. Describe your crush

do I have a crush?

9. Describe your perfect mate

I don’t know what a mate is

10. Do you believe in love at first sight?

yes

11. Do you ever want to get married?

yes

12. Do you forgive betrayal?

it depends on how big the betrayal is

13. Do you get jealous easily?

yes

14. Do you have a crush on anyone?

who knows

15. Do you have any piercings?

16. Do you have any tattoos?

17. Do you like kissing in public?

yes

20. Do you shower every day?

yes

21. Do you think someone has feelings for you?

I answered this one so scroll down to find my answer ;)

22. Do you think someone is thinking about you right now?

probably

23. Do you think you can last in a relationship for 6 months and not cheat?

yes

24. Do you think you’ll be married in 5 years?

nope

25. Do you want to be in a relationship this year?

I don't know

26. Has anyone told you they don’t want to ever lose you?

27. Has someone ever written a song or poem for you?

28. Have you ever been cheated on?

29. Have you ever cheated on someone?

30. Have you ever considered plastic surgery? If so, what would you change about your body?

I've only ever wanted a breast reduction

31. Have you ever cried over a guy/girl?

yes

32. Have you ever experienced unrequited love?

I don't know what that means

33. Have you ever had sex with a man?

34. Have you ever had sex with a woman?

35. Have you ever kissed someone older than you?

yes

36. Have you ever liked one of your best friends?

not that I can remember

37. Have you ever liked someone who your friends hated?

yes

38. Have you ever liked someone you didn’t expect to?

yes

39. Have you ever wanted someone you couldn’t have?

yes

40. Have you ever written a song or poem for someone?

41. Have you had sex so far this year?

42. How long can you just kiss until your hands start to wander?

probably about 10 seconds

43. How long was your longest relationship?

5 months

44. How many boyfriends/girlfriends have you had?

I can't remember all the primary school ones so I'd say about 6

45. How many people did you kiss in 2012/2013?

one?

46. How many times did you have sex last year?

zero

47. How old are you?

48. If the person you like says they like someone else, what would you say?

I'd let them go and have a good sob when I'm on my own

49. If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend, what is your favourite thing about him/her?

I don't have one

50. If your first true love knocked on your door with an apology and presents, would you accept?

To be honest I'd do it out of fear cause they're dead

51. Is there a boy/girl who you would do absolutely everything for?

Yes

52. Is there anyone you’ve given up on? Why?

Yes, there is. I gave up on them because they stopped talking to me

53. Is there someone mad because you’re dating/talking to the person you are?

I don't think so

54. Is there someone you will never forget?

Yes

55. Share a relationship story.

I dated someone for just under two months who I met on IMVU then they dumped me

56. State 8 facts about your body

I have a freckle in the gap between two toes from chickenpox, I have a double jointed finger, I have a bent toe, I have brown eyes, I have elf ears (apparently), I'm a size 7 in shoes, my hands are bigger than they look and I have brown hair. (Can you tell I couldn't think of any facts?)

57. Things you want to say to an ex

Are you okay?

58. What are five ways to win your heart?

being kind, matching my vibe, food, down for a laugh and good with kids

59. What do you look like? (Post a picture!)

60. What is the biggest age difference between you and any of your partners?

About 5 months

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ahoodgirl · 3 years

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♡ teen pregnancy / he's yours / Thomas Alexander Mason ♡ {cth} {pt. 1/3}

《my favorite one so far》

> sypnosis → as Calum and his girlfriend Dyllan deal with the ups and downs of their relationship, what happens when Dyllan finds out she's pregnant? how will Calum react four years later when he finds out his son is named after him?

> pairing(s) → Calum Hood & gf Dyllan Mason

> warnings → sex & pregnancy.

> words → 3,000+ {the longest one I've written to date}

> author's note → my absolute favorite thing I've ever written. it's a long one. 18+ only! should I leave this as‐is, or should i make a continuation, but as a series? let me know what you think! my inbox is always open!

♡

December 6, 2012

》third pov《

December was always cold, the frigid air blowing in all directions. Dyllan walked to her class, her English lit books in her hands as she trudged up the steep stairs to her class. She walks in to find she's the first student in class, so she walks to her desk and puts her books down and sitting down herself in a seat.

A few more minutes go by as more and more students trudge in, the classroom getting more and more louder until finally the teacher herself walks in and greets the class as she begins teaching.

Lunch time rolls around and the lunchroom is packed to its fullest. Students talking amongst themselves as others walk down the lunch line, receiving their lunch from the nice ladies behind the counter.

》first pov《

After I go through the line, I walk to an empty table and sit down. I begin to eat my lunch as four roudy boys walk through and get their lunch and find seats for themselves and their girlfriends, all except for one. Calum Hood. After he goes through the line, he stops to looks for me, and smiles as he walks up to me and sits down beside me.

"hey babe." he kisses my cheek and takes a bite of his apple. "how are classes?" he says as he talks with his mouth full. I laugh. "one, don't talk with your mouth full, and two, good. English lit is kicking my ass. But it's good. You?" he swallows the rest of his apple and chuckles. "me? you know I get all A's baby." I laugh. "yeah, I forgot I was talking to the Calum Hood." he nods his head and laughs as we finish eating our lunch.

when the bell rings to end school, I grab my stuff and take what I don't need to my locker and grab my bag. I put all my homework and English lit books into my bag along with my math book and close my locker and lock it.

I walk out on the student parking side and wait by the soda machine. A few seconds later a bunch of people walk through the doors and find their rides as an arm wraps itself around my neck and a pair of lips kiss my cheek, again. I smile and look up to see my soft squishy baby face of a boyfriend and kiss his lips.

we walk together to his 69 Ford shelby gt mustang. "I still cannot believe your parents got you a mustang. a shelby gt one at that." "its cause I'm the best." I laugh as he helps me get in then gets in himself as he drives off.

"you wanna stop and get some food? I was thinking McDonald's." I smile and agree. "you know me so well." he drives to the nearest McDonald's and orders a large fry, a large drink, and a big mac with cheese and extra sauce, paying for everything himself.

after he orders and pays, he pulls in a parking spot and turns off the car. he gives me the fries and the napkins and he grabs the burger. I pop a few fries inside my mouth and take a sip of the drink as Calum takes a bite of the burger then hands it to me.

we tend to share most stuff we order, mainly because we both get full quick.

after we eat we go to his parents house and pull in the driveway. he turns the car off and we go inside to his bedroom. we help each other with homework until we finish then fall asleep until his parents get home.

January 1st, 2013

》first pov《

New Years. We celebrated with a party, and when the clock struck midnight, signaling it was new years, we kissed. then continued to celebrate until 2am; then everyone went to sleep.

January 25th, 2013

》first pov《

it was Calums birthday and his parents planned a surprise party for him when we get back from school. tacos, soda, chips and lastly a cake. I had to stall him for a little bit until I get a call from his sister saying hi. which 'hi' was code for "were ready".

to distract him, I figured we could park somewhere in an abandoned parking lot where no one can see us and I could give him his gift, privately.

he agrees and we park somewhere that no one can see us, and I give him his present, which is sex. birthday sex that is. I make sure he has condoms, and he gets to work pleasing me in a way I'll never forget.

an hour later a call from Mali, just wanting to say hi. we talk for a few minutes until she says she has to go. then that's my cue.

"let's go home. I'm getting tired." he kisses my lips and he drives home.

he pulls up in the driveway and we get out and go inside to where he gets surprised with friends and family.

everyone eats then Cal's mom passes out plates of cake.

everyone stays until 6, the kitchen and living room getting less and less crowded, until it was just me, Cal, Mali and Mrs Hood. Mali stays the night, since she's going to spend the next day with an old friend catching up. I have a job at a retail store tomorrow at 10 until 4. Calum drops me off and picks me whenever I need him too.

Monday rolls around and we go to school like normal and at 3 I go work at the same retail store until 7. same thing for Thursday; I go in at 3 and get out at 7.

February 15th, 2013

》first pov《

it was my birthday, and just like I celebrated his, he celebrated mine with birthday sex, in his bed. but this time was different. it was slow, and meaningful.

he rolls the condom on with ease and slowly pushes himself inside me, stretching me out all the way until there was no more room inside. his hips found its rhythm, back and forth, in and out thrusting and rocking as he searches for my g‐spot. "yeah Cal, ugh right there." I moan out as he hits my g‐spot more and more until I cum on the outside of the condom, and he spilling his contents into the condom.

March 14, 2013, 06:43pm

》first pov《

Calum said he was taking me out on a date, but didn't say where, so I dressed nice — not too nice — but nice. I curled the ends of my hair, put on a nice knee‐length dress, slid on my nice combat boots and grabbed my warm jacket then headed downstairs to wait for Calum.

after he got ready and said bye to momma hood, we left.

he drove to a mexican restaurant, one that was fairly new opened in November of last year.

we got a seat and order our drinks — two sweet teas — and when she comes back we order our food — nachos with extra sour cream and enchiladas verde — and talked while we ate.

April 20, 2013

》third pov《

if you would have told Dyllan that she would get pregnant a week after they had sex, she wouldn't believe you.

》first pov《

Calum told he had a surprise for me after school, so I dressed decent for school. Math and English went by fast, as I was able to spend more time with Cal for lunch time. "hey babe." he kisses my cheek and sits beside me. "you ready for your surprise later?" I smile, "of course i am. I love your surprises." "great, I'll see you after school." he kisses my lips this time then goes to sit with his friends.

after school we get in his car and he drives off. no McDonald's, no straight home, just driving. driving until he gets to a field of daisies — which were my favorite flower — then stops and helps me out. we walk hand‐in‐hand to middle of the field and stop. he tells me to stay here. so I do. then a minute later he comes up beside me and shows me a picnic basket and I smile. "aww. you remembered." April of 2011, two years ago today, was the day he asked me to be his girlfriend.

we pick a spot and lay out a blanket he had in his trunk and sit down. he pulls out food, a bottle of wine and two wine glasses. we eat and giggle at each others sentences.

after we eat, and put everything away, Calum asks me a question. "hey Dyll, do you think, we could make love here? in this field of daisies?" I think about it. I mean, there's no one around to see, so why not. "hell yeah. let's do it." we start taking our clothes off and kissing each other. he plays with my left nipple with one hand while his mouth is sucking on my other nipple. he moves his hand to my vagina and inserts one finger, slowly pushing it in and out, gradually adding a finger as he goes faster.

as he fingers me, his moves his mouth to my collar bone, licking his way up to my lips kissing every inch of me.

as my orgasm gets closer, his fingers thrusts faster until my back arches up and I moan out loudly. "thats it. no ones around, let it out." he searches for a condom in his wallet but comes up short when he can't find one. "its okay, I'm on birth control. you can come inside me." "if your sure.." I smile, "I'm positive." he kisses me and lines himself up at my entrance and pushes himself inside me, making my back arch up to its highest. as he thrusts in and out, he hands roam my body, along with his tongue, licking and kissing every inch of me.

"yes, that's it!" I yell, as his thrusts gets faster and faster. "thats it baby. thats it. come on, cum for me. cum for me!" not being able to form words, I nod my head as I moan as my orgasm hits me and I release my juices on him, which promptly makes him twitch, and cums inside me. "ugh, yeah. oh God. you like that?" I nod my head as thrusts a few more times before pulling out and laying beside me.

we stay like that for an hour before we clean ourselves up, pack up and leave.

April 26, 2013

》first pov 《

Calum was in the shower and I was doing homework when I feel my stomach bubble and the contents make their way up my throat as I rush to the bathroom toilet where everything flies out of my mouth and into the toilet.

Calum hears me throwing up and gets out to make sure I'm okay. he dries off and gets dressed then let's momma hood know whats going on.

she checks my temperature — 100.3 — and makes me soup. none of us thought anything of it, guessing it was just a stomach bug. so I stayed home from school until the 1st of May when everything was good, until Calum gave me some bad news.

"I dropped out of school so me and my friends can go on tour.." "but what about us?" "we'll still talk." "yeah, but I'm not gonna be able to see you again for a while. but I guess we'll work it out."

so I help him pack and and get ready. then comes the hard part – saying goodbye.

I shed a few tears, as we walk in the airport hand‐in‐hand to security check, and say bye.

May 23, 2013

》first pov《

since Calums been gone, I haven't felt good, so I decided to go to the hospital to get checked out. the nurse got some blood and urine tests and said the results should be back in an hour and said for me to sit tight.

the nurse comes back, but with a doctor and told me my results. "you're pregnant." come again? "are you sure? cause I'm on birth control. been on it for three months now." she looks at me and says, well a blood test never lies." "um, ok. thats all?" she smiles, "that's it. you can go home now." I check out and head back home.

when I told momma hood, she was ecstatic. overjoyed that she was going to be a grandma. "please don't tell Calum. if he finds out he'll wanna come back home, and I can't do that to him. please, just keep it between us. ok?" understanding the situation she agreed to keep it between us.

I was able to stay as long as I wanted, but i decided I needed a place of my own, so I found an apartment with cheap rent — $350 — and moved in.

August 23, 2013 / four months pregnant with a little boy 》first pov《

I sit in my bed and put my feet up as I get, yet another call from him, but I ignore it and put my hands on my bump and talk to him. "hey buddy. how ya doing in there? getting comfortable?" I feel him kick and smile. "thats good. just know that momma loves you, no matter what, okay?" he kicks again and I smile.

I rest for a few more minutes before I get up and make some food for us.

Thomas Alexander Mason was born on January 25, 2014 just like his dad. he weighed 7lbs 8oz, & 20 inches long. he will forever have my heart, and always be a mommas boy.

December 14, 2017, 04:54pm

》first pov《

"Thomas! come back here!" I hold onto the hand basket as I run after Thomas. i catch up to him and grab his hand. "don't run away from me like that! I almost had a heart attack. please don't do that again, okay?" "I'm sowy mommy. I won't do again." "thank you baby." we walk hand in hand around the store grabbing things i need then head to check out.

as I'm checking out, I hear a voice so familiar I get scared. "Dyllan?" I turn around to face the man I wish I would never have to see again, Calum Hood.

"hey, Calum. long time no see." he smiles. "yeah. how've you been?" I swipe my card and grab my bags. "good. it was nice seeing you again, but I have to go." "who's this?" Thomas turns to Calum, "my name is Thomas, and I'm 3 wears old." he says as he holds up three fingers. "this is my mommy. she told me i was named after my daddy, but he was newver around." "oh, we'll thats sad." "come on Thomas we have to go. say bye to the nice man." he waves bye in Calums direction and smiles as Calum waves back.

after I get Thomas in his car seat, I get my groceries in the trunk, then as I'm putting the cart up, I see Calum walk my way and says to me, "he's mine, isn't he?" I sigh. "please, I need to know. is he mine?" I sigh, and slowly nod my head. "yeah. he's yours. his birthday is next month. which is the same as yours. thats why I named him after you." "but, why didn't you tell me?" "I wanted to, trust me I did, i really did but you had just left for tour, and you were so happy. I couldn't ruin that for you. and he looked so much like you. look, hm, can we do this, somewhere else? please?" he looks at the ground then back up at me, "meet me at moms house in two hours. you know where it's at." I nod my head as he walks away and gets in his car and drive off.

I get in my car and just sit there for a good ten minutes until i muster up enough strength to leave.

as I'm waiting for the clock to hit 6, I sit on the bed with Thomas on my lap and tickle him. "the tickle monster's coming after you, you better run." I say as I put both hands in the air and start tickling him, as his giggles and laughs gets louder.

about 20 minutes later, we get dressed and ready, then leave and head to momma hood's house. we get there in 20 minutes and I type his number on the keypad but don't dial it. I eventually dial it and put the phone up to my ear. it rings two times before he answers. "yeah, I see you. is he with you?" I pause for a second, "yeah. I told him we were visiting a friend." "ok. I'll send mom out to get you." "ok." he hangs up and a few minutes later I see his mom walk out. "you ready Thomas?" "yeah!" I get out then grab Thomas from his car seat and meet momma hood half way. "hey Joy. how are you?" "I'm good. I've missed you." we hug then I turn to Thomas. "Thomas, this is your grandma. she's known about you since you were in my tummy." "grandma?" "yeah grandma." "grandma!" Joy smiles and we walk inside together.

I hand Thomas to Joy as me and Calum go to his room to talk.

"who knew about you being pregnant?" "just me and your mom. that's all. i promise." "you should've told me. I would've been there for you, and him." "I know, I just," before I could say anything else, I break down crying and lean towards Calum. he hugs me and let's me cry until he says something. "do you think we can continue where we left off?" I wipe my tears and look at him. "only if you promise to be there for us, then yes." he grabs my face with his hand and makes me look at him. "I promise." I smile. "but you have to ask me again to continue being your girlfriend." he laughs. "ok then. Dyllan Mason, will you continue to be my girlfriend?" "yes." he brings my face to his as he softly places his lips on mine and we kiss.

we walk into the kitchen with our hands intertwined to find Joy and Thomas playing. Joy sees us smiling and looking down to see our hands together and smiles. "Thomas, look who's back." he turns to me. "mommy!" Joy picks him up then puts him down. he runs to me and i pick him up when he gets to me. "Thomas, I want you to meet someone. Remember him from the store?" i point to Calum, and Thomas smiles, "yeah! your mommy's kind friend." "yeah. but, he's not just a friend. your his son, and he's your daddy." "my daddy?" "yeah. I know I wasn't, entirely honest with you over the past three years, but I promise to never ever lie to you, ever again okay?" he nods his head. "daddy... your my daddy."

in the end, everything worked out. Calum and I got back together, and Thomas finally got to meet his grandma, and his dad.

#ashhhbeee #01.06.21 #teen pregnancy #he's yours #writing #calum hood fluff #Thomas Alexander Mason #dad!cal #cth #my fav #my wriitng #long reads

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infinitelytheheartexpands · 3 years

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So far, for Verdi, i've seen La Traviata, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Don Carlos and Aida. I've been wondering which one to watch next? I've been thinking about Simon Boccanegra...what do you think?

It all depends on what you like, although Simon Boccanegra is a wonderful piece! Personally, at this point I’d recommend Un ballo in maschera (relatively short, has a little bit of everything) and if you’re into comedies, Falstaff is a must, although the relative lack of “closed” numbers may throw you (it’s more through-composed).

(And if you watch Falstaff, absolutely watch the Met 2013 production, which is hilarious. The 50s twist works really well, the production aesthetic is amazing, the cast is great, and Ambrogio Maestri arguably is THE Falstaff. The only downside is Levine. :( As for Ballo, I’ve seen most of the available productions and this is honestly an opera that’s pretty hard to screw up. My best advice is to either pick a production that looks nice and 18th-century [preferably one that’s set in Sweden, but the whole setting thing is a story for another post] or the Met 2012, which is moody film noir that’s occasionally weird but it works overall and the cast is EXCELLENT. For Boccanegra, I’ve seen a few, but you’ll want to ask @simone-boccanegra.)

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thegirlisuedtobe · 3 years

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Hi! I've been looking into Ok Joohyun since I followed you and I'm curious if you could recommend some of her shows? I listened to a performance of the Rebecca song and I was really blown away. Also, do you think audios of her do justice or should I watch videos instead?

OH BOY ANON!! Do I have a whole long long list for you LMAOOO Please come off anon let’s talk, I literally could talk about her for hours and if you do I’ll give you a couple gifts ;)) Since it’s the month of gift giving~

But honestly as far as her shows? all of them LMAO anything from her career 2010 and forward. I refuse ti look at any of her work earlier than that bc oof she was still working herself out. Let’s just go through her theatre history and then I’ll recommend my most favourite shows she’s done!

I realised that this is so long LMAO like I literally sat here for 30 minutes droning on, I swear you probs wanted like a 3-4 lines or something mdsfkgk But everything is under the cut!

(From 2010 forward) Since she’s doing Monte Cristo for its 10th Anniversary, please, please check out her “When the World Was Mine” and “All This Time.” The performances I linked are things that I just keep coming back to and it’s amazing!! A friend of mine was able to go see this year’s Monte Cristo run and her “All This Time” performance was just so so incredible, like a complete full body experience.

(2011 also doesn’t exist to me btw) But 2012 was where she was really starting to turn her career around. Like keep in mind that a lot of people still regard her as an idol and an ingenue type cast, so when she did Elisabeth people were starting to pay attention. Elisabeth as a role means a lot to her and she has kind of become Korea’s Elisabeth having represented Korea for the 25th anniversary against Elisabeth’s of the world. The part she does best is angst LMAO and this performance of “Rudolf, Where Are You?” is just heartbreaking ㅠㅠ

2013 was the real game changer in terms of her career. Rebecca literally shot past the moon, did yall know she was meant to be cast as Ich??? As Ich???? But the CEO of Emk personally was like I want to see her as Mrs Danvers, and honestly I owe my life to that CEO. Having personally gone and seen her live earlier this year HOLY SHIT actually HOLY SHIT because no audio or video really can ever capture the absolute incredible feeling to be in that theater hearing her sing and act. Added bonus is that she thinks Danny is a lesbian so Ock!Danny stans really won LMAO She also did Wicked in the same year and honestly we just kept winning. Her “No Good Deed” is the best hands down don’t @ me @ god

She kept doing Wicked until 2014 then did Marie Antoinette, and as far as she nails all of the angst parts in act 2, I think I’d rather have seen her as the rival protagonist, Margrid. Joo Hyun is deff more of a belter than a soprano but she can do both.

2016 was the most busiest time of year for her. She had her Vokal Concert, which are all crazy, she doesn’t the craziest shit during them and it’s like,,,,, why am I still here and then I see the dumb shit she does and I’m oh, oh yeah LMAO And she also had Sweeney Todd and Mata Hari, both are some of my top favourites from her. Hands down her Mrs Lovett?? Unbeatable, I’m sorry but her interpretation is so energised and layered?? I didn’t expect that she would add this kind of melancholic undertone to her character but she did and it really worked. My personal fav song she does is “By The Sea” which sounds weird because it’s not a hit Lovett song but when you see it you’ll know. Mata Hari was her first original Korean musical role and legit Wildhorn, the composer, was like I really like this woman so much I’m going to write this whole score specifically so she can sing it and I SCREAM like same honestly skljfkjgfdhg I couldn’t find a good audio quality of her singing it live but this is from her 2016 live album

2017 brought me Bridges of Madison County and I have been begging and begging for her to come back to it. Madison County also just held a really special place in my heart well before she even came into the picture, the score is just amazing. And this role I think is where her soprano skills really shine, like she deff does it for other roles, but she is full soprano the entire show and it’s just soooo so good yall. Here’s her performing “Before and After you/A Second and A Million Miles.”

2018 was her 20th anniversary debut in the entertainment industry and she held another Vokal concert. As I said before she does some really crazy shit and was not surprised when she hit the fan in the best way LIKE kjsdfkgljdflkj she was doing the most in her concert and it was great LMAO I’ve seen a lot of other musical actor’s concerts and most of them are very lowkey, sitting on a stool and singing or moving around a bit but she’s out here doing full choreography and belting her face of it’s real fun! As for her roles, she premiered Anna Karenina in Korea and let me just say even though Anna Karenina as a musical kinda really sucks ass it really rests so heavily on the actors to make to run well and Joo Hyun has never let me down. I tend to usually favour the second act and OH MY GOD she does it perfectly, like I swear angst and crying is Joo Hyun’s super power. Her “Lullaby” and “Anya Oblonskya” and the part from “I’m Losing You” to the very end of the show is absolute goosebumps. Like the way she goes through Anna’s mental breakdown and her specific take on it (I legit just wrote probs a 5k word essay comparing her and So Hyun’s takes on Anna’s characterisation) and there’s just something about her madness that you can see in all of her characters. It’s this strange sympathetic pride and really truly something amazing to watch.

In 2019 she did the Camping Club variety show with her idol group where they all reconnected over a trip and did a concert at the end. Even though she was kind of really in the background of the show a lot of people really took her quiet, steady love of her group to heart. And I think it reveals, if you’ve been following her as long as I have ^^;; it that she really really cares very deeply. She’s really thoughtful and aware of people around her and how best to meet their needs. You can see it a lot with how she treats her fellow cast members, she’s gifted basically all the casts she’s worked with in some form or another. For earlier this yearn Rebecca she gifted them all coats, and hand sewed all the Dannys and Ich’s personal monograms into their coats. She’s also highkey a mentor LMAO in an interview she was like “I will teach you all that I know without mercy” LMAO and it’s so funny how often people catch her teaching. I think after she’s done with musicals (which tbh I don’t really see) she might go into teaching the nest generation of musical actors!

And just before I forget 2020 also brought us a new role! Marie Curie! Though technically it’s classified as Popular Theatre now, it started off as a Small theatre show (think bway and off bway size) and it caused a bit of minor chaos because of her casting LMAO. It came so left field a lot of people were stunned slkfjglkjg we thought we all knew what kind of roles she’s be taking but it was a really pleasant surprise! Here’s her almost breaking her mic stand during the musical press presentation. And this is her singing the song “An Other Name” again but this time an official MV. There was a free livestream a bit earlier this year and I managed to record it, it’s only her in the first act though because they changed. And yooo I really forgot how much I needed her being happy LMAO Angst may be her forte because that’s all the characters she’s been given, but with this native Korean original musical she’s really been allowed to explore the entire breadth of the emotional spectrum LMAO like legit Marie Curie was so well written she actually got to emote properly and have a well written arc. And a happy ending LMAO Like god this is the first show where she doesn’t die horribly.

Now that I’ve gone through most of her history. I thoroughly recommend checking out Elisabeth, Sweeney Todd, Mata Hari and Marie Curie. (Since you’ve already checked out Rebecca) those shows are the shows that she really out does herself. All of the roles she’s done has always been knockout to me but these in particular are the rubies of her crown. They show the most passion she has in theatre and as an actor. They also show off just how crazy her voice is. (I would add Wicked but there’s only her concert videos that you can hear her sing the score rather than properly check em out, but ocme off anon and I can change that LMAO) Rebecca I’d say is her crowning jewel. And that really boils down to the way that it changed her career, the types of roles that would be offered to her from then on, audience perception, and her interpretation of that character. I don’t think she’s every thought of a character as deeply as she has done for Danny. And though Elisabeth is equally tied to her name she even admitted that she didn’t do as much for Elisabeth as she had done for Rebecca.

But anyways! That’s just the best shows to introduce yourself, I’d recommend checking out everything her theatre history has to offer!

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