#the leather debate

[hes-a-plant]

Man I’m so sick of the polarization surrounding leather.

I only recently learned that different tanning methods can (maybe???) affect how biodegradable leather is, but I’m having way too much trouble trying to find more info on this.

Half of the search results are “look at our vegetable tanned leather it’s so much better than the nasty chromium tanned leather you should totally buy it!!1!1!” And the other half are “I don’t care about how you tan the leather because leather is murder and evil.”

I really should not have to go on Google scholar for something as simple as this.

That’s not an accessible source of information for a lot of people, both because of paywalls and because a certain level of background knowledge is assumed.

#leather #the leather debate #cmon man #if you can’t even say anything without trying to cause an emotional response in the other party? that’s playing dirty #looking at you peta #sustainability #fast fashion #pleather #reuse #solarpunk #bro humans aren’t perfect #we don’t exist apart from the ecosystem bro #we are part of the ecosystem #bro we’re always gonna have some sort of #effect on the ecosystem

[solradguy]

Freddie Mercury on stage at The Coliseum, Oakland, California on December 16, 1978

Scan from Queen: Album by Album by Martin Popoff.

#queen #queen scans #my scans #freddie mercury #queen band #Meant to post this yesterday but I was distracted lol Remembered today because I had an intense debate over which leather jacket to wear #greatest hits

[vyeoh]

I can't believe we could've had 60s ineffible wives. The ultimate punk and prep couple. Grease but lesbians.

#vio.art #art #artwork #artworks #fanart #digital art #digital drawing #digital doodle #good omens #ineffable husbands #ineffable wives #crowley #Aziraphale #i love the american 60s!!!!! #its such an interesting period of history #i was debating whether crowley would be a mod or rocker #but alas i think shed be into the leather and stupid (affectionate) hairspray antics #and aziraphale's dress is more 50s than 60s in silhouette but shes always a bit in the past so that ok

[angellic-critique]

Reminder that this is the level of drag 'representation' angel dust gives :/

This is bottom of the barrel feminization towards drag performing arts :/

And since helluva boss fans are only do passive as to read everything at surface level only here is the Spitting definition of drag queens/kings

At no point is it intrinsically all about just sexual performance or sexual drive, it can be a factor or a small portion but it is not just a large generalization as much as people are trying to make drag performing seem to be.

Drag is an art form. It is a statement. It is a person of beauty and the love and appreciation of fashion and expression!

Angel Dust is the complete opposite of sex workers or drag performers at all! If AD is supposed to resemble the theme of abuse in industry [something she already failed to portray with fizzerolli] and the toll that sex workers and addicts within the industry for that matter, we have no clue how he will act in Hazbin but the sneak peek of him in leather gives me no hope if the implication is that he will purely be centered around valentinos abuse. Considering someone on the team ship's and actively adores the ship that is Angel x Valentino

How can you claim to support sex workers while actively seeing them as purely fetishism gay yaoi bait THAT YOU ACTIVELY MERCHANDISE AS """SEXY""":/

There is nothing to angel dust besides the appeal of a feminine man being sexually abused.

#anti vivziepop #fucked up #i am a transmasc nonbinary binding male please. debate me over this. ive also dealt with addict and od's within my family. #helluva boss critical #hazbin hotel critical #please stop supporting spindlehorse #vivziepop critical #anti helluva boss #please stop supporting vivziepop #spindlehorse critical #been meaning to make this post for a while #vivziepop is aphobic #vivziepop is homophobic #*if she isnt her writing sure the hell is #also im acearo while im now an ex-kinnie of AD so i know my shit as to what the fuck im talking about with vivzie history and her art ;/ #there is no characterization or bite to angel outside of his drag sona #the merch is problematic becaua ei thought the red smoke resembled the control valentino had upon him so... why???? #is it just me am i the only person noticing the problem??? #leather with no mystique and lace with all the abuse blatantly written over :x #anti raph

[robotsprinkles]

spent some time trying to figure out how I think cass' cowl works/looks and how to do it in my style

trying to lean into the faceless/horror aspects of her design and make her facial features as hard to make out as possible without just giving her just. the agent venom mask but with stitching and ears and no eye frames

Currently indecisive on whether I think the harsh skull-like eyesockets or the shallower, less defined "eyes" work better. same for the mouth

On the one hand I think the skull eyesockets are more dramatic and mayyybe more intimidating in a "looks like she wants to kill you" sense. I also think they're better for communicating emotion and kinda look more "passively angry"

On the other hand the shallower indent-y eyesockets look more natural/realistic, and I think the clearer lack of eyes (where the skulltype obscures whether or not her eyes are just hidden in shadow) makes her look more inhuman, which maybe plays up the uncanny horror aspect more

(I did initially do a version that followed the damion scott thing of her mouth being visible under the mask but I didn't like how it turned out. looked too, uh. I dunno. personable? approachable? not scary/creepy/unnerving enough)

(I didn't, however, do a version with the lenses over her eyes because I thought it'd be bad for the creepy-horror-movie-monster-esque-aesthetic I was going for.)

Also yeah I know that logically she should be a little friendly looking or whatever what with being a superhero. and also so civilians trust/aren't afraid of her. but also uh. hehe scary cass

#cassandra cain #batgirl #digital art #robotsprinkles draws #my art #ignore the neck I'm lazy #debating whether I think cass' costume should be slick black like polished leather or have the texture of more conventional materials #or be a rough matte like some sort of polymer

[livetogether--diealone]

he's got that motogp moves

#was rewatching that vale/lewis thing for sky because of that racesuits vs moto leathers debate (did not change my mind racesuits are sexier) #and he was again very small and very cute here #lewis hamilton #f1 #jo.gif

[deepwoundsandfadedscars]

An idea: a friend/teammate of whumpee offers their leather belt for the injured person to bite down on while they're being treated.

From then on every time they go to put that belt on they see the indentations of their friends teeth, a reminder of one of the worst days of their life

#kee speaks #whump trope #whump prompt #may or may not have dug a leather belt out of my closet to check how much of a mark it'd leave 🤭🤭 #debating adding it into a story I'm working on but unsure if it's something i want to put this particular character through lol

[earthtoolive]

Just bought a bunch of new clothes!

#yayyyy #leather jacket #button pins #new jeans #a bunch of tshirts #and a new hair straightener #AND a lesbian necklace #debating new shoes and perfume that smells like jasmine and tobacco

[cantsayidont]

January 2005. This issue (CATWOMAN #37) was the end of the Ed Brubaker run (which in TPB terms concludes with Vol. 3, Under Pressure), although Paul Gulacy stuck around for one more issue and Jimmy Palmiotti for a few issues beyond that.

#comics #catwoman #ed brubaker #paul gulacy #jimmy palmiotti #laura kronenberg #selina kyle #the eternal debate of modern catwoman stories: #is selina's costume leather or pvc or latex? #no one can decide except that it's gotta be skintight and shiny #batcat

[pamesjatterson]

trying to dress up for my schools teen beach movie themed spirit day but it is too fucking cold to dress as a surfer and im NOT cool enough to accurately dress as a biker. hell world

#vinyl gabs #my mom sold my leather jacket. I'm debating the red turtleneck black overshirt

[powerfem]

Ok this may be stupid

Whether you agree with leather/fur is irrelevant, if a coat is extremely expensive (like designer or something) and "luxurious" and then it is faux fur/pleather that's the biggest scam of the century. Obviously designer items are a scam in the first place but at least don't try to sell me plastic at that price???

#like I said I'm not debating if we should agree with using leather or fur Im just talking about this specific thing I find ridiculous

[zipmode]

I need to finish that fucking animatic I started without actually playing it back so I don't psych myself out of posting it for fear it is not as funny as I initially thought it was... anyways time to go do that

#zipmode talks #delicately shelves my 'putting my tavs in modern clothes because they're my dress up dolls' draft #finished vic's page currently working on romaine's btw. if you care abt that sort of thing #jack is last cause i'm still debating what direction i'd take his modern fashion sense #vic is either overly professional (on the job) or lots of loose blouses and big coats and lots of jewelry (dressing for themselves). #OH and jewel tones they love a good jewel tone. metal wise they prefer silver over gold. #romaine is very um. city chic. tends to lean more feminine. likes leather jackets form fitting shirts w low cuts stuff like that #romaine likes to pair dark reds and greens with creams and off white colors... likes to keep her jewelry simple #color wise jack is big on pastels but im not sure what his specific style would be like... definitely something eccentric and eye catching #but not too uncomfortable.... probably likes to pair comfortable clothes with lots of fun accessories maybe... #(guy who thinks way too much about this stuff) #this turned into an infodump my bad. I just like talking about my guys

[wildflowercryptid]

as much as i didn't really like bdsp, they did go kinda hard when it came to the fem!mc's alternate clothes. like i could totally imagine dawn mochizuki rocking these outfits (bc they are a punk kid at heart.)

#i'm still debating on what i want dawn to do in the future. i always like having a hc for what the protags end up doing when they're older #i'm thinking they'd either be a dark-type elite four member or a coordinator #either way they'd probably wear something similar to bdsp's leather jacket outfit #wait actually they could be both #i mean fantina is both a coordinator and a gym leader so it wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility 🤔 #dawn regularly just runs off to participate in contests with their nightmare-inducing mythical bestie (darkrai) #and cynthia tries to scold them but then they proudly shows her the ribbon they won and she just. pats them on the head and sighs #dawn is basically a nibling to her now so she can't stay mad at them for too long #chara : dawn mochizuki #hc : ( pkmn ) mjverse #mj.txt

[museenkuss]

It’s not like I don’t TRY to like recent perfumes. I’ll test Prada Paradoxe or Mon Guerlain on skin and I’ll sniff it with a wobbly smile and go “after two hours it smells really nice! I like the dry down…” and then at home I’ll put on some scent described as “leather+powders” and I’ll cry with relief.

#I’ve been debating getting Matcha Meditations because it’s discontinued and I liked it and I need a summer scent but like #I have the sneaking suspicion that my perfect summer scent is out there #and it’ll be called something like ‘old man at the beach’ or something #WAIT!!!!! omg I forgot about my beloved Mandarine brûlée which I need to get #I LOVED that one in summer. so maybe that’ll be it #maybe I also need to try uhhhh that one from Jo Malone with leather. #peony & blush suede? maybe that’ll work for me. not a peony person necessarily but maybe? #and I have my eyes on two discovery sets with spring/summer appropriate scents already. plus some scents to feed sommelier #so they can rec me something

[todayisafridaynight]

That's what I'm sayinggggg bro... exactly...

I feel like a hug from Jo would make anyone worse though </3 That Being Said I desperately want one from him in Infinite Wealth </3

getting a hug from jo would be like when you have to see a relative at a family gathering but neither of you have seen each other for ten years and neither of you are even really affectionate in the first place but now youre expected to give each other a hug so its just like 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️

#snap chats #i also feel like you could hug yourself while hugging him too yk what i mean. boney ass. #does he deserve a hug That's Up For Debate but i think arakawa shouldve/couldve/didve given him one at least once #as a treat #theres like. a MINOR benefit to hugging him in lad8 since he's not bundled up like fort knox anymore #no more reptile skin suit no more leather dress shirt just Probably the faint smell of like. old people and a nutty cologne. probably. #maybe a tinge of depression idk we're still determining how deep in his widow arc he's in. im lying the depression's there always #sorry im thinking too deep about what a hug from jo would be like i gotta call it #i have to go to class in an hour and THEN i have my exam ?? bogus.

[thefrillypirate]

Good morning just a reminder kink belongs at pride. KINK BELONGS AT PRIDE.

KINK BELONGS AT PRIDE

KINK BELONGS AT PRIDE

KINK BELONGS AT PRIDE

KINK BELONGS AT PRIDE

#leather pride #kink belongs at pride #pride #LGBTQIA #gay pride #bisexuality #lesbian #transgender #this is not up for debate