more mushy art inspired by one of @habken’s AUs bc they’re god tier and deserve to be celebrated

survived the semester

ko-fi | inprnt

Follow up to this

So if you follow me (and aren't just stopping by because you saw one of my funney viralposts), you probably know that I've been writing a bunch of fanfiction for Stranger Things, which is set in rural Indiana in the early- to mid-eighties. I've been working on an AU where (among other things) Robin, a character confirmed queer in canon, gets integrated into a friend group made up of a number of main characters. And I got a comment that has been following me around in the back of my mind for a while. Amidst fairly usual talk about the show and the AU and what happens next, the commenter asked, apparently in genuine confusion, "why wouldn't Robin just come out to the rest of the group yet? They would be okay with it."

I did kind of assume, for a second or two, that this was a classic case of somebody confusing what the character knows with what the author/audience knows. But the more I think about it, the more I feel like it embodies a real generational shift in thinking that I hadn't even managed to fully comprehend until this comment threw it into sharp perspective.

Because, my knee-jerk reaction was to reply to the comment, "She hasn't come out to these people she's only sort-of known for less than a year because it's rural Indiana. In the nineteen-eighties." and let that speak for itself. Because for me and my peers, that would speak for itself. That would be an easy and obvious leap of logic. Because I grew up in a world where you assumed, until proven otherwise, that the general society and everyone around you was homophobic. That it was unsafe to be known to be queer, and to deliberately out yourself required intention and forethought and courage, because you would get negative reactions and you had to be prepared for the fallout. Not from everybody! There were always exceptions! But they were exceptions. And this wasn't something you consciously decided, it wasn't an individual choice, it wasn't an individual response to trauma, it wasn't individual. It was everybody. It was baked in, and you didn't question it because it was so inherently, demonstrably obvious. It was Just The Way The World Is. Everybody can safely be assumed to be homophobic until proven otherwise.

And what this comment really clarified for me, but I've seen in a million tiny clashing assumptions and disconnects and confusions I've run into with The Kids These Days, is that a lot of them have grown up into a world that is...the opposite. There are a lot of queer kids out there who are assuming, by default, that everybody is not homophobic, until proven otherwise. And by and large, the world is not punishing them harshly for making that assumption, the way it once would have.

The whole entire world I knew changed, somehow, very slowly and then all at once. And yes, it does make me feel like a complete space alien just arrived to Earth some days. But also, it makes me feel very hopeful. This is what we wanted for ourselves when we were young and raw and angrily shoving ourselves in everyone's faces to dare them to prove themselves the exception, and this is what I want for The Kids These Days.

(But also please, please, Kids These Days, do try to remember that it has only been this way since extremely recently, and no it is not crazy or pathetic or irrational or whatever to still want to protect yourself and be choosy about who you share important parts of yourself with.)

YOU, LITTLE SCAMMER THAT YOU ARE. OR... IS IT ME...?

Y'know what

Han Yoojin as a scam baiting vlogger, Sung Hyunjae as the managing director of a well-known Cybersecurity firm and Song Taewon as the overworked+underpaid head of the cybercrimes division of the Korea Central Intelligence Agency

there are 2 types of [1000th CUSTOMER] in the world

Anyways I think modern au Astarion is a crypto scammer

If Altaïr would play Subnautica and then got thalassophobia after encountering Reaper Leviathan. 😰

I'm playing this game after a long time which is my favorite survival game and this idea came to me. 😆

(↓ Credits under Keep reading)

Programs: XNALara & Fire Alpaca

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad © Ubisoft

Subnautica © Unknown Worlds Entertainment

AC3 Desmond’s Head Model © ItalianUtent (DeviantArt) Note: I just edited textures.

Thorton's Hair © deexie (DeviantArt)

Reaper Leviathan Model © rotten-eyed (DeviantArt)

Seamoth and Ryley's swimming suit © TitaniumSpyBorgBear (Steam)

more scammers to lovers au sketches since it’s become my whole personality apparently

bakugou bugging deku in the it department bc he’s on mandatory r&r and bored out of his mind doing desk work (ft. bonus tag-a-long sketch with important historical references)

quirkless!Deku working at Dynamight’s agency in IT, he keeps messing with Bakugou’s stuff cause he has a crush on hates him

scammers to lovers <3 part 1 | part 2 | part 3

Au where wonderland x showtime performs Pinokkio de musical

Emu can be one of the circus kids idk which one exactly.

the sim(‘)s freeplay

CHAPTER 16 - y/n the working mother 💪💪💪

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SUMMARY: sim y/n decides to create her twitter moots in the sims freeplay, chaos ensues

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AN: i’m scamming a scammer on my other blog and it’s the sole purpose of my life now

TAGLIST: @enhacolor, @msxflower (open, ask to be added)

"Celebrating our holiday on someone else's dime is the only worthwhile way to spend it," Damen smiled broadly, poised to uncork the wildly expensive bottle of champagne that had been chilling on the table when they'd walked into the luxury penthouse hotel room. It'd been easier to run his latest scam with Fiona at his side. Of course, there was no way to know if she was scamming him too...especially when he was always ready to scam her right back. He nodded toward the champagne flutes on the table and raised his eyebrows. "I think a drink is in order. It's not every day we manage to make this much money from one con." // VALENTINE'S DAY STARTER FOR @desirousdreamers

so when r u going to update double speak girly🤯🤩 SPILL THE TEA ON THE SMAU OR ELSE🤠🤬

WTF YOUVE READ DOUBLESPEAK??????? MIRAI IM ACTUALLY SHOCKED AS HELL WTH NOBODY EVER READS DS????!!! 😭 also :> i love how you’re ending ur smau era and i’m just starting mine 😭 AND HEHEHDHEHEHEE ITS SO BAD NGL THIS IS GNA BE AN EMBARRASSING FLOP BUT IDC ITS SO FUN 😭😭💔💔💔

WTF?!?!??!

I'm just here minding my business and suddenly a random number text me, it turns out to be a wrong number situation, and now they asked for my name and what city I live in(I gave a nickname and the good thing abt living in the US is that u can just say what state u live in to avoid saying ur city especially if ur number is from a different state)