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me and a friend have had a Scholarly Discussion and i think Bubsy would probably be trans the first moment they realized it was an option but Gex would have to go through like a whole adventure to get there yknow. tuning into the transgenderification channel going through labyrinths and beating up dragons and shit. like that egg has a shell made of glass you gotta get a hammer to smash it or something
I think you're so so right since Gex's whole thing is going into media and media is often what helps trans folks figure themselves out. But it's always parodies and pastiches. So I think Gex would go through worlds based on the shows trans girls commonly like.
So like, Serial Experiments Lain World or Neon Genesis Evangelion World etc.
#q&a#gex#bubsy#thank you for including me#love that I've become someone who can be approached with gex and bubsy questions
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WIP Wednesday
Hey y'all! I got tagged by @electricshoebox , thank you! I'm gonna tag @totally-not-deacon, @wishing4nuclearwinter , and @trashkingnyx , but no pressure if you don't want to!
I have a twist today, as it's not Stimpaks as the update, but Minnow! I've been pushing a bit to finish the first chapter and get it out so I can say hi more formally to the Far Cry 5 fandom, but here's a taste :)
"Wait.. Sharky. Where am I? I need to get to the Holland Valley."
He cocked a brow at her, and Marley felt even more of an idiot than she originally had when she rolled into the trailer park. Her cheeks turned a little red at her ignorance of the county she was supposed to enforce. And his reply made her gut sink right to her feet.
"You're way off, Blondie. You're deep in the Henbane."
She wanted to cry. Marley couldn't believe she made a wrong turn. Her expression fell immediately, but Sharky seemed to sense it right away.
"Hey, don't worry about it. C'mon."
"Wait.. huh?"
She watched him slide effortlessly down the ladder and head towards the quad she rode in on. He paused, and turned to her with a smirk.
"Well? Are ya comin' or what? I'll point the way."
There you have it! I hope everyone has a wonderful day today :D
#my writing#a minnow amongst sharks#far cry 5#far cry five#sharky boshaw#charlemagne victor boshaw iv#mars and sharky#wip wednesday#thank you for including me
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Tagged by @michaelmandog, thank you, you are lovely. <3
3 ships: I have so many, haha, but since it calls for three, let's go! Lacho, which is of absolutely no surprise to anyone. Vaas/Nacho, you better believe it. This is one of my absolute favorites and I will never have enough. Higgs/Sam, but since I know zero people down with Death Stranding, I don't do much with it outside of read fics and enjoy fanart.
first ever ship: I have... no idea, haha. All the current stuff I'm into (especially Vaas, Nacho and Lalo) has wiped away such memories. Or maybe I'm just old.
last song: 18 and Life by Skid Row.
last movie: I've been digging deep into my game addiction more than actually watching movies, honestly. The last I can remember, though, was As Above, So Below (2014).
currently reading: Nothing, and I used to read all the time! Does fanfiction count? Because a lot of that!
currently watching: I haven't watched anything since Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad. I'm awful at sitting and watching things, for the most part. It's better to watch things with friends!
currently consuming: Chicken and rice with veggies.
currently craving: I really want a Pepsi and more Vaas/Nacho content (as well as Lacho, and Vaas/Nacho, Lalo; just please).
Tagging: @chocopinda (I know you've been tagged, but you're getting more!), @jasonsnowwhitebrody, @8choloko, @hotmessteaparty
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I remember discussing Tintin casting choices with a friend from Germany and remarked how it was odd he often has an English accent in adaptations rather than a Belgian one, and my friend just replied "that's because Tintin gives incredibly strong English boy energy (derogatory)"
Here in the UK there's a lot of weird classism tied into accents. Today accent diversity and representation in broadcasting is actively pursued but in Tintin's time there certainly was a preferred accent to have.
imagine this exchange happens between pages 28-29 in The Crab with the Golden Claws
#tintin#adventures of tintin#comic#captain haddock#archibald haddock#snowy#milou#fanart#the crab with the golden claws#i remember tintin crafting a trumpet to communicate with an elephant#and he remarks he must get the accent correct#very odd scenario but it shows he would be a stickler for that sort of thing#i also have to say accents do not indicate how smart someone is#a lot of pundits use an english accent to sound more credible#but i have to say there are a lot of fucking idiots here#me included#thank you 2011 film for validating my scottish haddock headcanon#any french speakers who have read to this point i wonder what your hcs are for his french speaking accent
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This is very sweet, thank you, Nonnie. Right back at you!
#anon#ask#I’ll be brutally honest#I always wonder who sends these#like I’m such a ‘on the periphery’ blog#especially since I haven’t been around properly for a long time#but whoever you are#thank you for including me#💕💕💕
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I recall saying this before, but it bears repeating:
There could be a billion trans people in the world and it still wouldn't be a bad thing because being trans is not a bad thing. Even if the rate of people discovering they are trans is "disproportionate" to trends from decades ago, that is not a bad thing. In fact, it's a natural consequence for there being more trans people being able to stay alive, and, overall, being able to live in a slightly more tolerant world. You'd only see that as a bad thing if you actively didn't want trans people to either live or live a life that facilitates wellness.
#trans#transgender#lgbt#lgbtq#ftm#mtf#nonbinary#like even with there being more OPEN AND OUT trans people there are still more cis people by volume#even in my high school with three trans girls and three trans guys (including me) and a few NB people...#...there were still a THOUSAND cis kids going to school with us. imagine complaining when cis people are still 'dominant'#i don't know what my secondary school's population is because it's a big campus so you can deal with high school stats lol#like thank gd we are beginning to live in a world where the trans population CAN grow#i want there to be more trans people. because trans people will continue to be trans#we will continue being trans no matter what laws you put into place. no matter how dangerous you make the world for us...#...we will continue to be trans whether or not you approve. and that's fucking beautiful. i want us to live. i want us to eat well.#i want us to not worry about anything in this world. and that's going to happen one day. it will happen just like the sun rises each morning#if that is a threat to you then that is your own fault - your own self-destructive and sad thoughts about people and our world#and that is not my burden to carry - i have my own.
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and thats a wrapppppppp!!
from the 10th and final chapter of utilities included
masterpost
#one piece#zosan#sanji#zoro#luffy#trafalgar law#utilities included#I DID IT. BREE DID IT. WE DID IT!!#i cannot believe i got all ten pages done on time. i feel ridiculous#AND THIS OFFICIALLY MARKS THE CONCLUSION of me drawing a comic a week for ten weeks. I HAVE LIKE. 45 PAGES OF COMICS FROM THIS#i definitely gotta compile em into a little pdf#wow#bree. if u see this. thank you. its been an honor to work on this with you.#i love how visual ur writing is to me. and i look forward to ur next project and how i can stick my horrible little fingers all over it#man. im just so proud. might still be unemployed#but im making art with a friend!
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So I accidentally almost got into an argument on Twitter, and now I'm thinking about bad historical costuming tropes. Specifically, Action Hero Leather Pants.
See, I was light-heartedly pointing out the inaccuracies of the costumes in Black Sails, and someone came out of the woodwork to defend the show. The misunderstanding was that they thought I was dismissing the show just for its costumes, which I wasn't - I was simply pointing out that it can't entirely care about material history (meaning specifically physical objects/culture) if it treats its clothes like that.
But this person was slightly offended on behalf of their show - especially, quote, "And from a fan of OFMD, no less!" Which got me thinking - it's true! I can abide a lot more historical costuming inaccuracy from Our Flag than I can Black Sails or Vikings. And I don't think it's just because one has my blorbos in it. But really, when it comes down to it...
What is the difference between this and this?
Here's the thing. Leather pants in period dramas isn't new. You've got your Vikings, Tudors, Outlander, Pirates of the Caribbean, Once Upon a Time, Will, The Musketeers, even Shakespeare in Love - they love to shove people in leather and call it a day. But where does this come from?
Obviously we have the modern connotations. Modern leather clothes developed in a few subcultures: cowboys drew on Native American clothing. (Allegedly. This is a little beyond my purview, I haven't seen any solid evidence, and it sounds like the kind of fact that people repeat a lot but is based on an assumption. I wouldn't know, though.) Leather was used in some WWI and II uniforms.
But the big boom came in the mid-C20th in motorcycle, punk/goth, and gay subcultures, all intertwined with each other and the above. Motorcyclists wear leather as practical protective gear, and it gets picked up by rock and punk artists as a symbol of counterculture, and transferred to movie designs. It gets wrapped up in gay and kink communities, with even more countercultural and taboo meanings. By the late C20th, leather has entered mainstream fashion, but it still carries those references to goths, punks, BDSM, and motorbike gangs, to James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Mick Jagger. This is whence we get our Spikes and Dave Listers in 1980s/90s media, bad boys and working-class punks.
And some of the above "historical" design choices clearly build on these meanings. William Shakespeare is dressed in a black leather doublet to evoke the swaggering bad boy artist heartthrob, probably down on his luck. So is Kit Marlowe.
But the associations get a little fuzzier after that. Hook, with his eyeliner and jewellery, sure. King Henry, yeah, I see it. It's hideously ahistorical, but sure. But what about Jamie and Will and Ragnar, in their browns and shabby, battle-ready chic? Well, here we get the other strain of Bad Period Drama Leather.
See, designers like to point to history, but it's just not true. Leather armour, especially in the western/European world, is very, very rare, and not just because it decays faster than metal. (Yes, even in ancient Greece/Rome, despite many articles claiming that as the start of the leather armour trend!) It simply wasn't used a lot, because it's frankly useless at defending the body compared to metal. Leather was used as a backing for some splint armour pieces, and for belts, sheathes, and buckles, but it simply wasn't worn like the costumes above. It's heavy, uncomfortable, and hard to repair - it's simply not practical for a garment when you have perfectly comfortable, insulating, and widely available linen, wool, and cotton!
As far as I can see, the real influence on leather in period dramas is fantasy. Fantasy media has proliferated the idea of leather armour as the lightweight choice for rangers, elves, and rogues, a natural, quiet, flexible material, less flashy or restrictive than metal. And it is cheaper for a costume department to make, and easier for an actor to wear on set. It's in Dungeons and Dragons and Lord of the Rings, King Arthur, Runescape, and World of Warcraft.
And I think this is how we get to characters like Ragnar and Vane. This idea of leather as practical gear and light armour, it's fantasy, but it has this lineage, behind which sits cowboy chaps and bomber/flight jackets. It's usually brown compared to the punk bad boy's black, less shiny, and more often piecemeal or decorated. In fact, there's a great distinction between the two Period Leather Modes within the same piece of media: Robin Hood (2006)! Compare the brooding, fascist-coded villain Guy of Gisborne with the shabby, bow-wielding, forest-dwelling Robin:
So, back to the original question: What's the difference between Charles Vane in Black Sails, and Edward Teach in Our Flag Means Death?
Simply put, it's intention. There is nothing intentional about Vane's leather in Black Sails. It's not the only leather in the show, and it only says what all shabby period leather says, relying on the same tropes as fantasy armour: he's a bad boy and a fighter in workaday leather, poor, flexible, and practical. None of these connotations are based in reality or history, and they've been done countless times before. It's boring design, neither historically accurate nor particularly creative, but much the same as all the other shabby chic fighters on our screens. He has a broad lineage in Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean and such, but that's it.
In Our Flag, however, the lineage is much, much more intentional. Ed is a direct homage to Mad Max, the costuming in which is both practical (Max is an ex-cop and road warrior), and draws on punk and kink designs to evoke a counterculture gone mad to the point of social breakdown, exploiting the thrill of the taboo to frighten and titillate the audience.
In particular, Ed is styled after Max in the second movie, having lost his family, been badly injured, and watched the world turn into an apocalypse. He's a broken man, withdrawn, violent, and deliberately cutting himself off from others to avoid getting hurt again. The plot of Mad Max 2 is him learning to open up and help others, making himself vulnerable to more loss, but more human in the process.
This ties directly into the themes of Our Flag - it's a deliberate intertext. Ed's emotional journey is also one from isolation and pain to vulnerability, community, and love. Mad Max (intentionally and unintentionally) explores themes of masculinity, violence, and power, while Max has become simplified in the popular imagination as a stoic, badass action hero rather than the more complex character he is, struggling with loss and humanity. Similarly, Our Flag explores masculinity, both textually (Stede is trying to build a less abusive pirate culture) and metatextually (the show champions complex, banal, and tender masculinities, especially when we're used to only seeing pirates in either gritty action movies or childish comedies).
Our Flag also draws on the specific countercultures of motorcycles, rockers, and gay/BDSM culture in its design and themes. Naturally, in such a queer show, one can't help but make the connection between leather pirates and leather daddies, and the design certainly nods at this, with its vests and studs. I always think about this guy, with his flat cap so reminiscient of gay leather fashions.
More overtly, though, Blackbeard and his crew are styled as both violent gangsters and countercultural rockstars. They rove the seas like a bikie gang, free and violent, and are seen as icons, bad boys and celebrities. Other pirates revere Blackbeard and wish they could be on his crew, while civilians are awed by his reputation, desperate for juicy, gory details.
This isn't all of why I like the costuming in Our Flag Means Death (especially season 1). Stede's outfits are by no means accurate, but they're a lot more accurate than most pirate media, and they're bright and colourful, with accurate and delightful silks, lace, velvets, and brocades, and lovely, puffy skirts on his jackets. Many of the Revenge crew wear recognisable sailor's trousers, and practical but bright, varied gear that easily conveys personality and flair. There is a surprising dedication to little details, like changing Ed's trousers to fall-fronts for a historical feel, Izzy's puffy sleeves, the handmade fringe on Lucius's red jacket, or the increasing absurdity of navy uniform cuffs between Nigel and Chauncey.
A really big one is the fact that they don't shy away from historical footwear! In almost every example above, we see the period drama's obsession with putting men in skinny jeans and bucket-top boots, but not only does Stede wear his little red-heeled shoes with stockings, but most of his crew, and the ordinary people of Barbados, wear low boots or pumps, and even rough, masculine characters like Pete wear knee breeches and bright colours. It's inaccurate, but at least it's a new kind of inaccuracy, that builds much more on actual historical fashions, and eschews the shortcuts of other, grittier period dramas in favour of colour and personality.
But also. At least it fucking says something with its leather.
#everyone say 'thank you togas' for not including a long tangent about evil rimmer in red dwarf 5x05#Our Flag Means Death#Togas does meta#and yes these principles DO fall apart slightly in s2 and i DON'T like those costumes as much#don't get me wrong they're fun and gorgeous - but generally a bit less deep and more inaccurate. so. :(#I'm not sure this really says anything new about Our Flag but I just needed to get my thoughts out#i hate hate hate Gritty Period Drama costumes they're so boring and so ugly and so wrong#god bless OFMD for using more than 3 muted colours and actually putting men in heels (and not as a shorthand for rich/foppish villainy) <3#looking at that Tudors still is insane like they really will go to any lengths to not make men feel like they've got bare legs XD#image descriptions in alt text#and yes i DID just sink about two hours into those so you'd better appreciate them
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On the idea of Theseus's Ship: in the end, it's still his, isn't it?
It was known as Theseus's, and it will continue to be known as Theseus's.
Even after he has returned to the ground which grew the wood of the hammer used to nail the ship's frame,
Even after generations of new wood have rotted and the sails are rags clinging to threads,
Even after millennia,
it will still be Theseus's Ship.
Thank you for bringing us home.
Goodnight, Phosphophyllite.
#have a pleasant eternity#it’s over… it’s so over…..#GOODNIGHT HOUSEKI NO KUNI 🫡🫡🫡#*clenches fist* happy series finale everyone#Curse of Binding on the hnk countdown twitter acc has been lifted... but at what cost.......#houseki no kuni#hnk#hnk fanart#land of the lustrous#lotl#lotl fanart#phosphophillyte#houseki no kuni phos#hnk phos#lotl phos#hnk spoilers#lotl spoilers#art#my art#fanart#there's no signature bc i tried adding one and it ruined the faux manga panel look i was going for#but this isn't a real panel from hnk#held off on posting this one before 108 dropped so people won't mistake it for leaks#if i see it making the rounds on pinterest as a “panel from ch 108” i might actually laugh myself into the ER#thank you ichikawa#goodnight pitapat#welcome home#edited to include more thoughts#because if i had to cry over hnk in class nearly a week after it ended#then you’re all coming down with me
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gothic lolita machete came to me in a dream
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#HHWAH#but he unironically kind of makes it work though??#I never realized that the leap from what he normally wears to gothic lolita would be this small#basically the same thing just a lot more lace and frills and embroidery#loving! the pomegranates!#it always makes me ecstatic when people find a way to include them or his other... symbols? motifs? objects of significance?#it's nice you kept the red gloves and red heels#the little crosses on the capelet and the stockings too hah#and the massive bow where the fascia would go#I support genderfuckery Machete by the way#his design and mannerisms have always been somewhat androgynous or at least that's what I've been trying to aim for#despite his sharp angular form he's supposed to have an aura of elegance and delicateness#at least on his better days when he's not in full rat man mode#given the choice he'd rather be called beautiful than handsome I'm pretty sure#folks have been mistaking him for a goth lesbian a whole lot lately so I can't be too far off#thank you this made me grin like an idiot when I opened the inbox#gift art#aggiepython#own characters#Machete
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Hi! I got supper busy! and by busy I mean injured.
I'm fine but hey happy trans visiblity day!
totally unrelated but I have just been laying around distracting myself so now I have decided to once again draw a cast line up. All the martial gods for now, since I got to tweaking up the QYZ and YY one I'd already done and redoing my awfully huge poster thing I started like 4 years ago now. Doing it this way is more fulfilling to me, maybe one day I'll return to it but not now.
#i'm still figuring everything out thank you for your patience and support#i'm just so tired :)#sorry about the vent#my art#toasterfireart#wip#tgcf#tian guan ci fu#heaven official's blessing#tgcf fanart#back at it with my line ups because i'm unoriginal but i love these guys#pei ming#pei xiu#pei su#lang qianqiu#feng xin#xie lian#mu qing#quan yizhen#yin yu#yes I will still include yy as a god#he is so special to me#I have to say I'm obsessed with drawing everyone and xl is just there#the most powerful one there is just the homeless guy#love him
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PPG ZOMG 💗
#ANYWAY GUYS SHUT UP PPG IS 25 WEEEEEE#thank you so much craig for creating a show that inspires many girls including me to be superb#and inspiring me to draw too#i am so serious when I say rewatching ppg in my 20s was the best decision ever because i met a lot of amazing people#through this site and I am so grateful to be surrounded by kind and genuine people both in the ppg community and selfship community 💗💗💗#idk if next year my brainrot will be cured but for now thank you for the best brainrot ive ever had 💗💗💗#asukart#ppg#powerpuff girls#ppg blossom#ppg bubbles#ppg buttercup#professor utonium#ppg professor#ppgz
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Autism moment
#fence posts#skizzleman#hermitcraft#hermitblr#thank you tumblr user astronomodome for creating the skizzlecult <3#Ik the where is skizz and is skizz on hc blogs technically aren’t part of it but it’s funny to me so they’re included
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grian NEEDS more appreciation for having such good subtitles on his videos. i hardly know any youtubers who have subtitles in their videos other than the auto-generated ones, and grian has custom ones with names AND color coding
#thank you so much to grian and his editor#it really makes me so happy to know that deaf viewers and those with auditory processing issues (including myself) can access his videos#i wish it was more common practice#grian#hermitcraft#trafficblr#not aphmau#mine#z.txt
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fight the pain awaaaay
#sth#sonic#sonic the hedgehog#sonic frontiers#tw eye strain#i am already so fucking sorry to everyone's eyes. its okay just know i had to stare at this brightass red for hours#smth smth i've had this song on loop i'm contributing 1000 plays myself etc etc etc#secretly this is sonic underground fanart except i do not wanna draw a guitar lol#based off the official art that everyone likes including me because yes i like the idea of him idk. jammin. rocking. he's sonic#i hate perspective and i hate geometric shapes. thank you#fanart#draw
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