She/Her/32 | BiAroAce | Spoonie
This was originally a fandom blog and still is at its core but I honestly wouldn't be able to categorize it at this point.
OTPs: Draco x Hermione, Doctor x Rose, Dean x Castiel
“Stop saying 15 year olds with weird interests are cringe, they’re 15” this is true however you should also stop saying adults with weird interests are cringe because who gives a shit
To wit:
I want to share some wisdom from my high school art teacher.
In my AP Art class, there was a girl who was just starting to experiment with mixed media. At this point she was still playing around, trying to decide what direction she wanted to go with her portfolio. So one critique day, she brought in an abstract canvas with some rhinestone highlights and painted and real peacock feathers. She loved sparkles and peacock feathers so she thought she’d try introducing them a *little*. And after everyone had given some input, the teacher gave her his advice, VERY roughly paraphrased here:
“So here’s the thing… I do not like this style. These are just elements that do not speak to me personally, but I see that you like them, and you’re doing interesting things with them.
“My biggest critique is, I only merely *dislike* this piece. I want you to make me HATE it. Go crazy with the things that you like. Don’t hold back trying to make it palatable to people like me. Because I am NEVER going to like it. And if the audience does not like it, it should drive them crazy seeing how much YOU love it.”
Her portfolio was chock full of neon colors and glitter and rhinestones and splashes of peacock feathers and it was a delight. Our teacher despised every piece lol, but she got great marks and I think even won some awards. And more importantly, she was happy and proud of the results. Because she didn’t limit herself by trying to appeal to people who were never going to enjoy what she enjoyed.
Takeaway here: be as cringe as you want. Don’t limit yourself based on other ppl’s tastes. They’re not you, and you are incredible 💕
Can we have an honesty minute about the billionaires in the hubris tube?
Intellectually I am:“yes they are billionaires but I preach treating even people you hate as human lives worthy of a baseline of respect and dignity”
Emotionally I am: “no empathy. They chose to get into the hubris tube to visit the remains of the hubris ship. I kinda think going quickly would have been the kindest death. But also I want the CEO specifically to suffer from his hubris. Fuck that guy”
And so that equals out to a kind of neutrality about the whole thing
It’s very much a “I am not glad they’re dead but I’m not not glad they’re dead”
on the long list of things i love about our flag means death is how usually when two characters are presented as differently as blackbeard and stede are at the outset, the show leans into a “bickering annoyances to lovers” vibe but ofmd subverts it so hard by having blackbeard go “this is the most ridiculous little man i have ever seen, he has never done anything wrong in his life, and i love him”
I think my favourite thing about tumblr mutuals is how it lets me really lean in to loving people in the simplest of ways
And by that I mean - I don’t really know my mutuals extremely well, for the most part. I know pieces of them - maybe a name, maybe about their pets, or what area of the world they live in, or what fandoms they like, or little things they love about the world. Maybe about their sorrows, too. But little things. Things that feel ok to share on an open platform.
But they’re still my beloved mutuals. And I still love them. So I get to leave nice little messages, or tell them that I love what they’re writing, or send condolences in their replies when something hard happens. I can try and make this person who I don’t really know that well smile, or feel a little bit loved, so why wouldn’t I try?
And my mutuals do the same for me! I get tagged in posts, or people send me asks for an ask meme, or like the silly things I post. Little bits of love sent my way all the time.
I dunno. I just love that this platform lets us try and make people’s day just a little bit brighter, simply by knowing that someone out there, halfway across the world, is smiling at you and wishing you well and sending you love through frog pictures or fandom gifs. Thats all.
