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someone: so whats your college major

me:

hey man it’s good to have a Bullshit Meter but when young or new artists are trying out edginess … just let them be, man. let them write fake-deep. let them draw OC’s that are half-demons tortured with their love of a person. let them sing songs about cigarettes and cold hands. let them be. it’s okay. you don’t need to police them, they’re just having fun exploring what it means to be an artist. it’s better to let them practice and get better than to stop them in their tracks because you want to be cool and funny. i don’t know. a lot of times young kids are working out real problems, and even if they weren’t? they’re just learning, man. let it be.

i don’t think anyone fully understands how iconic of a film the princess diaries truly is. everything in that film is iconic. the apartment/firehouse. the scooters as a method of transportation. “get off the grass” in 4 languages. “please don’t crush my soy nuts.” the mustang. the weird neighbor who writes poetry. the m&ms on the keyboard and the pizza. “it’s a wango?” lily’s otter backpack. the whole paolo makeover sequence. every foot pop. stop me i could go on forever the princess diaries is so iconic it’s on the same level of iconography as star wars (1977)

u can’t stop me

love on top is such a happy song every time i hear it i immediately feel lighter even tho i cant relate…. aint no one ever put my fucking love on top

were u a goosebumps kid, a pony pals kid, a nancy drew kid, a boxcar children kid, an animal ark kid, or an A to Z mysteries kid.

I’ve made a terrible oversight:

-Animorphs -Magic Fucking Treehouse

you forgot babysitter's club, too

Omg “two moms at brunch”

YALL IM WHEEZING

thank you for articulating one really good reason why Jake does have canon reasoning for being the natural leader.  people always say “well it’s cause he’s the big strong handsome all-american white dude” which isn’t untrue but when they also go on to say that he has zero characterization that makes him a capable leader… that is completely missing a lot of the subtleties of all six of them, especially Jake, and the privileged confidence he has from his safe and affirming upbringing is really really good talk.

All of this, yes yes yes.

And this is actually really smart on Applegate’s part. I don’t think it was unintentional. Because the thing is – okay, there’s not truly a main character in Animorphs. It really is a very successful ensemble cast. But Jake is slightly closer to “the main character” than the others by virtue of having the first book, of being the leader. He’s not the last one to narrate the series (Marco gets that honor) but he’s the only one to tell us his last name. He’s the common thread/connecting point for all the Animorphs (Marco’s best friend, Rachel’s cousin, Cassie’s crush, the only one who knew Tobias at all, etc.). So there’s a slight, slight sense of him being a little apart from the others in the narrative.

But that’s why he works so well in that role. In terms of narrative, you generally (there are exceptions, but generally) want your main character to be the one with either the most to gain, the most to lose, or both, all depending on what you want your story to accomplish. Because it’s most interesting for a reader to see a focal character go through significant change, so the person with the most to lose/gain will likely go through the most change. And that’s why Jake works so well, on a narrative basis, as the semi-slightly-main character: because he has the most to lose, so his complete, total, merciless downfall is that much harsher.

And no, that doesn’t diminish the pain, loss, and suffering of the other characters. Rather, it highlights just how much this war has taken away from them all, that even Jake, who had everything, is now quite possibly the worst-off of the surviving team members.

# AND I SAY JAKE IS ARGUABLY THE WORST-OFF

# I THINK WE CAN AGREE THAT MARCO AND AX AND CASSIE

# WHILE THEY DEFINITELY ARE NOT OKAY

# GO ON TO LIVE LIFE FUNCTIONALLY

# JAKE ISN’T FUNCTIONAL ANYMORE AFTER THE WAR

# AND YEAH TOBIAS IS JUST AS BAD

# BUT TOBIAS ALREADY HAD THE HARDENED PROTECTION OF HIS HAWK-SELF

# I’M NOT SAYING HE’S OKAY BUT HE HAD SORT OF ALREADY BUILT HIMSELF A SAFE PLACE VIA HAWK-SELF

# TO DISENGAGE WITH THE HUMAN WORLD WHEN HE NEEDED TO

# JAKE DIDN’T HAVE ANY KIND OF COPING MECHANISM LIKE THAT

# AT ANY POINT

# THEY’VE ALL SUFFERED ENORMOUSLY

# BUT JAKE COPES WITH IT THE LEAST WELL

# BECAUSE HE’S THE LEAST EQUIPPED TO COPE WITH IT

– tags via  walkingsaladshooter

the other doodle i drew for @faitodayozine, spare copies will be up for sale soon

i… i love how honk is tiers only tho… :,)

Do u ever not realize how starved for affection u are till someone hugs u a bit tighter than normal and you find that you really don’t want to let go

Touch starvation is actually a thing. The term for it that’s emerging in medical/psych circles is “skin hunger”. We as humans are meant to be much more social- and especially physically social - than we actually are, and Americans in particular are often touch starved because the casual, platonic contact that often happens between friends in other places just. Does not happen here.

There’s a really Puritan idea that’s pervaded our culture, that touch and sex are inherently linked, and it’s doing us a massive disservice. Touch is incredibly important for humans- hugs reduce blood pressure, cuddling releases oxytocin, and babies will straight up DIE without being touched enough because the stimulation releases hormones that are integral to their healthy development.

We were never meant to hold one another at arm’s length, and if you feel you need physical contact, don’t be afraid to ask for it! Hug your mom. Cuddle a friend on the couch. Ask. There’s a good chance that they need contact just as much as you do.

one of my tiny children that I released

My little take on the SU diamonds based on their murals: Blue, White, Yellow. I can’t even be mad at the Pink one’s file *crashing* because of a power outage. It’s almost funny, considering the plot.

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