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ok this is “earring magic ken” who was introduced in 1992 (and discontinued shortly thereafter)

basically mattel had done a survey and discovered that girls didn’t think ken was “cool” enough

SO someone had the bright idea to research coolness by sending people to raves which, at the time, were mostly hosted & attended by gay men. so they went to these raves and took notes on what the fashions were and finally landed on this outfit, mesh shirt & all 

this doll became the best selling ken doll in history, mostly because gay men bought it in droves. (many of them said his necklace was supposed to be a cockring) but mattel and a number of parents weren’t very amused and discontinued the doll 

OH MY GOD YOU’RE LEAVING OUT THE BEST PART

SO

MAGIC EARRING KEN. This bitch gay as HELL. supposedly the aforementioned rings on him are for “magic earrings” and clip on charms. These charms are advertised as totally COMPLETELY heterosexual, not gay at ALL, see there’s a Barbie that also has Magic Earring Action with clip on charms! Ken wears them to match, because he’s STRAIGHT

Here’s the issue: THERE IS NO MATCHING BARBIE. Magic Earring Ken is out here straight up wearing cock rings on his jacket with a thinly devised advertising ploy to make it SEEM not-gay. But it’s DEFINITELY GAY. (And if you’re thinking, why cock rings? Well way back in 1992 gay culture was HUGE on wearing cock rings, it was the in-style. Everyone who was gay wore one, even women; you sewed them to your leather jacket, and the placement indicated some of your sexual preference. In case you were wondering, Ken is a Bottom.)

AND IT GETS BETTER. Magic Earring Ken was on the shelves for six weeks before they pulled him. In that short amount of time? Magic Earring Ken became the BEST SELLING Barbie Doll Mattel has EVER SOLD. LET THAT SINK IN. SIX WEEKS. And now every time these wheezy old hetero windbag execs go to look at their sales board, they’re forever haunted by Magic Earring Ken at the top of their charts.

Gay as hell, Cock Ring Bottom Ken, the Best Selling Mattel Doll. Pride.

@melancholyprince

Everyone shut up this is the only ken doll that matters now

When Hogwarts was rebuilt after the Battle of Hogwarts, new unisex toilets were built on the request of several transgender students. Now all floors have at least one set of unisex toilets. While each dormitory does have its own bathroom, every house also has a unisex bathroom which includes showers and other bathing facilities complete with anti-peeking charms and a wide range of bath bombs and potions. 

can we talk abt neville for a sec

i fully support the may-be-accidental theory from the movie where neville gets “hot” but i still thing that like after the battle of hogwarts he still acts like a bean and fumbles a lot and gushes about plants and he still keeps in touch with professor sprout and his tie is always on crooked and whenever he see a thestral he has to go over and hug it

yes

I need a series of Harry Potter short stories of: - the story behind Tonks and Lupin getting together, - a snap of Draco Malfoy’s home life during vacations, - something that happened when Teddy was a toddler (a kid that can change his looks at will, stuff happened for sure!), - what made Umbridge so awful, - the Lestrange/Longbottom story, - the Dumbledore/Grindewald story, - Charlie and Fleur getting together, - a snap of Luna’s future, - what really happened with Ariana, - Regulus Black and the Slytherin Locket, - Tom Riddle’s life pre-Hogwarts, - parts of Hagrid’s childhood, - parts of Snape’s childhood, - McGonagall’s life (does she have a husband/kids, what’s it like outside of Hogwarts), -Hogwarts the year after the Battle

that one anon never got back to me about the “interesting character flaws” thing so im just gonna list some of my favorite ones and if it isnt what they wanted they can always let me know

but i think some of my favorites are

aimless - which is kind of hard to work with in a story sense but i think its something i can relate to on a personal level and i really enjoy it when authors can nail this character type while also pushing the story along

anxious - in a nicely portrayed way that doesn’t detract from a character’s worth, especially when their friends actively help them out

bad habit - especially if they’re the kind that are commonly seen as gross or unhygienic, but i think that’s just normal and people find their habits embarrassing. can’t have perfect characters all the time and you can’t tell me some of you haven’t like,,, farted out in public or picked your nose or something

flirt - i cannot for the life of me stand secondhand embarrassment, but sometimes i’ll read it anyway and nothing gives me that more than being a really bad flirt, especially in times where flirting just shouldn’t even be a thing

humorless - that awkward feeling when you just don’t understand a joke or you don’t find it funny so the people around you awkwardly laugh for you is what this reminds me of, and thus i think i find it great (did you know @witterprompts sometimes feels like they don’t have a humor???)

klutzy - and i don’t mean the cute “oops i tripped” kind of clumsy, i mean the “shoot, i just dropped our important project for this one class that accounts for half our grade and broke it” kind of clumsy

liars - i saw this one dynamic where a compulsive liar’s best friend always knew what they really meant when they couldn’t help but lie and it was pretty heartwarming of a story, but i can’t remember what it was called????

superstitious - to an extreme, like, maybe to the point of making them second guess something really important they have to do?? i don’t see too many superstitious characters around

it’s just a few, but i feel like i gave a decent amount of character flaws, so i’ll cut it there

if you’d like you can let me know what your favorite character flaws are, too

Love this! It’s really important that your main character who e.g. tries to fight for the good in the world, has some flaws, too.

My favourite character flaws:

begging for attention - not in a desperate way but, like, being disappointed when no one listens, trying to be cool or to fit in (which we all do, honestly), telling stories a little bit more dramatically than actually necessary

honesty - sometimes I don’t like a person from the very first second and I don’t know what it is. sometimes it’s just the first impression I get or I’m jealous because they get more attention than me. and then it is important to be honest with yourself: yes, I’m jealous and yes, I don’t like them, and this is my fault, not theirs

failure - there is nothing you can do, sometimes things just don’t work out. sometimes you’re just too late or you just didn’t know whom to talk to or where to go. eventually everything will work out but until then there are missed buses and trains, false friends, and broken promises

pessimism - maybe you don’t believe in the good in people. maybe you’ve been rejected one too many times. maybe it wasn’t you friendzoning them but the other way round. maybe you don’t want help. (however, I hope you’re still carrying that tiny spark of hope in you)

what a wonderful addition to my post. in fact, i’d like to add some more of my own.

quick tempers - and they try so hard to manage it, but they say things they don’t mean and hurt people over it. this can also often result in impulsive decisions.

holding grudges for a long time - because they just can’t forget or forgive what’s been done, even if it was a tiny mistake that shouldn’t even be on their mind anymore.

bad liar - even at times of great need, there’s always something that gives them away. 

brilliant & lazy - you know those geniuses who are so much better at a thing than you are and they do absolutely nothing with it, which is frustrating in an envious kind of way (even if they aren’t obligated to do said thing)? characters like that are interesting to explore.

indecisive - they just can’t decide what they like or what they want. especially when it comes to matters of the heart. they second guess themselves so much, they might miss important opportunities. 

can’t keep a secret - and half the time they don’t even mean to blurt it out, it’s just on the tip of their tongue. or even, they were too excited to keep it to themselves. maybe they just find it disloyal to their closest friends to keep secrets from them. 

constantly thinks out loud - and completely shameless about it, even if something they said might have been private or best kept to themselves.

Mood:

The crows pulling off an epic heist set to MCR’s Teenagers.

This 😰😅👌💭

*elongated sigh*

Preach 🙌

dont think of your crush during the different seasons. dont imagine your crush during the summer, laying in the sun on the beach, sipping a lemonade and wearing big dark sunnies, watching the waves lap onto the shore peacefully. dont imagine your crush during the autumn, wearing an oversized sweater with their hair up messily (if short just messy), running through the autumn leaves. dont imagine your crush in the winter, curled up in all the blankets in the house, clutching a mug of hot chocolate and settled down to watch a movie marathon. dont imagine your crush in the spring, smelling the flowers and sprinting through the rain to get to cover, their hair going frizzy as it starts to dry. dont imagine your crush doing these things pleas e

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*glances nervously at pile of 20+ stuffed animals on bed*

reblog this post with a cool animal species lets make a wholesome thread

ok ill give a headstart:

i really like leopard seals 

axolotls are p rad

I LOVE THOSE

potoos look like muppets and i ove tem

here’s a quokka it’s like someone decided to splice together a wallaby and a teddy bear they literally always look like a benevolent cartoon

i don’t think you can get more wholesome than that adorable lil seed-eating smiley face. they’re not even like dolphins, cute on the outside and evil on the inside. they’re herbivores about the size of a cat. there is nothing wrong with them. 

The Springhaas, or “irl pikachu” as it is sometimes known, is basically a rat shaped like a bunny abruptly caught in the middle of trying to evolve into a kangaroo. This is why they tend to look startled.

This is a dik dik. They are tiny antelopes from southern and eastern Africa–seriously so smol. With teeny hooves and teeny horns and big soulful eyes. And the name is fun to say. It comes from the alarm call that the females make. They live together in monogamous pairs. 

Long Eared Jerboa

The adorable mash-up of a hamster, bunny, and kangaroo. Whiskers with no end, ears that put a fennec to shame, and adorability beyond measure!

bringing this back on your dashes

a sichuan takin bull and his daughter

often the color of donald trump’s hair and looking like a cross between a bison and a guinea pig, the takin is actually a bloody big goat-antelope. they have splendid noses, a natural smile, and share their habitat with pandas. which should be good enough for anyone.

This is an okapi. They are related to giraffe, can lick their own eyeballs and kind of always look like you just asked them for a ride to the airport but look at those ears and the little striped legs ~(*^*)~

Chambered nautilus! A living fossil! I also love axolotl though.

Originally posted by montereybayaquarium

A cinnamon bear! Actually a member of the black bear family, they’re one of the more calm species out there. We also have matching hair <3 Enjoy this one with a heart on its chest!

Red pandas!

Originally posted by cutestuffco

HIGHLAND COWS

This is the most wholesome post on tumblr.

I love echidnas

ESPECIALLY BABY ECHIDNAS

Fennec foxes!!

I love all of these!

Capybaras! They’re the largest cavy species,(cavies are animals like guinea pigs) They’re BASICALLY a giant golden retriever in the skin of  guinea pig.

MANATEES

Originally posted by lovefloridauk

They’re just big lumps that float around the sea. They’re non-aggressive, non-territorial herbivores that spend most of their time sleeping or eating, or they might be socializing with other manatees or investigating interesting objects.

Best of all, as of this year they are no longer endangered!!

guys guys a bearded vulture (or lammergeier)

Capybara = ROUS