bastard from a basket

Emma | i love words and images and sounds

[audarcy]

Btw my bluesky / discord / letterboxd / twitter / wherever-we-may-end-up-next username is joyinrespite

[s-u-f-j-a-n-s-t-e-v-e-n-s]

Hell yes. Spring Break 2013. Pop a Molly and get jolly in south beach. New York is a dream to me now.

[audarcy]

Running system diagnostics… Downloading SYSTEMDATA_PACKET_CELERITY355… Installing SoulSync v. 18.09.19998… Launching program

MIRROR_NEURON

Hey guys! For the 2026 Toxic Yuri Visual Novel Jam, I had the absolute pleasure of writing and producing MIRROR_NEURON, an 18+ visual novel about care, endurance, humanity, inhumanity, and the fraught relationship between a mech and her Pilot. Written entirely by me and directed by my lovely wife @saoirsedotpdf, MIRROR_NEURON has a total of about 16k words, 4 standard endings, and 1 secret ending.

Sprite art by @bardsonly Coding / UI / wizardry by @dirkradia Music, mech design by @summonfish CG art by me, @bardsonly, @summonfish, @ryelane2023, tori, and Carter Beta Omega testing and pervert consultation from @lesbiangiratina

> You are the Principality-class model Celerity mk. 3, number 55. You are a Morningstar, an advanced mobile weapon employed by the Orionid Empire for deep space warfare. > Your duty is to shepherd your Pilot to victory, and to keep her alive long enough to do so--by whatever means necessary. > Every Morningstar needs its Pilot, after all.

Available to play in-browser or download for free on itch.io!

MIRROR_NEURON is an 18+ game. Please play at your own discretion, and if needed, consult the content warnings on the game's itch.io page.

[thepaisleyelf]

There’s a liquor store near my house that seems to be run exclusively by frat boys. They lovingly curate these bags, which I browsed today while “Oops I Did It Again” played through the store speakers. This is art to me, there is beauty everywhere for those with eyes to see it

[thepaisleyelf]

The update everyone has been waiting for….

[virtualgirladvance]

everytime i see this it makes me want to buy from them exclusively

[mrsterlingeverything]

When i met u in the summer

[mrsterlingeverything]

[rockabillywife]

Things have changed for me

And that’s OK

[zoesupreme]

we're for real gonna be telling stories about this man for centuries

[zoesupreme]

yall I feel like I'm floating right now

[brightlotusmoon]

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

[renthony]

It's wild to watch the phrase "tumblr sexyman" morph into "man that tumblr thinks is sexy," because when I first saw the phrase come into use, I always saw it used in reference to the phenomenon of "when presented with a wide array of fictional characters, tumblr will always pick the skinny white man to obsess over, and if the fan-favorite character has no canonical human appearance, the fandom will inevitably create a popular fanon of the character as as a skinny white man."

When I hear "tumblr sexyman," I think of Cecil Night Vale being constantly depicted as a skinny white man instead of literally anything else. I think of the background character white men who get elevated over protagonists that are women, people of color, or otherwise not the white man power fantasy.

"Tumblr sexyman" is, like. An insult. I DON'T want any of my blorbos to win a "tumblr sexyman" poll. "Tumblr sexyman" is the exact opposite of what I want my own OCs to be. If any of my characters ever get called "tumblr sexyman," I will have to immediately re-evaluate myself and the art I'm making.

[renthony]

Things I think of when I hear "tumblr sexyman":

Cecil Night Vale, as previously mentioned.

Oncelercest, because if there aren't two skinny white men to ship, tumblr fandom will start shipping the skinny white man with himself.

Bill Cipher inexplicably being fanon'd as a white twink despite being a fucking triangle.

Everyone fawning over Marvel Loki while shoving every woman and Black person in the MCU aside.

The way nearly every single character in Hazbin Hotel has the same "tall and skinny" body type, along with all the criticisms Black audience members have made about the issues with Alastor's design.

The way tumblr got obsessed with the white man villain in Sinners.

[voidcreations]

Look at my birthday cake...

[crazy-brazilian]

[apocryphics]

[cikero]

[json-derulo]

for sale: Baby Shoes Stylish Infant Boy Girl Unisex First Walker Shoes Toddler Walking Crib Shoes Lightweight Non-Slip Sneakers For 6 9 12 18 24 Months Baby Shoes New With Tags New In Box Excellent Condition Never Worn

[pissvortex]

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[outtox1cated]

New favorite genre of posts

[ballgame]

I don't think I've seen this shared here yet (newsletter excerpt for context ↓)