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Where have I been?

Actually, I’ve had a Discord for the longest time. That’s where I’ve been all this time.

Honestly, I don’t know what to do here anymore. All the friends I used to talk to are gone, my old fan messages are gone so I dunno if the people I talked to changed their blog names or not, and my fandom days are past me so I’m mostly reblogging art. Not that I wouldn’t enjoy interacting with fandoms anymore, it’s just that the toxicity from around 2013-18, combined with me becoming super cynical, depressed, and trollish from engaging in political discourse (gods, how I regret that), plus the insanity that was that period of time made me slowly move away from Tumblr. Not to mention I was going through a really rough period of my life, between being verbally abused by my cultist parents and high school draining my mental health.

It was crazy, and I’ve done a lot of things I regret doing here. I didn’t know what the Hel I was doing, I was imprudent, brash, and really stupid.

But I also am happy that I was here. Even if I initially made an account simply due to having a crush on someone I knew, I ended up staying for the great time interacting with the fandoms here, even though I didn’t know much about some of them and I was mostly quiet. I liked the fanart, the music pieces, the crazy funny posts. It was a little light in the darkness for me. Superwholock, Homestuck, Avatar, all of that- it was a fun time. My other regret is not interacting much, and pushing back some of the people wanting to help and befriend me. I was way too shy, and I hate that to this day. So, what am I gonna do with this here blog? Despite my inactivity, I’m gonna keep it. I’m mostly reblogging art, since I barely follow fandom blogs anymore, but I wouldn’t mind reigniting that spark again, see if I can make more friends, and maybe do it right this time.

Although, I’m mostly on Discord these days haha. I’ll be leaving my Discord username at the end of this post, if anyone who still follows me wants to, you know, maybe add me, invite to a server so I stop being such a shy mess. I’ll also be tagging fandoms I used to interact with, so maybe my old friends can find me again.

Tl;dr: I’m mostly on Discord now but I miss the messy years when I was in several fandoms on Tumblr. UlchabanNos#0047

#Harry Potter #artemis fowl #superwholock #homestuck #hetalia #doctor who #Sherlock #percy jackson

yuumei-art

I haven't had time to draw lately because I've been busy working on my next Kickstarter! A lot of people asked me about the star projector seen in my last Koi Lantern Kickstarter so I've been working hard on perfecting the design and it's finally ready!

More photos and info coming soon! Stay tuned! :D

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The Hollow Knight sequel's launch didn't go entirely to plan.

A little game by the name of Hollow Knight: Silksong just released, and it has thrown platforms into chaos.

Hollow Knight: Silksong's release is seemingly setting servers on fire

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Awebo!

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when your aunt does your hair VS when your homies do your hair

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Reading in the Sunlight

- Henning von Gierke

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Look through any window, Paloma Salgado Díaz

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skating date! 🛼🛼

(he's just pretending that he can't btw)

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Hampstune Squeeku

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Flower (and vine) hair collection~

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@foolfortune gets it

Firefly review

After years of hearing people singing praises about this series, I forgot about it until last month, and then decided to sit down to watch i

After years of hearing people singing praises about this series, I forgot about it until last month, and then decided to sit down to watch it. And after so much hype, so much praise, I can definitely say... that this show is just fine. It's not at all the holy grail of sci-fi many claim it to be, or it was once claimed to be, I don't know how much praise it gets now that Joss Whedon fell from the public's good graces. It's entertaining enough, but it's deeply dragged down by its borderline teenage-like dialogue, a staple of Whedon's unchanged and riskless writing, and on top of that the Confederate imagery and parallels (allusions to the Civil War, the Alliance being a stand-in for Union, among a number of dialogue lines) are somewhat worrisome, and often raised an eyebrow whenever I noticed them. It confuses me how Whedon, someone who tried to be so progressive, could put borderline Confederate propaganda in this. The main cast of characters is written around each other like they're supposed to be a family. At times, the intention comes through. At others, it doesn't; the dialogue ruins it, because most of the cast talks to each other in one-liners and quips, exchanging barbs most of the time. As a friend said to me once, it's like everyone wants to be Han Solo, and it shows. And it's strange to hear such juvenile dialogue coming from the mouths of grown-ups. I particularly despise River as she's written. She falls into "mental illness superpowers" territory, what with how she acts quirky a lot of times or when her "powers" manifest. How she has gained these powers through trauma, and how she's treated like a baby by others is rather skeevy in my own opinion, albeit it could be just me.

The villains are borderline cartoonish. At times they are strawmen, at least two of which who are meant as stand-ins for misogynistic views, and this, aside from being bad writing, particularly ages terribly. None of them are particularly compelling or threatening beyond the bounty hunter Early.

Separating art from the artist sometimes is hard, especially on this Joss Whedon production: He focuses so much on his own gimmicky style that it's hard not to view this as something that wasn't done by him. This gimmick, paired with Whedon's lack of risks to improve himself as a director and basic, almost sterile camerawork are glaring flaws to me. As a final note: I hate Joss Whedon, but I gave him a fair chance, putting aside my disdain for him as a person and for his contributions to the current state of whedonspeak that permeates the mainstream industry. And frankly, it did not impress me. Excluding the rancid Confederate propaganda, Firefly is a fine, entertaining enough show, but it's not at all the must-see of sci-fi shows. I wouldn't put it among the top 10 sci-fi shows, let alone top 20. There are better options out there, whether due to better entertainment, profound themes, or both. Firefly holds a candle to those. I could've gone on without watching this, and nothing would've changed.

I believe that many have their critiques of Firefly obfuscated by their visions of what it could've been, what it could've become as a mainstay staple of television, or maybe have become a really bad show (read up on how Whedon planned to have the luxury prostitute SA'd). However, I must insist that we have to criticize it based on what we got. And what we got isn't impressive.

This is a 5/10 for me.

#firefly #overrated #joss whedon