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[wyrm-jam]

Ngl Senshi genuinely was the first human adjacent character in maybe ever that gave me something akin to body euphoria because I too am short and stout

Like his whole look is so attainable for me and he is beloved and seen as genuinely and extremely attractive by many, even by characters in the show itself so like

He's gotta win this sexyman thing because I think for once maybe the winner should be someone who actually have a marginally attainable and realistic look.

I don't care if you draw your TV man fat. He is NOT fat in canon. Senshi is short, squat, and while also fairly muscular, he has a visible gut and man boobs

Genuinely Senshi sometimes nearly makes me wish I'd kept some breast tissue when I got top surgery because he makes ME feel like I could have kept some and still have been masculine.

[xeemaee]

Senshi facts

- he is 112 years old

- he’s considered feminine for a dwarf in dungeon meshi canon

- he spent most of his life living off of the ecology of the dungeon (monster food) after (insert ptsd inducing backstory) happened when he was just a youngin

- he doesn’t have kids and I genuinely think he’d be a bad parent because of how oblivious he can be at times, but he would try his hardest to keep them well fed

- he assumes that all halflings are children because they are small

- he doesn’t wash his beard and this makes it hard for magic to be cast on him

- he hates magic and sees it as a shortcut to getting things done the hard and right way

- he explains EVERYTHING he does when cooking so that those around him can learn from him

- he would make a great teacher of some kind of dungeon survival skills class

- he has a mithril cooking knife

- he turned a perfectly good mithril shield into a large wok he takes everywhere

- the fact that he is hot without his helmet is initially treated as a gag because of how silly he looks with it on

- he can be very careless outside of his obsession with cooking monsters (ignoring directions from his party members and not taking proper care of his supplies) (so real. adhd representation. not caring about anything but your hyperfocus. I understand king)

- one time he gave the birds and the bees talk to Chilchuck because he thought Chilchuck was a child (he’s literally just a young looking 29 year old halfling with three children) (eventually he realizes that Chilchuck as a halfling is essentially middle aged and they get closer bc he gets over his prejudices)(chilshi shoutout)

- he deeply believes in only taking what you need and giving back what you can. Don’t over harvest. Don’t destroy an ecosystem for your own gain. The ecology of the dungeon is important for everyone.

- again his hyperfixation is cooking monsters and he is in canon the best monster food chef in the world

- (MANGA SPOILERS) he tells a character who was (spoiler spoiler spoiler) and is left feeling like the scraps of food left behind on the plate that vegetable scraps can always be used to grow something new and should never be thrown away 🩵

VOTE SENSHI!

Also shoutout to chilshi everyone get more chilshi pilled right now

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vote senshi tumblr sexyman 2026

-Can cook

-Cares about proper nutrition

-Has decades-long trauma that he avoided addressing until his friends helped him through it

-Cares about the environment/ecosystem he's in, helps keep the dungeon clean and nice

-will make you bread (among other things)

[Gif ID: Senshi from Dungeon Meshi saying: "Give it to me! I'll make you bread!" and then chanting "Bread!" before being hit in the face with the ingredients for bread. End ID

-Once got turned into an elf

-Look at him

[Image ID: Four screenshots of Senshi from the Dungeon Meshi anime. In one, his arms are crossed. In the second, he is crying. In the third, he holds his axe, ready for battle. In the fourth, an imaginary loaf of bread is shown floating above his head, and he is saying "I can make bread!" End ID.]

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Left for a week and almost missed the historic event of Tumblr Sexyman Final Voting.

[dizzledoodles]

All the "what is Ryan Gosling doing in a Tumblr sexy man contest" complaining is really starting bug me. He plays a nerd who clearly gets no game in his universe to the point where they decide he's expendable enough to send to die. He's popular in fandom not for the attractiveness but because he's a loser nerd. And Tenna literally has a more conventionally attractive body type than him. You want unconventional? Vote Senshi. That's my take

Also he'll make you bread :D

(truly all of these 3 are my goats and I'm just happy they all got this far. But if somebody gotta win I lowkey would rather it be Senshi or Grace. Love you Tenna)

[dizzledoodles]

OH ALSO

WOULD IT NOT BE THE FUNNIEST THING IN THE WORLD FOR THE MOST AROACE CODED CHARACTER TO WIN TUMBLR SEXYMAN???

LIKE

CMON

[dizzledoodles]

All the "what is Ryan Gosling doing in a Tumblr sexy man contest" complaining is really starting bug me. He plays a nerd who clearly gets no game in his universe to the point where they decide he's expendable enough to send to die. He's popular in fandom not for the attractiveness but because he's a loser nerd. And Tenna literally has a more conventionally attractive body type than him. You want unconventional? Vote Senshi. That's my take

Also he'll make you bread :D

(truly all of these 3 are my goats and I'm just happy they all got this far. But if somebody gotta win I lowkey would rather it be Senshi or Grace. Love you Tenna)

[zulius-kaltaris]

Vote Ryland Grace for Tumblr Sexyman 2026

Here's why YOU should vote for Ryland Grace in @mimosa-sexypeople-contests-2026's tumblr sexyman poll

Upon making first contact with an alien species, he does a little boogie

was cold shouldered out of academia for calling someone a staggering waste of carbon because they insulted his thesis

wears a cartoonish bright yellow raincoat

also wears a BANGER cardigan

Doomed by the narrative

sometimes shipped with Simon iron lung (played by markiplier)

David Szymanski (creator of the iron lung game), the PHM twitter, and MARKIPLIER have all acknowledged it

simon was eliminated in an earlier round and Grace should avenge his husband

Also very aroace coded

after being kicked out of academia, went to teach middle schoolers. MIDDLE SCHOOL. And he genuinely loves it

Rides a bike to work. and not for exercise

learns how to use a modified pipe organ to teach alien rock children science

so so scared but trying his best

has a beautiful quilt that he curls up with and sleeps under at various points

cannot put his glasses on properly to save his life

VOTE FOR RYLAND GRACE TODAY

[fleshmesh]

Break the stereotype* of tumblr sexyman always being a skinny guy in a suit. It’s time for hairy muscled short fat muscular men with big beards to shine. Vote senshi. tumblr sexyman is whoever tumblr says is the sexyman. bring in the new era

He’ll make you bread

*(people keep poiinting out that sans won who is not a skinny suit wearer. i am not saying he did not win. i'm saying it's the common stereotype of what a tumblr sexyman is. sans winning only further proves my point that senshi can win)

[mimosa-sexypeople-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexyman Contest 2026 Semifinals (3/3)

Stanford Pines (Gravity Falls)

Ryland Grace (Project Hail Mary)

Voting ended onJul 13

[dizzledoodles]

IT'S AROACE KING VERSUS AROACE KING LETS FREAKING GOOOO

[mimosa-sexypeople-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexyman Contest 2026 Round 5 Part 3

Simon (Iron Lung)

Gomez Addams (The Addams Family)

Voting ended onJul 6

[dizzledoodles]

Y'all please look at this image, my boy cannot lose

[mimosa-sexypeople-contests-2026]

I’m sorry

[mimosa-sexypeople-contests-2026]

I’d like to remind everyone that this next round is the last round before we hit semifinals

[dizzledoodles]

Y'all don't understand how much I want Simon and Grace to win their respective rounds so there can be a BloodyMary finale. Please guys it would be so funny

[dizzledoodles]

Jimmy Olsen, Imposter Syndrome and Trios

Spoilers for the new season of MAWS under the cut

WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT JAMES OLSEN? HUH? WHY THE HECK DID WE THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA?!?!

If it wasn't clear I just watched season 3 episode 2 and I have...thoughts. And feelings. Namely about Jimmy but the others will of course have their time.

I've seen both the show and fanfics address it but there's a certain insecurity that festers when you're in a friend group with two people who have a "closer" relationship to each other than you do to either of them (a gross over simplification of our trio's dynamic but I'm using the verbiage to make a point). This kind of insecurity only gets worse when one of the members of your trio is more experienced and adept at your chosen career than you are. Even worse when the other is literally savior of the city.

Jimmy Olsen in MAWS might be one of my favorite fictional characters and one that is insanely relatable. He and his friends all struggle with varying degrees of imposter syndrome but his is the most interesting because, comparitively, the others feel kind of ridiculous.

Maybe not ridiculous. If I was Clark Kent and found myself trying to balance all that power and keep a city full of people who hated me safe I would struggle with my self worth and image too. But Jimmy Olsen who is probably the most "normal" of everyone in the main cast feels the most grounded in this trope. And his self worth issues feel the quietest in the face of world ending problems and Lois Lane TM.

I appreciate that MAWS doesn't make Jimmy feel like a side character though. Despite his issues not being always front and center like Clark's or Lois's, he is important to the story. He gets his own development, he gets a whole 2 parter where the writers openly acknowledge that just because his friends are dating doesn't make their relationship to Jimmy any less important. Like as someone who doesn't really date and has that little fear of being the only single person amongst my friends, this meant EVERYTHING to me.

But he also isn't the one with superpowers that could destroy worlds with a city full of people who won't let him forget it. He isn't the one with a military father who tried to prevent the apocalypse and kill his superpowered boyfriend. He isn't the alien raised to be a weapon by an abusive robot father. Jimmy was not trained to be a warrior, or a weapon, or the best journalist in the entire world. He's a YouTuber and a hustler. He just happens to have some insanely powerful and slightly crazy friends.

And that's kind of the tragedy of it all. He's kind of right. He's not like all these impressive people he spends his time around. He is not the equivalent of Clark or Lois in any way. How could he be enough for the Kryptonian girl who seems to like him but hasn't met anyone on the level of those two yet?

And I'm here sitting at my screen yelling at him because it doesn't matter. Jimmy is impressive in his own right and his abilities are nothing to sneeze at but beyond that. Even if he wasn't. Even if he was just a guy who did his best and tagged along with his friends because he cared about them that's impressive enough on its own. That's enough. It's more than enough. And it like, sucks so bad that he can't see that? They all have this problem but Lois and Clark have like major accomplishments that people can point out to them. Like if they're down on themselves just point to the numerous times they threw themselves in harms way for a noble cause. Jimmy does the same thing of course but some of them are either attached to the two of them and helping them out or could be seen as more superficial (looking at all that money Flamebird made). Again they are still accomplishments but if you've got someone who is already down on themselves, the types of accomplishments you pull on to bolster confidence matter. And Jimmy doesn't have as wide of a selection of those ideal moments. If you pull at moments where he helped to save the world, it's too easy for him to follow it up with comparing himself to Lois and Clark. Anything else would end up feeling small in comparison. He can't win with himself

AND AGAIN IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY MAKE HIM LESS THAN. Jimmy is such a wonderful friend to Lois and Clark and could be a wonderful boyfriend to Kara if he'd just recognize that he is not less important than the people are them. If he could realize his worth and value is not the sum of his accomplishments and talents. As cheesy as it is it's way more about his heart. The type of person he strives to be, the empathy and emotional intelligence he has, the way he loves and cares deeply and fully for the people around him. Anyone would be lucky to have him but the alien girl who is learning how to love and be loved, how to feel and let go? Yeah. Kinda a match made in heaven. Lock in Jimbo

I swear this friend group needs therapy so freaking baaddddddddd

Anyway, loved the new ep. Can't believe Clark got Whipped that's crazy. Same time next week?

[theespaceace]

genuinely the best shot in the show holy shit

[dizzledoodles]

Seeing this in theaters blew me away. Seeing and hearing a lot of shots from this show in theaters blew me away

One of my friends was talking about it after the show (No EPISODE 9 spoilers, just 8). The way Caine's crash out just FELT completely different because of the surround sound, huge screen and overall experience of being in a dark theater as this all happened. And I agree. Episode 8 felt like an elevated experience in theaters compared to watching it on a large tv in a dark room at home. I still wanna rewatch the finale before inevitably ranting about it on here but trust I will get to it

[starkid-polls]

Favourite NPMD act two song?

Hatchet Town

Just for Once

If I Loved You

The Summoning

Cool as I Think I Am (Reprise)

The Best of You

Dirty Dudes Must Die

Voting ended onMar 22

[dizzledoodles]

Because I'm me I have to break down all of these because I love all of these and having to pick one made me lose my mind a little

BEST OF YOU - love the style of music but I skip this song every time I listen to the soundtrack. It serves its purpose as the "happy ending in a high school musical" song. I just like the other ones more. I jam to it when I actually watch the musical though. I think when I think of NPMD songs this one just isn't the vibe that I'm looking for when I want that? Like going to an ice cream shop and you find out they have chicken wings. Also good, but didn't come here looking for it, ya know?

I WILL say though Pete and Steph flirting through the entire song is so freaking cute and I will never get over the way they pose at the end and Pete is just looking at her with the biggest freaking grin I love them-

JUST FOR ONCE - For the record, I FREAKING LOVE THIS SONG. It's the song that actually made me love Ruth but I think that's part of the problem. When I showed NPMD to a friend for the first time I told her "There's a part of the musical where Ruth is either going to become someone you really love and feel bad for or you'll become indifferent." And I was right she started feeling for the character after seeing Lauren perform but

Also "I used to dance..." is forever gonna tug at my heart strings. That was not just a character Ruth was playing you cannot convince me that wasn't just her

IF I LOVED YOU - The reason I show this musical to people honestly. It is one of my favorite love songs in every musical I have consumed. It's partly cause of style and partly cause of the characters and their chemistry I just love it. It's so much poppier than the rest of the soundtrack but that kinda services it if that makes sense? Also Mariah and Joey just sound so insanely good together and I need more duets between the two of them. Their ranges compliment each other perfectly and their voices blend and harmonize so perfectly GOSH

Also Pete completely freezing when Steph says "sure I'm a sapiosexual, you're intellectual" beautiful. Love them

Only reason I'm not ranking it higher is because it's a simpler song. That doesn't do it a disservice it's still one of my favorites in terms of musical love/breakup songs, but some of the other songs in Act 2 boggled my mind in terms of how they made me feel. I think if you asked me a few months ago it would have been higher but it doesn't have the same vibe when you relisten to so many times compared to the others

THE SUMMONING - A fun song truly. The whispery voices layering, the unhinged behavior of the lords in black contrasted with the dread and reverence with which the teens sing at the beginning of the song it's just so freaking perfect. It feels like it's supposed to with the quick shifts from spooky ethereal piano playing to electric guitar and drums. Plus the build up to this song for long time fans of the Hatchetfield Trilogy is just unreal. I was screaming with the audience when I heard Wiggly speak like DUDE this moment was so greatly anticipated. Jon Matteson's acting here is also just such a joy.

HATCHET TOWN - Again, SUCH A FUN SONG. There's so much happening in both the performance and the cast recording. Little character cameos, and FREAKING BRYCE CHARLES. WOMAN YOU BETTA SANG PLEASEEEEEEEEE.

Y'all don't understand how much it meant to me to see a black woman sing in a way that made me feel seen as a black woman who loves music, oh my gosh. My friend and I both had goosebumps. She was magnificent. The harmonies are so beautiful and the voices are so well layered. If somebody asked me about who Starkid is, this is one of the songs I would show them

DIRTY DUDES MUST DIE - ANGELAAAAAA!!! SING ANOTHER UNHINGED CHARACTER'S SOLO AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!! This song gave me literal chills. Jaw dropped the entire time my first watch. Friend was utterly speechless. After sitting in the corner for like half an hour trying to figure out what she watched she declared after hating Grace all of act 1 that she now completely loved her which like...yeah. Only correct response to hearing this song. This one was seriously close to being number one for me. If it was longer it actually might have made it but I kind of like that it's not. I like its length. Feels right

COOL AS I THINK I AM (REPRISE) - It makes my eyes water every time. It's such a perfect blend of the songs I love plus a beautiful display of Steph and Pete's love/devotion for each other. As soon as Joey sings " you could call this luck" I have to hold back tears please-

"What if I should go?" "You get to live on" D:

"You'd have to say-" "I know" DD:

"You're not as cool as you think you are." "But you're as smart as I know you are!" DDD:

"Loved you more than the stars above" so you can just shoot me in the heart now actually thanks

Any song where Joey's register drops I just have to know I'm going to feel some very intense emotions. My friend cried when I showed her this song. It just hurts so good and explains them so well

[dizzledoodles]

I love the idea that Tenna and Spamton were genuinely just business partners. Like, Tenna's not lying to us when he says it it is genuinely how things were. They never had sex. Never even kissed. Might have flirted a little but doesn't every showman?

What I also love is the idea that he caught feelings AFTER.

Spamton's been gone for years at this point and Tenna is still angry but it starts with a few lonely quiet nights spent thinking way too hard about the old times until one night he sits up and realizes...oh- oh n o-

He leans even more aggressively into hating the guy because why on earth would he have a crush on someone who isn't even there anymore? He has big feelings because he's angry he was betrayed. That's the only reason. Surely.

After recovering from his near death experience he has way more time to just think in Castle Town, and I think, if he doesn't go to Mettaton's in chapter 4, that he KEEPS thinking about it, starts crushing so aggressively on a guy he's sure he's never talking to again.

He and Puppet Spam would meet and he would be an absolute wreck for a number of reasons.

I also love thinking that Spam liked him back in the Big Shot era but is so noncommittal and terrified of any permanence in relationships that he never said a word. Like yeah the guy is charismatic and charming and has a thousand watt smile but c'mon! They'd never. They could never. Right? Right. And even if it were possible, Spamton would absolutely screw it up. They weren't built to last.

This exactly what he tells himself after everything falls apart too. They weren't built to last. It was always going to end this way. He was a fool to entertain any other possibility for even a second.

Then he ends up traveling with the kids, and staying in Castle Town between adventures. By this point his feelings regarding Tenna have been so repressed and ignored that when they meet again Spamton, instead of being a nervous wreck like Tenna, is pretty cold and indifferent. Gosh darn defense mechanisms. He's so over Tenna, can't you see! He'll never have a single thought about that man again. Never in the rest of his probably very short life. He is resolved to never feel a single thing for him ever again.

That resolve...does not last very long

[octolingplush]

this is what happened right

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