justifiably dramatic

Cold, bisexual, and full of magic. || Writeblr sideblog: @agrapewriter             

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The picture in the background of the second one

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Tama is boss

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[cat-fandom]

THE TRAINS HAVE CARTOON TAMAS ON THEM

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Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed away… An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]

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For those who haven’t read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. She’s now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.

[karinanotcinerina]

Beautiful.

[system-fail-ure-deactivated2021]

Now I’m crying thanks

[sapphic-matriarchy]

and a new cat was hired right?

[clarenecessities]

yep! her name is Nitama (essentially ”second tama” or “tama II”) and she served under Tama as an apprentice before being appointed her deputy

she works very hard

[beasti]

Everytime this crosses my dash, I reblog. It is the law.

[lafayettelabaguette]

Law

[tooiconic]

I’m crying at 11pm over train cats

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Nitama, already now a mature cat (born 2010), has a protege named Yontama (fourth Tama, b. 2016).  There is no information available for either the physical befellment or tragic self-disgrace which has removed Santama from contention.

^Nitama majestic, and below with Yontama

Yontama.

[linkislost]

a legacy

[bemusedlybespectacled]

okay but actually what happened to santama (or sun-tama-tama, which is her name because it’s a pun on santama) was that she was basically sent to train for the position in okayama and they liked her so much they refused to send her back

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“Sun-tama-tama” (a pun off of “Santama”, lit. “third Tama”) was a calico cat sent for training in Okayama. Sun-tama-tama was considered as a candidate for Tama’s successor, but the Okayama Public Relations representative who had been caring for Sun-tama-tama refused to give the cat up writing, “I will not let go of this child, she will stay in Okayama.” [25]

As of September 2018, Sun-tama-tama is working as the stationmaster in Naka-ku, Okayama and appears occasionally on Tama’s Twitter account.

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Every time I see this post there’s new info and it gets better

[northeastartist]

You are only allowed to scroll pass this after you pay tribute to the great Tama Station masters.

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The shrine of Tama Daimyōjin (Great gracious deity Tama), next to the Kishi station where she worked.

Nitama presenting her yearly offerings to Tama Daimyōjin on the anniversary of Tama’s Death, June 23 (The offerings are presented by the company president, as Nitama is a cat and thus can’t hold the offerings herself) (Not pictured, but also present, Yontama)

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2020 vision

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[ober-affen-geil]

I’m gonna go off on this scene for a hot second, because this doesn’t get nearly as much attention as the talk with his mom and honestly this one hit me harder. So I’m gonna talk about why this scene is so fucking important to me.

The first line. Right out of the gate. “How long have you known?” Not, “how long have you been…you know…”, “how long have you known.” This is coming from a character we have seen (unintentionally, but still) commit homophobic microaggressions on screen at least twice now with many more implied, that difference is important.

Then when Simon answers, his response emphasizes the time they spent together when he didn’t know (Four years eating dinner together). I was sure, I was so sure his next line was going to be “why didn’t you tell me”. Because that’s how it goes right? The onus is always on the queer person, it’s always down to us. But that’s not what he says. He says “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have missed it.”

I don’t think I can put into words what hearing an apology in that moment did to me. I really can’t, I’m pretty sure I stopped breathing for a second. And then he says “All those stupid jokes…”

He is taking responsibility for his actions. He is acknowledging that he was wrong and he is apologizing for the hurt he, however unknowingly, caused his son. This is so rare. Because the key here is, not only is this a father-son relationship, which is always more difficult because men in our society have been conditioned to never be “touchy-feely”, it’s also a parent-child relationship. 

Simon is still a teenager. His father has spent 17 years being the one responsible for Simon’s care; at this point the parent is the one in the equation where the majority of power still sits. For a parent to acknowledge to a child who is still not fully an adult that they were wrong, especially when it’s a father when men are conditioned to never give ground or “show weakness” over things like this, just. It doesn’t happen.

And even when Simon gives him an out he refuses to take it. Then he makes sure Simon knows that he is loved unconditionally, and reinforces it with physical affection. And it’s not a Manly Shoulder Pat either, this is a proper full-body hug followed by a kiss on the cheek.

And after a moment of awkwardness, he actively reaches out and shows interest in engaging in the queer aspect of Simon’s life by offering to sign up to Grindr together. He’s gotten it wrong (in the most adorably dad way possible), but the point is he made the effort. He didn’t just leave it at letting Simon know he loves him, he recognized that this is an on-going presence in his child’s life and he commits to continuously being involved with and acknowledging this aspect of his son.

I am someone who has Simon’s life. I am from an upper-middle class white family with two liberal straight parents who were high school sweethearts, and I have one younger sibling. My first car was even a used Subaru station wagon, I could not make this up. This is the moment I wish I could have with my parents. 

They knew/suspected I was queer for years before I finally came out to them, but they didn’t know what to do with asexuality. They were fully prepared for me to be a lesbian and I still managed to blindside them. It was completely unexpected and they hadn’t heard of it so they didn’t know what to do about it. And we are the pinnacle of a WASP stereotype, so all of us suck at talking about our feelings. So while my parents never rejected me, they never tried to “fix” me, and they don’t really drop hints about me “settling down one day”, they also never talk about it with me. I assume because they don’t know how to and they don’t want to misstep.

We will have entire conversations about queer issues with no acknowledgement whatsoever that I am part of the group that issue pertains to. They have never tried to talk to me about what asexuality is, asked me to explain it, or asked about how to be involved in that aspect of my life. Which is unusual for them, both have always taken an active interest in both of their children’s activities. And there’s only so many times I can be the one to talk about the elephant in the room because it’s fucking exhausting. 

So yeah. This scene, this moment, hit me like a semi truck. Because god do I want that in my life.

[portsherry]

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Credit: @juliehangart

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Do any of you know about that one painting with Aphrodite being born out of lava with a black swan by her side or did i completely hallucinate that? Been searching for a while but i can’t find it for shit.

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I tried googling that description but no luck either, anyone might know what painting this might be (or if it does exist? cause it sounds sick lol)

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It took a bit of googling magic, but I think I’ve found it.

This is “Kindled” by Laura K. Cannon, which is part of her portfolio that can be found here: http://navate.com/2wk6im1sartc92iwza7il07bxq2mk5

Is this what you were looking for? @sakyubaso

[tiffanygladiator]

I’m in love.

[systlin]

This is fucking incredible

[florianjonquil]

pjo ★ rachel dare

Every time I’m around you, some monsters attack us. What’s to be nervous about?

[mantoniospam]

I want to eat healthy food, but not, like, what pop-culture tells us healthy food is.

I want to eat healthy food like the food in Monster Hunter.

YOU GOT YOUR PROTEIN. YOU GOT YOUR FIBRE. YOU GOT YOUR FRUIT AND VEG. YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF FAT FOR SATIETY. FIBRE OUT THE ASS. ALL NATURAL. ALL COOKED FRESH. MAXIMUM GAINS. SUPLEX A DINOSAUR.

[damnwyverngems]

[meldoesthedraw]

BIG congrats to Mr Ratburn & his husband!!! I wish them all the happiness in the world💕💕 ;-;

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[m40507]

when your favourite fic updates but it’s an authors note

[typical-gaming-loser]

Notice how this is usually for gay ships ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[meowhawkk]

someone: you can’t make every character of yours LGBT, it’s just not realistic, because not everyone is part of the LGBT community, and–

me:

[one-time-i-dreamt]

A bunch of friends were hanging out in a room and then suddenly, the door slammed shut and a gun appeared in one of their hands. A disembodied voice demanded that the guy with the gun shoots someone in there. The voice didn’t specify that it had to be fatal, so he shot his own hand. Then the voice said, “Outstanding move” and let everyone go.

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@thewickedverkaiking you in a few months-years

[irresponsible-black-unicorn-dea]

I’m back and refreshed and geez… I’ve got stories already. It’s only been a day 😅

[irresponsible-black-unicorn-dea]

So first off, let me tell you about Papi Juan….

[irresponsible-black-unicorn-dea]

So I wake up to this text, from a number I DON’T KNOW and this conversation ensues…

Number I don’t recognize sending love you twice in the morning…

And then asks for my address….

AND FIVE HOURS LATER ASK ME IN SPANISH

[ifyouknowmenoyoudontbitch]

But Gabe what did you Do?

[irresponsible-black-unicorn-dea]

Oh I tried to be reasonable

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…..WELL

[chicabear15]

Did the story end there? You can’t just leave us hanging!!

[irresponsible-black-unicorn-dea]

I wish…

(also I’ll occasionally betagging these as longpost for things like this of anyone wants to avoid seeing them in future)

And honestly…I feel for him a lil bit. I get the concept of giving a fake number is an easier/safer alternative sometimes but I also hope Juan just had a …crappy situation.

That being said…Juan isn’t the only fairly random person that has texted me in the last week.

“This is faaaaake.” OH SKEPTICAL PERSON, I WISH THESE STORIES WEREN’T ALWAYS REAL. I REALLY DO SOMETIMES.

I also got this one a few days ago

I don’t remember this person…like maybe vaguely but like…I teach a lot of people to dance in bars. I gave this person my number months ago??? What??? They remembered me and kept it!?!?

[applebutterbabie]

DID YOU SEND THEM THE DANCE MOVES???

[irresponsible-black-unicorn-dea]

I mean…I’m gonna do it this week 😂 figure why not

[undead-bi-dinosaur]

I wish I could dance lmaoooo 😂😂 but that person either wrote it down or has a DAMN good memory

[irresponsible-black-unicorn-dea]

And then today the food I made yesterday apparently got knocked on the floor so got thrown out, my headphones got cracked, my managers were throwing a fit, but whatever.

I’m healthy, I’m alive. Life is good 😅

[sleepysaplingz]

holy fuck.