Fluffy Supremacy

I HAVE NO LIFE (18+, she/her or they/them)

[spider-mann]

Andrew Garfield talks to Elmo about grief and the passing of his mother

[homoquartz]

i’ve warmed up significantly towards the concept of small talk ever since i learned that its sole purpose is to make friendly noises.

as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it’s just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we’re small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, “i’m not here to hurt you. here’s something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we’re on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i’m being light-hearted and non-threatening right now.”

small talk isn’t to get to know a person. it’s just a greeting to affirm you’re buddies in the universe.

i am motivated by wanting the other person to know i am friendly, so i have gotten pretty decent at small talk when i used to hate it.

[piratedgender]

[themisally]

[vonlipwig]

developing the hots for ryan gosling because of project hail mary is so fucking embarrassing I swear to god. that is a conventionally attractive man. a noted hollywood heartthrob. he's even blond, are you kidding me? did he win people magazine's sexiest man alive? I don't know. I'm not going to check but it wouldn't surprise me at this point. it's such a mainstream taste. such a clichéd celebrity crush. like oh I fancy ryan gosling and my favourite drink is coca-cola and my favourite snack is ready salted crisps. jesus christ. 'b-b-but i only like him when he's in a science pun tshirt and playing a dorky-awkward loner type!' doesn't matter. he's still ryan 'ken from barbie' gosling. it's so trite. I feel like the weird nerd girl in a teen coming-of-age romcom falling for the super popular jock. don't I know that I have a reputation to uphold here? cringe.

[fandomsandfairytales]

This post is the spiritual successor to that post about David Corenswet:

[pilferedinstagram]

[ozth]

found this three year old draft buried in my files. is it funny? I don't remember

[themainspoon]

There's so many horror games about having to try to weed out and deal with inhuman imposters, but I want one where the script is flipped. You are something inhuman, you are an imposter, and if you want to survive you have to blend into a world that is trying to hunt you down and destroy you. You aren't human, but you must masquerade as one and infiltrate their world, or you will die.

[themainspoon]

I actually think we need to start inverting more Horror premises/tropes.

Like "You have to venture into the scary insane asylum!" VS "You're a patient who was admitted by force to an asylum, and you are very clearly in real danger, but everyone is pretending that you're just deluded, and are essentially leaving you to die because they don't really see you as a person."

I feel like there's a lot of Horror tropes built off of the fear of the other, when in reality it's actually often the other who is in danger. Maybe we could start recognising that more.

[themainspoon]

Interesting how the first half of the post has picked up popularity while the second part, which perhaps clarifies the idea of the original post, hasn't.

It's been interesting to see what media people are recommending based on the first post alone. A lot of recommendations for games/franchises like World of Darkness, Carrion, Kill All Humans, Among Us, etc. It's interesting because these are games that put you into the shoes of the violent other that has to infiltrate, without actually challenging the idea that the other is a threat. They actually parrot the ideas of the other as violent.

Funnily enough, the people recommending the comedy game Octodad understand the post much better than most of the people recommending horror media. A few mentions of Am I Nima, which isn't finished yet but does look like it could be what I am describing, so brownie points to the people recommending that.

But everyone saying stuff like "This is just being Trans/Autistic/Etc" really gets it, like really really gets it. Horror always communicates the fears and anxieties of the people who create it, this post was basically: "What if instead of communicating the fear of the other, we communicated the fears of the others, which are actually vastly more legitimate than the dominant groups fear of the other. We should recognise that it is overwhelmingly the others who are the ones who actually suffer and die, all for the perceived "saftey" and "comfort" of the dominant group."

This idea is about transphobia, it is about ableism, about anti-imigrant rhetoric and white supremacy, about queerphobia, it's about all of it. It is horror from the perspective of minority groups. It is the twisting of a trope built upon reactionary fears and narratives in order to critique them, it is a direct allegory for all those experiences you are describing.

Overall, it's just interesting to see who gets it and who doesn't.

[starryeyeddumbass]

I'd recc checking out Am I Nima. It's just a demo atm but it's my most anticipated release as of rn.

spoilers

You're (imo) an ancient brain parasite put into the brain of a dead girl. Your "mom" interrogates you to confirm that you're *her* nima, but it quickly becomes apparent that the answers she wants aren't about what the actual nima would have said or done, but about obedience and control. Nima and "Nima" are in the same boat. Having to speak as a fictional version of herself to cater to the whims of someone who seems to want a doll more than a daughter.

I'm probably not explaining it very well, others could probably do it more justice (ó﹏ò;)

[shamebats]

"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry

[hthrrloooo]

Catastrophize Benedictine

[dumbthinmint]

Forgetful Ice Cream Sandwich

[viostormcaller]

Executive Dysfunction Cake n’ Ice Cream

[isa-ghost]

Unfocused Cereal

[everyone-loves-purple]

sensitive rice

[andiamburdenedwithgloriousfeels]

Migraine Grits

[snarklordofthesith]

Distraction Donut.

[jadelyn]

Leg-Jiggle M&Ms

[moniquill]

Panic Cheese

[elodieunderglass]

Dread Tiffin

[spaceshipoftheseus]

Despair Mint

[thelawfulchaotic]

Insomnia Lucky Charm

[syinthome-kaleidoscope]

Deterritorialization Strawberry

[barely-an-artist]

Lethargy sandwich

[randomfruit666]

Constant Stress Salmon

[cedar-is-a-nerd]

Anxiety Iced Tea

[consumerofshorthomies]

Anxious Apple Juice goes hard

or Dissociation Rice if we’re being real specific about the food part

[theboredvoid]

Mood Swings Red Bull

[starving-little-orphan-boy]

@counting-horses please let at least one of these be real

[counting-horses]

This post contains 52 horses (84.9% of the post)

🐎 @hthrrloooo

Catastrophize Benedictine

[Image]

🐴 @dumbthinmint

Forgetful Ice Cream Sandwich

🍎 @viostormcaller

Executive Dysfunction Cake n’ Ice Cream

♞ @isa-ghost

Unfocused Cereal

𓃗 @everyone-loves-purple

sensitive rice

♞ @andiamburdenedwithgloriousfeels

Migraine Grits

🐎 @snarklordofthesith

Distraction Donut.

🥕 @jadelyn

Leg-Jiggle M&Ms

🎠 @moniquill

Panic Cheese

🥕 @elodieunderglass

Dread Tiffin

🦄 @spaceshipoftheseus

Despair Mint

🦄 @thelawfulchaotic

Insomnia Lucky Charm

🎠 @syinthome-kaleidoscope

Deterritorialization Strawberry

🦄 @barely-an-artist

Lethargy sandwich

🥕 @randomfruit666

Constant Stress Salmon

🎠 @cedar-is-a-nerd

Anxiety Iced Tea

🥕 @consumerofshorthomies

Anxious Apple Juice goes hard

or Dissociation Rice if we’re being real specific about the food part

♞ @theboredvoid

Mood Swings Red Bull

♞ @starving-little-orphan-boy

@counting-horses please let at least one of these be real

Posts are selected by humans, processed automatically and queued to post. Click the link for more information about each horse. You can send a link or text to be counted to my ask box.

[elodieunderglass]

Aww Tiffin is a grandchild of the Tetrarch, that’s cute!

[my-russia]

First computer animated cat ever - “Koshechka” (”A kitty”), 1968

[skelehime]

The Magazine (aka the scariest dream I ever had). 

[ilahikizilcik]

Just watched a documentary about women who use ai boyfriend apps, following three different women, at the festival. Very early on, the first woman said something that caught my attention: The documentary opened at her work, then followed her to her tiny apartment as she prepared and ate dinner with her boyfriend on her tablet. I don't know if that was the intention but the whole sequence gave me the impression that she had no friends. Then it cut to an interview to camera where she said she had never said "I love you" to anyone other than her ai boyfriend, that love was too important to be frivolous with. Later she said she doesn't want to date anyone because even if someone seems perfect at first, gradually the flaws become visible. And I feel like the belief that love ought to be grandiose and perfect makes a lot of people lonelier, even if not to the point of ai boyfriends, by keeping them from appreciating small human connections that might otherwise grow

[starlitnightswallow]

Some purple/grey birds for ace day

Cheers to my friends on the ace spectrum out there! Hope you have a wonderful day!

[attackpossum]

Be Not Afraid — Crack The Egg

Happy gay month to everyone but especially my trans siblings 🏳️‍⚧️

[only-cat-memes]

[lavendercowboyart]

trans rights (and wrongs) seagull illustrations— inspired by @citizen.reid’s video (on TikTok and insta) of a seagull with a trans flag!!

I may add this to my shop if there’s enough interest! :)

[butchvarric]

let's give it up for emotionally constipated women. let's give it up for women who can't think about being vulnerable without throwing up in their mouth a little. let's give it up for women who don't have the words to say what they feel even if they wanted to

[whimsy-flags]

Pride Crows for @velvetfur! Enjoy~