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[just-patchy]

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💜 Kemono Jihen

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[lypsys]

"Write character relationships that are normal" WRONG ☝ CODEPENDENCY BEAM 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexy Jester/Clown Contest Round 3

Gavis Bettel (Vtuber)

Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus)

Voting ended onApr 22

[doubleloner]

tag your traumatized man comfort character

[kazoosandfannypacks]

image id: a tweet that days "girls be like 'this is my comfort character' and it's a traumatized man who thinks he's hard to love" end id

[just-patchy]

madoka nozomi

[greelin]

you have to understand. There are several things wrong with me

[redstonedust]

pet peeve is when you look up fashion references from a specific era and you keep getting modern day '[era]-inspired' fashion like NO i want authenticity damn it. i can see your 2020 photo quality and your 2020 hair and your 2020 makeup. youre not fooling me.

[bincliff]

hello i'm a historical fashion researcher and i have a lot of experience looking up things! this is a very widely experienced irritation and you're definitely not alone in this, but i am here to share everything i know!

so, ways to get around this:

turn off AI results. they're literally nonsense to us

don't use pinterest because the sources/provenance is often hard to trace

a standard internet search can be okay, but museum collections are the top tier (list of collections below this list)

instead of broad terms like victorian, regency, tudor, renaissance etc. try using the decade you're looking for. if you're not sure of what decade it is but have a vague image in your head, look on the fashion history timeline and just jump around until you find it. but even changing to e.g. 19th century will give better results than victorian

including terms like womenswear/menswear, daywear, formal wear, evening wear, court dress should increase the value of your search too

including "fashion plates" in your search can give you a nice impression of the intended silhouettes of the era. some of these might be a little stylised but will show you what was considered in vogue

for pre-fashion plate eras or things like makeup and styling, you'll have to look at portraiture or manuscripts. these are harder to actually find what you're looking for, but searching museum collections and limiting results to specific date ranges will be your friend

when looking at art, do bear in mind sometimes artists would paint fabric extra flow-y to show off their skills. it might not have been exactly like that in terms of fabric weight or drape. so, a pinch of salt required!

if you find something on image search where the provenance is dubious, reverse image search and you might find a source! i've been able to trace random pinterest images to real sources, but this does take a lot of time and effort and is often not worth the headache

some online resources and museum collections:

fashion history timeline is an invaluable resource if you're trying to get a feel for everything and should be your first port of call. it'll also link to good examples

the met has a vast number of extant examples of clothing, as well as fashion plates

costume institute fashion plates is a subcollection of the met for fashion plates (1800s-1922)

v&a also has many extant garments, fashion plates, and incredible articles on clothing and aesthetics. read the details of the objects because they'll often reveal a lot about the piece

lacma is good for C19th-20th pieces

nypl digital collection for photographs

national portrait gallery or similar for portraiture, or literally any museum in your country that has historical art

national museums scotland can be useful situationally but might be oddly specific

stout style history is a great collection for finding image references for fat people wearing historical clothes. survival bias of a lot of museum pieces tends towards smaller clothing that couldn't be repurposed, but this aims to counter that. it's not sortable, but is still a really nice resource

wikimedia commons is surprisingly handy! and the images, if you should need to link/repost them, are public domain

auction websites sound like a funny one to recommend. some won't have mannequins and some will. just look up historical garment auctions and you'll find some!

anyway, i hope this has been a good place to start for anyone interested! there are probably some i've missed because there are so many museums across the world and i don't know about all of them or can't remember them. but these are the ones i've used the most! (my specialisation/jobs i've had to research for have only really been in western fashion, so my resources reflect that)

[haemey]

Wikipedia has a list of fashion museums. Unfortunately, the page itself is only available in German, but the introductory paragraph is very short and after that, it's organised by country, and then it's a simple list. If you click on a museum's article, the website is usually linked in the overview table.

[queen-suzu]

the anti-ai oath

(with your hand in a bunch of pages of ao3’s source code)

I [tumblr or ao3 username], do solemnly swear that all my slop is my own, and that no ai was ever used in the creation of it,

and that while it may be shit, it is my shit, created with my own two paws.

I acknowledge should I ever break this oath, I will be banned from ao3 for life, and will face execution by firing squad.

amen.

gay men.

EDIT: that’s it, I’m turning off notifications on this post. Thanks for loving this post so much yall

[just-patchy]

ace and ruggie rly testing my patience as a f2p player cause what are those back to back ssr releases

[just-patchy]

9 whole eps,,,,,9 WHOLE FUCKING EPS

[moxxiethenarrator]

I hate that feeling where you wanna write but you can’t write so you don’t write but you wanna write

[just-patchy]

bit of a rant about the therapy game live adaptation bc even tho i do like the cast and i enjoyed watching it, i need to put these thoughts somewhere

lowkey what was up with therapy game ep 8, like i get that they might’ve wanted to make full use of the actors for the side charas but why is itsuki narrating minato’s trauma for him and minato is just left sitting in the attic crying while shizuma goes off on a monologue,,,,,,,,,,,

ep 5 was one thing cause they could’ve still spun it into a sort of “minato and shizuma get into a situationship without rly addressing anything” esp in regards to minato’s trust issues and insecurities, but we didn’t even get minato openly confiding in shizuma about the fear of turning out like his mother bc she would constantly say how alike they are??? the past events (the affair and the suicide) are one thing, but we never get minato talking about it to shizuma and at least addressing how it affected their relationship like how he did in the og manga

it kinda felt like they leaned a lil too heavily into minato’s softer personality without completely addressing the tough front he puts up. yes, we do see the solo shots of minato suffering alone on the rooftop trying to convince himself he’s fine with feeling lonely so that he doesn’t disturb shizuma, but my issue with how he’s written in the live adaptation is that we haven’t rly been able to see him address things on his own terms in a proper conversation. the closest we got was him talking to shizuma’s friends over the phone while he was trying to find shizuma in his hometown, but the moment in the attic feels one sided bc everything we hear about minato’s past is addressed by itsuki when in the og manga he understood that it wasn’t his place to tell. the attic scene ends up being reliant on shizuma to carry the emotional weight of it all cause he’s the one with all the knowledge even though minato’s the one who’s shown with the baggage.

obv there is sth powerful in itself for shizuma to be giving minato that choice, bc it says a lot about how shizuma’s laid himself bare time and time again and willing to be vulnerable for minato’s trust and comfort, and minato taking the lead in return like he finally has the opportunity to do something for shizuma on his own terms and not out of circumstance (like how he stays quiet about being lonely so that he doesn’t put pressure on shizuma). but then minato’s character becomes almost too passive for how he was, like they sort of lost that tough or even coy side to him that honestly, was still in the og manga anyway despite all his insecurities, like itsuki provokes him still in the adaptation but minato doesn’t rise to the bait.

idk, there’s something uncomfortable about how minato’s trauma and the consequential issues that came from it were addressed. ep 8 was probably the weakest for me in terms of storytelling. it wasn’t like the mito brothers’ past weren’t already being narrated in the manga, but i don’t understand why itsuki is addressing minato’s trauma for him when the adaptation already built up minato’s lack of communication in regards to minato and shizuma’s relationship

[sushiisiu]

as a hong konger i feel the need to speak out and give a local's perspective on the fire that has ravaged tai po's wang fuk court because there's so much disinformation and western gazed reports regarding it.

a quick background to the incident: a fire broke out in the housing estate of wang fuk court and caused the burning of 7/8 blocks in the estate. so far a total of 128 deaths have been reported with around 200 more missing and 79 injured. the fire burned for a total of 43 hours. the housing estate was undergoing a renovation project that cost 330 million HKD (around 42mil USD) when the construction material of one block caught on fire and subsequently spread to the rest of the buildings. around 4.6k people live there and majority of them are elderly.

a lot of the media is blaming the bamboo scaffolding for the cause of the fire's spread. that is not true and is a distraction from the actual problem of corruption that caused this avoidable tragedy.

for starters, bamboo scaffolding is a centuries old practice that is a recognized cultural heritage in hong kong. everything in hk, including the iconic skyline, was built using bamboo scaffolding. centuries of cantonese opera shows hosted in bamboo theatres had hot food stalls with no issues of burning. it is not because it's cheaper or from an inflated sense of nostalgia but a factual thing you can easily confirm by looking up any heat test with bamboo. but the most obvious proof you can find is that the site itself shows the scaffolding mostly in-tact while the safety net is almost completely gone.

which brings me to my next point about the nets. they have been proven again and again by residents own tests to not meet standards of being fire-retardant. there have been complaints made an entire year before that were dismissed as inflammatory rumors aimed at hindering the renovation. this is a test from TVB news showing how a net with fire-retardant properties vs a net without would react under fire. but if that's not enough, here are multiple videos showcasing how the fire's spread was completely accelerated by the nets flammability.

video showcasing the start of the fire (with jumpcuts showing the spread within a 10 minute window)

港新聞 Kong News (@kong.news) on Threads

大埔宏福苑今日（26日）下午發生五級嚴重火警，造成13死多人傷，包括一名消防員在救援期間殉職。火警最先由宏昌閣外牆棚架冒起火種，其後火勢以極高速度沿棚架向上蔓延，並波及宏泰閣、宏新閣等多座大廈，部分單位更被火焰燒入室內。 網民 striking_biking 於Threads上

video showcasing another block of the estate that ignites into a chimney of flames within 30 seconds

Jimmy Kwok (@k_j.immy) on Threads

（backup) 左邊一棟，由外圍開始見到火到燒到頂， 30秒！ 就算有咩警鐘都唔會有用

rather conveniently as well is that construction sites across hk the day after have begun removing the safety nets. i know of people working in construction who can corroborate as well.

as always, the incentive for such corner cutting is money. fire-retardant nets cost 6-10 times more than regular nets. among this was the use of styrofoam boards as opposed to metal for blocking out the windows within the construction site, which as another factor in aiding the spread of the fire.

this renovation project was the most expensive out of the 3 proposed for the estate. it was majority paid by the residents, with each tenant required to pay 160k for the project. i would also like to add that as wang fuk court is a part of the home ownership scheme, they are owned by the housing authority, which is an agency of the hong kong government.

330 million in funds yet they could not even afford the bare minimum of fire proof materials? their greed and corruption is what turned the housing estate into a death trap for the thousands living there, NOT the bamboo scaffolding.

another tragic (and suspicious) factor in the deadliness of this incident is that the fire alarm system for all 8 buildings failed to sound, which likely caused the deaths of many more as most people reported not even knowing there was a fire until either the smoke reached them or they could see the flames.

the government's response to this has been to immediately roll out policies to switch to steel scaffolding as opposed to addressing the real issue of corruption involved. likely because of the election coming up next week (which has still not yet been cancelled despite the tragedy) where there are candidates directly involved or connected with district councilors that allowed this to happen by denying and shutting down resident's concerns. people are also concerned that this is just another method of streamlining the process of outsourcing labor from mainland, as their standard is using steel scaffolding and their labor is far cheaper. this would also allow the mainland industry of providing steel scaffoldings to break into hk.

majority of the relief effort has been funded by or provided the citizens of hk themselves. volunteers have poured in from across hk as well as the bordering shenzhen to help deliver supplies for displaced residents. if there is one feel good thing to take away from this incident is that we fucking care about each other, far more than this shit ass government. the initial relief funds offered by the government was a mere 10k per family, just plain disrespectful when they've lost their everything. (as of right now it has been raised to 50k, likely due to backlash but it still does not compensate even the amount that they've paid for the renovations that took their home)

i mostly wrote this post as a half rant and half psa to let people know from a hkgers pov the blatant display of greed and negligence that allowed for something like this to happen. this is not a tragic accident but a situation so preventable that all the people involved should all be charged with murder. this is the deadliest disaster hk has faced in the last 70 years, and the death toll is only expected to rise as the fire brigade actually starts breaking into flats individually.

hk is very small so most people, myself included either know or know of someone directly affected by the tragedy. about 50% of hkgers, again myself included, also live in these types of housing estates. i'm deeply disturbed and appalled at the implications and would like more people to know how complicit our government is in this incident.

[eternal-bauhinian]

HONG KONG NEWS RECAP: NOV 26TH TAI PO WANG FUK COURT FIRE

What happened?

On November 26th, 2025, at around 2:50pm HKT, a fire broke out at the Wang Fuk Court (宏福苑) apartment complex in Tai Po district

Although firefighters arrived in 10 minutes, the fire quickly spread and escalated to 7 of the 8 blocks in the complex. At 6:22pm the same day, the No. 5 alarm (the highest level) was raised (HKFP)

The fire was so severe that first responders were unable to enter the building to conduct search and rescue while keeping their lives intact

The fire was declared contained at 9:31pm on Nov 27th, and declared under control at 3:15am on Nov 28th (HKFP)

Only at 10:18am on Nov 28th, after 43 hours of firefighting, did the fire get mostly put out

As of Nov 28th, at least 128 people have been confirmed dead (HKFP), including 1 firefighter and 2 Indonesian domestic workers

At least 79 people were injured (including 11 in critical condition) and 200+ people are still currently missing (HKFP); thousands of residents are left displaced

How did this happen?

The apartment complex was undergoing a HK$330M renovation project (that's US$38.5M) by Prestige Construction & Engineering Co. Ltd. (宏業建築工程) when the fire happened; the project has been ongoing since July 2024

The direct cause of the fire itself is currently unknown and under investigation

HOWEVER: The fire was not an accident; it was caused by systemic failure, negligence, and corruption, and was entirely preventable

It begins with Prestige Construction & Engineering itself: since 2022, the company has had over 10 records of safety violations (The Collective: Chinese)

In July 2024, the residents voted out the old management committee and discovered that the chosen renovation plan was the most expensive of 3 options (IG)

The invoices were filled with "miscellaneous" charges with zero transparency (IG)

Renovation work hadn't even started yet, but the corporate greed was already beginning to show itself and alarm bells were already ringing

It only got worse from there

Over the course of renovation work:

Workers were caught smoking while working on the bamboo scaffolding (IG footage); no action was taken despite repeated reports [NOTE: We are not blaming the one construction worker, only pointing this out as a symptom left unaddressed]

Non-fireproof mesh netting was used (HKFP), instead of fire-resistant netting legally required for construction projects, due to cost-cutting: legally-compliant fireproof netting is almost twice as expensive than the cheap stuff (IG)

Styrofoam window sealant was used: while this is common practice in Hong Kong to prevent damages, the fact that styrofoam is flammable heavily contributed to the fire spreading

The fire alarm system was also shut down, allegedly because the workers were using emergency exits for convenience (Wikipedia via AM730: Chinese) (IG report) (IG footage)

Despite the residents' complaints, inspections, and even government warnings, no action was taken (Bloomberg via IG)

What about the bamboo scaffolding?

Certain Western media outlets, including BBC, CNN, The Guardian, The Independent, Reuters, Channel 4, ITV, and Sky News, have been blaming the bamboo scaffolding used in construction work in general, and even the government has been speeding up their plans to replace it with metal (IG)

THIS IS MISINFORMATION AND ORIENTALIST NONSENSE.

Bamboo is naturally fire-resistant and scaffolding made from it has been in use in Hong Kong for over a century with no major issues

Even after the fire, photo evidence shows that the bamboo scaffolding used in the project remains intact, albeit scorched externally

The government is only pushing this narrative to further align themselves with Mainland Chinese construction policy (Tumblr)

Bamboo scaffolding is not to blame. Corruption, systemic failure, corporate greed, and safety oversights are.

Currently, at least 11 people have been arrested on suspected corruption charges and manslaughter (HKFP), but there remains a lack of accountability on the government's negligence so far

How can I help?

Grassroots efforts in Hong Kong have been helping in disaster relief (HKFP)

Donate to Crossroads Foundation Hong Kong (a local grassroots NGO): they are also buying and distributing essential items for displaced residents

Donate to Feeding Hong Kong: they are accepting both financial donations and food donations of shelf-stable items

Donate to Hong Kong Saving Cat and Dog Association (HKSCDA): they are offering free medical care to pets injured by the fire and are currently accepting donations (note: website is in Chinese)

Donate to Po Leung Kuk: they are Hong Kong's leading social service organization and fundraiser and are regarded as trustworthy by locals

Although the government and Hong Kong Red Cross have both set up relief funds, some locals regard them to be untrustworthy due to a lack of transparency

Donate to independent fundraisers by 港 Canto Club Community Initiative (IG, closing Dec 1st 6pm UK time) and others

On Instagram, Analixir and Kyli3e3 are offering art commissions in exchange for evidence of donations

How do I keep up to date?

To keep up to date on the latest news in English, I recommend Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP)

For news in Chinese, I recommend The Collective (集誌社, quotes in written Cantonese) and Hong Kong Inmedia (獨立媒體)

I also recommend following Hong Kong creators on social media, both locally-based and those who reside overseas; for English speakers on Instagram, I recommend hongkongggag, majorcantotraits, and fragrantsausage (a HK-based German)

[dailylesliec]

Hello friends — as you may have seen on the news, Hong Kong just had its worst fire in at least 60 years with 128 confirmed dead and over 200 still missing. If you are overseas and would like to help, here are some ways you can help:

1. Spread correct information about bamboo scaffolding and the cause of the fire

There is no evidence that the bamboo scaffolding exacerbated the fire. In fact, it is far more likely that the cost-cutting of the contractor led to this tragedy as they used low-cost mesh instead of the industry-standard non-flammable mesh, which caused the fire to spread upwards quickly. Bamboo is very difficult to light on fire and has been used as scaffolding in Hong Kong for many years. It is part of our culture and a stronghold of local heritage. It is one of the few industries where the Mainland has been unable to take over because they use metal scaffolds. There has been a huge spread of disinformation even among reputable international media that the bamboo was a leading cause of the fire. In fact, this is misleading and only helps the government’s agenda to phase out bamboo scaffolding in favour of metal scaffolding, which they are already doing. Biases against bamboo scaffolding are often rooted in misunderstanding and xenophobia. It would be extremely helpful to correct those who are spreading this misinformation. Please help stop the state from turning this tragedy into a way to promote their political agenda.

2. Check in on your HKer friends

Many HKers are shaken by the incident and may be struggling with their emotions/mental health as a result. Please offer them a listening ear and let them know you are here to support them.

3. Donate

If you are in a position to do so, you can consider donating to the following reputable organisations: Mission for Migrant Workers Yan Chai Hospital Yan Oi Tong Tung Wah Hospital Feeding Hong Kong Po Leung Kuk Crossroads

Pray for Hong Kong 🙏 We will get through this. If the news is overwhelming or triggering, please take a break. That being said, I do sincerely appeal to everyone to spread the word, especially those I see on here who have accounts dedicated to Hong Kong movies/culture. We can't just reminisce about old Hong Kong when Hong Kong is still here and in need.

[pinkfluffyblossoms]

Hell on earth in Hong Kong with the devastating fire. Not only did we witness blazing flames consuming multiple high-rise residential buildings and have to prepare ourselves for losing loved ones. Not only did we have to perform gratitude to people caring about us. We also have to be bombarded with BBC, CNN, The Guardian, The Independent, Reuters, Channel 4, ITV and Sky News scapegoating bamboo scaffolding, a cherished construction and architectural art form for the fire. It’s not hard to listen to local voices to see that it was caused by the green mesh engulfing the building. It’s not hard to see the bamboos remaining intact while the mesh burned. It’s not hard to think twice before parroting people who have every reason to protect themselves from accountability for causing the fire. It’s not hard to draw parallels with the London Grenfell Tower tragedy. It’s not hard to see the Orientalist and colonialist infrastructure parroting these lies prop up.

[just-patchy]

the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) is currently the most reliable English news source, so if you’d like to know more then go to their page

A bit of a lengthy addition, but the bamboo scaffolding debate is also fuelled by sociopolitical tensions between hk and mainland china + pro-beijing sentiment amongst the govt

Basically, a lot of information in the mainland is restricted so many xenophobic mainlanders have jumped on the opportunity to basically imply hk is less progressive for using bamboo scaffolding instead of metal. There are also rumours that our govt rejected help offered from Shenzhen because of xenophobia, but honestly this is news to me as a local. I haven’t heard anything about Shenzhen offering help despite all the news about this on my feed so it’s likely a rumour to fuel tension between hk and the mainland

This is made worse by our chief executive as he has also pinned the blame on the bamboo scaffolding despite that the investigation so far suspects subpar materials like non-fire retardant mesh and styrofoam boards, nor has the investigation been concluded. A lot of locals believe there’s an economic and political incentive to this statement as the govt can then import metal scaffolding from mainland china. The govt only offered 10k hkd to each household affected by the fire.

Not to mention the care team, which receives funding from the govt, didn’t do anything but take selfies with the supplies while volunteers were hauling heavy supplies all day. There have been eyewitness reports of police officers writing up parking tickets for volunteers who were delivering supplies, as well as riot police at the scene in Tai Po, so a lot of the relief effort is being done by citizens while the govt is doing nothing

Please also keep in mind that the residents had doubts and suspicions about the renovation project as early as 2024, and were not only ignored but dismissed by authorities multiple times. Politicians even said these were “demonic rumours” that shouldn’t be trusted, and reassured residents that it was unlikely for a fire to break out due to the mesh. This was not “an accident” but murder. The company knowingly used non-flame retardant mesh and decided to renovate all of the buildings in one go purely out of greed and convenience

EDIT: here’s an instagram post breaking down the context and the negligence demonstrated by authorities that caused the fire

[panicinthestudio]

HKFP Guide: How to support families affected by the deadly Tai Po fire

Hongkongers are mobilising to support the victims of a deadly fire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon at a Tai Po residential estate. At least 75 people are dead, including a firefighter. HKFP lays out local NGO initiatives and fundraisers that readers may wish to donate to.