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[monkeyman2020]

HAHA IMPROMPTU BREAK ARBITRARILY!! (TADC Ep 9. Reasons…)

TL;DR: Leaks for the finale of TADC are going around, I don’t want it spoiled, I’m going to be cutting down on how much I use social media until it premieres on YouTube officially.

Long(er) explanation:

Okay, so. Basically. I know you already read the TL;DR. But. The Amazing Digital Circus Episode 9 hath been, how you say… spoiled. Shown to the world, adorned with a variety of leeks, so to say. And I am, seething about it a little, I cannot lie. But! I have only seen one (1) spoiler, and I don’t know if it’s real or not… but it’s still, you know, aggravating.

So! To cut down on any other potential spoilers, I will be perusing the sites of social media (YouTube, BlueSky, Tumblr) moderately-to-far less frequently! Only really opening them to see messages or to rewatch/review things I’ve already seen or look at accounts I know won’t spoil me. Overall, this means I’ll use these sites fairly less often.

Which, in some ways, I’m happy about! I don’t want to use social media too too much, and so this is a good way for me to detox a bit! Focus on my hobbies, my writing, my drawing, my miscellaneous, my etcetera! But on the other hand… you know. I still have things I want to do and stuff I want to watch that involve the media of the socials. But I suppose, seeing as most of those I follow are trustworthy and/or not at all likely to repost or talk about spoilers, my interaction with them will… continue to some extent, presumably?

I don’t know how much I’ll detox for, but, my interaction will noticeably lower to all those wondering. There’ll be some queued posts scattered about here and there, most likely to coincide with any further fanfic updates. Maybe a few non-queued posts, but, definitely a LOT less reblogs, I can say that much!

I guess I’ll see you all again… June 19th! Or 20th, depending on when the episode itself actually comes out (but most likely the 19th)! Or… later, if I just can’t watch it for whatever reason. Hm.

Sayo-later and see you nara! Or however that saying goes…

[thelibrarybat]

[freezeframe]

You may be wondering how I got into this situation. That's good. Keep wondering. If you pay close attention to the rest of this movie and employ your critical thinking skills, you may find that the answer unfolds as it goes along. Sometimes it's good not to know yet, and to wonder. Sometimes that's the entire point.

[unfreezeframe]

[charl0ttan]

i just remembered. i love trans girls a lot..

[azhdarchidae]

caught her in perfect deviantart oc ref sheet pose

[busket]

wait, cis tumblr user!

before you reblog that seemingly innocuous transgender positivity or discourse post, here's some important things to look out for:

1. does this post uplift one marginalized group at the expense of another? specific positivity posts are great, like "protect black trans women" or "lets support intersex folks", but be sure that the post in question doesnt put down another group. examples: "trans women get all the love, so lets have some support for trans men for once" or "trans women are so strong for what they go through, trans men could never understand the struggle and dont experience even half of what trans women are put through" 🚨🚨DONT REBLOG IT!🚨🚨 find another post that doesnt have to put down another marginalized group or pit us against each other. remember, as a cis ally, its not your place to decide who does or doesnt deserve support, or to pick sides when misguided trans folks decide to play oppression olympics.

2. listen for dogwhistles! what seems like a harmless feminist post venting about cishet men can have hateful intentions towards marginalized people. terfs will often misgender trans women when they complain about them so it looks like theyre talking about predatory men, but theyre really meaning trans women. radfems/baeddels frequently omit the "trans" aspect of trans men to hide their anti-transmasculinity. if you have doubts, go to the OPs blog and search terms like "TIM" "TIF" "TRA" "TMRA" "radfem" "terf" "radical feminism" "theyfab" etc. you can also just search trans men/transmasc/trans woman/transfem and if you see anything negative, block and move along!

3. does the post operate under the binary for no good reason? does OP seem to forget that nonbinary and/or intersex people exist? does it use agab language when it seems to only be talking about trans men/women or cis men/women? does it use gendered euphemisms instead of specific and plain language, example: talking about periods and saying "women" "afab people" "females" instead of "people who menstruate". while it seems harmless, these small language quirks really build up in the psyche of trans folks and reminds us that people often are not willing to accommodate us. if your goal as an ally is to make us feel welcome and safe, being as direct and plain with your language is a good start

4. lastly, read the notes! watch out for "us vs them" language or advocating violence. even a common, unserious sentiment like "kill all men" that carries little weight in the cis world is a lot heavier in the trans community; cis men are rarely killed but trans men are murdered at high rates. watch out for malgendering, which is someone holding a trans persons gender identity against them, like "trans men really ARE men 🙄" or calling trans women hysterical bitches. remember that no demographic of trans person is "coddled" or supported by the status quo, we all live in a world that is increasingly hostile to us. if people agreeing with the post in question have this level of vitriol against other trans people, chances are its not actually a very friendly and positive post. again, as a cis ally, its not your place to involve yourself in community infighting.

with these simple tips, you can stop accidently spreading anti trans propaganda or harmful infighting that fractures trans unity and solidarity

[monkeyman2020]

I wonder if anyone noticed that I took an impromptu (slash continued my technically-still-persisting…?) break for three days! Haha. Ha.

[rainyraisin]

Sorry if I just accidentally missed it in the masterpost, but I've been curious for a bit now- with Pomni's complicated relationship with/feelings towards Caine, how does she react to his death in episode 8/9? 👀

Its okay dont worry you didnt miss anything!!! I just havent been asked about it yet and I havent had the chance to draw much for it yet due to the art fight grind lol (also for anyone else reading this I am fully okay with u sending in questions if ur not sure if theyve been answered or not b4, the answer may have changed since last time! :3)

Basically uh. She reacts INCREDIBLY poorly. She handles it REALLLL bad. I think she would spend a lot of her time in Caine's office to feel close to him, zoned out staring at the adbentures and reminiscing over what she can recall of them in her broken memories... and it takes her a long time to change her hair because even though shes always wanted to have it short because she knows it would upset him if she went off-model more than she already has. She heavily regrets that the last things she ever said to him were so horrible and she wishes she could go back and stop herself (even though she was genuinely completely justified in what she said, Caine really DID need to hear that from her, but it went the worst way it possibly couldve and now she feels like shit for actually standing up for herself). She misses him like hell and even though his passing (as far as shes aware, that man is just in the void girl 💔) allowed her to realise Jax, Zooble, and Gangle arent NPCs, she still feels really alone without her longest friend by her side, and wishes there was a world where she couldve had both.

She struggles to take care of herself a lot too, something she was already struggling with before but hits even harder after she loses Caine (now its less just a massive struggle to sleep and more so a full on REFUSAL to sleep, desperately trying to stay awake no matter what). Jax tries her best to make sure Pomni eats and sleeps and sits with her in the office often to make sure shes alright but its still hard. Pomni feels like a big piece of herself is just... gone, and that shes never gonna get it back. Shes already forgotten pretty much everything about her life before the circus, save for a few small bits and pieces she can recall from time to time, so Caine really was a massive part of her life. No matter how much he hurt her at times, she knew he loved her as much as he could and he really was the only reliable source of love she had for a long time (since Caine accidently made it impossible for her to trust that anyone other than him actually loved her... oops...). Losing that out of nowhere fucks her up and I dont think shes anywhere near over it when he returns even though it takes a decent bit longer in Swap for him to return than in canon.

I think she reacts to his death in a similar way she did to Gummigoo's inital death, where she desperately clings onto anything she has of him in an attempt to not forget him. Except this time she literally has permanent reminders she cant get rid of no matter what in the scars from the episode 8 torture (idk if you've seen but all the swap guys have representations of their episode 8 torture on them). Shes constantly being reminded of how much Caine hurt her and she cant escape it no matter how hard she tries because its not only mentally a part of her now but physically, too. And yet she still loves him, because she knows it was her fault he went that far, and shes very convinced that shes the only one to blame for it all (VERY much because of her survivors guilt, I think if Caine were to be just put to sleep at the end of episode 8 like intended, she would feel SOME responsibility but put most of it on Caine still, his death just fucked her up even worse than everything else already has).

Whenever shes not in his office, she puts ALL her effort into rebuilding the circus as another way to connect with him and to make up for everything that happened. I think she literally has to be forced to take breaks from it, but she always tries to argue that shes been conjuring the longest and they should just let her keep going (they KNOW shes not doing this just because shes the most experienced but they dont really wanna bring up Caine around her so its difficult to talk her into stopping whilst tiptoeing around the REAL issue. I think eventually Kinger would talk to her and try and get to the bottom of everything but that would be a long and hard conversation that I dont think they could get through all at once tbh...)

OH AND ADDITIONAL NOTE shes like rlly miserable over the fact that Caine never told her she was a brain scan and that she can never confront him over that fact and find out why he lied to her and pretended to try and help her find an exit when he knew she could never ever leave... she hates the idea that shes always gonna be left wondering over why he did something like that to her forever with no clear answer... shes pretty sure it was out of love, like his actions always tend to be, but she really cant see a world in which giving her such false hope before tearing it all down could be considered love at all...

I could probably yap about this forever because Im insane over these two and it would be completely incoherent but like. Shes just having a real hard time :( (I can fit so much survivors guilt into this girl... just realised whilst typing this Caine's death also means shes lost all her NPC friends forever as well including Gummigoo GOD.) She really needs comfort and closure and she can only really get one of those things... until Caine returns... then shit kinda hits the fan 💔

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH FOR THE ASK CHIPISTRATE AHHHHHH‼️💖🌸✨️🎀 If u ever wanna hear more about it I will happily yap more hehe i just didnt wanna go on forever LMAO hopefully I havent missed anything too important about how she reacts...

Masterpost‼️‼️‼️

[lilmoniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Squibacious.

eh? is this another thing about fried squid? i think natsuki finds it delicious!

[monkeyman2020]

Ahah! This is, in fact, not a word at all! You see, lilmoni with 21 “i”s (counting the “i” in “lil”), I realized that you had gotten a total of two (2) asks relating to fried squid in some manner. Therefore, an ask that broached on the same territory but devolving into something more nonsensical would be the perfect fit; a good escalation to the situation. I now realize it’s a perfect example of the “rule of threes”, so to say.

So thus, I arranged to make a word of a nonsensical nature, adding the suffix “-acious” to the nonsense word “squib”, which sounds similar to “squid”, therefore making it look like an adjective. I then decided to color the word purple when sending in the ask for some extra flair, all hoping to culminate in a confused answer by you leading to an unhelpful reblog consisting solely of “Squibacious. 👍” in big purple letters.

However! There were a few things I did not account for. Holes in my otherwise masterful (or at least above-subpar) plan.

The most pertinent of which being, you coming to the assumption that this is another ask relating to fried squid, and then not… questioning that, extrapolation, at all. This would mean that me going “Squibacious. 👍” in big purple letters would result in, most likely, affirming the false belief that this is meant to be related to fried squid in a manner that belies outside of simple character combination. Q.E.D: It would come off as a form of misinformation, perhaps even disinformation! And lying, is wrong.

Second of all! Admittedly I found this out before sending the ask, rather than just right now. But it turns out, “squib”, is actually, a word. It means “a short humorous or satiric writing or speech”, according to Merriam-Webster. I suppose if you make up enough words, with enough linguistic knowledge, you’ll accidentally make up a word 5hat already exists. Funny; the word “squibacious” itself might actually qualify as a squib, if you consider “writing” to mean “literally me creating a single nonsense word”. So probably not. But it could! How squibacious. (That time was me deliberately adding the suffix -acious to the actual word “squib”, as I like adding suffixes to nouns to turn them into adjectives even when grammatically incorrect. You can tell I mean it different because it wasn’t purple that time.)

The word also relates to literature, so I elected to keep it, since, uh, You Know, you’re the president of the Literature Club. Or you at least were. I don’t know what your occupation is now. Bronze-medal President of the Fried Squid Club, perhaps?

Okay so that’s actually only two holes. Which may not seem like that much. But! If your tire, to a car, or perhaps even a unicycle, had two holes in them, with one of them very very large, you would not be able to drive them anywhere and they would not be very good for their purpose of travel. As such, the tire of my plan has been punctured, slowly losing air until the metaphorical unicycle of its execution flops over like a mound of poorly-made gelatin in the wind.

Maybe you could consider, you mentioning Natsuki liking it, as a hole in my plan as well? Since it ends the ask answer with an exclamatory statement rather than an interrogative one. This means that my plan of my unhelpful reblog consisting solely of “Squibacious. 👍” in big purple letters, runs the risk of seeming as though I am affirming THAT part of the ask answer; thus straying so far from my original goal that a viewer who happens to stumble upon this theorized reblog would be all but guaranteed to think the following: “Ah, squibacious? This must be a word of dubious reality that relates to fried squid. How quaint and quirky of this Monkeyman individual. And look! He even supported lilmon(i * 20)’s admission that Natsuki likes to eat fried squid! What wholesome and not-at-all ironic fun between lilmon(i * 20) and monkeyman(20 * 2)! Chuckle chuckle laughter guffaw!” There is an infinitesimal chance they would not think those exact thoughts, in that exact order.

In conclusion, it seems that in the game of squid, I hath maken a fool out of myself. A laughingstock, out of my plausible-yet-probably-infeasible reputation. It seems that this season, summer, the second season of the year, I have failed Squid Game. I have failed Squid Game Season 2. This is the part where I die to stop the cycle and save a baby from death who is considered a contestant because the contestant who gave birth to the baby died or something.

[starcatboy]

Everyone look at the quilt my grandma made me!! I’ve actually had it for a few years now but I wanted to post it so y’all could admire it!

[lakemojave]

If you are currently sitting or laying down this moment ask yourself if you are resting or rotting. Change your behavior accordingly

[lakemojave]

There is no romance in decay when the decaying is easy

[lakemojave]

You are naught but pawns in my game

[b00tlegf4g]

I hope some of y'all take this as a sign to rest intentionally too.

if you're "resting" but thinking of all the things you have to do, that's not resting, that's rotting. Even if you haven't done anything all day, give yourself some time to rest and truly relax. When you let yourself relax guilt free, you actually regain energy for your responsibilities.

[nonbinary-octopus]

this post has helped me a number of times since I first saw it. I have realized I was rotting instead of resting, and depending on the circumstance, got up to do something, or settled more comfortably to actually rest.

Thank you.

[g1sunstreaker]

"rot or rest" sounds like the world's worst game show

[mochlus]

Disney is doing crazy things in the japanese mobile game sphere rn

[mochlus]

you may be familiar with disney twisted wonderland, the gacha game in which various disney villains are used as direct inspiration for handsome anime boys. well that game was so successful that disney is trying to do it again but this time they're just animeboyifying whatever

here's mickey, goofy, donald, and chip & dale. yeah they turned mickey & friends into anime boys. they're an idol unit or something. they're technically not anime boy versions of the source characters, they have different names. mickey's guy is "Neo Michel". not michael, michel, like he's french. chip & dale are "Ruska Moncrief" and "Ranka Monk", they have different last names, they're not brothers anymore so that they can be yaoibait instead, anyways this post isn't actually about these guys I'm just setting the stage for the actual humanizations I wanted to show you

They also did monsters inc. And. Well it's obvious from the designs who mike and sully are. but you will also notice. the blonde one on the left. with glasses. monsters inc is kind of famously about just the two guys so they didn't really have a lot of other non-villain characters to take anime boys inspiration from, I guess, so, well,

Yeah it's her. they made an anime boy version of the mean receptionist slug. her name is roz btw, as all of boygachagame twitter has become extremely aware of in the past 3 days as we speculated prior to the release of the full image who tf the third guy was. the anime boy's name is "noah slugger". at this point no parody of the types of things gacha games will make gijinkas of will ever be able to live up to what disney is officially spending their own real money on designing

[monkeywiki]

28 year old tumblr users will look at you and say do you remember thwomp day of 2013 when everyone was posting thwomp from mario 64 in different audio

[puppygirllaika]

at some point in your life you are going to do or say something racist, sexist, or otherwise bigoted. Your goal is not perfection, your goal is to be the kind of person that the people you've hurt feel safe being honest with when that happens.

[grox]

Child noob: mama.. what does it mean to get "pwnd"...?

Mother noob: [Holding her child closer] Oh my baby... You... I hope you never find out...

[OUTSIDE, AN MLG PRO LURKS]

[wizard-of-interesting-failure]

Reblog this post to cast Crumb of Serotonin on whoever you reblogged it from

[deltacliff]

[billfrancois]

Scaring lessons