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“you’re such a ray of sunshine!” thanks! one day i chose to act happy and then i kept choosing it over and over and over and over until the neurological pathways formed like desire paths in the thicket. i dug and clawed my nails into the grooves of my brain and carved out joy. i retouch it every day.

reptile-ruler

Sometimes a guy in a fanfiction has the ability to read someone's gaze with the same level of detail a wine taster can taste the wine

reptile-ruler

"He glared at him with anger in his eyes, but behind that longing and sorrow over things left unsaid, a subtle but desperate yearning for things to be different, and with just a hint of roasted nuts right at the end."

harpieisthecarpie

we've all heard about the male gaze in media, but we've yet to explore the equally important sommelier gaze

reptile-ruler

the only fun addition to this post

msmimundo

Girl that's literally Perry the platypus and Heinz Doofenshmirtz

amethysyn-deactivated20250716

The fact thst this became a Phineas and ferb post, when it was already incredible, means I have my dash tuned perfectly.

hazelkjt

OKAY THAT'S 100% NATA, THE BABY BOY IS GROWN UP!

thoughtxxs

sorry for leaving strands of my hair everywhere, an angel tends to leave her feathers all over the place

fizzy-tizzy

Everyone knows the first day of Friend Grace’s class is nickname day. It’s the day when every pebble is on their best behavior to try and make sure they get a cool nickname, something unique that they can brag to their friends and classmates about.

Sometimes, Grace will do it without thinking. That’s how Kiddo and Buddy got their nicknames. Often, Grace will nickname students after their coloration. Gaia got his nickname because he’s blue and green, and apparently looks a lot like Earth. Violet got hers because she’s purple. (She was initially disappointed since color means nothing to Eridians, but then Friend Grace showed them violet flowers and said that humans often associated purple with wealth and royalty, and she changed her tune.) Most of the time, Grace will give his students what he calls “regular human names” like Abby, Carl, or Martin.

But the most coveted nicknames are ones named after Earthen creatures. When ♩♪♬ 🎵 ♩♪♬ 🎵 first introduced themselves, Friend Grace immediately perked up and shouted “Robin!” After a bit of explaining himself and a few videos of bird calls, Robin was trilling and chirping happily, excited at having a nickname that felt like a 1-to-1 translation of their own.

Even well after Friend Grace is gone, his legacy remains. A hundred years into the future, when humankind finally launches a new ship with the express purpose of properly meeting their Eridian neighbors, one of the first messages exchanged is “Hello! My name Robin.”

darling-deary

Monster Hunter Wilds expansion??? Ascendance??

idiotsyncratic0

seyvetch

v good tags

goat-heirop

We need a picture of Gengar and hatterene captioned "me and the bad bitch i pulled by being autistc"

thatgaydemigodnerd

Here's your reminder dear

tottaly-not-a-random-person

Oh, it painted a clear picture in my head

pokemonheritageposts

Pokemon Heritage Post

bioniclechicken

I had an idea

redstonedust

its fun to remember we can use the big text if we want. bonjour motherfuckers. i'm posting loud as hell now.

doggirlcomet

redstonedust

hey everypony. can you direct me to the nonfiction birding books. thanks.

poupon

Wow thanks for the ingot man let me just inspect the quality real quick

Dude come on

bluenightcomedies

attack by Laceburner on @pyrak049 of their oc HALO! oof, tumblr doesn't compress this sketchy style very well...

❌️i had a more elaborate scene planned, but the art program began crashing and glitching so frequently i had to give up and simplify. which is amusingly fitting considering what the character is.

teathattast

imsobadatnicknames2

I rarely bring this up because it feels like fairly silly and low-stakes compared to all the other effects of american imperialism, but one of the funniest things when Americans deny that living in the imperial core and the center of global cultural hegemony confers them any sort of privilege over people from the imperial periphery is that like. In order for this conversation where you tell me you have no privilege over me to even be able to take place one of us had to learn the other's language, and it wasn't you.

I think the fact that by default the onus of learning the other's language to enable communication is always put on the other side is a pretty significant privilege on the cultural front.