#functionaloptimist

[curiositysquared]

Hey everybody! It’s been a while since I’ve seriously been on Tumblr and I’m not even sure where all my old Glee friends have gone to, fandomwise, but tonight I just really miss Glee, a lot, and I wasn’t sure where else to say that. Right now I’m going to school in New York, and I am entirely positive that I’m there because of the effect that Glee had on my life. The fandom and the show really shaped my high school experience, and I am so thankful that I found so many incredible people here that gave me a space to just really enjoy Glee. Glee as a show had no restraint, it always went as far as it could go, and although I was sometimes scared to be vulnerable in real life, this fandom gave me a space to express what I never could to the people I know in real life

Tonight I rewatched a lot of old behind the scenes videos and the movie of the concert, and it made me remember who I was when Chris as Kurt really moved me towards being a better person, towards being more caring, more forgiving, more determined, and more thoughtful about my actions and their effects. The fandom also pushed me to think more critically and acknowledge shortcomings, even while still loving the show. I think that over the last few years I had really lost that, and I know that the fandom has died away over the last few years, but for everyone who’s still around, thank you for being there for one of the best experiences of my (admittedly short) life.

[marsmaywander]

functionaloptimist replied to your post: back from my three-day-long hiatus (finally saw...

:D Hope you loved it!!

it was amazing and i want to go see it again in theater (not to say that i won’t also be reading me some fix-it fic... always room for that!)

[marsmaywander]

functionaloptimist replied to your link: glee livestream!

Hmm it’s telling me I need an account to join

(okay so i went over this with you by text but i’m gonna reply here anyway to note this down)

SO. apparently at some point since i last used rabb.it, it started requiring users to sign up for an account to watch a room. it’s a stupid change that makes it less useful for me, but i’m gonna try to figure something out.

in the meanwhile, there’s togethertube, which DOES allow anon watchers, but it can’t do netflix (it’s pretty much a synced youtube site, as the name suggests). bad news is that puts a stop to attempts to watch glee episodes, but good news is that starkid stuff is on youtube. to that end, next watchalong (date/time TBD) will be firebringer.

[gracelesscase]

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Random things about The Last Jedi I loved the...

(The porgs!) Yeah I understand what you mean. It was a very “small” story. I liked it, but I thought the Finn&Rose story could’ve (or…should’ve) been cut completely (use Finn some other way in the story!) to focus on Rey/Luke/Ben/the Force + Leia/Poe/Resistance as those two story arcs did their own thing & then eventually came together. But I did like it overall! I am ZERO% for Rey/Ben romance but I thought their connection was interesting. Mixed feelings about Luke.

Oh yeah, the porgs! I learned their name only after watching 293719372 interview clips from Youtube. :D

I really need to watch this movie again. After watching/reading reviews and interviews I have this feeling like I have to. The Last Jedi wasn’t an instant catchy hit for me but it definitely had some really interesting pieces in it. The first viewing of the movie, for me, was just.... trying to keep up. :D Now that I know what will happen I think I’m more able to actually analyze what really is happening. 

One guy in one review pointed out that Rian Johnson might have written himself in trouble during The last jedi because of the very last clip of the movie. The whole Finn&Rose adventure had to be in so that the little boy with the force was introduced. But how important he is? Was it there only to show us that there still is jedi in the universe? Or will he be an important character? In the Episode IX? Or in the new trilogy Rian Johnson will be directing?  I was kind of expecting an epic ending where there is several shots of kids with force, like there is still hope, the jedi lives. But there was this one boy. If it was to demonstrate that there is still hope, the hope feels really small. Yeah, the Resistance is on their way to someplace save and there is like 20 of them left, they have Rey and... some random little boy? Idk. :D

[marsmaywander]

functionaloptimist replied to your photo: sketchtember #20! in tribute to the lack of sleep...

Oh noooo. That happened to my brother once - just one wasp in his bed for some unknown reason. Hopefully never again!!

yep, fingers crossed! at least now i know i’m not allergic to them XD

[marsmaywander]

functionaloptimist replied to your post: gracelesscase replied to your post: ...

Flickr is a decent photo site, but not really a social media thing?

that might be worth looking into - i forgot about that site. i mostly wanted something to serve as a digital album of my work (even though i have a physical version of that with the actual sketchbook). something i could tag and/or group by type. right now i have the mmwdoodles tag, but it’s got everything in it - the loose sketching practice and the nicer inked drawings.

[gracelesscase]

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“Ahhh the struggle of having mainly female friends and being attracted...”

<3 I'm not sure what you could do to tell if she could be flirting vs just being nice... stalk her social media and see if you can figure out her sexuality? :p Or if the moment ever feels right, you could casually mention your sexuality and see if that starts a conversation that leads to her sexuality? That doesn't exactly solve the question of whether she's flirting or not, but at least if you knew she was attracted to girls you could be comfortable flirting with her! :)

I actually now she has at least dated girls but I’m unsure about the current situation. I mean, sexuality is fluid and she might be interested in different things nowadays. I have also been really open about myself. Well, I don’t go around like “hello everybody I’m not straight!”, but I have mentioned things like “I once went out with this woman and...”

But I don’t know, she’s kind of part of my social group and I have already done the dating-someone-who-is-also-part-of-your-group-of-friends things and the situation is kind of awkward now, so I don’t know if I want anything to happen with a person who is friends with my friends.

[marsmaywander]

functionaloptimist replied to your photo: help me pick fun back-up frames from zenni...

Hmm, I think generally (keeping in mind that I know exactly nothing about what looks good on what face shape, etc :p) I think I like D the most, but also B (and C?). If you got the red frames (B) maybe… yellow tint? I’m not sure I’m the best for advice on this though just warning you ;) ;) Or if you went with black frames (D) maybe purple tint? Or pink? Is there one set and/or tint that kinda spoke to you immediately?

i’m horrible at the face shape thing too. also horrible at distinguishing between colors i like and colors that i look good in. so, like, red frames with yellow sound good - they’re a combo i thought of too. i most like the blue frames, but idk if they’ll look weird on me. ditto with the bright pink tint. loooove the bold color, but don’t think i’d be up to wearing it out in public (i already hesitate to do any bright lipstick colors). like, pink in the blue frames would look so cool, but idk if i’m cool enough for them, lol.

at least through discussing it and looking at some (pretty bad) mock-ups, i think i’ll probs be focusing on something in a yellow or light pink tint... possibly the lightest of the browns. i think the blue/purple might look too dark/cool on me. i also can’t figure out if i have cool or warm tones HOW DO YOU FASHION. i’m so indecisive these are like $10-15 decisions.

rita: (commenting here since you reblogged the post) i agree on the cat eye one (E). still not sure if it fits my face shape (see above), but i want it to. the purple one claims to also be cat eye, but i’m not quite seeing it. i like it, but it’s not quite that shape. and i probs should have guessed you’d like the red one. XD have you shopped at zenni before? they have a crazy selection (as you can tell from my indecision).