#just to note

[monticals]

im not joking when i say johnkat LITERALLY came to me. in a dream. last night. and idk a lot about them but i lauv them 😁😁😁

[headphonesgal]

we are so back, shiguang nation (link click s3)

the Chinese censorship queerbaiting in link click is gayer than 🏳️‍🌈

this isn't even brainrot or me grasping at straws; s1 was normal slice of life, s2 turned it into noir action with bl undertones, and s3 is reinforcing the soulmatism (looking at you, lu "breaking the timelines and living in loops to save my friend" guang)

shiguang are so wangxian coded, the parallels go even deeper than the surface level aesthetics and interactions (cough dead wife mourning)

side note:

i totally zoned in on bai yao pu on these shots! i wish this show was more popular and had a fandom around here. if you like iyashikei & youkai stories like natsuyuu and mushishi, you'll love bai yao pu.

[themadwomanherself]

Hey, question for those in the Demon Slayer community.

Do you guys suffer from too many story ideas? Because I am suffering from too many story ideas. And I’m not just talking about stories with OC’s. No, they’re not a problem, I got like only four for certainty. I’m talking about stories focused on canon characters.

And, uh… I have a lot of story ideas for said canon characters… and I keep on getting more and more ideas for them every day.

Gods, I don’t even know where to start, I just have too many!

Please, share me your wisdom on how you handle this, because it’s getting to a point where I can’t even begin to write them and all I’m left with is laying in bed, day dreaming about them instead of actually writing them.

[coolunspokenforname]

Okay, but Odysseus did not cheat, at least not with Circe or Calypso. As much as I am for giving shit to people who cheat, what happened with Circe and Calypso can not be considered cheating, since Odysseus' consent is incredibly dubious.

Both Circe and Calypso had a lot of power over him. Both could have killed him if he didn't do as they asked. Circe could have killed his men too, and Calypso literally held Odysseus captive for years, to the point where when she touched him, he flinched. He was literally crying by the beach for years, and she only let him go when Hermes (a God more powerful than her) told her to.

It's really disappointing how people so quickly see Odysseus being forced into sex, and automatically villainize him. Trust me, there are many shitty things Odysseus has done (mass murder, kidnapping, etcetera), and you could probably even find times where Odysseus does cheat, but using Circe and Calypso as examples is absolutely awful.

(Just to note, this post is based on the Emily Wilson translation since that is the one I read. However, the power dynamics are pretty much the same in every translation, so my point still stands.)

[vroomvroomvettel]

oh btw after realizing that sophia floersch didnt change a bit of her attitude:

in a german doku she said that the reason the richard mille all female team was failing (while she beitske and tati were in it) because it was hard to find 3 worthy women

aka calling beitske and tati slow...

[thesimselfsworld]

My sims with (presumably) normal names:

Lily, Luke, Liam (Love), Cedric, Ashley (Ashe), Pauline, Theodore (Teddy), Kai, Tsumugi, Leanna, Jace (Wildfire), Renee, Harmony, Jacinto, Engel, Francis, Lexie, Alexa (Narcissa), Ronaldo, Kaleo, Kalino, Irina, Matthew, Ahe, Christine, Lochlainn, Isabel, Natsuki, Mike, Mikael, Zoe (Dahlia), Uzuki, Justin, Greta, Vanessa, Haruna, Daidouji (last name)

My sims with unusual names:

Pippin, Egg, Kiwi, Bear, Sugarbee, Sohra(?)

Ngl I thought I had more odd named Sims LOL

[blogmatsu]

Sextuplets' Self-Awareness

Choromatsu's ball of ego, or self-awareness (how highly or how well he thinks of himself) is just so high up and out there, begging for attention by being so blindingly bright that it’s hard for everyone around not to see it. And Choromatsu’s lack of control allows it to rise higher and grow bigger.

Choromatsu is obviously (though ignorantly) egoistic, thinking he’s better than his brothers and other people, and it starts to annoy anyone who comes across it. He’s not very aware of how it’s bothered the people around it, or how to control his pride, so he just keeps on getting more egoistic, to a point where he’s deluded himself of who he is and what his actual status is in society.

Osomatsu's is as small as a piece of dirt that could easily be put away, so it’s easy to manage.

He doesn't really hold himself in any regard. Hangs low with no expectations for himself. Osomatsu nonchalantly just accepts what he is and who he is without having a big ego about how much better he is than others. His ego can easily be discarded or be put aside just like a piece of dirt. (He just completely accepts that he’s trash).

Todomatsu's is also large and shines very brightly for people to see, but is within his grasp and control unlike Choro’s. He can carry his ego around and bring it out anytime he wants to.

He’s egoistic and is unashamed to show it off to the people who are close to him, and has enough control of it to not bother anyone he doesn’t mean to show his ego to.

Ichimatsu's is also big, but he's ashamed of it. So, he chooses to bury it under the dirt. 

It looks as if it's covered in cat stripes, masking the appearance of the ego with a cat motif, making it seem like it's nothing but a curled up cat.

But the stripes might also look like cuts, indicating that his ego might've been damaged somehow (by who? idk, maybe Ichimatsu damaged it himself or by someone or something else).

It doesn't sparkle or shine like Choro and Todo’s, so it doesn't ask to be looked at, rather the opposite, it asks that it not been seen nor noticed. It tries to take on an unassuming appearance by being jaded and opaque (looking basically like a rock).

The appearance of the ball, whichever way it looks like, camouflages itself to hide in plain sight. It could look just like another regular rock, or just a balled up cat you could pass right by near the alleyways. Whichever of the two, it won’t draw any special attention from others. Despite it already trying its best not be seen or noticed, Ichimatsu still takes it to another step by burying it.

Ichimatsu chooses to convince other people, and himself, that he's trash, despite secretly believing himself to be better than that deep down, and hides big ego from others by burying it under layers of “dirt” (darkness, self-loathing, whatever it takes to hide the fact that he thinks he’s better or that he holds himself in a higher regard than he says he does), because he's embarrassed of it or that he thinks it's for the better.

Karamatsu's is transparent (translucent really, but it's close), easy to see through, and is actually quite within the control of his hands. Looking up what it means when someone's transparent:

"When you're transparent, you invite trust by revealing that you have nothing to hide.

You establish yourself as an honest, credible person in the eyes of others."

Being someone honest is what Kara wants to be seen as. So, while the others hide their egos in their pockets or under the dirt, Karamatsu holds his out for everyone to see because he wants to show that he’s an honest man with nothing about himself to hide.

But to really consider that it is translucent rather than transparent, could mean he’s only halfway there. Just almost transparent. Just almost completely honest. (There’s still a few things to hide, a few more lies, not yet fully transparent, so translucent at best).

Jyushimatsu's ego is literally out of this world. It's so high up in the sky, it's nearly impossible for anyone else to see. It's Jyushimatsu living in a bubble. The bubble is also transparent, but what you see inside is just Jyushimatsu again. He’s honestly just Jyushimatsu.

Jyushimatsu’s ego lives in the delusion that he’s beyond anything and everything on earth. His pride makes him believe that nothing is impossible for him (even defying all laws of physics) because he's Jyushimatsu.