Cringetober 2025 Days 16-20
Day 16: Reclaimed Insecurity.
Was anyone else personally attacked by all the movies and shows made in the 90s and 2000s with "makeovers" that mainly consisted of straightening (and sometimes bleaching) the girl's hair, making her wear contacts, and putting on makeup to cover her freckles or blemishes, thus making her suddenly "beautiful" (and therefore successful and popular) or was it just me?
( It was not just me. I can't believe we made it through being a teen in the 2000s). ANYWAY! Freckles are beautiful! Brown hair is beautiful! Curly or wavy hair is beautiful! Brown eyes are beautiful! Glasses are a disability aid and are also beautiful and shouldn't be restricted to just nerdy or serious characters and maybe don't tell your kids that they'll only be beautiful if they don't wear them!
I would date Riebeck. They seem sweet and courteous, and I admire their determination to pursue their passions, even if it's scary for them.
I had thought up a homestuck AU for my character Wit back when the webcomic was popular. Can't have AU without a GOLD planet. (It's a science joke)
TFW your new crew gets your "no arrests" streak broken because you had to save them during Girl's Night.
I like playing around with picrews. They remind me of those old CD ROM dressup games. It gets annoying, however, when I have to choose between giving the character freckles or makeup because they've been programmed to the same option tab. Freckles should be part of the skin tab (or perhaps part of its own tab with additional skin patterns like vitiligo), because they're not makeup. They're skin. 🙂