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favorite word?

In this moment rn it is Loach

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pointy teeth foo fighters! foo gone full SHORK. dun dun dun dun

I love drawing foof with pointy teefs! :3

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Saw your notes on that post about the last book you read and I think it's funny bc I'm also rereading the Southern Reach Trilogy. I'm on Acceptance and am almost done but I needed a break bc Saul is killing me.

oh my god FOR REAL. Saul and Charlie make me so insanely sad... like they feel like a weight in my SOUL that I will never be free of, I commend Jeff for writing something that made me feel so intensely sad. Like not just sad but DESPAIR.

That shit HORTS ;c;

In addition to the doomed narratives they had going on, Saul hits me hard bc of the chronic illness tilt to him-like he doesn't feel right but doesn't know whats going on, and its been dismissed by a medical professional so he kinda just gives up on looking into it.... ough. That hits way too hard....

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Do you have like a kofi or something? I will gladly fund another viewing of iron lung

Oh my god ;c; that's so sweet! I haven't used it in forever but yes I have a ko-fi here!

I will make sure to bring my glasses this time LOL

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woe, crabs be upon u

YESSSSSS!!!!!

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Issey drama anon here, please tell us about Romance Doll because I have not heard anything about it

also, have you heard of Quartet? I've seen like 50 gifsets from it and it seems legit funny as hell

UMMM WELL- I'll put my thoughts on Romance Doll under a break at the end because the movie is pretty nsfw and weird and yeah...

Quartet is on my list! I'm definitely going to watch it at some point, but I also really wanna watch Miracles! Honestly that one has been the most interesting to me from the beginning but my adhd is just causing me to watch whatever's convenient first, not the ONE IVE REALLY WANTED TO WATCH THIS WHOLE TIME. I still have to finish Koisenu Futari too... I stopped that one cuz I was watching it with someone and we had a long period of time where we couldn't watch it. And then also it's just VERY HEAVY as a person who happens to be demi who has gone through periods of feeling like I could be aroace in the past. It's so realistic and deals with the painful things as well as the funny things and I am scared to finish it bc I KNOW THERES MORE HEAVY SHIT TO COME but it's an amazing show AND I DO WANT TO FINISH THAT ONE TOO.

And on a completely polar opposite note: ROMANCE DOLL, LMAO

Ok so, this movie is very much one of those WEIRDLY REALISTIC stories where all the characters are so real and flawed and HUGE MISTAKES ARE MADE by characters and it's just such a wild ride. You probably haven't heard about it because its FUCKING WACK.

Without giving too much away in case you wanna watch it (netflix dropped it last monday, which is actually why I ended up watching it over the weekend at all, but it's still available to rent on amazon 🙄) Issey plays Tetsuo, an unemployed art college grad who is desperate for a job. His friend gave him a tip about this sketchy job opening but told him literally nothing else about it. He shows up and this old woman greets him and shows him around and he's a bit shocked to find out it's a shop that makes SILICONE SEX DOLLS. The woman is like "your friend didn't tell you that???" And Tetsuo was like "he literally just said there was a job here-" and she laughs and says "Some friend he is then!" Honestly I loved the old lady she's great, I wish I could remember her name I'm too lazy to go look it up rn.

Anyway so yeah, he takes the job even though the interview was super awkward and there's this gross pervy old guy who works there and he doesn't really care about the subject matter he just needs money (mood)

One thing and another happens (and a lot of me wanting to slap the old man into next tuesday, seriously he's the worst) and a little bit later Tetsuo meets the love of his life through some bullshit connection to his job, and they end up getting married some time after, but she doesn't know what he does for a living and ITS ALL VERY HARD TO EXPLAIN WHY HE KEEPS THAT FROM HER without spoiling things but just- the movie is wack, I really didn't like it in the beginning but it pulls a complete 180 and ends up being this weirdly emotional and AT TIMES, a holesome wholesome slice of life movie??

Don't get me wrong it doesn't sugarcoat things like objectification of women and there's some degree of realistic portrayal of that bc of the whole Tetsuo working at a sex doll shop thing, it is very true to life- how men can be gross even if they aren't going so far as assaulting anyone. It doesn't excuse it either it just presents it as it is, which is good I think. But then there are OTHER moments where the movie is very sex positive- so its a wild fucking trip tbh. Definitely don't watch it if you have sensitivities to the things I mentioned above bc bro omg the first half almost had me like "yeah I can't watch this" a couple times jfc.

BASICALLY by the end of the movie the message is that communication and being open with people you love (and not getting bogged down with anxiety and guilt) is important, because on top of not being fair to the people who are important to you, hiding things from them can eat you up inside and make you act irrationally and hurt them even more whether you realize it or not. And also, you never know how someone will feel about the things you don't want to tell them. Something that could be huge to you could be no big deal to another.

Its just a very interesting movie. I don't know if I'd recommend it, theres some NUCLEAR SECOND HAND EMBARRASSMENT CRINGE MOMENTS like oh my god i wanted to die- and like I said above, there's lots of intense subject matter and some not so pretty moments that a lot of people may want to avoid. Id for sure check one of those sites that gives content warnings before watching bc hoo boy...

But all that aside, once again Issey is an incredible actor and his range is apparent in this movie. I saw some like- borderline SLAPSTICK physical comedy moments that had me so surprised bc he did them so well but its so new and different from anything else ive watched him star in. Dude is just unstoppable tbh. He HAS 👏 THE 👏 RANGE!! 👏

Also you get to see him naked a lot. So there's that!

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you give Zumi such decadence. what wild crayfish would ever dream of tasting turkey?

I'm sure none! Though there's probably been a circumstance where a dead turkey may have fallen into a stream and some crays got to have a munch...

I just really like sharing foods (THAT IVE MADE SURE ARE SAFE AS TREATS!) with my aquatic animals, it feels like a neat way to connect with them and also I am sure they appreciate the enrichment of trying something completely new!

She was really really excited about it, ate like half of the piece and then slowed way down and took 4 times as long to finish the rest, which was hilarious, as if she was contemplating it- or perhaps the tryptophan was hitting, idk 😂 either way she was SO SLEEPY the rest of the night. I haven't seen her get that way with other things I give her, tbh I was a little worried , but the next morning she was back to her normal self :))

I forgot to save her a piece of a green bean before I made the green bean casserole but honestly with as lethargic as she got after the turkey piece I am sure she wouldn't have eaten it anyway.

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just wanna let you know that your Rohan art is fantastic thank u for all the Rohans this month

Thanks anon omg ;w; I'm not necessarily doing it for recognition or anything but hearing nice words from people who enjoy my art really means a ton tysm 🥹💖