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[mewdoughs]

i saw the crane wives in concert a few weeks ago and couldnt resist the opportunity to do something funny

this animation was made by @giraffenecc! go check out the full thing on their account

[ Video Description: The Crane Wives playing The Moon Will Sing live in concert. An audience member holds their phone up, playing a shadowpeach animation for the same song. End description. ]

[callofwinter]

Derek Hutchins? More like Donna Sheridan

[Video description: A digital animatic for the fandom Searching For/Destroying a World That Doesn't Exist that's set to the song The Winner Takes It All from Mamma Mia.

It opens with the content warning for bright colors, glitch, and eye contact.

The lyrics "the gods may throw the dice" have a drawing of the King in Yellow facing left and throwing a die, his face censored out. He is outlined entirely in yellow except for the die, which is white.

The lyrics "their minds as cold as ice" have the King in Yellow facing the camera with his head unnaturally tilted. He's still outlined in yellow, except there's a spot around his left eye colored in yellow and the eye itself is black.

The lyrics "and someone way down here" show Avery falling into the void. He's outlined in white.

The lyrics "loses someone dear" have three frames: the first, "loses " shows Derek looking at the camera and holding a piece of paper. The next frame says "loses someone" and shows that same frame of Derek, now with his eye closed and gripping the paper tighter. The last frame says "loses someone dear," with Derek glitching out and the piece of paper now floating to the ground beside him.

End video description.]

[leafcreature]

Reminder to go out with a piece of paper and a couple pens in your pockets

Take a Walk - Make a Zine !

[ Video ID: a closeup shot of my hand flipping through each page of the zine with grass and flowers in the background. It is is drawn on light beige paper with pink pens and a bright pink highlighter. The title page shows a windowsill with potted plants and a view on the mountains with one big tree standing out. The title is “going there”. Pages 1 and 2 show a hill with a heart shape in the grass and a field with a striped pattern in the grass. Pages 3 and 4 show an overgrown tree in a small valley and a bright pink van parked on a mountainside road. Pages 5 and 6 show a big tree growing through a stone wall and a closeup view of a mossy trunk. The end page has the date written as if it were imprints in wild grass. ]

[a-little-revolution]

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"When the clock strikes midnight tonight, it will be disability pride month. There will be no flashy merchandise, companies will not change their logos - if they even know what our pride flag looks like - and celebrities will not be talking about it. And disabled people will still be fighting for equity and equality."

Video ID: @wheeliechronic's (she/they) instagram video montage of their day to day life as a chronically ill disability advocate and activist - including clips of their triumphs and their struggles. They have long hair that is split down the middle, half green and half purple. They have piercings, black eyeliner and a colourful punk style. They voice over the video and include captions of the text above.

[doomspaniels]

So much Yummy Face!

[Video Description: Tristan, a black and white cocker spaniel, stands with his forefeet on a table. He moves his jaw up and down as he tastes the last crumbs of a treat he just got. A hand waves him off and he hops down off the table, continuing to move his jaw. After a few seconds of Yummy Face, a hand brings Tristan a treat.]

[bitsofxiyou]

A conversation in the Shao Opera, The Monkey King Strikes the White Bone Demon, 1960. Link has the full opera with English subtitles! This is the first Chinese opera I really got into. The lead actor is Liu Ling Tong, the father of the man who played Sun Wukong in the 1986 TV series, and one of the most famous monkey king opera actors of his time. He was known for playing Sun Wukong with attention to portraying monkey behaviours. I can definitely see the influences from this film in subsequent animations and TV shows.

For me, this opera has everything - vibrant costumes and sets, good plot and writing, amazing actors, great songs and fight scenes. I especially like the fun, familiar dynamic between the main characters, and the lighthearted but simultaneously down-to-earth way Sun Wukong is portrayed here. It reminds me a bit of my grandparents' generation, and what optimism, resilience and connection looks like for them. For those new to Chinese opera, you probably would need to adjust to the different dramatic conventions and the way suspension of disbelief works here, but I find the acting so expressive I really think it could be easy to appeciate for anyone.

Also of note is that this opera was performed in the Shaoxing dialect. Shaoxing dialect is one of the Wu Chinese languages (distinct from both Mandarin and Cantonese), also sometimes referred to collectively as Shanghainese. I used to live in Shanghai and heard similar dialects a lot in daily life, it's very much a living language even though it's less well-known.

Video description under the cut:

[Video description: An old movie of a Chinese opera. Tang Monk and disciples are entering a mountain area. Sun Wukong looks around. Captions say:

Wukong: Master, the mountains ahead are hazy and treacherous. There are sure to be demons abroad. Do not be alarmed, Master. I will scout ahead.

Bajie laughs and everyone looks at him. Tang Monk: Bajie, why do you laugh? Bajie: Master, if you believe the monkey's rubbish, before you die of cold and hunger, you'll die of fear and anxiety. You certainly won't reach the West or meet any Bodhisattvas.

Sha Monk: Elder Brother speaks reasonably. This mountain is indeed treacherous. Master, it would be wise to be careful.

Bajie: How could there be that many demons?

Wukong thinks for a moment. Wukong: Got it. Master, why don't you order Bajie to scout ahead and clear the path.

Tang Monk: Very well.

Bajie looks caught in the headlights.

Bajie: But…

Tang Monk: Bajie Bajie dithers.

Tang Monk: Bajie

Bajie: Yes, I hear you

Tang Monk: I order you to scout ahead and clear the path.

Bajie: Master, I can't go

Tang Monk: Why is that?

Bajie: I've got to be here to protect you

Wukong: Bajie, could it be that you're scared of demons?

Bajie: Who, me? Scared of demons? There are no demons, so I've nothing to fear.

Tang Monk: Off with you, then.

Bajie looks put-upon. Bajie: I'm going, I'm going already!

Bajie sings: That accursed monkey is teasing me.

Wukong: Bajie, don't be careless, beware of demons

Wukong laughs as Bajie stomps off muttering.]

[femur-bandit]

[Video ID: A person standing in his room. He is wearing a black cloth face mask, and a brown jacket, which has patches and pins added to it. He turns around to show off the back, which has a big patch on it. The patch is black with bold white text, and it says: "creature" in all caps. The person then turns back and reaches out to stop the recording. The only noises in the video are the person moving around. End ID] Repainted my dogboy patch to say creature instead >:]

[rikaklassen]

Video description: A scene from the yuri anime "Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk" (2026). At a checkout counter in a store, Botan Kamiina reaches out to a bag with five cans of beer. Ibuki Tonami interrupts, "I can take the bag." Botan rebuffs, "No, allow me." lbuki suggests, "Should we carry it together, then?" Botan blushes. The next shot shows the bag being carried between them, almost like if they're holding hands, from above. The shot after shows Botan and Ibuki scrolling through the neighborhood together.