Lotus Blooms Twice

I am a cartoon and anime loving, manga reading, doodling/drawing, music loving, and friend making person. I may not know every anime/cartoon out there, but I love to try, watch, or read something new. In addition, I like some BBC shows Sherlock and Doctor Who.

[anxietyproblem]

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

[babyanimalgifs]

[oolongangel]

when their eyes pin like that (the pupil grows and shrinks rapidly) it can mean they’re very happy :)

[imnotabandicoot]

yOU CAN SEE ITS LITTLE SMILE I’M DYING

[thewholeloaf]

!!!

[potatoesarenice2]

@lilakennedy

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

Awww so cute!

[cuteouji]

Sidlink After sex - Left and Right brain

This takes me all the day BUT I’M LAUGHING SO HARDDDDDDDD

Audio taken from episode 10 of SAO Abridged, but this video gives me the idea

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

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[old-japanese-men]

[zuky]

“Those who identify as ‘otaku’ [i.e. anime and manga fandom] sicken me deeply. Anime was a mistake, it’s nothing but trash.” — Hayao Miyazaki

The great Miyazaki is somewhat famous for his sweeping dismissals, but I believe there’s political substance behind his curt condemnations of mainstream culture.

Miyazaki abhors a certain strain of Japanese nationalism which has seen something of a resurgence in recent years and crept into the chaotic free-for-all of anime and manga storytelling. He’s been a vocal critic of prime minister Shinzō Abe’s politics, including the denial of Japanese war crimes and sex slavery, the ceremonial honouring of Japanese war criminals, and the proposal to amend the Constitution to re-introduce the possibility of war.

As it stands, the Constitution of Japan includes the remarkable Article 9 which outlaws war — a measure which was forcefully imposed by the US after dropping two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Needless to say, there’s something twisted about achieving a ban on war by means of an atomic holocaust; but Miyazaki, a child of World War II and its horrors, supports the ban.

Miyazaki is equally critical of the US. When “Spirited Away” won an Oscar in 2003, he refused to travel to Hollywood to accept the award, later explaining “I didn’t want to visit a country that was bombing Iraq”. 

So I don’t think Miyazaki is simply being an eccentric moody artist when he says things like “Anime was a mistake, it’s nothing but trash”. I think he has specific opinions and critiques of craft and storytelling, message and values, politics and culture, as conveyed by art.

[singaporeanpassing-deactivated2]

that’s actually why i despise it when western anime fans reblog the quote “anime was a mistake”. not only is it just irritating, but they have no idea what it actually entails in their western frame of view. anime is largely bad. yeah. a lot of it provides for largely a older male audience and includes a lot of fetishism and blatant imperialist content. how many times have any of you seen scenes in anime where the background changes to something similar to sun rays to show motivation? how many of you know that it’s a direct reference to the rising sun flag. the flag in which the “asian holocaust” was created under. how many times have you actually seen the flag outright in anime? how many of you still praise ouran highschool host club when they literally portrayed feminists as nazis, which is bad enough but considering japan’s past? how many of you watch attack on titan, which is pure imperialist propaganda? how many of you, yeah our followers as well, watch hetalia? the whole premise of the show being nazi and imperialist apologism and when the creator literally said before that he thinks that the rest of asia wants to/should be under imperial japanese rule again. how many of you watch anime that has a shallow chinese or korean character(s) or a sexy korean/chinese girl in a bastardized, revealing rendition of their traditional dress? yeah. most of anime is shit. it’s total trash for what a huge portion of the industry has stood for, producing widespread scenes of rape, pedophilia, fetishism. it continues to promote either borderline to outright nationalistic attitudes, and still dehumanizes chinese and korean characters. “ but does it matter?” you ask. it matters when there are still marches in japan happening this decade that celebrate hitler’s birthday. that there are still marches this decade that promote the drowning of chinese and koreans in the bays and killing us. what happened to japan as a nation during the meiji reformation and after the war with the occupation was inhumane. there’s not excuse for it. but imperialism is still alive and well in japan. and huge portions of the anime industry is built off it. this is why i hate white western fans reblog this quote out of context. this is why i hate all of you saying “i hate anime teehee” as you marathon snk and no game no life on kissanime. because you don’t. you’re joking. there are real reasons to hate the industry. and you’re turning it into a joke. you call yourselves “weebs” to “reclaim” the term, purposefuly ignoring how so many **young** asian people have been harmed by the term. japanese people being sexually assaulted by white self proclaimed weebs with yellow fever in their own country. little fucking kids stalked online and in real life by self proclaimed weebs with loli/shotacon fetishes. then you log onto tumblr and say that it’s “not really pedophilia” over fanart like it’s not part of one big system. somewhere out there, a young asian girl may be crying after being forced to webcam at the age of 9. and if you did mean it, then what? if you did mean you hated it, then what? you hate it for every reason but a right one. you’re not addressing a problem by reblogging that quote as a joke. you’re part of it.

[reaper-apologist-andromeda-deac]

I agree with a lot of this, but I am curious about how SnK is imperialist propaganda, though I may have a tentative idea already. If anyone on my dash could poke me, I would be grateful.

[oudeteron]

I haven’t watched that series but this context needs to be on everyone’s dashboards. Way too many people keep reblogging just the gifs thinking it makes them funny hipsters who are so ~above it all~, or that the quote was supposed to be about having some bogus sense of elitism.

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

Damn straight!

[strawberriglitter]

why are the orbeez screaming sdkfskldfl

[strawberriglitter]

knife: *is hot*

the orbeez:

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

This makes my soul heat </3

[kinasin]

Spider-Man/Deadpool MU #1

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

I ship this....

[prinxessleia-deactivated2016032]

[churchofbuffy]

Firefly rewatch: 1.01 Serenity

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

I had soo forgotten this tv show :3

[forwardstyling]

[psych2go]

bobmarly7:

forwardstyling:

If you guys are into life hacks, consider following me @forwardstyling?

Reblog

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAXS (Couldn’t resist the meme x’D)

[succubarbie-deactivated20190205]

persephone: whos a good boys?? cerberus: :0 ??? :O ???? :o ???? persephone: youre a good boys!! all of you!! such good boys!! cerberus: :D!!!!!!! :O!!!!!!! :Dc !!!!!!!!!

[kingbunbuns]

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

The real reason Hades won his waifu x’D

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

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Pretty!

[bijillion-moved]

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

Where was this when I was in high school >:3

[caskercrush]

Please reblog and like so I can get two kittens 🐱🐱 (spam the replies and I’ll follow you ❤️)

[shit-happens-bitchachos]

@tree-of-blue-squirrel @consulting-angel-timelord @h-stan @winchester11 @snovolovac @mancamonster @cryingtitan @sabriel-fanboy-83 @fangirl-in-flannel @cumbercheston @leavemetomyships @theslaughteredpanda @assbutt-son-of-a-bitch @assbuttboyfriends @runesinthenight @confessions-of-a-total-dork @bellascooby24 @steadyangelnerd @mysongsknowwhatyoudidthere @wildtendermythologia @salt-it-burn-it-winchester-style @supginatural @sociopath-demons-in-the-tardis @teamfreewill-girl @ladynikitablack

[wonder]

That’s a lot of notes sis

LIKE THIS POST OR REBLOG IT!! SPAM THE NOTES, REPLY RANDOM THINGS

[onceuponadeathlyimpalapanda-dea]

FOR THE KITTENS!!

[reblogforkittens]

For you my dear cause tumblr limited my damn notes…I created a blog just for the kittens..2 million notes here we come

[mojowoho]

Who doesnt want a kitten

[wlwesque]

guys goooo

spam the comments

help them get a kitty come onnnn

[twennyseven27]

keep us posted

[spooncryptid]

KITTIESSSS

[a-time-traveling-whovian]

KITTENS

[thatalykat-blog1]

@politicalsewings @boredperuvianllamas @firedragonskitten @prince-buttercup @tefluffykat @royalraptors @churipuu @chocolatetimetravelers @il0vedaydreaming @infpbandgeek @im-a-cult-classic @le-poofe @accursedasche @athenakeene if you can please help

[lemon-hancers-deactivated202212]

@obsessedwithamedot @amethystish @amethystterror @starrynights1204 @ameyquartz @justadapperbowtie @justlovearts @erza-scarlettitania @missperegrineshomefordankmemes @the-literal-lion @frenardo @bruiserdrawslosers @brassandkickass @heyparadiamonds do it for the cat

[amethystterror]

@pevlita @darnitgarnett @anti-sjw-pro-gardevoir @jasphur @goopy-amethyst @squishable-amethyst @jasper-positivity @thingsjasperdeserves DO ITTT

[numberonephantompizza-deactivat]

Please reblog and like @blurryfxced-phxngirl @beacandy @metalghostie @commandercello @mega-sinner @dsmaster7173 @a-dreemurr-found @you-goat-owned @1-heart-2-souls @urmemequeen @zeke-stryder @galacticmoonwolf @rederthere @soren85 @vadelith @fleepit @abbie-the-flash-fan @saafrada @asksketchtale @rune0n @eltehdork @mystic-yoosung @nyunyupasuta @pwmoddy @literacytrash @aliza-peeza

[albeitawkwardalliterations]

HELP THEM GET KITTENS @land-of-dragons-and-frogs @spectraltimelines @bonesandflames @clantale @countingstarsundertale @ebottpreservationsociety @friisans @fikatale @giftedvoid @heliofrisk @house-of-papyrus @imtheredgamer @ireviewundertaleocs @jokublog @kuwacha @linssins @min-play @monofell-au @mandaka @petite-pumpkin @rivethart @royalnoir @shelgon @sansbyandson @thesketcherlass @whimseeker @wtf-undertale-ocs-n-cringe @wtf-utfandom @yamtteng @zaiyofics

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

Must help them get a kitty :>

[mickeygifsmain]

literally…..a masterpiece 

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

Me gusta

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

Thank you, but...who are most of you guys?

[blackcrowcalling]

Describe your writing process in three words or less.

“Well, fuck.”

[agorgonwitch]

“USE THE SPOONS”

[thegladhatter]

“oops okay nevermind”

[cameoappearance]

“throw things together”

[g-g-freak]

There we… are?

[fatal-blow]

“Just fake it”

[toastyhat-deactivated20180203]

“Someone should cry.”

[oddpocalypse]

“I’m very tired”

[smollizardandrobot-deactivated2]

“Ok gotta scribble…”

[freshprincekarkat-deactivated20]

Okay, which ship?

[demmyguard-blog]

“goodbye, lettuce friend.”

[older-and-more-determined-deact]

“This is shit”

[papyrusthegreatskelenton]

“Writers block why!?”

[frankpanioncube]

Undergrads will SUFFER

[prismportraitsblog]

Long winded, commas

[octoblets]

“Where’s the eraser”

[bedheadbellies-deactivated20200]

How do ending

[turbomun]

DONT STOP ME

[captainlordauditor]

what middle?

[periegesisvoid-deactivated]

fuck fuck fuck

[glitchboygirlidek]

Not enough smut

[thatpersonrightbehindyou]

needs more plot

[ryttu3k]

LOUD FRANTIC SCREAMING

[ninjacookiexd]

So much sin

[imperial-nuisance-rudje]

Stream of consciousness

[writerfan2013]

Peril solves everything

[demonprincex]

who did this

[yeahwrite]

Hmm… okay… well…

[writerly-blonde]

Wasnt expecting that

[journaling-junkie-deactivated20]

Need. More. COFFEE!!!

[tea-lace-roses]

“So how do you feel about me breaking your legs? Oh. Gonna do it anyway”

[moonrose91]

Fuck. Fine. Assholes.

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

This is garbage...

[teafortteu]

My garbage can lid won’t close, so I now my gargoyle is now Keeper of the Trash

[not-a-single-fuck-deactivated20]

You must answer the riddle of the gatekeeper.

[teafortteu]

I can’t believe my Keeper of the Trash has fanart now

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

Priceless!

[wanderingfalconer]

Zonda, a juvenile Grey Buzzard Eagle, being cute!

[thelonelywhale]

Look at this adorable dinosaur go peep

[thelotusflowerbloomtwice]

I wanna hug it or maybe pet...