Maitruska

Started from the bottom, now we’re here on Tumblr | back to regular multifandom | HR brainrot moved to @hollanov-trenches now | @usaka-kotonaki-writes fanfic sideblog!

[usakakotonaki]

It’s officially two am and even though I have an average of seven notes per post I will write an introduction, because it’s two am

Who are you?

A tumblr user, and honestly that should tell you enough already

What the hell is this blog?

I repost stuff I find cool, which is either from one of the 1465267 fandoms I’m in, something funny, or something serious.

Rn I’m deep into the HR trenches. Deeper than any fandom before (no it is not hyperbole). So my account will suffer. I will let you know when that changes.

Edit: this has not changed but after two months of uninterrupted, practically 24/7 brainrot I decided that my main blog deserves to breathe so I’m going to start putting all things HR in a dedicated sideblog @hollanov-trenches

Occasionally you may find an original shitpost. As a treat.

So what do you do?

I have tumblr worthy thoughts and I post them. I also write fanfiction! What kind of fanfiction? Whatever I wanted to read and couldn’t find. Wanna know more? I made a sideblog for no reason for you to check out @usaka-kotonaki-writes

I also do other weird shit irl like designing book covers for school, adapting pride and prejudice for theater, and aerial dancing, which is a really cool sport

Any other questions?

No you don’t, who’ll read this anyway. I love tumblr/gen

[sailermoon]

this is how new yorkers @ mamdani

[sailermoon]

[partywithponies]

Strange racists and homophobes on the internet seem to have access to an alternate way cooler version of TV than me. "every white character on TV is in an interracial relationship" "every show has a gay couple in it" "main characters keep having to secretly be bisexual and nonbinary" "every show has gratuitous full frontal nudity" like damn promise?? What channel???

[urlocalpyshcopan]

as a black gay person real like where y'all be finding this stuff pass the name

[brainsforbabyjesus]

for real though, those DO NOT WATCH OR YOU'LL CORRUPT YOUR CHILDREN lists put out by conservative christian family groups is where I find all the stellar tv shows. Like, shit I didn't know half of those existed, thanks for finding them for me, gonna go watch 30 hours of gay tv now!

[infamousbrad]

I think I know how this works.

For personal context, before I went to the '98 Burning Man festival, one of the things I'd read from a couple different journalists was that "everybody" runs around naked. Which, fine by me, I'd already spent a lot of time in clothing-optional spaces, I'm not fanatic about it but it's nice.

So I got there early and set up a public shade structure on one of Black Rock City's main roads and spent most of each afternoon just watching the crowds go by. I don't remember seeing more than one actually naked person the whole week. I think a topless woman passed by my intersection maybe every half an hour, sometimes once an hour. So why in the hell were people, normally pretty smart and observant writers, coming away with the impression that everybody was naked?

Then I remembered an unrelated passage from Joel Garreau's great book about the history of the outer-ring suburbs, Edge City. Mall developers told him flat-out that they tried to keep the crowds in their malls less than 5% black. Not because they themselves were racist, but because they had determined, experimentally, that if more than 5% of the people in the mall are black, the median white shopper will wrongly describe the mall as at least half black, as mostly black. And not a few of them would describe it, at 6% black, as a mall where "only black people go." Why?

Because, emotionally, they were still upset over the last one when the next one came into view.

Same as the journalists describing Black Rock City as all naked. Same as the right-wing religious culture warriors describing television as entirely mixed-race and gender non-conforming. Not because it's even vaguely true, we know that, but because they haven't gotten over their discomfort over the last one by the time the next one comes along. The anger, not the stimulus, is the part that's continuous, so their mind lies to them that it's "all" the thing they can't get over.

[kagedtiger]

Similar effect for the presence/proportion of women in things, by the way: https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/perception/how-17-equals-496-the-amazing-multiplying-women.htm

[partywithponies]

Strange racists and homophobes on the internet seem to have access to an alternate way cooler version of TV than me. "every white character on TV is in an interracial relationship" "every show has a gay couple in it" "main characters keep having to secretly be bisexual and nonbinary" "every show has gratuitous full frontal nudity" like damn promise?? What channel???

[urlocalpyshcopan]

as a black gay person real like where y'all be finding this stuff pass the name

[brainsforbabyjesus]

for real though, those DO NOT WATCH OR YOU'LL CORRUPT YOUR CHILDREN lists put out by conservative christian family groups is where I find all the stellar tv shows. Like, shit I didn't know half of those existed, thanks for finding them for me, gonna go watch 30 hours of gay tv now!

[infamousbrad]

I think I know how this works.

For personal context, before I went to the '98 Burning Man festival, one of the things I'd read from a couple different journalists was that "everybody" runs around naked. Which, fine by me, I'd already spent a lot of time in clothing-optional spaces, I'm not fanatic about it but it's nice.

So I got there early and set up a public shade structure on one of Black Rock City's main roads and spent most of each afternoon just watching the crowds go by. I don't remember seeing more than one actually naked person the whole week. I think a topless woman passed by my intersection maybe every half an hour, sometimes once an hour. So why in the hell were people, normally pretty smart and observant writers, coming away with the impression that everybody was naked?

Then I remembered an unrelated passage from Joel Garreau's great book about the history of the outer-ring suburbs, Edge City. Mall developers told him flat-out that they tried to keep the crowds in their malls less than 5% black. Not because they themselves were racist, but because they had determined, experimentally, that if more than 5% of the people in the mall are black, the median white shopper will wrongly describe the mall as at least half black, as mostly black. And not a few of them would describe it, at 6% black, as a mall where "only black people go." Why?

Because, emotionally, they were still upset over the last one when the next one came into view.

Same as the journalists describing Black Rock City as all naked. Same as the right-wing religious culture warriors describing television as entirely mixed-race and gender non-conforming. Not because it's even vaguely true, we know that, but because they haven't gotten over their discomfort over the last one by the time the next one comes along. The anger, not the stimulus, is the part that's continuous, so their mind lies to them that it's "all" the thing they can't get over.

[kagedtiger]

Similar effect for the presence/proportion of women in things, by the way: https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/perception/how-17-equals-496-the-amazing-multiplying-women.htm

[feaftlikeabeaft]

I wish depression were an emergency. I wish someone could take one look at how sick I am and go “oh my god, we need to get you to a hospital!” and then when we get there I get rushed into surgery and the surgeons say “it’s a good thing you brought her here when you did, this is a seriously advanced case” and then they put me under and spend the next ten hours pulling metres of long, sticky black strands of gunk out of my body, throwing it immediately into an incinerator so that it can’t infect anyone else. And then they could stitch me back up and I could rest a few days, and when I leave the hospital everyone can see how much better I am and they congratulate me saying “well done, you’ve been so brave, I’m so glad you’re ok. I love you.”

[the-uncanny-dag]

Sister post to The Vitamin

[sunny-draws-things]

GUYS PIRATING IS BAD.

DO NOT PIRATE ANYTHING. NOT SHOWS/MOVIES. NOT GAMES OR SAFER GAMES. AND CERTAINLY NOT BOOKS. AND DO NOT DOWNLOAD YOUTUBE VIDEOS. AND NEVER EVER EVER WATCH MUSICALS WITHOUT GOING TO THEM AND DONT USE ADBLOCKERS/OTHER ADBLOCKER TO AVOID ADS AND VIRUSES PIRATING IS VERY HARMFUL TO THE CORPORATIONS WHO WORKS VERY HARD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE AND THEIR MONEY. ANYONE WHO PIRATES IS BAD. BAD PIRATING. EVIL. OH AND THIS

[chewed-up-venison]

OHHH NOO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THIS INFORMATION WAS RELEASED TO THE WIDER PUBLIC????? ALL THOSE EVIL INNOCENT CORPORATIONS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO STEAL PEOPLE'S MONEYYYYY

THINK OF THE CORPORATIONS!!!

[kingdragon6]

Oh man, well at least there’s no way to avoid the paywalls for papers on scientific literature that can make scientific papers inaccessible to the people who wrote them. At least all the publishers get to horde that knowledge

[itsuwari-no-kibo-offical]

Oh how terrible it would be a shame if someone made a huge archive keeping relics of the past safe for future generations

[cikero]

I’m so mad that a t4 bacteriophage actually looks like that and that it’s appearance isn’t made up

[cikero]

this is how they look in all the models

this is how they actually look

like they really fucking look like that. in real life

[somniiloquy]

viruses are literally such bullshit they have the nerve to look like this and they aren’t even ALIVE

[nuggettiana]

I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE SHITTY AND ARBITRARY DEFINITION OF LIFE THAT MAKES VIRUSES NOT ALIVE. FUCK YOU THEY ARE ALIVE

[petzah394-deactivated20250503]

Things are heating up in the virus fandom

[archaicfirehydrants]

thats called a fever

[basuralindo]

So I just simultaneously did, and possibly didn't lose my job today :)

Very much did in the sense that I literally do not know where my job is at the moment. But, for the time being I haven't been let go because nobody else including the store owner knows where it is either.

So, I don't wanna risk doxxing myself by posting pictures but goddamn am I tempted because this is not a believable event. This is a cartoon problem. For looneytoons.

But yeah, so, I work(ed?) at a kiosk selling boba tea, right? Freestanding kiosk in the mall with full water and electrical hookups and multiple fridges and sinks and a mini kitchen and the works. Fully functional tea shop. Very important to note that it was there last night, The work chat was discussing another issue last night at closing time. I'll get back to this.

It's been showing signs of being on the way out with how business is being handled lately and I've been considering other options, which is probably why I'm not as torn up about this as I should be, but maybe it just hasn't set in yet, but that's not the point. The point is there's been a lot of shit breaking and not being replaced and nobody mentioning anything about it until I walk into work in the morning and have to figure out why shit like the fucking cash register isn't there today. So I'm kinda used to having to ask questions about big things that nobody bothered to update me on. I was out for two weeks recovering from a surgery, so I came to work this morning assuming there'd be some kind of bullshit, yeah?

So, the question I had to ask the chat this morning was:

Not a text I ever thought I'd have to send in sincerity, but there it is. Because what I found instead was a fenced off patch of discolored tiles and a few holes in the floor where my entire place of employment used to be.

And the answer? Nobody knows! It was there last night when the mall closed, and every single trace of the structure and all its contents including drink making supplies and our safe and cashbox was gone when it opened again. And when I say nobody knows, I mean everyone from last night's closers to the actual (former?) owner of the store jad no fucking clue about this until getting that text from me this morning. For once I am actually the first to know. 🎉.

So. I guess I didn't so much lose my job as had it stolen. Not by AI, but good old fashioned hands-on human beings picking it up and carrying it away somehow. All mall security would tell me was that they were instructed not to tell me anything and have us contact our management. Who also don't know anything. And later on I came across some construction workers around the gravesite of the kiosk discussing filling in the holes, asked them about it, and was told that they "weren't at liberty to say".

So, not only is my job gone in the most literal physical sense of the word, but it was taken in some kind of super secret kiosk extraction in the dead of night without any warning or witnesses and nobody is allowed to speak of it. The store owner said she was gonna figure it out 10 hours ago and still no word back.

I don't know what else to say aside from I've been laughing all day and I'm gonna have a hell of a time explaining Schrodinger's Unemployment to the benefits office.

[basuralindo]

Update that is not an update because I'm basically certain this isn't what actually happened:

My mother in law thinks the FBI took it.

Not any of the other stores around the state. Just the one little kiosk.

Why? Because she loves a conspiracy and is just a little bit extra.

Also because she was around for the massive crackdown on Yakuza-owned businesses in Waikiki (in her homestate) that did actually involve the FBI seizing stores (no confirmation of making kiosks cleanly disappear in the middle of the night though).

Still no word from my job on what's actually going on, but the most likely theory so far is that maybe the kiosk was on lease and got repossessed? The mystery continues

(also shout out to the person who proposed Carmen Sandiego)

[basuralindo]

ACTUAL (partial) UPDATE:

According to the owner, based on what she's been able to find out, the kiosk was not removed legally and they're starting a potentially long process of legal action. I hope she gets to sue the shit out of whoever did it but for now at least I know for sure I'm unemployed.

Really hoping for more details in terms of who/why/how, so I'll keep updating if I learn anything.

For now the summary is: An unnamed entity that is most likely mall management (on account of mall security cooperating with them) stole an entire kiosk and all the contents including money and machinery with barely a trace in the middle of the night grinch-style, with zero warning or explanation, and ensured the silence of both security and the construction crew, in an action that was definitely preplanned and illegal, and as far as I know nobody knows its whereabouts.

So now I'm officially out of a job. Because my workplace was literally stolen in the night.

[basuralindo]

Actually fuck it let's share some photos cause I wouldn't be inclined to believe this myself. It's not like anyone can stalk me at my job now and I'm not gonna have to see any coworkers that might find my tumblr.

Enjoy the unintentionally funniest text I've ever sent in my life

Aaand a close-up:

The last remains of a once Very Much Solid And Immobile Workplace

[basuralindo]

HEY HI HELLO THIS ONE'S MY FAVORITE

via @kagaminilen

[mysteryteacup]

[cut to a kiosk on legs, sipping a boba, while wandering into the nearest forest on chicken legs]

[ardanelvilyafeanturi]

Here you go @a-bit-too-dyscrasic

[authoratmidnight]

Im sorry OP but when i saw the text I had to.

[usakakotonaki]

@entities-of-posts

Maybe more cryptid than entity but…

[imjeooongie]

You are always on my mind

[primrogemz]

When people say there's gonna be a new red and blue duo from the new Snezhnaya trailer it reminded me of the time I got so attached from the bond of these two:)

Been wanting to draw ragbros for a while now and finally got the chance, seeing them together lastyeear from the paralogism quest healed something in me and i hope to see them again in the future patches. Nevertheless, Im hoping that hoyo wont dissapoint us for the releasing nation and their characters

[danijaci]

YOU DID? WHERE IS THE DILUC ART OMG DONT PLAY WITH ME PLEASE PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE

sighhh,,,, okayyyyy

based on this post!

[danijaci]

commissioned on vgen!!

[commiefaggoth]

so embarrassing to watch yourself become obsessed with a character that feels tailor made for you specifically to become obsessed with. feels like i fell into a trap made just for me. like damn they got me. those are all the things i like and go crazy for

[nihilisticlinguistics]

adulthood notes:

The Rodeo Rule: you only have to do it for the first time once.

The Rohan Rule: if you are at a social function full of new people and you want to be liked, find someone doing important work like setup or food prep and offer to help.

The Tutorial Mode Rule: to navigate an unfamiliar situation where you fear you will mess up an interaction, preface the interaction by mentioning that you've never done this before, and let them know if you have a specific concern or question.

The Rocket Science Rule: most new things you want to try seem very complicated but are simple when taken step by step.

The [X] Will Remember That Rule: if you need to make small talk with the same person on a regular basis, try to save one fact or current event in their life from a given conversation and bring it up next time you talk.

The Cool Binder Rule: by wearing clothes and accessories that are to your taste instead of trying to blend in, people will be more likely to compliment you and show interest in you as a person.

[the-haiku-bot]

The Rodeo Rule:

you only have to do it

for the first time once.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[buckysrightarm1]

tag game :)

Answer as many or few as you want!

1. If you were a bird, what type of bird would you be?

2. if you were an aquatic creature, would you be mammal, amphibian, fish, or something else?

3. do you have a favorite plushie/do you have a plushie

4. sleep. This isn’t a question. Sleep and drink water :) /threat

I’ll go first!

I would be a seagull!

I would be a mammal, probably some type of seal :)

I have two plushies that I snuggle at night! One is a sloth named Silver, and the other is a fish I made and named after my fish, Hyacinth. I love them dearly :)

i drank an entire bottle of water, and when I’m done with this, I will sleep! If it is night in your time zone I’m making you do the same

tags!!: @legalityoftheraccoons @holybananapants @robot-prince-of-the-apocalypse @aluminum-canz @minute-maid-offical @fireinthefoxpen @makeitfast9052 @duckofmisfortuneoffical @luceygoosey9 +open tags :]

[luceygoosey9]

oooo thanks for the tag Bucky!!

hmmmm… I think I’d have to be either a blackbird or a snowy egret

I would love to be a fish, maybe some sort of eel

I have a ton of stuffies, but my two ride or dies are my old ass bear named bearbear who I got at my mom’s baby shower, and my blåhaj named olive

I drank a lot of water and some caffeine (sorry guys lmao) bc I went climbing, and I’m use this as an accountability check for myself to get to bed early tonight :D

@jasmine-butterfly @robot-prince-of-the-apocalypse @sunnaestt @zombiegrrlll @gardenofstarss + open tags :)

[sunnaestt]

aww thank you so much for the tag :DD

I was told i reminded someone of a sparrow and that is my most treasured compliment

I want to be a jellyfish so i can sting people

Sppsps i had so many plushies back home and I miss them all, i have a decent amount here but i still miss those ones, my favourite one was this big fish one, also unrelated you can't call this a plushie but I would kill to get my kolbalis back

i drank.. soda.. eugh I'll drink water in a bit and i actually just woke up :))

@holybananapants @legalityoftheraccoons @itsmesuhasini @pop-rocks-22

[itsmesuhasini]

THANKS FOR THE TAG @sunnaestt 1.) if i were a bird i would like woodpecker so i could use my beak to annoy @sunnaestt and @pop-rocks-22 2.)i would love to be dolphins cuz they just be doing shyt😭 3.)so i had this one plushie which i had since i was in 5th grade BUT MY GRANDMA THREW IT AWAY 😭😭(i cried for the whole day and still miss ma baby), but yeah i also have this other one that i sleep with every night ,his name is Mr snuggles (YALL BETTER RESPECT MY BABY IMMA BEAT YO ASS OTHERWISE) 4.)WATER AND SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK, I AM A STRONG , I DONT NEED IT I ONLY PASSED OUT ONCE YESTERDAY I AM FINEEEE

@pop-rocks-22, @laterkiss , @skyrigel , @potterwitch4 @melancholic-whimsy @damsel-understresss @yashwithpen @finla2 @mrwagster @ajnabi-insaan @employeedew @im-a-penguinnnn @patroclus-is-the-bigger-person @linope @findyourmeraki @feellikeasadsong @nellospace11 @haveyouseenmybwoah @lutt-le-gaya @myblo0dispurple @blackrooster7508 @napoleonwastall @anjalan @arliarolli @sammyartcherub @sayalieeee @oldersiblingcurse @gym-cat-dude @nonchalantnarcissistchhavi @amajudgymama @whoistiki @sheilakijawaaniiv @the-other-weather @the-bleeding-poetesss

[arliarolli]

I’d be a carrier pigeon, seeing as those birds are smart but become real stupid as soon as they’re left to survive

Prolly a mollusk. Specifically the cute stubby squid I’ve seen those scientists roast for just existing <3

I own multitudes of plushies, but my particular favorite at the moment is Spidey :> It fluctuates depending on my hyperfixations

No

No pressure tags: @cleverer @orangei-sindy @0wliee @evildrbart @thekeyboardplayer @funny-sunny-girl or any1 who wanna join

[0wliee]

Thank you for the tag!

1: likely a lutino cockatiel i already own one and I think they're very cute!

2: a fantail goldfish! I like to think they have my essence

3: this specific vampire bat cat plushie! I also like this Diluc and this Neuvillette though, those 3 are my favorites :)

4: I just woke up from a nap but I will probably sleep more anyway cause I just like sleeping

@leonsnewestadventures @ayakooooosstuff @usakakotonaki @redfox-44 @ anyone else who wants to join!

[usakakotonaki]

Omg yours are all so good honestly like, parrot? Peak. Fish? Peak. Plushies? Peak

for me, I’d say either a flamingo or a hummingbird as a bird (yes I know they are wildly different let me cook)

as for an aquatic creature…I’d LOVE to be a jellyfish, head empty and stinging anyone who dares disturb me, but realistically I’m more of an octopus with an attitude and too many problems lmao

and for fave plushie, I have a vaguely hedgehog-inspired plushie that I got when I was eight and has been a resident in my bed ever since. He’s in surprisingly good shape and still the best thing to hug when sleeping

I have tunglr anxiety so no direct tags but anyone can join if they want :)

[travalicious]

[the-real-skeletor]

Love how Miyazaki lost his shit

[taradactyls]

I want controversial choices in Jane Austen adaptions to be less "we made them EDGY and NON-COMFORMIST in a distinctly post-y2k way" and more "instead of setting Pride and Prejudice in 1811-12 like the BBC version, or even in the regency era at all, we've set it in 1793-94 because that's when it was set when she started writing it in 1796 and remains the only years where the calendars and other events actually work."