Swamp monster

Multipurpose blog where i dump everything because i can't be bothered with sideblogs. Chengxian brainrot stronger than ever. MG, She/They/He, 20+. JustGalsBeingPals on AO3

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[jujuism-studies]

chengxian wrestling that turns into dry humping and then never ever talking about it. on a completely unrelated note, their trips to the secluded part of lotus pier seems to have increased an awful lot

[storm-of-feathers]

yeah yeah rainbow capitalism is bad and whatever but like. when I was a child, being pro gay was not the popular or lucrative choice. I'm happy that times have changed.

[storm-of-feathers]

I miss rainbow capitalism. I do. I miss when it felt like public opinion was still pro gay. I understand it was always an empty gesture, but it mattered in a sense of knowing how socially acceptable being queer is. If that makes sense.

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[catchyvideos]

OP spongecake_cats on TikTok ♡

[omtai]

Does anyone care if the boulder is happy does anyone imagine the boulder to be happy? Or is everything about that other guy

[elfpractice289]

Pros: Wonderful friend. No comment, no nothing. All around, just a great person who has improved your life with their mere existence tremendously

Cons: You can only access them through the headache machine because they live 1 billion lightyears away

[byjove]

When the average heterosexual family man complains about his family not respecting him, it is almost always because there is absolutely nothing about him to respect and he has made no effort to connect with any of them and he considers the slightest pushback or lack of affection a sign of ‘disrespect’. When the average heterosexual family woman complains about her family not respecting her, it’s usually because her 14 year old son keeps calling her a bitch and throwing things at her while her husband laughs. The difference is so fucking stark.

[crowlines]

I'm on my way

[valtsv]

really a good tool for any aspiring critic or creator to develop is the ability to ask yourself - and answer honestly! - whether your disdain for something comes from a place of (perceived) wasted potential or bitter anger that anyone else dared to create something less than perfect while you were too paralysed by dissatisfaction to even attempt to do so yourself. because if it's the latter, then you'll save yourself a lot of time and stress in the long run if you start to recognise just how much of what's holding you back is your own insecurity.

[bedupolker]

Opposable thumbs are handy

[karlovycross]

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[soursoppi]

saw this cute pic of a raven making a heart, had to draw crowxian

(also a little extra of crowxian getting some cute aggression and having to nom on his shidi)

[loki-zen]

has anyone considered that it was probably her house too. where else was she supposed to put her chintz?

[interestingmistakes]

Reblogging this manually. Op doesn't want credit for fear of being terminated.

[tboytummmy]

Ocean date

[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that