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Sword, Korea, 17th-19th century

When I was a kid, “barbie.com” looked like this

But now, if you type “Barbie.com” you’re taken immediately to Mattel’s online shop, surrounded by nothing but “shop now” links and toy collections.

Disney channel’s website is now “Disneynow.com” which still has games and shows appropriate for kids, but is aimed towards a younger audience as it combines Disney Jr and Disney Channel properties, and the look of the entire site is very juvenile and not very appealing to kids in the tween and young teen demographics.

Nick.com has been similarly streamlined and is focused primarily on streaming its shows, and the only games still left are 10 apps that can’t be played on browser.

Kid-friendly sites like icarly.com, Poptropica, Club Penguin, Neopets, Webkinz etc used to be insanely relevant and popular spaces built for kids and tweens.

Now, kids are being funneled into less moderated, more exploitative, and more public spaces like Roblox (its dangerous and exploitative nature exposed in these videos from People Make Games: (x) (x)), Fortnite (known for its gambling and microtransaction issues), and social media sites like TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter.

My elementary aged cousins spend their time on Roblox, YouTube, and some less than reputable game sites that are full of ads and stolen/reposted/reskinned games. My sister was on Musically/Tiktok and Twitter in middle school. They don’t have the same options for having fun online that I did when I was a kid, especially not when they get too old for nickjr and disneynow.

First of all, the eyes:

What’s more, that particular eye color seems to run in the family, since Sesshoumaru’s got it too:

Have you ever seen a dog with eyes that look like that? But do you know what species does commonly have slit-pupiled yellow eyes?

Then, there’s the fact that whenever Inuyasha wants to brood, he can usually be found up a tree, refusing to come down until someone comes over and gets him.

You ever seen a dog that could climb a tree in the first place, much less enjoyed spending time in one?

For being a dog, Inuyasha sure is a cat person.

A dog’s primary weapon is its teeth, but he and Sesshoumaru both prefer to fight with their claws—I can’t recall seeing either one of them bite anything. They’re incredibly agile, able to leap around high places without a second thought. Not to mention that cattitude they’ve both got going on where they never, ever want to acknowledge they actually care about someone and always try to maintain that persona of aloof indifference even with the one person in their lives they would actually die for, because what do you take me for, human? (Have you ever even met a dog?)

OR ‘PEAKED’

BUT PIQUED

‘PIQUED MY INTEREST’

YOU ARE NOT ‘PHASED’. YOU ARE ‘FAZED.’

IF IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG DAY, YOU ARE ‘WEARY’. IF SOMEONE IS ACTING IN A WAY THAT MAKES YOU SUSPICIOUS, YOU ARE ‘WARY’.

ALL IN ‘DUE’ TIME, NOT ‘DO’ TIME

‘PER SE’ NOT ‘PER SAY’

BREATH - THE NOUN FORM

THEY ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE

WANDER - TO WALK ABOUT AIMLESSLY

WONDER - TO THINK OF IN A DREAMLIKE AND/OR WISTFUL MANNER

BALL- A FUCKING BALL

It’s a treasure trove.

And a goddamn delight.

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