Drawings & Dragons

one thing I think is really good about chainsaw man is that denji sucks and is trashy and annoying but still lovable and power as a girl gets to be exactly even if not even more sucky and trashy and annoying but still lovable as him. she does not smell like flowers because she’s a girl she takes a shower maybe monthly and does not flush the toilet. throws vegetables at aki’s wall because she does not like them. I’m pretty sure while she was wandering in the forest she was eating rats. kicks down aki’s door upon living with him. girl character who is not ditzy but gets to be as stupid as her male friend and they don’t have to be in love with each other. there are so little female characters who are not misogynistic stereotypes that get to be strange and annoying the way male characters are and power gets to have as much lint in her head as denji. perfect character power chainsaw man i love you with my whole heart

Similiar thing with Asa. Just an utterly awful and misanthropic person. Self-isolating far past the point of it being a detriment to her. One of her first scenes is literally hating on other people just for being happy. She looks down on Denji for being a crass idiot even as she falls for him. Generally a pitiful loser; a girl who sorta sucks. Even so, the story still shows sympathy to her and does its best to get the audience on her side. She's just a teenager after all, but one who's been pushed up against an extremely hostile world. Such a wonderfully flawed character.

new chess piece called the jester which can move anywhere on the board but can't capture anything. it just gets in the way to annoy your opponent

quite literally me when i am lying

watched severance. I Understand Now.

i was NOT prepared for the difference between a melon party and a waffle party

Princess who says “let me consult with my advisors” before staring off into space for a full 30 seconds until she snaps back with a different posture and tone of voice

My 30-something wisdom is that your palette is constantly changing so don't assume because you hated a food 10 or 20 years ago you still will. Most radically, your taste as a little kid is not indicative of what it will be as an adult-- I've known too many adults who still refuse to eat anything but chicken strips and ketchup because they're still basing their taste on what they experienced at 8 years old and so have cut themselves off from the entire world of adult taste. In my case, my taste for savory foods, especially vegetable dishes, "bitter" foods, and more complex flavor combinations has really expanded. I didn't like mushrooms as a child or for most of my 20s, but around 28 suddenly they worked for me. I started enjoying dark chocolate around 25, especially paired with fruit flavors. I've never been hugely fond of eggplant but discovered that in a sauce or roasted in butter and oil its delicious. I've always enjoyed fish but in the last 15 years I've discovered a passion for it, salmon especially. I've learned to recognize the tastes of herbs and love putting them into everything I can (currently I'm most enthusiastic about dill.) I'm also suddenly crazy about all kinds of sandwiches. And I'm still trying olives every couple years in case suddenly they start working for me, though sadly no luck on that front yet. So basically, expect that your taste is going to change in adulthood and expect that it will keep changing. And you can also work to develop your palette by exposing yourself to new flavors and combinations and cuisines, opening you up to even more foods you might never have liked before. So keep trying new and old foods, because you never know when you might suddenly start liking something new or discover a new way it can be prepared or a new texture it can come in. Don't wind up imprisoned in a world of chicken strips just because you haven't tried anything else since 3rd grade, you deserve better.

everyone who is not currently in the process of moving please pause and take a moment to be grateful that you're not currently in the process of moving

Video summary: Tiktok by @pippabarnes - clips of a person with alopecia applying colourful makeup and other decorations to a bald spot as part of very dramatic looks, narrating now her relationship to her bald spots has developed over time

sometimes people experiencing psychosis and/or mania will come up to you on the street and talk in confusing or upsetting ways. your job is to either have a regular human-to-human conversation with that person or politely leave. your job is not to call 911. do not call 911. you might kill that person if you call 911.

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Scrolled past this agakn and just can't get over how much I love it. We need to make things beautiful again and this is such a wonderful example. The beadwork on the wires of a utitarian object, contrasted with the grey concrete.