Sunny

Very rushed ADHD comfort because school sucks? Very likely. Satan said you’re valid btw. 💚💚💚

I love Mermaids and Sirens too, and since it’s Mermay, it’s a great time for this!

Some mermaind vs. human things:

1. Mermaids trying to speak ‘human’ but it’s actually just a jumbled mess of different languages and creative curse words because they learn most of their language from sailors 

ALTERNATIVELY mermaids using 90s surfer lingo(or you know, just southern californian words lmao) like “dude” “radical” “Totally tubular” “Sweet” “Wicked”  “Totes”

2. Mermaids that maintain certain aspects of their species even on land: Like sharp teeth, luminescence, camouflage. Or behaviors like not being able to stop moving, or not being able to handle climates outside their natural habitats(like how some tropical fish/sharks fall asleep in colder waters and stop moving).

3. I think a lot about mermaids that are based on other aquatic animals, rather than just fish. Like Shark-based mermaids that use electric magnetic fields to sense their surroundings. Octo-Mermaids that are extremely flexible and intelligent.

4. Mermaids that can’t actually hear correctly on land because there hearing is adapted to underwater, so to them everything on land just sounds water-logged.

5. Same thing for sight. Mermaids whose vision is actually very off because they’re sight is meant for underwater, and probably designed to track pray or predators.

6. I think a lot about the ‘human’ part of their skin, cause it still must be adapted to not prune or degrade after being submerged for so long. So I wonder what they’d be like outside of the water. Are they just constantly slightly damp? Or do they have an odd sort of rubbery skin? That’d probably make it really hard to grip things out of the water. And technology with probably be hell.

7. I imagine that modern transportation would feel really weird to them. Have you even been in a boat for a while and then got in a car? It’s a weird feeling. I imagine it’d be like that.

8. I bet eating food would be so weird. I mean they’re most likely used to eating raw fish and like seaweed or something right? So the idea of cooked food? Would probably blow a mermaids mind you know. Take a mermaid to an all you could eat buffet. See what happens.

9. So underwater, Mermaids have probably experienced like Tsunamis and thunder storms and stuff. But Imagine a Mermaid on land feeling an earthquake or seeing a Tornado. Imagine how terrifying that’d be.

10. I think too often about Mermaids interacting with land animals. Dogs. Cats. Anything soft and fluffy. Honestly. Like I want to take a mermaid to a fabric store and just let them touch everything soft. Let them experience new textures.

The supervillain’s laugh interrupted them, smoother than silk, richer than velvet. “We both know I’m not scared of you. Everybody knows that.”

Right, because supervillains weren’t scared of anyone. Probably too busy scaring everyone else to feel fear themselves. And the supervillain in front of them was the most terrifying of all. “Of course,” the villain agreed, trying and failing to kick the nervous edge from their painted-on smile. “So you’re on the arousal side of that thin line. Even more flattering.”

This time, the supervillain didn’t laugh. Instead, her smile curled sharper than a scythe. “Do you think you’re funny?”

That...sounded like a dangerous question. A very dangerous question. The villain squirmed, praying for a soft spot, some weakness in the supervillain’s stance. They found more give in the brick wall at their back. “Ah, yes, actually. Hilarious. Funniest cape in the city.”

6.8.21. Minnesota

A DHS/CBP pilot illegally intimidates protestors by flying a helicopter feet above protestors to create a dust storm and fear of collision. CBP in collaboration with Minnesota law enforcement are fighting protestors against Line 3 on behalf of the Canadian corporation Enbridge. Enbridge, with the support of U.S. armed forces, is attempting to build an oil pipeline through Anishinaabe/Ojibwe treaty land.

‘I’m a woman-leaning bisexual and you know what pisses me off? The fact that I’m dating a skinny white man and I love him and I’m happy, like what the fuck.’

And I just have to say. What pisses me off as a bisexual woman is that TikTok.

This is the Woke version of ‘my wife is the ol’ ball and chain, doesn’t it suck to be married,’ jokes. It’s not funny. Your queerness is not negated or tarnished by opposite-gender attraction, dating men isn’t inherently worse than dating women.

Love your partner.

Cherish them.

I’m getting REAL SICK of that “bisexual means I’m attracted to all women and two men” joke. I’m getting equally sick of the implication, in a thousand ways, that men are bad and it’s inherently worse to be attracted to them. If you’re a woman or woman-adjacent and you fall in love with a man, there’s this horrible and easy-to-internalize idea that you’re taking the lesser option.

Like y’all. Y’all? You know that’s gender essentialist radfem bullshit, right?

If you didn’t, I’d like to gently suggest you consider the idea that “Men are problematic (read: sinful) and violent, women are pure, beautiful and loving” is just conservative Christian ideology in a gay hat. We are not advancing towards equality for all genders by flipping which end of the scale is The Bad One ™.

I’m bisexual. I make a point of talking about being queer (because it’s my identity and culture, and that’s important to me), and I present mostly in the androgynous area of the spectrum. People often assume I’m only/mostly interested in women.

That’s actually not true. I like all genders, but when it comes to specific people, I’m most often attracted to men. And it makes me sad – really, genuinely sad – how many times I’ve felt ashamed to talk about that. Even though I’m not a woman, liking a man has made me feel “not queer enough.” Hell, some days it still does.

I’m gonna say this, even though I know a lot of people won’t like it. And I will also say in advance that I am not accepting criticism and I don’t argue on the internet as a personal mental health policy.

That said, here is the statement: This too is a closet.

If you’re a man, absolutely do not date someone who thinks their attraction or affection for you is something they ought to be ashamed of.

as a general disclaimer i’d like to say that i don’t care if people dislike/hate dream and express that on their social media. i think there are plenty of valid criticisms of dream, especially in the way he responds to drama and handles his fanbase. but i’m not here to convince you to like or even tolerate him, i’m here to set the record straight.

i’m going to try and address all the points you brought up with the exception of the supposed message of the mv being “not taking your meds is good and will make you happier”. that’s subjective and not really my place to speak on, so i’ll just be focusing on the stuff that i have the evidence to debunk.

1) forcing them to animate in a different style than they were used to

in march, dream tweeted out asking for animators for an amv.

he specified the style he wanted the animation to be in and gave a general timeframe from the get-go. according to the lead, phyre herself, the animation style was her idea and one of the people in the second screenshot you posted wasn’t very involved with the project.

2) they only had a few weeks to do it

i won’t deny it was rushed, but they had more than “a few weeks” and it was mostly a miscommunication error from the start

3) waiting so long to be paid

according to phyre, it took time for her to finalize the budget and it was sent to him early this morning.

4) underpaying

i’ll be honest, i wasn’t sure how to approach the last screenshot at first bc it’s always tricky dealing with “my friend said” testimonies, especially when i can’t follow up with that person. i prefer to assume good faith though, and i’m sure the person who sent you that ask was just looking out for their friend.

in any case, i went and dm’d phyre and sent her that screenshot to fact-check it, and got a reply a couple hours later.

1) payment:

dream paid 3x times the budget that phyre had sent to him. the only reason why the payment was delayed was because phyre, themselves & their team were discussing what would be a fair budget, dream paid them 4 hours after they sent him the final budget.

2) the deadline/time frame for them to finish the mv:

dream mentioned that he originally pushed them to be speedy with it with a short time frame, but after that time frame was missed, he accepted to let them take as much as they needed and just keep him updated on the progress.

phyre even mentioned in one of the screenshots that they were the ones who should’ve asked for more time originally, and dream conceded to that once he realized that the deadline that they had established at first wouldn’t be accomplished.

3) animation style:

the person above me has already talked about this, but i would like to highlight that dream was constantly talking to phyre and they were the ones who made some suggestions about the style of the animation. the only thing that dream had mentioned was that he didn’t want something minecraft-like.

phyre were the ones who suggested the animation being in 3D, since that’s what they’re specialized in, dream originally said that he didn’t mind if the animation was in 2D, and that’s what he was actually looking for. he said it could be simple as long as it got the message across.

as a general disclaimer i’d like to say that i don’t care if people dislike/hate dream and express that on their social media. i think there are plenty of valid criticisms of dream, especially in the way he responds to drama and handles his fanbase. but i’m not here to convince you to like or even tolerate him, i’m here to set the record straight.

i’m going to try and address all the points you brought up with the exception of the supposed message of the mv being “not taking your meds is good and will make you happier”. that’s subjective and not really my place to speak on, so i’ll just be focusing on the stuff that i have the evidence to debunk.

1) forcing them to animate in a different style than they were used to

in march, dream tweeted out asking for animators for an amv.

he specified the style he wanted the animation to be in and gave a general timeframe from the get-go. according to the lead, phyre herself, the animation style was her idea and one of the people in the second screenshot you posted wasn’t very involved with the project.

2) they only had a few weeks to do it

i won’t deny it was rushed, but they had more than “a few weeks” and it was mostly a miscommunication error from the start

3) waiting so long to be paid

according to phyre, it took time for her to finalize the budget and it was sent to him early this morning.

4) underpaying

i’ll be honest, i wasn’t sure how to approach the last screenshot at first bc it’s always tricky dealing with “my friend said” testimonies, especially when i can’t follow up with that person. i prefer to assume good faith though, and i’m sure the person who sent you that ask was just looking out for their friend.

in any case, i went and dm’d phyre and sent her that screenshot to fact-check it, and got a reply a couple hours later.

1) payment:

dream paid 3x times the budget that phyre had sent to him. the only reason why the payment was delayed was because phyre, themselves & their team were discussing what would be a fair budget, dream paid them 4 hours after they sent him the final budget.

2) the deadline/time frame for them to finish the mv:

dream mentioned that he originally pushed them to be speedy with it with a short time frame, but after that time frame was missed, he accepted to let them take as much as they needed and just keep him updated on the progress.

phyre even mentioned in one of the screenshots that they were the ones who should’ve asked for more time originally, and dream conceded to that once he realized that the deadline that they had established at first wouldn’t be accomplished.

3) animation style:

the person above me has already talked about this, but i would like to highlight that dream was constantly talking to phyre and they were the ones who made some suggestions about the style of the animation. the only thing that dream had mentioned was that he didn’t want something minecraft-like.

phyre were the ones who suggested the animation being in 3D, since that’s what they’re specialized in, dream originally said that he didn’t mind if the animation was in 2D, and that’s what he was actually looking for. he said it could be simple as long as it got the message across.

Self Care Tips From Tumblr: When you feel like everyone hates you, sleep. When you feel like you hate everyone, eat. When you feel like you hate yourself, shower. Someone out there feels better because you exist. 

your attraction to men isn’t shameful, or bad.

it isn’t just “tolerable” or “fine” or “okay”.

it’s beautiful. your sexuality is wonderful and great and good.

being attracted to men is something to be proud of, so be proud.

Hey guys, you probably heard about the situation of queer folks in Poland. The ruling party has made homo- and transphobia into a new national virtue. Around 1/3 of local authorities adopted resolutions about fighting “gender ideology”. Gender transition in Poland is a very complicated and expensive process. All of this puts young queer people in a vulnerable situation, resulting in appalling rates of mental illness affecting them. On top of that, children’s psychiatric wards are overcrowded and one region doesn’t have such ward at all. (It’s Podlasie with a population of 1,8 million people.)

The poster above was made by the illustrator Szarosen. It reads “[Please] love me, mom and dad”. It’s a response to posters with the slogan “Love each other, mom and dad” which appeared across many towns in Poland. The organization responsible for those is known to be anti-divorce and has fundamentalist ties, advocating for married couples staying together despite home abuse. Szarosen’s drawing points to the lack of support, discrimination and even violence which many queer kids have to face, sometimes from their own families.

Anyway, here are links to some fundraising campaigns:

1 initially fundraising for the posters, now for psychological and legal help for lgbt individuals