#brain weird

So I've never super been oriented toward them—my parents weren't big movie folks overall, not like they were Forbidden or anything but they didn't show a ton or take us to the movies very often—and in high school my friends were split between also not really being movie people and being "LOL you haven't seen [this movie]?!?" people (who mostly didn't then sit me down to watch things) and my college friends were all in art school with me mostly too busy for movies and then my adult friend crew was mostly playing board games and going out and when they did throw something on it was largely stuff I didn't like. Like, I did see movies ever! Just, you know.... really, really rarely. I didn't mind them! There were plenty of movies I liked. But I had really picky taste that I couldn't even quantify most of the time and none of my friends were invested in them in a way that might draw me in, so it was very much not something I thought about much.

But then pandemic hit I was locked in my 500ft² apartment with my brand new husband who is a Movie Guy who was in the process of becoming a TV and film critic, who went like ah! a Perfect Time To Watch Everything—and I realized I just... didn't like them. I didn't want to watch them. I would rather do most other things. (This was unfortunate in that the only way to Escape Movie was to either retreat to the bedroom or to crank my music up and turn fully away, which was not great for our living room/desk space/kitchen situation.)

Let's give it up for Polyamorous Corroded Coffin, with only 12 works and one of them is

there's fun in the familiar and the unknown by @starryeyedjanai

which i highly recommend (it also has transmasc Eddie so 💚💚💚)

I try to tell myself that designs don't always have to be politicized or commentary or whatever. They don't have to "mean something". which is why I have hesitation about, say, this cyborg graphic for instance.

But the almost adult doomery part of my brain says "well that's bullshit, yes it does, it just doesn't have to be deep or complex, just slap something together on top." and I'm like, "oh yeah!".

there, now I'm happy with it.