madelinefrances

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i get that its very amusing to you guys but when non-brits make fun of heavily accented british dialects and say they're impossible to understand or they sound funny or stupid its just like... why are you helping these elitist english pricks out? its historical fact that the upper class in the UK Deliberately cultivated a southern ""english"" accent amongst themselves that they decided denoted 'status' and have since called all other british accents 'unintelligable' in order to protect class boundaries. accent is Such a sensitive race and class related subject here - oftentimes your accent is Assumed to indicate if you're intelligent or not which is just Bullshit. its used to gatekeep jobs and housing and schools. so can you at least Try to stop making fun of british regional/working class accents and bully the posh english twats instead. we get enough shit at home without americans or whoever else on twitter joining in

tl;dr:

That scene where Langa's mom gives him advice about Reki, but in the English dub.

NO THE FUCK THEY DID NOT 🤣

Langa?😳

But now COMPLETED~

a summary of the consequences of my life because I read percy jackson

Ok so I was looking for historical slang terms for penis (gotta be era-accurate when writing vintage dick jokes) and I came across….something

some linguist compiled a literal timeline of genitalia slang–a cock compendium, if you will–that dates back all the way to the fucking 13th CENTURY. This motherfucker tracked the evolution of erection etymology through 800+ years, because if he doesn’t do it, who else will? Thank you for your service, Johnathon Green.

Anyway I want to tell bi girls, especially with how disgustingly biphobic twitter has been, that if you have a preference for men, don’t feel obligated to try and make yourself seem more “gay.” You’re enough. Don’t suppress your attraction for temporary validation. Your love for all genders is real & valid. you shouldn’t feel restricted or that you have to make fifty wlw moodboards and strip your pages of any mention of men to prove your worth to biphobes. Men are hot. Talk about how much you find them attractive without shame.

Some of you need to read this

Thank you for this ^

I’m still only 18 but I already feel like shit that I’ve never kissed anyone. I actually fear it now because I feel like everyone’s more experienced than me and why would they waste their time on a virgin? I’ve had the chance a couple of times but it never felt right.

There’s also the fact that everyone does things in a different order; I’ve already got to second base without reaching first.

My parents met at 16 and have only ever dated each other and that really fucks up a child’s perception. I literally grew up on the story of my dad physically getting into a fight over my mum, as if that’s some romantic ideal. Especially later being told by my mum that if I never say yes to someone (someone I’m not interested in) I’ll end up alone like my great aunt, or that I’ll develop a bad reputation for having too high standards (again, some 1950s bullshit that was pushed on her aunt).

So even when I’ve had the chance of a relationship I’ve turned them down because if I don’t have a crush on them then I don’t want to try it and risk a disaster.

it’s honestly crazy how many ppl u meet in your early twenties who have never been in love or been in a relationship or had sex and then you’re like oh it’s actually normal and social milestones actually mean nothing bc everyone is different and has different experiences. cool!

Staying up until 4am to read incredible fanfiction seems like such a good idea at the time 😅

Please don’t let fandom ruin something you love. Walk away and unfollow the fans and enjoy the thing by yourself, or find a limited circle of people who ignore the discourse, or get your irl friends into the thing and collectively ignore the Internet community, or blacklist from here to the moon if you need to and only ever scroll through your rarepair ship’s tag on AO3. But don’t let fandom distort a show or a movie or a book or a comic you used to love so badly that you can’t enjoy the original anymore. Please. It isn’t worth it.

Genuinely one of the games that made my childhood (and I was a few years late to it).

I played the ranger series when I was like 10 in around 2012 and it seriously changed the course of my writing abilities so much!

Not to mention the fan fiction community was so active for years! The retellings of the game were so well thought out and amazing.

I loved Shadows of Almia so much I bought a second copy to replay as many times as I wanted (because I really cared about keeping that first play through file for some reason 😅). So I’ve played it about 6 times now...

Alright guys. Best video game ever made:

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows Of Almia (2008)

I’ve finally (pretty much) finished my She-Ra dress!

It’s taken me 3 weeks, partially because of personal reasons, but I’ve finally got it finished!!

It’s not perfect and there are some minor errors that are already bugging me but I’m proud of myself for making it a reality🙂.

(Forgive me for the no-makeup face, but I really didn’t have the energy yesterday and my skin was being kind to me for once, and it’s time I stopped feeling ashamed of my spots and what my face naturally looks like.)

To attach the cape I decided to use gold ribbon rather than sewing it on, as I wanted to have an amount of freedom as to getting the dress on.

I did make a few changes design wise, although most of them were for the logistics of wearability, since I’ve made it using cheaper materials, and because we’ve all come across that one cosplay that is NOT convention-safe or practical in its original form.

Hopefully I’ll be able to take nicer photos of it in a few days ☺️.

It’s happening ✨

So far I’ve almost finished the base dress which I will then sew the gold sections onto.

Before I do that, I am going to take the dress in at the waist a little more (as it is slightly too big (my mum thinks it’s fine but I hate things hanging loosely around my waist)).

I’ll also make the cape before I do the gold (so I don’t have to change thread 😅).

For fabric I ended up going with cheap-and-cheerful economy satin. It’s a little shinier than I wanted, but crepe-back satin is £7.99 a metre (x115cm) and this stuff is £2.99 a metre (x150cm), which I think explains it.

I could have also turned the fabric inside out to use the dulled side, but I wanted the shine for the gold and didn’t really want shiny stuff on the inside next to my skin😖.

For the back I only opened it up to the braline, because I don’t hate myself that much and quite frankly I can’t go braless.

I’ve also been taking some footage of the making of this dress, so that I can make myself a little “the making of” video 🥰.

Adora’s Future Ball Dress

I’ve decided that one of my next sewing projects will be this dress.

Whether this is a good idea or not, only time will tell.

However, I was wondering if any other cosplayers or sewers had any advice as to what fabric would be best.

Right now I’m thinking crepe-back satin as it has a gentle shine, a nice texturised finish and would look right for the gold sections.

However, it also has a one-way stretch to it, which I think could be helpful in a dress like this, but having worked with it a couple of times now I know that it’s a little bit volatile 😰.

There’s also the matter of needing a lining in order to get the sweetheart neckline.

I also plan on only making the back open down to the braline as I want to have as much comfort in this as possible.

Anyway this might sound just like ramblings and thoughts but I was wondering if anyone had any fabric ideas or thoughts ✨

Adora’s Future Ball Dress

I’ve decided that one of my next sewing projects will be this dress.

Whether this is a good idea or not, only time will tell.

However, I was wondering if any other cosplayers or sewers had any advice as to what fabric would be best.

Right now I’m thinking crepe-back satin as it has a gentle shine, a nice texturised finish and would look right for the gold sections.

However, it also has a one-way stretch to it, which I think could be helpful in a dress like this, but having worked with it a couple of times now I know that it’s a little bit volatile 😰.

There’s also the matter of needing a lining in order to get the sweetheart neckline.

I also plan on only making the back open down to the braline as I want to have as much comfort in this as possible.

Anyway this might sound just like ramblings and thoughts but I was wondering if anyone had any fabric ideas or thoughts ✨

Season 5 - Adora’s Sexuality Arc

So forgive me if other people have already done this to death (I’ve been meaning to write this for a couple of days but iron deficiency has left me exhausted), but I just wanted to talk about the way in which season 5 handled Adora’s sexuality.

The way in which it was handled was both so subtle and so explicit at the same time and I’ve never seen something handled in such a mature, natural fashion.

From just the small glimpse of their world we’re given, homophobia doesn’t appear to be a thing that exists. However this doesn’t mean that it’s all clear-sailing for any of them when it comes to sexuality.

In Adora’s case, she was raised in an environment in which she was expected to excel and lead, without any real regard for her own wants and desires.

Needless to say, it didn’t set her up with the best support system. Despite Shadow Weaver essentially being her mother, it doesn’t seem likely that even Adora could have gone to her about anything that might have been going on in her head.

Even upon leaving the Horde, Adora’s emotional needs still aren’t met. Despite building herself a good support system (or rather the support system built itself around her), she still struggles to act selfishly in any situation and no one around her can empathise fully with what she’s been through.

Even into season 5, Adora describes herself as a “punch your feelings out” kind of person.

Which indicates that she doesn’t really talk about her problems and instead chooses to get on with what she believes she needs to do.

To me, this gives the impression that Adora had never really thought about her sexuality before and had never been able to think about what, or who, she wants. (Even if some of the looks she gave girls throughout the series tell a story of their own!)

Central to the season was Adora’s inconsistency with her ability to become She-Ra. At first, it might have seemed that She-Ra would come to her when she really needed her, but quite quickly throughout the season this is put into uncertainty.

However, there is one variable that is usually present when she is able to transform into She-Ra; Catra.

Unsurprising? Yes.

The first time she was able to transform again, it was out of her need to protect Catra. And, in many ways, this was her first real selfish move. After all, many Etherians really wouldn’t be too bothered if Catra made it out alive, given what she’s done in the past.

Even Bow and Glimmer, who trust Adora, probably struggled to understand why she cares so much for Catra, despite everything she’s done to them. That is until they see her holding her.

I feel like this is when it began to click for both Bow and Glimmer. That Catra is Adora’s sense of stability, and that she holds an important place in her heart.

The entire season, Adora is constantly asked what she wants, and she’s never able to give a complete answer. It’s always “I need to do this.”, never “I want to do this.”.

For a while with Catra back in her life, her abilities as She-Ra return, but Shadow Weaver is constantly there to stick an unwanted spanner in the works.

Whatever progress Adora might have made in figuring out her feelings towards Catra begin sliding backwards as Shadow Weavers words sink in. Even if she doesn’t trust Shadow Weaver, her word is still something she grew up on, and for her mother figure to tell her she’s confused, it certainly adds to her feelings of self-doubt.

It is clear by this point that Catra already knows how she feels about Adora (even if she might not know how to process it) and so this separation in understanding further expands the rift between the two of them, which leads in turn to She-Ra drifting further and further away.

During her struggle, we see Mara tell Adora that she’s also deserving of love and that she shouldn’t self sacrifice so much.

But even that doesn’t truly reach her in the way it needs to.

It isn’t until Catra’s confession that we get to see Adora finally allow herself something.

The kiss between them wasn’t just magical because of the love behind it, but also because it displays the moment that Adora accepts her own wants and needs. And it’s through that level of love and self-understanding that She-Ra returns.

This scene shows a different kind of confidence than has previously been seen in earlier seasons. Whereas before her confidence as She-Ra seemed a lot to do with her physical strength, this confidence seems to come from within.

From self-content.

And for someone like Adora, who always seems to need to be doing something for a greater cause, her calmness at the end of the war is a perfect conclusion to her self-acceptance.

And then, at the end, she has Catra, and she’s not ashamed by people knowing. She finally allows herself to be selfish and in love.

(Sorry if this makes no sense, it’s really late and I should be asleep 😴 but I just thought that the series handled this really beautifully.)

You coming?

“Don’t you get it? I love you, I always have. So please… just this once… stay.”

“You love me?… I love you too.”

... did.. Kyle and Rogelio adopt a baby?

How old are they?? Are they old enough for this??

(In all seriousness I think they might be like 20; young but not t o o young)

(But omg)

(I have a friend who’s shipped this since the start) (it’s his favourite ship)

(Edit: Just noticed that the baby is Imp that’s adorable)

This season gave me everything I ever wanted, in the way that so many shows have let me down in the past.

My entire life I‘ve been used to wishing for things that never come true.

Thank you, Noelle Stevenson, and every single other person on this team who made this possible!

Hope is a tree 🌲 cat 🐈 she has a whimpering little meow when she wants something but can be quite loud and has a chirpy purr

if we’re all going to be social-distancing/quarantining for a bit please reply to this with a picture of your pet!

we could all use a little softness right now

here’s my baby boy after our run in the park last week — he always refuses to drink the water i bring him but wants to sip out of every puddle

Helga is a flat-pack cat 🐈 :) she has one volume which is turned up to 100 at all times

if we’re all going to be social-distancing/quarantining for a bit please reply to this with a picture of your pet!

we could all use a little softness right now

here’s my baby boy after our run in the park last week — he always refuses to drink the water i bring him but wants to sip out of every puddle

I’ve had the new PMD since yesterday in order to get a free mug but I can’t play it until literally June when my A-Levels are over.

My mum was like “Animal Crossing and Pokémon are £100 together... Are you sure about buying this now.”

And then she offered to buy PMD for me on the condition that she looks after it until exams are over.

Frustrating but my bank account is thanking me.

MY BENEFITS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED AND I DESPERATELY NEED HELP!!

*URGENT: PLEASE READ/SIGNAL BOOST*

Saturday, March 7th: Hello everyone, I’m Gemma and sincerely apologize to be asking for help again but, things have unfortunately gone from bad to worse for me and I desperately need help.

As most of you are already aware, I have been struggling financially for quite some time due to my welfare benefits being revoked, under the UK’s controversial changes to how benefits are assessed and assigned. And due to my mental health and some unfortunate DWP mess-ups, my benefits have been on and off sanctions for over a year now.

And despite receiving the results of my medical assessment earlier last month, which stated that I have a limited capability for work due to my persistent low mood and extreme fatigue, my benefits have been suspended without warning or reason. I am currently trying to appeal the decision and make a new claim. However, that will take a few weeks to be processed, and I am also trying to apply for PIP/ESA, which is another long and complicated process.

I currently don’t have any finances to pay anything, and I’m quite literally on the verge of a breakdown, as I am drowning in red notices and final demands, as I used to only get £128 per month and that wasn’t enough to cover my rent and bills leaving me in heavy debt. And I recently had to have my broken electricity meter replaced, I will receive the bill for this sometime next week. *evidence can be provided*

And at the moment, I desperately need help to keep my utilities on, pay my electricity bill and my rent and I also have groceries to get and it would really mean a lot to me if I could get some help. My goal is £600 to help me get by until my benefits are reinstated, hopefully in April.

If anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would literally save my life, and sharing definitely helps just as much as donations. Nobody is obligated in any way to donate if they can’t or don’t want to, I know we’re all struggling.

Thank you for your help 💖

£262/£600!!

PayPal • Ko-Fi - 43% complete•

“You and me, Matrix Chamber, no one else, one last time!”

.... DOES SHE NOT REALISE HOW KINKY THAT SOUNDS TO THE OTHERS???????????

“Born from you, but led by me!”

Soooooo, essentially you just had thousands of children together 0-0

So.... that was predictable o-o -_-

“I KNOW!”

She’s finally snapping Y E S