How Toph Picks Clothes

ur so valid but why pit them against each other they're BOTH my favorite

so obviously felix is an amazing short king and one of the best and i like him a lot

but no matter what this will be my FAVORITE short king

rtc doodle -> drawing :))

they are on the mind 24/7

spoilers for encanto (obviously): So do yk that theory that Pedro is the house’s spirit blah blah iykyk bUT WHAT IF and i’m just putting this out there WHAT IF the mountains around the encanto are like his “body” or smth bc when he dies the candle rises from the ground, pushing away all the soldiers, and the mountains rise from the ground. SO what i’m saying is, what if his soul became the magic/spirit of the house and his body became the mountains protecting his family???

resurrection stone 

anyways I thought it was kinda dumb that they were so chill with Harry going to get himself killed so here’s my theory that the stone just wants u to off urself ://

Turning Red has surprised me a lot with its very real representation of afab puberty and coming-of-age experiences, but there is something needed to be said on the language and writing of the movie that gives the film such a massive respect for me.

Because this is Disney/Pixar, right?

Disney, as a conglomerate, can be very restrictive on how they want specific stories to go. For a lot of animated Disney films, one could even see the formulas and pacing that are iconic to the company, but one of the big things that they try to make sure on was how they word/show varied experiences to appease all forms of audiences.

This includes omitting talk of any very risque jokes, mature topics, and basically making sure that the Rated G stories within don’t get into topics that would anger specific demographics that watch the company. Of course, the older films may differ with today’s regulations, but with the present films, that idea of keeping things “kid-friendly” can be found somewhere.

Either by the creative/exec team fighting the pressure relating to Luisa’s body, LGBTQ+ content, or even serialized formatting, there has always been some resistance to creators pushing the boundaries of what could be seen on screen.

One of them being afab experiences.

For many, the topics that are indulged in and experienced by afab people are demonized. Look toward boy bands, early fandom, and even stuff that is considered “feminine” you would find people seeing female experiences and agency as inappropriate or unnecessary.

And even if a female story is written, one could get a mess like Brave, where instead of women being placed into a position of writing/directing, are then scrapped for male writers who believe they could write an afab story to its core.

So then you have Turning Red, and the way they portray the struggles of a middle-school afab tween, at how it doesn’t pull any punches on how awkward this period of life is.

And how much this portrayal means a lot to me and many others as individuals.

Because I had seen people draw these romantic fantasies before. I had seen the wonky anatomy, the anime eyes, everything about keeping these fantasies hidden away from parents who would make a big deal over these new feelings.

People have felt that. People have witnessed it.

I had seen people thirst over boys in any single way possible. I had talked with friends who played “Hot or Not” over the newest crush, at how they looked toward men and women on what their sexuality was, and if they really wanted to date someone or if they didn’t.

There’s the talk of periods. The yells of distress over new bodily changes. The extensive list of cleaning products that media and society would always try to ignore as something dirty and messy, even though it is such a massive ordeal that happens for an afab person for most of their life.

You then get the focus of female friendships, the feelings of connection, and how integral friends are as support systems to an ever-growing tween scared over the new transitions.

All to the amount of internalized shame over trying to understand and indulging in romantic/sexual fantasies. The wanting to explore one’s options but restrained by the idea of being the perfect, clean daughter in a family’s life.

That you ultimately feel defined by your family…

By the family before yours…

And how in the end, there comes this wanting for acceptance to change and grow from the mold.

To become the person that you choose to be.

All of these feelings are feelings I had witnessed and seen when I was in middle school and high school, and the writing doesn’t hesitate on showing what it means to be awkward, exploratory, and anxious to understand who you are as someone burgeoning to puberty and the real world.

A movie cannot represent every afab person on the planet, but the intent is clear, and it has turned the movie into one of the most realistic portrayals of afab tween coming-of-age I have ever seen.

Because people gush over the topics they love. People sing off-tune and do wacky poses. People get anxious over how they look to classmates, teachers, to adults. People feel tense and excited over new blossoming feelings to the sheer agony over changes in the body that they cannot control but can accept. People say comments (”stripper music”) and actions (twerking) just because they can!

Turning Red doesn’t hesitate to look at a teen/tween and tell them that the movie sees them through its medium.

And this is a Pixar movie mind you! These afab experiences were able to be seen, shown, and given credence, and everything about it blows my mind away.

Because by being directed and written by female crew members, every part of the movie screams out authenticity — that it understands the audience that it’s referring to. It tells its specific audience “I understand what you’ve struggled with, you shouldn’t be ashamed of these feelings, and you aren’t alone in feeling them.”

Sometimes a family is a genius old man with ugly clothes, an insomniac pencil lady, a short queen, a feral formerly amnesiac man, his also feral acrobatic daughter, her bucket, a bald boy with photographic memory, an especially average looking boy who’s good at riddles, his tutor turned mother, and a mean psychic toddler. And that’s beautiful.

I Am Not Your Asian American Doll: a comic for AAPI Heritage Month 2023

I usually spend a lot of time editing and fine-tuning my comics so that they come across as polite and inoffensive. But honestly, I’m really tired of the way Asian cultures and countries are treated / talked about while Asian people themselves are excluded, and thought it was about time I really let my rage out lol.

id in alt

If yes or used to please say in the tags whats it's name,what animal it is and how old it is"

they wanted to swear in this movie so bad

hi noodle (and juno but i wanted to get both of y'all at once):

five songs i like atm:

Dance With Me by Topline Addicts

Bewitched by Laufey

Lovesick by Laufey

Please Never Fall in Love Again by Ollie MN

Lonely (But Not Alone) by Rob Cantor

i like listening to A LOT of songs so

also just the entire bewitched album is so slay tbh

🎶✨when you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶

um..

currently,

i like:

mama's boy by dominic fike

sinister kid by the black keys

tear you apart by she wants revenge

ain't no rest for the wicked by cage the elephant

seven nation army by the white stripes

(im adding more becuz fuck it)

insane in the brain by cypress hill

eyeless by slipknot

killin' on demand by freddie dredd

handclap by fitz and the tantrums

out of my league, also by fitz and the tantrums

and i'm just gonna make this a tag game perhaps instead of an ask game so yeah :P

@killerwizrd555 @transwarcriminal @astridrosenbergswiferealnotfake @ezlamb @strawberry-twinkies @https-perkins @lillazyboithings @cardinaldust @witcherstorm @pansexualhell