Gonna be on anon for this one would it be alright if I asked for sum encouragement/hugs by good ol bulky ? (U probably can already guess who this is lol) just got diagnosed w/ depression(albeit minor) and ADD and the news is. surprising to say the least. U can ignore this ask if it’s a bit much or a bit TMI, I wouldn’t mind??
here’s a post sponsored by my momma, who is a clinical psychologist:
our brains don’t know these characters are fictional. i mean, they do. kind of. we know on the outside, but our temporal lobe just registers that we recognize their face and that we feel deeply for them. our brains release dopamine and adrenaline because of it. there’s no different kind of dopamine or adrenaline for fictional people vs. real ones. scientifically it’s the same. of course you feel deeply for them. of course you do. there’s no reason why you wouldn’t. you know intimate details about them that have brought you closer emotionally in the same way you’ve learned intimate details about your friends. you empathize with them the same way you would with a person you can touch. people want to give self shippers a hard time for blending fiction with reality or whatever, but that’s kinda how humans’ brains work. it’s not “i love this real person” AND “i love this fictional person”, it’s just “i love this person” and that’s it.
“I will gladly walk on it a thousand times over, if that means I could be with you, my lady.”
and the lady cat was all:
“My brave darling.”
OOOPS MY HAND SLIPPED!!
Suddenly my muse insisted me to draw the personification version of the last pic, and who am I to reject inspiration when it comes so willingly to me? At least this will help with the artblock issue I currently have to deal with.
Russian imperial era inspired because hot damn.
Note: I tried google reverse image (and other reverse image search engines) those photos and came up with nothing. I wish I knew the original photographer because I want to love hug him/her so hard for capturing such inspiring moments.
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OMG that’s the cutest thing ever and the best courtly love ah so brilliant.
I put my eyes on this and something fucking viceral hit me and I had to put my phone down for a solid 15 minutes and rethink my entire existence I don't know whether to cry or laugh manically
being a self taught artist and feeling like you’ve made some pretty good progress only to realize 10 years down the line that you specialized in a highly specific field leaving you at square 1 in every other area needed to draw anything more complex than a humanoid figure
google is free and this article does a good job of explaining but because i dont want anyone to continue to give this girl money for being shit person, here we go.
besides being a cishet white woman HEADING a PRIDE EVENT (Which is something i shouldnt need to explain why its bad.. pride is by and for lgbt people and should not be HEADLINING a cishet.)
Racism
this is her like 5 years ago vs her now. she is a white girl wearing blackface. and before you go “thats not blackface! thats just a tan!!!”
this is her on stage next to nicki minaj, a black woman. she is darker than nicki minaj. this is what a tan looks like
a tan is supposed to give you a more golden sun touched look, NOT MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A DIFFERENT RACE! (also tan is a golden/yellow brown, not a deep brown… this is not an accident)
her hair, by the way, is in fact exensions. again, making her hair thicker and darker in order to pass as a poc… she steals from black musicians too… like its not news that white people steal culture from poc then market it as a new trend but… she really takes it to a whole new level and acts as if her new look is some fucking brand she made.
remember shen she got a tattoo for 7 rings but didnt finish it and said “oh thats just fine :)” ?
transmisogyny
in her video “thank you next” she has a man in a dress stereotype for a trans girl, then painted said person as desperate for a date. this is a transmisogynist caracature. she is a cishet girl. this is transphobic. end of discussion.
homophobia
shouldnt have to explain why a het girl using sexualized lesbians that look like they came out of a porno for men in a music video for views isnt ok.
etc
she ignores when everyone first tried to tell her NICELY that what she was doing is wrong but as soon as people got less than kind about it, got all guilt trippy like a 3 yr old and went “why cant we just all get along its so sd to see people hating like this :(((((( be nice :(( “
she is friends with Pierce Morgan (known facist) and is QUITE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS, she constantly preaches the “we should just sit down and talk to people who are flaming bigots. their bigotry is just a difference of opinions ❤️❤️❤️” which is propaganda created by, surprise, the very bigots it refers to. if we dont fight or get upset then they can continue to be horrible people without consequence.
she is now INSISTING on headlining pride, and i have seen more homophobic people than i can count say theyre going to buy tickets to pride just to see her. let me repeat that. homophobes are going to pride to see a homophobic artist. this is disgusting. this puts every gay and trans person there in danger. actually, it puts everyone there in danger because it is a pride event and any homophobes will see you there and assume youre gay anyhow so!
tldr: ariana grande is a racist, transphobic, homophobic white girl parading around in blackface and appropriates black, latino, and asian cultures for $$$ and uses lgbt people for views.