yuta joining in on ninja association fun hehehe next they'll bury him in the sand, fly high mayo 🕊️🌈
✨ SPIDER-MIKU ✨
I still haven't gotten over spiderverse and my art block broke last night so here you have her! I imagine she's from dimension 039 and was infected by a spider virus.
Spider-Man news acct on the Bird App posted a bunch of their character designs and OH MY GOD—
Ok I get where everyone is coming from when they see the design of Pavitr ‘Pav’ Prabhakar aka Indian SpiderMan as an expression of gender queerness, but let me be frank this is very typical Indian male costuming.
Even the toxic masculine patriarchal men have similar stylistic expressions or to be be more precise this is a traditional/historical/ye olde male aesthetic.
Having said that I love what design elements are being used here. So…
Let's take it from the top.
The FACE MASK
- The Three Colors surrounding the eyes are typical spider man colours but they are done to evoke the image the traditional makeup done for the ancient dance art Kathakali. In which the whole face is painted and bold lines are drawn to emphasise/exaggerate the eyes. These eye mask lines are usually thin - bold-thin.
- Same with the white lines on the cheek bones which are indicative of tusks or pincers of demons or Animorphs in folklore/myths.
- The white dot in the centre of the forehead is the most common Hindu motif, expressed in myriad of ways all over the country .
The ARM/LEG BANDS/CUFFS
- The bicep cuff is a part of Indian historic armour - made of malleable metal, its bejewelled ornate counterparts were then worn in day to day life. Here in the north Royals still wear it during big ceremonies. These metal bands are generally worn by warriors.
- bangles (metal circles worn at wrists) are an important male accessory and are more daily wear even in present modern times, some religions (Sikh,Jain etc.) require the males to always wear one at all times. The ones on the suit were more in the shape of wrist guards which again were an armour accessory. In Indian male clothing the cuffs are usually emphasised.
- Due to traditional male footwear being sandals metal ankle cuffs were employed to guard the shins and were worn during wars while thinner bands - ornamental accessories - were worn in daily wear.
There are so many other things I want to elaborate on like: The PATTERNS/LOGO,The LEG GARMENT (??!)(what’s the collective term for clothes for legs?), The Cat’s Cradle swinging/body animation ; but my ADHD is already acting up so imma leave this here.
SIDE NOTE:
- I love how the heel and toes are bare in this design. It makes sense from the spider powers perspective - no barrier in contact allows for better manoeuvring and jump control as is seen in gymnastics. But also because in Hindu culture important tasks including some traditional sports require the removal of footwear and getting feet dirty is not discouraged (of course with an adherence to washing of the feet multiple times in a day)
- I also loved how incorporated his wrist guard is in his spider style using it as a toy and a tool. This aspect of making use of something in a completely different way was so desi ‘Jugaad’ I was stunned.
I think another clear theme of Spiderverse is that, as we’re told in the first movie, anyone can be Spider-Man. But in the second movie, Miguel tells us that Spider-Man has rules. Certain things have to happen, certain people have to die, certain people aren’t meant to be Spider-Man. And the message there is that, once someone makes those kinds of rules, you run. Because it’s just not true. Anyone, literally anyone, can be Spider-Man. There is no requirement. We’ve been shown you don’t even need to be bitten by a spider!
And with the amount of people comparing Spiderverse to the queer experience, this is especially important. There are no rules to being queer. There are no labels that are exclusive. There are no labels that are even required. As soon as someone says you can’t be queer in a certain way, or certain identities don’t ‘count’ for whatever reason, you need to run. They are liars. There are no rules, and there never have been. You are queer because you said so, and this is your decision alone.
If you decide you’re Spider-Man, then you’re Spider-Man. And if you decide you’re going to save everyone you can, then you will. It’s as simple as that.
I’m just going to leave this here…
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daftpiss
im on mobile, can someone make one that adds “jews”
middlehead
Done
biggest-toothiest-lord
Cowards won’t reblog this version.
ive seen media where they have one person who is four of them at the same time specifically so they could call it a day
Dude I know people who are that character
Train to Busan is one of the only good zombie flicks because all the people that are regarded as liabilities in zombie media (children, elderly, pregnant women, the homeless, etc) are the ones who go the farthest helping each other, while the strict self-preservationists die because of their refusal to help each other.
I’ve come to hate so many apocalypse films because it’s always about survivors having only rely on themselves and/or become worse than the actual threat at hand, when survival means nothing if you lose your humanity in the process.
it ok to not be ready
50shadesofacceptance
Please spread this shit like wildfire. People go on and sit through the whole experience and they’re uncomfortable because they just want to please their partner and they don’t tell them that they want to stop because they are not ready. It’s okay not to be ready.
crotchetybushtit
notice here that consent is revoked without ever saying no and consent goes so far beyond yes/no!!!!!!
mrs-prism
This is both entertaining and really important.
accidentallypatriotic
Yo if you’ll reblog the boob campaign, you can damn well reblog Deadpool discussing bollocks.
Deadpool is canonically riddled with cancer this is actually such an appropriate campaign
instructor144
Shutting down a scene
A PM from a Follower, abstracted in the interests of privacy … “Awhile back you mentioned in passing a Dom shutting down a scene if it got too intense for the sub to be able to use her safe word responsibly. What are the symptoms, so I can watch out for it and be aware?”
This is a great question. First, respect to you for wanting to understand and keep your girl safe. Here’s the thing: we hear all this stuff about “the sub is safe, because she always has her safeword.” And that is true, as far as it goes. But what happens when, in the intense heat of a scene, the submissive has lost the power of rational volition? That sounds fairly nebulous, and probably useless, so let me break it down to some characteristic external markers that I’ve encountered over the years …
Loss of rational speech. Is her speech mumbled, incoherent, and “off-topic”? You need to shut that shit down.
Irrational demands for “more, harder.” If you’ve pushed her to (and possibly a bit beyond) her previous limits and to a place that you know is beyond her tolerance (for pain, intensity, etc) and yet she continues to moan “more …. harder …” then she has dropped too deep into sub space to be a rational player in the scene, and you need to shut that shit down.
“What is your name?” If you think she’s slipped away, ask her “What is your name?” I once had to ask a girl her name three times before I got a mumbled response. If she can’t answer immediately and coherently, you need to shut that shit down.
Safeword. Above all else, if you ask “What is your safeword?” and she does not immediately respond crisply and coherently with her safeword, you need to shut that shit down at once.
Now, what do you do to bring her back? Hydration, a damp towel, under the covers, and a lot of cuddles and aftercare while talking to her softly and letting her know you’re there and all is well.
Hopefully these “indicators” will help you to keep your scenes Safe, Sane, and Consensual.
This is so important.
purelygayporn
One year on from the porn ban and I’m still reblogging the interesting stuff I find, but there’s much better stuff at twitter.com/purelygayporn
Thinkin bout like a coloured wrist band system for cnc/somno?? Like maybe if Im around the house with a green band, or if I go to bed with one on, that shows my partner they can randomly come bend me over and fuck me or slide off my shorts and finger me while I sleep.
An orange or yellow band could mean to check in first?? Like maybe a little bit before the scene I get a tap on the shoulder and asked for permission then some time later I’m fucked senseless.
Then a red band or no band is obviously a no. Maybe I’m really not feeling like it or its that time of the month or whatever, just a hard no.
I just think that’d be a neat way of keeping everything fun and consensual and within boundaries without taking away the fun of cnc
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves Easter Egg Spoiler!
If you watch closely, Chris Pine’s character Edgin, a human Bard, has a weird gay thing with Regé-Jean Page’s character Xenk, a Paladin. This is a reference to every Dungeons and Dragons campaign ever.
