"He cupped my face so gently, so caring. His touch one of a loving father.
He other hand came to atop my head, like he was patting me for a assurance.
Then it came.
The searing hot pain.
It burned and burned, a white hot burn. It was so intense, like the sun came down to Earth and visited me, touched me with it's flaming hand and painful touch.
Then...
Nothing.
Everything was black, and for a millisecond, I was scared, frightened. Begging for my mother's comfort.
Next thing I know, I woke up, numb with anesthesia.
I was confused, moment of pain that occured before momentarily forgotten. My hand came up to my head and brushed against cloth. The bandage, hiding and obscuring the burn that was surely there from view. Memories flashed before my eyes and tears welled up in my eyes.
Hours later, I was told the news regarding my banishment and the fool's errand that my father sent me on.
That was three years ago, I'm sixteen now.
I still don't know who was in the wrong."
I think Hoyo forgot Vanessa's lore and how, apparently, only redheads (aside from the Rags) and dark-skinned are found in Natlan
Okay, but, what if Flash calls Peter "Penis" because (he's raised by parents who calls it vile to curse) Mr. Harrington scolds them or doesn't like it when they swear. So the AcaDec team replaces slurs with other terms. Like "dick" is "penis" and "cunt" is "vagina" and "fucker" is "flipper". So it's like "Flip off, you vagina!!" Or "she's such a sexually active woman!!"
I need Tumblr to put a feature where we can filter our "likes" page because I am trying to find something I like that isn't showing up on the search and it's been, like, 10 minutes
It's been so long and I still feel so emotionally pained whenever I think about Youth of May (2021)
under the cut are a list of websites and articles i like, that perhaps may come in useful for writing reference. a lot of the sites linked are NSFW, so please be careful when you click! they’re separated into 5 sections (sex, drugs, death, technology, and culture) and a lot are archived links. happy browsing!
sex
boogie sites | article from 1998 detailing the rise of online porn
‘the fuck brief’ | a lawsuit regarding fuckingmachines.com, their use of the word ‘fuck’, and how it relates to the first amendment
the teenager and the porn star | longform article from 2006 (with a postscript) about then-18 year old pornstar sasha grey. features lots of in-depth info about the porn industry and the sets.
rubbed the wrong way: sasha grey’s porn set pet peeves | interview with sasha grey (then 22) focusing on her porn set dislikes
photos and stories from the secret world of strip clubs | anecdotes from strippers, taken from the book ‘wanting you to want me’ by bronwen parker-rhodes and emily dinsdale
peer inside japan’s secretive love hotels | photos of love hotels in japan, ranging from simple to extravagant
the vice guide to becoming a whore in 2004 | a-z by an anonymous sex worker detailing her lifestyle in the sex industry
a lap dancer answers 17 prying questions about working in a strip club | q&a with a lap dancer about her work
romance @ homedespot | offshoot of tokyo damage report, linking to the page about romance, love, and sex. there’s other links on the page to different sections.
bdsm ettiequte @ evilmonk dot org | simple website with a wealth of information on bdsm history, manners, and other readings.
drugs
candyland: the secret life of a tokyo coke baron | long read on the rise of foreign criminal activity in the japanese drug industry
death
the splat calculator | input some data and see how fast you’ll fall, as well as your impact velocity
tailstrike database | a database of ‘black box’ recordings/transcripts from plane crashes
9/11 thread on fark.com | one of the few livethreads on the internet providing live updates from 11/09/01; it stretches on for nine pages
i am pen pals with deathrow inmate richard ramirez aka the night stalker. ama. | reddit ask-me-anything thread with a person who is penpals with noted serial killer richard ramirez. features images of letters, drawings, and other paraphernalia the user was sent, as well as some talk about the man himself.
nukemap | drag the pointer to anywhere in the world, enter some data, and see what effect a nuclear bomb would have
inside stalin’s ‘cannibal island’ | in the 1930s, joseph stalin deported thousands of opponents and prisoners to a barren, isolated location that would become known as ‘cannibal island’
somethingawful 9/11 thread | often-referenced livethread from 9/11/01 on the website somethingawful dot com. has pictures, emojis, and other turn-of-the-century forum goodness. stretches for 18 pages (you need to click from the truegamer links to view) and has a retrospective thread from march 2002.
technology
fuck you and die: an oral history of something awful | touches on turn-of-the-century internet/messageboard culture
how shock sites shaped the internet | from shock horror movies to rotten dot com - how disgust evolved for the internet age
unscathed corpse | blogspot site gathering various other ‘curious, weird, sexiest, funny, crazy and interesting’ websites
this is what campaign websites looked like in 1996 | screenshots of political websites from the 1996 election
urban desires | online zine from 1995 focusing on various interesting topics (music, sex, food, fashion etc)
the curious history of the y2k cyberbabes | details the early 00s obsession with 3d women
next year’s models | featured in the above article, this specifically focuses on webby tookay, a virtual 3d model
disinformation dot com | defunct website from 1996 that stretches into the 00s, focusing on news that isn’t reported by the mainstream media
rotten library | ‘an unforgettable collection of all that mankind swore to forget’ - rotten dot com’s library, with various information on everything from the occult to languages to art to hoaxes
textfiles dot com | archive of ascii texts on various topics
cyborg foundation | website created in 2010 to ‘help humans become cyborgs, defend the rights of cyborgs, and promote cyborg art’
404pagefound | active vintage websites, old webpages, and web 1.0
tokyo damage report | autobiographical website from an american man living in tokyo. the css seems to have failed, so it’s rather unreadable, but you might be able to find some material if you click on the many, many links.
culture
lolita history | gallery of j-fashion magazine scans
what indie sleaze was really like at the time | article on the ‘indie sleaze’ movement and subculture of the mid-00s
answer me! | magazine from 1991-94 featuring social pathologies and various topics
aids in the heartland | series of articles from the late 80s providing an on-site look at the aids crisis in rural america
how to be amuro! | fansite for japanese singer namie amuro; this section focuses on how to look and dress like the singer, providing a useful insight into the budding gyaru style of japan
hubris | an online journal that the user has been keeping since 1998
a look inside british invasion obsessed teen magazines (1965-1966) | photos of articles and comics from 16 magazine during the height of the british invasion
hippies from a to z | everything you ever wanted to know about hippies, by a hippy
s&m: brutally good indie | text-only playlist from a college radio station that ran from september 2000 to december 2001
mixing for the 80s | interesting article from 2009 on how 80s songs were mixed
video vixens tell all about the ‘wild west’ mtv days of the 80s and 90s | various models from videos for artists such as zz top, jay-z, and billy idol detail what working as a ‘video vixen’ was like
britney spears and the myth of the ‘get ready with me’ video | thinkpiece on the culture of GRWMs and how they have affected personal appearance
and you thought you were obsessed with buffy the vampire slayer…: makeup counter | fansite page detailing the cosmetic makeup used on the set of buffy the vampire slayer, as well as makeup worn by main actress sarah michelle gellar in her spare time
tooth and nails | 1997 article on the rise of urban decay, which at the time was a fledgling makeup brand making major waves in the industry
urban decay shrine | neocities website featuring various products, adverts, and other outside links relating to the ‘glory days’ of urban decay
yolk magazine, 1994-2003 | blogspot article about yolk magazine, a magazine targeted at the asian-american demographic. the blog as a whole also focuses on chinese-american visual artists and culture, and stretches back to 1861!
star1973 dot com | star was a short-lived controversial teen magazine from 1973 that circulated around la’s teenage groupie scene and glam rock.
capitol hill staffers explain dc’s complex dress codes | the world of political fashion is probably more complicated than you could have imagined
I legit watched "Willow" just for Tony Revolori, I will cry if they release season 2, like, 12 years later and it's not Tony anymore. I nearly cried when Graydon died but kept my hopes high, because if there's anything fiction is good at, it's never killing off characters.
1920s Baroque Works 🥂
Always wanted to do a movie poster redraw of the Great Gatsby so here they are!!
I used to know but I'm not sure now what I was made for what was I made for?