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Okay, but can we talk about the Japanese Sun&Moon commercial / ad? It’s honestly the most precious thing ever????
A Japanese kid is moving to Hawaii with his mother and loves Pokemon.
He stays up with his mother practicing his English so he can communicate with the new environment around him, it seems he isn’t completely fluent.
The next day he introduces himself in his, still budding, English and the other children don’t seem very responsive to his efforts or taken off-guard somewhat?
Out of the blue one child starts clapping for him to show some kindness and the whole class joins in on celebrating his introduction.
He wants to join the other kids at lunch but seems to feel awkward about it?
He spots the kid who showed him kindness at the Pokemon Sun and Moon release. He plays the games for a while in his mom’s car and he later spots the same kids from school vibing together.
In the end he feels encouraged about going up to approach them and introduces himself.
They pick out starters together and become friends, they play the games in different languages.
It’s very, very cute. It’s a beautiful message to send that you can reach out to another person if your true and Pokemon was a push toward that, it really did a good job conveying how important friendship is. You can be friends with someone if you try, it’s just important you try to forge a bond with them and sometimes it can just happen naturally over anything. There’s something very touching and humanizing about this commercial, the music is very good vibe-ish and uplifting. The group of children is very diverse, once again showing people from many walks of life and colors uniting together to smile and have fun.
This video is one of the few things that have made me tear up
I don’t know where to start, so i’ll jusk link some goodfanartblogs.
notable memes (that i can remember):
shrek is eridans dad (brought to light in recent upd8s)
eridan is obama
The Vriska Debate
upd8!!
epathsizing everything with ‘’all the x. all of it’’ on the end
the canon fantrolls
elitist jake cosplayer
that one fucking troll that was a combination of every single homestuck kid combined
hetalians v homestucks
homestuck hate
homestuck-is-a-sin
buckets
gog and jegus respectively
FUCKASS.
adding ‘’stuck’’ to the end of every au
using quadrants irl
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HOMESTUCK.
sticking character faces to gifs
BEEP BEEP MEOW
communism
march eridan
the End of homestuck
the homestuck kickstater
You’re Going To Have To Decapitate Me
ANYWAY. this took about four hours on and off and i’ve still only reached the tip of the iceberg for this and although i’m fucking exuasted i am also amazed, nostalgic, and slightly tearful. it’s amazing to think of how much this fandom has done. homestuck is one of the longest works of fiction in the english language, and the fan content is so staggering it has possibly become bigger than the comic itself.
It’s just been amazing to be in this fandom, and to never get really bored, or go without reading new content, old content, fan produced or otherwise. there’s always been fan competitions, rps, forums, meetups, fanadventures to look or participate in or even make from scratch. this fandom has done so much in the 7 years it’s been around. and whether you’ve been around for all of it or only a week, there’s always been something to enjoy. i’ve made so many friends out of this comic. i’ve speculated, written, drawn, cosplayed, rped, cried, Discourse’d, and even at some point probably rapped, for this fandom. and it’s sense of inclusion and community is honestly something i’ll miss the most. even if you weren’t a bnf or actively producing content, there was so much content to discuss you’d make friends and feel part of something either way. chaotic, self deprecating, emotional or not, this fandom has created something. and it’s a really fucking good thing.
[This is the fifth part in a series about activism and such. Please see the masterpost for details.]
Just because someone disagrees with you, that doesn’t
mean that they’re wrong. Recognize when
you’ve made a mistake and fix it.
Just because someone disagrees with you, that doesn’t
mean that they’re right. Stand your
ground when you know that you’re right.
(And keep in mind that you can do what without attacking that other
person.)
Just because someone disagrees with you loudly and
repeatedly and tries to make you out to be a terrible horrible person, that
doesn’t mean that they’re right.
Recognize the trolls and block or ignore them. You have no obligation to listen to them or
respond to them in any way.
It is okay to disagree with someone. But understand why you disagree and if you should
disagree, before you voice your disagreement.
When you first find yourself disagreeing with someone,
or when someone disagrees with you, follow these steps:
Step 1: Shut up.
Step 2: Listen.
Step 3: Think about what they said.
Shortly after you get to step 3, you might be tempted to
respond. Not yet. At that point, go back to step 1. Repeat the whole process as necessary until
you understand what they’re really saying.
There are multiple classes of disagreements, and each one
requires a different tactic. Here are a
few of the ones I’ve encountered.
Objective Factual
Disagreement: You said something
wrong. They corrected you. Accept the correction and fix what you said. Or, counter with evidence of your own.
Irrational,
Hate-Filled Disagreement: If it’s a
troll or asshole that’s disagreeing with you, to hell with them. Trolls will disagree with everything you say
and will never be satisfied, no matter what you do. They are viciously miserable people leading
viciously miserable lives and they want to drag you into the misery, too. Do not let them. Don’t waste your time engaging with them,
trying to understand their point of view, trying to make yourself better from
the process. They don’t care about
making you better. They just want to hurt
you. Just block them and move on.
Territorial
Disagreement: Sometimes, you’ll run
afoul of someone else’s activist world.
When this happens, it’s like you’ve committed a sin in a religion you
didn’t know about and someone starts accosting you for it. You’ll hear a tirade of all the -ists and
-isms and -archys and -centrics that you’re either supporting or transgressing
against, and even though you have no idea what in the hell they’re talking
about, you get the sense that you’ve done something wrong. If you don’t understand what someone is
talking about, that doesn’t automatically make them wrong. Pause for a bit and try to understand. This type of disagreement can go one of two
ways. Often, this could be a learning
opportunity for you. They may be opening
your eyes to a different way of looking at things. In this case, it’s usually worth assimilating
pieces of this newfound knowledge. Not
necessarily all of it, but even if what they’re talking about is completely
outside your wheelhouse, and you don’t really care about what they’re talking
about, you can usually at least walk away knowing that this exists and maybe
pick up a few vocabualary words. On the
other hand, it could turn out that the person is completely off the rails and
best ignored entirely. In this form, it
can be difficult to tell the difference between someone who is earnest, but
lives in a different world than you do, and someone who has malicious intent,
which puts them in the category of troll (see above).
Subjective General
Disagreement: This is where opinions
and feelings come into play. You believe
one thing, they believe another, and neither is objective, provable fact. I can’t really help you here. Unless you cast a +12 charisma spell on
yourself, you’re probably not going to get them to change their mind.
Personal
Experience Disagreement: Usually, in
this case, someone comes to you, claiming that something you said or did was
hurtful or offensive, or otherwise painful to them in some way. It can appear in the form of any of the
other disagreements, and usually manifests itself as a combination of several
of them. This type of disagreement can
be difficult in several ways. You may
feel attacked, because the other person involved is typically angry. You may feel defensive, because you didn’t
say anything wrong. You may feel upset
because you’ve hurt someone. Stop. Step back.
Assess the situation. You don’t
have to blindly accept whatever someone says, but you shouldn’t blindly dismiss
it, either. You should start with the
assumption that people talking about how they feel actually know what they’re
talking about. They are the experts on
their own lived experiences and how things are seen from their perspective, and
you are not. Yes, your initial reaction
might be anger or defensiveness, but try to see past that. Can you get to where you see their
point? If you see their point, make it
right. Agree with them, apologize, fix
what you’ve said, whatever. Find a way
to make yourself better from the experience.
However, conclusions drawn from personal experience are not guaranteed
to be correct in every case. Personal
experience is often irrational and hyperbolic and oversensitive, and just
because someone was offended by what you said doesn’t necessarily mean that you
were wrong.
There are a few general points I try to keep in mind whenever
I find myself in a disagreement:
You don’t know everything. No, really, you don’t.
When you’re in the wrong, make it right.
Many people are wrong about a great many
things. You can try to correct them. They might not listen, but you can try.
Keep perspective. Small things should not lead to big wars.
Don’t be an asshole.
If the other person makes it clear that they are
not going to change their view, you can remove yourself from the noise. You do not have to get the last word.
You still don’t know everything.
And remember, go back to Step 1 frequently. When in doubt, stay silent.
A disagreement does not mean that the other person needs
to become your arch nemesis forever. You
disagree. So what? If everyone you disagree with becomes your
enemy, you will not have many friends at the end of the day. If you demand 100% ideological purity from
your allies, you couldn’t even count yourself as an ally, because you’ve
certainly changed your mind at least once.
You probably have a lot in common with the person on the other side of
the disagreement, particularly if you’re activists for the same cause. Build on what you agree with and don’t let
the disagreements destroy you. Here’s a
secret: I disagree with many things many
other ace activists have said, and many of them disagree with things that I’ve
said. But we’re all moving together in
the same direction, because it’s the overall goal that matters, not the silly
individual details about how we get there.
If you come out of nowhere and start yelling at someone
at someone, you’re not going to get very far toward changing their mind. If the person digs in, there’s no room for
movement, and they’re not going to give a damn what you say. Calm, straightforward, and factual will have a
higher success rate than “Die allo trash!” anon messages any day.
And not every disagreement has to be a scorched earth
fight to the death. It’s okay to walk
away when it’s clear you’re not getting anywhere. That’s not surrender, that’s not letting the
other side win, it’s simple time and resource management. There are better things you can be spending
your energy on.
Of course, it is possible that someone is deliberately
and stubbornly misinformed and insists on spreading that misinformation to
others. It is possible that someone is
so steadfast and single minded that they can’t even see their own blazing
hypocrisy. And maybe they’re just a
troll who’ll start a war with you, no matter what you say. You are under no obligation to respond to
trolls, and if you do respond, you are under no obligation to be polite or
civil in your response. However, it’s
generally useless. Personally, I don’t
see a point in wasting energy to change a troll’s point of view, but I do see a
point in trying to influence other people who haven’t been fully corrupted by
the troll’s blatherings yet.
So, this is for @sleepingwiththesoldier who according to some posts I’ve seen, wanted some ace Dean headcanons. I hope you’ll enjoy. :)
- asexual!Dean acting overly sexual, because that’s what he is supposed to be doing, when he is young and just a kid really he smiles at a pretty girl and someone says he will grow up to be a heart-breaker and they laugh, dad chuckles, and it’s funny, so he does it again and again, charms his way into women’s hearts over and over again. What a cute boy, they say, what a charmer! It’s a brilliant way to get whatever he needs - be it food, money, a favor or forgiveness - out of older ladies and mums, and even a few guys who think he is an adorable little shit. (Which is fair enough.)
- he keeps at it, it becomes natural response, funny, hilarious, charming kid, except when it finally works and he is quite surprised by it, because apparently he is no longer a cute kid, but he is a young teenager boy and flirting with a girl to make her help him with math turns apparently into an actual flirting without him noticing and she gives him a shy kiss behind the library building and apparently they’re a couple and Dean doesn’t know what to do with that and is so glad, when they finally move away after few awkward weeks,
- still, he passed math and the kiss wasn’t that gross, so it still works, so he keeps at it,
- he flirts, he kisses, he learns what making out really means and that sometimes his flirting can apparently reach those he thought were still on the joke, when a woman twice his age blushes and touches him longer than needed, when she’s saying goodbye after he fixed her car,
- still, he gets more money, bigger tips, some kisses are rather fun, and it’s always hilarious to see if he can get those girls to react, it’s a game, it’s fun, so he keeps at it,
- it’s a month to his seventeen birthday, when dad talks to him and Dean figured most of those things out, he is not a kid, for god’s sake, but then dad says that he knows how Dean is and how it is to be his age, so he wants him to be careful and never leave Sammy alone, even he wants to spend a night at some girl’s house. And all Dean gets from that is that as long as he doesn’t leave Sammy alone, it’s okay to sometimes slip out to be away from them. Dean doesn’t want to escape, like Sammy does, like he tried already, but sometimes everything is too much and Dad and Sam are fighting again, and they just finished a case, and Dad is drunk, but someone’s got to make sure they eat and there’s the stupid homework and Dean just needs a bit of rest, a night away from his usual flavor of troubles. And if the girl he flirts with can give him that, then why shouldn’t he use the opportunity?
- and then Sammy grows up and dad gives him the talk and Sam is a nervous mess and Dean tells him to stop stressing so much, because it’s just sex. It’s not that big of a deal. Because it isn’t, really. Sometimes it’s fun, sometimes it’s a challenge, sometimes it’s a way to escape for a bit. But there’s no reason to obsess over it, it’s just sex.
- and Dean has a lot of sex. He rather likes it. It’s fun. It’s a challenge. It’s a game. It’s something to take his mind of off more bleak things. It’s a way to get some warm company for a while.
- and then some guy hits on him. He punches Sam’s arm for laughing so hard at Dean’s shocked reaction. He downplays it quickly and tells Sam to drop it few days later, ‘cause he already forgot all about it. It wasn’t a big deal (it was a bit), he doesn’t even remember what the guy was like (he had blonde, curly mess of hair, bright eyes and a nice leather jacket, he was taller than Dean, but slimmer), he never even bothered to learn the guy’s name in the first place! (Martin)
- Dean tells Sammy very sternly that he’s not gay, he never wanted to fuck another guy.
- He doesn’t tell him he never really wanted to fuck a chick, either. Well, he enjoyed it obviously, but he wasn’t more attracted to those girls than to Martin or any other guy.
- He sleeps with his first guy, when Sam is already in college. It’s okay. It’s fun. It takes the edge off. He picked the right guy - or he picked Dean, really - he was fun and not clingy at all. Dean figures he likes men and women about the same, though girls catch his eyes more often. They’re easier. He’s used to casually flirting with them, he doesn’t even think about it. It just happens and sometimes it gets him off.
- Guys are trickier, because he has to think about it and he just doesn’t. Still, sometimes they think of him and sometimes he lets them.
- Dean never fell in love with a guy, so there was no point in ever bringing that up. He slept with one once every blue moon. He fell in love with a few girls over the years and it did make sex a bit better, because he knew them and it was a fun in it’s own way. Still, it also made sex a bit duller and expected more often and Dean wasn’t the greatest in long term plans or relations.
- When Dean does start falling for a guy Sam is possibly the first one to notice. And he is surprised. And he gets Dean just drunk enough and gets him to talk and asks if he likes guys at all. Dean shrugs and admits he possibly likes them as well as girls and Sam stares at him and says: “So we’re actually both bi?” And Dean shrugs again, because what the hell it matters? And doesn’t much pause at the “both” part, because he is not the one who needs to figure everything out and have a proper label rightly stuck on. “It’s not a rocket science, Dean. You look at some girls and you look at some dudes and they’re hot and you want to fuck them.” Sam shrugs, clearly drunk, Dean snorts. “I don’t think I’ve ever actually thought that,” he admits and Sam frowns.
- Sam casually leaves on his laptop tabs open with websites about asexuality and Dean rolls his eyes and yeah, maybe Sam is onto something there, so he is glad his brother can rest the case. He doesn’t really care, not sees what it changes. He likes chicks and he likes dudes, and he likes getting off, and flirting is fun and easy and a way to get what he wants. That’s it and there’s no point in being all feely-mushy about it. Dean’s fine.
If you actually would be interested in my ace headcanons for any another character - feel free to ask. :)
Ok so some anon told me to do all the cakes??? (they’re probably Mycroft in disguise)
White cake: Amanda, and I identify as female but am pretty androgynous in terms of how I think and physically express myself. I haven’t found a label I feel comfortable with so I just like to explain my current feelings to people ehe
Carrot cake: I have a crush on my gf ehehe
Cheesecake: This is a really hard one. I have a new favorite song every week. “Intro” by the XX has been a favorite of mine for a long time because I frequently listen to it while doing art, schoolwork, or studying. Typically I just go on 8tracks and listen to calm indie or indie pop forever
Chocolate cake: the nautical and galaxy aesthetics are tacky as hell but I love them. In terms of fashion, I love everything thats more in the agender spectrum, like floral mens shirts or when female outfits are masculinized with blazers, leather, a baggier cut, or waistcoats.
Red velvet cake: I’m asexual panromantic, but may be updating this label soon.
Lemon cake: …. I’m probably a problematic fave
Strawberry cake: You mean a cool person?? Ah well pandoyareblogs called me a pure cinnamon roll so I suppose she’s mine as well ;)
Pumpkin spice cake: All friends that I’ve had since early school are my problematic faves, 100%
Blueberry cake: Skiing, writing, reading, drawing, sewing, cosplaying, overall being an artsy nerd
Fruit cake: I would like to either get out of or fully come to terms with my anxiety, I want to be 100% confident with my identity even if people negatively confront me about who I am and how I express it and live my life, I want to be a designer in one way or another (idk if it’s going to be character design, fashion design, or what. I just love design and fine art), and I want to be someone that people look up to or easily like.
Rainbow cake: my lock screen is this cramped rainbow city apartment thing and I keep changing my homescreen from being my girlfriend and other random pics when I’m with people that I’m shy around ehehe
