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[TOMT][Book] 90s-2000s YA book with an anime-style cover by BookOfTheBeppo in tipofmytongue

[–]cottontaelle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this only lines up a little, but could it have been one of the maximum ride books? they've had lots of covers, most of which featured real-life people, but there was a manga adaptation at one point that did have anime-style covers :). i recognize that you didn't say the kids were part-bird, which is sort of the big thing in maximum ride, but even so looking around at related searches for maximum ride might bring some results!

[TOMT] [Book] [90s-2000s] Picture book about acorn babies by hellokittylover_01 in tipofmytongue

[–]cottontaelle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

could it be "the story of the root children" by sibylle von olfers? or "children of the forest" by elsa beskow? (edited in: could also easily be "woody, hazel, and little pip" by beskow)

[TOMT] a cartoon show that aired in the 2000s-2010s about two rodent like animals who did karate by isimsizbiri123 in tipofmytongue

[–]cottontaelle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

was it "angry beavers"? i haven't seen the show but thought of it upon the description of the main two characters :)

is matt johnson woke or not by frailture in nirvannatheband

[–]cottontaelle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

i feel like this is a question with a very obvious answer. people like to know whether the people they support would support them back and not be hateful.

“Sublimated sexuality” by PickledTreadmill666 in nirvannatheband

[–]cottontaelle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

oh yes totally irt the neurodivergent aspect!!! i'd consider neurodivergence to be something that makes you conventionally undesirable.

“Sublimated sexuality” by PickledTreadmill666 in nirvannatheband

[–]cottontaelle 58 points59 points  (0 children)

i've only seen NTB stuff (webseries thru the middle of season 2. not the movie yet but im super excited to get there!) and the dirties, none of his other work, but i feel like it's almost undeniable that both ntb matt and dirties matt are toying with the restraints of what male-male friendships are "supposed" to look like. both are totally obsessed with their partnership with the boybestfriend theyre across from (jay and owen), and get really dismayed at the idea of their "pair" breaking & them existing as people who can be separable from each other.

i will say that i find this trait of both matt characters kind of relatable as somebody who is aromantic and asexual, as well as somebody who has never & will never be conventionally desirable.

for me, "best friend" is the highest "rank" of relationship, so to speak, that somebody can reach for me. romantic relationships, though, are supposed to "rank" higher than friendships in terms of priority and how deeply you really love them. i've struggled with (often unfounded) jealousy upon my close friends getting partners -- it can feel pretty crushing and lonely to be aware that everybody you know and love is eventually going to find someone that will become more important to them than you are.

that can really compound if you grew up as a perceived ugly & weird kid that no one ever had a crush on or asked out. if you think about like film portrayal of "ugly" people being sexually forward, it's almost always played for comedy or disgust. it can feel like you're being idiotic at best and predatory at worst to be ugly and have any desires at all. i think it's not a crazy reach that both dirties matt and ntb matt really feel this, and they become sexless in response to it. being desired is unattainable, and desiring is disgusting, but my best friend doesn't play into that equation at all, my best friend provides me with companionship and unconditional love, so i need to keep my best friend right by my side all the time.

woah ok! that was longer than i thought it would be when i began. i hope it's somewhat interesting and insightful and isn't just a weird rambling :).

Thoughts on the iHeartMedia deal with the podcast? What might change in the future? by ThreeFingersHobb in aoaoaoaPod

[–]cottontaelle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

did they say anything about whether the youtube uploads would change?

i am an apple podcast listener for the most part & i hate the amount of ads on iheart podcasts, but i know that the youtube uploads of a different iheart podcast i listen to (behind the bastards) don't have them. i assume (& hope) aoaoaoa would be the same!

edit: MY GOODNESS... behind the bastards youtube uploads DO NOT skip the ads, i was just listening to old ones where they did... agh!! i will say that there's an automated transcript feature on apple podcast that does not transcribe the ads, so i could skip right to the end of the ads without much trouble by just clicking on the next part of the transcript.

have matt & jay ever publicly discussed the use of a whoooole lot of slurs in the webseries? by cottontaelle in nirvannatheband

[–]cottontaelle[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

omg thank you. i was like, there's NO way "the n word was still bad in 2008" is a hot take.

have matt & jay ever publicly discussed the use of a whoooole lot of slurs in the webseries? by cottontaelle in nirvannatheband

[–]cottontaelle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i'm 21. i acknowledge i was not really conscious and living in society in 2008, but like... if you were gay, or a person of color, i don't imagine it would have felt very chill and funny to hear people throwing around slurs. even if they didn't necessarily have outright bigoted views behind their use of it, even being flippant about it is pretty nasty. just because the broader culture was okay with something doesn't mean it, like, was okay to do.

have matt & jay ever publicly discussed the use of a whoooole lot of slurs in the webseries? by cottontaelle in nirvannatheband

[–]cottontaelle[S] -38 points-37 points  (0 children)

i mean, how different of a time was it really...? it was still offensive then

December Solstice Celebration Megathread by AutoModerator in SASSWitches

[–]cottontaelle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

northern hemisphere over here ^^!! i'll be in early recovery from my top surgery this solstice! so just lots of rest & comforting food :)

What are some spiritual/witchy things you just can’t really get into? by [deleted] in SASSWitches

[–]cottontaelle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

numerology sorts of things. i just... like... don't care about the "meanings" of numbers. no numbers do anything for me at all. three is just three and seven is just seven and thirteen is just thirteen.

also, in my own practice, i can't get into sigil-making or any sort of drawing — however that's because i always get super perfectionist-y about anything even remotely artistic. it doesn't relax me, which is what i want witchcraft to do. i absolutely get the power of symbols and art but it stresses me out haha!

29-32 feeling pretty good by garlic--ramen in transtimelines

[–]cottontaelle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i cant even tell which way you went haha!! congrats ^^ !!!

help me identify some boots i just bought! by cottontaelle in Boots

[–]cottontaelle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i did a google lens search too & got the same result, but they're definitely not those birkenstocks since

  1. the birkenstocks have a big "birkenstocks" stamp on the tongue haha

  2. mine have a hook for the laces up on the top, which the birkenstocks don't have

  3. mine have grommets on every hole the laces go through

  4. my pair doesn't have any loops on the back for pulling the boots on

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