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Saturday, 19 April 2025 06:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tinkatonI saw some people making lists of 100 formative books or other media to see how many of them other people have read, so I decided to jump on the bandwagon! But I did all kinds of media in one list, which was both way harder than I expected to get to 100 and yet I feel like I've missed a lot of important things I just can't remember off the top of my head lmao.
But here we go: Lex Tinkaton's 100 Formative Media List
I included stuff from my teen years, so anything that influenced me as a kid or I was obsessed with as a teen. There's probably a lot of old books I've missed, I used to read a loooot of series like Animorphs, Goosebumps, etc. for older elementary/middle grade readers that had like 500 books in a series. Lots of typical 90s kid stuff, I filled up a lot of spots with Disney and other animated movies. I noticed when adding my favorite old anime and manga that a ton of it had to do with gay stuff, crossdressing, or gender fuckery, which looking back is like lol. It's fitting that Adolescence of Utena got the first spot because that movie rewired my brain when I saw it in what, 5th grade? Video games were tough to narrow down too because I still think back fondly on a lot of PS1/PS2 games that I still consider faves.
Anyway, if anyone plays, let me know how many you get! Which of you would've matched my freak if we'd met in high school.
But here we go: Lex Tinkaton's 100 Formative Media List
I included stuff from my teen years, so anything that influenced me as a kid or I was obsessed with as a teen. There's probably a lot of old books I've missed, I used to read a loooot of series like Animorphs, Goosebumps, etc. for older elementary/middle grade readers that had like 500 books in a series. Lots of typical 90s kid stuff, I filled up a lot of spots with Disney and other animated movies. I noticed when adding my favorite old anime and manga that a ton of it had to do with gay stuff, crossdressing, or gender fuckery, which looking back is like lol. It's fitting that Adolescence of Utena got the first spot because that movie rewired my brain when I saw it in what, 5th grade? Video games were tough to narrow down too because I still think back fondly on a lot of PS1/PS2 games that I still consider faves.
Anyway, if anyone plays, let me know how many you get! Which of you would've matched my freak if we'd met in high school.
If I did I would
Saturday, 19 April 2025 09:42 amadoreTechnically it's Saturday where I live, but I assume it's Friday in some part of the world 🤷🏻♀️ this is also my first time answering ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
thefridayfive questions despite not having a partner except in my dreams 💭
1. Who was your first crush?
The Professor from Powerpuff Girls. I may have daddy issues 🤷🏻♀️ I also experienced my first turnoff/ick through Cartoon Network when I saw Johnny Bravo and thought he was the sort of guy I want to avoid 😆
2. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
An introvert because I need regular socialising but I also need to recover after socialising. A certain amount of socialising with people I like energises me. Socialising with people I don't really click with drains me no matter the duration.
3. What is your favorite non-sexual thing you like to do with the love of your life?
Going by my favourite k-drama tropes, I like (or fantasise about) being taken care of while I'm on my period. I once wrote a fic about that actually.
4. What is one quirky habit your partner does that either annoys you or makes you grin?
My imaginary boyfriend gets baseline jealous of my k-pop boys 😆
5. Do you believe in monogamous relationships?
It's an individual preference. I believe sometimes it's an intellectual and emotional choice, because you're a relationship anarchist or not, while other times it's your sexuality and just the way you are, polyamorous or not.
thefridayfive questions despite not having a partner except in my dreams 💭1. Who was your first crush?
The Professor from Powerpuff Girls. I may have daddy issues 🤷🏻♀️ I also experienced my first turnoff/ick through Cartoon Network when I saw Johnny Bravo and thought he was the sort of guy I want to avoid 😆
2. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
An introvert because I need regular socialising but I also need to recover after socialising. A certain amount of socialising with people I like energises me. Socialising with people I don't really click with drains me no matter the duration.
3. What is your favorite non-sexual thing you like to do with the love of your life?
Going by my favourite k-drama tropes, I like (or fantasise about) being taken care of while I'm on my period. I once wrote a fic about that actually.
4. What is one quirky habit your partner does that either annoys you or makes you grin?
My imaginary boyfriend gets baseline jealous of my k-pop boys 😆
5. Do you believe in monogamous relationships?
It's an individual preference. I believe sometimes it's an intellectual and emotional choice, because you're a relationship anarchist or not, while other times it's your sexuality and just the way you are, polyamorous or not.
UPDATE ON 4-14 TABLET POST I KNOW YOURE ALL WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 10:10 pmmeningiomabtw an update on using a full keyboard instead of shortcuts on my tablet, im getting kinda comfortable with it! Maybe one day I'll buy myself a half keyboard for being a good cookie and use that, so I can buy a cheap tablet with no buttons at all OHOHOOOOO
YET ANOTHER video link post
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 10:06 pmmeningiomabut I like this one especially this quote.
EEEEVERYONE wants us, as fandom people, to be hyperanalyzing EVERY ACTION OF OUR FAVES. and put it in context of the fucking current political climate....bro.... i dont want to do that. i want to look at pictures of anime boys kissing forever and i dont want the artists drawing it to get dogpiled off the internet for the sake of jesus christ. thank you very much.
twitter has ruined fandom completely!
anyway, watch her video, its good. go back to the beginning and get everything in context.
EEEEVERYONE wants us, as fandom people, to be hyperanalyzing EVERY ACTION OF OUR FAVES. and put it in context of the fucking current political climate....bro.... i dont want to do that. i want to look at pictures of anime boys kissing forever and i dont want the artists drawing it to get dogpiled off the internet for the sake of jesus christ. thank you very much.
twitter has ruined fandom completely!
anyway, watch her video, its good. go back to the beginning and get everything in context.
hmmmmmmmmm
Monday, 14 April 2025 09:51 pmmeningiomamy intuos pro M's key shortcut things are starting to go. not all of them, just the ones i use the most like ctrl Z and mirroring the canvas. do any of you guys use the full keyboard when drawing? I used to, but now the muscle memory is just not there. i have a bunch of giant fullsize keyboards that im switching between, idk, any tips? I want to start using a keyboard bc if something goes wrong i can just replace the keyboard instead of raeplacing the whole tablet.....im moving my shortcuts over to 1-2 finger operations.... and ik blender people do it all the tiem...
Logo love!
Monday, 14 April 2025 10:20 amadoreI've written 40k words of Project Fang! In celebration of this milestone, I treated myself and bought my author logo! I would've had to get an author logo eventually and I'm happy to tick that off the to-do list. I'm spacing out the purchases for authorial purposes, such as the book cover design, formatting software, etc. so I would've bought the logo at some point. But it feels good to do it as a reward or celebratory gift to myself.
Here's my logo! It's a pink watercolour key with my author name, Mynah Clement, and my tagline: 'Hopeful, relationship-driven fantasy books.'
I love it! I wanted my logo to have pink and purple in it, and initially I wanted butterflies, a bit like Stephanie Burgis's logo. But this one with the watercolour key is not similar to another one I saw or took inspiration from, so it feels truly mine. It's a premade logo, so it was affordable for me. The key reminds me of how things click into place as I keep writing even if they didn't before, so it's like a charm, warding off writer's block. The tagline is the best way I can think of to describe my books, and my approach to writing them. So there was some tweaking of the sample version of the logo's text placements to make it fit.
Here's my logo! It's a pink watercolour key with my author name, Mynah Clement, and my tagline: 'Hopeful, relationship-driven fantasy books.'
I love it! I wanted my logo to have pink and purple in it, and initially I wanted butterflies, a bit like Stephanie Burgis's logo. But this one with the watercolour key is not similar to another one I saw or took inspiration from, so it feels truly mine. It's a premade logo, so it was affordable for me. The key reminds me of how things click into place as I keep writing even if they didn't before, so it's like a charm, warding off writer's block. The tagline is the best way I can think of to describe my books, and my approach to writing them. So there was some tweaking of the sample version of the logo's text placements to make it fit.
art dump
Sunday, 13 April 2025 02:39 pmvenera787Ig this is the first time I use this term RIGHT, 'cause I just used to draw a bunch of stuff in one go JUST to post it under "art dump"
( Fat hoe next to even fatter hoe )
( Dragunov with tits )
( amputee Raiden redrawing )
( very anorexic L ass )
( DRag in another costume )
( hott art trade piece with DRagon Ball and huge titz )
I haven't drawn gore for a while =`( plus I'm a bit upset I can't draw as often as I would want and it gives a feeling of regression. PLUS I can't believe I've lived through another year.. Past years felt like they'd never end. Now I only have flashbacks from them(not all bad) lol.
( Rip Raiden's head )
( uuh opened up chest? )
( Raiden with stab wounds and scarification +blood )
( same but without blood )
( Fat hoe next to even fatter hoe )
( Dragunov with tits )
( amputee Raiden redrawing )
( very anorexic L ass )
( DRag in another costume )
( hott art trade piece with DRagon Ball and huge titz )
I haven't drawn gore for a while =`( plus I'm a bit upset I can't draw as often as I would want and it gives a feeling of regression. PLUS I can't believe I've lived through another year.. Past years felt like they'd never end. Now I only have flashbacks from them(not all bad) lol.
( Rip Raiden's head )
( uuh opened up chest? )
( Raiden with stab wounds and scarification +blood )
( same but without blood )
Artist = its art
Sunday, 13 April 2025 09:30 amvenera787I am of the opinion that artists and their works should be critiqued separately, they should be separated.
I've seen examples of artists drawing cute innocent stuff while being violent dogs. I've seen people draw questionable dark stuff while being decent people.
Though you may ask what about those who put their own personality/trauma/story in their works? Well, sure, shy not. That means the work has a message. A person who hasn't seen abuse can also create a story like about an abuser for example, and it will be a different message. The message of the work and the reason behind this message, (for example you can add a message in a book "gay is awesome abd the only way to live" while not really supporting gays, just to piss off conservatives lol) it can be related to the author. We eventually do put a piece of ourselves in the work, wether it be our fears, views, likes/dislikes. But such equating rhetoric is especially hypocritical when it's coming from someone who's drawn gore fir example. You drew a wounded dead body wtf is wrong with you? You're a murder irl? Or(once again)you draw scenarios with abuse? You must be into it ew disgusting (and fuck it if the author was the victim themselves yeah)
Art reflects the artist, but not in such primitive way.
Tho I know that I know nothing.
I've seen examples of artists drawing cute innocent stuff while being violent dogs. I've seen people draw questionable dark stuff while being decent people.
Though you may ask what about those who put their own personality/trauma/story in their works? Well, sure, shy not. That means the work has a message. A person who hasn't seen abuse can also create a story like about an abuser for example, and it will be a different message. The message of the work and the reason behind this message, (for example you can add a message in a book "gay is awesome abd the only way to live" while not really supporting gays, just to piss off conservatives lol) it can be related to the author. We eventually do put a piece of ourselves in the work, wether it be our fears, views, likes/dislikes. But such equating rhetoric is especially hypocritical when it's coming from someone who's drawn gore fir example. You drew a wounded dead body wtf is wrong with you? You're a murder irl? Or(once again)you draw scenarios with abuse? You must be into it ew disgusting (and fuck it if the author was the victim themselves yeah)
Art reflects the artist, but not in such primitive way.
Tho I know that I know nothing.
Fanvid Friday: Hai Yunfan/Wang Lu (Once Upon A Time In Lingjian Mountain)
Friday, 11 April 2025 05:52 pmrogueslayer452( Hai Yunfan and Wang Lu. )
My Comments: One of the enjoyable aspects of Once Upon A Time In Lingjian Mountain, a silly and ridiculous cdrama, is the dynamic between Wang Lu and Hai Yunfan, their whole relationship is one built from a sworn brother element but it's played a lot like a bromance with a lot of winks and nudges. It's adorable with a lot of ridiculous moments, as with the comedic nature of the drama itself, but it's also heartfelt as well with the companionship between them. These two fanvids are ones I discovered and liked the presentation of, with the accompanying songs to match the tone and vibe going for this relationship. The second fanvid requires captions to be turned on for the dialogue featured.
My Comments: One of the enjoyable aspects of Once Upon A Time In Lingjian Mountain, a silly and ridiculous cdrama, is the dynamic between Wang Lu and Hai Yunfan, their whole relationship is one built from a sworn brother element but it's played a lot like a bromance with a lot of winks and nudges. It's adorable with a lot of ridiculous moments, as with the comedic nature of the drama itself, but it's also heartfelt as well with the companionship between them. These two fanvids are ones I discovered and liked the presentation of, with the accompanying songs to match the tone and vibe going for this relationship. The second fanvid requires captions to be turned on for the dialogue featured.
I want it to be cooler weather again....
Thursday, 10 April 2025 07:22 pmrogueslayer452++ One of the things I hate about warm weather is how irritable it makes me. I was just reminded of this yesterday when I basically had a little freakout over nothing, and it was a combination of other things happening but the warm air didn't help matters which escalated the way I was feeling. :/
++ The Last Of Us was renewed for a third season ahead of the season two premiere. Well, obviously. I would sure hope so. We knew months ago that the second game was going to be split into two (or possible more?) seasons, and it would be foolish to just not renew something that is basically going to be incomplete as a story itself. It reminds me of the situation with Dune with them splitting it into two movies even though the second one wasn't filmed yet after the first was released, a decision of studios and whatever else creatives have that I still don't understand. Regardless, it's just good that there's further confirmation with TLOU.
++ NaNoWriMo is officially shutting down for good. This has been a long time coming considering the numerous controversies and scandals over the years, with their whole ordeal surrounding genAI being the final nail in the coffin.
Funnily, it took until quite recently to realize that NaNoWriMo was an actual non-profit organization. I had long thought that it was simply just a self-induced prompt that writers challenged themselves and promoted it annually to write and complete a story in a month. It wasn't until some of the issues that arose not too long ago was being spread around that I finally understood, lol. I'm hoping that this doesn't discourage people from continuing challenging themselves with their writing, since I know a lot got their starts and were pushed to finish their projects because of NaNoWriMo. They can just continue on without the organization.
++ The Last Of Us was renewed for a third season ahead of the season two premiere. Well, obviously. I would sure hope so. We knew months ago that the second game was going to be split into two (or possible more?) seasons, and it would be foolish to just not renew something that is basically going to be incomplete as a story itself. It reminds me of the situation with Dune with them splitting it into two movies even though the second one wasn't filmed yet after the first was released, a decision of studios and whatever else creatives have that I still don't understand. Regardless, it's just good that there's further confirmation with TLOU.
++ NaNoWriMo is officially shutting down for good. This has been a long time coming considering the numerous controversies and scandals over the years, with their whole ordeal surrounding genAI being the final nail in the coffin.
Funnily, it took until quite recently to realize that NaNoWriMo was an actual non-profit organization. I had long thought that it was simply just a self-induced prompt that writers challenged themselves and promoted it annually to write and complete a story in a month. It wasn't until some of the issues that arose not too long ago was being spread around that I finally understood, lol. I'm hoping that this doesn't discourage people from continuing challenging themselves with their writing, since I know a lot got their starts and were pushed to finish their projects because of NaNoWriMo. They can just continue on without the organization.
Fandom Snowflake Challenge: A Joyous Moment
Thursday, 10 April 2025 03:49 pmrogueslayer452Challenge #15: Talk about an unexpected joyous moment you experienced last year.
When I discovered the global girl group, XG.
I talked about this briefly before, but I constantly discover and listen to music artists on the regular and there's a lot out there that I like and tend to become my favorites over time. But sometimes there will be an artist or group that will just automatically speak to me and I will instantly fall in love at first listen. XG became that group for me last year. Their sound, their concept, their style, their dancing (especially the dancing), it's the entire package and I ended up going down the rabbit hole of not just listening to all their music, but also all their music videos, their performances, their behind-the-scenes documentary videos they have. It's funny because I had only vaguely heard of them prior, and somehow, on just a random day, I decided to check out one of their music videos out of mere curiosity and immediately became obsessed with them. It's that dopamine high you get when something just clicks with you at that right moment, you know?
When I discovered the global girl group, XG.
I talked about this briefly before, but I constantly discover and listen to music artists on the regular and there's a lot out there that I like and tend to become my favorites over time. But sometimes there will be an artist or group that will just automatically speak to me and I will instantly fall in love at first listen. XG became that group for me last year. Their sound, their concept, their style, their dancing (especially the dancing), it's the entire package and I ended up going down the rabbit hole of not just listening to all their music, but also all their music videos, their performances, their behind-the-scenes documentary videos they have. It's funny because I had only vaguely heard of them prior, and somehow, on just a random day, I decided to check out one of their music videos out of mere curiosity and immediately became obsessed with them. It's that dopamine high you get when something just clicks with you at that right moment, you know?
