steal this tumblr

WHERE AM I WHO ARE YOU WHAT'S GOING ON HERE

I was just listening to songs with Ritsu’s kire voicebank on nico and

all of a sudden

I realized

oh my God

When きの makes a song with the new Ritsu voicebank

it’s pretty much gonna be the best most perfect thing ever

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Britney Spears

—...Baby One More Time

animekanyewest:

amateurcatalyst:

tltty:

a good indicator that a blogger doesn’t know what they’re doing is if their icon still looks like this

dammit better tell deztora to change hir icon before people judge zem.

I don’t know if Dez is a boy and a girl and I never bothered myself to ask; I’m the worst online acquaintance…

Trust me I know exactly what I’m doing the anon-shadow-side-profile look is just what best exemplifies me DON’T JUDGE B(

((I don’t care about gender you can use whatever pronouns you want with me I don’t mind at all heh))

p5stuck:

ritsu

holy shit

god damn ritsu with this and Error I just

I just

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(Source: viko-chan)

I don’t like how there HAS to be a friend falling in love in fiction.

riningear:

It makes me feel like if there’s a person that I’m really close friends with, it would make everyone around us happy, it would make my friend and I happy, it would make the world a better place simply by us being in love! 

And here’s the reality, folks: That’s not reality. 

We have this image in our society that for every girl, there’s a boy. Or, if you’re gay, or whatever, you’ll find someone. Eventually! No matter what! You’re gonna get shipped, or you’re gonna have awkward moments, or you’re gonna open up to each other and start kissing! ~Romance!~

Honestly, I feel uncomfortable as hell having my social life presented like that. 

I feel like there’s barely such a thing as a friendship anymore. It’s either “acquaintances” or “on the bed having sex” or “cuddling in sweet platonic relationship.”

Where’s the in-between?

You know, those “best-buddy groups” from your childhood? Spongebob and Patrick with Sandy? The Weekenders? Zack and Cody with London and Maddie? Tea/Anzu with the guys from YuGiOh? No romance necessary. 

But as we progress into more “mature” series, romance can get heavy. And somehow, writers feel like they can “relate” to the crowd, and so you get stuff like Lizzie and Gordon, Korra and Bolin, Ned and Moze, Hermonie and Ron. 

And shippers. Don’t get me started on you guys. You guys seem to believe that there is literally no such thing as a “friend,” that they’re either a “lover” or “that other lover’s rival.” 

Guess what? Your best friend isn’t necessarily going to be your best lover. What happens when you start hanging out? Do you chill as usual, hug some more, hold hands? What about your other friends? (Again, it’s not always the case, but this is something you have to consider.)

A lot of people find it awkward, a lot don’t. But media tends not to acknowledge the people who find it awkward. Hey, two people who have known each other for the longest time? Best lovers! But in fact, there’s only a 14% that your parents grew up together, according to some surveys.

All this romantic dabbling also leaves no room for something else: professionalism. Yes, I know you’ve seen it. Two co-workers fall in love in a romance comedy. It’s cute. But no, that’s not how it’s supposed to be. You’re professionals, in a professional environment, doing professional work. Not making awkward advances. (Usually done by the guys.)

And, like in all other things, the portrayal of male-female relationships in these sorts of things is reduced to a traditional, black-and-white story, where they’re only there to fall in love and marry and mate, not have a complex friendship.

Because, you know, girls can only be really-acute-tight-close-friends with girls, and same goes for guys. 

No, fuck that. I’m not just someone else’s potential lover. I’m a person who, not really being black-and-white extrovert or introvert, has to have acquaintances, people to think with, people to communicate and work with. Frankly, I hang out with a lot of guys as well as girls. And we get along fine. I’ve made a romantic advance on one close friend, and it didn’t work out. Fine. Move on, still friends, we’re cool. It’s really not that complicated, yet fiction tends to dodge this situation like the Average Joes and Cobras jump from dodgeballs. (If you get that, you are wonderful.)  

And I don’t want to be uncomfortable being with any more friends because one of them might be a potential lover. I don’t want that pressure on my back, that I have to come out with a date and with my first, second, and third kisses accomplished.

I just want friends. 

Fiction writers, it’s not that hard. 

So if you’re writing a story and want to give yourself a new scheme? Forget love. Make friendship. Make the most amazing, complex, interesting friendship possible. You will be a diamond in the rough. 

fandom secret I can’t write romance because I think I’m aromantic but anyway I AGREE; in fact I wrote a creative non-fiction piece a while ago about this exact subject. Any relationships in my stories are either already established, or one of them is dead, or they’re just friends (most common). Especially since they say to write what you know and hahaha how do I romance…

And I agree because when there’s romance shoehorned in there because girls and guys can’t just be buddies for some reason, I immediately no longer relate to the characters! And it’s really annoying.

Holy shit you guys there’s an UTAU category on toranoana

mystsaphyr:

deztora:

Holy shit you guys I’m gonna be so fucking broke

http://www.toranoana.jp/mailorder/article/04/0020/01/40/040020014025.html

http://www.toranoana.jp/mailorder/article/04/0030/00/69/040030006955.html

http://www.toranoana.jp/mailorder/article/04/0030/02/53/040030025368.html

http://www.toranoana.jp/mailorder/article/04/0020/03/20/040020032059.html

…worth it.

TEACH ME HOW TO USE THIS SITE PLEASE

When prompted (each new time you visit the site it’ll prompt you) click yes (はい) because it’s asking if you’re over 18 (because they have adult stuff on there, it’s mostly a doujin-shop website).

Check on the right, right underneath the price, to make sure they have some of the CD in stock. If it says 在庫あり with green/blue/red dashes to the left of it, then they do! Red means they’re running out/low, though. If it says [注文不可] with a button to press under it, that means they’re all out! But if you press the button it’s basically saying “print more of this!”. No guarantee it’ll do anything, though.

toranoana doesn’t ship overseas, but you can use a middle man to buy the stuff and then have it shipped to you. Con: it can get kind of expensive. To be honest, though, the CDs themselves are already kind of expensive! The whole dollar-to-yen thing isn’t as much in our favor as it once was, and 1000-1500 yen can run you upwards of $20. This doesn’t seem like much, but when all of a sudden you have FIFTEEN CDs you wanna buy, well, it adds up fast. :V

The thing about Vomas/Vopara/etc.-released CDs are they charge cheaper prices at the actual event, then jack up the prices a bit when they put them for sale online. It’s totally understandable why, of course, but it still stings a bit. >_>

Aaand I’m rambling. [/done]

archaicmodernist:

deztora:

>blazestuck started following you
>spazzehbat started following you
>archaicmodernist started following you
>eugenepants started following you

What what why are you people following me I don’t even do anything :V

Not that I’m complaining, just genuinely confused.

Am I getting followers because…

I followed you because you’re cool!

Y-you think I’m cool…?

There aren’t enough gifs in the world for how happy I am right now.

eugenepants:

deztora:

>blazestuck started following you
>spazzehbat started following you
>archaicmodernist started following you
>eugenepants started following you

What what why are you people following me I don’t even do anything :V

Not that I’m complaining, just genuinely confused.

Am I getting followers because…

I FOLLOWED BECAUSE YOU’RE DEZ AND I’M vio. LMAO SUP

Oh haha I did not know that well then HEY THERE NOTHIN’ MUCH ‘SUP WITH YOU