So I Tried To Message Someone And That Won't Even Work- What The Hell Is Going On.

So I tried to message someone and that won't even work- what the hell is going on.

Anyone else not being able to comment?

For like, the past month or so whenever I try to comment it doens't send or just doesn't show up and I tried it on my phone and got this!

Any of ya'll know what to do? I keep trying to comment and it won't send or anything.

Analyzing San Fransoyko

okay, credit to @razbotz for encouraging me to do this, I was on the fence about this, but I think I might do a full series of posts just dedicated to analyzing San Fransoyko's world-building from the perspective of a former AP Human Geo student who spent a year studying the course and applying it to world-building. The course has little practical use but it's a course I know a lot about (I can proudly say I kept an A in the class despite it being a college course I took at 13-14 when the class had a low passing rate at my school due to the fact we were WAYYYY too young to be taking the course) so now I'm going to infodump about it.

Sooo, if I continue this, then this is part 1/? of idk how many.

Okay, so cultural diffusion, as a concept, cultural diffusion is when traits or aspects of culture (clothing, language, architecture, textile works, art, religion, music, all these things associated with a culture) diffuse or move from its hearth (a hearth being the origin of a cultural trait, agricultural crop, or other things, basically, the birthplace). San Fransokyo is a really good example of the positive effects of cultural diffusion. As the name of the city implies it's a mix of San Francisco California and Tokyo Japan, we see the Golden Gate Bridge altered to use Japanese Shinto temples/shrine designs (insert image lol)

Now.. compare that with the actual golden gate bridge and you can notice the differences in design.

This is an example of multiple types of diffusion (there are 6 main types, Contagious, Expansion, Hierarchical, Stimulus, Relocation, and Maladaptive).

(Note: as not everyone may be familiar with these terms, here's some basic definitions: -Contagious diffusion is well, contagious, think of it like a virus or disease that spreads from person to person through contact, cultural traits can move within a community through word of mouth and with the advent of the internet, through social media posts and other way things can go viral, if something goes viral and spreads a trait, it's likely Contagious diffusion. -Expansion is when a trait stays prominent in its birthplace, like rice, which has had multiple birth places but has spread elsewhere while still remaining prevalent in the parts of Asia where it originated from. -Hierarchical diffusion is when a cultural trait moves up or down a social hierarchy, for example, a lot of fashion pieces move from these high-level designers in France, which is prestigious and known for fashion, and move down the social ladder to everyday people. This can also happen with rich people and monarchs throughout history, or the opposite can happen when lower class/normal people do something, the rich find out and start doing it too and it spreads. -Stimulus diffusion occurs when a trait moves from one place to another but changes, likely due to limitations of the place it moves to. This is especially common in agriculture and cuisine, immigrants move to new places where they may not be able to access the same ingredients from where they immigrated too so their dishes get reinvented or changed. This can also happen with outside influences such as the Texas German dialect which is a German dialect native to Texas among German immigrants where as certain words didn't exist at the time so they borrowed English words while Germans in Germany created new words for these in German that didn't cross over, the prolonged exposure and changes to the culture due to outside forces created a different dialect. -Relocation diffusion is pretty straightforward, it's when people from one culture move to an area with people of a different culture, bringing their culture with them, this is common amongst immigrant populations who bring their culture with them and establish groups of other people with similar cultures, like how China towns exist with people of similar cultures and ethnicities and how they serve to protect and create a space for these people. Due to assimilation throughout history many cases of relocation diffusion result in not much spread of the trait because people assimilate into the culture of the area they're in to fit in. -Our last major definition here, which is maladaptive diffusion. This is not very relevant to the conversation but I thought I'd throw it in. Maladaptive diffusion is when a trait diffuses to an area, but doesn't catch on that much or seem that relevant while not changing that much. A common example is when people are playing soccer/football in snowy climates, the game doesn't make sense for the area but people still do it, it isn't that relevant but it remains unchanged.

The bridge is likely relocation because from what I understand of the wiki, the reason San Fransokyo is named that is due to Japanese immigrants, which if we can use basic reasoning skills (plus the background knowledge that people bring their culture with them when they move) we can likely reason that as Japanese immigrants moved from Japan to at the time San Francisco they brought their culture with them as they relocated.

Shintoism is what we call an 'ethnic religion' in AP human geo (which I have slight discomfort with as the terminology used in the course is often very Eurocentric, but ethnic religions are essentially religions that are primarily practiced by one ethnicity or culture, they don't try to convert people into it on large scales and mostly mind their own business, compared that with Christianity which is a universalizing religion that tries to appeal to a large number of people to gain or convert new members in different groups, ethnic religions like Shintoism are often indigenous religions that have much smaller populations) so Shintoism doesn't spread quickly, but we see it's influenced in the architecture of San Fransokyo meaning it grasped at the city and managed to take hold, moving and relocation with Japanese immigrants.

That's one form of cultural diffusion present, now here's another, expansion diffusion. Going back to Shintoism, this religion, though not super big, is still prevalent and one of, if not the oldest still standing religion in Japan, and due to the architectural influences scene with it in San Fransokyo, armed with the knowledge I previously supplied that expansion diffusion is when a trait defuses but is still prevalent in its place of origin, Shintoism likely expanded from Japan with Japanese immigrants to San Fransokyo and stayed prevalent in both places.

Contagious diffusion is another easy one to show examples for since it connects with the previous themes already. Immigrants move to an area, the traits expand outwardly, moving from person to person in the past now more rapidly with technology, and a larger amount of people pick up the trait.

For the last major one I can say without it being a stretch is likely Stimulus diffusion (I could make an argument from a bottom-to-top hierarchical diffusion since we've seen it happen with immigrant populations who are low on the social hierarchy influencing the top, but I'm honestly too tired as I type this to find examples). This is shown when we see the mixture of Japanese imagery and architecture mixed with more American and Spanish influences (as San Fransokyo is based on the real San Francisco but if there was an influx of Japanese immigrants, and due to the real San Francisco having large Spanish influences in its culture there's likely a mix of Japanese, Spanish, and American influences on the culture of the fictional San Fransokyo.) Stimulus diffusion is when traits are changed due to limitations or interactions with other cultures when a cultural trait is carried to new places, as we can see throughout the movie in the background, the traits are not completely left unchanged, there's American influences in the buildings, in the people, in the languages in the culture, plus the Japanese aspects which both change each other due to prolonged exposure to each other, changing both culture's traits and creating new ones.

I am about to hit character limit, but that's part 1 of my rambles on San Fransokyo and AP Human Geo concepts, I'll post the next instances I see when I'm not sleep-deprived at 2am, love ya'll, thanks to @razbotz for encouraging me to make this.

-Feral/Raine

Sebastian (SDV) Music Headcanons

Bands/artists I think he listens to:

-Listens to Artic Monkeys

-Listens to The Neighborhood

-Listens to Nirvana

-Listens to The Cure

-Listens to Glass Animals

-Penelope Scott

-Mother Mother

-Cigarettes After Sex

-Chase Atlantic

Favorite songs from said bands/artists:

-R.I.P. to my youth by The Neighborhood -Wires by The Neighborhood -Daddy Issues by The Neighborhood -Afraid by The Neighborhood

-Cigarette Ahegao by Penelope Scott

-Knee socks by Artic Monkeys

-Burning pile by Mother Mother -Body by Mother Mother

-Cry by Cigarettes After Sex -Pistol by Cigarettes After Sex

-Slow Down by Chase Atlantic

Misc. Music:

-Sick boy by The Chainsmokers

-Space Song by Beach House

-Nobody by Mitski

-Parents by YUNGBLUD

Can someone help me??

Heyyy, so I don't generally interact with fandom that much, I hide away from people, but I found the labels pro and anti shippers online and I'm a bit confused, can someone describe those to me? I don't think there's anything wrong with shipping (within limits), like two characters with chemistry just dating/kissing/being cute is all fine and dandy with me, but I don't like nsfw of ships (especially if they're underage characters, get that shit out of here). But I don't know what those labels mean and I just want some explanations from people in fandom. Like, I don't like NSFW of ships with underage characters (especially since anyone can see them, whether they're underage or not) and it just isn't something I think people should really be creating, but I don't understand the whole anti and pro shipping stuff. Fandoms honestly kinda scare me sometimes but I wanna understand these labels, I like wholesome cute ships (even if they're vanilla or rare, as long as they're wholesome and not creepy/illegal) and I think there is a place for exploring abusive dynamics in media (it can be healing for former victims sometimes, and it can help to normalize discussions about abuse within reason, and media can be a helpful tool for teaching children to avoid abusive situations/get help if they're already in one) but I think there are lines to be drawn, now sure if any of this makes sense, I just think we should be careful with the media we make and consume, but can someone educate me on the anti and pro shipping stuff? Love ya'll, have a good day -Feral/Raine

Me when I load up tumblr and I see you all just be cool and sweet and I feel welcome in the fandom:

I made some comments on these that apparently didn't send, but I agree, I think that some more artistic geniuses should be appreciated. I think part of it comes down to as you mentioned, art being subjective. But I also do think there are some great examples in fiction of artistic geniuses.

My go-to character for this is probably Kousei Arima from Your Lie In April. He's a genius pianist who after his mother's death loses the ability to hear the music he plays and struggles to deal with his trauma with piano's and the idea of performing as a whole. It's a beautiful story about grief, loss, personal identity, reinvention, trauma, and depression as this teenaged boy tries to explore himself and learn who he is, what he is, and learn to perform once more, despite his challenges with his music he is still very much regarded as a genius or at the very least gifted kid by multible characters and his genius and skill is a central theme as he explores that along side the grief and healing.

You mentioned you like Hiro Hamada, and while Kousei Arima is a vastly different character (I'd say much more meek and polite than Hiro) Kousei has the similarity of grief and personal identity as well as healing in his character arch, but there's enough differences that they do feel distinctive as characters. I enjoy both characters a lot and heavily relate to them.

Though I will note while Kousei is a pianist and by nature artistic, he does have a little bit more of an analytical nature while analyzing the pieces he plays and listens to, he's still definitely more artistic and poetic (he has multiple inner monologues that feel very poetic and artistic to me). I think Kousei is an interesting take on an artist as he is still artistic and a genius, he also has an analytical attitude towards a lot of things (which I think is really cool! as an artist, poet, and writer as well as someone who's done robotics for multiple years at their school and is going to start school at a specialized STEM school come fall, it's very, very frustrating to me when people separate the arts from STEM and thing creativity and analytic types are mutually exclusive, since in many ways some of the most scientific people I've met are also some of the most artistic.)

I've already yapped a lot, but essentially, try looking at the musical prodigy characters and some other artistic characters, they might be coded as geniuses but not perceived a lot as them (especially in anime and manga! I've seen a decent amount of artist characters that are very much coded with gifted kid/genius energy to them). I think Your Lie In April is a good example of this, I'd recommend the manga heavily (the anime is mostly faithful buttt it does miss out on some of the emotional heart and isn't as clear with Kousei's crush which is a central theme, but the anime is great with how accurate it is to real people playing instruments due to the fact they had real people play the pieces and traced over their fingers to understand how to animate the quick precise movements!)

If you do decide to read/watch Your Lie In April, please be warned the story is VERY heavy, and has themes of abuse, neglect, depression, grief, and self-identity, as well as illness, and ends in a tragedy. The story is a bit frustrating with the romances inside of it, but it's purposeful as the tragedy comes from the interpersonal relationships and the character's minds, if you're not a fan of love triangles it may not be for you, but said love triangles are in service of the story, not against it!

(Also side note: though the left and right brain phrase is good at communicating your thoughts in this, I would like to bring up the fact that the left and right brain concepts have been debunked as pseudoscience/inaccurate to how the brain really works, both sides of the brain are active most of the time unless there is major brain damage, there isn't a dominant side as both work together to get almost every task done.

Sources:

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/left-brain-vs-right-brain

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/right-brainleft-brain-right-2017082512222

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321037#studies

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201712/left-brain-right-brain-study-debunks-decades-old-neuromyth )

(BTW, if you do see this, feel free to DM me! I love talking about geniuses/gifted kids in media as I'm someone who grew up being labeled as such and identify with a lot of characters called said labels. And if you do decide to watch/read Your Lie In April, tell me about it! I'd love to hear your thoughts :D)

-Feral/Raine

I wish we had more right-brained kid geniuses in media. All geniuses in media are geniuses in a math or science or just left-brained way, ESPECIALLY the kid geniuses. Don’t get me wrong, I still love the math whizz trope, Hiro Hamada is one of my favorite characters of all time!, I just would like someone to be “The greatest potter” or “the best poet” and like secretly be twelve or something. It would be fun haha! Maybe ppl don’t really do that because art is subjective where maths just aren’t yk? Still, fun concept tho!