The Idea That Any Enjoyment Of Children's Media As An Adult Is Somehow Inappropriate, Pathetic, Or Self-infantalizing

the idea that any enjoyment of children's media as an adult is somehow inappropriate, pathetic, or self-infantalizing is something i hate more and more every time i see it.

really what this belief suggests to me is that there are tons of people who think children's media either can't or shouldn't have any genuine artistic merit. and it's rude and cruel to the people who dedicate their life to making things to kids to act like nothing they make can have any real value since it's just for children. and it's rude and cruel to children themselves to act like nothing that's made for them should have any real value as, if the creative works you're exposed to as a child are just placeholders.

i think art made for kids can be good! i think art for kids should be good! i think you need to take a very different approach when creating/engaging with art made for children, but i don't think this somehow prevents it from being meaningful or worthwhile! and if you do think that i genuinely am not sure how you can justify that belief without also believing kids are too stupid for real art or not deserving of it.

Can I thank you for making my 2 favourite switch games out there. I genuinely love both squidlit games so much and I'm so grateful that you created them

Dawwwwww

Thank you so, SO much for reaching out. My day is so much better now. I’ll make sure to let Plip know too!

Sorry they take a while! Squidlit 64 is still a couple years out at this rate. Sam, my spouse who helped make the first two, is working on Diablo 4 now, so I’m on my own for this project.

~Alex

(Plip told me to tell you “howdy”)

Weevil appreciation

Noticed everyone gives love to moths, but not enough love to silly weevils

Interact with this post or the post linked above to show your love and support to these silly weevils

Weevils of all different textures, sizes and shapes!!! They’re awesome, silly, cute, and ughhhh yes!!

What’s your favorite weevil?•

If you’re in the mood to drop bug knowledge, I’m sure Tumblr would enjoy an explanation for the jumping venomous “camelback spiders” that conservative social media is convinced have been attacking our brave soldiers

lol, again?! I remember this also happening when America invaded iraq back in like 2003. I think the name "camel spider" was even first coined then; in books the only common names I knew them under before then was "sun spider" and "wind scorpion," both of which are much cooler as well as more appropriate for something that runs as fast as the wind in bright, sunny places. But they do "chase" people in order to try and cool off in our shadows, leading to the belief that they're aggressive, and basically all the terror of them started because soldiers made up stories about them just to scare younger newer recruits as a prank, insisting that they're venomous or parasitic or that they'll chew your nose off while you sleep.

I think their tiny close-set black eyes and giant fat mouthparts give them an adorable sweet dopey face, though from the side it becomes sick and rad:

They can bite very hard and easily draw blood if you upset them, but they want to be left alone. Their jaws are only so big and strong because they're the arachnid version of a shrew: a fast-moving high energy predator adapted to quickly take down and devour everything else it comes across up to a couple times larger than itself, like lizards and centipedes!

They call this kind a teddy bear solifugid:

i dont know what type this is but look… he has golden shoes…

Hes mr goldenshoe

Child

ice cream shaped