natsumesfriends:

kou-is-sketchy:

If Natsume really wants to put a stop to the Matoba Clan… 

…he should just JOIN it.

Matoba would be so happy spending all his time mentoring his most prized pupil that he’d neglect work. He’d miss appointments because right before time to leave, Natsume could just bat his eyelashes and ask him to stay because he has questions about exorcism that only “Matoba-sama” can answer. To prevent clients from reaching Matoba on his cell phone, Natsume could constantly send him selfies asking if he looks cuter in the Matoba Clan robes or the shiki costume?

The Matoba Clan would lose all its business and be destroyed within a month if Natsume would just CATFISH THE BOSS.

@ Midorikawa Yuki, please steal this idea.

janedoodles:

kelseyridge13:

jumpingjacktrash:

katrinageist:

When I explain cultural misappropriation to children, I use the example of The Nightmare Before Christmas.  

It’s effective because especially for children, who don’t have enough historical context to understand much of the concept, you can still fully grasp the idea.  

There was nothing wrong with Jack seeing the beauty and differences in Christmas town, it’s when he tried to take what is unique about Christmas town away from those it originally belonged to without understanding the full context of Christmas things is when everything went wrong.

When Jack tries to get the folk of Halloween town to make Christmas gifts for children, etc., children understand that the Halloween town folk do not have the full context for the objects they are making, and they are able to see that the direct repercussions and consequences are very harmful.

what i like about this is the implication that if jack had taken the time to understand christmas town, bringing christmas to halloween town would not have been harmful. that’s how it works, folks. cultural sharing is GOOD, it’s only misappropriation when it’s done in ignorance and disrespect.

There’s an interesting level here in that Jack tried to understand Christmas town. He could see the magic while he was there, and he did try to explain it that way to citizens of Halloween town.  But they weren’t interested in the kind of life he was describing, so he started “rebranding” Christmas so that it was not like Christmas but was like Halloween. The people of Halloween town, never having actually encountered Christmas, have no way of knowing that what they’re being told about Christmas and “Sandy Claws” is inaccurate. Jack also tried to study Christmas and its culture, though he couldn’t quite get it; eventually, he literally decides to take it for himself, even as he knows it’s not really for him.  He started out feeling sad the others in Halloween town didn’t ‘get it,’ but he then decided it’s not important to fully ‘get it’ but instead to have it.

So it’s not just accidentally removing things form their context; he has intentionally disregard the meaning of the rituals he purports to be recreating, making them more fun for the recreaters but not like what the rituals are supposed to be and without the related significance.

This is the best way to conceptualize the wrong way to share culture I have ever seen and I think I finally get where people are coming from when they talk about “cultural appropriation.”

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preciousghoul:

  1. “why are you at my doorstep at 3 in the morning…”
  2. “holy shit! i finally found something i’m better in than you!”
  3. “no what the FUCK get that THING away from me!”
  4. “you’re clearly hurting stop putting up a strong front”
  5. “hey sorry but i kinda ran away from home so let me stay over tonight”
  6. “if you really want to, i’ll let you go”
  7. “we’re made for each other”
  8. “will you hear me out?”
  9. “i don’t think i can do this anymore”
  10. “i can go out with you, but don’t expect anything from me”
  11. “like hell i’m leaving you when you look at me like that”
  12. “why the heck aren’t we making out?”
  13. “didn’t you hear me the first time?”
  14. “stay with me, goddammit!” 
  15. “h-hey! why are you crying all of a sudden?!”
  16. “oh… sorryomgwrongnumber”
  17. “why are you staring at me”
  18. “fuck. off.”
  19. “i’m sorry, but who are you?”
  20. “for you, anything.”
  21. “wow i did not know you had a weak spot like that”
  22. “dating advice #1: you don’t look at anyone other than me”
  23. “i don’t want to break up”
  24. “you don’t get to trample on my feelings like that!”
  25. “it’s been a long time since i saw your smile”
  26. “i just wanted you to be happy”
  27. “kiss me”
  28. “don’t make me say it!”
  29. “we can’t return to those times anymore”
  30. “i have everything – i have you”
  31. “i’m sorry i ended up falling for you”
  32. “what do you mean you’re not attractive whatthefuck”
  33. “wait what did you just say you love me?”
  34. “why did it have to be you”
  35. “you don’t even have a clue about the things you do to me”
  36. “please don’t leave me behind”
  37. “i won’t leave you behind”
  38. “only in front of you did i want to look cool always”
  39. “have you come to hate me?”
  40. “me and you? we’re simply not cut out for this lovers thing”
  41. “you’re so embarrassing ugh…”
  42. “i’ve lied to you about many things but i wasn’t lying when i said i loved you”
  43. “i can’t believe we didn’t find each other until now”
  44. “why is so hard to breathe when you’re standing next to me?”
  45. “at least i’m yours”
  46. “this wasn’t how i planned our first date!”
  47. “it’s fine even if you don’t love me”
  48. “i don’t want this to be just physical”
  49. “lets do this again next year”
  50. “i just thought i really loved you”