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>>481603
Her new album out today is so, so bad. Couldn't even finish most of the tracks

This just makes me so depressed that artists like Amaarae who have such beautiful, sensual, confident, and romantic music need to produce fetish content music videos. And this one is particular reminds me of the Fade video Kanye made. She is polishing a woman's butt for 80% of the video, but none of the muscular men are gyrating or being oiled up. I need to stop watching music videos because they make me like artists less and less.

Can someone tell me if the bands Lambrini Girls and cumgirl8 contain any troons in their lineup? Or even if they're certifiable handmaidens. I don't want to listen and possibly get invested, and also the last song on Lambrini Girls' one and only album is called Terf Wars. Yes I know that if someone recommends me artists saying I have to love them because "they're so sex-positive and feminist nona" I should be cautious in this day and age, but here I am, being cautious.

>> No. 516179
I googled both groups and it seems like the drummer in Lambrini girls is a transwoman, and both groups seem handmaiden-ish. Meanwhile, this was Stacy, Courtney Love’s, take on Bruce Jenner lol:
“Bruce Jenner. What the hell? He used to be a very masculine man who won the triathlon, and now there's a– I saw a picture of his nails. They are as long as mine. Something is so up, or not up, with that guy. Maybe he's taking estrogen. I don't know. It's, like, a lot of estrogen. I don't know what the hell it is.”
I also feel like I have a problem figuring out if someone is trans if they do sometjing PC music/experimental electronic related, I was surprised Slayyyter wasnt trans

I love Pearlings music its so ethereal and should popular

>>526136
I don't get it either. Her fanbase is full of actual trannies and wannabe mean girls who are into coquette aesthetics. The way they talk about her you would think she is the most well-written character to ever exist. But when you actually check her lore she is just another self-sacrificial Mary Sue goddess that you can easily find in a lot of weebshit.
She keeps repeating cute girls, girly girls, pretty girls like a broken record. It honestly feels like some AGP troon who thinks being a girl is wearing a dress and heels. I have noticed hoyo has a thing for this kind of female character who is this larger-than-life, ethereal, moral compass type whose entire purpose is to inspire one male character and then sacrifice herself for the greater good. Elysia, Focalors, Guizhong, Baiheng, they all fall into this mold.
And of course hoyofags eat this stuff up. These characters have no conflict, no actual growth, just perfectly packaged bait designed to drain money from lonely incels. Everything about Elysia screams made for neckbeards from her bride themed outfit to her personality. But somehow western twitter turned her into a lesbian icon so now if you say anything remotely negative about her get ready to be dogpiled and called lesbophobic.
They have also started claiming her expy is a lesbian, which is incredibly funny to me considering she is being blatantly (you)baited with Caelus. Words have no meaning on Twitter.

>>523919
Holy mother of schizo babble. How did you get out of elementary school with reading comprehension this bad? Try reading the post again, slowly this time.

>>526207
Boothill and Aventurine getting screentime made me happy, they are the rare male characters with fun personalities. I also like Misha a lot so it was nice seeing him come back, even if just for a bit. But overall? Extremely disappointing. For a collab that was announced a year ago and hyped to hell, the actual event felt super underwhelming. Hoyo really is the scummiest company. They blow the entire budget on marketing but put zero effort into making the actual content interesting. The plot was just bad. They straight-up reused Phainon's village for England and slapped a generic female NPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>523919
I assume this is bait but the thread is dead anyway so I will reply. Seeing how you made up a whole fanfic about me over a ship it sounds like you are the one with a stick up your ass. Maybe learn to read instead of making up a retarded interpretation and then chimping out over it.
I have been shipping Phaidei since 3.0. My issue is not with the ship existing but with the fact that after all the narrative setup Mydei ended up having zero relevance in Phainon's actual story arc. That is why I called it “bait".
Also
>why are you trying to put morals into sexual positions
Nowhere in my post did I say anything about morals kek but congrats you described exactly what fixed Phaidei shippers on shitter do. Most of them are Phainon yumes who lose their minds at the mere idea of their wholesome pupperino top taking it up the ass. And instead of just saying “I prefer top Phainon” like a normal person they go on unhinged superiority rants about how they are the based, woke queer women for getting the ship positions right while anyone with a different preference is just an icky straight fujo.
I have never seen Myphai fujos cancel Phaidei shippers. But Phaidei shippers have been doing this since 3.0. They mass reported a Myphai shipper for drawing “slave” art. They bullied their own artist into deleting picrel because it was selfcest and Phainon looked like a bottom in it. So I really do not know what the hell you are yapping about.

>>526518
The phenomenon isn't "Phainon yumes", it's more Mydei stans who want him as the bottom and prefer him. Modern yaoi is about preferring the bottom and shitting on the top. That's why the big accounts like that deputtsy loser are always saying that Mydei has no toxic fans, but Phainon does. They make only Phainon into the yandere or stalker or homophobic while Mydei is the enlightened "feminine" bottom. That's why they hate Myphai. It's not because they idolized Phainon, they hate him. He's getting the same treatment Alhaitham gets in Genshin. Constant tweets about how he's ugly and "how did he bag such a baddie", basically always praising the bottom while the top is made out to be dumb, uglier or straight up abusive compared to the bottom. Which is why the most toxic Phaidei shippers say that Mydei fans aren't toxic, only Phainon (and Anaxa) fans are, because they're like deputtsy. They see anyone who doesn't like to see the top being shit on in ship spaces as being a toxic stan. This is also why they only go after "problematic art" from the reverse side, but don't say anything when Phainon is portrayed as a freak in their ship. It's the exact same shit people have done with the Sumeru yaoi being selective with what got called out.

Why is it for genshin where Aether is the "canon" sibling he is the only one in promo art. But in HSR the game that hoyo intentionally pushed femplayers to move to they still push both Caelus and Stelle in promo art.

>>527098
You answered your own question, Aether and Lumine are twins and they made the twin separation part of the story. In HSR trailblazer literally is the same person so it doesn't matter, they can promo both.
Genshin shot itself in the foot because they made the twins separation part of the plot and it's getting harder for them to stop pretending that Aether is the intended "canon" twin and Lumine is the Abyss princess. It's classic trying to have it both ways from Hoyoverse. At least for HSR they can actually say both protagonists are canon because it's the same person.

Trees Of Eternity. Atmospheric doom metal. Really sad since the lead singer died of cancer and this was their only album. R.I.P Aleah.

>>526276
Awwww Nona I love Trees of Eternity. BTW Trees of Eternity does have a demo released in 2013. Aleah Stanbridge has also been in Swallow the Sun, Hallatar, and Amorphis. Her solo album was released posthumously.

>>518577
Anaal Nathrakh is a black/grind band. No surprise they're pro-troon. Most bands in that style are as leftie as they come.

Btw if you want British BM, check out Ninkharsag.

>>523878
I was also really bummed and I cried in my bed that night. I always saw him as a personification of my dad because he introduced me to Black Sabbath and metal. My dad is still here but I don't have the best relationship.

>>526418
Thank you for the recs. I found Trees Of Eternity in 2021 and was really sad there wouldn't be more from them. It's hard to find a band that has the right mix of vocals and guitar. I like symphonic metal too and Aleah's voice was beautifully haunting. Hopefully one day there's a band that can do something similar because I need that in my life.

How are my Chiikanonas doing this summer? Opinions on the new episodes? I personally loved hearing more of Hachi's voice, he has grown up so fast.

Are the animations directly made from the manga? I've been seeing funny pics of it online and found it cute so I wanna get into it. Are they like Sanrio characters, where they are made to be marketable and only afterwards get some lore, or was the manga made before that?

>>526535
hi nonnie, i hope you can enjoy chiikawa with us here! to answer your questions: yeah, the anime is a direct adaptation of the manga which first started out as a short series posted regularly to the creator's twitter account. merch only started to pop up after the series had been around for a while since it hit a sweet spot of popularity during lockdowns. it's got a pretty interesting set of worldbuilding and is generally a super feel-good "do your best!" sort of series too. i hope this was helpful!

>>526523
I'm excited for the new episodes! I hope all chiikanonas are doing ok!

>>526523
Tbh I prefer Hachiware VA’s younger voice, but puberty can’t be stopped so at least I’m glad people are generally supportive of him! I was pretty disappointed by Chiikawa Pocket so I’m glad the anime is back.

>>527312
not everyone who hates white men is an indian man

>>527314
>>527334
>sharty
what's that?

>>527346
Soyjak party
>>527334
Where did you hear that?

>>527349
the degens who raid us?

>>527346
>sharty
>what is that
Otherworldly based

Why is Dirk so mischaracterized and self inserted into in comparison to all other Homestuck characters? Schizos, straight TIFs, lesbians, gays, BPDs, NPDs, literally everyone relates to him and yet constantly misunderstands him.

>>526538
We've had this conversation so many times

>>505769
House of dirk (discontinued)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19156126
>A sitcom about completely normal and well-adjusted newlyweds Dirk and Caliborn attempting to make a good impression on their son, Dave, and his boyfriend, Karkat.
There was another one where the trolls were humans and the art style plus the characterization was ass, but it featured the Midnight Crew and had insane worldbuilding and a carapacian conlang, so I only read it for those reasons. I don't remember its name, so any nonna who knows about it, please do say.

>>526538
He was my least favorite of the alpha kids, I remember thinking he was kind of ungrateful and whiny but I cant remember why.

>>518747
Doubt, I think hes just going to continue the metrosexual thing. I dont think he'll actually troon, I get the feeling hes a little resentful of the ultrawoke stuff, theres the psycholonials thing where he subtly kind of refuted the gender stuff, and then there was that homestuck panel where he revealed Jane was Caucasian as a joke about so many people headcanoning his characters as black, but also changed it after people complained. I would be good money on not trooning

>>527343
Is the davekat that prominent? I like dirkuu but davekat is my notp

A thread has already been made >>526448

>>495447
I ship them. Reminds me of LWA's Ursula and Croix.

>>495447
Hate the song but like the animation