whenever i show people i know my diy projects i usually end up getting some form of "i wish i could do that.", and each time im confused because, you can.
i cut up old pairs of jeans for fabric, use wall paint samples, hand sew with a sewing kit i found in the house and have slowly curated into a big tub of random supplies, and i stop the fabric from fraying with a random match box. as for artistic stuff, you can easily make stencils from paper!!
trust me, if you've ever seen some really cool diy shit and wanna try it out, you 100% can! a lot of diy stuff can easily be sourced from around your house or from others around you with unwanted items.
im currently going around to friends of mine seeing if i can debone their jackets (steal the zippers) and then return said deboned jackets, if youre broke or just dont wanna spend $50 on a white t shirt with cursive on it then make that shit!! trust me you just gotta get creative with what you use. :)
I’ve been hyperfixating on him for like 3 weeks now help me 💀💀💀😭
I hc im as greysexual I can’t be the only one 🧍♂️
hes suchhh an annoying older brother
Side note: This post is not intended to start up the age discourse that surrounds Hobie. I am not going to get into it as this argument/debate comes up every so often and really doesn’t prove anything on either side you are on. I’m not dissuading anyone from absorbing any content of Hobie and saying it’s problematic EXCEPT for the things I’m pointing out in this post. If you see Hobie as a minor, that’s fine. If you view him as an adult, that’s also fine. Until the directors come forward and confirm his canonical age I am not going to bring up the same facts that is brought up whenever his age comes to discussion. This is just me bringing up a reoccurring issue I’ve noticed that doesn’t get too addressed by the community (and when it does it’s often pushed to the side)
The fetishization and inherently the oversexualization of Hobie Brown is not only problematic but also harmful. Black men being fetishized has been going on for decades since slavery times. I’m not going to go too deep into the history but if you’re interested this creator has a very good video discussing it.
With Hobie Brown being a darkskin black man that is part of the punk scene and comes off with a “rough” exterior you’re going to have people put stereotypes on him. Despite how he’s portrayed in the movie I’ve seen people headcanon him as this cold person who wouldn’t care about his partner’s feelings or come off as a womanizer that sleeps with a lot of partners without a care in the world. He fucks rough and is aggressive while the reader is this innocent person pulled under his spell. That’s where some of the problem delves with him being portrayed as this aggressive and sex deviant who doesn’t care about his partner(s) feelings. It’s a stereotype a lot of (mainly non black) people see black men as.
Despite the fact that Hobie in the movie shows to deeply care for his friends, even going as far as helping Miles who he didn’t even know up until now. He’s shown to be gentle when handling Mayday. Yet people still want to paint him as the polar opposite.
Take Miles G for instant. I’ve seen him get the same treatment with him being painted as a “gangster” who is aggressive and your typical gang lord despite him only having five minute screen time. While yes from that little time he does seem to be the much colder version of Miles Morales painting him out to be a thug goes into that dangerous fantasy a lot of people see black men. People (again mainly non blacks) view black men as this dominant and powerful man who is always aggressive in and out the bedroom.
The same can be said for Miguel who even the screenwriters have written him as “animalistic” and “feral”. Writing him off more as some beast than a human being.
Circulating back to Hobie there’s nothing wrong with finding him attractive the problem delves if you’re headcanoning him or viewing him as your stereotypical “hood” boyfriend who is deprived of any other emotion except for anger, jealousy, or this sex god who will beat up people for even looking at his partner. When we make these harmful stereotypes about black characters it starts to trickle down to irl and how we view actual people.
And we end up seeing shit like this on the daily. I don’t even have to explain why this is problematic.
All in all Hobie Brown is much more than just a pretty face. He’s a young black man living in an oppressive fascist society that he’s actively fighting against. He deserves to be treated more than just a sexy conveniently attractive guy but a much more complex character who’s backstory in atsv is still a mystery. If you’re just gonna sexualize him 24/7 and not see him anything outside of that you’re weird, and you’re even weirder if you headcanon with “he’s ugly but he got that big dick 🤪.”
Okay, time for some house cleaning. If you disagree with any of these then get off my blog
Trans women are women
Trans men are men
Nonbinary people are nonbinary
Bisexuals, pansexuals, and omnisexuals are valid
Arospec and acespec people are valid
Trans women deserve to be included in women spaces
Trans lesbians deserve to be included in lesbian spaces
Trans men deserve to be included in men’s spaces
Gay trans men deserve to be included in gay spaces
Black lgbtq+ people deserve to be included in our community
Indigenous lgbtq+ people deserve to be included in our community
LGBTQ+ people of all races deserve to be included in our community
You’re never too old to transition or discover your sexuality
Respect is not given but earned
Polyamorous relationships are valid
Monogamous relationships are valid
And lastly, but sure not leastly,
I pray this won’t lose me too many followers. Not because I care about followers but because I hope not many people disagree with this
Ima be honest, America lost our ability to protest.
Literally Nazis are fucking EVERYWHERE and everybody's rights are being smoothly stripped away. First it was trans rights, and then (just like we fucking told yall) they started going for gay people. They tried going for black people and women, but gays were there to back them up, so now they're taking us out. And yet, all anybody wants to do is spread "peace".
"Oh, I know, I'll email my local governor to complain about the newest legislation. He'll listen for sure." NEWSFLASH, picket signs don't hurt the government. Boycotts, maybe, but sitting on Twitter ain't doing shit.
Every day, I see dozens of people all "If they come for MY rights, I'm responding with force." And some fucking photo of them with guns or what have you. And then the fucking time comes to follow up on your word, and suddenly everybody's too afraid of punishment to do anything.
Do yall think Stonewall was a fucking PEACE MARCH? There's a reason we give out celebratory clay bricks every pride.
Literal SEGREGATION is back and all every "I'll fight for my rights" guy wants to do is tweet about it.
We need to start taking after France.
Commision for @spideypunx they’re so real for this and it was so fun to work on