ًً

jensen ackles, circa whenever

[ًً @acklespop]

forget the tvd boys discourse. dean winchester is THE television character. everyone else is fighting over the scraps after he changed the game.

[ًً @acklespop]

@onlyoneovu LMAOOO the casting directors knew exactly what they were doing

[ًً @acklespop]

the face cards they were casually putting on our screens back then… they really had us growing up with unrealistic expectations for men

[ًً @acklespop]

@shakarianz mind you i’m black. my tweet was about the face cards i grew up seeing on 2000s tv, not saying that attractive black men don’t exist now. black men were heavily underrepresented in those mainstream roles, so obviously the examples i’m referencing are going to reflect that reality

[ًً @acklespop]

ooc but here’s to one of the prettiest man ever

[ًً @acklespop]

#tupac sawadika

[ًً @acklespop]

it boy

[ًً @acklespop]

@shakarianz black men absolutely had the face cards too. i just think it’s important to acknowledge that they were seriously underrepresented in prominent male roles on mainstream tv back then, which limited who was being put in front of us. that lack of representation was a real issue

[ًً @acklespop]

@meIaninszn who?

[ًً @acklespop]

@lilapilled ohh no worries 😭 i get you and yeah you’re right! looking back, it really was wild how little representation there was on mainstream tv

[ًً @acklespop]

@lilapilled those are just some of the most famous male actors from 90/2000s tv that came to mind. it wasn’t meant to suggest they were the only ones worth highlighting

[ًً @acklespop]

@staysonecore the prettiest of them all actually

[ًً @acklespop]

@MISSYOUDEAN they were so in love 😭

[ًً @acklespop]

@thequeenze https://t.co/R3CfyhLqQi

[ًً @acklespop]

#yes we used to have it good over here

[ًً @fileslm]

lisa really stepped out and reminded everyone exactly who she is

[ًً @acklespop]

@hdecupid @zolc97 *sawadika — 2.7M

rockstar — 5.89M

comparing lj to swdk when rockstar exists is so funny 😭 if you’re trying to compare their solo releases, at least use songs from the same era instead of jumping between different streaming periods just because the numbers fit your narrative

[ًً @acklespop]

@hdecupid new woman — 6,007,496 (#4)
born again — 6,263,886 (#6)

lisa’s own collabs have consistently debuted with strong numbers, so maybe distinguish “lisa’s songs” from “other artists’ songs featuring lisa” before making that argument!

[ًً @acklespop]

@hdecupid @zolc97 both songs being features and not lisa’s 😹

[ًً @acklespop]

@barbielisayaa i think my point is more that there’s a diff between sawadika being mentioned in press and having promo that is specifically designed to keep the song moving. if the press is giving it the spotlight, that’s great but i’d still love to see more song-focused moments around it too

[ًً @acklespop]

@barbielisayaa yeah i get what you mean and i agree that the ep obviously needs to be part of the conversation, especially with it being the bigger project. i’m not saying they should completely ignore everything else just to talk about sawadika.

[ًً @acklespop]

@barbielisayaa especially when the first major performance is at the vmas, meaning there’s a pretty big gap where the song has to keep its momentum without a live performance to anchor the rollout.