#;; this is old so I'm not tagging people

[wardingshout]

Zelda goes mushroom girl

#tloz #a link to the past #zelda #link #my art #I was happy with that first one but for some reason decided it still needed a companion piece so I spent way too long on that second one... #I don't think there was any time during the progress where I was happy with it but hfduhdfu at least I got to Attempt drawing moss hell yea #I also at some point sat in Pyu's art stream and said I enjoy drawing legs As I was being murdered by the infamously impossibe (imo) squat. #it's ok I had fun !! but I need to learn how to let doodles be doodles or I'll never finish stuff at this rate dfsuhfd #if everything in my tloz tag looks like it was drawn by different people uuuh 2023 was art crisis year ngl...... #I'm falling back into my old ways rn though #anyway I think about these two a lot I think they're both stone faced and awkward ppl in different ways but they try rly hard to be friends #like I like to think it starts out so incredibly awkward and a bit sad bc they keep stepping over each other's toes accidentally the harder #they try but idk they find comfy middle ground idk in my brain they have a very interesting friendship I wanna get around to drawing it #in a proper way that might make sense.... #if I don't write 200 tags I will die maybe it's bc I grew up on dA or smth #and yes I know how to find 1 (one) type of mushroom /I/ am not mushroom girl unfortunately smh

[noirandchocolate]

RICE Alzheimer's Research Institute

Terry died on 12 March 2015, having given his PCA a run for its money.  Open about his diagnosis, he has helped to unlock the secrecy and stigma that often surrounds dementia.  His legion of fans is undoubtedly grateful that despite the inevitable progression of the PCA he was able to fight his ‘embuggerance’ and continue to produce a number of both well-received and well-reviewed books.  Terry was also a great example to me in emphasizing how important it is that, in caring for people with any type of dementia, we always look for what people with a condition like PCA can still do, rather than what they can’t: by maximizing what is possible, a person can still live well with dementia for a significant time.

–Professor Roy Jones, Director of RICE (taken from “Terry Pratchett: His World”)

I wanted to post something for the Glorious 25th about the Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE) in Bath, where Sir Terry Pratchett received treatment for Post-Cortical Atrophy, the type of Alzheimer’s disease that eventually took his life. From the organization’s website:

RICE established one of the first memory clinic services in the UK in 1987 – a service which has since been widely replicated and is now considered standard and best practice by the NHS. In fact, RICE now runs the NHS Memory Clinic in Bath and North East Somerset on behalf of the local clinical commissioning group and local authority through a sub-contract with HCRG Care Group. To date, we’ve assessed, diagnosed, treated and advised 12,000 people with memory problems and their families in our memory clinic. 

Most of RICE’s clinical services and research activities take place in our own purpose built, specialist centre located on the Royal United Hospital site. The building of the RICE Centre was possible as a result of generous donations from major donors, trusts and foundations, and members of the public. RICE moved into the ground and first floor of the centre in 2008. Following the success of the DementiaPlus Appeal and further generous donations from major donors, trusts and foundations and members of the public, RICE converted the attic floor in 2019 to create more office space. This has given us access to much needed additional rooms and offices which will enable us to grow and run more services and activities. We’ve worked hard to ensure that the areas of the centre visited by our patients meets their needs and we regularly receive feedback on how much our patients enjoy their visit to our centre.

RICE not only provides clinical services to patients, but also conducts research into aging and dementia, including performing clinical trials for new drug treatments for memory-related diseases and developing other “techniques for diagnosing, managing, treating and understanding dementia and memory changes in older adults.”

Lady Lyn Pratchett is the patron of the organization, and the website includes a page about how people can donate funds or volunteer at the clinic and participate in fundraising events.

SO, if you’d like to help fund Alzheimer’s research on this Glorious 25th of May–or at any time–in honor of the Man in the Hat, take a look!

#terry pratchett #gnu terry pratchett #discworld #alzheimer's #the glorious 25th of may #signal boosting is appreciated too! #i made this exact post last year too but i'm reposting it rather than reblogging the old one #so that this ends up in the fandom tags again and more people see it

[feroluce]

On Sampo's name (ALL of his names!)

I feel like everyone who's a fan knows the meaning of Sampo's full name by now- the sampo was a legendary item that could magically make endless supplies of gold, flour, and salt, all priceless items at the time! So it works perfectly for a scammer businessman like Sampo. ☆

"Koski" is the Finnish word for "water rapids" which might seem kinda random but actually makes sense for him, since Aha and the Masked Fools are also referred to with water terms:

This kind of analogy isn't specific to only Aha and the Masked Fools, but it does still tie them together. So water rapids fits perfectly! Sampo wants to stir the pot! He likes to shake things around and spice things up! He's taking that stagnant pool and turning it into water rapids! It would actually explain his ridiculous hair color, too; a dark blue wave tipped with white foam haha

EDIT: an amazing contribution from @ricochetlovebombs, who heard it from hoyolab user Rattaboy. If you interpret his first and last name together, instead of separately like I did, you would get something like "money river."

In other words, Sampo's name literally means CASH FLOW SKXJMDMDMD

What I really wanted to talk about is his drag alias name, though, Brughel Poisson, because to me that's where it gets really interesting.

So like in the English version, Sampo goes by Brughel Poisson when he's in disguise. Searching for just "Brughel" itself doesn't seem to get you much at first: a Flemish and Dutch Renaissance painter named Pieter Brueghel the Elder, who was famous for his landscapes and peasant scenery, especially Hunters in the Snow and The Blue Cloak.

He's referred to as "the Elder" because he had a son also named Pieter Brueghel (the Younger), and he began a long line of painters, all named Brueghel. Some of them did original work, and many of them created reproductions of the Elder's art to sell. The Elder was also famous as a printmaker. All of this is hilarious when you remember that Sampo is an infamous counterfeiter and has sold a relic called the Parallel Universe Printer JSKZJSMD

There is also something called Brueghel's Syndrome, named after one of Brueghel's paintings called De Gaper, which pictured a man yawning widely. It's a condition that causes the mouth to open and gape uncontrollably, twisting a person's countenance into a distorted mask of their usual face.

Tumblr doesn't have a way of censoring pics like twitter, so for the sake of the medically squeamish, I'm just showing De Gaper here. But if you look up Brueghel's Syndrome, you can find pictures of actual patients, some of whom really do make faces resembling Aha's comedy and tragedy masks!

In the Chinese and Japanese versions, his alias last name is a lot more silly- In those, "Sampo" is phonetically written as "san-bo" and "san-po." And in disguise, his last names are phonetically written as... "Bo-san" and "Po-san." The Chinese version uses different tones, but still. This smug asshole seriously just decided to write his own name backwards and called it a day NDMKXMDMD

In the English version, Poisson itself is kind of a reused Hoyo asset- it's also the name of Navia's fishing village in Genshin Impact. Which is a really silly name for a village, because it literally just means "fish" in French smzjxkdkdk but!

Again, more water imagery. And in English, if something is suspicious, we say that it's "fishy," which is perhaps the most fitting association yet for someone as shady as Sampo ☆

And for a good while I thought that was the only connection. But then. My beloved @hydrachea, who is an actual native French speaker, dropped this on me right after April Fool's Day:

Poisson is literally the word you use to pull an April Fool's prank.

#honkai star rail #sampo koski #brughel poisson #hsr sampo #hsr sampo koski #hsr #I feel like I should note that all the info on the CN/JP versions are things I know secondhand #it was posted in a server where there ARE actual people who can read/speak Chinese and Japanese and no one corrected it- #-so I'm assuming it's at least decently legit. but if it's in any way incorrect I would love to hear from others! #I'm especially interested in CN since it's the original. and I've never heard anything about 'Brughel' in any other languages. #so anyone else with fun tidbits about Sampo's name in LITERALLY ANY LANGUAGE please feel free to reblog/tag/askbox me that shit #I love learning stuff like that it's so fun ♡ #fun story in the old myth the sampo was lost in the sea. and in genshin impact the village Poisson was flooded by the sea. #not only that but Brueghel's last painting- which was unfinished due to his early death- was titled The Storm at Sea. #something something foreshadowing-

[canisalbus]

is there a reason you usually answer asks with a . and talk in the tags? i got confused when i first saw that bc usually when people do that its a 'presented without commentary' thing but you do have commentary haha it feels like you're answering just in whispers like a ghost

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#who's to say I'm not just a whispery ghost #no it's just an old habit #talking in the tags feels more casual and pressureless it's a pretty common tumblr thing #if I do that my (sometimes dumb and rambly or very personal) ask posts are less likely to be reblogged #and leave their target audience which is people who follow this blog and know these characters and their context #I don't want to turn reblogs off completely either because sometimes people reblog so they can write their response in their tags #the dot is there because you can't publish the ask if you leave the main text field empty #it's not that sensible but I just like doing it that way #answered #anonymous

[nellasbookplanet]

Now that season 2 of good omens is only about a month away and everyone waiting has already watched season 1 and read the book multiple times, may I suggest something to tide you over while waiting:

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb! Featuring an angel and a demon best-friend pair going on a trip together and being very confused by humans and their weird ways! It is very good!

The general tone is pretty humorous and light-hearted, the characters are fun, the mythology is fun, it’s all very jewish and very queer but light on romance (there’s an f/f subplot though!). The plot is less apocalyptic than Good Omens (they’re looking for a missing girl, not trying to stop armageddon) but equally as engaging.

In short: read When the Angels Left the Old Country, please, I beg of you, it deserves so much love

#when the angels left the old country #good omens #this is equally a suggestion to help the wait and a desperate appeal for more people in general to read wtaltoc #its one of my favorites its so so good #hmm should i start a tag for just talking about books? #i used to have one i think but i havent used it in years #but ive been doing a bit more book talk lately #and i'm tempted to amp it up #sighs wistfully. i miss talking about books to the void #anyway if you hop on this post to complain about gaiman I'm blocking you #i like both books and this is a recomendation not a competition #nella talks books

[hrokkall]

Recharging

#Inscryption #Inscryption Fanart #Leshy #Inscryption Leshy #P03 #Leshy x P03 #P0laroid #<- Thank you to other people for reviving that tag it's my favorite name for them by far #Yes this was supposed to be for Valentines Day yes it was supposed to have a fic too no I did not finish either in time #Thank you to the people who said I hope your artblock gets better. I'm not artblocked just VERY busy </3 #So I've been working on this between doing other stuff meaning it took FOREVER #Anyway here's your gay old men. I'll draw them getting divorced later or something because this is too sappy #Hrokkall Art #EDIT: Changed signature color it was bothering me

[caiiaxteiie]

me: i'm aromantic.

y'all: oh, you're aroace? like, asexual?? you never fuck??? you're aro i guess, and asexual???? acespec, even????? aroace?????? because it's impossible to be aromantic and not asexual??????? you're aroace???????? basically asexual?????????

#i'd be an inclusionist 100% if mfers weren't so fucking obsessed with ace folks #aroallo people exist. #aromantic allosexual #aroallo #alloaro #aromantic #aro #arospec #if any of y'all tag this as asexual/acespec/aroace... i'm commiting a hatecrime. #queer #lgbtqa+ #lgbt #lgbt+ #lgbtq #lgbtq+ #lgbtqa #discourse???? #the fact that most (most!!!!!) asexuals are also cringe af..... #it's giving thomas sanders #like what are y'all? nine years old? catholic? #grow tf up and accept the fact that some people are horny.

[sacchiri]

Hellsing 2002 calendar illustration.

Ein wunderliche und erschröckliche Hystori von einem großen Wüttrich genant Dracole wayda Der do so ganz unkristenliche marrter hat angelegt die mensche, als mit spissen als auch die leut zu Tod geslyffen

A wondrous and frightening story about a great berserk called Dracula the voivode who inflicted such unchristian tortures such as with stakes and also dragged people to death

#hellsing #alucard #kouta hirano #translation was found in a comment by u/lazyfoxheart on r/Kurrent #fun fact this is the highest quality version of this image that exists online #i know because i've been looking forever for a version that's clear enough to actually read what hirano wrote under '1443' #but there weren't any so i had to take matters into my own hands #the real image on the back of the guidebook is only 2 inches tall so i had to take this with my smartphone and will my hands not to shake #anyway i'm pretty sure it's supposed to say Eğrigöz (the location vlad was imprisoned) so yeah. thank you hirano very cool #if i might rant for a sec it took me an embarrassingly long time to figure that out because i didn't have the guidebook at first #and in the images i could find online that part was just a blur that looked suspiciously like a person's signature and i was like. who tf #i was thinking matthias corvinus since he issued some political propaganda against vlad iirc but it didn't match his signature on wikipedia #then i thought it might be vlad II dracul's since he probably had to sign an agreement to send his sons over as hostages at some point #but that didnt seem right either so i kept skimming vlad's wiki page #and then i was like goddammit...hirano.....you just misspelled Eğrigöz didn't you.. .... #i maybe should've made a separate post dedicated to this instead of writing a novel in the tags but eh #the hellsing brainrot runs deep #also- i put it in the source link at the bottom of the post but the german inscription is copied off a real woodcut of vlad from 1491 #except instead of depicting him as an adult hirano drew him as a child which gives the inscription a very different feel imo #the one final thing that interests me about this is the fact that hirano published this calendar in 2002 #which is REALLY early in the series. like this was before volume 5 came out?? #i have no idea why he decided to do a massive spoiler drop in a random piece of japan-only merch #sandwiched between a drawing of alucard as john travolta from saturday night fever and integra as a fish no less #it makes me really curious to know what the fan response to this was back then. like did people even know who this was #maybe im just an idiot and everyone back then was like 'ah yes its alucard as a 12 year old. how very informative'

[artemx746]

Honestly hate how Annabeth doesn't get to keep majority of her items (ie. Daedalus' laptop)

#it annoys me so much because some of them were really unique and could've been used really well #The video shield (From TLO and never used again in the main books) was such a cool concept and was made by Beckendorf #So it could've been like a memory of him #No. Rick destroys it in a side story #And her laptop given to her by the greatest inventor alive a symbol of how ideas will get passed down from generation to generation #Lost in hell #Her knife that her adoptive brother gave her when she was seven years old a symbol of their familial bond #Also lost in hell #That one infuriates me #That trio was the most important one in the og series #but now that Luke's dead lets not keep the knife he gave to his sister because... I don't know she can't have things from dead people? #Why can't Annabeth keep things from dead people? #That's the question I'm getting from writing this #Rick I am speaking directly to you #Why do you hate the deceased? #annabeth chase #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #do i tag this as rr crit #I'll do it to be safe #rr crit

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

Hot take of the century but when actors have a lot of chemistry it's because they wanna fuck. You can't "to be or not to be on this dick" get outta here with that balderdash

#inb4 'but they're so talented!!1!' no not every two actors with chemistry wanna smash #but if people are going on and on about 'wowww they have SOOO much chemistry!' it's because. they're down #actors are emotional blobs they cannot handle real world emotions let alone stage kissing on camera as;kdjfks;ja #i'm just gonna tag everything 'cause i'm a ho lel #succession #good omens #ofmd #our flag means death #wwdits #what we do in the shadows #the bear fx #supernatural #spn #going for the cursed old texts. nice #doctor who #sherlock #bbc sherlock #interview with the vampire #iwtv #hannibal #stranger things #percy jackson #the last of us #barry hbo #red white and royal blue #one piece #euphoria #riverdale #white lotus #wait the timing of this on my blog is so funny lmao i just scheduled stuff

[vorratony]

I think @infectiouspiss already posted this(?) but for my tumblr portfolio! lil commission I did for him :)

#mcr #my chemical romance #jetpoison #jet star #party poison #I feel so weird tagging things on tumblr like what are people using??? I used to be so at home on tumblr #but everytime I tag something I feel like I'm 80 years old #anyway #my art #vorratony #infectiouspiss #killjoys

[tetedurfarm]

rusasi-ma -> tetedurfarm

welcome to the new look; let's get it started with the perfect photo to encapsulate the changes

#the name means 'hard-headed' in cajun french #which. hi. i'm cajun. #i used to use frithyeer farm but it's uhhh not so sunny here in washington and also i have more than just rabbits now and felt like a chang #i'm not sure if i should post old pics too or just start posing newer stuff as it comes #also should i use like homesteading and farming tags. i don't wanna interact with tradwives/cottagecore people.... #are there like tags for people who are in ag but Not that kind of person lol #goats #rabbit #blanc de hotot #kits #mini nubian #nigerian dwarf #violet #hallow

[umblrspectrum]

alright fuck you if you haven’t seen the episode yet Thats On You its free on youtube why are you going on a murder drones blog why haven’t you w

#remember that old post about growing a dd arm in place of a regular one? #new idea #knife hands #(rad as hell) #anyways fun fact someone ended up tracing over that post so #i take that as confirmation that i'm a decent artist #am i doing the glare thingy right cause it looks wrong but i dont know how else to do it #i remember seeing an post with biological weapons uzi before ep 4 was released #seeing if i can go find it cause God Damn #it predicted where this episode was going #yea she chases people she doesnt like with it #this is a lot of tags #art #artwork #murder drones #murder drones uzi #murder drones uzi solver #not tagging lizzy cause shes lame

[perikiro]

another sakura 🌸

#naruto #haruno sakura #* #I'm really just posting this bc it made me happy that so many people liked my body type hc for her #in the tags of the last drawing I posted #so I wanted to draw her again!! #(she's a bit old here for this outfit I know but it's just my fav one lmao)

[hrokkall]

One must imagine Sisyphus happy

#Ultrakill #Sisyphus Prime #Sisyphus Ultrakill #Minos Ultrakill #King Sisyphus #I almost tagged Minos Prime but he's not actually in this one oops #Cw: #Body horror #Blood #ANYWAY I PROMISED I WOULD DRAW HIM AFTER ARTFIGHT! I'VE DELIVERED!! OLD MAN YAOI* IS REAL!!!!!!!!! #*This isn't actually ship art. I mean it can be why not but I'm not explicitly tagging it as ship #I had so much trouble drawing Sisyphus Prime's head before I realized I can just stylize him however I want and that made it so much easier #Much happier with this one than the last one I drew; that's for sure #Human Sisyphus was also super fun to draw he's so silly (says this about a guy who has killed hundreds and will do it again) #Anyway shoutout to the people who followed for rain world and are now getting buff shirtless men on their dash. It will happen again #Hrokkall Art

[zarzallo]

now who could this be.....

jk is this charlotte fairchild aka lottie, a historian in training as well as her old friend grace's ex-fiancee (who belongs to @capn-twitchery) who went on the hunt for him after he mysteriously disappeared in the arctic.....only to disappear herself into a london she's less than familiar with....

#my art #charlotte fairchild #i know she's not exactly Accurate to victorian times but neither is twitch and i like looser hair so maybe she's just lax with it :) #flondon #fallen london oc #fallen london #flumblr #that's the tag right #anyway this isn't my best art since it was traced over an old victorian photo for the pose and it's a lil old but oh well. it's Something #hello party people i still know next to nothing about fl lore <3 but i'm here to have fun regardless