#always nice to hear from you

[thegoldenshi-shi]

I am having an internal crisis. Outside influence is swaying me towards drawing Sides and Sunny in tuxes/suits/dresses, and I am very much itching to do so. This itch is also making me want to pull out my patterns and start making my cosplays again, one of which is a papillon inspired dress shirt and jacket. And I haven't drawn or tailored in a /hot/ minute, not to mention that my sizes have very much changed, and aren't particularly congruent enough to make a shirt, or any form of top other than a crop top, so I am FIGHTING not to do it

Also, working on cleaning my room still, stars above was it a mess, is a mess. I have however cleared out my desk area! And my computer is back to functional cause my friend is a saint and gave me his old graphics card (sly bastard, he didn't tell me that's what he was gonna do so I couldn't refuse) so now I just need to get the fans connected to the motherboard (frankencomputer isn't a joke, they were directly connected to the psu, wherein the old psu had the wires welded into the thing so I couldn't just transfer fan wire onto new psu, so fans are dead in the water as of right now. Cause new psu doesn't have the right thing, a male plug, to be able to connect them). But! It's functional again, blessed be, and so with a lot of external things factored in, including me generally keeping my room temp at almost 60°f and two external fans that I was able to clean and set up around it, me and two friends were able to play modded mc last night! Which was fun, first time playing co-op with my friends in a month.

On other news, my desk is tiny, so with computer back I physically do not have space to comfortably art, so I am gonna see about getting some stuff set up to scooch the moniter and keyboard so I can have desk space to use my pencils and sketchbooks. Largest issue with drawing Sides in a really frilly dress is my issue of not being able to draw humanoid things. I can't get proportions straight. (Damb my useless brain, not able to have images in my mind, remembered or imagined, kills my ability to art)

And work is. Fucking awful right now, actually. We have someone that has been here for almost two months, and he is a misogynistic dirtbag. Our warehouse is severely lacking in Y chromosomes, and I am unfortunately in the closet at work due to bigotry against queer identifying folk, so I count in his mind towards the *problem*, and he won't stop flirting with me. Which is gross, he's twelve years older than me, which were I older and twelve years weren't such a significant part of my lifespan I wouldn't take issue with. But I worked retail and fastfood in places that made me feel as if I was part of the product to be sold, so people older than me, especially men, flirting with me is a really yucky feeling. Not to mention there is this thing about him, I don't entirely know what, that has me feeling an awful mix of scared and angry about him? There's just something off about him, and maybe its that he insists on trying to talk to me alone, or maybe it's that I have disliked him from when he first started flirting with me, or maybe its him triggering ma and SV's gaydars, but whatever it is is gross and I don't like it. Oh, and apparently he drives the forklift smelling like alcohol, which I wouldn't know because I try to keep one me-height away from him at all times, at least.

Happier note, with summer coming around, I will get to enjoy having ladybugs randomly cropping up in my room and eating wasps again. Which was funny as all hell to discover the first time, cause I always forget they're carnivorous and predatory, as well at that thick exoskeleton and forewings they have meaning that actually stinging them is damn near impossible for the wasp

~Smooch

Hello again Smooch~ The urge to draw robots in clothes happens to every mecha artist at some point I think… And I don't care HOW good you think you are at art, trying to slap Fortress Maximus in an evening gown or Deathsaurus in a three-piece suit is going to break your brain. I can't help you with proportions I'm afraid, since that's just something you have to learn over time. (As they say: repetition is the mother of mastery). But, I can say that dresses are easier to draw on robots than suits. If you want to draw suits, brace yourself to give them weird cutouts and things to make room for kibble. Examples A and B (with your preferred boys hehe)

Since you can sew cosplays though, that wouldn't be an issue for you I'm sure. I'm trying to fight the urge to sew unnecessarily as well. I too am an odd size so I'm always having to get my mom to tailor and/or make me clothes. I'll have to send you some pictures of my finished pieces on discord sometime~

It's good that you were able to play with your friends, a functional computer is a blessing. 60 degree bedroom is less of a good thing, but I guess it's the price you have to pay for the computer blessing right now hehe. I'm not ashamed to say that everything you listed about your computer woes flew completely over my tech-retarded head, but it sounds like you've gone through a lot to fix your problems. I wish it was as easy as replacing parts to fix your work-place issues. If you're lucky, your problem dude will get fired for being intoxicated at work or for being a butt. Me wishing won't fix your problem of course, but I really do hope that it gets better for you. In the meantime, enjoy your ladybugs eating wasps??? I didn't know that ladybugs could or would eat wasps, so when I read your ask I was flabbergasted. It makes sense that they can since, as you said they're carnivorous and heavily armored, but still…wasps?!?!

#smooch anon #hey there again #always nice to hear from you #I felt like you deserved some art this time #I've been giving your artless answers for a bit #so have to pictures to make up for it #not sure if the pictures will help you at all #but they are cute

[cascadinghugegoddamnfire]

9, 10 & 18 💙

9: Do you always smile for pictures?

I try to. I don't really like my smile, but I'm working on that, so I do, unless its supposed to be a serious one.

10: What is your biggest pet peeve?

I never used to think I had any, until one of my current flatmates moved in. Bow its just anything he does 😂 opening doors too loud, moving my stuff in the fridge, leaving paper in the toilet without flushing, talking in the hallway when I can hear it in my room... a million things 😅

18: What is your Song of the week?

I haven't been listening to much music this week, but this came up in my memories because I saw it live a year ago this week:

#personal #anon #ask #ask game #thanks for asking! #💙 anon #always nice to hear from you

[farouchestray]

Hello friend, I hope you are doing well today

Hi friend, I am doing tired today, how are you?

#im well as can be i think #are you always the same anon? very curious who you are now #no pressure though like thats your choice #always nice to hear from you

[sodapopbuoy]

HEY ITS BEEN FOREVER SINCE WE'VE TALKED!!! HI!!!

Its cool to see that, even though we dont talk much if at all, we still have mutual interests (Fionna and Cake is my most recent hyperfixation <3)

AAAAA YEAH IT'S BEEN A WHILE!!!!!! HI HI HI !!!!!

YEEAAAHH it's very neat :] we're passing by eachother on our own seperate little boats and waving our arms wildly!! (ALSO AAA SAME HERE,,, IT'S GOT A GRIP ON MY BRAIN AAAA !!!)

a lil simon :] for you !!!

#ask #pal tag! #elwood! #its always very nice hearing from you!!! :] #nathan art #simon petrikov

[meimi-haneoka]

Report of CLAMP’s Twitter Space ~ January 8th, 2024 (part concerning Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card)

#card captor sakura #cardcaptor sakura #clear card arc #clamp space report #akiho shinomoto #yuna d. kaito #here's the report! #loved to hear from sensei that Kaito is an 'overthinker' #it was pretty clear to us who love that character but you know #we're always working with our intuition and understanding of the story #it's nice to have a spelled out confirmation from sensei #as I absolutely loved the comments over our boss Akiho 😊✨ #looking forward to the special chapter in March

[napping-sapphic]

God i’m thinking about how easily and unknowingly strangers can grant you salvation like i found it in how my old classmate told me once that i was a kind person and it was the first time i’d ever believed it

in how a coworker once said that i always seem so happy and have a nice smile and i cried about it when i got home since i’d always been told i seem too serious or mean

in how someone once told me i was good at comforting them when i’d always thought i was bad at it

Just god they’re out there somewhere and i barely remember what they looked like and we’ll never cross paths again but they changed me so deeply, they’re out there but they’ll never know how often i revisit those memories and think of myself even just a little more kindly they’re out there and i don’t know them but they’re the most important people in the world to me somehow

#me?? having a Night™️?? more likely than you’d think #im missing the people i never really knew #and im stuck echoing their words to myself #it’s honestly so important to hear things from people who don’t have an agenda to hurt you #who didn’t form a perspective of you at 14 and never let it go #i dont know #it’s just insane how badly ive always felt about myself #how inherently true i thought it was that i was mean or cold or unlikeable #only to have so many people tell me differently the past few years #and i still feel so mean and cold and unlikeable so often because of the people close to me!! #and i probably will forever to some extent!! #and it’s such an awful feeling #but just knowing even one person saw me as kind or happy is such a balm to that pain #that even if every person i meet from here on out found me flawed #there was at least one that saw kindness and joy in me?? that’s healing #idk #idk im emotional and tired and just want to believe i can be a good person sometimes #and sometimes i feel like that one ‘you’re so nice’ i received three years ago is the only thing holding me together sometimes #god just ignore me

[iwaasfairy]

it's always sad to realize but people who never contact you first aren't your friends. i always let people into my heart very easily n it kinda comes around to bite me bc i always consider people friends even tho they aren't very friendly at all to me

#idk man like;;; i hang on like my life depends on it #not in a clingy way; more a 'even tho we haven't talked for 6 months' kind of way #but if i always Always have to start the convo #that isn't a friend yk??? i know that #in my head i know that #but i still have a really hard time letting people go #it's just sad bc i really don't require a lot of friendship energy either #we can not talk for weeks and i'll be just as happy to hear from you as when we talk every day #but like;;; idk at some point i gotta just let things go i guess bc #it just makes me really tired n sad #mutuals are great and all until they don't even treat you like #idK people dont owe others anything ofc #but i think it's the nice thing to do if you call someone your friend #ring ring

[reuptakeinhibitor]

i love stobin working retail jobs and sharing a resume so much but consider this. steve follows robin to bloomington, indianapolis, west lafayette, wherever she decides to go and they get a little apartment. maybe they decide to go out of state but i think they stay in the midwest. then st takes a page from buffy and steve works construction while robin goes to school.

#i think this would play nicely into him believing he's not smart #and robin's like “what? you built my desk all by yourself. i don't know anyone else who'd be able to do that.” #“and you fixed mrs. robinson's fence just last week! that little dog of hers was always getting out and digging holes in her rose garden.” #and she reassures him that all those things require skill and important and HE'S important #and he believes her a little more every time he hears her say it :) #the day she learns about gardner's theory of multiple intelligences she can barely contain herself #she's so excited to tell steve she doesn't even get the car door closed before she's blurting it out #like “GUESS WHAT 😳” #and maybe he gets a little misty but he saves the tears for later when he can really think about how much he's loved and how they're both o #and living the life they both want because they built it together!!!! #anyway . . . #i swear this was just supposed to be a post about steve being hot #but that kinda got away from me #i could go on and on about them #steve harrington #robin buckley #stobin #god help me i'm scared to have my post In The Tags but i must maintain tag consistency for my blog #also i remember very little about buffy #this is a stranger things post #*and ARE important #*they're both OK #i haaaate typos in tags but i'm not writing all that again

[thepoisonroom]

btw if i could give one tip to the anxious bitches as one myself it would be to avoid accusing people who care for you of secretly hating you like either it's not true and you made them feel weird and like you think badly of them or it's true and you should just bounce but either way this will accomplish nothing

#i think the most immediately i've cooled on a potential friendship was when i was on the phone with a new friend #and we were talking while i was on a walk so when i got to my location i was like sorry i have to go but it's been so nice to hear from you! #and they texted right after being like 'i couldn't help but notice you begged off the call you can just say you don't want to talk to me :)' #and i was like what in the passive-aggressive groundlessly accusatory fuck #like why would you accuse me of being insincere and passive-aggressive then frame it so i can't defend myself without #validating how poorly you already think of me #like give me a fucking chance here #it really backs people into a corner #i'm someone who will put up with a lot (often to my detriment) but being told to play the villain for someone else's vindication #will always make me bite like an animal #i'm super allergic to reading a part someone else has written for me and at that point i no longer care if it #validates how poorly you already think of me because clearly your opinion of me will not improve no matter how well i behave #i got a little lost trying to explain this but just don't do it it's shitty and manipulative even if that's not your intent #personal nonsense

[whosectype]

AA FUDGE

I don’t have time to draw so please accept this offering

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

WAWAWAWW THIS IS SO CUTE THANK YOUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#WAAA ITS ALWAYS NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU RADIO :D

[uncanny-tranny]

For TST, it's still Thursday now for me at least: I've been on T for 6 years + now, and I've noticed in the past few months that I'm finally in a place with my body (and my mind) where I don't worry that other people can "tell" just by looking at me. And it's so nice to just exist without worrying about whether they "can tell" or not.

Holy shit, six years sounds so long... do you know how much I look forward to being where you are? I know people longer in transition aren't inherently inspiring nor should they be expected to be so, but I still find it really heartwarming and hopeful.

#ask #anon #transsexual thursday #it's just... nice to know that that can be a future for me too! #because i'm close to 2.5 years now and i find people five years or ten years or EIGHTEEN YEARS (wow) to be... reassuring #it's reassuring to know that not only is that a possibility but that we will always live <3 #offtopic but it's crazy how my memory is so shit and yet my t date is so important that i never forget it #i was worried i forgot how long i've been on t lol #anyway anon... i love you (platonic) and you are so so important and it feels like a privilege to hear from you :)!

[simper-fi]

GUESS WHO JUST REINSTALLED TS2

now I need to remember how to get it to behave with Windows 10 :’)

#so yeaaaaahhhh long story short #i am going through some Medical Stuff for the next six months #took a leave of absence from work #so you could say I have quite a bit of downtime #also ts2 has always been such a comfort game for me #it felt so nice to load it up and hear the neighborhood music again #and then i quickly exited because everything is stuck in 800x600 resolution and it hurts

[kaladinkholins]

i think fandoms can be soooo ridiculous a lot of the time (see: all the nonsensical fan wars, discourse, etc) but i cannot understate how much i actually love fandoms.

like yeah it may be super nerdy and even cringe and outsiders look at it like "why tf do you care about these fictional characters so much?"

but 1) my field is literally..... literary studies..... in which all i do is study fiction and analyse it like an insane person, and 2) even if that WASN'T my field, thinking about the stories we consume is important even for any person to do, because thinking about stories exercises our brain to think critically!! why do you think our ancestors used stories as a medium to share knowledge, to propagate moral values and lessons? stories—telling them, thinking about what they're saying, and caring about the characters within them—are all inherent to the human experience!!!

so that brings me to fandom. because we are literally just making these little communities with each other based on our shared love for a particular story, and for a particular character or theme within them that resonated with us, or whatever. we're all here because we loved a thing so much that we built connections from it!!!

like yeah my irl friends laugh at me when i tell them i write fanfic, cuz ha ha what a nerd what a loser etc, but dude. i made genuine real friendships from fandom alone. from just obsessing over two characters we thought were cute together, we've gone to sending each other gifts and postcards and having voice calls and confiding in each other and sharing parts of us and our personal lives and our cultures (cuz we're all from different countries) with each other! like now i don't even share a fandom with most of my old fandom friends anymore but we still stick by each other and that's amazing???

also like, i cannot emphasise enough how amazing and encouraging it is to share your craft (art/writing/etc) with others in fandom. because for example if i make my own personal art or write my own original work, i'd have no one to share it to, no one interested to see it, and thus no one will be there to provide feedback or encouragement.

but if i post a piece of fan art or fanfic, people actually do see the work i post and care about the craft and the content it's depicting and even share their thoughts on it and that ??? is so motivating and lovely ??? because even though i make art for myself, art is still meant to be shared and seen at the end of the day—even if only with one person. so to be given the means of sharing our art in such a way, to have such a community that fosters so much creativity, it's amazing. i don't really get that anywhere else.

and especially to have this in like, a casual setting, you know, where you can just be yourself and do things according to your own time and energy without the pretenses of professionalism and a perfectly curated resume or portfolio, and all the confines of a rigid work schedule, which would all make the process of creation less fun and less genuine, and instead just more taxing and chore-like.

because fandom is essentially meant to be about doing what's fun for you! it's about sharing your creations and enjoying what others share with you. you make friends and you go ham with it.

and also it's why it's more frustrating when people take things too seriously and legitimately get upset over assumptions of other people's beliefs and hold the most minor grievances that could only be felt if you're like, chronically online.

but on that note, there are definitely still honest-to-god bad people in fandom spaces too (see: racists, TERFS, homophobes, groomers, harassers, etc). but that's the case with all communities, because bad people are always going to exist, and thus statistically speaking, the bigger a group or community is, higher chances are there's gonna be some awful people in there. but honestly that is its own can of worms and also that's not what this post is about, but i felt it necessary to address because i don't want to paint fandom as like, the best thing ever in the world, because fandom spaces are incredibly flawed, as everything is.

but i've always been one to appreciate things despite its flaws. and though this may be very personal to me, when i love things so much, i am still willing to stick around and try to change the culture around it in the ways that i can (like promoting internet safety measures, creating safe spaces for thoughtful and polite discussion, raising awareness on harmful stereotypes and fandom depictions or opinions, etc).

so regardless of the bullshit that online fandom spaces tend to perpetuate, i do very much still love the way that fandom allows me to connect with folks over something as silly as our little blorbos, and from there end up making life-long friends, or at the very least new acquaintances. insert reinforcement of my thesis statement about stories fostering human connection here. the end. send post.

#fandom #inspired by me feeling lots of love for my long-time fandom friends and enjoying making new ones since joining the BES fandom #like i still remember comments i got on my fanfic from years ago. telling me how much my work resonated with them? #talking about how much they cried reading my work? how much it touched them? #like to me that's insane. like i'm thrilled to even have one (1) person care about my work ykwim #bcs irl it's hard to find that kind of recognition? ppl hear like. “oh you write/draw? cool” and it's p much whatever #so yeah. fandom has always been v important to me like i met so many cool and awesome and nice ppl bcs of it #and though I've lost touch with a lot of the friends i've made i still think abt them a lot. they all mean smth to me still #lol joining a new fandom community is makin me feel nostalgic dont mind me! #shut up haydar #scribblings.txt

[presdestigatto]

there's also the blackface for his dad's karting company... the sainzes are so fucking messy lmao idk why people can keep saying that he's their perfect golden boy. like yes he's a half-decent midfield driver but please fucking stop putting him on a pedestal my god

but then who would they use to put down charles 😞

all of this!! sometimes looking at the other side of the discourse makes me feel gaslit but there really is like,, a lot to be unhappy with. like fine they’re all messy and we can pretend not to see but it’s ridiculous to assume people don’t have legitimate reasons not to like a driver.

(and yk… being nice is free but so is being a hater)

#imo its more troubling to treat the grid like a boyband #always nice to hear from u hehe ❤️ #sorry i took a while to get to this i was finishing some exams #anti carlos sainz #tbh i get more annoyed by people who claim that we shouldn’t dislike any driver than the ones who boldly dislike charles #in case its not clear enough (apparently) im saying u should be able to hate whoever you want lol #and also have some self-awareness when you're repping a rich white man idk

[merlinmerlot]

i finally finished bg3

and it only took me [looks at steam]

SIX HUNDRED HOURS

#merlin.txt #w/ the new computer the rest of act 3 went by super quickly #honestly i dont think my computer and my sanity would have survived all those cutscenes #ANYWAYS initial thoughts: #cried like a baby. ending credits songs really really good. i can't WAIT to start a new playthru. HOWEVER: #oh my god the ending felt so fucking rushed. i was expecting like a typical rpg ending slideshow at LEAST but nothing??? #like you only get One cutscene with your romanced partner (a short one too) but i don't get to see what everyone else is doing??? hello?? #gale is literally like 'lets celebrate' and we don't get to see the celebration??? or at the very least a chance to talk to everyone again #like in act 1 and 2???? #imo i think the most satisfying one was lae'zels. god i love her #also act 3 is hella buggy especially towards the end. a lot of broken dialogue. but ah well #OK NOW SPOILER THOUGHTS SAMMIE DONT LOOK: #the game Really wants you to turn illithid but i ended up just letting karlach do it ... i felt bad .. but like #i found the arc of my tav like. getting So close to going full power hungry and martyr and hero only to finally be humbled like - #'you dont have to always play hero' was really interesting. like doing that and then hearing the post credits 'the power' song. gshldgksmal #guy who is soo miserable abt the fact that all their cool illithid powers are now gone. has to go back to being normal #ALSO. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THE ENDING AST SCENE. HELLO? #HIM RUNNING AWAY FROM THE SUN. IT BEING COMPLETELY PLAYED FOR LAUGHS. SO MEAN #any other time i may have laughed but the fact that you dont really get epilogues made that Really sting. #THE FACT THAT THE COMPANIONS ARE NOT EVEN NICE ABOUT IT??????

[magicbungelic]

Betty fronting for the first time in forever just to look at some fanart of her and make us go to sleep 😭

#she also said some nice things #always nice to hear from her and also hear her point of view on things #love you forever Betty #and also all the other people in this head #by bunni 🐇 #pdid #plural #pdid system