#and also!

[dayundying]

Not a fan!!

#my art #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dun meshi #dunmeshi #izutsumi #and also! #chilchuck #marcille #falin #senshi #laios

[magicwithered]

I could go on and talk about how Laerryn is not, in the end, motivated by hubris. Though The Age of Arcane is the age of Wizards who believe themselves bigger than gods. Or, or, I could talk about how Laerryn Coramar-Seelie was pushed by grief so deep it doesn’t just come in waves, it never fucking leaves.

How “It’s stupid to try and become a god” because she asked for the gods to save her friend. Pleaded with them to bring them back. That it was hubris that got her friend killed, and Laerryn is not the smartest person in Avalir for nothing. That she crushed it under her heel, but if her best friend, the greatest person she’s ever known had to die for her ambitions than it better well be fucking worth it.

That it is love, and love lost, that motivates her to do the things she does. And the fear of losing love again and again that motivates her to cast blight, despite her having paused for a second to listen.

Pride was her fatal flaw when Evandrian died. But it was not when she helped cause the calamity. It was love and love alone. Because pride is for people who don’t get shit done, pride is for the undeserving. She built a cathedral with her own two hands between working and researching. Between grief and mourning. Of course Laerryn is proud of herself, of course she believes in herself. She’s the goddamn Architect Arcane, she keeps this city afloat, makes discoveries for people to eventually use. She is the heart of the city. But she does not still her hand in pride, but fear, but love.

Love is what causes the Calamity. Love for Loquatious, love for Patia, love for her people. And also deep unsettling grief. Grief for what was lost to her, grief that the gods did not grant Evandrian reprieve. Grief for all the things that she could not save. Why would she waste her time trying to become a god, when she can show the gods that even them, even the mundane, even the mortals that they’ve created can do wonderful things and perform miracles. That they do not need them to grant them wishes, that they can do it themselves instead of waiting for the whims and whimsies of the Primordials to pay them any attention.

Why would the gods give her this power, this intelligence that she’s honed like a finally tuned instrument if not so that she can show them all that Avalir can be? And in the end, how could she learn? Why would she change everything? Change anything. In the end, her point was proven, the things she lost were no longer for naught. How could she ever regret what happened if in the end it was for love?

#exu laerryn #laerryn coramar seelie #avalir #exu calamity #this was inspired by Laerryn’s hesitation when Nydas fucking grappled her #and then seeing the Tree of Names and seeing Quay in danger and IMMEDIATELY casting blight #also aabria said she didn’t learn anything from the calamity and I was like: shit I wouldn’t either lmfao #I kept seeing like: it was only love #or it was only hubris #and I don’t think enough people think about #how close Evandrian and Laerryn were #and how she TOO was grieving #and how grief can fester and infect #how mourning can rot someone from the inside out #if they don’t have the ability to expel it #AND ALSO! #How Laerryn is as a person as such a goal oriented person #she would have to make his death mean something #because if he died and she cannot be successful in the thing that caused his sickness #then she killed him and it was pointless

[kinnporsche]

MILE PHAKPHUM & APO NATTAWIN as Kinn and Porsche in KinnPorsche: The Series (2022)

#kinnporschesource #kinnporsche: the series #kinnporscheedit #kinnporsche #kinn x porsche #* #power couple of all time <3 #also apo looks so sexy this entire episode it's insane #AND ALSO! #this was such a good fucking kiss #like it's so. good.

[krakenshaped]

Acne Phoenix + other doodles

#practice art #attempting to push the boat out on things im drawing #for example!!! acne. #theres no way none of the gx group have acne #i think Edo probably has some spots #but has a miracle of a makeup team #thats todays headcanon of the day! #and also! #have some other doodles #i dont draw Kenzan enough but #Kenzan is one of my favourite characters hes so silly #Edo Phoenix #tw acne #saiou takuma #judai yuki #tyranno kenzan #sho marufuji #johan andersen #austin o'brien #jim crocodile cook #ygo gx #doodles

[blububblgum]

nevertheless, i persist.

photos by me/ catharsis - aliceband/ secret worlds - the amazing devil/ steady, steady - the crane wives/ my body’s made of crushed little stars - mitski/ dream of better things - aliceband/ travel - edna st vincent millay

#my first stab at an aesthetic post #web weaving #photography #scenary #the crane wives #aliceband #edna st. vincent millay #mitski #gotta keep fucking going gang #pacific ocean #and also! #atlantic ocean #song lyrics #the amazing devil #words i wanna see again

[evenaturtleduck]

I would like to think I'm immune to narrative gimmicks and Easter eggs etc, but Luke Doomsday just showed up with a work reference from Viscount Corvin at Wrayton Harcourt and I might have squealed a little.

#currently reading #a nobleman's guide to seducing a scoundrel #kj charles #and also! #band sinister #favorite books

[hairasuntouchedaspartoftheamazon]

Horrible! Local man gets back into bands he completely forgot he was obsessed with at age fifteen!

#SOMEHOW #I BLOCKED OUT THE TWO MONTHS OF MY LIFE WHERE ALL I LISTENED TO WAS TEAM DRESCH #AND ALSO! #completely forgot I loved Mayday Parade? #HOW????? #these things supported me at fifteen by helping me realize I liked girls #sebastian speaks #I love you emo and queercore bands that I accidentally blocked from my memory when covid started

[love-as-simple-as-shaving-soap]

Just rewatched 6x05 and all I could think was “JFC TIMOTHY JUST CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND”

#I know he had his reasons #I know he’s loving her in his own way #but still #he could at least keep the line of communication open #and also! #let her know he wasn’t dead #chenford

[safyresky]

So we've been doing this really cool project at work that I HAVE to gush about for you all because it's really, really, really cool!

I work at a Rare Books and Special Collections library, and we have a LOT of very cool collections! One of the COOLEST ones has to be the Gothic Fantasy collection. Gothic Fantasy is, I believe, 60-80 boxes of pulp sci-fi/fantasy magazines that range from the 1920s all the way through to the 1960s/70s. Titles like Weird Tales and Amazing Sci-Fi Stories (which has changed it's title like, 20 times over the last century, I have learnt) are contained in this collection, in near full runs! We have had this collection for 50-60 years, and it is not catalogued.

(^Some of my favourite covers that I've seen so far while doing this project! I really, really, really love that string bean tin can man from Mercury lmao).

Sure, we have a finding aid for it; but given the nature of the storage (in a spare room that's not even a proper VAULT SPACE, in a set of banker's boxes), the finding aid is not the most reliable. It does the trick! but every time we have a class using the GF collection, we always end up being either A) unable to locate a few titles or, B) we find them in the wrong box.

There are, of course, many reasons for it not being catalogued yet: lack of manpower/staff, lack of space, time (hearkening back to the staff issue), and, of course, the BIG ONE: the condition of the magazines.

They're made with pulp paper, and that shit does NOT slap. It basically collapses in on itself bc of the high acid, and makes the magazines very brittle and delicate. We technicians fear having to grab titles from Gothic Fantasy because the titles LITERALLY crumble in your hands. See for yourselves:

That's just one of the boxes. They all look like that, with the edges of the magazines brittle and frayed, and, as you can see in the bottom of the box, pieces falling off and pooling underneath it all.

I don't know how long the department has been in talks about rehousing the GF Collection in a way that helps preserve it better, but in the two years and a bit that I've been there, it's been on the front burner. The conservation staff, along with our curator, worked together to get this project ready to go, after a TON of meetings and conservation reassessing each box and marking some as higher priority than others. FINALLY, for our FIRST EVER two week closure for projects like this, we were able to start rehousing GF and that's what I've been doing ALL WEEK! And it's been so fucking cool, guys.

We've been sliding most of them into magazine sleeves (approved by the con. staff) with appropriate backings. As we go along, we've numbered each box (in which we will be storing them flat, on top of one another) and given each item in the box an item number. A very simple numbering system that will make finding the specific titles SO MUCH EASIER.

There's a set outside of the box. We've been trying to order them by date (if possible lmao. we ran into an issue (pun intended) with the British editions: they don't actually have volume and issue numbers, nor do they have dates! They have copyright dates and that's what we've been going off lmao), that way when we rehouse them they're all close to if not in the same run (so the 40s together to the best of our abilities, then the 50s, and so on). We're also going title by title! We've started with Amazing Stories, as it's one of the larger ones in bad enough condition it's up there in priority, and it has taken us ALL WEEK to (nearly) finish them up!

Anyway, once we organize them we grab a group (we fit roughly 6-8 of the large, long ones in one box; 12-14 of the slightly smaller ones in one box, and nearly 30 of the tiniest ones in one box), and we find them in our spreadsheet, update info.make sure the info provided is correct, number them on the backboard, slide them into the pouch with the backboard, and then voila! Into the fancy new box they go! I don't have a decent picture of the box, but the bottom portion, one of the edges slides out which will make things SO MUCH EASIER to find. It also will keep the magazines from deteriorating even FASTER because now, when we search for an issue, we won't be touching them directly; they'll be safely enclosed, and should we need to slide them out for a class, the board will offer extra support for movement purposes :)

Look at how happy they look in their new magazine houses! 🤩🤩🤩

And there they are resting together in their new homes!!

Tomorrow we should be finishing the last boxes of Amazing Stories! The final two are these HUGE quarterly editions, were they mushed a bunch of issues together in one, and they are in VERY BAD SHAPE (see: big ass tealish greenish aquaish one in the photo above on the left). They don't fit in any of our bag sizes, so Conservation may have to make custom enclosures for them. However, the Conservator actually thought of a potential workaround that I'm gonna experiment with tomorrow to see if we can use our colibri stuff in tandem with the backings to perhaps give them a bit more support/happy homes :)

Long post is long, but this is really cool and I've been DYING to gush about it, and I know a couple of mutuals will really appreciate stuff like this!

You can follow the library on Instagram, as an aside! I don't run the insta, lmao, but the person who does is HELLA active and always sharing really cool stuff! We even have a spotlight on the Gothic Fantasy collection!

#dani speaks #long post #rare books #special collections #gothic fantasy #dani works special collections #this has been such a fun project and it's just SO NICE SEEING THE ISSUES IN HAPPY LITTLE ENCLOSURES #NOT SHEDDING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER #AND NOT CRUMBLING EVERY TIME WE GRAB THEM! #anyway plz ask me questions about our collections. i fucking love them and i don't know TOO much but i am learning #and it is SO FUN TO SHARE! IT'S REALLY COOL STUFF! #ask me about how jealous I am of uoft's rare books library #their facility is AMAZING! #that's where I was last week lmao #ANYWAY THIS IS ALL TO SAY #THAT I HAVE BEEN QUIET #BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN BUSYYYYYYY! FOR ONCE! AH! #and also! #image id in alt :) #id in alt

[baronessblixen]

today i bought my first strawberries of the year, spring is there finally ahhhh!

Are we in strawberry season already? 😍 amazing! Enjoy them, anon. I absolutely love them too.

#lovely anons #strawberry season is upon us #can't wait to buy some in may in england and eat them with clotted cream #and also! #you know what comes after strawberry season? #watermelon season!!!

[mooncpone]

Kinda annoyed at how ppl think Until the End is a summer/ruby song like

(But it’s rwby fandom what can I expect)

We’re losing all our strength how can we give more

Strength is not victory

But through a simple soul we lie complacent

You turn to your smaller simpler soul, knowing that you’ve send her to a same pitiful demise

Our stories have been told

Ozpin has been an active role in the storytelling side of rwby; he is the storyteller and chooses not to tell Salem’s story

#he is trying to make amends #and also! #the tears that you’ve shed will find a tree to water #it’s Cinderella reference here #something about the neglect of the father #cinder in ozpin’s shiny Atlas as an abused child slave #keep thinking about it for days why are you here

[hagofbolding]

Fairmeadow chapters 1-3 are now available collected as an eBook! Great for throwin on your phone / ipad for some binge reading.

It's available on my site now - check it out here ✨(Did you know I also have some random risograph prints there too)

And as always... you can read fo freeee on fairmeadowcomic.com

#and also! #happy new years eve #read a comic #webcomics #fairmeadow #fantasy comics #orcs #ttrpg #dnd #tieflings

[apocritast]

Grulak

Little bit o' lore:

His name is Grulak, and we LOVE HIM TO BITS. Despite the intimidating eyes and bared-toothed mouth markings along his body adapted to scare off predators, he is an absolute sweetheart and he LOVES being petted. His favorite petting spot is on his belly under his middle set of legs. If you pet him, expect WIGGLES to follow from every direction.

A collab with my friend Tinistar at https://www.deviantart.com/tinistarvicti ! We did the lineart together on Aggio, and she did a painting version on her DeviantArt!

Also if the pre post image is any indication, definitely click fir better quality (as is customary for tumblr uwu) ♡♡♡

#my art #and also! #amazing friend art #uwu

[krakenshaped]

Honestly I should probably set up my own site at some point like a neocities or something in case this site goes down. I need to archive and sort my comics in a place that isn't ko-fi

#cause like #my comics mean a lot to me #i dont really consider myself a professional artist #but god damn it! #i am a cartoonist hack!! #i want people to see!! my cartoons!! #and also! #fuck the ceo of tumblr! #trans women get behind me!!! #kraken rambles #forgot my mf talk tag

[stargazerdali]

I actually loved that Miriam didn’t save that little elf girl. It was, in my opinion, an excellent depiction of how she wasn’t actually healed from the trauma of being enslaved. And she wouldn’t be! 

When you are born and raised as chattel, trained to always be obedient, at the cost of anything, that isn’t programming so easily shaken. It was compelling to see that, for all her bravado and anger, her trauma still reduced her back down to a scared, obedient child as soon as it was in her face. 

Nuanced, complicated depictions of trauma and its effects are my favorite.

#dragon age absolution #miriam #ptsd #and also! #her confusion and short temper while she was in the palace #god it was just so good

[pink-carnelian]

So how’s everyone handling the new hazel upload

#hazel #creepypasta #I was confused and going along with it #but then I was very unnerved #and also! #some of the music had beep beep sounds and it bugged the shit out of me